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NICOLA VALLEY NEWS BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT

Company pitches cannabis facility

Growing operation to be built in stages, with a cogeneration plant on site.

Cole Wagner THE MERRITT HERALD

A cannabis growing company which has purchased a plot of land in Merritt said the development of a new facility could create up to 40 new jobs for locals.

Jeff Hancock, vice president of Emerald Plants Health Source (EPHS) Holdings, said his company is still shooting to begin construction in Merritt on the first stage of the project in the second quarter of 2019, despite having yet to jump through a few hoops at city hall.

The proposed facility would include a cogeneration plant, which would help keep energy costs low while the facility ramped up in production, said Hancock.

Reducing the cost of energy involved in the cultivation of recreational cannabis is a key aspect of the company’s business model, he explained.

this week

The proposed cannabis growing facility in Merritt would not operate using a greenhouse. Herald files

“We’re an experienced group, I think our lowcost production model is really going to stand the test of time,” said the EPHS vice president.

“Obviously cannabis is the flavour of the month at the moment, there are lots of guys throwing things around and lots of chatter in the market.”

Hancock originally purchased the plot of land in Merritt as part of a group known as Merritt Valley Cannabis. The company was acquired

by EPHS, which already operates a cannabis grow-

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The company has yet to file an application for a development permit with the City of Merritt, but Hancock said that would follow in the next “four to six weeks.” In the meantime, he pledged that the company would work closely alongside the city and locals to mitigate concerns about smell, or any other nuisance arising from the facility.

“What we can say is that one of our project partners has done a lot of work for some of the larger cannabis companies that most people would Merritt’s freshly elected mayor have heard of by now,” and council are officially on the said Hancock. “We’ll be job, after being sworn in at a cerusing those best in class emony in council chambers on standards to make sure we Nov. 5.

The next council meeting mitigate any smell or any nuisance situation. It’s top is scheduled for Nov. 13. of mind for us as a projSearch ‘SWORN IN ect team and we’ll make sure that we’re addressing it above and beyond the typical standard to make sure we’re good neighbours and that people Students and staff are officially don’t have anything to be prohibited from vaping or using concerned about.” smokeless tobacco products on School District 58 property, after the district modernized their smoking policy.

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ing facility in Montreal, in order to facilitate EPHS’ expansion into Western Canada.

“Our background – our senior leadership – the majority of their background is in power,” said Hancock. “They were pulled into the cannabis industry because obviously cannabis is a big power consumer.”

While the long term plan for the site includes a laboratory and extraction facility, Hancock said construction will be done in phases on the 56-acre site.

The first phase will create

a 30 to 50,000 square foot facility in Merritt, similar to the facility Montreal.

“It’s obviously a lot less capital-intensive to build something of that size compared to companies that say they are going to build 600,000 square feet or 800,000 square feet in one go,” said Hancock.

The vice president said the first phase of construction would create between 30 to 40 positions to be filled primarily by locals in Merritt, as well as workers in Kamloops and the Okanagan.

“Those jobs will

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An investigation was launched last week due to alleged drug dealing activities at the home, and RCMP obtained a warrant to search the residence on Nov. 1.

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During the search, officers found several weapons including a machete, baseball bats, a stun gun, an air soft replica pistol and a loaded 22-caliber handgun that had been previously reported as stolen in the Lower Mainland.

The search also revealed approximately six pounds of cannabis, 160 grams

of heroin, 310 grams of cocaine, 66 grams of methamphetamine, scales, and approximately $3,500 cash along with a large quantity of coins.

Officers found one male suspect asleep inside the residence who was arrested, as well as a second male resident who was arrested for drug trafficking later that day.

One suspect is originally from Vancouver Island, the other is a local resident. Both were arrested without incident.

Staff. Sgt. Lorne Wood said this bust could make a significant dent in the local drug trade.

“There are always ebbs and flows when you make a seizure

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RCMP will continue to investigate, and both suspects are facing charges in relation to drugs and firearms.

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YOU’RE INVITED! to meet with Mayor Brown every

Wednesday from 11:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m.,

Regular Council Meeting – November 13th

in the Mayor’s Office at City Hall (second floor), 2185 Voght Street.

Regular Council Meeting – November 27th

Interested citizens are welcome to stop by, say hello and discuss issues and opportunities for the City, its residents and businesses.

If you would like to schedule a particular time to meet with the Mayor please contact Corporate Services at 250-378-8614

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY Position: The City of Merritt is inviting applications for the position of Certified Engineering Technologist.

For complete details, visit City of Merritt website at www.merritt.ca Current resumes reflecting applicants’ knowledge, skills and abilities relevant to the position; detailing education and qualifications, and proof of required education and licenses will be accepted prior to 4:00 p.m. Tuesday, November 13, 2018 by: Carole Fraser, Deputy Clerk/Human Resources Manager PO Box 189, 2185 Voght Street Merritt, BC V1K 1B8 Or by email: cfraser@merritt.ca We thank all applicants for their interest, however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

Date Posted: October 26, 2018 Posting Expires: November 13, 2018

TEMPORARY ROAD CLOSURES Temporary road closure is required for the following: What: Remembrance Day When: November 11, 2018 11:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

Where: 1950 Mamette Avenue to 1940 Quilchena Avenue What: National Addictions Awareness Week When: November 13, 2018 from 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.

Where: Charters Street/Quilchena Avenue (Conayt Friendship Centre) to CIBC to Spirit Square and back to Charters Street/Quilchena Avenue What: Country Christmas Light up Parade When: Friday, November 23, 2018 from 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm Where: Mamette Avenue and Chapman Street down Chapman Street, Chapman Street to Quilchena Avenue, Down Quilchena Avenue to Charters Street, Charters Street to Coutlee Avenue

ARE YOU PART OF AN ORGANIZATION THAT MAKES A POSITIVE CONTRIBUTION TO THE COMMUNITY?

SUMMARY OF CITY OF MERRITT SNOW REMOVAL POLICY This procedure outlines the responsibility of the City, residents, businesses and contractors as it pertains to snow removal in Merritt.

NOTE: For purpose of this procedure “Area 1” is designated by heavy black line and “Area 2” is all remaining streets..

Service Level based on Snow Accumulation: 0 – 5 cm: Area 1 only sanded AS PRIORITY 5 – 20 cm: City streets are graded and sanded in the following time frame:

Area 1 – within eight (8) hours

Area 2 – within thirty (30) hours Over 20 cm: Exceptional Snowfall – will call out such manpower and equipment as may be available and required to maintain city streets in as passable conditions as possible.

Priorities: No.1 Emergency access routes to essential services such as hospital, police, fire, ambulance, City services. Dangerous roadways including hills and intersections.

No.2 Schools; No.3 Downtown Business Core; No.4 Highway Commercial properties; No.5 Residential properties Disposal: Residents, businesses and contractors are not permitted to blow or plow snow from private property onto right-of-ways, streets, lanes or walkways.

Residents and businesses in areas with City sidewalks adjacent to roads shall be permitted to place snow from the walk on the road.

Sidewalk Clearing: Every owner or occupier of residential zoned property shall remove snow or ice from sidewalks or pathways abutting the said property within twenty-four (24) hours of accumulation.

Every owner or occupier of real property shall immediately remove snow, ice or rubbish from the roof or other part of a structure adjacent to a highway or pathway or sidewalk where such snow or ice or rubbish presents a hazard to vehicular or pedestrian traffic.

Every owner or occupier of commercial or industrial zoned property shall remove snow or ice from sidewalk or pathways abutting the said property by ten (10) a.m. of any day and, as needed, following the accumulation of snow or ice.

Complete copies of this procedure can be obtained at City Hall during regular business hours.

Do you have a great idea for an event? Each year Council carefully considers providing funding as-sistance to non-profit groups that operate in the City of Merritt and provide valuable social and community services in the municipality.

For 2019, the City of Merritt has 2 grant categories (Grant-in-Aid and Community Initiatives) and 3 funding types (Financial Aid, In-kind and Sponsorship) available to Community Organizations and Non-profit Groups.

The 2019 Grant Application is now available online at: www.merritt.ca/city-services/finance/grants-aid The deadline to submit your 2019 grant application is Friday, December 14, 2018.

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12-year-old Monica Jack more than forty years ago.

Keith Fraser VANCOUVER SUN

The brother of a 12-year-old girl who was murdered more than 40 years ago described how he found his younger sister’s bicycle after she’d gone missing.

Glen Jack, 58, was testifying at the B.C. Supreme Court trial of Garry Taylor Handlen, who has pleaded not guilty to the May 1978 first-degree murder of Monica Jack.

He told a jury that on the day Monica vanished he called home after being at a party the previous night only to find that his sister had not returned home.

Jack, who was 18 years old at the time, said he got home late that night to find that Monica was still not home.

When their mother returned from a fishing trip and Monica was still missing, police were called.

“Then I think I walked up the road looking for her,” said Jack.

“Did you say any-

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thing to your mother before you headed up the road?” asked Crown counsel Tim Livingston.

“Yes, I told her everything was going to be OK and she’d come home,” said Jack.

He started walking along Highway 5 towards Merritt, along Nicola Lake, in search of his sister, because he knew she had been riding her bicycle the previous day.

“Did you find anything along that walk?” said Livingston.

“Yes, about a mile up the road, at a pullout,” said Jack. “Her bike was down the bank by the water, at the side of the lake.”

Jack said the bike was “about a foot or two” from the water.

Forestry workers found Monica’s remains 17 years later on a mountain north of Merritt.

Handlen was arrested and charged with murder in 2014.

The trial has heard him confessing to undercover RCMP officers that he grabbed Monica, threw her bike in the lake, put her in

Monday, November 19 COMMUNITY CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHT-UP Bring mittens, hats and socks to pin on the tree!

HOT CHOCOLATE served by Crimestoppers . . . . .6:00pm, Spirit Square

Tues Nov 20-Thurs Nov 22 FESTIVAL OF TREES DECORATING Call Merritt Chamber of Commerce 250.378.5634 to make arrangements

Wednesday, November 21

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Doors 12:00pm, Show 1:00pm. Please attend one show only LOVE TO DANCE ACADEMY RECITAL EVENING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Doors 6:00pm, Show 7:00pm Both dance recitals at the Civic Centre, donations welcome

Thursday, November 22 COUNTRY CHRISTMAS COMMUNITY CONCERT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Doors open at 6:00pm, Show starts at 7:00pm Donations welcome. Civic Centre

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Under cross-examination by defence lawyer Patrick Angly, the brother said that after finding the bike and returning home, he went back to the scene and walked fur12-year-old Monica Jack. Herald files ther down the road before finding Monica’s clothes on the side of that the day Jack went the road. missing in May 1978 He said he didn’t began with the girl touch the pants and helping her siblings shirt but went back and bake a cake for a birthreported his discovery day that one of their to the police. sisters was celebrating “I really didn’t know the following day. at the time they were Lanaro said Monica Monica’s clothes,” he asked her if she could added. ride her bike that she Two retired RCMP had just gotten two officers testified they weeks earlier into received information Merritt for the first about the bicycle and time. travelled to the scene to The plan was for investigate.

Monica to ride her bike Earlier in the trial, to meet her cousin, the mother of the Debbie John, and then deceased took the for the two girls to ride stand to describe her into town and purchase last memories of her a birthday gift for daughter.

Monica’s sister.

Madeline Lanaro, 78, told a B.C. See ‘MOTHER’ Page 10 Supreme Court jury

Merritt Home Based Business Market

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Admission by donation to the Nicola Valley & District Food Bank.

Anyone who brings a donation will be entered into a draw.

Come visit our vendors and have a relaxing day!

Contact Ellen Miller at 250-315-1012 or email: millersfarminmerritt@gmail.com

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Day Celebration Please join the Nicola Valley & District Métis as we celebrate with Métis Dance, Culture & Fun!

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2018 @ SHULUS HALL Doors Open 4 pm Opening ceremonies & dinner at 5 pm Potluck meal, please bring a favourite dish to share.

Jigging, Métis Bingo, Crafts for children and history!

Wear your sash.....Proud to be Métis!

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Saturday, November 24

CRAFT FAIR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2:00 -10:00pm, Civic Centre SANTA PARADE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Assemble at the Fire Hall 5:00pm Parade starts 7:00pm BAILLIE HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Free cocoa after parade, Bake Sale MERRITT COMMUNITY BAND after the parade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Foyer at the Civic Centre SANTA LAND opens after the parade . . . .8:00 - 9:30pm, Civic Centre FESTIVAL OF TREES after the parade . . . . . . . . . . Downtown Merritt

CRAFT FAIR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9:00am -4:00pm, Civic Centre CHILDREN’S CHRISTMAS CRAFT MAKING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10:30am-1:30pm, Civic Centre SANTA LAND . . . . . . .9:00 - 11:30am & 1:00 - 3:00pm, Civic Centre BAKE SALE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . from 12:00 noon, Baillie House

LATE NIGHT SHOPPING after the parade, throughout Merritt

Sunday, November 25 BREAKFAST WITH SANTA 9:00 -11:00am, Civic Centre

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Unions make comeback B.C. Labour Minister Harry Bains has quietly released his independent panel’s TOM FLETCHER B.C. report on “modern- VIEWS izing” the Labour Code.

This being an NDP government, the key question is whether they try to recreate the 1990s or go back farther to the disco era, where what’s good for unions was believed to be good for everybody.

Reality has moved the other way, with a steep decline in private sector unionization. The disco ball still glitters mostly for B.C. public sector employees, who remain 65 per cent unionized even as private sector union participation has fallen below one quarter.

It will go lower. In addition to disco, the 1980s was notable for the rise of globalization. Outsourcing business services, dismantling barriers to movement of goods, capital and people, and round-the-clock competition among global business creates a need for more work flexibility.

Bains didn’t have much to say about the Labour Code recommendations. His staff cancelled a scheduled interview, and when I stopped him in the corridor, he talked about needing yet more consultation before commenting. This is after three labour lawyers took submissions for months from the various interest groups.

They made a couple of contentious recommendations. One is to remove essential service restrictions on public school strikes, except for delivery of provincial exams to grads.

(Hands up everyone who thinks teacher unions don’t have enough power or attention.)

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How to remember the Great War “If they are not remembered, was the sacrifice they made even worthwhile?” asked an American veteran of the Iraq War who named his son after a fellow soldier who was GWYNNE DYER killed there. It’s quite The international common, actually.

STAGE My brother-in-law is named after a member of his father’s bomber crew who was killed over the Balkans in 1944. But the Second World War is still just within the reach of living memory.

This week we are asked to commemorate the hundredth anniversary of the end of the First World War. That is no longer memory; it is history. The images are familiar and some families have names and even pictures of relatives who died in the war, but very few people now alive ever knew them personally.

So how should we commemorate the war?

There’s not too much rhetoric about glory any more, thankfully — we have grown up a bit — but a lot about sacrifice. That’s a safe subject, although the majority of the soldiers who

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fought in the war had no choice about being there.

Just under the surface, however, almost everybody now realizes that the First World War was a huge, pointless waste of at least 11 million lives. Many people knew that even at the time. Yet nobody knew how to stop it at the time, and we in the present don’t really know what to say about it.

The best use of the brief interval of contemplation about war on Nov. 11, therefore, is to try to understand what kind of phenomenon it is. Start with a simple question: where does war come from? The answer is equally simple.

Human beings didn’t invent war; they inherited it.

Our branch of the primate family has always fought wars. If there is an original sin, it goes back beyond the time when the chimpanzee and human lineages split 5 million years ago. (Chimpanzees still fight wars too.) So forget about the ‘causes of war’ in the history books.

Every kind of human society, with every imaginable kind of economy, has fought wars.

Second question. How did war get so big?

The First and Second World Wars were far more destructive than previous wars, and the Third World War (if the Cold War had ever turned hot) would have been at least ten times

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bigger than that.

When the size and resources of a society grow, it ends to fight bigger wars just because it can. The issues at stake are not bigger than before, but losing a war is so unappealing that countries generally won’t quit until they have thrown all their resources into it.

And finally, how can you tell when some stupid little thing like an assassination in Sarajevo is going to blow up into a ‘world war’ with all the trimmings. Answer: you can’t. Which brings us to the Power Law. The Power Law describes how so-called “critical systems” like those that produce earthquakes and forest fires are completely undiscriminating about the scale of the event. Most events will be on the smaller side, but you don’t need special causes to get a huge one: literally any size of event can happen at any time.

To know if a particular class of events is subject to the Power Law, you just graph the scale of the events against their frequency. If it turns out to be a straight relationship where doubling the size of the event decreases the frequency by half — or makes it four times less likely, or sixteen times, or any other power of two — then you are dealing with a critical system.

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Stopping harassment requires group action Editor, I was recently part of an online discussion in the Merritt Grapevine on Facebook, regarding the subject of cat-calling.

It was eye-opening! For one thing, I learned that my wife experiences it “all the time.” It doesn’t happen when we’re together, but I guess that’s the point. Harassment typically targets women walking alone.

The discussion started with a woman who was told “I like the way you walk.” Another commenter in the discussion was subject to the same comment. Others had other, equally unacceptable experiences.

We, as a society, need to acknowledge that street harassment is not a compliment, a minor annoyance, or the harassed person’s fault. It is bullying and it is harmful.

For my part, I have posted flyers from stopstreetharassment.org in my shop window, and have started asking neighboring businesses to do the same.

This is a global problem, but one that I believe can be solved, or at least improved, at a local level. The following are six things men can do

to stop street harassment. More information and ways you can help are available at stopstreetharassment.org.

1. Know what it is Street harassment is unwanted and unwelcome public attention, most often direct at women, which demeaning and damaging. It’s not a private matter but one that concerns us all.

2. Be a male ally Don’t walk on by. You can help play an important role in addressing and stopping street harassment.

3. Lead by example It starts with you. Question your own language, attitudes and behaviours and how they may disrespect or harm women and girls.

4. Be a role model Talk to your family, friends and co-workers and the young people around you about treating women with dignity and respect.

5. Challenge language and behaviour Demeaning and offensive jokes, comments, and behaviour can be challenged. Don’t participate or laugh along. Help hold men accountable.

6. Act accordingly Assess the risk, and challenge the behaviour in a way that will help defuse the situation safely. If you need to, ask for help. Check with the victim and offer support. Tell her you don’t support what happened; ask her if she is okay; tell her that men don’t have a right to treat women that way.

Travis Fehr Merritt

Through discussions with friends growing up, I was always shocked to hear how young some women are when they first experience street harassment. It is unacceptable at any age, but it is especially galling to hear that pre-teen girls are subject to cat-calls. - Editor

Recreational cannabis will create problems Editor, Legalization of marijuana is a sad day for our country, province and community.

Our police are overworked, as a society we have huge mental health problems, addiction is rampant and now we make marijuana readily available so there are more issues to deal with.

We can’t tell our kids it is illegal.

We reap what we sow.

Sandra Neustaster Merritt Many of the arguments Sandra makes against legalization are the same arguments made in favour of legalization. One could argue that legalization will prevent police resources from being wasted on low-level cannabis calls, while opioid users can readily access a less addictive and less harmful substance to address chronic pain issues. - Editor

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Forget about finding a major cause for war From Page 6 In that case, you can forget about seeking major causes for bigger events. A random pebble is sixteen times less likely to cause a huge avalanche than a little avalanche, but it can cause either.

Jack Levy, in a massive 1983 study entitled War in the Modern Great Power System, measured the size of every war in the past 450 years by its casualties, and found that doubling the size exactly halves the frequency.

This means that great wars do not need great causes. Once sufficient strains have accumulated in a critical system, a world war can strike out of a clear blue sky, as it did in the summer of 1914. Or now, for that matter.

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Efficiency a hollow argument for unions From Page 6 Two of the three panelists recommend keeping the secret ballot in union certifications.

The third, representing unions, said the sign-up of union cards is enough. There’s no evidence that “some employees join trade unions due to peer pressure,” she wrote.

It wasn’t so much “peer pressure” as thinly veiled threats that greeted me when I first joined an industrial union back in 1979, and was instructed not to work too fast. Since then I’ve never seen employer coercion, just lots of union thuggery, from the bombing of replacement mine workers to teachers putting up illegal pickets to block unaffected government

employees from going to work.

Tom Sigurdson of the B.C. and Yukon Building Trades assures me that requiring a labourer to run a concrete vibrator for five minutes while carpenters stand and wait is for safety. Sorry, but I’ve run one of those on a non-union site. Safety is a concern there too, along with efficiency.

This defence of inefficiency extends only to projects funded by taxpayers. In the rest of the world, competition will make short work of anyone who tries it.

Tom Fletcher is B.C. legislature reporter and columnist for Black Press Media.

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LOCAL COWBOY IN RODEO FINALS Merritt cowboy Jason Charters is off to Albuquerque, New Mexico next week to take part in the Indian national rodeo finals bareback riding. ‘‘I’ll probably be the youngest rider there,” said the 19-year-old Charters, who has been riding bareback for about three years.

Charters qualified for the finals after impressive showings all summer long in Western Indian Rodeo and Exhibition Association (WIREA) action.

In fact he won the WIREA bareback riding championship.

In addition, Charters won the B.C. High School Rodeo bareback championships in his final year as a high school rider.

His future goals are definitely set on more rodeo riding.

“Maybe next year I’ll be riding in the Calgary Stampede,” he said.

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NICOLA VALLEY NEWS BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY

Logan Lake considers cannabis greenhouse The District of Logan Lake would need to give their approval before shovels could hit the ground on the proposed greenhouse.

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Company hopes to break ground in spring of 2019.

Dara Hill THE MERRITT HERALD

A cannabis production company is looking to put down roots in the District of Logan Lake.

B.C.’s MedFlora Pharmaceutical Inc. has requested a vacant property at 184 Apex Drive in Logan Lake be rezoned to permit a large-scale marijuana greenhouse.

The proposed 425,000 square foot plot would include a standalone 25,000 square foot facility to produce and process the cannabis.

The facility has the potential to provide 100 full-time jobs, according to Randy Lambright, Logan Lake’s chief administrative officer. He added the company hopes to begin construction in the spring of 2019.

The District of Logan Lake has referred the application out to various government agencies and crown corporations.

Once they receive responses to these referrals they will provide an information report to council summarizing all the data that has been received.

So far the company has not provided many details, Lambright said, because the pharmaceutical company is still in the process of purchasing the plot of crown land from the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development.

“Once they acquire the property it is their intent to throw some money at the project and determine what impact, if any, there is and provide a lot more in the way of technical

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The city plans to prepare more information for council and to gather public input,

Lambright said, noting his goal is to bring the first report to council at the Dec. 13 regular meeting.

“Right now we are just at the early stages,” he noted.

Lower Nicola Indian Band (LNIB) was at one point considering working with MedFlora Pharmaceutical Inc. on the project, but the band decided it was not the right fit for them and has stepped away from the partnership, confirmed Ruth Tolerton, communications officer with LNIB. “We’re not involved in it,” she said.

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NICOLA VALLEY NEWS HELPING HANDS

Seniors knit for those in need Residents at the Florentine donated 148 knit hats to the food bank.

Dara Hill THE MERRITT HERALD

As wintertime approaches, local seniors are stitching up a storm to provide some warmth for those in need.

This year, residents at the Florentine retirement community knit 148 hats to donate to the food bank.

Their year-long endeavour produced hats in a variety of colours and sizes, explained crafterin-chief Almerina Rizzardo. All of the yarn is donated by members of the community, she added.

“We have lots of fun. Not only are we making things but we are talking about what is happening in our lives. And then you get stories from way back when,” she said, noting they have already begun work on next

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In addition to their donation of knit hats, the group of crafters have their eyes set on raising $1,000 for the food bank by selling refurbished Build-ABear plush toys.

Inspired by the philanthropic endeavour they took on last year rehabilitating dozens of discarded Cabbage Patch Kids dolls, the women worked hard bringing back to life bears that had seen better days.

Rizzardo scoured second-hand stores from across the province to build up a healthy collection of Build-A-Bears, and washed them at home.

One of the crafters ironed their clothing and got them all ready, then the group set out all the outfit options and invited the community to the craft room for a ‘dress the bears party.’

turn my $1,000 into $3,000 and buy all kinds of food for people who really need it,” she said. “I have been there when people come to pick up their bags, and it is pretty sad that we have this problem in our community.”

The yarn used to create the 148 hats was donated by members of the community. Dara Hill/Herald

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NICOLA VALLEY NEWS TEMPORARY HOUSING

Cold weather shelter opens for season The building on Nicola Avenue was used as a drop-in shelter over the summer months.

Dara Hill THE MERRITT HERALD

The Nicola Valley Shelter and Support Society (NVSSS) is once again providing a place for locals in need to rest their heads this winter season.

Over the summer months, the same building — at 2038 Nicola Avenue — was used as a daytime drop-in centre, managed by Nancy Neighbors of NVSSS and funded separately.

NVSSS has received the necessary funding from BC Housing to run the cold weather shelter from Nov. 1 to March 31. This “bare bones� funding is supplemented by community contributions such as a donation of $770 from Community Futures Nicola Valley. “What we have done is used community funding to expand [the cold weather shelter] to allow us to feed other people in the community who are in need,�

said NVSSS president Andree Harley, noting the cold weather shelter program provides breakfast, lunch and dinner daily and every meal is open to the community as long as the shelter has the necessary supplies.

While the cold weather shelter has been operational in Merritt for the past seven years — three at their current location — this is only the third time the shelter will be open 24/7. “It’s really important. It is one thing to give someone a bed from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 a.m. and another to provide a place for them day and night,� she said, noting the cold weather shelter does not just take in the homeless, but those at risk to homelessness or in problematic situations. “When we were having to tell [cold weather shelter clients] to leave at 8:00 a.m. and it

Mother of slain girl recalls last encounter From Page 5 Lanaro, who wiped away tears from her face at times, said that she herself left the family home and drove into Merritt to shop for items for the birthday party and to prepare for a fishing trip she was taking later that night at a nearby lake.

She told the jury that she didn’t see Monica or her cousin in town but knew they had been in town after checking at a local grocery store.

The mom said she saw her daughter later, spoke to her briefly and told her to go home.

Then, as she was driving home, she saw her daughter again, riding her bike in the direction of home, she said. “I honked and I do believe one of the kids said, ‘Do you want a ride?’ and she said no, and I just kept going,� said Lanaro.

Asked about the RCMP investigation, the mother was critical of the Mountie who came and interviewed her, saying he wasn’t a skilled notetaker and was “quite sloppy.� “In that day and age, RCMP were quite prejudice against Indians,� said Lanaro, adding that the officer she dealt with was “quite rude� to her.

was [sub-zero temperatures], very often they were choosing to go back to abusive situations or situations where there was drug and alcohol use, even if they were trying to stay clean or off the street,� she said. “There isn’t anywhere else available in town where people can just go and sit and have coffee, or have a meal or just get out of the cold.�

The organization is always looking for volunteers, and anyone interested can stop by the shelter to apply, Harley added.

(From left to right) Myra Mingo and Mae Ketter of Community Futures Nicola Valley present NVSSS treasurer Marlene Jones and president Andree Harley with a cheque for $770. Dara Hill/Herald

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NICOLA VALLEY NEWS POLICE FILES

Not enough evidence to charge driver who struck cyclist Dara Hill THE MERRITT HERALD

RCMP were unable to gather enough evidence to lay charges against a driver who struck a cyclist at the intersection of Voght Street and Nicola Avenue.

Const. Tracy Dunsmore said there

are still too many questions abut how the cyclist entered the intersection before they were hit by a truck turning right onto Nicola Avenue on Oct. 19.

“I believe he was coming from the 7-11 so my question is did he come out of the 7-11 where the

vehicles exit and come down the road where the vehicles drive as a bike is supposed to do under the motor vehicle act?” asked Dunsmore. “Or did he cut through the parking lot and come through the sidewalk and cross the pedestrian walkway [across Nicola Avenue] that

cyclists are not supposed to do.”

Whether or not the cyclist was following proper procedures, Dunsmore said the driver of the vehicle is at fault.

“It is still the responsibility of the vehicle driver to ensure it is safe before he makes the right hand

turn,” she said.

Nevertheless, Dunsmore stressed people riding bicycles should ensure they are following the rules of the road.

These include not riding on sidewalks, stopping at stop signs and red lights, wearing a helmet and signalling when making a turn.

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Speed limits will be lowered along Highway 97C and sections of Highway 1.

Cole Wagner THE MERRITT HERALD

In the wake of a UBC study which found that increased speed limits on highways led to a significant increase in serious collisions, the B.C. government has lowered speed limits on 15 sections of highways across the province.

However, the 120 km/h limit on the Coquihalla Highway — introduced in 2014 — will remain unchanged.

The speed limit will

be lowered by 10 km/h along Highway 97C between Merritt and Peachland. The Merritt to Aspen Grove section will be lowered from 110 km/h to 100 km/h, while the Aspen Grove to Peachland section will be dropped from 120 km/h to 110 km/h.

Speed limits will also be rolled back on several sections of Highway 1.

“We know people want to get where they’re going quickly.

Our job is to help make sure they also get there safely,” stated Transportation Minister Claire Trevena in a news release. “Since the former government raised speed limits in 2014, serious crashes have been on the rise.

By rolling back speed limits slightly, our goal is to reduce accidents, keep roads open and protect the lives of British Columbians.”

According to the news release, 46 per cent of serious collisions on the Coquihalla Highway were caused by driver inattentiveness and driving too fast for conditions. But the review undertaken by the B.C. government found that the accident rate did not increase along the corridor after speed limits were raised in 2014.

The release went on to state that RCMP would be boosting enforcement along the sections which had limits rolled back.

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JUNIOR HOCKEY

Cents top the ‘dogs in thriller

BCHL STANDINGS to Nov. 7 INTERIOR DIVISION Team

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West Kelowna Merritt Salmon Arm Penticton Vernon Wenatchee Trail

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MAINLAND DIVISION Team

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Chilliwack Prince George Coquitlam Langley Surrey

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Victoria Powell River Alberni Valley Nanaimo Cowichan Valley

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(Above) Michael Van Unen carries the puck into the offensive zone while his teammates on the bench look on. (Right) Nick Granowicz had a hat trick as the Cents defeated the Alberni Valley Bulldogs 5-4.

Granowicz also added an assist en route to being named the game’s first star. Bill Stowell/Herald

Centennials stars come out to play as the home team tallies a goal late in the third to avoid overtime against Alberni Valley.

Cole Wagner THE MERRITT HERALD

Vincent Duplessis bent but did not break in net for the Merritt Centennials as the team weathered an offensive explosion from the visiting Alberni Valley Bulldogs on Nov. 3.

Duplessis was peppered with 42 shots in the contest, many of them quality chances.

But the netminder stood tall, making 38 saves to secure the victory for the Cents, who had just come off a shootout loss to arch-rival Penticton a night earlier.

It was once again the line of Brad Cocca, Christian Sabin and Nick Granowicz who did much of the heavy lifting for the Cents on the scoreboard.

Granowicz tallied his second BCHL hat trick in the third period after scoring twice in the opening frame.

Cocca finished with three assists, while Sabin had a goal himself (assisted by Granowicz).

But it was last year’s Energy Player of the Year, Brendan Schneider, who would play hero for the Cents.

A determined

Bulldogs team never faded away in the contest, scoring halfway through the final frame to level the score at 4-4. The game would remain tied, despite both teams having opportunities to earn an edge on the powerplay.

With less than three minutes remaining in the game, it was Cents captain Nick Wicks who found some space, charging in alone on the Bulldogs net only to be turned away by netminder John Hawthorne.

But Schneider, following close on his heels, drove home the rebound to seal the deal for the Centennials.

The team’s next test will come on Nov. 9 against the Vernon Vipers.

Merritt Centennials vs vs

VERNON VIPERS

Friday, November 9 - 7 pm

WEST KELOWNA WARRIORS

Sunday, November 11 - 2 pm

Family Fun Weekend In celebration of Parent’s Weekend families of 4 (2 adults, 2 kids) can get into the game for $20 PARENT’S NIGHT at the Rink - Friday, Nov. 9th at 7 pm ANNUAL ICE BREAKER FUNDRAISER - Saturday, Nov. 10th REMEMBRANCE DAY GAME

against the West Kelowna Warriors Sunday, Nov. 11th at 2pm.

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What’s happening in and around the Nicola Valley

Nov. 9

Merritt Centennials vs. Vernon Vipers 7:00 p.m. at Nicola Valley Memorial Arena

Nov. 10

Merritt Centennials Ice Breaker Celebration 5:00 p.m. at Merritt Civic Center More details at merrittcentennials.com

Nov. 11

Merritt Centennials vs. West Kelowna Warriors 2:00 p.m. at Nicola Valley Memorial Arena

Nov. 14

Merritt Centennials vs. Wenatchee Wild 7:00 p.m. at Nicola Valley Memorial Arena

Nov. 17

Introductory Falconry Workshop 11:00 a.m.. at Merritt Civic Centre Contact velocityraptorsbob@gmail.com to register

Regular Sessions RINGS OF HONOUR There was good turnout at the annual ladies bonspiel hosted by the Merritt Curling Club on Nov. 2 to 4. After the dust settled, three rinks were crowned winners of their respective divisions. (Top, left to right) A division winners Tami Desimone, Connie Westwick, Larkin Mettler and Carol Anne Rubner. (Middle) B division winners Chloe Mitchell, Carol Desimone, Monika Tenisch and Jane Wowchuk. (Bottom) C division winners Lois Ward, Carrie Ellingson and Nancy Ellingson. Bill Stowell/Herald

Pickleball

Mon, Wed, Fri, CMS gym, 8:30 - 11:30 a.m.

Tues, Thurs, Civic Centre, 6:30 - 9:00 p.m.

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is a winter outreach program at St Michael’s community Hall, 1990 Chapman Street from 10:30 am to 2 pm every Friday. To bring this program back, we need a few helping hands so we can provide lunch, games, conversation and music-musicians please bring your songs, instruments and voices for playing, jamming and singing. If you would like to be part of this, please call/ text Michael at 250-315-7454.

MUSEUM OF ART

Beautiful dance production, “Museum of Art”, presented by the students of the Love To Dance Academy.

Come and enjoy visual art, ballet, spanish flamenco, lyrical jazz dance and music. Wednesday, Nov. 21.

Matinee show at 1pm, evening show at 7pm. Doors open one hour before show starts. Concession, free entry.

Merritt Civic Centre.

WREATHS FOR REMEMBRANCE DAY

The Merritt Legion has wreaths available for Remembrance Day, Nov. 11th. Call the Legion at 250-378-5631 or Brian at 250-936-8547 for more information.

FLEA MARKET

Lower Nicola Flea Market Christmas Craft Sale November 18 from 10 - 2. Bakers, crafters and home based Businesses.

NICOLA NATURALIST SOCIETY

Frank Ritcey on “Wolves, Bears and Snakes”. The provincial coordinator of WildSafe BC and a popular speaker on wildlife, Frank Ritcey will talk about the contrast between public perceptions of charismatic mega-fauna (wolves and bears) and creatures low on the public appreciation scale (snakes and bugs). Expect some cool videos of both types of wildlife. A naturalist all his life, Frank spends much time doing videos and research on BC’s wildlife. Thursday, Nov. 15, 7 pm at the NVIT Lecture Theatre. All welcome.

CRAFT FAIR/BAKE SALE LUNCHEON

The Catholic Women’s League are having their craft fair, bake sale and luncheon on Saturday, Nov. 17 from 10 am to 1:30 pm in the Parish Hall on the corner of Coldwater and Blair Street. Admission by donation to the food bank. There will be doore prizes, bottle table, something for everyone. For more information call Joan at 250-378-3910.

VOLUNEERS NEEDED

Volunteers are needed for daytime, evening and overnight shifts at the Nicola Valley Winter Shelter. Application available at the Advocacy Centre, #2-2025 Granite Ave. and NVSSS, 2038 Nicola Ave.

NICOLA VALLEY FILM SOCIETY

presents: “The Children Act” rated PG on Monday, Nov. 19 at 7 pm at the Nvit Lecture Theatre. Tickets and

memberships are available at the door. For more info rmation phone 250-378-5190.

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Literacy Merritt & Nicola Valley Society is looking for volunteer tutors for the One to One elementary school reading program. For more information: email: literacymerritt@gmail.com or phone 250-378-7844.

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Fall House Sale starting on September 13th. It will run from 10:30 am to 3:30 pm Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays until further notice.

COMMUNITY BAND

Nicola Valley Community Band practices 7 p.m. Tuesdays at MSS music room. For more information call James 250-315-7724.

MESSY CHURCH

First Thursday of month, 5:00 to 6:30 p.m. at Trinity United Church. For parents or guardians and children to share fun activities, crafts, games, songs, celebration and sit-down dinner with your family. For more information or to register 250-378-5735 or email tucc@telus.net

PENSION BREAKFAST

Conayt Friendship Society Pension Day Breakfast will be held on every Pension Day from 8:30 to 10:00 am at 2164 Quilchena Ave., Merritt, BC. Everyone is invited.

Elders eat at no charge. For more information call 250378-5107. Volunteer servers and cooks are welcome.

NAVY LEAGUE OF CANADA

Join the Navy League every Wednesday evening from 6-9 p.m. for our parade. We are located at 1755 Coldwater Ave. Jumpstart does cover the cost of our fees & no child is turned away due to finances. FMI 250-280-6944

THE CHURCHES OF MERRITT WELCOME YOU Crossroads Community Church

2990 Voght St. • 250-378-2911• Service Time: Sundays 10:00 a.m.

Merritt Baptist Church

2499 Coutlee Ave. (Corner of Coutlee and Orme) • 250-378-2464 Service Time/ Sunday School: Sunday 10:00 a.m.

Merritt Lutheran Fellowship

in St. Michael's Anglican Hall • 250-378-9899 Service Time: 3rd Sunday each month 1:00 p.m.

Nicola Valley Evangelical Free Church 1950 Maxwell St. • 250-378-9502 Service Time: Sundays 10:00 a.m.

ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION

Hours are 2 pm to 6 pm, Tuesday through Friday, and Saturdays from 1 pm to 7 pm. Come join us Saturdays for our meat draw. Guests always welcome and will be signed in by a member.

NICOLA VALLEY QUILTERS GUILD

Meets on the first and third Thursday at 6:30 pm in the civic center. New members always welcome. The next quilting retreat weekend will be on November 16 – 18.

Register at the Civic Center, open to everyone. Find us on Facebook!

WetSunny Snow

High: 6C 4˚C High: Low: 2C Low: -3˚C

Sale of New and Used storage containers

Thursday, November 15

Anyone wanting to research their Family Trees may contact Al Thompson at 250-212-9868. We will open the Family History Centre by appointment only.

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Sacred Heart Catholic Church

Corner of Jackson & Blair • 250-378-2919 • Mass Time: Sundays 9:00 a.m.

Seventh Day Adventist Church

2190 Granite Ave. • 250-378-2339 Bible Study: 9:30 • Service Time: Saturdays 11:00 a.m.

St. Michael’s Anglican Church

1990 Chapman St. • 250-378-3772 Service times: Sundays at 10am (no service on the 5th Sunday)

Trinity United Church

Corner of Quilchena & Chapman • 250-378-5735 Service Time/ Sunday School (K - Gr. 4) - 10 am

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 2451 Spring Bank Ave • 250-378-5603 Worship Service Sunday -10 am • Sunday School -11:10 am Bible Study - 6:45 to 7:45 pm Wednesdays

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Hilda Florence Tait

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TAIT, Hilda Florence passed away peacefully with family at her side in Nanaimo, BC on Oct. 28, 2018.

She will be greatly missed by her family and friends.

Predeceased by her beloved husband and best friend, Jim Tait; parents, Emily & John Phillips; brother, Rolly (Gladis) Phillips; brother-in-law, Ron Walker; daughter-in-law, Adell Tait. She leaves behind her twin sister Ollie Walker, sons, Ken, Rick (Rene), Gene (Melita), Dennis (Donna), and daughter, Jody (Don); 18 grandchildren, and 16 great-grandchildren.

Graveside Service: Fri, Nov. 16, 2018 at 11:30 AM in Rossland, BC (Mountain View Cemetery).

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Viewing: Friday November 9 from 2-4 PM at First Memorial Nanaimo.

Celebration of Life: Sunday November 11 at 1:00pm at First Memorial, 1720 Bowen Rd, Nanaimo.

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250-378-2141 or 1-800-668-3379 Marguerite (Rita) Theresa Barker Oct. 19, 1930 – Oct. 14, 2018

Marguerite (Rita) Theresa Barker passed away peacefully at the age of 87 years with her family by her side in Kamloops, BC on October 14, 2018. She was predeceased by her loving husband of 65 years, Russell (Russ Barker), and her parents Leonard and Margaret Sadlier-Brown. She is survived by her children, son David Barker (Debbie) of Canmore, AB, daughter Margaret Locke (Walter) of Kamloops, BC and son Jeffrey Barker (Kathleen) of Ladner, BC, three grandchildren and two great grandchildren and her sister Pat Brown of Barriere, BC. Rita managed the family home, while Russ owned and operated Nicola Auto Body in Merritt for 31 years. Upon retirement they enjoyed travel and leisure time together. Rita was a 50 plus year member of the Order of the Eastern Star, Merritt Chapter #14. She also gave of her time to the community and charitable organizations. Rita and Russ moved back to Kamloops in 1987. Rita loved playing bridge and was an accomplished home cook and baker.

A heartfelt thank you to management and staff at Chartwell Ridgepoint and to the Home Health nurses and care aides that made her last years pleasant and peaceful. Special thanks to the wonderful staff and volunteers at Marjorie Willowby Snowden Hospice Home. In lieu of Ă RZHUV LQ PHPRULDP GRQDWLRQV WR WKH .DPORRSV Hospice Association www.kamloopshospice.com/home would be greatly appreciated.

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Job Posting Chief Executive OfďŹ cer The Upper Nicola Indian Band Corporation (UNIBC) is the main business arm of the Upper Nicola Band (UNB), and the vehicle for developing, investing and supporting UNB owned businesses and business opportunities, including interests of UNB in joint ventures and business partnerships. UNIBC is actively engaged in pursuing new business opportunities in residential, recreational, industrial and commercial sectors, on and off-reserve that will provide employment, knowledgetransfer and wealth to the UNB. Reporting to the Board of Directors of UNIBC, the role of the Chief Executive Officer is to develop, implement and manage the long-term economic vision and goals of the Development Corporation.

Core Responsibilities and Performance Measurement • Business Planning: including business fundamentals (vision and mission statement, guiding principles, core business, SWOT and competitive analysis model, corporate citizenship, and environmental stewardship) 10-year strategic plan, 3 year business plan and financial forecasts, and annual work plans and budgets. • Opportunity Analysis: identify, analyze and recommend new business opportunities. • Marketing: developing and implementing a marketing/ branding plan to promote business opportunities and a sense of pride within the community that UNIB is a progressive and “for businessâ€? community. • Communication & Reporting: preparing operational and situational reports on a range of deliverables including budget, business opportunities, strategic business plans, land matters joint ventures and negotiations. The CEO will ensure a communication link with the City of Merritt and other business partners. • Legal: (a) ensure that all legal matters pertaining to UNIBC are compliant with federal, provincial, regional, and local governments’ laws (b) deal with designation votes, leasing, preparation of joint venture agreements and other business and commercial matters, in liaison with the legal counsel of UNIBC. Education • Minimum of a Bachelor’s Degree preferably in the Business or Management Administration.

Knowledge and Experience • Management/ supervision of a company or project(s) in which there was a demonstrated ability to lead, analyse, plan and deliver profitable results in a timely and costeffective method. • Knowledge and experience in: o Marketing Programs o Feasibility studies o Negotiations and review of legal documents/ instruments of tenure o Financing strategies o Business analysis, start-ups and operations o Organizational design o Real estate development • First Nation work experience would be an asset Compensation Attractive salaries, benefits package commensurable with qualifications, experience and performance and similar First Nations opportunities.

Please submit personal resume, cover letter, and three (3) references by November 20, 2018 via email to: Attention: Kim Baird, Chairperson: Upper Nicola Indian Band Corporation kimcbaird@gmail.com UNB wishes to thank all applicants, but only those contacted for an interview will receive a reply.

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Scw’exmx Child & Family Services Society Our Children Our Responsibility

JOB POSTING FULL TIME – CHILD AND FAMILY COMMUNITY PLANNER Starting rate $ 33.60 per hour - 35 hour work week $61,152.00 per annum &RPSUHKHQVLYH EHQHÀW SDFNDJH Non-standard work hours – evenings and weekends may be required Our vision is that we are all somebody’s 7th generation. We work collaboratively to facilitate opportunities for our children, families and communities to achieve their full potential and realize a healthy quality of life through the implementation of our laws, jurisdiction and ancestral beliefs, values and teachings. Scw’exmx Child and Family Services Society (SCFSS) has been providing child protection and support services to the Nicola Valley (Merritt, B.C.) since 1994.

Please learn more about us ZZZ VFZH[P[ FRP and Merritt, B.C. ZZZ PHUULWW FD The Opportunity: Scw’exmx Child and Family Services Society (SCFSS) is seeking a highly motivated and dynamic individual to join our team as a Child and Family Community Planner (CFCP). Reporting to the Executive Director, the CFCP functions with a high degree of independence and operates in an environment ZKHUH WKHUH LV VLJQLÀFDQW HQJDJHPHQW DQG LQWHUDFWLRQ ZLWK stakeholders, including First Nation communities, community partners, children and families. The position includes cultural research, needs assessment, development, implementation, and communication of policy and procedure development.

The CFCP will participate in a wide variety of policy/research tables to monitor implementation of new policy, programs and initiatives on behalf of SCFSS. KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES: • Conveys new ideas contributing to organizational forward-thinking approaches • Excellent interviewing and needs assessment skills • Works independently and collaboratively building effective interpersonal relationships • 3URÀFLHQW XVLQJ PXOWLSOH FRPSXWHU SURJUDPV LQFOXGLQJ creating data bases • Self-regulates time management, meets deadlines, attention to detail with solid accuracy • Integrates Indigenous beliefs, values, knowledge as a best practice in all their work EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE: • Degree in social work, public administration, business administration, social sciences, or equivalent degree.

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Job Posting UNB Lands Manager Located in the Nicola Valley of BC, the Upper Nicola Band (UNB) is inviting applications for a Lands Manager to manage the Lands Department by performing a broad range of duties associated with the management of UNB on-reserve lands.

This position requires close working relationships with all departments, in particular: Community Services, Housing and Administration.

The Lands Manager is responsible for ensuring the UNBâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s adherence to applicable legislation, departmental policies, systems and operational guidelines to manage on reserve activities in accordance with the Indian Act and the Reserve Land and Environment Management Program (RLEMP).

Key Responsibilities Include: Strategic Planning 1. Develop, implement and monitor the UNB Lands strategic plan, ensuring the activities are in accordance with the mission and the goals of the Band.

2. Integrate the communityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s goals of sustainable development, sound governance and economic viability into land management plans and protection of a safe and healthy environment.

3. Contribute to the development of the Comprehensive Community Plan.

Operational Management 1. Prepare and maintain land transaction documents including survey, land transfer, permits, and leases and maintain the lands registry system.

2. Assist with monitoring and updating of the UNB Land Use Plan and develop land use policies as required.

3. Identify and make recommendations regarding sound environmental practices.

4. Ensure compliance with the RLEMP regulations, Indian Lands Registry and provisions of the Indian Act and other legislation.

5. Assist with the administration of estates.

QualiďŹ cations and Experience: 1. Certified Lands Manager through the National Aboriginal Lands Manager Association (NALMA), is an asset 2. Completion of the Indigenous Peoples Resources Management Program, is an asset.

3. Previous experience in working on reserve lands issues is required.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities: 1. Excellent skills are required in strategic planning, administration, financial management, facilitation, planning, negotiation, supervision and human resources, conflict resolution and problem solving.

2. Excellent program and project management skills.

3. Effective inter-personal skills.

4. Effective writing skills, including the ability to prepare reports, policies, and proposals.

5. Computer skills, including the ability to use Microsoft Office Suite of programs and specialized software.

6. Knowledge of on-reserve survey work processes.

7. Knowledge of syilx history and culture is an asset.

Total Compensation: in alignment with the current UNBâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s wage grid and benefits package.

Please send rĂŠsumĂŠ and cover letter by (November 19,2018) via mail, fax or e-mail to: Upper Nicola Band Box 3700 Merritt, BC V1K 1B8 Fax: 250 350 3311 Reception@uppernicola.com Upper Nicola Band thanks all applicants. However, only those short-listed for an interview will be contacted.

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Remembrance Day November 18, 1918 to November 11, 2018

In Flanders Fields

By: Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae, MD (1872-1918) Canadian Army In Flanders Fields the poppies blow Between the crosses row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns below.

We are the Dead. Short days ago We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, Loved and were loved, and now we lie In Flanders Fields.

Take up our quarrel with the foe: To you from failing hands we throw The torch; be yours to hold it high.

If ye break faith with us who die We shall not sleep, though poppies grow In Flanders Fields.

MARKING 100 YEARS SINCE THE END OF FIRST WORLD WAR MERRITT LEGION REMEMBERS

HONOURING NATIVE VETERANS

Ceremony begins at 10:15 a.m. at the Civic Centre.

10:45 march out to the Cenotaph.

11:00 a.m. - 2 minute silence Laying of Wreaths after Pipers Lament.

Parade will assemble at the Shulus Anglican Church at 9:45 a.m. with the parade starting at 10:15 a.m. and finishing at the Shulus Cenotaph located at the Lower Nicola Shulus Roman Catholic Church with the wreath laying ceremony to follow.

At 11 a.m. a moment of silence will be observed by those present. Everyone is then invited to the Shulus Community Hall for a luncheon.

Everyone is then invited to the Legion for an open house and light refreshments.

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At dusk on Remembrance Day, Trinity United Church will ring their bell to mark 100 years since the end of the First World War. Dara Hill/Herald

Dara Hill THE MERRITT HERALD

As the sun sets on Nov. 11, Merritt will join communities from across Canada in ringing bells to mark the end of the First World War. A century ago the news of the signing of the armistice that ended the fighting in the First World War broke, and churches across the country responded spontaneously by ringing their bells.

This Remembrance Day, churches from Newfoundland and Labrador to Vancouver Island to will ring their bells 100 times — one ring for each of the 100 years since the end of the First World War. “This powerful sound symbolizing peace from coast to coast will allow Canadians to stop, remember and feel the joy that the end of war brought after so much death and destruction,” Legion Dominion president Thomas D. Irvine wrote in a press release issued by the Royal Canadian Legion. “It will also be a reflection of the deep respect we hold for our many veterans who served in the First World War and for those who continue to serve our country today.”

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Remembrance Day ceremonies, marking the 100th anniversary of the armistice which ended the First World War, will take place at the cenotaph near the Merritt civic centre at 10:15 a.m. on Nov. 11. Services in Lower Nicola will also take place at the cenotaph in Shulus. Herald files

Ringing from coast to coast From Page 24 Merritt’s Royal Canadian Legion Branch has partnered with Trinity United Church to participate in the national initiative.

“It is something our dominion command has put out asking if we can participate in if possible so we did,” Merritt branch vice-president Brian Cottrell told the Herald.

Cottrell explained the church will only be ringing the bell between 20 and 25 times, as it is not in great condition. That said, it is lucky there is an available church bell in town at all.

“It used to be that every church had bells, now they are the only one,” he said.

In addition to the bells of peace initiative, the Royal Canadian Legion Merritt Branch is involved in a community Remembrance Day ceremony, set for 10:15 a.m. on Nov. 11 at the civic centre, followed by a march ‘It used to be that every back to the Legion building. church had bells, now Cottrell said they are selling Remembrance Day wreaths there is only one.’ as visual tributes to living and — Brian Cottrell deceased veterans to be placed Vice president of branch 96 on the local cenotaph at the Royal Canadian Legion Remembrance Day ceremony, and their poppy campaign is in full swing as well.

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On returning from the First World War, they came together to help each other adapt to their new reality.

They then welcomed the next generation of amputee veterans following the Second World War, creating the Key Tag Service to provide them with meaningful work and a service to Canadians that continues today.

Recently I joined a young child amputee named Tiffany in laying a rose at the grave of Curley Christian, the only quadruple amputee to survive the First World War. Tiffany benefits from the Child Amputee (CHAMP) Program, just as I did as a teenager following a train accident. We paid tribute to Curley both for his sacrifices at Vimy Ridge and for helping to start a program that has assisted us and amputees across the country.

Though they considered themselves to be “ordinary guys,” these war amputees served their country in wartime and continued to serve when they came home. I can say with pride that their legacy and sacrifices will be remembered through generations of amputees, like Tiffany and I, long into the future.

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Merritt celebrated winning of victory A look back at the top story in the Merritt Herald on Nov. 15, 1918 — the first paper published after the armistice was declared on Nov. 11.

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hen the official announcement that “War is over” was flashed over the wires to Merritt last Monday morning and the church bells began to ring and the whistles at the city power plant and mines began to blow, there was happy throb in every breast and people — men, women and children — began flocking to the downtown streets, eager to learn if the news was actually true.

Men at the mines laid down their tools and declared a holiday for themselves, clerks in the stores found it difficult to remain on duty and businessmen were seen everywhere on the streets.

Smiles, laughter and rejoicing was

shown in the faces of all, except a very few foreigners of enemy alien origin; even those brightened before the day was over and joined in the celebrations.

Flags appeared as if by magic, automobiles were decorated, grown people and children carried emblems and a day of spontaneous rejoicing and revelry followed.

About 10 o’clock in the morning, automobiles carrying Canford Mills and Lower Nicola people arrived in procession and began parading the streets. The occupants of those machines were armed with musical instruments, saws, big tin cans — anything that would make a noise and all laughed and shouted their gladness as

around and around the city they drove, being joined in their parade by local machines. There was no mistaking their enthusiasm. It was demonstrated at every turn.

The fact that the funeral of the late Pte. Reginald Bond of Nicola had been fixed for Monday afternoon held the returned soldiers and citizens of Merritt somewhat in check until evening. At 2 o’clock in the afternoon, a large number of machines and a great crowd of people gathered in front of city hall and formed a procession to Nicola to pay their respects to the memory of one who had “done his bit” in Flanders, had been returned home a physical wreck and who was not permitted to live witness to the day when victory over the enemy would be announced.

About 4 o’clock in the afternoon, returned soldiers, headed by Piper Andy Kirk of Vancouver, started a procession on Quilchena Avenue and began marching about the streets.

This procession grew in size as every block was passed, automobiles joining with heavy leads. In about half an hour, hundreds of people were either in the procession, marching to the music of the bagpipes and the Merritt Brass Band, or were on the streets watching.

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n Aug. 8, 1918, Allied forces on the Western Front launched a major offensive against the German lines near the town of Amiens, France.

The Battle of Amiens marked the beginning of Canada’s Hundred Days and the last three months of the First World War. During this period a series of impressive Canadian Corps victories on the Western Front solidified their reputation as elite shock troops.

Prior to Amiens the Canadian Corps had success in battles at places like Vimy Ridge and Passchendaele.

Their reputation for being exceptional troops soon preceded them‚ often the Canadians’ mere presence on the front lines would cause the Germans to believe an Allied offensive was imminent.

Before their assault at Amiens, some men of the Canadian Corps were sent to Ypres, Belgium, in an effort to make

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the Germans think a major attack was coming there. In secret, the Canadians instead massed at Amiens, where they would be at the vanguard of a great Allied offensive that saw them advance more than 20 kilometers in four days of fighting. Eight Canadians were awarded the Victoria Cross for their bravery in the battle.

Following the success of the Canadian Corps and their Allies in the Battle of Amiens, the Canadians were moved north back to Arras.

Having little rest, they continued to pressure the German forces, breaking the Drocourt-Quéant Line on Sept.

2, breaching the Hindenburg Line with the capture of Bourlon Wood on Sept. 27, and then pressing on through Cambrai, Mount Houy, Valenciennes and into Mons, Belgium in October and early November 1918.

During the last three months of the First World War, the Canadian Corps advanced roughly 130 kilome-

tres and took some 32,000 German prisoners and captured almost 3,800 enemy artillery pieces, machine guns and mortars. By the conclusion of Canada’s Hundred Days, 30 Canadians and Newfoundlanders had earned the Victoria Cross, the highest decoration for valour they could receive.

Canada’s Hundred Days culminated with the end of the First World War and the signing of the armistice on Nov. 11, 1918.

In 2018, the Government of Canada will mark the 65th anniversary of the Korean War armistice, the 10th anniversary of National Peacekeepers’ Day and the 100th anniversary of Canada’s Hundred Days and the armistice — milestones on the road to peace and freedom we continue to walk today.

Information courtesy of Veterans Affairs Canada (http://www.veterans.gc.ca).

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James Alexander Hogg

James Edward Dunnigan

James Moyes Senior

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Nelson Atkinson

Norman Rogers

Oliver Lindley

Paddy Stirling

Pat Carr

Jessie Maxwell

Jim Cartwright

Jim Hardy

Peter McDonald

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Ralph Graham

Ray Fairley

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Jim Maxwell, Doug Maxwell, Ben Shaw

Jim Moyes Jr.

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Elizabeth Chaster

Elmer (Shorty) Jensen

Robert Charters (Seated)

Robert Hogg

Eddie LaRochelle

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Nicola Tribal Association

The Nicola Tribal Association wants to express on behalf of all Canadians our Pride in this history.

History is important, the history about Native veterans and the place they served with honor and distinction, home and abroad in the time of war and in keeping peace.

More than 200 Canadian native soldiers were killed or died from wounds during the Second World War. Natives earned a minimum of 18 decorations for bravery in action.

They participated in every major battle and campaign. On each occasion our soldiers overcame challenges and made impressive sacrifices and contributions to help our nation restore world peace. In order to fight for our country, our Native Veterans had to give up their Native Status on top of the ultimate sacrifice.

May we bring home these historic memories of our ancestors and elders as we honor the Native Veterans today...

These pictures represent just a fraction of our Native Veterans Joseph Coutlee

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emembrance ay...

A piece of our history Canadians recognize Remembrance Day, originally called Armistice Day, every Nov. 11 at 11 a.m. It marks the end of hostilities during the First World War and an opportunity to recall all those who have served in the nationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s defence.

ARMISTICE DAY Armistice Day was inaugurated in 1919 throughout much of the British Empire, but on the second Monday in November. In 1921, the Canadian Parliament passed an Armistice Day bill to observe ceremonies on the first Monday in the week of Nov. 11, but this combined the event with the Thanksgiving Day holiday. For much of the 1920s, Canadians observed the date with little public demonstration.

Veterans and their families gathered in churches and around local memorials, but observances involved few other Canadians.

In 1928, some prominent citizens, many of them veterans, pushed for greater recognition and to separate the remembrance of wartime sacrifice from the Thanksgiving holiday. In 1931, the federal government decreed that the newly named Remembrance Day would be observed on Nov. 11 and moved Thanksgiving Day to a different date. Remembrance Day would emphasize the memory of fallen soldiers instead of the political and military events leading to victory in the First World War. http://www.warmuseum.ca

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Why the poppy?

The association between the poppy and war dates back to the Napoleonic wars, when a writer saw a field of poppies growing over the graves of fallen soldiers.

During the Battle of Ypres in 1915, Canadian Lt.-Col. John McCrae was inspired to write the poem In Flanders Fields on sighting the poppies growing beside a grave of a close friend who had died in battle.

The poem was a great inspiration in adopting the poppy as the Flower of Remembrance in Canada, France, the U.S., Britain and Commonwealth countries.

The first poppies were distributed in Canada in 1921.

Today the volunteer donations from the distribution of millions of poppies is an important source of revenue for the Royal Canadian Legion that goes toward helping ex-servicemen and women buy food, and obtain shelter and medical attention.

Remembrance Day

We will not forget . . .

Thank you for your service, your courage, your sacrifice....

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On this Remembrance Day We pay tribute to those past and present who serve our country with courage and compassion A message from Mayor and Council

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