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Athletes are racing at the FIS Keurig event in Kimberley. Jane Davies from the Kimberley Alpine Team reports that the Super G was switched to a slalom on Sunday, but they got it off. Davies said that in comparison to other ski hills in the province, Kimberley is holding up well. Above, action from the Night Slalom on Saturday evening. Racing continues all week. Don’t forget the KAT Silent Auction this Saturday at the Stemwinder from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

On February 9, the High River RCMP were made aware of a missing 67 year old male from Kimberley.

C A R O LYN G R A N T A N D B A R RY CO U LT E R

A Kimberley man missing since leaving High River, Alberta, en route back to Kimberley, has been located.

High River RCMP issued a press release thanking the public for their assistance, and noting that Ernest Davis had been found and was being transported to hospital.

“As a result from a tip, called in by an area rancher, the Crowsnest Pass Search and Rescue sent out snowmo-biles and located Mr. Davis,” the re-lease said. “His vehicle had left the road on Highway 40 or what is also know as the Forestry Trunk Road, north of Blairmore, Alberta.

“At this time (3:24 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 10) he is being transported to the hospital for an examination.”

Kimberley RCMP and their part-ners in High River, Alberta had con-tinued with a comprehensive search for a missing man Tuesday.

ERNEST DAVIS

Man reported missing is found

See MISSING, Page 4

TOWNSMAN STAFFA Cranbrook woman facing fraud

charges had her case adjourned till March on Tuesday morning as she seeks a private accountant.

The charges, including Fraud over $5,000 and Theft of $5,000, were an-nounced by the RCMP last October, after a business reported that a long-time employee had been stealing money by alleging that she had been paying herself for hours and duties not actually performed.

In total, it is alleged the accused defrauded her employer of approxi-mately $360,000 over the course of

her 14-year tenure with the company.In October 2014, Cranbrook

RCMP arrested a 54-year-old woman after a two-year investigation where members worked in conjunction with forensic accountants, accoun-tants from the victim business, as well as the RCMP’s Provincial Com-mercial Crime Unit based out of Van-couver.

According to court records, Kim-berley Burgess made her first appear-ance in Cranbrook Provincial Court on Oct. 6, 2014, to face one charge of Theft over $5,000 and one charge of Fraud over $5,000.

Cranbrook fraud case adjourned to March

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yme woenSdregTImagine a movie

without any music be-hind the action.

Bet you can’t! Can ya?

Who can imagine “Jaws” without that deep bass rumble? Or the march of the Imperi-al troops in Star Wars? Or the music which seemingly lifts Elliott’s bike across the face of the moon in E.T.? Or the heroic music which ac-companies Superman’s flight? Or the love themes for Superman and Lois Lane or Leia and Han Solo?

The music makes the scenes come alive, and even just to hear the music flashes the film across the screen of the mind.

That’s what hap-pened for over 500 peo-ple at the Key City The-atre last Saturday night. The Symphony of the Kootenays’ third con-cert featured the music of John Williams, along with a couple of classi-cal pieces which have also been well used in the movies.

The program high-lighted Williams’ gift for writing the big melody which undergirds the action on the screen. From one of his early movies, “The Cowboys” (1972) to the eerie soundscape of “Close Encounters of the Third Kind” to the threatening rumbling of “Jaws” to his more mature output, Williams has a knack for writing tunes which are instantly memorable and quickly identified with their particular characters. To try and imagine these movies without the music is vir-

tually impossible. The music, by itself, is pow-erful and has the ability to flash pictures in the movie theatre of the mind.

The orchestra played with verve and enthusi-asm, with large brass and percussion sections to bring the music to life. Five percussionists, including three Mount Baker students, added rhythmic vitality to un-dergird Williams’ melo-dies.

The program also in-cluded the haunting “Adagio for Strings” by Samuel Barber, which was used to such strik-ing effect in “Platoon”, and the opening move-ment of Mozart’s “Eine Kleine Nachtmusik”, which is the most often used piece by Mozart in the movies.

The Symphony’s final concert will be held on April 11, with music by Rossini, Robert Schumann and Beetho-ven. Be sure to get your tickets for that concert now—it promises to be a great one.

Finally, one of Cana-da’s musical greats will be in Cranbrook. Rivka Golani, internationally acclaimed viola player, will play on March 25 at the Royal Alexandra Hall in a performance of the Octet by Franz Schubert and the Septet by Beethoven. When she was here last year, she electrified those who heard her with not only her exceptional tal-ent, but her deeply felt spirit and love for the music. Get your tickets for both concerts from the Key City Theatre.

SubmiT TedIt is time for Singing Valen-

tines once again. This is a a tradition here in Cranbrook and Kimberley started by Baker Street 14 years ago.

If you live in Cranbrook or

Kimberley on Feb. 13 or in Cranbrook on Valentines Day, Feb. 14, between the hours of Nine to Four you can surprise and honour your sweetheart with a singing Valentine. East Kootenay’s own Barbershop

quartet, The Sound Principle, will sing two romantic songs and present a long stem rose to your sweetheart at a place of your choosing.

Book now by calling Joel Vinge at 489-2490.

All proceeds go to The Heart & Stroke Foundation of British Columbia. Thank you!

Please support us once again to raise funds for this worthy cause and join in by honouring your Sweetheart.

Submitted

Pictured above are the Singing Valentines last year in which we raised $1,215 from 39 enthusiastic Valentines. In the picture (from left to right) is Joel Vinge, Tenor; Gert de Groot, Lead; Marian Hess (our favourite Volunteer with The Heart & Stroke Foundation of British Columbia) receiving the cheque; Rollie Cummins, Baritone; and Michael Jones, Bass, from Kimberley.

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SubmiT TedAfter five years and

over 1,000 rebates given out toward the replace-ment of high volume

toilet fixtures, the City of Cranbrook has officially discontinued the Low Flow Toilet Rebate pro-gram.

“The rebate pro-gram has operated quite successfully over the past five years, something we’ve been really happy about,” says Chris Zettel, Cor-porate Communica-tions Officer for the City of Cranbrook. “The reality is we’ve seen a slower uptake of the rebates the past two years and our costs to advertise the rebates to the public has in-creased during that same period. We felt it was just time.”

The toilet rebate program has been a significant part of the City’s overall water conservation educa-tion program since it began in 2010. The program was designed to help get the large volume toilets out of use and have them re-placed with low flush or dual flush fixtures. In turn, it meant a re-duction of the amount of water the City’s sewer system needed to deal with on a daily basis.

“I want to thank ev-eryone who has taken advantage of the rebate program,” Zettel says. “I also want to thank the Regional District of East Kootenay and the staff at Cranbrook Transfer Station who helped us ensure the old toilet fixtures were disposed of properly.”

City staff is explor-ing other opportunities to initiate another re-bate type program with a focus on reduced water use likely for 2016 or 2017.

Low flow toilet rebate program to be discontinued

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Arne PetryshenTonight, building officials

from the City of Cranbrook and the Regional District of East Kootenay will be provid-ing information on the new BC Building Code regula-tions at a forum.

Tracy McGuire, City of Cranbrook Building Inspec-tor, said the forum is aimed at providing information to contractors within the East Kootenays. She said the changes are on a wide pa-rameter and came into effect Dec. 19, 2014.

“It affects most of the dis-

ciplines in the construction trade: framing; insulators; electricians; wood stove in-stallers — everybody,” Mc-Guire said.

She added that the meet-ing is more for contractors than the general public, with the exemption of people who are building a house.

“It’s only for new builds,” she said.

McGuire said the forum is about making the changes more straightforward for those involves in building construction.

“The province changed

the way the regions are di-vided in British Columbia, so there’s been a change in our energy requirements in our zone, which is a newly creat-ed climatic zone,” she said.

The changes to the ener-gy requirements deal mostly with ventilation and insula-tion.

“The changes will be af-fective on any building per-mit that was received after Dec. 19, 2014,” she said. “That’s fortunate because we don’t really have any new single family dwellings in yet — it’s our real slow season

for that now.”She said there is a big list

of things they will talk about. “It’s all regarding energy

efficiency requirements in new builds. There will be changes to the insulation re-quirements, changes to ven-tilation, and changes to the building envelope airtight-ness requirements.

There are also changes to the existing Radon mitiga-tion requirements.

“We already employ that within the building code, but there are just modifications to that now,” she said.

She said the presentation about all of the changes will likely take about 40 minutes. That will be followed by a question and answer period for the contractors to ask anything specific as it per-tains to them.

McGuire confirmed the event is free and added that there will be donuts.

She said one of the reason they are putting on the forum is that, while there were some seminars put on by the Building Officials Associa-tion in December, they cost hundreds of dollars to at-

tend. “The changes affect so

many disciplines of the trades, so we decided we would do this just to get in-formation out there,” she said.

Handouts will also be available for people to pick up.

The forum will take place in Cranbrook on tonight, Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2015 from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at the Manual Training School, located at 1212 2nd Street North next to the Cranbrook Public Library.

Forum will highlight building code changes

t r e vo r C r Aw l e yIn separate letters to

RDEK board members, Teck reported that there are no high-priority or stability issues at any of Elk Valley operations or at the Sullivan Mine

site. After the disaster at

Mount Polley where a tailings dam breach emptied mine waste into Polley Lake, the B.C. Chief Inspector of Mines ordered a review

of all tailings pond facil-ities in the province.

Teck Coal Limited conducted Dam Safety Inspections (DSI) at Elkview Operations, Greenhills Operations and Fording River Op-

erations, concluding in each case that there were no issues with their dam structures.

In addition to the DSI reports, other third-party studies in-cluded using a ‘worst-

case’ hypothetical dam failure to assess emer-gency response plans and the potential envi-ronmental conse-quences.

“This helps ensure that our emergency re-

s u b m i t t e dA group of middle school

students from Kootenay Christian Academy recently completed a week of service projects as part of their inau-gural Service Week. Students had the opportunity to be-come familiar with local char-

ities and service organiza-tions, lend a hand and learn new skills.

“It was lots of fun to see how much we could bless the community by helping out,” said Robyn Pocha, a Grade 8 student at KCA.

They sorted clothing and

food donations, helped out on construction projects, completed yard clean-up, house work, and snow shovel-ling, and hosted a tropical va-cation-themed seniors’ tea. Partnering organizations and programs included the Salva-tion Army, Bibles for Mis-

sions, Abundant Life Pente-costal Assembly, and Better at Home.

“These students love to serve, and this was a great opportunity for them to go out as a group and interact in the community,” said Dawn Hil-debrandt, a KCA teacher.

KCA students serve communitySubmitted

Students with Kootenay Christian Academy at work at Bibles For Missions, a local thrift store.

Teck reports no local tailings pond issuessponse planning is done to the most com-prehensive and thor-ough level possible,” wrote Nic Milligan, the community and gov-ernment affairs manag-er for Teck, in a letter to RDEK board member Mike Sosnowski.

“At the same time, it is important to note that the reports indicate that a failure of this kind is extremely im-plausible, given the ex-tensive monitoring and safety measures in place at each opera-tion.”

Currently, the DSI reports are under re-view by the government and will be made public sometime this month.

In light of the Mount Polley disaster, Sos-nowski is pleased with the effort Teck made in their review of Elk Val-ley operations.

“Teck Coal keeps local government very well informed on every-thing and everything that’s going on,” said Sosnowski. “They re-turn our calls, any ques-tions that we have, they’re a very good cor-porate partner in the Valley.

“After Mount Polley, [I was] just very pleased to see Teck do what the

government told them to do, but that the re-sults of the testing were very positive.”

While no longer in active mining opera-tion, there are still ac-tive tailings pond at the Sullivan Mine, however, a separate DSI report indicated that there ar-en’t any safety or stabil-ity concerns for the 14 earthen dams that make up six tailings im-poundments at the site.

Like the Elk Valley report, a third-party study of a ‘worst-case’ scenario featuring a hy-pothetical breach was created to develop emergency response plans and environmen-tal consequences.

“The dialogue has been great, very open,” said Kimberley mayor Don McCormick. “We’re completely sat-isfied with the report. In the whole remediation over time, Teck has kept in close conversation with us, there are no surprises and it worked out really well.”

DSI reports are con-ducted annually, and detailed Dam Safety Reviews are conducted by a third-party engi-neer once every five years.

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If you have experience in any of the above areas, we encourage you to contact us for more information.

Phone: Ryan Gibbard, Manager 250.489.3013

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Apply at: www.mcelhanney.com/careers cbt.org/careers 1.800.505.8998

Summer Student PositionsColumbia Basin Trust has five summer student positions available throughout the Basin:

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SPRING & SUMMER 2015

It’s a book about pirates, treach-

ery, intrigue; it has taken over 300 years to be published, and it may or may not be true.

‘Piratas y Contra-bandistas de Ambas In-dias, y Estado Presente de Ellas’ (Pirates and Smugglers of the East and West Indies, and the Present State of those Regions) was written by Francisco de Seyxas y Lovera, a man who had quite a career. Born in 1646, Seyxas spent his adult life as one of Spain’s most for-midable sea captains. He commanded both military and commer-cial ships, fighting and trading his way all over Europe, Asia, Africa and South America. For three decades he was Spain’s go-to person for all things nautical, which, even though he was highly critical of the Crown’s behaviour in the New World, earned him numerous royal decrees.

He was also good with a pen, publishing ‘Theatro Naval Hidro-graphico’ in 1688, and ‘Descripcion Geo-graphica, y Derrotero de la Region Austral Magallanica’ in 1690. Seyxas had written both books in New Spain (Southern Mexico), having settled there to retire. In 1694 he fin-ished writing ‘Piratas y C o n t r a b a n d i s t a s ,’ which, for some reason, was never published. In fact nothing more is known of this title until

1909, when the hand-written manuscript ap-pears in a rare book cat-alogue in Germany. It was purchased by the Hispanic Society of the Americas in New York the following year, and sat buried on a base-ment shelf for another 100 years.

So what happened?It appears that Seyx-

as’s continued criticism of the Spanish Crown did not go unnoticed. His brief stay in New Spain was marked by half-a-dozen arrests, and constant harass-ment by royal officials. Just after he finished writing ‘Piratas’, he was arrested again, and sentenced to a military prison in North Africa. Seyxas escaped en route, eventually turn-ing up in France. It is not too far a stretch to guess Seyxas left his lat-est work behind in New Spain during his es-cape. Even though he continued to write in France, he makes no mention of ‘Piratas’ is any of his official or personal letters.

And that is the least

strangest thing about this book.

The 2010 publica-tion of ‘Piratas’ brought to the world the earliest known Spanish lan-guage writing on mari-time piracy — predat-ing all other works by 50 years. It also gave schol-ars an incredibly de-tailed bibliography of sources; ones which no one has ever heard of it, or have been found to exist.

What is now being called “the lost pirate li-brary” is a list of 30 ‘for-eign works’ (not in Spanish) which Seyxas cites but nobody can find. Most of these lost books hint at some fas-cinating works. One is about the history of a lost settlement, found-ed in Chile by a group of English peers fleeing from Charles II. He cites this work as being print-ed in Bristol in 1683, but so far this title — as well as this colony — re-mains lost to history.

Seyxas also discuss-es a 1665 attack on Peru by France, this time re-ferring to two separate sources. This failed at-tempt was led by some-one named Estienne de Toledo, whose pub-lished journal Seyxas quotes from. This at-tack, person, and jour-nal remain unknown.

One of the most puz-zling references is to Carlos Enrriquez Ck-relck’s ‘Derrotero Y Di-ario,’ which wasn’t pub-lished until 1695 — a full year after Seyxas wrote his book. Did he

see an unpublished manuscript at some time? If so, when and where?

This of course brings up the question as to whether or not Seyxas may have simply made up his sources. Scholars do not think so. Seyxas mentions the difficulty of finding many of the works he used, many which he did not have on hand. He quotes passages from memory, but he is always clear to mention when he is doing so. Additionally, he provides exacting details, naming not only the work and its author, but also the year of publication, page number, city of publica-tion and the name of the printer.

A good example is the book about France’s attack on Peru, which he does not own, but names the French bookstore, from where he had previously bought 10 copies from, as requested by a mem-ber of the royal family.

What happened to these lost books? There is a good chance many of them were destroyed. The Spanish Crown was more than happy to de-stroy books — especial-ly foreign works — which they viewed as a security threat. This was also the time of the Inquisition — not really known for their toler-ance of reading materi-al in general.

It is hoped that at least some of Seyxas’ lost pirate library did indeed survive, sitting buried on a shelf some-where.

Mike Selby is Reference Librarian

at the Cranbrook Public Library

The Lost Pirate Library

BOOKNOTeSMike Selby

Publications of the caribbean EK snow pack at 80 per cent of normal

C AROLYN GR ANTThe BC River Forecast Centre

has released its monthly informa-tion on snow pack accumulation and, as one would expect after re-cent warm weather, snow packs remain below normal for almost the entire province.

In the East Kootenay, the snow pack is at 80 per cent of normal, although that will vary throughout the region as some areas received more of what snow did fall during January.

Temperatures across British Co-lumbia continued to be well above normal through the month of Janu-ary. Temperatures were generally 2-4°C above normal, with the larg-est temperature anomalies occur-ring in the Central Interior and northern British Columbia. Janu-ary sea surface temperature anom-alies in the Pacific Ocean off the shores of British Columbia have continued to be several degrees above normal.

January precipitation trends have been varied across the prov-ince. Vancouver Island, South Coast, and Kootenays experienced below normal precipitation. Above normal precipitation occurred in the Okanagan, Interior, Central Coast and Northwest BC. With increased temperatures, particularly on Van-

couver Island and south-west BC, rainfall was the dominant form of precipitation through mid-elevation terrain, the report says.

Vancouver Island, the Lower Fra-ser and Skagit Basins have received the least amount of snow with Skagit having only 12 per cent of average accumulation and the Island, 33 per cent.

Two-thirds of the province’s an-nual snow pack has usually been accumulated by this time of year and the report concludes that it is unlike-ly snow packs will recover signifi-cantly unless there is much higher than normal precipitation,which is not forecast.

The report says the outlook for the rest of the winter is for more of the same, weather-wise.

Warm Pacific Ocean tempera-tures and weak El Niño-like condi-tions are expected to persist into the spring. These will likely drive contin-ued warmer than average tempera-tures, particularly along coastal sec-tions of the province. Environment Canada is forecasting a high likeli-hood of above normal temperatures over the February to April period across British Columbia.

This means low flows will persist throughout the summer especially in areas where the snow pack is 40 percent less than normal.

Warm weather forecast to continue through to spring

Ernest Davis left a residence in High River at approximate-ly 2 p.m. on February 8 to travel back to his residence in Kimber-ley.

Davis, believed to be be travelling through Crowsnest Pass, had not been heard from since de-parting High River.

Kimberley RCMP Cpl. Chris Newel said

Tuesday morning — prior to Davis’ being located — that the search had been ramped up.

“The call did go into High River first but the family resides here in Kimberley,” Newel said. “It’s al-ways better that the family have a contact here that they can talk to in person, so we are taking a more active

role.”The vehicles plates

had been entered into police computers so if it is checked anywhere in Canada it would be flagged, Newel said. All hospitals had been contacted as well, with no results.

Newel also said he was getting an EMBC Civil Air Search and Rescue aircraft flying on Tuesday morning.

The aircraft was to search B.C. highways as far as the Alberta border,” he said.

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ONGOING CRANBROOK QUILTERS’ GUILD hold their meetings every 2nd & 4th Tuesday of each month at 7:15pm upstairs in the Seniors’ Hall, 125-17th Ave. S. Everyone welcome. Info: Donna at 250-426-7136.Cranbrook Phoenix Toastmasters meet every Thursday, noon -1:00 Heritage Inn. Toastmasters teaches communication & leadership skills. Roberta 250-489-0174. 1911.toastmastersclubs.org.The Canadian Orthopaedic Foundation invites anyone expecting bone and joint surgery to make contact with local volunteers for peer support. The free Ortho Connect program helps to ease the fear, stress and anxiety that go along with surgery and help patients prepare. 1-800-461-3639 ext 4, and ask for Lauralee.Aged10-14? Got the writing bug? CBAL hosts the Youth Writing Group at the Cranbrook Public Library. The 2nd & 4th Wed of each month, 4-5:30pm Free! Call Lori 250-464-1864 or [email protected] (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) non profi t weight loss support group meets EVERY Thursday at 5:00 pm, at Sr Citizen’s Centre, (downstairs) 125 17th Ave S, Cranbrook. Drop in, have fun while losing weight gradually. This Chapter has won an annual B.C. Provincial Award for “Best Avg Weight Loss Per Member”. Info: Marie 250 417 2642Cranbrook Writer’s Group meet on the 4th Monday of the month at the Arts Council. Engage in writing exercises, constructive critiques & share in information on upcoming literary events & contests. Cbk and District Arts Council, 104, 135-10th Ave S, CBK. info: 250-426-4223 www.cranbrookanddistrictartscouncil.comCanadian Cancer Society- if you have spare time and would like to volunteer, interested applicants can call 250-426-8916, drop by our offi ce at #19-9th Avenue S, Cranbrook or go to www.fi ghtwithus.ca and register as a volunteer.Royal Canadian Legion Branch 24; Friday Meat Draw: 4:30- 6:30, Saturday Meat Draw: 3:30-5:30. Parkinson’s Support Group are meeting at 2 pm on the third Wednesday of each month at the Heritage Inn. For more info. phone Linda @ 250-489-4252. No meetings July, Aug or Dec.Do you have the desire to stop eating compulsively? Overeaters Anonymous (a 12-Step Program) meets Mondays from 7-8pm at Cranbrook United Church, 2-12th St. S., downstairs. Contact: [email protected] Star Quilters Society Meetings are held the 2nd & 4th Monday at 7:00 PM, basement of Centennial Centre, 100 4th Ave Kimberley. Welcoming all! Info call Heather 250 427-4906Help stop our wait list from growing!! Apply to be a Kimberley or Cranbrook Big Brother or Sister, “one hour a week or more”. 250-489-3111.‘Military Ames’ social/camaraderie/support group meetings are held in the Kimberley Public Library reading room the fi rst and third Tuesday’s of the month. All veterans welcome. For more information contact Cindy 250 919 3137 Dance/Practice: every Saturday. Practice from 7 to 8 PM, dancing until 11 PM. Dance With Me Cranbrook Studio, 206-14 A 13th Street, South, behind Safeway.Volunteers are needed to assist staff with childminding while parents attend programs at the Kimberley Early Learning Center. Come play!! Weekly or monthly for 2 hours. Diana 250427-0716

UPCOMINGFeb. 11. Kimberley Garden Club February Program: Growing Herbs for Teas and Culinary Use. Selkirk High School Library 7-9 pm. New members welcome. Info: Nola 250-427-1947British Columbia Government Retired Employees Assoc., Rky Mtn Branch, will be holding their luncheon meeting Days Inn, Sam Steele Room, Cranbrook on Feb. 11 at 12:00 noon. Guest speaker: Galen Olstead, Managing Director, Key City Theatre. Info: Ronald Kerr, 250-432-0002.February 14 Hawaiian Luau, Cranbrook United Church. Fun, food, music, prizes. Book your table now 250-426-2022. Advance tickets only available to February 12. Email offi [email protected] or drop in at #2-12th Ave S. AlohaAnglican Church Pie Sale, 46-13 Ave. S., Cranbrook. Saturday, Feb. 14 from 1:30-3:00 pm. Whole pies go on sale at 2:00 pm.Valentine Tea, St. Mary’s Church Hall, Saturday, Feb. 14, 11:30am - 2:00pm. Tea, open faced buns and goodies. Bake & craft table.Cranbrook Garden Club Meeting in the hall of Christ Church Anglican, 46-13 Ave. S., Monday Feb 16, 7:00 p.m. Come out and join us in creating your own Garden Journal. New members always welcome. Info: April 778-517-1222.Travelogue about Vancouver Island will be presented on February 18, 2015 at the College of the Rockies Theatre at 7PM. Hiking in Strathcona Park, whale watching, spending a night in a typical emergency shelter at Cape Palmerston, spending time on Salt Spring and Cormorant Island. Admission by donation - to Stephen Lewis Foundation from GoGo Grannies.2015 FREE FAMILY SWIM Wednesday, February 18, 6:00-7:00pm is sponsored by Tyee Log Homes. Persons 18 years & younger must be accompanied by an adult.GoGo travelogue about Vancouver Island presented by John Przeczek and Corrinne deZoete February 18, 2015, College of the Rockies; 7PM. From Victoria to Port Hardy, share their hiking in Strathcona Park, whale watching and much more. Admission by donation to GoGo Grannies/the Stephen Lewis Foundation.

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The display case at the Cranbrook Library for the month of Febru-ary is beautiful acrylic paintings by Jennie Tay-lor.Wed. February 11

TravelogueThe Friends of the

Cranbrook Public Li-brary will be hosting a travelogue at the Col-lege of the Rockies at 7:00 pm. Join Allister & Denise Pedersen as they travel the scenic Oregon Coast and visit the won-ders of Yellowstone Na-tional Park. Admission is by donation.

Fri. February 13live aT The STage

doorJohn Wort Hannam,

Brambles and Thorns. Doors open 7, show at 8. For tickets 250-421-7802 or visit www.johnwort-hannam_cranbrookev-entzilla.net

Feb 12, 13, 14gyPSy aT Key CiTy

TheaTreTurner and Adler

Productions present Gypsy, a musical, with all local cast. Adults $20, students/seniors $17. Valentine’s Day gala tickets $30. 250-426-7006 for more info.

Feb 13, 14Magazine & a/v

SaleThe Friends of the

Cranbrook Public Li-brary will be hosting their annual Magazine and A/V sale Friday Feb. 13 from 4 pm to 8 pm (for members only) and Saturday, Feb. 14 from 9 am to 4 pm (open to the general public). Dona-tions for the sale are gratefully accepted up until Thursday Feb. 12 closing. Lots of maga-zines, A/V and sheet music to choose from. All proceeds of the sale go the Cranbrook Public Library to support pro-grams and services. See you there.

SaT. February 14angliCan ChurCh

Pie Sale46-13th Ave. South

Cranbrook. 1:30 to 3 p.m. Adults, pie and cof-fee $4, adults pie a la mode $4.50, Children under 6 years free Whole pies will go on sale at 2 p.m.

SaT. February 14valenTine TeaValentine Tea, St.

Mary’s Church Hall, Sat-urday, Feb. 14, 11:30am - 2:00pm. Tea, open faced buns and goodies. Bake & craft table.

SaT. February 14live MuSiC aT bJS

Don’t miss the Val-entine celebration at BJ’s Creekside for the delicious special menu. Music will be provided by the Don Davies Quartet. It is suggested you book ahead to en-sure you get a table for this popular event. Music will begin at 7pm.

SaT. February 14live MuSiC aT

bearSthe soothing sounds of Rick Parsons on piano. Reserve your table to-day. Call 250-427-3412.

Mon. February 16garden Club

MeeTingIs it too early to think

about gardening? No! The Cranbrook Garden Club will meet in the hall at Christ Church Anglican, 46-13 Ave. S. at 7 p.m. New members welcome. Info April at 778-517-1222.

Wed. Feb 18Travelogue

Travelogue about Vancouver Island will be presented on Febru-ary 18, 2015 at the Col-lege of the Rockies The-atre at 7 p.m. Hiking in Strathcona Park, whale watching, spending a night in a typical emer-gency shelter at Cape Palmerston, spending time on Salt Spring and Cormorant Island and, of course, incredible old growth forests will be featured. Admission by donation - to Stephen Lewis Foundation from GoGo Grannies.

ThurS. Feb. 19abundanT liFe

lunChLegacy Builders

Soup & Salad Lunch (for those 50 years and older) Abundant Life Church, 11 a.m. 501 - 11 Ave. S., Cranbrook. Theme: Love is a verb. FREE. Just let us know you are coming by call-ing 250-426-2866.

ThurS. Feb 19 KiMberley

CoMMuniTy bandAn evening of music

at the Kimberley Angli-can Church Hall. Ad-mission by donation.TueS. February 24

have CaMeraHave Camera Will

Travel.... “Chasing the Buddha” Join Helen Robertson & Friends presenting Travel Ad-ventures through Thai-land, Laos & Cambodia. At Centre 64 on Tues-day, Feb 24 at 7:30 pm. Admission by donation to the Kimberley Arts Centre.

Wed. February 25Free Movie nighT

@ CoTr - “I Am”. Poses practi-

cal and provocative questions. Weds, Feb 25th, 2015 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm College of the Rockies – Lecture The-atre

Fri. Feb 27arT Movie nighT

Enjoy “Exit Through the Gift Shop” (about grafitti art, Banksy and Shepard Fairey) in a re-laxed cabaret setting at

the Centre 64 Dance Studio. The film is scheduled for Feb. 27 at 7:30pm.

MarCh 1 aT Key CiTy TheaTreiriSh roverS

March 1 at 7:30 pm. Tickets $45/ $40 for KCT Members. Throughout the years, these interna-tional ambassadors of Irish music have main-tained their timeless ability to deliver a rol-licking, rousing perfor-mance of good cheer - one that will soon have you singing and clap-ping along. Their songs have become anthems of revelry and joy among generation after genera-tion of fans.

Monday MarCh 2big Sugar

Acoustical Sounds of Big Sugar. An acoustic take by the legendary Canadian band. March 2 at 7:30 pm. Tickets $40/ $35 KCT Members

MarCh 5 - 7roCKieS FilM FeST

The Rockies Film Festival lineup is con-firmed. Thursday March 5, 7 p.m. October Gale, Key City Theatre; 8:30 pm Wine & Cheese Reception, Key City Theatre; 9 p.m. Big News from Grand Rock, Key City Theatre. Friday March 6, 7 p.m. Red Army, Columbia The-atre. 9 p.m. Still Alice, Columbia Theatre. Sat-urday March 7, 1 p.m.

Rosewater, Columbia Theatre. 3 p.m. Mr. Turner, Columbia The-atre. 7 p.m. 2 Days One Night Co-lumbia Theatre. 9 p.m. Glen Campbell - I’ll Be Me, Columbia Theatre.

MarCh 6 - 7lilliTh aFFairThe Annual By

Women, For Women show at Centre 64. Tick-ets $25 (includes wine). Saturday’s show is sold out, Friday tickets avail-able at Lotus Books in Cranbrook and Velvet & Ginjer and Centre 64 in Kimberley. 19 years and older. Women only.

MarCh 7SilenT auCTionTickets are on sale

now for the fifth annual Foster Parent Banquet and Loonie Auction. March 7 at 5:30 p.m. at the Heritage Inn Ball-room. $28 each. Contact Gerri at 250-489-8841 or Erin at 250-489-8807.

SaT. MarCh 14anTique road

ShoWBeta Sigma Phi pres-

ents Kimberley’s very own Antique Road Show at the Kimberley United Church, from 10 a.m to 4 p.m. Admission is $5 and includes cof-fee/tea and a muffin. Appraisals $15 per item. Gordon Delamont, Jew-eler/Gemologist and Don Languang, Dragon Antiques. Proceeds go to Beta Sigma Phi com-munity projects.

Mid-winter entertainment

the Kimberley Community Band presents a concert (indoors of course) on thursday February 19.

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2015

“Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn’t go away.”

Philip K. Dick“I am fascinated (by the idea ofSasquatch). I would love them to exist.”

Jane Goodall, famous researcher among chimpanzees in Africa

“If the two of us can agree on too many topics, one of us isn’t thinking,” he pronounced.

I wasn’t in the position to debate that statement. He’d appeared this time, brush-ing himself off, under the giant fir tree in my garden; he’d apparently spent the night there. I asked, “Reck-on this weather is due to global warming?”

He stretched; he is enormous but I tried not to back away. He grumbled, “What was the last time you slept out under a tree in mid-winter?”

“Why don’t you migrate south?”“I am. I was on the Arctic coast all sum-

mer. No nice dark nights; I couldn’t sleep.” He yawned, a cavern filled with pointy teeth.

“Keep the conversation going and back up slowly,” I urged myself. “Try not to show fear.” I asked,”Were you bothered by polar bears. In fact, do grizzlies bother you?”

He possibly grinned. “Is that likely?”Quickly I asked, “What do you eat? You

carnivorous?”“Omnivorous, so I do fancy a Big Mac

when I can scare one up. What’s for break-

fast?”I shivered. I could just visualize him

‘scaring up’ Big Macs, the way he must have obtained those running shoes and that ridiculous cap that he had perched on the top of his pointed head, but I merely said, “Oh! The usual bowl of cereals …”

“Cereals! So, you’re not bothered by these stories about genetically modified grains and excess glutens, are you?”

I assured him that I wasn’t. At my old age, no glutens were going to bother me. I’ve survived so far mixing up my diet by

being omnivorous, although recently with a penchant for fries and seafood.

“You so-called homo sa-piens — there’s a joke, sapi-ens — have penchants for inventing new foods, genet-ically modifying everything in sight and then worrying

about what you have done.”I knew I was getting yet another earful

but I persevered, “Is everything you eat natural, except when you’re ‘scaring up’ Big Macs?”

That terrifying grin again; I foolishly stood my ground and said, “Do you have a wife, a mate? You know …”

“To cook for me?” The sarcasm tempo-rarily shut me up, but I persisted. “When are the babies born? In spring?”

“You’re not smart enough to under-stand.”

“But, as far as I have ever heard, nobody has ever discovered the bones of your kind, or any remains, in fact.”

“Course not. We recycle rapidly and get it over with.”

I scratched my head. “But, as you tell me, the whole point of us being here is re-produce, right?”

“Right, but you humans are always de-laying the process with rites and special ceremonies, putting off the inevitable. You are forever inventing gods and heavens and valhallas merely to satisfy your own silly egos. You imagine that some deity somewhere is looking after your puny in-terests as if you might be important. Be assured, you are not. As you yourself said, you are a product of nature and when you die, as in all nature, you are recycled. It is the species that counts until it become ex-tinct. Your Descartes was feeling so smug when he said, ‘I think; therefore I am.’ None of you remembered that nature re-plied, ‘So what? Do your job. Multiply.’”

“I’ve done that.” Proudly.“Then don’t hang about asking stupid

questions.”A neighbour lady walked by with two

yappy dogs in tow, but not one of them seemed to notice me, still in a house-coat and jammies, standing shivering, talking to a monstrous Sasquatch. I began to hope that Squatchie and I were both invisible: my neighbours already believe that I’m crazy. I said, “Why didn’t that Mrs Zukrovs-ki say something? Why didn’t those yap-dogs bark at you, didn’t react at all?”

“The dogs probably have got more sense and she knows I’m not here.”

And suddenly, he wasn’t. Poof! He’d gone.

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2015 Bantam Tier 2 ProvincialsMARCH 14 - 19, 2015

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Kimberley Dynamiters Scoring SummariesFriDay, Feb. 6

Fernie GhoStriDerS 1at Kimberley DynamiterS 3

First Period1. KIM - E. Buckley, (J. Marchi, B. Saretsky), 8:16 (PP)Second Period - No scoringThird Period2. KIM - R. Mallard, (J. Richter, E. Buckley), 15:413. FER - J. Peers, (T. Sincennes, Z. Kuchler), 1:164. KIM - K. Haase, (C. Prevost, E. Buckley), 0:45 (EN)Shots 1 2 3 TFernie 7 10 11 28Kimberley 7 4 12 23Goaltenders Saves Mins SV%FER - Jeff Orser 20/23 59:11 0.870KIM - Brody Nelson 27/28 60:00 0.964Power playsFernie - 0/2 (00.0%); Kimberley - 1/2 (50.0%) Attendance: 684

SunDay, Feb. 8

GranD ForKS borDer bruinS 0at Kimberley DynamiterS 9

First Period1. KIM - J. Richter, (E. Buckley, T. Kinnon), 19:252. KIM - J. Busch, (unassisted), 10:55Second Period 3. KIM - L. Lane, (B. Saretsky, R. Mallard), 14:134. KIM - K. Haase, (J. Roy, J. Richter), 13:075. KIM - Tr. Van Steinburg, (B. Saretsky, L. Lane), 10:536. KIM - A. Rosolowsky, (B. Saretsky), 8:107. KIM - C. Prevost, (J. Roy, J. Gordon), 8:068. KIM - S.Hunt, (J. Busch), 4:519. KIM - J. Marchi, (E. Buckley, J. Richter), 0:45 (PP)Third Period - No scoringShots 1 2 3 TGrand Forks 5 7 5 17Kimberley 18 12 7 37Goaltenders Saves Mins SV%GFB - Jacob Krupp 28/37 60:00 0.757KIM - Tyson Brouwer 17/17 60:00 1.000Power playsGrand Forks - 0/2 (00.0%); Kimberley - 1/2 (50.0%) Attendance: 436

Upcoming GamesFeb. 14 at Grand ForksFeb. 15 vs. Golden

Scoring StatisticsPlayer GP G A PTS PIM Jason Richter 50 37 29 66 22Braden Saretsky 42 17 32 49 92Coy Prevost 48 14 33 47 43Jordan Busch 47 8 37 45 15Lincoln Lane 44 14 30 44 38Eric Buckley 45 12 30 42 99Keenan Haase 49 24 16 40 42Jesse Wallace + 46 15 15 30 14Jared Marchi 41 13 17 30 49Alex Rosolowsky 45 13 8 21 14Trevor Van Steinburg 48 8 12 20 26Jordan Roy 19 7 10 17 8Marco Campanella + 30 7 8 15 28Sawyer Hunt 37 6 8 14 12Jonas Gordon 32 2 11 13 36James Jowsey 45 4 7 11 4Rory Mallard 41 3 6 9 14Brady Revie 35 2 4 6 38Tyler Kinnon 43 0 6 6 86Justin Meier 10 1 3 4 60Charles Dagostin 43 0 3 3 37James Rota (AP) 5 1 1 2 0Tyler Van Steinburg (AP) 2 0 2 2 0Korbyn Chabot (AP) 4 0 1 1 4Jacob Bromley (AP) 2 0 0 0 0Chase Leroux (AP) 2 0 0 0 0Tristan Pagura + 2 0 0 0 0Mitchell Anderson (AP) 1 0 0 0 0

Goaltending StatisticsPlayer W L OT/L SO GAA SPTyson Brouwer 24 7 4 2 2.39 0.912Brody Nelson 12 16 0 2 3.24 0.894

Taylor rocca PhoTo

The Lady Avs have reason to celebrate after claiming back-to-back, straight-sets sweeps of the UFV Cascades and moving into the CCAA National Rankings this past weekend. Left to right: Alex Koshman (#9), Kelsey Thompson (#7), Mackenzie Morey (#5), Taylor Forster (#10), Corissa Mildenberger (#6) and Kendra Hainsworth (#12).

Reasons to celebrateLady Avs move into national rankings; men snap skid in big way

Backbone BrouwerGoaltender guides Dynamiters from the blue paint

Taylor rocc aSports Editor

There was reason to celebrate on the volley-ball court at the College of the Rockies this past weekend.

With a pair of straight-sets sweeps over the University of the Fraser Valley (UFV) Cascades, the Lady Avs have moved into the Ca-nadian Collegiate Ath-letic Association (CCAA) national rank-ings for the first time in program history.

On the men’s side, the Avalanche snapped a seven-match losing skid with a pair of victories over the Cascades, pull-ing out of the PACWEST cellar and back into the PACWEST Volleyball Championship picture.

The CCAA an-nounced its weekly na-tional rankings Tuesday morning, with the Lady Avs rolling in at 14th in the country.

“We’re not even close to being at our peak,” said Lady Avs head coach Andrew Zurrin Saturday afternoon. “The rookies, all they do

is keep getting better. We can attack even bet-ter. They’re adapting well on a game plan.

“My vets can change from point to point. It’s still taking our rookies two or three points to say, ‘Right.’ When we get that and [the rookies] make changes from point to point, other teams aren’t going to stay with us.”

The Lady Avs have cruised to an astound-ing 7-1 mark since the calendar flipped to 2015 and are 11-9 this season.

The Cascades were the latest PACWEST squad to fall victim to the Lady Avs ascension. Friday night, the Lady Avs trounced the Cas-cades 25-20, 25-18 and 27-25. Saturday provid-ed more of the same as the Lady Avs main-tained momentum, winning three close sets 25-21, 25-23 and 25-20.

“We stayed with our game plan, picked on their weaknesses and this had to be the most consistent weekend for every player on the court,” Zurrin said. “We

didn’t have one person that struggled. We could set everybody, attack from every position. We killed [the Cascades] in the middle and again, Kelsey [Thompson] dominated.”

Thompson, the veter-an left-side hitter, led the Lady Avs with nine kills and contributed 13 digs Friday night. Saturday, the fourth-year business student and native of Vernon, crushed 20 of her team’s 36 kills.

Apart from moving into the CCAA national rankings, the Lady Avs played leapfrog with the Cascades, moving into fourth place in the PACWEST standings.

Refusing to be shown up by the ladies, the men’s squad took it upon themselves to enact some movement on their side of the PACWEST volleyball standings as well.

With a pair of wins over the Cascades, the Avalanche skipped past the Capilano University Blues into sixth place in the conference.

The Avs broke a sev-

en-match skid, earning their first win of the 2015 portion of the schedule with a 3-1 victory (22-25, 25-15, 25-10, 25-18) Friday night.

“I think they forgot what winning was about,” said Avs head coach Steve Kamps Sat-urday afternoon. “We’ve played some good matches this half of the year and, unfortunately, just come up a little bit short against Douglas [College] and last week-end against [Columbia Bible College].

“We could see the improvement and just couldn’t find ways to win. It was really nice to find ways to win this weekend [against UFV]. Hats off to the guys. They knew they needed to win. There was pres-sure on them and they came out, took both matches and played ex-tremely well.”

Saturday afternoon, the Avs harnessed mo-mentum from Friday to earn a straight-sets sweep (28-26, 25-17, 25-23) over the Cascades. The energy in the gym-

nasium was palpable, as the Avalanche showed a certain swagger that had been hard to find, if not altogether missing from the court in recent weeks.

“We tell them that if they’re playing like indi-viduals, pouting and showing frustration, it just doesn’t work,” Kamps said. “We’ve been nipping that in the

bud in practice. If there’s any bad body language, guys are getting thrown out of practice. It’s just not going to happen any-more. We’ve seen what can happen if everybody is feeding off the positive energy that can happen out there. They’re having fun again and when you’re having fun, good things happen.”

Both Avalanche squads wrap up the 2014-15 PACWEST reg-ular season with four matches apiece begin-ning Thursday and Fri-day at Vancouver Island University (VIU). From there, the Avalanche visit Camosun College Saturday and Sunday to conclude regular-sea-son action.

Taylor rocc aSports Editor

Goaltenders are easi-ly forgotten all too often. Hockey’s masked men between the pipes are, arguably, the bravest and most courageous of all hockey players -- stepping in front of booming slap shots and standing their ground even when hundreds of pounds of humanity come barreling towards their crease.

Sunday afternoon may not have been the busiest of outings for goaltender Tyson Brou-wer, but a 17-save shut-out in a 9-0 victory over the Grand Forks Border Bruins provided oppor-tunity to recognize the backbone of the Kim-berley Dynamiters suc-cess this season.

“He’s just such a character guy,” said Ni-tros captain Jason Rich-ter Sunday afternoon in between signing auto-graphs for adoring fans. “He’s a solid goalie, but I

think what’s best about him is after the game, he thanks everyone. He thanks all the players for getting the shutout. He’s just that kind of guy.

“He’s going to carry our team. All teams need an MVP goalie if they want to go far in the playoffs.”

Brouwer, a 19-year-old native of Lethbridge, is in his second season with the Dynamiters. After serving as backup to Jeremy Mousseau during the 2013-14 KIJHL campaign, the 5-foot-11 puck-stopper took over the reins this season and has been a different-maker for his club.

In 36 games, Brouwer has gone 24-9-2 with a 2.39 goals-against aver-

age (third in the KIJHL) and 0.912 save percent-age. His 24 victories rank second in the league, be-hind only Lawrence Lan-gan (25 wins) of the KI-JHL’s top-ranked Os-oyoos Coyotes.

“I care more about a win than a shutout, ob-viously,” Brouwer said Sunday. “Like I said to the guys, I couldn’t have gotten the shutout with-out them tonight. It’s 9-0 and they’re still blocking shots, so I give credit to the team for that one.”

To say Brouwer has been the workhorse for the Nitros is an under-statement. Only three goaltenders in the KIJHL have played more min-utes than Brouwer, who has spent 2,113 minutes in the Dynamiters crease this season.

Sunday’s shutout was Brouwer’s second of the campaign and the victo-ry marked eight in a row for the Dynamiters, as they try to pin down sec-ond place in the Eddie

Mountain Division.At the other end of

the rink, the Dynamiters put nine pucks past Grand Forks Border Bruins goaltender Jacob Krupp.

Richter tallied one of the nine markers and set up two others, pull-ing into a tie for the KIJHL scoring lead with Osoyoos Coyotes for-

ward Aaron Azevedo at 66 points.

“He’s a great guy. He’s obviously skilled, everybody knows that,” Brouwer said of his cap-tain. “But he’s the heart and soul of this team.

“I don’t know if we could really do it with-out him.”

Friday night, the Ni-tros sent a message by

out-duelling the 2014-15 Eddie Mountain Di-vision-champion Fernie Ghostriders by a final tally of 3-1.

The long weekend was a busy one for the Dynamiters, as team

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1922 - 2015Frances Eileen Kary passed away peacefully at Joseph Creek Care Village on Friday, February 6, 2015.Fran was born in Cranbrook on January 21, 1922. She was the only daughter of Elmer and Lillian Carver. She lived in Cranbrook her entire life, except while proudly serving in the Royal Canadian Air Force during WWII.Fran was pre-deceased by her husband, Archie, her children David and Janis, and her brother Ken Carver. She is survived by her son, Bob Kary, daughters Susan (Ron) Pack and Marnie (Dennis) Wightman, devoted granddaughter Kara Roop, grandsons, Alan Zander, Mac (Christine) Carmichael, Nicholas Zander, Chris (Kelly) Pack, Philip Wightman, Justin Oakes, and Dennis James (Wendy) Wightman Jr., four great grandchildren, sister-in-law Lois Carver, and brother-in-law Laurence Kary.Fran’s family would like to extend profound thanks to the staff at Joseph Creek Care Village for the wonderful care, exceptional kindness, and friendship they extended to Fran, and her family, while she lived there, and to those who provided the same during her previous stays at Joseph Creek, and the FW Green Memorial Home. Deep gratitude also goes to the volunteers of the Heart and Stroke Club and the staff at Mane Designs for adding special sparkle to Fran’s life.A memorial service for Fran will be held on Friday, February 13, 2015 at McPherson Funeral Home in Cranbrook at 2:00 pm. Fran will be interred in Westlawn Cemetery. Anyone wishing to make a memorial donation in Fran’s honour is can do so to: Heart & Stroke Foundation of BC & Yukon, Okanagan/Kootenays Area Office, #4, 1551 - Sutherland Avenue, Kelowna, British Columbia, V1Y 9M9.

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VICTORIA - The B.C. government’s throne speech Tuesday trum-peted the economy as a buffer against oil-price declines hurting other economies but muted previous bold forecasts of a liquefied natural gas bonanza for the prov-ince.

However, the speech did not include any esti-mates of future LNG plants after Premier Christy Clark said last month that B.C. remains on target for three lique-fied natural gas facilities by 2020.

Lt.-Gov Judith Guic-hon said in the speech that LNG is still a gener-ational opportunity with the potential to create 100,000 jobs.

In 2011, the govern-ment’s jobs plan fore-cast “one LNG pipeline and terminal in opera-tion in Kitimat by 2015 and three in operation by 2020.”

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B.C. throne speech highlights diverse economy, lacks bold LNG predictions

Guichon said the government has worked to ensure that B.C. is globally competitive, and a secure place to do business.

“Global companies have already invested more than $7 billion to pursue their proposed projects, and they con-tinue to undertake the work necessary to bring these projects to life.”

Guichon said B.C., with its growth in forest-ry, mining, tourism, ag-

riculture, technology and natural gas sectors, is better protected against economic de-clines currently being faced by oil-dependent jurisdictions.

“Today, provinces with oil-based econo-mies and indeed our federal government are forced to respond to the sudden fiscal impacts,” she said. “We are fortu-nate in B.C. that we have a diverse economy and the people, working in

diverse sectors, to build our future.”

B.C. will join an ex-clusive club this month by delivering what will likely be the only bal-anced budget among Canada’s provinces, Guichon said.

But she did not men-tion possible changes to social-services pay-ments suggested last week by Finance Minis-ter Mike de Jong, who said a larger-than-fore-cast budget surplus

gives the government some room to move on targeted initiatives.

De Jong is set to de-liver the budget next Tuesday.

Guichon also said the government plans to establish a Medal of Good Citizenship to rec-ognize British Columbi-ans who make extraor-dinary contributions by volunteering their time, money and talents.

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Canada’s Truth and Reconciliation Commis-sion is weighing wheth-er to ask the Vatican to repeal the Papal Bulls of Discovery that granted 15th-century explorers the right to conquer the New World and the “heathen” aboriginals that called it home.

Chair Murray Sinclair says the commission ex-amining the impact of Canada’s Indian resi-dential schools is look-ing carefully at the 1455 and 1493 Catholic edicts as part of its final report.

Many argue the proc-lamations legitimized the treatment of aborigi-nal people as “less than human.” Crown sover-eignty in Canada can be traced back to those papal bulls and neither Canada nor the United States has repudiated them, Sinclair said.

“The movement to repudiation is very strong and is moving ahead,” Sinclair said in an interview. “If we as the commission are going to join that move-ment or endorse it ... we have to come to a con-clusion that it’s neces-sary for reconciliation, to establish a proper re-lationship between ab-original and non-ab-original people.”

A growing chorus in Canada is calling on the Vatican to help begin a new relationship with aboriginal people on equal footing.

The discovery bulls, and others in the same vein that followed, gave Catholic explorers “full and free power, authori-

ty, and jurisdiction of every kind” and outlined their “duty to lead the peoples dwelling in those islands and coun-tries to embrace the Christian religion.”

If aboriginal people refused, the Vatican granted its envoys the authority to enslave and kill.

If the commission recommends the bulls be rescinded, Sinclair said, it has to weigh the legal implications, which could strike at the core of Crown sover-eignty over land.

“What would be the basis for rationalizing Crown sovereignty if the Doctrine of Discovery is no longer available?” Sinclair said. “We have to consider that ques-tion and perhaps give some direction about how that relationship can be re-established in a proper way ... on a na-tion-to-nation level.”

The United Nations appointed a special rap-porteur in 2009 who found the bulls lie “at the root of the violations of indigenous peoples’ human rights.” The edicts have resulted in the “mass appropriation of the lands, territories, and resources of indige-nous peoples,” the UN found. They also form the legal basis of many modern-day land claim disputes, it said.

Keith Matthew, for-mer chief of Simpcw First Nation in British Columbia, has been qui-etly building support in Canada for their repeal. He recently got the sup-port of the Assembly of First Nations, which

passed a resolution at its December meeting en-dorsing the revocation of the bulls.

It’s about hitting the “reset button on our re-lationship,” Matthew said.

“The papal bulls put us in a position no better than animals,” he said. “We know better today. We’re just as civilized and human as anyone else in this world. It’s re-ally about righting a his-

toric wrong.“I’m no animal. I’m a

person, a human being.”Hayden King, direc-

tor of the Centre for In-digenous Governance at Ryerson University, said simply calling for the

edicts to be repealed isn’t enough for recon-ciliation.

He said it would be more significant if the government recognized its sovereignty was based on a “fairy tale”

that aboriginal people are not human and fur-ther recognized aborigi-nal title to land.

“Unless there was corresponding action, it would seem kind of hol-low.”

Vatican may be asked to repeal Papal Bulls on ‘heathen’ aboriginals

Black Press files

Lieutenant Governor Judith Guichon’s duties include reading the speech from the throne to begin the spring legislature session.

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