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Several Shuswap communities are in-vestigating a far-flung approach to attract-ing a physician.

Representatives from Sicamous, Mal-akwa, South Shuswap and North Shuswap attended a Jan. 30 meeting to hear how Ver-non-based Global Medics could help.

Founded in 2001 in London, England, Global Group now has offices in Canada, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand.

The company recruits for locums, con-tract and permanent doctors in both prima-ry and acute care settings.

Sicamous Medical Clinic manager Pam Beech says there are doctor shortages in many Canadian cities as well as rural areas. In terms of the Shuswap, she says Salmon Arm is the only community without a short-age of doctors.

“I really feel this is an option we do need to explore,” says Beech, noting that with the departure of Dr. Rosemary Kelsall from the clinic, women’s health issues will continue to be a high priority and will be covered without disruption until a suitable replacement can be found. “Global Medics is an option that has proven to be effective in other areas of the province and Canada.”

Beech says Global Medics has a strong connection with countries whose standards are similar to Canada’s, making it easier for doctors from those countries to qualify to work in this country.

Global Medics guides doctors through

the licensing process, arranges all inter-views and matches their needs to the com-munity in question.

“I think the difference between the service in place right now for BC Health Match is the ability of a recruitment group like Global Medics to do a lot of ground-work,” says Beech. “Before they connect you to a doctor, they make sure the match is as close to being perfect as is possible.”

But, Beech notes, communities also have to take responsibility to ensure a doc-tor will be as happy with the match as the community is.

“I was interested in hearing things peo-ple can do to make it easier and commu-nities need to hear this; it’s the community and what it can offer that will keep the doc-tors here,” says Beech of the two- to three-year commitment doctors must make to stay in the country.

In terms of cost for the service, Beech says no money changes hands until the community offers a doctor a position and it is accepted.

At that point, half the recruitment fee is transferred. The other half comes due when the doctor arrives and starts work. As well, Global Medics’ fee could be negotiated based on the number of doctors involved.

With North Shuswap, South Shuswap and Sicamous in need of doctors, a single trip with several doctors could be arranged.

Timelines vary as to when doctors would actually arrive to work but Beech says Global Medics told the group it will never be less than six months and more likely anywhere from nine months to a year – and that depends on the diligence of both sides.

“I think it’s important that all the reps

Trades training: School District #83 students try their hands at joinery, welding, plumbing, carpentry and other trades during the Construction Trades Spotlight on Thursday, Feb. 19 at Sicamous’ TA Structures. Right - Eagle River Secondary student Jay Schroeder wires a junction box under the guidance of TA electrician Ken Favel. Above - TA plumber Jerry Gordon looks on as Salmon Arm Secondary student Logan Burt solders copper pipe together. Photos by Lachlan Labere

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Feb 27 & 28 $2 Bag Sale Sicamous Thrift Shop 10 am - 3 pm clothing & shoes.Monday to Friday Community Access Site at the Senior’s Activity Centre - 1091 Shuswap Avenue. Internet & related services. Call Diana. 836-2446Every Tues. Stopping the Violence Program in Sicamous - counselling for women who have experienced abuse during childhood or adult relationships. No charge. Call Kathy at 250-832-9700.Every Tues. & Thurs. - Seniors Meals provided, 12 noon in Common Room at the Haven. Every 1st & 3rd Wed. - Parkinsons Support Group Contact Don at 250-838-0794.Every Wed. Girl Guides of Canada. Sparks - 3:00 pm. Brownies - 4:00 pm. Girl Guides - 5:30 pm. New members welcomeEvery Wed. Lunch by a donation at the Seniors Activity Centre, 1091-Shuswap Avenue at 12 noon.Every Wed. - Crib, 7:30 p.m., Haven seniors building. Everyone welcome - you don’t have to be a senior. Socializing and coffee served after crib. Info: Esther 836-4373.Every Wed. - T.O.P.S. (Take off Pounds Sensibly) meets Wednesday morning at the

Sicamous Rec. Centre (arena). Weigh in at 9:00 am and meeting at 9:30. Everyone Welcome. Ph: 250-836-4041 for info.Every Wed.-Sat. United Church Thrift Store 10:00 am to 3 p.m.1st & 3rd Wednesday - Eagle Valley Photographic Arts Club meets at the Red Barn at 7 pm. Everyone Welcome.Every Thurs. - Sicamous Crokinole Group meets at 7pm at the Sicamous & District Recreation Centre - upstairs for more info and to join call Dave Reed @ 250-836-3652Every Thurs.- Ladies shuffleboard at the Royal Canadian Legion Branch #99 in Sicamous. 1pm-3pm. All ladies welcome.Every Thurs.- Malakwa Thrift Store between the 2 churches Open every Thursday 10-5.Every 2nd Thurs. - Sicamous Lions Club meeting at the Seniors Activity Centre, 1091 Shuswap Avenue. Doors open at 6:15 and meeting starts at 6:30. Anyone interested in being a volunteer for the community, please feel free to call Mary at 250-517-8107, Joan at 250-836-4876 or Pam at 250-836-4788.Every 1st, 3rd, 4th Thurs. - Keepsake Kwilters meet at the Haven Common room 1095 Shuswap Avenue at 7:00 p.m. For info call 250-

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that were at the meet-ing need to go back to communities and try to get support to consider this,” says Beech. “The money has to come from somewhere; it is an investment.”

Sicamous was well-represented at the meeting with Mayor Terry Rysz and Coun. Malcolm Makayev attending. Sicamous Chamber of Commerce executive director Mi-

chelle Wolff attended as did Janet McClean Senft, who represented the Eagle Valley Com-munity Support Soci-ety.

Also in attendance was Columbia Shus-wap Regional District South Shuswap direc-tor Paul Demenok, who has some concerns about the doctors’ lim-ited time commitment to the host community.

“The physician will come for two or three years and is then free

to leave,” he says, not-ing the doctors have to have jobs in order to gain entry to the coun-try. “When I asked for statistics, (about length of stay) he was unable to provide them. But he did suggest most will stay.”

Demenok says he has mixed feelings about the Global Med-ics service and would like to reflect on and discuss it further.

North Shuswap Health Centre Soci-

ety co-chairperson Pat Roberston was more enthusiastic.

The society has long been working to attract a doctor through Interi-or Health and telemedi-cine and looking at in-ternational recruiters.

She was pleased with Global Medics’ presentation and says company rep Phil Mar-tin was enthusiastic about finding a doctor for the North Shuswap clinic.

“It has been such

a hard push in an un-familiar environment for the North Shuswap Health Centre Phy-sician Recruitment Team that it was very encouraging to hear something so posi-tive,” Robertson says. “We do not have stars in our eyes yet, but we are considering going with this international recruiter – we have nothing to lose, but we will need approval at our board meeting next week.”

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Community buy-in crucial in recruitment process

Now that they know what it entails, mem-bers of Sicamous coun-cil are in favour of the Shuswap Watershed Council.

But issues of gover-nance and how to pay for it are two items that require further discus-sion.

A consultant’s pre-sentation of the Shus-wap Watershed Water Quality Program report to the January board meeting of the Colum-bia Shuswap Regional District raised concern and questions.

Mayor Terry Rysz, who represents Si-camous at the CSRD board table, invited Shuswap Watershed Council chair Paul De-menok to the Feb. 11 committee of the whole meeting to address them.

“The main concern was the political side of it, whether it would be a water-testing board or a policing board,” said Rysz. “We needed clari-fication, but they’re not going to impose rules and once that was clari-fied there was support.”

Rysz says Deme-nok, who is also direc-

tor for CSRD’s South Shuswap, did a good job answering all of the councillors’ questions to their satisfaction.

“The importance of the watershed council was discussed and we feel we’d definitely like to support it, but we’re not sure how we’re go-ing to fund it,” Rysz says. “A parcel tax was brought up but has not been decided on.”

The parcel tax would be based on the number of parcels in the com-munity and in the re-gional district with ev-eryone paying the same amount, something

Rysz believes to be in the neighbourhood of $6.50 per year.

“I think our group is pretty comfortable with that, but we still haven’t made a final decision about it,” he said.

In terms of gover-nance, Rysz has asked each of his councillors to read the report again and decide on which of three governance mod-els they prefer.

The information will be given to Coun. Todd Kyllo, who will take it to the next meet-ing of the Shuswap Watershed Council, which is in the process

of being created.Rysz explains that

whereas electoral area directors on the CSRD board can make deci-sions for what happens in their electoral areas, municipal directors have to take issues back to their councils for in-formation and discus-sion.

“It’s interesting dy-namics sitting on board and representing,” says Rysz, noting his belief in establishing good relationships in order to move things ahead. “I look at collaboration and stay as absolutely positive as possible.”

Funding of watershed council in questionBy Barb BrouwerEagle Valley News

Things will be brighter at the Malakwa Firehall.

Columbia Shuswap Regional District di-

rectors approved up to $10,000 from the Area E Rural Sicamous Com-munity Works Fund for energy-efficient up-grades to the lighting and hot water heating system at the hall.

The current lighting system is obsolete and replacement bulbs are difficult to obtain.

“Replacement with energy efficient light-ing has been shown to reduce ongoing

hydro costs and the return on investment in approximately five years,” wrote Com-munity Services team leader Ryan Nitchie in his report to the board. “Due to the infrequent

use of hot water in the firehall, converting to an on-demand system will consume far less energy as a tankless hot water system heats and provides hot water only as required.”

Directors support upgrades for Malakwa firehallBy Barb BrouwerEagle Valley News

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Parent Information Meetings for French Immersion Programs

The meetings will be held on Tuesday, March 3 at 7 p.m.at École Élémentaire Bastion Elementary (early immersion) and L’École Intermédiare Shuswap Middle School (late immersion).

It is essential for all parents interested in the early/late French Immersion programs to attend these information meetings on March 3rd at 7 p.m. If the numbers work out, then registration will be taken at this meeting. If the numbers do not work out, we will continue with registration on Wednesday, April 1st, 2015, from 7 a.m. to 10 a.m. Registration will take place at the District Education Centre (DEC) located at #110 2960 Okanagan Avenue S.E., Salmon Arm on a � rst come � rst served basis.

Sibling Enrolment. District practice provides opportunity for pre-registration of students who already have siblings in the French Immersion Programs. Sibling registration forms will be mailed directly to all parents/guardians of students enrolled in French Immersion programs and must be completed and received at School District No. 83, by 4 p.m. Friday, February 20th, 2015.

Please Note: Transportation to and from the French Immersion programs is the responsibility of the parent. It may be possible to ride the bus but it is not an absolute. Questions about the meetings? Please call the education of� ce at 250 804 7826.

To � nd out more about French Immersion opportunities in our schools, and to possibly register your child for French Immersion, it is essential to attend the information meeting which pertains to your student!

Please note there is new registration practice for both EARLY and LATE immersion. Please read carefully!

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Not only are local government of� cials keeping the pressure on, they’re ratcheting it up several notches.

Columbia Shuswap Regional District direc-tors are committed to lobbying federal and provincial governments for the funding to im-prove the Trans-Canada Highway.

In an unusual move, directors crafted and gave unanimous sup-port to a resolution ask-ing the Southern Inte-rior Local Government Association (SILGA) to lobby both governments on their behalf.

The resolution came about following a pre-sentation by Revelstoke Mayor Mark McKee to directors at last week’s board meeting in Salm-on Arm.

Earlier in the week McKee took a list of requests and recom-mendations to Victo-ria, where he met with Transportation Minister Todd Stone, Attorney General Susan Anton, Energy and Mines Min-ister Bill Bennett and Shuswap MLA Greg Kyllo.

Back on the CSRD board after a two-term hiatus, McKee has pre-viously lobbied hard for improvement to the highway.

With the number of deaths and road closures this winter, he is ramp-ing up efforts to get senior governments to improve safety on the corridor.

McKee’s list ad-dressed the impact of road closures due to fatal accidents, actions to improve road safety

and prevent accidents, accident management and highway rescue ser-vices.

McKee pointed out road closures have a major impact on tour-ism, transportation of goods, on travellers and on communities along the highway. He said he recently read that the cost to the economy is $3 million every hour the road is closed.

Acknowledging that four-laning the highway is a long-term project, McKee recommended a number of interim mea-sures.

He also asked that a coroner and accident analyst be stationed in Revelstoke.

At the moment, get-ting either of these two of� cials to an accident scene can add many hours to road closures.

McKee advised CSRD directors the province agreed to situ-ating a traf� c analyst in the area but feels Gold-en is the more appropri-ate location.

“I’m not 100 per cent happy, but knowing it will affect road clo-sures is good,” McKee said. “We’re going to be working on getting a coroner and then an ac-cident analyst for Revel-stoke.”

Speed signs that can be adjusted according to the weather were slated to be installed in the En-chanted Forest area next year, but the minister of transportation will now look at moving the dates forward in order to have them operational by this fall.

McKee says he pre-viously met with Koo-tenay MP David Wilks and Stone with regard to four-laning the highway

and is optimistic federal funding is on the hori-zon.

“I want them sit-ting down at the table and coming up with a plan that is reason-able with upgrades un-til there is four-laning; ultimately that’s what will reduce accidents and save lives,” he said, describing the meeting in Victoria as a re-hash. “It was nice to have the ear and the eye of gov-ernment … they know there is a problem.”

Area C South Shus-

wap director Paul De-menok, said the “car-nage” on the highway is in the forefront of every conversation in his area, particularly following the Feb. 1 accident in Tappen that took the life of Sorrento realtor Mary Gould.

Demenok inquired if other directors had heard about issues with semi-trailer drivers and the need not only to � x the road but also the drivers.

“There is a problem with the truckers, it’s unbelievable the way they drive,” he said. “There don’t seem to be standards.”

McKee agreed the is-sue was brought up but pointed out the “prov-ince is concerned about mobility of goods and services.”

McKee’s presen-tation to the of� cials

included a request for reduced speeds for trucks in certain areas, improved training for drivers and improved certi� cation, increased inspections in winter months and increased enforcement.

“Things like com-mercial vehicle inspec-tion should be done in winter, making sure trucks and drivers are operating as safely as possible,” McKee said, noting several small in-cremental changes can lead to big results in sav-ing lives and reducing highway closures. “And they should be looking at critical accident zones in order to raise the bar for safety.”

Salmon Arm Mayor Nancy Cooper said she has been told 10,000 ve-hicles come through the area daily and agreed re-gional district directors, municipal leaders and citizens should lobby together for needed im-provements.

Salmon Arm director and SILGA rep Chad Elisaon asked direc-tors if they would like to make a hasty resolu-tion in order to meet the organization’s Feb. 28 deadline.

Directors resolved “that the provincial and federal government come up with a long-term commitment to in-crease the level of safety on our highway system by improving proven accident zones as well as highway upgrading to four-lane highway wherever possible and warranted.”

Sicamous Mayor Terry Rysz thanked McKee and emphasized the need for collabora-tion.

“The feds have not

come through with enough funding over the years – we could go on for hours,” he said. “The province can’t do it on their own; we’ve got to get the feds to the table and it hasn’t happened yet. Our local MP has been supportive but he hasn’t been able to get anything and he’s sitting in the House.”

McKee agreed.“The level of aware-

ness is at a peak right now; we just need to keep riding the same train and keep it going.”

CSRD ups pressure for TCH improvementsBy Barb BrouwerEagle Valley News

number of interim mea-

He also asked that a coroner and accident analyst be stationed in

At the moment, get-ting either of these two of� cials to an accident scene can add many Mark McKee


VICTORIA – The B.C. government’s third straight budget surplus is the main battleground for provincial politicians this spring.

The main conflict is over the tax cut for the rich that results from removing a two-year surtax on per-sonal income greater than $150,000 a year. It’s an out-rage, says the NDP, starv-ing our threadbare govern-ment services of more than $200 million over the next three years.

NDP leader John Hor-gan set the tone in his reply to Finance Minister Mike de Jong’s budget speech:

“I can appreciate that the minister was celebrat-ing with the champagne-and-caviar set, but the rest of British Columbia saw $700 million in increased fees and taxes on their backs.”

Old news, de Jong re-plied. It was a two-year surtax on high-income

earners to help get B.C. out of its post-recession red ink, and it expired as it was legislated to do.

This political theatre doesn’t help people under-stand what’s actually go-ing on. First, a lot of that red ink was B.C. Liberal blood from dismantling the harmonized sales tax and repaying Ottawa for that failed experiment.

Second, this tempo-rary tax on the rich was a political strategy by de Jong and Premier Christy Clark, limping into an elec-tion most expected them to lose. De Jong’s debut budget in February 2013 also accelerated a small in-crease in corporate income tax, stealing two populist planks from Adrian Dix’s NDP platform.

Ending the surtax not only kept a promise, it kept B.C. competitive with Al-berta on personal income taxes. High wage earners and many of their busi-nesses are more mobile ev-ery year, which is why this

year’s budget also extended tax breaks for high-tech and digital media compa-nies.

Another tweak in de Jong’s budget was to in-crease the low-income cut-off for personal income tax from $18,000 to $19,000. Those with the lowest in-comes are relieved not only of income tax but also medical premiums, which continue to march up by another four per cent, and are mostly paid by employ-ers.

As with the federal elec-tion set for this fall, we will hear a lot about the burden on the vaguely defined “middle class.” In B.C. they have to dig deeper for car insurance, hydro, ferry rides and post-secondary tuition, while those top-hatted champagne-sippers party on with their tax holi-day?

Well, not exactly. Here’s an assessment from Philip Cross, research co-ordina-tor at the Macdonald-Lau-rier Institute and former

chief economic analyst at Statistics Canada.

Just after the 2013 B.C. election, Cross noted that Canada, its provinces, Eu-rope and the United States have all been adjusting their tax systems to increase the load on wealthier people and ease it from the poor.

This has closed the wage gap considerably in Cana-da. By 2010, the top 20 per cent of earners were paying 58.3 per cent of all income taxes. That’s up from 50 per cent in 1976, showing how long Canada’s income taxes have been “progres-sive.” This is the main rea-son why “income inequal-ity,” that other great cause of the left, started levelling off in Canada around 1998.

Cross points to mea-sures like the low-income exemption from income tax. By 2013, the bottom 40 per cent of Canadian households were paying just 6.8 per cent of income taxes, and more than a third of income tax filers were paying none at all.

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Budget surplus comes at a cost

OPINION

No more borrowing for “groceries.”At least that is what Finance

Minister Mike de Jong said when explaining budget surpluses will largely be used to pay down the provincial operating debt.

Premier Christy Clark’s Liberal govern-ment announced a balanced budget Tuesday.

That means there is little to help sectors like education, which is falling farther be-hind with every budget and having to direct more money away from educating students to paying the costs of just being able to keep school doors open.

Jim Iker, president of the B.C. Teacher’s Federation, points out that while the budget does include some additional funding to meet the costs of the new collective agree-ment settled with teachers last year, much of the money is simply being moved around by forcing cuts onto school districts in other areas.

In addition, the government is increasing the Medical Services Plan premiums by four per cent, not covering inflation, and re-fusing to pay for the new MyEducationBC computer program, all of which will down-load more unfunded costs to school boards.

In a time of ongoing economic uncertainty on the global stage, a free-spending budget would be a mistake. And fiscal discipline, coupled with initiatives to help challenges facing business, should be applauded.

But if the province’s economic outlook is as stable as de Jong predicts, with surpluses of more than $250 million over the next three years, perhaps it is time to start rein-vesting in some of those soft costs.

Those include education and social servic-es, which may not show immediate benefits, but have a huge payoff down the road.

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Be afraid, be very afraid. It’s election time.

OK, so the 42nd Ca-nadian general election isn’t until October, but our federal political par-ties appear to be in full campaign mode none-theless.

(Really though, when have the federal Conservatives not been campaigning? Case in point: those classy at-tack ads in 2013 target-ing then newly elected Liberal leader Justin Trudeau.)

While Trudeau and Opposition leader Tom Mulcair are in the Con-servative’s crosshairs, Harper and Co. also ap-pear to be attempting to inspire fear in the Cana-dian public.

In a recent interview with a Quebec radio station, Prime Minister Stephen Harper once again elucidated his thoughts on the CBC, and how “a lot” of the employees at the nation-al broadcaster “hate” Conservative values. He equated those val-

ues to lowering taxes, staying tough on crime and cracking down on the threat of terrorism. A perk of being prime minister, or at least Prime Minister Harper, apparently, is being able to rede� ne abstract con-cepts to synch with your political agenda.

Of course, it was bla-tant campaign rhetoric.

The “lowering tax-es” spiel is textbook and trite. Getting tough on crime? We’ve been hearing that one from the Harper government for a long time, yet crime rates don’t appear to be getting out of hand – nationally, they’ve been steadily dropping. The legal system, how-ever, is another mat-ter – one that seems in much greater need of attention.

As for cracking down on terror, that’s an interesting one.

Harper, Justice Min-ister Peter Mackay and others among the fed-eral Conservative ranks, have put their spin on terrorism. Suddenly, all Canadians are living in a state of fear, and want/need a government able to stand up to this clear and present danger.

Fuelling this anti-ter-ror fervor are the rise of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS), and the recent ISIS-inspired bloodshed on Canadian soil that

resulted in the deaths of Warrant Of� cer Pa-trice Vincent and Cpl. Nathan Cirillo, as well as their killers, Martin Couture-Rouleau and Michael Zehaf-Bibeau. In B.C., the trial of John Nuttall is underway. Nuttall and wife Aman-da Korody are being tried on terrorism-relat-ed charges for plotting to set off bombs in the B.C. legislature. The two were recent con-verts to Islam, and said they were inspired by al-Qaeda.

The personal histo-ries of Zehaf-Bibeau and Nuttall indicate they were not lifelong terrorists, but were/are among the nation’s vulnerable dealing with mental health issues.

Regardless, these in-dividuals have localized the threat of terrorism, providing the Conser-vatives further justi� ca-tion to push their anti-terror response, Bill C-51, through Parlia-ment. Harper says this bill re� ects the real concerns of Canadians. As though the threat of terrorism has somehow superceded our con-cerns with the faltering economy and Canadian dollar, jobs, the environ-ment, � nancial disparity and the ever-increasing cost of living.

Are Canadians truly shaking in their long-johns over the threat

of terrorism, or is the Harper government just using it as part of their arsenal to win the Octo-ber election?

Former U.S. presi-dent candidate and au-thor Ralph Nader sees a parallel between the Conservative’s spin on C-51 and fear politick-ing in the U.S. He has written an open letter to

Harper warning of the folly of this approach, and asserting Bill C-51 would be hazardous to democracy in Canada.

“If passed, this act, piled on already stringent legal author-ity, will expand your national security bu-reaucracies and their jurisdictional disputes, further encourage dragnet snooping and roundups, fuel fear and suspicion among law-abiding Canadians, sti� e free speech and civic action and drain billions of dollars from being used for the ne-

cessities of Canadian society. This is not hy-pothetical…,” writes Nader. “You may think that Canadians will fall prey to a politics of fear before an election. But you may be misreading the extent to which Ca-nadians will allow the attachment of their Ma-ple Leaf to the aggres-sive talons of a hijacked American Eagle.”

While it would be unwise to dismiss the in� uence of the Islamic State, I concur with Nader. History shows the “war on terror” has not made the world a safer place. And further embracing it above the 49th parallel will not address the creation of future Michael Zehaf-Bibeaus and John Nut-talls.

Interestingly, Bill C-51 would also pro-vide sweeping police powers to crack down those who might at-tempt to “undermine the security of Canada,” or interfere with the federal government’s abilities regarding “economic or � nancial stability.” So, if you’re a Canadian whose val-ues include protect-ing the environment, and are opposed to an oil pipeline running through your backyard, congratulations: you’ll also be in the crosshairs under Harper’s war on terror.

IN PLAIN VIEW

LACHLAN LABERE

Terrorism provides political opportunity

to set off bombs in the B.C. legislature. The two were recent con-verts to Islam, and said they were inspired by

The personal histo-ries of Zehaf-Bibeau and Nuttall indicate they were not lifelong terrorists, but were/are among the nation’s vulnerable dealing with

Regardless, these in-

History shows a U.S.-style “war

on terror” above the 49th parallel will not make our

nation, or the world, a better

place.


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They may be smaller and perhaps demand less attention, but they’re more expensive to care for.

Shelly Hand, man-ager of the Shuswap branch of the BC So-ciety for the Preven-tion of Cruelty to Ani-mals, says, generally, it’s more costly for the SPCA to take care of a cat than a dog.

Hand has been visit-ing local governments in the region such as Salmon Arm and Si-camous councils, pro-viding an update on the SPCA.

The average cost of caring for a cat, which may vary slightly from shelter to shelter in B.C., is $784, while the cost of looking after a dog is $485.

Cats tend to stay twice as long as dogs, the main reason for the cost difference.

In the Salmon Arm shelter, Hand says there usually aren’t many dogs – on average about five.

Kitten season, which tends to start in April and can last into Sep-tember as it did last year, can see as many as 60 to 100 animals in care, a number that in-cludes foster homes in summer.

In 2013 in B.C., cats averaged a 32-day stay and kittens, 34 days, while dogs were housed for 16 days and pup-pies, 15.

Expenses include

vaccinations, spaying or neutering, treatment for parasites, housing, feeding and more.

At the Shuswap branch shelter in Salm-on Arm, the longest stay for an animal was two years while the shortest stay was one day.

In the Shuswap in 2014, the number of adult dogs taken in at the Salmon Arm shelter was 104, 68 of which were surrendered and 36 picked up as strays. For puppies, 20 were surrendered and six were strays, making a total of 26.

The number of cats taken in was 206 – 93 surrendered and 113 strays, while the num-ber of kittens was dou-ble that. A total of 406 kittens were taken in last year, 179 of them surrendered and 227 strays.

A program that’s helping to keep ani-mals in their homes is

the Kibble Kupboard. Hand, who has been heading the Shuswap branch for nearly a year, started the program, which involves taking some of the pet food donated to the SPCA to the Second Harvest food bank in Salmon Arm on Fridays. Then, pet owners can stop in to get some. Hand said about 30 to 40 people use the service each week.

Another program the Shuswap branch’s 40 active volunteers are involved in is what’s called Humane Educa-tion.

Presentations are given to classes in School District #83 as well as at independent schools to teach re-sponsible dog owner-ship, plus education on dog safety for students in grades three, four and five. The presenta-tions include ‘Bite free,’ ‘Kindness counts’ and

‘Caring for the Animals in the Wild.’

Hand said Humane Education emphasizes compassion and empa-thy for all living things.

She said the SPCA is considering starting a reading program, where children can come in and read to cats. Such programs in other re-gions have helped so-cialize nervous cats to people, at the same time as helping young peo-ple with their reading skills and with compas-sion and social skills.

Hand said the SPCA is not funded by higher levels of government so the society must rely on donations. The City of Salmon Arm supports the Shuswap branch with $12,000 in fund-ing annually, as well as a permissive tax exemp-tion on its property in the industrial park.

The District of Si-camous does not cur-rently provide the Shus-

wap branch with funds.Hand said she would

like to hold an open house so people can learn more about the shelter.

For more informa-tion or updates on the shelter, go to: https://www.facebook.com/bcspca.shuswap.

SPCA expanding outreach in ShuswapBy Martha WickettEagle Valley News

New home: Michelle Wolff and daughter Ali Logan adopt cats Hank and Ralph from the Shuswap SPCA. BC SPCA Shuswap branch photo


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The 2015 provincial budget contains no new funding for upgrading the Trans-Canada High-way around Revelstoke.

The budget calls for $151 million to be spent on Highway 1 improvements from Kamloops to the Al-berta border over the next three years, but the planned projects do not include any in the Rev-elstoke area, other than the Malakwa Bridge replacement, which was announced last year.

“The ministry con-tinues to address high priority sections of the Trans-Canada High-way,” wrote spokesper-son Sonia Lowe in an email. “In addition to the Malakwa Bridge, work will continue on two major improvement projects between Monte Creek and Hoffman’s Bluff, east of Kam-loops.”

The Malakwa Bridge replacement project was tendered last year at a cost of $35 million and is expected to be com-pleted in 2016. The province is forking out

$22 million, while the federal government is paying the remaining $13 million.

The 2015 budget calls for $45 million in spending on Highway 1 improvements from Kamloops to Alberta in 2015/16, $45 million in 2016/17 and $60 mil-lion in 2017/18.

The budget also

shows that only about 60 per cent of the money budgeted for upgrades in the past year was actually spent. The 2014/15 budget called for $50 million in spending on Highway 1 upgrades in the past year, but only $29 mil-lion was actually spent, according to the updat-ed forecast.

Premier Christy

Clark made a 10-year, $650 million commit-ment to upgrade the Trans-Canada Highway at the 2012 Union of BC Municipalities con-ference.

Norm Macdonald, the MLA for Colum-bia River-Revelstoke, called the lack of fund-ing a “Liberal fail.”

“So many promises,

and so much effort on behalf of local politi-cians, came to nothing yesterday as the BC Liberal budget released on Tuesday completely ignored the Trans-Can-ada Highway upgrade,” he said in a news re-lease.

According to ICBC statistics reported by Global News, the stretch of the Trans-Canada be-

tween Revelstoke and Golden was the scene of 38 fatal crashes in the 10 years from 2004–2013, making it the deadliest stretch of highway in the province. There were 14 fatal crashes from Si-camous to Revelstoke, 24 from Sicamous to Sorrento, and 24 from Sorrento to Kamloops.

Kootenay-Columbia MP David Wilks told Revelstoke council last week that he asked for $5 billion in spending from the Federal gov-ernment to twin the Trans-Canada through Yoho, Glacier and Mount Revelstoke Na-tional Parks. The fund-ing would not cover portions of the highway outside the parks.

Last Monday, Feb. 9, Todd Stone, the BC Minister of Transporta-tion, was in Revelstoke to do a � y-over of the Trans-Canada High-way. He met with local government of� cials to discuss the issues sur-rounding the highway.

Mayor Mark McKee was in Victoria earlier this week to talk about highway safety with Stone and other cabinet of� cials.

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Community service: Sicamous Lions president Mary Laurila presents Alex Chmilar with a Milestone Chevron Award and pin recognizing his 35 years of service with the club. The Sicamous Lions have been in existence since 1978, and have since given thousands of dollars and contributed count-less hours of volunteer time to the community. The club always welcomes new members – anyone wanting to make a difference at home and abroad. For more information, call 250-517-8107, 250-804-9712, or email [email protected]. Photo contributed

berta border over the next three years, but the planned projects do not include any in the Rev-elstoke area, other than the Malakwa Bridge replacement, which was

“The ministry con-tinues to address high priority sections of the Trans-Canada High-way,” wrote spokesper-son Sonia Lowe in an

So many promises, and so much effort on behalf of local politicians, came to nothing yesterday as the BC Liberal

budget… completely ignored the Trans-Canada Highway upgrade.

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Myck marker keeps Eagles in action

Devyn Myck was the man following Monday night’s divi-sion semifinals playoff game between the Si-camous Eagles and the Kamloops Storm.

Myck provided two of the Eagles’ three goals during game three of the team’s play-off run, including the overtime marker that earned Sicamous the

win. Myck’s goal was the first of the evening, potted in the third frame following the scoreless first and second periods. That goal was assisted by Nathan Grieve and Scott Robinson. Min-utes later, teammate Korwin Shewchuk gave Sicamous a 2-0 lead, assisted by Rob-inson and Riley Jepson. The Storm rallied near the end of the frame and was able to tie the match before the final

buzzer. Myck was named

the game’s second star. The needed win fol-

lowed back-to-back losses in Kamloops.

In game one played Feb. 20, the Eagles were shut out with a 3-0 tally. Sicamous net-minder Patrick Kasper was named the game’s second star after stop-ping 33 out of 36 shots on net.

The Storm dominat-ed game two, on Feb.

21, beating the Eagles 5-1. The Eagles’ single was scored by Darien Blight, a power-play conversion midway through the first pe-riod, assisted by Brad Whitehead and Carter Hansen.

In net for the Eagles was Olivier Charest, who stopped 57 out of 62 shots on net.

Sicamous’ next game was Tuesday night, Feb. 24, after press time.

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Wanted Construction Equip-ment ,Backhoes, Excavators, Dozers, Graders ,Wheel Load-ers ,Farm Tractors , Skid-steers ,Chippers ,Attachments , Any condition running or not , also looking for large amounts of Scrap Metal. 250-260-0217

Misc. for SaleSAWMILLS FROM only $4,397 - Make money & save money with your own bandmill - Cut lumber any dimension. In stock ready to ship. Free info & DVD: www.NorwoodSaw mills.com/400OT 1-800-566-6899 Ext:400OT.

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