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Location, location, location. Industrial land just past the Trail
airport, and a high-end facility that sits on it, is considered a flagship site for the production of medical marijuana, says Bob Marsh from Worldwide Marijuana Inc. (WMI).
Marsh, WWI's president and chief operating officer (CEO), confirmed that the company is slated to close the $2.2 million sale of the 5N Plus building, located on Industrial Road, by Feb. 27.
“The facility is absolutely great in terms of size, and in terms of zoning and positioning,” Marsh told the Trail Times by phone this week. “My visits made me see that it is basically configured in the best stra-
tegic location with respect to being a benign facility to grow medical marijuana.”
The closing date was pushed back from December while WMI worked through the myriad of Health Canada issues and finances, he explained.
“We don’t believe in doing any-thing unless it's a plan of success for what we are trying to achieve,” said Marsh. “But all things going well, the anticipated goal is to have own-ership by the end of February and then we will be new neighbours.”
Taking over the 46,000-square foot structure is only the first step, so don't expect production lines to roll out anytime soon.
Once the company takes owner-ship of 5N Plus, plans include a re-
tooling of the interior to support the various stages of horticulture from seed to growing, and a reconfigure of office and meeting room spaces.
After that, comes the third phase of operation, which is commercial production of the product under the federal Marijuana for Medical Purposes Regulations (MMPR).
“The normal Health Canada applicant process is to first try and get a facility to grow in, and 5N could represent that,” explained Marsh. “But Worldwide Marijuana doesn’t actually have its own appli-cation for that building.”
Instead, his business strategy to launch a medical marijuana produc-tion facility is threefold.
The plan involves either partner-ing or purchasing LPs (licence to
produce) from applicants who find themselves challenged by Health Canada's complex submission pro-cess to obtain a commercial licence.
“My analysis of the MMPR cre-ated by Health Canada has lead us to believe that WMI's business objectives created the opportunity for us to enter into joint ventures or acquisition of applicants,” he explained.
“I am in the process of creating a cooperative across Canada and I am acquiring applications that will turn into LPs,” he added. “I am doing that from Victoria to Nova Scotia.”
Specifically, WMI is pursuing applicants, either person or com-pany, who have the knowledge to grow medical marijuana but lack
See DUE, Page 3
Medical marijuana CEO expects to complete purchase of 5N Plus building in February
Camping fees going up at B.C. parks
B Y T I M E S S T A F FGetting back to nature in beautiful B.C.
is going to cost a little bit more after MarchTo maintain high service levels in B.C.
provincial parks for an increasing number of visitors, the province is raising camping fees as of March 15.
“British Columbia’s world-renowned parks provide superb recreational opportun-ities for visitors from throughout the prov-ince and around the world. From diverse terrain to temperate climate, our parks are truly a unique treasure,” said Mary Polak, Minister of Environment, in a press release.
“By increasing user fees in campgrounds, campers who use the parks system are help-ing to keep it sustainable for future genera-tions to enjoy.”
While the fee schedule varies, the vast majority of provincial campsites will see a $2 per night increase, while others will see slightly larger increase in price, to a max-imum of $5 per night. The last system-wide increase was in 2010.
Local provincial parks are include in a list highlighting the new fees – Beaver Creek Park will cost $21 (per night); Champion Lakes $25; Syringa Creek $26; Gladstone $27; Kokanee Creek $32, Nancy Greene Lake $13.
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B y C a r o l y n G r a n tKimberley BulletinThe decision by the
provincial Ministry of Environment to try to protect the dwin-dling South Selkirk Mountain Caribou herd by taking out predators — namely wolves — is generat-ing a lot of reaction.
The Ktunaxa Nation and Northern Lights Wolf Centre have a l ready responded, the for-mer stating that the intention to shoot wolves from helicop-ters is a narrow and short term approach, while the latter called it morally indefens-ible.
However, others believe it is the only solution.
Bob Jamieson, a wildlife biologist well-known in the East Kootenay, and a member of an ad hoc group of those who have lived and hunted elk in this valley for years, says he is con-cerned with the situa-tion with predators and ungulates in its totality.
He says he cer-tainly understands the opposition to the plan — nobody wants to kill wolves — but does anyone want to lose the caribou either?
Jamieson doesn’t buy that the caribou herd is habitat chal-lenged. He says given
the amount of lichen each caribou con-sumes in a year, he doesn’t believe the 18 or so animals can’t find that forage over the many kilometres of the Salmo-Creston higher elevations.
“They are not habi-tat limited,” Jamieson said. “We are los-ing these animals to predation. Predators kill the old, the weak and the young. That’s the key, the young. Predation has a huge effect on calves.”
Jamieson cites a study done in Yellowstone by doctoral student Shannon Barber-Meyer, in which 142 calves were collared.
“100 calves died, three of disease and 97 from predators. Those are utterly astounding numbers.
“We are seeing
collapsing ungulate populations all over the Rocky Mountains. We’ve gone from a predator poor to pred-ator rich environ-ment. We have com-pletely changed the equation that wildlife managers have to deal with.
“It’s difficult for people to understand the degree these ungulate populations are collapsing. The whole thing is incred-ibly complex and dif-ficult. The situation is very different from what it used to be and it’s coming home to roost with these mountain caribou.”
John Bergenske of Wildsight has posted an interesting blog, along with Joe Scott of Conservation Northwest, on the Wildsight website, in which they offer a reluctant support of the wolf cull.
Bergenske argues that habitat degrada-tion is what has led to increased preda-tion, differing from Jamieson on that point.
“The science is clear that the habi-tat fragmentation and conversion of old for-ests to new have made mountain caribou more vulnerable to predation,” he writes.
“The South Selkirks herd is the southernmost of 18 mountain caribou herds that together comprise fewer than 1,700 endangered animals across their entire range. This decision comes after years of field research and policy debate over the controversial and emotionally charged issue.
“Our groups have communicated a clear and consistent pos-ition to the BC gov-ernment on predator controls for the bene-fit of mountain cari-
bou persistence: that we could only sup-port predator remov-als if the habitat of the herd in question was ‘effectively pro-tected’ from further development impacts and restored where possible; if there was clear evidence link-ing wolves to caribou deaths; and, if the controls proposed were carefully target-ed to remove only the wolf packs respon-sible.
“There is certain-ly more work to be done to protect cari-bou habitat, particu-larly in the valley bot-tom corridors where caribou are most vulnerable to preda-tion. But that doesn’t preclude the current need to protect the South Selkirks cari-bou herd now. We have consistently and forcefully opposed a broad-brush strategy of predator controls
through much lib-eralized wolf hunting and trapping rules as inhumane, ecologic-ally destructive and ineffective for pro-tecting caribou. We believe the criteria we set forth for lend-ing support to wolf control actions in the South Selkirks have been met.”
Bergenske believes that allowing the South Selkirk caribou to die out will lead to intense pressure to reopen their habi-tat to logging, road building and motor-ized recreation, and this habitat is critical to thousands of other plants and animals.
“The short-term strategies to remove wolves may not ultim-ately lead to moun-tain caribou recovery. We recognize and accept that risk. But the wolves will come back, the caribou will not.”
When wolves and caribou collide
— image credit: Bc Forest service/Us Fish and WildliFe
The B.C. government has ordered a cull of wolves to save caribou herds.
“We are losing these animals to predation.
Predators kill the old, the
weak and the young. That’s
the key, the young.
Predation has a huge effect on calves .”
BoB JAmiEson
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The NDP’s econom-ic development critic Shane Simpson is touring the Kootenays this week. He will spend time in Nelson, Trail, Castlegar and Cranbrook over the course of his four-day trip.
“Our focus is look-ing at how we maxi-mize opportunities around job creation. So much is being done right now around eco-nomic activity, but without the job cre-ation we want,” said Simpson, who rep-resents Vancouver-Hastings.
On Monday after-noon, Tom Thomson of the Nelson & District Chamber of Commerce hosted Simpson along with Nelson-Creston MLA Michelle Mungall and Kootenay West MLA Katrine Conroy. Representatives from a number of local agencies, including Community Futures, were in attendance.
“Having the ear of the government is one thing,” said Thomson.
“But having the ear of the opposition is also important. We jump at any opportunity to let people know about our concerns sur-rounding economic development.”
Simpson said get-ting a sense of things from the ground is essential, especially because his riding is radically different from the small and rural communities in the West Kootenay.
“Everything is different in differ-ent places,” he said. “In the Kootenays it’s okay, the mines are operating. But in Tumbler Ridge they’ve got them all shut down. We need to determine what does it mean, this global price of oil collapsing, and how is that affect-ing our economy on the ground?”
Simpson said much of the visit would be focused on listening.
“I’m going in to listen, to talk about where the opportun-ities might be and look at how govern-ment can best support initiatives out there
and talk about the challenges,” he said.
Simpson said the current government’s development strategy is inadequate.
“We really want to talk about the short-comings of this gov-ernment. First of all, the unrealistic expectations they’ve put on LNG (liquid natural gas),” he said, noting that gas is being pushed at the expense of other industries that could use a boost.
“Let’s continue to pursue LNG, but it can’t continue to be a big expense,” he said.
Thomson said he’s particularly pleased the chamber had an opportunity to talk about transportation.
“We need reliable air access in and out
of the region. “We need reliable
and safe transporta-tion on the highways and throughout the Okanagan,” he said, noting again that the West Kootenay Regional Airport is an ongoing concern.
They also talked about the implica-tions of the poten-tial rise in minimum wage.
“Any time you go from where it is right now to $15, as proposed, that would have a significant impact on the profit-ability of businesses,” Thomson said.
“It has a ratcheting effect that goes all through the system to the higher levels. Our concern is that it needs to be taken into account.”
— image credit: Will Johnson photo
NDP economic development critic Shane Simpson (right) visited the Nelson & District Chamber of Commerce during his four-day Kootenay visit. He was joined by (from the left) Nelson-Creston MLA Michelle Mungall and Kootenay West MLA Katrine Conroy
NDP’s economic critic tours Kootenays
FROM PAGE 1There are no increases to fees for
sani-stations, mooring buoys, back-country camping, picnic shelters, or group camping.
For a complete list of camp-grounds and updated fees, visit www.env.gov.bc.ca/bcparks/fees/userfees.pdf
The increase is expected to gen-erate $1.3 million this year for B.C.’s
protected areas system. All revenue from the increased
fees will be put back into main-taining and enhancing the parks system.
Over the past five years, BC Parks has invested approximately $60 million in park facilities, and has approximately $700 million of investment in infrastructure that requires maintenance.
No increase for mooring or backcountry
FROM PAGE 1business acumen with the com-mercial market sector; have the finances and business sense for the commercial market but don’t have the knowledge to grow; and those can’t meet business objectives relat-ed to lack of expansion capital.
“In most cases the applicants have been delayed for so long that they need money to accomplish those objectives,” said Marsh.
“In all cases there is tremendous opportunity for investing, assist-ing and cooperating with the WMI team.”
The federal government put an end to mom-and-pop pot farms almost 12 months ago, with new legislation that grew the medical marijuana industry into a commer-cially licensed business.
Under the Health Canada licens-ing process for medical marijuana facilities, the proponent has to pro-vide notice to the local government, in this case the Regional District of Kootenay Boundary (RDKB), and the local RCMP detachment of their intent to submit an application.
To date, the RDKB hasn’t
received formal notice form the group, according to Mark Andison, RDKB’s general operations man-ager.
However, Phil Hahn, WMI’s real-ty scout, confirmed the company had done due diligence with local law enforcement following a visit to Trail.
“We are not bringing in a licence right away, rather we are planning for a licence to come from a place where there might not necessarily be a building,” Marsh clarified.
“We have the administration to submit a “go fast” application that can be moved from another place to Trail,” he continued. “And we can avoid spending multi-millions to build a facility that we might not need down the road. Trail already offers a whole lot of access for us.”
WMI, specializes in researching innovative and effective use of med-ical marijuana in patients treatment plans, according to the business’ website.
The company has developed the proprietary strain “BCBB” which is used in a cream formula for the treatment of muscle trauma.
Due diligence done with local law enforcement
B y s h e r i r e g n i e rTimes Staff
Good thing the previous Warfield council initiated a study of the village's aging pipes because the newly-elected panel was cer-tainly put on the hot seat this week.
Following a sewer back up in his Schofield Highway house last year, an upset resident spoke to council Wednesday night over a subsequent $155 home insurance hike and the fact that the sewer problem has yet to be fixed.
The longtime village resident also questioned why neither he nor his neighbours were being kept in the loop about when the sewer pipe would be replaced or repaired.
“We are a little new to what was happening last year,” conceded Warfield Mayor Ted Pahl. “But we
are in the planning stage because we know there is work to do in the spring. And this is one of the areas that is top priority.”
Pahl assured the man that he would personally contact him with an update once village council secured a budget for this year's infrastructure work.
“I hope your priority is not 10 years down the road,” said the resident.
“No, it's this year. I said I would keep you informed about what we are doing, and as soon as we get out planning in place, I will call you,” the mayor added.
Last year, Warfield council hired an engineering firm to begin an infrastructure study assessing spe-cifically water, sewer and storm water systems, Pahl told the Trail Times Thursday morning.
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In Thursday’s Trail Times story “Real estate prices remain stable in Greater Trail,” the amount of million-dollar homes sold requires clarification. As opposed to “million-dollar homes” it should allude to “high-end homes over $500,000 in price.” Richard Daoust clarified the mis-interpretation by adding Century 21 sells perhaps one million-dollar home every few years.
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Marijuana stores have been sprouting all over Washington State since retail trade in the drug was legal-ized in a referendum, but the first one has
now opened within walking distance of the B.C. border.
E v e r g r e e n Cannabis is aimed squarely at the Canadian market and its Blaine storefront at 922 Peace Portal
Drive – with a sign that reads “recreation-al marijuana store” – is within sight of both the Peace Arch and White Rock.
“I know I am con-troversial because I am close to the bor-
der,” owner Jake Lamont, a Birch Bay resident, told Black Press this week.
To the U.S. border guards stationed just to the north, mari-juana remains an illegal drug under fed-eral law, even though it’s been more than two years since the state voted to legalize possession by adults of up to an ounce and license a network of growers and retailers.
“I don’t worry about it any more,” said Lamont, who expects the Washington and Colorado legalization experiment will be replicated across the U.S.
But he warns his Canadian customers to be careful – bring-ing weed back to B.C. can result in seizure and criminal charges.
“I let them know ‘Don’t take this across any borders, keep it in the state,’” he said.
Evergreen’s dried pot, priced at $18.83 a gram, comes with warning labels advis-ing it’s for consump-tion in Washington State only.
But that poses a challenge for cannabis tourists coming from B.C.
“The problem is what you do with it once you buy it – where do you smoke it?” asked Blaine immigration lawyer Len Saunders. “You’re not supposed to be smoking it in public.”
Saunders also advises Canadian pot enthusiasts to be care-ful how they answer questions from U.S.
border authorities.“If you admit
you’re coming down to buy marijuana or that you’ve ever smoked marijuana in the past, you’re going to get denied entry – period.”
Visitors who deny plans to go pot shop-ping may be taking a risk if they then immediately park at the nearby pot store, he added.
“It’s literally under the noses of the fed-eral government,” Saunders said.
“That’s the irony of this – that it’s still illegal federally but you can buy it within walking distance of the border.”
Lamont said he and his partners are considering opening a private club for mari-
juana users in Blaine to offer customers a legal smoking lounge.
“It’s necessary for people who are are traveling, on vacation or whatnot to have a place for them to go,” Lamont said. “And it’s especially important to Canadians who are going to be my main clientele.”
The new store is one of more than 100 marijuana retailers and 300 growers that have been licensed in Washington since a 56 per cent state vote in favour of Initiative 502 on recreational marijuana reform in 2012.
B.C. pot activists hope Washington’s experience adds momentum to their agenda to reform Canada’s policy on marijuana.
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Switzerland - Finance Minister Joe Oliver says he will not budge from his plan to deliv-er a balanced budget come April, even with the recent decline in crude oil prices.
In an interview with The Canadian Press at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Oliver said Thursday he’s rejecting sug-gestions that a small federal budget deficit would be economic-ally acceptable and he insisted the govern-ment won’t return to a deficit.
“We do not intend there be a deficit because we feel it’s important to main-tain confidence in the Canadian economy, to maintain confidence on the part of invest-ors,” Oliver said.
Experts suggest the federal govern-ment books will teeter on running another deficit in 2015-16, although the Harper government insists it will meet its commit-ment to balance the budget.
The promise was made years ago and is expected to be a key issue in this year’s fed-eral general election.
“We think it’s wrong morally to transfer debt to our children for our cur-rent expenses,” Oliver said. “And we want to be in a strong fiscal shape to respond to international shocks.”
One those shocks is the price of oil, a key Canadian export.
Since last summer, the global price of oil plunged from more than US$100 a barrel to under US$50 a bar-rel - with the biggest drop coming after the OPEC oil cartel said in late November that it wouldn’t cut output to prop up the price.
In November, Oliver warned fall-ing oil prices could cut $2.5 billion per year from the federal books between 2015 and 2019. Since that calculation, the price of crude has tumbled further.
Oliver’s comments came a day after the Bank of Canada shocked the busi-ness world by drop-ping a key lending rate by one-quarter of a percentage point in response to the huge decline in crude oil prices since November. Economists had expected the rate to be stable until it was increased sometime this year, although the timing was a matter of debate.
The low price of crude is expected to remain for some time and many Canadian oil and gas producers have announced plans to cut back spending by billions of dollars - creating a ripple effect through the entire economy.
The finance minis-ter said that he wasn’t aware in advance of the Bank of Canada’s decision to cut its trend setting rate Wednesday to 0.75 per cent, but added he was “not surprised” by
the announcement by the central bank and that it had no bear-ing on his decision to delay the release of the upcoming federal budget.
Oliver announced last week he would postpone the release of the 2015 federal budget until April at the earliest.
The budget usually comes before the end of the fiscal year on March 31.
Despite the criti-cism from opposition parties, Oliver says the delay will give him more time to analyze the situation.
Oliver wouldn’t say if the government would dip into its $3 billion contingency fund to offset the loss of federal revenues from oil, but acknow-ledged his “flexibility” has decreased as prices have dropped.
“We do not intend to cut programs but we must recognize that flexibility has decreased, that’s clear,” Oliver said.
He also attempted to mitigate comments by federal Employment Minister Jason Kenney, who suggested the Conservatives would have to consider spending cuts, but predicted they will keep the government’s hands off its contin-gency fund.
“My portfolio is Finance and I am aware of the thoughts (of Mr. Kenney),” Oliver said. “We will not make cuts (in social programs), and we will honour our
commitments.”As for the
I n t e r n a t i o n a l Monetary Fund’s recent downgrade of its 2015 growth fore-cast for the Canadian economy, Oliver was not particularly wor-ried. Earlier this week, the IMF said it expected economic growth of 2.3 per cent in Canada in 2015, down from 2.4 per cent in its forecasts issued three months ago. The agency is lowering its overall outlook for global growth.
“They only reduced the growth of 0.1 per cent,” Oliver said. “It’s not a big percentage. We will review the
projections of 15 pri-vate sector economists before the budget and we will make our tax conclusions. ”
The IMF also decreased its projec-tion for next year’s growth to 2.1 per cent - a drop from the 2.4 per cent forecast it made in October.
The Bank of Canada was even more pes-simistic in a revised estimate issued Wednesday along with the rate cut. The central bank now estimates 2015 GDP growth will be 2.1 per cent (after dropping to 1.5 per cent in the first half of the year) and 2.4 per cent in 2016.
Manitoba
Winnipeg mayor breaks down after racism label
T H E C A N A D I A N P R E S SWINNIPEG - The mayor of Manitoba’s
capital tearfully promised Thursday to fight racism and intolerance after his city was branded Canada’s most racist by a national magazine.
Brian Bowman stood surrounded by dozens of aborig-inal and community leaders and admit-ted that Winnipeg has a problem with racism. The city’s first Metis mayor broke down in tears as he talked about passing on his heritage to his young children.
“My wife is Ukrainian heritage. My family is Metis,” he said as he choked back tears. “I want my boys to be as proud of both of those family lines.”
Macleans magazine published a cover story that gave Winnipeg the dubious dis-tinction. It cited the huge gap between aboriginals and non-aboriginals, as well as the recent high-profile death of 15-year-old Tina Fontaine, whose body was found in August wrapped in plastic in the Red River.
The reaction to the article from city hall was swift. The police chief, the provincial treaty commissioner, chiefs and community leaders assembled - not to refute the article - but to promise to do something about the issue it highlighted.
“We do have racism in Winnipeg ... You can’t run away from facts,” Bowman said fol-lowing a closed-door traditional smudging ceremony. “Ignorance, hatred, intolerance, racism exists everywhere.”
T H E C A N A D I A N P R E S SSASKATOON - A Saskatchewan group
is looking to help families in Nunavut who are paying $6 for a can of soup and $200 for a turkey.
Megan Clake of Helping Our Northern Neighbours says she wanted to get involved after seeing some of the high costs for basic groceries in the North.
She and her family have been spon-soring a single mom in Nunavut since November.
Clake is the organizer of the Saskatchewan chapter of the national group which started in British Columbia last summer.
Some of its members were from Saskatchewan, but interest in the group exploded and the provincial arm now has 200 members.
The group matches northern families in need with southern families who are willing to send food either as a one-time donation or as part of a longer-term spon-sorship.
SaSkatchewan
Helping Nunavutfamilies’ food woes
CaNadaBriefs
finance minister vows to balance budget
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OPINION
Imagine it’s chocolate, not oil, that is hurting usChocolate has uni-
versal appeal. Over three mil-lennia, people
have developed a powerful taste for it. Some even admit to being addicted chocoholics.
Created in what is now Central America, choco-late is one of the world’s most popular foodstuffs. Consumption of chocolate can produce physiologic-al effects in the human body and are linked to increased serotonin levels in the brain. For many, a life without chocolate is impossible to contem-plate.
Let’s imagine for a moment that small groups of government and univer-sity scientists discovered that chocolate consump-tion was linked to slow-developing cancers that manifested themselves in the fourth quartile of life, and were possibly trans-mitted to offspring. The threat of cancer was so far off for most people that it seemed merely coinci-dent with normal human lifespans and death. And as for its transmission, it was many years away – a
problem for the next gen-eration. Besides, eating chocolate is so much fun.
After decades of research, fully 97 per cent of the world’s choc-olate science commun-ity became convinced of chocolate’s carcinogenic properties, and scientists in other disciplines were likewise increasingly con-vinced. As a result, the scientific community began to speak up about ‘Chocolate Change’ – encouraging people to move off chocolate in their diets.
The United Nations formed an International Chocolate Change Panel to build the case for global action and intervention. Conferences were held to build public health aware-ness, and to develop a global Chocolate Change Protocol. Slowly the world media began to take notice.
The ‘Old Chocolate Sector’ became increas-ingly concerned. It began to fund Old Chocolate think tanks and make large political contribu-tions to chocoholic polit-icians.
Meanwhile, entre-preneurs in the private sector began to experi-ment with Nicola Tesla’s mother’s Serbian reci-pe for synthetic choco-late. A pleasing array of chocolate substitutes were created, but were twice as expensive as Old Chocolate. Undeterred, the Alternative Chocolate sector began to work hard to lessen its costs and pro-duce cheaper Alternative Chocolate.
At the highest corpor-ate and political levels of Old Chocolate, the future market trends were start-ing to look bleak. Even the spouses and children of Old Chocolate CEOs and chocoholic cabinet
ministers were aware of the dangers of eating Old Chocolate and were now buying Alternative Chocolate.
A secret Old Chocolate congress was called in Las Vegas, and broadly attended by the leaders of the Old Chocolate sec-tor. Facing growing public concern, scientific criti-cism, and media atten-tion, a breakout move was required to bolster Old Chocolate’s future.
Many Old Chocolate companies had significant surplus inventory, and were heavily invested in expanding their manufac-turing capacity.
Large new plants had recently been built in North Dakota. Simply put, there was a need to move more Old Chocolate to mouth.
Aware of the challenge, the Old Chocolatiers decided to dump inven-tory on the market to win new mouth share, diminish the appeal of Alternative Chocolate, and clear out inventory. They knew Old Chocolate share values would fall, but sup-pliers were determined to
win new chocoholics to their products.
In the marketplace, there was consider-able confusion. There was great temptation to buy and eat cheap Old Chocolate. Alternative Chocolate providers were taken by surprise; sudden-ly their product was three times as expensive.
Political and scien-tific opposition to Old Chocolate was thrown into disarray; the conventional wisdom was that ‘peak Old Chocolate’ had already been reached – now new peaks were being set every day. The consumers began to doubt the experts.
The world’s equity markets were confused too, and sharp downward spikes began to occur. It seemed that Old Chocolate had been reborn.
Troy Media syndicated columnist Mike Robinson has been CEO of three Canadian NGOs: the Arctic Institute of North America, the Glenbow Museum, and the Bill Reid Gallery. He writes for a broad range of Canadian media, and consults to the boards of startup NGOs.
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Re: U.S. ripping us off on water (B.C. Views, Trail Times Jan. 6).
I am a scholar of Columbia River Treaty history and live in the region where all the losses occurred. My
own upcoming book about the treaty, A River Captured, rep-resents a decade of research and travel across the Columbia Basin on both sides of the boundary. This is a big, complex story
that deserves lots of attention.
One thing I’ve learned over the years is that the U.S. was not necessarily the Big Bad Wolf we would like to make them out to be.
In fact, the U.S. for-
mally asked Canada in the 1930s if this country had an inter-est in those salmon that would be blocked and it was Canada that said no. Had Canada’s response been differ-ent, we might have
gotten that fish ladder and saved our unique Interior salmon runs.
There was consider-ably controversy over the treaty between its signing in 1961 and its ratification by Canada in 1964.
During that time, the agreement was on the edge of being tossed out, with Prime Minister Lester
Pearson actively pro-moting the negotia-tion of a new treaty during his 1963 elec-tion campaign.
The U.S., as a result of their own shifting water policies, would have very likely cooper-ated with changing or scrapping that treaty. It was Canada’s fed-eral bureaucrats who went into high gear to
justify what had been signed and make sure it went through.
There is no ques-tion in my mind that Canada and B.C.’s government agencies played a very signifi-cant role in making the mess we got in 1964.
Eileen Delehanty PearkesNelson
B.C. not blameless on Columbia River Treaty
Re: U.S. ripping us off on water, (B.C. Views Trail Times Jan. 6).
This is an issue all of B.C. should have the same view on and an extremely important one at that. Energy Minister Bill Bennett should have given the 10-year notice to exit the agree-ment.
I don’t think we could ever actually deny the U.S. access to our water, as it would ultimately lead to an invasion. We should however fire the warning shot that we want a fair dollar for the resource.
Having just flown back from Puerto Vallarta, I saw nothing but desert out my window
for almost the entire trip until we got into Washington state. Lake Mead, created by the Hoover Dam, is so low on water that the dam is almost useless and California is screaming for more to feed the crops.
We pay top dollar for the produce from there and yet give them the water for pretty much free. It’s totally crazy and will only get worse. The time to act is now.
Thanks for highlighting this ridiculous situ-ation that I’ve ranted on about for decades to mostly deaf ears.
Matt TaylorSaanich
Province should fire warning shot
An editorial from the Toronto Star
For six straight months, Finance Minister Joe Oliver assured Canadians that despite plummeting oil prices, shrink-ing economic growth and the loss of billions of dollars of revenue, he would deliver a balanced budget in 2015. On Thursday his bravado sagged.
He told the Calgary Chamber of Commerce he was postponing this year’s budget until April at the earliest. “We need all the information we can obtain before finalizing our decisions” he said, gambling that three months from now the price of petroleum will have hit bottom and the economic outlook will be brighter – or at least more predictable.
Both opposition parties immediately accused the for-mer Bay Street investment banker of panicking in the fact of adversity. “It becomes clear that their plan for the Canadian economy has failed and now they’re in panic mode,” said NDP finance critic Nathan Cullen. His Liberal counter-part, Scott Brison, went a step farther. “They are trying to delay the admission of the obvious – and that is we going back into deficit.”
That, in fact, appears unlike-ly. In the short term, the finance minister can stave off red ink by using Ottawa’s $3-billion rainy-day fund, delaying spend-ing commitments, accelerat-ing announced cutbacks or changing its accounting pro-
cedures. The Conservatives and their Liberal predecessors have used all of these techniques in the past.
What Oliver was doing was buying time – a reasonable course of action when the mar-kets are in turmoil and econo-mists don’t have the tools to forecast how far and fast the price of oil will drop, how many jobs will be lost or how big a hit the housing market will take. Nor can they say with any assurance how much the declining value of the Canadian dollar will affect exports or what consumers will do with the money they save on gaso-line. The outlook may still be cloudy by April. But it makes sense to wait and see whether any of these variables has sta-bilized.
It will be awkward to enter a new fiscal year (on April 1) with no federal financial plan. But a few weeks of economic uncer-tainty won’t impair the govern-ment’s ability to function.
Having said that, Oliver could have spared himself a lot of grief by waiting until budget day to announce his govern-ment’s plans to allow parents to split their incomes and expand Ottawa’s universal child care benefit. By locking in these commitments last October, he gave up $4.6 billion, sacri-ficing the maneuvering room he needs now.
He also could have been more prudent in November when he issued his fiscal update. At the time, oil prices
were two months into their downslide. Although the trajec-tory was pointing downward, Oliver used the then-current price of $81 a barrel as a basis for his budget calculations rather than building in an allowance for a further decline. By mid-January, the price of crude had dropped to $48 a bar-rel, blowing a massive hole in his planning assumptions.
Even now, the finance min-ister is minimizing the gov-ernment’s plight. “These are tough times for the energy sec-tor but we do not need to be pessimistic,” he told Calgarians last week, ruling out any possibility of a tax increase. “Knowledgeable observers gen-erally agree prices will move up at some point, given the long-term demand for energy.”
That is small comfort now. Moreover, it has no basis in fact and he risks lulling Canadians into the belief that a precipitous decline in commodity prices is merely a temporary setback.
Clearly, Oliver’s eye is on the electoral calendar. It is politic-ally imperative that he find a way to eliminate or hide the deficit before Stephen Harper launches the 2015 election campaign. The Prime Minister promised Canadians he would clean up the books before seek-ing a renewed mandate.
A modest delay in tabling this year’s budget plan will do little harm. A hastily devised blueprint that falls apart when the election is over could do serious and lasting damage.
Tax giveaways were premature
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Passed away peacefully at the age of 83 at Surrey Memorial Hospital. Bud was born in Trail, BC. He is survived by his loving wife Joan and 5 children Je� (Chris), Lindsay (Nancy), Stu (Judi), Robin (Maureen) and Leslee, Sisters Laura and Arlene and numerous grandchildren. Predeceased by his sister Bev and parents Bert and Ann. A farewell gathering for Bud will follow in the spring (date to be announced).
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necessity or simply a choice, many Kootenay region citizens hitch a ride at some time or other. For many it is an informal situation: a request posted on a forum, a shout-out at the airport, or asking a friend or family mem-ber for a favour. But, four Selkirk College students from Rossland
and Trail have chosen to make it a formal arrangement for their entire school year — carpooling five days a week to Castlegar.
The four students are all in the Integrated E n v i r o n m e n t a l Planning diploma program at Selkirk College. It’s a five days- a week commitment. They work around each other’s schedules
and have tailored a commuting plan that works for all of them. Each person drives for one out of every three weeks, and the fourth member pays for gas.
Rossland’s Kailyn Nelson said, “I don’t have my own car, so I use a family vehicle when it’s my turn to drive. If I didn’t have this carpool, I would have had to buy a car.”
Spencer Kaspick lives in Trail and the carpool picks him up at a designated loca-tion.
“My gas costs about $80 to $90 a week,” said Kaspick. “So I’m saving about $160 a month in gas. It also means less oil changes and less wear and tear on my vehicle.”
“That we’re saving time, money and prob-ably the environment are major incentives and rewards,” said Nelson.
Josie Barker doesn’t have a vehicle, so she contributes by paying for gas.
“It’s cheaper than the bus, which can be as much as $4.00 a day,” said Barker. “It takes two busses each way to get to Selkirk from Rossland. Environmentally, this is important to me.”
“We’re all look-ing for ways to save money,” said Barker. “It’s just so much cheaper and more effi-cient than the bus.”
“It’s a lot easier and you don’t have to drive both ways every day,” said Nelson, who sees it as just part of their lives that revolve around concern for the environment.
“Even though I don’t have a class in green transportation,” said Nelson. “Everything is instilled. Everyday we discuss what we’re put-ting into the environ-ment.”
The group empha-sized it’s important to have a fair schedule and be flexible. Some weeks it just doesn’t work for the designat-ed driver. Some days
someone might have to start early or leave the college late.
“Communication is big,” said Kaspick.
“You have to have everyone’s phone numbers. And, ideally, you have to enjoy the people who you drive with.”
Melissa LaFace is their fourth member.
They aren’t unique at the college. The col-lege has a ride share board to help people connect. The carpool-ing experience has impressed this group of student and they say they will look for opportunities to con-tinue carpooling after they finish their pro-gram.
To find out more on sustainable transporta-tion initiatives in the Kootenays, visit the Rossland Sustainability Commission website at www.visionstoaction.ca, Kootenay Ride Share at kootenayride-share.com or Kootenay Carshare Co-op at www.carsharecoop.ca.
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Universe Canada is hoping to take home the crown at the pageant, but she’s already scored big buzz with her outlandish hockey-themed costume.
C h a n e l Beckenlehner took to the stage in a prelim-inary Miss Universe competition sport-ing a corseted bustier emblazoned with a black and white Maple Leaf. She also wore knee-high, lace-up boots reminiscent of skates, wings fash-ioned out of hockey sticks. The 26-year-old capped off the towering ensemble with an electronic scoreboard and a goaltender stick.
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The newly Trail Historical Society Board of Directors for 2015 was elected following Wednesday night’s Annual General Meeting. A large turnout was on hand to hear Richie Mann and Lydia Jakovac of Rossland present an interesting talk on the historic Dewdney Trail. The new board features (back row, from the left); Vice-President David Flux, Director Lorna Nutini, Director Sam McBride, Council Liaison Eleanor Gattafoni-Robinson. Front row; Director Lana Rodlie, Treasurer Fran Moll, President Jamie Forbes, Secretary Sandy Hart.
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Bessie Jean ForesterJean passed away peacefully at the Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital on January 20, 2015 with her family by her side. Jean leaves behind her children Robert (Rose) Forester and Janet � ompson and her grandchildren Scott (Cheryl), Stacey, Chad (Amanda), Todd (Haly) and great-grandchildren Dawson, Danika, Madeline, Sean, Elyse, Julie, Lohan. Jean was born and raised in Lemsford Saskatchewan in 1919. She met Allan in her teen years and married in 1940. Together they moved around while he was training with the military. When the war was � nished they moved back to Portreeve about 6 miles away from where she was born to raise her own family. When Allan passed in 1979 Jean took over the post o� ce as the Post master. She ran the post o� ce until they forced her retirement at age 65. Jean stayed in Portreeve to care for her sister in law and a few years and later in 1997 she moved to be close to her daughter Janet in the Kootenays. Her hobbies included quilting through the United Church and playing cards and bingo as a member of Trail senior citizens group. She will always be remembered by both her friends and family for her kindness and generosity. � ank you to the sta� at Rosewood Village and the Trail hospital for their care and support. At the family’s request there will be no funeral service. Interment will take place in Saskatchewan at a later date. For those who wish, a donation may be made to a charity of your choice. You are invited to leave a personal message of condolence at the family’s online register at www.myalternatives.ca family’s online register at www.myalternatives.ca
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Nelson cultural ambassador Bessie Wapp was poised patiently in a Selkirk College classroom on Sunday night, sitting still while Hedwig and the Angry Inch direc-tor Pat Henman and her team carefully pre-pared her character’s look for the first time.
Their aim was to transform the 48-year-old woman into the titular rockstar, an East German sur-vivor of a botched sex change surgery.
While they tin-kered with the wigs, perfected the pancaked 80s-style glam makeup and tested out the fit of various costume items, including a pair of gaudy gold earrings and an old-school denim vest, the Star sat down with Wapp to find out what the rehearsal process has been like so far.
“Vith the accent, it is hard to find the right amount. Not too little und not too much. I vant people to under-stand the vords, so it can’t be too strong,” said Wapp, in charac-ter. “Ven I am singing
my songs they must understand the vords.”
Wapp recently cut off her lengthy hair, a move neces-sary to complete her transformation. Throughout most of the show she will be wearing giant blond wigs.
“You are now seeing me put on the vig for the first time, or that’s not quite true. This is the first time you’re seeing vun that’s acceptable. The other one vas hideous.”
When asked wheth-
er she would like her photograph taken, Wapp swept her hair back triumphantly.
“Please do. I vould like zat.”
And when, moments later, she was given a mirror to see the resulting look for the first time, Wapp gasped.
“Oh my God, wow. See, this is how I always feel, whenever I put on makeup,” she said, with a laugh. “Wunderbar!”
Wapp is now two weeks into the rehearsal process for the show, which was written by John Cameron Mitchell. The award-winning music-al, which has toured Broadway multiple times, has attracted actors such as Ally Sheedy, Michael C. Hall and Neil Patrick Harris to the role.
Wapp will share the stage with Sydney Black as her Croatian husband Yitzhak.
The production is a collaboration between Selkirk College and Black Productions. Darren Mahe and three Selkirk music students—piano play-er Amanda Cawley, guitarist Leonard Pallerstein and drummer Brennan Buglioni—will play Hedwig’s band The Angry Inch.
“The musicians are fantastic and the part-nership is a wonderful idea. A theatre com-pany partnering with Selkirk, with the won-derful Darren Mahe
being band leader and mentor? That’s great. It’s professional experi-ence for them and believe me, I vill use them!”
The six-person show will be the first ever theatrical perform-ance at the Shambhala Music & Performance Hall and will run for three weekends in February.
“I’m really look-ing forward to shar-ing what I think is a brilliant script with audiences and having them be as moved by it as I am. It’s so lay-ered. We were talking in rehearsal about how so many comedians are born out of terrible trauma, and they learn how to talk about it in a way that makes you laugh and cry almost at the same time. This show is kind of like that. It’s so rich.”
Wapp said the musical rewards close attention.
“There are a lot of images in the show that resonate and sur-face and relate to each other in different con-texts throughout the play. There’s a lot of lines where I’ll stum-ble over it, because on the surface it means
one thing and then you realize this relates to that, and it has a way deeper meaning.”
Wapp said working with Henman has been a pleasure.
“Vell, Bessie would say it’s okay, but Hedvig would have some com-plaints about her,” she said.
And when asked if all this recognition has gone too her head, Wapp lost interest in the conversation and gazed lovingly at her-self in the mirror.
“Sorry, did you say something?” she asked.
Hedwig and the Angry Inch will play on February 12 to 14, 19 to 21 and 26 to 28 at 7:30 p.m.
It will then tour to Trail, where it will play at the Charles Bailey Theatre on March 6. Next up will be a show in Cranbrook, where it will play at the Key City Theatre on March 7.
Nelson tickets are available through the Capitol Theatre, and are $25 for adults and $20 for students. The shows start at 7:30 p.m.
Ticket prices vary for Cranbrook and Trail.
Actor transforms into Hedwig for touring show
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Nelson cultural ambas-sador Bessie Wapp (left) is in rehearsal for the upcoming show Hedwig and the Angry Inch. Director Pat Henman helped pre-pare her costume for a photo shoot.
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Council has unanimously agreed that Trail’s request for support for a second access road to Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital (KBRH) is both premature and a conflict of interest.
Trail is requesting funding as part of the New Building Canada Plan and has asked for support from surrounding communities.
At Monday night’s council meet-ing Sue Heaton-Sherstobitoff said that Castlegar has also applied for the grant funding for additional cycling pathways. Additionally, the West Kootenay Regional Hospital Board has yet to review the study they submitted last fall.
“The WKBRH Board is meet-ing within the next couple weeks to review the study that we pro-vided in the fall about direction
and where we want to go,” she explained.
“We submitted a study where we went to 30 different areas, munici-palities, regional districts and vil-lages that belonged to the West Kootenay Hospital Board and asked them what they thought acute ser-vices in the West Kootenay should be.
“We hired a consultant and he developed a proposal plan and the
board will be meeting next week or the week after to discuss that plan.”
The main point the board will be going over is whether or not they want to fund a feasibility study for a new hospital in the area.
When it comes to applying for funding Heaton-Sherstobitoff said, “It’s a cruel process, because you know there’s only so much money and every community in Canada is going to be vying for it.”
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Kootenay Savings Super League mainstay, Myron Nichol, and his Castlegar rink won the Senior Men’s Kootenay curling playdown on the weekend and will advance to the B.C. Senior Curling championship in Alberni Valley Feb. 16-22.
The Nichol rink comprised of third Bill Van Yzerloo, second Gary Beaudry, and lead Barry Marsh, took the long road to the zone final, but managed to knock off the last year’s qualifier, the Ken McHargue rink, twice for the team to advance.
“It was a good test for us,” said Nichol. “We hadn’t really played together a whole lot, so it was nice to see us come together.”
Nichol outlasted Trail’s Rob Ferguson rink in the first match, but fell mightily to the McHargue foursome, 9-2, in their second draw. However, the Castlegar team regrouped and defeated Nelson’s Nando Salviulo rink 7-2 in the B qualifier, but after McHargue’s Cranbrook-Sparwood team went through the round-robin undefeated, the Nichol rink would have to beat the 2008 provincial champion twice in order to qualify.
Coincidentally, McHargue faced the same task at last year’s zones and beat the Deane Horning rink twice to advance to the provincials.
Nichol won handily in the first match winning the B final 7-2, and it all came down to one game against McHargue in the A final with the winner advancing to the B.C. championship.
In the tight final match, lots of blank ends resulted in McHargue tying it 3-3 heading into the 10th and final end, but Nichol played smart the rest of the way, drawing in for shot rock, and and after McHargue failed to dislodge the Nichol rock on his last attempt, the teams shook hands.
“It was three-all coming home, and we had hammer, and got at least one, I didn’t have to throw my last rock which was nice, but it was a real tight game.”
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B y J i m B a i l e yTimes Sports Editor
The Beaver Valley Nitehawks embark on their final extended road trip of the season as they pre-pare for games against 100-Mile House Wranglers and Kamloops Storm this weekend.
Way back in September the Nitehawks dropped a 4-3 home game to the Wranglers and also fell to the Storm by an identical score on Nov. 15 in their only meeting this season.
The Storm lead the Doug Birks division with a 27-10-0-2 record and are currently on a five game winning streak. The match up could be a preview of the KIJHL final, as it was last year when the Hawks defeated the Storm in six games to capture the league title.
“I think that conference is really tight but I think Osoyoos Coyotes seem to be the cream of the crop of the league so far,” said Jones. “I’m not sure how it’s
going to play out because there are lots of good teams in our league right now, but it will defin-itely be a good test for us.”
Kamloops forward Ian Chrystal leads the team in scoring with 31 goals and 51 points, with Felix Larouche right behind them with 17-32-49. Goalie Bailey De Palma has started 25 games for the Storm this season with a 2.76 goals against average and a .891 save percentage.
The Wranglers meanwhile are going in the opposite direction having lost five games in a row. The 19-18-0-5 Wranglers current-ly hold down the fourth and final playoff spot in the Doug Birks division with a six-point cush-ion on Revelstoke with 10-games remaining.
Mitch Foyle leads the Nitehawks in scoring, 26-21-47, and has been on fire of late, netting seven points in the last three contests against the Grand
Forks Border Bruins, while Tyler Hartman also padded his stats netting six goals and three assists over the same period. Yet, the hot-test Hawk of all has been defence-man Reid Anderson who has 10 points in four games, including a fight point game in the 12-3 victory over the Bruins on Jan. 10. The Pruss brothers have been the most consistent point getters with Allan scoring five goals and eight assists in the past seven games, while Michael has a point in five straight matches, 2-6-8.
The Hawks will be without for-ward Jace Weegar and defence-man Andrew Miller, and Taylor Stafford is questionable (illness).
The Nitehawks travel to Nelson on Wednesday to play the Leafs, and return to the Beaver Valley Arena on Friday to face a surging Spokane Chiefs team. The 27-10-1-4 Hawks sit in first place, seven points ahead of Castlegar in the Neil Murdoch division.
B y T i m e s s T a f fThe Beaver Valley Nitehawks
defenceman Andrew Miller has commit-ted to play hockey for the NCAA Division III University of Central Oklahoma (UCO) next season.
The 20-year-old Trail product has been a standout for the Hawks all year, leading defencemen in scoring with nine goals and 14 assists in 37 games.
“It’s pretty exciting, and obviously the team is very proud of him,” said Nitehawks head coach and GM Terry Jones. “I think he’s a solid student, and he’s old enough to understand how the whole process of education works and see the importance of it.”
UCO Bronchos are the
number 2 ranked team in the American Collegiate Hockey
Association (ACHA) Div. 1 with a record of 21-4-1. The Bronchos trail number 1 ranked Arizona State, which, with Trail Smoke Eater Charlie Zuccarini com-mit, will transition to the NCAA Div. 1 over the next three years.
Miller will join former Kimberly Dynamiter Rylan Duley and Creston Valley ThunderCat Brandon
Formosa on the Bronchos next season.
Miller has been out of the Beaver Valley line up since Jan. 2 when he sustained an upper body injury playing against the Revelstoke Grizzlies, but Jones expects the six-foot, 180-pound defenceman back by the end of the season.
B y T i m e s s T a f fBlack Jack skier Colin Ferrie is headed
to the U23 Cross Country Skiing World Championships in Almatey, Kazakhstan, Feb. 1-8.
Ferrie, a Kimberley native, qualified for the national U23 team after two incredible performances at the World Jr. and U23 trials at Highlands Nordic in Duntroon, Ont. earlier this month. Ferrie finished first on the distance-ranking list with a second-place finish in the 15-kilometre skate and a third in the 30-km. skiathlon to qualify for the team.
Along with Ferrie, Black Jack skiers Scott Fraser, David Palmer and Julien Locke also competed at the event with all skiers qualifying for the heats.
Black Jack’s Palmer also came close to making the U23 team placing eighth overall in the 15-km. skate and third among U23 skiers, while, in the sprints, Locke finished sixth overall after a dis-appointing crash in the sprint final, and third in the U23 category.
From Ontario, the men then flew to Calgary to meet the rest of the Black Jack racers for the Western Canadian Championships. Thursday’s Haywood-NorAm race was held at Lake Louise, a stunning setting for the racers, ski-ing under blue-bird skies and tow-ering peaks of the incomparable Rocky Mountain resort.
“To me this race felt like something different,” said Fraser in the Black Jack Racing Team blog. “First of all it was at Lake Louise, one of the most gorgeous places on earth, and second it was one loop of a 10-km course. Just like the old days! Lots of guys chose to double pole this course including Julien, but at the end of the day grip wax took the win. And a great day for Blackjack with all four of us in the top 13.”
Ferrie finished eighth overall while Palmer and Fraser were one second apart in 11th and 12th respectively, and Locke was six seconds behind Fraser in 13th.
On Friday, the venue switched to Canmore where Black Jack skier Remi Drolet finished first in the Juvenile Boys 5-K classic, while Michaela McLean skied to a fourth-place finish in the Juvenile Girls 5 K. classic. Daniel Merlo placed 15th in the Junior Boys 5 K.
On Day 3, Locke blasted to top spot in the U23 individual sprint-free technique, and second overall behind Alberta skier and national development team mem-ber Michael Somppi, and beating out Whitehorse’s Knute Johnsgaard who was also selected to the U23 national team.
Merlo also had a good result placing eighth in the Junior Boys sprint.
On the final day of racing, Palmer skied to his best result, a fourth place finish, and Ferrie right behind him in fifth overall in the 20-km. skate, follow-ing another win by Somppi, with Scott Perras from Saskatchewan in second, and Kevin Sandau, also a national development team member in third. Drolet had a solid race placing third in the 6.6 k free mass start just 11 seconds back of winner Connor McGovern of Red River Nordic.
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Colin Ferrie chases down the leaders in the 20-km skate In Canmore on the week-end. The Black Jack skier was named to the U23 national team and will ski at the U23 World championship in Kazikstan next month.
Black Jack skier headed to U23 Worlds Nichol wins provincial berth
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TIMES PHOTO
From the Trail Creek News in 1895 to the Trail Times in 2015, the venerable local newspaper and its staff (from the left; Liz Bevan, Shannon McIlmoyle,
Sheri Regnier, Jeanine Margoreeth, Kevin Macintyre, Dave Dykstra, Jim Bailey, Michelle Bedford, Lonnie Hart and Guy Bertrand) are celebrating its 120th
anniversary in 2015.
Newspaper grows from humble beginnings in 1895B Y S H E R I R E G N I E R
Times Staff
The source of prosperity of the
Trail Creek county is, of course, its
magnificent ore bodies, according
the first edition of the Trail Creek
News. “Our interests at present
lie centred in and about the noble
structure that is rising foot by foot
on the brow of the hill overhanging
the beautiful town of Trail and of
its growth and magnitude we now
write,” noted the paper's writer and
editor W.F. Thompson on the inau-
gural front page.
The day was Saturday, Oct. 19,
1895 when Volume No. 1 of The
Trail Creek News was hot off the
presses. Under the headline, “This Means
You! When You Patronize the News
You Help Trail Grow,” Thompson
writes that it is now in order for
every citizen of Trail to subscribe
for the home newspaper, The Trail
Creek News, and “the times are
right for such a movement, the
price is right and if the News of
today is not all right, we will make
it right in future issues.”
The price was said to be “cheap”
at $2 per year, and the News office
would be found open all day long
and far into the night, and future
readers were expected to hand in
their subscription at once, so they
would not miss one issue of the
Trail newspaper. “If you want the
news, you must read the News,”
Thompson proclaimed almost 12
decades ago.While there's no silver or gold
commemoration for more than a
century of news reporting, the Trail
Times staff decided an honorary pat
on the back is deserving to all the
people who have typed, pressed,
written, delivered, or simply read
their way into the 120-year history
of the Silver City's only surviving
newspaper.Over the course of the year, we
will actively seek stories from peo-
ple in the Greater Trail commu-
nity such as long time subscribers,
past paper carriers and retired office
workers, who have memories to
share about how the Trail Times has
impacted their lives.See EARLY, Page 3
Celebrating 120 years
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FROM PAGE 11This is Nichol’s
fourth shot at the prov-incial senior title with his last appearance in 2013 at the prov-incials in Trail where his Castlegar team fin-ished in third place.
The two wins over McHargue was a con-fidence booster for the Nichol team after suffering a lopsided loss in the opening match, and bodes well for the upcoming B.C. Championship.
“Beating him twice on Sunday, that was pretty good, and I think we have some-thing left in the tank for the provincials . . . I think we can win, I think we have a bit of work to do between now and then but I like our chances.”
The Nichol team is the only Kootenay zone rink to advance and will face seven other teams from across the province in Alberni along with eight women’s teams whose provincials go at the same time.
So m e t h i n g that jumps out after the Smoke Eater
win in Merritt is the disparity between Trail’s results, espe-cially in away games, against the two west-ern BCHL divisions as opposed to their home Interior div-ision.
Tuesday’s was the Smokies first win all season on the road against an Interior division team, in 12 tries. In Island and Mainland division home rinks, Trail has a 6-3 mark, one of those losses in overtime. Part of the disparity can be explained by the two western divisons having some weaker teams. A bigger part may be that the western away games did not so closely coincide with the loss of two veteran, top-tier players - key parts of the Smoke Eaters recent strong outings against two of the league’s top teams.
Last weekend Trail played Nanaimo, a nationally-ranked jun-ior A squad, almost to a draw, in fact had the lead halfway through the game before suffering another one-goal loss, and an extremely strong Penticton Vees squad they were also even with for half a game before the Vees strength let them pull away.
The takeaway from the first two-thirds of the season is that the Smoke Eaters, at full strength, look capable of beating everybody, save maybe the Vees, local fans have seen in action. They somehow have not done that a lot, even in their home barn, against their closest competi-tors in the Interior, but it always has seemed plausible enough to keep hope alive in local hearts.
It is true Trail struggles some-times in its own end of the rink, but they have been able to apply offen-sive pressure against most oppon-ents, including the Vees at times.
Whether those defensive zone problems are due to a lack of organ-ization or talent, or both, those struggles are evident during every game. The offense competes very well in most games.
Lately, however, it seems if Trail scores five goals they win or at least get points out of their efforts. If they do not achieve that number of goals, they usually get nothing. So little improve-ment is needed in their play, just a half a goal a game on defense, that is indeed frustrating for fans, for all involved,
that they are so far out of the playoff race already.
History bodes well for this week-end’s Smoke Eater action against teams out west - even though local fans can only watch it online - and, assuming they stay healthy, going forward with the end of the season.
I have enjoyed watching the team’s efforts, despite the dis-appointment of their standings plight, most of the season - the team is a marked improvement over the 2013-14 ensemble. I hope the remaining seven home games draw decent crowds, and they should.
Lots of leftover tickets from sea-son ticket packages are lying around out there, lots of bargain tickets are also available at various spon-sor locations. It is very reasonably priced entertainment even at full price.
Try and get out to the games, enjoy the action and spend money on food, drinks, souvenirs and draws. Whatever those activities generate is all good news to Trail hockey.
• Meanwhile, the Nitehawks are rolling along to another first place finish in the KIJHL’s toughest div-ision. They, too, are worth the price of admission and need and appreci-ate support from the stands of their home barn.
Toronto fans, in particular, must be tired by now of the mess the Leafs are, and are in. Time to pick a less expensive, more entertaining, way to spend your free time, and money. Beaver Valley would be a promising place to hitch your hopes for the rest of the year.
See you at the rink(s).
DAVE THOMPSON
Sports ‘n’ Things
Smokies competitive in spite of record
Castlegar skip returns to championship
THE ASSOCIATED PRESSCOLUMBUS- John Davidson has travelled the
world playing, talking about and scouting profes-sional hockey. He says his current outpost is a great place that few know about.
“Columbus, to me, in some ways, is a very well-kept secret,” said Davidson, the director of hockey operations for the NHL’s Blue Jackets.
That might change this weekend. The city and the Blue Jackets have a busy, busy few days in the spotlight.
Ohio’s capital city will be the venue for this weekend’s NHL All-Star game, including the player draft on Friday night, a skills competition on Saturday and the game itself on Sunday at down-town’s Nationwide Arena. There are many other related events, drawing thousands of visitors and television viewers.
Meanwhile Ohio State, with its sprawling cam-pus just a couple of miles from downtown, will celebrate its national championship in college football at massive Ohio Stadium on Saturday morning. Coach Urban Meyer and his players will speak to what’s expected to be a huge crowd while accepting trophies for their 14-1 run to the title.
Gene Smith, the athletic director at Ohio State, considers it an embarrassment of riches.
“When you think about our city and all the great things that have happened here over the years, this is probably one of those exemplar moments,” he said. “The NHL All-Star game and weekend activ-ities, just by itself, is phenomenal. But then to be able to showcase the national championship, all the media attention for both of those events for our city, it’s going to be unreal.”
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Scripture quotations are from the RSV unless otherwise noted.“The days will come, when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and then they will fast in that day” (Mark 2:20).Jesus says here that when he will be taken away from the earth in his death, then his disciples will fast. We are living in those days now.There are various ways of fasting. One can eat nothing, or less, or abstain from certain things such as meat, sweets, and seasoning; or one can combine several of these ways of fasting. One can eat once a day and also abstain from meat, sweets, and seasoning. He can eat only at noon, and so fast from breakfast and supper. Monks eat at noon and can skip breakfast and supper to be light for prayer and contemplation in the very early morning, because a heavy supper weighs us down even in the early morning, for we are still digesting it; and breakfast interrupts the stillness and peace of the aftermath of our contemplation which could otherwise have lasted uninterruptedly until noon. Eating only at noon puts the greatest possible distance between contemplation and eating, for eating normally drops us down from the peace of contemplation. One cannot contemplate well on a full stomach.Meat is hard to digest and takes much time and energy to do so, weighing down our spirit (Luke 21:34) while it is being digested. It is also a source of great pleasure. Monks, who devote themselves to contemplation and to seeking all their delight in the Lord, therefore abstain from meat. Sweets and seasoning are added only for pleasure, not for nutrition, and so one can also abstain from them to � nd all one’s delight in the Lord, not also in unnecessary worldly pleasures, which only divide our heart from an undivided love of the Lord alone. All of the above is my way of fasting: one meal per day,
at noon, and abstaining from meat, seasoning, and things containing sugar or arti� cial sweeteners.A Christian should not live for himself or for his own worldly pleasures, but for the Lord; so fasting � ts in well in the Christian life, enabling one to live for the Lord alone, and not also for the pleasures of the world, not for succulent and frequent meals. In this way one can seek all his delight in the Lord if he also abstains from other worldly pleasures, such as secular movies, pleasure trips, etc., which only divide our heart from a pure love of God. Indeed, Christ “died for all, that those who live might live no longer for themselves but for him who for their sake died and was raised” (2 Cor. 5:15).Christians fast because they are not of the world (John 17:14), but rather have renounced the world and its pleasure-seeking ways. A Christian has died, has been cruci� ed, to the world and its lifestyle, which is an endless quest after pleasure in the things of here below. “Far be it from me to glory except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by which the world has been cruci� ed to me, and I to the world” (Gal. 6:14). Therefore I fast, for I have died to the world and its pleasure-seeking ways.A Christian lives in a new way in this world, different from the rest. He now lives for the Lord, no longer for himself, or for worldly pleasures. He seeks all his delight in the Lord. Therefore a Christian fasts. He lives a life of prayer and fasting for love of God. One who, like the apostles, wants to renounce all for the Lord (Mark 1:19-20; Luke 5:11, 27-28) will fast. “So therefore, whoever of you does not renounce all that he has cannot be my disciple (Luke 14:33).
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Living For the Lord Alone
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Sunday Services10:30 am
2030-2nd Avenue,Trail 250-368-3515
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Trail Seventh DayAdventist Church
1471 Columbia AvenuePastor Leo Macaraig
250-687-1777
Saturday ServiceSabbath School9:30-10:45am
Church 11:00-12:00Vegetarian potluck
- Everyone Welcome -
3365 Laburnum DriveTrail, BC V1R 2S8Ph: (250) 368-9516
Sunday worship service
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Prayer � rst at 10:00am
1139 Pine Avenue (250) 368-6066www.� rstpctrail.ca � [email protected]
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Sunday, January 25th Sunday Worship and Sunday School 10AM
CATHOLICCHURCH
Holy Trinity Parish Church2012 3rd Avenue, Trail250-368-6677
Mass TimesSaturday Evening7:00pmSunday Morning8:30am and 10:30am
Confessions:Thursdays 9:30 - 10:00amSaturdays 4:00 - 5:00pmPastor: Fr. Bart [email protected]
www.holytrinityparish.vpweb.ca
Peace Lutheran Church2001 Second Ave, Trail
Sunday Service9:00 am
8320 Highway 3BTrail, opposite Walmart
250-364-1201www.gatewayclc.com
Af� liated with the PAOCBus pickup is available.
10am Sunday Service
THE UNITEDCHURCH
OF CANADACommunities in Faith
Pastoral ChargeTrail United Church
1300 Pine Avenue, TrailWorship at 11am
St. Andrew’s United Church
2110 1st Ave, RosslandWorship 9am
Beaver Valley United Church
1917 Columbia Gardens Rd, Fruitvale
Worship at 9am
Salmo United Church304 Main St, Salmo
Worship 11am
For Information Phone 250-368-3225or visit: www.cifpc.ca
St. Andrew’s Anglican Church1347 Pine Avenue, Trail 250-368-5581
Contact Canon Neil Elliot www.standrewstrail.ca
Sunday, January 25th 8 a.m. Traditional Eucharist 10 a.m. Informal Service (with Children’s Program)
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Following Mass, the Annual General Meeting and a General Meeting of Holy Trinity Council of the CWL was held on Monday, January 6, 2015 at 7 p.m. in the Gathering Room of Holy Trinity Church with 27 members and Father Bart in attendance.
Opening prayer: Ruth Guercio: Standing Committee Chair persons highlights of year: Spiritual: Ruth Guercio and Maria Burkholder: Used League Ceremony Book, World Day of Prayer, Mass before meetings ; Organization: Marjorie Nutini 136 members as of Dec.31, 2014; Christian Family Life: Marlise Gattafoni: Prayer affirming the commitment of mem-bers to continue on their journey to sup-port families; Community Life: Bunny Dallas: Encouraged 1 percent from members and CWL council donated 1% of their profits up to $100 to the 1 % CWL Development and Peace Project. Video on Human trafficking and lunch-eon at Silver City Gardens; Communications: Elizabeth Cytra: White Ribbon Campaign and letter to MP Alex Atamanenko; Legislation and Resolutions: Connie Makse: Thank you to all members for letter writing; Parish Activities: Linda Zol and Lorna Perri: Tea and Bake Sale, Citizen of the year, luncheon for Father Jim, Food bank and Warfield tea; Past President: Sandra Stajduhar: Biggest Challenge: finding members for the executive. Ask yourself why not and remember: Be Not Afraid
The meeting adjourned at 7:50 p.m. General Meeting Tuesday, January 6, 2015.Following the AGM and refreshments, the
January General meeting was called to order by President Teresa Mandoli.
New Executive: 2015-2017; President: Marjorie Nutini; Past president: Teresa Mandoli; Treasurer: Paulette Ainsley; Secretary: Grace DeBiasio; Spiritual: Marlise Gattafoni and Alison Smith-Chadwick; Organization: Sandra Stajduhar (But not President elect); Christian Family Life: Bunny Dallas and Selma Nutini; Community Life: Sister Norma Gallant, Anne Pisacreta Foster child: Patricia Nutini; Education and Health: Pam Fischer and Rosemarie Catalano; Communication: Connie Makse; Resolutions and Legislation: Mary Billingsley and Liz DiVito; Parish Activities: Linda Zol and Lorna Perri; c. Christian Family Life: (Marlise) Theme: Vocation and Mission of Family in the Modern World and the Vatican question-naire; Community Life (Bunny); Resolutions and Legislation (Connie): Resolutions: letter responses: Re: National Resolution: 2014.02 (e-cigarettes) from Kendal Weber of Heath Canada. Have not been approved if contains any nicotine. Health Minister Ambrose has ordered a study of potential risks and benefits; Re: National Resolutions 2014.5 (supporting Low Income “Single status” individuals 60-64) from Dominique LaSalle: Fiscal responsibility does not allow expansion of program. Suggested perhaps might be eligible for province or ter-ritory social assistance; Legislation: MP Lizon’s Private member Bill C266 Re: April 2- Pope John Paul II Day in Canada was passed by Senate on Dec. 16. 2014. Not a legal holiday but a day for Canadians to honour the late Pope’s contributions to peace, tolerance and human rights. Church tea is Saturday, Oct. 24, 2015 at St. Michael’s.
New Business; February meeting – instal-lation of new executive. Convention Meeting Tuesday, January 20 at 7 o’clock in Gathering Room. Anyone interested in helping is invited to attend; Mardi Gras dinner on Feb. 17. More information at February meeting.
Next executive meeting on Monday, January 26, 2015 at 7 pm
Next General meeting on Tuesday, February 3, 2015 after 6:30 Mass.
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Dear Annie: I am a 19-year-old full-time college student and I work part-time at a fast food place. I started my job two years ago, and for the most part, I enjoy it and have made several friends.
Eight months ago, “Ally” joined our team. I happened to have attended elementary school with Ally. We always butted heads back then, but my first impression of her at work was a good one, and I was happy to think she had matured. Or so I thought. As time went on, her true col-ors reappeared. Despite my initial kindness to her, she has singled me out and treated me horribly.
The problem is that everyone else seems to love her. Even worse, she was promoted last month, which was sur-prising considering she’s so new. Now it would be difficult for me to complain about her to my supervisor. She’s my supervisor.
I’m tired of letting Ally push me around, and it’s lonely to know that I’m the only one to whom she does this. I don’t want to start any trouble. I just want peace and for these petty matters to disap-pear. I am frustrated with myself for letting this girl get under my skin. What can I do? -- Fed Up in Jacksonville, Fla.
Dear Fed Up: You could complain to a supervisor above Ally, but no one else is apparently witnessing her unkindness toward you, so that might not help. Here’s a different tactic: Ally may still think of you the way she did in grade school.
Why not take her aside and ask, politely and nicely, what’s going on? Let her know you were happy to see her when she first showed up and hoped you could start fresh. Even if she denies her poor behavior, she will be more aware of it and that could be enough. Of course, if it doesn’t work, another option is looking for different job.
Dear Annie: My wife began rationing sex almost from the day we married. I tried every-thing to improve the situation, but nothing worked. She thought once or twice a year was more than enough, and after 15 years, she stopped entirely.
I wanted to be true to our marriage vows, but frustration finally pre-vailed and I discovered a world full of women who were ready and willing for sex with no strings attached. It was not as satisfying as that within marriage, but I was a 35-year-old male in excellent health and
with a strong sex drive.Women who think
they can solve their marital problems by sleeping with their legs crossed have a rude awakening, trust me. If a man is not getting it at home, he will get it elsewhere. -- Formally Frustrated in Arkansas
Dear Arkansas: If your wife began ration-ing sex early in your marriage, it is likely she had a problem to begin with, and it doesn’t sound as though you found her to have other qualities that made up for it. We agree that wives who eliminate sex risk the marriage. But blaming your wife for your philandering is an excuse to cheat. Get into counseling or get a divorce.
Dear Annie: I read the letter from “Frustrated Pastor’s Wife” whose husband is not always paid for wedding and funeral services.
I have had to help plan several funerals in my lifetime. In each
case, the funeral direc-tor provided the sug-gested amount to give the pastor for his or her services. I appreci-ated this guidance, as it made it much easier to know what to give when I was already overwhelmed with a loved one’s death.
Perhaps the pas-tor could talk to the funeral directors in his area and ask them to raise this issue when covering costs. The same could be done with wedding planners. -- My Two Cents
Annie’s Mailbox is written by Kathy
Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers col-umn. Please email your questions to [email protected], or write to: Annie’s Mailbox, c/o Creators Syndicate, 737 3rd Street, Hermosa Beach, CA 90254.
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Approach old adversary and ask for a fresh start
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For Saturday, Jan. 24, 2015 ARIES (March 21 to April 19) This is the perfect day to make a to-do list and get right on it. As you cross each item off this list, you will feel a sense of fulfil-ment. “Yes!” TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) Research will go well today, because your head is down and you’re proactive. You will not be distracted by thrills or foolishness, because you just want to get the job done. GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) Advice from someone older or more experienced might help you today. Quite likely, this person will be a female mentor to you. What you learn might cause you to modify your future goals. CANCER (June 21 to July 22) Someone in a position of authority will instill a strong work ethic in you
today. Either out of com-mitment or out of fear, you will finish what you are doing! VIRGO (July 23 to Aug. 22) You easily will finish work related to higher edu-cation, medicine, the law, publishing and the media, because you have a sense of obligation to do so. It’s just what it is. VIRGO (Aug. 23 to Sept. 22) Discussions about shared property, inheritances and debt will be serious and to the point today. You don’t want to sugarcoat things. You just want matters to be finished. LIBRA (Sept. 23 to Oct. 22) Someone might have high expectations of you today. Perhaps this is why this person will stress what you have to achieve. Just do the best job you can do. SCORPIO (Oct. 23 to Nov. 21) Look for ways to cut
costs at work today so that you can be efficient, effec-tive and productive. You are a strong sense of obliga-tion and duty right now. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 to Dec. 21) You might see a bet-ter approach to raising kids or teaching them today. Fundamentally, whatever you do, you want to look for a superior approach. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 to Jan. 19)
Discussions with a female authority figure, probably your grandmoth-er, mother or aunt, will be sobering. Find out what this person expects of you. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 to Feb. 18) Discussions with oth-ers are serious because everything else is onerous today. People are prepared to choose duty and obliga-tions before fun and plea-sure.
PISCES (Feb. 19 to March 20) If shopping, you will buy only something useful and long-lasting. But pref-erably, you won’t spend any money today, because you feel frugal. YOU BORN TODAY Your strong charisma and per-sonality capture the loyalty and admiration of others; however, this is not an easy mantle to carry, because you can become a victim
of this. Settle your debts this year, to prepare for financial accumulation in the next three years. To clear away indebtedness is the thrust of this year. Consolidate your affairs for future growth. Birthdate of: Mischa Barton, actress; Nastassja Kinski, actress; Neil Diamond, singer/songwrit-er. (c) 2015 King Features Syndicate, Inc.
Your horoscopeBy Francis Drake
Trail Times Friday, January 23, 2015 www.trailtimes.ca A15
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Tolko Industries Ltd. is a private, Canadian-owned forest products company based in Vernon, BC which manufactures and markets forest products to world Since its beginnings in 1956, Tolko has grown from a small sawmill to become a company diversified by geography and products, with over 3,000 employees in operations across Western Canada. Tolko’s manufacturing operations produce lumber, unbleached speciality kraft papers, panel products, co-products, biomass power and a number of specialty wood products. For more information, please visit our website at www.tolko.com.
Tolko is interested in seeking individual proposals for a non-replaceable Log Hauling Contract with an annual volume of up to 300,000 tonnes. The work will be based out of Vernon, BC with the majority of the work taking place within the Southern Interior of BC.
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Company Prospectus and Contractor Proposal(s) can be faxed or emailed to:
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In memory of
Sylvia DimockWho passed away January 25, 2014
MomYou left us beautiful memories
Your love is still our guideAlthough we cannot see you
You’re always at our side.With love,
Barss,Lynn, Rick, Gloria, Ron and families.
Your weary hours and days of pain
Your troubled nights are passed
And in our aching hearts we know
You have found rest at last
Love Mom, Auntie Darlene and Uncle Lorne Paulson & Family
Jeremiah CarlingAugust 23, 1980 to January 24, 2014
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B y B a r B B r o u w e rSalmon Arm ObserverDiscussion was
quick to flow when Columbia Shuswap Regional District dir-ectors were asked to support a request for a meeting and informa-tion on federal plans to upgrade the Trans-Canada Highway.
Newly elected Area A Rural Golden director Karen Cathcart’s Jan. 6 letter to Kootenay-Columbia MP David Wilkes expressed “deep concern” about the five fatalities that occurred on Highway 1 between Golden and Revelstoke over the Christmas season.
Cathcart said she is aware highway upgrades have been discussed at the min-istry level for many years and asked, “What are your plans to upgrade the high-way in the near future? Are you able to provide timelines for funding?”
The Area A director also asked for a meet-ing with Wilkes while he is in town this week.
“But this is a prob-lem for all of us,” she said.
Back in the Revelstoke mayor’s chair after a two-term hiatus, Mark McKee pointed out he is put-ting a presentation for a meeting with Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure Todd Stone.
McKee provided new directors with background informa-tion, explaining that when he last sat at the CSRD board, he was part of a group with representation from Cache Creek to the Alberta border which had asked the province and the federal govern-ment to each ante up $150 million per year for up to 10 years for TCH upgrades.
A c k n o w l e d g i n g that while money for upgrades is not likely to appear for a “big fix” in the near future, he said there are oper-ational issues that can help reduce the num-ber of accidents and fatalities.
“On average there are 15 fatal accidents and 220 injuries a year,” he said, noting there were seven high-way closures in the first seven days of the year and the Revelstoke highway rescue team was called out 12 times from Jan. 1-5.
“We had 67 road closures in our area last year and we’re going to get a higher number of fatalities; it’s getting horren-dous.”
As well, he called for an investigation into whether current road contractors are work-ing well enough to maintain the highway.
McKee also expressed frustration
with the number and length of road clos-ures.
“When the highway is closed for eight to 10 hours, it is because the accident investiga-tor has to travel from Kamloops or Kelowna and has to pass all the (stopped) traffic,” he said. “He should be liv-ing in Revelstoke, as should the coroner. That would take an eight-hour closure and reduce it immediately.”
On Dec. 27, when two fatalities occurred west of Revelstoke, McKee says the high-way was left open from Golden to Revelstoke and became jam-packed as westbound travellers continued to pour into the com-munity.
“Churches were opening doors, grocery stores were running out of food as were restaurants. What hap-pens when you have hundreds of people on the roads and it’s minus 19?” he said. “Government has to start getting the mes-sage. I have met with RCMP, search and res-cue and first respond-ers and nobody is happy.”
Sicamous Mayor
Terry Rysz added his support, advising dir-ectors he has also set up meetings to discuss the issues.
“I could go into a 20-minute discussion as well and we have to get the whole corri-dor on-board,” he said, noting the time to wait is long gone. “We have to yell and scream.”
Salmon Arm Mayor Nancy Cooper also offered support say-ing, “Fatalities are not acceptable and neither are the road closures – we would like to be included.”
“I support this e n t h u s i a s t i c a l l y, ” added Area C South Shuswap director Paul Demenok, who pointed out his area has had its share of fatal accidents this year as well.
Area E Rural Sicamous director and CSRD chair Rhona Martin told directors that before the high-way was four-laned near Malakwa in the 1980s, it was the scene of many bad accidents.
“Since 1987, there has been only one fatality and that was a trucker who had an aneurism, so you can see how four-laning saves lives.”
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This near new home is built in a contemporary style with 3 bdrms,
2 baths and an open fl oor plan. The exterior is tastefully fi nished with low maintenance in mind and has 8 years
left on the 10 year new home warranty.Call Richard (250) 368-7897
83 Perdue Street, Trail$159,000
Immaculate 3 bedroom 2 bath home close to all amenities. Located near the bocce pits.
Call Deanne (250) 231-0153
1762 First Street, Fruitvale$174,900
Beautiful views, well landscaped yard and 5 bdrm on a quiet cul-d-sac. Attention all Buyers - Take advantage of the Sellers VTB program. Call your
REALTOR® for details.. Call Mary M (250) 231-0264
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4206 Ross Spur Road, Ross Spur$1,200,000
PRIVATE RETREAT! This spectacular home is located 25 acres of healthy treed property with Beaver Creek running through. The home has over 4200
square feet of fi nished space, with high ceilings, hardwood fl oors, deluxe kitchen and views galore! You have to see it to believe it!
Call Mary M (250) 231-0264
Call Terry for more details! 250-231-1101
FOR RENT
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