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B Y S H E R I R E G N I E RTimes Staff

Good thing Trail's new council is committed to mending fences in region-al recreation. Because last term, being an elected city official presented a few unexpected health risks.

While serving their final year, two former Silver City councillors remained mum about how the Trail Residency Program (TRP) became such a bone of contention with one local doctor that he refused them treatment in the city's only emergency ward.

Sean Mackinlay and Gord DeRosa, three-year and 27-year councillors respectively, have quietly gone on to

new adventures in life since the Nov. 15 civic election. Now both are ready to share their personal experience of how a Rossland-based GP couldn't see past politics to administer them care at Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital (KBRH) last year.

The first occasion was post-clinic hours in late May 2014, when on advice from family healthcare professionals, Mackinlay sought treatment from the Trail ER for an undisclosed ongoing medical condition.

“To be honest, the first time he said it to me I thought he was joking,” said Mackinlay.

“This particular doctor came in and informed me that he was going to refuse me anything because I (had) been sit-ting on city council and he didn't agree with the policy in place for recreation,” he continued. “I didn't want to use my

blow horn when I was on council. So I hummed and hawed if I should talk to anyone about it because my problem was nowhere near as serious as Gord's.”

In that situation, DeRosa wound up in the KBRH emergency room in mid-July, following a serious accident on his ATV at Christina Lake.

DeRosa recalls the Trail ER being very

quiet that Saturday when his visiting daughter accompanied him to have the site's only on-duty doctor assess a very painful upper body injury.

“They triaged me before they were going to put me in,” said DeRosa.

“They (ER nurse) figured maybe I had a separated or broken shoulder and perhaps a collapsed lung. But I sat there and I sat there, and I am thinking 'Wait a minute something is wrong with this picture.'”

After about 90 minutes, a nurse came to check on DeRosa, asking him to be patient a little bit longer.

At that point, DeRosa realized the same doctor who refused Mackinlay's treatment was on duty – and he was sub-ject to being denied care as well.

“The nurse said 'Yes, he refused to see you,'” DeRosa added.

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Former councillors claim they were denied care at KBRHER doctor didn’t agree

with Trail council’s stance on recreation issue

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Trail council gave the giddy-up for one more year of mutton bustin' and bull ridin' in a major Silver City event.

The 14th annual Kootenay Chrysler Bull-a-Rama, slated for April 25, was given $9,000 cash and the go-ahead during Monday's governance meeting, although there is a proviso attached.

Council tasked the event's organizers to bump up ticket sales by at least 200 this year after declining attendance and increased expenses cost the city about $25,000 in 2014, not includ-ing in-kind labour.

“That is the fly in our ointment,” said Gord McMartin, the committee's chair. “I don't like excuses, but last year there were other events that went on that affected us,” he continued. “And sponsorship, we didn't hit that running either. But I know at the end of the day we have to sell more tickets and we will be in trouble if people don't come out.”

McMartin, who accompanied longtime Bull-a-Rama volunteer Guy Thompson to the meet-ing, assured council that on top of a tightened budget, the committee has planned new ways to promote the one-day show, beginning with a reminder to fans south of the border.

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“This particular doctor came in and informed me that he was

going to refuse me anything because I (had) been sitting on

city council and he didn’t agree with the policy in place

for recreation.”

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FROM PAGE 1With that bit of news, the

longtime councillor was pre-paring to leave when the ER nurse urged him not to go, because a potential lung injury could lead to very serious consequences if left untreated.

However, DeRosa was willing to travel to either the Nelson or Grand Forks hospital for an X-ray rather than wait until the next doc-tor came on shift.

But first he asked to speak with the Rossland doctor.

“He did come in and we had a pretty civil conver-sation. He said,’I won’t see you, I don’t feel I am in a good frame of mind that I can give you fair treatment.’”

The GP’s stance puzzled the experienced politician, because he’s been an outspo-ken proponent of cancelling the TRP for a number of years.

“I told him that I was going to resign from coun-

cil over this very topic,” said DeRosa. “And wasn’t it strange that it was only Sean and I who were sympathetic to the issue he had with the recreation service.”

Being refused medi-cal care was the final straw for DeRosa, who did indeed resign from municipal gov-ernance after repeatedly ask-ing Trail council to “scrap the trap.”

“To think our policy has manifested itself into such a serious reaction,” he said. “We have literally destroyed ourselves over the TRP. There’s no more figure skat-ing club, hockey is chal-lenged, Trail has had to sub-sidize the curling club. It’s been divisive and it’s time to restart the ballgame in this valley.”

Mackinlay, on the other hand, takes a more conser-vative approach to being refused medical care, saying he thinks it’s a one-off.

“The doctor may have

political, religious or what-ever beliefs to say he won’t treat the person,” said Mackinlay.

“But in this case, I don’t believe this is a failure of Rossland or Trail council. I think this particular doc-tor took it upon himself to be Don Quixote against the windmill,” he explained. “But he took it too far, because there wasn’t another doctor there – and sometimes you just have to suck it up.”

Mackinlay did file a com-plaint with the BC College of Physicians and Surgeons, he confirmed, but has yet to be contacted by the regulat-ing body and voiced concern that the matter has been buried.

While Interior Health (IH) would not speak to a specific physician or staff person-nel issue, the expectation is that emergency department physicians will provide care to any patient with medi-cal needs who presents to

our emergency departments, said Karl Hardt, IH’s east communications manager, in an email response.

He referred to the Canadian Medical Association Code of Ethics, which states that physicians should not discriminate against any patient on such grounds as political affili-ation, age, gender, marital status, medical condition, ethnicity, sexual orientation or socioeconomic status.

“Refusing to provide care is a very serious issue that could result in suspen-sion, revoking a physician’s privileges and even loss of licence,” wrote Hardt.

Concerns specific to phy-sicians may also be addressed by the College of Physicians and Surgeons of BC, he explained, adding, IH does not have direct involvement in that process, but would be made aware of any signifi-cant physician concerns by the College.

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FROM PAGE 1“Last year we didn’t

take in one American dollar,” McMartin noted. “Over the years we’ve gone down to Colville because those guys come out to bull riding. We can use social media to spread the word and have our sponsors advertise the Bull-a-Rama on their websites.”

Last year, chil-dren accounted for about one-third of the 1,302 tickets sold, so Thompson suggested another way to get more little seats into the arena.

“I keep hearing back we have to get more kids in, which brings in parents and grand-parents,” he said. “I say six and under, let them in for free and let’s make this more of a family thing.”

For Thompson, the event runs much deep-er than yearly number crunching. He remind-ed council about the Bull-a-Rama’s key role in keeping a number of the community’s non-profits afloat.

“All we ever hear is what is this costing the city,” he conced-ed. “But some of the groups depend on the revenue we provide for them.”

The Tra i l Horseman’s Society has been around since the 1960s and would have folded long ago without support from

the Bull-a-Rama, said Thompson. “Every cent we make stays in the community,” he noted. “This is a com-munity event, not an individual one, so we are working as hard as we can to cut costs and bring a first class event to town.”

The Bull-a-Rama was on the chopping

block after a 10 per cent decrease in atten-dance, added to pre-vious deficits from the last 14 years, has cost the city almost $910,000.

On the other side of the coin, Thompson said non-profit groups, including the Trail Smoke Eaters and Greater Trail minor

hockey, have benefitted from about $250,000 raised during that same period.

“There appears to be a limited number of family oriented events like the Bull-a-Rama in Trail,” he said. “It’s grown popular with families so I think the city should be proud to be a major sponsor.”

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While there’s no denying the high-flying action at the annual Bull-a-Rama, organizers for this year’s event are tasked with filling many of the empty seats at the Cominco Arena to help the event survive.

Event generates funds for community groups

B y L i z B e v a nTimes Staff

New report cards are rolling out at elementary schools across School District 20 (SD20), gar-nering positive reactions from teachers, parents and students.

Assistant Superintendent Bill Ford shared news of the success-ful pilot report card project with the SD20 trustees at their latest board meeting on Monday night.

“This is a good news story and one that I didn't expect to take off the way it did,” he said. “There was a lot of buzz about this.”

Grading students is no longer about assigning an A or a B, but, as Ford put it, about providing a “holistic report.”

The new format started with two teachers in Rossland in the 2013-2014 school year and now, has snowballed to every elemen-tary school in the district, but in varying degrees. The report follows a grid outline with differ-

ent possible evaluations already listed, allowing the reader to see where a student currently is, and what they need to do to improve to the next level up. There is also space for personalized comments about the students' progress.

Ford says he has heard almost exclusively good things about the pilot report cards.

“We have been collecting feed-back and by and large, the feed-back has been positive,” he said, adding that any complaints he has heard surround the length of the reports, not the effectiveness. “The one challenge that has been put forth is how much paper it consumes, but we are trying to figure out a way to email the report cards home using the same kind of system the second-ary schools use.”

Teachers have told Ford about their experiences with the new system, as well.

“They know their students and

they are able to paint a picture of the child,” he said. “One teacher told me that with previous report cards, she would carve out two weekends to do the work, and she finished this in one day and felt better about the job she had done reporting on the kids. That was really encouraging.”

The project exploded in popu-larity so quickly that Ford says there is still some reviewing to do before a final system is put in place.

“Report cards are never a per-fect beast,” he said. “It is still a pilot, so we are going to have to back up the train a little bit and make sure that everyone has all the information. It kind of got away from us.”

Board chair, Darrel Ganzert was curious as to how the stu-dents were rating the new report card template.

“There was a lot of conversa-tion between the older students

and teachers at RSS,” said Ford in response to Ganzert's ques-tion. “They did a lot of self assess-ment before the development of this and they have embraced it.”

Rossland trustee Gord Smith took an opportunity to share his personal experiences with the pilot report cards. The trustee has children in the SD20 system.

“As a parent that was the recipient of one of those report cards, to me it is learning pro-cess for the parents as well to get to know the format,” he said. “The thing that I can say, is that the report sparked a discussion within the home with the student about how the student felt and where they were going. The stu-dent didn't necessarily agree with everything on it, but it generated a discussion. There were also lots of individualized comments, which I love to see.”

Parents, students and teachers are happy with the change, but it

is up to the board of trustees to approve the final version before the new report cards can become standard.

Report card formatting is something that is up to indi-vidual school boards. As long as the template touches on the standards set by the Ministry of Education, every school board could have a different version.

“What makes me feel good about this is that is meets the requirements of what the min-istry wishes,” said Ganzert. “It is just a format that we believe works well for us. The ministry has regulations on what we have to cover, just not how it has to look.”

Ford ended the discussion by promising to keep the board informed on where the pilot pro-ject is heading and the issue will be revisited at a later board meet-ing where it could be motioned into permanent practice.

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B y T i m e s s T a f fTrail RCMP may have put an end to a

recent local crime spree.Police announced Tuesday that they have

a suspect in custody connected to a vehicle theft and break and enter.

The Trail and Greater District Detachment responded to two commercial break and enters on Friday at Ackland Grainger and Gerick Sports. Both businesses had front doors smashed with cash and property stolen.

Sgt. Darren Oelke of the Trail detachment said in a press release that video surveillance captured images of the male suspect and a vehicle.

On Saturday, the stolen Ford F350 used by the suspect was located in West Trail. Investigation soon led police to a residence on Wilmes Lane in Trail where a 37-year-old female was taken into custody.

A search warrant was executed at the resi-dence and evidence from both of the break and enters was seized along with items stolen from a break in at Sound West in December 2014. Items recovered from the stolen truck also linked the suspect to a theft of tools from a City of Trail work truck.

The female was released with a pending court date of April 2 in Rossland.

Tuesday morning, Kamloops RCMP arrested the male sought in the local break and enters after he stole a “bait” vehicle in Kamloops. The male will be held in custody and will be facing numerous charges related to his crime spree in Trail.

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anced budget and the province’s economic diversity will be the focus of the upcom-ing legislative ses-sion, which is set to start Feb. 10 with the throne speech.

Drastic declines in world oil prices in recent months have delivered sharp kicks to the bottom-line forecasts of many gov-

ernments, including in Alberta and Ottawa, but B.C. is in a position to weather the stormy period, the premier said.

“This session is going to focus on supporting all those diverse sectors of our economy,” Clark said. “Supporting film, sup-porting technology, supporting the for-est industry and the mining sector, and of course continuing to move forward on lique-fied natural gas. It’s going to be a range of initiatives.”

Clark noted that about 40 per cent of the province’s exports go to Asia.

In November, Finance Minister Mike de Jong upgraded the government’s budget surplus to a forecast-ed $444 million from the original estimate of $184 million last February.

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ernment has delayed presenting its budget until April because of falling oil prices.

“We’re in a unique position because, with perhaps Saskatchewan, we will be one of two provinces that bal-ances our budget this year,” she said.

Clark said the testy tone of the legisla-ture could carry on from last fall’s session where the Liberals and New Democrats were engaged in name call-ing over attendance records and relevance to voters.

Clark called the Opposition New Democrats irrelevant and ineffective, while the NDP said Clark spent too much time away from the legis-lature.

“I think with the NDP it will be the same old, same old, all pol-itics all the time, no ideas ever,” Clark said. “That’s always what

happens with those guys. I haven’t seen them come forward with very many ideas.”

She praised lone Green Party MLA Andrew Weaver, say-ing he puts forward ideas the Liberals may disagree with, but they are “principled, focused.”

Opposition New Democrat Leader John Horgan said he plans to monitor Clark’s attendance record at the legislature. He said he will deliver sharp responses to her claims of job creation and economic prosper-ity.

“I’m hopeful that the shaming she got from the public, Opposition and the media for her spotty attendance in the fall will see more of her here,” Horgan said. “When one is elected to be a member of this place you should show up and do that work.”

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Vernon politicians don’t appear eager to issue licenses to cat owners.

A representative from the B.C. SPCA told city council Monday that the agency would be interested in investigating licenses as a way of controlling the cat population in the community. Licensing could also help fund the SPCA’s activities.

“We have a lot of seniors with cats that never leave the house and they don’t need another cost,” said Coun. Juliette Cunningham. “There has to be another way to find funding.”

Mayor Akbal Mund is also cautious about the concept.

SPCA officials point out that other juris-dictions have initiated cat licenses similar to those for dogs.

In 2014, the Vernon branch received 231 kittens and 218 cats, as well as 129 dogs and 49 puppies.

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T H E C A N A D I A N P R E S SPETERBOROUGH,

Ont. - Former Conservative MP Dean Del Mastro is seek-ing to have a mistrial declared in his election overspending case.

Del Mastro, a former parliamentary secre-tary to Prime Minister Stephen Harper, was convicted last fall of violating the Canada Elections Act during the 2008 election.

He resigned his House of Commons seat two weeks after the verdict.

At what was sup-posed to be a senten-cing hearing Tuesday in Peterborough, Ont., Crown lawyer Tom Lemon said Del Mastro’s new attorney has filed an application for a mistrial.

Lemon said he is seeking to have that application dismissed,

calling it an attempt to appeal the judgment in the case.

“The trial is fin-ished. Mr. Del Mastro doesn’t get a do-over because he doesn’t like the result,” Lemon told Justice Lisa Cameron, who has presided over the case. “There’s nothing to suggest he didn’t receive a full and fair trial.”

Del Mastro has failed to show his new arguments in the mis-trial application are any different from those made at trial, Lemon said. Even if they were, why were they not made during the trial, he asked.

“I call it an appli-cation to re-open and effectively to vacate Your Honour’s verdict in this case,” he said.

“Your Honour should not be put in the untenable position of

standing in judgment of your own position and deciding whether you were right.”

Del Mastro was found guilty of exceed-ing spending limits, failing to report a per-sonal contribution of $21,000 to his own campaign and know-ingly submitting a falsified document.

He faces a maximum penalty of one year in jail and a $2,000 fine on each of the three convictions.

Del Mastro’s mis-

trial application was brought by his new lawyer, Leo Adler, who was hired after Cameron delivered her judgment. That in itself is an issue, Lemon argued.

“Not only has he failed to demonstrate that his arguments are any different, but he’s also relying on an incomplete record,” he said, noting that Adler didn’t have transcripts for every bit of testi-mony heard during Del Mastro’s trial.

Lemon also sug-gested that it was time for Del Mastro to accept his fate.

“There has to be finality to these pro-ceedings,” he said.

“What Mr. Del Mastro’s application boils down to is an argument that this court was wrong in convicting him and incorrect in deciding the legal and factual issues as it did. In my submissions that is an application for an appellate court.”

Convicted former Tory MP seeks mistrial

T H E C A N A D I A N P R E S SOTTAWA - Canada’s parliamentary

budget office says Ottawa’s books will remain in the red in the coming fiscal year if battered oil prices continue to hover close to their current lows.

But the budget watchdog maintains the Harper government still has plenty of options to fulfil its long-held pledge to balance the budget in 2015-16.

The office released a new analysis Tuesday that predicts low oil prices will put the government on track to exhaust the $3-billion federal contingency reserve and run a deficit of $400 million in 2015-16. The calculations are based on a scenario where oil prices average US$48 per barrel for all of 2015.

The office also crunched numbers based on an average oil price of US$51 per barrel for 2015. In that scenario, the federal government would use up much of the contingency reserve and deliver a surplus of $700 million.

The PBO report comes as ques-tions dog the federal government about whether it can still follow through on its vow to guide Canada’s books back into the black - and if so, how it will pull it off.

The government recently took the rare step of delaying the release of its budget until at least April, so it could

evaluate the impact of oil prices that have been cut by more than half since last summer.

Finance Minister Joe Oliver has insisted the government will produce a balanced budget for 2015-16, though he

has acknowledged it may have to dip into the $3 billion reserve, which has been set aside for unforeseen circumstances.

Any unused money left in the reserve would be earmarked for debt reduction.

Jean-Denis Frechette, the parliament-ary budget officer, said Tuesday that even with the impact of low oil prices, it’s still feasible for the government to eliminate the deficit by 2015-16.

Frechette said the government has several options if it hopes to generate more revenue or trim its spending in the upcoming budget.

“It’s not impossible to have a surplus for the 15-16 period,” said Frechette, who noted even a small government deficit wouldn’t cause economic prob-lems.

“It’s a decision for the government to take.”

An official with the budget office gave examples how the government could achieve a balanced budget.

He said Ottawa holds shares in General Motors of Canada worth up to $5 billion, which could be sold off to generate more cash.

The official also said Ottawa could temporarily delay capital projects or could generate some accounting rev-enue by tweaking the government’s long-term liabilities.

Feds could face deficit if oil prices remain at current levels: PBO

OTTAWA - The Parliamentary Budget Office released a report Tuesday on the impact of the drop in oil prices on the federal govern-ment’s budget.

Here’s a quick look at the num-bers:

US$81: The U.S. benchmark price for a barrel of oil when the federal government released its fall economic update.

US$46: The price of oil in recent days.

$4.9 billion: The surplus forecast by the government’s fall economic update, including a $3-billion con-tingency reserve, for 2015-16.

$400 million: The deficit the PBO expects for the 2015-16 fiscal year if the price of oil averages US$48 per barrel.

$700 million: The surplus the PBO expects for the 2015-16 fis-cal year if the price of oil averages US$51 in 2015 and US$60 in 2016.


OPINION

Study the issues before federal electionWe all are sched-

uled to take a big exam this year. It’s pretty

straightforward – you just have to tick a box. No essay questions are involved. Since it’s the federal election, you just select your favoured can-didate from a list.

The preparation for the exam, however, requires that you bone up on a list of issues. And it is a long list, including: climate change, economic divers-ification, boomer health-care, foreign policy, free-dom of scientific speech, First Nations’ economic development and propor-tional representation.

On each of these seven issues there is a need for rigour and creativity in our study plan. The rigour goes to understanding; the creativity to solutions. All of the issues are con-nected to some degree.

Let’s start with climate change. Our next feder-al government needs to understand the global and national consequences of the issue. Absence of rig-our, hints of denial and policy silence should be grounds for dismissing a

party’s platform. Reasoned efforts to bring Canada into the family of united climate nations should be mandatory to earn a vote.

Economic diversifica-tion is linked to climate change.

Canada needs to address its carbon emis-sions in part by planning a move to carbon-neutral technology in manufac-turing, transportation and service delivery. Moving from one power grid to another will create long-term direct, indirect and induced economic bene-fits in new infrastructure planning, construction and maintenance. Better to stimulate these sectors now than wait for magic to occur.

Our population of boomers older than 65 is about to swell. This will be great news for under-employed X and Y gen-eration workers, but bad news for the tax base. Fewer workers will be supporting more retired elders, who are collect-ively exhibiting the trend to longer life because of healthier lifestyles and more frequent (and costly) high-end medical

intervention. It seems obvious

that the level of end-of-life services cannot be maintained using the same delivery systems in the 2020s and 2030s. A major healthcare delivery rethink is needed now.

Canada also needs to develop a foreign policy that better links us to the countries that are pursu-ing progressive adaptation from petro-state to new-grid futures.

Our success in deal-ing with climate change will ultimately be linked to sharing expertise, technology and trade with like-thinking global neighbours. Trading rela-tionships with them are investments in our future.

Our foreign policy must effectively contrib-ute to global efforts to end terrorism. We need to avoid aggravating global tensions by adopting one-sided, unidimensional perspectives on extremely complex issues.

We could start by real-izing that unemployed young men and women are among the greatest provocateurs of conflict. People who see no eco-nomic future have strong incentives to radically alter social systems in their favour.

In all of our national policy development, we should favour evidence-based approaches linked to science. For example, if the criminal behav-iour statistics illustrate a declining crime rate, we should stop adding prisons. Similarly, if the statistical incidence of long-gun and hand-gun violence grows, we should regulate their availability rather than relax it.

In all of the above, the scientists who study the phenomena should be free to share their results.

The First Nations and Inuit of Canada have a

growing body of senior court decisions in their favour regarding consul-tation, accommodation and inclusion in the eco-nomic planning process.

We need all aspiring federal governments to understand this and prac-tice policy accordingly, and thereby avoid costly court battles.

Ideally, we will cast our votes for a government with the will to act on our grassroots concerns. Our power starts with us and flows up.

We need to explore the concept of proportional representation, so that those who do not vote with the “majority” still have a voice in govern-ment. It’s worthy of study.

And speaking of study – good luck in your exam preparation! Let’s hope we get an ‘A.’

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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Turkey’s Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu was in London last week, telling the Western

media how helpful Ankara was being in the struggle against the terrorist “Islamic State” that has emerged in northern Syria and Iraq. Turkey is doing everything it can, he said – although, of course, “We can-not put troops everywhere on the border.”

Turkey’s open border has become a sore point with its Western allies, who suspect that President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is delib-erately allowing a steady flow of recruits and supplies to “Islamic State” because he still wants the Sunni rebels, most of whom are jihadi e x t r e m i s t s , to overthrow Bashar al-Assad, Syria’s Shia ruler. (Erdogan is no jihadi, but he is a devout and militant Sunni Islamist.)

But Erdogan’s motives are irrelevant, because Turkey simply cannot put troops everywhere on its 820-km. border with Syria. Or so says Ahmet Davutoglu, and only an enemy of Turkey (or somebody with a grasp of basic math-ematics) would say otherwise.

I am no enemy of Turkey, but I can do basic arithmetic. If you stationed Turkish troops along the entire length of the Syrian border at ten-metre intervals – that’s enough for a machine-gun nest every fifty metres – it would take about 82,000 soldiers to cover the entire 820 km. The strength of the Turkish army (never mind the navy and air force) is 315,000 soldiers.

Maybe Turkey doesn’t have that many machine-guns, but it’s not a poor country, and machine-guns are quite cheap on the international market. Or maybe it would prefer to use some other equipment instead: a good fence and some motion-detectors would help.

But the main requirement is manpower, and not very highly skilled manpower at that. The Turkish army has a few other jobs, but not any high-priority ones.

Even if you allow for fre-quent rotation of the soldiers manning the border, it would take much less than half the strength of the Turkish army to shut the border to foreign fighters.

Maybe a few jihadis would still get through, but the vast majority wouldn’t. The only

reason Ankara doesn’t shut the border is that it doesn’t really want to.

Cutting off the flow of jihadi volunteers to Syria would not greatly change the local mil-itary balance: IS uses them most-ly as mere can-non-fodder. The

point is that Turkey is not fully committed to the destruction of Islamic State, and indeed will give IS deniable help in order to further the goal of a Sunni victory in Syria, despite being part a “coalition of the willing” that is nominally dedicated to destroying IS.

The same goes for Saudi Arabia, although it has sent some token aircraft to bomb IS. Riyadh tries to prevent any Saudi citizens from going to fight for IS, and it certainly does not want the IS brand of radicalism to come to the kingdom. Indeed, Saudi Arabia has already started building a 900-km. high-tech wall along its border with Iraq to stop IS activists from entering the country.

But it is not a long way from the Wahhabi brand of Sunni Islam that is promoted by Saudi Arabia to the “takfiri-salafist” doctrines espoused by the IS militants.

Saudi private individuals have been a major source of financing for IS, and until recently Riyadh just turned a blind eye to it. Even now Saudi

Arabia doesn’t want Islamic State destroyed if that means Assad gets to stay in power in Syria.

Then there’s Iran. In Iraq, where Islamic State controls half the country’s territory and threatens a Shia-dominated regime, Iran and the United States are fighting almost side-by-side to defend Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi’s gov-ernment. (They don’t actually talk to each other, but they each tell the Iraqis where they are planning to bomb so there are no collisions over the tar-get areas.)

But next-door, in Syria, it’s different. Iran has sent troops, weapons and money to defend Bashar al-Assad’s regime, while the United States is still pledged to overthrow it. They both see Islamic State (which controls about a third of Syria’s territory) as an enemy, but Washington still believes that it can create some other, more “moderate” army of Sunni rebels that will eventu-ally take Assad down.

And Russia, of course, still supplies Assad with weapons, money and diplomatic support – but despite its own difficul-ties with jihadi rebels back home in the North Caucasus, Moscow is not participating in the military campaign against Islamic State. Its quarrel with the United States over Ukraine is too fierce to permit that degree of cooperation else-where.

And so on, and so forth. Not one of the major outside pow-ers that is opposed to Islamic State in principle has a clear strategy for fighting it, nor are they willing to cooperate with one another.

So IS will survive, at least for some years to come, despite the horrors it inflicts on the innocent people under its control.

It may even expand a bit more, though the end of the siege of Kobane shows that it is far from unstoppable.

Gwynne Dyer is an independent journalist whose articles are published in 45 countries.

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Roussos, whose often high-pitched pop serenades won him household recognition in the 1970s and 1980s across Europe and beyond and who sold more than 60 million records, has died in Athens at the age of 68, a hospital confirmed Monday.

The hospital said the singer died follow-ing a lengthy hospitalization, but did not give an exact cause of death.

For many an iconic presence with a colorful dress sense - Roussos was once dubbed the Kaftan King - and rotund, bearded appearance, he enjoyed the respect of his colleagues and a steady global fol-lowing.

“He had a superb voice, he travelled in the world ... he loved what he was doing,” singer Nana Mouskouri told French radio RTL in a tribute. “He was an artist, a friend. I hope he is in a better world.”

Artemis (shortened to Demis) Roussos was born in June 1946 in Alexandria, Egypt, which had a large Greek community.

His formative years in the ancient port city’s cosmopolitan atmosphere were influ-enced by jazz, but also traditional Arab and Greek Orthodox music.

The family moved in the early 1960s to Greece, where Roussos took music lessons and played in amateur groups.

He first came to prominence in the late 1960s with the band Aphrodite’s Child, formed together with Vangelis Papathanassiou - the Greek composer best known by his first name whose score for the film “Chariots of Fire” won him an Oscar in 1982.

His career launched, Roussos moved out of Greece to continue as a solo artist, recording hits such as “Forever and Ever,” ”My Friend The Wind,“ ”Velvet Mornings,“ ”Someday Somewhere,“ and ”Lovely Lady Of Arcadia.“

He listed Mozart and Sting among his favourite composers.

In 1985, Roussos was among 153 people taken hostage when two Shiite Muslim militiamen hijacked a TWA Boeing 727 on a flight from Athens to Rome, and he spent his 39th birthday on the plane. He was released unharmed five days later, and at a press conference thanked his captors for giving him a birthday cake.

Roussos enjoyed good food, which cre-ated problems with his weight that at one point reached 319 pounds (145 kilograms). He managed to reduce that by a third in nine months and went on to co-write a book about losing weight.

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T H E C A N A D I A N P R E S SOTTAWA - A man in a

blue turban stood among thousands in toques, fur hats and yarmulkes in Poland on Tuesday to mark the 70th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz concentra-tion camp.

Tim Uppal was there as the head of the official Canadian delegation for the commem-oration ceremony, a role in keeping with his post as Canada’s minister of state for multiculturalism.

But Uppal has championed the importance of Holocaust remembrance for much longer, an unusual role for a Sikh member of Parliament from an Edmonton-area rid-ing with only a few hundred Jews.

“There is so much we can learn from what hap-pened here,” he said over the phone from Krakow, Poland ahead of his visit to the camp where an estimated 1.1. mil-lion were killed during the Second World War.

“And you can take those lessons and apply it to the present.”

Toronto Conservative

MP Mark Adler lives those lessons daily; his father Abram survived internment at Auschwitz and made his home in Toronto.

“My father passed on a kind of optimism - as bad as things can get, there are always sunnier things ahead,” he said in Ottawa on Tuesday.

“You’ve just always got to be strong and make a positive difference.”

Uppal’s connection pre-dates his time in govern-ment. His wife Kiran Bhinder is one of the only non-Jews ever to take part in a trip called March of the Living, which takes teens through Holocaust sites in Europe and then on to Israel.

Uppal was taken by the stories his wife shared of her experiences, including her relationship with survivors from the camps, and began to develop his own relationships with them.

When he found himself with the opportunity in 2010 to bring a private member’s bill forward in the House of Commons, he was besieged with pitches.

One stood out: Canada did

not have a national Holocaust monument.

There had been attempts to pass similar legislation in the past. Former Liberal MP Susan Kadis, who is Jewish and represented the heavily Jewish riding of Thornhill, introduced a bill in 2008. Winnipeg MP Anita Neville, who is also Jewish, brought another one forward later that year.

But it was Uppal’s bill that finally made it through. Construction on the monu-ment is set to begin this year, funded by private donors and the federal government.

Holocaust remembrance is not a faith-based cause, Uppal said.

“I was doing something as a Canadian, this is something that affects us all,” he said.

“It wasn’t because of any-thing of my own faith but this is something that I felt was important to us all as Canadians.”

Uppal has become a fix-ture on the Jewish commun-ity lecture circuit, address-ing crowds ranging from the influential American Israel Public Affairs Committee

to groups of teens about to depart on March of the Living trips.

He says he hopes to one day expose his own children, now 6, 4 and 2, to the story of what happened to the 11 mil-lion people who fell victim to the Nazi government’s racist policies.

“It’s so important that we pass on this history to future generations,” he said.

For Uppal, the issue of racism also hits closer to home. In September, he post-ed on Twitter about an inci-dent he personally experi-enced at a tennis court.

“A woman leaving the ten-nis court looked at me and my wife and said, ”Are they members? Why can’t they play in the day - they don’t have jobs,“ he wrote.

What he takes away from these encounters is the need for more education, he says, which comes also from more attention to history and the lessons of events like the Holocaust.

“It is important that we must learn from our history,”he said. “We must know who we are.”

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hockey team exacted a meas-ure of revenge for a 5-2 loss to Eastern Washington University (EWU) last week with two deci-sive victories over the Eagles on Friday and Saturday.

The Saints travelled to Cheney, Wash. on Friday and trounced EWU 8-2, before returning to Castlegar where they put an exclamation point on their previous victory with an 11-0 shutout on Saturday at the Castlegar Rec Complex.

Former Beaver Valley Nitehawk Ryan Edwards had his second five-point night in a row, while former Trail Smoke Eater captain Logan Proulx scored twice and added three assists, Surrey native Thomas Hardy scored four goals, and goalie James Prigoni stopped 25 shots for the shutout to lift the Saints into soul posses-sion of third place in the B.C. Intercollegiate Hockey League with 20 points.

The Saints jumped out to a 2-0 first period lead on goals from Proulx and Hardy, but a six-goal explosion in the second that included back-to-back short-handed markers from Edwards and Marc-Antoine Guimond, put the game away for the Saints. Former Nitehawk Mason Spear made it 3-0, and two more goals from

Hardy and one from Darnell Dyck would give the Saints an 8-0 lead heading into the third.

Proulx would add another short-handed marker at 14:02 while Dyck and Hardy would complete the scoring for the Saints. Dyck scored twice and added an assist and continues to lead the Saints in scoring with 9 goals and 25 points.

Selkirk outshot the Eagles 35-25 and went 2-for-6 on the power play, with three short-handed goals. EWU was 0-for-10 with the extra man.

On Friday in Cheney, Edwards scored four times and added an assist to halt a three-game Selkirk slide as the Saints dumped the Eagles 8-2. the Saints held a 2-0 first period lead, and extended it to 5-2 in the second, before icing it in the third. Ryan Procyshin, Jamie Vlanich, Arie Postmus, and Dyck rounded out the scor-ing for the Saints, and went 4-for-7 on the power play while EWU was 1-for-7. Selkirk out-shot the Eagles 29-26, with Prigone getting the win in net.

Trinity Western, 14-2-0-2, leads the BCIHL with 30 points, nine points up on University of Victoria, and 10 points up on 9-7-0-2 Selkirk.

The Selkirk College Saints next home game goes against Simon Fraser University Feb. 7 at the Castlegar Complex.

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Selkirk College Saints forward Ryan Edwards was named the British Columbia In te rco l l eg i a t e Hockey League’s Player of the Week on Monday.

Edwards racked up 10 points in two games in what was one of the top offensive p e r f o r m a n c e s of the 2014/15 season this weekend in the Saints’ home-and-home sweep of Eastern Washington University.

On Friday, the former Beaver Valley Nitehawk scored four goals and assisted on another in an 8-2 victory in Cheney.

One night later, on home ice, Edwards became the

playmaker with four assists along with a shorthand-ed goal in an 11-0 Selkirk win.

After beginning his rookie BCIHL season with 10 points through 16 games, the 21-year old doubled his points total in one weekend. Edwards now leads the Saints in goals and sits second behind linemate Darnell

Dyck in points. He has also moved into the Top-10 in league scoring, sitting eighth.

Runners up for this week’s award include Trinity Western University forward Mattias Schmitt, University of Victoria defenceman James Tindle and Trinity Western University goaltender Silas Matthys.

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After splitting a pair of road games with Doug Birks division teams on the weekend, the Beaver Valley Nitehawks will switch to playoff mode as their remain-ing eight games are against Neil Murdoch division rivals beginning tonight when they travel to Nelson to tangle with the Leafs.

The Hawks dropped a 4-2 deci-sion to the fourth-place 100-Mile House Wranglers on Friday before taking an exciting 2-1 victory over the Doug Birks division-leading Kamloops Storm, a team the Nitehawks beat in six games to claim the KIJHL title last year.

“I thought the way the weekend went was indicative of our play,” said Nitehawks assistant coach Kevin Limbert. “I don’t think we put our best foot forward on Friday and I thought we were much bet-ter on Saturday.”

Hawks goalie Drake Poirier was all but unbeatable on Saturday night in the close victory over Kamloops. The Trail native stopped 17 shots in the third period and 44 on the night to ensure the two points over the Storm on what was the Nitehawks final road trip of the season.

“Drake was phenomenal,” said Limbert. “There were times when they pressed hard and we weath-ered the storm, and if it wasn’t for a couple of big, big saves by Drake we probably don’t come out on top of that game.”

With the score tied at 1-1, B.V.’s

leading scorer Mitch Foyle beat Storm netminder Jacob Mullen with assists from Spencer McLean and Ross Armour to net the win-ner at 16:45 of the third period.

Allan Pruss opened the scor-ing at 13:55 of the first for the Hawks, finishing a play from Reid Anderson, before the Storm’s top scorer Ian Chrystal tied it with 5:40 remaining in the middle frame.

Mullen stopped 32 shots in the Storm net while B.V. went 0-for-1 on the power play and Kamloops 0-for-2.

“It was a very high-caliber, high-speed, very physical game, and obviously there’s quite a bit of bad-blood between us and Kamloops, so it seemed like we just picked up that rivalry from Game 6 of last year,” said Limbert.

The win follows hard on the heels of a disappointing loss against the Wranglers on Friday night.

B.V. outshot 100-Mile House 41-31 but couldn’t find the equal-izer despite 20 third-period shots.

Tyler Garcia scored what proved to be the winner at 4:43 of the middle frame, and Tyler Hartman would put the Hawks within one with 8:42 left in the third. But Wrangler goalie Quinn Ferris shut the door after that and Garcia would ice it beating Poirier with under four minutes to go in regu-lation to halt a five-game losing streak for the Wranglers.

McLean counted the other marker for B.V. while Brett Harris and Stephen Egan replied for the

Wranglers.B.V. remains in top spot in the

Neil Murdoch division with 61 points and a five-point cushion on the second-place Castlegar Rebels.

“We’re not too worried about standings, or cushions, or points we just want to make sure coming down the stretch here that we’re playing playoff hockey and we’re going to hit the ground running from Game 1.”

After leading the division for much of the season, the Nelson Leafs have struggled in January with injury and illness, winning just twice in eight games. However, the Leafs beat the Nitehawks 4-3 in their last meeting in Nelson on Dec. 31, and the return of forwards Dylan Williamson and Michael Crawford was a big boost to their lineup last weekend in a 5-3 victory over Spokane and a 3-3 tie with Creston.

“We are getting close to the playoffs,” head coach Dave McLellan told the Nelson Star. “It was good to get a lot of our guys back tonight. The last two weeks we’ve had very few guys at practice and it was good. We took the risk of not practising last week to get some energy back. We were fresh this week.”

Since the New Years Eve loss, B.V. has gone 6-2 and opened up an eight point lead on the third-place Leafs, but as last year’s epic run for the Hawks proved, winning the division is not the most important ingredient in playoff success.

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G W L T OL PtPenticton 45 35 7 2 1 73Vernon 44 29 12 1 2 61Merritt 43 24 17 0 2 50WKelona 47 22 19 0 6 50Salm Arm 45 19 18 3 5 46Trail 44 14 27 0 3 31

Island Division G W L T OL PtNanaimo 45 31 12 0 2 64Powell R 46 22 16 0 8 52Victoria 46 20 16 1 9 50Alberni 43 22 16 2 3 49Cowichan 47 17 26 2 2 38

Mainland Division G W L T OL PtChilliwack 45 27 16 1 1 56Langley 46 25 16 1 4 55P.G. 45 22 19 0 4 48Coquitlam 47 18 24 1 4 41Surrey 46 8 35 0 3 19

Today’s gamesMerritt at Vernon, 7 p.m.Alberni at Victoria, 7 p.m.

Sal Arm at Penticton, 7 p.m.Powell R. at Nanaimo, 7 p.m.

Thursday’s gamesP. G. at Langley, 7 p.m.

Friday’s gamesTrail at Penticton, 7 p.m.Alberni at Nanaimo, 7 p.m.P.G. at Chilliwack, 7 p.m.

Surrey at Coquitlam, 7 p.m.Salmon Arm at Vernon, 7 p.m.

Cowichan Valley at Powell River, 7:15 p.m.

W.Kelowa at Merritt, 7:30 p.m.Saturday, January 31

Cowichan at Powell River, 5 p.m.

Nanaimo at Alberni 7 p.m.Vernon at Salmon Arm, 7 p.m.

Merritt at West Kelowna, 7 p.m.

P.G. at Surrey, 7:11 p.m.Penticton at Trail, 7:30 p.m.

KIJHLKootenay Conference

Eddie Mountain Division G W L T OL PtFernie 44 32 9 1 2 67Kimberley 44 24 14 2 3 53Creston 44 23 15 2 4 52Golden 44 21 19 0 5 47Col. Valley 43 9 28 0 6 24

Neil Murdoch Division G W L T OL PtB.V. 44 28 11 1 4 61Castlegar 46 26 16 1 3 56

Nelson 44 23 13 1 4 53Spokane 46 22 20 0 4 48Grand Fks 43 7 32 1 3 18

Okanagan/Shushwap Conference

Doug Birks Division G W L T OL PtKamloops 43 28 12 0 2 58Sicamous 45 25 18 1 1 52Chase 45 22 15 2 6 52100 Mile 45 21 19 0 5 47Revelstke 43 16 20 2 5 39

Okanagan Division G W L T OL PtOsoyoos 44 36 6 1 1 75Sumerland 45 27 15 0 3 57Princeton 44 18 21 2 3 41Kelowna 43 18 20 2 2 40N. Okan 46 6 35 1 4 17

Tonight’s GamesB.V. at Nelson 7 p.m. Thursday’s Games

Fernie at Spokane 7 p.m.Friday Games

Castlegar at Grand Forks 7 p.m.

Fernie at Nelson 7 p.m.Spokane at B. V. 7:30 p.m.

Saturday GamesFernie at Castlegar 7 p.m.

Grand Forks at Nelson 7 p.m.

KIJHL Leading ScorersPlayer GP G A PtD Smith FG 44 33 25 56Azevedo OC 34 19 37 55J Richter KD 44 34 21 54C Hodges CH 43 25 29 54J Mills SS 45 25 29 53I Chrystal KS 43 32 21 53Desrosier GR 42 29 24 53T.Maclise OC 42 23 30 52Cartwright CV 42 26 26 52R Glimpel OC 44 21 31 52B Cyra KC 42 12 40 51J Burgess FG 43 27 24 51Mckechney GR 42 16 35 50FLarouche KS 41 18 32 49M Foyle BV 44 27 22 49R Cramer NL 43 18 31 46K Boyle CH 35 23 23 46S Fiust RG 43 17 29 46Rusnack KC 37 15 31 45Woodliffe SS 42 22 23 45

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Hockey League G W L T OL PtTrinity W 18 14 2 0 2 30U.Victoria 18 9 6 0 3 21Selkirk 18 9 7 0 2 20SFU 18 8 10 0 0 16EWU 18 5 13 0 0 10


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“It’s more about making sure we’re playing our best every single night so that there’s no adjustment coming to the postseason . . . Last year it was more we were pushing in the right direction, as the season was closing we couldn’t quite catch up and close the gap, but we were gaming and getting better every single day, and that’s all we want to do this year too is just make sure we are getting better every day.”

Beaver Valley finished second in the Neil Murdoch division last season before it went on its run to a KIJHL title, and Cyclone and Keystone Cup championships.

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The 10-time all-star and four-time Vezina Cup Trophy winner fin-ished his career with St. Louis after a standout

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“It’s kind of sad to

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The 42-year-old Brodeur wrapped up

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He last played on Jan. 2 in a loss at Anaheim and he hadn’t returned to the team since being granted a one-week leave of absence on Jan. 14. Brodeur had dropped to third on the depth chart after Elliott returned from a knee injury, with 24-year-old Jake Allen sharing the position.

“It’s an extremely smart move,” forward Alexander Steen said.

“All the experience and all that stuff is so valuable to have in an organization. That stuff spreads.”

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Glenmerry 1bdrm. apt. F/S Heat included. N/S. $595./mo. 250-368-5908

Glenmerry 2bdrm. apt. F/S Heat included. N/S. $695./mo. 250-368-5908

GLENMERRY, 2bdrm apt, F/S, Laundry, No Smoking, No Pets. Avail. immediately. $525./mo.250-364-2786

TRAIL, small 1 bedroom apartment, Rossland Ave., 3 blocks from town. Washer/dry-er/ fridge/stove. No smoking, No pets. Clean and quiet. In-terested applicants will be re-quired to fi ll out an application form and supply references. $550./mo. Heat not included. Available March 1st. Phone 250-368-1361

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1BDR COMFORTABLE SHOREACRES COT-TAGE: Suitable for 1 person, ns/np, available immediately, $550/mo. +utilities. 2 BDR GROUND FLOOR, TRAIL: Updated, quiet, $650/mo. +utilities, Seniors Discount, close to downtown. BRAN2 BDR WALKOUT BASEMENT SUITE, CASTLEGAR: 1 yr old, 5 appliances, galley maple kitchen, laminate throughout, $900/mo. +utilities. Jan. 15 or Feb. 1, ns/np, references required. D NEW RIVERVIEW HOUSE: Granite, timber, cedar, WINTER SPECIAL $299,000. , 2 BDR HOUSE WITH GARAGE: 75x110’ lot, zoned commercial, 2 blocks from downtown Kaslo, $199,000. Call 250-353-2595.906 CEDAR AVE, SALMO: 3bdr, 1.5 bathrooms, double wide modular, 60x120 lot, paved driveway, 2 car carport, f/s, w/d included, natural gas furnace, central air, storage shed, partially fenced yard, $140,000.FAMILY REUNIONS. 50 acre ranch in Southern Oregon. Sleeps 26, all in beds. Check VRBO.com Listing #. Fish/hike/raft/hunt. Near Crater Lake. GRANDVIEW HOUSING STRATA DUPLEX: 105-4200 Grandview Dr, Castlegar. To view contact Elmer Verigin

Real EstateSOUTH CASTLEGAR, $159,000: Cozy, renovated, 2bdr house, large lot, f/s, w/d, woodstove/electric, carport, deck, 24hrs to view. *MORTGAGES - GOOD OR BAD CREDIT: Purchases/Renances, 100% Financing, Debt consolidations, Construction, renos, Private Funds. Rates as low as 2.20% oac. Call Krista, 2652SQ.FT. EXECUTIVE HOME: Overlooking the Columbia River on a quiet street in Castlegar. Priced to sell at $349,000. BRAND NEW RIVERVIEW HOUSE: Granite, timber, cedar, WINTER SPECIAL $299,000. , ESTATE SALE: Cozy 4 bdr, 2 bath, Panabode home on approximately 1 acre in Kaslo, excellent condition, very clean and sound, 2 sunrooms, 2 pellet stoves, main oor laundry, paved driveway, walk out basement, $219,000. FSBO, 2BDR 1.5 BATH, ON HALF ACRE, WINLAW: Near all amenities, for more info

RentalsROBSON (CASTLEGAR) RIVER FRONT: 1 bdr, semi-furnished private suite, $650/mo. utilities included. WEST TRAIL APARTMENTS: 1bdr & 2bdr, ns, shared laundry, newly renovated, rent negotiable. 1 BDR NEWLY RENOVATED: Riverfront, basement suite, downtown Castlegar, f/s, w/d, dw, ns/np, $700/mo. +utilities (or furnished & serviced, $1600/mo.), available Mar. 1. Stacey

1 BDR WITH DEN: Lots of light in quiet house, laundry/utilities included, South-end, Castlegar, $650/mo.1BDR BASEMENT APARTMENT, CASTLEGAR: Ns/np, available Feb. 1, $550/mo. utilities included. 1BDR COMFORTABLE SHOREACRES COT-TAGE: Suitable for 1 person, ns/np, available immediately, $550/mo. +utilities. 2 BDR GROUND FLOOR, TRAIL: Updated, quiet, $650/mo. +utilities, Seniors Discount, close to downtown. 2 BDR WALKOUT BASEMENT SUITE, CASTLEGAR: 1 yr old, 5 appliances, galley maple kitchen, laminate throughout, $900/mo. +utilities. Jan. 15 or Feb. 1, ns/np, references required.

For Sale By Owner2-3 BDR HOUSE,YMIR: F/s, w/d, dw, wood/electric heat, hi-speed/satTV, Feb.1, $800/mo.+utilities.2BDR BASEMENT SUITE, CASTLEGAR: W/d, np, references, $650/mo. +utilities. 2ND AVE, TRAIL: 1bdr suite, ns, quiet working adult, laundry, garage, utilities included, available now, $750/mo. 3 BDR HOUSE: On 2nd, Trail, close to Gyro, available Jan. 1st, ns, $800/mo.+negotiable. 3 BDR ROSSLAND HOME: All appliances, replace, enclosed garage, $950/mo. 3BDR MOBILE, KRESTOVA: On acreage, wood & electric, w/d, ns/np. 3BDR TOWNHOUSE, GLENMERRY: Clean, appliances, furnished, laminate oors, carport, rec room, municipal parking in rear, $1000/mo. +utilities. 6 MILE, NORTH SHORE, NELSON: 2 bdr, for mature adults, ns/np, $900/mo. +utilities, references. BACHELOR SUITE IN BALFOUR: All utilities included $600/mo. BEAUTIFUL 4BDR, THRUMS: Acreage, 2.5 baths, ns/np, references required, mature/responsible, Jan. 1, $1500/mo. +utilities. CASTLEGAR 1 BDR +DEN BASEMENT SUITE: Walk-out, on bus route, ns/np, $675/mo. inclusive. CASTLEGAR AREA 2 BDR MOBILE: Ns/np, $800/mo. +utilities. CUTE 3BDR FURNISHED TRAIL HOME: C/w dishes, cookware, bedding, BBQ, zero maintenance yard, ++); $1400/mo. includes 5 high end appliances, utilities, wireless internet, HDPVR, ns/np, references required, available immediately.FOR RENT ON THE EDGE OF KASLO: Small cozy log cabin. Quiet, peaceful, setting suitable for quiet, ns/np, suited for single, responsible person, $600/mo. +utilities. FURNISHED 2 BDR HOME, SOUTH CASTLE-GAR: Now available, $850/mo. +utilities.

KASLO, BRIGHT 3BDR 1.5 BATH: F/s, w/d hookups, close to hospital/school, covered deck, internet/cable included, $850/mo. LARGE 1 BDR UPPER DUPLEX, HERITAGE APARTMENT, NELSON: Near downtown, ns, w/d, hardwood oors, clawfoot tub, covered deck, full sunlight, $900/mo.+utilities, available now, references required.LOVELY NELSON APARTMENTS AVAILABLE! Some rent controlled, including water & hydro, references required. NELSON, 3BDR, 2BATH HOME: Airy, close to all amenities, absolutely ns/np, reference required, $1250/mo. +utilities.ROBSON 3BDR HOUSE: Very clean, big yard, near school, church, bus stop, f/s, ns/np, refer-ences, $1150/mo. 250-365-2920(msg).ROSEMONT BACHELOR SUITE: Available Feb. 1, ns/np, $650/mo., includes utilities, cable & internet. SLOCAN MOTEL APARTMENTS, $500-$750, fully-furnished, large kitchen units, manager onsite. SMALL 2 BDR HOME, DOWNTOWN CASTLE-GAR: Ns/np, w/d, f/s, $825/mo. +utilities, SOUTH CASTLEGAR: Furnished 1bdr +ofce home, available immediately, $800/mo. +utilities. THRUMS: 3 bdr apartment, $850/mo. +utilities.

Homes For RentUPPER KASLO, COZY 1 BDR CABIN: Furnished, beautiful view, ns/np, responsible single adult, reference.S. CASTLEGAR 2BDR BASEMENT SUITE: Newly renovated, ns, pets on approval, laundry, references, $725/mo. utilities +internet included. 1BDR BASEMENT SUITE, OOTISCHENIA: Quiet single, No pets or smoking, w/d, $600/mo. including utilities, D.D.-$300. 1 BDR APT: Balfour, fully-furnished/equipped, lake & mtn view, sun deck, ns/np, $695/mo. inclusive. 1 BDR SUITE, DOWNTOWN CASTLEGAR: Ns/np, references required, $625/mo. utilities included. 1BDR APARTMENT, DOWNTOWN CASTLEGAR: Heat/hydro included, ns, references, $675/mo. 1BDR BASEMENT SUITE, CASTLEGAR: Private entrance, backyard, available Feb. 1, shared laundry, ns/np, references. 2 BDR BASEMENT SUITE: Very large & clean, gorgeous lake view, 15 mins from Castlegar, ns/np, $750/mo. includes electric. Travis, 2 BDR MOBILE HOME, 6-MILE, NELSON: Available immediately, ns/np, references, $950/mo., includes utilities. 2-3 BDR DUPLEX, SALMO: Available immediately, np, f/s, w/d hookups, $700/mo. +utilities.

2BDR APARTMENT, CASTLEGAR: Bright, spacious, f/s, laundry, close to amenities, nsnp, $725/mo. +utilities. 2BDR HOUSE ON 5 ACRES: 5 minutes south of Kaslo. Looking for responsible, cleatenant(s), $650/mo. +utilities. 250-354-16983 BDR HOUSE, NELSON: Newly refurbisheperfect for family, close to schools, $1500/mo. Contact Colleen or Nick, 250-229-2333 or 250-229-4771.3 BDR MAIN FLOOR HOUSE, CASTLEGARNice, updated, 5 appliances, double garage$950/mo. +utilities. 250-365-5896.3BDR HOUSE, NEWLY RENOVATED: Withlarge yard, Slocan City, available Jan. 1, $90mo. +utilities. 250-365-7574.3BDR MOBILE: In Sunny Bridgeview CrescOotischenia, close to all amenities/college, $750/mo. +utilities. 250-365-3733.3BDR, 2BATH, ROSSLAND: Spacious Heritage home, hardwood oors, large privayard, available Feb. 1. 250-368-1066.AVAILABLE IMMEDIATELY: Newly renovatefully furnished 1 bdr, 1 bath basement suite,centrally located in Castlegar, close to storeshops and bus routes, 1 car parking availabcable and internet included, ns/np, $750/moincluding utilities. 250-365-6772.BALFOUR WATERFRONT: 1 bdr apartmentall utilities included, laundry, Jan. 1, semi-furnished $625/mo. 604-315-5632/604926-7362 [email protected], SUNNY, QUIET BACHELOR SUITE: In family home, private entrance, newly renovated, ns/np, $595 utilities includ250-365-1465.CASTLEGAR 1BDR PLUS DEN: Available immediately, on bus route, w/d, garage, separate entrance, ns/np, $700/mo., utilitiesincluded. 250-229-5703.COZY TRAILER: In quiet nature setting, 15 minutes west of Nelson, in friendly commun$390/mo. includes heat & electric. Sorry, nodogs. 250-359-8280.DOWNTOWN CASTLEGAR: Renovated 3bapartment, laundry, ns/np, quiet couple/famiavailable immediately, $1150/mo., utilities included. Rent negotiable. 250-365-4914 (leave msg).FRUITVALE, 2BDR: Remodeled, w/d, $595/mo. 250-367-9676.GLADE 2BDR HOUSE PLUS WORKSHOPNewly renovated, on riverfront acreage, $1150/mo. +utilities. 778-962-0044, [email protected] 1 BDR SUITE: 5 minutes from Nels$1000/mo. utilities included (+extras). 250-84767. Available Feb.1.LARGE 4BDR HOUSE ON ACREAGE, SLOCAN VALLEY: Bright, hardwood oors, woodstove, large kitchen, garden, private/qu$990/mo. 250-355-0035.LOWER KASLO: Nice, clean 1bdr suite in heritage four-plex, close to beach, 2 decks,

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Renovations to the Nelson aquatic centre cleared a last-minute hurdle last Thursday that threatened to delay the project.

The City of Nelson won a hard-fought compromise, gaining $184,000 and com-mitments from neigh-bouring rural areas to look at broadening the tax base for regional recreation by expand-ing the service area.

In exchange, the city threw its majority support on the five-member recreation commission behind proceeding with the $4.9 million pool renovation, which is expected to go to ten-der early next month.

During a heated meeting last week, city reps indicated they wanted the recrea-tion funding model addressed before proceeding with the upgrades. That meet-ing adjourned without a decision. However, a

bargain was reached following a calm 2½-hour session this week.

Nelson mayor Deb Kozak emphasized she didn’t want to jeop-ardize the city’s amic-able relations with its regional district part-ners, but felt “a dis-proportionate load” of the recreation budget is falling on the city.

“It’s never my intention to throw any other politician or staff under the bus,” she said.

“I’m very sensitive to the fact that the city and the regional district must work together. I’m glad we stuck around and hammered it out. We had a really vigorous discussion.”

Part of the arrange-ment will see $184,000 returned to the city that it has paid into recreation annually since 2006 from a combination of Nelson Hydro profits and taxation on Kootenay River dams.

However, that money will now have to be made up through additional taxation shared by the city, Area F, and west-ern portion of Area E — so Nelson’s actual windfall will be less than half. But Kozak described the refund as symbolic.

The regional dis-trict will now look for a new recreation funding model that ensures equity and long-term sustain-ability. It would pot-entially ask areas that don’t currently pay into the service to pick up some of the tab — namely the east por-tion of Area E (north and south shores of Kootenay Lake), Area G (Rural Salmo) and the lower portion of Area H (Slocan Valley).

Kozak said the review will need to consider changes in population, service delivery, and facility use since the recrea-tion service was estab-lished over 40 years

ago.Area H director

Walter Popoff and Area G director Hans Cunningham were invited to Thursday’s meeting but unable to attend. However, both sent emails outlining their positions.

While Popoff didn’t rule out contribut-ing, he indicated that he couldn’t make any commitments until a recreation master plan for his area is com-pleted. Cunningham predicted any referen-dum in his area would “go down to flaming defeat.”

He said while some of his constituents use Nelson’s recrea-tion facilities, most go to Salmo, Fruitvale, Trail, or Castlegar. However, he left open the possibility of pro-viding grant funding.

Area E director Ramona Faust said she would explain the situation to her constituents and ask what they think is fair. “I can’t sell the com-

munity short. They want their expendi-tures to reflect the value something has to them. I’d like to give them the benefit of the doubt and hope they will be receptive.”

A decision, she said, would likely require a

referendum.One point everyone

agrees on is the need for better informa-tion on who uses the recreation complex and how often.

Presently staff at the rec complex col-lect the addresses of

pass holders and those who register for pro-grams, but a summary broken down by elec-toral area isn’t read-ily available and will require some effort to tease out. Even then, the data won’t address single-day use.

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1912 Hummingbird Drive, Fruitvale

$354,900 Built in 2008 - this 4

bdrm/3 bath home still feels brand new. Vaulted

ceilings and lots of sunlight throughout-open

fl oor plan with lovely hardwood fl oors. Double garage and fenced yard.

Move in and enjoy.Call Mark

(250) 231-5591

3590 Aster Drive, Trail$350,000

One-owner custom built home. This home is a classic, with interesting architecture, quality construction and prime location. 4 bdrms, 2 baths, large rec room, workshop

and lots of great storage. The roof is brand new, central air-conditioning, u/g

sprinkling. On nearly 1/3 of an acre at the end of a cul-de-sac.

Call Mary M (250) 231-0264

817 Whitetail Drive, Rossland$1,100,000

Custom-built, high-end timber frame home at Redstone. Features high

ceilings, timber frame accents, huge windows, and amazing views. The kitchen is gorgeous, the decks are amazing and

the bathrooms are deluxe! Call your REALTOR® for your personal viewing.

Call Richard (250) 368-7897

770 Tennyson Avenue, Warfi eld$235,000

Warfi eld Charmer! This 3 bedroom home offers lots of space and main fl oor laundry.

Central air-conditioning and electric fi replace add to comfort. Great parking

with paved driveway and double carport. Low maintenance exterior with vinyl siding,

steel roof, low maintenance yard. Quick possession possible.

Call Mary M (250) 231-0264

#16 - 891 Monte Vista Drive, Rossland

$85,0002009 single wide manufactured home

situated in quiet Paradise Mountain park. Stainless steel appliances, dark wood

kitchen cabinets, 2 full baths, bright and sunny living room, storage shed, patio

area and parking. Call Christine (250) 512-7653

1274 Paquette Drive, Trail $529,000

Seller motivated! Ultimate executive rancher! Like new 3 bed/3 bath home with open fl oor plan custom kitchen, fi replace, 3-car garage

and much more!! Call your REALTOR® today! The seller says get it SOLD!Call Deanne (250) 231-0153

4191 Casino Road, Casino$69,000

Looking for country living and acreage for your new home? Look no further!

This lovely relatively fl at 2.6 acre lot with easy access in a very quiet community awaits your ideas. Don’t wait! At this

price it will be gone quickly.Call Deanne (250) 231-0153

8327 Highway 3B, Trail$469,000

Stunning package! This home features Brazilian Cherry hardwood fl oors, a great fl oor plan, and amazing mountain views. The home is well maintained and fi lled with light.

The yard is completely private and features an in ground swimming pool!

Call Mary M (250) 231-0264

1823 Kootenay Ave, Rossland $180,000

Here’s your chance to get into the Real Estate market. Affordable home situated

on a large 60x100 lot with fruit trees and garden. 2 bdrms and a full walk-out basement. Plenty of parking for all the

toys. Bright and sunny Call Christine (250) 512-7653

1463 Bay Ave, Downtown TrailFor Lease

Updated and very clean space in downtown core. Security system, air

conditioned, and great access to bring in large items. In an area of long standing

businesses with good foot traffi c.Call Art (250) 368-8818

OPEN HOUSESaturday, January 31 11am-1pm

801 Glen Drive, Trail $209,000

Solid Sunningdale 4 bdrm 2 bath home on large fenced

lot. Quiet family orientedneighbourhood. Good value here!

Call Terry 250-231-1101

NEW LISTING

1894 Mountain Street, Fruitvale$60,000

Thinking of building this spring? Placing a modular? This 66x105 lot is serviced

and ready to go. Days are getting longer and Spring is less than 60 days away!

Call Tonnie (250) 365-9665

Trail 2 bedroom upper suite ....................................$850/mo. 1 bedroom lower suite ....................................$550/mo. 3 bedroom house ....................................$750/mo. 2 bedroom upper suite ....................................$750/mo.Montrose 2 bedroom upper suite ....................................$800/mo.Castlegar 1 bedroom condo ....................................$750/mo.If you are looking to rent or have a place you need managed, call Terry

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FOR RENT OPEN HOUSESat. Jan. 31 11am-1pm

When the oppon-ents interfere, they unfortu-nately take away

bidding room, but they do open the door for such bids as passes, doubles and cue-bids. These are not avail-able when the opponents are silent. Pass when part-ner is getting another bid is the hardest bid to make of all those bids.

An important law of competition is the Law of Total Tricks. The part of the law, that one needs to know, is that one can compete to the three-level with a nine-card fit, and it

either will make or be a successful sacrifice. With an eight-card fit, it is the two-level and a ten-card fit, it is the four-level, et cetera.

With a nine-card fit, the opponents are guaranteed an eight-card fit of their own. Furthermore, in com-petition, the three-level and the five-level are for the opponents. You push them there and leave them there.

The bidding: East passes, and South, with

12 HCP’s and five hearts opens One Heart. To make an overcall, not vulnerable, West needs eight HCP’s and a good suit. If the overcaller has less than open-ing, he is possibly

making a lead-directive bid, and the suit must be good, KJ10xx at the least.

North has seven effect-ive points, four for the ace and three for the singleton with four-card support. The Queen of spades and Jack of clubs may as well be nines for a contract in hearts.

East has nine points, eight and a doubleton heart. The Queen of hearts may just as well be the nine as well. The queen will fall under the opponent’s Ace and King and will not even serve to promote a third round trick in partner’s hand.

The bidding gets back to South at Two Spades. He does not have a bid other than pass because one does not tell the same story twice. He has already told North that he has an open-ing (bare) and five hearts.

If South bids in front of his partner, (which means

he can pass and his partner still gets a bid), South is showing either extra length or extra values of which he has neither. South passes and North, knowing they have a nine-card fit, com-petes to the three-level. A perfect example of the Law at work.

The Play: When East leads the ace of spades, he will not want to continue spades because he sees the Queen in dummy, and he knows declarer has at most two spades and can make a discard on the Queen of spades. He must switch and because there is no

future in clubs, he switches to the King of diamonds. South will duck and get the timing to lead up to the Queen of spades for a dia-mond pitch, thus making ten tricks.

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Properly using the Law of Total Tricks

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