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Contact the Times: Phone: 250-368-8551 Fax: 250-368-8550 Newsroom: 250-364-1242 Fight Night Fight Night features four features four main events main events Page 15 Page 15 FRIDAY MARCH 23, 2012 Vol. 117, Issue 59 $ 1 10 INCLUDING H.S.T. PROUDLY SERVING THE COMMUNITIES OF ROSSLAND, WARFIELD, TRAIL, MONTROSE, FRUITVALE & SALMO S I N C E 1 8 9 5 PROUDLY SERVING THE COMMUNITIES OF ROSSLAND, WARFIELD, TRAIL, MONTROSE, FRUITVALE & SALM S I N C E 1 8 9 5 TOLL FREE 1-888-812-6506 TRAIL 250-368-8295 WWW. KOOTENAYCHRYSLER. COM Waneta Junction PRESENT THIS COUPON BEFORE MARCH 31 st to receive the special price $ 79 95 5.9L & 6.7L engines PLUS INCLUDED FREE BY VALERIE ROSSI Times Staff A global challenge that has households and businesses turning off lights for one hour to raise awareness on climate change could result in some much needed cash for one non-profit organization in the region. Residents who pledge to switch off during Earth Hour from 8:30-9:30 p.m. March 31 will add to their community’s chance to win the FortisBC Earth Hour Challenge. The community with the highest votes will receive brag- ging rights and $5,000 worth of energy-efficient upgrades for a non-profit of its choice. Locally that includes Trail’s Family and Individual Resource (FAIR) Centre Society, the Rossland Council for Arts and Culture (Miners’ Hall), the Beaver Valley Manor Society, the Salmo Public Library, Castlegar’s Habitat for Humanity and Nelson Cares Society. “We are currently wast- ing money on utility costs and wasting valuable energy resources,” said Gail Lavery, FAIR executive director. “We have the ability to apply for grants to supplement projects, including energy-upgrading projects, but at this point do not have the money avail- able for the in-house contri- bution that funders generally require.” FAIR is looking to update its heating, ventilation and air conditioning system in its main three-story building, built in 1979. Located in the former School District 20 building in East Trail, this facility houses all of FAIR’s programs except for its pregnancy outreach and parenting programs, tran- sition, second-stage housing and regional crises line. Fruitvale and Montrose have joined forces in hopes of gaining a financial boost for a lighting upgrade for Beaver Valley Manor, which has been an affordable housing option for seniors living in the valley for about 40 years. “Our rent is so low and we’re a non-profit so there isn’t a lot of funding to do a lot of upgrading,” explained Bev Piccolo, who is a director on the manor’s board. Piccolo has had a soft spot for the home for a good por- tion of her life, as her parents were among those who started up the facility. “I was there when they did the ribbon cutting,” she smiled. “When I retired I wanted to do something and I thought about it for a while and decided this was the place that I wanted to spend some time at and give back to the community.” As of Thursday afternoon Salmo was in the lead with about 20 per cent of the vote out of the 17 participating communities. Kay Hohn, chair of the Salmo Public Library board, said the money would help the village either update its lighting or replace doors and windows at the aging facility. The challenge fits in nicely with Salmo’s push to expand and renovate the entire facil- ity, a capital campaign started last spring for the library’s 50 years of service. The library has already raised $30,000 for its $50,000 goal through fundraising initiatives and local contribu- tions. Those looking to support their community can make a pledge by visiting www.fortis- bc.com/earthhour before 4:30 p.m. March 31. VALERIE ROSSI PHOTO Fruitvale Mayor Patricia Cecchini, village administrator Lila Cresswell, BV Manor director Bev Piccolo and Montrose resident Mary Gay are after an energy upgrade for the Beaver Valley Manor Society in Fruitvale. Communities battle in lights-out competition The participant with the highest pledges in the FortisBC Earth Hour Challenge will receive bragging rights and $5,000 BY VALERIE ROSSI Times Staff Increased flight service to the Trail Airport may attract more riders but the regional district is now taking the conservative route when it comes to budgeting for airport improvements this year. The East End Services Committee has decided to phase in a hefty increase to its $90,000 air- port budget, cutting an initial 140 per cent hike ($126,000) in half ($64,000) this week after re-examining goals which include implementing a full-time employee as well as paving a stopway beside the runway. It was decided at Wednesday’s meeting that the potential for a staffer won’t play out until the fall – saving about $40,000 in an anticipated sal- ary – and that ridership will likely stay or climb from last year’s approximate 18,000 custom- ers, rather than the 16,000 originally included in its draft budget (a savings of approximately $14,000). Trail councillor Robert Cacchioni said he was the only member on the committee who voted against adjusting the draft budget, which will be finalized at the end of the month. “I’m excited about the fact that the service is increasing,” he said, adding that he doesn’t need a study to tell him the airport’s impact to the economic condition of the area. “We’re hopefully going to hit 30,000 passengers a year.” Service upgrades for the volunteer-run air- port were already a hot topic at the round table prior to Pacific Coastal announcing its schedule improvements Wednesday. The Richmond-based airline will run an even- ing trip to and from Vancouver Sunday through Friday and add an additional Saturday flight starting April 10, which coincides with the six- year anniversary of operation at the local facility. The new spring/summer schedule will offer the latest departure time (just after 6 p.m. Sunday-Friday) in the region. “I think it’s great, all of the airport attendees are very happy with the news,” said airport vol- unteer Don Nutini. “I think that our biggest concern is that we have to do something there to be able to handle that increase in traffic and not necessarily for Pacific Coastal, we have an increase in traffic even now with the medivacs that are coming in and out of there,” he said. Nutini is one of the five volunteers who help run the airport and while it is a passion for these hard working retirees, he feels a paid position is needed in the future. Airport budget increase slashed despite extra scheduled flights

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    BY VALERIE ROSSITimes Staff

    A global challenge that has households and businesses turning off lights for one hour to raise awareness on climate change could result in some much needed cash for one non-profit organization in the region.

    Residents who pledge to switch off during Earth Hour from 8:30-9:30 p.m. March 31 will add to their communitys chance to win the FortisBC Earth Hour Challenge.

    The community with the highest votes will receive brag-ging rights and $5,000 worth of energy-efficient upgrades for a non-profit of its choice.

    Locally that includes Trails Family and Individual Resource (FAIR) Centre Society, the Rossland Council for Arts and Culture (Miners Hall), the Beaver Valley Manor Society, the Salmo Public Library, Castlegars Habitat for Humanity and Nelson Cares Society.

    We are currently wast-ing money on utility costs and wasting valuable energy resources, said Gail Lavery, FAIR executive director. We have the ability to apply for grants to supplement projects, including energy-upgrading projects, but at this point do not have the money avail-able for the in-house contri-bution that funders generally require.

    FAIR is looking to update its heating, ventilation and air conditioning system in its main three-story building, built in 1979. Located in the former School District 20 building in East Trail, this facility houses

    all of FAIRs programs except for its pregnancy outreach and parenting programs, tran-sition, second-stage housing and regional crises line.

    Fruitvale and Montrose have joined forces in hopes of gaining a financial boost for a lighting upgrade for Beaver Valley Manor, which has been an affordable housing option for seniors living in the valley for about 40 years.

    Our rent is so low and were a non-profit so there isnt a lot of funding to do a lot of upgrading, explained Bev Piccolo, who is a director on the manors board.

    Piccolo has had a soft spot for the home for a good por-tion of her life, as her parents were among those who started up the facility.

    I was there when they did the ribbon cutting, she smiled. When I retired I wanted to do something and I thought about it for a while and decided this was the place

    that I wanted to spend some time at and give back to the community.

    As of Thursday afternoon Salmo was in the lead with about 20 per cent of the vote out of the 17 participating communities.

    Kay Hohn, chair of the Salmo Public Library board, said the money would help the village either update its lighting or replace doors and windows at the aging facility.

    The challenge fits in nicely with Salmos push to expand and renovate the entire facil-ity, a capital campaign started last spring for the librarys 50 years of service.

    The library has already raised $30,000 for its $50,000 goal through fundraising initiatives and local contribu-tions.

    Those looking to support their community can make a pledge by visiting www.fortis-bc.com/earthhour before 4:30 p.m. March 31.

    VALERIE ROSSI PHOTO

    Fruitvale Mayor Patricia Cecchini, village administrator Lila Cresswell, BV Manor director Bev Piccolo and Montrose resident Mary Gay are after an energy upgrade for the Beaver Valley Manor Society in Fruitvale.

    Communities battle in lights-out competitionThe participant with the highest pledges in the FortisBC Earth Hour Challenge will

    receive bragging rights and $5,000

    BY VALERIE ROSSITimes Staff

    Increased flight service to the Trail Airport may attract more riders but the regional district is now taking the conservative route when it comes to budgeting for airport improvements this year.

    The East End Services Committee has decided to phase in a hefty increase to its $90,000 air-port budget, cutting an initial 140 per cent hike ($126,000) in half ($64,000) this week after re-examining goals which include implementing a full-time employee as well as paving a stopway beside the runway.

    It was decided at Wednesdays meeting that the potential for a staffer wont play out until the fall saving about $40,000 in an anticipated sal-ary and that ridership will likely stay or climb from last years approximate 18,000 custom-ers, rather than the 16,000 originally included in its draft budget (a savings of approximately $14,000).

    Trail councillor Robert Cacchioni said he was the only member on the committee who voted against adjusting the draft budget, which will be finalized at the end of the month.

    Im excited about the fact that the service is increasing, he said, adding that he doesnt need a study to tell him the airports impact to the economic condition of the area. Were hopefully going to hit 30,000 passengers a year.

    Service upgrades for the volunteer-run air-port were already a hot topic at the round table prior to Pacific Coastal announcing its schedule improvements Wednesday.

    The Richmond-based airline will run an even-ing trip to and from Vancouver Sunday through Friday and add an additional Saturday flight starting April 10, which coincides with the six-year anniversary of operation at the local facility.

    The new spring/summer schedule will offer the latest departure time (just after 6 p.m. Sunday-Friday) in the region.

    I think its great, all of the airport attendees are very happy with the news, said airport vol-unteer Don Nutini.

    I think that our biggest concern is that we have to do something there to be able to handle that increase in traffic and not necessarily for Pacific Coastal, we have an increase in traffic even now with the medivacs that are coming in and out of there, he said.

    Nutini is one of the five volunteers who help run the airport and while it is a passion for these hard working retirees, he feels a paid position is needed in the future.

    Airport budget increase slashed

    despite extra scheduled flights

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    TRAIL This is the first of a monthly feature the Trail Historical Society will publish related to the history of the City of Trail.

    Today, we would like to intro-duce you to our latest publication, Trail Journal of Local History, Volume 4. The Journal is a 52 page booklet with a variety of articles by local historians that highlights our communitys interesting past. The Journal contains several articles of five to seven pages as well as many of one or two pages. It is a leisurely

    read.The cover feature article is the

    story of Frank Hanna, co-founder of the City of Trail, before he came to the Kootenays in the late 1880s and after he left Trail in 1896. This is the first time the full story of Frank Hanna has been published. The second feature article describes the history of the Waneta Bridge, the oldest highway bridge still in use in BC. Greg Nesteroff has done a superb job of researching the history of the bridge from its design to its construction and the emergence of the towns of Boundary on the US side and Waneta on the Canadian side of the Pend dOreille River.

    Other articles include the brief stop of actor Boris Karloff (Frankenstein) in Trail in 1912, the history of United Dairies, an engaging interview with Spuds Pagnan, longtime owner of Laurientes Clothing, and a biog-raphy of Ted Dewdney, one time Manager of the Bank of Montreal in Rossland.

    Pick up your copy today and sup-port our Society. Price of the Journal is a paltry $10 and may be purchased, along with the other Societys publi-cations, from our office in Trail City Hall, on our website www.trailhist-ory.com and at Crockett Books in Waneta Plaza.

    If you have any suggestions for future articles contact our office at 250-364-0829.

    PHOTOS COURTESY OF TRAIL HISTORICAL SOCIETY

    Above; the Nelson and Fort Sheppard Railway Bridge at Waneta. Below; Frank Hanna, co-founder of the City of Trail, early 1890s.

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    BY CLAIRE PARADISArrow Lakes News

    Just under 60 people filled seats in the Nakusp Arena Auditorium for the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure (MOT) presentation about the Upper Arrow Lake Ferry replacement project.

    Not bad for what seemed to be a special but hurried public presentation for Nakusp residents. Although there were no newspaper announcements, flyers were put up around town and in mailboxes, and people came out to hear what MOT had to say as well as ask questions they wanted answered.

    Participants were greet-ed with a ring of posters around the cluster of chairs set up for the session Each picture or set of figures pointed to how a new sin-

    gle ferry would replace both Galena and Shelter Bay fer-ries and still be able to pro-vide sufficient service to the area.

    Ministry representa-tive Renee Mounteney was quick to tell people study-ing a computer graphic of a ferry on one of the displays was just an idea of what the real ferry might look like, maybe, not an actual representation of the new ferry.

    Beaton Arm Crossing Associations (BACA) Earl Frerichs and Gene Nagy were there for the presenta-tion. This MOT presenta-tion was unique to Nakusp, with no others planned for nearby communities. When asked if there would be a presentation in Revelstoke, Renee Mounteney replied that there hadnt been enough interest to warrant

    one.The reason MOT gives

    for replacing the ferries in the next couple of years is that they are 43 years old, and reaching the end of their service period. Like an old car, Mounteney said, its getting harder and harder to find replacement parts. Also like an old car, it is costing more and more to keep the ferries up to day in terms of Transport Canada requirements. Not only that, but the current ferries have weight restric-tions that limit the number of passenger vehicles and commercial vehicles that the vessels can carry in one load.

    Building a new ferry was seen as a better option than rebuilding existing ferries, because rebuilds also face the difficulty of finding replacement parts as well

    as having a more limited life span.

    At the moment, MOT is seeking proposals from con-tractors to build the ferry, Mounteney told the crowd, and will be looking to have certain requirements met. These requirements have been developed by studying current industry models, she said, and MOT is looking for a vessel to be built that would have the capacity to carry 80 passenger vehicles, travel up to 11 knots, carry 250 passengers, not have the weight restrictions of the current ferries, and that would be able to accommo-date industry and economic growth in the area.

    The new vessel is slated to be ready in 2014, she added, and the contractor will also be required to give a presentation to the com-munity as well.

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    THE CANADIAN PRESSNELSON, B.C. - A woman

    from Salt Lake City, Utah, and a man from London, England, have been identi-fied as the two victims of a large avalanche that top-pled a group of heli-skiers in British Columbia.

    The two were part of a guided group of ski-ers on the slopes of the Bonnington Mountain Range.

    The heli-ski operator had several other employ-ees guiding groups on near-by slopes when they saw the slide roll over the group

    Wednesday morning.Dead are 32-year-old

    Katie Aring of Salt Lake City and 31-year-old Ryan Keene of London.

    RCMP Cpl. Dan Moskaluk says the group had just finished a run and was preparing to be picked up by a helicopter when snow let loose from the ridge above the group.

    Police say the guide ordered everyone to run, but the snow buried four in the group, and while the two victims were pulled out within minutes they couldnt be revived.

    Thursdays story, Pacific Coastal Beefs Up Service To Trail, erroneously reported that a new addition-al flight will depart from the Trail Airport Sunday through Friday just after 8 p.m. In fact, the flight to the Vancouver Airport will leave at about 6 p.m.

    FOR THE RECORD

    Avalanche victims identified

    BY MEGAN COLENelson Star

    The future of Nelsons controversial dog bylaw is still in limbo.

    The Nelson Business Association made a presentation to council at Mondays committee of the whole meeting after several months of meetings around issues they feel are important to the downtown core.

    The three topics presented by Margaret Stacey on behalf of the association were sandwich boards, the amen-ity areas and the dog bylaw.

    I think they came up with lots of good ideas for sev-eral different issues in the downtown core, said mayor John Dooley. Well have to see what the outcome is with council.

    Stacey proposed council look at allowing leashed dogs on Baker Street on a six month trial period.

    The association would like to see the trial in place by tourist season.

    Stacey said the no-dog bylaw has become a problem for many downtown merchants who have found tourists dont wish to travel to Nelson because of the bylaw.

    Councillor Robin Cherbo voiced his concerns about amending the bylaw, saying dogs have been banned at Kokanee Glacier Park because too many were off leash.

    There are dog owners that dont listen, said Cherbo.Stacey suggested the climate around dogs in Nelson has

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    By-elections called Thursday in Chilliwack-Hope and Port Moody-Coquitlam follow a blitz of community recreation grants in the regions.

    Chilliwack MLA John Les handed out $1.8 million in pro-jects in his vacant neighbour-ing constituency in recent days. They include $250,000 for a field in Chilliwack, $37,575 to upgrade Hope Community Recreation Park, $400,000 for a rec centre in Harrison Hot Springs, $750,000 for a gym expansion in Agassiz, $336,800 to upgrade the pool in Boston Bar, and $114,567 to expand a wetland trail in Popkum.

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    Just because theres a bye-lection on the horizon doesnt mean that [communities in the riding] are cut off from fund-ing, Les said.

    A total of 93 projects were approved for funding, which called for local governments to submit applications and put up matching funds.

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    Jean Bowerman has a place to live thanks to a generous offer from people she had never met. Bowerman and her husband lost their home in last weeks wind storm because they didnt have insurance.

    Couple back on their feet thanks to generosity of strangers

    BY KIRSTEN DOUGLASCampbell River Mirror

    An older couples nightmare has a happy ending because of the kindness of strangers.

    Last week Jean and Wayne Bowerman were left homeless after an old Douglas Fir crashed through the RV they were living in at Shelter Bay Resort.

    Four days later, the couple received an offer that changed their lives.

    John and Heather Olney came across the Bowermans story in the local newspaper and that same day,

    made a call that would help the Bowermans get back on their feet.

    Heather Olney reached out to Jean Bowerman and offered her the couples 26-foot long Travelaire trailer.

    Olney said the trailer was just sitting in the driveway and hadnt been used in two years, was still in good shape and came equipped with a microwave, fridge, oven all the things the Bowermans would need to make it a home.

    Bowerman accepted the trailer, and offered the Olneys some

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    Not only that, Bowerman said the Olneys filled the trailer with bedding, dishes, cutlery, a toaster, a ket-tle and other cooking utensils.

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    Thats a big thing to give a stranger. Im overwhelmed. Waynes freaking out. Its been a crazy, crazy week.

    Since the powerful wind storm, Bowerman said she hasnt slept, worrying that other trees could come down, and reliving the acci-dent.

    Similar acts of kind-ness have been com-ing in from strangers and friends all week, Bowerman said.

    Some people offered us money, a couple of people have offered us trailers and places to stay until we could get set up, Bowerman said. Its been unreal.

    Last week, Bowerman said she could not believe how fast the tree had come down and taken her home.

    This week, Bowerman was over-whelmed to see how quickly things had turned around.

    Its all happened in the blink of an eye. Its been a roller coaster, Bowerman said. There are definitely some heroes.

    THE CANADIAN PRESSCAYCUSE - Five

    teenagers have sur-vived two cold, snowy nights on a remote logging road on Vancouver Island after their truck ran out of gas, leaving them with no cellphone service and without any emer-gency supplies.

    RCMP say two women and three men, aged 17 to 19,

    set off Monday in a four-wheel drive truck down the road that was covered in deep snow, but ran out of fuel near Lake Cowichan.

    Cpl. Warren Potter says there was no cell-phone service in the area, preventing the teens from calling for help, so they spent the first night inside the truck without any emergency supplies

    such as candles, blan-kets or warm cloth-ing.

    On Tuesday, one of the teens hiked to the community of Caycuse, about 14 kilometres away, and called his father for help, but they could not reach the others because of weather and road conditions.

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    Thousands of striking students march down the streets of Montreal as they demonstrate against tuition hikes Thursday.

    MASSIVE DEMONSTRATION

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    new operators of a suburban Montreal bar promise to showcase the big hair of 1980s tribute bands, stacks of jumbo chicken wings and, perhaps, even a mechanical bull.

    But to ensure the watering hole could add the critical com-ponent of booze to that list they had to promise to do away with one thing: live hip-hop and rap performances.

    Quebecs liquor-control board told the incoming managers of Le Pionnier, or The Pioneer, to outlaw the two music genres if they wanted any hope of acquiring a licence to serve booze.

    An anti-racism group says the move smacks of discrimination against black people and a Facebook page is calling for a boycott of

    the bar. But the venues co-

    owner, who took over the bar last fall, said she

    had no choice but to agree because the joint needs to serve suds to survive.

    THE CANADIAN PRESSOTTAWA - For every

    New Democrat bang-ing a thunderstick on the convention floor in Toronto this weekend, there will be 30 more banging on their key-boards at home.

    The system by which NDP members will chose their new leader marks a major change for political conven-tions, political experts say, with mixed results for both the process and the party.

    The majority of NDP members are expected to cast a ballot in advance online polls, which close Friday. For those ballots, members ranked their choices for leader.

    The rest will vote in real time in rounds of balloting, either at the convention in Toronto or online from wher-ever they are.

    Of the partys 128,000 members, only about 4,000 will be at the convention. Most will be watching - and voting - from afar.

    It will be quite dif-ferent, particularly given that people will be watching from a dis-tance so they will be very interested in the state-ments by the leader-ship candidate and theyll be making their judgment independent from what is happening

    at the convention and the buzz thats created there, said Professor Kathy Brock of Queens University in Kingston, Ont.

    At political con-ventions of yester-year, votes were held on site. As candidates dropped off the ballot, theyd throw their sup-port behind someone else, creating schools of delegates swimming across convention floors behind the newly chosen one.

    But with thousands watching the conven-tion online, sites such as Twitter and Facebook could end up as fertile fishing grounds for what votes remain after the preferential ballots are counted.

    The campaign that is equipped to contact their supporters to make sure that they partici-pate in the second bal-lot, and to get messages out to the supporters of other candidates look-ing for their support, through social media or some other online way will certainly be at an advantage, said William Cross, a polit-ical science professor at Carleton University in Ottawa.

    All seven candidates for leader have a social media component to their campaigns.

    Heading into the final days, Thomas Mulcair and Nathan Cullen are almost tied when it comes to mentions on Twitter,

    said Jim Donnelly, director of content at MediaMiser, which has tracked the candidates social-media presence.

    Donnelly said one thing thats surprised him is how many people have been casting their ballots, then turning to social media to declare how they voted.

    It used to be that kind of information was never shared, he said.

    People seem to

    be losing a bit of that boundary of public and privacy which is great from an observ-ers point of view, Donnelly said.

    At Paul Dewars campaign office, work-ers keep an eye on social media for men-tions of possible votes going their way and then pick up the phone to call the person if they can, said Dewars cam-paign spokesperson Joe Cressy.

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    OPINION

    Accountability key to sustaining health careWeve heard it from many quarters now: the fiscal sus-tainability of Canadas health care system is under threat as health expendi-tures are increasing faster than government revenues.

    Rising health care budgets are largely attribut-able to increased utilization of medical technologies, drugs and health human resources, as recent studies attest (although population increase and aging also have some, smaller effect). Also driving costs is an increasing burden of chronic disease, which includes conditions such as obesity, diabetes, hypertension, heart disease, stroke, cancer, mental health conditions, muscle and joint disease, and others.

    The solution lies in noth-ing less than a transforma-tion of our primary health care system in Canada. We need to provide comprehen-sive, integrated, commun-ity-based services which will improve population health, reduce inequities, reduce health care expenditures and contribute to the sus-tainability of our publicly-funded health system.

    One essential step toward this transformation would be a coordinated Pan-Canadian effort to develop indicators and databases that will sup-

    port accountability in health care and drive the required changes.

    The truth is, we already know how to reduce the burden of chronic disease.

    Chronic dis-eases are to a very large extent caused by the conditions under which we grow, live, learn, play, work and engage with each other and our communities.

    These include our food, physical activity, use of alcohol, drugs and tobacco, employment and working conditions, income, early development, education, housing and the environ-ment.

    While many of these fac-tors lie within social, pol-itical and economic realms outside of the health care system, there is still much the health care system can do to prevent and manage chronic disease and reduce its impact on the health of the population and health care expenditures.

    The health care system was designed long ago to attend to a high prevalence of acute, infectious disease rather than our current pat-tern where chronic condi-tions prevail.

    The old business model

    p r o v i d e s poor ser-vice for p e o p l e today with c h r o n i c conditions, particularly when there are several co-existing i l l n e s s e s . As a result,

    the current primary care system is characterized by poor access and prolonged waits for patients, a lack of attachment to a provider, time-limited consultations and repeated, unnecessary clinic visits. It has become inefficient and wasteful of resources and hence is con-tributing to public and pro-fessional dissatisfaction and rising health expenditures.

    There are a few funda-mental changes that could significantly improve qual-ity of care and reduce health care costs.

    Primary health care organizations should serve a geographically-defined population and provide comprehensive services that include health pro-motion, health protection, prevention and clinical care through integrated inter-professional teams.

    These teams should include public health pro-fessionals, community care

    and social agencies as well as family physicians, nurses, nurse practitioners, phar-macists and many others. This may be best achieved through development of facilitated networks, and with aligned financial incentives that may include a blended payment model.

    Electronic data systems, such as electronic health records (EHR) and popula-tion data systems and qual-ity improvement programs could also improve health efficiencies.

    Finally, we need a govern-ance structure that allows the people being served to have a voice in health qual-ity improvements, and for providers to be accountable to those being served.

    It should also promote a culture that is focussed on positive relationships between and among provid-ers, patients and the com-munity.

    But how can such a massive transformation be achieved?

    The federal government has announced that for the 2014 Health Accord, the Canada Health Transfer will continue ($30B per year) with an escalator of 6 per cent until 2017 (some-what reduced after that). However, like the health agreements of govern-ments past, there has been

    no mention of direct meas-ures for accountability by the provinces to the federal government.

    With no accountability in place, how can we be sure our opportunity for health system transformation wont be missed?

    The federal government has offered a possible solu-tion: the development of common metrics.

    Such indicators, when supported by appropriate data, would enable track-ing progress on the fun-damental changes needed to transform our health system, and allow jurisdic-tions to make comparisons of system change related to service, and outcomes relat-ed to improved health and reduced inequities.

    What gets measured gets done, in other words. But this will require resources and cooperation among the provinces.

    Developing metrics may not sound sexy but could be what improves account-ability, performance and sustainability in Canadas publicly funded health care system.

    John Millar is an expert advisor to EvidenceNetwork.ca, a comprehensive and non-partisan online resource designed to help journalists covering health policy issues in Canada.

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    Its a little message that, as far as Canadian consumers are concerned, their eyes might be bigger than their stomachs. Or, more to the point, their dreams may be larger than their finan-cial realities can bear.

    Its only baby steps, but Canadas Superintendent of Financial Institutions is in the midst of developing new rules to make it harder for financial institutions to give mortgages to the overextended among us - and there are a fair number of people who, if interest rates rise even marginally, are going to find themselves in that group.

    The rule changes are not tremendously onerous: they require banks to be more rigor-ous about homebuyers and their monthly finances, taking into account things like home heat-ing bills and other costs - and how those costs would affect a customers monthly budget - before agreeing to mortgages.

    It means collecting more

    detailed information about bor-rowers and their ability to pay before lending them money.

    The rules also mean banks would have to be more vigilant about the actual value of the properties they plan to let peo-ple mortgage. Its a bunch of little nudges to try and tighten up credit for people who cant grasp that they are playing too close to the edge of the cliff.

    If the people wont move away from the edge of the cliff, you can always try to move the cliff away from the people.

    What it all means, of course, is something that most people know in their gut anyway - and thats the fact that cheap credit is an oft-irresistible siren.

    Why settle for what you have, when you can borrow and have more?

    Canadians have been warned time and again that our personal debt loads are becoming unsus-tainable.

    The U.S. property bubble and market crash didnt seem to dent our love affair with cheap

    borrowing, and individual debt has continued to balloon.

    A fair proportion of Canadians seem unable or unwilling to look at their debt, consider a two per cent increase in interest rates, and do the basic math about what that increase would do to their monthly payments.

    Theres a message in the new rules, and the message is that consumers dont seem to be able to avoid the guilty pleasure of overreaching their means. Since they cant say no, government agencies are looking at ways to say no for them.

    Why not just let the careless grasshoppers among us stagger over the edge into fiscal calam-ity?

    Perhaps because, as weve seen south of the border, burst-ing fiscal bubbles are not just a hazard to those who are reaching their personal tipping points - it can be a hazard to the Canadian economy as a whole, as well as to those who borrow frugally and live well within the confines of their incomes.

    Living on borrowed time

    Over a short time span of two and-a-half days, 616 citizens of Rossland signed a peti-tion urging the mayor, council, city planner and ISL Engineering to retain the angle park-ing on the north side of Columbia between the post office and the old Bank of Montreal building.

    Many more citizens were disappointed that they missed signing the petition.

    This petition was presented to council on March 5.

    This is not a vocal minority of naysayers. These are citizens of all ages from all walks of life that are getting frustrated and angry because their voices are not being heard.

    If the very influen-tial group that is push-ing for the complete proposed Columbia revitalization project actually talked to the

    general population they would know how strong feelings are on this issue.

    Granted a few peo-ple that signed the peti-tion do not want any change at all, just like the few people that want all the changes. There is more than just those two options.

    Why must it all be one way or the other, cannot a compromise be made? Build the bump out bulbs, they

    will make the street safer and pedestrian friendly. Beautify our already generous side-walk space and leave the angle parking.

    Please build the parking lots behind the credit union and beside the thrift shop, we need all the parking spaces we can get these days as it is getting difficult to find a space at any time of the day.

    Patricia FleischerRossland

    Rossland should listen to parking concerns

    As you may have heard, the B.C. government is cutting its funding to post-secondary edu-cation by $70 million over the next three years. These new cuts, plus cuts from previous years, have resulted in a budget deficit of over $1 million for Selkirk College. The government claims that this new budget can be met through only administrative cuts, but the presidents of the 25 publicaly funded universities and colleges in B.C. disagree.

    The truth is, the ever-shrink-ing budget has finally resulted in the loss of services. On March 5 the Selkirk College adminis-tration announced that all of the second-year science courses (including math and econom-ics), the entire Engineering and Philosophy programs and the second years of the three two-year arts degrees offered at the Kootenay School of the Arts

    were being cut due to lack of funding. Although the admin-istration also claims that this will not affect the courses still offered, I know that I would not have attended Selkirk if I had not been able to complete two years of study, and I have spo-ken to many first-year students who feel the same. These cuts will cost Selkirk revenue and students that it cannot afford to lose.

    The budget may make them necessary, but the programs lost should not be those at the heart of Selkirks mission and success.

    On behalf of everyone who benefits from the continued success of Selkirk College, I am standing up and asking the gov-ernment to value it as much as I do. If you value an available post-secondary education for students of all ages and walks of life, respect for enthusiastic

    teachers and many benefits for the entire Kootenay region, I ask that you stand up with me and help to ensure that Selkirk College is here in the years to come to continue giving back to all of us. Sign the petition at www.change.org/petitions/minister-of-advanced-educa-tion-reject-proposed-course-suspensions-address-funding-needs-of-rural-colleges, join the Save Our Selkirk Facebook group and come out to support us as we address the board of governors at their meeting on Tuesday March 27, 4:30 p.m. in the Pit at the Castlegar Campus (with dinner afterwards gener-ously provided by the Selkirk College Students Union) as we ask them to repeal the cuts and work with us to secure Selkirks future.

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    While working in Vancouver, she met and married her husband, Hal. A short time later they moved to Trail and made it their home.

    Jean was predeceased by her husband in 1977. Jean is survived by her three broth-ers Bob, Jerry, and Ken Gray. She will be greatly missed by her daughters; Lori Beetstra and Rona (Rob) Robinson, her grandchildren; Steve (Randi), Graham, Megan, and Kyle, and great-grandsons; Tate and Neely.

    She will be fondly remembered as a caring and generous person who enjoyed spending time with friends and family. Her family would like to thank the staff of Home Support and Columbia View Lodge for their kindness.

    A private family memorial will be held a later date. Al Grywacheski of Alternatives Funeral and Cremation Services is entrusted with the arrangements.

    ***BAYMAN, JUNE, (NEE JEROS) died

    March 16, 2012 surrounded by family in Kelowna, BC at age 74.

    Survived by husband Gerry, one daugh-ter, one son, three grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren, mother Rita Ross, sister Lorraine (Peter) Fitzgerald of Trail, BC, numer-ous nieces, nephews and cousins. Predeceased by her father John Jeros and stepfather Reg Ross.

    A memorial service will be held March 27, 2012 at 1pm, Trinity Baptist Church, Kelowna, BC.

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    OBITUARIES

    THE CANADIAN PRESSLast summer Kelly Lovell

    decided to create her own charitable initiative. The Waterloo, Ont., native had been an active volunteer for three years and wanted to run a major fundraiser before she headed to university in the fall.

    After founding Dollars for Dreams - which would raise money for Save the Children without any backing from other organizations - Lovell planned a gourmet bake sale at a local mall. All went smoothly until she took some regulatory forms to mall man-agement in person.

    I started to get some prob-lems because they realized how young I was, says Lovell, who was 19 at the time.

    People dont expect youth to have the abilities to do things like this, to be in the workforce, to be successful or organize events, and thats huge discrimination right there.

    As the latest national fig-ures show youth engagement in volunteering surging ahead, Lovells experience under-scores the age discrimination many young Canadians are trying to overcome.

    In her case, after repeat-edly showing that she had met all regulatory requirements, Lovell said she got a call from the mall a day before her event and was told her sale couldnt go ahead. She then had to call

    the corporation which ran the mall and get them to override local managements decision.

    They just dont trust you. They always think youre up to something or that you dont have enough experience, she says.

    Such barriers are exactly what Volunteer Canada is try-ing to help youth break down.

    A report from the organ-ization - which identifies itself as the national voice for vol-unteerism in Canada - found that youth are generally seen as being in need of services instead of being perceived as a group with skills that can con-tribute to volunteer initiatives. It also found a feeling among youth that their opinions and insights arent valued, respect-ed or taken into account.

    Meanwhile, the latest fig-

    ures from Statistics Canadas Survey of Giving, Volunteering and Participating released Wednesday show that todays youth are far from disen-gaged.

    In fact, it found Canadians aged 15 to 24 volunteered more than any other age group in 2010 at a rate of 58 per cent. That beats the overall national rate of 47 per cent.

    Despite the high rates of engagement, however, youth volunteers didnt put in as many hours as older Canadians.

    Young people are very engaged, but they contribute the fewest number of hours. We really need to make sure that theyre getting what they want out of a volun-teer opportunity, says Ruth MacKenzie, president and

    CEO of Volunteer Canada.We found that they feel

    discriminated against when theyre looking for volun-teer opportunities, there was assumptions made that they dont have the skills.

    In trying to sustain youth volunteer efforts, Volunteer Canada recently worked with Manulife Canada to develop a suite of online tools which help tap into youth potential. They include a self-assessment tool that helps youth identify skills and interests they can apply to volunteering. A tip sheet on how organizations can become more youth-friendly will soon be online as well.

    Young people are highly committed and more tech-savvy than other generations, said MacKenzie. Theres a real opportunity here to take them seriously and offer them real responsibility in volunteer roles.

    Malika Ladha knows the value of volunteering and con-tinually advocates for youth to be taken more seriously in their efforts to help their com-munities.

    The major thing is not to have a position where youth are tokenized or patron-ized, says the 20-year-old, who is the chair of Albertas YouthVOLUNTEER! Society, which helps implement youth-based initiatives.

    Its important to really provide them with that mean-ingful stuff.

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    Albertas Youth Volunteer executive director Leslie Oliver (left) and volunteer Andree Patenaude in Calgary.

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    Family bound for two-year African adventureBY STEVEN JESSEL

    Invermere Valley EchoThe Falk family always thought

    that someday theyd like to go overseas to do volunteer work, but they didnt always think it would be quite so soon.

    Weve always kind of had this idea in our mind that someday we would probably go and do some-thing international, Joy Falk said. But maybe it would be when our kids were done high school.

    However, that all changed when the Falks heard from a family friend that there was a need for volunteers in the city of Niamey in the African country of Niger.

    Upon looking at the informa-tion about what kinds of volun-teers were needed, the Falks found a position for both Joy, who is a

    kindergarten teacher, and Stacey, who works with construction. The Falks ended up getting into con-tact with an organization called Teach Beyond, and before you know it, the Falks had committed to a two-year stay volunteering in Niger.

    The people that know us well, they havent been surprised, Joy said. They have been very sup-portive, and weve had a lot of comments about what a great fit it is for our family.

    The Falks and their two daugh-ters, Brianna, 12, and Rebekah, 9 will be working for and attending the Sahel Academy in Nigers cap-ital, a city of roughly 1.3 million people. Joy will be teaching kin-dergarten while Stacey will serve as a construction supervisor, and

    their daughters will be attending the academy as students.

    When we first told [our daughters] they got really excited about it, Joy said. There is a lot of apprehension for all of us, leaving your friends and all that is familiar behind... but were all excited and were looking forward to the adventure it will be for us as a family, and how it will broaden our perspectives and strengthen us.

    There will be a lot of things for the family to get used to, not the least of which will be the weather. With temperatures ranging into the high 40s in a congested city like Niamey, health concerns are a very real risk.

    It is a very busy city, and its a culture where relationships are

    very important, Joy said. Its about the people, and we have to accept the cultural differences and not see one as right, or wrong, or bad, but that they are differ-ent and that they have their own strengths.

    There is also a significant lan-guage barrier to overcome, as the predominant language in Niger is French. Joy says this is one area where their daughters have a leg up, thanks to their learning French in school. The family has also made contact with several members of the staff of the Sahel Academy, one of whom will be taking the family under their wing while they get situated and get adjusted to the language.

    School begins at the academy August 8, and the family would

    obviously like to be there for the first day of school, which means leaving in mid July. However, since their positions are voluntary, this leaving date is also contingent on the Falks raising the funds.

    The family plans on having a garage sale or possibly a bake sale, but in the meantime dona-tions can be made either though their website or by contacting the family directly.

    We want to make a difference in the lives of others, Joy said.

    We want to have a different experience, and to even have a life filled with gratitude, to help us realize what we have here and how blessed we are.

    For more information or how to donate, visit the Falks website at falks.ca.

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    The evening started with a welcome to all Scouting members and to special guests representing the local Municipalities of Trail, Montrose, Fruitvale and the United Way of Trail and District.

    Following this all stood to sing O Canada which was then followed by the Candle Ceremony to reaffirm the promises for all sections. This was done by leader and youth representing each sec-tion, they in turn read a saying and lit the appro-priate candle and then had all members of their section stand and say their promise.

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    Kiwanis Shield- Troop Proficiency-- 6th Trail Troop

    Jake Staats Troop Camp Award - 6th Trail Troop

    Eager Beaver Award- outstanding adult helper Sheila MacKay

    Special Events Award - Linda Anderson & Heather Hamer

    Newton Sherwood Appreciation Award Leader Jennifer Ellis 2nd Rossland

    Lindsay Cross Memorial Top Cub Award Julia Halbert 1st Beaver Valley

    John Shannon Memorial Top Scout Award Colton Ashby 1st Beaver Valley

    Brian Card Memorial Venturers - 6th Trail Company

    Scouts Canada In Appreciation Award United Way of Trail And District for their on going support of Scouting in the Greater Trail

    Area The two youth awards were well deserved by

    both Julia Halbert and Colton Ashby, both these members have shown not only their dedication to the Scouting principals, but also their willingness to help others when needed.

    Over the past year both have come forward in their own ways to help other members in the organization and to their community. It is a pleas-ure to work with them both and when given a task they have always done it with good spirits. Julia has shown her people skills with in the Group and especially at summer camp when other campers were feeling down.

    Colton was always ready to help with what ever project was to be worked on and in getting supplies ready for meetings and events. He has been eager to help and to always want to learn.

    The different representatives were given a chance to speak, all bringing greetings from their Councils and talking about what Scouting has done in the Communities and Mayor Boggs spoke of his roles in Scouting in years past.

    The final ticket on the agenda was the inves-titure of the newly formed 107th Baden Powell Guild-Friends Of Camp Tweedsmuir

    All members present were called up and in one joint ceremony, with all holding onto the Canadian flag, and Trail Mayor Dieter Bogg as a past member of Scouting accepting their promise, the group repeated their promise in front of all present.

    The Guild is for past and present members of Scouting and Guiding along with family and friends. Their purpose is to support the leaders and groups of the area by helping at events, pass-ing on skills and knowledge from their years in the movement and to help with the day to day support of Camp Tweedsmuir.

    If any past members would like to find out information about joining the Guild, please con-tact Heather at 250-367-7453. We are always looking for more members.

    Scouts celebrate Lord Baden Powells birthday

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    The annual awards ceremony rec-ognized the efforts of Julia Habert (left) and Colton Ashby (above).

    THE CANADIAN PRESSTORONTO -

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  • RELIGIONA10 www.trailtimes.ca Friday, March 23, 2012 Trail Daily Times

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    Jesus Clears the TempleAt: http://www.inheritthemirth.com/estore/images/clears-the-temple.jpg youll nd the image our kids gave me a few years ago. It occupies a central place in my ofce. The kids do not attend church; describe themselves as generally agnostic; have caused me to wonder about my hypocrisy as only teenagers could; and have generally shown a distrust of the church and its teachings that is typical of our society today.

    And yet. And yet. They gave me this image.

    Jesus clears the temple.

    My call into ministry is grounded in the part of Jesus ministry I have most upheld: ministry amongst the marginalized; founded in the manger; born into poverty; issuing from rural communities of farmers and shers. Responding to power by rmly reminding all that we are created by the same God, living in the same world, bound under the same covenants. All creation, all creatures. Calling for re-cognition of our interdependence; to live in relationships of loving care and mutual support, relationships covenanted with God at creations dawn.

    My images of Jesus - of his ministry. Love mixed in with whips and table tossings.

    Jesus clears the temple.

    There has always been a covenant. When we take upon ourselves a hubris that belies our position in creation, we are reminded. We are reminded in the failure of the salmon, the collapse of the cod, the silting of the waterways, the deserted sands blowing over empty cities. In the hollow bellies of our children, in the cries of the wounded. In the plastic whirlpools overtaking the oceans, we are reminded. The children know that, they dont need to be reminded, it is a fact and a concern

    of their existence, a future that is now, a covenant made with them and broken before their birth.

    And yet. And yet. They gave me this image.

    Jesus clears the temple.

    In this day, the children see churches as empty buildings lled with forgotten rituals. In this day, whether we sing of old crosses made rugged, or praise the holy name of God with arms upheld and calls to Lord Jesus fresh upon our lips, the children nd no nurture in our pews. In this day, whether we say we are respectful of diversity and love in all its forms, or harshly judge the actions of another, the children see no sanctuary within our gates.

    And yet. And yet. They gave me this image.

    Jesus clears the temple.

    Jesus entered into the most holy of holy places. Turning the tables, he put the strong into relationship with the weak. Reminding his people of the covenant, he called the world into memory too. Jesus made room where systems and services had plugged it up and closed it off. Jesus cleared the temple.

    The children have given me this image: Jesus doing what he has always done best. Clearing the Temple. Making room for covenant to ourish once again.

    Jesus has cleared the temple.

    Where will he take us now?

    And why is he smiling?

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    THE CANADIAN PRESSMONTREAL - As Montreals populist arch-

    bishop calls it a career, his cerebral successor enters at a time of dwindling numbers at the pews and a shortage of priests.

    Archbishop Christian Lepine was named to the post this week by Pope Benedict XVI and says hes ready to be open and listen, and to be proactive and spread the gospel to families and youth where they live.

    Lepine, 60, takes over from Jean-Claude Cardinal Turcotte, who held the post for 22 years at Canadas second-largest Catholic diocese before announcing his intention to retire last year after he turned 75, the mandatory age of retire-ment according to church rules.

    Lepine treaded carefully in his first media appearance, saying hes humbled to have been chosen for the job.

    Its a great task, but its not something I can do alone, Lepine said Wednesday. With God, with prayer, and with other bishops, with priests, with other laypeople, we can do it.

    Turcottes resignation was accepted on Tuesday, at the same time as Lepines promo-tion.

    Lepine was ordained in 1983, was a pastor at various Montreal-area churches and spent two years at the Vatican. He was named auxiliary bishop last year.

    Lepine said his goal is to reach out and unite people. He explained that on controversial issues, his approach will be based on respect for the per-son and focus on dialogue and listening rather than on confrontation.

    We live in a society where there is often opposition, contradiction and it makes it diffi-cult for people to come together and discover as human beings, we share the same values, Lepine said.

    I think the church has a role to learn to bring people together.

    Asked about the place of the church in a secu-lar society, Lepine said he hopes the church has the freedom to speak and give its message. He said the separation of church and state is good in the sense that it accepts freedom of religion.

    Turcotte said he is glad to let Lepine, a Montrealer, take over the job in a community he knows well. He says Lepine brings an infusion of youth despite his 60 years.

    The outgoing archbishop says he had plenty of advice for his successor.

    Turcotte noted that hes a bit of a joker; hes known for his affable disposition and media savvy, such as using hockey examples to illustrate points about religion. But his successor is appar-ently a more intellectual, serious individual.

    The elder cardinal says that difference in char-acter is welcome.

    He doesnt have the same personality as me and thats a good thing, said Turcotte, noting that he was also different than his predecessors.

    I am myself and hes going to be himself. Hes more calm than I am. I like to make jokes and hell have to learn to make jokes, Turcotte said with a laugh.

    In addition to his personal disposition, Turcotte is also known for having taken a public stand against abortion, famously returning his Order of Canada after pro-choice activist Henry Morgentaler was named to the order in 2008.

    A Quiet Revolution-era priest, Turcotte remembers a time when the Catholic faith was a way of life in Quebec. Today, with church attend-ance paltry and this society staunchly secular, the priestly vocation requires a lot more faith.

    Its important to have a church that convinces people - its the most difficult thing to do. We have to get away from the past and live with the future, Turcotte said. Im not a prophet, I dont have a crystal ball. But I have faith, and Im sure that things are going to change.

    New archbishop brings new attitude to Montreal diocese

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    Rock Cut Neighbourhood Pub owner, Darrin Booth and staff, Justin Zattleman, prepare for the Spring Fling. The Rock Cut staff along with Canadian Cancer Society volunteers Deborah Shergold and Dorothy Northrup invite you out on March 28 beginning at 5pm. There will be live entertain-ment, door prizes and activities. Proceeds benefit the Canadian Cancer Society Support Services. For tickets and info contact 250-364-0403 or 250-362-9649.

    SPRING FLING

    Sleep can be allusive for some folks. I always ask about a per-sons sleep patterns, because, if you are not sleeping well, it can cause all sorts of imbalances in the body. It is extremely important that you get at least seven-to-eight hrs/night uninterrupted sleep so the body can recover completely and optimize wellness.

    1. One of the essen-tial steps is to try and go to bed at the same time everyday and get up at the same time every-day. The body really likes to be in a rhythm and therefore minimiz-es stress on the adrenal glands knowing what to expect.

    2. Secondly, every hour of sleep before midnight is worth two hours after midnight. Again, this has to do with adrenal recovery. The adrenal glands are responsible to handle stressors throughout the day and react to them properly. Due to many peoples life-styles, I find the adrenal glands are often compromised and/or imbal-anced.

    3. One of the most important causes of sleep disturbances is vari-ous components in what we drink.

    The one I most commonly see is coffee and black/green tea or Yerba Mate/Honeybush/Chinese or Rooibos teas. These are all acidic, which leach Calcium and Magnesium from the bones and can contribute to acid reflux/heartburn, but, are also stimulants, no matter when you drink them.

    Alcohol can also affect sleep. Again, it puts a load on the liver to detoxify and because the liver is most active at night, you will wake if the liver is weak or over-loaded.

    4. Other compounds that can affect sleep are thyroid preparations, oral contraceptives-birth contol pills, steroids (including inhalers), beta-blocker medications for the heart, so, if you are on any of these medications and sleep seems to be an issue, you may need to talk to your practitioner and possibly switch medications.

    5. Food can also affect sleep. Sugar and chocolate are stimulants for the adrenal, so, again, try to use these once in awhile.

    6. Always be aware that any fast foods or refined/processed foods that have a myriad of chemicals also makes the liver work hard to de-toxify, so limit these as much as possible. Also

    remember that white anything-flour/sugar/pasta/rice/potatoes also act as stimulants because they release sugar into the bloodstream much more quickly than whole grained foods, so, again, act as a stimulant stressor and requires the adrenal to respond.

    7. Another strategy that will help is to seek counselling to help you identify your stressors and learn tech-

    niques to handle them more effectively.

    8. Use support for the adrenal gland, which is one of the organs that is responsible for sleep. Consider supplementing with ideal levels of Vitamin C and a B com-plex with B5 is essen-tial. Herbs that sup-port the adrenal gland are Siberian ginseng, Withania, Licorice, Holy Basil, Nettles and some

    of the calming herbs such as Lemon balm, chamomile, hops and skullcap.

    9. Also consider using support for the production of serotonin that helps initiate sleep. One of the best ways to do this is to get sunshine or be out-doors for at least 30 minutes per day, preferably during your lunch hour. The sunshine hits the back of the ret-ina that helps convert raw materials to serotonin.

    10. Low night time blood sugar promotes waking. Therefore, ensure adequate protein in meals, especially supper.

    11. Regular exercise improves sleep and helps the adrenals handle stressors more effectively without over-reacting, therefore, include 40 minutes in a daily routine and being outside would be the best.

    12. Restless legs is a common cause of insomnia and is sometimes a folic acid deficiency. This can be an issue in those not absorbing their foods properly and/or have a caf-feine sensitivity.

    13. A simple and effective short term solution is Magnesium glycin-ate. This is a highly concentrated and absorbable form of Magnesium to help settle the system down.

    14. Sleep apnea can also disturb sleep, not only the person with the apnea, but, their partners. One of the most common causes is being over-weight. Also, sinus and nasal conges-tion can often cause improper oxy-gen supply, so, doing a nasal wash on a regular basis will help.

    Dr. Brenda Gill is a naturopath in Rossland. For an appointment call 250-362-5035.

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