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B Y A R T H A R R I S O NTimes Correspondent

A recent report by the Coldwell Banker real estate corporation places Trail in the top-10 for most affordable real estate markets in the country.

Coldwell Banker conducts an annual survey of 74 real estate markets across Canada com-paring the sale price of similar four-bedroom, two-bathroom homes in each area.

This year Trail placed seventh among most afford-able in Canada, with an average four-bed-room, two-bathroom home listing for just over $232,000 while Windsor, Ont. took the top spot at $170,991.

Local Coldwell Banker sales agent, Jack McConnachie,

said there is a fair amount of activity in the local real estate market with a considerable portion of sales being in the $200,000 to $300,000 range, although there are still quite a number of older homes in the area selling for less.

McConnachie is quite positive about the local market, seeing a number of homes going to people moving into the area for work.

“We see some first time buyers but there are a lot of people coming into the area for work too, people being recruited by Teck, Firebird, and the dam project,” McConnachie said.

“We’re seeing some retirees buying as well, some coming into the area to be closer to chil-dren who have gotten work locally.”

McConnachie attributed some of the credit for more people moving into the Trail area to the various committees working to make it a more attractive community, such as the Trail Community in Bloom committee, the mural committee, and groups like the Lower Columbia Community Development Team.

See NAKUSP, Page 3

THE MEN OF MOVEMBERTrail makes top-10

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

As sure as the Columbia River con-tinues to flow south, so do many ques-tions and concerns from Basin residents about the benefits and negative impact of the current Columbia River Treaty (CRT).

The Ministry of Energy, Mines and Natural Gas hosted an open meeting at the Best Western plus Columbia Hotel in Trail on Wednesday to further discuss and request input from Basin residents about the CRT review.

About 60 people attended the even-ing meeting questioning, among other things, how our stateside neighbors fac-tor into the 2014 review.

“We travel to the States to share our perspective with these same presenta-tions,” explained Kathy Eichenberger, executive director of the CRT.

“But we don’t ask them their views on the treaty, that is not our role. That would be interfering with the U.S. pro-cess, we are here to talk to our own citizens.”

Although there have been numer-ous educational open houses in the Columbia River Basin, residents con-tinue to ask for more information on several issues that range from the American point of view and position in the CRT review; the CRT’s environ-mental impact on fisheries, recreation and tourism; the influence of climate

change and how it may influence the CRT in the future; issues related to com-pensation; and scenarios for the future of the CRT.

While Eichenberger was able to field some of the questions, others will require more consultation.

“People in the basin were never con-sulted the first time around,” she said.

“Today is a very different world than 1964, we want the ideas from people liv-ing here to bring forth to government.”

Because there was never any pub-lic consultation before the treaty was signed, the true impact of the CRT on B.C.’s environment will never fully be known.

See CANADA, Page 3

2012 Canadian Home Listing Report

Top-10 ranked by average list price for a four-bedroom, two-bathroom home.Windsor, Ont. $170,991Rimbey, Alta. $201,950Welland, Ont. $218,354New Glasgow, N.S. $218,641Amherst, N.S. $224,662Niagara Falls, Ont. $228,858Trail, B.C. $232,300Smiths Falls, Ont. $232,343Trent Hills, Ont. $237,800Cornwall, P.E.I. $239,750

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Kyle Boutin, Movember leader of team Trail Professional Firefighters Local 941, helped boost donations to a record $1,725, in part by organizing a successful boot drive at Walmart last Sunday. All funds are given to the Movember foundation and used to raise awareness for men’s health, specifically prostate cancer and male mental health initiatives. More pics and the final tally can be viewed on movember.com. The annual campaign ends today.

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The Trail Historical Society has kindly offered photos and stories related to the history of Trail.

As the holiday season approaches, we will soon begin planning our fes-tive get-togethers. In 1895, residents of Trail Creek were busy

making preparations for the town’s earli-est Christmas Ball, which took place at Frank Hanna’s first Opera House along Bay Avenue at Helena Street. At the time, smelter construc-tion was nearly com-plete, the railroad was being laid, and eight

fine hotels graced the streets of Trail Creek, as did a dozen stores. The population was growing and there was much cause for cele-bration.

The festivities com-menced on Christmas Eve at 4:00pm and carried on well into Christmas morning. Thirty couples along with their children attended the gala ball at the Opera House, which began with children’s games and races, a visit from Santa Claus, and the traditional giving of gifts. Each local child

received a gift, as did many of Trail Creek’s dignitaries. Dinner was served fashion-ably late at 1 a.m. to a ravenous crowd. The menu was elaborate and included oysters, salmon, turkey, ham, mutton, suckling pig, prime rib and was fol-lowed by a variety of desserts and treats. Dancing followed and the party eventually came to an end at 4 a.m.

Additional cele-brations took place throughout the city, particularly at the busy hotels filled with

bachelors employed at the new smelter. The Crown Point, the St. Elmo and the Trail House hotels each offered Christmas meals for their num-erous patrons. Hotels were full and lively, as plenty of work was available in the bust-ling town.

Despite the mer-riment, one man remained com-posed through it all. According to reports, Trail Creek’s lone con-stable spent a hectic evening and early Christmas morning diffusing more than two dozen fist fights and tending to “four dozen damaged heads” of residents who sam-pled perhaps too much “liquid hallucination,” as the paper of day reported. A merry Christmas, indeed.

Pick up your copy “Trail Journal of Local History,” at the Trail Historical Society’s office in Trail City Hall, on the website www.trailhistory.com and at Crockett Books in Waneta Plaza.

Christmas Ball brought citizens togetherPHOTO COURTESY TRAIL HISTORICAL SOCIETY

A photo of Trail Creek in 1895, the same year the first edition of the Trail Creek News, now the Trail Times, hit the streets.

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JL Crowe Secondary’s SADD (Students Against Drinking and Driving) stu-dents were at the Beaver Valley Nitehawks game Tuesday night promot-ing their awareness campaign heading into the Christmas season. From the left; Hayley Hutchinson, Nicole McIsaac, Maria Macasso.

FROM PAGE 1“We’ve also got excellent health

care services in the area, with KBRH, the Wellness Centre in East Trail, and the new helipad at the hospital,” he said. “And with Pacific Coastal running three planes a day (in the summer) to Vancouver it all makes it a more attractive place to live.”

The next most affordable B.C. town was nearby Nakusp in 27th place, with Kelowna in 57th and Nelson in 59th. Vancouver once again took last place in Canada for affordability with an average home of the same size costing a stagger-ing $1,876,414.

The real estate firm considers a home of that particular size as being an “aspirational” home, one which a family may be buying up to because of a growing family or a desire for more space after owning a smaller property.

The annual Home Listing Report serves as an analysis of the most expensive and affordable housing markets across North America,

comparing more than 72,000 home listings in more than 2,500 mar-kets.

“Our home listing report cap-tures an insightful look at local market conditions and emerging trends in real estate,” said John Greta, president of Coldwell Banker Canada Operations ULC, in a press release. “Although home prices have reached record highs in many markets across Canada, there are still some affordable options avail-able to home buyers, especially those who are able to work from home, or who make the decision to trade location for commute.”

The most affordable markets in North America this year are all found in the U.S., said the press release.

The most affordable mar-ket is Redford, Mich. a suburb of Detroit with an average list price of $60,490. Redford is followed by College Park, Ga. ($62,080); Detroit, Mich. ($65,155); Cleveland, Ohio ($70,066); and Poinciana, Fla. ($76,341).

Nakusp ranked second in B.C.

B y S h e r i r e g n i e rTimes Staff

This week, the Ministry of Environment announced its commitment to continue the wood stove exchange pro-gram in 2013, by providing grant funding totalling over $192,000 to 14 communities.

The Regional District of Kootenay Boundary (RDKB) will receive $10,500 to spark homeowners with initiative to replace their older wood burn-ers with clean burning, more efficient models.

“We applied for funding for 30 stoves so that is $250 per stove,” said John Vere, RDKB woodstove exchange coordin-ator. “The balance of funding, $3000 is for administrative, advertising and education.”

The next step in receiv-ing the grant funding is for a contract to be signed between

the B.C. Lung Association who issues the funding, and the RDKB.

“The B.C. Lung Association is extremely supportive of the wood stove exchange program and our ongoing partnership with government and partici-pating communities,” said Scott McDonald, executive director in a press release.

Local governments are supporting the program with additional “top up” money to add to the grant, said Vere.

The City of Trail, Village of Fruitvale, and areas A and B will pitch in $100 to increase the refund total to $350 per stove exchange.

As the nights get colder, and more people light up their older wood-burning stoves for warmth, the smoke can affect the health of homeowners and their neighbours by releasing

tiny particles called particu-late matter.

The particulates are small enough to be breathed into the deepest part of the lungs, and may cause various health problems from runny nose and coughing to bronchitis and pneumonia.

Simple changes to the way people burn wood in their stoves or fireplaces can help minimize smoke, increase the heat provided from the wood burning, and limit people’s impact on their neighbours, said Vere.

To qualify for the program, the homeowner must remove an older inefficient wood-burning appliance, and replace it with an EPA approved model of wood, pellet or gas.

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FROM PAGE 1“Part of the prob-

lem is that there was never any baselines established before the dams went in, and we don’t actually know the full extent of what was there,” said George Penfold, consultant to the CRT review.

“Such a vast area was inundated, it is almost impossible to know the full extent of ecological impact, and we cannot look back and really now what was changed,” he explained.

“But for the impacts of the treaty in Canada, the U.S. is not liable.”

The 1964 treaty made provision that Canada be responsible and liable for its own impacts.

“A lot of the e n v i r o n m e n t a l impacts are because of the treaty, but are not really treaty related issues,” said Penfold.

“They are really domestic issues that have to be resolved as part of the B.C. gov-ernment and B.C. Hydro policies.”

B.C. Hydro repre-sentatives were at the meeting to provide an overview of how cli-mate change my influ-ence future CRT deci-sions as well as what the treaty means to the finances of British Columbia.

A technical confer-ence is planned for the CRT review in March 2013; when data will be release from the power company’s ongoing research of dam and reservoir issues.

The CRT is a trans-

boundary water man-agement agreement between the United States and Canada that was signed in 1964.

The treaty grew out of two major challen-ges: devastating flood-ing to areas close to the Columbia River in both Canada and the U.S. and the need for more electricity to support a grow-ing population in the Pacific Northwest.

The purpose of the CRT is to optimize flood management and

power generation.This requires

coordinated operation of reservoirs and water flows for the Columbia River and Kootenay River, on both sides of the border.

The latest date to provide written ter-mination notice is Sept 2014.

“Termination could result in a loss of $100-300 million dol-lars each year to B.C.,” said Basil Stumborg, an analysis expert for B.C. Hydro.

B y T i m e S S T a f fTrail RCMP has identified the

victim of a downtown accident on Wednesday morning.

A press release from the detachment stated that prelim-inary investigation indicates the driver of a minivan, Diane Latondress of Trail, suffered a medical event prior to the col-lision, which occurred at low speed.

Latondress, 71, was trans-ported to the hospital, where she was pronounced deceased.

The accident occurred

at Eldorado St. and Bay Ave. The minivan was proceeding through the intersection when it collided with a parked vehicle on Eldorado St.

The struck vehicle was pushed up onto the sidewalk but did not strike anything else.

There was one passenger sitting in the vehicle that was struck, who may have suffered a minor injury.

Trail RCMP along with West Kootenay Traffic Services and the coroner continue to inves-tigate.

Accident victim identified

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WorkSafeBC officials have completed their investigation into two fatal dust explosions and fires in northern B.C. sawmills earlier this year, and referred the cases to Crown prosecutors for possible charges.

WorksafeBC vice-president Roberta Ellis said Thursday that Crown lawyers will con-sider whether to proceed with charges under the Workers Compensation Act, which could be laid against individuals as well as the companies involved.

Criminal charges were ruled out earlier in the investigation. If Workers Compensation Act charges proceed, the companies could face fines up to more than $500,000 and individuals could be sentenced to fines or up to six months in jail.

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WorkSafeBC for possible administrative penal-ties related to cleaning, ventilation and other conditions at the mills.

Two mill workers died and 20 others were injured when an explosion and fire tore through the Babine Forest Products sawmill in Burns Lake on Jan. 20, 2012. On April 23, a similar explosion killed two workers and injured 22 more at Lakeland Mills in Prince George.

Investigators ruled out natural gas, oil and other fuel sources, leaving fine, dry dust pro-duced from milling wood. The likely ignition source was hot electric motor and gear reducer equipment running wood waste conveyors in low, confined areas of the mills.

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T h e c A N A D I A N P r e S SVANCOUVER - A judge has pronounced man-

datory life sentences for he calls the “brutal and sadistic” torture deaths of two men by two

enforcers for the Greeks drug gang, based in the Vernon area.

Dale Sipes and Leslie Podolski were convicted on Monday in the first-degree murders of David Marniuk in July 2004 and Ronald Thom in May 2005.

Court heard Marniuk was a low-level drug dealer who used drugs he didn’t pay for, and so was duct-taped to a chair and assaulted with a hammer and blow torch before the killers cre-mated his body as punishment.

Thom was mistakenly suspected of being a police informant, so the men lured him into a street and shot him dead in cold-blood.

B.C. Supreme Court Judge Bill Smart says Thom’s death was a challenge to police, which they took up with an expansive investigation that effectively shut down the Greeks’ operations.

Mill fire probe referred to prosecutors

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E n v i r o n m e n t a l Assessment Agency (CEAA) has told Taseko Mines there are major deficiencies in the approach the company has used to assess the cumulative environ-ment effects of the New Prosperity Mine.

In a letter addressed to Taseko dated Nov. 26, panel chair Bill Ross stated: “The approach excludes a number of valued ecosystem com-ponents (VEC) and key indicators from the cumulative effects assessment.”

The letter also states that the information as well as responses to forthcoming requests are required for the panel to determine if the environmental impact statement is sufficient to proceed to public hearing.

After the additional information is sub-mitted, the panel will decide whether or not

to provide a 15-day public comment per-iod, based on the addi-tional information provided, or to proceed to scheduling public hearing.

Responding in a let-ter, dated Nov. 27 John W. McManus, Taseko senior vice president of operations, expressed the company’s dis-appointment.

“It is discouraging that the panel has used an apparent technical-ity to stop the time-line remaining for the panel to complete the review,” he stated.

On Thursday, Xeni Gwetin Chief Marilyn Baptiste said she was not surprised by the panel’s letter.

“I was expecting the panel to say there are deficiencies, not just a few. What’s dishearten-ing and disgraceful is to hear Taseko say it’s a technicality. How is it a technicality? It’s so far beyond a tech-nicality,” Baptiste said, adding the project

should be thrown out altogether.

“Why waste every-body’s time and energy with a project that’s not being taken ser-iously by the com-pany that’s putting it forward? Anyone with common sense knows that a massive open pit mine surrounding a lake will not save that lake or any lake.”

Tsilhqot’in National Government chair Chief Joe Alphonse echoed Baptiste, say-ing it was good news to hear the project’s been delayed.

“It was surpris-ing and not surpris-ing,” Alphonse said of the letters. “Taseko feels it’s going to get the project approved through the politic-al process and not a proper environmental one. It blows me away that they put so much resources into this and yet they are their own worst enemies when they say they don’t want any delays.”

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Canada’s Foreign Minister John Baird addresses the United Nations General Assembly, Thursday

Canada in minority on Palestine voteT H E C A N A D I A N P R E S S

OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird used the podium at the United Nations General Assembly to denounce the world body Thursday for its “utterly regrettable decision” to allow a historic vote on Palestinian statehood.

Baird also sug-gested Canada will take retaliatory meas-ures against the Palestinians for for-cing the statehood issue onto the world stage.

The minister didn’t say what Canada was contemplating, but the obvious option would appear to be sus-pending aid spending to the Palestinians.

U.S. lawmakers on both sides of the polit-ical divide threatened Thursday to cut off aid if the Palestinians used their newfound status against Israel.

A senior Canadian official, who would speak only on condi-tion of anonymity, said

the government would take “thoughtful and deliberate” action in the coming days.

In a detailed speech, Baird recapped the UN’s 65-year efforts to find a peaceful two-state solution between Israel and the Palestinians.

The enduring theme, he argued, was that neither side would take unilateral action as the Palestinians have. And he appeared to blame the UN for indulging them.

“As a result of this body’s utterly regret-table decision to aban-don policy and princi-ple, we will be consid-ering all available next steps,” Baird told the assembly, after flying to New York to person-ally register Canada’s No vote.

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both sides.”The Palestinians

won UN recognition handily: the resolu-tion, which upgrades their status to that of a non-member observer state, was approved by a vote of 138 to 9, with 41 abstentions.

That left Canada in small minority that included Israel and the United States, all of which lobbied hard to block the move as unhelpful to the build-ing of peace in the Middle East.

Baird was among a handful of foreign min-isters who addressed the general assembly Thursday, winning a prime speaking slot among a roster of

orators that included Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Israel UN ambassador, Ron Prosor.

Israel’s Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman also jetted to New York for the meeting.

“The path to peace has historically rested in direct negotiations between the two par-ties to resolve all out-standing issues and it remains the same today. Solutions can only come through the two sides working together,” Baird said.

“This resolution will not advance the cause of peace or spur a return to negotia-tions.”

T H E C A N A D I A N P R E S SOTTAWA - A new report from

Canada’s budget watchdog suggests the Harper government might be in position to spring a good news deficit surprise before the next fed-eral election.

Parliamentary Budget Officer Kevin Page’s analysis on the gov-ernment’s economic update budget projections suggests Finance Minister Jim Flaherty may be painting a bleaker picture than the current slowdown in the economy warrants.

On average, Page’s analysis shows the government may be overestimating the hit to its annual revenues and impact on expenses from a weaker economy by $4.7 billion a year over five years.

That’s a big enough difference to put the government solidly in a surplus position when the finance minister of the day delivers the pre-election budget in the spring of 2015. Instead, the official update anticipates the deficit will be bal-anced a year later, after the October 2015 election mandated by law.

The report does not say the government is purposely cooking the books to make itself look good when it beats expectations. The report leaves the issue unanswered, aside from asking Finance officials for information on how they arrived at their bottom line numbers.

But Page said in an email response to a media inquiry that is one interpretation.

“Finance may have made some technical adjustments to the pro-jections, or there could be polit-ical fiscal management considera-tions,” he wrote.

“The latter could reflect a desire to beat deficit targets, or presenting a fiscal track that encourages more restraint efforts over the medium term to get back to balance.”

A backgrounder from Finance shows at least half the gap stems from a $3 billion carry forward decline in revenues based on a set-back in the 2011-12 budget year.

Finance is anticipating the loss will carry on in subsequent years, which the PBO says suggests Ottawa has reduced the “revenue yield assumptions” from the one-year result.

Flaherty’s director of communi-cations, Chisholm Pothier, said Page appears to be all over the map.

“One day he’s saying our deficit is higher, the next day he’s saying it’s lower,” said Pothier.

TD Bank chief economist Craig Alexander said he had the same question as Page when the update was released on Nov. 13.

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arrived when we start seeing a lot of red as stores eager-

ly hang Christmas decora-tions in pursuit of custom-ers and solvency.

Women’s groups mean-while wave the bloody shirt in commemoration of the Dec. 6, 1989 massacre in which a young man with a gun and a homicidal resentment of women mur-dered 14 female students at the University of Montreal’s engineering school.

What the aim of this campaign is has always eluded me.

In Trail, the Family and individual Resource Centre Society leads the white rib-bon campaign encouraging people not to commit, con-done or tolerate violence against women and girls. A laudable goal, but what about the other half of the population, which is just as likely to be victims of violence as women?

If people want to march around wearing white rib-bons for two weeks every year, that is up to them.

The concern is that it

plays into the fear agenda of the Harper Conservatives, who are merrily increasing prison sentences and build-ing more prisons at a time of declining crime rates and against all informed advice. Neither campaign is likely to have much of an impact.

A study by Statistics Canada published in 2010 indicates that, overall, women and men in this country are equally likely to be victims of violence reported to the police. These crimes include assault, sexual assault, rob-bery, criminal harassment, extortion, uttering threats, forceable confinement, and homicide.

While the rates of vic-timization vary among the categories, the perpetra-tors of violence against both sexes are overwhelm-ingly men. In cases where the sex of the assailant is known, men commit the offences in 90 per cent of the violent crimes.

In terms of victims, women aged 18 to 45 are more likely to be the recipi-ents of violence while in

the older age brackets men are more likely to be vic-tims.

Victimization rates vary widely depending on the type of crime. Women were more likely to suf-fer from common assaults, while men predominate as victims of assault with a weapon and aggravated assault.

Women are overwhelm-ingly the victims when it comes to sexual assault, while the reverse is largely true of homicide, the crime category that gave rise to the white ribbon campaign to protect women.

Among female assault victims, half were assaulted

by a current or former spouse or someone they had dated, while men were most likely to be assaulted by a stranger (32 per cent) or someone outside the family such as a friend, acquaintance or business partner (29 per cent).

Homicides accounted for only one per cent of the violent crimes during the five-year period considered by Statistics Canada. Seventy-two per cent of the victims of homicide were male, which matches the experience locally. Four out of the five homicide victims that I recall since arriving in Greater Trail in 1980 were male.

None of the above says that we should not be concerned about violence, which can exact a horrible toll on the victims and their families.

And violence against women requires special attention given the familial nature of so much of it.

FAIR and its precur-sor, the Women in Need Society, have done pioneer-ing work in this commun-ity on the issue, fighting to

establish the first transi-tion house to assist women victims when the author-ities were largely oblivious to the issue of domestic violence.

But wearing white rib-bons leading up to Dec. 6 to fight violence against women is as limiting as wearing pink ribbons the rest of the year to high-light breast cancer. (Well, perhaps not quite as lame: breast cancer accounts for only about seven per cent of deaths and 12 per cent of new cancer cases in this country but gets almost all of the attention.)

Male violence in all its forms and against both sexes should be the con-cern.

I am not sure that if we all wore black and blue ribbons to signify our commitment to combat violence, which is largely perpetrated by men, would have any greater impact than the current campaign.

But at least it would make more sense.

Raymond Masleck is a retired Trail Times repor-ter.

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There is a privately owned museum between Salmo and Fruitvale that rivals, if not in size, certainly in interest the great museums of the world. The museum exhibits much of Kootenay life before this modern era.

It is in danger of being lost, sold off piece by piece.

The Columbia Basin Trust, which is supposed to preserve, protect and enhance Kootenay

culture should be buying this museum but instead has some lame excuse not to.

Museums document history and culture in a way books or computer cannot.

The Columbia Basin Trust receives a lot of public money and should be accountable in how it is spent. Preserving museums is more worthwhile than many of the projects that receive money.

New Denver would be a lot poorer without the Japanese internment museum and the Kootenays will be a lot poorer if this museum is allowed to disappear.

The museum is owned by Donald Endersby on the east side of Ross Spur Road near the Salmo end of the Bombi Highway (3)

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Late in October I had the privilege of attending the Council of Canadians (COC)

AGM and Conference in Nanaimo.

It gave me the opportunity to meet and reconnect with Canadians from across the country, all of whom are deep-ly concerned about our future as a sovereign nation.

I have fol-lowed very closely as the COC, together with other social justice groups, continue to expose the flaws of the proposed so called “Free Trade” agree-ment with Europe (CETA). I can only marvel at the energy of Maude Barlow and others as they tirelessly call upon Canadians to take action.

It is not difficult for me to identify with the goals of this grass roots organization since I have always been, first and foremost, a Canadian nation-alist.

I firmly believe that values and needs of our own citizens must come first in the types of foreign investment we allow, the trade agreements we negotiate and in the inter-national objectives we choose to support.

Canada used to have a fair-ly balanced approach when aligning corporate interests with the rights of workers and the need for effective social programs. This balance start-ed to shift to the corporate

sector with Prime Minister Brian Mulroney in the 1980’s and the signing of the Free Trade agreement with the US.

Prior to this, successive federal governments, both Conservative and Liberal were able to focus to a greater degree, often under pressure from the NDP, on the strong

social policies that were being demanded by the Canadian pub-lic. Medicare, E m p l o y m e n t Insurance and pensions are examples of this courageous social commit-ment.

One of the highlights for me at the con-ference was

attending a plenary panel entitled, “Uniting Against Austerity: Strengthening Solidarity in the Movement for Economic Justice”, which examined the impact on pen-sions, social programs, trade unions, immigrants, deregu-lation, privatization and cuts to public service jobs as Harper and other govern-ments around the world forge ahead with harsh austerity measures and deep corporate tax cuts.

I was encouraged to hear of the growing resistance among the public to these measures.

Panelist Robert Chernomas, Professor of Economics, University of Manitoba, equat-ed such government actions with class warfare and men-tioned how the super-rich in the world are evading taxes to the tune of $21 Trillion

dollars. He pointed out how Corporations in Canada are sitting on cash reserves of approximately $525 Billion which, interestingly, is the same amount as our national debt.

Chernomas also discussed the ‘high tax – high spend’ policies of Nordic countries which can boast the low-est national debt, the most competitive economies, a highly trained labour force, the strongest unions and the highest per capita income in the world. His presentation reminded me of the film I have provided several screen-ings of throughout the riding entitled, “Poor No More”.

Throughout the film Canadian TV icon Mary Walsh, narrates comparisons between the quality of life in Canada, Ireland and Sweden. We saw how Sweden has free university tuition, 400+ days of maternity/paternity leave per child, strong health care, national child care and effect-ive state-run care for seniors. We learned about the strong partnership that has been developed between labour, corporations and government which has made all this pos-sible.

Clearly, political choices were made in that country for a strong social net for all its citizens rather than regres-sive tax breaks for the cor-porate sector and “slash and burn” austerity measures for everyone else.

In Part II of my column I will explore what other panel-ists had to say about the topic of austerity.

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T H E A S S O C I A T E D P R E S S MILFORD, Mass. –Don’t tell Popeye.

It turns out you don’t need to eat your spinach to get the world’s biggest arms.

Bodybuilder Moustafa Ismail eats three kilograms of protein and four kilograms of carbohydrates and drinks 11 litres of water each day to help main-tain upper arms that measure 31 inches around _ as big as a small man’s waist.

Skeptics say there must also be ster-oids or some other artificial means

behind Ismail’s beyond-bulging biceps and triceps, and Guinness World Records is waffling on whether to rec-ognize him.

But he insists they are all-natural, the result of a punishing workout regi-men he started after a guest at his uncle’s wedding in his native Egypt mocked his overweight frame.

``They call me Popeye, the Egyptian Popeye,’’ Ismail, 24, said while working out in the Boston suburb of Milford.

But unlike the cartoon character, ``I like chicken, beef, anything but spin-ach.’’

It’s not easy having the world’s big-gest arms.

Generous amounts of poultry, sea-food and shakes provide the protein he needs to fuel daily two-hour work-outs in which he lifts as much as 600 pounds. He also takes mineral and vitamin supplements and drinks plenty of water to flush out his system.

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Egyptian body builder Moustafa Ismail lifts free weights during his daily workout at World Gym in Milford, Mass. Ismail has been given the title of world’s biggest arms, biceps and triceps, by the Guinness Book of World Records.

T H E A S S O C I A T E D P R E S SNEW YORK - A tourist’s

photo of a New York City police officer giving new boots to a barefoot homeless man in Times Square has created an online sensation.

Jennifer was visiting the city with her boyfriend on Nov. 14 when she came across the shoe-less man asking for change. As she was about to approach, she said the officer - identified as Larry DePrimo - came up to the man with a pair of all-weather boots and thermal socks on the frigid night.

She recorded his generosity on her cellphone. The photo shows the officer kneeling beside the man with the boots at his feet.

The photo was posted Tuesday night to the NYPD’s official

Facebook page and became an instant hit. More than 325,000 users “liked” it as of Thursday morning, and more than 79,000 shared it.

Thousands of people com-mented, including one person who praised him as “An officer AND a Gentleman.”

The NYPD Facebook page on Thursday posted a comment from DePrimo saying, “I didn’t think anything of it.”

The homeless man has not been identified.

“‘I have these size 12 boots for you, they are all-weather. Let’s put them on and take care of you,”’ Foster quoted DePrimo as saying.

“The officer squatted down on the ground and proceeded to put socks and the new boots on this man. The officer expected

NOTHING in return and did not know I was watching.”

Foster said she’s worked in law enforcement for 17 years and has never been more impressed.

“His presentation of human kindness has not been lost on myself or any of the Arizona law enforcement officials with whom this story has been shared,” Foster wrote on Facebook. She said she never got the officer’s name.

DePrimo told the Newsday newspaper that the homeless man “smiled from ear to ear” after getting the boots.

“It was like you gave him a million dollars,” he added.

He told The New York Times that he keeps the receipt for the boots in his vest to remind him “that sometimes people have it worse.”

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This photo provided by Jennifer Foster shows New York City Police Officer Larry DePrimo presenting a barefoot homeless man in New York’s Time Square with boots Nov. 14. It was posted Tuesday night to the NYPD’s official Facebook page and became an instant hit. More than 350,000 users “liked” it as of Thursday afternoon, and over 100,000 shared it.

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T H E A S S O C I A T E D P R E S SDEARBORN, Mo. - The search is on for the

country’s newest multimillionaires, the holders of two tickets that matched all six numbers to split a record $588 million Powerball jackpot.

Lottery officials said Thursday that the win-ning tickets matching all six numbers were sold at a convenience store in suburban Phoenix and a gas station just off an interstate highway in a small northwestern Missouri town. Neither ticket holder had come forward.

The mystery fuelled a giddy mood at the Trex Mart just outside Dearborn, Mo., as lottery offi-cials and the media descended on the town of 500 people.

Cashiers Kristi Williams and Kelly Blount greeted customers with big smiles and ques-tions about whether they had bought the win-ning ticket. No one had come forward to claim the prize by late Thursday morning, Missouri Lottery officials said.

“It’s just awesome,” Williams said. “It’s so exciting. We can’t even work.”

Karen Meyers, a server at the Cook’s Corner Cafe, where the daily special was roast beef and potatoes, said she didn’t believe it at first when she heard the winning ticket had been sold nearby.

“I think it’s wonderful! I hope someone local won it, not someone just passing through,” she said. “It’s a small town where everyone is really nice.”

The winning ticket sold in Arizona was pur-chased at a 4 Sons Food Store in Fountain Hills, state lottery officials said. Customers poured into the store, to check their tickets and share in the big moment.

“I think it’s crazy, and I also think it’s great,” said Bob Chebat, who manages the 4 Sons.

The numbers drawn Wednesday night were 5, 16, 22, 23, 29. The Powerball was 6. The $587.5 million payout represents the second-largest jackpot in U.S. history.

Towns abuzz over winning tickets


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Columbia Power is a supporter of this year’s Trail Silver City Nights – a Christmas community event tak-ing place on Dec. 7 in downtown Trail. A parade, ornament making and Christmas-themed contests are some of the activities that par-ticipants will enjoy. Debbie Martin, vice president of human resources and corporate services for Columbia Power met with the organizing committee to find out more about the event. From the left; Ingrid Enns, Eleanor Gattafoni-Robinson, Bill Garnet, Lana Rodlie, Sean Mackinlay, Debbie Martin

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T H E C A N A D I A N P R E S S TORONTO – It came housed in

a tin adorned with penguins – and couldn’t have been more timely.

Cait Flanders said the Walmart gift card she received from her mother last Christmas was a pleas-ant and welcome surprise as she prepared to relocate to her new apartment.

``I was moving out on Jan. 1, so it helped me to buy everything that you don’t think of... like cleaning supplies and things like that,’’ said the 27-year-old Toronto resident.

Few can argue with the ease and practicality of gift cards.

But a time of year where the emphasis is on homecooked meals and handcrafted items, some may see the cards of convenience through a slightly different prism – a shortcut to selecting a more specialized holiday gift.

Etiquette expert Karen Cleveland said she can appreciate the two

schools of thought on gift cards. One way to bridge the divide is to consider adding a more personal touch by packaging the present as part of a theme, she noted.

For example, Cleveland sug-gested a gift card for the liquor or beer store could be placed in a martini shaker along with a favour-ite cocktail recipe written on a notecard

A similar approach could be taken for purchasing presents for foodies or those who love a good brew. A gift card for a recipient’s favourite restaurant could be placed inside a cookbook, or items related to coffee or tea could be paired with a card loaded with credit to spend at their favourite cafe, she noted.

``There are ways to package it that just take a little bit of time and a little bit of effort and maybe a tiny bit more cost, but that just pull it together in a much more impactful, memorable way,’’ said Cleveland.

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The Rossland Sacred Heart CWL met on Nov. 13th for their monthly meeting. The meeting opened with a spiritual which focused on the idea that God takes “ordinary” people to per-form extraordinary tasks in our daily lives.

President, Alida Nesmith reported on the huge success of Sacred Hearts’ annual Fall Tea and Bazaar which took place in October. Alida, along with Past-President Maureen Oliver, con-vened the event and she thanked all members for their help and support.

With the proceeds the League will be able to make donations to Rachaels Vineyard and Grief to Grace as well as to Sacred Heart Parish itself.

On a sadder note October saw the passing of two long time Sacred Heart CWL mem-bers: Marie Odile Caron and Marie Meredith Campbell. Our prayers go out to their families.

On Dec. 6 at 7 p.m. the CWL will be hosting it’s annual Advent Music Celebration. There will be music performed by both Sacred Heart Choirs along with some spiritual readings and meditations.

Afterwards hot chocolate and cookies will be served in the Parish Hall. Everyone is wel-come. A silver collection will be taken during the event and all of the proceeds will be donated to the Rossland Food Bank. Also, on Dec. 1 there will be a mass for the deceased CWL members.

Then, on Dec. 11 members will be getting together for a potluck supper and gift exchange to celebrate the Christmas season.

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T H E A S S O C I A T E D P R E S SWASHINGTON - It happens every week at

meetings in towns, counties and cities nation-wide. A lawmaker or religious leader leads a prayer before officials begin the business of zoning changes, contract approvals and trash pickup.

But citizens are increasingly taking issue with these prayers, some of which have been in place for decades. At least five lawsuits around the country - in California, Florida, Missouri, New York, and Tennessee - are actively challen-ging pre-meeting prayers.

Lawyers on both sides say there is a new com-plaint almost weekly, though they don’t always end up in court. When they do, it seems even courts are struggling to draw the line over the acceptable ways to pray.

Citizens in Lancaster, Calif., for example, voted overwhelmingly in 2010 to continue their prayers despite the threat of a lawsuit. Mayor R. Rex Parris says the city of 158,000 has already likely spent about $500,000 defending the prac-tice, and he expects to spend more before the case is over. He said the issue is worth it because it has brought the town together.

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He wasn’t called the “human dart” for his speed down the slopes, but for crash-ing a hang glider into a mountain near Banff. Yet the same quest for adventure, commitment, and generous spirit has Trail resident Grant Rutherglen hauling in the accolades.

Forty years of coaching a demanding sport like alpine ski racing is not very common, but coupled with the unpreced-ented success of delivering nearly a dozen racers to the Canadian National Ski Team is a feat that deserves recognition.

Trail’s Grant Rutherglen was inducted into the Canadian Ski Coaches Federation Hall of Fame on Saturday in Banff, Alta., just after receiving news that his name will also be etched on Greater Trail’s Home of Champions monument in May, 2013.

“It’s great, I’m really proud of the accomplishment and all the years,” Rutherglen told the Trail Times. “The big-gest thing is that it’s just one big family.”

Rutherglen is a product of the most successful ski program in North America: the Red Mountain Racers. Over 30 National Team members have trained at Red Mountain, and Rutherglen coached 10 of them. While the success of the athletes is a big part of the 61-year-old’s legacy, it was much more than that.

“In the coaching part of it, the high-light would be those athletes that went on to the Canadian Ski Team, but in the Canadian Ski Federation, course con-ducting and examining or as a facilitator, the (highlight) was the camaraderie,” said

Rutherglen. Kerrin Lee-Gartner, the 1992 Olympic

gold medalist, had Rutherglen as a coach as a young teen and attributes the Rossland Secondary School grad with her early development.

“I often think the coach-es that instruct the athlete when they are younger and more impressionable make the difference later down the road,” Lee-Gartner said.

At the 1985 Ski Championships in Bormio, Italy, the Canadian ski team featured five athletes from the Red Mountain Racers that were coached by Rutherglen.

“A small club and such a small com-munity was able to produce so many great athletes,” said Lee-Gartner. “To me, that says a lot about the coach that was in place at the time.”

Rossland’s Brian Fry, a promising Canadian national team racer before a shattered leg ended his career at 19, was coached by Rutherglen and said he credits his coach with much of his success.

“Before Grant, I had done nothing,”

Fry said. “He helped me pull through and get it. Grant really made me believe that I could actually do it. Even when I thought I couldn’t and didn’t ski very well at all, he had confidence in my ability.”

It was Fry who convinced Rutherglen to return to Red 10-years ago to help out with the Nancy Greene and the Red Mountain Racers. Since then, Rutherglen has also coached Brian’s son Steven and guided his journey to the pinnacle of the sport as he tries for the national team this season.

Another one of Rutherglen’s products and former national team member, Chris McIver

recalls the tireless support and energy the coach infused into off-mountain training.

“When we used to do dry land, he was right in there with us doing all the exer-cises day after day,” McIver said. “Even sometimes when he wasn’t on the payroll, he was helping us train and he would stay in touch with us in the summer and make sure we had a good program.”

Sand hill training with gates, carry-ing teammates up the Cominco parking lot stairs and other rigorous exercise was

something Rutherglen is very well-known. Yet, Rutherglen’s impact went much

further than just ski racing. It is an aspect that Rutherglen takes particular pride in, not just developing athletes but well rounded and successful individuals.

“It was something I took more serious-ly than any other aspects of coaching, was teaching life skills too,” added Rutherglen.

Lee-Gartner also stressed that his con-tributions far exceeded the success he and his racers enjoyed, but rather how his love of skiing was passed down to each and every athlete he trained.

“He touched a lot of people that he coached in his time, and still does today. It isn’t just about going on to win, it really is fundamentally teaching the love of the sport. There are not so many people who stick around coaching their whole life. That says a lot about him, he really loves it. There is a lot of passion there.”

Rutherglen plans to retire soon, but he’ll probably have a tough time staying away from coaching.

As one of the greatest coaches in Canadian ski history, it is fitting his legacy be firmly, and deservedly entrenched in both the Canadian Ski Coaches Hall of Fame and the Home of Champions.

SUBMITTED PHOTOS

Top left: A young Grant Rutherglen works out with Red Mountain Racer coach Charlie Coflin in 1969. Today Rutherglen coaches young skiers (above) and remem-bers past successes such as the 1985 Canadian National ski team (left) that included Red Mountain Racers Tim McIver, Karrin Lee, Derrek Trussler, Don Stevens and Felix Belcyk. Rutherglen was inducted into the Canadian Ski Coaches Hall of Fame on Saturday.

Rutherglen inducted into Hall

“He touched a lot of people

that he coached in his time,

and still does today.”

KARRIN LEE-GARTNER

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• The Winterhawks provided a cell phone for its team captain for a period of three seasons.

The WHL’s audit found no violations involv-ing monetary payments made to players, their families or agents, or any violations related to the league’s educational packages.

“After fully cooperating with the league’s investigation, we were extremely surprised at the excessive nature of the sanctions, and we don’t feel they are in line with the scope of the violations we were found to have commit-ted,” said Johnston in a release on the Portland Winterhawks’ website.

“We believe that apart from recruiting trips and parents’ weekend, there is no prohibition in the rules governing flights for players’ parents, which were the majority of the infractions,” continued Johnston. “We are currently exploring our options on how we will proceed. Despite our objections, the league has made its decision, and our players will continue to pursue the goal of winning a WHL championship.”

Numerous players from Greater Trail such as Terry Jones, Todd Robinson, Gord Walker, and Craig Cunningham have played for the Hawks including current Portland forward Joey Baker.

HOCKEY

WHL comes down hard on Portland Winterhawks

T H E C A N A D I A N P R E S SMOOSE JAW, Sask.

- Mike McEwen and Stefanie Lawton both needed extra-end wins to remain undefeated at the Capital One Canada Cup curling competition.

McEwen improved to 3-0 with a 9-8 extra-end win over John Epping on Thursday.

McEwen scored two in the ninth end, but Epping’s rink from Peterborough, Ont., came right back with two in the 10th. After easily laying his last stone into an open

house, a measure-ment showed Epping’s second rock was clos-er to the button than McEwen’s lead stone.

But McEwen made no mistake with the hammer in the extra end, easily clearing out Epping’s rock and scoring the winning point.

In women’s action, Saskatoon’s Lawton also needed an extra end to improve to 3-0, beating Winnipeg’s Chelsea Carey 6-5. After two blank ends Carey scored one in the 10th to tie the

game 5-5, but Lawton used the hammer in the extra end to get the clinching point. Carey fell to 0-3.

The win puts McEwen and Lawton a step closer to an Olympic berth. The winner earns one of the six qualification spots for the 2013 Roar of the Rings - the tournament that will determine who advan-ces to the 2014 Winter Games in Sochi.

McEwen moved just ahead of fellow Winnipeg native Jeff Stoughton (2-0) who was idle in Draw 4.

Also in Draw 4, Edmonton’s Kevin Koe improved to 2-1 with an 8-7 win over former Olympic champion Brad Gushue of St. John’s, N.L., while Kevin Martin fell to 1-2.

In women’s com-petition, Calgary’s Crystal Webster and Heather Nedohin of Sherwood Park, Alta., both improved to 2-1.

Nedohin defeated Sherry Middaugh 8-6. Middaugh’s Coldwater, Ont., four-some fell to 1-2.

T H E C A N A D I A N P R E S SLAKE LOUISE, Alta. - Marion Rolland of

France was fastest in training for the second straight day at the Lake Louise Winterstart World Cup on Thursday.

Daniela Merighetti of Italy was second and Anna Fenninger of Austria was third.

American ski star Lindsey Vonn, who posted the fastest time in the first training run, did not ski Thursday.

Her teammate Stacey Cook said Vonn did not feel well in the morning.

“I had breakfast with her this morning and she seemed cheery and her normal self, so somewhere between breakfast and here I guess she wasn’t feeling well,” Cook said. “She’ll be ready for tomorrow, I know it. She’ll make all of us look bad again.”

The first of two women’s downhills at Lake Louise is scheduled for Friday. The women will also race super-G on Sunday.

Vonn swept all three races last year. She’s won 11 career World Cups at Lake Louise.

Rolland’s previous best result in a Lake Louise downhill was seventh in 2010.

Larisa Yurkiw is the lone Canadian racing downhill at Lake Louise. She was 35th.

HAPPY HOCKEY NOVICE

JIM BAILEY PHOTO

Montrose hockey player Felicia Girardo was very proud of the medal she earned at GreaterTrail minor hockey’s junior and senior novice tourna-ment earlier this month, as the new association welcomed teams from around the Kootenays and Okanagan to the Cominco Arena for the fun annual event.

CANADA CUP CURLING

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Ladies Cross-Country Skiing pro-gram hits the trails this month.

The series, with Natasha Lockey from Bettygohard, is for beginner to inter-mediate levels of ski-ers looking to get out on the trails, get some outdoor exercise, have fun and meet others.

Explore the trails at Champion Lakes, and enjoy a warm up with treats at the cabin.

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Tiny Tot Skating Lessons, instructed by Andrea Derksen,

is designed for children three to five years with little or no skating experience and start Monday and Wednesdays from 10-10:30 a.m. or Tuesday and Thursdays, Dec. 4-20 from 11-11:30 a.m. $28 includes skate rentals. A parent on ice is not necessary.

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The B.C. Government approved the resort in an area the Ktunaxa call Qat’muk (GOT MOOK). The Ktunaxa say Qat’muk is home to the Grizzly Bear Spirit, and is vital to Ktunaxa culture and spirituality and the region’s environment.

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When my wife puts our son in his own bed, she unbuttons her shirt and lets him nurse until he falls asleep. Without fail, he wakes up before mid-night and walks into our room. If I tell him to go back to his room, he starts crying, and my wife then permits him to crawl into our bed.

I went to a therapist on my own. His advice was to tell my wife, “You can sleep in our son’s bed if you want it that way.” Guess what. She did.

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kid I ever saw, and his mom seems to need him a lot more than he needs her. I feel like I’m competing for her attention. Any advice? -- N.Y.

Dear N.Y.: Your wife is using her son as an excuse to avoid intim-acy. This does a disser-vice not only to your marriage, but to your child. He is learning that if he cries, he will get whatever he wants, and that he is win-ning the competition for Mom’s affections. And yes, she has made it more of a competi-tion than it needs to be. Please don’t blame your son for being “clingy,” and try not to focus on your sexual

frustration. Instead, try to get your wife to understand that her behavior is unfair to the boy. Urge her to discuss this with her doctor, your child’s pediatrician or a coun-selor.

Dear Annie: I’ve been friends with “Sue” and “Mary” for years. Last year, I asked Sue to drive me to a cosmetic medical procedure in another state. She agreed and also wanted the pro-cedure. She asked me to include Mary, which meant planning the trip around Mary’s work schedule.

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For Saturday, Dec. 1, 2012 ARIES (March 21 to April 19) Focus on home, family and domestic activities today. A conversation with a parent might be particularly sig-nificant. (“Luke, I am your father.”) TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) This is a busy day. You’ve got things to do, places to go and people to see. Enjoy short trips, running errands and talking to everyone. GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) Pay attention to your cash flow and your money scene. Get a good picture of how much money you don’t have. You might want to give some thought to looking for a differ-ent job or making money on the side. CANCER (June 21 to July 22) You might be a bit more emotional than usual today because the Moon is in your sign. No worries. This hap-pens for about two days every

month. LEO (July 23 to Aug. 22) You’ll enjoy privacy or some moments of solitude today if you can swing it, because you need some downtime. It’s hard out there without your towel. Have a quiet day. VIRGO (Aug. 23 to Sept. 22) Schmoozing with others will please you today. In par-ticular, you’ll like meetings and talking to people in clubs or classes. Share your dreams for the future with someone. LIBRA (Sept. 23 to Oct. 22) Aspects of your private life likely will be public today, especially in the eyes of bosses and VIPs. If you feel guarded about something, be aware of this! SCORPIO (Oct. 23 to Nov. 21) Do something different today. Go someplace you’ve never been before. You’re hungry for adventure, and you want to learn something new!

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 to Dec. 21) Focus on clearly defining shared property, debt, taxes and inheritances. Don’t leave things up to anyone’s imagi-nation. Spell it out. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 to Jan. 19) Because the Moon is oppo-site your sign today, you will have to go more than half-way when dealing with others. Don’t worry -- in two weeks, others will go more than half-

way when dealing with you! AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 to Feb. 18) Do what you can to become more efficient and productive. Make lists. Get the support equipment you need to help you work better. This is a good day to focus on health issues as well. PISCES (Feb. 19 to March 20) A playful day! Do something that pleases you -- perhaps watching sports or a movie, or

enjoying lunch or dinner with a friend. Playful times with children will delight. YOU BORN TODAY You have a glib humor that delights others. Furthermore, people love your sassy atti-tude and daring willingness to openly speak your mind. You are generous, friendly and definitely flirtatious. You’re a free spirit, which is why it’s important that you have the freedom to express yourself. You are beginning a fresh,

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For Sunday, Dec. 2, 2012 ARIES (March 21 to April 19) Today you are tempted to make promises that you can’t keep. You might find yourself saying something before you realize that it’s beyond your ability to deliver. (Oops.) TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) Be careful how you handle your money today, because you could go overboard. You might give away too much;

you might spend too much; you might make an unrea-sonable commitment hoping to earn more. Caution! GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) Don’t tell fisherman sto-ries, and don’t exaggerate too much today, because you will be tempted to do this. One thing leads to another, and before you know it, you’re stringing out a yarn.

CANCER (June 21 to July 22) You feel pleased with your-self today. (There’s nothing wrong with that.) But com-placency can lead to inertia, where you just can’t get off the couch. Be careful. LEO (July 23 to Aug. 22) In your desire to impress others, you might promise too much to someone. Your efforts to enthuse someone might stretch the truth a

little, ya think? VIRGO (Aug. 23 to Sept. 22) Family discussions will be happy and upbeat today. Nevertheless, be realistic and keep your feet on the ground, especially if others are asking for a favor. Just do what you can. LIBRA (Sept. 23 to Oct. 22) This is a busy, active day for you. Short trips and con-versations with everyone will appeal. You’re over the moon about something and want to share your enthusiasm with everyone. SCORPIO (Oct. 23 to Nov. 21) The only thing that should be in hot water is a teabag. Keep this in mind before you make financial promises to anyone. Don’t stretch things. Deal with reality, and tell the

truth. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 to Dec. 21) You feel cheerful and optimistic today. This could be why you are tempted to spend too much money on indulging in luxuries and other pleasant goodies. Ah, the good life! CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 to Jan. 19) Don’t make promises you can’t keep at work today. Be reasonable with deadlines that you give yourself or oth-ers. Make health guidelines realistic for yourself as well. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 to Feb. 18) It’s a well-known fact that abstinence is easier than moderation. Today you’re tempted to go overboard when gambling, taking chances and flirting. Don’t do anything you’ll regret later.

PISCES (Feb. 19 to March 20) Be realistic in discussions with bosses, parents and VIPs. Don’t try to impress them with impossible dead-lines. YOU BORN TODAY You are physically dynamic and have enormous power, no matter what your size. Your powerful energy immediately influences your surround-ings. You work tirelessly to hone your skills. You are personally strong, and you respect the strength of oth-ers. When provoked, you rarely back down. Your year ahead will focus strongly on partnerships and close friendships. Birthdate of: Lucy Liu, actress; Jim Cuddy, singer/songwriter; Maria Callas, opera diva.

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For Monday, Dec. 3, 2012 ARIES (March 21 to April 19) You feel optimistic today; nevertheless, don’t gamble or use the property or wealth of others without their permis-sion. Put a lid on your exuber-ance. TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) You’re eager to make improvements and big chang-es at home. Unfortunately, it looks like someone disagrees with you. Be careful. GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) Although you might feel restricted by your job, you still want to ride in the fast lane today when it comes to finances. You’ve got big ideas about how to earn money, and certainly how to spend it! CANCER (June 21 to July 22) Be cautious about financial matters today, especially when you are spending on children or on social situations. You might regret going overboard. LEO (July 23 to Aug. 22) Today the Moon is in your

sign, which makes you excited and emotional. You’re very enthusiastic about a particular project, even though someone at home might rain on your parade. VIRGO (Aug. 23 to Sept. 22) Behind-the-scenes efforts might pay off today. The secret is not to worry too much or second-guess yourself. It’s OK to think big! LIBRA (Sept. 23 to Oct. 22) This is a popular day, espe-cially when dealing with groups. Don’t be discouraged if someone older or more experienced is critical of you. Phffft! SCORPIO (Oct. 23 to Nov. 21) People will notice you today and learn something about your private life. As a result, others might give you things. It’s only your own feelings of guilt that make it hard for you to accept. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 to Dec. 21) You’re enthusiastic about travel plans and something that has to do with publishing

and the media. Nevertheless, a private matter still nags at you in the back of your mind. Let it go. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 to Jan. 19) Don’t give away the farm today, but do reorganize your assets, especially shared prop-erty. Someone older or more experienced in a group might not agree with you, but, so what? AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 to Feb. 18) You have to go that extra mile today when dealing with others, because the Moon is opposite your sign. Not to worry; people are happy to see you! Admittedly, relations with authority figures might be strained. PISCES (Feb. 19 to March 20) This is a great day at work. Look for ways to expand what-ever you do or improve it. Work-related travel is likely. YOU BORN TODAY You are very focused, which is why you are driven to achieve your goals. You are creative, and many of you have skills and

crafts or a particular tech-nique. On a daily basis, you need privacy and time alone to mentally pull your act togeth-er and maintain a healthy balance. In year ahead, an important decision will arise -- choose wisely. Birthdate of: Amanda Seyfried, actress; Julianne Moore, actress; Brendan Fraser, actor. For Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2012 ARIES (March 21 to April 19) This is a fun-loving day! Give yourself a chance to kick up your heels. Enjoy sports events, movies, social diver-sions, playful times with chil-dren and chances to express your creative talent. TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) Home, family and your domestic scene are your pri-mary areas of focus today. A discussion with a female rela-tive (possibly your mother) will be significant. Cocoon at home if you can. GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) You have a strong need to enlighten others today. You’ve got news to share! Enjoy short trips and conversations with everyone, especially siblings. CANCER (June 21 to July 22) Your focus is on money today; nevertheless, be care-ful. Postpone important finan-cial decisions until tomorrow.

To be safe, postpone major purchases until tomorrow as well. LEO (July 23 to Aug. 22) Today the Moon is in your sign, which makes you more emotional than usual. Just remember this before you overreact when dealing with others. The good news is this Moon also makes you luckier! VIRGO (Aug. 23 to Sept. 22) You are best served by working alone or working behind the scenes today. You need a little solitude to sort things out, especially regard-ing domestic issues at home. LIBRA (Sept. 23 to Oct. 22) A discussion with a female friend will be confidential and meaningful for you today. Share your hopes and dreams for the future, because feed-back from others will help you. SCORPIO (Oct. 23 to Nov. 21) It’s possible that intimate details of your private life will be rather public today. A classic example would be a domestic argument that takes place in an elevator! SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 to Dec. 21) Do something to rev your engine today, because you’re hungry for adventure. Go someplace you’ve never been before. Travel if possible. Talk to people from different back-

grounds. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 to Jan. 19) Focus on details about inheritances, shared property, taxes, insurance matters and such. Get better organized with these red-tape issues. (Give yourself a warm feeling in your tummy.) AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 to Feb. 18) Because the Moon today is opposite your sign, you will have to compromise with oth-ers. Take an easygoing, toler-ant approach to things. PISCES (Feb. 19 to March 20) Act on your urge to get bet-ter organized. Tidy up (physi-cally) your surroundings. Also give some thought to how you can improve your health. (It’s a self-improvement day.) YOU BORN TODAY You have a gutsy energy that people like. You face obsta-cles with courage and style. Of course, you’re driven to achieve your aims. You’re smart, sassy and fast. You will sacrifice a lot for what you believe. You have great orga-nizational skills, and you’re a good listener. Work hard to build or construct something in the next year, because your rewards soon will follow. Birthdate of: Roberta Bondar, astronaut; Marisa Tomei, actress; Kevin Sussman, actor. (c) 2012 King Features Syndicate, Inc.

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Kelowna KELOWNA2153 Springfield Road

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1345 Spokane Street, Rossland $559,000

RANKED #1 of 7 Rossland B&B and Inns on Tripadvisor. This amazing family home, also operating as popular Black Bear B&B, offers 7 bdrms, 6 baths, a

separate deluxe living area for family and space and luxury for guests. This very special property must be viewed to be appreciated. Approval and subdivision

plan in place.Call Mary M (250) 231-0264

1638 Cedar Avenue, Trail $189,500

TRAIL TREASURE... This amazing 3 bdrm character home is privately

situated, yet a short walk to town. Great oak fl ooring, main fl oor laundry, large dining and living room with custom

fi replace. The views are gorgeous. Low maintenance yard and covered parking.

Call Mary M (250) 231-0264

2034 – 8th Avenue, Trail $129,000

Great starter, couple, single or retiree home. Features include, 2 bdrms, 1 bath,

covered parking, covered deck with view, central air conditioning, upgraded furnace, laminate fl oors, open concept

fl oor plan, and fenced yard. Good value here! Don’t wait call your REALTOR®

now! Call Deanne (250) 231-0153

1745 Kitchener Ave, Rossland

$259,0004 bdrm family home on 0.24 of an acre. Large walk out basement with bright rec room and wood stove. The living room boasts awesome mountain views and

gas fi replace. Lots of parking for all the toys Call your REALTOR® today!Call Christine (250) 512-7653

1739 First Street, Fruitvale $259,000

Fantastic Fruitvale 3 bed/2.5 bath family home on a quiet street offering a private backyard, large deck, spacious rooms,

newer wood stove insert, many upgrades including fl ooring and paint. Great sun exposure and layout as well as double carport. Don’t miss out on this one!

Call Deanne (250) 231-0153

956 Black Bear Drive, Rossland $349,900

4 bdrm home on 1.6 acres. Nicely landscaped yard, large workshop/

garage. Bright sun room with a gas fi replace and a large deck, second

kitchen, rec room and wood stove in the basement, double carport and plenty of

parking for all your toys!Call Christine (250) 512-7653

NEW LISTING

1151 Marianna Crescent, Trail $242,000

3 bdrm home in Sunningdale! Features large living room, country kitchen, huge family/room, and workshop. Single car garage and enough room for a couple more vehicles on the paved driveway.

Make certain to have this home on your viewing list.

Call Art (250) 368-8818

1773 Noran Street, Trail $84,900

Great clean 2 bdrm home located in East Trail on a quiet street - house is vacant

and owner wants to sell - great fl oor plan and good future basement development - ready for quick possession - $84,900 - home has a property assessment of

$106,800 - call for you viewing.Call Mark (250) 231-5591

8494 Highway 22A, Trail $158,000

Super 3 bdrm home located on a great fl at lot - close to shopping and also the US border - very clean interior with new paint and newer kitchen - call for your

viewing.Call Mark (250) 231-5591

1740 – 2nd Avenue, Rossland $319,000

Top quality 3 Bdrm/3 bath home on a 90 by 100 ft lot with in-ground sprinklers,

a spacious wrap-around deck and covered patio. Several recent upgrades include new roof, garage door, thermal

windows, laminate fl ooring and a fi nished basement. Huge living room/dining room

and main fl oor laundry make this a must-see!.

Call Terry 250-231-1101

956 Spokane Street, Trail

$167,888Retail / Residential! Looking for a solid

investment? Consider this downtown Trail building! Ample storage, newer fl ooring,

fresh paint, energy effi cient lighting; commercial shop is part of Trail’s history

and residential tenant is long term.Call Tonnie (250) 365-9665

2304 – 11th Avenue, Castlegar $229,000

Solid 3 bdrm home with mountain views. Features include bright & functional

kitchen, large covered sundeck, easy maintenance yard. See it today!

Call Terry 250-231-1101

NEW LISTINGNEW LISTING

1760 Park Street, Rossland $349,000

Surround yourself in the charm of this 3 bedroom home situated on a beautifully

landscaped 90’ x 100’ in an area of beauti-ful homes. Some of the features include spacious living room with gas fi replace & adjacent playroom a sunny kitchen and 3

bedrooms upstairs.Call Mary A (250) 521-0525

2368 Irwin Avenue, Rossland $239,000

This 3 bedroom /1.5 bath home features a spacious living room, sunny dining / kitchen area and renovated bathroom

on the main fl oor, 3 large bedrooms & a half bath upstairs and a mud room entry,

rec room, laundry, workshop & tons of storage in the basement.

Call Mary A (250) 521-0525

NEW LISTING PRICED TO SELL

OPEN HOUSESaturday Dec 1 11am-1pm

Ron & Darlene Your Local Home Team

465 – 11th Avenue, Montrose

1350 Gardener Street, Trail

SOLDSOLD Ron 368-1162 Darlene 231-0527

Call us and ask how we can sell your home

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