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YEAR IN REVIEW

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Kimberley cross country skier Milly Miller (centre) lines up to start a race at the Kootenay Cup races held at the Kimberley Nordic Club this past weekend. See more page 3.

C AROLYN GR ANTBulletin Editor

A very successful, busy holiday season has passed and most of Kimberley’s out of town guests have headed home, leaving the slopes of the Kimberley Alpine Resort a mecca for local skiers and boarders.

And now it’s time to celebrate local supporters with the annual Community Day on Sunday, January 10. This is the day that KAR offers free skiing and riding to locals — all you need is photo ID and proof of local residency, such as a driver’s license or pay stub. And by local, KAR doesn’t just mean Kimberley residents. The free lift tickets are available to resi-dents of Canal Flats, Skookumchuck, Meadowbrook, TaTa Creek, Kimberley, Marysville, Wasa, Wycliffe, Moyie, Ward-ner and Cranbrook.

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THE REAL MCKENZIE PHOTOGRAPHY

Skiers at Kimberley Alpine Resort skied under sunny skies, above the inversion, last week.

Community Day at Kimberley Alpine Resort

C AROLYN GR ANTBulletin Editor

BC Assessments has released its 2015 property assessments, but the only information avail-able this year is a regional per-spective, with one home price per municipality, rather than broken down into neighbour-hoods as it has been in previous years.

“We have moved to a Regional format this year, as a result there won’t be a release for each mu-nicipality,” said Ramaish Shah, Deputy Assessor, BC Assessment Kootenay Columbia Region.

In the next few days, owners of more than 142,000 properties throughout the Kootenay Co-lumbia region can expect to re-ceive their 2016 assessment no-tices which reflect market value as of July 1, 2015.

“The majority of residential home owners within the region can expect an increase, com-pared to last year’s assessments,” said Shah. “Most home owners in the Kootenay Columbia region will see modest increases de-pending on their location. For example, a typical single family home in Nelson that was previ-ously assessed at $315,000 was valued at $333,000 in the sum-mer of 2015.”

Overall, the Kootenay Colum-bia region’s assessment roll in-creased from $36.97 billion in 2015 to $37.89 billion this year. This value reflects a change due to market movement as well as $361 million in growth due to subdivisions, rezoning and new construction. The Kootenay Co-lumbia region includes the southeast portion of province from Cranbrook to Grand Forks and from Trail to Golden.

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Assessment notices in the mail

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NEWS/fEaturES

A division of

1. If you could bring anything to the East Kootenay that isn’t already here, what would you bring and why?

My extended family. My parents, four siblings & their partners, seven nieces, seven nephews and four dogs, plus 67 first cousins. On second thought, maybe just malt bread, yeah Dempster’s malt bread is delicious when toasted with but-ter.

2. Your favourite annual fundraising event.

1st annual heart and stroke “Parlour Room Olympics”… coming this February. (I’ll take the shameless free plug)

3. Who is your favourite, or most nota-ble to you, Cranbrook/Kimberley person-ality?

That guy with truck nuts.4. What superpower do you desire?All of them, except whatever Gene

Grey has … chronic migraines are a lousy super power.

5. Least favourite Cranbrook/Kimber-ley street?

They’re all perfectly fine, just ask the guy with the truck nuts.

6. Favourite Cranbrook/Kimberley Street?

Same as above.7. If the East Kootenay should become

its own country, where should the capital be?

Skookumchuk. It’s in the middle, has a cool name and plenty of ClO2 to keep ev-erything white and sanitary.

8. One person, living or dead, you’d like to have an alcoholic beverage with?

The person who invented sliced bread. I’d really like to get to know the person behind the genius.

9. What do you specifically seek out at the Cranbrook Farmer’s Market?

Steroid filled, giant, juicy, industrial strength corporate cancer chickens.

10. Should the million-gallon swim-ming pool that was buried in Baker Park be exhumed and put back into action?

Either that or invest the same amount of money in a monorail system, both are equally terrific uses of tax payer dollars.

11. Sports car or pickup truck?Crown Vic

12. What’s a great new idea for Cran-brook/Kimberley tourism?

Remember Kimberley the character? Let’s just bring her back from the dead like a zombie. Zombies are still cool, no?

13. Who’s your favourite Cranbrook/Kimberley musician or band?

Kelly Giroux and the don’t interrupt me when I’m serenading you’s.

14. Favourite season of the year and why?

Winter. I love snow, the more the merrier.

15. As a kid, what did you want to be when you grew up?

A purveyor of fine porcelains.16. If you could tell a visitor to the East

Kootenay anything, what would you say?Roses are red violets are blue, the East

Kootenay is sweet… now go back to where you came from, we don’t need your tourist money. Or maybe we do? Ok, buy something then get out, and pack out your darn garbage… we love you, come back soon.

17. Favourite album of all time? Why?Vanilla Ice: To the Extreme. I love the

layers of melodic rhapsody, intertwined with nuanced rhythms and bla, bla, bla. It’s a modern day classic.

18. Favourite movie of all time? Why?Planes, Trains & Automobiles. Neal

Page & Del Griffith 19. What is something most people

won’t already know about you?Often times to my own detriment, I

prefer to forge a new path than follow the one that’s been well trodden

20. Favourite time of day to fly out of the Canadian Rockies International Air-port?

Anytime, it’s my favorite airport. Hardly any lines, beautiful view, relative-ly cheap parking.

The Cranbrook Daily Townsman and Kimberley Daily Bulletin, in our ongoing mission to reflect the community, are pleased to present “20 Questions,” answered

by those individuals who make our community great — which is everybody. We don’t intend to stop until we’ve covered everybody. This week, Justin Giroux,

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Justin Giroux

For the townsmanMany of us remem-

ber the firestorm of 2003 in British Columbia and the many homes and properties threatened or destroyed that year. That was thirteen years ago and the reality is that Cranbrook and area is well overdue for a se-rious and significant fire season.

The responsibility of the public is to clearly understand and prepare for the risk of wildfire. Owners of homes and properties that are not conscious of the risk, not only pose a threat to their properties, but also threaten neighbours and emergency services personnel. The reality is that if you don’t take basic steps to minimize the fire risk around your home or property, emergency services will focus their response on properties they can save -- the rest will have to fend for themselves.

“Wild fires today are more frequent and burn faster and with tremen-dous intensity. The City of Cranbrook is sur-rounded by forested land which can present a significant risk of wild fire to properties located within or immediately adjacent to these areas,” says Chief Wayne Price, Director of Cranbrook Fire & Emergency Ser-vices. “It is critical that defensible space is cre-

ated between structures or property that is to be protected and forested land. Eliminating the hazards or threat takes planning and time; it is too late to take action when a threat is immi-nent.”

There are plenty of public education tools available to provide ad-vice on wildfire pre-paredness for individu-als and homeowners, which can teach how to adapt to living with the threat of wildfire and how to work with your community and your neighbours to prevent loss of life and property in the event of a wildfire.

Simple but import-ant things you can do include:

• understanding of the Home Ignition Zone and Defensible Space;

• how to create and maintain a fuel-free area;

• vegetation along fences and fences made of flammable materials attached to homes;

• proper landscaping and plant selection;

• placement of radiant heat sources near the home (i.e., wood piles, fuel tanks, sheds);

• thinning trees and ladder fuels around the home;

• debris under decking and patios;

• having a situational awareness when fire warnings are called.

Residents responsible for wildfire preparedness on property; Fire Chief says

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Sunny skies and over 160 racers make Kootenay Cup a success

Chris Ne welFor the Bulletin

The Kimberley Nor-dic Club hosted the very successful Tech Koote-nay Cup this weekend (Jan 2, 3). Sunny skies, combined with excel-lent snow and awesome grooming made for beautiful conditions. Over 160 racers compet-ed in the competition, which were also Koote-nay Region trials for the BC Winter Games.

Racers ranging in age from four to 81 came from Whitehorse, Gold-en, Canmore, Calgary, Roseland, Fernie, Nel-son, Montana and Kim-berley. Kimberley had a strong contingent, with over 35 of the Jack-rabbit age group (4-9) taking part. Three Kim-berley skiers, Sidney Wilson, Marielle Aker-man and Molly Miller qualified for the Provin-cial BC Winter Games.

Approximately 50 volunteers were instru-mental in the success of the race. Many were out on the course for hours in the cold temperatures to assist the racers. A hearty lunch was served up for the races, volun-teers and spectators.

Saturday saw the classic ski races with 160 registered participants, Sunday had close to 120

Chris Newel photo

Off to the races at the Kootenay Cup this past weekend in Kimberley.

in the skate technique event. A large number of participants entered both races.

“Kimberley is known for putting on great events and this was no exception, thanks to our

great volunteers and wonderful venue”, Jean-nie MacDonald, Com-petition Secretary.

Kootenay Cup racing in Kimberley

Tre vor Cr awley

It was touchdown at 8:30 a.m. at the Canadi-an Rockies Internation-al Airport on Monday morning as Integra Air arrived as part of it’s in-augural flight from Cal-gary.

Announced last month, Integra Air will begin with two daily re-turn flights from CRIA to Calgary on Monday, Wednesday and Friday, and single return flights on Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday.

Arriving on the Jet-stream 3100 aircraft was Brent Taylor, the business development manager for Integra Air,

while six passengers and a toddler were the first to try out the new service.

“We’re really excit-ed, sometimes you don’t realize until you get going,” said Taylor. “Now that we’re here, it’s kind of like Christ-mas morning, we’re fi-nally here, so we know that it’s going to take a little bit to get it going.

“…We’ll probably have our little highs and lows, but we’re excited and looking forward to serving the community and connecting to Cal-gary and bringing the Calgary folks here.”

The 35-minute In-tegra Air flights are di-

rect to and from Cal-gary, complementing existing carriers at CRIA in Air Canada—which also provides flights to Calgary—and Pacific Coastal Airlines, which operates strictly in B.C.

Tristan Chernove, the manager of the CRIA, noted that growth over the last six years of his tenure has attracted attention from other air carriers.

“We’ve had signifi-cant growth every year, year over year and that’s really the factor that al-lows us to be successful in attracting new carri-ers,” Chernove said.

“When I arrived here in 2009, we were just

shy of 100,000 passen-gers and now we’re nearing 140,000 pas-sengers, so that’s really sustained growth over that period.

“When carriers see that, it gives them good confidence that it’s a place that’s got a grow-ing market, growing tourism activity and it’s a big part of why we’re having success.”

Chernove adds that it’s exciting to have a new carrier operating at CRIA.

“We’ve got a great approach, we’ve got an incredible landing sys-tem, great reliability and plenty of capacity. The only constraint we

Integra Air begins direct Calgary flights

have to much more growth in air services is demographics and population density,” he said.

“So this is really ex-citing to have an airline that is suitable for a smaller market as com-pared to what a lot of

the airlines fly with, which is really large planes that are difficult to fill with our limited population.”

trevor Crawley photo

Passengers board the Integra flight at Canadian Rockies Airport Monday.


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The last two months of 2015

NovemberA new water shortage

bylaw was enacted. The new bylaw was brought in to respond to the low water situation this past summer, and the likeli-hood of low water levels occurring again. This past summer was long, hot and dry and fall rains were sparse. That result-ed in only 3 cm of water flowing over the Mark Creek Dam. At that time of year, most people have shut off their out-side water so demands on the system are down as well, but Council wanted to be prepared for next year with a bylaw that spells out levels of restrictions and penal-ties.

With the low spillover continuing, Kimberley Alpine Resort was al-lowed to begin snow making under certain conditions. An upper limit of 170 litres per sec-ond was established, and if it was exceeded, KAR would have to cease snow making.

Monday, November 9 marked the last shift for some 65 workers and nine staff members at the CanFor owned Canal Flats saw mill. CanFor announced the closure on September 9 in Canal Flats, stating that recent downturns in the oil and gas and lumber markets that the mill served, combined with a lack of economically available fibre for the mill, had brought operating losses the company could no longer sustain.

Kimberley Council had a lively discussion

on the issue of renewing a contract with Cran-brook to house prisoners in Cranbrook cells. Some Councillors took excep-tion to the increased costs in the contract, say-ing Kimberley shouldn’t pay for Cranbrook infra-structure renewal.

The issue of some properties being re-moved from the Agricul-tural Land Reserve, and some not, was much in the news in November as public meetings on the matter were held. At year’s end there was still a great deal of confusion around the matter, as most people agreed there didn’t appear to be much explanation as to why a property was in or out.

Three Kimberley RCMP vehicles were damaged as police tried to contain a suspect ve-hicle, first in the down-town area and then at the ski hill. The suspect vehicle repeatedly rammed the police cars, trying to make an es-cape. Two suspects fled on foot, but were appre-hended a short distance away.

Logging trucks will be coming down 4th Ave-nue this winter — 130 loads — but they will be paying for the privilege. City CAO Scott Sommer-ville said that a price of $56 per load has been agreed upon. That amount will be reviewed before being incorporat-ed into a bylaw. Kimber-ley City Council had a lengthy discussion at their regular meeting about logging trucks coming down 4th Ave-nue. At the end of the discussion, staff was

Kimberley year in review, part IV

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Despite the loss of sponsoring groups integral to the ceremony, the Kimberley community, led by the Elks Club, came out in force on November 11.

given a mandate by Council to hammer out a deal with BC Tim-ber Sales, who have two cutblocks on the market in the Mark Creek watershed.

It’s wasn’t the heady years of mid-2000s when condo units on the ski hill were going up at a fran-tic pace, but it’s also not the grim years post-2008 when the global recession slowed construction to almost a standstill. The City of Kimberley is experienced a good year for construction, the best in five years.

A meeting was held to seek in-terest and support for bringing one or two families from Syria to Kimberley was a success, says or-ganizer Peggy Frederikse. “The meeting went well,” she said. “We had about 15 people out and they

showed great enthusiasm.” So much so that the group has been formally named — the Kimberley Refugee Resettlement Group — and working committees formed.

December

Council received a report on the state of three City facilities — the Civic Centre, the Marysville Arena and the Gymnastics build-ing on Warren Avenue. The report was produced for information purposes as Council and staff enter the budget process, but also fulfills a campaign promise by Mayor Don McCormick to look closely at all city-owned facilities and what potential future costs may be to keep them running. All three of these facilities require major repairs over the next ten

years. In fact, those upgrades and repairs on the three buildings add up to $2,875,000 — $1,814,000 for the Civic Centre and $981,000 for the Marysville Arena.

Highway 95A was closed in both directions Tuesday evening, December 8, as the Kimberley Fire Department responded to a fire in the Bohemian Spirits build-ing. Assistant Chief Rick Prasad says that the Fire Department had a great response and knocked the fire down quickly, before it could spread to adjacent buildings. “It could have been a lot worse,” he said. “There is damage to the con-tents of the building and smoke damage in it and adjacent build-ings.” Prasad said the cause of the fire is under investigation.

The City updated the smoke-

free bylaw in December. There will be a ban on smoking on City trails, in parks, playgrounds and recreation facilities, both indoor and out; and bar and restaurant patios. Further, they propose a ban on smoking within 7.5 metres of entrances and windows. The previ-ous distance is 3 metres. This means no smoking within the Platzl.

The Creston RCMP was asking residents in the area of Crawford Bay and Kootenay Bay, to be aware of the presence of an adult cheetah that was spotted along Hwy 3a on Thursday, Decem-ber 17. On Thursday De-cember 17, 2015 at around 4:30pm, the Creston RCMP received a report of a cheetah sighting near the com-munity of Crawford Bay, BC. COs searched for the cheetah for several days but eventually it was called off without finding the animal.

After extensive plan-ning and discussions, a trial project to translo-cate urban mule deer from four communities in the East Kootenay will begin later this winter. Mule deer will be live-captured in Elkford, Cranbrook, Kimberley and Invermere, and transported to winter range areas in the East Kootenay where natural non-urban mule deer populations have been in decline for several years. This trial project, which has received wide-spread support, is a response to the desire of many to find a non-le-thal option to reduce urban deer populations.

From page 1So in Kimberley a typical home val-

ued at $209,000 in July 2014 is valued at $228,000 in July of 2015. In Cran-brook, a typical home worth $256,000 is now worth $269,000.

Property owners receiving their as-sessment will often assume that an in-crease in their property assessment automatically translates into an in-crease in their property tax bill. This is not necessarily the case, since the de-termination of local tax rates is ulti-mately based on the budget require-ments of the taxing authority, in this case the City of Kimberley, RDEK, School Board etc. It also depends on how close to the average your home price is. Assessed value is multiplied

by Kimberley’s tax rate to determine the actual taxes paid.

“Property owners can find a lot of information on our website including

answers to many assessment-related questions, but those who feel that their property assessment does not reflect market value as of July 1, 2015 or see incorrect information on their notice, should contact BC Assessment as indi-cated on their notice as soon as possi-ble in January,” said Shah.

BC Assessments has provided a list of the most expensive assessments in the region. The top five are a water-front home in Invermere for $5,253,000; an Invermere district waterfront home for $5,157,000; a home on Kicking Horse Mountain in Golden worth $3,816,000; another Invermere rural waterfront home for $3,546,000; and one more Invermere waterfront home for $3,493,000.

From Page 1You can also go to guest services and pick up

a voucher for a $2 hamburger.There are also ten spots available for a free

lesson, complete with free equipment rental at 10:30 a.m. These lessons are for new skiers and boarders only. With only ten spots available, space is limited. Guests should pre-register at the Winter Sports School Cabin by calling 250-432-0315.

Kimberley Alpine thanks its partner Sysco for its assistance with the barbecue.

Community Day at

Kimberley Alpine Resort

“Property owners receiving their assessment will often assume

that an increase in their property assessment automatically

translates into an increase in their property tax bill. This is not

necessarily the case.”

Assessment notices in the mail


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For the townsmanThe Cranbrook Farmer’s

Market will kick off our eighth year of operation with a Market this Saturday, January 9!

We will offer a season of In-door Markets on the second and fourth Saturdays of the months from January to June, running from 10 am to 1 pm at

the Ktunaxa Nation Gym at 220 Cranbrook Street North.

These twice a month mar-kets will provide the opportuni-ty to shop locally and give food growers, producers and arti-sans another opportunity to connect with their customers during the winter and spring months. Market shoppers can

find everything from locally grown pork, beef and lamb, ap-ples, juice and carrots, shoots and microgreens , farm eggs, sausage and pepperoni, sour-dough breads, delicious baked goods, preserves, hand - made candies, to lusciously crafted body care products, wood carv-ings, jewelry and hand knit/

sewn clothing items for every-one from babies on up.

If one of your goals this year is to do more of your shopping locally, come on out to check out the Indoor Markets!

Our full 2016 calendar in-cluding dates, times and loca-tions can be found at www.cranbrookfarmersmarket.com.

Cranbrook group to discuss refugee process

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ONGOINGCanadian Cancer Society- if you have spare time and would like to volunteer, interested applicants can call 250-426-8916, drop by our offi ce at #19-9th Avenue S, Cranbrook or go to www.cancervolunteer.ca and register as a volunteer.Mark Creek Lions meet 1st and 3rd Wednesdays at the Kimbrook. Meet & Greet from 6:00-6:30pm, supper 6:30-7:00, meeting 7:00-8:00pm. Contact 250-427-5612 or 250-427-7496. New members welcome – men and ladies! The Cellar Thrift Store Open Mon. to Sat., noon to 4:30 p.m. Our revenues support local programs and outreach programs of Cranbrook United Church. Baker Lane Entry at 2 – 12th Ave. S. Cranbrook, B. C. Donations of new or gently used items welcome.The Cranbrook Quilter’s Guild meet on the 2nd and 4th Tuesday of every month, September - June, 7.15 p.m. at the Cranbrook Senior Citizens Hall, 125-17th Ave South. Interested??? Call Jennifer at 250-426-6045. We’re on Facebook and www.cranbrookquiltersguild.ca.Quilters meet in Kimberley on the 2nd Monday at Centennial Hall at 7:00 PM and the 4th Monday for sewing sessions in the United Church Hall at 10 Boundary Street.Hey Kimberley! We need you as Big Brothers and Big Sisters. One hour a week. YOU can make a diff erence in a Child’s life that will last a life time. Info: 250-499-3111.Cranbrook Community Tennis Association welcomes all citizens to play or learn to play. Call Neil 250-489-8107, Cathy 250-464-1903.Enjoy Painting? Join ArtGroup 75, Fridays 1pm-4pm, Sept. - June. Seniors Hall, Cranbrook. 125. 17th Ave. S.Cranbrook Phoenix Toastmasters meet every Thursday, noon -1:00 Heritage Inn. Toastmasters teaches communication & leadership skills. Roberta 250-489-0174. 1911.toastmastersclubs.org.Cranbrook Writer’s Group meet on the 4th Monday of the month at the Arts Council. Engage in writing exercises, constructive critiques & share in information on upcoming literary events & contests. Cbk and District Arts Council, 104, 135-10th Ave S, CBK. info: 250-426-4223 www.cranbrookanddistrictartscouncil.comRoyal Canadian Legion Branch 24; Friday Meat Draw: 4:30-6:30, Saturday Meat Draw: 3:30-5:30. BINGO at the Kimberley Elks – Mondays, 6:30 start. All welcome.The Canadian Orthopaedic Foundation invites anyone expecting bone and joint surgery to make contact with local volunteers for peer support. The free Ortho Connect program helps to ease the fear, stress and anxiety that go along with surgery and help patients prepare. 1-800-461-3639 ext 4, and ask for Lauralee.Do you have the desire to stop eating compulsively? Overeaters Anonymous (a 12-Step Program) meets Wednesdays, from 7-8pm at Cranbrook United Church, 2-12th St. S., downstairs. Contact: [email protected] (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) non profi t weight loss support group meets EVERY Thursday at 5:00 pm, at Sr Citizen’s Centre, (downstairs) 125 17th Ave S, Cranbrook. Drop in, have fun while losing weight gradually. This Chapter has won an annual B.C. Provincial Award for “Best Avg Weight Loss Per Member”. Info: Marie 250 417 2642Bibles For Missions Thrift Store, 824 Kootenay St. N., Cranbrook - serving our community to benefi t others - at home and abroad. We turn your donations into helping dollars! Open Tues-Sat 10am-5pm. Phone 778-520-1981.

UPCOMINGKimberley Aquatic Centre FREE PUBLIC SWIM: Wednesday, January 6, 5:00-6:00pm is sponsored by Burrito Grill.British Columbia Government Retired Employees Association, Rocky Mountain Branch, will be holding their luncheon meeting at the Heritage Inn on January 13, 2016 at 12 noon. Our guest speakers are Bev Wagner of COSCO & Brenda McLennan with CARP. Info: Larry Hall at 250-489-3968.January 13. Kimberley Garden Club’s fi rst meeting of 2016. Let us know what programs you want to see this year! Selkirk High School Library 7-9 pm. New members welcome. Info: Nola 250-427-1947Kimberley Aquatic Centre FREE FAMILY SWIM: Wednesday, January 20th, 6:00-7:00pm is sponsored by Kimberley Alpine Resort. Persons 18 years & younger must be accompanied by an adult.Parents Night Out: Tablet Time – join other parents & CBAL at the Cranbrook Public Library and learn to weave tablet time with apps, puppetry, stories and art. Jan 12 for parents with children aged 3-5 and Jan 26 for parents with children aged 6-9. Parents only, bring your own tablets & smart phones, sorry no childcare available. Preregistration necessary as space limited. FMI: Katherine 250-420-7596 or Deanne 250-426-4063Know someone who is a literacy champion in Cranbrook or Area C? Nominate them as Cranbrook’s 2015 Literacy Champion. Nominations close January 20th and the winner announced January 27th at the Family Literacy Day celebrations. For more info call Katherine 250-420-7596 or [email protected] or on Facebook: Columbia Basin Alliance for Literacy Cranbrook.Adult or Senior? Want to learn or improve your computer skills? CBAL Cranbrook off ers a 6 week introductory computer course starting Jan 29th. Pre-registration a must. Call Katherine 250-417-2896, space is limited.

For the townsmanDonations to the Cranbrook

Hub for Refugees (CHR) now total almost $17,000 as the or-ganization prepares to have its first public meeting 7 p.m. Wednesday Jan. 6 at Christ Church Anglican Hall at 46 13th Ave. S. near the corner of 2nd St. S. and 13th Ave. S.

The first meeting of 2016 will be mainly devoted to giv-ing the public a chance to meet the CHR committee and to find out what they can do to sup-port a refugee family expected to arrive in Cranbrook by spring, says CHR Co-chair Bonnie Spence-Vinge.

“Even though we’ve raised enough money to be certified as a refugee sponsor by the federal government, we’ll need more money and volunteers to

prepare for the refugees arrival and to support them for a year after they get here,” she says.

Spence-Vinge says volun-teers are needed for a number of tasks and jobs that need to be done to support the refu-gees who will be starting new lives far from their war-torn homes.

Some legal work will have to be done before they arrive as well as finding them accom-modation, furniture, clothing and other items of basic sup-port. After they get settled, more volunteers will be need-ed to help the new family ad-just to the Canadian life style by providing ESL training, enroll-ing children in school, job training, shopping and food preparation, trauma counsel-ling, social support, recreation-

al activities and a host of other means of support, says Spen-ce-Vinge.

“Most of all, we just want to make them feel welcome and let them know that we will al-ways be there to support them in their new country,” she says.

Refugees coming to Cran-brook may be Syrian or from another country where people are fleeing persecution and have been defined as refugees by the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR). The 6,000 or so Syri-an refugees that have made it to Canada so far are mainly privately sponsored by families and friends or organizations such as Oxfam and Friends of Burma that have been helping refugees for years, says Gerry Warner, CHR’s other co-chair.

“We are bringing them in on the UN’s BVOR (Blended Visa Office-Referred Program) where we partner with Immi-gration, Refugees and Citizen-ship Canada, (IRCC) to bring them over,” Warner says.

“The big advantage of the BVOR program is that the fed-eral government pays half the cost of the program, including health care costs for the refu-gees,” Warner says. But the fed-eral government only subsidiz-es the program at social assis-tance rates, which is why more money is needed as well as volunteers, he says.

“That’s why we’re looking to the public for more support and will explain the program in detail to them at the Jan. 6 meeting,” Warner says.

Cranbrook Hub for Refugees holds its first public meeting Wednesday, Jan. 6

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O n Friday, Saudi Arabia’s Sunni Muslim rulers beheaded their country’s leading Shia Muslim

cleric, Sheikh Nimr Baqr al-Nimr, on charges of seeking “foreign meddling” in the kingdom.

On Saturday, an angry crowd of Irani-ans – all Shia Muslims, of course – at-tacked the Saudi Arabian embassy in Teh-ran. And Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, put a cartoon on his website comparing Saudi Arabia’s head-chop-ping orgy on New Year’s Day (46 other executions on the same day) to the mass execu-tions carried out by the Sunni extremist ‘Islamic State’ group.

So on Sunday, Saudi Arabia broke dip-lomatic relations with Iran – and all the pundits started talking about the Sun-ni-Shia “war of religion” that is about to engulf the Middle East.

This raises two questions. First, what would a Sunni-Shia war of religion actual-ly look like? And second, has everybody in the Middle East taken leave of their sens-es?

The first question is best answered by looking at the history of the Christian wars of religion, ca. 1520-1660.

The Muslim world now, like “Christen-dom” in the 16th century, is made up of many independent countries. And the current phase of the Muslim wars of reli-gion is being fought out between Shias and Sunnis in Iraq, Syria and Yemen, just as the first phase of the Christian wars of religion was fought out mainly between Catholics and Protestants in individual countries.

From the start of the conflict in Europe, however, each European state tried to help its co-believers in neighbouring countries as well, and alliances were in-

creasingly shaped by religious consider-ations. In the second phase, these allianc-es dragged most of Europe into the cata-strophic Thirty Years’ War (1618-1648), fought mostly in the middle of Europe but involving armies from as far apart as Swe-den and Spain.

The main battleground, Germany, lost between one-third and one-half of its population. Nobody won, of course, and

in the very long run ev-erybody just lost interest in the question. But it was a very great waste of lives, time and money.

The Muslim world is already caught up in the first phase of a compara-ble process, but it is not

condemned to go the whole distance. One big difference is that the Sunni-Shia split is ancient — more than 1,350 years old — whereas the Catholic-Protestant split was new and still full of passion at the time of the Christian wars.

More than 99 percent of today’s Mus-lims were simply born Sunni or Shia, whereas many 16th-century Christians had made a conscious choice about their religion. The current killings in the Mus-lim world are mostly driven by state poli-cy, so maybe Muslims will not throw away a couple of generations following the same foolish, bloody road that the Chris-tians took 500 years ago.

Those who live at the geographical ex-tremes of the Muslim world — Indonesia, Malaysia, and Bangladesh in the East; Morocco, Algeria, Tunisa and even Egypt in the West — will certainly not suffer the same fate, for there are only tiny Shia mi-norities in these countries. But for those who live in the heart of the Muslim world, from Yemen to Turkey and from Lebanon to Iran, the future may be much darker.

And so to the second question: has ev-

erybody in the Middle East taken leave of their senses? Not exactly, but many play-ers have lost sight of the bigger picture.

George W. Bush’s invasion of Iraq in 2003 unleashed the sectarian demon in the region. The “Arab Spring” of 2011 frightened the region’s dictatorships and absolute monarchies into increased re-pression and greater reliance on appeals to sectarian loyalty. Then King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia died a year ago, and the king-dom spun out completely.

Saudi Arabia under its previous mon-archs was very cautious and conservative in its foreign policy. It subsidised various extreme Sunni groups in other countries, but it clung tightly to its American alliance and never engaged directly in adventures abroad

The new Saudi king, Salman, is 80 years old and infirm, so in practice most deci-sions are made by his nephew, Crown Prince Muhammad bin Nayef (aged 56), or his son, Deputy Crown Prince Muham-mad bin Salman (aged only 30). There is intense competition between the two men for the succession to the throne, and the decisions coming out of Riyadh have been much bolder than ever before.

The past nine months have seen a major Saudi Arabian military intervention against the Shia side in the Yemeni civil war, the creation of a Saudi-led alliance of almost all the Sunni-majority Arab states, and now the execution of a Shia leader in Saudi Arabia that was clearly calculated to cause a diplomatic breach with Iran.

It’s just dynastic politics, in other words, not some inevitable geopolitical juggernaut. But it was similar dynastic politics half a millennium ago that trig-gered the worst phase of the Christian wars of religion.

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Ice flip recently-acquired Kopeck to Chiefs for WhittinghamFormer Red Deer Rebels forward Presten Kopeck lasts 25 hours as member of Kootenay Ice before trade to SpokaneTaylor rocc a

Presten Kopeck’s time as a member of the Kootenay Ice was brief.

Just how brief was it?The 6-foot, 174-

pound Kopeck was on the Ice roster for all of 25 hours, landing there fol-lowing a trade from Red Deer, announced at 10 a.m. Sunday morning, before being shipped off in another deal an-nounced at 11 a.m. Monday morning.

For the second time in two days, the 20-year-old native of Medicine Hat is on the move after Ice president and gener-al manager Jeff Chynoweth shipped Ko-peck south across the border to the Spokane Chiefs in exchange for 20-year-old forward Riley Whittingham and a fourth-round pick in the 2017 WHL Bantam Draft.

“It was an opportuni-ty to acquire a compara-ble 20-year-old in Riley

Whittingham and also get a draft pick for down the road,” Chynoweth said of flipping Kopeck. “It was a no-brainer for us that way.

“I’m quite familiar with Riley Whittingham, both as a person and as a player. Looking at the situation and looking our team, we’re not the biggest team up front and we have trouble scoring goals. He pro-vides both of those and has throughout his WHL career with Spokane.”

Kopeck was original-ly acquired by the Ice in the deal that saw Luke Philp become a mem-ber of the Rebels.

In Whittingham, a 6-foot-2, 196-pound na-tive of Calgary, the Ice get a player with 228 games of WHL experi-ence.

Interestingly enough, the two transactions in-volving Kopeck see a shuffling of three 1995-

born players selected consecutively at the 2010 WHL Bantam Draft.

Whittingham, 20, was the 58th-overall pick of the Spokane Chiefs and now finds himself a member of the Ice.

Philp was the 59th-overall selection of the Ice and now finds himself a member of the Red Deer Rebels.

Kopeck was the 60th-overall selection of the Portland Winter-hawks and now makes his return to the U.S. Di-vision as a member of the Chiefs.

“We feel this trade will help our depth with our forwards as Presten Kopeck can play all three positions,” said Tim Speltz, general manager of the Chiefs, in a team release. “We will use [Ko-peck] to kill penalties and he will also contrib-ute offensively. He is a leader and a competitor.”

Kopeck has amassed

46 goals and 115 points in 224 career WHL games with the Winter-hawks and Rebels.

The Chiefs expect he will be available in time for a Jan. 9 home date against the Regina Pats.

Having spent his en-tire career with the Chiefs, Whittingham has registered 46 goals and 95 points, including eight goals and 18 points in 34 games this season.

He is expected to be in Cranbrook in time for practice with the Ice on Tuesday afternoon.

Recently-acquired defenceman Ryan Pouliot is also expected to be in Cranbrook in time to practice Tuesday.

With the WHL trade deadline coming up Jan. 10, Chynoweth is still taking calls.

As it stands, the Ice are carrying 14 forwards, eight defencemen (fol-lowing trade of Bryan Allbee, see below) and

two goaltenders, includ-ing three 20-year-olds in Whittingham, defence-man Tanner Lishchyn-sky and goaltender Wyatt Hoflin.

“The 20-year-olds are a tough market…There’s an overabun-

dance in that age group,” Chynoweth said. “If the right deal came along, I would definitely look at moving both Wyatt and Tanner, but right now it’s early in the week and there’s nothing going on.”

The Ice also carry 20-year-old forward Jae-don Descheneau, though he is on the long-term injury list after un-dergoing shoulder sur-gery and is not expected to return before the cam-paign comes to a close.

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The Kootenay Ice have acquired 20-year-old forward Riley Whittingham, above, along with a fourth-round pick from the Spokane Chiefs in exchange for forward Presten Kopeck.

Ice stop slide with victory over Broncos

Taylor rocc aSports Editor

The slide is over.With a hard-fought

3-1 win over the Swift Current Broncos (12-22-4-1) Sunday, the Koote-nay Ice (7-31-3-0) put an end to a 16-game win-less streak and collected points in back-to-back games for the first time since Nov. 20 and 21.

“We’ve played some pretty good hockey lately and to finally close one out with a lot of pressure there late in the third [period], it felt real good,” said Luke Pierce, head coach of the Kootenay Ice, Monday morning. “Hopefully we don’t fall back at all.

“The funny thing with hockey, I don’t think our game in Swift Current was one of our better nights. Obviously rela-tive to how we’ve played over the last month, it was still a good game for us. I thought Saturday night in Moose Jaw was maybe the best hockey game we’ve played in a long time.”

While Sunday’s scor-ing was fuelled by a line

combination featuring left wing Zak Zborosky (1A), centre Matt Alfaro (1A) and right wing Jesse Zaharichuk (2G, 1A), the weekend success was powered by a complete performance through the entire lineup.

“The whole crew -- and that’s what it’s going to take for our team,” Pierce said. “We’ve got to be a 20-man unit that’s working hard. We’re just not deep

enough up front, talent wise, to get away with one or two guys [putting in a full effort].”

In Swift Current, Broncos newcomer Lane Pederson opened the scoring with his ninth of the season be-fore the Ice responded with three unanswered goals to claim two points.

Zaharichuk tied the affair midway through the second period.

With 1:20 remaining in regulation, defence-man Bryan Allbee gave the visitors a 2-1 lead, with the primary assist going to Zaharichuk.

The native of Sher-wood Park, Alta., closed out the victory with an empty-net goal in the final minute.

Overage goaltender Wyatt Hoflin turned aside 25 of the 26 shots he faced to collect his fifth win of the season.

Next, the Ice host the Regina Pats (17-17-3-3) Friday, Jan. 8 (7 p.m.) at Western Financial Place.

From there, they visit Lethbridge for a one-off against the Hurricanes (27-12-0-0) Saturday evening at 7 p.m.

“We’ve played some pretty good hockey lately and to finally

close one out... It felt real good.”

Luke PierceHead CoachKootenay Ice

Ice ship defenceman Allbee to T-Birds

Nitros knock off Nitehawks

Taylor rocc aThe phone bill in the

Kootenay Ice office is going to be mighty big to start 2016 as president and general manager Jeff Chynoweth keeps busy with WHL trade dead-line fast approaching.

Chynoweth an-nounced his third trade in less than 48 hours Monday afternoon, shipping defenceman Bryan Allbee to the Se-attle Thunderbirds in exchange for a fifth-round pick in the 2017 WHL Bantam Draft.

“We had nine de-fencemen after acquir-ing Ryan Pouliot the other day [from Red Deer] and you can’t play nine ‘D’,” Chynoweth said Monday. “We felt, moving forward, if there was any interest in any of our older ‘D’ -- 18- to 20-year-olds -- we would look at it.

“There were a few teams that had ex-pressed interest in Bryan and we thought it was an opportunity we could not pass up. It gives him an opportuni-ty to go to a really good hockey team in Seattle while allowing us to ac-cumulate another draft

pick for the future.”Allbee, 18, has post-

ed career highs in goals, assists and points (4-6-10) in 40 games with the Ice this season, his sec-ond with the club.

“Allbee brings us WHL experience and adds to our team as a puck-moving defence-man,” said Russ Farwell, general manager of the Seattle Thunderbirds, in a team release. “He has played a lot of power play in the past and is a good addition to our group on defence.”

In 88 career games, the 6-foot, 181-pound native of Prince George has registered seven goals and 17 points.

Sunday, Chynoweth dealt 20-year-old captain Luke Philp to the Red Deer Rebels in exchange for overage forward Presten Kopeck, Pouliot, prospect Tanner Si-daway, a second-round pick and a third-round pick, both in the 2016 WHL Bantam Draft.

Monday, Chynoweth flipped Kopeck to the Spokane Chiefs (see above).

The WHL trade dead-line rolls in Sunday, Jan. 10 at 12 p.m. (Mountain).

Taylor rocc aEven without captain

Jason Richter, the Kim-berley Dynamiters con-tinue to prove they’re the best team in the KIJHL.

Saturday, the Nitros (28-4-0-4) returned to action in 2016, defeating the Beaver Valley Nite-hawks (25-8-2-2) by a 4-2 margin.

“We had a great break over the Christmas holi-days and we want to be even stronger in the new year here,” said Dyna-miters defenceman Jor-dan Busch following Sat-urday’s triumph. “Noth-ing has changed. We still have a goal of winning the league and that’s what we’re focused on.

“It was a good test for us. [The Nitehawks] are well coached. They’re a good team. They play their systems pretty darn well. It was a good game, actually. It was exciting. It was a good one to get up for know-ing it wasn’t going to be an easy one… It’s a good measuring stick just to see where we’re at.”

Busch was certainly up to the task Saturday, moving the puck with ef-ficiency, collecting two assists along the way.

The Nitros jumped out to a 2-0 lead early in the second as Eric Buck-

ley put a rebound past Nitehawks goalie Tallon Kramer to build upon Keenan Haase’s first-pe-riod power-play goal.

Blake Sidoni closed the gap midway through the second period before Sawyer Hunt respond with a power-play goal midway through the third period to restore the two-goal advantage for the home team.

Hunt finished the night with a goal and an assist, with his tally standing as the eventual game-winner after Nite-hawks forward Tyler Ghirardosi scored with 6:50 to go in regulation.

In net, Nitros goal-tender Tyson Brouwer made 33 stops on 35 shots to collect his league-leading 22nd victory of the campaign.

It has been a big start to 2016 in more ways than one for Busch, the E d m o n t o n - b o r n blue-liner, as he recently committed to the Con-cordia University of Ed-monton men’s hockey program (Alberta Col-leges Athletic Confer-ence) for 2016-17.

Next for the Nitros is a Tuesday tilt (7 p.m.) with the Creston Valley Thunder Cats (21-10-1-2) at the Kimberley Civic Centre.

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It is with deep sorrow that we announce the passing of John “Johnny” Romich on Thursday, December 24, 2015 surrounded by his family.

Johann was the middle child of Maria and Josef Romich. He was born in Grünbach, Austria on April 21st, 1926. John grew up in the nearby town of Puchberg, playing the violin with his father and brother in local pubs. Later, he played the clarinet with the City Band and carried his love of music with him to the end. Beautiful music would always bring a tear to his eye.

In 1953, at the age of 27 John decided to come to Canada. He made his way to Calgary, where he became a drywaller. He was also a founding member of the Austrian Club and the Schuhplattler Verein. In 1955 he was sent to Cranbrook for work. He loved the mountains and area so much as they reminded him of home, that he decided to stay and open his own drywall company. He met Brigitte in 1957 at her aunt’s restaurant, Glur’s Cafe (now Apollo Ristorante) and they were married in 1959. They bought Parkview Trailer Court and Laundromat in 1962, and in 1970 they opened Johnny’s Laundry & Drycleaning.

Skiing had always been a great love of John’s. He was a member of the Austrian Ski Patrol & Rescue, and once he was semi-retired he joined the Kimberley Guest Guides. Most weekends you could find him at the hill with his family.

Most of all, John enjoyed time with his family, clearing the bush on his property and having daily coffee with his friends at A&W.

John leaves behind his loving wife Brigitte, daughters Susie (Jeff), Heidi (Jordon), granddaughter Marlies (Ryan), great grandson Toban Johann, his sister Margaret and nieces Karin (Ken) and Linda. He also leaves behind in Austria, his daughter Veronika, grandson Michael, great grandchildren Tobias and Rosa and many other relatives. He was predeceased by his son Martin Johann, his brother Joseph and his nephew Gerhard.

A memorial service for John will be held on Friday, January 8, 2016 at McPherson Funeral Home in Cranbrook at 2:00 pm. Those wishing to make a memorial donation in John’s honour may do so to the charity of their choice.

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for several services have jumped in British Co-lumbia as of New Year’s Day, prompting the province’s seniors advo-cate to urge people over 65 to find out if they qualify for Medical Ser-vices Plan premium sub-sidies.

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is decrying a mass execution in Saudi Arabia which killed 47 people, includ-ing a prominent Saudi Shiite cleric.

In a statement issued on Sunday, Foreign Affairs Minister Stephane Dion says Canada is calling on the Saudi Arabian government to “protect human rights, respect peaceful ex-pressions of dissent and ensure fair-ness in judicial proceedings.”

Dion says Canada is particularly concerned that the country’s execu-tion of Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr could “further inflame” sectarian tensions in the region.

His comments came as Saudi Ara-bia announced Sunday that it was severing diplomatic relations with Iran amid escalating tensions over the cleric’s execution.

Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, warned Saudi Arabia of “divine revenge” over al-Nimr’s exe-cution, while Riyadh accused Tehran of supporting “terrorism.”

Al-Nimr’s death also drew protests

from Shiites around the world, who backed his call for reform and wider political freedom for their sect.

Dion says Canada is urging author-ities and leaders in Saudi Arabia and Iran to work to defuse tensions and promote reconciliation.

Al-Nimr was a central figure in Arab Spring-inspired protests by Saudi Arabia’s Shiite minority until his arrest in 2012. He was convicted of terrorism charges but denied advocat-ing violence.

The mass execution which killed him was the largest carried out by Saudi Arabia in three and a half de-cades.

It exposed the sectarian divisions gripping the region and also illustrat-ed the kingdom’s new aggressiveness under King Salman.

During his reign, Saudi Arabia has led a coalition fighting Shiite rebels in Yemen and staunchly opposed re-gional Shiite power Iran, even as Teh-ran struck a nuclear deal with world powers.

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TORONTO - Canada’s highest-paid CEOs saw their compensation dip two per cent from 2013 to 2014, but they still raked in an average of $8.96 mil-lion each, according to a new study.

The think tank that conducted the research, the Canadian Centre for Pol-icy Alternatives, says that’s 184 times more than the average wage in Cana-da.

In 2014, the average wage for a full-time worker was $48,636 in 2014, ac-cording to the left-leaning research group.

Between 2008 and 2013, the coun-try’s 100 top-paid CEOs saw their compensation climb about 25 per cent to $9.2 million - roughly twice as fast as the average wage for Canadi-ans.

In order to calculate total compen-sation, the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives includes salaries, bonus-es, share grants and stock options.

Hugh Mackenzie, a research asso-

ciate at the centre, says it’s not known whether the slight dip in 2014 is a sign of any sort of lasting change.

“It’s not clear from the data at this point, because we’ve only seen one year, whether this is indicative of a slight downward trend or whether this is just a blip,” said Mackenzie.

“My gut instinct tells me that it’s a blip,” he says, adding that a change in how stock options are being valued, given the slide in commodity prices that began in 2014, may be responsi-ble for the decline.

The highest paid CEO, according to the study, was Blackberry’s John Chen, who took home $89.7 million in total compensation.

Donald Walker of Magna Interna-tional Inc. was the next highest paid, pocketing $23.4 million. Gerald Schwartz of the private equity compa-ny Onex Corp., who was the top paid CEO the previous year, earned total compensation of $21.1 million.

Peter Blake, the former CEO of Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers, was the lowest paid CEO on the list, earning $4.3 million in total compensation.

Only two women made the list - Linda Hasenfratz of Linamar Corp., who was compensated a total of $10.1 million, and Dawn Farrell of TransAlta Corp., who raked in $4.5 million.

Top Canadian CEOs earned an average of$8.96 million in 2014, new study shows

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T here’s no ques-tion Canada dominated the

international music in-dustry in 2015, with art-ists including Justin Bie-ber, the Weeknd and Drake delighting critics and commanding the charts, as well as stream-ing services.

And the momentum seems set to continue next year, as those names continue to re-lease singles and tour and other emerging Ca-nadians could follow their leads.

“Hey, it’s just our time,” says Toronto’s Di-rector X, who helmed Drake’s “Hotline Bling” viral video. “You’ve got all these kids out there making music and eventually something is going to bubble up.

“There’s some real talent coming out of this place. This combination of different cultures all joining up in this coun-try has brought some-thing interesting.”

The Canuck cata-clysm became undeni-able starting in Septem-ber as the Weeknd, Bie-

ber and Drake made history for Canadian artists by monopolizing the top three and then the top four spots on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, where Canadians rarely hit No. 1.

The trend continued through the fall and winter. On the Billboard Hot 100 dated the week of Dec. 19, they and sev-eral other Canadians took up a whopping seven of the Top 10 spots.

Stratford, Ont.-raised Bieber was at No. 2, No. 4 and No. 7 with the pop earworms “Sorry,” “What Do You Mean?” and “Love Yourself.” To-ronto native Drake (nee Aubrey Graham) was at No. 3 with his hip-hop dancing delight “Ho-tline Bling.”

The Weeknd, a.k.a. Abel Tesfaye of Toronto, had the No. 5 spot with ominous bass blaster “The Hills” from “Beau-ty Behind The Mad-ness.”

Vine star Shawn Mendes, also of Toron-to, occupied No. 6 with the pop heartbreak tale “Stitches.”

And rising star Ales-

sia Cara of Brampton, Ont., announced she had arrived with “Here,” which was at No. 8.

The only artist to beat them all? Adele, of course. She claimed No. 1 with “Hello” from her smash album “25.”

But look closer and you’ll even see the Maple Leaf on her album.

North Vancouver na-tive Tobias Jesso Jr. co-wrote “When We Were Young” from “25”; To-ronto native Charles Moniz was a recording engineer on the album’s “All I Ask”; and Montreal filmmaker Xavier Dolan

directed her video for “Hello.”

Other sources of na-tional pride this year: Rolling Stone crowned the Weeknd’s “Can’t Feel My Face” as its top song of 2015, and the Grammys gave him seven nominations. Several other Canadians also got Grammy nods, including Drake with five and Bieber with one.

Meanwhile on Spoti-fy, Drake was the most streamed artist of the year globally, while the Weeknd’s “Beauty Be-hind the Madness” was the most streamed

album of 2015.“I’m very proud of

Canada,” says Carly Rae Jepsen of Mission, B.C., who also delighted crit-ics this year with her ‘80s-inspired album “Emotion.” The record peaked at No. 14 on the Billboard album sales charts and the single “I Really Like You” reached No. 39 on the Billboard Hot 100.

“I think that it’s an exciting time to see so many artists just killing it on the charts and just killing it in general with the quality of music that they’re making.”

Another bonus to this wave of success: it’s erasing the negative ste-reotype that’s dogged Canadian music.

“These are all artists that have taken Canadi-an music to the next level, where no longer do you need to have that Canadian title with it,” says Nira Arora, co-host of the morning show at 94.5 Virgin Radio Van-couver.

“Some people might find that offensive but I’m trying to say that that’s actually a good thing. That means that

we don’t need to keep going, ‘No, this is Amer-ican music, no, this is Canadian music.’ It’s just music. Nobody is talking about Adele like ‘English Adele’ or ‘Lon-don Adele’ or ‘British Adele.’ It’s just ‘Adele.’

“So why do we al-ways do that with Cana-dian music?”

Of course, Canada has a storied history of musical success inter-nationally, through art-ists including Joni Mitchell, Neil Young, Celine Dion and Shania Twain, to name but a few.

But so many domi-nating in one year is un-usual, as is such phe-nomenal Billboard suc-cess.

So, why this is hap-pening now?

Composer-produc-er-writer Stephan Moc-cio, a St. Catharines, Ont., native who’s nomi-nated for several Gram-mys for his work with the Weeknd, points to a strong work ethic.

“We have to work harder to achieve more because we come from a country where there are less resources when

it comes to music, and that’s a plain old fact,” Moccio says from Los Angeles, where he now lives.

“When we want to succeed in music - or anything, for that matter - we come down to wherever the action is, and in this case it hap-pens to be Hollywood and Los Angeles. So we come down here with already a discipline that’s built into us.”

The Canadian inva-sion may continue next year, as Bieber and the Weeknd tour the world and Michael Buble is due to release a new album.

Cross predicts 2016 will see more and more artists releasing individ-ual songs, noting he thinks Adele’s “25” “will be the last big retail event for the album (for-mat)” as streaming changes the industry.

“And then who knows what else is lurk-ing out there, because ... if we have these five or six artists, there are peo-ple everywhere looking to find out if there are six more.”

Canuck acts making music waves worldwide

Abel Makkonen Tesfaye, aka The Weeknd

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