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The regional district wants to hear more about the Trail BCSPCA being shut down next year – and they want it straight from the horse's mouth.

The BC SPCA sent notice to Grace McGregor, board chair for the Regional District of Kootenay Boundary (RDKB), in late March, confirming the Trail branch will be closed by the end of June 2016, citing the facility's conditions are detrimental to the health and wel-fare of people and animals.

“I brought this letter to the board because at the end of the day, if the SPCA is not in our area, it will affect what happens to the mistreated animals,” McGregor told the Trail Times on Tuesday.

“That's the bottom line. Every once in a while in the news, you see the SPCA stepping into some horrible situation and in my mind, I am thankful they are there.”

In the March 17 correspondence, Craig Daniell, the organization's chief executive director, says the BC SPCA's 2013 facilities development and service plan accorded priority to replacement of the Trail shel-ter, and requested matching capital funding from the RDKB in support of the project.

The proposal was rejected, writes Daniell, leaving no alternative but

to cease operations and consider other service models to fulfill the animal welfare mandate in the region.

“Our interest now, of course, is that they (SPCA) talked about grants and many other things but our board still has a lot of questions,” McGregor explained. “Because there is no way the gov-ernment is going to come up with the money they need, so we want more direction on what they are targeting and where they intend to do that.”

McGregor is referring to Daniell's statement that the prov-ince recently announced $5 million in capital funding to support the BC SPCA's eight-year facilities develop-ment plan.

“There are a whole lot of ques-tions that weren't answered in that initial letter,” maintains McGregor.

“I really want my board to feel comfortable asking the right people the questions and not getting answers third hand, because there needs to be some dialogue.”

The organization responded to McGregor's request to appear before the entire RDKB board dur-ing the April 30 meeting in Grand Forks.

The meeting is open and the community is invited to attend.

Once the Trail facility closes, the nearest regional BC SPCA will be the Central Kootenay's Nelson branch.

The BC SPCA previously alertedSee SPCA, Page 3

The Trail Times continues to celebrate 120 years of report-ing local news, we’ve donned white gloves and browsed through historical newspapers, looking to highlight some of the City of Trail’s landmark events.

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

As the Trail Times con-tinues to pay tribute to 120 years of reporting local and world events, we move into the roaring 1920s for our fourth

installment of front page news.Canada was prospering with

one of the fastest growing econ-omies in the world. Business was booming, incomes were

growing and international markets were eager to buy the country’s resources.

The Trail Times was pub-lished every afternoon except Sunday, Trail council decisions dominated news and the paper took on the modern graphic look of a printing press.

The paper was flourishing with more pages of news stor-ies and advertisements of the city’s growing businesses like the Kootenay Hotel.

Catering to the increasing number of women moving to

town, the Trail Times began to publish a weekly insert for the ladies called The Woman’s Page. The stories included cooking advice, new prod-uct highlights, like the Peek, Fream & Co.’s famous biscuits as well as fashion advice from Paris designers warning, “Go Slow on Curves.”

Life seemed to be rolling along with steady production from the smelter on the hill.

Then came the crash that ended it all.

See LOCAL, Page 3

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Colin MacAskill with Hil-Tech Contracting builds a wooden frame for a permanent post at the four-way stop at Bay Ave. and Farwell St. in downtown Trail. The construction is part of a larger project to make the four-way stop a permanent fixture on Trail's roads with flower planters, benches and more. See story Page 3.

INTERSECTION INSTALLATIONTrail SPCA branch slated for closure

RDKB to review facility’s future at next meeting

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sive system that is weak-two based. Someone, who has played against the sys-tem, may think that EHAA stands for every hand is an annoyance, but in fact, it stands for every hand is an adventure.

The system of EHAA is a four-card major system with every two opening, including Two Clubs, being a wide-range weak two. Openings of Two Clubs through Two Spades show a weak two with six to twelve HCP’s and a five or longer suit. Conventional weak two are Two Diamonds through Two Spades showing a six-card suit or an excellent five-card suit with 5 to 10 HCP’s.

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tion, whereas EHAA will open five cards to the Six at any vulnerability and even with a bare min-imum.

Thus the adventure begins. EHAA uses the principle of getting into almost every auction quickly and getting out quickly. The opponents are often left at the two-level or higher trying to figure out where they belong.

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The City of Trail will soon be installing a fence around Lower Sunningdale Park to keep soccer balls in the park and avoid the possibility of young players darting out into traffic.

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

What began as a complaint about soccer balls landing in a Glen Drive yard, has ended with the city set to install a $7,500 six-foot fence on the west-side of the Lower Sunningdale field.

Earlier this year, property owners from the Sunningdale residence asked the City of Trail to take measures to pre-vent soccer balls from leaving the adjacent park during the youth league games.

The request is being grant-ed after investigation through the city's municipal insur-ers revealed the potential for

a liability issue, confirmed David Perehudoff, Trail's chief administrative officer, during Monday's governance meeting. “Not withstanding the individual property own-ers perspective but looking at it as a greater commu-nity perspective to mitigate impacts from balls being shot on the road, it is in the best interest of the community to proceed.”

Perehudoff said a notice was sent to 23 residents in the immediate area of the park about the proposed 250-foot long green mesh fence. Of the six respondents, five were against, citing a fence

as an unsightly and unnec-essary action. The original complainant stood firm and replied “for” the barrier.

Coun. Carol Dobie ques-tioned if the homeowner had taken any action to allevi-ate balls from entering the property.

The responsibility is up to the owner of the facility, in this case the city, replied Coun. Sandy Santori, com-mittee chair. “I don't think it is incumbent on taxpayer to put up fence to accommodate any public facility,” he added.

Santori explained the homeowner's objective is now irrelevant. “It's changed,” he

said. “We could have an ugly lawsuit if a kid gets run over by a car and our insurer saw that all our parks have fences for safety, and we consciously made an effort not to have one in this particular place.”

The city's cost of the fence is offset by a $4,900 risk management grant from its insurers, and could be fur-ther minimized by a potential $2,600 Columbia Basin Trust grant to the youth soccer association.

“While this came from an odd place, we've done our due diligence and now we have to deal with it,” concluded Coun. Kevin Jolly.

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After a year-long trial run, the four-way stop at Bay and Farwell isn't going anywhere.

John Howes, engineering technician with the City of Trail, says the test run for the intersection was a success and crews are working to install elements to make the traffic flow pattern permanent.

“The four-way stop...was set up last year in order to monitor the results and observe driver compliance,” he said adding that the change from traffic lights to stop signs improved safety.

“Although not visually attractive, con-trolling the intersection with an arrange-ment of stop signs and concrete barriers was determined to be successful.”

Now that the test run is complete, work started this week to install the permanent fixtures to create a 24/7 all-way stop.

“The yellow barriers are to be replaced this year with street scape features, like permanent signage, bollards, concrete planters and benches,” said Howes, adding that all the work will be done in time for

Silver City Days from May 6 to 10. “The enhancements are going to be consistent with the Victoria Street amenities and planting.”

Howes says the four-way stop is an improvement on the system of red-yellow-green traffic lights that were installed at the intersection previously.

“The primary benefit of the four-way stop is to improve the level of service (at the intersection),” he said.

“Overall, vehicle and pedestrian delays are reduced at the intersection with the conversion to a four-way stop control. Pedestrians and vehicles must share the roadways.”

Along with the work happening at Bay and Farwell, crews are currently work-ing on big changes in the Trail Memorial Centre parking lot ahead of the Silver CIty Days celebrations.

“The layout was investigated for oppor-tunities to improve vehicle circulation and visibility, reduce vehicle and pedestrian conflicts and improve vehicle access,” he said. “Modifications to the parking config-uration are underway.”

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Jonny Anderson at TireCraft in Trail check the brakes and changes tires on a minivan on Monday. He says it is important to check brakes periodically, especially if a vehicle sits unused for days at a time, or is used for city stop-and-go traffic.

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FROM PAGE 1On October 29, 1929, a day

forever known in history as Black Tuesday, Canada joined the United States and Europe in the greatest financial crises of the 20th century. The stock market crashed and dragged the county into the Great Depression, an economic downfall that gripped the world for 10 long years.

That day, while the Trail Times headline screamed ‘Coast, Toronto Markets Crash,’ in local news it appears to have been business as usual in the Silver City.

Top stories from around the world, include the sinking of a Wisconsin steamer that left those who were rescued mad-dened and near death from the

horror and exposure of hours on a wind whipped sea.

Another headline, “Five Russians To Die, Murder” is a report from Moscow telling the story of five Russians, one of them a priest, who were sen-tenced to death for alleged complicity in the murder of a government grain collector. Incidentally, it was during the latter part of 1929 that Russia re-entered the wheat market after years of recuperating from the Russian Revolution, taking a large portion of Canada’s 40% world market share. With more supply available, wheat prices plummeted and the prairie mar-kets sank.

Besides international stories, the front page highlighted city

goings-on that are eerily similar to today’s news.

“Engineer to work airport,” reports Trail council’s desire to have work done at the Columbia Garden’s site and references Mayor Clark’s comment that the federal government demanded certain improvements before the civic airport could be part of a proposed southern interior air mail route.

Council was the day previ-ous, leading to water applica-tion approvals, road improve-ment referrals, sanctioning for a Legion tag day, sidewalk recon-struction on Oak Street and the prohibition of gas pumps on an East Trail private property.

Two resolutions of the Union of British Columbia Municipalities

(UBCM, an annual convention that still takes place every fall) were addressed – one passed, one was turned back to the UBCM.

On Black Tuesday, life in Trail doesn’t appear to have been impacted by the market events unfolding in the country’s larger trade centers because the major-ity of local news also focuses on upcoming Halloween celebra-tions in the city.

Plans included a grand parade to Butler Park with scouts turn-ing out in uniform to assist the committee in charge with handing out a “surprise” to each kiddie.

City council agreed to block Trail streets around the high school during the children’s pro-cession through town and over

to the park, in the interest of safety.

In other Halloween news, Mr. Holt C. Caldicott appealed to the Rotary Club of Trail for con-tinued observance of the ancient tradition noted to be a Christian adaptation of an old pagan fes-tival.

The organization was later entertained by the mouth organ and ukulele of Fennel and Desmond LeFlufy.

Another local front page standout was the announcement of the fall bowling schedule, which included names Trail pion-eers may recognize – Bernava, Merlo, Lauriente, Martinelli, and Morrish.

To view the Oct. 29, 1929 front page, turn to Page 4.

Local news had similar focus as current headlines

Four-way stop will remain at downtown intersection

FROM PAGE 1the regional district about the need for a new ani-mal shelter last year only weeks after McGregor was appointed board chair.

At the time, the organ-ization proposed a joint venture between the RDKB and the BCSPCA to build a new animal centre.

Daniell wrote the cur-rent building at 7700 Highway 3B is 32-years old,

in extremely poor condi-tion, and required urgent replacement.

He said the organization demonstrated its desire to remain in the Trail area by purchasing the one-acre parcel of land to serve as the future home for the BC SPCA’s West Kootenay/Boundary Community Animal Centre. The prop-erty was purchased for $314,000 with prelimin-

ary indications being a 3,000-square foot shelter was required to replace the Trail facility, which Danielle estimated to cost $1.6 million.

Elaine Kumar, RDKB’s manager of corporate administration responded to the proposal, writing after discussing his bid with elected officials, there was “no appetite” at the time for the project.

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T H E C A N A D I A N P R E S SOTTAWA - Canada

will send 200 military trainers to Ukraine, joining the U.S. and Britain in an inter-national effort to shore up the eastern European country’s battered and bloodied combat forces.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Defence Minister Jason Kenney announced the long-anticipated move Tuesday at National Defence headquarters.

The troops will join American and British soldiers early this summer, and the mission will last until March 31, 2017.

Kenney says Canada’s latest mil-itary contribution addresses a number of requests from the gov-ernment of Ukraine, and is being provided to help the country in its efforts to maintain sovereignty, security and stability in the face of Russian aggres-sion.

Most of the Canadian trainers are expected to be housed at an existing NATO training centre located in Yavoriv, in the west-ern part of Ukraine, near the Polish border.

However, some instruction will also take place at the Ukrainian Ministry of Defence Demining Centre in Kamyanets-Podilsky, also in west-ern Ukraine.

Kenney took pains to emphasize that the troops will be 1,300

kilometres from the embattled eastern por-tion of the country, where pro-Russian separatists were last week reportedly pre-paring for a spring offensive despite an uneasy ceasefire.

He also underlined that Canadian trainers will not accompany Ukrainian troops to the front.

“Let me be absolute-ly clear about that,” Kenney said. “These Canadian Armed Forces personnel will not be going anywhere remotely close to the conflict zone in east-ern Ukraine.”

In fact, he said, the main training centre is virtually within site of the Polish border and “this is not a difficult place from which to extract them should circumstances become unpredictable.”

The Canadians will offer Ukrainian troops their expertise in countering mines and improvised explosive devices, skills painful-ly learned during the five-year combat mis-sion in Kandahar.

The new mission

could also involve instruction on logis-tics and military poli-cing, something for-mer defence minister Rob Nicholson hinted at last winter when military planners vis-ited the country to determine how best to help.

They will be train-ing “recognized” Ukrainian army units and not any of the notorious irregular forces, some of whom have been described as far-right neo-fascist groups.

“We are not going to be in business of training ad-hoc mil-itias,” said Kenney, who added that they trust the govern-ment of President Petro Poroshenko to send them bona fide soldiers and national guardsmen.

The U.S. military has deployed 800 troops to train three - possibly four - bat-talions in western Ukraine. The British recently sent 75 sol-diers to give instruc-tion in command pro-cedures, tactical intel-ligence and battlefield

first aid.Both Washington

and Ottawa have been under pressure to ship lethal military aid to Poroshenko’s govern-ment, which has been struggling to hold a shaky ceasefire togeth-er with rebels.

The Pentagon delayed the training program for Ukrainian soldiers last month to avoid giving the Kremlin an excuse to scrap the peace deal struck in February.

Russia could very well consider the deployment of U.S.-led trainers as a provoca-tion at a time when it has rattled most of Europe with massive, snap military exer-cises along its borders

involving tens of thou-sands of troops.

It strikes at the heart of the dilem-ma faced by Western leaders: how to stop Russian President Vladimir Putin’s slow-motion dismember-ment of Ukraine with-out provoking a major war.

Kenney says the training mission, which will cost about $13 million in the first year, is an important signal of deterrence and not a provocation.

The training mis-sion is separate from the deployment of Canadian troops, jets and a frigate, which are taking part in NATO exercises this year.

Canada to join U.S.-British effort to train Ukrainian combat troops

T H E C A N A D I A N P R E S SOTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada

dealt the Harper government’s tough-on-crime agenda a serious blow Tuesday by striking down a law requiring mandatory minimum sentences for gun crimes.

The 6-3 ruling, penned by Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin, said the statute was unconstitutional as it upheld a 2013 Ontario Court of Appeal ruling that labelled the law cruel and unusual.

The court said the mandatory minimum sentence could ensnare people with “little or no moral fault” and who pose “little or no danger to the public.” It cited as, an example, a person who inherits a firearm and does not immediately get a license for the weapon.

“As the Court of Appeal concluded, there exists a ‘cavernous disconnect’ between the severity of the licensing-type offence and the mandatory minimum three-year term of imprisonment,” McLachlin wrote for the majority.

He also took aim at the government’s core justification for tough sentencing laws, which it says is to keep Canadians safer.

“The government has not established that mandatory minimum terms of imprison-ment act as a deterrent against gun-related crimes,” she wrote. “Empirical evidence sug-gests that mandatory minimum sentences do not, in fact, deter crimes.”

T H E C A N A D I A N P R E S SVANCOUVER - The federal coast guard

is defending its response to an oil spill in Vancouver’s harbour amid questions about how the slick washed up on beaches to the north.

An Environment Canada official has con-firmed that currents, winds and tides helped move oil rapidly to West Vancouver beaches, even as the coast guard says the spill is 90 per cent contained.

Coast guard commissioner Jody Thomas says she doesn’t expect the estimate of 2,700 litres of leaked bunker fuel to differ signifi-cantly as more data is collected, but notes it will take weeks to get a more precise figure.

Concerns linger about the potential long-term impact of the spill almost a week ago.

Supreme Court strikes down Tories’ mandatory sentences on gun crimes

OIl spill contained but reached beaches


OPINION

Odd and telling political donations from 2014Children sing that

“when you wish upon a star, it makes no differ-

ence who you are.” By adulthood, most of us have given up on that idea and a few – just to hedge their bets – donate to political parties rather than test-ing their luck on a star. And that’s what makes the annual financial reports from B.C.’s political par-ties so fascinating.

They may still be pipedreams in the eyes of most, but that didn’t stop pipeline proponents from donating gener-ously to the B.C. Liberal party with donations from Kinder Morgan ($4,500), TransCanada Pipelines ($5,600), Coastal GasLink Pipeline ($12,500) and Enbridge Northern Gateway ($13,450).

In its debut on B.C.’s political donor chart, Woodfibre LNG started at $28,000 for the Liberals and $8,000 to the B.C. NDP, which almost seems like pocket change for owner Indonesian billion-aire Sukanto Tanoto.

Knowing that seeing things clearly should be a job requirement for an MLA, the B.C. Association

of Optometrists donated $2,820 to the NDP and $13,300 to Liberals.

In the “I gave at the office and that office and that office too” category, the Automotive Retailers Association gave $1,625 to the Liberals and the New Car Dealers Association of B.C. gave $80,977 (which is about what they’ve given to the NDP over the last ten years).

New car dealers got in on the action as well, among them, Dueck on Marine ($8,200) and Northland Plymouth Chrysler ($5,000).

As they say, you can never have enough insur-ance, which may explain why the Insurance Bureau of Canada donated $29,750 to the Liberals.

The waste management industry stepped up, even though garbage – sorry waste – is a local gov-ernment thing. Waste Management of Canada donated $1,500 to the Liberals, which seems pal-try when you consider that BFI Canada had money to burn ($91,300) and Belkorp Environmental Services ($37,200). Bet it had something to do with that proposed $500 mil-

lion incinerator in Metro Vancouver.

Defying conventional wisdom that there’s no money in the newspaper business, the Alberta Newspaper Group donated $28,750 to the Liberals.

Beancounters came through for the Liberals with donations from Ernst & Young ($19,050), Deloitte ($39,900) and KPMG ($40,950).

The B.C. Chicken Marketing Board ($500), B.C. Fresh Vegetables ($1,500) and the B.C. Salmon Farmers Association ($2,400) also had the Liberals’ back.

Not wanting to feel anymore neglected by the B.C. government than they already do, the for-estry industry stepped up

with some hefty donations to the Liberals, includ-ing: Canfor ($50,000), Western Forest Products ($29,000), West Fraser Mills ($39,850) and Tolko ($18,150).

Liquor stores upped their stake with the Liberals big-time. In 2013, liquor stores made seven donations to the Liberals totalling $24,500 and nine to the NDP ($10,750). Last year, 34 donations to the Liberals totalling $87,419 and two to the NDP ($1,500). You might almost think the B.C. gov-ernment was reviewing its liquor policies.

Duty free shops were also big on the Liberals donating $18,600, with Douglas Crossing Duty Free topping the list at $8,000.

The BC Lions ($15,750) remain Liberal cheerlead-ers, which is about $2,000 shy of what they paid B.C. Place Stadium in 2007 to play a regular season homegame, the only year where numbers are pub-licly available.

The NDP weren’t required to return any donations that are pro-hibited under the act, but the Liberals had to

return eleven, including $600 from Multi-Material B.C. and $2,000 from the Shuswap Nation Tribal Council.

And the 2014 Award for Incredibly Bad Taste in Donations goes to Imperial Metals, owners of the Mount Polley mine.

The spill may have been toxic, but Imperial’s cash wasn’t. The mining com-pany donated $7,150 to the Liberals, including a $1,500 cheque in October and another for $250 in November.

Those last two might have been better put to cleaning up the spill rath-er than currying political favour.

Hey, here’s an idea: the Liberals could turn the money over to local efforts at coping with the spill’s aftermath. Just thinking out loud.

Finally – for those try-ing hard not to keep track – the Liberals have raised $96.8 million since 2005, the NDP $40.2 million, the Green party $1.6 million and the BC Conservatives $1.5 million.

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The Crown prosecutor’s argument seems to be “well, Mike Duffy broke the Senate’s expense

rules; he must be punished to the full extent of the law for his heinous crimes.”

The problem for most Canadians is the punishment (and general excitement) does not seem to fit the ‘crime’. Not to underestimate expense fid-dling, but lax expense manage-ment is almost a national sport in Canada.

As import-ant as it is, the expense ‘scan-dal’ is a mere sideshow; Duffy himself a tantal-izing pawn in a much greater game.

The gov-ernance prob-lems facing our nation and the state of our anti-quated ‘demo-cratic’ institutions are much worse than most of us imagine. Ironically, while our eyes are diverted towards Mike Duffy’s trial, a constitutional slight-of-hand is underway that could change Canada dramatically.

By his own admission, Mike Duffy was an eager Conservative Party cheer-leader. His appointment to the Senate by Prime Minister Steven Harper was a reward for services rendered, and a platform for his continued support.

Mike’s Senatorial role did not involve a lot of policy deliberation and he spent pre-cious little time on ‘sober, second thought’. According to his expense reports, he occu-pied most of his time travel-ling, speaking at Conservative Party events and fundraisers across the land; most of this activity was approved by the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) and expensed to the people of Canada.

Clearly the Prime minister approved, going so far as to sign a photo for Mike express-

ing hearty congratulations for being “one of my best, hardest working appointments”.

It comes as no surprise that Steven Harper has a deep and abiding contempt for the Upper Chamber.

His political DNA was for-mulated decades ago in the West. He’s a Calgarian with strong connections to the oil and gas industry. He earned his political stripes labour-ing in the trenches of the Reform Party and continues

to carry a long-standing resent-ment towards the Senate for its inaction on Pierre Trudeau’s National Energy Program (NEP).

Harper has spent decades promoting ser-ious reform for the Senate. As a Reform and Alliance Party

insider, he was a strong advo-cate for a Triple E Senate – an Upper Chamber that’s more like the American Senate, equal, elected and effective. “[My] preference”, he has said, “is to see a reformed and elected Senate. . . . If the Senate cannot be elected, then it should be abolished. Those are the choices.”

Alas, it’s more difficult to reform the governing institu-tions in Canada than anyone imagined. Harper has made many attempts, but is power-less when it comes to Senate reform because it requires parliamentary and provincial government approvals and lev-els of popular support that are nowhere in sight.

After his frustrating failure, Harper’s constitutional strat-egy has clearly shifted from reform to abolition. What’s emerged is a two-pronged strategy. One prong of the government’s Senate aboli-tion strategy involves Bill C-7, a legislative ‘end-run’ that’s designed to overcome the complex constitutional reform

process, the other is a propa-ganda war to demonize the Senate and win over public opinion for abolition.

Bill C-7 is a Trojan horse, brazenly authorizing the Government of Canada to uni-laterally reform the Canadian Senate. The Bill has already been shot down in Quebec by the Court of Appeals as uncon-stitutional.

So far so good: Bill C-7 was designed to trigger a Supreme Court ruling sometime after the next Federal election. The government is anticipating that by that time public dis-gust with the Upper Chamber will be so toxic the Supreme Court will rule in favour of the government, granting it the right to abolish the Senate altogether.

Prong two is playing out in the court of public opinion as we speak, hence the orches-trated ‘outrage’ over Senate expenses and the blood sacri-fice of longtime party loyalist Mike Duffy.

Ironically, this trial could backfire. Many see Senators’ expenses as a minor ‘perk’ for services rendered by serious, public-minded individuals chosen for their dedication to Canada. Bottom line . . . the Mike Duffy affaire is obviously contrived and its lack of legit-imacy could turn public opin-ion.

The democratic principle behind the Triple E Senate was to strengthen Canada’s system of checks and balances in order to protect regional interests from a runaway Prime Minister bent on imposing unfair legis-lation. If Harper succeeds in abolishing the Senate, one of the most important checks in the system will be lost and we’ll all be a lot more vulner-able to arbitrary power.

Robert McGarvey is an economic historian and co-founder of the Genuine Wealth Institute, an Alberta-based think tank dedicated to help-ing businesses, communities and nations build commun-ities of wellbeing.

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June 3 1919 - April 12 2015

Born in Ebbwvale, Wales to a Canadian soldier Cecil Hustwayte

and his wife Amy, a Welsh nurse, Peggy was brought to Canada as a baby. She grew up in Trail along with her younger brother and sister, and married Earle Bowes in 1944. Together they raised their daughter and son. She was very active in the Emmanuel Baptist Church —teaching Sunday School and in a number of women’s groups — most of her life. Peggy enjoyed meeting people, playing crib, cooking, gardening, crossword puzzles and reading. She traveled to Wales to meet her many relatives there and a few years later, visited her husband’s relatives in Nova Scotia. At age 88, she moved to the St Vincent’s Langara Residence in Vancouver.Predeceased by her brother Bill, her sister Amy (Guidone) , brother-in-law Amerigo, her husband Earle, grandson Peter Schaub and son-in-law Jack Schaub.She will be sadly missed by daughter Barbara (Schaub); son Edward (Anita) Bowes; grandsons Paul

( Jenny )Bowes, Jürgen Schaub, David Bowes, John Bowes; great-granddaughters Ruby and

Isamay Bowes and a great many friends near and far.

Grace Margaret (Peggy) Bowes

( Jenny )Bowes, Jürgen Schaub, David Bowes, John Bowes; great-granddaughters Ruby and

Isamay Bowes and a great many friends near

Born in Ebbwvale, Wales to a Canadian soldier Cecil Hustwayte

and his wife Amy, a Welsh nurse, Peggy was brought to Canada as a baby. She grew up in

Canadian soldier Cecil Hustwayte and his wife Amy, a Welsh nurse, Peggy

was brought to Canada as a baby. She grew up in

Audrey Mann passed away peacefully with her family by her side Monday, April 13, 2015.

A Celebration of Life will be held upstairs at the Rossland Legion

Saturday, April 18, 2015 at 11:00am. Lunch and refreshments to follow.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital Foundation.

Audrey MaunMarch 28, 1933 - April 13, 2015

1931 ~ 2015

Lois Sharon Robins died peacefully on April 12, 2015 at the age of 84 from

complications of diabetes, which she managed for 67 years.

Born in Edam Saskatchewan, she spent her formative years in Trail, BC and has lived in Penticton for 59 years. Known for her wit and public speaking talents she was a writer and poet. Her prose could be found in the Penticton Herald and other local newspapers, as well as being included in several published anthologies. She published two collections of poetry. Lois gave back to her community as a member of Jaycettes (JCI), the Penticton Peach Festival, and was a founding member of the White Cane Club in Penticton and later a board member of CNIB. She was also a member of Beta Sigma Phi Sorority and Ladies of the Nile (Shriners).

She is survived by her husband Alan, brother Gilbert (Jan), sister-in-law Doreen, daughter Sharon (Terry), and son Chris, grandchildren Lisa (Tim) and Cameron, great grandson Logan, nieces; Margaret, Rhonda, Tera and nephews Gary, Bill, Michael & Greg. A private family celebration of her life will follow at a later date. In lieu of � owers donations may be made in her memory to South Okanagan Similkameen Medical Foundation, 550 Carmi Avenue Penticton, BC V2A 3G6. Arrangements entrusted to Everden Rust Funeral Services, condolences may be shared at www.everdenrust.com.

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Heavenly soundsGordie Howe

T H E A S S O C I A T E D P R E S SLUBBOCK, Texas - Ravaged by a stroke that

left him unable to walk and barely able to speak, Gordie Howe had decided it was time to quit.

His sons didn’t want to hear it. Not from Mr. Hockey, whose 25-year career in the NHL was defined by his indomitable style of play and blend of grit and finesse.

“He was saying, ‘Take me out back and shoot me,”’ recalled Murray Howe, a diagnostic radi-ologist. “He was serious. It wasn’t like a joke. I said, ‘Dad, let’s just see if we can help you first.”’

They found it in Mexico, where experimental stem cell treatments produced what his family called a “life changing” turnaround that has put the 87-year-old Howe back on his feet. A second round of treatments is planned in June.

The body he counted on as an athlete has stayed relatively strong, but memory loss from the early stages of dementia became a problem

even before his wife’s death in 2009 after battling Pick’s disease, a rare form of dementia similar to Alzheimer’s. Colleen Howe’s death was a blow and seemed to hasten Howe’s decline, Murray Howe said.

Howe had a significant stroke on Oct. 26, los-ing use of his right arm and leg, and his speech was slurred. And then came another blow the next month. Howe lay nonresponsive in a hospi-tal for days. Murray Howe said he began writing his father’s eulogy and other family members started making funeral arrangements.

An MRI showed Howe hadn’t had another stroke but instead had been severely dehydrat-ed. And a short time later, the family got a phone call from San Diego-based Stemedica Cell Technologies, offering Howe the opportunity for stem cell treatments in a clinical trial in Tijuana. Murray Howe said the full two-injection treat-ment is not available in the U.S.

Even before the second injection, the Howe sons said, their father was walking again.

“It was life changing for him and for us,” Marty Howe said. “He hadn’t walked in two months.”

Now back up to about 200 pounds, Howe goes regularly to rehab, which is aimed at giving him as much quality of life as possible. He can walk slowly and speak, though not loudly.

“He is doing extremely well, very well for his age,” said Nathalie Geddie, Howe’s physical therapist, adding that he still has weakness on his right side. “To think about how far he’s come since he’s had his stroke, he’s made significant functional gains.”

Howe seemed happy that day at therapy, which is paramount to his family.

“That’s the goal,” Murray Howe said. “I never imagined we would be here today.”

Recovery from stroke caps challenging years for one of hockey’s great players

T H E A S S O C I A T E D P R E S SNEW ORLEANS - Percy Sledge,

who soared from part-time singer and hospital orderly to lasting fame with his aching, forlorn perform-ance on the classic “When a Man Loves a Woman,” died Tuesday in Louisiana. He was 74.

His family said in a statement released through his manager, Mark Lyman, that he died “peacefully” at his home in Baton Rouge after a yearlong struggle with cancer. The cause of death was liver failure, Lyman said.

A No. 1 hit in 1966, “When a Man Loves a Woman” was Sledge’s debut single, an almost unbearably heartfelt ballad with a resonance he never approached again. Few singers could have. Its mood set by a mournful organ and dirge-like tempo, “When a Man Loves a Woman” was for many the definitive soul ballad, a testament of blinding, all-consuming love haunted by fear and graced by overwhelming emo-tion.

The song was a personal tri-umph for Sledge, who seemed on the verge of sobbing throughout the production, and a breakthrough for

Southern soul. It was the first No. 1 hit from Alabama’s burgeoning Muscle Shoals music scene, where Aretha Franklin and the Rolling Stones among others would record, and the first gold record for Atlantic Records.

Atlantic Records executive Jerry Wexler later called the song “a tran-scendent moment” and “a holy love hymn.” Sledge’s hit became a stan-dard that sustained his long tour-ing career in the U.S., Europe and South Africa and led to his induc-tion into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2005. It was a favourite at weddings - Sledge himself did the honours at a ceremony for musi-cian and actor Steve Van Zandt - and often turned up in movies, includ-ing “The Big Chill,” ”The Crying Game“ and a 1994 Meg Ryan drama named for the song’s title.

“When a Man Loves a Woman” was re-released after being featured in Oliver Stone’s Vietnam War film “Platoon” in 1987 and reached No. 2 in Britain. Michael Bolton topped the charts in the 1990s with a cover version and Rolling Stone magazine later ranked it No. 53 on its list of the greatest songs of all time.

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LOVE: Boyfriend jeansTRY: Girlfriend jeansFor women seeking a slimmed-down update

to the typically relaxed boyfriend jean, the girl-friend may be the way to go.

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LOVE: Coloured denimTRY: Lighter washes and white denimSeebaran said they typically see a spike in

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An antidote to the vibrant denim hues of seasons past will be white denim, which is being seen in flared styles which Seebaran said comple-ments espadrilles or open-toe mules.

LOVE: Denim shortsTRY: Denim skirt“I think you want to look for something that

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“In terms of styles, there’s a lot of button-front skirts with cool distressed details to look out for as well.”

Smithers said the skirt can easily be dressed up with separates, like a crisp white shirt, or a denim one to complete the Canadian tuxedo.

LOVE: JumpsuitsTRY: Maxi dresses“I think one-piece dressing is always such a

great trend because it’s easy to wear. And the maxi dress is definitely going to be a key player this season,” said Smithers, pointing to both minimalist and bold ‘70s-inspired prints.

LOVE: BikinisTRY: One-piece swimsuit“I think the great thing about a one-piece is

you can show what you want to show and conceal other things, so it can be incredibly flattering - much more so than a bikini,” said Julia McEwen, fashion and beauty director at Canadian Living.

McEwen said she thinks it’s more fashionable when a one-piece is more modern, and suggested looking for styles with lower necklines. A single graphic print emblazoned on the suit is another notable trend.

LOVE: StripesTRY: GinghamThe checked fabric is branching out beyond

table linens and curtains as a standout fashion print.

“Although it is retro, it can be contemporary, especially if you do it in a black-and-white rather than a pastel blue and a white - but that’s also fun too,” said McEwen.

McEwen said gingham is surfacing on separ-ates like button-down shirts, shorts and crop tops.

LOVE: Graphic teesTRY: Polo shirts“It was less the ‘80s preppy polo, a little bit

more retro and ‘60s,” said McEwen of the shirts seen on the spring runway.

“It may take people a little while to adopt it, but I think that is the new T-shirt or shirt to take over the graphic shirt.”

LOVE: Oversized totesTRY: Bucket bagsSmithers said the bag typically features a

drawstring with longer straps that can be slung over the shoulder or across the body, allowing women the convenience of being hands-free.

LOVE: FlatsTRY: Flatforms“I think people really gravitate towards styles

that look chic and feel new but offer the comfort that you can wear all throughout the day,” said Smithers.

“What’s even better, of course, about that flat-form sole is that you’re still going to get a little bit of height.”

Smithers said borrowed-from-the-boys styles like brogues and oxfords feature the elevated sole, as do gladiator sandals.

The embrace of ‘70s styles is also why flat-forms and platforms have achieved liftoff.

“It’s really that perfect shoe silhouette to pair with all the flared jeans and pants that we’re see-ing so much of this season.”

LOVE: HeelsTRY: MulesMcEwen said mules are getting a modern,

sleek, high-fashion makeover.“It’s a slip-on style, so you’ve got to love that.

Easy to put on, easy to wear, usually very com-fortable, and you can find them in flats to spiky-heeled stilettos to chunky heels or something even more architectural.”

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NEW YORK - Remember those declarations that teens are done with Facebook? Think again.

Facebook remains the most used social media site among American teens ages 13 to 17, according to a new study from the Pew Research Center. And, surprisingly, boys visit the site more often than girls.

Aided hugely by smartphones and other mobile devices, 71 per cent of teens surveyed said they use Facebook, with the same percentage say-ing they use more than one social network of seven options they were asked about.

Half the teens said they also use Instagram and four in 10 said they used Snapchat, according to the study released April 9.

Among 22 per cent of teens who use just one site, 66 per cent use Facebook, 13 per cent use Google Plus, 13 per cent are Instagram users and 3 per cent use Snapchat.

The Pew centre didn’t compare the latest survey to its previous stud-ies on the subject because it switched its national representative sample from telephone interviews to an online format, potentially skewing results when comparisons are made.

The latest study points to Facebook as a dominant force in teens’ online lives even as Instagram and Snapchat have gained momentum.

Facebook was the site they used most frequently, at 41 per cent, fol-lowed by Instagram at 20 per cent and Snapchat at 11 per cent. Boys are more likely than girls to report they visit Facebook most often - at 45 per cent versus 36 per cent of girls.

Pew’s data also revealed a distinct pattern in social media use by socio-economic status.

Teens from households with earnings of less than $50,000 are more likely to use Facebook the most - 49 per cent compared with 37 per cent of teens from households with earnings of $50,000 or more.

As far as how much time is spent on social media, 24 per cent of teens overall go online “almost constantly,” the study said, with 56 per cent saying they go online several times a day and 12 per cent reporting once-a-day use. Among other sites the 1,060 teens were asked about are Twitter, Vine and Tumblr. Thirty-three per cent said they use Twitter and Google Plus, while 24 per cent use Vine and 14 per cent said Tumblr.

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Beaver Valley Ice Bisons’ goalie Mike Kooznetsoff dives to make a big save off a Cranbrook forward as the Bisons skated to a 4-1 win to go undefeated in the Beaver Valley Avalanche’s 41st annual tournament and win the Avalanche division for the second year in a row on Sunday at the Beaver Valley Arena. The Proulx team won the Family division and the Eh! Team the Classic division in a tournament that has raised thousands of dollars over the years for a variety of charities and departments at the Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital, including this year’s Kids helping Kids school-meal program.

West Kootenay Archers host Spring ShootBy Jim Bailey

Times Sports EditorThe West Kootenay

Archers invite all arrow launchers to its annual Spring Shoot at the Trail Wildlife Association range in Casino this weekend.

B o w - a n d - a r r o w enthusiasts will roam the course taking aim at life-size 3-D targets ranging from Moose and elk to fox and coy-otes, with shooters tak-ing home door prizes and trophies.

“We usually run around 120 or so, a good variety of kids, women, and men,” said long-time organizer Mike Mailley. “So it is a family thing.”

The Shoot has become a popular event for families and friends with archers as young as age four or five par-ticipating in a modified course.

Archers compete in compound bow, trad-itional bow and cross bow categories, hitting

five courses, each with 15 3-D targets over two days. A course takes about two hours to com-plete and competitors shoot three courses of 15 targets on Saturday and two courses of 15 on Sunday.

Mailley also encour-ages the public to come out and watch the event, especially with sunny skies forecasted, and Kiwanis making breakfast and flipping burgers in the conces-sion all weekend.

“The public can come watch on the Saturday, they are wel-come to come and see what goes on there, we do encourage that, because there are some people that have never come before, and they might see it and say, ‘Hey this looks like it might be kind of fun,’” added Mailley.

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A quiver of Greater Trail archers banded togeth-er on Sunday to help out a local family who lost their home to a fire in Paterson last week.

Jay Mykietyn of Secret Creek Ranch and about 20 other archers quickly banded together and organized an impromptu shoot on Sunday to raise money for Rob and Jenn Hadley who emerged from the fire unscathed but lost virtually everything in the blaze.

“We planned it on Thursday afternoon and we pulled it off Sunday all day,” said Mykietyn. “We raised over $2,600.”

While about 20 archers participated in the Secret Creek shoot, closer to 60 friends, family, and supporters joined them for lunch where most of the fundraising occurred.

“They are very close friends,” said Mykietyn. “Rob’s helped us out at the house there and with the kennels . . . and once he met his girlfriend and got married, he bought his place in Paterson and had his own animals and own little hobby farm.”

The archery course at the Waneta area ranch is open all summer, and for just $5 archers can shoot the targets with all funds donated to the Rob and Jenn Hadley Trust Fund at the Scotia Bank in the Waneta Mall where residents can also make dona-tions or at the Kootenay Savings Credit Union.

The ranch also hosts the Mad Trapper Archery Shoot in June, which has been a popular event for over 10 years now, and a regular contributor to various charities including the B.C. Professional Fire Fighters Burn Unit, the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, Trail Hospice, and Sanctuary House among others.

Secret Creek Ranch is located behind the Wanteta Plaza Mall at 1151 Bear Creek Road.

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Times Sports EditorGlenmerry Bowl’s

Tim Flack is taking up the torch passed on by Trail’s Ron Sandnes and Darren Rich in this year’s 5-Pin Master Bowlers Association National champion-ship in Hamilton, Ont. at the end of June.

The 21-year-old Trail resident capped off his Master Bowlers debut season with a strong finish in his final two events in Vancouver on the weekend to book his ticket to the Canadian championship as part of Team B.C.

“It was really intense,” said Flack. “There are some really good bowlers, and it was my first time in the Masters class.”

Sandnes and Rich have been peren-nial Kootenay zone champions and last year were part of the Kootenay-Okanagan team that won prov-incial gold. But with Sandnes’ retirement earlier this year, Flack

seized the opportun-ity to play against the province’s best.

The Glenmerry

Bowler played in six Master matches strung out over the year with the final two matches

going in Vancouver this past weekend.

Each match con-sists of eight games and in his final contest Sunday, Flack tossed the second highest score at Old Orchard Lanes in Burnaby bowling a total of 2,162 to put him comfortably in fourth place overall.

Flack finished behind the Men’s prov-incial champion and Team B.C.’s singles representative at the nationals, Stu Ryan who rolled in at 2,313.

While, Flack came in fourth overall with a best-of-four-match total scratch pinfall of 8,501 and a 265.7 aver-age, his ring total for all six events was third best among 15 com-petitors at 12,452.

The top men’s and ladies’ bowlers at the event are chosen as the singles representative at nationals, while the next five bowl in the team competition.

Rounding out Team B.C. Men’s team along with Flack is Larry Johnson, Clive Moir, Jordon Schuss, and Marco Tsang.

“That’s a pretty good

team, those guys are all good bowlers,” said Sandnes who played with many of them on last year’s squad.

But Flack has prov-en he can hold his own amongst his Master bowling competi-tion, and last month rolled a perfect 300 game in league play at Glenmerry Bowl, the only perfect game rolled in the province this year.

Flack bowls in two leagues and practices about three hours each week to stay sharp, and will increase his regi-men when he begins preparation for the nationals.

“Once it gets clos-er I’ll do a lot more,” Flack added. “But it’s a lot of mental prepara-tion as well.”

Flack will join Team B.C. for the nationals in Hamilton from June 28 to July 1.

Meanwhile, in the Youth Doubles Provincial champion-ship, Glenmerry Bowl’s Erika Kivi and Nicole Smith won silver in the Junior division at Revs Lanes in Maple Ridge on Saturday.

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After rolling a perfect game last month, Glenmerry Bowl’s Tim Flack bowled his way into the nationals with Team B.C. after finishing fourth in singles play in the Master Bowlers Association Tournament division that ended on the weekend.

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EASTERN CONFERENCENEW YORK RANGERS vs

PITTSBURGH PENGUINSREGULAR SEASON: Rangers

went 53-22-7 (113 points) to win Metropolitan Division, Presidents’ Trophy. Penguins went 43-27-12 (98 points) to get second wild-card spot.

SEASON SERIES: Rangers won 3-0-1, with two wins in regu-lation.

STORY LINE: After losing in the Stanley Cup finals to the Los Angeles Kings last year, the Rangers came roaring back with a franchise record for wins and points, topping the 1993-94 mark. That’s the last time they won the title, and this team has been poised to end that 21-year wait. The Rangers had the NHL’s best road record this season, too. The Penguins held a 3-1 lead in the second round last year against the Rangers before los-ing three straight games. They’ve stumbled into the playoffs this time with only four wins in their last 15 games, scoring only 25 goals.

NEW YORK’S KEY PLAYER: Rick Nash. After leading the Rangers with

a career-high 42 goals this sea-son, the NHL’s ninth-leading active scorer will try to reverse his personal trend of quiet post-season performances. In 41 playoff games, Nash has only five goals and 13 assists. In the 25-game playoff run last year, Nash scored just three times. But the 30-year-old had four goals and three assists in four games against the Penguins this season.

PITTSBURGH’S KEY PLAYER: Marc-Andre Fleury. He led the league with 10 shutouts this sea-son, but Fleury has had more shaky playoff performances than sharp ones lately. He has given up 121 goals in 44 post-season games over the last five years with a 21-22 record.

GAME 1: Thursday at New York, 7 p.m.

PREDICTION: Rangers in 5.MONTREAL CANADIENS vs

OTTAWA SENATORSREGULAR SEASON: Canadiens

went 50-22-10 (110 points) to win Atlantic Division. Senators went 43-26-13 (99 points) to get first wild-card spot.

SEASON SERIES: Senators won 3-1, with three wins in regu-

lation.STORY LINE: The Canadiens

finished with the NHL’s second-best record, bringing a stifling defence, the game’s most dom-inant goalie and an elite scorer in Max Pacioretty to the tour-nament. But the Senators went 23-4-4 over their final 31 games and outscored the Canadiens 13-5 while winning their three most recent matchups. Pacioretty ominously missed the last two games of the regular season with a concussion, too.

MONTREAL’S KEY PLAYER: Carey Price set a franchise record for victories by going 44-16-6. Price was the first goaltender to lead the league in the three major statistical categories since Ed Belfour with the Blackhawks in the 1990-91 season. He also posted the third-highest save per-centage since the NHL began tracking the stat 38 years ago.

OTTAWA’S KEY PLAYER: Mark Stone. The rookie right wing was a driving force in the Senators’ late surge, along with fellow first-year forward Mike

Hoffman. Stone finished with 26 goals and 38 assists to lead NHL rookies and finished the season on a nine-game point streak with eight goals and five assists.

GAME 1: Wednesday at Montreal, 7 p.m.

PREDICTION: Senators in 7.WASHINGTON CAPITALS vs

NEW YORK ISLANDERSREGULAR SEASON: Capitals

went 45-26-11 (101 points) to finish second in Metropolitan Division. Islanders went 47-28-7 (101 points) to finish third in Metropolitan Division.

SEASON SERIES: Tied 2-2. STORY LINE: These old Patrick Division rivals will face off in the post-season for the first time in 22 years. John Tavares leads a talented young core of Islanders forwards. For all the brilliance displayed by Alex Ovechkin over his 10 years with the Capitals, they’ve never advanced past the second round of the playoffs.

WASHINGTON’S KEY PLAYER: Evgeny Kuznetsov. Coach Barry Trotz experimented with the 22-year-old centre down

the stretch, putting him on Ovechkin’s line with obvious suc-cess. He had 37 points in his first full NHL season and could be a big help for Ovechkin, who led the NHL with 53 goals.

NEW YORK’S KEY PLAYER: Jaroslav Halak. The All-Star goal-ie set an Islanders record with 38 wins, but he wasn’t at his best after the break.

GAME 1: Wednesday at 7 p.m.PREDICTION: Islanders in 6.TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING vs

DETROIT RED WINGSREGULAR SEASON: Lightning

went 50-24-8 (108 points) to fin-ish second in Atlantic Division. Red Wings went 43-25-14 (100 points) to finish third in Atlantic Division.

SEASON SERIES: Lightning won 3-1, with two wins in regula-tion.

STORY LINE: Former Red Wings great Steve Yzerman is now the Lightning general manager, hopeful the Steven Stamkos-led team he assembled can build off the franchise-record 108 points.

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The EA Sports “NHL 15” simulation has Corey Perry scoring the deciding goal in the seventh game.

The simulation has the Montreal Canadiens advancing to the Eastern Conference final after defeating the Ottawa Senators and Detroit Red Wings in five games. But the Habs fall in seven games to the Rangers.

In the West, the simu-lation has the Calgary Flames dispatching the Vancouver Canucks in six games before fall-ing to the Ducks in seven. Anaheim beats Winnipeg in seven games in the first round.

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KEY PLAYER: Tyler Johnson. Stamkos was second in the NHL with 43 goals, but the second line of Johnson, Ondrej Palat and Nikita Kucherov is a major asset.

DETROIT’S KEY PLAYER: Petr Mrazek. Jimmy Howard, who has had plenty of past playoff success, missed a month this winter with a groin injury and didn’t return to his All-Star form. Mrazek, who has never played in the post-season, had his growing pains but posted a 35-save shutout in the regular season finale. GAME 1: Thursday at 7:30 p.m.

P R E D I C T I O N : Lightning in 7.

W E S T E R N CONFERENCE

ANAHEIM DUCKS vs WINNIPEG JETS

REGULAR SEASON: Ducks went 51-24-7 (109 points) to win Pacific Division, get top seed. Jets went 43-26-13 (99 points) to get second wild-card spot.

SEASON SERIES: Ducks won 3-0, with one win in regulation.

STORY LINE: The Ducks won the rugged Western Conference for the second straight season, but despite their success they ranked just 28th in the league power play and 15th in penalty kill, a potential warning sign of post-season trouble. The Jets made the play-offs for the first time in four seasons since the franchise moved from Atlanta.

ANAHEIM’S KEY PLAYER: Ryan Getzlaf. The star centre had 25 goals, and led the Ducks with 70 points.

W I N N I P E G ’ S

KEY PLAYER: Dustin Byfuglien. The burly defenceman returned to the ice on Saturday after a four-game sus-pension for a cross-check to the head. His Stanley Cup cham-pionship with Chicago in 2010 ought to be a benefit for an inexperi-enced team, and the 30-year-old’s plus-5 rating was his best in six seasons.

GAME 1: Thursday at Anaheim, 10:30 p.m.

P R E D I C T I O N : Ducks in 7.

ST. LOUIS BLUES vs MINNESOTA WILD

REGULAR SEASON: Blues went 51-24-7 (109 points) to win Central Division. Wild went 46-28-8 (100 points) to get first wild-card spot.SEASON SERIES: Wild won 2-1-1, with two wins in regulation.

STORY LINE: The

Blues, after collaps-ing down the stretch last year to fall out of first place and lose a first round series with Chicago, won five of their last six games this time. They finished with the second-most wins in franchise his-tory, one behind last season. Their well-balanced lines boasted seven forwards with at least 40 points. The Wild were the Western Conference’s best team after the All-Star break, including a franchise-record streak of 12 straight road wins that ended on Saturday in, coincidentally, St. Louis.

ST. LOUIS’ KEY PLAYER: Kevin Shattenkirk. Blues coach Ken Hitchcock must decide whether to ride Jake Allen or Brian Elliott in the net, but the key to this bal-

anced team is on the blue line.

M I N N E S O T A ’ S KEY PLAYER: Devan Dubnyk. After arriving in a mid-January trade with Arizona, Dubnyk saved the Wild’s season by starting 39 of the 40 games and guiding the team to a 28-9-3 rec-ord. GAME 1: Thursday at St. Louis, 9:30 p.m.

PREDICTION: Wild in 7.

N A S H V I L L E P R E D A T O R S vs CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS

REGULAR SEASON: Predators went 47-25-10 (104 points) to fin-ish second in Central Division. Blackhawks went 48-28-6 (102 points) to finish third in Central Division.

SEASON SERIES: Blackhawks won 2-1, with one win in regula-tion.

STORY LINE: The Predators have returned to the play-offs after a two-year absence, having played well enough under new coach Peter Laviolette to withstand a late slump. Coach Joel Quenneville has

guided the Blackhawks through the absence of star Patrick Kane to a broken collarbone and into the post-season for the seventh straight time. NASHVILLE’S KEY PLAYER: Filip Forsberg. The rookie from Sweden led the team with 26 goals and 63 points.

CHICAGO’S KEY PLAYER: Patrick Sharp. Kane could return for the playoffs, but he hasn’t been cleared yet to return. Sharp has been a streaky scorer, including in the post-season, but he had six goals in the last 15 games.

GAME 1: Wednesday at Nashville, 8:30 p.m.

P R E D I C T I O N : Blackhawks in 6.

V A N C O U V E R CANUCKS vs CALGARY FLAMES

REGULAR SEASON: Canucks went 48-29-5 (101 points) to fin-ish second in Pacific Division. Flames went 45-30-7 (97 points) to finish third in Pacific Division.

SEASON SERIES: Canucks won 2-1-1, with two wins in regu-

lation.STORY LINE: The

Canucks returned to the post-season despite a knee injury in late February by goalie Ryan Miller, who returned to action on Saturday. The Flames, who reached the play-offs for the first time in six years, are seeking their first post-season series victory since 2004. VANCOUVER’S KEY PLAYER: Radim Vrbata. The linemate for much of the sea-son to twin stars Daniel Sedin and Henrik Sedin, Vrbata had 31 goals in his first sea-son with the Canucks, the second-most of his 13-year NHL career.

CALGARY’S KEY PLAYER: Johnny Gaudreau. One of the top contenders for the Calder Trophy, given to the league’s top rookie, the 21-year-old Gaudreau had 24 goals and 40 assists on a potent line with Jiri Hudler and Sean Monahan.

GAME 1: Wednesday at Vancouver, 10 p.m.

P R E D I C T I O N : Flames in 7.

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Dear Annie: How much can I ask my host about etiquette for her overseas wedding?

I live in Canada. The bride is French. I met her when she was briefly living in my hometown. She went back to France two years ago, and now she’s getting married there. The wedding invita-tion was sent to my name only, and there was not any kind of RSVP card that I’m accustomed to seeing. So I’m unsure whether I am wel-come to bring a guest, since attending would involve a rather lengthy journey.

Would it be acceptable to email the bride and ask her whether I can bring my boyfriend? I don’t want to put her on the spot, but I also don’t want to bring my date to a country where he doesn’t speak the lan-guage and then stick him by himself for the day, only to find out later that they had expected me to bring him. -- Beaucoup Baffled

Dear Baffled: Did the invitation appear to be for-mal or informal? If informal, it is perfectly OK to ask the bride whether you can bring a guest. If it is formal, how-

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Dear Annie: After read-ing the letter from “Holding My Breath,” whose spouse has terrible breath, I had to respond.

My husband had terrible breath, but he also had a very rigorous oral care rou-tine, which made me wonder what else could be going on. Having been a dental assistant, I was aware of vari-ous odors from different oral diseases. The smell was not

from what he ate. I ate it, too, and didn’t have such an odor. It was the worst thing I had ever smelled, and I just knew it was metabolic in nature.

His dentist simply told him it was “not dental in nature.” The doctor told him he was “fine.” Finally, after three months of worsening gastrointestinal symptoms, his doctor gave him a blood test, and a colonoscopy showed a fist-sized tumor.

He underwent chemo-therapy and was graced with a lovely ostomy bag. But during this time, the breath issue went away. When it recurred, it was because the lesions on his liver had spread. He passed away two months later.

I would get that man in for a full physical, including a colonoscopy. It could save his life. -- Been There

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Please, folks, we want you to stick around for a long time. You must be an advocate for your own health. If you sus-pect something is wrong, be persistent.

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WHAT CAN YOU DO ABOUT “PARENTAL ALIENATION”? Most of us have seen a friend or family member’s marriage go bust in a bitter divorce. Sometimes the couple’s children are victims in their parents’ ongoing con� ict long after the break-up. One parent, often the primary caregiver, may in� uence the kids to take sides and subtly turn them against the other parent.

Undermining the kids’ relationship with the other parent, even unintentionally, damages children’s emotional and psychological well-being and is contrary to the Family Law Act. This phenomenon is called “parental alienation” and may lead to children not wanting to see or have anything to do with that other parent. When a child’s previously close relationship with both parents turns sour with one parent without good reason, that’s a hallmark of parental alienation.

Our B.C. Supreme Court recently had to deal with parental alienation. Colin and Claire (all names changed) had two kids, Mary and Becky, born in 2000 and 2002. The couple separated in 2008 and divorced three years later. Both parents were intelligent and capable individuals who loved their children, and they agreed to equal parenting arrangements. The court subsequently gave them joint custody and joint guardianship of the kids and ordered a three-day alternating parenting schedule, later changed by Colin and Claire to a

� ve-day alternating schedule.

These arrangements worked well initially, but over time the kids became increasingly reluctant to spend time with their dad. One example: in late 2011 when Claire dropped Becky off to see Colin, Becky ran back to her mom’s car, buckled herself in and refused to come out for half an hour despite her dad’s pleading. By 2013, when Colin was to

pick the girls up from a church drop-off, or was to take them after school, he couldn’t because they ran away. They also refused to see him during a court-ordered holiday access. When interviewed by a psychologist, both children expressed strong negative

views of their father, but positive ones of their mother.

Colin thus asked the court for a “custody reversal order” and other orders to help resolve the problem.

The court concluded the children were a product of parental alienation – their negative feelings and rejection of their dad was signi� cantly out of line with their actual experience with him. Both Mary and Becky suffered from emotional and mental health problems – the older girl from depression and suicidal thoughts, her younger sister from an anxiety disorder and anger issues.

The focus in such cases is on the best interests of the children long-term. The court intervened in an effort to undo the girls’ alienation from their dad, to foster their future relationship with both parents and to minimize emotional damage.

Colin got sole guardianship, interim custody and primary residence of the two girls for the time being, and Claire was to have no direct or indirect access to them. Claire, Colin and the children also had to enroll in a family reuni� cation program for a year (the program’s director would make regular progress reports to the court).

Parental alienation situations are complex, and each case requires a unique solution. It’s important you act quickly and get legal and other help promptly if you’re caught up in such a con� ict-ridden situation.

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only and must not be relied on for legal advice. Please contact TYLEEN UNDERWOOD for legal advice concerning your particular case. Lawyer Janice Mucalov is an award-winning legal writer. “You and the Law” is a registered trade-mark. © Janice and George Mucalov

B y A l e x C o o p e rRevelstoke Times Review

A private Calgary investment company is proposing to take over the lease for Revelstoke Golf Club and transform into a profitable business that is a destination for tourists and special event planners.

“We are not here to buy the golf course,” said Larry Shelley, the managing part-ner of Citrus Capital Partners. “We are here to potentially enter into a lease agree-ment with the city that would define the way in which the golf course would oper-ate going forward in a way that’s constructive to the citizens of this city.”

Shelley was in Revelstoke on Wednesday to address members of the Revelstoke Golf Club about his proposal to take over operations of the struggling course.

More than 100 people came out to hear his pitch to the club and the commun-ity.

“We’re not going to make any major deci-sions here today,” he said. “I want to give you some information and some options and hopefully stir some thought so in the next few weeks we can decide if there’s an avenue going forward you would be inclined to support.”

Shelley’s presenta-tion was three-prong. First he explained who his company was and why they were interested in the golf course. Second, he talked about the state of the golf club and the industry as a whole. Third, he talked about his plans for the golf course.

Shelley said he was in Revelstoke because of his wife’s connec-tions to the town, but he also feels his company can gener-ate a return on invest-ment through the golf course.

His proposal is for Citrus Capital to enter into a lease agreement with the city, at which point they would use

their own money to upgrade the course, renovate or replace the clubhouse, and market the course.

Citrus would make money by increasing the number of visiting golfers, and by making it a destination for spe-cial events like wed-dings. Member fees wouldn’t be raised, and local discounts would be available, Shelley said.

The key would be special events, he said. “There’s such a market for it,” he said. “It’s such a lucrative busi-ness.”

For that to happen, the clubhouse would either need substan-tial upgrades or be replaced. “There is an old building sitting there and a decision has to be made on whether to renovate it if you’re going to move progressively on host-ing special events,” Shelley said.

He also said the course needed to be marketed in major markets, like Calgary, so people are pre-pared to stop here for a round of golf while they travel.

“They need to know their going to stop for dinner, for a nine-and-dine, for 18 holes,” he said. “You have to stand up and wave a flag and get noticed. It’s expensive but it’s the most effective way.”

Shelley’s goal is to sign a lease by October of this year. His com-pany would then begin assessing the course and developing a plan for improvements, and developing a new business model. The clubhouse would be assessed to see if it was feasible to preserve it.

They would develop a new brand and begin marketing. By year three, new facilities and the new brand would be in place.

He pitched it as a “no-lose opportunity” where the city would be off the hook for maintaining the build-ing, club members would keep their low fees, the community would gain a renovat-ed facility, and Citrus would recoup their investments in about 20 years.

That all depends on reaching an agreement with the city.

“That is not going to happen unless there’s alignment between ourselves, the people in this room and the community at large,” Shelley said.

The Revelstoke Golf Club has lost money in recent years and has been unable to pay its rent to the city, which owns the golf course lands. The clubhouse and other build-ings require up to of $600,000 in repairs.

The City of Revelstoke is forming a task force to look at the future sustainabil-ity of the course.

Mayor Mark McKee told the meeting that one of the task forces responsibility would be to work on a new lease.

“This is going to be a transparent progress,” he said. “If there’s a lease, its going to go out to the public. It’s going to be for every-one to see and look at and kick around.”

Afterwards, the reaction was gener-ally positive, though there was some skepti-cism as to whether or not it would actually go forward. Glenn O’Reilly said he thinks the course would dis-appear within a few years if there’s no action. Judy Goodman, the executive direc-tor of the Chamber of Commerce, called it a “no-brainer.”

Fred Beruschi lik-ened it to the debates over Revelstoke Mountain Resort — without investment, you might lose it entirely.

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B y C A r o l y n G r A n tKimberley Bulletin

One of the big capital projects in the City budget is the Sun Mine, with $1,324,542 budgeted for that.

The current status of the Sun Mine, said City CAO Scott Sommerville last week, is that hook up with BC Hydro is planned for mid-May. A transformer is still on its way from Korea, he said.

“We really are at the mercy of BC Hydro.”The comments were made at the Mayor’s

Lunch last week and Don McCormick was asked for an update on the solar project, includ-ing how it went from 2MW to 1MW.

“The original plan was for 2MW,” McCormick said.

“And the revenue it would generate at 2MW

was far in excess of what it is now. That was the original plan. But in the eleventh hour, $1.5 million in grant money went away and the project was scaled back. The question was do we put the project on hold or do we scale back to 1MW to fit the money we had, which was $5.3 million. The business case for 1.05 MW is break even.”

McCormick said the ideal scenario for the Sun Mine would be that once its producing, an industry decides to locate right beside it and take advantage of clean energy right next door.

“That’s a good scenario,” he said. “Right now, we’re in the last 20 per cent of the project and it’s dragging on. People are wondering. The good news is we are starting to plan the grand opening.”

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B y C a r o l G u l l i f o r dInterior Health

The dental care you provide for your child sets the stage for healthy adult teeth.

Knowing what to do on a day to day basis will reap huge benefits for not only your child’s happiness and well-being but also for your pocket book. A daily oral care routine for your children prevents decay and helps empower them to make dental health a lifelong priority.

Baby teeth are just as important as adult teeth. They help children speak clearly and eat well. They also help form the jaw and hold space for adult teeth to grow into. Your child will have baby teeth until they are 12-13 years old. Here are some tips to help parents and caregivers keep those tiny teeth bright and healthy.

Avoid transferring bacteria to your child.

It is best to avoid putting an object that has been in your mouth into your baby’s mouth. Babies are not born with decay-causing bacteria but these bac-teria can be transferred from parents or caregivers to baby.

Licking a soother, sharing a tooth-brush or spoon when testing a child’s food are some ways germs can be passed on to your child. Replacing your child’s toothbrush every three months also reduces exposure to decay causing bacteria.

Clean your child’s teeth every day.Baby teeth are at risk for decay

as soon as they appear. Before teeth appear, wipe your baby’s gums with a clean, wet cloth once a day, every day. Once teeth appear, brush with a rice-size amount of fluoride toothpaste twice a day, every day.

Once all baby teeth are in (about three years old), increase the amount of toothpaste to a pea-size amount. A parent needs to brush their child’s teeth until they can write, not print, their own name.

Lift the lip. Once a month, lift the lip to check

for white or brown spots on the teeth. These spots are the earliest signs of tooth decay. To learn about Interior Health’s Lift the Lip / Fluoride Varnish Program check out our website (http://www.interiorhealth.ca/YourHealth/InfantsChildren/Pages/DentalHealth.aspx).

Avoid juice, milk, and sweetened drinks between meals.

Give plain water for thirsty chil-dren between meals. Frequent sipping on juice, milk, and sweetened drinks throughout the day increases your child’s risk for tooth decay. Limit milk and juice to regularly scheduled meal and snack times. When providing juice make sure it is 100 % unsweetened. Never put baby to bed with a bot-

tle containing these beverages. Plain water is best.

Pack dentally healthy snacks. Fresh food is best. Give healthy

snacks like fresh fruits and vegetables, dairy products, meats, and grains. Sugary or starchy foods that stick to the teeth can increase your child’s risk of tooth decay.

Visit your dental professional. The Canadian Dental Association

recommends the first visit to be six months after the first tooth appears, usually by one year of age. Talk to your dentist about applying sealants to the first permanent molars to prevent tooth decay. Regular check-ups keep teeth healthy and cost less than treat-ing dental problems.

For more information on dental health:

Infants and children: http://www.interiorhealth.ca/YourHealth/InfantsChildren/Pages/DentalHealth.aspx

School-age children: http://www.interiorhealth.ca/YourHealth/ChildrenYouth/Pages/DentalHealth.aspx

Carol Gulliford is a dental profes-sional practice leader with Interior Health.

Healthy smiles start with daily dental careT H E C a N a d i a N P r E S S

TORONTO - A new report says wait times for key surgeries have held stable for the past five years, even though there have been substantial increases in the number of sur-geries being done in some cases.

But the relatively rosy national picture obscures the fact that in some parts of the country, patients wait far longer than rec-ommended for hip and knee replacements and cataract surgeries.

British Columbia and Nova Scotia in par-ticular fared poorly in the assessment, when compared to other provinces.

The information is included in the annual report on surgical wait times released by the Canadian Institute for Health Information, also known as CIHI.

British Columbia’s numbers appear to have been dragged down by the fact that the health authority on Vancouver Island decided to tackle a backlog of patients.

CIHI executive Kathleen Morris says working through a list of people who had waited longer than the recommended limit may have temporarily made wait times look worse there than they typically are.

“The question, I guess, is if the strategy is successful and it’s a one-time strategy, you’ll have one year with funny results and then things will kind of - hopefully - go back to a better spot,” says Morris, CIHI’s direc-tor of health system analysis and emerging issues.

“It may just have a one-year, one-time impact on waits.”

B.C. lagging on surgical wait times: report

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817 Whitetail Dr., Rossland$1,100,000

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3621 Rosewood Dr., Trail$276,000

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1340 Brewster Street, Trail

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Jim Bailey photos

The weedy shallows and the high tree tops of Box Lake near Nakusp provide perfect habitat for birds of all feathers, from the majestic eagle to a couple of mating mallards. The Box Lake loop trail winds around the lake and by the marshy creek inlet that affords perfect riparian habitat for a variety of water fowl, eagles, osprey, amphibians, and larger mammals.

Box Lake Beauty

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