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When Greater Trail’s Relay for Life sets sail on Saturday at Gyro Park, Angelica de Groot is hoping for rays of sunshine instead of a shiver-me-timbers kind of day.

Along with the event’s first ever nautical and pirate-based theme, the Fruitvale bookkeeper created a new two-member team called “Alliance for Angie’s Alopecia” that in just two short weeks has raised over $1,000 for the cause.

However, the donations come with a condi-tion that she shaves her locks at noon that day.

This week, de Groot is ready to bare her crown, although she admits to feeling a little trepidation.

“I thought I would try to motivate people a little bit so I put it out there that I would form a team and if we could raise one thousand dollars,

I would shave my head,” said de Groot. “I stood up in front of my church and told them what was going on,” she explained. “I also emailed family, friends and clients to tell them what was happening.

“And to warn them there will be a drastic change in my look,” she chuckled.

For the past year de Groot has been serving as treasurer at the Trail chapter of the Canadian Cancer Society and is now looking forward to collecting her pledges to add to this year’s rev-enue goal of $81,630.

“I’m prepared but will probably have to wear a hat because I burn easily,” she said. “But I think when people have something tangible to look at, it’s easier to make a donation.”

The relay’s “Nautical: Drowning Out Cancer One Wave At A Time” message encourages par-ticipants to embrace “fisherman, pirates and all things in-between” with event-day décor and costumes.

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With increasing societal con-cerns about the possibility of car-bon-based fuels contributing to climate change and the price of gas reaching ever-higher levels, cycling is becoming a far more popular method of transporta-tion.

Since 1995 cycling has been promoted and celebrated through Bike to Work Week from May 26 to June 1 but, for one local commuter, every week is Bike to

Work Week, and has been since the early 80’s.

“The only time I don’t ride is when the roads are really icy, it’s too dangerous going across the bridge then,” said Jos Sharp, a career facilitator with the Skills Centre in Trail. “The roads aren’t great in December and January but if it’s dry I’ll ride it, it doesn’t matter how cold it is.”

Sharp began commuting by bike when he lived in Vancouver and cycled from False Creek to

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Every week is Bike to Work Week for local cyclist

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

Trail finances remain well in the black even though the city’s accumulated surplus decreased by $1 million last year.

While $83 million of asset sur-plus might seem like a lot (down from $84 million in 2012), in terms of running the city, that amount is not the key financial indicator, according to David Perehudoff, Trail’s chief administrative officer (CAO).

The net reduction in accumu-lated surplus, which is composed of a number of different account balances, is part of a reduction in tangible capital assets.

Assets that have a physical sub-stance and monetary value, such as city-owned real estate, buildings and equipment are considered a tangible resource.

“This can occur and really does not impact the city’s financial pos-ition,” the CAO noted. “We would focus more on the other balances including operating fund (surplus-es) capital and statutory reserve funds.”

Those balances reflect a net increase of almost $650,000, he added.

The city looks to its cash account or short term investments to pay for acquisitions such as the $1.28 mil-lion regional airport the City of Trail purchased earlier this year.

When Trail council and city staff develop a five-year financial plan as part of an annual budget process, capital expenditures and projects are funded through current rev-enue, other sources of city income such as grants, or from reserves.

Long-term investments includ-ing the recent $1.7 million upgrades on Victoria Street were earmarked as a capital expense and funded by tax dollars.

“Because a municipality cannot budget a deficit, effectively planned expenditures must be fully funded from tax revenue or other sources of revenue,” noted Perehudoff.

“In focusing on this number, the city develops a financial plan that is both affordable and sustainable and tries to balance funding from prior years’ surplus to maintain a reason-able level of property taxation,” he added.

Each year after an internal audit, city staff submits its year-end finan-cial statements to an independent accounting firm for an external auditor to verify document accur-acy and compliance with legislated standards.

Craig Teindl, chartered account-ant with L. Soligo Associates Ltd. made a visit to city hall for Monday’s governance and operations com-mittee meeting and reviewed Trail’s 2013 finances with council mem-bers.

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City of Trail reviews finances with auditor

Nautical theme hopes to drown out cancerAnnual Relay for Life sails into Trail’s Gyro Park on Saturday

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Stacey Cassidy, Trail’s community giving coordinator, gave Angie de Groot (seated) a hand in warm-ing up to the idea of shaving her head this weekend at the Greater Trail Relay for Life. The event kicks off in Gyro Park at 9:45 a.m. with an opening ceremony and warm up followed by a 10 a.m. survivor victory lap.

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In the last four columns, we have seen four advanced declarer

techniques. In addi-tion to these, there are two expert techniques, the squeeze and the determination of the defenders’ hands. The squeeze will be dis-cussed here.

The squeeze is the play where declarer cashes a long suit, for-cing a defender, guard-ing two suits, to let the guard go in one of those suits giving declarer a seemingly undeserved trick.

The bidding: South, with a balanced 16 points, opens one No Trump. West over-calls two clubs show-ing clubs and a higher suit. We saw another example of DONT last week.

North has 15 points which is not enough for slam without a five-card suit, but it is enough that three No Trump is likely the best contract. With only a ten-count, North would have used Stayman in case South needed ruffing power. The sheer strength of 30 to 32 points (which they have) will likely make ruffing unneces-sary or redundant.

The Lead: West leads the King of clubs, the top of a broken sequence.

The play: Declarer

ducks the opening lead, and West stops to think. His partner played the five which was his lowest spade. East does not want a club continuation. West recognizes the Bath Coup and leads a spade trying to break up a potential squeeze. If West continues clubs, declarer will win both his Jack and Ace, a coup first achieved in Bath England.

Declarer takes a diamond finesse into West because he does not want East, the dan-ger hand, getting in

and leading a club. The finesse loses and West exits a heart.

Declarer now loses a club to rectify the count. Declarer has nine tricks and can win a tenth trick on a squeeze if he loses three tricks before making the defenders discard. West wins a club and exits a club.

Declarer cashes another top heart and another top spade, so if he sees another heart or spade, he will run that suit. He cashes his last two diamonds and East must give up a spade or a heart and declarer gets his tenth trick.

Result: Three No Trump making plus one for +430.

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FROM PAGE 1Metrotown, on the border of Burnaby. His current route, about a 10-minute ride from Sunningdale to downtown Trail and back, is a breeze by comparison.

“It wasn’t as cold there but I did run into snowstorms and once it got so deep the chain barely stayed on the sprocket with the snow build-ing up,” he said.

Now that he lives in the Kootenays he remains dedi-cated to his cycling, though he feels there is room for improvement for cyclists in Trail.

“Bike parking is pretty sad in Trail, I think there are only two businesses, Kootenay Savings and the physiother-apy office, with any kind of rack,” Sharp said. “I can sometimes bring my bike into the shop but if I can’t I

have to chain it up to a lamp standard.”

Sharp is also concerned about the lack of accommo-dation for cyclists on any of the streets around Trail as well and hopes they will be taken into account in what-ever second crossing across the Columbia is eventually built.

“It’s disappointing they didn’t include bike lanes when they went into the downtown revitalization,” he said. “They had the oppor-tunity when they were paving but it seems like it didn’t even figure into their plans. If they had more lanes you might see more people commut-ing and cut down on parking issues and pollution.”

He says he finds most drivers courteous in Trail but even so, tries to stay out of the way of vehicles.

He attributes his dedica-tion to cycling to numerous reasons; it’s healthier, good exercise, fresh air, and cut-ting the cost of fuel, insur-ance, and parking.

“It’s a really nice ride along the river from Sunningdale,” Sharp said. “It’s a nice tran-sition from home to work. It gives you a little time to mentally shift gears.”

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• Today, Trail United Church from 1-3 p.m. for “Cookies and Cards,” The Friends of Trail Library invite you to an afternoon of bridge from 1-3 p.m. Tickets $10, fundraiser to support current library pro-grams. Call 364.1146.

• Saturday, Trail Legion from noon until 6 p.m. for an Afternoon Out Shopping Bash. Come and meet local businesses that are available in our communities, get your fave products and more. Free

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• Saturday, Trail Memorial Centre at 5 p.m. for a West Kootenay Roller Derby’s sea-

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Slocan’s Valley Brutality. Castlegar’s Dam City Rollers against Nelson’s Killjoys at 7 p.m. Tickets in advance at Cedar Avenue Salon and Flying Steamshovel or at the door.

• Saturday, Gyro Park, the Canadian Cancer Society’s Relay for Life kicks off at 10

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ing Gary Drouin’s “A Trail of Street Photography” exhib-ition featuring urban land-scapes, mostly down the streets of Trail and Rossland. Runs until June 18. Hours are Tuesday to Friday from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m., Thursdays until 6 p.m. Admission by donation. Call 364.1181 or visit visacgallery.com

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B y A r t H A r r i s o nTimes Staff

For a group a recreational hikers and backpackers to organize an out-ing it can take a dizzying amount of calls and meetings and even with that amount of planning things will sometimes still not work out.

For a group to come together and continue organizing numer-ous outings every year for 50 years is a mountainous accomplishment but that is the milestone that the Kootenay Mountaineering Club (KMC) will be celebrating in June.

Prior to 1964, mountaineering enthusiasts were organized under the Alpine Club of Canada but they chose to organize more locally when they had difficulty encour-aging enough people to sign up with the national organization.

Today, the KMC has over 300 members throughout the Kootenays, with the majority living in the west in the Trail-Rossland-Castlegar-Nelson corridor.

“The membership in Trail and Rossland is pretty strong, prob-ably representing about a third of our numbers,” said Doug Clark, president of the KMC. “The biggest contingent is from the Nelson area though.”

KMC members meet to prac-tice various climbing techniques and can be seen free-climbing, or scrambling, their way up rock bluffs around the area, near Salmo or Syringa Creek, as well as going on hikes through the summer season and cross-country ski trips through

the winter and spring seasons.“We have some trips that are

quite popular; Mount Loki, on the East Shore of Kootenay Lake, Mount Gimli in the Valhallas, Old Glory and Mount Roberts on Canada Day,” said Clark. “All trips are graded by the degree of difficulty, from A to D, and people choose which trips to go on depending on their interests and ability.”

Another area that proves popular with KMC members is the Jumbo Pass, in the Purcell Mountain range, which is the controversial area slated for development as a ski resort.

“We are concerned about this development,” Clark said. “We do support environmental causes and, as a club, we’re opposed to Jumbo development.”

Historically, the club has cut numerous trails into the back-country, providing access to areas that have become increasingly popular hiking and backcountry ski routes and were also active success-fully lobbying for the preservation of Kokanee Glacier Park, and the formation of the Valhalla Provincial Park and Purcell Wilderness con-servancy.

The club maintains records of their various hikes and climbs, some of which have been “first ascents” of some of the loftier peaks, to provide guidance to those who come after them in explor-ing the awesome vistas and natural beauty of Kootenays.

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FROM PAGE 1After moving the locale from

Haley Park to Gyro Park last May, the theme plays into the Columbia River backdrop and organizers are hoping for the same success during this year’s 14th annual relay.

“We received great reviews from many of our participants and saw more foot traffic as well,” said Stacey Cassidy, Trail’s coordinator of commun-ity giving.

“The park creates a beautiful green and more cozy atmos-

phere without shortening the distance of our walking route.

“We are pleased to be at Gyro again for our 2014 event,” she added.

The 12-hour non-com-petitive relay kicks off at 10 a.m. with a survivor’s victory lap, and ends with a touching luminary ceremony in honour of those battling cancer or in memory of those who have lost their fight.

Live entertainment from local talent including the Foggy Goggle Boys, Mystic Dream

Dancers, Tim and the Golden City Fiddlers is scheduled for the full day.

So far 143 people have regis-tered on 18 teams and have already raised money through bake sales and car washes, but can continue to fundraise at the event and through the day’s activities.

There is still time to sign up as a participant or volunteer for Saturday’s event by dropping into the Trail office on Rossland Avenue or by registering online at relayforlife.ca.

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The Kootenay Boundary Regional Fire and Rescue Services (KBRFR) crew were on hand Wednesday to grill up the hot dogs for Kootenay Insurance Services (KIS), Customer Appreciation Day.

Kootenay Mountaineering Club celebrates 50 years

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FROM PAGE 1Once all the checks and bal-

ances were in place, the city’s cash and short-term investment account remains at $10 million but its debt increased by $2.48 million follow-ing last summer’s extensive repairs to the Aquatic Centre’s heating and ventilation system.

“The city had a stronger net asset position in the prior year,” explained Teindl. “The city is still in a strong financial position, meaning it has enough liquid assets to pay off everyone it owes money to includ-ing long term debt,” he noted. “But there is some caution here.”

Trail Mayor Dieter Bogs turned the discussion to the auditing pro-cess and asked the accountant if Trail’s annual third party financial review protects the city from a visit from B.C.’s municipal auditor Basia Ruta.

“Rossland just went through a lot, does this level of audit protect us from that?” Bogs questioned.

All financial statements belong to the city, are prepared by the city, and we provide an audited opinion based on that information, replied Teindl.

“We do a financial audit, that (Rossland) was a compliance audit and the two mandates are differ-ent.”

The municipal auditor general selects municipalities each year to conduct process oriented audits as part of assisting local government to identify any potential weaknesses or system improvements, explained Perehudoff.

“Trail may be selected for an audit but at this point we are unaware of the direction the municipal auditor general is taking for the upcoming audit cycle.”

City finances still strong


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is challenging the gov-ernment to claw back private school funding in light of the public school labour strife.

Judi Chalmer, mom of a kindergarten-aged child and former edu-cational assistant, was “floored” to learn pri-vate schools get par-

tial funding from tax-payer coffers.

“I am appalled to find that our tax dol-lars are subsidizing the private/independ-ent school system at the rate it is while clearly the public school system is fall-ing apart,” Chalmer told The Progress.

“They’re get-ting double funding,

they’re getting public money and private money.”

The provincial government funds between 35 and 50 per cent of full-time equivalent students for independent schools. In the 2012-13 school year, that totaled $295 million.

The funding is sole-ly for operating costs; it does not include land acquisition, building construction, or school equipment.

Still, Chalmer said that money could be better used in the pub-lic school system.

“Public education needs more funding, but the government keeps saying they have no money,” she said.

When the Ministry of Education start-ed funding private schools in 1977, there were 156 such schools. There are now 350 schools with 76,000 students enrolled.

“It’s taking more of taxpayers’ money away from the public school system,” said Chalmer.

“Clearly the way funding is being dis-bursed isn’t working and the government needs to be proactive in changing it. And this [cutting private school funding] is one way of offering more funds to the public system.”

But Peter Froese, executive director

of the Federation of Independent Schools Associations, argues that to do so would actually be more tax-ing on the public school system.

“People haven’t thought through the numbers,” he said. “From an economic perspective, it doesn’t make financial sense. If we withdrew fund-ing for independent schools, many of our schools would have to close and those stu-dents would end up in the public sector. It would cost the tax-payer more to cut the funding for independ-ent schools than it would to continue providing the funding at the 50 and 35 per cent rate.”

The suggestion to cut private school funding isn’t new, said Froese.

“During a labour strife, this is the time when the question

of funding is usually raised,” he said.

Labour strife in the public sector is also a time when “enrollment grows most significantly” in independent schools, said Froese.

In 2012, enroll-ment at private schools grew by over four per cent province wide, compared to the one and two per cent increase it usually averages.

“Quite honestly, when there’s labour strife, parents from public schools tend to look to independ-ent schools as a place where the learning of their children will not be interrupted,” said Froese.

“The issue is real, we all want to educate kids and we want to do it well, but I think the bottom line is it’s more than just money that needs to be solved here.”

B y r i c h a r d r o l K eVernon Morning Star

Mixed martial arts competitions could be tossed out of the ring permanently.

City council instructed administration Monday to draft a bylaw that would prohibit professional and amateur mixed martial arts events within municipal limits.

“We just don’t feel it’s a healthy activity for the community to be promoting,” said Coun. Brian Quiring.

Mayor Rob Sawatzky would not get into specific details, but says council’s decision is partially based on in-camera discussions with the local RCMP detachment.

In June 2012, council members refused to consider applications for professional box-ing, kick-boxing or mixed martial arts until legislation for a provincial athletic commis-sion proceeded later that year.

At that time, Sawatzky stated, “We have received some confidential information about professional sports that has led to us making that decision.”

In terms of council’s actions Monday, Sawatzky, who is a retired physician, admits that he has other concerns about mixed martial arts.

“MMA is very violent and the goal is to injure your opponent,” he said.

Administration’s draft bylaw potentially banning MMA must still go before council for final consideration.

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B y e m a q n u e l S e q u e i r aPenticton Western News

Three family members are among eight people listed as defendants in a lawsuit filed by the Penticton Minor Hockey Association against the estate of a former treasurer accused of embezzle-ment.

The PMHA alleges Sandy Elder misappropriat-ed more than $315,000 over three years, accord-ing to a forensic audit conducted on its finances following her death in 2013.

A copy of the statement of claim wasn’t immediately available, but a summary of the case

on B.C.’s online court registry lists five John Does plus Elder’s husband, Mark, and two children, Matthew and Samantha, as defendants.

Last week the association filed a lawsuit against Elder’s estate in a bid to recoup some of that money.

PMHA lawyer Erik Lund told a room full of concerned parents at the association’s annual general meeting that it could be difficult to actually recover any money.

“It’s impossible to say whether there are any assets or not that can be recovered,” said Lund, adding he’s also been in contact with the Penticton RCMP.

Penticton RCMP spokesman Sgt. Rick Dellebuur said they now have a copy of the for-ensic audit and “we’re reviewing same and we’re following up on any information from what we’ve heard.”

“We are looking at that forensic audit to make sure we’ve covered all the bases,” he said.

“We’ve also received some information via Crime Stoppers that we’re also following up on. “

Dellebuur added if it wasn’t for the tip provid-ing further information, they would not consider criminal charges against Elder.

“There has been other information that has surfaced so we want to make sure that there is nothing valid as far as all the innuendo and rumours that have been floating around,” he said, such as others being involved.

“If it’s not criminal and we see it looks like her, it will be the end of our investigation and they can do whatever they want civilly,” he said.

Blaine Peterson, a former PMHA director, asked Lund how the money went missing under the eye of a professional accounting firm and the board.

“Who is accountable to check that on behalf of our membership?” he said.

Lund answered that the embezzlement scheme was quite sophisticated and, “at this point, I’m certainly not in a position to say whether there is or is not liability on the chartered accountants.

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T H E C A N A D I A N P R E S SEDMONTON - Alberta’s education minis-

ter has fired three teachers for unprofessional conduct instead of suspending their licences as recommended by their union.

Jeff Johnson says he felt in all three cases, the penalty imposed by the Alberta Teachers’ Association didn’t go far enough.

In one case, Johnson overturned a recom-mendation to suspend a Wainwright teacher for six years after she was found guilty of having sex n u m e r o u s times with a student.

G o r d o n Thomas, the ATA’s execu-tive secretary, says the firings mark the first time in Alberta that an education minister has overruled a committee decision.

A task force recommended earlier this month that the association should no longer review the conduct of teachers when com-plaints surface and they should be handled by the Education ministry.

Johnson says he’s confident he can use the task force information to work with the ATA to improve the disciplinary process.

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Bribes to pass driver’s testT H E C A N A D I A N P R E S S

LAVAL, Que. - Quebec’s automobile insur-ance board says it has fired an employee for allegedly accepting bribes in return for helping 90 prospective drivers cheat on their tests.

The board and provincial police allege the government employee was helping people with their theory and practical tests in exchange for money.

A police spokesman says five people have been arrested, including the employee who was fired today.

They face charges of fraud and breach of trust.

The employee was based in Laval, north of Montreal.

The auto insurance board says the 90 people who obtained their permits through the alleged bribes will have them suspended or will have to retake the tests.

It also says it has a zero-tolerance policy in such matters and that an internal investiga-tion was launched as soon as it was informed of the alleged fraud.

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

Immigration Minister Chris Alexander is accusing the oppos-ition of “folly and hyp-ocrisy” as the govern-ment prepares to shep-herd its controversial citizenship bill over its next legislative hurdle.

“Both the Liberals and the NDP remain offside with Canadians who recognize the immense value of Canadian citizenship and the importance of protecting its integ-rity,” Alexander said in a statement.

“It is shameful that activist immigration lawyers, who never miss an opportunity to criticize our gov-ernment’s citizen-ship and immigration reforms, are attempt-ing to drum up busi-

ness by promoting the interests of convicted terrorists and serious criminals over the safety and security of Canadians.”

Bill C-24, the so-called Strengthening Canadian Citizenship Act, proposes a series of reforms to Canada’s immigration system.

It was slated to go to second reading - essentially agree-ment in principle - on Wednesday after just two hours of debate, with voting on Thursday.

Under the proposed changes, citizenship can be revoked from dual nationals con-victed of terrorism, high treason and spy-ing offences, or who take up arms against Canada. As well, permanent residents

who commit these acts will be barred from applying for citizen-ship.

Alexander has said the rule would only apply to those facing such charges in a Canadian court and that the government would not accept con-victions from dictator-ships.

The bill’s provisions also require appli-cants to be present in Canada for a total of four out of their past six years, and 183 days per year for at least four of those six years.

Some critics have suggested that highly skilled immigrants who travel the world to find work will find it more difficult to meet such a test.

The bill also con-tains measures aimed

at thwarting people who pay consultants to pretend they are living in Canada when they have no intention of ever setting foot in the country.

Alexander has said the changes are needed because the Citizenship Act hasn’t been overhauled in 36 years. The government hopes the changes will help slash a backlog of citizenship applica-tions that has grown to 320,000 files.

John McCallum, the Liberal immigration critic, said his party will vote against the bill Thursday, chastis-ing the government for limiting debate to just two hours.

“I think it’s obvious he doesn’t want Canadians to under-stand this bill; the

more Canadians do understand it, the less they’ll like it,” McCallum said.

“They’re doing all sorts of things to increase the barriers to citizenship.... They suspect that everyone is some sort of crim-inal.”

The NDP’s Lysane Blanchette-Lamothe says her party will also vote against the bill.

“All the experts at the committee hear-ings agreed that this bill is probably uncon-stitutional,” she said.

The two biggest areas of concern are the powers the gov-ernment would have to revoke citizenship - without hope of appeal - based on convictions in other countries, and to withdraw citizen-ship from anyone who might have to leave Canada, Blanchette-Lamothe said.

“What if someone takes a job outside Canada, or has to leave Canada to take care of elderly parents?” she said. “The minis-ter can say that’s not his intention, but the question is, is the bill well-written? So far experts say that it isn’t, and have raised many concerns about it.”

Tory MP blasts critics of immigration bill

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

Ont. - Tim Hudak was forced to defend his “Million Jobs Plan” Wednesday as a grow-ing number of econo-mists questioned the math behind the Ontario Progressive Conservative leader’s promise, which is the centrepiece of his election platform.

Despite being ham-mered repeatedly on the issue, Hudak was adamant that the PC figures were right.

“I stand behind our numbers,” he said at a furnace-making facil-ity in Niagara Falls, Ont.

“I simply believe that permanent tax reductions on job cre-ators, more affordable

energy is going to cre-ate jobs.”

Hudak has prom-ised a PC government would bring a million jobs to Ontario over the next eight years, although about half of those would be cre-ated through normal economic growth, regardless of which party is in govern-ment.

But first the Liberals, and then a number of prominent economists, including

a former federal asso-ciate deputy minister of finance, have poked holes in Hudak’s numbers, focusing in particular on the possibility that the Tories misinterpreted information from a Conference Board of Canada report com-missioned by the PCs.

The report uses the term “person years of employment” in its projections, which some economists sug-gest the Tories have

confused with perma-nent jobs, resulting in a vast overestima-tion of just how many new positions their plan for the province would create.

Hudak, however insisted his party’s calculations were sound.

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OPINION

Peace River dam will affect all British ColumbiansFourteen hours.

That’s roughly how long it takes to drive the 1,220

kilometres between Vancouver and Fort St. John, B.C. If you drove the same distance straight east, you’d be approaching the Saskatchewan border.

So it’s not exactly sur-prising that the Peace River Country, which spans the Alberta-B.C. border and includes the cities of Fort St. John, Dawson Creek and Grande Prairie, feels a world away to the 3.4 mil-lion people – 73 per cent of B.C.’s population – who live in the Lower Mainland or on Vancouver Island.

A September 2013 poll commissioned by BC Hydro found only four in 10 British Columbians had even heard of the Crown utility’s $7.9 billion pro-posal to build a third hydroelectric dam on the Peace River.

But the decision about whether or not to build the Site C dam stands to directly affect all British Columbians – from the implications for their elec-tricity bills to the flooding of some of the province’s most valuable agricultural land.

“This project doesn’t just affect us on the ground, it’s going to affect the pocketbook of every British Columbian,” said

Liz Logan, Treaty 8 First Nations Tribal Chief.

That’s because the dam, the largest infrastructure project in Canada, would be built with public money – about $1,700 of pub-lic money for every man, woman and child in British Columbia, to be specific.

“Site C is not an ordin-ary project,” said the report of the joint review panel, released three weeks ago. “At $7.9 billion, it might be the largest provincial public expenditure of the next 20 years.”

While concluding that the Site C dam is the best alternative for providing B.C. with reliable cheap power, the panel said BC Hydro has not proven the power is needed in the immediate future – and the dam would cause signifi-cant adverse effects on the environment and wildlife, First Nations and farmers.

“Justification must rest on an unambiguous need for the power,” the report stated.

The panel stopped short of recommending for or against the project – a deci-sion that now rests in the hands of the federal and provincial governments, which have until Nov. 8 to make up their minds on the project.

For residents of the Peace Valley, the report release was a bit like déjà

vu. This is the third time Site C has been on the table.

The dam was first turned down in the ’80s by the independent B.C. Utilities Commission, which said BC Hydro hadn’t demon-strated that the power was needed or that the dam was preferable to all other sources of power. In the ’90s, BC Hydro suspended the project again because the need for power was still considered insufficient.

This time around, the provincial government has exempted the project from the oversight of the B.C. Utilities Commission.

We’re living in an era where major hydrodams are being decommissioned all over the world, includ-ing just across the border in Washington State where the Elwha Dam was recent-ly removed.

So it’s fitting that the joint review panel’s report

noted that BC Hydro has not looked closely enough at alternatives, such as geothermal energy.

“The panel concludes that a failure to pursue research over the last 30 years into B.C.’s geother-mal resources has left B.C Hydro without informa-tion about a resource that BC Hydro thinks may offer up to 700 megawatts of firm, economic power with low environmental costs,” it says.

If approved, the dam would flood 107 kilometres of river, impacting 13,000 hectares of agricultural land – including flooding 3,800 hectares of farmland in the Agricultural Land Reserve, an area nearly twice the size of the city of Victoria.

The project would also add more strain to the Peace, a region that already has two mega hydro dams, 16,267 oil and gas well sites and 8,517 petroleum and natural gas facilities.

The area is more than just a haven for industrial activity though. Because the Peace River is the only river to break the barrier of the Rocky Mountains between the Yukon south almost to Mexico, it has provided a gateway for wildlife and people for thousands of years.

At Charlie Lake Cave in the Peace Country, there’s

evidence of human occu-pations spanning 11,000 years, making it one of just a handful of archaeological sites in North American that date back more than 10,500 years.

Thousands of years later, First Nations signed a treaty with the govern-ment of Canada, known as Treaty 8, which promises they can continue their way of life, including rights to hunting, fishing and trapping.

As such, the Treaty 8 First Nations have raised serious concerns about the Site C dam.

When Sir Alexander Mackenzie became the first European known to reach the Peace River area in 1792, he wrote in his journal that the valley was so rich in wildlife that in some places it looked almost like a barnyard.

Fast-forward another 200 years and the Peace Break has been recognized as an international con-servation priority for the movement of endangered populations of woodland caribou and grizzlies.

All of these factors raise serious questions about whether Site C is the best option to meet the elec-tricity needs of British Columbia.

Emma Gilchrist is the deputy editor for DeSmog Canada

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In “The Future and Its Enemies – The Growing Conflict over Creativity, Enterprise and Progress,”

a book published shortly before the millennium, author Virginia Postrel decried wide-spread pessimistic attacks on humanity’s future. The list of pessimists, she observed, was long and contains some strange bedfellows.

For example, despite their ideological differences, right-winger Pat Buchanan and left-winger Ralph Nader both oppose freer trade. Right-wing “nativists” and left-wing e n v i r o n m e n t -alists dislike i m m i g r a t i o n . (They do so for different reasons: nativists dislike diversity and the more extreme wings of the green movement see humans as fundamentally destructive). Traditionalists and urbanists both decry big box stores and the growth of suburbs, the for-mer for sentimental reasons and the latter because suburbs are aesthetically boring.

On the other side, theor-izes Postrel, stand optimists. They favour an “open-ended society where creativity and enterprise . . . generate prog-ress in unpredictable ways.” This is where “dynamists” such as “entrepreneurs and artists, scientists and legal theorists, cultural analysts and computer programmers” thrive.

This basic divide has likely always existed in human civil-ization, between the operation-ally conservative types who fear change and those who rush headlong into it.

These days in Canada, almost every proposed development is met by someone, somewhere, who claims the sky will fall, or

NIMBYists who resist change in their neighbourhood, and others who oppose every entre-preneurial activity that might disrupt the status quo.

More cheerfully, some Canadians seek to create new opportunities, expand the econ-omy, hire more people and provide opportunities. They might even – gasp – argue that governments are better off and have more revenues (without raising taxes) when entrepre-neurs are allowed to flourish.

These dyna-mists might include an entre-preneur who wants to imitate Steve Jobs or a “ t ree-hugger” who wants a bet-ter environment. But their com-mon strand is that they think humanity’s best days are in front and not behind

of us. As an example of the nega-

tive nabobs consider how opposition to hydraulic frac-turing for natural gas and oil has been a cause célèbre for some, despite its relative safety and the fact it has occurred for decades. In Atlantic Canada, some provinces may benefit from more jobs and increased tax revenues if fracking were more widespread but the nega-tive naysayers are full of fear and misinformation.

A recent review in the jour-nal “Science” observes: “Since the advent of hydraulic frac-turing, more than one million hydraulic fracturing treatments have been conducted, with per-haps only one documented case of direct groundwater pollu-tion resulting from injection of hydraulic fracturing chemicals used for shale gas extraction.”

This opposition to progress, even environmental progress, is evident from another example.

When some Treaty 8 First Nations oppose the proposed Site C dam in northeastern British Columbia because a) they assert they have not been consulted enough or b) believe they possess a veto or c) because some traditional hunt-ing areas will be affected, they fall into the oppositional mind-set described by Postrel. They are also in love with a romanti-cized, pre-industrial past.

Enter Liz Logan, chief of the Treaty 8 Tribal Association, who told one media outlet in Vancouver recently that there would be “adverse effects on our way of life.” Logan instead recommends wind power and geothermal energy as an alternative to already clean hydro power. (Problem: wind power and geothermal power cannot yet replace the plentiful and relatively cheap power from hydro-generated electricity.)

Earth to Logan: pre-indus-trial life, whether before or after European contact, was not an idyllic Garden of Eden.

In AD 1000, the average life-span for everyone (the “West” and everywhere else) was 24 years. In 1820, the average life-span in the West was 36 years compared with the average of 24 years in the rest of the world. By 2002, lifespans had lengthened to 79 years in the West with a 64-year lifespan in the rest of the world. Pre-modern life, as Thomas Hobbes described it, was solitary, poor, nasty, brutish – and short.

When people demand perfec-tion, they sacrifice real progress that can be made, including on environmental matters. A dam that produces electricity is obviously far less carbon-intensive than coal-burning electricity plants. Ergo, chronic worrywarts are not only ene-mies of the future but ene-mies of a cleaner future as well. Postrel was on to something.

Mark Milke is a Senior Fellow at the Fraser Institute.

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T H e C a N a D i a N P r e S SOTTAWA - Canada’s annual inflation rate

climbed to its highest level in two years, reaching 2.0 per cent in April, as an unusually big jump in energy prices - particularly gasoline and natural gas - helped push up consumer prices.

The steep 0.5 percentage point increase from the previous month put the annual rate back at what the Bank of Canada considers the optimal level.

Given that inflation was as low as 0.7 per cent as recently as October, the dramatic climb in recent months would normally signal the begin-ning of an interest rate increase cycle for the Bank of Canada, whose principal mandate is to keep inflation at two per cent.

But governor Stephen Poloz has already said he will “look through” the current rise in infla-tion as being a temporary phenomenon driven by consumer items related to energy.

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TENCH, GORDON GREGORY – It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Gordon Gregory Tench on May 18, 2014 in Castlegar, BC. Gordie was born in Trail on August 10, 1931, to Cecil and Anne Tench (nee Gavrilik). After gradu-ating from Trail High he pitched in professional baseball for several farm teams of the Cleveland Browns, � nishing in Redding, CA, where he met his late wife Faye in May 1951. They were married three months later at home plate at the Redding baseball park.

Following a baseball injury Gordie worked for some years delivering bread and milk, and then settled into a career in life insurance, which was � tting as he had a genuine interest in the well being of his clients and their families. In 1969 his parents fell into ill health, and so the family packed up and moved to Rossland to take care of them. In 1973 Faye and Gordie moved to the East Kootenay, primarily in Elkford, Sparwood, and Fernie, where he worked as a human resources specialist with Fording Coal and Crows Nest Resources (and also for Lornex at Logan Lake). Gordie personally hired hundreds and hundreds of individuals and had a knack for seeing capabil-ity in people that other hirers might have passed on.

Gordie was an enthusiastic member of Lions Club International for most of his life, contribut-ing thousands of volunteer hours to improve com-munities. He had a deep interest in helping others out through his volunteer work. After leaving the pros, he kept involved in fast-pitch softball, bowled more than one perfect game of ten-pin, and was an avid golfer. He was also very social and loved sharing jokes, often off-colour, which he carefully organized in books. He also enjoyed road trips to visit many friends in the western provinces and states. In the last few years he delighted in having coffee with his old pals at Trail Coffee and Tea.

Most signi� cantly, he had a great and lasting bond with his late wife Faye. They had countless adventures over the years with many good friends, and played cribbage or Scrabble pretty well every single night of the 62 years they were married.

Gordie is survived by sister Pat, sons (and daughters-in-law) Rob (April), Mike (Joanne) and Rich (Sue), niece Susi, nephew Gary, and grand-children (and their spouses/partners) Arielle, Syd-ney, Emily, Stephanie, Hannah and Grif� n.

At Gordie’s request there will be no funeral. Cremation has already taken place. In lieu of � owers, donations may be made to the Lions Club International. A combined memorial is be-ing planned for Gordie and Faye for June 29 in Rossland. For further details, please contact Mike Tench at [email protected].

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MASON, PIO RICHARDJuly 11, 1934 – May 23, 2014

Born and raised in Trail, B.C., Pio passed away peacefully after a brief battle with cancer.

He was predeceased by his daughter, Lisa Haag. Pio will be deeply missed by his wife, Joan; son, Richard (Manon); grandchildren, Jacob, Soleiya, Samuel; son-in-law, Herb; and many friends. Prayers on Sunday, June 1, 7:00pm – Funeral Mass on Monday, June 2, 11:00am. Both to be held at Immaculate Conception Parish, 8842 119 Street, North Delta.

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B Y M I C H E L E S K U C ESpecial to the TimesChief Gerry

Woodhouse (“Woody”) has retired from the fire service after 33 years, the last 20 as Fire Chief of Company

#1 in Rossland. Woody recently

shared some of his memories of the fire service, and what it was like when he started.

“It was overwhelm-

ing, the same time I started as chief, I also started a new busi-ness. I already had 13 years in, so it was an easy fit otherwise.

“ U n f o r t u n a t e l y, a lot of the calls I

remember are the gruesome ones or picking up friend’s kids; those are the ones you never forget. I remem-ber my first struc-ture fire on Cook Avenue and I went in with firefighter Vince Profili. I remember Vince being there, and how dark it was. Unfortunately, the building was a total loss.”

The first struc-ture fire as chief was in Upper Rossland, a newer house that started as a chimney fire and escalated into a full-on structure fire.

“The house was lost. It’s really hard, as a lot of times you blank them out.”

The school fire in the gym at Rossland Secondary School happened when Woody was still a firefighter.

“A 12” solid beam; an iron beam, was twisted by the heat like a pretzel. The gym is a big empty structure; not a lot of fuel, not

sure where all the heat was generated. That fire was start-ed by a gym mat put against a light bulb.”

Woody misses the community involve-ment, the volunteer-ing, but he is very proud of the fund-raising efforts, which were huge morale builders. It helped get the department out into the com-munity and raise the department’s profile.

He remembers many of the men-tors he had, Oli Dorati, Butch, Bob Flegel, the list goes on. He also found working with the Fire Commissioner’s office to be particu-larly interesting work, determining what actually hap-pened. Woodhouse is also proud of the number of firefighters he worked with who ended up taking this job as a career.

“It was used as a stepping stone. It’s the best place to start.”

Regional Chief Terry Martin shared many of those life-time steps with Woodhouse.

“Gerry and I were friends throughout high school and he was actually the best man when I got mar-ried. My dad was the fire chief back then and as I grew up I knew I wanted to be a firefighter and so did

Gerry. “There happened

to be quite a few very large fires in the mid to late ‘70s and early

‘80s; The White Wolfe Hotel, Allan Hotel, Rossland Miner, Maclean School, Masonic Hall and the Anglican Church. All these drove us to want to be part of the fire service.

“The idea was we would both put in applications at the same time but we had to wait until he was 19.

Back then there was also a waiting list to join as a lot of folks wanted to be part of the fire ser-

vice. We both started on the same night in August 1981.

“The other thing people need to know about Gerry is his involvement with the Christmas Hampers. Again, we (the fire service) have helped in the organization and delivery of the hampers since 1981. Gerry was a truly dedicated member of the fire service and put in 33 years to help his community. You don’t really see that length of service any-more.”

Rossland Chief Larry Simm added Woodhouse had his own style and leader-ship in the fire hall.

“Woody was a great chief. He was def-initely strict and he liked his own way, but he always was very good to his firefight-ers.

“He looked after them, and always made sure you were okay. That’s a big thing.”

Although Gerry does have regrets about missing out on some time with his kids as a result of being called out, Woody hopes to be remembered by his “commitment to the community, and being part of the commun-ity, as well as making it a better place.

“I hope I did that.”

GERRY WOODHOUSE

Rossland Fire Chief retires after 33 years on duty

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Always on the lookout for talent, retiring Rossland Fire Chief Gerry Woodhouse helps with recruitment.


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Most of May 3 was spent with the organ-izing team setting up the challenge course that lead out of the main park and down into the forest behind the camp ground area.

Just after lunch, the units began to arrive and set up their camping areas around the picnic area field. Headquarters and all were located down here as we would all be awake most of the night and we didn’t want to disturb the regular campers.

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The rest of the day and early evening was taken up with mass preparation meetings to organize the sta-tion people and our security people so every one was pre-pared to keep all these youth safe and on track all night long.

The security patrols, First Aid, station workers, and administration team had to know where each team was at any given time.

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Despite a losing season on the ice and on the books, the Trail Smoke Eaters have reason for opti-mism heading into the 2014-15 campaign.

The Trail Smoke Eaters held their Annual General Meeting at the Trail Memorial Centre on Tuesday evening revealing how its 10-win season translated into a not-surprisingly $77,000 disparity in revenue and expenditures.

However, as far as the product on the ice goes, there was good news. Trail’s Craig Claire and Barry Zanier are returning to assist head coach and GM Nick Deschenes, in addition, local assets could pos-sibly double this year with up to six Greater Trail hockey players donning orange and black.

“I think we’ve identified some very strong candidates,” said Deschenes. “I’m really excited to say we might have six local players here born and raised in Trail . . . If we are doing our job as leaders in

the community regarding hockey and development then we should be seeing local players coming up through the ranks and joining us.”

The team expects the return of Scott Davidson and Jake Lucchini, and the addition of Craig Martin, but the names of the other players will be released at a later date.

Claire has played a big part in identifying local players from his experience coaching the local Bantam Rep team, also a some-what kinder-gentler relationship with the Beaver Valley Nitehawks will also result in potential addi-tions.

Nevertheless, more losses occurred within the organization as trainer Kim Penner moved on to Merritt and board members Dave Rugg and Sandy Santori resigned. One of the more palpable losses is the departure of Dawn St. Jean who has decided to step down as director after seven years of bal-ancing the books and running the souvenir shop.

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Times Sports EditorA Trail swimmer

has already punched her ticket into the B.C. Summer Games, becoming the first swimmer in the Kootenays to make the team.

It’s still a couple months away, but Trail Regional Aquatic Excellence swimmer (TRAX) Aby Elwood has already qualified for the Kootenay’s Zone 1 swim team for the B.C. Summer Games in Nanaimo July 17-20.

“I’m really excited,” said Elwood. “It’s going to be a new experience.”

The 13-year-old racer was announced before other swimmers because she racked up the most FINA points of any of her competitors in the Kootenays at a variety of swim meets since Jan.1.

As a result, Swim BC also named TRAX coach, Bill Park, as head coach of the Kootenay Zone team.

“I’m excited,” said Park. “I’ve been numer-ous times before back home in Ontario, but I find the quality and tal-ent in these mountains is great . . . I really like the talent base we have, I know it will be a chal-lenge because our team is going to be half the size of other teams but I know these kids are going to be very com-petitive and will do a good job.”

Elwood’s best fin-ishes and, ultimately what qualified her for the Games, was her two gold medal perform-ances in the 400 and 800 metre freestyle at the Kamloops Spring Madness meet as well as a pair of silver medals in the 100 and 200 m butterfly.

“Aby has come miles for millions,” said Park. “I know she was very gifted, her skill level was high, but very young. So basically what I did with Aby - as with all my swimmers - is we started from scratch

and built up. I needed their skill level higher and I needed them to believe in themselves.”

Hard work, intensive training, and a posi-tive attitude has seen vast improvement in all TRAX swimmers, and personal best times in subsequent races is becoming the norm rather than the excep-tion.

“I know the talent is in this region. They’ve done what they need to do in the pool well before they even go out and race, so I try to change the climate in the program where they know they’ve already done it, they can believe in themselves, they don’t feel like they’re left out because they have to swim somebody from Vancouver and Victoria, they know they can stand up equally and compete just as well, and they have.”

Elwood is happy with her own progress, and attributes much of her success to the program.

“They focus a lot more on technique and that helps with the little things that count to get where you want to go,” she said. “It’s tiring but it’s also fun. You have to have determination to do it.”

Elwood is looking forward to joining the almost 2,000 athletes that will participate in the Games. When asked what she looked for-ward to most, Elwood replied:

“Being with my friends, and like getting to swim in a new place, and just a different environment. I want to see everything and see what the Summer Games really is, but also focus on the swimming part.”

The rest of the Kootenay Zone team will be announced June 10.

TRAX swimmers are off to Kamloops this weekend to race in the 22nd annual June Classic long course meet.

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Trail Mayor Dieter Bogs congratulates TRAX swimmer Aby Elwood and coach Bill Park for being named to the Kootenay Zone 1 swim team that will compete at the B.C. Summer Games in Nanaimo in July.

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B y J e n n i f e r C h u n gSpecial to the Times

The Trail Stingrays Swim Team dives into a new season as they prepare for the first meet in Nelson this weekend.

Head coach, Samme Beatson returns again for yet another suc-cessful summer but this time with two new assistant coaches by her side, Madison Green and Jennifer Chung.

“Having two new enthusiastic coaches working with me this year it is going to be a very fun season,” says Beatson.

Both assistant coaches have been swimming with the Stingrays for many years, 11 for Green and five for Chung. They are so stoked to be back working with previous and new swimmers. As well as looking forward to an incredible season.

With 15 of 30 swimmers head-ing to the Nelson meet, set for Saturday and Sunday, Beatson is fired up with the great turnout.

“Lots of new swimmers this season, I expect them just to have fun and become comfort-

able with racing,” said Beatson. “Swim meets are an awesome way to showcase the skills swimmers learn over the summer.”

Swim meets takes place all over the Kootenays from Grand Forks, Colville, Creston and Kimberley. Regionals will be held in Trail this year on Aug. 2-3, which means Beatson will be building the team up step-by-step through all eight of the meets and hoping to win the home title with the most points.

Goals and expectations Beatson hopes to achieve over the season with each swimmer is developing strong base skills and getting best times.

The club is always recruiting for more members to join the team and encourages anyone over the age of six to come try it out, the only prerequisite is the ability to swim a length of the pool. For anyone who is interested they will receive a great trial deal, which includes five trial practices for only five dollars.

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FROM PAGE 10The Smoke Eaters

are down to just four board members includ-ing president Tom Gawryletz, and directors Rick Basso, Jack Beard, and Steve Robinson, so while recruiting players may be at the top of the list, a search for addi-

tional directors is also essential. “The board of directors can add any new dir-

ectors at any time, so we’ll go and find out what we need after the league meetings next week and decide what we’re going to do,” said Gawryletz. “But we know we can’t operate with four people on game nights.”

A bad home start and some untimely road construction contributed to a $29,000 hit in ticket sales at the door, dropping the revenue to $50,391 from $79,399 in 2013, yet the game-night sales improved by over $10,000 ($122,841 from $112,798). Season ticket sales were up $5,000, and hockey camps and donations also increased.

However, one of the more glaring deficits was the fundraising loss of more than $8,000, the result of a disappointing response to the lottery fundraiser.

Total expenditures, however, were the lowest in the past three years with the biggest savings coming in travel costs, down $6,000, and game-night expenditures dropping $14,000 from last season and $24,000 from 2012.

The largest output of cash came as a result of a new BCHL policy that required teams to pur-chase all Bauer products, forcing Trail to layout almost $51,000 for new gear, up from $33,000 the previous season. In all the Smoke Eaters total revenue tallied $426,742, while expenses

came in at $503,651.“The last three years we have not made the

playoffs, and as you can tell by the revenue and expenditures each year we’ve lost money,” said Gawryletz. “The reason we’ve lost more money each year is the cost of doing business – it’s get-ting expensive for an organization like ourselves.”

This year’s BCHL season will also start later than usual with the Bauer Showcase at Prospera Place in Chilliwack tentatively planned for Sept. 18-19, which means the first Smokies home game might not be until the end of September. It also means that there likely will be more mid-week or Sunday games in the 2014-15 season. The BCHL board of governors meeting goes June 1, when the league schedule will be finalized.

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No playoff berth leaves red ink

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Brazil’s Deputy Sports Minister Luis Fernandes said Wednesday that Brazil would organize a successful World Cup despite what he called “prejudice” against so-called devel-oping countries as they try to organ-ize mega-sports events.

“We are confident that Brazil will surprise the world with a successful event in the World Cup,” Fernandes said, speaking Wednesday with reporters in a teleconference.

“There is no embarrassment and no panic,” he added. “We are abso-lutely confident, excited and proud that we will deliver a fantastic World Cup in Brazil. That’s the general atmosphere in government. We are absolutely confident.”

Brazil’s preparations of the World Cup, which opens June 12 in Sao Paulo, have been characterized by delays building or remodeling 12 stadiums, unfinished upgrades to airports and transportation, and criticism the $11.5 billion being spent should have been used to improve the country’s poor schools and rundown hospitals.

Last week Ronaldo, who won two World Cups with Brazil and has worked with local World Cup organ-izers, said he was “embarrassed” by the “total confusion and lateness” of stadiums and allied infrastructure.

Fernandes defended the prepara-

tions, said the World Cup invest-ment would boost the economy, and argued that “developing” countries are judged differently as they plan the World Cup or Olympics.

“There are sectors in society in general that have prejudice with respect to the capacity of developing countries in general ... to deliver this kind of event,” Fernandes said, echoing a statement made recently by his boss - Sports Minister Aldo Rebelo.

“There is absolutely no contra-diction between a developing coun-try hosting a major event such as the World Cup or the Olympics Games, and increasing investment in education and in other public areas.”

Rio de Janeiro’s organization of the 2016 Olympics is also facing widespread criticism with many IOC members speaking openly about poor planning and delays.

Brazil has a $2.5 trillion economy and is usually listed as the world’s sixth or seventh largest.

The credit rating agency Moody’s recently said the World Cup would have little impact on its economy, given its size and the length of the event.

Fernandes said Brazil would allow peaceful strikes or demonstrations during the month-long champion-ship, but promised violence would not be condoned.

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T H E C A N A D I A N P R E S SNEW YORK - The NHL has

suspended New York Rangers defenceman John Moore for two games for an illegal check to the head of Montreal forward Dale Weise in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference final.

Moore was given a major penalty and ejected from Tuesday night’s game at Montreal’s Bell Centre when, at 10:41 of the third period, he nailed Weise with a blindside

open-ice hit that was almost identical to Montreal forward Brandon Prust’s unpenalized hit on Derek Stepan in Game 3.

Weise’s helmet was knocked off after Tuesday night’s hit and he was wobbly when he got up, with teammate P.K. Subban grabbing him in a bear hug for support.

He left for treatment but returned to the bench late in the period.

The NHL Department of

Player Safety explained on a video on the league’s website that Moore drove upwards when he hit Weise, making the for-ward’s head the primary point of contact. The league said that Weise made no sudden move-ments prior to the hit, so the onus was on Moore to avoid contact with Weise’s head.

The Rangers’ lead the series three games to two. Game 6 is Thursday at Madison Square Garden.

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Pools won’t likely be seeing any privatiza-tion for another full year, as ongoing con-sultations with First Nations groups in B.C. and Alberta have delayed the rollout of a request for propos-als (RFP) from Parks Canada.

After first announ-cing the intent to issue

a long-term, 42-year lease for all three hot pools (the Radium Hot Pools, Miette Hot Springs in Jasper and the Banff Upper Hot Springs) in the revenue-neutral Hot Springs Enterprise Unit in 2008, Parks Canada has slowed its approach in order to consult with First Nations.

March 2014 was initially the target

date for a request for proposals, but there’s no longer any specific time frame being pursued, Parks Canada executive dir-ector of mountain parks Pat Thomsen told The Valley Echo. An employee at the Radium Hot Pools, who did not wish to be named, told The Echo the target date has passed, and “as of March, they’ve given

us another year.”Asked whether the

request for propos-als will allow for the possibility of each of the three hot springs being run by separate operators, Thomsen responded “the RFP, when it’s released, will be based on the best business model that we can advance at that stage. The initial intent was to do them together.”

She acknowledged there is interest from municipalities and First Nations in oper-ating the pools, “but we haven’t entertained any detailed conversa-tions,” she said.

For employees at the Radium hot pools, Thomsen said Parks Canada is working with the Canadian Public Service Alliance union and staff “to ensure the provisions of our collective agree-ment that address an alternate delivery pro-posal and workforce adjustment provisions would be respected at that time.”

But opportunities for summer student

employment at the pool may be lost, fears one employee at the hot pools. They noted the hot pools have seen a freeze on admis-sion prices since the mid-2000s, which they believe has caused the facility to begin falling into disrepair.

“They’ve never allowed us to raise our prices, so how do we fix our buildings and make them look nice?” questioned the employee.

It’s a sentiment echoed by Kevin King , a spokesperson for the Public Service Alliance of Canada, who have actively opposed the potential request for proposals through a town hall meeting in Radium in February 2013.

“Why would they (a private operator) re-capitalize an asset they’re never going to own?,” he said. “Hot springs are symbolic of Canadian identity; the public and small businesses in these communities do not want the hot springs privatized.”

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Kimberley Daily BulletinThe City of Kimberley is going to take a

closer look at just what it might cost to have the Municipal Auditor General examine the way it handles projects.

At council on Monday evening, Coun. Don McCormick moved that the city CAO be directed to request the services of the Municipal Auditor General specifically around the flume project. This came just after a vote by council to proceed with the flume project now that funding from the provincial and federal government had come through.

McCormick told council that he had been researching some of the municipal audits already completed by Auditor General Basia Ruta, and said that they were uncovering and providing valuable feedback on ways com-munities could save money on big projects.

“It’s not a witch hunt. It’s not blame. It’s looking at ways we can improve.”

However, cost was an issue council wanted to know more about. Coun. Bev Middlebrook asked what having the Auditor General in would cost the City.

“We have a project that has gone over $2 million over budget, and we’re worried about the cost of the Auditor General?” McCormick said.

Mayor Ron McRae said he would prefer the audit be higher level rather than looking at just one specific project.

“I think it shouldn’t look at just the flume but a history of all projects.”

It was pointed out that a previous audit in Rossland had taken six months for the first phase.

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Considering all of her mother’s obstruc-tions, I think Tiffany and I have a good rela-tionship. I attended her high school and college graduations, and she comes to visit me once a year. I call her every month to see how she’s doing.

Tiffany is getting married next year and just told me that although she doesn’t want to hurt me, she

wants her mother to walk her down the aisle. She said her Mom has always been there for her. Tiffany did sug-gest that I could wait at the front pew of the church and actually give her away to her fiance.

I am very hurt by this, and I think Tiffany is being unfair to me. Do you have any suggestions? -- Heartbroken

Dear Heartbroken: We know your ex made it difficult for you to be a more involved par-ent, and you did what you could, but regard-less, your relationship is not as close as the one she has with Mom, and it serves no pur-

pose to point fingers now. Tiffany wants Mom to walk her down the aisle, and she has asked you to have the honor of “giving her away.” This is actually a decent compromise and not the snub you seem to think. It is simply one moment of one day of the rest of your lives. If you want to continue your good relationship with Tiffany, please tell her you would be thrilled to wait at the front of the church and escort her to her fiance.

Dear Annie: Before my wife and I were married eight years ago, sex was a fre-quent occurrence. She seemed to enjoy it. But on our honeymoon night, she said, “Let’s get this over with.”

A couple of years later, when the fre-quency had signifi-cantly decreased, she told me that sex makes her feel “all yucky.” A few years after that, she said, “It always hurts.” When I suggested she

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Please go back to your counselor -- on your own -- and discuss these issues. Decide how important sex is in relation to the other qualities your wife brings to the marriage, because she may never be more interested than she is right now.

Dear Annie: I dis-agree with your advice to transfer photos to your computer and discard the originals. Computer programs change, and the photos are not always acces-sible. If photographs are kept on good paper (acid-free) in a cool, dry

place in acid-free boxes or albums, they will last a long time. Ask any museum for help. -- Hoosier Historian

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MLS#2397286

OPEN HOUSE

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Employment

Help WantedAn Alberta Oilfi eld Company is hiring experienced dozer and excavator operators, meals and lodging provided. Drug testing required. 1-(780)723-5051.

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WELL established West Koo-tenay Chip Hauler offers steady employment with fl exible and part time schedul-ing available to U.S. Capable Class 1 drivers with clean ab-stracts and verifi able mountain experience. Extended Bene-fi ts, Pension, and Direct de-posit offered. Apply online: www.sutco.ca or fax resume: 250-357-2009 For further in-formation 1-888-357-2612 Ext:230

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Hotel, Restaurant, Food Services

LINE Cooks Required Immedi-ately for our very busy restau-rant. Previous short order exp an asset. Email resume today to [email protected]

Trades, TechnicalJOURNEYMAN Glazier, Lake City Glass in Williams Lake now hiring. Fax resume to:250-392-5369 or email:[email protected]

Services

Financial ServicesGET BACK ON TRACK! Bad credit? Bills? Unemployed? Need Money? We Lend! If you own your own home - you qualify. Pioneer Acceptance Corp. Member BBB.

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Computer ServicesPC problems? Ask Darren Bates the Computer Guy for help! www.DarrenBates.NET or 1-250-434-9458

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Services

ContractorsHANSON DECKINGWest Kootenay Agent forDuradek 250-352-1814

Merchandise for Sale

Garage SalesGLENMERRY (TRAIL)#9 & #11 3080 Highway Drivebehind Trail Motel,Follow the balloonsFriday, May 30 4-8pmSaturday, May 31 8am-2pmTADANAC NEIGHBOURHOODGarage Sale. Saturday, May 31st. 9am-2pm.

Misc. for Sale4 16” Yokohama geolander all season tires with alloy rims, only 1 year old. $900.00. 250-364-041542”X74” pool table + acc. $50.3 slot machines, tempermental $150. 4 new snow tires P205/75R14 $200. 250-367-7347

Misc. WantedBUYING Coin Collections,Estates, Antiques, Native Art,Silver, Jewelry 250-499-0251

Real Estate

For Sale By OwnerTrail (Sunningdale) A perfect starter, retirement or rental home. 750sq.ft. main fl oor, 1 full bath, gas heat and fi re-place, a/c. Full basement (350sqft fi nished). Large car-port (500sqft), workshop (100sqft). South facing fenced backyard/garden. Quiet locale close to all amenities. $179,990. Call 250-364-1940

Houses For SaleMONTROSE, 135 9th Ave. 2 storey, 4bd. w/view. Granite countertops, hardwood fl oors. Small trade welcome. $475,000. Ph.250-368-3773

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RETIRE IN Beautiful Southern BC, Brand New Park. Af-fordable Housing. COPPER RIDGE. Manufactured Home Park, New Home Sales. Kere-meos, BC. Spec home on site to view. Please call 250-462-7055. www.copperridge.ca

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1252 Bay Avenue, Trail 250.368.5222 1993 Columbia Ave, Rossland 250.362.5200WWW.COLDWELLBANKERTRAIL.COM

Nathan Kotyk 250-231-9484

Rhonda van Tent 250-231-7575

Jack McConnachie 250-368-5222

Rob Burrus 250-231-4420

Marie Claude Germain 250-512-1153

Rossland$199,900

Marie Claude MLS# 2395984

Trail$119,000


Rossland$OLD


Rossland$OLD


New Kitchen &

Move in Ready

Rossland$119,900


Rossland$333,000


2 Bedroom Top

Floor, Corner Unit

3.7 Acres

House & Acreage

Fruitvale $399,000

Rob MLS# 2397558

Renata $249,000

Rob MLS# 2215536

Fruitvale $229,500

Rob MLS# 2396677

Renata $235,500

Rob MLS# 2215924

Montrose $169,000

Rob MLS# 2397280

Trail $135,000

Rob MLS# 2393731

Warfield $189,900

Rhonda MLS# 2393875

Rossland $315,000

Rhonda MLS# 2397764

Trail $569,000

Rhonda MLS# 2397469

Fruitvale $199,000

Rhonda MLS# 2392778

Trail $179,000

Rhonda MLS# 2397878

Trail $214,000

Rhonda MLS# 2396517

Warfield $149,000

Nathan MLS# 2395554

Warfield $125,000

Nathan MLS# 2391999

Fruitvale $164,900

Nathan MLS# 2393806

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ROSSLAND, 3 new 2 bed-room, 1 bathroom modular homes in Rossland Paradise MHP, from $64,900. includes net GST. Rick 250-254-7997, Kim 250-512-1222.

Rentals

Apt/Condo for RentBella Vista, Shavers Bench Townhomes. N/S, N/P. 2-3 bdrms. Phone 250.364.1822DOWNTOWN TRAIL, renovat-ed 1bdrm. character apt, quiet adult building, coin-op laundry, non-smoking. 250-226-6886.Ermalinda Apartments, Glen-merry. Adults only. N/P, N/S. 1-2 bdrms. Ph. 250.364.1922Francesco Estates, Glenmer-ry. Adults only. N/P, N/S, 1-3 bdrms. Phone 250.368.6761.Glenmerry 2bdrm. apt. F/S Heat included. $750./mo. 250-368-5908GLENVIEW APTS. Large, Quiet 1 & 2 bdrm. apts. available. 250-368-8391

TRAIL: 1 bdrm suite close to downtown Shared washer and dryer $575 utilities inc.

Ken: [email protected]

Grand Forks Realty Ltd.

TRAIL, 2BDRM. Glenmerry. Newly reno’d, perfect for sen-ior, no stairs. N/P. Utilities in-cluded. 250-368-1312.TRAIL, spacious 1&2bdrm. apartment. Adult building, per-fect for seniors/ professionals. Cozy, clean, quiet, com-fortable. Must See. 250-368-1312

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WARFIELD, 2BD. apt. Park-ing. $700./mo. utilities includ-ed. Call 250-362-2130WARFIELD APARTMENTS. 2-bdrm, N/S, N/P. Long term tenants. 250-368-5888

Want to RentPROFESSIONAL COUPLE seeking 4-5 bedroom well maintained executive home. Trail/ Rossland/ Castlegar. 250-362-5867TRAIL/ WARFIELD, nice, clean 2 bdrm home for a pen-sioner couple. 250-368-8401

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Teck Trail Operations, Kootenay Savings Credit Union and The Canadian Cancer Society present:

GREATER TRAIL

Saturday May 31 201410am-10pm at Gyro Park, Trail

Join us!CELEBRATE cancer survivors REMEMBER loved ones & FIGHT BACK

Schedule of Events(Times and acts are approximate and subject to change)

Main Stage:9:45am – Opening Ceremony & Warm Up featuring Violet Richtsfeld10:00am – Survivor Victory Lap10:20am – Foggy Goggle Boys11:10am – STEPS Dance group12:00pm – Head shaves and hair donations for wigs featuring Stacy from Cedar Avenue Salon12:35pm –Mystic Dream Dancers1:15pm – Alex Hope2:00pm – Kootenay Dance Works3:00pm – Fight Back Ceremony & Health Promotion Activities4:00pm – Tim Bouchier5:00pm – Supercat Studios6:00pm – Golden City Fiddlers7:00pm – Whispering Polly9:00pm – Nina Amelio and Jason Thomas9:30pm – Luminary and Closing Ceremonies

Kid’s Activities:Non-stop fun all day!

Bouncy Castle

Crafts: friendship bracelets, rainbow spinners, bookmarks

and much more

Carnival games & face painting

Tie dying (fun for all ages!)

Jeopardy and other interactive games

Prizes!

Cancer prevention, sun sense, healthy eating info & more

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Silent Auction:Fantastic items including a bike from Gerick’s Cycle, a golf

package, a night at the Prestige & much more

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Luminary Sales:

10:30am-8:30pm – Purchase a luminary candle in honour or in memory of someone who has battled cancer, and these candles will line the track at Relay as we walk last special laps of the night.

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Tonnie Stewart ext 33Cell: [email protected]

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WE CAN SELL YOUR HOME. NOBODY HAS THE RESOURCES WE DO!Mark Wilson ext 30Cell: [email protected]

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KOOTENAY HOMES INC.1358 Cedar Avenue, Trail • 250.368.8818

www.kootenayhomes.com www.century21.caThe Local Experts™

239 Simonds Street, Warfi eld$110,000

Cute as a button with updated wiring, plumbing and new fl ooring. Covered carport, shed, sun deck and fenced

yard. Check it out, you will be pleasantly surprised!

Call Christine (250) 512-7653

NEW LISTINGNEW LISTING

1922 Meadowlark Drive, Fruitvale $265,000

5 bdrms & 2.5 baths. This wonderful family home features many recent upgrades. The large back deck is great for entertaining right off the

newly updated kitchen. Family friendly neighborhood and just minutes to

downtown Fruitvale.Call Jodi (250) 231-2331

NEW LISTING

GLENMERRY GEM!

OPEN HOUSESaturday May 31 1 - 2pm

Thinking of

moving? Call me

for a FREE market

evaluation today!Call Art

(250) 368-88181604 Wilmes Lane, Trail

$129,000This 3 bdrm 2 bath home offers great

outdoor living with a lovely deck out front and a large covered deck at the back. Both bathrooms have been recently renovated, among other upgrades.

At this price it will go quick!Call Deanne (250) 231-0153

1553 Diamond Street, Trail$159,000

Panoramic views and privacy await with approx. 700 sq. ft. of decks overlooking the Columbia River. Many upgrades including wiring, plumbing, roof, heating and central air, two bathrooms, 3 bdrms, and family

room. Call now!!Call Deanne (250) 231-0153

745 Dickens Street, Warfi eld$199,500

Beautifully updated! You will love the kitchen, lots of storage, stainless steel

appliances, and wood fl ooring. Bright and open feeling with lots of windows. Ready to

just move in and enjoy.Call Mary M (250) 231-0264

1504 4th Avenue, Trail$149,000

Spacious 2 bdrm home with large kitchen and living-room. The yard is

fenced, single car garage with workshop area. Lots of comforts with central air-

conditioning and u/g sprinklers. Call your REALTOR® for your personal viewing.

Call Mary M (250) 231-0264

NEW LISTINGNEW LISTING

109 Viola Crescent, Trail$269,900

This 4 bdrm home has gleaming wood fl oors, master suite featuring spacious

bdrm, huge walk-in closet and full deluxe ensuite. Keep cool in summer with a/c (heat pump). Main fl oor laundry and underground sprinkling. Do not miss

viewing this very special home.Call Mary M (250) 231-0264

NEW LISTING

1834 4th Avenue, Rossland$119,900

This is a 3 bdrm home features wood fl oors, wood burning stove, bright open porch and a garden shed. This home needs some maintenance and TLC. If you are handy, this could be a great

opportunity.Call Christine (250) 512-7653

OPEN HOUSESaturday, May 31 11am - 1pm

2083 Valleyview Drive, Trail

$157,900Super family home - 4+ bedroom/1.5 bathrooms. This air

conditioned home has been lovingly cared

for by the same family for the past 62 years. Very clean and has had some updates which would make this an excellent

home for the family.Call Mark

(250) 231-5591

NEW LISTING

3917 Reo Road, Bonnington$314,900

3918 Reo Road, Bonnington$575,000

Call Tonnie (250) 365-9665 or Terry 250-231-1101

OPEN HOUSESaturday May 31 11am - 1pm

3892 Dogwood Drive, Trail$289,000

Split level 3 bdrm 3 bath home with many upgrades, including a luxury

kitchen, window package, fl ooring and so much more. Shop, fully fenced, fl at yard, and covered parking. Close to Glenmerry Elementary, this home is

move-in ready.Call Terry 250-231-1101

NEW LISTING

303 McAnnally Street, Trail$134,500

This is one you’ll want to see! This home has had a full overhaul in the

mid-1990’s. The mechanical, insulation, interior walls, roof and fl ooring were all replaced at that time. The whole house

has been lovingly cared for. See it today!Call Jodi (250) 231-2331

We are holding a

draw to give away a new

BBQ & Patio

Heater!Visit

facebook.com/kootenay.homes or

kootenayhomes.comto enter.

Picture YourPatio

NEW LISTING

FROM PAGE 3Clark, who moved to the area relatively recent-

ly, said the ability to access the wisdom of others was one of the things that attracted him to the KMC.

“Being able to leverage other people’s experi-ence to learn the area was important,” he said. “It helped me learn the area a lot quicker and in more detail by going out with people who have experience.

“I think most people who live in the Kootenays love the scenery and the wild country. This club is about getting out and enjoying it.”

The KMC will be celebrating its 50 year anni-versary, June 7 at the Old Castlegar Theatre at 8 p.m. with a presentation by guest speaker, Dave Quinn, the “Outdoor Guy” with CBC Radio West. More information about the event and the KMC can be found at www.kootenaymountaineering.bc.ca.

All about the outdoors

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The Kootenay Mountaineering Club is celebrating 50 years of enjoying beautiful local peaks.

Trail Daily Times, May 29, 2014

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