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Case of missing Merritt man still a mysteryFamily searching for answers a year after disappearance
It has been a harrowing year for the family of a local man who went missing one year ago.
Dean Morrison, then a 44-year-old father of three, disappeared after leaving his workplace at Stump Lake Ranch on Oct. 22, 2013.
Morrison sometimes stayed with his sister on his days off, but by Oct. 28, she had still not heard from him and reported him missing to the RCMP.
RCMP conducted an air and ground search on Oct. 31, 2013, but came up empty.
A community-organized ground search on Nov. 13, 2013 also turned up nothing.
“There have been several searches and we haven’t come up with anything,” Morrison’s mother, Elizabeth Faber, said. “Everybody misses him and we just would like to know... It would be nice to hear or know something.”
Morrison’s missing person file has since been transferred to the Kamloops RCMP. He is described as Caucasian, five-foot-six, 140 pounds with brown hair and blue eyes. He was last seen wearing a quilted black jacket and work pants.
Anyone with information on Morrison’s disappearance is
asked to contact the Kamloops RCMP at 250-314-1800.
In the year since Morrison’s disappearance, the family has experienced more hardship. His sister, Michelle, passed away in late August.
“My daughter and my son — I lost both of them within one year,” Faber said.
The day before her service, Michelle’s 23-year-old son Jordan fell ill and was taken to hospital. He spent two weeks in the hospital with meningitis and left the hospital with only partial vision.
Faber said doctors told her the meningitis may have pro-voked a dormant degenerative disease.
Jordan is now staying with his grandmother in Vancouver and is still trying to recover his eyesight.
“Almost every day, we’ve e been to doctor’s offices in Van-couver,” she said.
Faber said recovering Jor-dan’s eyesight is a priority for the family right now.
“Sometimes it just helps to take the focus off something else,” she said.
Faber said her family is thankful for all of the sup-port they’ve received over the last year. Still, she said staying strong is tough.
“There’s just so much trau-ma in the family. It’s hard to deal with it all.”
Dean Morrison has been missing since Oct. 22, 2013. Herald file photo
By Emily WesselTHE HERALD
newsroom@merrittherald.com
A gunman shot and killed a soldier who was standing guard at the Canadian War Memorial in Ottawa on Wednesday, Oct. 22.
The gunman then went to Parliament Hill, where he was reportedly killed after trading shots with Parliament’s sergeant-at-arms.
Multiple shots were fired within the halls of the Parliament building.
Prime Minister Stephen Harper was safely removed from Parliament Hill, and his events for the day cancelled. Liberal
leader Justin Trudeau and NDP leader Thomas Mulcair were also reported safe.
MPs were locked down inside the build-ings as police searched for any other gunmen involved in the attack.
The attack on Parliament Hill took place two days after two soldiers in Quebec were inten-tionally run down in a car driven by 25-year-old Martin Couture-Rouleau, who was one of 90 suspected extremists being watched by the RCMP.
Couture-Rouleau led police on a
chase and was shot and killed when he emerged from his crashed vehicle with a knife in his hand.
The attack on Parliament Hill occurred just before 7 a.m. local time.
At the B.C. legis-lature on Wednesday, extra guards were stationed at each entrance. Tourists and members of the public were prohibited from entering, but pre-booked school tours were allowed to enter the build-ing. The situation in Ottawa was ongoing as of the Herald’s press deadline.
Attack on Parliament Hill; one suspect dead
Parliament Hill was attacked by at least one gunman on Wednesday morning. One soldier and one gunman were killed. Herald file photo
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The three incumbent School District 58 trust-ees representing the Princeton area will be back on the board for another four years.
Gordon Comeau, David Rainer and Leah Ward are all acclaimed as there were no other candidates running against them.
It will be a race for the three Merritt seats between incumbents Gordon Swan and Tim Kroeker and newcomers Everett Hoisington, Brian Jepsen and Joyce Perrie.
Incumbent David Laird is running again for the school board’s rural seat for the Merritt area against Ko’waintco Michel and Gerald Ellingsen.
The candidates will have their say at a forum on Oct. 27 at 7 p.m. at the Civic Centre.
General voting takes place Nov. 15 from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. at the Civic Centre.
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City council is taking steps to prohibit asphalt plants in heavy industrial M2 zoning.
At its regular meet-ing on Oct. 14, council decided by a 5-2 vote to amend new draft zoning bylaw 2134 to prohibit asphalt processing as a permitted use in areas zoned for heavy indus-trial use.
Other heavy indus-trial uses of M2 zoning would still be permitted, including auto wreck-ing and storage, and the processing of wood products, concrete, rock, sand, gravel and ready-mix.
Council made its decision after discuss-ing the issue during last Tuesday’s public hear-ing.
Coun. Kurt Chris-topherson initially brought the amendment to the forefront He told
reporters outside council chambers after the coun-cil meeting that having an asphalt processing plant permitted within the city was an issue that generated a lot of public concern. Keeping that use in the bylaw could’ve led to the issue coming up yet again, he said.
“I’m not against industry or an asphalt plant, but let’s do it right,” Christopherson said.
Also at the council meeting, city staff rec-ommended that council approve the third read-ing of the zoning bylaw. Instead, council rescind-ed the second reading in order to amend the bylaw to prohibit asphalt processing.
After the bylaw was amended, it passed sec-ond reading again and will go to another public hearing before the final reading.
During the public hearing, City of Merritt
planning and develop-ment services manager Sean O’Flaherty said city council can add and subtract zoning uses with almost complete impunity.
Coun. Dave Baker suggested taking asphalt processing out of the M2 zoning altogether.
Chief administrative officer Allan Chabot told the Herald that if this change were adopted, there wouldn’t
be anything to preclude a landowner from apply-ing to amend zoning to permit asphalt process-ing on a specific piece of property.
Removing asphalt processing from the new zoning bylaw will allow council the ability to approve or deny an asphalt plant on a case-by-case basis.
Council returned the zoning bylaw from pub-lic hearing and Coun.
Harry Kroeker made the motion to rescind second reading, which was carried by a 5 to 2 vote.
Council approved amending and rereading zoning bylaw 2134 and approved sending it to public hearing, again by the same 5-2 vote.
Mayor Susan Roline and Coun. Neil Menard were opposed removing asphalt processing in the zoning bylaw.
Council amends zoning bylawBy Michael Potestio
THE HERALDreporter@merrittherald.com
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Country music festival moving to MerrittMerritt is slated to host
another country music fes-tival in 2015. The Country Music Capital of Canada will play host to the Rockin’ River Music Festival, a four-day festival organiz-ers announced Thursday
they’ll be bringing to Mer-
ritt next August long week-end.
Rockin’ River is mov-ing from Mission, where it has been held for the past six years. Organizer Ken Hess told a crowd gath-ered at the Nicola Valley
Institute of Technology for the announcement that the event has outgrown the site in Mission.Hess told the Herald the
festival has grown over its six years and the Mission site is too close to that city.He said the music fes-tival site just outside of Merritt is larger with more
available campsites.Hess said he’s hoping to see this event to draw about 15,000 people per day to the festival — total-ling 60,000 over the course of the long weekend. He
said in Mission, the festival brought in about 20,000 to 25,000 people over the
weekend.Hess said he is in talks
with the owners of the festival grounds for a long-term agreement that will see Rockin’ River use the site for the next decade. “We’ve already got a well-established festival, a
well-established site and a
town that has been estab-lished for 20 years promot-ing country music,” Hess told the crowd.He said organizers decided to bring the Rock-
in’ River Music Festival to Merritt at this time because they wanted enough time to pass between the demise of the Merritt Mountain Music Festival and the commencement of this
one.Helping to bring Rockin’ River to Merritt is Michelle Loughery’s Wayfinder Project and the
Canadian Country Music Heritage Society. In partnership with Rockin’ River, the Wayfind-
er project will be providing training programs.
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The Country Music Capital of Canada will play host to the Rockin’ River Music Festival, a four-day festival organizers announced Thursday they’ll be bringing to Merritt next August long weekend.
The horse camp at Lundbom Lake recreation site got a big upgrade ear-lier this month, thanks to nearly 50 volunteers from across the province.
Members of the Back Country Horsemen of BC converged on the site east of Merritt on Highway 97C on the first weekend of October to replace 12 old wooden corrals in need of repair with 28 new paddocks enclosed by steel pipes.
The work took about 775 volunteer hours over four days.
The project was con-ceived in May of this year by Back Country Horsemen of BC mem-bers Kelly Allen, Rose Schroeder, Scott Walker and Ron Stolp, as well as Recreation Sites and Trails BC district officer Ed Ables and camp host Ann Jeffrey.
Recreation Sites and Trails BC, the branch of the provincial government that does trail and recre-ation site maintenance, footed the bill for most of the cost of the project.
Plenty of businesses, horse clubs and indi-viduals also supported the cause via cash or in-kind donations as well.
On the first day, about a dozen volunteers tore down the dozen well-used wooden corrals, cutting the wood up for firewood.
The second day, it was time to bring in the machinery to level the ground for the new layout of the corrals and relocate the manure pit.
“We spent all day on tractors, Bobcats and excavators,” Allen said. “I ran the roller for the whole day.”
After everything was levelled, the excavator came to pound the new posts into the ground. Once the posts were in,
volunteers bolted the pipes to them. They also put in a rock retaining wall so the new dirt foot-ing wouldn’t spill out.
Allen said it was the largest-scale project of this type she has been part of.
“It was very rewarding to see the finished product and the quality of it,” she said.
Volunteers came from eight chapters all over the province, including the president of the organi-zation who came from McBride.
Allen said she was amazed by how well all the volunteers worked together.
“I can’t believe what they did in just four short days,” Allen said. “It was really a group effort.”
Back Country Horse-men of BC is the prov-ince’s second largest equestrian group with over 700 members.
“The thing that Back Country Horsemen does is try to keep the trails open for everyone — not just for horsemen, but for all of us,” Allen said.
She said back country users of all stripes, from hikers to mountain bikers to cross-country skiers, use trails maintained and preserved by the Back Country Horsemen.
Allen, who’s been a member of the Back Country Horsemen of BC since 2003, is also spear-heading a new local chap-ter of the organization.
On Saturday, she got the go-ahead from the organization’s executive to form a chapter in Merritt.
“Merritt is such a hors-ey area and has never had a Back Country Horse-men chapter. We have all these trails and everything here,” she said.
For more information about the local chapter, contact Allen by email at kellybrookallen@hotmail.com.
Horsemen of BC clean up campsitesBy Emily Wessel
THE HERALDnewsroom@merrittherald.com
The 28 new corrals are enclosed by steel pipes. Photo submitted by Kelly Allen
Nearly 50 volunteers from around the province pitched in to replace 12 well-worn corrals with 28 new ones at Lundbom Lake. The upgrade was initiated by the Back Country Horsemen of BC. Photo submitted by Kelly Allen
Volunteers also outlined the corral area with a rock retaining wall to help keep the footing in place. Photo submitted by Kelly Allen
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Next council meeting: Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2014Council agendas and minutes at www.merritt.ca
City of Merritt ★ 2185 Voght Street, Box 189Merritt, BC V1K 1B8 ★ Phone: 250-378-4224
City of Merritt 2015 Permissive Tax ExemptionsBylaw 2184
Permissive Tax Exemptions Council has adopted Bylaw 2184 to provide permissive property tax exemptions at a public meeting on: Tuesday, October 14, 2014 at 7:00PM at Merritt City Hall, Council Chambers, 2185 Voght Street
Roll # Owner/Occupier Civic Address Legal Description Estimated 2015
General Municipal Taxes
0002-555
The President of the Lethbridge Stake - The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
2451 Spring Bank Avenue
Lot B, Plan KAP 79511, D.L. 121 Section 22, Township 91 except Plan KAP 88312, and the buildings and structures thereon $ 3,947.28
138000 BC Seventh Day Adventist 2190 Granite AvenueLot 10, Bloxk 14, Plan 1 D.L. 123 KDYD and the buildings and structures thereon $ 254.89
276000 Merritt Baptist Church 2499 Coutlee Avenue
Lot 11, Block 30, Plan 717, D.L. 123, KDY SE 25ft; Lot 10, Block 30 Plan 717, D.L. 123 KDYD and the buildings and structures thereon $ 374.06
416005 Roman Catholic Bishop of Kamloops 2302 Jackson AvenueLot A, Plan 34228 D.L. 123, KDYD and the buildings and structures thereon (exclude Residential Class 1) $ 322.40
830015 Merritt Sikh Society 2399 Chapman StreetLot A, Plan KAP 65331, D.L. 124, KDYD and the buildings and structures thereon $ 1,157.32
912005 Merritt Crossroads Community Church 2990 Voght StreetLot 1, Plan 33171, D.L. 124, KDYD except Plan M16802 and the buildings and structures thereon $ 2,018.42
963000 Nicola Valley Evangelical Free Church 1950 Maxwell AvenueLot 35, Plan 747, D.L. 124 KDYD except KAP47649 and buildings and structures thereon $ 1,336.43
1094002 Fraser Basin Property Society 1990 Chapman Street
Parcel B, Block 16, Plan 1, D.L. 124, KDYD ( of Lots 1&2 see KJ48015) and the buildings and structures thereon $ 442.95
1241000 United Church of Canada 1899 Quilchena AvenueLot 13, Block 28, Plan 448, D.L. 125 KDYD and the buildings and structures thereon $ 228.71
6327500 Trustees Merritt Jehovah's Witness 1505 Sunset StreetLot 7, Plan 15455 D.L. 167 KDYD and the buildings and structures thereon $ 572.46
151000 Conayt Friendship Society 2164 Quilchena AvenueLot 1, Plan 41762, D.L. 123, KDYD and the buildings and structures thereon $ 6,357.34
1176050 Merritt Community Cinema Society 2270 Quilchena AveLOT: 1; PLAN NUMBER: KAP57211; DISTRICT LOT: 123; LAND DISTRICT: 25; $ 2,700.00
2500 Nicola Native Lodge Society "NNLS"2640 Spring Bank Avenue Lot 3, Plan KAP58641, D.L. 121, KDYD $ 1,919.33
1344000Nicola Valley Association of Community Living 1775 Coldwater Avenue
Lot A, Plan KAP 77597, D.L. 125 KDYD and the buildings and structures thereon $ 2,709.90
1000000 Donald Murdoch Mcleod M D Inc 1840 Nicola AvenueLot B, Plan 332, D.L. 125 KDYD except Plan 6875 and the buildings and structures thereon $ 3,921.97
1121000 Nicola Valley Health Care Auxiliary 1803 Voght StreetLot 11, Bloc 17, Plan 1, Part S1/2, D.L. 123, KDYD and buildings and structures thereon $ 1,467.33
1777275Nicola Valley Health Care Endowment Foundation Voght Street
Lots 1 & 2 Plan KAP62405, Section 22, Township 91, KDYD $ 5,667.03
1777280Nicola Valley Health Care Endowment Foundation 3457 Voght Street
Lots 1 & 2 Plan KAP62405, Section 22, Township 91, KDYD $ 5,426.22
1163000 Nicola Valley Senior Housing 1926 Coutlee Avenue
Lots 1-4, Block 24, Plan 1, D.L.125 KDYD Part N of Plan 400 * Lot A, Plan 122, D.L. 125 KDYD and the buildings and structures thereon $ 2,841.79
1114500 Royal Canadian Legion #96 1940 Quilchena AvenueLot A, Plan KAP60947, D.L. 125 KDYD and the buildings and structures thereon $ 1,757.41
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1092000CRTRL Land Co. Ltd./Merritt Walk of Stars 2025B Quilchena Avenue
Lot 17, Block 15, Plan 1 D.L. 125 KDYD and the buildings and structures thereon $ 2,323.00
1087000 Merritt Masonic Temple Association2067 Quilchena Ave (class 8 only)
Lot 14, Block 15, PLAN KAP1, D.L. 125 and the buildings and structures thereon $ 318.26
1341010Nicola Valley Holdings Association (Merritt Elks) 1701 Coldwater Avenue Lot 1, Block 1, Plan 838, D.L. 125 KDYD $ 312.94
1364000Nicola Valley Holdings Association (Merritt Elks) 1702 Coldwater Avenue
Lot AM1, Block 4, Plan 838, D.L. 125, KDYD and the buildings and structures thereon $ 1,623.00
6355100Nicola Valley Rodeo Association/Nicola Valley Fall Fair Association 319 Lindley Creek Road
Lot 1, Plan 34260, D.L. 176 KDYD (except Mobile Home) and the buildings and structures thereon $ 11,252.28
807500 Community Futures Nicola Valley Suite B - 2185 Voght Street
Lot A, Plan KAP8523, D.L.124 and the buildings and structures thereon $ 1,335.68
807250 Nicola Valley Community Human Suite A - 2185 Voght Street
Lot A, Plan KAP8523, D.L.124 and the buildings and structures thereon $ 1,743.45
744100 Merritt Curling Club 2075 Mamette AvenueLot 2, Plan 22544, D.L. 124 KDYD and the buildings and structures thereon $ 4,634.76
1553070 Merritt Golf & Country Club1450 Juniper Drive Merritt BC V1K 1J6
Lot 2, Plan 29664, D.L. 174, KDYD and the buildings and structures thereon $ 757.77
1554100 Merritt Golf & Country Club1450 Juniper Drive Merritt BC V1K 1J6
Plan M9110, D.L. 174, KDYD except Plan 19948 and 29664 KDYD and the buildings and structures thereon $ 597.21
1801190 Merritt Golf & Country Club1450 Juniper Drive Merritt BC V1K 1J6
Lot A, Plan 34206, D.L. 124 KDYD & DL 180 and 181 and the buildings and structures thereon $ 20,802.14
976000 Merritt Golf & Country Club1450 Juniper Drive Merritt BC V1K 1J6
Parcel A, D.L. 124 KDYD except Plan 33125 and the buildings and structures thereon $ 1,749.76
1553050 Merritt Golf & Country Club1450 Juniper Drive Merritt BC V1K 1J6
Lot 1, Plan 8212, D.L. 174, KDYD except M9110, excluding Mobile Home and the buildings and structures thereon $ 641.35
TOTAL ESTIMATED GENERAL TAXES 93,514.84$
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NICOLA VALLEY NEWS LOCAL ELECTION 2014
ELECTION WORKERS REQUIREDAre you interested in working at the polls on Election Day Saturday, November 15, 2014? This is an opportunity to serve your community and to be involved in the election process.
Poll clerks are needed to work from 7:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m.
If you wish to work at the election, application forms are available at City Hall and on the City website at www.merritt.ca. The deadline for submission is 4:00 p.m. on Thursday, October 30, 2014. Preference will be given to persons with previous local government election work experience.
Polling Clerks will be paid $15.00 per hour.
All Polling Clerks will be required to attend a training session. For further information, please contact Chief Election Officer, Carole Fraser at 378-8614 or by e-mail at cfraser@merritt.ca
NOTICE OF ADVANCE VOTING OPPORTUNITYThe next general local government election is November 15, 2014. Advanced Polls will be conducted on Wednesday, November 05, 2014 and Wednesday, November 12, 2014 at City Hall, 2185 Voght Street from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Special Voting opportunities will be conducted on Thursday, November 13, 2014 for those residents at the Florentine, Nicola Meadows, Gillis House and the Nicola Valley Hospital.
You can vote in the election in Merritt if you: Are a Canadian citizen * • Are 18 years of age or older on general voting day • Have lived in B.C. for at least six (6) months immediately before day of • registration. (Since May 05, 2014)Have lived in Merritt for at least thirty (30) days immediately before day of • registration. (Since Oct 05, 2014) Are not disqualified by law from voting •
All Merritt residents who meet these requirements can vote. It does not matter whether you rent or own your home. If you own property in Merritt but live somewhere else in BC, you can also vote in Merritt elections. This is called being a “non-resident property elector.” As such, you can vote, as long as you:
Are a Canadian citizen* • Are 18 years of age or older on general voting day • Have lived in B.C. for at least six (6) months immediately before day of • registration. (Since May 05, 2014)Have owned real estate in Merritt, registered in your name, for at least thirty • (30) days immediately before day of registration. (Since Oct 05, 2014) Are not disqualified by law from voting•
Non-resident property electors can vote only once, regardless of the number of properties they own. If there is more than one registered owner of a property, only one of those individuals may, with the written consent of the majority of the other owners, register as a non-resident property elector.
*Landed immigrants who are not yet Canadian citizens are not permitted to vote in civic elections. *Corporations are not entitled to vote.
You are required to produce two (2) pieces of identification (at least one must provide a signature) in order to prove residency and identity.
Acceptable forms of identification include:BC Driver’s License • BC Identification Card • BC CareCard or Gold CareCard • ICBC Vehicle Insurance Documents • Citizenship Card • Merritt Property Tax Notice • Social Insurance Card • Credit or Debit Card • Utility Bill •
Carole Fraser, Chief Election Officer - (250) 378-8614
NOTICE
NOTICE OF ELECTION BY VOTINGPUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY given to the electors of the City of Merritt that an election by voting is necessary to elect one (1) Mayor, six (6) Councillors and three (3) School Trustees, and that the persons nominated as candidates and for whom votes will be received are:
Mayor – One (1) to be elected
Surname Usual Names Jurisdiction of Residence
JOLLY Mike City of Merritt
MENARD Neil City of Merritt
ROLINE Susan City of Merritt
Councillor – Six (6) to be elected
Surname Usual Names Jurisdiction of Residence
BAKER Dave City of Merritt
BROWN Linda A. City of Merritt
CHRISTOPHERSON Kurt City of Merritt
GOETZ Mike City of Merritt
KROEKER Harry City of Merritt
McMURCHY Bruce Lower Nicola
NORGAARD Diana City of Merritt
PROWAL Ginny City of Merritt
School Trustee – Three (3) to be elected
Surname Usual Names Jurisdiction of Residence
KROEKER Tim Nicola Lake
SWAN Gordon City of Merritt
JEPSEN Brian City of Merritt
PERRIE Joyce City of Merritt
HOISINGTON Everett Lower Nicola
GENERAL VOTING DAY will be open to qualified electors of the City of Merritt on Saturday, November 15, 2014 be-tween the hours of 8:00 am and 8:00 pm at the following location: Civic Centre - 1950 Mamette Road, Merritt, B.C.
Advance voting opportunities will be held at City Hall, 2185 Voght Street, Merritt, B.C. on Wednesday, November 05, 2014 from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. and on Wednesday, November 12, 2014 from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Carole FraserChief Election Officer
Bylaw stronger, simplifi edMerritt’s new zon-
ing bylaw eliminates the need for three zonings.
C8 (Neighbourhood Commercial) and C7 (Tourism Commercial) have been consolidated into C4 zoning, and P2 for churches has been consolidated into P3 zoning.
The bylaw was updated to reflect updates to provin-cial statutes and its definitions have been
strengthened with the inclusion of diagrams, city planning and devel-opment services man-ager Sean O’Flaherty said at a public hearing on Oct. 14.
Some of the issues identified as needing attention included sec-ondary suites, new vehi-cle parking standards and requirements, cargo container regulations and temporary stor-age facility regulations, O’Flaherty said.
The new zoning bylaw encourages front
porches for houses, and allows for use of 60 per cent of lot coverage, whereas the current bylaw generally allows for 45 per cent.
In commercial areas, more parking regula-tions have been added, and residential housing is being allowed in some commercial zones.
One change under R3 (Medium Den-sity Residential) zoning, O’Flaherty pointed out, is 60 dwellings per hect-are are allowed under the new bylaw. That
number is up from 40 in the current bylaw.
Sharing parking spaces between business-es and requiring new developments to provide new parking spaces are also new additions to the bylaw.
Davin Shillong, project manager with MMM Group, the company responsible for helping to rewrite the bylaw, said the new bylaw is the vehicle that drives the implementa-tion of the city’s Official Community Plan.
By Michael PotestioTHE HERALD
reporter@merrittherald.com
A HELPING HAND Tricia Graham, branch manager of Interior Savings in Merritt, reads to May Matthias at Gillis House.
Representatives from Interior Savings in Merritt could be found helping out around the community last Thursday as part of the organization’s Day of Difference.
All of the company’s branches and credit unions were closed Thursday afternoon so that employees could volunteer in their communities.Local Interior Savings employees spent time helping out at Gillis House, the Thrift Shop and at Nicola-Canford Elementary.
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As a child, the yellow-ing leaves on trees signi-fied an exciting transition to a new and excellent season.
Autumn meant Hal-loween, which in itself contains a multitude of fun things: home-made costumes, free candy, class-
room parties, free candy, crafts, candy, pumpkin carving and all the candy you could dream of.
It also meant the ulti-mate satisfaction in walk-ing to school: stepping on crunchy leaves.
As I got older, the excitement of possibilities symbolized by autumn waned. Pretty soon fall meant mid-terms and all the stress that exam season brings on.
Then, when I was fin-ished with school for good, fall meant more like the shortening of the days, the chilling of the air, and the beginning of the long, cruel winter.
But rather than looking at autumn as a shoulder
season before winter, I prefer to take it in for its own merits: the beauty of the colourful leaves, the still-warm sunshine in the mid-afternoon, and glori-ously glove-free hands.
If I do look ahead to winter, it’s a bit easier on this side of Christmas to anticipate all the lovely things that the season brings.
The first snowfall is always beautiful, though I wouldn’t care to be caught in it on any highways around here.
This year, there will also be an outdoor ice rink at Central Park for every-one to enjoy, which I’ll be sure to check out.
The beginning of win-
ter also signifies the wind-up to Christmas, which is always a jolly time.
About a month before the actual holiday, Mer-ritt becomes a hotspot of Christmas cheer with the Country Christmas event.
This year, the parade takes place on Friday, Nov. 28 beginning at 7 p.m.
Applications for busi-nesses and groups to enter their floats in the parade are available at the cham-ber of commerce office at city hall and at Carrie Ware and Company on Quilchena Avenue. They are also available for download at merrittcham-ber.com
After the parade, the Country Music Hall of
Fame on Quilchena Ave-nue will host Santa Land, which will continue all day on Saturday.
Santa Land will also feature a new addition to the festivities this year: the festival of trees, which will be relocated from city hall. Groups, businesses, classes and daycares are invited to decorate their own Christ-mas tree at the hall of honour over that week.
As the leaves continue to fall and the town turns more grey — and eventu-ally white under a blanket of snow — it’s time to look on the bright side and forget about dry skin, cold feet and runny noses and embrace the beauty of the lead-in to the holidays.
One last holdup on railway tracks
VICTORIA – “Hands up.” That famous command is attributed to Bill Miner, an American career criminal who is also credited with B.C.’s first train robbery, at Silverdale on the Mission border in 1910.
A more genteel, and of course perfectly legal, trackside transfer of wealth is underway in the B.C. legislature. It’s called the Canadian Pacific Railway (Stone and Timber) Settlement Act, and it provides for taxpayers to hand over $19 million to CP Rail to settle a lawsuit over historic logging, rock and gravel rights given to B.C.’s pioneering rail-way builders.
Students of B.C. history will know that while Bill Miner got the headlines, it was the early coal, lum-ber and railway barons who really made out like bandits. And CP Rail inherited some of this by 1912 when it took over three early railways that had been granted vast tracts of pro-vincial Crown land.
Deputy Premier Rich Coleman revealed the settlement in the legisla-ture this month. It seems that when CP Rail took over the B.C. Southern Railway Company, the Columbia and Kootenay Railway and Naviga-tion Company and the Columbia and Western Railway Company, there were some clerical errors along the way.
“I am pleased that Canadian Pacific Railway and the province have recently reached an agreement regarding the disputed ownership and value of timber and stone rights on 145,000 hectares of Crown land and 68,000 hectares of private land in the Kootenay and Okanagan regions,” Coleman told the legisla-
Falling for autumn all over again
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land to three railway com-panies between 1892 and 1908 to subsidize railway construction. These railway companies reserved timber and stone rights for their own use when they sold the land to third parties in the early 1900s. These reserva-tions were not recognized in many subsequent land trans-actions, and many of them were not registered in the current land title system.”
These discrepancies came to light in the early 2000s. They involve some 1,600 properties, so you can imagine the lawyer fees that would be accumulated to sort through those in court. Coleman’s statement sug-gests that the government has conceded its records are in error, rather than those of the railways.
Given the Wild West ways of B.C.’s early settle-ment and railway develop-ment, it’s not surprising there were some loose ends. For a fascinating look at this
period, I recommend Barrie Sanford’s book Steel Rails and Iron Men (Whitecap Books, 1990).
Sanford recounts the fateful decision of the CPR to turn north at Medicine Hat and push Canada’s defining railway through the Kicking Horse Pass, leaving the mineral-rich Kootenay region open to competi-tors for rail freight service.
A key figure of those days is James Dunsmuir, who inherited his family coal fortune and served as B.C. premier from 1900 to
1902. He ended up owning a large part of Vancou-ver Island in exchange for building the Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway, which he sold to the CPR in 1905, the same year he locked out miners in his coal operations for their push to organize a union.
Dunsmuir’s hard line provided a boost for a rival, James Jerome Hill, who built the Great Northern Railway in the 1890s and later quit the CPR board in a bitter feud. Hill was happy to sup-ply coal from Fernie.
Dunsmuir took a turn as B.C.’s eighth Lieuten-ant Governor, sold his coal business and retired to his estate, Hatley Castle, which is now part of Royal Roads University. He is buried at Victoria’s Ross Bay Cem-etery.
As Halloween approach-es, it’s easy to imagine a chuckle from his grave as the railway barons once again rake it in.
Tom Fletcher is legislature report-er and columnist for Black Press. Twitter: @tomfletcherbc
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Dear Editor,
While visiting Mer-ritt a few days ago, I was very pleased to see a river cleanup along the banks of the Nicola River near downtown Merritt taking place.
In speaking to the group, I was told they were from the Rotary Club of Merritt and they do this from time to time in an attempt to keep this important Nicola Valley waterway clear of garbage and trash as much as pos-sible, thus preventing it from being washed down river as well as impacting fish and wildlife habitat.
I know personally such volunteer work can and does make a difference to our com-munities as we have done similar cleanups since 2002 and have taken close to 95 metric tonnes off the riparian zone on Chilliwack’s Vedder River over this period of time with 43 cleanups. The last was BC Rivers Day (World Rivers Day) where we
had 300 plus volunteers involved.
You can read about our work at cleanriv-ers.ca.
BC Rivers Day actu-ally first started in the Thompson region in September of 1980.
Mark Angelo, an internationally cel-ebrated river conser-vationist, organized a
major cleanup of the Thompson River that year and this initial cleanup is now cele-brated in 100 countries worldwide.
I would like to once again commend the Rotary club for their recent work and hope maybe Merritt will organize and hold, in Merritt, a BC Rivers
Day event in 2015. More information on BCRD can be found online at http://orcbc.ca/pro_bcriversday.htm.
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On Sept. 6, my wife was walking down Garcia between the Royal Bank and City Furniture when she slipped on a piece of gravel that was on the sidewalk. As a result, she fell and broke some bones in her right foot.
Since that time, we have had several elderly people tell us that they slipped on rocks that were on the sidewalks downtown and at numerous locations around the city.
I went to city hall and they said it was the responsibility of the store owners to keep the sidewalks clean.
If you walk up Garcia beside the Railyard Mall, you will find rocks all over the sidewalk from the landscaping next to the sidewalk.
I think the city should be responsible for seeing that any landscaping that is done should be done in a manner that would pre-vent occurrences of this kind.
David BarnesMerritt
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Merritt Rotarians clean up along the Nicola River. Photo submitted by Chris Gadsden
SETTING IT STRAIGHTIn the Thursday, Oct. 16 edition of the
Merritt Herald, the legal matter between the City of Merritt and the Merritt Flying Club was incorrectly characterized.
The Merritt Flying Club filed a notice of damages.
The Herald apologizes for the error.
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Children will once again rule the halls of the old Coquihalla Middle School now that two family-orient-ed non-profit organiza-tions have moved in.
Interior Commu-nity Services, formerly located on Coutlee Avenue, has part-nered with Children’s Therapy and Family Resource Centre to offer their services in one place for Merritt and area families at the old Coquihalla Middle School building on Clapperton Avenue.
“The space is cer-tainly perfect for orga-nizations like ours,” ICS chief operating officer Shelly Bon-nah said. “To have a gym, a playground, an art room — it really couldn’t be any better for the services that we deliver.”
Bonnah added the timing was right for ICS to move as the organization had outgrown its previ-ous space on Coutlee Avenue.
ICS opened a Mer-ritt office in 2013, through which the Kamloops-based Children’s Therapy and Family Resource Centre offered its pro-
grams.Children’s therapy
executive director Mary-Ellen Everatt said the two organiza-tions partnered with the best interests of their Merritt clients in mind.
“What a perfect location,” Everatt said. “We work with chil-dren and families and to have a school — it was built for us.”
Bonnah said the organizations are open to other non-profits offering services in Merritt without office space here sharing in their new, large build-ing to create a hub for
community services.Everatt and Bonnah
said their hope is the partnership and forma-tion of a hub for pro-grams and services will be a model other com-munities can look at.
Everatt said even something as little as sharing toys between the two non-profits can help each stretch its budget rather than redundantly spend on the same kinds of items.
“We share our toys, we share our equip-ment, we share every-thing, so it makes the contract dollars stretch — and when that hap-
pens, everyone’s a win-ner,” Everatt said.
Bonnah said both organizations received plenty of support from the school district and the City of Merritt in the partnership.
School District 58 chairman Gordon Comeau said having a long-term tenant with a focus on com-munity services creates a best-case scenario for the school district, the organizations and the people of Merritt.
“With our enrol-ment situation, we don’t see the facility being needed for quite some time,” he said.
“The stability that they talk about fits for both: we need a stable person in this facility to ensure we know it’s being used and being looked after, and they need the stability to be able to set up their programs, to make sure that they can move forward with long-term vision.
“Everybody wins in this, but in particular the citizens of Merritt who require the service and have the bulk of it all in one place,” Comeau said.
Services went ahead at the new building without even a day’s gap.
The organizations co-hosted an open house for people to tour the new facility on Monday afternoon.
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Family programs move into former middle school
The old Coquihalla Middle School has two new tenants. From left: SD58 board chair Gordon Comeau, Children’s Therapy and Family Resource Centre executive director Mary-Ellen Everatt, Interior Community Services chief operating officer Shelly Bonnah, SD58 secretary-treasurer Kevin Black, SD58 superintendent Steve McNiven, ICS Merritt program co-ordinator Chelsea Morrey and SD58 trustee Gordon Swan. Emily Wessel/Herald
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Surname Usual Names Jurisdiction of ResidenceMICHEL Ko’waintco 3170 Shackelly Road, MerrittELLINGSEN Gerald 2544 Kinvig St., Lower Nicola LAIRD David 6407 Monck Park Road, Merritt
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VICTORIA – The B.C. government has set environmental rules aimed at making good on its promise to export the world’s “cleanest” liquefied natural gas.
Environment Minister Mary Polak introduced legislation Monday to set limits for greenhouse gas and con-ventional air pollution. It includes an option for LNG producers to buy carbon offsets or con-tribute to a “technology fund” if their operations exceed greenhouse gas limits.
Polak said the system will permit LNG devel-opment without exceed-ing the government’s greenhouse gas target of a 33 per cent reduction by 2020 and 80 per cent by 2050.
New air quality rules are also being established for nitrogen dioxide and sulphur dioxide emis-sions, based on a review of air quality in the Kiti-mat area.
The “benchmark” for greenhouse gas emis-sions is an average 0.16 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent per tonne of LNG produced, which the government says is lower than the lowest-emitting LNG facilities in the U.S., Australia and Norway. Companies that exceed the bench-mark will pay penalties on a sliding scale, and those that perform better than the benchmark will receive a carbon offset credit they can sell.
NDP environment critic Spencer Chandra Herbert said the technol-ogy fund idea appears to be borrowed from Alberta, where a similar fund hasn’t stopped greenhouse gas emis-sions from rising.
“I don’t know how we can meet our green-house gas reductions if we get five or seven LNG plants that the premier seems to suggest are coming, despite evi-dence to the contrary,” Chandra Herbert said.
Polak said the tech-nology fund will be developed in consulta-tion with industry. Car-bon offsets will be used to pay for projects in B.C. such as lower-emis-sion transportation and buildings, and there is no plan to count emissions reductions from Asian users who use LNG to reduce coal use, she said.
Green Party MLA
Andrew Weaver said the sliding scale for excess emissions means that taxpayers will be paying part of the penalties. He predicts that B.C. will never compete in the LNG industry, given growing international production of conven-tional and shale gas. But if it does, the province will not achieve reduc-tions in emissions.
“This isn’t going to fool anybody,” Weaver said. “It’s attempting to look like the government still has a plan for green-house gas reductions.”
The emission rules will apply to LNG processing only, not pol-lution and greenhouse gases from production and processing of natu-ral gas in northeastern B.C.
By Tom FletcherBLACK PRESStfl etcher@blackpress.ca
Pictured above is an LNG tanker of the kind that would load at terminals in B.C. to transport liquefied natural gas at high pressure and low temperature to markets overseas. Shell Canada
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Life is change – mar-riages begin and end, children are born and grow, you are employed for years and then you retire – and at each step along the way, you must document those changes.
There are certain important documents in your life – more than you may realize – that will dictate who gets your financial support while you’re alive and how your legacy will be distributed when you’re gone – and each time there is a change in your life, those documents need to be updated.
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Budgets Review the sources
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Power of Attorney (POA) and Power of Attorney for Personal Care
A POA is the des-ignate for your finan-cial affairs should you become incapacitated. A Power of Attorney for Personal Care (some-times referred to as a Living Will or Health Care Directive) explic-itly authorizes your des-ignate to make medical treatment decisions on your behalf. Update your designates as life changes dictate.
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When Jesus was here, it must have been great to be one of His disciples, to be with Him and see all the things He did for people. Jesus healed all who came to Him.
There was no illness that He could not handle. The blind could see again, the lame could walk again, even some who had died were restored to life.
One of the problems was that every once in a while, Jesus told the disciples of His death and resurrection. That was not what they liked to hear about, probably because they didn’t really believe it.
Their minds were on the days of David, when Israel was a big powerful nation and nobody could stand up to David’s army. The disciples believed that Jesus would restore that fame and power and that they would be part of that powerful government. Then, they would have power, fame and a good life. It all sounded so good to them. It made the disciples happy.
Things took a real change when Jesus raised Lazarus, who had been
dead for days, from the dead. Now, the authorities, the high priest, and all said that Jesus de nitely had to die. Raising someone from the dead was going too far.
Jesus was condemned to death.
It was only a few days until the Passover. The Jewish authorities wanted to put Jesus to death before that.
Things moved along very quickly. Jesus’ disciples were very upset over what was going on. However, this was happening just as the prophet had prophesied. Their hopes began to die, but they hung on to the slim chance that Jesus would come off the cross and free Himself.
That did not happen.
The disciples then feared that if the authorities had put Jesus to death, then they would be the next on the list. Dreams of power and greatness faded so they went and locked themselves in a hiding place as all hope died.
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In March of this year, the World Health Organization declared the Southeast Asia region polio-free — a huge mile-stone in the Global Polio Eradi-cation Initiative’s goal of deliver-ing a polio-free world by 2018.
Because of the commitment by service groups, governments, health agencies and many other partners worldwide, 1.8 billion people in the region’s 11 coun-tries are at a much lesser risk of contracting the virus.
This also means that those living in neighbouring countries, particularly where there is move-ment across borders due to politi-cal unrest or natural disaster, are at less risk of infection.
With travel throughout the world so frequent and easily done, this also guards against spread on a much larger scale.
Polio is spread when the stool of an infected person is intro-duced into the system of another person through contaminated water or food (fecal-oral trans-mission). Oral-oral transmission by way of an infected person’s saliva may account for some cases as well.
People living in poorer coun-tries where there are no sanitary water systems or where people must live in refugee camps for a variety of reasons are at the greatest risk for transmission of the disease.
Since 1985, Rotarians all over the world have led the battle against polio, and kept the pres-sure on as worldwide cases plum-meted from 350,000 per year to several hundred. When India
went off the list of endemic countries in 2012, Rotary took one more step toward eradicating a human disease from the Earth for only the second time in his-tory.
Now, Rotary and its partners are close to making that dream a reality. Local Rotarians have sup-ported this initiative each year. In 2004, members travelled to India to participate in the National Immunization Day. Rotary has helped over 2.5 billion children receive immunization worldwide.
There are only three endemic countries left: Pakistan, Nigeria and Afghanistan.
On Oct. 15 of this year, Pakistan reported 19 new cases of polio, bringing the total num-ber of cases of paralysis by the wild poliovirus (WPV1) in 2014 to 206. That’s up from the 39 reported by October of 2013.
To date, 22 million children have been immunized multiple times in the last year, which is significant due to the active con-flict and crises in the Pakistan region.
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Two new cases were reported in the past week in Afghanistan, bringing the total num-ber of WPV1 cases in 2014 to 12.
Nigeria, which is the third endemic country, had no new cases; its total remains at six. Six out of seven other non-endemic countries on watch have reported 19 new cases in total as well.
In Canada, the U.S., the former Soviet Union, Western Europe, Australia and New Zealand, more
than 76,000 cases of paralytic polio were reported in 1955. By 1967, due to immu-nizations, only 1,013 cases were reported. By 1991, the poliovirus was declared eradi-cated from the Western Hemisphere.
Until the virus has been eliminated world-wide, the risk to Cana-dians remains high and immunization in child-hood is recommended.
Merritt’s two local Rotary clubs have con-tributed to this cause on an annual basis.
This Friday, Oct. 24, local Rotarians
will be at the corner of Voght Street and Nicola Avenue with “End Polio Now” signs to raise awareness and to collect donations for the cause. Please honk to show your support.
If immunization and
eradication does not continue, this virus may once again become active in our region.
For more informa-tion on the Rotary clubs in Merritt, please contact RotaryMer-rittSunrise@gmail.com.
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“It’s just a stage!” we say, when the little one starts saying “No!” or the seven-year-old becomes unbelievably silly or the fifteen-year-old becomes uncommunicative and moody.
We accept that there are a series of develop-mental changes that we all must go through.
But there seems to be an unspoken under-standing that stages belong to childhood, and that somewhere between the ages of 19 and 25, we are “developed” or “finished.” This is not only incorrect, but can create difficulty in rela-
tionships as well. Life is a series of
stages, one giving way to another. Sometimes adults, like some chil-dren, spend a long time in a particular stage, or may even regress to an earlier one. Some choose to remain in a stage that has been comfortable. Change can be scary, both to the one who is changing, and to those who are affected by it.
When a child enters a new stage, we do not tell them to go back to an earlier stage. We may have to readjust our thinking, and the way we deal with them, but we accept change as an inevitable part of growth.
In relationships too often this is not the case. It may be that subcon-sciously we want our relationships to remain as they were in the beginning, because we associate that time with a lot of love and hap-
piness. If one partner begins to change, the other can feel that the relationship is threat-ened. Ironically, the major threat comes not from the change, but from attempts to block the change.
Assume, for example, that a woman between the ages of 30 and 45 feels an urge to do or be something different than she has been for the past 10 or 15 years. This hap-pens frequently, because many women only then begin to truly have a sense of who they are, distinct from what every-one else expects them to be. This may be felt as a kind of restless energy or dissatisfaction with some aspects of her life.
If she begins to express this and wants to try new activities or change jobs or dress differently or read some-thing new or perhaps become involved in a cause, and if her partner
resists this expression, the stage is set for difficulty. It’s a little like trying to put the cap back on a bottle of pop that’s been shaken before opening. Or a plant that is push-ing its way up through the soil, but is blocked by a rock. It does not stop growing, it simply grows away from the rock, and towards the light.
So if you have a partner who is changing and you are resisting the change, you may want to consider what would happen if you provided loving support instead of opposition.
We need encourage-ment at every stage in our lives, and opposition only creates resentment. And it is the resentment which poisons the rela-tionship, not the change.
If you are having difficulty supporting each other, then it may be time to work with a third party, to assist you through a difficult pas-
sage, and back into the light.
Gwen Randall-Young is an author and award-winning psychotherapist.
Life is a series of stages, changes
GWEN RANDALL-YOUNGPsychologyFOR LIVING
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MLS # House # STREET PRICEMerritt up to $200,000 122407 #314-1703 MENZIES STREET $65,000118135 #311-1703 MENZIES STREET $69,995120941 #38-254 HIGHWAY 8 $84,900125317 124-1401 NICOLA AVENUE $91,900124327 1490 COLDWATER AVE $98,900120487 #211-2295 BLAIR STREET $105,000125354 1752 NICOLA AVENUE $107,000120579 #304-2295 BLAIR STREET $108,000121249 1602 DOUGLAS STREET $108,000124424 2375 COUTLEE AVENUE $125,000121468 2637 QUILCHENA AVENUE $125,000124501 1876 COLDWATER AVE $135,000125202 1303 GOVERNMENT AVE $135,000125159 2587 COUTLEE AVENUE $145,000121146 1650 LINDLEY CRK RD $154,800117739 2276 COUTLEE AVENUE $157,000124089 432 BRENTON AVE $159,000121540 #305-1701 MENZIES STREET $159,000EXC 2076 CLEASBY STREET $160,000123055 439 BRENTON AVE $166,500123207 2263 NICOLA AVENUE $169,900121116 #4-2760 VOGHT STREET $170,000123667 2137 PRIEST AVE $175,000123423 1326 DOUGLAS STREET $179,000124755 1703 PINE STREET $179,000121473 1576 HOUSTON STREET $190,000125193 1802 BLAIR STREET $195,000124541 13-1749 MENZIES STREET $199,000123223 1991 MORRISSEY STREET $199,000Merritt $200,000 to $300,000 125069 1425 HOUSTON STREET $209,000121596 1648 LINDLEY CRK RD $210,000124135 #26-1749 MENZIES STREET $216,000122960 2549 CLAPPERTON AVE $224,900125347 1610 BANN STREET $229,900123892 1532 COLDWATER AVE $236,900124333 2687 NICOLA AVENUE $239,000120472 2556 CORKLE STREET LN $246,000123165 1751 GRANITE AVENUE $254,000124590 2825 CRANNA CRESC $259,000122988 1769 SPRING STREET $259,000123932 1401 DOUGLAS STREET $269,000124370 3340 GRIMMETT ST $269,000121679 1642 LINDLEY CRK RD $288,000
MLS # House # STREET PRICEMerritt $200,000 to $300,000 121948 1401 CHAPMAN STREET $299,000118338 2672 GRANITE AVENUE $299,000121166 1599 MAIN STREET $299,000Merritt $300,000+ 122220 3387 BOYD ROAD $309,000117200 2950 MCLEAN PLACE $315,000119260 1700 BANN STREET $329,000120678 2612 FORKSDALE PLACE $329,000124363 1490 CHAPMAN STREET $339,000117612 1201 QUILCHENA AVENUE $339,000120339 2674 FORKSDALE CRT $370,000125029 2709 GRANDVIEW HEIGHTS RD $389,900122422 1511 BANN STREET $420,000122957 2662 FORKSDALE COURT $475,000124362 2673 FORKSDALE AVE $499,000Homes on Acreage 124731 5033 LAUDER ROAD (GLMPS) $219,000116583 4570 WILDWOOD ROAD (GLMPS) $258,000125334 381 WILD ROSE DRIVE $272,000119378 LOT 25 PARADISE LAKE $288,000125025 2564 ABERDEEN RD LN $319,900124045 4420 IRON MOUNTAIN ROAD $345,000125213 3104 PANORAMA DR $379,000125198 5080 STEFFENS RD $385,000119327 420 WILD ROSE DRIVE $425,000124904 2215 COYLE ROAD $429,000124087 1540 MILLER ROAD $449,000117984 1736 MILLER ROAD $472,000125224 4557 IRON MOUNTAIN ROAD $495,000116493 1444 LOON LAKE ROAD CC $519,000122263 2397 TORGERSON ROAD $579,900114703 2797 MERRITT-SP.BRG HWY $599,000124388 8600 MERRITT-SP.BRG HWY $599,000120080 5360 MANNING CREEK FS RD $995,000117905 1016 HIGHWAY 8 NW $1,299,000116197 3793 PETIT CREEK ROAD $1,690,000118481 5240 DOT RANCH CUTT OFF RD $1,895,000Bare Land 123431 1976 2ND AVENUE $55,000120248 2362 CARRINGTON AVE LN $69,000121605 2730 EAGLE CRESCENT $89,000122077 2701 PEREGRINE WAY $99,000124901 396 WILD ROSE DRIVE $99,800123581 6681 MONCK PARK RD $139,000123310 LOT 3 EIGHT MILE ROAD $145,000122172 LOT 3 MIDDAY VALLEY ROAD $179,000
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This 3 bedroom split level home in located close to arena, pool & golf course. 2 bedrooms up, living & dining rooms with vaulted ceilings, 1 bedrm down, family room with fireplace and huge storage area. Single garage, detached shed/workshop and private
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#2326 $225,000
GREAT FOR RETIREES
#2248 $134,900
Spacious 2 bedroom home, 1.5 baths, and bright living room with fireplace. Versatile space in large open addition attached to the entrance. Well kept yard with large sundeck.
IN LOWER NICOLA
#2333 $269,000
Spacious split level home on 0.36 acre fenced lot. Homes features 3 bedrms, 2 baths, bright living rm with F/P, kitchen with eating area, separate dining area and unfinished bsmt. Double garage.
RESIDENTIAL LOTS
#2328 $59,900+
5 lots available starting at $59,900. Build your dream home in this newer development of family custom homes. Great views. Several lots to choose from. Water and sewer at lot line.
BROOKMERE
#2292 $339,900
2 bedrm home on a beautiful on 0.32 acres, 30 mins. South of Merritt.The double garage includes a guest room & 3 pce bath. Maple kitchen cabinets, island sink, S/S appliances. Lots of parking.
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IMMACULATE RANCHER
#2226 $339,900
Clean & bright 3 bedrm home with full bsmt,m vaulted ceilings, large open kitchen sits between living room & family room. Very well maintained, double garage, RV parking.
ON 1 ACRE IN CITY
#2306 $345,000
A little bit of country in the city on 1 acre. Home has 3 bedrms up, 1 down, updated kitchen, rec.room down with bar. Double detached garage, attached single garage & storage building.
LARGE FAMILY HOME
#2287 $268,000
Perfect for large family with 3 bedrms up, 2.5 baths and 3 bedrooms down in inlaw suite. Huge sundeck, fenced backyard, close to elementary school. Double garage.
13 ACRES
#2208 $299,000
This unique acreage property has a large amount of river frontage, and is mostly flat and usable. Great place to build your country home. Hydro at lot line and drilled well installed.
EXCELLENT LOCATION
#2214 $299,900
This home has 2 full floors plus bsmt with legal 2 bedrm suite. 3 bedrms up, bright kitchen with island, large living rm & 2 pce ensuite. Large rec.rm games rm & hobby rm for all your family’s needs.
COMMERCIAL BUILDING
#2305 $179,000
Immaculate 2000 sq.ft. building in the heart of downtown. New membrane roof in 2013, new interior paint throughout. Space could be divided into two 1,000 sq.ft. spaces. Plenty of parking in rear.
Located Off Lindley Creek RoadThis premier subdivision offers a rural living experience with
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Lots 1 – 4 - REDUCED to $99,000 ea.Prices Starting at $128,000 + GST Beautiful 10 +/- acre parcel with gorgeous views of the Coldwater River, just 10 minutes from Merritt. Power at lot line & many lots have pre-approved building & septic sites. Some lots have wells, but all have a gov’t required hydrology study to assure Buyers of ample domestic water.
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#2324 $217,500
Large 2 bedrm, 2 bath rancher close to shopping & amenities. Living room has fireplace. Unfinished storage in part of crawl space. Fenced yard, nicely landscaped with fruit trees. Carport.
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#2322 $310,000
This 26 acre rural property is approx. 15 minutes from Merritt. All natural grass land with 2 ponds and a seasonal creek. Great spot to start a hobby farm or use as recreational property. Has a shallow well.
LAKEFRONT HOME
#2249 $1,050,000
Custom home on Nicola Lake built with reclaimed timbers & HW flooring throughout, open concept, gourmet kitchen with custom cabinets, great room with F/P, and a detached triple garage.
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LaRGE LoT
#2295 $239,000
Immaculate 3 bedrm home on 0.27 acre lot, nicely landscaped in Lower Nicola. Has has open concept kitchen with eating bar, skylight & lots of cupboards. Living room with gas F/P. Fenced backyard.
GaRDEnER’s PaRaDisE
#2285 $168,500
Remarkable 2 bedroom home with mature landscaping and private backyard with patio. Home features newer kitchen & bathroom, furnace upgrade, 2 skylights for natural light, and 2 outbuildings.
BeAuTiFullY FiniSHeD
#2304 $224,900
In excellent location across from park. Refinished virtually everything inside & out. New windows, doors, furnace, HW tank, U/F sprinkling, woodstove, deck, garage, kitchen cabinets & more.
ThREE LEvEL sPLiT
#2121 $325,000
Executive 3 level split family home with stunning view of the valley. Has a grand living rm and dining rm with large vaulted ceilings, open kitchen concept with sunken family rm. 3 bedrms up, large master suite. Upgrades include new bathrm, windows & more.
niCELY REnovaTED
#2264 $189,900
See this spacious 4 bedrm home on 0.25 acre lot in Lower Nicola, fully fenced with U/G sprinklers. Has new bathrm, flooring & paint throughout, new windows, siding & furnace.
BaCkYaRD oasis
#2250 $264,900
This 4 bedrm home has a recently remodeled kitchen with custom cabinets, granite counters & new appliances. Bathrms have been redone. Enjoy the solarium that overlooks the backyard garden, pool & pond.
LoWER niCoLa
#2186 $214,900
2 bedrm home on its own 0.23 acre lot. Home is very neat with new siding, shingled roof, skirting with insulation & 14x28 garage. Has an enclosed deck & porch. Yard is fully fenced with workshop, RV parking & garden area.
lArge FAMilY HoMe
#2183 $445,000
Spacious 5 bedroom home with huge master bedrm with jet tub in ensuite, open kitchen & family room, Cherry stained cabinets in kitchen, 2 huge sundeck in private backyard plus covered sitting area.
oPEn ConCEPT DEsiGn
#2185 $79,000
3 bedrm modular home with ground level entry. Extra room for hobby, storage or family room. Quiet location on large lot privately fenced with garden area. Central A/C, newer vinyl siding, thermal pane windows and many upgrades.
invEsToRs
#2199 $628,800
Great opportunity of 6 strata title townhomes, all within walking distance to downtown & close to all amenities. Being sold below assessed value at $89,828 per unit. All are currently rented.
in LoWER niCoLa
#2333 $269,000
Spacious split level home on 0.36 acre fenced lot. Homes features 3 bedrms, 2 baths, bright living rm with F/P, kitchen with eating area, separate dining area and unfinished bsmt. Double garage. Huge backyard with room for shop.
LoWER niCoLa
#2299 $229,000
Private setting, spacious 1820 sq.ft. rancher with 3 bedrms, 1.5 bath, freshly painted & 3 pce ensuite. Great views off deck, 7 well producing fruit trees, and is close to elementary school.
EXCELLEnT LoCaTion
#2214 $299,900
Home has 2 full floors plus bsmt, 2 car garage and legal 2 bedrm daylight rental suite on main with rear entrance. Bright kitchen with island, living rm with gas F/P. Nice covered deck in back.
nEWER aPaRTMEnT
#2312 $139,000
Urban living in one of the finest strata developments. Nice one bedrm apartment with granite counters, shaker style kitchen cabinets & incl. appliances. Clean and ready to move into.
invEsToRs
#2289 $319,900
Good revenue property. Side by side duplex of 1600 sq.ft., 5 bedrms and 2 baths per side. New furnace, 100 amp upgrade and separate backyard. Total income is $1868. Tenants pay utilities.
BeAuTiFullY lAnDSCApeD
#2050 $329,900
Large family home with 4 bedrms, open design, bright kitchen, central A/C. Huge, fenced backyard with sundeck and large garden area, plus double garage and deactivated 2 bedrm suite in bsmt.
unFiniSHeD HoMe
#2311 $195,000
A diamond in the rough. Unfinished house on 2 city lots, close to the river, with private yard. This house is in the rough framing stage and is a renovation and will need a new building permit to complete.
DEsiRaBLE LoCaTion
#2297 $369,000
Spacious family home with 5 bedrms up, 2 down, 3 baths, formal living room with gas F/P, jetted tub in ensuite. Upgraded paint and most flooring. All appliances stay. 2 bedrm inlaw suite.
sPaCious MoBiLE
#1967 $74,500
2 bedrm mobile in one of the nicest parks. 1 bedrm on each end with an open concept kitchen eating area & living rm in the center. The addition has a large enclosed porch & family rm.
iMMaCuLaTE RanChER
#2283 $299,900
4 bedrm, 2 bath home on the Bench, meticulously maintained with many upgrades such as windows, doors, furnace, HW tank in 2011 and central A/C. Private backyard, lots of extra parking.
CoRnER LoT
#2213 $199,000
5 bedrm home within walking distance to downtown & amenities. 2 storey home with single garage. 3 bedrms up, 2 down, large family room with a small kitchenette.
GooD LoCaTion
#2308 $315,000
Large family home with many upgrades. 3 bedrms up, 2 down with inlaw suite. Owners has put in a wood burning stove, HW tank in 2012, insulation, BI vac & water filtration system. The backyard has beautiful flower beds and front yard has fish pond & U/G sprinklers.
in LoWER niCoLa
#2234 $229,000
Nice country home on 0.35 acres with creek. Home has 2 bedrms up, 1 down. Open concept kitchen, large living room. Renovated basement with new carpets, paint & HW tank. Has detached shop.
WaLk To shoPPinG
#2325 $189,000
This 4 bedrm home is bright & cherry with some recent upgrades of HW tank, some windows & flooring. Private fenced backyard with lane access. Quick possession.
LaRGE shoP
#2233 $514,900
Quality built home with 3 bedrms up, country kitchen, full bsmt with family room & work area. Beautifully landscaped 0.44 ac lot with gazebo, attached garage & 32x28 detached shop & shed.
aDuLT oRiEnTED sTRaTa
#2151 $224,900
One of the nicest gated communities in Merritt with views of the Nicola River. Has 3 bedrms, 2 baths, open design living, gas F/P, galley kitchen with nook, laundry on main, hobby & rec.rm down.
GREaT viEWs
#2235 $479,000
Spacious 4 bedrm + den, 3 bath home with newer S/S appliances in gourmet kitchen, dining & living rooms adjoin a walk-out balcony. The walkout bsmt has wet bar & games room. Lot of parking.
EXECuTivE hoME
#2244 $499,900
Executive 6 bedrm family home in excellent location with panoramic views. Great curb appeal and grandiose floor plan. Features Jacobi HW flooring, slate tile, 2 gas F/P’s, extra large kitchen, large master bedrm with 5 pce ensuite, and an inlaw suite
LoCaTion, LoCaTion
#2290 $249,900
Clean, spacious heritage home with large rooms, newer flooring & kitchen cabinets. Newer vinyl windows, walk-in soaker tub with shower in main. U/G sprinklers, detaching 1 car garage.
TRiPLE GaRaGE
#2187 $537,000
Quality built view home offers approx. 4000 sq.ft. on 3 levels. Large chef’s kitchen with all appliances, family rm open to large balcony, 4 bedrms, 3 baths. Fully finished basement.
aPaRTMEnT
#2197 $59,900
Perfect for young people, retirees, or as investment. One bedroom apartment in a well managed building, close to transportation & corner store. Very affordably priced.
invEsToRs
#2287 $268,000
Large 6 bedroom home in good area, close to school. 3 bedrooms up, 3 down, 2.5 baths, 2 fireplaces, huge sundeck, fenced backyard, skylights and double garage.
aTTEnTion invEsToRs
#2163 $649,000
4 separately titled side by side duplexes, a total of 8 units rentable. Some long term tenants. Each side has 2 bedrms, 1 bath, kitchen & living room, Fenced backyards. Newer roof, 100 amp service.
niCE sTRaTa uniT
#2192 $59,000
Why rent when you can own? 2 bedroom strata unit with balcony and storage. Large living and dining room. Great for retirees or first time buyers. Strata fees are $212.70 per month.
nEWER RanChER
#2278 $299,000
3 bedroom rancher with 1800 sq.ft., open design kitchen with all appliances, HW floors, crown mouldings, 9 ft ceilings, and a bonus room above the garage. Fenced backyardwith shed.
QuiET LoCaTion
#2226 $339,900
Clean & bright 3 bedrm rancher with full bsmt, vaulted ceilings, large open kitchen with new countertops, family rm with gas F/P, 2 car garage, RV parking with sani-dump and a private backyard.
on ThE BEnCh
#2258 $389,900
Large 4 bedroom split level home on 1.5 lots, with lots of room for RV parking. Features include 3 pce ensuite, S/S appliances, 2 family rooms, office, games rm, wine, room, lots of storage.
EXTRa LaRGE LoT
#2167 $135,000
Older 2 bedroom home in nice neighbourhood,
close to the downtown. An extra large 13,780
sq.ft. lot with subdivision potential. Lane
access, huge backyard with single garage.
oPPoRTuniTY
#2098 $99,900
Good corner lot on a quiet street with plenty
of room to build a shop. This 2 bedroom
home is awaiting your ideas. Home needs
some TLC, but is priced accordingly.
oVer 12,000 SQ.FT. loT
#2298 $345,000
5 bedrm home in good area. Main floor has been upgraded with HW floors, kitchen counters & paint. Open design kitchen, 3 bedrms up, 2 down, huge living rm with rock F/P plus airtight woodstove in bsmt.
GoRGEous hoME
#2209 $474,900
Impressive 4 bedrm home with huge wrap around covered deck to take in the valley views. Feature oak floor in entry, Victorian front doors, 3 bath with vintage tubs, geothermal heating & much more.
niCE LoCaTion
#2265 $249,000
3 bedroom home, perfect for first time buyers. Two bedrooms up, 1 down. Has single detached garage, fenced backyard and several fruit trees. Lots of parking for your toys.
DEsiRaBLE LoCaTion
#2309 $319,000
Large family home with 3 bedrms up plus a 2 bedrm inlaw suite at ground level. New paint & flooring on main, oak kitchen, HW radiant heat& 3 baths. Fenced backyard with garden area.
iMMaCuLaTE RanChER
#2227 $209,900
Spacious home with 2 bedrooms and a den or 3rd bedrm, generous living & dining room plus office. Both bedrms have ensuites. Large covered deck, 20x16 detached shop.
WhY REnT
#2203 $89,000
This 3 bedrm home has had some updates, laminate flooring, double glazed windows, electrical upgrade, newer roof. 2 levels, 3 bedrms, 2 baths. Strata fees include heat and HW.
FirST TiMe BuYerS
#2212 $148,500
Nice 2 bedroom rancher close to downtown and seniors center with newer furnace and HW tank. Concrete foundation, and fenced private yard with shop. Quick Possession.
DoWnToWn
#2211 $70,000
2 bedroom bungalow with big living room, back lane access, within walking distance to downtown shopping and all amenities. Perfect for the handyman. As is where is.
BRookMERE
#2292 $339,000
A beautiful oasis in rural setting, perfect if you enjoy the outdoors year round. Lovely 2 bedroom home with attached double garage with guest room & 3 pce bath. Nicely landscaped, RV parking.
CLosE To PaRk
#2291 $224,900
3 bedroom home on quiet street, close to schools & park. Home has had some updates such as windows, furnace, laminate flooring, U/G sprinklers & central A/C. 22x30 shop in back
in LoWER niCoLa
#2269 $299,900
Bright 3 bedroom rancher, nicely finished with 24x26 detached garage/shop. Private fenced yard with large sundeck. Room for RV’s. Blacktop driveway. This home is neat as a pin.
LoCaTED in QuiET aREa
#2248 $134,900
Affordably priced 3 bedroom, 2 bath home with 1477 sq.ft., large open addition attached to the entrance. Living room with F/P. Lovely well kept yard with large sundeck to relax on.
GREaT nEiGhBouRhooD
#2275 $339,000
Very nice floor plan in this 4 bedroom, 4 bath
home with newer kitchen and flooring in past
5 yrs. Has 2 bedrm inlaw living quarters in
walkout bsmt. Spectacular views of the city.
oPPoRTuniTY
#2300 $49,000
2 bedroom house close to the downtown area. Has 1 car garage and 2 workshops. The house needs some TLC. Great for a handyman. As is where is. Schedule A applies.
GREaT sTaRTER
#2215 $125,000
Why rent when you could own this 3 bedroom
home with 1.5 baths, newer windows and
siding. Close to schools. Has 100 amp
service and a carport in the back.
niCELY LanDsCaPED
#2266 $44,900
Enjoy this well cared for 3 bedrm home & nicely
landscaped yard. The woodstove warms the
open concept kitchen & living room accented
by laminate floors. Relax on either deck.
invEsTMEnT
#1982 $169,900
Side by side duplex within walking distance to shopping. 2 bedrooms, kitchen, living room & 1 bath per side. Fenced backyard. Some renovations have been done. There are 3 other duplexes adjacent also for sale.
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GREAT HORSE PROPERTY
#2321 $525,000
9.88 acres with riding ring & only 5 mins. From Mamit Lake. This 5 bedrm level entry rancher with walkout bsmt has had some updates. Open concept with vaulted ceilings, 3 baths, large kitchen & big sundeck.
LARGE SHOP
#2144 $339,900
Fantastic views of Mamit Lake and valley & just 17 mins. from Merritt on 4.69 acres. Tidy 4 bedrm home with newer kitchen & flooring, huge living rm. 30x40 detached shop, 200 amps.
APPROX. 264 ACRES
#2246 $1,250,000
Gorgeous acreage with approx. 1 mile of Guichon Creek flowing throught the property. A great variet of land with possibilities of subdivision. Not in ALR. Old farm house used for seasonal cabin + shop.
1 ACRE WITH SHOP
#2323 $355,000
4 bedrm rancher has had some renos of flooring, kitchen. Large 40x70 detached workshop, currently leased, all on 1 acre, zoned R1 & C2, perfect for home based business. Great opportunity.
2.11 VIEW ACRES
#2288 $414,400
Beautifully renovated 4 bedrm home with open concept & vaulted ceilings, oak kitchen cabinets & an airtight woodstove. Great gazebo to relax & enjoy the views. Room for horses. Some outbldgs.
1 ACRE WITH CREEK
#2263 $434,900
4 bedrm rancher in approx. 1 acre in park-like setting with creek & pond. Home has HW floors, open country kitchen, huge family rm with woodstove & living rm with pellet stove. Detached garage.
COUNTRY DREAM HOME
#2302 $445,000
Located just 10 mins. from town on 1.17 acres with outdoor recreation out the front door. Home features 4 bedrms, 4.5 baths, 3500 sq.ft. with an inlaw suite downstairs. Large 2 car garage.
9.88 ACRES
#2189 $449,000
Bring your horses! Set up with 3 horse shelters, 2 round pens, 2 hay barns & tack shed. The 4 bedrm home has a new country kitchen, open design, vaulted ceilings, HW floors, gas F/P.
ON 1 ACRE
#2306 $345,000
Great family home on 1 acre just minutes from town. Home boasts 3 bedrms up, 1 down, updated kitchen, parquet flooring, rec.rm with bar. Has detached 2 car garage, 1 car garage & storage bldg.
WATERfRONT HOME
#2207 $998,000
Magnificent 5 bedrm home on Nicola Lake with unique
open designed family area with large bedrms & family
rooms with an extra summer kitchen. 3 floors, 2 large
covered decks. Has detached triple garage & an
underground boat house bunker.
AT STUMP LAKE
#2277 $274,900
This amazing premium building acreage of 2.75 acres is waterfront with fantastic views. Located in subdivision of quality homes with underground services. Perfect place to build your lakeside cottage.
ON WALLOPER LAKE
#2225 $129,000
Great lakefront cabin of 450 sq.ft., recreational retreat on Walloper lake. Crown lease. Easy access off Coquihalla Hwy. Call for more details.
26 ACRES
#2322 $310,000
Spectacular horse property of 26 acres just 15 mins. From Merritt. All natural grasslandwith 2 ponds and a seasonal creek. Great place use as rec. property or build your dream home.
LAKEfRONT LOT
#2198 $285,000
Build your new home on this 0.96 acre lot on Nicola Lake. Great area for boating sports, fishing, sailing & swimming. Close to two golf courses, hotel, restaurant, gas station & store.
INVESTORS
#2171 $850,000
Approx. 12,000 sq.ft. building with office space with one long term tenant. Great for professional offices, retail, lawyers, doctors, government agency, etc. Has approval for residential units upstairs.
10 ACRES IN KANE VALLEY
#2156 $549,000
Just 20 mins. south of Merritt close to cross-country ski trails, fishing, hunting & snowmobiling and backs onto crown land. Beautiful log home with large wrap around covered deck. Includes a guest cabin, new barn with loft & chicken pen.
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133 AC + LAKE
#1663 $495,000
Incredible year round off the grid home or use as rec. property, almost surrounds Allie Lake. Includes 2 main cabinet plus 3 additional guest cabins. Great for horseback riding, snowmobiling, fish & more.
APPROX. 22 ACRES
#2195 $649,000
Nicely renovated 4 bedrm home with newer fl ooring, bathrooms and paint. Great horseproperty with 44x36 barn and a 100x44 metal Quonset shop. Gently sloped useableland. Great views & close to town
HORSE PROPERTY
#1992 $489,000
Great horse property with riding arena on 9.91 acres & backs onto crown land. 4 bedrm home with huge country kitchen, large wrap around covered deck. Has double garage and detached shop
LAKEfRONT HOME
#2249 $1,050,000
Custom home on Nicola Lake built with reclaimed timbers & HW flooring throughout, open concept, gourmet kitchen with custom cabinets, great room with F/P, and a detached triple garage.
COMMERCIAL bUILDING
#2019 $595,000
Great location on a corner lot on main street coming into Merritt. This 7300 sq.ft. building is zoned C-4 with a site specific zoning for prof. offices, doctors, lawyers etc. Lots of parking.
12.63 ACRES
#2047 $209,000
Private acreage, treed with great access to Spius creek. Several good building sites, has a drilled well and hydro to lot line. Located in Sunshine Valley off Cleasby Road.
spius creek estates
Country living at its best! These 9 properties are located approx. 15 mins. from Merritt in the beautiful Sunshine Valley. A Phase 1 has been completed and a water report is available. 4 lots are waterfront, all have stunning views of the valley. Area offers swimming, biking, canoeing, horseback riding,motorcycling & more. GST is applicable #2216
From 9.8 to 17 Acres
Prices starting at $199,000
LARGE CITY LOT
#2272 $99,000
Residential building lot of 0.62 acres, zoned R2. Lots has potential to be made into 4 city lots or Buyer may apply for possible zoning change to higher density multi-family residential.
20 ACRES
#2301 $2,000,000
Two 10 acre lots has just come into the city.
One of the site is entering into a 2 yr lease.
Other lot will be zoned with Sale Agreement.
OPPORTUNITY
#2137 $325,000
Good commercial building in downtown core. Approx. 5000 sq.ft. of commercial space on the main with 1100 sq.ft. up with a 3 bedrm suite, currently rented. Zoned C-2. Run your business and live upstairs.
DEVELOPMENT LAND
#2173 $1,700,000
294 acres of development land with 2 titles and incredible views. Property has an allowed legal density of 62 units maximum. Located above Nicola Lakeshore Estates at Nicola Lake.
INCREDIbLE INVESTMENT
#2332 $399,000
Fantastic investment with 6 revenue streams – 3 residential suites and 3 commercial units at ground level. Highway frontage for excellent exposure for commercial & centrally located. Call for details.
LAKEVIEW LOT
#2188 $189,900
Build your summer cottage on this 1 acre lot with beautiful views of Nicola Lake. Great lake for fishing, water skiing, wind surfing. Kick back, unwind & enjoy your new investment.
NICOLA LAKEVIEW LOT
#2230 $159,000
Sit back & enjoy the incredible view. Perfect opportunity to build your home on this 1.055 acre lot. Great lake for all water sports, boating, water skiing, sailing & fishing.
INDUSTRIAL bUILDING
#1913 $890,000
Immaculate 8000 sq.ft. precast tilt-up building on corner lot with excellent exposure. Easy access to truck route. Adjoining warehouse has bay door, loading deck office & mezzanine space.
NICOLA LAKE ACREAGE
#2025 $359,000
Live the dream on Nicola Lake on this 1.855 acre lot in Quilchena on the Lake development. Spectacular homes in exclusive neighbourhood, close to golf course, fish & outdoor activities.
LAKEVIEW ACREAGE
#2240 $199,000
This 1.033 acre lot has fantastic views of Nicola Lake & surrounding mountains. This subdivision is comprised of spectacular high end homes. Start planning your future here.
RIVERfRONT LOT
#2166 $109,900
Fronts Nicola River in City limits, 0.91 acres, completely flat land this space offers unlimited possibilities to build the home you’ve always dreamed of. City services in vicinity.
3 INDUSTRIAL LOTS
#2237 EACH $59,900
Nice flat light industrial bare land lots. Water and sewer are close to the lot lines. Great business opportunity. Each lot is 95 x 198 and zoned M1. In area growing industrial business.
13 ACRES RIVERfRONT
#2208 $299,000
A great property in well developed subdivision of acreage lots. This unique property has a large amount of river frontage. Hydro at lot line, septic must be installed. Most of land is flat and useable.
WATERfRONT ACREAGE
#2155 $170,000
Great 6 acre property to build your home or use as recreational. Mostly flat with many buildings sites, has shallow well, septic approval, hydro to property & driveway is in. Close to crown land.
2 ACRES
#2154 $120,000
Build your home in the country. Has a drilled well of 15 GPM, power at lot line, septic approval, and driveway are in. Nice view, crown land nearby. Just 20 mins. from Merritt.
WATERfRONT LOTS
#2175 EACH $900,000
3 parcels of Recreation Commercial waterfront zoned C4 for multi-family resort, Pub, restaurant, marina & more. Great opportunity to start your own resort & marina.
OPPORTUNITY
#2305 $179,000
Immaculate 2000 sq.ft. commercial building in downtown core. New roof in 2013, renovated interior including new paint throughout. Parking in back with lane access. Great for investor or entrepreneur.
APPROX. 120 ACRES
#2268 $795,000
Compact rancher in a natural valley setting just west of Merritt. Approx. 120 acres of level hay land bordering Spius Creek and Nicola River with abundant water for irrigation. Home is sold “as is”.
1.74 AC IN THE CITY
#2190 $374,900
1.74 acres with city services and fenced, that could be rezoned to suite your needs. Property has 1 bedrm home plus a 900 sq.ft. bldg all in a park-like setting with large water feature.
PRIVATE 30 ACRES
#2310 $549,000
30 acre fenced horse property with beautiful pastures & fantastic views . Very private settingwith 3 bedrm house (2 on main, huge master bedrm in loft). Cozy airight woodstove in livingrm. Rustic style home to live year round or use a rec. retreat. 25 mins. south of Merritt.
APPROX. 103 ACRES
#2194 $489,000
Great acreage overlooking the Nicola River with numerous outbuildings, hay storage & tack shed. Double wide home has 4 bedrms, 2 baths and a partially fi nished basement with cold storage. Big sundeck to enjoy the views.
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BDC small Business Week 2014 takes place from Oct. 19 to 25 under the theme Back to Basics, Re-energize your Business.
small and medium sized businesses are the cornerstone of the Canadian economy. They account for 99 per cent of all Canadian companies and employ more than 60 per cent of private-sector workers. successful entrepreneurs focus on tried and true strategies to take their companies to the next level.
They know there will be challenges on their path to creating and sustaining a competitive business. To prevail, they need the right preparation and a solid road map. That means fostering excellent customer and supplier relationships, applying sound financial-management principles and hiring the best people. use BDC’s small Business Week 2014 a time to celebrate and promote Canadian entrepreneurs to go back to basics and re-energize your business.
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our impact on the environment. We have the only Certified Professional Bookkeeper in Merritt, which significantly increases the quality of the bookkeeping that we offer. We love paperwork! We realize that every business and person are unique and we treat everyone as the unique business / person that they are.
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Leverage the power of mobile technology for your business
250.378.9255 2049 NICOLA AVENUE
MURRAY GM
New Merrit t resident, Richard Antonenko, has been at the helm of Murray GM for 2 years now but Murray GM has been an icon in town since 1953. Brian Dafoe was the proud owner before sell ing i t to the Murray Auto group 7 years ago. Richard’s philosophy is quite simple. ‘As a team we try to show what i t means to work hard, be fair, and strive for excellence. If everybody contributes to the best of his/her abil i ty, and we respect that individuali ty, we know we’ll be successful.’
“Some may think I’m old fashioned and a bit of a redneck, but in business and l ife, the handshake is st i l l the most important thing. I guess i t’s as simple as being able to look yourself in the mirror with a sense of pride”
Richard is also committed to extending a hand to the needy. Murray GM is one of Merrit t’s most community involved, giving generously to community organizations and charit ies that support the outdoors, youth and seniors.
RICHARD ANTONENKO
General Manager
MURRAY GM HAS BEEN WALKING THE TALK AND PUTTING PEOPLE FIRST.
“We like to support those that are most vulnerable. And we are committed to making a difference right here at home.”
The Merrit t dealership demonstrates i ts heart by being involved in over 25 community events each year.
Richard gives his wife, Jaime, creditfor helping him to becomea better employer, husband, father, andoverall person.
“My wife,” says Richard “She’s my rudder.”
Richard Antonenko freely admits his l ifeis blessed. He runs a thriving businessand enjoys pursuing the wild outdoors.But, you get a sense that people comefirst .
“I love i t here,” says Richard. “Since moving to Merrit t I can’t think of anywhere else I want to l ive.”
www.murraygmmerritt.comrichard@murraygmmerritt.comSales: 1 (877) 436-8226Service: 1 (888) 378-9255
People come first
(NC) What do a home-based crafter, a car mechanic, and a food truck owner have in common?
Each one represents an important economic segment in Canada called micro-businesses, or companies with one to five employ-ees. Today, that sector makes up more than 55 % of small businesses in the country and has grown by 40 % in the last decade. With fewer resources and little manpower, micro-busi-nesses are heavily reliant on mobile technology to reach customers, engage
new prospects, and operate their businesses, according to a research report released recently from Rogers, conducted by Environics.
The study revealed that micro-businesses depend on mobile technology to manage their operations at all times, to stay connected to clients, partners and employees, and to alle-viate stress from their workday. The majority of respondents (70%) reported that they would have challenges operating or even start-ing their business with-out access to wireless
technology. Over half (67%) stay connected to their business anywhere, anytime with laptops, tablets or smartphones.
“What we’re seeing is that technology can help level the playing field for micro-busi-nesses, and with mobile devices plus solutions like e-commerce web-sites and applications, these companies can start-up and scale overnight,” says Tracy Markwood, the vice president of business marketing at Rogers. “There is a big oppor-tunity for both micro and small businesses
across the country to embrace new tools and realize the time savings and financial benefits of doing more with less.”
Additional survey results indicate that while mobile technol-ogy is seen as critical to business success, many micro-businesses are not using a number of the tools and solutions available to them. Key findings included:
• More than half (52%), agree that using mobile technology alle-viates stress from the workweek.
• Only 20% of micro-businesses use
cloud-based software and applications like Drop Box or Office 365 to share files and docu-ments.
• Only 4% of micro-businesses are using mobile point-of-sale applications to process payments.
• Only 22% are using an online store or website as primary means to sell products or services.
• Nearly half (48%) say that marketing and sales top the list of services that they need most.
• Only 16% of respondents use social
media as the primary means to promote their business.
• More than half (56%), use web based applications to support their operations.
• As many as 74% of owners report micro businesses to be a sole source of income.
This October, micro, small, and medium businesses across Canada will have the opportunity to learn how the right technol-ogy enables growth and a competitive advan-tage. Rogers Talks, the second annual national events series, will kick-
off Small Business Month with experts in social media, market-ing and sales to share knowledge and appli-cable best practices with attendees. Events will take place in Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal, Calgary and Vancouver from October 28th to November 12th and are open to any small busi-ness owner or employee. You can register at www.rogers.com/RogersTalks.
Sources:1 Stats Canada 2013
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(NC) Every entrepreneur feels it at some point: the fear of failure. Only half of new businesses make it to their fifth birthday, and that can cause entrepreneurs a lot of stress. However, experts say failure can actu-ally lead to major accom-plishments.
In fact, failure has been
a key ingredient in some of the business world’s great success stories, says Michel Bergeron, Senior Vice President of Marketing and Public Affairs at the Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC). “Canadian entrepreneurs and the public at large need to be more forgiving about failure. Failure–and learning from mistakes–is often an impor-tant milestone on the path to success,” Bergeron says. “We have to change our percep-tion about failure in order to help business owners stay in the game.”
Deborah Conroy of EY agrees. She points to the new BDC Entrepreneurial
Resiliency Award, an ini-tiative that recognizes a Canadian business that has successfully undergone a turnaround or pivotal event in the past and come back stronger because of it. “Many entrepreneurs talk about some kind of massive failure or hurdle they’ve overcome,” says Conroy, Vice President of Transaction Advisory Services at EY. She is also President of the Montreal chapter of the Turnaround Management Association, a group for corporate turn-around experts that teamed up with BDC for this award.
No business is too big or too small to confront
roadblocks. Bergeron cites the example of Groupon, the giant deals website. The company got its start as a social media site called The Point, which was created to help people connect for social activism purposes. After a year of effort and US$1 million in operating costs, the start-up was going nowhere.
“The founders shifted gears and turned their offer-ing into the discount coupon service Groupon. They learned, adapted and made a fortune,” Bergeron says. Two years later, the shift in focus proved profitable: Groupon ballooned from a few dozen employees to
10,000 and was the fastest company in history to make US$1 billion in revenue.
Bergeron advises entre-preneurs to adopt a “try, try again” philosophy. At its core: learning from mistakes and showing resilience, a new business approach that is growing in popularity in today’s rapidly changing economy, he says. Instead of the old model, which emphasized extensive plan-ning before launching a new venture—by which time technology and markets may change substantially—the new approach favours a lean and nimble start-up.
The idea is to engage customers early with a basic
product, even if you haven’t worked out all the bugs. The second step: Learn quickly from customer feedback and missteps. Third: Constantly refine your efforts. And the final secret ingredient: Don’t give up.
“I don’t think fear is all bad. It can be healthy and reasonable. It keeps entre-preneurs from making rash decisions,” Conroy says. “But it’s important to avoid excessive hesitation and waiting for the exact perfect moment. Trying, failing and trying again is much better than not trying at all.”
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Planning to fail: How mistakes can help your business
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STOYOMA DENTAL CLINICFAMILY FRIENDLY WHERE WE AREStoyoma Dental is Merritt’s newest
Dental Office.
We are a family friendly modern dental office, serving all residents of the Nicola Valley and surrounding area. Our professional staff will be happy to make you an appointment and we accept all insurances and bill them direct.
Come meet our very friendly dental staff and let us make your next dental experience a pleasant one.
We are located at 1999 Voght Street, next to the Credit Union or call us today at 250-378-5877.
We are open Monday to Friday from 8:00 – 4:30 to accommodate your busy schedule.
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KRUSE N’ STYLEHAIR SALON & LADIES
CLOTHING BOUTIQUE
WHAT WE OFFERProud to be established for 26 years in Merritt as a full service Hair Salon.
We also offer a wide selection of unique, stylish and beautiful ladies clothing.
Our dedicated, licensed and experienced staff is committed to providing you with an exceptional customer experience.
Come in an experience an atmosphere that is relaxing, enjoyable and pampering, whether you are having your hair styled, getting your nails done or buying your next fabulous outfit.
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A&M HOLISTIC WELLNESSUNIQUE TREATMENTS FOR MORE INFOWe are Mike & Nadine Jolly of A&M Holistic
Wellness. In addition to our business we are busy parents & active community members; we relocated to Merritt seven years ago to raise our family in the welcoming community setting that Merritt offers. Our unique combination of old world treatments & modern techniques addresses the holistic needs of each client at each visit, to support our clients in achieving optimal wellness. Some of the many issues we can address include acute injury & illness, stress & anxiety, soft tissue damage, TMJD, headaches, insomnia,…& much, much more.
For more information on our services, please visit us at www.amwellness.ca or call us today to book an appointment at (250) 378-4283.
We thank all of our clients for your continued patronage, and salute all of our fellow small & local businesses & those who support them – local business is key to a growing healthy community.
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NAPA AUTO PROLOCALLY OWNED & OPERATED
SERVICE PROSNapa Autopro, Merritt has been a locally owned and operated business for over 40 years. Three generations in automotive service allows Napa Autopro, Merritt to edge out the competition in experience and reliability. Rob McDonald and Adam McDonald currently offer over 34 years of combined certified experience - with many more (years) prior to certification. Charmaine Clarke has been a certified Parts person for 15 years, with over 18 years in the automotive industry.
The newly renovated facility provides easy access and the best possible experience for your service needs. Napa Autopro, Merritt services ALL years, makes and models – including Medium truck. They are the Diesel specialists of the Nicola Valley – having the newest generation of diagnostic equipment available, ensures quality and precision results every time.
When it comes to service, no one beats the Napa Autopro Program – they hold the J.D. Power and Associates – “Award of Excel-lence in Highest Overall Customer Satisfac-tion Among Automotive Service Provider Brands” - for the past 4 years. Offering the Peace of Mind warranty - which covers parts AND labour for 12 months/20,000kms on most parts - has ensured the growth and popularity of the Napa Autopro program across North America. Napa Autopro, Merritt is dedicated to meet-ing your maintenance and repair needs so that you do not hesitate to come back again and again.
250.378.7634 1798 VOGHT STREET
Mirror Vintage is Merritt’s oldest,
newest store. Located in a heritage
building dating back to 1926 and
newly reopened August 2nd, we still
have a lot of original stock on display.
In addition to our displays, you can
shop for a little piece of history, and
browse great vintage, antique and
collectible items, as well as giftware
you won’t find anywhere else.
MIRROR VINTAGE(NC) Technology has
completely transformed our shopping habits. It is now possible to buy everything we need with the simple click of a mouse. The value of online purchases by Canadians reached $18.9 billion in 2012, an increase of 24% compared with 2010, accord-ing to Statistics Canada. However, our choices as con-sumers have a major impact on our daily lives.
“It’s important to remind consumers that buying local-ly contributes to the vitality of our neighbourhoods, the prosperity of their merchants and the sustainability of
communities,” explained François Ramsay, Senior Vice President, Corporate Affairs for Yellow Pages, a Canadian digital marketing and media solutions com-pany that provides marketing solutions to small businesses.
Consumer dollars can have a big impact locally, and have positive side benefits. Small businesses create jobs, reinvest in the community and help keep decision-mak-ing power local. All of this contributes to the vitality of healthy and prosperous neighbourhoods.
Various communities and business associations have
undertaken public awareness campaigns to underscore the importance of buying local. Many are limited to specific regions, but some movements are gaining ground, like Shop The Neighbourhood, which will be held nation-wide this year and encour-ages people to make at least one purchase at a small busi-ness on November 29, 2014. To find out how to partici-pate as a business or citizen and support your neighbour-hood merchants, visit www.shoptheneighbourhood.ca.
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Buying local: a choice that contributes to neighbourhood prosperity
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250.378.8619 JSUCHARYNA@MERRITT.CA
CITY OF MERRITTNEW INITIATIVETo help small business grow and
flourish, the City of Merrit t has established a revitalization tax exemption for the city center area, aimed at bringing together people, programs and services focused on advancing business and residential expansion.We wish to encourage business in Merrit t to expand over the next few years as economic opportunities present themselves.
These expansions could result in new construction, increased employees, or simply added product l ines.
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This new init iative will provide the City of Merrit t a competit ive advantage for our community in attracting development that will ensure growth that is balanced and progressive.
JERRY SUCHARYNAEconomic Deve lopment Manager250-378-8619jsucharyna@merritt.ca
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PLANET HAIR & SPASPECIAL DEALS!Planet Hair would like to thank all
of their customers for being so great and understanding with the loss of clothes over the summer.
Finally ladies! Our new stock is in; it is fabulous and unique!
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By Ian WebsterTHE HERALD
sports@merrittherald.com
Hey, Centennials’ parents. Do you want to take up permanent resi-dence here?
Playing inspired hockey in front of their moms, dads and assort-ed siblings, the Merritt Centennials dumped their three-game losing slump in dramatic fash-ion on the weekend with a pair of scintillating home-ice victories in overtime.
Friday night, with their family members fresh into town, the Centennials took anoth-er game from the West Kelowna Warriors this season — their third in a row (including exhibi-tion) — after almost two years of coming up empty.
Shane Poulsen’s point shot at 3:35 of the first OT period gave the Cents a hard-fought 5-4 win against the Warriors, who had battled back from a two-goal deficit in the third period to force the extra innings.
John Schiavo with two, Gavin Gould and James Neil scored for Merritt during regula-tion play, while West
Kelowna replied with goals by Michael Buonincontri (2), league-leading scorer Liam Blackburn and Hunter Zundee.
Unlike some of their recent wins and losses, the Cents were full-value for their vic-tory Friday night, as they took the game to the Warriors all evening long. Despite being out-shot 33-26, Merritt held the balance of play and had the majority of the good scoring chances. Both Michael Ederer and Rhett Willcox had several golden opportu-nities to put the game away early but just missed.
Willcox made no mistake on his first chance Sunday after-noon against the visiting Victoria Grizzlies. The second-year forward from Surrey finished off a beautiful three-way passing play with Nick Fidanza and Jake Clifford to put the Cents up 1-0 at 10:20 of the opening period.
Willcox’s tally gave Merritt the first of three one-goal leads against the Grizzlies. Each time, however, the tenacious Island team battled back to even
the score. Additional Cents’ marksmen were Gould and captain Sam Johnson, while Meirs Moore, Garrett Forster and Kevin Massy replied for the Grizzlies.
Tied 3-3 after 60 minutes of regulation play, the two teams squared off for another round of overtime excitement at the Nicola Valley Memorial Arena.
Ederer figured prominently in Merritt’s second OT winner in as many games. As the final seconds counted down in the first five minutes of extra time, the New York State product took a nice pass from Josh Teves and fired a laser shot at the Victoria net. The puck glanced off Diego Cuglietta in front and past Victoria netminder Michael Stiliadis just as the buzzer sounded to end the initial OT ses-sion.
Positioned per-fectly at the side of the Grizzlies’ net, referee Bryan Bourdon didn’t hesitate in pointing to the net, indicating a good goal.
As the Cents players poured off their bench in celebration, and the small but enthusias-tic Sunday crowd of Merritt fans erupted in the stands, Grizzlies players could only look on in disbelief as they lost their second game in less than 24 hours by a single goal.
Cents head coach and GM Luke Pierce was happy to get the weekend wins, and pleased overall with his team’s effort in the two hard-fought contests.
“Both games should probably have never gone to overtime,” the coach said. “We played well enough to win in regulation both days. It was good to see the guys
gut it out.“That said, there
are some little things that we still need to cor-rect — most notably in our special teams play. It was ugly to say the least.”
Merritt scored just twice in 14 man-advantage opportunities on the weekend, while allowing five goals in nine chances for their opposition.
The Cents will get a chance to make amends on the power play and the penalty kill this weekend. Friday night, they travel to Vernon to take on the Vipers, who sit just a point behind the Centennials in the Interior Division stand-ings. Saturday, it’s the Island Division’s Kings who roll into town for a 7:30 p.m. puck drop at the Nicola Valley Memorial Arena.
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Saturday Oct. 25th vs Powell River Kings 730pm • Canadian Tire Jump Start Chuck a puck minimum pot of $250
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• Best costume win's a pizza party from Yaki Joe's Pizza and pool passes from the City of MerrittNICOLA VALLEY MEMORIAL ARENA
BCHL STANDINGS to Oct. 21
Team GP W L T OTL PTS
Penticton 11 10 1 0 0 20Merritt 11 7 4 0 0 14Vernon 11 6 4 0 1 13Trail 9 6 3 0 0 12Salmon Arm 11 5 4 0 2 12West Kelowna 11 5 5 0 1 11
INTERIOR DIVISION
Team GP W L T OTL PTS
Chilliwack 11 9 1 0 1 19Prince George 13 8 4 0 1 17Langley 11 4 4 0 3 11Surrey 11 3 5 0 3 9Coquitlam 13 2 9 0 2 6
MAINLAND DIVISION
Team GP W L T OTL PTS
Nanaimo 12 9 3 0 0 18Alberni Valley 11 6 5 0 0 12Victoria 11 5 4 0 2 12Powell River 12 4 5 0 3 11Cowichan Valley 13 2 11 0 0 4
ISLAND DIVISION
Newest Centennial excited to be hereThe Merritt Centennials added another player
to their roster late last week. Eighteen-year-old defenceman Cole Arcuri was acquired from the Powell River Kings in exchange for future consid-erations.
Arcuri, a native of Nelson, played parts of two seasons with his hometown Nelson Leafs of the KIJHL before finishing his 2013-14 campaign with the BCHL’s Kings.
In 77 regular season games with Nelson, Arcuri netted eight goals and added 31 assists for 39 points. In 36 combined regular season and playoff games with Powell River, he had eight points (two goals, six assists).
The addition of Arcuri to the Cents’ 22-man roster was made possible by the fact that Merritt has two players on the long-term injury reserve list — forwards Adam Tracey and Braden Fuller.
The six-foot-one-inch, 189-pound Arcuri was scheduled to play in Sunday’s game against Victoria. He took the warm-up, but was scratched shortly afterwards and replaced by Tyrell Buckley.
“We had a carding error that we had to deal with.,” Cents head coach and GM Luke Pierce said. “We didn’t want to play him and then have that affect the outcome of the game. You can be fined or even forfeit the points if you use an ineli-gible player. Naturally, Cole was disappointed, but this way he’ll have a full week of practice to settle in and get comfortable with his new teammates.
“We see Cole as a real solid addition to our club,” Pierce said. “With the number of injuries we’ve experienced already this year, it was impor-tant that we have depth at that position. I think Cole can be an impact player who can add some speed and offence to our backend.”
Arcuri is delighted to be playing in Merritt as it puts him that much closer to family in friends in the Kootenays.
Cents’ parents treated to two dramatic OT victories
Cole Arcuri
CELEBRATION TIME Merritt Centennials (from left) Gavin Gould, Diego Cuglietta and Devin Oakes display their elation after teammate Shane Poulsen’s point shot found the back of the net in Friday’s thrilling 5-4 overtime victory against the West Kelowna Warriors. The win kicked off a great Parents Weekend that wrapped up with a 4-3 OT triumph by Merritt over the Victoria Grizzlies on Sunday afternoon. Ian Webster/Herald
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HOCKEY PLAYERS WANTEDMasters Hockey League is a 45+ age progressive hockey league. We have 4 teams in the league with 30 plus games in the season. We will accept some under age players depending on their calibre of play.
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On the heels of three Cents’ losses the weekend before, it was no surprise to see a reconfigured set of forward lines on display in Friday’s and Sunday’s games. The top two units had Cuglietta centering Ederer and James Neil, while rookie Brandon Duhaime
moved into the middle between Gould and Schiavo. Merritt’s two sandpaper lines consisted of Colin Grannery cen-tering Willcox and Nick Fidanza, and captain Sam Johnson between Daniel Nachbaur and Devin Oakes. The new combos seemed to click as every line scored one or more goals over the
weekend.“There weren’t one
or two guys in particular that we were trying to single out,” Pierce said. “We’re still trying to find the right chemistry and balance that will make us a complete team.”
With netminder Jonah Imoo still on the sidelines, the Cents had Lawrence Langan in
town on the weekend as a backup for starter Anthony Pupplo. The 18-year-old Langan, who hails from Penticton, is in his second season with the Osoyoos Coyotes of the KIJHL. In 10 games so far this season with the ’Yotes, Langan has a sparkling 9-1 record, a 2.46 GAA and a .916 SV%.
Cents make some line adjustmentsFrom Page 24
Merritt Tracker Sportswear midget reps improve to 4-0 in league play
By Ian WebsterTHE HERALD
sports@merrittherald.com
The Merritt Tracker Sportswear midget rep team kept its perfect league record intact with a pair of home-ice wins on the weekend.
Saturday, Bailey Tomkinson and Eric Lalonde scored two goals each in a 7-3 Merritt victory over Salmon Arm. Other Tracker scorers were Grayson McMaster, Travis Sterling and Marcelo Bose.
Kerslake, Lalonde, Bose, Tomkinson and McMaster also picked up assists, as did Brayden Thormoset, Jessie Cunningham and Jesse Kane.
On Sunday, Noah Racine’s perfect hat trick paced Merritt to a 4-1 win against Kelowna T3. McMaster had the team’s other goal.
Assists in this game went to Lalonde, McMaster and Aaron Montreuil.
Sam Suzuki picked
up both wins in the Merritt net. He earned a special mention from Merritt head coach Zach Wright, as did team captain Grady Musgrave.
The Tracker Sportswear midgets are on the road this weekend for games in West Kelowna on Friday and in Summerland Saturday.
Midget House
The NVIT midget house team played two penalty-filled games in Lillooet on the weekend, losing 5-1 both days.
Saturday, Tanner Malloy scored Merritt’s only goal from Travis Mosley and Abram Jackson. Sunday, it was Keyton Laupitz from Curtis Dick and Austin Dan.
Netminder Trevor Hillson was stoic in both losses.
Bantam Rep
The Murray GM bantam reps fell 4-1 in a
spirited home-ice exhi-bition game against a combined Vernon T2/3 team on Saturday.
The lone scorer for the Murray GM squad was Anthony Tulliani with the lone assist going to Fred Ware.
“Our kids had some good pressure early in each period, but couldn’t maintain it for the full 20 minutes,” head coach Bill Kelly said. “The team effort was good overall, and our goaltenders played well.”
Peewee Rep
The Ramada peewee reps split their weekend games.
Saturday, netminders Bryce Garcia and Troy Holmes pitched a shut-out in a 4-0 win over visiting West Kelowna.
Merritt goal scorers were Spencer Vaughan (2), Matthew Newman and Talon Zakall. Picking up assists were Vaughan, Zakall and Sajjin Lali.
On Sunday in Oliver,
Merritt lost a close one, 6-5, to their arch rivals from South Okanagan.
Zakall had two goals in the narrow loss, while Lali, Chase Cooke and Jayden Story added singles. Assists went to Vaughan, Cooke, Divaan Sahota, Breanna Ouellet and Azaria MacDonnell.
The Ramada pee-wees host their own eight-team, 18-game tournament this week-end, with games run-ning Friday, Saturday and Sunday at both local arenas.
The Merritt team plays its round robin games at 4:30 p.m. Friday, and at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday. Both games are at the Nicola Valley arena.
Atom Development
The Fountain Tire atoms travelled to Penticton on the week-end and came away with a 6-4 win. Merritt goal scorers were Max Graham (3), Wyatt Smith (2) and Cortez
Charters. Smith and Charters also picked up assists.
The winning goal-tenders were Manjot Panghli and Nathan Willey.
Peewee Girls
Bianca Cavaliere scored three times and added an assist to help the Joco Transport pee-wee girls edge Lillooet by scores of 1-0 and 3-2 on the weekend. Merritt’s other scorer was Hope Smith.
Goalie Janelle Gage picked up the shutout in her team’s win on Saturday.
CLOSE CHECKING Merritt peewee girls (from left) Ashley Cavaliere, captain Taylor Nicholls and River Anderson surround a Lillooet player during action on Sunday at the Shulus arena. Merritt won the game 3-2. Ian Webster/Herald
MINOR HOCKEY REPORT
EQUINE AVATAR!The Nicola Valley Riding Club concluded its final gymkhana of the season on Saturday with a costume parade. (Left) Lexus Thomas, 11, was dressed up as Neytri from the hit-movie Avatar, while Jill Anderson played the part of Jake Sully from the film. Their faithful companion is Sophie, a 16-year-old warmblood cross. The NVRC had 36 registered members this year. Between 20 and 30 partici-pants took part in each of the club’s five gymkhanas. “We’re hoping to be even bigger and better next year,” NVRC president Hope Thomas said. Anyone wanting more infor-mation about the NVRC can contact Thomas (378-7901) or Michelle Pinel (315-3805). Ian Webster/Herald
City SpooktaCular MonSter MaShOct. 23, Merritt Civic CentreFeatures: Haunted House, Mad
Science Lab, Fortune Teller, Games, Music, Cake Walk (please bring your own cake), Candy and Lots of Fun! FMI call 250-315-1050
StaSh BuSter Quilting WeekendOct. 24-26, Merritt Civic Centre
All about quilting! Join a creative group of quilters to share ideas, tips, knowledge and inspiration. There will be a swap table so bring fabrics to share and come and go as you’d like or need! All levels welcome to attend. Register at the Civic Centre or call for more information call 250.315.1050.
Merritt old tiMe FiddlerS Baron of beef and jam session
at the Legion on Saturday, October 25. Baron at 5:30 p.m., Music at 7 p.m. Everyone welcome to come for good food and good music.
CraFt and Bake SaleCraft and bake sale to be held
Saturday, Nov. 8 from 10 - 3 pm at the Shulus Band Hall, located on Hwy #8.For table bookings call 250-378-
6074 or 250-378-8322.
patriCia reBekah lodgeTea, bakesale, crafts, and white
elephant sale will be November 8 at the Senior Citizens Hall, 11 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Steak dinner FundraiSerSat, Nov. 15th at the Hitch’n
Post. Supporting the Lower Nicola Community Association. 2 Seating times available @ 5 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. Proceeds go towards upkeep of the hall. Call Shirley for tickets or more info 250-378-6386.
niCola Valley FilM SoCiety NOVEMBER 17TH 2014: “THE
LUNCH BOX” Rated General at 7:00 pm at the NVIT LECTURE THEATRE. Parking is FREE and there is no food or drink allowed in the theatre. For ticket and membership info phone 250-378-5190.
the niCola Valley CoMMunity Band Fall season of practices on Tuesdays at 7 p.m. in the music room at MSS. info: James 250-378-9894.
the CoMMunity Choir New season has started, come
at 7 p.m. Located at Colletteville
school. New members are very welcome. For more information contact: Ellen 250-378-9899 or Barb 250-389-2678.
niCola Valley FarMerS MarketNicola Valley Farmers Market
9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. every Saturday rain or shine, in the parking lot beside the Baillie House. Come down and enjoy fresh home grown veggies, flowers, baking, arts and crafts made and grown here in our Nicola Valley. A great place to socialize and
enjoy the day. Vendors call Market Manager: Lang Mackenzie 250-939-8605 or Sue 250-378-2031
liVing With loSS Support group
Living with the Loss Support Group Wednesday 7 p.m. - 8:45 p.m. #12-2025 Granite Ave, Merritt - Call Marilyn at 250-378-3513.
riSing FroM the aSheSFire relief fundraisers for Earth
Walker Spiritual Shop. You can either donate money to the bank account set up at CIBC or drop off your bottle donations to the bottle depot.
VolunteerS neededThe Navy League is in need of
officer’s and volunteers to help out with our growing Cadet Corps. Our children are age 9 to 13 and we meet every Wednesday night from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. If you have past experience or are interested in becoming a part of our Corps please contact us. Ellen 250-280-6944, Debra 250-280-4086 or email at nlccventure@gmail.com
knitWitSLove to knit or crochet? Come
on down to Brambles Bakery Thursday evenings bring your yarn and needles and join in the fun.(1st Thursday of the month)
CourthouSe artgalleryThe Valley Visual Arts (VVA) will
be holding a weekly creative art session, in the artists room at the Art Gallery, every Thursday between 4 p.m. and 8 p.m. Everyone welcome to stop in and see their work.
Merritt Senior CentreWeekly schedule is as follows:
Monday: Crib & Whist 7 p.m. Tuesday: Bingo 1 p.m., Duplicate Bridge 7 p.m. Wednesday: Carpet Bowling 1:30 p.m., Court Whist 7 p.m. Thursday: Floor Curling 1
p.m. (third week - shut-in lucheon) Friday: Rummoli & Games 7 p.m. All seniors welcome.
Senior-in-trainingPositions now available for
Senior-In-Training. Applicants must be 40 years or older. Qualifications include a willing-ness to have fun and enjoy the company of others. Contact Seniors Association at 250-378-3763 for more information.
Merritt Minor hoCkeyRegister for the 2014/15 sea-
son at merrittminorhockey.com. Call 250-378-6827 for more information
red CroSSLooking for volunteers, 2 hours a
week in the morning. If interested please call 250-378-5276
royal Canadian legionTuesday - Darts: 7 p.m.Friday - Frosty Friday - 5 p.m.
Saturdays - Meat draw: 2:30 p.m.
MarVellouS MuttSMarvellous Mutts & Rehoming
Merritt Branch, are always looking for foster families. If you would like to help by fostering a fur-kid, until they find a fur-ever home, please contact Margie at new-bark_rescue@hotmail.com.
Phone 250-378-4241 with any events that you may be hosting or email: classifieds@merrittherald.com
Archery PracticeTuesday 6:30 - 7:30 p.m. at the Gun RangeContact BJ Moore for more info250-280-0304BrowniesMondays 6:00 - 7:30 p.m. Central School - 250-315-7410CMHA - Merritt ClubhouseFireside Center - 2026 Granite Ave.Wed/Fri 9 am - 2:30 pmShirley 250-378-5660Central School PacFirst Tuesday 7 p.m. Lunchroom - 250-378-4892Community ChoirMondays 7 p.m. - Fall to SpringCollettville Elementary - 250-378-9899Court Whist - Fun GameWednesdays 7 p.m.at the Seniors Centre 250-378-2776Crossroads Youth Min. Tuesdays 7 - 9 p.m. Crossroads Community Church - 250-378-2911Drop-In SoccerTuesdays & Thursdays: 6:30 - 8:30 p.m.Girls & Boys 16+ welcome 250-378-2530Girl GuidesWednesdays 5:30 -7:00 p.m. Central School - 250-936-8298Living With Loss Support GroupWednesday - 7 to 8:45pm - #12 - 2025 Granite Ave. - Call Marilyn at 250-378-3513.Lower Nicola Community AssociationFirst Monday of the month - 7p.m. 2383 Aberdeen Road - 250-378-4717Merritt Curling ClubFor League Information 250-378-4423
Merritt Duplicate Bridge ClubTuesdays 7 p.m. Seniors’ Centre 250-378-5550 Merritt Elks Lodge ClubsSecond & Fourth Wednesday 8 p.m. Elks Hall 250-378-9788 Merritt Lawn BowlingSun., Tues., & Thurs. at 7 p.m.2050 Merritt Ave. 250-378-2095Merritt Moms PrenatalPost Natal Support group. Monday - Friday - 8:30 a.m. 250-378-2252Merritt Mountain Biking Assoc. Wednesdays 6 p.m. - rideE: merrittbiking@yahoo.caT: #merrittbikingNavy League Cadets of CanadaWednesdays 6 - 9 p.m. Cadet Hall - Ages 9-13 welcome 250-280-6944Merritt Snowmobile ClubSecond Tuesday 7 p.m.Civic Centre 250-315-1082 Merritt’s Women in BusinessSecond Wednesday 5:30 - 7:30 p.m. Merritt Desert Inn 250-315-5851 Nicola Naturalist SocietyThird Thursday - 7:00 p.m.NVIT. www.nicolanaturalists.caN.V. 4-H ClubSecond Tuesday - 6:30 p.m.Central School - 250-378-5028Nicola Valley Better BreathersThird Wednesdays 1 p.m.Trinity United - 250-378-6266 N.V. Community Band Tuesdays 7 p.m - MSS Music Room 250-378-5031 or 250-378-9894NVCACMeets the 2nd Wednesday of every
month at 7:00 pm at The Art Gallery. 250-378-6515 www.nvartscouncil.comN.V. Dirt Riders AssociationLast Wednesday 7 p.m. Garden Sushi - Scott: 250-378-3502 N.V. Fall Fair Third Monday 7 p.m.2145 Quilchena Ave. 250-378-5925 N.V. Fish & Game (except July and Aug.)Third Wednesday 7 p.m.2236 Jackson Ave. 250-378-4572 or 250-378-4904 N.V. Heritage Society Last Wednesday - Baillie House250-378-0349N.V. Quilters GuildFirst & Third Thursdays Civic Centre 7 p.m. 250-378-4172N.V. Search & RescueSecond Monday 7 p.m. at the airport - 250-378-6769 N.V. Thrift StoreFirst Tuesday - NVGH basement 250-378-9100N.V. Women’s Institute Second Wednesday - 1:30 p.m. For locations, 250-378-2536 PathfindersMondays 6:00 - 7:30 p.m. Central School - 250-936-8298Patricia Rebekah LodgeSecond & Fourth Mondays at 7 p.m. Lawn Bowling Club Rocky Mnt. Rangers CadetsTuesdays 6 p.m. 250-378-1302 or 250-572-3775Royal Canadian Legion #96Executive Mtg. Second Thursday 6 p.m. - Regular Mtg. Fourth Thursday 7 p.m. 1940 Quilchena - 250-378-5631Royal Purple
First & Third Mondays 1:00 p.m. - Down-stairs @ Elks Hall 250-378-6788Rotary Club of MerrittEvery Thursday - Noon250-378-2831Sagebrush Spinners and Weavers GuildTamarack Gardens every other Thursday at 11:00 AM Bev at 250-378-2787. Rotary Club of Merritt - SunriseEvery Tuesday - 7 a.m. Brambles Bakery Seniors’ Mixed CurlingMondays & Tuesdays 1 - 3 p.m. 250-378-6779Soup BowlTuesdays 11:30 - 1:00 p.m. Anglican Church HallSparks Mondays 6:00 - 7:00 p.m. Central School - 250-315-7410Teen Centre / FiresideThursday & Friday 3:30-7:30 p.m. 250-378-5660Valley Scrapbooking250-936-8298Valley Visual Artists General club informationFran McMurchy - 250-378-4230Vintage Car Club - MerrittSecond Wednesday - 7:30 p.m.Anglican Church HallAl 378-7402 Jack 378-2662 Ska-Lu-La WorkshopAl - 250-378-7402 Ted - 250-378-4195
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Crossroads Community Church
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Merritt Lutheran Fellowship
Nicola Valley Evangelical Free Church
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Mass Time: Sundays 9:00 a.m.
Seventh Day Adventist Church
St. Michael’s Anglican Church
Trinity United Church
7 Day Weather Forecast for Merritt, BC - Thursday, March 14 - Wednesday, March 20, 2013
• STAIN GLASS• SUN CATCHERS• NIGHT LIGHTS• PICTURE FRAMES
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Monday - Saturday Ph: 250-378-0813
Stain Glass by Almerina RizzardoThurs. Mar. 14
Cloudy w/ShowersHigh: 9CLow: 6C
Fri. Mar. 15
Cloudy PeriodsHigh: 10CLow: 4C
Sat. Mar. 16
Variable CloudsHigh: 8CLow: 4C
Sun. Mar. 17
Wet SnowHigh: 6CLow: 2C
Mon. Mar. 18
Variable CloudsHigh: 6CLow: 0C
Tue. Mar. 19
SnowRain ShowersHigh: 7CLow: -1C
Wed. Mar. 20
Light SnowHigh: 7CLow: 0C
7 Day Weather Forecast for Merritt, BC - Thursday, Oct. 23, 2014 - Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2014
Thurs. Oct. 23
Cloudy with Showers
High: 10˚CLow: 4˚C
Fri. Oct. 24
Mix of Sun and Cloud
High: 10˚CLow: 2˚C
Sat. Oct. 25
Cloudy with Showers
High: 11˚CLow: 5˚C
Sun. Oct. 26
Cloudy with Showers
High: 10˚CLow: 4˚C
Mon. Oct. 27
Cloudy with Showers
High: 9˚CLow: 3˚C
Tue. Oct. 28
Cloudy with Showers
High: 8˚CLow: 3˚C
Wed. Oct. 29
Mix of Sun and Cloud
High: 8˚CLow: 3˚C
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MERRITT & DISTRICT HOSPICESOCIETY
One way to share your loss is to attend a grief support group. Merritt Hospice ‘Living with Loss’
support group meets Wednesday evenings. Call 250-378-3513 for more information.
P: 250-280-4040
Armando Di MarcoJuly 24, 1929 - October 17, 2014
Armando Di Marco, beloved husband, father, uncle, nonno and friend passed away after a ful lling and vibrant life. We will miss his funny stories, great wine and wisdom. Armando immigrated to Canada from Italy in 1957, married his wife Maria and raised his three children, Alba, Dino and Lisa in Merritt. Armando will also be missed by his ve grandsons, Christian, Mirko, Nicolas, Dylan and Christopher and daughter-in-law, Lisa. Armando is survived by his wife, children, grandchildren, brothers Alfonso and Ernesto, sister Assunta, sisters-in-law Teresa and Lierata, and may nieces and nephews. During his life in Merritt, Armando touched many lives and had many strong friendships. Prayers will be held on Thursday, October 23, 7:00 p.m. at Sacred Heart Church in Merritt. A celebration of life will be held at Sacred Heart Church on Friday, October 24 at 11:00 a.m. In lieu of owers, a donation to the B.C. Lung Association in Armando’s
memory would be greatly appreciated. It is with great sadness that the
family of Frank Larre announces his passing on Oct. 7, after a 10 year battle with kidney disease. He is survived by his wife of 30 years, Gayle and their children Maria and Francois (Bear), brother Robert (Pat), sisters Louise (Gene) and Bernadette (Tony).
Born in St. Walburg, Sask, he grew up in a large extended family. His experiments with gunpowder, building rockets and unidenti ed oating objects shortened the winters for us.
After brief stops in Saskatoon and Vancouver, Frank and his family moved to Merritt where he was involved various businesses. He was an active member of the Lions as well as the Merritt Astronomical Society and the Walk of Stars.
A dedicated polymath, his favorite past time was talking. His last 3 years were spent mostly in hospitals, but visits were never dull; visitors left uplifted.
The family wishes to thank Dr. McLeod, Dr. Connolly, the staff at RIH and the staff at Marjorie Willoughby Snowden Hospice House.
A celebration of life will be held at a later date in St. Wallburg.
Memorial donations may be made to the Marjorie Willoughby Snowden Hospice House or the Canadian Kidney Foundation.
Larre, Francois Henri (Frank)
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It is with profound sadness that we announce the passing of our beloved mother, Grandmother, aunt, and friend who has gone to be with her Lord and Saviour.
Elva was born to Carl and Sophia Hillman on a snowy day in March, 1919 on Byrne Rd. in Burnaby, BC.
She lived in Burnaby until she met and married the love of her Life, Fred
Dale Johnson in 1945. They moved to the Caribou where they worked on ranches and in lumber camps.
Three children were born to them there, Jack, Lois and Glenn. They moved to Merritt, BC in 1965. Her husband died on Oct. 15, 1979.
She is predeceased by her Mother when she was 2, and her Father when she was 18, also her husband Fred, Brother Charlie Hillman, and sisters Ina Johnson, Lilly Miller, and Ellen Jordan.
Elva’s Family meant the world to her, and she poured out her love to all of them. She loved everyone. She often mentioned the Great friends she had in her Church group in Merritt. Her desire was to live in her own home where she enjoyed growing her ower garden and baking. When she was 90 she went to live with family and died peacefully at home surrounded by family.
Elva is gone to her Saviour in heaven; her long life on this earth is done. She will always be rememberd and never forgotten. This world was a much better place because Mother was a part of it. To live in the hearts of those that are left behind is not to die, but to live on in them.
Left to mourn are her children, Jack (Mahnaz), Lois (Mr. Andy) and Glenn(Sue), her grandchildren, Jodi, Mark, John, Pat, Eric, Kelly, Tara and great-grandchildren Elias, Kelti, Kaitlyn and Taylor.
A Service will be held at the Crossroads Community Church in Merritt on Friday October 24th 2014at 1:00 PM.
In Lieu of Flowers donations can be made to the “Make a Wish Foundation”.
Condolences may be sent to www.mapleridgefuneral.ca
It is with profound sadness that we announce the
Elvira Juliana JohnsonMarch 1919 – October 15, 2014
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MISSING CAT
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MISSING ON COLDWATER ROAD AREA.
Female cat she's grey and white and has a tattoo in her ear,
tattoo is mem16She is 14 years old and
missed very much.
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Armando Di MarcoJuly 24, 1929 - October 17, 2014
Armando Di Marco, beloved husband, father, uncle, nonno and friend passed away after a fulfilling and vibrant life. We will miss his funny stories, great wine and wisdom. Armando immigrated to Canada from Italy in 1957, married his wife Maria and raised his three children, Alba, Dino and Lisa in Merritt. Armando will also be missed by his five grandsons, Christian, Mirko, Nicolas, Dylan and Christopher and daughter-in-law, Lisa. Armando is survived by his wife, children, grandchildren, brothers Alfonso and Ernesto, sister Assunta, sisters-in-law Teresa and Lierata, brother-in-law Antonio and may nieces and nephews. During his life in Merritt, Armando touched many lives and had many strong friendships. Prayers will be held on Thursday, October 23, 7:00 p.m. at Sacred Heart Church in Merritt. A celebration of life will be held at Sacred Heart Church on Friday, October 24 at 11:00 a.m. In lieu of flowers, a donation to the B.C. Lung Association in Armando’s memory would be greatly appreciated.
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Citxw Nlaka’pamux Assembly Posting
Position Purpose Facilitate access to education, training and employment opportunities of the Participatory Bands’ members through assessment, employer planning and coaching, employer networking, job placement and community support. Key Result Areas and Tasks
Work to determine requirements employer partners and seek new employer partners. Provide database Intake services for employer clients and client management processManage and maintain computerized system for employer partners, C.N.A. community projects and employer opportunitiesEstablish and manage milestone targets for employment and training with Highland Valley Copper Mine and/or its contractors and all other employer partners.Identify and engage with employer partners to involve them in the planning and implementation of any CNA Training and Employment Programs to meet Aboriginal employee targets.Serves as C.NA human resources main support and contact for employer partners Coordinates recruiting activity between the Client Coordinator, the employer partner Hiring Managers and the eight (8) Participatory Bands Education or Employment departmentsStrategically identify, prioritize and build organizational capabilities that align with the organizational goals and priorities for employmentHelps the eight (8) Participatory Bands and its Employment department representatives and management interpret and understand the union and professional staff personnel manuals,A sound understanding of employer relations principles and practices, knowledge of employment conditions in a unionized environment, preferably in the Mining Industry.Demonstrated facilitation, training and presentation skills, with excellent verbal and written English communication skills.Will be expected to lead initiatives in the areas of attraction and retention, employer relations, leadership, learning and employer development.Must demonstrate sound judgment, proven facilitation and problem-solving skills as well as exceptional relationship management skills to expand employer partner baseManage and maintain employer opportunities and provide input, management support in the development and implementation C.N.A. training projects or programs
Relationships and Supervision Reports to the CNA General Manager; builds relationships with the Participatory Bands; Communicates regularly with employers regarding employable community members Work Environment Travel will be required to attend job fairs, meetings with educators, trainers, employers,Position Requirements Post-secondary education in business, human resources, education or related field; At least 3 years of experience in career facilitation/career development with a diverse population; Experience working with First Nations peoples; Knowledge of local and regional area labor/employment market and community resources is an asset; Excellent interpersonal, presentation, facilitation and communication skills; Strong ability to organize, prioritize, multi task and manage time; Discretion & respect for confidentiality
• Criminal Record Check with Vulnerable Sector Search will be required Please forward resumes and cover letters to:
By Mail: Citxw Nlaka’pamux Assembly (CNA) ManagerP.O. Box 209 Spences Bridge, British Columbia V0K 2LO
Or Personally at the office: 2249 Quilchena Avenue, Merritt British ColumbiaFor more information contact Wayne Kaboni at (250) 378-6174
We thank you for your interest. Please note that only those shortlisted will be contacted.
Job Title Employer (ET) Coordinator- Employment & Training
Reports To Citxw Nlaka’pamux Assembly General Manager
Department/Team Employment and Education
Closing Date 4:00 p.m. October 31, 2014
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3 bedroom log home on acreage. $1700 plus utilities.
Cottage on acreage. $850 inc hydro and satellite. Horses welcome!
Home and Land PackagesSpringbank Ave, MerrittCompletely Serviced
City ServicesTurn Key
STARTING FROM
$249,900.00
Call 250-573-2278Toll Free 1-866-573-1288
7510 Dallas Drive, Kamloops
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Help Wanted
Experienced Waitress Needed
HELP WANTED
1953 NICOLA AVE, MERRITT BC
Thursday - Friday after 4pm
Please apply in person
Very busy Okanagan Subaru dealership requires
immediately a Service Manager.Must enjoy a fast-paced working environment and have a minimum of fi ve-
years automotive management experience
including, parts, service, and warranty. This is a full-time
position which includes com-petitive wages and full benefi t
package.Please reply in person, email or fax your resume to: Hilltop Subaru.
4407 27th Street Vernon BC Atten: Dayna Kosmino
dckosmino@hilltopsubaru.comFax: 250-542-1778
Help Wanted
Houses For Sale
Houses For Sale
Houses For Sale
An Alberta Oilfi eld Company is hiring experienced dozer and excavator operators. Meals and lodging provided. Drug testing required. 1-780-723-5051.
Help Wanted Help WantedVernon Service Company requires Journeyman Electrician. $36.00/hr Call (250)549-4444 or fax 250-549-4416 or email: aslan@aslanservices.ca
Help Wanted
Full-time entry level position available at
a local manufacturing facility.
Job entails running numerous pieces of
machinery, soldering, painting, etc.
Although experience is preferred training is
also available.
Interested parties should bring resume to
1120A McFarlane Way10 AM - 11 AM
Monday through Friday
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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LARGE FUNDBorrowers Wanted
Start saving hundreds of dollars today! We can easily approve you by phone. 1st, 2nd or 3rd mortgage money is available right now. Rates start at Prime. Equity counts. We don’t rely on credit, age or income.
Call Anytime1-800-639-2274 or
604-430-1498. Apply online www.capitaldirect.ca
Feed & HayGrinrod Feed Store, 20kgbags, sure crop, & Otter co-op feeds. 500 & 1,000 kg. Minitotes of sure crop feed. 250-309-4835.
LivestockDORPER Cross Sheep fl ockfor sale. 15 ewes and 25 lambs. $4500. Phone 250-397-4126.
Houses For Sale
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REQUEST FOR QUOTESMerritt Courthouse Janitorial Contract
The City of Merritt is accepting quotes for the performance of janitorial duties at the Merritt Courthouse – 3420 – Voght St., Merritt, BC for the term of November 12, 2014 – December 31, 2015. The janitorial work includes maintaining the courthouse facility in a clean and tidy manner for the provision of BC court services.
Work will include cleaning of all public areas and restricted access areas of the courthouse facility including the entranceway, lobby, foyer, holding cells, meeting rooms, courtroom, washrooms, of ces and judge’s chambers. Speci c areas of cleaning will include but is not limited to: oors, walls, ceilings, vents, doors, windows and coverings, furniture, stalls, railings, xtures and waste receptacles.
Work will be performed on an irregular basis and is based solely on the court dates scheduled by the BC Court Services.
The successful proponent must carry a minimum of $2.0 million liability insurance and be bondable.Quotes should include all materials, labour, equipment and taxes, and should be quoted on as a per-day basis.
Quotes must be received at Merritt City Hall no later than 2:00 pm Tuesday, November 4, 2014.There will be a mandatory site visit at 8:30 am, Friday, October 31, 2014.
For further information contact:
Larry PlotnikoffLeisure Services ManagerCity of Merritt250-378-8618lplotnikoff@merritt.ca
The City of Merritt is not obligated to accept the lowest quote nor any quote and reserves the right to accept a quote in the best interests of the City.
REQUEST FOR QUOTATION - PAINTING CONTRACTORS
Deadline for bids: October 31, 2014
Conayt Friendship Society (CFS) in a non-pro t organization that provides services for First Nations and non-First Nations community members from Merritt and the surrounding areas. One of these services is affordable housing. CFS owns rental units and town houses (approximately 40) around the city of Merritt. The units vary in size from 1, 2, 3 and 4 bedroom units. This request for quotation (RFQ) is open to all First Nation paint contractors.
The requirement is for patching and sanding holes, painting the walls and trim as well as edging windows, oorboards and doorways. Attention to detail is a must. A standing order contract will be awarded to the contractor whose quote is determined to represent the overall best value to the CFS. Contractor will be selected based on, but not limited to; current and previous projects as well proof of insurance. Certi cation in good standing with WCB is recommended but not required.
A site visit for potential bidders may take place upon direct consultation with the CFS Housing Department. Contractors are requested to submit a written price quotation. The painting quote should contain all information the contractor wants CFS to consider and evaluate regarding their company’s ability to perform all required tasks as well as to conform to all required terms and conditions. The successful contractor will be offered a standing order contract to prepare and paint units as needed or as tenants move.
Please contact Jordana at Conayt Housing for further information at 250-378-5107.
IN PERSON: Attention: Jordana McIvor-GrismerHousing Department2164 Quilchena Ave, Merritt B.C.
BY MAIL:Conayt Friendship SocietyHousing DepartmentPO Box 1989Merritt BC, V1K 1B8Re: Bid for Tender
INVITATION FOR TENDER: Request for Quotation (RFQ) for
cleaning serviceDeadline for bids: October 31, 2014
The Conayt Friendship Society (CFS) in a non-pro t organization that provides services for First Nations and non-First Nations community members from Merritt and the surrounding areas. One of these services is affordable housing. CFS owns approximately 45 rental units around the city of Merritt. The units vary in size with either 1, 2, 3 or 4 bedroom units.
The requirement is for cleaning entire units including oors, ceilings, walls, bathrooms, kitchens and all
appliances. Attention to detail is a must. Cleaning services are requested to submit a written price quotation.
Contract will be awarded to the cleaning service whose quote is determined to represent the overall best value to the CFS. Cleaning service will be selected based on, but not limited to: current and previous projects as well proof of insurance. Certi cation in good standing with WCB is recommended but not required. The successful cleaning service will be offered a standing order contract to clean and sanitize units as they are vacated.
The cleaning service quote should contain all information the contractor wants CFS to consider and evaluate regarding their company’s ability to perform all required tasks as well as to conform to all required terms and conditions. Preference may be given to First Nations applicants. A site visit for potential bidders may take place upon direct consultation with the CFS Housing Department.
Please contact the Housing department at Conayt for further information on price quotations for submissions. Contact Jordana at Conayt Friendship Society at 250-378-5107.
Submit all sealed by October 31, 2014
IN PERSON:
Conayt Friendship SocietyHousing Department2164 Quilchena Ave, Merritt B.C.
BY MAIL:
Conayt Friendship SocietyHousing DepartmentPO Box 1989Merritt BC, V1K 1B8
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1405 Government AveSaturday 25. 9am to 4pm
Misc. for SaleA-STEEL SHIPPING DRY STORAGE CONTAINERS
Used 20’40’45’53’ and insulated containers all
sizes in stock. SPECIAL
Trades are welcome. 40’Containers under $2500!DMG 40’ containers under $2,000 each. Also JD 544
& 644 wheel Loaders. Wanted to buy 300 size
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Rentals
Apt/Condo for Rent
NICOLA APARTMENTS
Clean one and two
bedroom. Starting at
$600/month.NO PETS
MOVE IN BONUS 1 month free rent
250-378-9880
Auctions
Rentals
Apt/Condo for Rent
SUMMIT APARTMENTSBrand new 2 bedroom apartments
References required.NO PETS,
NO SMOKING.250-280-7644
NICOLA APARTMENTS
Clean one and two
bedroom. Starting at
$600/month.NO PETS
MOVE IN BONUS 1/2 month free rent
250-378-9880
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Move in bonus - 1/2 month free rent
For appointment call
250-378-9880
Spacious 1bedroom apartments.
F/S, heat and hotwater included.
Starting at $625/mth
Homes for Rent
FOR RENT
Fully Furnished Free WIFI
Can/US Long Distance
$590.00 per month2799 Nicola ave.
Call 250-378-4201
5 bdrm & den, 3 1/2 bath, c/vac, 7 appls, c/air and much
more. Avail Nov. 01. $1350mth plus UTIL. N/p, n/s. 778-228-6378. View Craig’s
List - Kamloops for pics
House For Rent :3 Bedrooms,2 Bathrooms, New Paint &
New Carpets. (250)378 - 4392
House For Rent3 bedrooms in Lower Nicola
(250) 374 - 1728
Rooms for RentRoom For Rent. Kitchen priv. N/S,N/P. $400 includes laud-ry,int.378-8391,250-819-1541
Rentals
Suites, Lower2 bdrm above grd suite on
Bann St. Reno’d with small pri-vate outdoor area, util & cable incl. No smoking, pets, parties
or drugs. (250) 315 - 9027
Legal
Legal Notices
By virtue of the Warehouseman's Lien Act,
we will sell the stored goods of the following to recover
costs of unpaid storage.Jeffery Ens - Unit #21
Amount owing $267.50These personal and
household effects will be sold by either public or
private auction on or after October 31, 2014
R. Hack Mini Storage, 2865 Pooley Ave., Merritt
250-378-5580
Tenders
Legal
Legal Notices
By virtue of the Warehouseman's Lien Act,
we will sell the stored goods of the following to recover
costs of unpaid storage.Patricia Clarke - Unit #47Amount owing $215.00
These personal and household effects will be sold by either public or
private auction on or after October 31, 2014
R. Hack Mini Storage, 2865 Pooley Ave., Merritt
250-378-5580
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FRANK’S MECHANICAL SERVICE
2026 Mamette Avenue 250-378-1322
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Quality products, friendly service!
FOR THE ULTIMATE WINE EXPERIENCE, VISIT THE WINE PRESS
Member of the RJS Craft Wine Making Academy
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Serving the BC Interior since 1911
Ben van der Gracht is in the Merritt office on
Thursdays. Drop by or call to make an appointment.
1988 Quilchena Avenue 250.378.4218
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CFP Certifi ed Financial Planner CPCA Certifi ed Professional Consultant on Aging
It’s never too early to start planning for the future.
CFP Certifi ed Financial Planner CPCA Certifi ed ProfessionalConsultant on Aging
call me at: 250.315.0241
E-mail: david.brown@investorsgroup.com
Need help to create a plan to enjoy the life you desire today, & tomorrow?
Personalized Retirement PlansDetailed Risk AnalysisInsurance & Estate PlanningStrategic Retirement Analysis & much more
David L. Brown is here for you
FINANCIAL ADVISOR
MERRITT’S MOST DIVERSIFIED CLEANING COMPANY
www.tbmcleaningandrestoration.comTF: 1-877-612-0909
EMERGENCY FLOOD SERVICES
Working with insurance adjusters to restore your home!
250-378-9410
CLEANING SERVICES
JIM POTTER
MERRITT TREE SERVICE• Fully insured, certi ed faller• WSBC covered• Dangerous tree assessment
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CALL JIM at 250-378-4212Solutions for your tree problems!
Schedule your FREE Estimate
TREE SERVICETERTER
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CHIMNEY SWEEPINGCHAMPION CHIMNEY SERVICES
Wett Certified for Insurance compliance.
20 YEARS EXPERIENCECHIMNEY CLEANING $150SALES AND INSTALLATION
OF WOOD AND PELLET STOVES AND INSERTS
250-851-5594 WWW.CHAMPIONCHIMNEYSERVICES.COM
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For All Your Roofing Needs
KEVIN O’FLYNN ~ THEE ROOFER
35 YEARS EXPERIENCE
250-315-5742
theeroofer@shaw.ca
Shingles ~ Cedar ~ Metal ~ Torch-on
ROOFING BEAUTY SERVICES
2142 Quilchena Avenue, Merritt, B.C.Tel: 250-378-2299
With Appointment or Walk in Welcome
(Our Location is behind the Dollar Tree Store)
Gift Certificates Available
HoursMonday - Saturday
9am - 6pmSunday 10am - 4pm
MERRITT BC
T: 250.378.5151
2099 Quilchena Ave., Box 358 Merritt, BC
The Employment Program of British
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ROOFINGROOFING
at HACK Electric
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2865C Pooley Ave., Merritt, B.C. 378-5580
STORAGE UNITSSELF STORAGE UNITS
Full-time Watchman on site
Starting @ $45./month
with HST
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GUARANTEED AUTO LOAN APPROVALS! TOLL FREE1.888.378.9255
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DENTISTDENTIST
Call 250-378-4888 to book your appointment.2731 Forksdale Avenue, V1K 1R9
www.dentistryatmerritt.ca
NEW PATIENTS & WALK-INS WELCOMEATTTTIIIIIIEEEEEENNNNNTTTTTTSSSSSSS &&&&&& WWWWWWAAAAAALLLLLKKKKK IIIIIINNNNNSSSSSS WWWWWFREE CONSULTATIONS
HOURSTuesday - Thursday: 9:00 am - 6:00 pm
Friday and Saturday: 9:00 am - 4:00 pm
2 FULL TIME DENTISTS & ORTHODONTIST ON SITE
Dr. Sunil Malhotra Dr. Jaspal Sarao
Kitchen/Bathroom• Tiling• Window/Siding • Installation
Patio/Deck• Moving Local & • Long Distance
250-315-8257DAT Construction
CONSTRUCTIONCONSTRUCTION
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Nicola Plumbing & Heating
Fully Quali ed Tradesmen in..Plumbing, Heating, Bonded Gas Fitters.
Service Work & Furnace Service. Custom Sheet Metal
Atlas RV Parts & Repairs
PHONE: 250-378-4943 2064 Coutlee Ave., Merritt, BC
PLUMBING & HEATINGPLUMBING & HEATING
IVAN’S SIDINGSALES & SERVICE
• Vinyl & Hardie Board Siding
• Aluminum Soffit, Fascia & EAVESTROUGHS
“When others have come and gone, Ivan’s Siding is still
going strong”
SERVING THENICOLA VALLEYFOR 40 YEARS!
CALL: (250) 378-2786
SIDINGSIDING
HACKELECTRICELECTRIC
Reg. No. 14246email: rhackel@shaw.ca2865C Pooley Ave., Merritt 250-378-5580
Residential & Commercial
Over 30 years experience
ELECTRICALELECTRICAL
ACCOUNTANTACCOUNTANT
We love numbers. Can we work with yours?
MORTGAGE BROKER
YOUR LOCAL MORTGAGE BROKER
Use the equity in your home to
consolidate debt, top up RRSPs,
or tackle renovations
Call Harry Howard (250) 490-6731
Landscaping – Irrigation Design & InstallQuality Workmanship Outstanding Service
Call for a free estimate
250-378-7122
PROPERTY MAINTENANCEPROPERTY MAINTENANCE
YOUR SECURITY, OUR RESPONSIBILITY
TOLL FREE: 1-866-999-4911
LOCAL: 250-879-1221
FAX: 1-866-999-1964
EMAIL: info@reliantsecurity.ca
EFFECTIVE LOCAL SECURITY
866 999 4911 250 879 1221
SecuritySecurity
inc.
CALL 250-315-5074
Time is running out for those SUMMER PROJECTS
REASONABLE RATES, while using customers
time efficiently
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• Irrigation Activation
• Landscape Design
• Aerating
• Thatching
• Grass Seeding
• Fertilization
• Turf Installation
• Retaining Walls
• Fencing
• Material Supply
& Hauling
• Crack Sealing
• Paving Stones
• Bin Rentals
CONTRACTINGCONTRACTINGime is runnini
Office Hours:Monday - Friday8 AM - 4:30 PM
SERVING ALL CITIZENS OF MERRITT AND
SURROUNDING AREAS
CALL TODAY 250-378-5877
New patients always welcome!
1999 Voght Street (next to the Credit Union)
PO Box 3090, Merritt, BC V1K 1B8
Call Today to Book Your Appointment.
Ph: 250-378-5877
STOYOMA DENTAL CLINICDENTISTDENTIST
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MERRITT LUMBER SALES2152 DOUGLAS ST., MERRITT, BC
HOURS OF OPERATION:Mon to Fri.: 8 am - 5 pm & Sat.: 8 am - 4 pm
SCREWS, NAILS, ROOFING, INSULATION, JOIST HANGERS & much more
LARGE LANDSCAPING BEAMS AVAILABLE
Lumber, Plywood, Fencing SPECIALS
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SALE ENDS SATURDAY, OCT. 25
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MAIN LOCATION& CLEARANCE
CENTRE
Hours:Monday to Friday
9 am - 6:00 pmSaturday: 9:30 am - 5:30 pm
Sundays: Closed
2025 Coutlee Ave., Merritt Phone: 250-378-2332
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