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December 26, 2013 edition of the Castlegar News
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Thursday, December 26, • 2013 Vol.10 • Issue 52Breaking news at castlegarnews.com
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Seasons Greetings With similar sentiments as the decoraters of the pictured home on 8th Av-enue at 5th Street (if not the same � air), Merry Christmas from all of us at the Castlegar News/West Kootenay Advertiser.
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Brian Schmidt, winner in 2011 of the Nobel prize in Physics, spoke to the Castle-gar Rotary Club at a recent meeting. Brian is the son of Castlegar Rotary Club mem-ber Dana Schmidt.
Brian led a team of phys-icists to present the first ev-idence that the Universe’s expansion rate is accelerat-ing. The team’s observations were contrary to the current theory that the expansion of the Universe should be slow-ing down.
On the contrary, by mon-itoring the brightness and measuring the supernovae, they discovered that these billion-year old exploding stars and their galaxies were
accelerating away from our reference frame. The dis-covery of the accelerating universe was named ‘Break-through of the Year’ by Sci-ence Magazine in 1998, and Schmidt was jointly award-ed the 2011 Nobel Prize in Physics along with Adam Reiss and Saul Perlmutter for their groundbreaking work.
Brian has previously ad-dressed the Rotary Club on his work, so this time fo-cused on a number of differ-ent scientific issues related to what may be in our fu-ture – from climate change to the chance of a meteorite collision. When asked what he thought was the world’s most pressing problem,
he said he thought climate change presented the biggest challenges.
He noted that scientific data shows that the world is getting warmer, and that, although the earth has gone through climate changes before, this one is no doubt due to mankind’s activities – from the burning of fossil fuels to the large scale rais-ing of cattle that emit large amounts of methane gas. The net result will be ris-ing sea levels, a colder Eu-rope (due to changes in the warming Gulf Stream), and warming of areas like Can-ada and Siberia. This could lead to world-wide conflicts, as other countries lose their ability to grow food.
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Conroy and Atamanenko Commend
Selkirk College’s Rural Pre-medicine Program
An innovative new pro-
gram to help provide a solu-tion to the chronic rural doc-tor shortage in Canada has recently been announced by Selkirk College in Castlegar. The Rural Pre-medicine Ad-vanced Diploma and Associ-ate Degree Program will have a start date of fall 2014, with an initial intake of 24 stu-dents.
“My provincial colleague, MLA Katrine Conroy, and I would like to congratu-late Selkirk College on this groundbreaking program,” said Alex Atamanenko, MP for BC Southern Interior. “It was truly a cooperative effort between the college, the UBC Faculty of Medicine, the Rural Coordination Centre of BC, Interior Health, the Columbia Basin Trust and local health-care providers.
“We are very excited at the prospect of local training that will hopefully encourage young physicians to stay in our area and practice in our smaller and rural communi-ties,” continued Atamanenko.
Rhonda Schmitz is the Dean of Instruction in the Selkirk College School of University Arts and Sciences. She says that since the Rural
Pre-medicine website was opened on December 9, the college has received numer-ous inquiries from prospec-tive students interested in learning more about the pro-gram.
“One young woman from Crawford Bay contacted us, who has wanted to be a doc-tor as long as she can remem-ber,” said Schmitz.
“Her intention is to use the program to launch her medi-cal studies, with the long-term goal of returning to Crawford Bay to practice medicine in the community.”
The three-year program will allow students to com-plete all of the requirements necessary for entrance to the undergraduate medical pro-gram at UBC.
“Although students can complete all of their required prerequisites at other institu-tions, we are offering an in-tegrated program that, to our knowledge, is not available elsewhere in Canada,” said
Elizabeth Lund, Selkirk Col-lege Chemistry instructor and the originator of the program.
Recent research has shown that a rural upbringing and a positive undergraduate and graduate experience in a smaller centre are the most important factors in deter-mining whether a medical student will ultimately choose to practice in a rural commu-nity.
Selkirk College hopes that this program will encourage talented rural and Aboriginal students to pursue their goals by addressing economic, so-cial and educational barriers and giving students a viable pathway toward becoming physicians.
For more information on the Rural Pre-medicine Pro-gram, please contact David Feldman, school chair for University Arts and Scienc-es, 250-365-1331, or check out the Selkirk College web-site, selkirk.ca/program/ru-ral-pre-medicine.
MP & MLA Sold on Selkirk Program
Katrine ConroyAlex Atamanenko
A timely resolution has come to labour negotiations carried out between South-ern BC wood products pro-ducers and the United Steel-workers - representatives of workers including more than 200 in the West Kootenays.
“United Steelworkers (USW) members employed by Interior Forest Labour Re-lations Association (IFLRA) member companies in the B.C. southern interior have ratified a five-year collective agreement,” states a Dec. 19 press release from Canada News Wire. “Members of USW Locals 1-405 Cran-brook, 1-417 Kamloops and 1-423 Kelowna have voted by a 66-per-cent majority in fa-vour of a tentative agreement reached Nov. 29.”
The press release goes
on relate that the pact, “…provides significant pay en-hancements for tradesmen who will enjoy a 23-per-cent wage increase over the term of the agreement.”
Various other stipulations, including terms for appren-ticeships, living out allow-ances and mileage payments have added up to a docu-ment the Cranbrook local (which encompasses the West Kootenay region) can feel good about.
“It’s a great deal for our membership,” Local #405 First Vice President Doug Wood told the Castlegar News on Dec. 19.
“It’s a five year contract. We’ve got improvements for the trades end of it, as well as benefits for all the regular members.
“We got a big chunk of money put into the pensions by the companies as well.”
The compromise was the result of a good deal of bar-gaining, as Wood related.
“It took a long time to get to where we wanted to be. We started last year, we met in Kamloops.”
The development will un-doubtedly mean a happi-er holiday season for USW members, including those in the West Kootenays.
The Local #405 First Vice President said there are about 160 members em-ployed at Interfor’s Castlegar operation along with about another 60 at the Atco mill in Fruitvale.
“For us they’re important operations,” Wood said of the two sites.
“They’re long-term mem-bers… we’re very happy for them.”
Comment from the em-ployers’ side was not avail-able as of press deadline.
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The B.C. govern-ment has uncorked another round of li-quor law reform, with children to be allowed in pubs and restau-rants allowed to serve drinks without food.
Premier Christy Clark announced the changes at a Vancou-ver restaurant Tues-day, as the provincial
cabinet works its way through a list of 70 re c om m e n d at i on s from a recent pub-lic consultation on updating B.C. liquor laws. As with earlier rounds of liquor re-form, Tuesday’s event was short on details and long on populist appeal. Some time next year B.C. will see the changes, and will also join all other Ca-nadian provinces in
allowing pubs to offer discounted drinks for happy hour. Permitted times and a minimum drink price are still to be determined.
Children are to be allowed to accompany their parents into pubs up until an evening curfew time, also yet to be determined, but Clark said it will allow families to have lunch or dinner together at a pub. Royal Canadi-
an Legion branches will have the same freedom to admit un-der-age family mem-bers.
Restaurants with “food primary” licenc-es will still have to of-fer a full menu when liquor is available, Clark said, “but cus-tomers who don’t want to order food shouldn’t be forced to do so, and food primary busi-nesses that want to fully transition away from food service after a certain hour, and op-erate for example as a night club, will be able to apply for a special licence to do so.”
NDP critic Shane Simpson said the changes effectively erase the distinction between a licensed restaurant and a pub, and are being an-nounced for popu-lar effect without any research to support them.
Last week Clark and Richmond-Steveston MLA John Yap, who led the public consul-tation on liquor law reform, announced that regulations would be eased for winery tasting rooms. Farm markets will also be allowed to offer sam-ples and sales of local-ly made beer, wine and spirits.
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Zellstoff Celgar was pleased to make a recent cash donation to the Castlegar Community Food Bank and also provide 125 Christmas stockings for the Christ-mas gift hamper program. Over the past few weeks Celgar employees have been bringing in ‘stuffers’ to help fill the stock-ings and contribute to those less fortu-nate. Pictured are members of the Celgar Social Committee with Deb McIntosh.Left to right: Tara Bolton, Celgar Yard Equipment Operator, Deb McIntosh, Castlegar Community Food Bank, Cherie Hanvold, Celgar Managing Director of Fi-nance & Administration, and Nadia Amos, Celgar Accounts Payable Associate.
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Local government liquor store employees have joined their counterparts from across the province in facilitating the collection of donations toward recovery efforts in the wake of Typhoon Haiyan.
The catastropic storm pounded the Phillipines in early November inflicting staggering loss of life and property damage, and displac-ing millions of people.
As of December 20 $1,710 had been raised throgh the Castlegar Government Liquor Store Branch, according to manager Cathy Quiding.
As detailed in a Dec. 19 press release from the provin-cial government, store cus-tomer across BC had donated more than $217,000 to sup-port Red Cross relief efforts in the Philippines. “One hun-dred per cent of these funds have been forwarded to the Canadian Red Cross Typhoon Haiyan Relief Fund.”
The press release goes on to outline that stores had begun accepting donations from cus-tomers and staff on Nov. 12, 2013, to support Red Cross ef-forts in the Philippines. “The
fundraising campaign took place in all 195 BC Liquor Store locations and ran until Dec. 9, 2013.”
What follows is the balance of the information contained in the Dec. 19 press release:
“The Province of British Columbia is also matching the first $300,000 donated by British Columbians through all donation channels. In total, British Columbians contribut-ed more than $3.68 million to the Canadian Red Cross.
“The Red Cross is using donations to help provide ur-gently needed assistance in communities most affected by Haiyan. In its wake, Haiyan left 4.1 million people dis-placed, and urgent, life-saving emergency services continue to be required in the forms of food, clean water, medical supplies and emergency shel-ter.
“As a partner of the Cana-dian Red Cross, the Liquor Distribution Branch (LDB) mobilizes its fundraising ca-pabilities through the BC Li-quor Stores chain when the Red Cross requests help in raising funds for its disaster relief efforts.
‘Our thoughts continue to be with those who are trying
to rebuild their lives in the Philippines, and their friends and family who live here,’ commented LDB General Manager and Chief Executive Officer Blain Lawson. ‘The Liquor Distribution Branch is a proud partner of the Red Cross and we want to thank our BC Liquor Store custom-ers and staff for their incred-ible support of the Red Cross disaster relief effort in the Philippines.’
“Said Kimerley Nemrava, Director, B.C. & Yukon Red Cross, ‘The humanitarian im-pact of Haiyan has been co-lossal. The generosity of gov-ernment and BC Liquor Store customers and staff helps us continue to assist Philippine Red Cross for the long-term, providing vital supplies of food and non-food items, as well as shelter, livelihood and health services.’
“Since 2010, BC Liquor Stores customers and employ-ees have supported disaster relief by contributing over $1.9 million for humanitarian crises around the world.
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The Dangers of OverdiagnosisTORONTO, ON/ Troy Media/ -”First,
do no harm,” as suggested by Hippo-crates, is a vital principle that should al-ways guide physicians, but they are also well aware that in modern healthcare, whether in the form of drugs, opera-tions, radiotherapy or any other form of treatment, there is always the possibility of causing harm to their patients.
All drugs have potential adverse side effects and all surgery carries risk. Doc-tors and patients need to be reasonably satisfied that the likely balance of benefit and harm with any intervention is fa-vorable. Unfortunately, our ability now to test for and find insignificant abnor-malities in people often leads to med-ical interventions that offer little or no benefit but still carry all the potential harms. Harm as a consequence of nec-essary treatment can be acceptable, but exposing healthy people to harm from treatment that they should not have had in the first place is unacceptable.
An international effort is now un-derway to identify the specifics of this “overdiagnosis” problem, to raise pro-fessional and public awareness about it, and to attempt to bring it under control. Many features of our societal culture conspire to cause overdiagnosis and overtreatment, including the enormous public appetite for medical services, the erroneous notion that earlier diagnosis always causes a better result, the fear and denial of death, the huge advances in technology bringing an ever-widening range of sensitive diagnostic tests, and
the inevitable vested interests of drug and technology firms and of healthcare professions.
The public is bombarded with mes-sages on what disease they don’t know they have yet, what drug they should be taking, and what they must urgently talk to their doctor about.
There are abundant examples in cur-rent medical practice. When enthusias-tic specialty groups keep lowering the threshold level for calling a test for dia-betes, kidney failure or high blood pres-sure abnormal, many more people are labelled with a disease. Drug firm adver-tising has convinced the public that cho-lesterol is a disease rather than a normal component of the blood. Normal human experiences, like grief, sadness, shyness, anxiety or hyperactivity risk getting you a diagnosis of a psychiatric “disorder” accompanied, of course, by a drug pre-scription. The dangers of sleeping pills and of antibiotics for viral infections do not seem to be understood by huge numbers of patients - and, unfortunate-ly, many physicians also.
Overdiagnosis is a serious problem in screening for cancer, especially of the prostate, breast and thyroid. The hope for the benefit of breast (mammography) and prostate (PSA) screening has been tempered by the more recent evidence on the very small size of the potential benefit in relation to the harm caused by false positive tests. For decades these tests have led to biopsies revealing mi-croscopic cells that are currently labelled
as “cancer” by the pathologist, but with uncertain potential to cause any signif-icant problem for the patient in the fu-ture. A biopsy report using the “c” word inevitably causes fear and distress for the patient and, frequently, an aggressive treatment plan from the doctors.
Overdiagnosing cancer is now wide-ly recognized, even by the U.S. National Cancer Institute which, in a recent re-port, recommended that these uncer-tain “cancers” should instead be labeled “IDLE” (indolent lesions) until research can help us differentiate those that need treatment from those that do not.
Those working in the cancer field, in-cluding clinicians and pathologists will have to consider a new vocabulary, no-menclature and reporting language. At the very least, physicians need to share honestly with patients the serious uncer-tainty about the prognosis for these so-called “cancers” rather than pretending that current treatments are always based on good evidence of benefit.
There is an urgent need for patients to be given more accurate and accessible information about the risks and bene-fits of health interventions, especially in screening programs involving normal healthy people with no signs or symp-toms of disease. And remember the old adage, in healthcare as in many other things: more is not always better.
Charles Wright is an expert advisor with EvidenceNetwork.ca and Chair of the Ontario Health Technology Advisory Committee.
The height of the Holiday season is as good a time as any (with a week left in the year) to reflect on what has transpired in the last 51 weeks and what we can brace ourselves for in the months ahead.
Next week’s edition will go a long way to-ward putting a fine point on the events cov-ered in these pages, but for now, some general thoughts might as well be shared.
For one, each year at this time the exact difference between the term “Holiday” and the term “Vacation” comes into clear focus.
For a good number of us... “Holiday” means harder work than ever, as others get-ting ready for time off, or already enjoying it, are deservedly accommodated.
But the seasonal panic, as many in retail might agree, is an exciting and fulfilling time in spite of it’s frantic nature. In a business with publication deadlines and hardworking col-leagues at the printing press in the Okanagan, there is no time or patience for expressions like... “oops” or “just a few more minutes.”
Everyone has done, and is doing their best right across the community to make sure that just about now, folks can finally take a little time for themselves... hopefully... doing ex-actly what they find pleasurable and special.
Here’s hoping all of your festive deadlines have been met, and like us, your personal goals for the holiday season and beyond, are well within sight.
A glance at the present
before looking ahead
Opinion Edtorial
Thursday, December 26, 2013 Castlegar News
Theresa HodgeOf� ce Manager
Jim SinclairEditor
Cindy AmaralProduction Manager
Sandy LeonardProduction
Marvin BeattyReporter
Karen BennettDirector of Sales
Chuck BennettPublisher
Christine EsovoloffSales Associate
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Opinion/Editorial
Canada’s communities are nearing a crossroads. We have more technology at our � ngertips; the ability to move information, goods and peo-ple faster; and an increasingly educated population reach-ing further and higher than ever before.
Unfortunately, the chal-lenges we face are moving at the same speed.
Even when we think we’ve seen it all, we encounter new tests of our resiliency.
Some are induced by na-ture. � e June � ooding in Alberta le� 100,000 stranded, $1.7 billion in insured dam-age and governments scram-bling to address worst-case scenarios.
Other challenges come from external forces. � e people of Lac-Mégantic are still recovering and rebuild-ing a� er the July tanker ex-plosion.
Changes in the global econ-omy produce new opportuni-ties on one hand, while cre-ating � nancial pressures and demographic changes on the other. It’s not uncommon for community needs and expec-tations to increase in a time of � scal restraint.
� e downturn in the � sh-ery sector has had devastat-ing e� ects on Atlantic com-munities over the past 15 years. And, no matter how prosperous, no community is immune to the troubles of poverty, addiction and home-lessness.
Surviving isn’t enough. � riving is the goal.
Just like generations before us, we hope for a better future and are ready to do what it takes to get there.
It’s time to leverage our re-sources in new and innova-tive ways, taking community knowledge to a higher level to create social change.
Facing these challenges takes resiliency, economic diversi� cation and the lever-aging of assets and resources. And it takes the vision to an-ticipate the possibilities, long before a crisis hits or an op-portunity passes by.
� e universities and com-munity foundations our orga-nizations represent do much to build this kind of resiliency and foster this kind of vision.
For example, the Commu-nity Development Institute at the University of Northern British Columbia is helping
the City of Kitimat prepare for the opportunities and challenges of a new smelter project.
An in� ux of construction workers, while welcome, may add pressures to housing, rental accommodations and the local price of goods. � e institute is helping the com-munity with planning and early engagement to help de-� ne its future.
� e community could advocate, for example, for construction camps to be converted to seniors’ hous-ing or RV parks, for exist-ing housing to be upgraded and for the inclusion of new amenities that will encourage permanent employees to live in-town once construction is completed.
Community Foundations Canada’s partnership with True Sport Foundation zeroes in on engaging people close to home through sport. Suc-cessful outcomes include a low-income neighbourhood in Winnipeg that has engaged the entire community in de-veloping local recreation and sport activities.
In a similar vein, � e Vic-toria Foundation is investing in the Paci� c Institute for Sport Excellence’s physical literacy program to combat childhood obesity and inac-tivity. � e program could be applied anywhere.
� ese are good examples of universities and community foundations taking fresh ap-proaches to building healthy communities.
But we know we can do more by coming together – not just with each other, but also with other community and educational organiza-tions and government. We know the di� erence partner-ships make.
� ere are compelling ex-amples of making a real dif-ference through collabora-tion.
Working with the Wind-sor-Essex Community Hous-ing Corporation, students and professors from the Uni-
versity of Windsor’s faculty of nursing and social work have been helping improve living conditions and reduce crime at low-income housing com-plexes.
� e award-winning project has been lauded by the Com-munity-Campus Partner-ships for Health for making, “signi� cant contributions to community resilience, neigh-bourhood revitalization and civic engagement.”
Universities, communities and non-pro� t community groups collaborate on more than $1 billion worth of re-search every year, particular-ly in the health � eld. Canada’s Heart and Stroke Foundation has made a multi-year $300 million commitment to uni-versity research aimed at sav-ing more lives, faster.
Still, we can do more.We are calling for a cultural
shi� in how we address com-munity needs, how we pre-pare for the unexpected and how we pursue opportuni-ties. Collaborations and part-nerships must be standard operating procedure from the earliest stages of new ideas and initiatives for building community resiliency and prosperity.
� is November, many of Canada’s universities opened their doors to showcase how community partnerships are improving the lives of all Ca-nadians.
� e annual, national Open Doors, Open Knowledge campaign at universities across the country is sparking new dialogues on what we can achieve together. As the country nears its 150th birth-day, we can start setting the stage for a strong future with increased community en-gagement and shared values.
Strengthening collabora-tive e� orts – not just between universities and community organizations but also with government and industry, will make all the di� erence.
� at’s how we’ll build more resilient, creative, responsi-ble and prosperous commu-nities, from coast to coast to coast. And strong communi-ties mean a strong Canada.
Ian Bird is the President of Community Foundations of Canada.
Paul Davidson is the Presi-dent of the Association of Uni-versities and Colleges of Can-ada.
Building resilient communitiesSUBMITTEDIan Bird, Paul Davidson
Just like genera-tions before us, we hope for a
better future and are ready to do what it takes to
get there.
NOTICE TO ELECTORS OF THE CITY OF CASTLEGAR OF AN ALTERNATIVE APPROVAL PROCESS
FOR A PROPOSED EXTENSION OF BOUNDARIES
Notice is hereby given that under Section 86 (Alternative Approval Process) of the Community Charter and Section 20 of the Local Government Act, the Council of the City of Castlegar intends to petition the Minister of Community, Sport and Cultural Development
requesting an extension of the area of the municipality to include the following described
lands:
The property is currently owned by the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure. The Ministry has offered, and the City has accepted, a Right of First Refusal for this property. The City anticipates the transfer of title to this land to the City.
ALTERNATIVE APPROVAL PROCESS AND ELIGIBILITY
And Further Take Notice That the City of Castlegar may proceed with the boundary extension request unless at least ten percent of municipal electors indicate that a referendum must be held by submitting a signed Elector Response Form to Castlegar City Hall no later than 4:30 p.m. on February 3, 2014. Elector Response Forms must be in the form established by the City of Castlegar and only those persons who qualify as electors of the municipality are entitled to sign Elector Response Forms.
Boundary Extension
Portion of Highway 3 Right of Way Plan R346and
Sublot 66, District Lot 4598, Kootenay Plan X34 except (1) part included in Plan RW11, (2)
part included in Ref Plan 40016D and (3) parts included in plans 2938, 2949, 2952, 5055, 5488, 5581, 5652, 6282 and 8749
PID 016-338-847(commonly known as the “Ootischenia Pit
Lands”)
NOTICE TO ELECTORS OF THE CITY OF CASTLEGAR OF AN ALTERNATIVE APPROVAL PROCESS
FOR A PROPOSED EXTENSION OF BOUNDARIES
Notice is hereby given that under Section 86 (Alternative Approval Process) of the Community Charter and Section 20 of the Local Government Act, the Council of the City of Castlegar intends to petition the Minister of Community, Sport and Cultural Development
requesting an extension of the area of the municipality to include the following described
lands:
The property is currently owned by the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure. The Ministry has offered, and the City has accepted, a Right of First Refusal for this property. The City anticipates the transfer of title to this land to the City.
ALTERNATIVE APPROVAL PROCESS AND ELIGIBILITY
And Further Take Notice That the City of Castlegar may proceed with the boundary extension request unless at least ten percent of municipal electors indicate that a referendum must be held by submitting a signed Elector Response Form to Castlegar City Hall no later than 4:30 p.m. on February 3, 2014. Elector Response Forms must be in the form established by the City of Castlegar and only those persons who qualify as electors of the municipality are entitled to sign Elector Response Forms.
Boundary Extension
Portion of Highway 3 Right of Way Plan R346and
Sublot 66, District Lot 4598, Kootenay Plan X34 except (1) part included in Plan RW11, (2)
part included in Ref Plan 40016D and (3) parts included in plans 2938, 2949, 2952, 5055, 5488, 5581, 5652, 6282 and 8749
PID 016-338-847(commonly known as the “Ootischenia Pit
Lands”)
Notice is hereby given that under Section 86 (Alternative Approval Process) of the Commu-nity Charter and Section 20 of the Local Government Act, the Council of the City of Castlegar intends to petition the Minister of Community, Sport and Cultural Development requesting an extension of the area of the municipality to include the following described lands:
NOTICE TO ELECTORS OF THE CITY OF CASTLEGAR OF AN ALTERNATIVE APPROVAL PROCESS
FOR A PROPOSED EXTENSION OF BOUNDARIES
The property is currently owned by the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure. The Ministry has offered, and the City has accepted, a Right of First Refusal for this property. The City anticipates the transfer of title to this land to the City.
ALTERNATIVE APPROVAL PROCESS AND ELIGIBILITY
And Further Take Notice That the City of Castlegar may proceed with the boundary ex-tension request unless at least ten percent of municipal electors indicate that a referendum must be held by submitting a signed Elector Response Form to Castlegar City Hall no later than 4:30 p.m. on February 3, 2014. Elector Response Forms must be in the form estab-lished by the City of Castlegar and only those persons who qualify as electors of the munic-ipality are entitled to sign Elector Response Forms.
Resident Elector – You are entitled to submit an Elector Response Form as a resident elector if you are age 18 or older on the day of submission, are a Canadian citizen, have lived in B.C. for at least six months, and have been a resident of the City of Castlegar for the past 30 days or more.
Non-Resident Elector – You are entitled to submit an Elector Response Form as a non-res-ident property elector if you are age 18 or older on the day of submission, are a Canadian citizen, have lived in B.C. for at least six months, have owned and held registered title to a property in the City of Castlegar for the past 30 days or more, and do not qualify as a resident elector.NOTE: Only one non-resident property elector may submit an Elector Response Form per property, regardless of how many owners there may be.
If less than ten percent (609) of municipal electors submit an Elector Response Form, the boundary extension request will be deemed to have the approval of the electors and the proposal may proceed to the Minister of Community, Sport and Cultural Development for consideration. For the purpose of conducting the alternative approval opportunity, the num-ber of electors is calculated as 6,096.
Elector Response Forms are available from City Hall located at 460 Columbia Avenue, Castlegar, B.C. Phone: (250) 365-7227; E-mail: castlegar @castlegar.ca between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, except statutory holidays, or on the City’s website at www.castlegar.ca
And That this is the first of two publications of the notice in a newspaper.
Carolyn RempelDirector of Corporate ServicesCity of Castlegar
December 24: Christmas Eve Service, 7 p.m. at New Life As-sembly, 602 7th Street, Castle-gar.
ST. PeTer LUTHerAN cHUrcH cHrISTmAS SerVIceS:Sunday Services, 11:15 a.m.Christmas Eve Candlelight Ser-vice, 6 p.m., Dec.24. All chil-dren welcome to participate in the nativity scene.713-4th Street, Castlegar, BC. www.wklutheran.ca”
JAN - cASTLeGAr Sr. AcTIVITIeS AT THe cASTLeGAr cOmPLeX:
Monday 10 a.m.–darts, 1 p.m. whist
Tuesday 9:30 a.m.–floor curling/carpet bowling, 1 p.m. crafts, 7 p.m. pool.
Wednesday9:30 floor curling 10 a.m. (Jan. 15) Raspberry Hi-Coffee, 2 p.m. (Jan 8) AGM, 7 p.m. Rummoli
Thursday9 a.m. (Jan16) Zone 6 S.R. meet-ing), 9:30 a.m. floor curling, 1 p.m. bingo.
Friday 10 a.m. Qi Gong, 1 p.m. bridge/crib.
Saturday11:30 (Jan 18) Soup Day
Open weekdays 9-4 for coffee
JANUAry 7: Computer Work-shops for Seniors:
7th - Working with Photos from 9 a.m. - noon and Getting to Know Your Computer from 1-4 p.m. at the Castlegar & Dis-trict Public Library.
January 14th - UsingFacebook from 9 a.m.-noon
and Caring for your Comput-er from 1-4 p.m. at Blueberry Creek Community School Hub. Offered in partnership with Blueberry Creek Community School Hub, Castlegar & Dis-trict Public Library and Colum-bia Basin Alliance for Literacy.
Call Alana to register 250-304-6862 or email [email protected].
STArTS ON JANUAry 21: Seniors Computer Classes. Learn to set up an email account and de-velop basic email and internet search skills.
Robson Community School on Tuesdays, Jan. 21 – Mar. 11 from 9:00 – 10:30 am
To register call Alana at 250-
304-6862 or email [email protected]. Offered in partner-ship with Robson Community School and Columbia Basin Al-liance for Literacy.
STArTS ON JANUAry 22: Parent Child Mother Goose for babies 0-12 months at the Castlegar & District Public Library on Wednesdays from 10-11 a.m. (childminding available for old-er siblings) Call 250-365-6611 to register. For toddlers and pre-schoolers at Castlegar Primary School on Thursdays from10-11 a.m. starting Jan. 23rd. Call 250-304-6862 to register.
free HOT meAL AT THe SHArING DINNer POT at Cadet Hall, 8th Ave, Castlegar (two blocks from library) Tuesdays at noon.
rObSON mArKeT - 9 A.m. TO 2 P.m. SUNDAyS.
Festive items available in-clude jewelry, collectibles, art glass, vintage tools, jams and jellies, baking, hand-crafted items, yarn for your own projects, holiday decor and decorations. Home-style breakfast s 9 a.m. – 1 p.m. We will be open every Sunday up to and including Dec. 22. We are closed over Christmas and New Years and re-open on Jan. 5, 2014. Our tables are currently fully booked but if you want your name on the list in case of can-cellations, call Kathy (250) 365-3796. And as always, still look-ing for charity groups to work the kitchen for their charity.
ALL AbOUT breASTfeeDING infor-mative support group for breast-feeding moms. Neighbourhood House in Castlegar, Tuesdays, 10:30 - noon More info: 250-365-3662, www.kootenayfami-lyplace.org
TOPS GrOUP meeTS eVery weDNeSDAy 8:30 a.m.-10 a.m. at Kinnaird Hall, 2320 Columbia Ave. Round table discussion. Get motivated to eat healthy and lose weight. Monthly fee $10. More info call 365-7956.
cASTLeGAr A.A. meeTINGS AT THe PIONeer AreNA Sun. at 10 a.m. (phone Mike at 399-4417); Tues. at 7 p.m. (phone Dennis at 365-2738); Wednesday at 7 p.m., (phone Fay at 250-687-0484.
Thurs. at 8 p.m. (phone Jim at 365-6216) and Sat. at 8 p.m (phone Len at 365-7805).
AL-ANON meeTS eVery mONDAy NIGHT for people whose lives have been affected by someone else’s drinking. Mondays 8 p.m. to 9 p.m. at 2224 6th Ave. (Koo-tenay Society for Community Living building.) More info call Donna 250-365-3168 or Eileen 250-365-3674.
TOASTmASTerS meeTINGS Lo-cal Toastmasters club Sentinel Speakers, 7 - 9 p.m. at the Fire-side Inn, 1st and 3rd Wednes-days of the month. Learn speak-ing skills, gain confidence and have fun! Guests welcome. More info call Diane Cushing at 250-365-8336.
OPerATION feAST All invited for home-cooked meals Thursdays at New Life Assembly Church, 602 - 7th Street. Doors open at 4 p.m, dinner served until 5:30 p.m. Entrance to dining area at back of Church. More info: Car-ol at 365-5734.
free POOL - eVeryONe weLcOme Every Saturday at the Royal Ca-nadian Legion, 248 Columbia Ave. Bring friends and have an afternoon of fun.
frIDAy yOUTH PrOGrAm at Blueberry Creek Communi-ty School. Fun, safe night for a movie, games/sports/hanging out. Grades K - 5, 6:30 - 8 p.m. and grades 6 up, 8 - 10 p.m. See B.C.C.S. facebook page for more info or phone 250-365-7201.
UScc cULTUrAL INTerPreTIVe SOcIeTy meets Monday and Wednesday, 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. at the Doukhobor Arts and Crafts Centre, 820 Markova Rd., beside the Brilliant Cultural Centre.
ADVOcATe IN cASTLeGAr ON THUrSDAyS Questions about wel-fare, disability benefits, tenancy or family law? The Advocacy Centre is in Castlegar Thursdays from 9:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. at
Castlegar and District Commu-nity Services, 1007 2nd Street. Call 250-608-0589 or 1-877-352-5777.
mOm’S SUPPOrT GrOUP All moms welcome to this loosely struc-tured group supporting chal-lenges of being a mom. No re-ferral required. More info: Sandi McCreight 250-365-2104 ext. 34
free AND cONfIDeNTIAL cOUNSeL-LING for problem gambling; Cas-tlegar Community Services Call 250-608-2254.
ScrAbbLe cLUb 2nd Wed. of the month, Castlegar Public Library. 6:30 – 8 p.m. All levels welcome! For info call Alana at 304-6862. Offered by the Columbia Basin Alliance for Literacy.
bAcK TO ScHOOL wITH bAby PrO-GrAm free for parents to upgrade Math, English and/or study skills with an instructor from Selkirk College. Kootenay Family Place , Mon. & Wed. from 1 - 3 p.m. Childcare and snacks provided.
More info call Alana at 304-6862.
New TO cANADA? Settlement services provides eligible newcomers with information about community services or preparing for citizenship. Call 250-687-4714 or email [email protected].
LeGION meAT DrAwS Satur-days Royal Canadian Legion Castlegar/Robson Branch #170, 248 Columbia Avenue, 4-6 p.m. Guests welcome and
must be signed in by a member.
w.K. yOGA fOr mS SUPPOrT GrOUP. Mondays, 1:30 - 3 p.m., Castlegar Library, lower lev-el. Free. Sponsored by WK MS Society for its members/care providers. Call Lonnie Facchina 1-866-352-3997 or email info@[email protected] or Janice Ferraro, at 250-365-5428, email [email protected]
PAreNT cHILD mOTHer GOOSe for babies 0-12 months at the Cas-tlegar & District Public Library on Wednesdays from 10 - 11 a.m. until Nov. 20. (childmind-ing available for older siblings) Call 250-365-6611. Toddlers and preschoolers at Castlegar Primary School Thurs. from 10 - 11 a.m. until Nov. 28. To regis-ter call 250-304-6862.
eNGLISH AS A SecOND LANGUAGe PrOGrAmS Classes for adults, Conversation Club, Family Drop-in for families with young children, 1 to 1 tutoring. Free. More info call Alana at 250-304-6862.
ST. DAVID’S AND THe UNITeD cHUrcH THrIfT SHOP open Satur-days, 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. also Mon & Fri, and Tues-Wed-Thurs 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. Clothing, house-hold items, bedding, linen, books, etc. at 605 Columbia Ave. under the Motor Vehicle Office. Christmas items avail. after Nov. 11. Clean, good cond. items ac-cepted (no furniture, TVs, large items).
fAmILIeS cOOKING TOGeTHer. Register for free program where families have fun preparing, cooking and eating dinner to-gether. Third Wed. of the month (Nov-Mar) at Kootenay Family Place from 5 to 7 p.m. To regis-ter, call 1-877-258-4133 or email [email protected].
LOVe TO SING? Come out to Rob-son Community School and sing with the Robson Choir. Wednesdays, 6:30 p.m. More info: Jeannie at 250-365-2901.
ONGOING: KPKIDS is a free pro-gram for kids in Kindergarten to Gr. 4 Wednesday from 6:30-8 p.m. at Kinnaird Park Commu-nity Church (behind Kinnaird Park). We also offer a program for youth Gr. 5 - 7 called KPJY at the same time and location. Registration upon arrival, drop in’s welcome!
SPecIAL OLymPIcS cASTLeGAr bOTTLe bLITZ An easy way to help Castlegar Special Olympics athletes and your environment. Donations accepted at 2908 Co-lumbia Ave in Castlegar. Look for big blue sign.
bLUeberry bOTTLe DePOT Please donate refundable bottles & cans to Blueberry Creek Community School Hub at 200 Centre Ave. in Blueberry Creek. All pro-ceeds benefit kids’ playground and school.
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The Trans Cana-da Trail Foundation plans to close gaps in the cross-country cor-ridor in time for Can-ada’s 150th birthday in 2017 — including significant portions through the Koote-nays.
Jim Bishop, a di-rector and former chair of the founda-tion, who was raised in Rossland and Trail, told the Regional Dis-trict of Central Koo-
tenay last week they are still trying to fig-ure out where the trail should go.
“Some key de-cisions have to be made, not within the confines of just this regional district but others on the east and west,” he said. “So it’s important to work in tandem and put the trail where locals want it.”
Bishop explained about 17,000 kilo-metres of the trail is useable, leaving an-other 6,000 km to be
completed. In BC, about 750 km remains outstanding, mostly in the Kootenays, in-cluding the stretch be-tween Castlegar and Nelson. One alterna-tive is to go via Salmo, and the other along the Kootenay River.
Other question marks include where and how the trail will cross Kootenay Lake — Bishop said it may involve a designated boat launch — and whether it will con-nect the East and West Kootenays via
the Gray Creek Pass, as proposed.
“I can’t speak on be-half of the East Koo-tenay people because they’re wrestling with it,” Bishop said. “But it will be solved. We’re hell bent on being connected by 2017.”
He added the foun-dation is trying to raise $150 million to finish the entire trail — half public money and half private — of which about $90 mil-lion would be for ac-tual construction, $30 million for ongoing
maintenance, and an-other $30 million for publicity and other purposes.
Some gaps may be bridged by designat-ing existing trails part of the Trans Canada Trail and improv-ing them rather than building new ones.
Bishop asked the regional district board to appoint a represen-
tative to serve on a committee to discuss the trail’s route.
“We’re trying to build enthusiasm to make this an icon-ic project,” he said, noting it will be the world’s longest recre-ational trail, and one of the largest volun-teer operations ever undertaken, involving over 400 groups.
2017 also marks the 25th anniversary of the Trans-Canada Trail’s establishment.
Several existing lo-cal trails are already part of the network, including the Colum-bia and Western rail trail between Midway and Castlegar and the Great Northern rail trail between Salmo and Nelson.
Trails group spokesperson pledges to fill Kootenay gapsgreg NesteroffNelson Star
Trans-Canada Trail Foundation director Jim Bishop addressed the Re-gional District of Central Kootenay last week. He says some key local routing decisions have to be made soon to complete the cross-country network by 2017. Submitted
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Community/Health
With increasing numbers of Canadi-ans living with seri-ous chronic illnesses, health care experts are looking for ways to make life easier for them and their care-givers.
Now, UBC re-searchers are team-ing up with students and faculty from Selkirk College for a six-month study, which will teach stu-dents how to ease the burden of living with chronic illness for people who are ill and also for their family members. � e research is funded by the BC Nursing Re-search Initiative of the Michael Smith Foun-dation for Health Re-search.
� e project is fo-cused on the Koote-nays and will become a clinical practice site for Selkirk’s health care assistant stu-dents and its third-year nursing students, explains UBC As-soc. Prof. Barb Pesut, principal investigator of the study.
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Even in practice there may be little interaction between levels of care. Educat-ing nurses and care providers together will lead to better teamwork, higher job satisfaction, and ulti-mately to better qual-ity care.”
Pesut says research-ers are looking for
individuals around Nelson, who live with serious chronic ill-ness and who would like to receive home visits from nursing and health care as-sistant students. � e students will be su-pervised by Tammy McLean, Selkirk’s nursing instructor and co-lead for the study.
McLean says the research project is an example of how stu-dents and those liv-ing with chronic ill-ness can bene� t from working together.
“� is is a very ex-citing opportunity on
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McLean is excited that UBC has part-nered with Selkirk, saying it’s important for people in the Koo-tenays to also be in-volved in high-calibre research projects.
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Selkirk College teams with UBC to help those with chronic illnessSUBMITTED
Selkirk College nursing instructor Tammy Mc-Lean will co-lead a six-month study with UBC researchers on care for those with a chronic, long-term illness and their families. Submitted
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For many the holiday sea-son means a time to enjoy good company and good food. As we spread the joy of the season we need to be ex-tra careful to not spread food-borne illness causing bacteria. These simple food safety tips will help you prepare a safe and tasty holiday meal:
Store and thaw safely: Keep fresh turkey refrigerated no longer than three days before cooking. There are three ways to thaw frozen turkey in its wrapper:
• Under cold running water (one hour per pound)
• In a clean sink full of cold water, changing the water ev-ery couple of hours
• In the fridge (five hours per pound)
• Thawing poultry at room temperature is not recom-mended because it allows harmful bacteria to grow.
• Keep other items, espe-cially those with meat, sea-food, dairy, eggs or other moist, protein-rich foods chilled until served.
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Avoid cross contamination: Store raw meat away from food that is ready-to-eat, in-cluding fruit and vegetables (and be sure to wash these thoroughly before serving). Turkeys should be wrapped well and stored on the lowest shelf of your fridge or in the meat keeper to keep blood and juices from contaminat-ing other food.
Ensure only clean utensils and cutting boards are used. Use a separate cutting board to prepare raw meat. Wash hands after handling any raw foods and minimize hand contact during final prepara-tion steps.
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Refrigerate: Chill food immediately after returning from the store and soon after dinner is complete. Perishable food should be placed in the refrigerator within two hours of being removed from the oven.
Refrigerate at 40°F (4°C) or in a freezer at 0°F (-18 °C). Health Canada recommends refrigerating leftovers for no more then two to three days. Put them in the freezer in or-der to keep them longer.
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A14 www.castlegarnews.com Thursday, December 26, 2013 Castlegar News
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The Castlegar Bantam House squad was in Kallispell, Montana on the weekend for an outdoor tourney. They placed second overall. They downed an Okotoks, AB group 11-2, went 7-2 over the Flathead Flames, 8-1 over a Chestermere, AB team setting the stage for a final in which they came up on the short end of a 5-1 score to a Warner outfit.
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It was a a rough and tumble game at the Castlegar Com-plex December 19 with rivals the Nelson Leafs guests of the Castlegar Rebels in the first of a double header over two days at two arenas. Although the final score was 6-2 in favour of the Leafs, the Rebels came from behind in terms of shots on net to be almost tied with the Leafs. Where the Castle-gar Rebels came out on top was in the intense fighting that took place. If Nelson thought it would be easy to break the Rebels, they were surely wrong! The Rebels proved that they are one tough team.
The Leafs scored twice in the first period with goals by Brandon Sookro (Travis Wellman, Aaron Dunlop) and Travis Wellman (Bran-don Sookro, Daniel St.Pierre) before the first goal by Rebel Chase Reddin with 8:37 left in the period. Castlegar was making things harder for itself by having four minor penalties versus Nelson’s one penalty for the first period. In the second, however, the Leafs managed to out-do the Rebels in both penalties and goals, scoring three – by Troy Petrich (Rob-son Cramer, Carson Willans), Robson Cramer (Travis Well-man) and Wellman (Nick Tre-fry, Alec Wilkinson).
By the end of the second the score was 5-1 in favour of the Leafs. The game was steaming up in intensity. There
were eight penalties in the sec-ond period including slash-ing, tripping, head contact, cross-checking and unsports-manlike conduct.
But things got decidedly worse in total penalties during the third. There were 24 infrac-tions including six for fighting and six game misconducts. At times the game seemed more like a mixed martial arts duel with the Rebels definitely causing the Leafs some pain.
The Rebels had pulled their starting lineup goalie Nate Rabbit in favour of Patrick Zubick who skated into a dire situation with the Leafs up 5-1 by the start of the third period. He succeeded in only allowing one goal by Leaf Nolan Per-cival as the Rebels started to finally be the controllers of the game. But with only one goal scored by the Rebels – Matt Reed (Aaron Brewer, Connor Beauchemin) in the last peri-od it was too late for a come-back win.
At times with so many players in the penalty box or in the dressing rooms hav-ing taken their skates off early, the ice was bar-ren with com-petitors and seemed more like a pick-up game of road hockey.
Some of the fighting in the third was so in-
tense that officials had to stand back waiting for a chance to separate players. The best was the last quarrel with only 3:22 left in the game between Reb-els’ Diego Bartlett and much taller Leafs Brandon Sookro who had to suffer from some beautifully placed right hooks to the head from the smaller Diego Bartlett.
Interviewed after the game Bartlett commented, “There is a big rivalry between these two teams, and tempers flared... we are going come out tomorrow strong.” Interviewed after the game Leafs coach Frank Maida commented, “We played hard, we came in with our game plan, and stuck to it.” Asked about the fighting he replied, “Unfortunate that it happened but we move forward.”
Third place in their division the Castlegar Rebels would face off for the re-match against first place Nelson on December 20 in Nelson.
SportsKnuckles work overtime in Leafs’ win Derek kayeCastlegar News contributor
Rebel Diego Bartlett (L) and Nelson’s Brandon Sookro exchange unpleasantries at Castlegar Complex. Derek Kaye
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George Bondaroff was born in Langham, Saskatchewan to Fred
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parents and three siblings to the Slocan Valley when he was
4 years old.George attended UBC from
1959-1963 and graduated with a Degree in Engineering. On November 23 1963, George married Laverne Gleboff , also of Castlegar, and began their married life in Montreal where George worked for RCA from 1963-1965. A talented engineer he helped in launching one of Canada’s fi rst communications satellites. In 1966, George and Laverne moved back to Castlegar where they had two children and owned and operated GLS Electronics until 1984. During this time, George had many interests. He obtained his pilot’s license and fl ew his own Cessna, he was a Castlegar Alderman and ran for Mayor in 1975. In 1985, George moved to Merritt BC and later Smithers BC where he worked for the Department of Highways and the Forestry Department respectively until his retirement in 1995.George loved the Slocan Valley and in 2002, moved to the valley with Susan King. Th ere they renovated a heritage home and ran ‘Th e Swan House’, a very successful B&B. Th ey retired to the small community of Chase BC in 2008. Susan King passed away on September 18, 2013 after a lengthy battle with Cancer. George had been her primary care giver and followed a short time later.George is survived by his son Sean Bondaroff , daughter Tracey Begg (Jeff ) grand children Seth, Parker, Shara, Morgan, and Ashton and his three siblings Ruby, Verna and Howard. He was a well loved father, brother and grandfather and will be missed by all. At his request he has been cremated no service will be held.Condolences to the family can be emailed to [email protected].
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Honda’s contemporary on a dying breed2014 Honda Accord Coupe V6
It’s fascinating to watch trends in the auto industry play out over time. Some changes happen quickly, with one manufacturer coming out with a feature, then the rest of the industry following suit. Backup cameras would be a good example of this. Other trends are much slower, changing because of demographic fluctuations. One example of a slow-moving trend is the two-door coupe falling out of favour and its replacement by sedans and crossovers. This trend is greatly affected by baby boomers getting older and buying more for practical reason, rather than styling. In the 1980s, and even the beginning of the 90s, there were plenty of coupes to choose from and they sold well. But where are the Honda Prelude, Toyota Celica, Pontiac Sunfire and Ford Probe coupes? Now gone and many not re-placed with newer models. I’m thrilled to report that there are a few coupes still available and one that is worthy of consideration is this new 2014 Honda Accord Coupe V6.
Looks The Accord Coupe is based on the all-new Accord sedan that has been selling very well for Honda. In fact, it won the Canadian Car of the Year this year as decided by the Automobile Journalist Association of Canada. Honda has done a good job of updating this big coupe with a more modern twist. Sold in three configurations from the base EX to the EX-L Navi (L stand for leather and navi is self-explanatory),
which are both 4-cylinder equipped models. The top trim is the EX-L Navi with V6. This top trim level is the model seen here: it comes with LED projector head-lamps, 18-inch wheels and duel chrome exhaust tips. The 4-cylinder equipped models come with halogen headlamps and 17-inch alloy wheels. The coupe starts at $26,400, a $2,500 premium over the regular sedan but when the sedan is equipped with alloy wheels, the price is almost identical. The EX-L is $30,100 for the leather and navi and the V6 premium is $35,500. Not an inexpensive car but most are very well equipped.
Inside It’s a big and comfortable coupe. The back seat is actually usable for adults and the front seats are very comfortable. The trunk is huge and the back seat folds for extra long items but the seats do not split and fold, plus the opening to the back seat is small. Standard feature on all Accord models is a backup camera and heated seats. Honda, in my opinion, has raised the bar in the mid-sized category and produced the nicest dash I have seen in this class. There are two screens in the centre console, one for the navigation unit and the other for the radio. They are framed in beautiful, high quality satin metal, chrome and soft touch materials. One area that could be improved is the
way the radio stores and retrieves pre-set radio stations. It took a long time to set the stereo up and having to go back and forth between different screens is not that intuitive. The rest of the dash is large, with big cup holder and plenty of storage areas. The steering wheel buttons and heat controls on the dash use first rate switches and they are placed with precision.
Drive Another trend that Honda is bucking, with this Accord Coupe, is the inclusion of a 6-speed manual transmission and V6 engine. The latest movement is to turbo or super-charged 4-cylinder engines to replace V6 power plants and duel clutch automatic transmission in favour of a manual. I’m glad that Honda still offers this layout; it shows they are serious about being a true enthusiast’s car company. Granted, most buyers will get the very good 6-speed automatic transmission with the 3.5L V6, but with 278hp and 252 lb.-ft. of torque it will be a very lively car in either configuration. The manual is a joy to use and it is like a throwback to drive a V6 equipped manual car. The 4-cylin-der models have 185hp from a direct injection 2.4L engine and either a manu-al transmission or continuously variable transmission (CVT) for added fuel sav-ings. The CVT is capable of 7.8L/100km in the city and 5.7L on the highway. The
V6 uses more at 10.0L/100km in the city and 6.1L on the highway.
Verdict When I started reviewing cars back in the early 1990s, cars like this were common: a mid-sized sedan with a V6 engine and a manual transmission. I can clearly remember driving a Toyota Camry, Nissan Maxima and Accord equipped this way. While most compa-nies are moving away from this design, Honda is sticking with it for now. Soon Honda will have smaller turbo-charged 4-cylinder engines available and this big coupe might too be fitted with something more efficient. If you like the idea of a smart looking car that is well equipped and powerful, you might want to move on an Accord Coupe V6 before it follows the latest trend.
The Lowdown
Power: 2.4L 4-cylinder with 185hp or 3.5L V6 with 278hpFill-up: 7.8L/5.7L/100km (city/highway 4-cylinder) Sticker price: $26,400-$35,500
‘‘ If you like the idea of a smart looking car that is well equipped and powerful, you might want to move on an Accord Coupe.’’Zack Spencer
Visit the Honda Accord Coupe photo gallery at drivewayBC.ca
There are a few coupes still available and one that is worthy of consideration is this new 2014
Honda Accord Coupe V6.Zack Spencer
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Brown Leather Sofa & LoveseatReg. $1,399.95MD: 9029
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Simmons Beauty Rest Queen Set
Sharp 70” LED TVLC70LE55OU
Brown Power Lift Recliner ChairReg. $899
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MON23
TUES24
WED25
THUR26
FRI27
SAT28
11-4 9-6 9-3 CLOSED 9-6 9-6 9-5:30
Queen Adjustable Bed with 10” memory Foam MattressReg. $1,999.95
Black Leather Recliner Sofa & LoveseatReg. $1,949.95 $89995
pair$64995
Topload Washer & DryerReg. $999.95/pair
$129995
Dishwasheryour choice of Black, White or Stainless Steel
$478
4 Door French Door Fridgewith ice and water dispenser
33 or 36” Width
$1998
GREATPRICE!
Steam Washer & Steam DryerReg. $1,999.95/pair
pair$129995
Bedroom Suite (Queen Size)Reg. $1,999.95/pairMD: 8032
$119995
TUOWOLBBOXINGWEEK Everything in
stock on sale!
DECEMBER22 - 28
10th
Str
eet
10th Avenue
CityFurniture& Appliances Ltd.
1160 10th Ave. Salmon Arm • 250-832-9770
We don’t sell... We help you buy!
Brown Leather Sofa & LoveseatReg. $1,399.95MD: 9029
LG 20 cu. ft. French Door FridgeMD#LFC20786STReg. $169995
Simmons Beauty Rest Queen Set
Sharp 70” LED TVLC70LE55OU
Brown Power Lift Recliner ChairReg. $899
LG Front Load Washer Dryer PairWM3050 + DLE 3050
Washer 4.0 Cu FtDryer 7.3 Cu Ft
Toshiba 39” LED TV1080P
Toshiba 65” LED TVTop of the LineReg. $2,699.95MD65L7350
Sharp 80” LED TVLC80LE632U
EQ3 All in stockproducts
NatuzziFurnitureall...
Samsung 46” LED TVUN 46EH5000
$799/Set
$1099
$899/Set$1988
$599
$1299
$399
$1999$3599
20 20
$499
%OFF
%OFF
SALE HOURSD E C E M B E R
SUN22
MON23
TUES24
WED25
THUR26
FRI27
SAT28
11-4 9-6 9-3 CLOSED 9-6 9-6 9-5:30
Queen Adjustable Bed with 10” memory Foam MattressReg. $1,999.95
Black Leather Recliner Sofa & LoveseatReg. $1,949.95 $89995
pair$64995
Topload Washer & DryerReg. $999.95/pair
$129995
Dishwasheryour choice of Black, White or Stainless Steel
$478
4 Door French Door Fridgewith ice and water dispenser
33 or 36” Width
$1998
GREATPRICE!
Steam Washer & Steam DryerReg. $1,999.95/pair
pair$129995
Bedroom Suite (Queen Size)Reg. $1,999.95/pairMD: 8032
$119995
Everything in
stock on sale!
Reg. $1699.00
Reg. $2499.00
$1699pair
$1699