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The Sicamous chamber would like to see one of the community’s most popular summer events held later in the season, or doubled down. Recently, the chamber’s new executive director Mi- chelle Wolff presented Si- camous council with some- thing of a wish list, the top item relating to the annual Canada Day fireworks display. Due to last summer’s flood- ing, the fireworks display was moved to the August B.C. Day long weekend. Wolff asked that the district consider either moving the fireworks show permanently to August, or else have fireworks shows for both occasions. By having fireworks in August, Wolff said the community could look at hosting a much larger event, even resurrecting Moose Mouse days. “Moose Mouse Days has been gone for, I think, 15-plus years, and numerous business- es in the communities say they still get requests for Moose Mouse souvenirs,” said Wolff. The chamber surveyed its members about the idea of moving the fireworks to Au- gust, and of the 30 per cent who responded, 70 per cent were in favour, 27 per cent asked to keep them on Canada Day, while six per cent asked that a plan be worked out to offer fireworks on both week- ends. Weighing the pros and cons of the move, Wolff noted the EAGLE VALLEY NEWS Wednesday, April 10, 2013 Vol. 55 No. 15 Sicamous, B.C., • 1.25 (HST included) www.eaglevalleynews.com PM40008236 Seized Malakwa residence back on the market Page 3 Students move up a notch in belt testing Page 8 Snowmobile thefts yet to be curbed Word of mouth wasn’t a good thing for the Si- camous RCMP when it came to curbing snowmo- bile theft last winter. Upon asking Sicamous council to consider what their list of policing priorities will be for 2013, Si- camous RCMP Sgt. Dave Dubnyk received a tip from Coun. Greg Kyllo as to what one priority will likely be when he raised the ongoing issue of snow- mobile and trailer thefts in the community. “We’re trying to build up our snowmobiling business and when a guy shows up for the weekend and has his sled stolen, that story spreads really quickly, and it’s brought in a real nega- tive view of snowmobil- ing in Sicamous,” said Kyllo, asking if there was something police could do about this. “Absolutely,” replied the community’s rela- tively new RCMP de- tachment commander, going on to explain this is the first time he’s lived and worked in such an snowmobiling mecca and has actually been confronted by this issue. Dubnyk went on to say that he’s already met with the mayor and discussed some initiatives from an enforcement perspective, as well as what the dis- trict and resort owners might be able to do. “I can tell you that over the winter we did, for a while, try the bait sled here,” said Dubnyk. “It wasn’t overly successful. Other than in saying when the word had got out it was in town, we didn’t have any thefts during that time… “There are some initiatives we can try and I’m glad to explore those, and we can certainly make it one of our priorities.” Kyllo had another question for the sergeant re- lating to pub patrons possibly being targeted by Bait sled: No one takes the bait during winter policing initiative. By Lachlan Labere Eagle Valley News See Sergeant says on page 2 There are initia- tives we can try… and we can certainly make it one of our priorities. Sgt. Dave Dubnyk Sicamous RCMP Chamber asks to shift fireworks to August By Lachlan Labere Eagle Valley News See Interest on page 3 More bang: Councillors are favourable to Sicamous hosting two fireworks events. File photo Cool riders: Morgan Kerr and Netanyel Quessy enjoy a break in the wet weather by riding their bikes at the Sicamous skate park. Photo by James Murray

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The Sicamous chamber would like to see one of the community’s most popular summer events held later in the season, or doubled down.

Recently, the chamber’s new executive director Mi-chelle Wolff presented Si-camous council with some-thing of a wish list, the top item relating to the annual Canada Day � reworks display.

Due to last summer’s � ood-ing, the � reworks display was moved to the August B.C. Day long weekend.

Wolff asked that the district consider either moving the � reworks show permanently to August, or else have � reworks shows for both occasions. By having � reworks in August,

Wolff said the community could look at hosting a much larger event, even resurrecting Moose Mouse days.

“Moose Mouse Days has been gone for, I think, 15-plus years, and numerous business-es in the communities say they still get requests for Moose Mouse souvenirs,” said Wolff.

The chamber surveyed its members about the idea of moving the � reworks to Au-gust, and of the 30 per cent who responded, 70 per cent were in favour, 27 per cent asked to keep them on Canada Day, while six per cent asked that a plan be worked out to offer � reworks on both week-ends.

Weighing the pros and cons of the move, Wolff noted the

EAGLE VALLEY

NEWS Wednesday, April 10, 2013

Vol. 55 No. 15 Sicamous, B.C., • 1.25 (HST included) • www.eaglevalleynews.comPM40008236

Seized Malakwa residence back on the market

Page 3

Students move up a notch in

belt testing Page 8

Snowmobile thefts yet to be curbed

Word of mouth wasn’t a good thing for the Si-camous RCMP when it came to curbing snowmo-bile theft last winter.

Upon asking Sicamous council to consider what their list of policing priorities will be for 2013, Si-camous RCMP Sgt. Dave Dubnyk received a tip from Coun. Greg Kyllo as to what one priority will likely be when he raised the ongoing issue of snow-mobile and trailer thefts in the community.

“We’re trying to build up our snowmobiling business and when a guy shows up for the weekend and has his sled stolen, that story spreads really quickly, and it’s brought in a real nega-tive view of snowmobil-ing in Sicamous,” said Kyllo, asking if there was something police could do about this.

“Absolutely,” replied the community’s rela-tively new RCMP de-tachment commander, going on to explain this is the � rst time he’s lived and worked in such an snowmobiling mecca and has actually been confronted by this issue. Dubnyk went on to say that he’s already met with the mayor and discussed some initiatives from an enforcement perspective, as well as what the dis-trict and resort owners might be able to do.

“I can tell you that over the winter we did, for a while, try the bait sled here,” said Dubnyk. “It wasn’t overly successful. Other than in saying when the word had got out it was in town, we didn’t have any thefts during that time…

“There are some initiatives we can try and I’m glad to explore those, and we can certainly make it one of our priorities.”

Kyllo had another question for the sergeant re-lating to pub patrons possibly being targeted by

Bait sled: No one takes the bait during winter policing initiative. By Lachlan LabereEagle Valley News

See Sergeant says on page 2

guy shows up for the weekend and has his sled stolen, that story spreads really quickly, and it’s brought in a real nega-tive view of snowmobil-ing in Sicamous,” said Kyllo, asking if there was something police

“Absolutely,” replied the community’s rela-tively new RCMP de-tachment commander, going on to explain this is the � rst time he’s lived and worked in such an

There are initia-tives we can try… and we can certainly make it one of our priorities.

Sgt. Dave DubnykSicamous RCMP

Chamber asks to shift fireworks to AugustBy Lachlan LabereEagle Valley News

See Interest on page 3More bang: Councillors are favourable to Sicamous hosting two fireworks events. File photo

Cool riders: Morgan Kerr and Netanyel Quessy enjoy a break in the wet weather by riding their bikes at the Sicamous skate park.Photo by James Murray

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CALENDAROF EVENTS

This is a FREE listing of community events for not-for-profit organizations and paid advertisers.

DEADLINE: 2pm, Fridays

Every 1st & 3rd Tuesday- Sicamous Lions Club meets at the Sicamous Seniors Activity Centre, 1090 Shuswap Ave, Sicamous. Doors open at 6:30 pm. Meeting starts at 7:00 pm. Everyone Welcome. For info contact Joan at 250-836-4876 or Kathy at 250-836-3267

Every 1st & 3rd Wed.- Parkinsons Support Group at First united Church. 20 - 4th Street SE, Salmon Arm at 10 am. Contact Doreen at 250-836-2509.

Every 1st & 3rd Wed. Eagle Valley Photography Club Everyone welcome. 7 pm at the Red Barn.

Every 4th Mon.- Royal Canadian Legion Br. #99 general meeting, 7 p.m.

Every Monday and Thursday -Chairbiotics (low impact exercise) Seniors activity Centre 10:00 am. Join us. $2 each.

Every Mon. & Fri. - Bridge, Seniors Activity Centre, 1 p.m.

Every Tues. Stopping the Violence Program in Sicamous - counselling for women who have experienced abuse during childhood or adult relationships. No

charge. Call Kathy at 250-832-9700.

Every Tues. - Sicamous Amateur Drama Club rehearsals, 7:00 p.m., Red Barn Arts Centre. 836-4705.

Tues. & Thurs. - Carpet Bowling at the Seniors’ Activity Centre at 1 p.m.

Every Tues. & Thurs. - Seniors Meals provided, 12 noon in Common Room at the Haven.

Every Wed. Wednesday Arts for Everyone. 10 am - 3 pm. For info contact Juanita at 250-836-3019 or Gail- at 250-836-5472

Every Wed. Girl Guides of Canada. Sparks - 3:00 pm. Brownies - 4:00 pm. Girl Guides - 5:30 pm. New members welcome

Every Wed. Lunch by a donation at the Seniors Activity Centre, 1091-Shuswap Avenue at 12 noon.

Every Wed. - Seniors Crib, 7:30 p.m., Haven seniors building. Everyone welcome - you don’t have to be a senior. Socializing and coffee served after crib. Info: Esther 836-4373.

Every Wed. - T.O.P.S. (Take off Pounds

Sensibly) meets every Wednesday morning at the Sicamous Rec. Centre (arena). Weigh in at 9:00 am and meeting at 9:30. Everyone Welcome. Ph: 250-836-4041 for info

Every Wed.-Sat. United Church Thrift Store 10:00 am to 3 p.m.

Every Thurs. - Sicamous Crokinole Group meets at 7pm at the Sicamous & District Recreation Centre - upstairs for more info and to join call Dave Reed @ 250-836-3652

Every Thurs.-Ladies shuffleboard at the Royal Canadian Legion Branch #99 in Sicamous. 1pm-3pm. All ladies welcome.

Every Thurs.- Crib and darts 7 pm at the Royal Canadian Legion Branch #99. Everyone welcome.

Every 1st, 3rd, 4th Thurs. - Keepsake Kwilters meet at the Haven Common room 1095 Shuswap Avenue at 7:00 p.m. For info call 250-836-2695.

Every 2nd and 4th Thurs. Options For Sexual health from 7 to 9 p.m., Sicamous Health Unit.

Every 3rd Thursday monthly meeting of the Malakwa Community Association at 7:30 in the Malakwa Hall.

Every Fri. - Parents & Tots, 10-12 noon at Catholic Church. 836-3440.

Every Fri. - Eagle Valley Brush & Palette Club meets at the Red Barn, 10am-3pm, Everyone welcome! For info call Esther 250-836-4373 or Amy 250-836-4756. www.eaglevalleybrushandpaletteclub.com

Every 1st & 3rd Fri. - Pool Tournament at the Royal Canadian Legion #99 at 7:00 pm.

Every 4th Sun. - OAPO Birthday Tea for members & friends, Seniors Activity Centre, 2 p.m.

Last Saturday of every month -Sicamous Royal Canadian Legion #99 Ladies Auxilliary dinner 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm

FREEFax your events to: 250-836-2661or visit us at Parkland Mall, Sicamous

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On March 26, at 1:28 p.m., Sicamous RCMP received a report of he-licopters flying low over a local residence. Police learned the aircraft were being used to shuttle he-li-skiers. The company was contacted and po-lice were assured there would be no further problems.

• March 25, 4:31 p.m., report of threats.

• March 25, 2:47 p.m., subpoena received from Salmon Arm de-tachment for service on witness living in Si-camous area.

• March 25, 3:02 p.m. subpoena received from Halifax to serve on witness in the area.

• March 25, 5:01 p.m., white and blue tractor-trailer unit with B.C. plates tailgating and passing unsafely.

• March 25, 6:18 p.m., report of an over-due traveller. As police began to make inquires, they received a call in-dicating the subject had returned home.

• March 25, 8:25 p.m., report of missing person. The subject had left for Kelowna a few days prior and had since been located.

• March 26, 7:20

a.m., a grey Ford F350 crew cab with Alberta plates and two SkiDoo Summit sleds on a trail-er were stolen sometime overnight from Rauma Crescent residence.

• March 26, 10:17 p.m., report of suspi-cious driver in a red Jeep travelling through the Mara Lake area. The ve-hicle had no tail lights, its headlights were on high and its signals were going off and on. Police were unable to locate the vehicle.

• March 27, 11:44 a.m., abandoned 911 call.

• March, 28, 10:07 a.m., a semi tractor-trailer was seen driving with smoke coming from the rear tires. A second caller reported the rear axles were on fire and the driver was trying to extinguish the blaze. When officers found the vehicle there was no fire, but lots of smoke. The driver was able to fix the problem and carry on his way.

• March 28, 11:01 a.m., a Budget cube van was speeding and pass-ing on double solids on Highway 97A.

• March 28, 4:13 p.m., request from an-

other RCMP detach-ment to notify local person of death in the family.

• March 29, 12:53 p.m., request for police to deal with a neigh-bourhood dispute.

• March 29, 4:05 p.m., report of trans-port-trailer unit that lost a wheel. The vehicle was heading back on highway, and the com-plainant didn’t feel it was safe.

• March 29, 4:40 p.m., police assist BC Ambulance paramedic with a subject pinned under vehicle while try-ing to change a tire.

• March 30, 2:53 p.m., report of loud par-ty on Green Road

• March 31, 2:32 a.m., officers asked to assist fire department with report of a fire in a rooms at a local hotel. Police say a microwave malfunctioned and started small fire in the room. The blaze was extinguished, with no injuries.

• March 31, 3:46 p.m., a grey Ford Focus with B.C. plates passing unsafely, driving exces-sive speeds.

• March 31, 5:16 p.m., semi tractor-trailer

unit with a silver trailer witnessed speeding, and having difficulty stay-ing in the lane while en route to Salmon Arm.

• March 31, 8:15 p.m., report of intoxi-cated man lying on the sidewalk outside of a business. Police re-moved the individual.

• April 1, 9:50 a.m., vehicle stopped for driving 158 kilometres an hour in 100-km zone. The driver was charged for excessive speed, and the vehicle with Alberta plates was impounded for seven days.

• April. 1, 12:48 p.m, report of a red BMW with Alberta plates hav-ing difficulty staying in the lane and passing on double solids.

• April 3:54 p.m., request by BC Ambu-lance to assist with a patient.

• April 2 10:21 a.m., theft of a 15-HP Honda boat motor, stolen from a Cambie Solsqua Road residence.

• April 2, 3:38 p.m., report of possible road rage, vehicles with Al-berta and B.C. plates chasing each other, passing on double sol-ids. The vehicles were not located by police.

• April 2, 4:07 p.m., a white logging truck eastbound on High-way 1, almost caused a head-on collision with complainant.

• April 2, 6:10 p.m., report of aggressive dog on Cherry Avenue area, chasing cars and charg-ing at people.

• April 4, 8:56 a.m., report of landlord-ten-ant dispute. Police as-sist,

• April 4, 6:07 p.m., report of driver-side mirror clipped by truck going by in the opposite direction .

• April 4, 6:26 p.m., report of harassment.

• April 6, 5:11 p.m., report of an abandoned 911 call.

• April 6, 6:14 p.m., report of possible im-paired driver.

• April 7, 2:49 p.m., light blue Kenworth trailer passing on the right at a high rate of speed, forcing the com-plainant into oncoming traffic.

• April 7, 5:01 p.m., report of neighbour-hood dispute. Police attended to help resolve situation.

• Police responded to six false alarms during this reporting period.

police. “Is that something

that’s well within the RCMPs ability, to pull over a vehicle random-ly just because they happen to leave a par-

ticular restaurant/pub establishment?” asked Kyllo.

Dubnyk said it was difficult to answer in general terms but, based on experience, if a vehicle is seen leav-ing an establishment

whose primary purpose is the sale of alcohol, he might, with public safety in mind, pull that vehicle over.

“I know a particu-lar individual has been in there all night, it’s absolutely not target-

ing…,” said Dubnyk. “A lot of times, unbe-knownst to pub and res-taurant owners, we will get phone calls, a lot of times anonymous, tell-ing us of someone who has been drinking in an establishment all night.

And at the end of the day, I hope it’s not per-ceived as targeting any particular individual. It’s just… trying to re-duce the number of in-juries and deaths from alcohol-related infrac-tions.”

Low-flying helicopters cause concern

Sergeant says police not targeting pub patronsContinued from page 2

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What I value...FAMILY PROSPERITY Financially healthy families buildstrong communities.

The current situation...· Large seasonal-based employment and consequent layoffs cause financial strain on families.

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Canada Day � reworks help kick off the tourist season, which doesn’t really get into full swing until after the Calgary Stampede. The up side of holding the event in August, said Wolff, in-cludes warmer weather, more beach, fewer – if any mosquitoes and more visitors/residents are in town.

Mayor Darrell Trou-ton was excited by the request, stating he’s received plenty of posi-tive feedback about the Sicamous Celebrates event, including the � reworks display, held last August.

“It was the � rst time a lot of residents who live here have seen the � re-works because they’re not normally here until

after the Calgary Stam-pede weekend,” said Trouton. “Now, this year, they’re hoping… we’re going to hold it in August again, because they plan on bringing friends and family and such out to see it.”

Couns. Greg Kyllo and Terry Rysz were supportive of having � reworks shows on both of the long week-ends.

“Canada Day is all about � reworks and it does kick off the sum-mer, and I’ve seen the results every year run-ning the liquor store how important that is,” said Rysz. “However, that said, the August long weekend last year was a total success. People were just raving about it.”

Wolff had three other requests on her list. One is that the district help the chamber, or pur-chase outright, things such as tents, pylons, fencing and bleachers for use during the com-munity’s growing num-ber of special events.

“This investment should pay for itself given the amount that is spent throughout the year by various or-ganizations that rent this equipment every time,” said Wolff. “The chamber’s expected to rent tents at least three times this summer and I think it was possibly even more than that last year… so if we can get some of these assets in

our town it would be very useful.”

Wolff also asked that the district work with the chamber towards a long-term plan of con-structing a pavilion at Beach Park for events. Her � nal request was for supporting the chamber in marketing the community. Wolff suggested some radio advertising could be done during the sum-mer to help promote the area.

“I know that the bud-get is tight and you’re in budget deliberations, so we haven’t attached any numbers to this,” said Wolff. “We really want to work with you and hopefully you’ll work

with us in promoting our community more and we’re open to sug-gestions.”

Interest piqued for two fireworks events

Seized residence back on the market

The palatial Malak-wa residence that serves as home to convicted drug traf� cker Colin Martin is back on the market, though its sale remains subject to the federal seized property management act.

The 6,700-square-foot home at 3621 Northway Rd. is cur-rently listed at $850,000 – a substantial drop from the $1.75 mil-lion asking price back in January 2011, when the house was brie� y on the market despite a court order granted to the Public Prosecution

Service of Canada and the RCMP Integrated Proceeds of Crime sec-tion preventing the sale.

Paul Riley, a Crown counsellor with the prosecution service, says the restraint order on the property was recently varied by the B.C. Supreme Court to allow for the property’s sale, with net proceeds to be held under the seized property man-agement directorate.

“If the property is sold, then net proceeds will be restrained in the place of the property it-self,” said Riley.

Riley said the vari-ance was granted at the request of the property’s

registered owner. Land Title records list num-bered company 311165 B.C. Ltd. as the prop-

erty’s owner. The com-pany’s director is listed as Steve Ambrose of Sicamous.

Martin and Ca-hill are tenants of the home, which sits on one of three neighbour-ing properties raided

by police in July 2010. Beneath a workshop on one of the neighbouring properties, investigat-ing of� cers uncovered a bunker that contained about 3,000 marijuana plants. From the prop-erty at 3621, or Lot 5, court documents state police claimed to have seized two baggies of marijuana, a paper bag containing marijuana with the name “Colin” written on it and other drug paraphernalia, as well as documents and emails showing Mar-tin, his common-law wife Jennifer Cahill and Gorge Timber Ltd. (of which Cahill was listed as president) arranging

for the bunker’s con-struction, and a Health Canada application for a licence to produce mari-juana prepared in Mar-tin’s name.

Martin and Cahill are both facing related drug charges for production and possession for the purpose of traf� cking.

Martin remains be-hind bars and is sched-uled for a pre-trial con-ference in Kelowna on April 9 in relation to the above drug charges. He is also expected to be in court in September for extradition hearings for separate charges relat-ing to a cross-border drug smuggling opera-tion.

By Lachlan LabereEagle Valley News

Continued from front

Paul Riley, a Crown counsellor with the prosecution service, says the restraint order on the property was recently varied by the B.C. Supreme Court to allow for the property’s sale, with net proceeds to be held under the

Colin Martin

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VICTORIA –This is the first of a series of policy commentaries on the four main parties contesting the 2013 B.C. election.

I’m starting with the B.C. Green Party, which has higher than usual hopes for the 2013 election. It was also the first to put out a substantial policy docu-ment, albeit one that is still being debated and altered.

Green Book 2013 con-tinues the Utopian posi-tions that only a party with no chance of forming a government has the luxury to put forward. For exam-ple, they would double the area of parks in B.C., but take 100 years to do it.

Immediately, they would almost double the carbon tax, taking it from seven to 12 cents on a litre of gasoline.

Greens would extend this steeply increased car-bon tax to industries such as natural gas and cement production. Leader Jane Sterk told me she expects

cement producers and the like to adapt, rather than shut down as their compet-itive position erodes.

And what about the ex-tra billions in carbon tax revenues? Sterk says most should continue to go to income tax reductions, as is now the case, because the purpose is to change consumption patterns, not to increase overall tax rev-enue. Most, but not all.

“We think there is an ar-gument to be made for put-ting, for a period of time, the increased revenue from the carbon tax into creating the infrastructure that al-lows people to benefit from a carbon tax,” Sterk said.

That means transit, and potentially retrofits of homes and other buildings as well. Tax increase aside, this is essentially the NDP position too.

The Greens emphasize wind and geothermal pow-er. Sterk faces the awkward task of arguing against hy-droelectric expansion.

A Green government would cancel the Site C dam project on the Peace

River. Sterk says it would only serve as a subsidy to liquefied natural gas ex-ports, which she doesn’t believe will materialize  as international competitors develop.

The Greens’ star candi-date, University of Victoria climate scientist Andrew Weaver, agrees. Both point to vast reserves of Rus-sian gas that may well get to Asia more quickly and cheaply.

Sterk said the 35,000 existing gas wells in north-ern B.C. “are not going to be shut down.” Actually, in the absence of LNG ex-ports, that is exactly what would happen to many of them. The U.S. has its own shale gas supplies, and is B.C.’s only current export customer. Convert-ing transport trucks and BC Ferries to LNG fuel isn’t going to maintain the vast industry blooming in northern B.C.

The official Green Party position is to place a moratorium on B.C. gas drilling while a compre-hensive water use policy

is developed. Current in-novations such as reusing municipal wastewater are ignored.

The Green platform also demands disclosure of chemicals used in hy-draulic fracturing, which the B.C. Oil and Gas Com-mission has already done.

If one were to design a self-fulfilling prophecy that B.C.’s LNG project is doomed to fail, the Green Party platform would be a good place to start.

Reading through Green Book 2013, I’m left with the impression that much of it remains calculated as a soothing message for ur-ban voters who have been convinced it’s courageous to drive their cars down to an anti-tanker protest.

If Weaver, Sterk or any other Greens get elected, it will be surfing a wave of protest votes from people weary of the B.C. Liberals and the NDP. It will not be due to the practicality or even internal consistency of their polices.

It’s still pretty easy be-ing Green.

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Death of HST a lesson for future governments

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The HST is gone, finally.And while Premier Christy Clark

didn’t miss the opportunity to remind voters that the harmonized sales tax had been beneficial to the film industry, manufacturers and other businesses that received input tax credits, the politicking rang a little hollow.

The fact is that the HST – good or bad – became more than a tax. Historically, it will be seen as a symbol of everything that went wrong with the Liberal government since being granted its last mandate in 2009. It’s fact that former premier Gordon Campbell went to the polls last election stating he was not considering adopting an HST. It’s also fact that within weeks of being elected, the Liberals were rolling out plans for the HST.

A significantly large segment of the electorate evidently didn’t believe the message – or the timeline. They concluded they had been deceived. And while Liberal loyals have muttered darkly ever since about “misinformation” spread by Bill Vander Zalm and the Stop HST movement, the latter clearly had their fingers closer to the pulse of public feeling.

Even some of the staunchest Liberals were forced to admit they had done a horrible job of selling the HST, especially after opponents gath-ered sufficient votes to call for a referendum.

There may have been many good reasons for an HST, but mishandling killed it, virtues, faults and all. And the writing is on the wall for whichever party forms the next government, should they choose to read it.

A mandate to govern is not a signal for hubris, or over-confidence bordering on contempt for public opinion. It is not a blanket approval for anything a government decides to introduce. It is not an indication that democratic process is sus-pended, that questions won’t be asked, or that a docile public has gone to sleep for the next four years.

Let’s hope future governments learn the lesson.- Peace Arch News

By Tom FletcherNews columnist

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If making money re-quires spending money, the Harper government has hit a jackpot of eco-nomic opportunity for Canadians in the form of two adorable, black and white, bamboo munching bears.

OK, I know. It’s un-fair, if not insulting, to refer to Ms. Er Shun and Mr. Da Mao as just your average, run-of-the-mill bears. They are, in fact, giant pandas. And boy, these cute, furry, en-dangered Chinese dig-nitaries with no known history of human rights abuses have already created quite a stir in the media.

Er Shun and Da Mao touched down at Toron-to’s Pearson Airport on March 25 (who thought pandas could leave a carbon footprint?), and have since taken part in photo ops with the likes of Prime Minister Stephen Harper and To-ronto Mayor Rob Ford. The press, not surpris-ingly, have eaten it up, going so far as to call the pandas “rock stars” (perhaps confused with

former KISS drummer Peter Criss in makeup).

Just like rock stars, Er Shun and Da Mao were quickly whisked away from the press and panda fervour at the airport to their lodgings – at the Toronto zoo. It’s at this point the glamour kind of peters off, how-ever, as the two were then put in quarantine for 30 days.

When the pandas emerge in May, they will once again be star attractions, serving the zoo for the next five years. The Toronto Zoo expects to see a boost in patrons as a result and, in honour of the new arrivals (or perhaps for Year of the Snake), ad-

mission is going up $3. At the end of the five

years, Canada’s pan-das in residence will be shipped to the zoo in Calgary (Western Can-ada in Harper-speak), where they’ll spend the next five years, further enhancing the city’s reputation as a mecca of multiculturalism (can’t wait to see the panda/Stampede tie-in).

Of course, all of the positive press and po-tential economic gain from this panda-mo-nium comes at a price. Our government is paying $10 million for the privilege of having pandas in Canada. And that doesn’t even cover the cost of food, care and maintenance, let alone the damages that would result if, in rock-star fashion, the pandas should trash an apart-ment.

Furthermore, the $10 million doesn’t even give us ownership of the pandas. These black and whites are rentals. This means we have to take extraordinary care not to harm or damage

the pandas, as the buy-out price would likely set payment of our na-tional deficit back an-other five years.

Some might be-grudge the Harper government (easy to confuse with the Gov-ernment of Canada) for spending $10 mil-lion on panda rental, instead of investing the money in one or more of the nation’s many pressing needs. But having pandas isn’t just about giving Canadians something new behind bars to spend tax dollars on. It’s about improved international relations with a desirable trad-ing partner that desper-ately wants our natural resources in exchange for cheap manufactured goods.

My only complaint is how there was seem-ingly no consideration given to hiring local. I, for one, would have gladly spent the next 10 years in a panda cos-tume, posing for cam-eras with Harper, Ford and the like for $1 mil-lion a year. But that ship

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The articles submit-ted to the publication, Nature Outlook (#27 Sept. 2012), are the best description and reasons to delete the tobacco in-dustry’s tobacco prod-ucts from the world’s societies.

For generations of human lives the tobac-co corporations have smoked the life out of many of our ancestors, and still it goes on.

Shame on us for al-lowing the sale of even one more stick of those

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trees are in bloom, so we can’t be far behind.

Spring makes paint-ers want to paint and singers want to sing. There are a few things happening in the begin-ning of May but I will put out the information now, in April, so no one forgets.

First there is a bit of an adjustment to the Barn Sing Along Sing-ers. The group has now moved to Tuesdays. The change is effective Tuesday, April 9, and for anyone interested, just drop in at 1 p.m. at the Red Barn Arts Cen-tre on any Tuesday and join the healthy pursuit of singing together.

There is no need to read music or to have a voice like Pavarotti – just a willingness to sing and have fun.

On Sunday, May 5, there is an art show in the Red Barn Arts Centre called “From Print to Canvas,” and it represents a combined effort of three Eagle Valley Arts Council

member groups.The Eagle Val-

ley Photography Art Club, Wednesday Arts For Everyone and the Eagle Valley Brush and Palette Club have joined forces to put on this display. The pho-tography club supplied the arts clubs with their favourite photographs, and the arts group have put the images on canvas. It makes for a beautiful and interest-ing show. It also high-lights the wonderful talent we have here in Sicamous.

The photography club will also run its beautiful slideshow again. The show is Sunday, May 5 at 2 p.m. Admission is $5 at the door. This show is

well worth seeing. The Sicamous Ama-

teur Drama Club’s cast of 16 is in full rehearsal for their spring com-edy Camp How 2. The story is about a fishing camp where the lake and river have run dry and the owners must now find a new way to make money.

A “self-help” camp seems to fit the bill, but it ends up with di-sastrous results, what with the incompetency of the owners and the innocence of their poor customers.

The show will run May 9 to 12 at the Red Barn Arts Centre, so please mark your cal-endars. Tickets will be $5 as always, and will soon be available at the Eagle Valley Phar-macy.

A lot of people are into the art – and yes I think it is an art – of scrap booking.

What wonderful al-bums they make. Each page is something special and if one is the recipient of one of their albums, it truly is a treasure.

Gone are the days of the self-sticking plastic pages that ruin your pictures, or the little photocorners one had to deal and get frus-trated with. Of course, a lot of the pictures are now kept in elec-tronic form and never see paper. The quality is fabulous and can be accessed by whomever you choose.

I am the proud owner of about 40 or so photo albums in every shape and form. But there is one bad habit I like to permit myself, and that is to throw some pic-tures in a box.

Pictures of children, of long-lost friends that are now 30 years older, pictures that I found and are out of sequence and I can no longer stick in the right album. It is so much fun to rummage through the box and wonder “who is this?”

Looking at the back sometimes gives the date, which is a clue, especially for baby pictures. Sometimes a strange face stares back at me and I cannot, for the life of me, remem-

ber who it is. No in-formation at the back. Not a clue. However, just like old keys that I find, I cannot make myself throw them away. What if, all of a sudden, I remember details and then it is too late to retrieve the key or picture.

I am by no means a pack rat, but my box of pictures of unknowns, and my box of keys to who knows where, I will keep. Just in case. You never know.

Please enjoy our long spring days, and don’t forget to join in the arts for good health and fun, or attend the shows at the Red Barn Arts Centre in support of local art.

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EI changes target seasonal applicantsEarn your turns – and

I don’t mean skinning up the hill.

That’s the message from Kootenay–Colum-bia MP David Wilks to Revelstoke ski bums on employment insurance.

Wilks (Conservative) said the tightening of the EI rules was designed to “reflect better use of the EI system,” saying the changes are designed to help those who legiti-mately need EI and boot off those who abuse the system.

The changes divide EI applicants into sev-eral categories, includ-ing frequent applicants. Frequent applicants are required to take lower-paying jobs and travel further for work, among other new requirements. Some applicants are re-quired to take jobs out-side their area of train-ing or their community.

Wilks was clear the changes target EI abus-ers.

“The ones that con-cern me, to use a good reference, would be those that come to expe-rience Revelstoke for its true natural splendour with skiing, come spe-cifically to ski and while they’re there get a job so that they can ski,” said Wilks. “Once the ski season is over, they go on EI until the next ski season when they could potentially find a job in Revelstoke or near to Revelstoke that would hold them over until the next ski season.

“Would it not be more prudent for someone who has only worked four months to enable themselves to try and find another source

of income?” Wilks said applicants

could be easily distin-guished between users in industries like forestry (which is cyclical and seasonal – including the current spring break-up period) and those who abuse EI.

“We’re not expecting people to move away long distances if they can’t find jobs in their specific field, especially in rural Canada,” Wilks said.

In response to whether the changes will unfairly impact ru-ral communities, Wilks said he’d been lobbied.

“When I met with the chamber of commerce in Revelstoke, that was one of their many con-cerns… that the EI pro-cess was being abused in Revelstoke because of the type of cyclical nature that Revelstoke has with skiing.”

He also admitted government staff reduc-tions could impact and processing EI applica-tions in this riding, add-ing most people access those services online these days.

B.C. Southern Interi-or MP Alex Atamanen-ko (NDP) attacked the EI changes, calling them unnecessary. He said they tilted the playing field away from rural communities dependent on seasonal industry to-wards urban centres and places with permanent employment.

“This government is demonizing ordi-nary Canadians who are struggling to get by, rather than addressing the problems within in-dustries that rely on the availability of employ-ees year-round,” Ata-manenko commented.

“Conservative econom-ic policy has done noth-ing to generate jobs in sectors that are steady, that provide a decent livelihood and that will help people stay close to communities where they live.”

He also attacked the system of home checks, where Service Canada staff visit the homes of suspected abusers to check up on them.

“Making it harder and harder to jump through the hoops is an injustice to people who have contributed to EI. Canadians count on it to help them through hard times. Having to endure house calls is absolutely degrading,” Atamanen-ko said.

He cited complaints from constituents who have been shut out from EI due to staff short-ages and bureaucratic challenges at Service Canada.

“There’s no reason to change a system that appeared to be working and keeping our rural communities stable,” he continued. “We may, down the line, see more of a destabilization of our communities as they scramble now be-cause they won’t have people they normally would have. And then we’ve got temporary foreign workers com-ing in. It just seems that there’s upheavals hap-pening that aren’t nec-essary.”

Atamanenko pre-dicted the changes will have a big, negative ef-fect on rural Canada.

“Families will have to move to seek some work in some other part of the country,” he said. “Spending power for many people will de-

crease, which will have an effect on businesses … and we might see a decrease of populations in our rural communi-ties if people move to the larger urban areas to find work.”

Tyson Andrykew is interning with the Rev-elstoke Chamber of Commerce this spring. He recently graduated from Thompson Riv-ers University where he authored a paper on EI changes as part of his marketing and human resources studies. An-drykew grew up as part of the Three Valley Gap resort, starting work on the family business be-fore he was a teenager.

He studied the EI changes because he was interested in its effects on the resort; they tradi-tionally struggle to find staff.

Speaking as a cham-ber intern, Andrykew said when the changes were outlined in 2012, he was positive. He thought they would benefit Three Valley by creating a more stable workforce.

Now, Andrykew is on the fence. There could be positives, or negatives for tourism operators. He says those who fall in the frequent claimants category face the biggest squeeze un-der the new rules.

“At Three Val-ley that’s a lot of our staff,” he said. “These candidates are forced to take bigger pay cuts and commute for longer – up to an hour – under the new rules. Infrequent claim-ants are given more lee-way.

Andrykew is con-cerned that seasonal employees will no lon-

ger be able to access EI and will leave alto-gether.

Employees living in the more economical-ly-depressed Malakwa area may not be able to find winter employment and move on.

On the up side, it may force many sea-sonal workers who’ve habituated to the EI break to get serious about work.

“They may be re-quired to if they still want to live here,” An-drykew said.

What does he pre-dict? “It’s hard to say,” Andrykew said. “It al-ways comes down to enforcement.”

Andrykew suggests seasonal winter and summer businesses partner human resource efforts with each other to help retain qualified staff. For example, a heli-skiing company could connect with a forestry operation to share skilled workers and avoid staff losses due to attrition.

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Belt test: Approximately 70 students from Sicamous and Salmon Arm took part in PMA Karate’s recent martial arts belt testing. Rear (left to right): Instructor Holly Raczynski, Tiffany Sigvaldason (green belt), Nicolas Michaud (blue belt), Cynthia Michaud (blue belt), Ty Sigvaldason (blue belt), Brianne Simpson (blue belt), Rebecca Erickson (blue belt), Austyn Graf (white belt). Middle Row: Kevin Redman (blue belt), Tristin Erickson (blue stripe belt), Colton Fleming (yellow belt), Stanley Tweddle (blue stripe belt), Brook-Lynn Clark (green stripe belt), Bella Bishop (green stripe belt), Ashley Clark (green stripe belt), Armando Gamotan (blue belt), Tommy Bland (blue belt). Front row: Nash Rutherford (blue stripe belt), Lillian Hatch (yellow stripe belt), Addyson Fleming (green stripe belt), Jacob Sigvaldason (green stripe belt), Alissa Deschamps (yellow stripe belt), Brian Tweddle (blue stripe belt)missing: Jonathan Arkinstall (blue belt). Photo submitted

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The District of Sicamous has set the stage

to host the Summer Stomp.

At the request of council, district staff re-

searched the steps required of Stomp organiz-

ers to bring the event to Sicamous July 18 to

21, in co-ordination with the community’s

own motorcycle burnout event.

The end result was a recommendation to,

and by council that the Stomp apply for a Spe-

cial Events and Facility Use Permit.

Specifically, council’s recommendation

was that “staff be directed to receive and re-

view separate Special Event Permit appli-

cations to hold the proposed Stomp and the

Burnout Events between July 18th and 21st,

2013, with the commencement of prepara-

tions to begin on or after 7 a.m. Monday, July

15… and final clean-up and restoration work

to be completed on or before 6 p.m. Wednes-

day, July 24th, 2013 and further, that staff be

directed to issue the Special Event Permits

upon receipt of all required applicable secu-

rities, insurance coverage confirmation, fees

and charges, and any other applicable bylaw

requirements.”

However, because this permit doesn’t allow

for bylaw variances, council agreed to amend

the district’s noise bylaw, to allow resolutions

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North Okanagan knocks Eagles

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Public suggest BC Transit study include Revelstoke and Vernon

District clears path to host Stomp event

See Public hearing on page 3

By Lachlan Labere

Eagle Valley News

Fun to strum: Sicamous Three Chord Ukulele Band members Gordon Mackie, Wally and Frieda Sorge and Alice and Fred

Duck have fun learning and playing new tunes at their weekly lessons held Monday afternoons at the Red Barn Arts Centre.

Photo by James Murray

A BC Transit feasibility study into a po-

tential system for the Sicamous area may

need to be expanded to include Revelstoke

and Enderby.

The study is being done in partnership

with the Columbia Shuswap Regional Dis-

trict and the District of Sicamous. Its goal,

according to BC Transit, is to explore the

sustainability of a system that would connect

Sicamous, and potentially Malakwa and

Swansea Point, to the Shuswap Regional

Transit System.

A community open house was held

March 4 in Sicamous council chambers.

About 30 people attended, and the feedback

was surprising,

at least to Caro-

lyn Black, the

CSRD’s deputy

manager of cor-

porate administra-

tion services.

Black says

the thinking be-

hind the feasibil-

ity study was that

it would explore

a connection

between the Si-

camous area and Salmon Arm. But what she

learned at the meeting was that residents are

more interested in going elsewhere.

“There were

people interested in

Salmon Arm, but

there seemed to be,

at least from those

in attendance, more

interest in travel

between Sicamous

and Vernon, linking

up with the North

Okanagan’s transit

system that does an

Enderby to Vernon

run on a regular

basis. And also, a lot of positive comments

about getting up to Revelstoke,” said Black.

“Folks are working in Thee Valley Gap and

the Enchanted Forest, and there were some

comments about the great shopping in Rev-

elstoke….”A survey tied to the study was available

online and at the Eagle Valley Resource

Centre. Subsequently, the resource centre’s

executive director, Janet McLean Senft, sent

out emails to get the survey out to as many

people as possible, as she views transit as be-

ing potentially transformative for Sicamous.

But this, she says, would involve a big-pic-

ture approach, one involving numerous part-

ners (non-profits, business, education, etc.).

“It needs sort of outside-the-box, in-

novative thinking to make a transit system

as diverse as this area would need to really

By Lachlan Labere

Eagle Valley News

See Transit would on page 2

It needs sort of outside-the-box,

innovative thinking to make a transit

system as diverse as this area would

need to really accomplish the goal of

helping with community growth and

stability…

Janet McClean Senft

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April 16

Dale Albert Biddulph passed away suddenly on April1, 2013 at the age of 59.

He is peaceful now and would want you to hang on to the memories you have of him.

We can never be separated from those we loveBecause God leaves us with memories to hold and love that doesn’t pass away. And in time, we realize that our loved one lives on not only in heaven But within our hearts.

He will be deeply missed be his partner KathyPlatzer, children, & grandchildren. A celebration oflife will be held Sat April 20 at 1 p.m. at the RoyalCanadian Legion in Sicamous. Special thank you to all for your prayers and your love.

Arrangements entrusted to Bowers funeral Service.

BIDDULPH, DALE ALBERT

Passed away on Friday, March 29, 2013 at the Waverley Guest Home at the age of 88 years. She was born in Kerrobert, Saskatchewan. She is survived by her loving family and many friends.

A Visitation for family and friends will be held at 1:00 pm on Wednesday, April 3, 2013 at St. Mary’s Roman Catholic Church, 8909 Mary Street Chilliwack, BC. Funeral Services will follow beginning at 2:00 pm.

If so desired, please consider a donation to a charity of your choice in lieu of flowers.

Online condolences may be left at www.hendersonsfunerals.com

Henderson’s Funeral Home in care ofarrangements. 604-792-1344.

SCHNEIDER, MARGURITE BERNICE

Celebration of LifeWe would like to invite you to a celebration of Bud’s life.

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April 20, 20132:00 pm

Senior’s Resource Centre, Sicamous, BC Bud Rokosh

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I first heard of the concept for a refinery in Kitimat from David Black a number of years ago.

At the time I was skeptical of its chances. My initially negative attitude was based mainly on my experience of 10 year’s service on the board of directors of Imperial Oil. Since I was accustomed to the discussion of petroleum eco-nomics centered in Calgary, I saw no need for a refinery in Kitimat.

That attitude was based on the fact that there had not been a new refinery built in North America in many years. And any needed increase in petroleum production was achieved by expansion of ex-isting refineries throughout North America.

But after my service with Im-perial Oil, I went on to serve four years at Canfor, which led to my nine visits to China in search of lumber markets.

My exposure to the phe-nomenal expansion of China’s economy opened my eyes to the true merit of the Kitimat refinery concept. It made me realize that it would not be just another refin-ery relying on the North America market but rather a refinery that would supply the vast appetite of China for petroleum products. The challenge will be to draw the attention of Asian investors who would see the value to this invest-ment. It appears that Black, after many years of effort, is nearing an agreement that could provide the vast capital infusion needed to make this refinery initiative a re-ality. The appetite for oil products for Asia will continue to grow and the Kitimat refinery is ideally situated to take advantage. Asian countries, especially China, are very interested in securing a sus-tainable supply of resources that will flow freely without undue trade barriers like surprises with taxes, regulations or tariffs.

Canada has a good reputation as a free trade country that can be relied on as a dependable source of supply. Now is a very oppor-tune time to attract the vast invest-ment needed to make the Kitimat refinery go ahead. Black, with his years of diligence, deserves our appreciation for displaying the foresight and courage to invest his time, money and reputation to help bring along this huge initia-tive.

The positive merits of the Kiti-mat refinery are so profound that this project is really beyond any political persuasion. Any and all supporters of NDP, Liberal, Con-servative or even Green should see the tremendous benefits that would come to B.C. with this project.

This initiative will involve the

investment of many billions of dollars. That’s for sure.

It’s hard for any of us to visu-alize a million let alone a billion of any thing. So lets look at the “on the ground” facts of such an undertaking for all of us in B.C.

Let’s start with the big picture. When it comes to the benefits of a petroleum cycle from well ex-ploration to the gas station, the jurisdiction that hosts the refin-ing process enjoys a huge portion of the value addition to the raw material. For the refinery project that would mean several thousand mostly trade union jobs for the multi-year term of the construc-tion phase.

It would also mean the creation of over 3,000 permanent jobs for the operation and supply support of the refinery when running.

This refinery would be pro-cessing 175 million barrels per year which means the tax revenue that could go toward health care, education, vital services for the disabled and elderly would be immense.

But job creation and tax rev-enue is not the only desirable fea-ture of the refinery, it also would provide much lower risk to the marine environment.

The shipments out of the re-finery would be finished product like aviation fuel, gasoline and diesel. These products, if ever spilled, would have much less of an impact on the marine environ-ment. They would also be trans-ported in smaller ships.

I know there are those on both sides of the political aisle that ad-dress this as a political issue. And I would disagree with both. This is a project that can be attrac-tive to all political stripes. Trade unions would see a significant in-crease in jobs and memberships. Hospitals and schools across the province would see an improve-ment in government funding. Business activity especially in the challenged northwest B.C. would be very positively impacted. And those with a concern for the threat of marine spills would see a sig-nificantly reduced exposure for the environment.

Based on the huge positive im-pact this initiative could have on B.C., I think the question should not be if we want it – but rather, how can we help make sure that the petroleum world sees this as an attractive way to invest bil-lions of shareholder capital.

-Jim Shepard is a former pres-ident of Finning and Canfor, a past director of Imperial Oil and BC Rail, and recently served as Premier Christy Clark’s econom-ic advisor.

Refinery project a good investment for B.C.