Eagle Valley News, January 21, 2015

The District of Sicamous is looking at $1.56 million in upgrades to get its waste-water treat-ment plant in line with permit requirements.

During last Wednesday’s committee of the whole meeting, Sicamous council was provided an overview of a wastewater treatment plant assess-ment and upgrading report by Terry Underwood of TRUE Consulting. The $1.56 million, Under-wood explained, is what it will cost to provide the recommended upgrades necessary to bring the district’s wastewater treatment facility in compliance with the waste management per-mit (issued by the Min-istry of Environment) and related discharge and capacity limitations until at least 2025.

Underwood said the current system was de-signed in 1995 to handle a peak � ow of 1,135 cu-bic metres a day. In the summer of 2014, peak � ow reached 1,157 m3 a day, and has, in recent years, reached as high as 1,171.

Of greater concern to Underwood is the con-centration of organics going through the system, as well as the amount of phosphorous. Regarding organics, Underwood said the plant was designed to handle 275 milligrams per litre.

“Measurements indicate that number is some-thing like 500,” said Underwood. “We’re seeing a lot more organic waste coming into the pond.”

Breaking down the sources of those organics on peak � ow days, Underwood pointed to black water from houseboats as the largest contributor. Couns.

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A rash of motor-vehicle in-cidents on the Trans-Canada Highway this winter prompted Columbia Shuswap Regional directors to call on the federal government for action.

At their Jan. 15 meeting, CSRD directors agreed to send a letter to Ottawa requesting a meeting and information on federal plans to upgrade the highway.

Newly elected Area A Rural Golden director Karen Cath-cart’s Jan. 6 letter to Kootenay-

Columbia MP David Wilkes expressed “deep concern” about the � ve fatalities that oc-curred on Highway 1 between Golden and Revelstoke over the Christmas season.

Cathcart noted she is aware highway upgrades have been discussed at the ministry lev-el for many years and asked “What are your plans to up-grade the highway in the near future? Are you able to provide timelines for funding?”

The Area A director also asked for a meeting with Wil-kes while he is in town this week.

“But this is a problem for all of us,” she said.

Back in the Revelstoke mayor’s chair after a two-term hiatus, Mark McKee agreed, pointing out he is putting a pre-sentation together for a meet-ing with Minister of Transpor-tation and Infrastructure Todd Stone that is being arranged through East Kootenay MLA Bill Bennett.

McKee provided new direc-tors with background informa-tion, explaining that when he last sat at the CSRD board, he was part of a group with repre-sentation from Cache Creek to

the Alberta border who asked the province to put $10 mil-lion aside per year for TCH upgrades.

Acknowledging that while money for upgrades is not likely to appear for a “big � x” in the near future, he said there are operational issues that can be addressed to help reduce the number of accidents and fatali-ties.

“On average, there are 15 fatal accidents and 220 injuries a year,” he said, noting there were seven highway closures in the � rst seven days of the

Collisions: Police control traffic Friday morning as a tow truck moves in place to extract a tractor-trailer from the east-bound lane ditch of the Trans-Canada Highway east of Sicamous near the rest area. The incident occurred about 8:19 a.m. and police say the semi was westbound when the driver lost control, crossed the centre line and collided with a rock face. A passenger was taken to hospital in Salmon Arm for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries. Later that morning, just west of the first collision, the driver of a westbound semi lost control, the vehicle spun around until it stopped facing the opposite direction in the westbound ditch. Police say road conditions and speed were factors in both incidents. Photo by Lachlan Labere

CSRD directors want action on highway corridor

Waste water upgrades cost $1.5 millionGrants: District to apply for federal funding to bring waste treatment plant in compliance.By Lachlan LabereEagle Valley News

See Councillors challenge on page 2

By Barb BrouwerEagle Valley News

necessary to bring the district’s wastewater treatment facility in compliance with the waste management per-mit (issued by the Min-istry of Environment) and related discharge and capacity limitations

Underwood said the current system was de-signed in 1995 to handle a peak � ow of 1,135 cu-bic metres a day. In the summer of 2014, peak � ow reached 1,157 m3 a day, and has, in recent years, reached as high as

We’ve de� nitely got a few wondering where the money will come from, so we’ve de� nitely got to try to get this thing funded through one grant or another.

Mayor Terry Rysz

Upgrades: Martin encourages follow through on four-laning of TCH.

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year and the Revelstoke highway rescue team was called out 12 times between Jan. 1 to 5.

“We had 67 road closures in our area last year and we’re going to get a higher number of fatalities; it’s getting horrendous.”

McKee suggested electronic speed limit signs that could be changed to accommo-date weather conditions would help to slow driv-ers down.

As well, he called for an investigation into whether current road contractors are working well enough to maintain

the highway as safe as it can be.

McKee also ex-pressed frustration with the number and length of road closures.

“When the highway is closed for eight to 10 hours, it is because the accident investiga-tor has to travel from Kamloops or Kelowna and has to pass all the (stopped) traf� c,” he said. “He should be liv-ing in Revelstoke, as should the coroner. That would take an eight-hour closure and reduce it immediately.”

On Dec. 27 when two fatalities occurred west of Revelstoke, McKee says the high-way was left open from

Golden to Revelstoke and became jam- packed as westbound travellers continued to pour into the community.

“Churches were opening doors, grocer-ies were running out of food as were restau-rants. What happens when you have hun-dreds of people on the roads and it’s minus 19?” he said. “Govern-

ment has to start get-ting the message. I have met with RCMP, search and rescue and � rst re-sponders and nobody is happy.”

Sicamous Mayor Terry Rysz added his support, advising direc-tors he has also set up some meetings to dis-cuss the issues.

“I could go into a 20-minute discussion as well and we have to get the whole corridor on-board,” he said, noting the time to wait is long gone. “We have to yell and scream.”

Salmon Arm Mayor Nancy Cooper also of-fered support saying “fatalities are not ac-ceptable and neither are

the road closures – we would like to be in-cluded.”

“I support this enthu-siastically,” added Area C South Shuswap direc-tor Paul Demenok, who pointed out his area has had its share of fatal ac-cidents this year as well.

Area E Rural Si-camous director and CSRD chair Rhona Martin told directors that before the highway was four-laned near Malakwa in the 1980s, it was the scene of many bad accidents.

“Since 1987, there has been only one fatali-ty and that was a trucker who had an aneurism, so you can see how four-laning saves lives.”

Todd Kyllo and Mal-colm Makayev chal-lenged that data, which Underwood said the data was based on � ow measurements from one houseboat company, in addition to limited in-formation provided by Sicamous’ houseboat industry, and the belief that waste from all of the approximately 180 houseboats in the dis-trict is being discharg-ing solely through Si-camous’ wastewater treatment plant. On the latter point, Kyllo not-ed waste is also being treated through Salmon Arm.

“Maybe we have to revisit these numbers because we were get-ting bad information…

but from our perspec-tive the numbers will change a little bit… but what they’re going to do is, the improve-ment program we’ve outlined, it’s just going to have a longer useful life period.”

Regarding phospho-rous, Underwood said the compliance rate has been about 40 per cent over the past six years.

“So, in other words, you meet the permit about 40 per cent of the time,” said Underwood.

Included in the up-grades is a new cloth � ltration system, es-timated at $420,000, to replace the existing phosphorous removal lagoon, which Un-derwood said has not functioned as originally anticipated. Phospho-

rous concentrations are being removed, but through the rapid in� l-tration basin, and not where or as intended.

“We looked very carefully at 10 years of groundwater monitor-ing and there’s no sign of phosphorous leaving the plant,” he added.

Mayor Terry Rysz later told the News that the district’s goal would be to acquire 100 per cent of the nec-essary funding for the prescribed upgrades through the Federal Gas Tax Strategic Pri-orities Fund, adminis-tered through the Union of B.C. Municipalities. As a backup, the dis-trict will also be apply-ing for a federal Small Communities Grant, which provides one-

third funding. Rysz added the district has some money in reserve, but the preference is to leave it there.

“We’re dealing with the water treatment fa-cility now on the shoul-ders of our taxpayers, so we have to be cau-tious…,” said Rysz, adding the outcome of the grant applica-tions will likely not be known until the fall of this year, and the im-provements not begun until 2016.

With work already underway on the dis-trict’s $7.9 million wa-ter treatment plant, of which the district will be on the hook for up to $4.4 million, Rysz expects there will be plenty of buzz in the community on the cost

of the proposed waste-water treatment up-grades.

“We’ve de� nitely got a few wondering where the money will come from, so we’ve de� nitely got to try to get this thing funded through one grant or another,” said Rysz. “If we can get it 100 per cent funded, that’s the direction we’d like to de� nitely see. I know there will be a lot of discussion on this. I call it growing pains.”

TRUE Consulting’s wastewater treatment plant assessment and upgrading plan can be viewed in the Jan. 14 committee of the whole agenda, available through the District of Sicamous website at www.sicamous.ca.

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the highway as safe as it

McKee also ex-pressed frustration with the number and length

“When the highway is closed for eight to 10 hours, it is because the accident investiga-

Mark McKeeRevelstoke mayor

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In a continued effort to avoid the need for the lengthy line-up, the district is asking parents to please call Bastion Principal Isabelle Gervais at (250) 832- 3741 prior to January 30, 2015 at 2:30 p.m. to indicate their interest and have any questions they may have answered.

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Sicamous council wants district staff to be better forearmed should they face a per-fect storm such as ex-perienced earlier this month.

Couns. Todd Kyllo and Malcolm Makayev have asked staff to de-vise a new plan for how to cope with snow events similar to the one that occurred be-tween the period of Jan. 3 and 6. Key to this plan is having contrac-tors with the necessary equipment committed to assisting the district should the need arise.

“There’s a lot of oth-er equipment in town that could help in these types of situations, and I think we need to have a back-up plan,” said Kyllo, who com-mended staff for doing what they did with the numbers and equip-ment they had. “For the most part we don’t need it. But this time we could have used them and we should be looking at some kind of scenario that would… have those people in place when we get hit with these types of snowfalls.”

Makayev agreed, noting public works was presented with a worst-case scenario

with staff holidays, the power outages that oc-curred during and after the storm, record snow-fall and freezing rain.

“I think they did good with the resources that were available but, responding to Coun. Kyllo, I also think it’s a good idea to work with our union and our staff to have backup resourc-es that are local and on standby.”

Prior to these state-ments, made at last Wednesday’s council meeting, district op-erations manager was asked to provide a syn-opsis of the storm and the district’s response. He called the storm a major snow event that had a crew of three staff members working Sat-urday and six on Sun-day, concentrating on Priority 1 (downtown, hills and school bus routes) and Priority 2 (collectors and indus-trial) roads. Residential streets and lanes are classified as Priority 3.

On Monday, a crew of six continued to work the snow event. That day a series of power outages began in the district, requiring staff to work overtime monitoring water and wastewater levels. On Tuesday, it started to rain, requiring staff to work on snow and ice control, as well as wid-

ening lanes, clearing intersection sight lines, etc. Power outages con-tinued.

“Wednesday was our first real day of dedicated cleanup,” said Hand. “We just checked with our oper-ators this morning and confirmed they moved over 220 tandem truck-loads of snow over to our storage area….”

As a result of the storm, Hand said the district’s snow removal policy, updated last year, will be “tweaked” somewhat. Planned changes include mak-ing Shuswap Avenue a

Priority 1 road, and Gil-lis Crescent a Priority 2.

Coun. Janna Simons asked that staff also consider make some ef-fort to plow residential roads at least once so that people aren’t stuck at their homes.

“You couldn’t get anything down my street,” said Simons. “There was a girl who needed to go to the hos-pital, the ambulance was almost stuck on Monday morning. So it was a situation.”

Hand said staff will respond to emergency situations, clearing a path as needed.

By Lachlan LabereEagle Valley News

Snowstorm prompts call for backup

Police respond to fight at game

The Salmon Arm Minor Hockey Asso-ciation is investigating a fight that occurred dur-ing a recent Midget Tier 2 game in Sicamous.

On Saturday, Jan. 17, Sicamous RCMP responded to a report of an altercation at the Sicamous and District Recreation Centre, where a game was being played between Salmon Arm and Penticton. The skirmish wasn’t on the ice, however, but in the stands.

“Two people in the stands had a disagree-ment over a penalty call by a referee,” reported Sicamous RCMP Sgt. Scott West. “This verbal dispute led to a physical

confrontation in which some punches were thrown.”

West said the parties involved claimed it had become a consensual fight.

“Whether or not it’s a consensual fight, you can stand to be charged with causing a distur-bance and activities such as that won’t be tolerated in our public venues,” West com-mented.

Salmon Arm Minor Hockey Association (SAMHA) president Tim Giandomenico said the incident in the stands followed one on the ice where a Salm-on Arm player was knocked down, and the Penticton player re-sponsible was thrown out of the game. He said

the Salmon Arm player has since been to the doctor and is OK.

“It’s not like he can’t play any more or any-thing, but it was a ques-tionable hit – enough of a hit that the official chose to toss the offend-ing player from Pentic-ton,” said Giandomeni-co, who empathizes with hockey parents and family members whose passions flare up when their worst fears unravel on the ice. But neither he nor SAMHA condone what’s being reported to have hap-pened in the stands. He said it is SAMHA’s practice to meet with parents at the begin-ning of the season to explain what behaviour is acceptable and what is not.

“It is important to know we do take this very seriously,” said Gi-andomenico. “As presi-dent, that’s something that’s really important to me, our association’s reputation. And that’s why we’re probably the only association in B.C., if not Canada, that actually sits down with every parent at the beginning of the season and explains what our philosophy is on that.”

SAMHA’s investiga-tion is ongoing and Gi-andomenico didn’t wish to comment too much on the matter, adding he had yet to contact the police. But he stressed he and SAMHA, like police have zero toler-ance for what report-edly occurred in the stands.

By Lachlan LabereEagle Valley News

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Focus needed on local economy

OPINION

The impact of falling oil prices isn’t confined just to Alberta.

Virtually all of us in the North Okanagan know a loved one, neighbour or friend who works in the oil patch.

No one could blame them for heading north as there are limited jobs here and opportuni-ties abounded in Fort McMurray and other places as the crude market went through the roof.

But now that the situation has reversed, there may be local residents who have lost their jobs or are uncertain about their future. They may have less expendable cash and that will have a ripple effect on area realtors, automobile dealers, restaurants, travel agents and others. The reality is the economy doesn’t know any borders and we here in the North Okanagan are linked directly to what hap-pens in Alberta.

However, instead of just waiting for the oil sector to turn around, the North Okanagan continues to need to focus on establishing a stable economy that provides people with opportunities without having to travel.

Obviously that initiative will include tour-ism and the service sector, but there are also opportunities within agricultural and the high-tech sector.

One also has to consider the growing importance of the movie industry, particu-larly given the recent filming of Go With Me in Enderby, Lumby and Vernon.

Easy access to Okanagan College and the University of B.C. means we can have a skilled workforce, while Kelowna Interna-tional Airport opens the world to investors.

Ultimately, dropping oil prices will nega-tively impact some local families but it may also provide the region with an incentive to refocus on economic conditions right here at home.

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Position: Defensemen Home Town: Buchanan SKAge: 18 Height: 5’ 9” Weight: 165 Prev Team: Move on to Junior AGoals: Get a scholarshipHobbies / Interests: All Sports and CarsPersonal Hero: CrosbyFavorite NHL Team: Toronto Maple LeafsFavorite Player: Nazem KadriFavorite Music: Country Favorite Food: Chicken

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Look up, look up, at any tree!

There is so much for eyes to see:

Twigs, catkins, blos-soms; and the blue

Of sky, most lovely, peeping through

Between the leaves, some large, some small,

Some green, some gold before their fall;

Fruits you can pick, fruits out of reach;

And little birds with twittering speech;

And, if you’re quick enough, maybe

A laughing fairy in the tree!

Look Up!, by Cicely Mary Barker

Ahhh, we can finally breathe again now that the holidays are over and everyone has gone home and the kids are back in school.

We had to make a trip to the Coast early January to get our daughter back, so we got to see the incred-

ible damage from the ice storm in the Fraser Valley. There wasn’t one deciduous tree that wasn’t badly broken or damaged, and lots were still leaning danger-ously over the highway, which was scary.

Having a green Christmas instead of white one made it feel a little less magical with-out the winter wonder-land around us, but the silver lining was that it did make it safer for travelling.

I got to put on my gardener’s hat just one more time by taking ad-vantage of the weather on Boxing Day to put those 100-plus bags of leaves through my trusty little chipper –which I hadn’t done yet, so now that’s off the busy spring to-do list. Yahoo!

There’s so much ex-pense and energy that go into holiday prepa-rations, such as invi-tations, locations and travel considerations, reservations, decora-tions, gift decisions, tree and food selec-tions, people combina-tions and then the New Year’s resolutions – which after contempla-tion, some may come to the conclusion that they’ll find a distant destination for next year.

Now, after the whirl-wind of activity and

eating, it’s time for the de-construction of taking down the tree and putting everything away again.

While I was pluck-ing apart a floral deco-ration that someone was going to throw out to put in my compost pail, it reminded me of a story I read of how a gardener took the mountain of spent bou-quets that were laid at the gates after Princess Diana died, composted them and then created a beautiful garden in her memory with the soil produced from the flowers.

Winters can be hard to wrestle with for many of us, because af-ter the sensory overload of colours, scents and textures of the spring, summer and fall sea-sons, we then slip into the sensory underload of the whites, grays and browns. So here are a few survival tips and suggestions to get us gardeners through until springtime.

First, if there’s a need for green, then take a drive to the Best Western Vernon Lodge and treat yourself to their huge, tropical atrium that’s right in the centre of the build-ing. It boasts a natural creek that runs right through it, a jungle of tropical trees, palms and plants, a pool and a

lovely dining area with very reasonable prices. (The Best Western just west of Chilliwack we delightedly discovered because we got stuck in the storm, also has the same theme, but not as grand as this one); 2) Grab a cam-era and spend the day snapping away at the birds and snow-laden berries and whatever else catches your eye, to keep connected to nature; 3) Open your doors and windows ev-ery day to allow a big waft of fresh air into your home, no matter what the temperature is outside; 4) Take up a garden project, such as cleaning and sharpen-ing tools, giving new life to an old bench,

build a bird, bat or ma-son bee house or what-ever comes to mind for your yard; 5) Crack open your garden and seed books and maga-zines to start planning the planting; 6) Spring for a pretty plant or bouquet once in awhile to keep your spirits up and add some colour to your life; and 7) Feast your eyes on as many gardening sites and shows as you can to keep yourself educated and inspired.

Winter can be tough, but it doesn’t have to be that rough if we’ve got a few tricks up our sleeves to plow through the worst of it.

Cheers to a great 2015 gardening season everyone.

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of our townsfolk that our visitors are not necessarily aware of so it is good to see the media picking up on this.

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In the standings they’re tied but on the ice, the Chase Heat seem to have gained an edge on the Sicamous Eagles.

December 10 was the last time the Eagles were able to best the Heat (4-0). Since then, whenever the two teams have met, Chase has been the one coming out on top. Such was the case last Wednesday, Jan. 14, when the Heat earned a 6-1 win against their Sicamous hosts.

The Eagles were first on the board with an early, first-period marker by Korwin Shewchuk, assisted by Riley Cardinal. Si-camous continued with the same calibre of ef-fort throughout the first and second periods, but could no longer get the puck past Heat goalten-der Daniel Toews.

On Friday night, Jan.

16, the Eagles were at the Princeton and Dis-trict Arena where they picked up a 5-2 win over the Posse. The board wasn’t lit up until the second frame with an unassisted marker by Samuel Subert. The Posse tied things up go-ing into the third period, scoring once more early in that frame before the Eagles took charge. Carter Hansen tied up the game with a marker at 13:37 off Nicholas Cuglietta. The rest of the scoring happened in the last six minutes of the game, beginning with the tie-breaker by Ash-ton Wake off Braden Losinski and Hansen. Ben Campbell pot-ted an unassisted goal at 1:05. The final goal was an empty netter by Shewchuk, assisted by Bradley Whitehead and Owen Rowsell.

On Saturday night, the Eagles were able to claw their way to a 6-5 overtime win against

hosts the Revelstoke Grizzlies.

A power-play con-version put the Griz-zlies on the board first at 16:02 in the first frame. Subert tied it up at 8:40 with assists by Braden Lozinski and Rowsell. With less than a minute left on the clock, the Ea-gles pulled ahead with goals by Cardinal, as-sisted by Nathan Grieve and Riley Jepson, and Hansen, assisted by Lozinski and Nathan Plessis.

The Eagles main-tained their lead in the second period with a power-play conversion by Rowsell off Shew-chuk and Subert. The Grizzlies added two of their own before the pe-riod’s end, putting the score at 4-3.

The Grizzlies added two markers early in the third period, but a goal by Justin Wilde, assist-ed by Ben Campbell, tied the game up at 5-5, where the score stayed

until the period’s end. Grieve potted the

game winner in second overtime off Wake and Lozinski.

While Revelstoke rotated goaltenders, Pat-rick Kasper was on duty throughout the game for Sicamous, stopping 41 out of 46 shots on net.

The Eagles are back in action tonight, Jan. 21, to host the Summer-land Steam. Game time is 7.

Minor hockeyThe Sicamous Mi-

nor Hockey novice Ea-gles host their annual tournament Saturday and Sunday, Jan. 24 and 25. The pre-novice Eagles host their tour-ney on Saturday, Jan. 31.

Prize donations are being accepted for both tournaments, with money raised to be used to help cover tour-nament costs.

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Tough contest: Chase Heat netminder Daniel Toews holds onto a failed delivery by the Sicamous Eagles as teammate, Wesley Matsuda reels from an accidental stick to the chin. Matsuda was back in action soon after to help the Heat to a 6-1 win during Junior B action in Sicamous last Wednesday. Photo by Lachlan Labere

Eagles quick to rebound from burn by HeatBy Lachlan LabereEagle Valley News


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School trustees are staring another signifi-cant budget decline in the face for the upcom-ing budget year — but they aren’t sure yet how deep the cuts will have to be.

In his report to the board on Tuesday, Jan. 13, secretary-treasurer Sterling Olson warned trustees of a projected budget shortfall of be-tween $1.34 million and $2.79 million for the 2015-206 budget.

The discrepancy in the projected shortfall depends on whether the negotiated salary increases for teachers will be part of the Min-istry’s funding formula or in addition to it.

This could make a difference of more than $1 million to the school district.

As well, there are continued funding pressures from other negotiated salary and benefit increases, MSP premium increases and higher rates for BC Hydro. Olson estimates these increases will add $791,000 to the budget.

Continued enrol-ment declines also impact the school dis-trict’s financial bottom line.

Enrolment in School District #83 continues

to dwindle, as the dis-trict was down an addi-tional 50 more students than previously pro-jected.

This school year, the number of students dropped by a total of 153 students from the previous year, continu-ing the downward trend for enrolment.

Olson noted the district’s enrolment is once again predicted to drop by approximately 125 students.

Since 2001, the number of students in School District #83 has decreased from 8,175 to 5,866.

Due to the signifi-cance of the enrolment decline, the school district continues to be included as part of the Ministry of Educa-tion’s funding protec-tion program.

This program en-sures a school district does not have their rev-enue decline by greater than 1.5 per cent from one year to the next and recognizes that a school district may not be able to reduce fixed costs as quickly as en-rolment declines would otherwise require. For example, the costs of heating schools re-mains the same regard-less of whether there are fewer students in the building from one year to the next.

Budget shortfallBy Tracy HughesEagle Valley News

Target is abandon-ing Canada after a failed foray into the re-tail market north of the border.

The U.S. retail giant announced last Thurs-day that it’s closing all 133 Target stores in Canada, including the outlet at Vernon’s Vil-lage Green Centre.

“It’s amazing how the expansion into Can-ada went that wrong,” said Kevin Poole, the City of Vernon’s eco-nomic development manager.

Target Corpora-tion acquired the leases of 220 Zellers across Canada in 2011, and it opened a new 103,000-square-foot store in the Village Green Centre in May

2013. However, the expansion into Canada ran into financial chal-lenges, and Target has been granted court pro-tection from its credi-tors.

“After a thorough review of our Canadian performance and care-ful consideration of the implications of all op-tions, we were unable to find a realistic scenario that would get Target Canada to profitability until at least 2021. Per-sonally, this was a very difficult decision, but it was the right decision for our company,” said Brian Cornell, Target Corporation chairman, in a release.

Target Canada em-ploys about 17,600 people (figures for Ver-non are unknown).

Target stores will remain open during a

court-supervised liq-uidation, and closings will vary on a store-by-store basis.

“The stores will all likely be closed within 16 to 20 weeks,” stated Target in an e-mail.

Poole hopes to work with Bentall Kennedy, owner of the Village Green Centre, to try and find a tenant for the Target space as commercial amenities draw investors and new residents to the com-munity.

He will also be at-tending the Interna-tional Shopping Centre conference in Whistler at the end of January, but Poole admits iden-tifying a new retailer could be challenging.

“There’s not a lot of 100,000-square-foot tenants in Canada look-ing for space.”

Target stores closing in CanadaBy Richard Rolke Black Press


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ARIES - Mar 21/Apr 20Take a leadership role on a work assignment, Aries. If your interest in work has been waning of late, a more active role may help you change your perspective.

TAURUS - Apr 21/May 21Taurus, there is nothing you cannot accomplish this week. The sky is the limit in terms of your potential. All you need to do is focus your energy on a particular task.

GEMINI - May 22/Jun 21Let something that’s been bugging you cool off for the time being, Gemini. There’s plenty of time to revisit the situation later, and you will be glad you took some time away.

CANCER - Jun 22/Jul 22You’re willing to give a loved one the benefit of the doubt when that person makes a proposal that seems to come out of nowhere. Your patience will be appreciated.

LEO - Jul 23/Aug 23Expect to be surprised by good news, Leo. Share your good fortune with others this week, and you will realize the good news will prove even more enjoyable.

VIRGO - Aug 24/Sept 22You may benefit from a change of scenery, Virgo. If you have the time, book a getaway to an exotic locale and make the most of this time to rest, relax and recharge.

LIBRA - Sept 23/Oct 23Libra, rest assured that a broken heart or bruised ego will not last too long. There are big changes ahead in your personal or professional life, so keep your eyes open.

SCORPIO - Oct 24/Nov 22Taking charge comes naturally to you, Scorpio. In fact, you thrive in this role. But this week you may have to play second fiddle for the good of the team.

SAGITTARIUS - Nov 23/Dec 21You seem to be operating on auto-pilot this week, Sagittarius. Your routine has become so ingrained that things are automatic. Make a few minor changes to liven things up.

CAPRICORN - Dec 22/Jan 20Spend the week in as much quiet contemplation as you can manage, Capricorn. You have a few big questions to work out and can only think when you have private time.

AQUARIUS - Jan 21/Feb 18Aquarius, dissatisfaction at work has you wondering if things would be different elsewhere. Sometimes a change of attitude can give you an entirely new perspective.

PISCES - Feb 19/Mar 20Pisces, a loved one comes to you seeking guidance this week, but don’t be bummed if they ultimately do not heed your advice.

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Taste test: Peter Svelka tries a cocoanut curry soup prepared by classmates last Wednesday during a cooking class focused on soups, stews and curries, put on at Eagle River Secondary by Shawna Koll and the District of Sicamous. Svelka was part of a team that prepared a lentil dal soup and vegan coconut cookies. Next up from Koll and the district is a class on pastas, salads and desserts, scheduled for Thursday, Feb. 12, 6 to 8 p.m. at ERS. Cost is $20 per person, $35 for couples and space is limited. To register, visit the district offices at the Civic Centre between Monday and Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Photo by Lachlan Labere

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Sicamous – Ted Whitehead, 86, died on January 7th, 2015 at the Salmon Arm Hospital. He leaves his wife of 62 years, Eileen (Laing) Whitehead; 3 daughters, Leslee Lucy (Jim Adams), Susan Bondar (Brian), Judy Collins (Colin Campbell); 3 sons, Bob Whitehead (Sue), Mike Whitehead (Diane) and Ken Whitehead (Rena). He also leaves 16 grandchildren, 25 great-grandchildren, sister-in-law Mary Edmiston andmany nieces and nephews.

Ted was born in Miami Manitoba on April 28th,1928 and raised in Roland Manitoba. In 1946, hemoved to British Columbia with ambitions based onmemories of a poster he had seen in a Greyhoundbus terminal showing the Big Bend Highway. Afterhis move to BC, he worked as an electrician andmanaged to collect some personal wealth – a newCadillac convertible and a motor cycle. This iswhen he met his future wife, Eileen. She was ayoung nurse in training, born and raised in NewWestminster. They were married on October 3,1952.

Through circumstance, Ted became a logger.After one year of marriage and the first baby,Leslee; they moved to Nelson Island, an isolatedarea on the Sunshine Coast near Pender Harbour.Ted and Eileen spent the next 4 years on the island.Ted was driven to learn his new career of logging.Two more babies were created on the island, Susanand Bob. There was a collapse in the log marketand they were forced to move. Ted purchased asaw mill and logging camp in the Caribou. Thiswas another remote area which was on the westside of the Fraser River. The family now includedMike, baby number 4. Soon after the acquisition ofthe saw mill, lumber prices totally collapsed into arecession.

Around this time, Ted and Eileen had a chance tovisit family in Sicamous. Eileen told Ted, “I don’tknow where you are going to live, but I am notleaving here. Find some way to make a living”. Tedand Eileen moved to Sicamous in March of 1961.Shortly after moving there, Judy was born, babynumber 5.

Ted did find work. He became a mechanic duringthe construction of the Roger’s Pass Highway.Meanwhile, Ken arrives as baby number 6. Tedcarries on with many careers including: supervisorof mill construction, house building, mechanicshop, gas station, logging, steel fabrication andsite preparation for reforestation. A highlight duringTed’s work life was supervising the construction ofa plywood plant in Columbia, South America in1970.

Ted finally retired at 72 years old. He took onthe hobby of woodworking during retirement andcreated many wooden items for the family. Tedand Eileen travelled across Canada and into thenorth many times.

Ted helped with the creation of the SicamousCurling Rink and was on the Water Board forseveral years. He leaves many stories behind andwas able to laugh at himself.

In lieu of flowers, memorial gifts may be made tothe Shuswap Hospital Foundation in Ted’s name.Ted was looked after extremely well by the staff anddoctors at the hospital. There was a memorial heldin Sicamous on January 17th to celebrate Ted’s life.

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GET FREE vending machines. Can earn $100,000 + per year. All cash-retire in just 3 years. Protected Territories. Full de-tails call now 1-866-668-6629. Website: www.tcvend.com

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Employment

Drivers/Courier/Trucking

SUTCO IS seeking U.S. quali-fi ed Class 1 Drivers, steady year round dedicated runs and over the road work available. We offer group health benefi ts, pension, e logs, and auto de-posit pay. apply on line at sut-co.ca/fax resume and abstract to (250)-357-2009/call 1-888-357-2612 ext.230

We require qualifi ed US capable Class 1 drivers imme-diately: We are an Okanagan based transport company looking for qualifi ed drivers for US loads we run primarily in the Pacifi c Northwest, Utah, Arizona and Nevada. We offer a new pay rate empty or load-ed. All picks and drops paid. Assigned units company cell phones and fuel cards. Regu-lar home time Direct deposit paid every second Friday with no hold backs. We offer a rider and pet policy. Company paid US travel Insurance. All applicants must have reliable transportation and a positive attitude. Please fax resume & abstract to 250-546-0600 or by email to [email protected] NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE.

Education/Trade Schools

APPLY NOW: A $2,500 Pen-ny Wise scholarship is available for a woman entering the Journalism Certifi cate Pro-gram at Langara College in Vancouver. Application dead-line April 30, 2015. Email ap-plications: [email protected] For more information visit: www.bccommunitynews.com/ our-programs/scholarship

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Employment

Help WantedCARE GIVER req’d in Sica-mous for a male quadriplegic. All aspects of personal care necessary. Experience &/or related education recd. For the right person $15/hr. Afternoon shifts. Email :[email protected]

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Employment

Help WantedSALMON Arm logging com-pany looking for fulltime con-tract logging trucks, or drivers. Steady year round haul, home every night. Drivers must have bush experience. Please email [email protected] or call 778-489-0118

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Help WantedFT Head Baker for True Grain Bread in Summerland. Pro-ducing highest quality baked goods. 5yrs experience baking bread from scratch. Forecast-ing, ordering, recruiting, train-ing & scheduling respon-sibilities. Master level certifi cation or Red Seal re-quired. Full details: http://www.truegrain.ca/index.php/contact -3/employment Send resume: [email protected]

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Financial ServicesARE YOU $10K Or More In Debt? DebtGo can help re-duce a signifi cant portion of your debt load. Call now and see if you qualify. 1-800-351-1783.

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

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IF YOU own a home or real estate, Alpine Credits can lend you money: It’s That Simple. Your Credit / Age / Income is not an issue. 1.800.587.2161.

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Home ImprovementsFULL SERVICE plumbing from Parker Dean. Fast, re-liable, 24/7 service. Take $50 off your next job if you present this ad. Vancouver area. Call 1-800-573-2928.

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Merchandise for Sale

Heavy Duty Machinery

A-STEEL SHIPPING DRY STORAGE CONTAINERS

Used 20’40’45’53’ and insulated containers all

sizes in stock. Trades are welcome.

40’Containers under $2500!DMG 40’ containers under $2,000 each. Also JD 544 & 644 wheel Loaders & 20,000 lb CAT forklift.

Wanted to buy 300 size hydraulic excavator.

Ph Toll free 1-866-528-71081-778-298-3192 8am-5pm

Delivery BC and ABwww.rtccontainer.com

Misc. for SaleHOT TUB (SPA) COVERS. Best price. Best quality. All shapes & colours available. 1-866-652-6837 www.thecoverguy.com/newspaper?

STEEL BUILDINGS/metal buildings 60% off! 20x28, 30x40, 40x62, 45x90, 50x120, 60x150, 80x100 sell for bal-ance owed! Call 1-800-457-2206 or visit online: www.crownsteelbuildings.ca.

STEEL BUILDINGS. “Really big sale!” All steel building models and sizes. Plus extra savings. Buy now and we will store until spring. Pioneer Steel 1-800-668-5422 or visit online: www.pioneersteel.ca

Misc. WantedBUYING gold jewelry! Brace-lets, chains, necklaces, rings, watches, coins, gold teeth, etc. Call Todd @ 250-864-3521.

Private Collector Looking toBuy Coin Collections, Silver,Antiques, Native Art, Estates +Chad: 778-281-0030 Local

Rentals

Apt/Condo for RentLARGE 1 bdrm apt. avail. Feb 1st, in Sicamous, BC.$675/mo incl. cable & power. call (250)836-5741

LGE 1 & 2 BDRM. BRIGHT apts. In suite storage, green space, live-in manager. Cable incl. Sicamous, 250-804-5364.

Homes for Rent3 BDRM 2 BATH Sicamous House $1,000/mo + utilities. Avail Mar. 1/15. House is also for sale. If sells, last mo. free. Call 604-945-5882.

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All Week“Jam the GM” Children’s Book Drive> SALMON ARM GM and PICCADILLY MALL

Family Board Games> SALMON ARM LIBRARY BRANCH

Bring a Book to Work Week> ALL COMMUNITIES

Saturday, January 24Family Pancake Breakfast/Snow & Ice Playday> SICAMOUS SENIORS’ CENTRE 8AM - 12NOON

Lego at the Enderby Library> ENDERBY LIBRARY BRANCH 10AM - 4PM

Family Storytimes> SALMON ARM LIBRARY BRANCH 10:30AM > ENDERBY LIBRARY BRANCH 10:30AM> SICAMOUS LIBRARY BRANCH 11AM

Salmon Arm SYSA Family “Footy” (Soccer)> SASCU INDOOR SOCCER ARENA 1PM - 3PM

Salmon Arm Come Try Ringette!> SHAW CENTRE 3:45PM - 4:45PM

Sunday, January 25Armstrong Family Skate> ARMSTRONG NOR VAL SPORTS CENTRE 12:30PM - 2:30PM

Salmon Arm Family Music Jam with Roxy> SALMON ARM RECREATION CENTRE 12:30PM - 1:30PM

Salmon Arm Family Swim> SALMON ARM RECREATION CENTRE 1PM - 4PM

Armstrong Family Rollerskating> ARMSTRONG HASSEN MEMORIAL ARENA 3PM - 4:30PM

Enderby Family Skate> ENDERBY ARENA 5:45PM - 7:15PM

Monday, January 26Salmon Arm Come Try Curling!> SALMON ARM CURLING CLUB 4PM - 5:30PM

Salmon Arm Family Snowshoe Night> LITTLE MOUNTAIN SPORTS FIELDS 5PM - 7PM

Tuesday, January 27D.E.A.R. (Drop Everything And Read!)> ALL COMMUNITIES

Lego At the Enderby Library> ENDERBY LIBRARY BRANCH 10AM - 5PM

Sicamous Crazy Hat Skate> SICAMOUS RECREATION CENTRE 2PM - 3:30PM

Salmon Arm Magic Shows> SALMON ARM LIBRARY BRANCH 4PM> SALMON ARM LIBRARY BRANCH 6:30PM

Carlin Country Sliding Party> CARLIN ELEMENTARY-MIDDLE SCHOOL 6:30PM - 8PM

Wednesday, January 28Skating with the Sicamous Eagles> SICAMOUS RECREATION CENTRE 9AM> SICAMOUS RECREATION CENTRE 12:30PM


Buddy Reading with the Sicamous Eagles> STRONGSTART AT PARKVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 10AM

Family Storytimes> SALMON ARM LIBRARY BRANCH 10:30AM> ARMSTRONG LIBRARY BRANCH 11AM

Salmon Arm Lego Building and Storytime> SALMON ARM LIBRARY BRANCH 3PM - 4:30PM

South Shuswap Family Skate and Winter Fun> SORRENTO BLIND BAY PARK 3:30PM - 5PM

South Shuswap Family Bingo Night> SOUTH SHUSWAP LIBRARY BRANCH 6PM - 7PM

Thursday, January 29Skating with the Sicamous Eagles> SICAMOUS RECREATION CENTRE 9AM

Salmon Arm Early Years Fair “Pirate Party”> DOWNTOWN ACTIVITY CENTRE 9:30AM - 11:30AM

Enderby Kidz & Company Family Fun> ENDERBY DRILL HALL 9:30AM - 11:30AM

Skating and Books with the Silverbacks> SHAW CENTRE 2:30PM - 4PM

Enderby Come Try Curling!> ENDERBY CURLING RINK 3:30PM - 5PM

Salmon Arm Puppet Play> SALMON ARM LIBRARY BRANCH 3:30PM - 4:30PM

Friday, January 30Armstrong Early Years Fair> ARMSTRONG ELEMENTARY 9AM - 11AM

Sicamous StrongStart/Parents & Tots Games & Yoga> PARKVIEW ELEMENTARY 9:30AM - 11:30AM


Larch Hills Pirate Loppet ($5 fee)> LARCH HILLS 11AM - 1PM

Armstrong Lego Club> ARMSTRONG LIBRARY BRANCH 6:30PM - 7:3OPM

Salmon Arm Yoga & PJ Storytime> HILLCREST SCHOOL 6:30PM - 7:30PM

“Jam the GM” Children’s Book Drive at the Eagles’ Game> SICAMOUS RECREATION CENTRE 7PM - 9PM

Saturday, January 31Family Storytimes> SALMON ARM LIBRARY BRANCH 10:30AM > ENDERBY LIBRARY BRANCH 10:30AM> SICAMOUS LIBRARY BRANCH 11AM

“Build a Book” Project at Family Saturdays> SALMON ARM ARTS CENTRE 11AM - 4PM

Shuswap Theatre Storytelling & Drama Games> SHUSWAP THEATRE 1:30PM - 3:30PM

All activities are

FREE!

For full event details visit: shuswapliteracy.ca

Armstrong ECDArmstrong/Spallumcheen Parks & RecCarlin and Hillcrest PACsEnderby Chamber of CommerceEnderby and Salmon Arm Curling ClubsEZ Rock 91.5 FMIn The Groove Studio with RoxyKidz & Company

Mall at PiccadillyNSSCRNorth/South Shuswap ECDOkanagan Regional LibraryPirate Loppet CommitteeRBC Learn to Play ProjectRiver of Life Youth GroupSalmon Arm ECD

Salmon Arm GMSalmon Arm ObserverSalmon Arm RecreationSalmon Arm SilverbacksSchool District No. 83Shuswap District Arts CouncilShuswap Ringette AssociationShuswap Theatre Society

Shuswap Youth Soccer Assoc.Sicamous Recreation SocietySicamous & Malakwa ECDSicamous EaglesSicamous Lions ClubSicamous Parents & TotsSicamous Preschool and StrongStartSweet Freedom Yoga

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