Eagle Valley News, November 13, 2013

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Vol. 57 No. 46 Sicamous, B.C., • 1.25 (GST included) • www.eaglevalleynews.comPM40008236

Food security advocates rally

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Midget Eagles host weekend

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Lest we forget: Sicamous residents gathered at the community cenotaph to honour Armed Forces members who have died in the line of duty since the First World War. Photos by

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November 16th - ERSS Christmas Craft and Trade Fair in the Eagle River School Gym. 9:30am to 3:00pm. Over 60 tables with all kinds of unique items and gifts. Contributions to the food bank accepted at the door. Table reservations: Kathy -- 250-836-3267.Mondays, Tuesdays & Wednesdays - Active After School Kidz. Ages 5-12 - to register or for more info contact Recreation and Wellness #250-836-2477 or [email protected] 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 Mon. Drop in Pickleball 6 p.m. Parkview Elementary Oct.7 - Dec. 2. Call 778-930-0534Every 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 250-836-5472Every Wed. Girl Guides of Canada. Sparks - 3:00 pm. Brownies - 4:00 pm. Girl Guides - 5:30 pm. New members welcomeEvery 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 infoEvery Wed. Zumba Fitness @ Parkview Elementary 6 p.m. Oct.16-Dec. 4.Call 778-930-0534 to register. Every Wed. Drop in basketball at Eagle River Secondary 7:45 p.m. Oct.2 - Dec. 2. Call 78-930-0534 for info.Every Wed.-Sat. United Church Thrift Store 10:00 am to 3 p.m.1st & 3rd Wednesday - Eagle Valley Photographic Arts Club meets at the Red Barn at 7 pm. Everyone Welcome. First meeting October 2ndEvery Thurs.- Crib and darts 7 pm at the Royal Canadian Legion Branch #99. Everyone welcome.

Every Thurs. - Chronic Pain workshop for 6 weeks. Thursdays, 1-3:30 starting Sept 17 at the Sicamous United Church. Learn to better self-manage pain from ongoing health conditions. To register call 1-866-902-3767 or register nine at www.selfmanagement.caEvery Thurs. - Sicamous Crokinole Group meets at 7pm at the Sicamous & District Recreation Centre - upstairs for more info and to join call Dave Reed @ 250-836-3652Every 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 2nd Thurs. - Sicamous Lions Club meeting at the Seniors Activity Centre, 1091 Shuswap Avenue. Doors open at 6:15 and meeting starts at 6:30. Anyone interested in being a volunteer for the community, please feel free to call Mary at 250-517-8107, Joan at 250-836-4876 or Pam at 250-836-4788 or just drop in to one of our meetings where you will be welcome.Every Thurs.- Steve Nash Youth Basketball Parkview Elementary 3:30 p.m.-5:00 p.m. Oct. 17-Dec.5 call 778-930-0534.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.comEvery 1st & 3rd Fri. - Pool Tournament at the Royal Canadian Legion #99 at 7:00 pm.Saturdays - Community Yoga 9:00 am Non-Heated Hatha $5 drop-in All levels Families welcome.Last Sat. of the Month - Ladies’ Auxiliary Dinner at the Royal Canadian Legion at 6 pm. Tickets sold until the Friday before at the Legion. No tickets at the door.Sundays - Candlelit Karma 6:30 pm. Warm & Gentle. Class by donation. Funds go towards community causes.Every 4th Sun.- Royal Canadian Legion Br. #99 general meeting, 7 p.m.Every 4th Sun. - OAPO Birthday Tea for members & friends, Seniors Activity Centre, 2 p.m.

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It won’t look the same, but a successor to the Shuswap Lake Inte-grated Planning Process (SLIPP) will move for-ward.

Five of six Columbia Shuswap Regional Dis-trict electoral area di-rectors voted last week to approve funding up to $240,000 for the suc-cessor organization that will address water qual-ity and safety issues in the Shuswap Water-shed.

Funding will be taken from the regional district’s joint gas tax

pool, and not from in-dividual electoral area gas tax funds or from taxpayers’ pockets.

Area F North Shus-wap director Larry Mor-gan was vehement in his opposition to SLIPP before last Thursday’s meeting in Salmon Arm and the only one to vote against continuing the program in any form.

But on Friday, Mor-gan said he had aired his concerns and was now “toning down the rhetoric.”

“After discussion with some people there that work with me on the North Shuswap, I

decided to work with the decision that’s been made,” he said. “I will work with the directors regarding SLIPP and will do what we can to help make this work.”

Morgan said his de-cision is based on the fact it would be coun-terproductive to con-tinue opposing SLIPP and that he wants to en-sure some of the North Shuswap’s core needs can move ahead.

Area C South Shus-wap director and chair of the SLIPP steering committee, Paul Deme-nok says he is looking forward to collaborat-

ing with all stakehold-ers to develop the best possible plan of action for the Shuswap Water-shed.

Demenok says the proposal has yet to be approved by the whole CSRD board, some-thing he hopes will take place tomorrow. As well, he says the plan itself needs to be approved at the Dec. 4 SLIPP steering com-mittee.

Demenok said the reason the proposal had to be brought forward at last Thursday’s elec-toral area meeting was because of upcoming

budget considerations. In terms of the

amount of money to be taken from the gas tax fund, Demenok said it could be less, depend-ing on what other fund-ing partners come for-ward.

Work can now begin on a successor organi-zation to SLIPP to be designed to take water quality and safety coor-dination in the Shuswap Watershed to the next level including reme-diation. It will be made in the Shuswap Water-shed, for the Shuswap Watershed, with broad public input.

Sicamous waste collection in CSRD’s sightsWhen the Columbia

Shuswap Regional Dis-trict reviews its waste management plan next year, the results of a re-cent waste audit at the Sicamous landfill will be up for discussion.

The results of a Tri Environmental Con-sulting Inc. waste audit completed at the land-fill between Sept. 7 and 9 revealed that about 70 per cent of the material going into the landfill, which serves some 3,500 residents could be recycled.

A total of 10 waste samples, each weigh-ing approximately 100 kilograms were col-lected and analyzed.

Each sample was classified according to one of the following sources – residential curb side program, resi-

dential self-haul, indus-trial, commercial and institutional or from transfer stations.

All Samples were then sorted into 12 primary categories, 46 secondary categories and 59 tertiary catego-ries.

Analysis of the over-all waste composition entering the Sicamous landfill revealed that 35.7 per cent is com-postable organics – in-cluding yard and gar-den waste, food scraps and clean wood.

Plastic and paper were the second and third largest categories at 16.9 per cent each. Glass and metals con-tributed six per cent and 5.1 per cent respec-tively.

The greatest quan-tity came from the residential self-haul sector where 3.4 per

cent of the total mass was electronic waste – three times more than the residential curb side sector, which in Si-camous, is subscription based.

Most of the elec-tronic items found in the audit are included in various recycling programs in B.C., in-cluding computers, au-dio equipment, small appliances, power tools and lighting equip-ment.

Small household batteries, oil contain-ers and paint thinners, which are also recy-clable in this province, accounted for 1.5 per cent.

CSRD waste man-agement co-ordinator Ben Van Nostrand notes there is a slight (“and slight is being generous”) increase in the percentage of re-

cyclables entering the Sicamous landfill com-pared to other landfills in the regional district.

“Maybe people are doing the right thing by taking it to the depot, which costs way more than a curbside pro-gram,” he says.

Van Nostrand points out that because the District of Sicamous turned down a curb side recycling program in 2011, they are too late for the cost-saving Materials Management BC program that will be implemented across the regional district next year.

“They were the only municipality not to get on-board with what was in the waste man-agement plan,” he says. “We have said we’ll run the depots, but there will be changes. It won’t be like the big

green bin.”However, Van Nos-

trand says that those who now pay for pri-vate curb side pick-up service will see no changes.

CSRD staff made a presentation to Si-camous’ committee of a whole meeting Oct. 9, explaining the MMBC program, why Sicamous isn’t in and how they could get in by implementing a curb side program over the next couple of years.

“You had to have a plan in place in 2012 in order to get on. But MMBC will review the program within a cou-ple of years, at which point they may say whoever has a curb side plan now may be in-cluded in the program that will give them the financial incentives,” Van Nostrand says.

By Barb BrouwerEagle Valley News

Regional district to fund SLIPP successor with gas tax By Barb BrouwerEagle Valley News

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Advocates for B.C. agriculture are con-cerned the province may do away with the Agricultural Land Commission in an at-tempt to save $50 mil-lion from the 2014/15 budget.

B.C. Energy Min-ister Bill Bennett, who oversees a cabinet working group with a mandate to find ways of cutting back govern-ment spending, says the province has no inten-tion of “blowing up the ALC or bringing it in-side government,” and assures the commission will continue to de-cide on applications to amend the Agricultural Land Reserve (ALR), established 40 years ago to protect farmland from development.

Bennett’s comments are in response to cabi-net documents leaked to the Globe and Mail, in which a strategy is outlined for Agriculture Minister Pat Pimm to facilitate giving greater control over what hap-pens on agricultural land to local govern-ments and the BC Oil and Gas Commission.

Moving the commis-sion into the Ministry of Agriculture so that it would no longer be an independent body is one of the key components of the strategy that con-cern BC Food Systems Network co-chair Brent Mansfield. Another is the proposed division of the province into two agricultural zones, one that takes in the Lower Mainland, Fraser Valley

and Okanagan, and the other everything north of the Okanagan. In this second zone, the Oil and Gas Commission would supposedly play a greater role in decid-ing on applications for land removal from the ALR.

Mansfield says the documents would ap-pear to reflect the B.C. government’s priority commitment to liquid natural gas, and places resource extraction on top of the food chain.

“The way we support agriculture is pitiful,” says Mansfield. “Yes, we need an independent commission, but we also need a Ministry of Agriculture that’s not promoting LNG, explo-ration of non-farm use on agricultural lands.”

Mansfield calls any move to dismantle the ALC and prioritize oil and gas over food se-curity “shortsighted.” He also takes issue with the lack of opportunity offered to the public to provide input on the core review (announced Sept. 24, ended on Oct. 16), and the fact that the B.C. Liberal govern-ment cancelled the fall sitting of the legislature, thus preventing debate. Which is why he says it’s excellent that local governments, such as the City of Vancouver and, most recently, the City of Salmon Arm, are writing to the prov-ince, asking that the ALC not be touched.

Salmon Arm coun-cil’s decision to speak out in the ALC’s de-fence stemmed from an Oct. 28 request by the city’s Agricultural

Advisory Committee to write Bennett and ask that the ALC be left out of any possible bud-get reduction actions. Coun. Chad Eliason said Bennett won’t care and suggested council not support the com-mittee’s request. But Couns. Ken Jamieson, the committee’s chair, and Alan Harrison were able to sway opinion in favour.

“The budget of the Agricultural Land Commission, com-pared to other bud-gets in the province, is minute, it’s extremely small, and I know in our dealings with the ALC, they are trying to be proactive, but in fact, I found they can only be reactive…” commented Harrison.

In light of the leaked documents, Shuswap agriculture advocate John McLeod, who sits on both the city com-mittee as well as the Columbia Shuswap

Regional District’s Shuswap Agriculture Steering Committee, hopes the city’s letter will stress the need to preserve both the ALC and agricultural lands. He argues that even land of low soil qual-ity in the ALR is still suitable for agricultural use, noting the rocky terrain in the Okanagan being used for vine-yards, and says that poor soil is better than no soil.

“The ALR and ALC are now under attack behind closed doors, with no democratic process of public input or process. I thought, wrongly I guess, that democracy was for the people not the few,” says McLeod. “When we work to defend the core review beliefs of a few, we risk becoming blind to the evidence that could tell us we’re wrong.”

With files from Black Press.

Documents suggest ALC at riskCore review: Municipal governments back commission.By Lachlan LabereEagle Valley News

Growing concern: Agriculture advocates in B.C. are worried a cost-cutting exercise being done by the province will target the protection of agricultural lands. Photo by Lachlan Labere

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VICTORIA – Reaction was swift and scattered af-ter the “framework agree-ment” on new oil pipelines announced last week by B.C. Premier Christy Clark and Alberta Premier Alison Redford.

First, here’s what it doesn’t mean.

“B.C. blinked,” accord-ing to one Toronto com-mentator, based on the popular notion that B.C. gave up its claim to a share of Alberta’s resource royal-ties from heavy oil. Clark never made such a claim, so it would be difficult to give it up.

Her often-repeated con-dition of a “fair share” of revenues from any new oil pipelines is purposely vague, but after repeated protests from Alberta, Clark clarified as far back as last June that provincial royal-ties are not on the table. There is no constitutional

way to make such a de-mand, a point Redford has made several times.

NDP leader Adrian Dix and the usual chorus of pro-fessional protesters claimed that Clark flip-flopped, op-posing the Enbridge North-ern Gateway proposal be-fore the election and then embracing it once she was re-elected.

This is also inaccu-rate. Clark’s five condi-tions were set out before the May election, demanding approval by a federal envi-ronmental review, “world-leading” spill prevention and response capability on land and at sea, meeting le-gal requirements to consult and share benefits with ab-original communities, and the undefined “fair share” for B.C.

Clark said numerous times during the campaign that the conditions have not been met, and made pessi-mistic noises about North-ern Gateway, but she very carefully did not campaign

against it. The B.C. Liberal platform also endorsed a Kitimat-area oil refinery proposed by this news-paper’s owner, and Clark repeatedly referred to that sort of industrial expansion as one of the potential “fair share” components for B.C.

The B.C. Liberal gov-ernment made its opposi-tion to Northern Gateway “as currently proposed” of-ficial on May 31, two weeks after the election, in its final submission to the federal review panel. If Clark had wanted to jump on the anti-pipeline bandwagon for po-litical gain, that move could have been made earlier.

Redford accepts B.C.’s five conditions, provincial royalties excluded, and Clark endorsed Redford’s proposed “Canadian En-ergy Strategy,” which B.C. rejected last year.

A draft of the strategy re-leased last summer contains no specifics on how it would facilitate a pipeline project from Alberta to B.C. It talks

about developing Canada’s energy reserves and at the same time somehow reduc-ing greenhouse gas emis-sions, and promises a final version next spring.

Ottawa has sole jurisdic-tion over inter-provincial projects such as Northern Gateway and the proposal by Kinder Morgan Canada to expand the 60-year-old Trans Mountain pipeline.

If there is to be some ex-tra revenue for B.C. from oil traffic, it could theoretically take the form of a toll on pipelines. Redford pointed out the problem with that idea in her speech to an en-ergy forum in Vancouver last week. She noted that 42 per cent of B.C. natural gas is piped through Alberta to markets. If B.C. can toll Al-berta oil, the same could be done with B.C. gas.

None of B.C.’s five con-ditions has yet been met. Legally, they don’t have to be, except for the one about accommodating aboriginal title.

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Agriculture gets back seat to rodeo grounds

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British Columbians can be forgiven for believing their provincial government may not be entirely sincere when they

claim to support local agriculture. Energy Minister Bill Bennett stirred up suspi-

cion a while back when he hinted the Agricultural Land Commission may be looked at in a core review he’s heading up to find $50 million in sav-ings. The future of the ALC, the independent body tasked with overseeing the protection of agricultural land, became increasingly cloudy last week when cabinet documents leaked to the media were made public. These were reported to reveal a strategy drawn up for Agriculture Minis-ter Pat Pimm to bring the ALC under the minis-try’s jurisdiction and break up the province into two agricultural zones, including a vast northern zone where the province’s Oil and Gas Commis-sion would have greater say in applications to remove land from the Agricultural Land Reserve.

Bennett has denied all of this, stating there are no plans to do away with the ALC and noting the current budget includes $4 million to help the ALC make better decisions when determining what is good agricultural land. Ironically, Pimm is now under fire for attempting to interfere with the ALC for doing just that.

The agriculture minister, a former oil and gas man of 25 years, tried to intervene in an applica-tion to turn a parcel of viable farmland in the ALR into rodeo grounds and a campground. Pimm and his staff contacted the ALC on more than one occasion during the decision-making process to support the application, arguing the land should be removed from the ALR. The com-mission turned down the application and, in its decision, took the Peace River North MLA to task, suggesting he was trying to politically influ-ence their decision.

It should be no surprise then, that Pimm and B.C. government would seek to put the ALC out to pasture and open up the ALR to a future where local food security ranks even lower than rodeo grounds, never mind liquid natural gas extraction.

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He was personable, entertaining, straight-forward and fully-versed in the figures at hand.

B.C. Finance Min-ister Michael de Jong has been spreading his message, which he brought to Salmon Arm last month, telling business groups about the provincial budget, explaining that B.C. will prosper with LNG – liquefied natural gas – but only if the prov-ince acts quickly.

I would love to re-lax in the knowledge that he is right – and the province and all its natural bounty and all of its treasured citizens will indeed flourish under the plan. But, in order to agree with him and his colleagues, it’s necessary to ignore ev-idence to the contrary. The emperor is, appar-ently, fully clothed.

In other parts of the country, valid concerns are being raised. The Union of Nova Sco-tia Municipalities just passed a resolution supporting a province-wide moratorium on hydraulic fracturing. The coalition of 54 municipalities wants a better look into the im-pacts of fracking, par-ticularly with regard to the disposal of its toxic wastewater, as well as impacts on fresh wa-ter. Newfoundland and Labrador did the same last month. These are in addition to conflicts in New Brunswick, where First Nations’ concerns about frack-ing’s effects on water have been ignored.

In B.C., the Site C Dam, repeatedly re-jected because it will flood more than 5,000 hectares and 100 ki-lometres of the Peace River Valley that in-clude wildlife corridors and habitat, as well as agricultural land, is be-ing floated again and will apparently provide the energy needed for B.C. to frack away.

Fossil fuels con-tribute to climate change and fracking, in particular, uses huge amounts of water and fossil fuels to create –

more fossil fuels. Why aren’t we pushing hard for more widespread use of proven technolo-gies like geothermal, solar power and wind power? Jobs and envi-ronmental protection are not mutually exclu-sive. In fact, it will cost billions in the future to repair environmental damage done today – if it’s reparable.

Last week we also saw B.C. government plans leaked about di-luting the power of the Agricultural Land Commission and plac-ing it partially under the domain of the Oil and Gas Commission. It doesn’t take the psy-chic powers of Ma-dame Rue to predict how agricultural land would fair in a duel with oil and gas pipe-lines.

Hand in hand with that goes the surprise announcement last week from B.C. Pre-

mier Christy Clark and Alberta Premier Alison Redford that they have reached an agreement on the movement of energy resources – ie: pipelines.

Amidst these emper-or-like moves comes the view from many provincial and federal politicians that citizens who raise environmen-tal concerns are some-how anti-progress and anti-business.

I would love to buy into the notion of oil and gas as saviour. Unfortunately, though, it’s one where dam-age to the air, water and, indeed, the planet that sustains us, will escalate. It should be difficult, I think, par-ticularly for anyone with children or grand-children, to accept. Because, like older cit-izens, those young peo-ple will require food to eat, air to breathe and water to drink.

mail bagPoliticians giving country bad name

Stop the presses and the cameras. Don’t give those idiots in Ottawa and the one in Toronto another inch of public-ity now that they have

made Canada the laugh-ing-stock of the entire world.

Just quietly abol-ish that den of parasites masquerading as the

Senate, and fire that crackpot in Toronto. Enough is absolutely enough! I thought Brian Mulroney was our worst prime minister until

this robot came along. It makes one ashamed to be a Canadian these days.

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Nathan GrievePosition: Centre Home Town: Salmon ArmAge: 18 Height: 6’ 4” Weight: 205Prev Team: Sicamous EaglesHobbies / Interests: Golf, video gamesPersonal Hero: My parentsGoals: Get a scholarshipFavorite NHL Team: Vancouver CanucksFavorite Player: Sidney CrosbyFavorite Music: Hip Hop Favorite Food: LasagnaWhat do you like best about playing hockey in Sicamous:Being able to live at home

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WEDNESDAY NOV 13Public Skating: 9 amLunch Bunch: 12 pmPublic Skating: 2 pm

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Operation Christmas Child is a practical way to plant a seed of hope in children living in countries ravaged by war, famine, extreme poverty or natural disaster. Since 1993, 10 sponsoring countries have contributed 103 million gift-filled box-es to children in 130 countries. Generous families in the Shuswap over the last dozen years have sent, on average, 1500 boxes each year to countries of West Africa, South and Central America and Haiti.

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A non-partisan gov-ernment watchdog says B.C. Agriculture Min-ister Pat Pimm must resign from cabinet for directly lobbying the Agricultural Land Com-mission.

IntegrityBC argues Pimm crossed a clear line requiring cabinet ministers not interfere with the independence of judges or quasi-judi-cial commissions like the ALC when he urged the commission over the spring and summer to reverse its decision against allowing a ro-deo grounds and camp-ground as a non-farm use on a parcel of Fort St. John farmland in the Agricultural Land Re-serve.

“When a minister crosses that line, the minister resigns,” Integ-

rityBC executive direc-tor Dermod Travis said. “He didn’t cross it just once. He crossed it a multitude of times.

Pimm first wrote to the ALC on the issue May 17 as an MLA elect – two days after the provincial election – to express “concern” with the initial decision and in late May per-sonally intercepted the ALC’s on-the-ground visit to the 70-hectare site to register his strong support for reversal.

Pimm’s staffers con-tacted the ALC once more in June and twice on July 25, when his ministerial assistant said Pimm wanted to know the outcome of the ALC’s reconsideration.

That led the ALC to issue a July 26 pol-icy statement scolding Pimm’s representations as “not appropriate” lest it lead to an impres-

sion of the commission being politically influ-enced.

The ALC also said in its final Aug. 19 de-cision rejecting the ro-deo use that any MLA who thinks a decision before the ALC is too significant to leave as an independent deci-sion can try to persuade cabinet to take that file out of the commission’s hands.

It said the ALC ex-ists as an independent entity to avoid basing farmland decisions on “the politically expedi-ent, the crisis of the day or short-term profit that sacrifice agricultural land forever.

“The Commission exists precisely to pre-vent the British Co-lumbia public waking up one day and asking ‘what happened to our agricultural land?’”

Pimm told CKNW

Monday he has stopped making direct interven-tions in files with the ALC, but feels he did nothing wrong and was merely acting in his ad-vocacy role as an MLA on an issue of local con-cern.

Travis said he clearly continued to act on the file after becoming min-ister in June.

Earlier this year, fed-eral Aboriginal Affairs Minister John Duncan resigned his post for inappropriately writ-ing a letter in 2011 on behalf of a constituent regarding a case com-ing before the federal tax court.

Travis said Duncan quit quickly and hon-ourably and Premier Christy Clark must in-sist Pimm do the same.

“If you have min-isters running around thinking that it is okay to lobby judges, then

we’re going to have a serious problem main-taining the separation of the two institutions.”

Travis said Pimm’s interference with the ALC also taints the government’s leaked plans to consider major changes to the commis-sion, including poten-tially bringing it under the direct control of the agriculture ministry.

“Any changes that they consider will be looked at as Mr. Pimm trying to get back at the Agricultural Land Commission for rap-ping him on the knuck-les,” Travis said. “The entire process is now suspect.”

Bill Bennett, the minister in charge of the government’s core re-view, last week insisted the province isn’t con-sidering dismantling the ALC or bringing it within government.

Agriculture minister called on to resign

Salmon Arm city council is supporting in principal a ban on the agricultural use of neu-rotoxic pesticides, in-cluding neonicotinoids, provided action is taken at the provincial and federal levels.

In October, coun-cil was asked by the city’s Environmental Advisory Committee to move toward a by-law banning the use of pesticides which kill in-sects by targeting their nervous system. These

have been found to have a neurotoxic effect on mammals as well.

Salmon Arm Mayor Nancy Cooper said council agreed to sup-port a ban in principal, but made no motion to take action locally.

“We talked about it, and it’s really higher levels of government who would have to de-cide on that particular issue…,” said Cooper.

Studies, including one by the University of Washington’s Dept. of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, indicate neu-

rotoxins may contribute to neurodegenerative disorders in humans, particularly Parkinson’s disease. The neurotoxin Glysophate, used in the herbicide Roundup, has been linked to Parkin-son’s, autism, infertility and cancer.

Neonicotinoids, a neurotoxic insecticide similar to nicotine, is commonly used in Canada to treat corn and soy crops. In Sep-tember, Health Canada proposed tighter re-strictions on the use of neonicotinoids follow-ing a study of bee mor-

tality rates in Ontario and Quebec, where 70 per cent of affected dead bee samples tested positive for the insecti-cide.

Cooper said a letter will be sent by the city to the Union of B.C. Municipalities, as well as the ministry’s of environment and agri-culture, stating the city supports a ban.

“So, when they’re looking at it they know the City of Salmon Arm does have some con-cerns and would like to see something done there.

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A good harvest can create great soil

Come ye thankful people, come

Raise the song of harvest home;

All is safely gath-ered in,

Ere the winter storms begin. (Hymn)

A mother and daughter gardening team that I’m lucky to know, had just recently brought in their last harvest of the season when I stopped by the other day, and the yield from their gardens sur-rounding their home had brought in quite a haul. More than 250 pounds of potatoes as well as the same for tomatoes, plus squash, pumpkins and corn filled their spare room and garage floor. Ear-lier pickings were ber-ries and the apples off their trees with a whole load of other fresh and

nutritious vegetables in between. All this food throughout the growing season is eaten fresh, processed, frozen or stored for the year, giv-ing them lots of free and nourishing food for the winter months as well as enough to share with friends and donate to the needy.

Carefully selected new and heritage variet-ies of flowers grace the property with beauti-ful colour and the lawn becomes a delightful meadow of blooming bulbs in the springtime. They have a deep and respectful connection to nature and the earth, so no chemicals, toxins or poisons are ever used on the plants or soil.

In Des Kennedy’s book, Crazy About Gar-dening, he says: “Gar-deners have lessons to teach the rest of our race about how to touch the earth with affection and dexterity.”

These two are cer-tainly my teachers and I strive to garden like them.

Like all committed organic gardeners, they have a couple of good composting bins work-ing away in the back-

yard, making precious soil that’s loaded with microbes for next year’s growing season. Com-posting is not rocket sci-ence, but there are good techniques and tricks to learn to maximize nu-trient levels and speed of decomposition as well as what not to do. For example, there is a yard in town that sports a round wire compost cage filled with big rough materials such as thin branches and heavy viney plants, and it’s been sitting there for years, looking ex-actly the same. This is a total compost fail because the materials were too big and coarse and there hasn’t been enough moisture get-ting through it, so the process is pitifully slow if any at all.

The rule of thumb is that the smaller the pieces, the easier it is to be munched on and digested by the worms and microbes. The moisture content in the compost heap should be the equivalent of a wrung out sponge, so make sure you sprinkle the layers with water and flipping the pile once or twice if you

can will significantly increase the decompo-sition process.

Diversity of organic materials is important because there will be all kinds of nutrients for the plants to take up, and make sure there are at least two parts carbon (or browns) to one-part nitrogen (or greens).

This recommended ratio can vary consid-erably and can be con-fusing when leaves can be either or, so don’t sweat it too much – the important thing is to make it! You can layer in (one- to three-inch thick) all kinds of ma-terials, such as leaves (better if shredded), grass, manures, kitch-en waste, wood chips, sawdust, needles, wood ashes, rotten apples, chopped up yard waste and even a sprinkling of dirt or clean sand between the odd layer for added minerals – whatever you can get a hold of.

Keep the compost bins covered, so that the rains and snow don’t wash away the nutrients and drown out the microbes and worms. Those rubber mats work well be-

cause they’re easy to remove and they don’t blow away.

It’s too difficult for me to flip my big bins, so I rely on time to do the job of decomposi-tion and it works just fine once I get a good rotation of composted materials in different stages cooking away throughout the year. I’ve been taking advan-tage of this dry weather to stuff as many leaf bags as I can (over 200 so far!), because every full bag shreds down to less than half of a bag at best and a full bin of organic mate-rials composts down to about half the size when it’s finished. In other words, it takes loads of materials to get any amount of soil or mulch, so you may want to take the time to get a couple of more bins going so you’ve always got plenty.

If I were you, I’d ask Santa for a chip-per or leaf shredder for Christmas, because they’re a gardener’s best friend and there’s nothing like that earthy black leaf mould to use in the gardens and compost bins.

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Eagles drop Rockets with 3-2 win

Deflection: Midget Eagle Louis Federico’s puck gets deflected over the net by the 100 Mile House netminder during tournament action Friday at the Sicamous and District Recreation Centre. The Eagles took a 6-1 win against 100 Mile and tied 2-2 against Calgary and 0-0 against Langley. Bow Valley took the tourney with a 6-3 win over Langley.Photo by Lachlan Labere

The Sicamous Ea-gles didn’t disappoint home fans Saturday when they earned a 3-2 win versus guests the Golden Rockies.

Scoring began about midway through the first frame with a pow-er-play conversion by Nathan Grieve, assisted by Bobby Jo Love and Nicholas Astasiewicz. A couple minutes later

Golden replied with a marker by Salmon Arm product Brett Hanna.

The Rockets added another goal at the half-way mark in the second frame. But, with 43 sec-onds left on the clock, Braby Crabtree con-verted the power play to tie the game before the buzzer. Assists were by Riley Jepson and Hayden Orton.

With less than five minutes left in the third

period, Orton potted the final marker of the game, assisted by Crab-tree and Jepson, giving Sicamous the win.

The previous eve-ning, the Eagles were in Invermere where they came out on the losing end of a 3-2 tally ver-sus the Columbia Valley Rockets.

Sicamous’ single was scored at 3:37 in the third frame on a power play by Matthew

Maetche, assisted by Darien Head and Carter Hansen.

The Eagles will be on the ice tonight, Nov. 13 in Armstrong to take on the North Okana-gan Knights. They’ll be back in Sicamous on Nov. 15 to face the Kamloops Storm. After that, their next game won’t be until Nov. 22, back in Sicamous to do battle with the 100 Mile House Wranglers.

By Lachlan LabereEagle Valley News

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ARIES - Mar 21/Apr 20Aries, seek the advice of a mentor or confidante when a puzzling situation presents itself this week. Another person’s perspective might be all you need to solve this problem.

TAURUS - Apr 21/May 21Taurus, getting the job done just isn’t enough. You always need to get it done to the best of your ability and that’s why others find you so reliable.

GEMINI - May 22/Jun 21Gemini, focus your energy on work this week, as a possible promotion is looming over the horizon. Give work your best efforts, and you will soon be glad you did.

CANCER - Jun 22/Jul 22Cancer, sometimes the key to success is to know when to step back and recharge. This week, spend some time resting and relaxing, and you will have the energy needed to go forward.

LEO - Jul 23/Aug 23Leo, you may be looking for something new to occupy your time. Try learning a new sport or language. It will keep your brain sharp and pass the time in a productive way.

VIRGO - Aug 24/Sept 22Virgo, this week is a great time to stop procrastinating and to get back on track. Figure out a time when you have the most energy, and dive right into the task at hand.

LIBRA - Sept 23/Oct 23Libra, get behind a cause that will benefit your community. You have been interested in giving back to others, and this week presents a great opportunity to do just that.

SCORPIO - Oct 24/Nov 22Scorpio, you love to socialize with friends and family, but lately time has been hard to come by. Plan a get-together with friends and family.

SAGITTARIUS - Nov 23/Dec 21Sagittarius, you can handle difficult situations with ease and your loved ones know it. When such a situation presents itself this week, don’t be afraid to take charge.

CAPRICORN - Dec 22/Jan 20Capricorn, others trust what you have to say and want to follow along with your guidance. Cherish this trust and think carefully before making decisions that affect your loved ones.

AQUARIUS - Jan 21/Feb 18Aquarius, sort out an ongoing issue that has been compromising your focus at work. Once you clear your mind, you can once again focus on your career.

PISCES - Feb 19/Mar 20Pisces, you may find yourself spending more time with your social circle than your family in the next few days.

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Georgina Coates, born on September 24th 1925 in Chase BC, a long-time resident of Sicamous since 1968, passed away peace-fully with her family by her side on October 23rd at the age of 88 years.

Dodie graduated Nurs-ing School in 1947 which allowed her to serve one of her lifelong passions, help-ing those in need, until her retirement in 1987

A caring mother and world class grandmotherand loyal friend, she will be lovingly rememberedby her 6 children Lynn(Angus), Vicki(Christian),Jill(Neil), Janice(Jack), Robert(Mya) and Sherry(Jas),8 grandchildren Trevor, Tyler, Cristian, Lara, Mi-chele, Dillon, Robert and Sean, and 8 great-grand-children, as a woman so tough she once drove her-self to the hospital, in labour to give birth, with herhand slammed in the car door, thinking nothing ofit. With a sparkling smile that will never be forgot-ten it was often said that Dodie was the only familymember of which a bad picture does not exist.

As per her request, no formal service will beheld, with a family remembrance scheduled forsummer 2014

COATES, GEORGINA EVELYN “DODIE” (nee Munn)

Kathleen Mary Arnevick (nee Bischoff), beloved wife of the late Einar Arnevick, passed away at Hillside Village in Salmon Arm on October 30, 2013 at the age of 86.

She will be sadly missed and lovingly remembered by her children: Linda (Doug) Wigglesworth, and Larry; 4 grandchildren; 1 great grandson; and many other relatives and friends.

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KATHLEEN MARY ARNEVICK (NEE BISCHOFF)1927 - 2013

ROBERT STEWART TULLYBorn February 9, 1946, passed suddenly on

October 16, 2013 at the age of 67. Rob or ‘R.T. moved to Sicamous in 1973 where he ownedhis own auto body shop and worked for Dept ofHighways. He is survived by his wife of 48 yearsShelley, daughter Kim Bentley (Darren) grandsonTyson ( Hayley), granddaughter Danniella (Sawyer) and great granddaughter Zoey. Donations in lieuof flowers can be made to Parkview ElementarySchool.

Joan Aspeslet (Heyland) passed away on Septem-ber 15, 2013 at 79 years of age. She is survived by her husband Douglas, broth-ers, James (Carol), Dalton (Gail), and sister Bonnie (John). She also leaves be-hind four children Roder-ick (Lynn), Gordon, Pame-la (Michael), and Carolyn (Harvey), 23 grandchildren and 22 great-grand chil-dren and numerous niec-es and nephews. She was predeceased by herparents Jack and Viva Heyland, and brother BobHeyland as well as sisters-in-law Sharon (Bob) andGloria (James).

Active in whichever community she was a partof, Joan was a member of the Oil Wives and spent time on the Town Council of Whitecourt. An artist in many mediums; seamstress, painter, weaver, knitting & crocheting and volunteered many hourswith the Brush and Palette Club in Whitecourt and the Eagle Valley Brush & Palette Club in Sicamous. Joan also gave of a lifetime of service to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

In lieu of flowers please consider a donation tothe Heart and Stroke Foundation.

ELLEN JOAN ASPESLET (HEYLAND) Born 27/02/34 - Turner Valley, AB

Passed away in Salmon Arm, BC 15/09/13

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Community Developer/Program Coordinator required by Shuswap Regional Better at Home Program.

Duties will include connecting to community stakeholders, developing community advisories, completing inventories of community assets and needs, and the set up of a seniors non medical support services program for April 1st, 2014 that meets the needs of individual communities within a centralized system for intake, monitoring and evaluation.

Strong knowledge of Shuswap communities and cultures will be an asset, as will a solid background in program and community development. Wage range of $25 to $28. per hour dependant on education and experience. Hours per week will be from 24 to 32 dependant on development stage. This position will be a permanent position with a 3 month probation period.

Please forward resumes or enquiries to:

[email protected], Attention Janet McClean Senft. Closing date November 20th, 2013

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Services

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Services

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Legal ServicesCRIMINAL RECORD? Don’t let it block employment, travel, education, professional, certifi -cation, adoption property ren-tal opportunities. For peace of mind & a free consultation call 1-800-347-2540.


Services

Medical HealthVIAGRA 100mg or CIALIS 20mg. Generic. 40 tabs + 10 Free all for $99 including Free Shipping. Discreet, Fast Shipping. 1-888-836-0780 or metromeds.net

Misc ServicesGOING ON HOLIDAY? We take care when you’re not there. Home Watch Service. 250-838-7371.

MATURE Semi-retired profes-sional available for casual/on call work. Cover sick/vacation leave, absences for a rea-sonable hourly fee.250-836-4613

Painting & Decorating

& Area for 20+ Years Serving Sicamous

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• Interior/Exterior

Cell 833-8009Home 836-4154

For Free Estimate call Lorraine

• Wallpapering • Drywall Repair• Professional Workmanship

• Seniors Discounts

Merchandise for Sale

AuctionsGROCERY STORE AUCTION - November 16 @11am, Burnaby - Hobart meat equipment & dish-washers, True coolers & freezers. View @www.KwikAuctions.com


Free ItemsTO GIVE AWAY: Black metal futon frame in excellent condi-tion. Call 250-836-3652.

Heavy Duty Machinery

A-STEEL SHIPPING DRYSTORAGE CONTAINERS

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

sizes in stock. SPECIAL

Trades are welcome.40’ Containers under $2500!

Call Toll Free AlsoJD 544 & 644 wheel loaders

JD 892D LC ExcavatorPh 1-866-528-7108Delivery BC and AB

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

MOVING SALE. Scooter, walker, commode. Antique oak side board, 2-3 ft solid oak end tables, storage cabinets-as-sorted sizes, other misc items. Call for Appt. (250)836-2695

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 us online at: www.crownsteelbuildings.ca

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Misc. WantedLocal Coin Collector Buying Collections, Olympic Gold & Silver Coins etc 778-281-0030

PURCHASING old Canadian & American coin collections & accumulations. 250-548-3670

Rentals

Apt/Condo for Rent2 BDRM apt., $750/mo + DD, heat incl. NP, NS, Ref. req. (250)836-3933

SICAMOUS: BACHELOR APT. (Studio) Avail. Incl. stove, fridge. $475/mo. plus hydro & DD. 250-836-3849.

Homes for RentMalakwa-3bdrm home $725 +utils. 2bdrm $600.+utils, 250-836-2907.

SICAMOUS: 3 BDRM. house. All appl. Lge. yrd. Call 250-804-0921.

Shared Accommodation

SHARED HOME WITH a sen-ior woman. Private bdrm, bath, living room. Rent negotiable. 250-836-5793.

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