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BREANNE [email protected]

A recent surge in the cost of food has pushed a number of families further into poverty with Columbia Valley res-idents struggling to put food on their tables due to unexpected increases.

The Columbia Valley Food Bank re-cently reported a 14 per cent increase in use among local families between September and November 2015 com-pared to the same time period record-ed locally from the last three years.

“We seem to be having a bit more of an increase than the national average,” said Ronald Stainthorpe, board chair of the Columbia Valley Food Bank, while noting the use of Canadian food banks has increased by 26 per cent since 2008, according to the HungerCount 2015.

According to Food Banks Canada’s annual report, more than 850,000 Ca-nadians used food banks during March

2015, and of those, nearly 80,000 ac-cessed a food bank for the fi rst time.

But Stainthorpe added March is an unusually busy month at food banks everywhere.

“B.C. is showing a 2.8 per cent in-crease (100,086 people assisted) in March 2015,” he explained. “We’re probably more than that, but March is a really unusually large and busy month for us, so if we look at the last three months from September to November — com-paring to the past three years — we’re about 14 per cent higher in number of people for those three months than we were in the three previous years, which is quite a large increase.”

He stated that Alberta had also seen an increase of 23.4 per cent (67,443 peo-ple assisted) in March 2015 according

to the HungerCount 2015, and believes the economic downturn in Alberta and the East Kootenay region may be com-parable.

“Alberta has gone up 23.4 per cent from one year to the next, which is much more than any other province so maybe the economic situation over there trick-

les over here,” ex-plained Stainthorpe.

But there’s no such a thing as a typical food bank user.

Food Banks Canada data indicates that one in six food bank users

are employed, and 67 per cent of house-holds are helped by food banks live in rental housing and pay market-level rent.

“There’s a belief that only a narrow section of our population uses a food bank, but that’s not the case,” ex-plained Jeff Schwartz, Consolidated Credit Counselling Services of Canada

executive director, in a recent press re-lease. “Food insecurity affects a range of Canadians from families to singles, retired to working class.”

Schwartz encourages the “fi nancially vulnerable” to assess their situation, create a budget, prioritize needs and forget wants as well as to use the tools that are available.

“Whether it’s low wages, high housing costs, credit card debt with crippling interest charges, or any other day-to-day living expenses, it’s becoming harder and harder for Canadians to make ends meet,” said Schwartz. “In-creases in food bank usage since 2008 show that people are still in need.”

As a result of the growing crisis, the Columbia Valley Food Bank has recent-ly been participating in several fund-raising campaigns to raise money and canned products for the food bank over the Christmas holidays.

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The Regional District of East Kootenay (RDEK) Board of Directors is considering an application by Philip Marshall to amend the text of the RES-3(TP), Resort Tourist Pension Zone in the Upper Columbia Valley Zoning Bylaw.

Bylaw No. 2662 cited as “Regional District of East Kootenay – Upper Columbia Valley Zoning Bylaw No. 900, 1992 – Amendment Bylaw No. 308, 2015 (Panorama / Marshall)” will amend the text of the RES-3(TP), Resort Tourist Pension Zone to: eliminate the requirement for dining reservations; permit take-out food service; and, increase the maximum permitted number of seats in the restaurant from 8 per guest room to 14 per guest room. The bylaw will also limit the size of the food service area to a maximum of 37 m2 of gross floor area per guest room.

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If you believe that your interest in property is affected by the proposed Bylaw, you may prior to the hearing:• inspect the Bylaw and supporting information at the RDEK office in Cranbrook from

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Organic waste program in the early planning stages

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The Regional District of East Kootenay (RDEK) is examining the idea of introducing a region-wide green bin organic waste program.

“It’s on the work plan to have discussions around the possibility of developing the backbone of a regional organic program,” said RDEK environmental services manager Kevin Paterson, adding the work is being done in conjunction with the East Kootenay Energy Manager Meghan Lohmann.

“We’re quite a way from actually having a program, we’re certainly still in the infant stage but the (RDEK) directors have made it a priority,” said Mr. Paterson.

The discussions are so preliminary that the RDEK and Lohmann still have not worked out whether the program would operate at the regional level — with one program for the entire RDEK — or at the sub regional lev-el, with one program specifi cally for the Up-per Columbia Valley, another for Cranbrook-Kimberley, and so on.

But, according to Paterson, the general idea would be for the new green bin program to mimic the RDEK’s current yellow bin pro-gram, which operates for recyclables.

“It would be a fairly effi cient way to pro-vide that (organic waste) service given the

low population density and rural nature of the region,” said Paterson. “We simply don’t have a dense enough population to offer the same kind of green bin services that some of Canada’s larger urban centres do. So for us it has to be about striking a balance between delivering an effective, effi cient service and still making it economical.”

The green bin program, like the yellow bin program, would target large, organic waste producers, such as restaurants and grocers, with each business more or less getting its own green bin under the provision that it also keeps the bin open for general public use.

Paterson added it would then be up to lo-cal governments in each municipality if they wanted to add a localized curbside pickup green bin program. The yellow bin program — which has resulted in 660 yellow bin through-out the region — has so far been a success and, in many ways, helped clear the way for the idea of a similar green bin program.

“The yellow bin program is almost like a hybrid curbside pickup. There are not yel-low bins everywhere, but there are quite a lot in all the main hubs across the region,” said Paterson.

He added the RDEK is quite excited that Lohmann is back again as energy manager af-ter a hiatus and is looking forward to turning the green bin program from idea into reality.

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Stainthorpe said the food bank typically needs canned fruit and veggies, meat, soup, rice, pasta and school snacks before the holidays.

“While our shelves are pretty full right now, that food can go very quickly and we re-ally can use the standard food donations like peanut butter, jams, soups, cereal, canned fruit and vegetables, etc,” he said. “Money is always nice too as it goes to buy the meat, fresh vegetables and bread that go into our hampers. We are so thankful for the support provided by the valley and its visitors over the holiday season.”

The Columbia Valley Food Bank is open Tuesday and Thursday every week between 1 and 2 p.m., as well as 5:30 to 7 p.m. on the third Wednesday each month at a small space in the basement of the Invermere Public Library at 201-7th Avenue. It offers people ac-cess to food, safe handling procedures and healthy meal information. To make a donation or access programming, call the Columbia Valley Food Bank at 250-342-0850.

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Shining a light on electrical safetyBREANNE MASSEY

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The ability to make holiday decorations safe has be-come a hot topic for some this winter.

The BC Safety Authority (BCSA) is urging everyone to protect themselves and their properties from faulty wir-ing of Christmas lights this season.

“Aged or worn out Christmas lighting and displays are subjected to cold and wet winter conditions as well as UV from the sun, and this can have a deteriorating effect on the lighting,” said Michael Pilato, BCSA senior safety of-fi cer, in a recent press release. “Lighting should be looked at each year to make sure it is in good working order.”

The BCSA encourages holiday afi cionados to follow manufacturers’ directions for installation and use of in-door and outdoor lights approved in Canada.

However, the BCSA recommends checking lights or other alternative electrical decorations for defects be-fore using or discarding cracked receptacles, frayed or loose wires. It also suggests that consumers protect themselves by turning off all electrical lighting and deco-rations before leaving the house.

The Invermere Fire Rescue crew has not yet had any problems related to festive ornaments, but it cautions people to stay safe and practice caution with all electri-

cally charged devices.“We cannot recall any incident that applies the season-

al lighting or to that particular brand of light. However, we’ve responded in the past to call where additional elec-trical devices like heaters have been plugged into outlets or extension cords and resulted in the overloading of that circuit,” said Geoff Hill, a fi refi ghter with the District of In-vermere’s fi re department. “This can be particularly dan-gerous and we ask that people take care to not overload circuits in their homes with seasonal items.”

Meanwhile, Health Canada has reported hazards in sev-eral lighting products that are widely distributed through-out Canada at retail chains including the recalled brands Taizhou Hongpeng Colour Lanterns (CSA File Number 241989) and Ningbo EGO International Co. Ltd. (CSA File Number 263917). Both products are easily identifi ed with a manufacturer’s product identifi cation label attached to one end of a string of lights.

Health Canada recommends that consumers stop using both of these products immediately and return the prod-ucts to the places where they were purchased, or follow directions that are associated with anticipated recall no-tices for some products.

For more information about the recalls, visit http://healthycanadians.gc.ca/recall-alert-rappel-avis/hc-sc/2015/56254r-eng.php.

STEVE [email protected]

The District of Invermere formally adopted its next fi ve-year fi nancial plan (its next budget) during the most re-cent council meeting.

The adoption came during the Tuesday, December 10th meeting. As has been previously reported in The Echo,

the plan extends from 2016 to 2020 and outlines a 1.5 per cent general tax increase starting next year, with the extra funds generated from this increase be-ing used to help pay for the new multi-use centre. That increase will come on top of a parcel tax increase in 2016 — also to help fund the multi-use centre — that will average out to around $100 per parcel.

District staff conducted pub-lic consultation this fall, prior to adopting the budget, by sending out a survey asking how much of a tax increase residents are willing to accept if they get increased ser-

vice in return. The results were mixed bag with 20 per cent of survey respondents saying their most preferred option was no tax increase (and correspondingly no increase in services); and another 20 per cent choosing a fi ve or more per cent increase (with a correspondingly large increase in services). Almost half of the 60 per cent of respondents who fell between these two extremes (29 per cent of the to-tal survey respondents) favoured a two per cent increase.

District saves up Community Works FundCouncil received a letter at the December 10th meeting

from Union of British Columbia Municipalities (UBCM) chair Al Richmond informing the district that it will soon be getting the second half of its Gas Tax Agreement Com-munity Works Fund payment for the April 2015-March 2016 fi nancial year.

The second half of the payment — which comes from the federal government — will total more than $85,000.

“All municipalities receive it. It is different that the Stra-tegic Priorities Fund, which also stems from the gas tax agreement, but which has to be applied to for specifi c proj-ects. This money is distributed by the federal government through the UBCM to every municipality, but each one gets a different amount based on population,” said Invermere mayor Gerry Taft, speaking the day after the meeting.

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Canadians welcoming refugees with open armsDEAN MIDYETTE

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Last week, refugees from the Syrian war began arriving in Canada. They were greeted in typical Canadian fashion, with cheers and tears and winter coats and teddy bears in airports in Toronto and Montreal. Our newest neighbours have faced a horrific existence over the last few years, with many having lost loved ones and all material goods. The stories from the refugee camps, with the tent cit-ies stretching across the horizon, paint a picture of despair with little in the way of food, water, clothing, and education for the children.

They come from a part of the world torn apart by war. It is estimated that over a quarter of a million people have been killed during the fighting with some estimates suggesting almost 400,000 have perished.

By the end of the year, the plan is to have 10,000 refugees settled with an-other 15,000 arriving early next year. Canadians have stepped up by sponsor-ing families and donating money, and by providing furniture, clothing, food and other essentials.

The vast majority of Canadians have embraced the incoming refugee fami-lies by turning their collective backs on racial and religious prejudice. They are

moved to welcome the newcomers with open arms, hearts and minds.

I am a third generation Canadian. My grandmother was born in White Russia (now Belarus) on a farm that her family owned. They fled west during the Bol-shevik Revolution, abandoning home and wealth. It took them four years be-fore they eventually made their way to Canada. They, too, were refugees. Where would I be if the Canadian borders had been closed in the 1920s?

It is heartwarming to see the excite-ment people across the country are ex-uding as more families continue to ar-rive in their new homeland. I have rarely been this proud to be Canadian.

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When people think about the way deci-

sions are made by elected officials, they often picture a boardroom or council cham-bers with elected officials put-ting up their hands in favour or opposed. It is true that, as Area F Director, I represent the citizens of Area F on the RDEK Board and, together with my 14 fellow directors, vote on matters important to Area F and the region. However, there is a network of volunteers behind the scenes who help provide critical input into those decisions.

In Area F, there are various Advisory Commissions providing me with input that help guide my decision-making. For land use decisions, I have a group of 15 volunteers who meet monthly to review pending applications and make recom-mendations. This same group provides

guidance on allocating Dis-cretionary Grant in Aid funds.

There are three Water Util-ity Advisory Commissions in Area F for Rushmere, Timber Ridge and Windermere. Each of these Utility Advisory Com-missions is made up of five members from the commu-nity who provide recommen-dations to staff and the Area Director on the operation and

maintenance of their water system. In addition, each Electoral Area Director

appoints an alternate. Lloyd Wilder has been my alternate for the past seven years. Oftentimes, we will discuss a variety of top-ics and frequently he acts as a sounding board. All of these individuals are volun-teers. Their time, commitment and dedica-tion are truly appreciated.

While these groups are formalized by the RDEK, there are many other volunteers in

the valley who provide guidance and sup-port. I regularly meet with many commu-nity associations, business groups, stew-ardship groups and sector groups. It is at these meetings that I see the hard work of so many volunteers as well as the passion they have for the work they do.

The volunteer firefighters and search and rescue groups also provide a valuable ser-vice while volunteering their time. In Area F, there are fire departments in Windermere, Fairmont and Panorama. Together, they have 63 volunteer firefighters dedicating themselves to protecting our communities.

The Columbia Valley is blessed to have so many volunteers who are giving back to make the valley a better place for all of us. They make my job easier and more enjoy-able. So, thank you!

Wendy Booth is the Regional District of East Kootenay Director for Area F and the RDEK board’s vice chair. She can be reached at [email protected] or 250-345-6155.

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Increased use of the Columbia Valley Food Bank is above the national average — what’s your reaction?

“We’re from Vancouver and there it’s even worse. But we hope the food bank reaches its Christmas goals here.”

Renaggete and Helmut Braun

“That’s disappointing. It would be nice to be with or better than the national average.”

Barry Maybuck

“I’m defi nitely suprised. I’m not surprised it’s well-used, but I am surprised that use is above the national average.”

Julie St. Amand

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This morning, I woke up to another news report that food prices are

going to rise even further in 2016, and one of the signifi cant causes of this in-crease could be climate change. Food costs in Canada rose by 4.1 per cent in 2015, a rate that is much higher than any other industrialized country, according to CBC News.

People in this area care deeply about the food they eat and, as a region, we are looking more and more at growing food locally. There are numerous projects and organiza-tions that have taken serious steps towards plan-ning for a future where we are much more able to feed ourselves.

For example, the release of the Revelstoke Food Security Strategy shows Revelstoke’s real commit-ment to addressing not only the need for more lo-cal food production, but also the need to ensure ac-cess to affordable food for all our citizens. And in the Adapting to Climate Change in Kimberley report from 2010, food security was listed as a Top 10 pri-ority for the city.

The Columbia Basin Trust has listed, in its Strate-gic Priorities document for the next fi ve years, sup-port for local agricultural production and access to healthy food.

Local governments, community-based organiza-tions and citizens are doing their part to bring this critically important issue into focus. Real plans are

being developed. Recommendations are being implemented. And we are starting to see early results from that effort. But it is past time for the prov-ince to step in and meet its obligations to ensure we can feed ourselves into the future.

The Opposition Standing Committee for Agriculture and Food, composed of fi ve NDP MLAs and one Independent MLA, recently released its fi rst report.

Recommendations ranged from re-moving regulatory and administrative barriers to farming through to the promotion of B.C. farm prod-ucts and businesses. Specifi cally, there were recom-mendations to help us prepare for the challenges that will increase due to climate change.

The recommendations state that the Ministry of Agriculture should disclose the long-term implica-tions of all future legislative and policy change — and Cabinet-ordered ALR exclusions — in the con-text of climate change, and that the Ministry should report annually on B.C.’s long-term food security.

We know that higher food prices are coming. And we know that climate change is affecting the areas that we currently rely on to provide our food. We must put pressure on the provincial government to do something meaningful to address this issue.

Norm Macdonald is the NDP MLA for Columbia River Revelstoke. He can be reached by phone at 1-866-870-4188 and by email at [email protected].

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EddIE MountaIn dIvISIonTEAM GP W L T OT PTS GF/A SKimberley Dynamiters 31 25 3 0 3 53 +63 W7Creston Valley T. Cats 29 18 8 1 2 39 +40 L2Fernie Ghostriders 30 18 9 0 3 39 +28 W2Col. Valley Rockies 33 17 16 0 0 34 -4 W1Golden Rockets 32 4 25 1 2 11 -96 L1

nEIL MurdocH dIvISIonTEAM GP W L T OTL PTS GF/A SB. Valley Nitehawks 30 22 5 1 2 47 +52 W5Castlegar Rebels 31 21 9 1 0 43 +40 L1G. Forks Border Bruins 32 14 16 0 2 30 -30 L2Nelson Leafs 32 13 18 0 1 27 -21 L7Spokane Braves 33 4 25 0 4 12 -84 L8

doug BIrKS dIvISIonTEAM GP W L T OTL PTS GF/A SKamloops Storm 34 22 8 0 4 48 +23 W1100 Mile H. Wranglers 32 20 8 0 4 44 +32 W4Chase Heat 30 17 9 3 1 38 +23 W1Revelstoke Grizzlies 29 13 13 1 2 29 -1 L1Sicamous Eagles 32 5 22 1 4 15 -69 L5

oKanagan dIvISIonTEAM GP W L T OTL PTS GF/A SOsoyoos Coyotes 29 22 6 0 1 45 +58 W1Summerland Steam 30 20 9 0 1 41 +39 W1Kelowna Chiefs 31 16 12 2 1 35 +8 W1N. Okanagan Knights 33 8 20 1 4 21 -37 W2Princeton Posse 31 7 23 0 1 15 -64 L5

Scoring LeadersPlayer Team GP G A PTS PIM1. Cole Keebler FER 24 24 24 48 102. Rainer Glimpel OSO 29 16 32 48 283. Jason Richter KIM 29 23 23 46 4 4. Jared Marchi KIM 31 15 29 44 185. Eric Buckley KIM 31 14 30 44 626. Alec Wilkinson CVT 28 9 35 44 267. Jordan Busch KIM 31 5 36 41 248. Jack Mills SUM 30 18 22 40 549. Zach Befus FER 28 19 20 39 3110. Micheal Cardinal CVR 31 17 21 38 71

Goaltending Leaders (min. four games played)Player Team GAA SP W L T SO 1. Matthew Huber SUM 1.67 .933 10 3 0 62. Jacob Mullen SUM 1.82 .932 9 4 0 03. Brett Soles OSO 1.89 .937 15 4 0 34. Tavin Grant KAM 1.90 .931 8 3 0 15. Tyson Brouwer KIM 2.02 .928 19 4 0 46. Brock Lefebvre CVT 2.04 .940 15 8 1 27. Adam Derochie 1MH 2.08 .946 7 2 0 08. Mitch Traichevich KIM 2.11 .921 6 2 0 19. Aidan Doak REV 2.14 .927 9 5 1 010. Joshua Tetlichi KEL 2.21 .913 6 3 2 3

cEntraL dIvISIonTEAM GP W L OTL SL PTS GF/A S Calgary Hitmen 32 19 11 1 1 40 +5 W3Lethbridge Hurricanes 29 19 10 0 0 38 +31 W1Red Deer Rebels 29 19 10 0 0 38 +26 L2Edmonton Oil Kings 30 13 14 3 0 29 -14 W5Medicine Hat Tigers 27 8 16 2 1 19 -28 W1 Kootenay Ice 28 6 20 2 0 14 -75 L8 EaSt dIvISIonTEAM GP W L OTL SL PTS GF/A S Prince Albert Raiders 30 18 9 2 1 39 +5 L1Brandon Wheat Kings 29 17 9 1 2 37 +27 L1Moose Jaw Warriors 29 15 9 4 1 35 +11 W3 Regina Pats 28 14 11 2 1 31 -8 OTL1Saskatoon Blades 28 10 15 3 0 23 -34 L4Swift Current Broncos 29 8 17 3 1 20 -27 OTL1

B.c. dIvISIonTEAM GP W L OTL SL PTS GF/A S Kelowna Rockets 29 22 6 1 0 45 +35 W3Victoria Royals 29 19 8 1 1 40 +37 W3Prince George Cougars 29 18 9 1 1 38 +15 W6Kamloops Blazers 26 12 10 3 1 28 +8 L1Vancouver Giants 30 8 18 2 2 20 -26 L2

u.S. dIvISIonTEAM GP W L OTL SL PTS GF/A S Seattle Thunderbirds 27 17 8 2 0 36 +17 W1Spokane Chiefs 28 15 10 2 1 33 +3 W1Everett Silvertips 26 15 9 0 2 32 +14 W1Portland Winterhawks 27 13 14 0 0 26 +5 L1Tri-City Americans 29 11 17 1 0 23 -25 L1

Scoring LeadersPlayer Team GP G A PTS PIM 1. Tyson Baillie KEL 29 18 31 49 362. Dryden Hunt MJW 29 19 24 43 163. Brayden Point MJW 19 18 25 43 84. Mathew Barzal SEA 24 9 34 43 315. Reid Gardiner PAR 30 19 23 42 226. Ivan Nikolishin RDR 29 17 24 41 47. Radel Fazeleev CGY 32 14 26 40 208. Brayden Burke LET 29 6 34 40 169. Jon Martin SCB 27 23 16 39 3910. Kailier Yamamoto SPO 28 9 30 39 12

Goaltending Leaders (min. 540 min played)Player Team GAA SP W L OT SO 1. Carter Hart EVT 1.72 .935 15 8 2 62. Ty Edmonds PGC 1.98 .937 10 4 1 23. Logan Thompson BWK 2.14 .918 9 1 0 04. Coleman Vollrath VIC 2.15 .921 16 7 1 15. Jackson Whistle KEL 2.45 .921 16 3 1 16. Jayden Sittler LET 2.46 .918 9 5 0 17. Logan Flodell SEA 2.72 .895 10 5 2 08. Jordan Papirny BWK 2.73 .894 8 8 3 2 9. Rylan Toth RDR 2.77 .907 14 8 0 210. Tyson Verhelst SPO 2.80 .906 12 5 1 0*Does not include games from Wednesday, Dec. 9

*Weekly standings include all Sunday, December 13th Kootenay International Junior Hockey League games.

Rockies win 1, lose 1 over weekendIJHLK

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Dynamiters destroy rockiesThe Kimberley Dynamiters edged out the Columbia Val-

ley Rockies 5-1 at the Kimberley Civic Centre on Friday, December 11th.

There was no scoring during the first period of the game, but the second was rather eventful with the Dyna-miters scoring twice.

Dynamiters player Eric Buckley scored the first of the two goals with assists from Jason Richter and Jared Mar-chi during a power play. Then, Brendon Benson scored the second goal in a power play with assists from Jordan Busch and Buckley.

Rockies teammates Luke Bellerose and Donoven Quin-tin scored the Junior B’s first and only goal of the game with less than six minutes left during the second.

The Dynamiters gained their three finals goals in the third thanks to Brodie Buhler, Benson and Buckley.

rockies defeat BruinsThe Rockies made a come-

back the next night.The Columbia Valley Rock-

ies won 4-1 against the Grand Forks Border Bruins at the Ed-die Mountain Memorial Arena on Saturday, December 12th.

Although there was lots of action on the ice from both teams, there wasn’t any scor-ing during the first period in spite of moving the puck around each other’s end of the ice.

“Grand Forks did a good job of clogging it up,” said Wade Dubielewicz, Rockies head coach. “They played the right way, and they played hard so it’s not always easy to get the puck in the net, but as the right wing came on, we started doing a better job of penetrating and getting some pucks through.”

During the second, Rockies player Nolan Menard brought the Junior B team into a 1-0 lead when he scored with an assist from Harrison Davies.

“We started getting pucks deep, sport checking and playing physically — and when you do that, you’re going

to have success,” said Dubielewicz.In the third, Nolan Menard scored two goals for the

Rockies — both without assists — putting the Rockies up to 3-0. Then, Bruins athlete Josh Gladman scored a goal with less than 10 minutes left in the game.

Nick Hoobanoff scored the Rockies’ final goal of the game during a power play with assists from Michael Car-dinal and Colton Sandboe.

“We actually came out and started the third really well, but I felt like they started getting chippy and we didn’t back down,” Dubielewicz said. “For the first time in a few years, there’s been a couple of fights in the game, it hap-pens. I just don’t want to make it a habit.”

But overall, Dubielewicz was pleased with his team’s win that night.

“I thought it was good,” he explained. “At the end of the day, or in a month, nobody’s going to remember how you won. It’s just a matter of figuring out the way to win.”

The Rockies will go head to head against the Golden Rockets at 7 p.m. in the Golden Arena on Friday, Decem-ber 18th.

“(Golden is) a team that’s getting better and better,” said Dubielewicz. “We can’t take them lightly.”

The next home game for the Rockies will be against the Creston Valley Thunder Cats at the Eddie at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, December 19th.

“We haven’t seen Creston back for a long time, so it should be an interesting match-up,” said Dubielewicz.

The Columbia Valley Rockies recovered from their 5-1 loss to Kimberley the night before to beat Grand Forks on home ice, 3-1. Rockies player Nolan Menard demonstrates some fancy footwork while bringing the puck up the ice. Photo by Breanne Massey


It’s that special time of year when schoolchildren in the valley are putting their wishes to paper and penning letters to Santa in the

hopes that their Christmas dreams will come true. The Invermere Valley Echo managed to intercept several letters from students at Windermere Elementary School before they made it all the way to

the North Pole, with some delightful drawings to boot. We hope you enjoy them as much as we did!

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From Isaac (front) From Isaac (back)

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Taft added Invermere has been in the habit of saving up the Community Works Fund money for several years until they have amassed enough to help pay for a larger project. He said council was looking into the possibility of using it to pay for some of the ser-vice work and intersection adjust-ment that will come with build-ing the new multi-use centre, but wasn’t entirely sure at this point if this kind of work — or spend-ing it directly on building the new centre — would qualify as an al-

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fi cer Karen Cote confi rmed the district had stockpiled the funds starting in 2005 (when it began) until 2012, when it used $616,000 of the money to pay for the im-provements at Pothole Park.

“That’s the only project the money has been spent on,” said Cote, adding the district has since continued to let the money build up and now has a total of $975,000 saved up.

The typical total annual amount Invermere receives from the fund is $171,000 or so.

Taft said the fund had began under the previous federal Liberal government and was maintained by the Conserva-tive government. He expressed hope that the new Liberal government may further improve it in the future.

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Chart-topping, multi-platinum selling sing-er-songwriter Johnny Reid has announced his 2016 “What Love Is All About” National Tour and, due to overwhelming response, keeps adding dates.

Cranbrook’s Western Financial Place is now on the list of the extensive outing that kicks off on February 1st in Vancouver, B.C. and ends on April 4th in Cornerbrook, N.L. The Juno and CCMA award-winning artist will headline multiple venues across the country in sup-port of his new album, What Love Is All About, available now via Universal Music Canada.

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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 16TH

• 10 a.m. - 12 p.m.: Breastfeeding Mamas Support Group meets at Invermere Library.

• 11:30 a.m.: Lake Windermere Abassadors’ monthly Directors meeting at 625, 4th Street (South Annex). Open to the public.

• 11:45 a.m.: The Rotary Club of Invermere meets every Wednesday at the Curling Rink. This week Laurie Klassen will be speaking from Community Foundation.

• 2 p.m.: Genealogy Group at Columbia Gardens Coffee Room. Every 3rd Wednesday of the month.

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 17TH

• 10:30 a.m.: Invermere Library Pre-school Storytime drop in for stories and a craft.

• 3:30 - 4:30 p.m.: Invermere Library Lego Club Drop in to build something great. Follow our theme or make up your own.

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 18TH

• 10 a.m. - 12 p.m.: Elf Cookie Decorating. Come decorate cookies with our Fairmont Hot Springs Resort Christmas Elf at Misty Waters Café

• 6:30 p.m.: Turkey Dinner at Branch 71 Legion in Invermere. Reservations Recommended. Please call 250-342-9517. Meat draw and 50/50.

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 19TH

• 9 a.m. - 3 p.m.: Newhouse Micro Homes Open House. Come and see what all the buzz is about. In front of Newhouse Multi Storage at 450 Laurier St, Invermere. For more information visit newhousemircohomes.com

• 10 a.m. - 12 p.m.: Santa’s Cabin. Come get a photo with Santa, and don’t forget to tell him what you want for Christmas at Fairmont Hot Springs Resort.

• 11 a.m.: Invermere Library Pre-school Storytime drop in for stories and a craft.

• 5:30 p.m.: WVMWC Live music Christmas jam until closing at the Station Pub. To benefi t the Food Bank and Christmas Bureau optional

admission: Food bank item or cash Donation.

• 7:30 p.m.: CV Rockies vs. Creston Valley Thundercats at Eddie Mountain Memorial Arena.

MONDAY, DECEMBER 21ST

• 2 p.m.: The Shortest Day at Pynelogs Cultural Centre. A series of 28 short fi lms will be screened. Part of a worldwide event.

• 7 p.m.: Lake Windermere District Lions Club meetings every 1st and 3rd Monday of each month at CVCC/Lions Hall Highway 93/95, Invermere. Contact 250-345-0171.

• 7 p.m.: Canal Flats Civic Centre Christmas Bingo. $500 Bonanza, $500 Free Game, door prizes. For more Information call 350-349-5447.

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 22ND

• 6 - 8 p.m.: Lego Club every Tuesday at Radium Public Library.

WEDNESDAY, DECE 23RD

• 7 p.m.: Texas Hold ‘em Tournament moved to Wednesday for Dec.23 and 30th at Invermere Legion. $35 buy in.

THURSDAY, DEC. 24TH

• Torchlight Parade at Fairmont Hot Springs Resort Family Ski Area, dozens of skiers and their blazing torches wind down the slopes through the darkness during this annual event – a cherished tradition that kicks off the holiday season at the resort.

• 8 p.m.: Annual Christmas Eve fi reworks, Conrad Kain Park Wilmer. Bonfi res and free hot chocolate.If you would like to make a donation please call 250-342-9470.

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 25TH

• Legion Closed till December 29.

• 5 - 7 p.m.: Radium Feastival, a village Christmas dinner at LaCabina Ristorante in Radium Hot Springs Best Western Plus Prestige Inn. Visit www.radiumhotsprings.com for details.

SATURDAY, DEC. 26TH

• 39th Annual Invermere-Radium Christmas Bird Count. For more Information call Randy at 250-688-6694 or email at [email protected]

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 27TH

• 2 - 7 p.m.: Screening of Asterix: The Mansions of the Gods at Pynelogs Cultural Centre. $5 for children, $12 for adults. A feature length fi lm based on the long running cartoon series Asterix.


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MONDAY, DECEMBER 29TH

• 6 - 8 p.m.: Lego Club every Tuesday at Radium Public Library.

THURSDAY, DEC. 31ST

• 3 p.m.: Village of Radium’s 25th Birthday Celebration and New Year’s Eve Party at Brent’s Shack, Legends Field and Radium Hot Springs Seniors Hall. Hot chocolate, hot dogs, chili and birthday cake. Visit www.radiumhotsprings.com for details.

• 6:30 p.m.: Radium Hot Springs New Year’s Eve Fireworks at Springs Driving Range. Visit www.radiumhotsprings.com for details.

• 9 p.m. - 2 a.m.: Edgewater Recreation Society presents a New Year’s Eve event with Jaydee Hypnotist. Tickets $20 in advance includes New Year’s bling, midnight hors d’oeuvres and champagne, sold at Brisco Store, Pip’s Store, Simple Pleasures and Little Treasures, Home Hardware and the Trading Post.

• 11 p.m.: Family Neon Nye Party at Panorama Mountain Resort. Prizes for Best Neon Costume, Best glowing lip sync artist, and best neon guitarist. Free handouts, like kids pop, glow sticks and glow jewelry, appy bites and jello shots (non-alcoholic) and Full bar open for Adults.

FRIDAY, JANUARY 1ST

• 7 - 10 p.m.: Fresh Fridays Open Mic at Pynelogs. Showcasing young talent from the valley. All ages, licensed bar. First Friday of every month.

TUSEDAY, JANUARY 12TH

• 6:30 p.m.: Westside Legacy Trail Open House at Fairmont Hot Springs Resort, Pine Room. Come and experience what the WLT is, how it will impact the valley, and show your support. Snacks and refreshments will be served.

TUSEDAY, JANUARY 19TH

• Columbia Lodge No. 38 meets every 3rd Tuesday at 8 pm. Sept through June. 1301 7th Ave, second fl oor above Lambert Kipp.

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Chalus, CatherineApril 16, 1933 – December 4, 2015

On Friday December 4, 2015 we lost an incredible woman, mother, grandmother, great grandmother, friend and the matriarch of our family. Mom passed away peace-fully surrounded by her loving family. She was predeceased in 2012 by her husband of fifty-five years, William (Bill) Chalus. She is survived by her four daughters, Susan (Gino) Tarditi, Karen (Stephen) Neal, Carol (Ron) Kinley and Cathy (Paul) de Guise. Also left to cherish Catherine’s memory are eight grandchildren and two great-grandchildren, Gina (Robert), Dani, Cole, Luke, Kristian, Kelsey, Kaitlyn, Dylan, Eva and Christine.

Catherine was born and raised in Bellis, Alberta. She was the youngest of seven children of Anastasia and John Chemerys. At 18 years of age she left the family farm to pursue her education as a teacher at the University of Alberta. Here her passion for reading, writing and learning continued to grow. Upon graduating she took her first teaching job in Luscar, Alberta, a small coal mining town in the coal branch. She spent a year, where she lived in the hospital, taught in a one room school house and met her future husband Bill Chalus, the love of her life.

In 1956 Cathy married Bill Chalus and they settled in Calgary, Alberta. They bought their first home in the neighbourhood of Haysboro. It was here they started their family and raised four daughters. For thirty years Catherine worked for the Calgary Board of Education as a teacher. She retired in 1988 as a well re-spected educator, mentor and friend to many.

Catherine and her family spent many summers vacationing in Fairmont Hot Springs, B.C. where they purchased property and built the ‘cabin on the hill’. This was paradise for Mom. As the years went by Catherine and Bill purchased additional land and built their dream retirement home – a log house.

In 1988 after retirement Fairmont became home. During the next 25 plus years of retirement Mom was able to do everything she dreamed of – she loved gardening, cooking, walking in the forest, getting firewood, exploring, raising chickens, canning and preserv-ing the fruits of her own labour, camping, volunteering for the East Kootney Environmental Society, still traveling, spending time with family and friends, crafting, cooking for groups, fishing and picnicking, exploring every dirt road in the Valley, continuing to write, making journals for all the grandchildren, going to the casi-no, anticipating spending all holidays with her family and grand-children, especially Thanksgiving and Christmas.

The family would like to extend a special thank you to all of the staff of Columbia Gardens, Ivy House and the Invermere and Dis-trict Hospital for their caring attention over the last few years. A special heartfelt thank-you to Dr. Mannheimer for his compas-sionate care.

In keeping with Catherine’s wishes a graveside service was held at Fairmont’s Evergreen Cemetery on Monday, December 7, 2015.

In lieu of flowers donations may be made in Catherine’s name to the Alzheimer Society of Canada. Messages of remembrance for the family may be left at www.mcphersonfh.com.

Hugh John MackenzieNovember 12, 1930 –December 8, 2015

It is with great sadness we announce the passing of our Father, Husband, and Grandpa, Hugh Mackenzie at the age of 85. Hugh had a short battle with cancer and after a period of home care, moved to the Invermere Hospital where he passed away peacefully with family and friends.

Hugh was born in Toronto, Ontario. He graduated from Ontario Agricultural College (now University of Guelph) with a B.S.A. Degree in 1955; he then attended the University of Toronto earning his B.S. Degree in Mechanical Engineering in 1956. Hugh joined International Harvester in Hamilton, Ontario in 1956 as a Test Engineer and then transferred to the design group to work on windrowers. From 1957 to 1967 he was Product Engineer in charge of tillage design. From 1967 to 1974 Hugh refused to stand behind his work as the Engineer in charge of manure spreader development!!! In 1975 Hugh was appointed Chief Test Engineer at Hamilton and held this position until transferring to J.I. Case in Hinsdale, Illinois in 1981. After going to Hinsdale, he became deeply involved in Reliability Engineering for Axial-Flow combines and continued in that activity until his retirement in 1992.

Hugh and Carolyn raised their family in the lovely town of Ancaster, On-tario from 1960 to 1981. Then as empty nesters, accepted a work trans-fer, and moved to Naperville, Illinois. After retirement Hugh and Caro-lyn moved to Post Falls, Idaho to be closer to their daughter’s family in Invermere. In 2013 they made their final move to beautiful Invermere.

Hugh had a passion for Steam Locomotives and the Railway in general since the age of 17 when he traveled across Canada by rail for a summer work position on a farm on Vancouver Island. He was a member of Ontario Rail for many years, helping refur-bish old Steam Locomotives. He was also a Model Railway “Nut”, as his family would say. He loved history, the outdoors, and working out at the gym.

Hugh was known for his wit and somewhat dry sense of humour, both of which were very present until his last days. Please honour Hugh with a shot of scotch whiskey with a little splash of water, some friends, and a joke!!!

Hugh is predeceased by his parents John and Katherine Mackenzie who immigrated from Alness, Scotland. Hugh is survived and will be sadly missed by his loving wife Carolyn Mackenzie of 58 years, his son David Mackenzie (Toronto), his daughter and son-in-law Kathy & Daniel Zurgilgen, his granddaughter Emily Zurgilgen, and many other extended family members and long-time friends.

Special thanks to the extraordinary people who supported us with their knowledge and compassion – Dr. Gooch and staff including Dr. Mantha, Invermere Hospital Staff, Home Care Staff, Lambert-Kipp Pharmacy, Hospice Society, and countless friends. We live in such a beautiful caring community.

The family will be privately celebrating his life. Any condolences or memories can be offered to the family at - [email protected]

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A former Columbia Valley teen, who now lives in Calgary, is carving out a name for himself in the figure skating world.

Cael Elford recently earned top marks when he and his dance partner, Pearl Kang, competed in pre-novice ice dancing at the Skate Canada Alber-ta/NWT/NUNAVUT championship from November 6th to 9th, finishing the tournament in first place.

Cael’s finish qualified him to compete against teams from all over Canada at the Skate Canada Challenge in Edmonton on December 4th and 5th, where he and Pearl came in fifth place out of 24 teams.

“I was really happy,” said Cael, while crediting family for his triumphs. “Both of my parents are figure skaters.”

Cael started skating when he was three years old and began figure skating in 2006. He began in the CanSkate program in Invermere and worked toward a competitive level as the years went on, taking on his first partner in 2009-2010.

“We were helping out on the ice a lot so he spent a lot of time skating out here,” said Cael’s father Jason Elford.

Cael moved to Calgary to begin training during the year of 2012. He has since worked with two

partners on the ice.His desire to be on the ice came naturally with a

family full of skating enthusiasts.“I was a figure skater and a competitive ice danc-

er and his Mom is a skating coach, so Cael grew up in the rink,” said Jason. “We actually didn’t re-ally want him to get into it too much because it’s a tough sport so we didn’t necessarily encourage him, but he grew up in a rink so there wasn’t much choice, I guess.”

Now, Cael skates between 6 and 8 a.m. daily be-tween Monday to Friday. He also studies ballroom dancing as well as music, performing both on the guitar and drums when he is not competing in pre-novice ice-dancing.

The 14 year old viewed his triumph as a memo-rable experience, and plans to continue training in pre-novice. The victory also brought back memo-ries for Jason.

“Next year’s challenge is in Montreal, so hope-fully they’ll be going to that again if they place well in the Alberta championships,” he explained. “It’s a neat story because he’s doing the same thing I did, and we won Western Canadians and competed nationally — my partner and I — back in 1989 to 1994. Now, Cael’s coming up and doing the same thing and he just won the champion-ship. He won last year too, so this is his second year winning it.”

OMMUNITYCFormer valley figure skater wins Western Canadians

Former Columbia Valley resident Cael Elford along with his ice dance partner Pearl Kang (centre podium) recently scored the best mark at the Skate Canada Alberta/NWT/NUNAVUT cham-pionship, an achievement the duo followed up with a fifth place finish in the national Skate Canada Challenge competition at the start of the December. Photo submitted


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