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The government gives with one hand and takes away with the other, says Columbia River Revelstoke MLA Norm Macdonald of the 2016 Budget brought down by the provincial BC Liberal government this week.

The government news release on the budget announced that fiscal discipline and new investments support B.C. families, jobs and communities.

Highlights of the budget include $143 million over three years to enhance key areas of the B.C. economy that support jobs in commu-nities, including the new $75-million Rural Divi-dend Program to help small communities strengthen and diversify their economies; Changes to Medical Ser-vices Plan (MSP) premi-ums and enhanced pre-mium assistance effec-tive Jan. 1, 2017, will help lower-income fam-ilies, individuals, and se-niors with the cost of living. All children will be exempted from MSP

premiums.

See BUDGET, page 5

PHOTO COURESTY KIMBERLEY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

Mayor Don McCormick swears in the new Chamber Board at the annual general meeting. They are Thomas Datt, Tylene Turner, Darren Shaben, Greg Bradley, Darren Close, Kenton Lane, Sabrina Park, Brian Conn. Not available for the picture: Rachelle Colthorp, Tara Penner, Chantel Hack.

Chamber of Commerce week in B.C.C AROLYN GR ANT

Bulletin Editor

This week, February 15 through 19, has been pro-claimed Chamber of Com-merce week in British Colum-bia.

This year’s theme, Empow-ering B.C. Businesses, cele-brates the leadership role that the over 125 chambers in Brit-ish Columbia play in their local

communities where they build links as business advocates and encourage policies that support business and eco-nomic development.

“This week we’re celebrat-ing the vital role chambers play in working with business-es to strengthen our economy and create vibrant communi-ties throughout British Colum-bia. We’ve worked closely with the BC Chamber of Commerce

to get input and advice so we can continue to create valu-able resources for small busi-ness owners and assist future entrepreneurs,” said Minister of Small Business and Red Tape Reduction Coralee Oakes.

“Congratulations to our Chamber members for their participation in making our business community resilient through challenging times in

the past,” said Kimberley and District Chamber Manager Mike Guarnery. “We continue to work for you moving for-ward and continue the mo-mentum exhibited over the past four years. We congratu-late the Chambers throughout the Province for their work in supporting local small and medium business enterprises.”

See CHAMBER, page 3

The B.C. Budget; differing

perceptions

Columbia River Revelstoke MLA Norm

Macdonald

Kootenay East MLA and Minister of Energy and

Mines Bill Bennett

B A R RY CO U LT E RFor a week of days in No-

vember of this year, Cran-brook will be the centre of the curling world.

Cranbrook has been awarded an event in the Grand Slam of Curling — the Tour Challenge, the second event

on the tour — and will see a massive influx of top interna-tional curlers, 15 men’s teams and 15 women’s teams in the top tier, and another 30 teams in a second tier.

The event will be broadcast on Sportsnet, a national sportscasting TV network.

Kristi Petrushchak, Manag-er of the Tour Challenge for Sportsnet, spoke to the Towns-man from Humboldt, Sas-katchewan, where she scout-ing locations for the 2017/18 Grand Slam.

Petrushchak said Cran-brook’s existing volunteer net-

work, and the experience Cranbrook had hosting the 2011 Canada Cup of Curling, made Cranbrook a compel-ling host city for the 2016 event.

Sportsnet says volunteer group makes Cranbrook ready to host Grand Slam

See VOLUNTEERS, Page 2

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“The veteran volunteer committee lead by Todd Pellerin are enthusiastic and excited to bring a world class event back to Cran-brook,” Petrushchak said.”It’s always a plus when you have a community of volunteers that have hosted a large curling event, to take their previous experience and key learnings and help make this event a greater success for the community.”

Petrushchak added that it was local organizer Todd Pellerin who reached out to Sportsnet with the idea of holding the Tour Challenge in Cranbrook.

“We’ve been talking for almost a year, trying to fig-ure out what the right timing is,” she said. “Originally we were thinking January, and then we had to move one of our events — the Tour Chal-lenge — I said ‘Well, Todd, do you have two rinks?’ He said ‘yes, we do.’”

Two rinks — in this case Western Financial Place and the Memorial Arena — are be required to accommo-date the two tiers of teams. Petrushchak said her col-league

Petrushchak’s colleague Jennifer Cram was recently

in Cranbrook. “She met with the City of

Cranbrook and with Todd Pellerin, and did a tour long with the icemaker. And ev-erything’s perfect.

“We’ve got 60 teams coming — two different tiers, two different arenas, so it will be something bigger and more unique. But it will be amazing — the broadcast and the story that goes be-hind hosting 60 teams and five regionals for men and women. Having the home-town pride there is great.”

The two tiered event is something relatively new for the Grand Slam. It was first held in Paradise, Newfound-land, in September, 2015, and Petrushchak said it was a great success.

“Sportsnet is dedicated to growing the sport of curl-ing,” she said. “Adding a sec-ond tier of teams allows teams that are on the cusp of making it into the Slams an opportunity to play on world class ice. Ultimately the win-ners of the Tier 2 get a bye into the Canadian Open event in January, 2017, with their travel and accommo-dations paid as well as their entry fee.”

Notable by his presence

Volunteers will make Grand Slam a success

before and during the Tour Challenge will be the official icemaker.

“Mark Shurek is our Grand Slam of Curling ice-maker,” Petrushchak said. “He’s been the icemaker of the Slams since its inception in 2001. He will bring with him three assists and work with the local icemaker to secure a crew for both are-nas.

The Sportsnet team trav-els with all of the equipment for the event, Petrushchak added, from rocks to car-

pets, draping, signage, scoreboards, time clocks, etc.

Pellerin said in an earlier interview with the Towns-man that depending on the success of the Tour Chal-lenge, there is potential for the city to host more Grand Slam events in the future.

“If we have a good local buy-in and the sponsorship is good and everyone has a good review after the event, Sportsnet has said that we would become one of the city locations that would be

on a rotating basis for future events,” he said.

“So what that means is, we have a successful event here, maybe in two or three years, we get another event, and because we’re pre-qual-ified with our facilities, we could host any of their events, on very short no-tice.”

As well as support from the City of Cranbrook, local minor sports groups and the Kootenay Ice have agreed to modify their schedules around the Tour Challenge.

In an earlier interview with the Townsman, Pellerin said 50 per cent of profits from the event will go towards these groups, to help offset the costs of the adjustments they’re making.”

Pellerin and the Cran-brook Curling Club are hosting a public informa-tion meeting on Tuesday, March 8 at 7 p.m. at the curl-ing club to answer any ques-tions, recruit more volun-teers and establish a board of directors and sub-com-mittees.

CONTINUED from page 1

FILE PHOTO

Staff of what was then known as Heidi’s Restaurant took on the challenge of catering the 2011 Canada Cup of Curling in Cranbrook. Another major curling event is coming to town in November — Sportsnet’s Tour Challenge, part of the Grand Slam of Curling tour.

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A GOOD PLACE TO BE. EYE ON YOUR CITYPothole Reporting - City crews � x potholes on a regular basis, � tting the work in between other duties.  You can help by reporting potholes so we can add them to our list.  Be sure to take note of the street address or crossroads nearest the pothole and report it to Operations & Environment Services by emailing operations@kimberley.ca (link sends e-mail) or by calling 250-427-9660.

Reminder to Renew your 2016 Dog licenses! Please place the license on the dog’s collar and ensure the collar is on at all times, as this helps enable a speedy return of your beloved pet if it gets loose. The penalty for unlicensed dogs found running at large is $75 plus the licensing fee. The rules of dog ownership are outlined in the City’s Animal Control Bylaw. Please visit our website for more information https://kimberley.civicweb.net/� lepro/documents/73.

Business Licenses are Due for 2016! The City kindly requests that Business Licenses be renewed and paid as soon as possible. Application forms for new businesses are available at City Hall or at https://kimberley.civicweb.net/� lepro/documents/58.

If you no longer require your Dog License or Business License, or need to update your contact information for these, please contact City Hall at 250.427.5311.FREE Downtown Shuttle - The Peak to Platzl downtown shuttle is a FREE scheduled service between the ski resort base area, the upper-mountain accommodations, and the downtown shops, pubs and restaurants. The shuttle service operates every day (except statutory holidays) until March 26, 2016. The shuttle schedule is posted at www.Kimberley.ca or contact planning@kimberley.ca.

Non-Instructional Day Camp - On Monday, February 22nd bring your kids to the Aquatic Centre for a day of fun! This includes indoor & outdoor adventures, swimming, crafts and games! For children 4 to 10 years of age from 8:00 am-3:30 pm. The cost is $45.00.

Clearing Snow and Ice – Icy sidewalks can be a hazard for everyone including seniors, children, mail carriers, meter readers, � re� ghters and paramedics. As the weather warms up and then freezes again, water from melting snow can run onto cleared sidewalks. Here are a few tips to help maintain your walkways:

• Warm weather during the day can make ice soft, so it’s easier to chip or shovel away.

• Spread sand or gravel on icy patches to make your sidewalk safer for pedestrians. Spreading sand on a sidewalk before ice forms can also make future ice easier to remove.

• Microwaving sand in a microwave-safe container and spreading it while it is still warm will make the sand embed itself into the ice, creating a gritty top layer.

• Pile snow in a place where it will not run across your sidewalk when it melts and aim your downspouts away from areas where people walk.

Masters Swim Program – Saturday mornings at the Aquatic Centre. The program will run from February 20th to March 19th, 10:00-11:00 a.m.

Kimberley RCMP seek purloined perfume

Cpl. Chris Ne welKimberley RCMP

Kimberley RCMP are currently following the scent after a break and enter in which cologne was stolen. Police re-

sponded to a business alarm at 3:00 am on Feb-ruary 15. Upon atten-dance police found a subject had broken a small window and possi-bly gained entry. In the morning the store staff and police viewed video surveillance and found a male subject entered the store, grabbed a bottle of pop and then headed over to the cosmetic

area. Once there the theft grabbed three bot-tles of cologne and de-parted.

Police are not sure why the thief stole co-logne, but nevertheless are following up on the scent.

Forensic evidence along with video surveil-lance images have been obtained which will aid in identifying the culprit.

On the scent of sweet-smelling thieves

Foul play ruled out as cause

l e a h s C h e i t e lThe Free Press

A 69-year-old man found dead after a Fernie house fire has been identified by the BC Coroners Service as Aldo Scarpelli.

At 4:44 p.m. on Feb. 12, Fernie Fire Rescue responded to the re-port of a structure fire. The structure fire was a house on the corner of 8th avenue and 13th street. Upon emergency crews ar-rival the home was fully engulfed in flames.

Responding to the call was five units, comprised of 16 fire-fighters as well as ad-ditional emergency services.

“After the initial as-sessment it was deter-mined that the home was beyond saving and our role would be to operate in a defen-sive mode,” said Fire

Chief Ted Ruiter.A defensive fire

mode is determined when it is unsafe for crews to enter an oc-cupancy.

“Fire crews focused their efforts on saving the adjacent home and were successful in doing so,” said Ruiter.

The adjacent home did suffer some dam-age due to its proximi-ty to the blaze, howev-er the extent of the damage was not spec-ified and appeared to be minimal.

While authorities cannot confirm the cause of the fire, by-standers and witness-es say they heard an explosion outside of the residence. Accord-ing to one witness, the explosion was so loud she thought two semi trucks had collided outside of her home.

Witnesses also re-ported seeing an un-responsive male in a covered walkway at the front of the home. The man’s dog was safely secured outside of the residence at the

Man found dead after house fire in Fernie is identified

L. ScheiteL photo

Fire crews work to contain a blaze that engulfed a residence on the corner of 13th avenue and 8th street on Friday afternoon. The lone male occupant of the house, later identified as Aldo Scarpelli, died in the fire.

time of the fire and was not harmed.

The Fernie Fire De-partment was able to extinguish the blaze and worked into the evening to ensure it

was safe for investiga-tors. A RCMP Forensic team was able to ex-amine the remains of the residence on Sat-urday morning. Inves-tigators have ruled out

foul play as being a factor in the fire and the man’s death.

The man’s remains were removed from the residence on Sat-urday and next of kin

has been notified.Due to the death of

the occupant, Fernie Fire and Rescue is currently assisting the Coroner’s Office and the RCMP with the

ongoing investigation.A memorial for

Aldo Scarpelli will be held on Saturday at 10:30 a.m. at the Cath-olic Church in Fernie.

From Page 1In Kimberley, the Chamber of

Commerce was founded in 1923 and continues to this day to promote and assist small business development.

The Chamber presents workshops on a variety of subjects that assist en-trepreneurs, and presents the annual Business Excellence Awards. They also offer the popular Beverages and Business Cards networking mingles, an opportunity for local business

owners to get to know each other. The latest Business after Business get to-gether is tonight at the Elks Hall from 5 to 6:30 p.m. The Chamber also as-sisted with the recent, successful Kim-berley Winter Market at the Confer-ence Centre.

The Kimberley Chamber has an office at 253 Wallinger and the door is always open if you need to speak to Guarnery about any issue on doing business in Kimberley.

Chamber of Commerce week in B.C.

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RotaryClub of Kimberley BC

Febuary Update

Meets Noon - Wednesdays at BJ’s Restaurant340 Mark Street, Kimberley • Join Us For Lunch!

Kimberley Splash ParkConstruction starts Spring 2016!

The Grad Class Challenge has been launched! The class of ‘85 has challenged other classes to raise funds for the splash park. So far, the class of ‘75 is the front runner with ‘59 and ‘65 chasing them!

For more details visit www.kimberleyrotary.org

Please donate now...On-line donations can be made at

www.kimberleyrotary.org/splashpark.

Cheques payable to Rotary Club of Kimberley,

BC Trust Foundation may be dropped off at

Kootenay Savings Credit Union or mailed to Kimberley Rotary Club PO Box 13, Kimberley, BC V1A 2Y5.

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Lobsterfest!Saturday, June 11th, 2016

Kimberley Conference & Athlete Training CentreCocktails and Auction bidding: 5:30pm

Dinner and Entertainment: 6:30pmTickets will be available ONLINE by March 15th, 2016.

www.kimberleyrotary.org$70 pp until May 14th, 2016 – $75 pp after May 14th.

Tables of 8 available.

ALL NET PROCEEDS GO TO THE KIMBERLEY SPLASH PARK PROJECT.

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MLA Meeting Day in Kimberley

Tuesday, September 15

Please call 1 866 870 4188 to book an appointment

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MLA Meeting Day in Kimberley

Tuesday, Feb 23

Please call 1 866 870 4188 to book an appointment

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Immigrant newcomers need your help.Please consider volunteering as a mentor or join our list

of occasional translators. English tutoring volunteers with EAL training are welcome. The average contribution is 2 hours a week. Contact CBAL Settlement Worker, Coco Seitz, at 250-581-2112 or

Cranbrooksettlement@cbal.org for more information.

Volunteer Opportunities:

For the Bulletin

Lively local pianist Arne Sahlen will pres-ent “...but that’Sonata Story!” at Cranbrook United Church, 6:30 pm Sunday the 21st and Kimberley United Church, 7 pm Tuesday the 23rd. Admission is by donation.

Love-story and murder-mystery ele-ments spice up one of history’s great musical forms. “We think of the Classical sonata as high-toned,” says Sahlen, “But in truth it dumbed music down from florid past forms. A rising merchant class had time and in-come to spare, and wanted to follow the players without a pro-gram so to speak.” Simpler melody and chords displaced multi-voice swirl, and elegant proportion re-placed turbid emo-tion. (A prince told composer Joseph Haydn to write music that does not interfere with the digestion.)

Multi-millions of sonatas for any instru-ment present a 3-act play in music. Sahlen will describe and play samples simple to complex, with his trademark mix of hu-mour and history - also audience partici-pation and a contest or two.

At the Cranbrook event, young pianist Alec Hammond of Creston will play Bee-thoven sonata move-ments, a Nocturne by French composer Faure, and a shimmery etude by Canadian composer Jean Coulthard. Just 14, Alec has won many awards and performed twice at the BC Provin-

cial Music Festival; he won the 2015 Junior Class.

Following both events, Sahlen will chat about developing a huge Performing Arts focus in the area. “With splendid violin and voice in Cran-brook, a raft of fine piano teachers in the area, excellent school music, a glorious re-gional symphony and new local orchestra on the scene, great track records in both Cran-brook and Kimberley for event hosting and international focus, our small-city cozi-ness and resplendent surroundings --- I’m breathless and have not yet run out!” he enthuses.

Sahlen has another reason for this project. “The East Kootenays gave me my life back.” Working away from Kimberly, he endured the devastation of multi-year workplace bullying - worthy of special mention as An-ti-Bullying Day ap-proaches - despite de-lighted students and parents. “Whether school, work, commit-tee or online, bullying has shattering effects that torment body and spirit,” he stresses. In his case, the pummel-ling and continued ex-haustion triggered what grew into c.diff, the infamous hospital super-bug. That too has ravaging long-term impacts.

A major key to heal-ing for Sahlen: “In the EK we don’t think it weird or sick to put others first. That was a thorny issue in the other place. Here we volunteer, care for community and world, and support each other. - and in fact I’m happy and thankful that it pushed me back here! A big focus, which may make Kim-b e r l e y - C r a n b r o o k evolve into a destina-tion for year-around arts excellence, is my thank-you gift to the region.”

For details contact arnesahlen@hotmail.com pr 250-427-2159, cell/text 250-540-4242.

That’Sonata Story with

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OneforFive are Jordan and Garett Symes, Kaila Buchy and Declan Armstrong.

Mardi Gras with OneforFive

For the Bulletin

In celebration of Mardis Gras, on Satur-day, February 20, the band OneforFive will be headling a show at the Elks Hall. Bad members Jordan and Garett Symes, Kaila Buchy and Declan Armsrong will e play-ing a combination of covers and original music they’ve been writing for an upcom-ing CD.

To keep with the Mardis Gras theme, guest Fraser Armstrong will be joining One-

forFive to perform a se-lection of Cajun-style songs at several points during the evening. the doors for Mardis Gras open at 8 p.m. with tickets costing $10. Ad-vance tickets are avail-able at the Elks Hall.

OneforFive encour-ages everyone to come out to this all ages event for a night of music and fun. Further details regarding this show as well as up-coming OneforFive shows can be found on the OneforFive Face-book page.

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From Page 1A portion of the divi-

dend derived from the government’s strength-ening economy, fiscal discipline, and reduc-tion in operating debt will be used to establish the B.C. Prosperity Fund.

But when you look into these promises, Macdonald says it’s all smoke and mirrors.

For instance the Prosperity Fund.

“It’s completely bogus,” he said. “It really bothers me that they are being so fundamentally dishonest. The promise in 2012 was the first LNG plant up and running by 2015. The Premier promised that LNG money would get rid of debt and create this prosperity fund. So they created this $100 million fantasy fund by taking the money from general revenue, then using $75 million of it to fund gov-ernment services and debt. And they say the $25 million is for the fu-ture. Now $25 million is a lot of money to you and me but in a multi billion dollar operation like the government budget, it’s not much.

“When the govern-ment puts energy into trying to fool the public, you should be worried.”

As for children no longer being charged for MSP premiums, yes it’s helpful, Macdonald says, but...

“It doesn’t kick in this year and there is an overall rate increase. The MSP will pull in over $100 million this year. It’s a significant funding tool for this gov-ernment. And it’s a flat tax. Jimmy Pattison pays the same as someone working at a pharmacy. Medical service premi-ums bring in more money than forestry,

mining and natural gas.“At a time when they

are lowering taxes for the wealthiest two per cent, BC Hydro, ICBC, MSP are all going up. The middle class gets nailed again and again.”

Macdonald also says that Vancouver’s over-heated housing market is distorting GDP numbers meaning the claim of British Colum-bia being an ‘island of prosperity’ is somewhat misleading.

“For rural B.C. these are tough times. Com-modity prices are down. Mines have closed. In our area, we lost the Canal Flats mill. There is nothing going on in nat-ural gas. The reality is there are significant challenges for rural B.C. They’ve put together a rural diversity fund of $25 million that is sup-posed to be available. We will watch and see. One’s always a bit suspi-cious in a pre-election period, but it’s possible.

“This budget clearly does not address the is-sues that face the people I represent. For instance, the much needed Trans Canada Highway up-grade remains essential-ly unfunded, despite nu-merous announce-ments and promises that this was a priority for the government,” continued Macdonald. “The people of Colum-bia River Revelstoke de-serve better; they de-serve a government that actually listens to and cares about their priori-ties.”

Bill Bennett, MLA for the neighbouring Koo-tenay East riding sees it quite differently.

“For me, this was the kind of budget that makes you feel good about being an MLA and being in public ser-vice,” said Bennett. “I’ve

had about three budgets in my 15 years where I really felt that we were at that point in time where we had worked pretty hard to balance previ-ous budgets—this is our fourth consecutive bal-anced budget—and it gives us some latitude to actually spend some money.

“We still put 50 per cent of the surplus to-wards debt, but we have some money that we can then spend on things that are import-ant…

“I’m really pleased with the budget, it’s probably one of my most favourite budgets over my 15 years be-cause of the fact that we can afford to help the people who really need our help.”

Bennett touted some projections from the Economic Forecast Council, which noted that B.C.’s economy will grow 2.5 per cent in 2016, which will lead Canada. He also added that the province is the last jurisdiction in Cana-da with a AAA credit rat-ing, which has a signifi-cant impact on paying off provincial debt.

Big-ticket spending items will include a $12 billion infrastructure program over three years.

“Over the next three years, we’re going to spend $12 billion on in-frastructure, so that’s on the health side, post-sec-ondary, K-12 education, highways, bridges, ev-erything that’s needed for infrastructure.

That’s an unprece-dented level of infra-structure investment,” said Bennett. “It’s the most ever.”

For health care, pro-vincial spending is going up three percent, how-ever, the headline-grab-

bing news was changes to MSPs, which are aimed at reducing fees for single-parent fami-lies, said Bennett.

“Essentially what we’ve done is make it more fair,” Bennett said. “There was, I think, an unfairness in the MSP system in that single par-ent families pay propor-tionally more for MSP than a couple of two. So we smoothed that out so that a couple of two pays the full cost of MSP for two people and that means we can give a break to the single-par-ent family.”

Budget opinions vary

File photo

The Highways maintenance bidding process clos-es today. The successful bidder takes over in September.

Companies other than Mainroad have expressed

interest

Barry CoulterThe Regional Dis-

trict of East Kootenay board of directors got the details on local op-erations Friday, Feb. 12, at their regular monthly

meeting from Jack Ben-netto, District Manager at the B.C. Ministry of Transportation and Highways. Bennetto gave an update on Highways maintenance and operations — in-cluding ongoing proj-ects — and discussed the new highways maintenance contract that is currently up for bidding. The bidding is

due to close today, Feb. 18, and the successful bidder will take over operations Sept. 23. (In an earlier interview, Bennetto said as well as the current contract holder Mainroad, there has been interest from other companies, “some international companies, at least one from Alberta, one from Ontario, and certainly

in B.C.)The contract is for a

seven-year term, Ben-netto said at the RDEK meeting, to bring it in line with other such contracts in B.C.

He said notable changes to the terms of the contract will in-clude the winter roads being bare and wet to a temperature of minus 9 degrees celsius and a

Bidding on highways contract closes this weekwider mowing width at the roadsides in the summer months.

The Ministry is also looking for short-er responses times to highway situations from the contractor, better communica-tions with the public.

“There is no flexi-bility in terms of win-ter service requests,” Bennetto said.

The Ministry is also elevating its re-quirement for control of invasive plants, and Bennetto took a mo-ment to praise the East Kootenay Inva-sive Plant Council for the work they do in this regard.

Other highlights of the year past have been the installation of the new wildlife de-tection system on Highway 3 in two loca-tions. The system, which is new to B.C., works by the animals on the highway trig-gering a sensor, which sets off flashing lights to alert coming mo-torists. Bennetto test-ing is almost com-plete, and the system should be fully opera-tional by the end of February. The data

collected includes how many animals get in-volved, and how often they set off the system.

Bennetto also brought the RDEK di-rectors up to speed on various capital pro-grams, including pass-ing lane sign updates, winter tire regulations, the passing lane proj-

ects near Galloway (just east of Jaffray), and some highway resurfac-ing near Canal Flats.

Bennetto also men-tioned that new data showed that serious highway incidents in the region (i.e. accidents) had decreased by half since 2002.

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“T he market can stay irrational longer than you can stay sol-vent,” said John Maynard

Keynes (or maybe it wasn’t him, but no matter). At any rate, that was the eternal verity the Saudi Arabians were counting on when they decided to let oil production rip — and the oil price collapse — in late 2014.

The Saudi objective was to keep the oil price low enough, long enough, to drive American shale oil producers out of business and preserve the OPEC cartel’s market share. (The Organisation of Petro-leum Exporting Countries controls only 30 percent of world oil production, which is already very low for what was meant to be a price-fixing cartel.)

The end of sanctions against Iran and that country’s push to raise production and regain its old market share put further downward pressure on the oil price. So did the slowdown in China’s economy.

High-cost shale-oil producers in the United States are really hurting (US oil pro-duction this year will be down by 700,000 barrels a day), but the OPEC producers are hurting too — and it looks like the Saudis just blinked.

On Tuesday Saudi Arabia, Russia, Vene-zuela and Qatar announced that they would freeze their oil production at the January level. Most other OPEC members are expected to follow suit, and since Saudi Arabia and Russia (not an OPEC member) are the second- and third-largest oil pro-ducers in the world, the freeze will affect almost half of the world’s oil production.

That will not be enough to rescue the economies of OPEC countries and Russia from their current crisis. (All their econo-mies are actually shrinking, and Saudi Arabia has gone from a budget surplus amounting to 13 percent of GDP in 2012 to a deficit of 21 percent last year.) Freezing

production will not get the oil price back up when the current global production level is at least 2 million barrels a day high-er than global demand.

In fact, the oil glut is so great that the world is running out of places to store the excess production. US and European oil storage facilities are full, and people are already talking about buying tankers as

floating storage. Since the beginning of this year the oil price, as high as $115 a barrel less than two years ago, has dipped down into the $20s several times.

Not only will the new production freeze not solve this problem; it won’t real-

ly even freeze production. If there’s one thing that OPEC members do well, it is to cheat on their production figures and pump more oil than they admit. As for Russia, it broke the last deal it made with OPEC about freezing production, and it will probably do it again.

Ineffective as this deal is, it illustrates the mounting panic in the major oil pro-ducers as the prospect of a long period of very low oil prices opens out ahead of them. Saudi Arabia and Russia are edging towards a direct military confrontation in Syria – the Russian air force backs the Assad regime, and the Saudis are talking about sending ground troops to fight it – but the oil price transcends such issues.

So what conclusions may we draw from all this? First, the price of oil will stay down. In the short run it may even go lower: Mor-gan Stanley analysts say that oil “in the $20s” is possible if China devalues its cur-rency further, and Standard Chartered Bank predicts that prices could hit just $10 a barrel.

The production freeze might allow the oil price to return to the low $40s in the medium term, if Chinese demand does

not collapse entirely and if the producers keep their promises. That price would en-able most of the fracking operations in the United States to stay in business, but it would still fall far short of balancing the budgets of Russia and Saudi Arabia. They can’t really afford to have a full-scale war over Syria.

Second, OPEC members with large populations and national budgets that de-pend heavily on oil revenues (more than 75 percent) face the prospect of major civil unrest or even revolution. This includes Nigeria, Algeria, Venezuela and Angola. Iran and non-OPEC member Mexico face lesser political risks, but they are not negli-gible.

Finally, a prolonged period of low oil and gas prices will hit the whole array of climate-friendly energy and transportation technologies, from wind-farms to electric cars. Energy costs still matter, even if gov-ernments can rectify the balance to some extent with carbon pricing and other regu-latory measures. But coal, the most pollut-ing of the fossil fuels, still faces early extinc-tion, since its main rival for power genera-tion is ever cheaper gas.

A ruthlessly rational OPEC leadership (i.e. a Saudi Arabia run by competent economists and strategists) would just end the cash hemorrhage and reduce the polit-ical risk by cutting production sharply and getting oil prices back up. But the great gamble to break the US frackers by driving them into bankruptcy was not an owner-less, free-floating policy that somehow took root in OPEC soil.

It was a specific strategy that was con-ceived and promoted by particular power-ful individuals, most notably high-ranking Saudi individuals. They would lose a great deal of face if they had to abandon it, so it will be with us for a while yet.

Gwynne Dyer is an independent journalist based in London

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On Friday, February 12, Canadian Parents for French volunteers led the outdoor portion of ‘Buddy Day’ at Parkland Middle School in Cranbrook. Buddy Day has become an annual event, whereby the TM Robert’s Grade 6 French immersion (FI) students go to Parkland and ‘buddy up’ with the Grade 7 FI students for one hour of outdoor ‘carnival’ type fun, followed by one hour of indoor activities. This is to help ease the transition from elementary to middle school and thereby increase the likelihood of students staying in French immersion. Bonhomme (the mascot for ‘Carnival’) also attends the event and receives a warm welcome from students. Buddy Day ends with hot chocolate and cookies, provided at a generously reduced cost by Max’s Place. Canadian Parents for French is the national network of volunteers which values French as an integral part of Canada and which is dedicat-ed to the promotion and creation of French-second-language learning opportunities for young Canadians.

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On February 5-7, the Cranbrook Novice A&W Grizzlies traveled to Invermere for their final tournament of the season. The Grizzlies went undefeated in the round robin, winning their pool with a 2-0-1 record, with an impressive 31 goals for and only 9 against. This set up a final game against the other pool winner, the local Invermere “White”. In a well played, hard fought battle the Grizzlies had a tough time getting the puck past the “White” goalie who stole the game. In the end, the Grizzlies fell 7-5 but were proud of their accomplishment on the road representing Cranbrook A&W. Pictured, left to right: Back row - Coaches Brett V., Jeff S., Darin C. Middle row - Adam, Kayden, Bryder, Daxton, Logan, Keanu, Brayden. Front row - Ethan, Cohen, Ryder, Alex, Sawyer, Austin.

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Wheat Kings hand Ice second thumping in BrandonBrandon Wheat Kings cruise to decisive victory as East Division road trip starts on wrong foot for Kootenay Ice

Kootenay Ice Scoring SummaryWedneSday, February 17

Kootenay Ice 1at brandon Wheat KIngS 11

First Period 1. BWK - J. Hawryluk, (29) (N. Patrick, M. Wheaton), 4:50 (PP)2. BWK - N. Patrick, (29) (J. Hawryluk, M. Wheaton), 15:203. BWK - T. Coulter, (16) (J. Hawryluk, M. Wheaton), 18:00Second Period 4. BWK - T. Coulter, (17) (J. Hawryluk), 3:515. BWK - S. Mattheos, (6) (T. Kaspick), 4:266. BWK - T. Lewis, (9) (T. McGauley, M. Erkamps), 6:457. KTN - M. Alfaro, (17) (Z. Zborosky), 10:418. BWK - I. Provorov, (13) (T. McGauley, M. Erkamps), 16:33 (PP)Third Period 9. BWK - T. Coulter, (18) (T. Lewis, M. Erkamps), 2:2910. BWK - K. Clague, (4) (D. Campbell, T. Kaspick), 7:4611. BWK - J. Thomson, (4) (J. Hawryluk, T. Coulter), 9:1912. BWK - J. Hawryluk, (30) (T. Coulter, K. Clague), 15:08Shots 1 2 3 TKootenay Ice 6 8 4 18 Brandon Wheat Kings 18 19 10 47Goaltenders Saves Mins SV%KTN - Wyatt Hoflin (L) 28/38 46:45 0.737 - Declan Hobbs 8/9 13:15 0.889BWK - Logan Thompson 17/18 60:00 0.944Power playsKootenay Ice 0/1 (00.0%)Brandon Wheat Kings 2/6 (33.3%)Three Stars1) LW Tyler Coulter, Brandon Wheat Kings (3G, 2A);2) C Jayce Hawryluk, Brandon Wheat Kings (2G, 4A); 3) D Mitch Wheaton, Brandon Wheat Kings (3A, plus-5)Attendance: 3,234 (Westman Place)

Saturday, February 13Kootenay Ice 3

at SpoKane chIeFS 4 (ot)First Period - No scoringSecond Period 1. KTN - T. Lishchynsky, (4) (V. Loschiavo, Z. Zborosky), 9:40 (PP)2. SPO - C. Miske, (11) (T. Ross, D. Hamaliuk), 10:53

3. SPO - H. Elynuik, (14) (D. Zwerger, J. Toporowski), 14:214. KTN - V. Loschiavo, (4) (Z. Zborosky, R. Dymacek), 19:53Third Period 5. SPO - Ke. Yamamoto, (17) (H. Elynuik, D. Zwerger), 9:146. KTN - C. Fleury, (6) (J. Zaharichuk, Z. Zborosky), 12:23Overtime7. SPO - Ke. Yamamoto, (18) (H. Elynuik, E. Fiala), 4:57Shots 1 2 3 OT TKootenay Ice 12 5 5 1 23 Spokane Chiefs 9 14 11 5 39Goaltenders Saves Mins SV%KTN - Wyatt Hoflin 35/39 64:57 0.897SPO - Lasse Petersen 20/23 64:57 0.870Power playsKootenay Ice 1/3 (00.0%)Spokane Chiefs 0/3 (00.0%)Three Stars1) LW Hudson Elynuik, Spokane Chiefs (1G, 2A, plus-2);2) RW Keanu Yamamoto, Spokane Chiefs (2G, plus-3); 3) G Wyatt Hoflin, Kootenay Ice (35 saves)Attendance: 8,011 (Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena)

Kootenay Ice Scoring StatisticsPlayer GP G A PTS PIM Zak Zborosky 43 21 26 47 16Matt Alfaro 55 16 18 34 78Jesse Zaharichuk 45 11 23 34 8Cale Fleury 45 6 15 21 33Noah Philp 51 4 13 17 14Tanner Lishchynsky 44 4 12 16 53Austin Wellsby 54 7 7 14 12Vince Loschiavo 45 4 6 10 26Dylan Stewart 50 4 6 10 6Troy Murray 52 0 10 10 54Roman Dymacek 50 4 5 9 36River Beattie 45 5 3 8 46Mario Grman 54 0 7 7 45Max Patterson 49 4 2 6 18Jared Legien 54 3 3 6 33Dallas Hines 43 3 2 5 14Shane Allan 50 1 3 4 26Ryan Pouliot 26 0 4 4 8Jason Wenzel 41 3 0 3 10Austin Gray 23 1 0 1 13Wyatt Hoflin 42 0 1 1 4Eli Lieffers (AP) 2 0 0 0 0Connor Barley (AP) 3 0 0 0 0Tanner Sidaway (AP) 2 0 0 0 0Goaltending StatisticsPlayer W L OT/SL SO GAA SP

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Ice goaltender Wyatt Hoflin hits the deck with Wheat Kings forward John Quenneville closing in Wednesday.

KIJHL Standings WHL Standings

EddIE MountaIn dIvISIonTEAM GP W L T OT PTS GF/A Sz-Kimberley Dynamiters 50 39 7 0 4 82 +91 W4x-Creston Valley T. Cats 49 31 14 2 2 66 +64 W6x-Columbia Valley Rockies 50 29 21 0 0 58 +19 W1x-Fernie Ghostriders 50 27 19 0 4 58 +25 L2Golden Rockets 51 5 42 1 3 14 -155 W1

nEIL MurdocH dIvISIonTEAM GP W L T OTL PTS GF/A Sx-Beaver Valley Nitehawks 50 33 11 3 3 72 +73 W2x-Castlegar Rebels 49 31 14 2 2 66 +50 L1x-G. Forks Border Bruins 50 22 24 0 4 48 -39 W1x-Nelson Leafs 49 20 27 0 2 42 -29 W1Spokane Braves 50 8 38 0 4 20 -128 L3

doug BIrKS dIvISIonTEAM GP W L T OTL PTS GF/A Sx-100 Mile H. Wranglers 50 32 12 2 4 70 +47 W2x-Kamloops Storm 50 32 13 1 4 69 +37 L1x-Chase Heat 50 30 15 3 2 65 +44 W3x-Revelstoke Grizzlies 50 20 25 2 3 45 -11 L3Sicamous Eagles 49 10 31 2 6 28 -95 L2

oKanagan dIvISIonTEAM GP W L T OTL PTS GF/A Sz-Osoyoos Coyotes 49 38 9 1 1 78 +119 W9x-Summerland Steam 49 31 16 0 2 64 +43 L1x-Kelowna Chiefs 50 23 24 2 1 49 -15 W1x-N. Okanagan Knights 49 14 27 3 5 36 -37 W1Princeton Posse 50 9 37 2 2 22 -103 L10

Scoring LeadersPlayer Team GP G A PTS PIM1. Rainer Glimpel OSO 49 28 51 79 442. Micheal Cardinal CVR 48 32 44 76 1013. Tayden Woods CGR 49 29 42 71 34 4. Alec Wilkinson CVT 47 13 57 70 345. Eric Buckley KIM 50 22 44 66 1006. Carson Cartwright CVT 45 33 31 64 287. Nick Headrick CGR 47 20 44 64 208. Jack Mills SUM 47 29 34 63 899. Jordan Busch KIM 50 8 54 62 3010. Jared Marchi KIM 50 27 34 61 34

Goaltending Leaders (min. six games played)Player Team GAA SP W L T SO 1. Olafr Schmidt KAM 1.81 .939 7 2 0 22. Brett Soles OSO 1.81 .939 21 6 1 53. Tavin Grant KAM 1.90 .931 8 3 0 14. Tyson Brouwer KIM 2.01 .928 30 6 0 75. Adam Derochie 1MH 2.08 .941 13 3 1 06. Matthew Huber SUM 2.13 .917 16 8 0 77. Nic Bruyere CHA 2.16 .930 20 12 2 38. Aidan Doak REV 2.26 .922 12 7 1 09. Mitch Traichevich KIM 2.29 .914 9 5 0 210. Stephen Heslop OSO 2.33 .941 11 9 2 4 x = clinched playoffs; y = clinched division; z = clinched conference*Does not include Wed., Feb. 17 (CVT at NEL; PRI at OSO)

cEntraL dIvISIonTEAM GP W L OTL SL PTS GF/A S Lethbridge Hurricanes 57 40 16 1 0 81 +75 L1Red Deer Rebels 57 35 19 1 2 73 +45 L3Calgary Hitmen 56 32 21 1 2 67 +10 L1Edmonton Oil Kings 57 24 26 6 1 55 -20 L1Medicine Hat Tigers 57 20 33 3 1 44 -63 L8 Kootenay Ice 56 10 41 5 0 25 -121 OTL1EaSt dIvISIonTEAM GP W L OTL SL PTS GF/A S Brandon Wheat Kings 56 35 17 2 2 74 +58 L1Prince Albert Raiders 56 31 19 5 1 68 +3 L1Moose Jaw Warriors 58 29 21 7 1 66 +15 W4 Regina Pats 55 25 23 3 4 57 -14 W2Swift Current Broncos 55 20 28 4 3 47 -37 OTL1Saskatoon Blades 56 19 33 4 0 42 -74 L3EaStErn WILdcardTEAM GP W L OTL SL PTS GF/A GR *Regina Pats 55 25 23 3 4 57 -14 17*Edmonton Oil Kings 57 24 26 6 1 55 -20 15Swift Current Broncos 55 20 28 4 3 47 -37 17

B.c. dIvISIonTEAM GP W L OTL SL PTS GF/A S Kelowna Rockets 58 40 15 3 0 83 +40 W3Victoria Royals 60 38 16 3 3 82 +77 W1Prince George Cougars 57 31 22 3 1 66 +24 L1Kamloops Blazers 56 26 22 5 3 60 +3 W3Vancouver Giants 58 21 30 5 2 49 -46 L1u.S. dIvISIonTEAM GP W L OTL SL PTS GF/A S Everett Silvertips 56 33 19 2 2 70 +22 W1Seattle Thunderbirds 56 31 22 3 0 65 +16 W3Spokane Chiefs 56 27 22 4 3 61 -3 L1Portland Winterhawks 57 29 25 3 0 61 +4 W1Tri-City Americans 56 27 26 2 1 57 -12 W2WEStErn WILdcardTEAM GP W L OTL SL PTS GF/A GR *Portland Winterhawks 57 29 25 3 0 61 +4 15*Kamloops Blazers 56 26 22 5 3 60 +3 16Tri-City Americans 56 27 26 2 1 57 -12 16

Scoring LeadersPlayer Team GP G A PTS PIM 1. Dryden Hunt MJW 58 45 48 93 302. Brayden Burke LET 57 20 66 86 303. Adam Brooks REG 55 28 57 85 224. Tyson Baillie KEL 56 32 48 80 585. Reid Gardiner PAR 56 35 41 76 40Goaltending Leaders (min. 1,080 min played)Player Team GAA SP W L OT SO 1. Griffen Outhouse VIC 1.83 .939 14 3 4 42. Carter Hart EVE 2.08 .922 31 18 3 63. Coleman Vollrath VIC 2.43 .913 24 13 2 14. Jackson Whistle KEL 2.54 .920 19 6 2 25. Stuart Skinner LET 2.64 .922 21 8 1 3

* = Wildcard holderDoes not include games from Wed., Feb. 10

Taylor rocc aSports Editor

Wednesday night in Brandon couldn’t end quick enough for the Kootenay Ice.

When the buzzer fi-nally sounded, merci-fully, the host Wheat Kings skated away with a decisive 11-1 victory.

“We were as bad as we’ve been and they were probably as good as they can be,” said Luke Pierce, head coach of the Kootenay Ice, over the phone from Bran-don following Wednes-day’s loss. “The combi-nation of those two doesn’t bode well for us.

I don’t know if we had memories of the last time we were here or what the issue was from that standpoint. But it was not a real good ef-fort from our group.”

The last time the Kootenay Ice visited Brandon — Oct. 9, 2015 — the Wheat Kings pounded the visitors by a 13-1 final.

While Wednesday’s outcome wasn’t quite as bad, it was of no conso-lation for Pierce.

“It’s embarrassing to have it happen again, there’s no question,” Pierce said. “You want to come in and redeem

yourself. To see it hap-pen again, it’s pretty tough to take. We’re going to have to try and move on.”

The Wheat Kings were good early, often and right up until the final buzzer Wednesday night, dominating the Ice in every facet of the game.

“We had hard work and contributions from a lot of people,” Wheat Kings head coach and general manager Kelly McCrimmon told Perry Bergson of the Brandon Sun. “Offensively it was a really good game for our team. I was encour-aged. I never saw any selfishness and we didn’t cut any corners. We played pretty hard from start to finish.

“They had some suc-cess against Spokane on the weekend and we wanted to have a good start to the game and play them real tough. I thought we did. As well as we started, I thought we took some momen-tum away from them.”

Jayce Hawryluk start-ed the onslaught 4:50 into the first period, put-ting a power-play goal past Ice netminder Wyatt Hoflin.

By the time the night ended, Hawryluk — a 20-year-old Florida Pan-thers prospect — had collected two goals and four assists for six points.

Nolan Patrick gave the hosts a 2-0 lead, scoring what stood as the eventual game-win-ning goal later in the pe-riod, before Tyler Coulter scored his first of three goals on the night to close out the opening 20 minutes.

Coulter, a 19-year-old Brandon product, added a second-period tally before completing the hat trick 2:29 into the third period. In all, the 6-foot, 194-pound winger registered five points in the contest.

Also adding goals for the Wheat Kings were Stelio Mattheos, Ty Lewis, Ivan Provorov, Kale Clague and Jordan Thomson.

Only Matt Alfaro managed to beat Wheat Kings goaltender Logan Thompson.

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The Parkland Middle School Grade 8 bantam boys basketball team has been crowned East Kootenay champions. The 2015-16 season was a remarkable one for the Parkland boys as they claimed the East Kootenay title after going undefeated through the campaign.

Back row (L to R): Jeff Lalach, Greg Rebagliati, Carter White, Carter Marlow, Kimball Wolfs, Mac Casely, Jaycen Lubbers, Drake Simek, Coach Ron White; front row (L to R): Nathan Tanner, Fletcher Backshell-Jones, Liam Thompson, Josh Baume; missing: Chase Sykut-McCulloch and Coach Shawn Marlow.

Parkland bantam boys claim regional basketball championship

Mixed doubles curling takes off as local rinks look for success at B.C. provincials

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A pair of Cranbrook mixed doubles curling teams are headed for Enderby and the 2016 B.C. Mixed Doubles Curling Championship in search of a national-tournament berth. From left to right: Chris Medford and Brenna Baker (Team Baker/Medford) stand alongside Tracey Amy and Trevor Qually (Team Amy/Qually) at the Cranbrook Curling Centre Tuesday afternoon.

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It might not be the traditional game most people are familiar with, but mixed doubles curl-ing is quickly becoming a fast-paced and excit-ing version of the great Canadian pastime.

The spotlight is about to shine on mixed dou-bles curling with its in-clusion at the 2018 Win-ter Olympic Games in Pyeongchang, South Korea, and a couple Cranbrook-based teams are looking to take the first step on the long road to qualifying.

Trevor Qually and Tracey Amy form one of the crews, with Brenna Baker and Chris Med-ford the other Cran-brook duo headed to the 2016 B.C. Mixed Dou-bles Curling Champion-ship, which begins Fri-day at the Enderby Curl-ing Club.

“We’re pretty excited to go and we know there’s going to be some great competition,” Amy said Tuesday afternoon at the Cranbrook Curl-ing Centre. “It’s our first time and we’re pretty happy to be there.

“We’re going to have to curl consistently, we’ll have to have some good strategy and be at the top of our game.”

There are 17 teams expected at the provin-cial championships, in-

cluding father-daughter duo Jim and Jaelyn Cot-ter. Jim and his Ver-non-based rink were just crowned B.C. men’s curling champions last weekend in Nelson.

“It’s a great opportu-nity, it’s something you always want to compete in and do well in,” Med-ford said Tuesday. “Hav-ing the opportunity to go and compete against the province’s best is great. If we can beat the other team we go with [Team Amy/Qually], we know at least we’ll come back with something.”

Team Amy/Qually and Team Baker/Med-ford are no strangers to one another, having practiced together at the Cranbrook Curling Cen-tre in preparation for the provincial tournament. While the four are good friends, there’s un-doubtedly a bit of friendly competition for bragging rights as Cran-brook’s top mixed curl-ing duo.

More importantly, on the line is the opportuni-ty to represent B.C. at the 2016 Canadian Mixed Doubles Championship, scheduled for March 31 to April 3 in Saskatoon.

“We need to go in planning to win all our games,” Baker said.

The winner of the Canadian champion-ship will book a ticket to the 2016 World Mixed

Doubles Championship in Sweden, which is the first qualifying event for the Pyeongchang Win-ter Olympics.

Teams are expected to arrive in Enderby Thursday evening with the tournament draw taking place that night. Round-robin action be-gins Friday afternoon at 1:30 p.m. (Mountain) from the Enderby Curl-ing Club.

Mixed doubles is rel-atively new on the curl-ing scene, with the World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship first being contested in 2008. Interestingly enough, the 2017 edi-tion of the event is slated to be hosted just across the Alberta-B.C. border in Lethbridge.

If you are not familiar with mixed doubles curl-ing, there are some key differences between it and the traditional game.

The obvious begins with only two players (one man and one woman) representing each team as opposed to the traditional four-person rink. Scor-ing is the same, but each team delivers only five rocks per end as op-posed to the traditional eight stones thrown.

Additionally, two rocks are positioned prior to the beginning of each end. Both posi-tioned rocks are in play

and eligible to be count-ed. The team with the hammer determines the placement of positioned rocks.

With only two play-ers on the ice surface, you might be left won-dering who there is to sweep. Both players are eligible to do just that, with the non-delivering player free to be any-where on the ice at the time of delivery.

For the complete

rules to mixed doubles curling, visit curlbc.ca.

Team Amy/Qually wished to extend its thanks and gratitude to its generous sponsors and community sup-

port, including Cran-brook Street Liquor Store, Trikon Precast Concrete Products and Tracey Amy — RBC Mortgage Specialist.

Team Baker/Med-

ford wished to extend its thanks and gratitude to its generous sponsors and community sup-port, including Denham Ford, New Dawn Devel-opments and Trimark.

Midway through the second period, Zak Zborosky made good on a turnover at the Bran-don blue line, skating the puck deep before finding Alfaro in the slot for his 17th of the sea-son.

Unfortunately for the visitors, Alfaro’s goal didn’t put much of a dent in the deficit as the Wheat Kings still led 6-1.

Thompson made 17 saves for his 14th victory of the campaign.

At the other end,

both Kootenay goalten-der saw crease time.

After Hoflin was given the start, Declan Hobbs came on in relief after the Lewis made it 6-0 for the hosts.

The rookie Hobbs finished out the second period, giving up one goal on nine shots over 13:15 of crease time, be-fore Hoflin returned for the third period.

“I thought [Hoflin’s return] really energized our group,” Pierce said. “I thought it sparked our

group a little bit.“We talked in the in-

termission about play-ing for our leaders. For the most part, our lead-ers played well tonight and I criticize those guys a lot and hold them ac-countable on every-thing. Once in a while, I think people need to recognize how hard they’re working.

“Even in that situa-tion, for our leaders to work the way they did, it’s encouraging. Wyatt Hoflin is part of that leadership group… I

asked if he wanted to go back in and he was ada-mant that he did.”

When the night was finally done, the 21-year-old native of Spruce Grove, Alta., had been victimized 10 times on 38 shots.

The Ice (10-42-5-0) will try to put Wednes-day behind them when they visit the Regina Pats (26-23-3-4) Friday night.

Notes: The Ice were without LW Austin Well-sby (upper body) and C Dylan Stewart (upper body) Wednesday…

conTinued from page 8

Kootenay Ice thumped by Brandon Wheat Kings

associaTed PressCALGARY - Jason

Pominville had a goal and an assist to help Minnesota beat Calgary 5-3 Wednesday.

The Wild have won their first two games under interim coach John Torchetti after a 1-11-2 stretch that cost coach Mike Yeo his job.

Jason Zucker, Mikko Koivu and Charlie Coyle, into an empty net, also scored for Min-nesota. Nino Neiderreit-er had two assists, and

Devan Dubnyk stopped 25 shots

Deryk Engelland, David Jones and Mikeal Backlund scored for Calgary.

Minnesota Wild skate past Calgary Flames in NHL action

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YOUR CITY WORKING FOR YOU! Thursday, February 18th, 2016

Watch the latestCranbrook City Council meeting when you want. Visit www.cranbrook.ca

CITY COUNCIL INVITES PUBLIC PARTICIPATION REGARDING THE

2016-2020 FIVE YEAR FINANCIAL PLAN BEFORE IT IS ADOPTED.

Copies of the document will be available online at www.cranbrook.ca or for pick up at City Hall starting Tuesday, February 23rd.

Written submissions are invited from the public and will be considered by Council at a Special Meeting on Thursday, March 10, 2016.

Written submissions must be received at City Hall by 4:00 pm local time, Monday March 7, 2016.

FREE COMMUNITY SPONSORED FAMILY SWIM – SATURDAY FEBRUARY 20, 2016

The Cranbrook Aquatic Centre is hosting another community sponsored family swim on Saturday February 20, 2016 from 12pm to 1pm. It will be free for families to swim at this event, compliments of Canadian Forest Products Ltd. Are you or your business interested in sponsoring a family swim? Please contact our Aquatics Coordinator at 250-489-0224.

2016 WATER, SEWER AND SOLID WASTE UTILITY ACCOUNTS

A discount of 5% will be granted on all 2016 Utility Accounts paid for the year and received at City Hall on or before February 29, 2016.

RECRUITMENT CONTINUES FOR THREE COMMITTEE VACANCIES

There are opportunities for public participation and involvement in the City of Cranbrook advisory committees listed below. Membership is open to residents of the City of Cranbrook.

Urban Deer Management Advisory Committee (Two positions are available).

Wellness and Heritage Committee (One Youth position is available).

Terms of Reference and Volunteer Application Forms for all the committees are available on the City’s website at www.cranbrook.ca

Applications will be accepted at City Hall (attention Kelly Thorsteinson) or by email thorsteinson@cranbrook.ca , no later than Friday February 26, 2016 at 4:00 p.m. local time.

FLUCTUATING WATER LEVELS AT IDLEWILD LAKE CREATE EXTREMELY

DANGEROUS ICE CONDITIONSThe ongoing � uctuations in the water levels at Idlewild Lake are creating extreme ice hazards and it is very important for the public to recognize those dangers and to stay off the ice.

Residents and users of Idlewild Park must respect all of the signage in place and stay outside of the fence until further notice. With the ongoing changes in the water levels and the continuing cold temperatures, ice is forming in unstable, tiered layers making conditions very treacherous and dangerous.

LOOKING TO USE A CITY PARK FOR YOUR EVENT?  PLEASE BOOK AHEAD

Generally there is no cost to use a City park for non-pro� t gatherings or events. All gatherings should be booked with Leisure Services.

If you require the use of the Rotary Park bandstand or the Idlewild Park amphitheatre there is a nominal fee to cover the use of electrical services.  If you require custodial services like garbage collection, bleachers, grass cutting or the use of electrical services for your event, these requests MUST be made at the time of booking to be considered.   There is no guarantee these services can be provided, so submit your request early.

For more information including booking, rates and other requests please contact  cityparks@cranbrook.ca or call 250-489-0220.

REMINDERS...Monday February 22, 2016 –

Regular City Council Meeting @ 6pm

Monday March 7, 2016 – Regular City Council Meeting @ 6pm

Taylor rocc aSports Editor

The Kimberley Dy-namiters first-round playoff schedule has been finalized… sort of.

One way or another, KIJHL playoff hockey is set to return to the Kim-berley Civic Centre with Game 1 of the division semifinal slated for Tues-day, Feb. 23 at 7 p.m.

With two games re-maining in the KIJHL

regular season, the Dy-namiters (39-7-0-4) will finish atop the Eddie Mountain Division and Kootenay Conference with home-ice advan-tage for the opening three rounds of the post-season.

What remains to be determined is the Dyna-miters’ first-round op-ponent and that impacts the rest of the schedule.

The Columbia Valley Rockies (29-21-0-0) and

Fernie Ghostriders (27-19-0-4) continue to bat-tle it out for third and fourth place in the divi-sion, each with 58 points in the standings and two games remaining in the regular season.

The Rockies close out the campaign with a pair of games against the division’s sec-ond-place Creston Val-ley Thunder Cats (31-14-2-2). The division ri-vals meet Friday at In-

vermere before finish-ing the season Saturday at Creston.

The Ghostriders wrap up the slate by vis-iting the Beaver Valley Nitehawks (33-11-3-3) Friday before hosting the Dynamiters in Spar-wood on Saturday.

The Dynamiters con-clude the KIJHL regular season by hosting the Golden Rockets (5-42-1-3) Friday before heading to Sparwood Saturday.

First-round playoff dates set as Kimberley Dynamiters await opponent

Columbia Valley Rockies and Fernie Ghostriders continue to jockey for positioning as KIJHL regular season winds down

If versus Fernie Ghostriders:Game 1 - Feb. 23 at Kimberley Civic CentreGame 2 - Feb. 24 at Fernie Memorial ArenaGame 3 - Feb. 26 at Kimberley Civic CentreGame 4 - Feb. 27 at Fernie Memorial ArenaGame 5* - Feb. 29 at Kimberley Civic CentreGame 6* - March 1 at Fernie Memorial ArenaGame 7* - March 3 at Kimberley Civic Centre

If versus Columbia Valley Rockies:Game 1 - Feb. 23 at Kimberley Civic CentreGame 2 - Feb. 25 at Eddie Mountain Mem. ArenaGame 3 - Feb. 26 at Kimberley Civic CentreGame 4 - Feb. 27 at Eddie Mountain Mem. ArenaGame 5* - Feb. 29 at Kimberley Civic CentreGame 6* - March 1 at Eddie Mountain Mem. ArenaGame 7* - March 3 at Kimberley Civic Centre* = if necessary

Taylor rocca PhoTo

Veteran Jared Marchi stares down forward Doan Smith (#17) during December action between the Kimberley Dynamiters and Columbia Valley Rockies.

All games at Kimberley Civic Centre start at 7 p.m.; all road games start at 7:30 p.m.

Dynamiters tentative first-round playoff schedule

Kootenay InteRnatIonal JunIoR HoCKey league

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REGIONAL DISTRICT OF EAST KOOTENAY 19 - 24 Avenue South, Cranbrook BC V1C 3H8

Phone: 250-489-2791 Toll Free: 1-888-478-7335 Email: info@rdek.bc.ca Website: www.rdek.bc.ca

The Regional District of East Kootenay (RDEK) Board of Directors is considering an application by Lavon and Lloyd Pelton to amend the Rockyview Official Community Plan and the Cranbrook Rural Zoning Bylaw. If approved, the bylaws will amend the OCP and Zoning designations of the subject property to accommodate subdivision. The subject property is located at 2210 8th Avenue South in the Cranbrook area as shown on the attached map.

Bylaw No. 2668 cited as “Regional District of East Kootenay – Rockyview Official Community Plan Bylaw No. 2255, 2010 – Amendment Bylaw No. 16, 2015 (Cranbrook South / Pelton)” will amend the designation of Lot 29, District Lot 7225, Kootenay District, Plan 1094, from MH, Medium Holdings to SH, Small Holdings.

Bylaw No. 2669 cited as “Regional District of East Kootenay – Cranbrook Rural Zoning Bylaw No. 1402, 2001 – Amendment Bylaw No. 39, 2015 (Cranbrook South / Pelton)” will amend the designation of Lot 29, District Lot 7225, Kootenay District, Plan 1094, from RR-2, Rural Residential (Small Holding) Zone to RR-1, Rural Residential (Estate) Zone.

A public hearing will be held at: Regional District of East Kootenay 19 - 24th Avenue S Cranbrook, BC

Thursday, February 25, 2016 at 7:00 pm

The Board has delegated the holding of this hearing to the Directors for Electoral Area C and the City of Cranbrook.

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 8:30 am to 4:30 pm Monday through Friday, excluding statutory holidays;

• mail, fax or email written submissions to the addresses/numbers shown below; or

• present written and/or verbal submissions at the hearing.

SUBMISSIONS CANNOT BE ACCEPTED AFTER THE PUBLIC HEARING

All submissions will form part of the public record and will be published in a meeting agenda posted online. Personal contact information such as phone and email will be removed from written submissions. Questions about the disclosure of your personal information may be referred to the Corporate Officer at 250-489-2791 or 1-888-478-7335.

This notice is not an interpretation of the Bylaw. For more information, contact Tracy Van de Wiel, Planning Technician at 250-489-0306 or toll free at 1-888-478-7335 or email tvandewiel@rdek.bc.ca.

PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE BYLAWS 2668 & 2669

Bylaw Amendment - Cranbrook South/Pelton

Regional District of East Kootenay

VISIONING WORKSHOPFEBRUARY 24 7:00 PM

You are invited to attend a Visioning Workshop February 24, 2016 at Centennial Hall as part of the review of

the Kimberley Rural Official Community Plan.

Your involvement in this workshop is important. An OCP is the guide used to map future growth and directs decision making on land use and development. It’s developed

through community involvement and speaks to the unique context of local concerns and vision for the future.

To learn more about the OCP Review process, visit rdek.bc.ca or contact the RDEK at 1-888-478-7335

Centennial Hall 100 - 4th Avenue Kimberley

What is your vision for Rural Kimberley?

COMMENT PERIOD ENDS FEB 26, 2016

FINANCIAL PLAN REVIEWThe RDEK’s Draft Five Year Financial

Plan is open for public comment and we want to hear from you!

Copies of the 5-Year Financial Plan are available at our Cranbrook & Columbia Valley RDEK offices, on our

website at www.rdek.bc.ca and can be mailed to you. Get a copy of the Plan today and

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Bear’s Eatery in Kimberley celebrated its fifth anniver-

sary on February 12, 2016. From the moment Janet Johanson “JJ” and husband, and chef, Barry Pearce “Bear” bought the restau-rant they knew they had something special — a great staff and a sup-portive, and loyal, customer base.

It hasn’t always been easy. But part of life, and success, is learning from your mistakes, JJ says.

“We took over a very popular restaurant (Mary’s Kitchen), with a distinct identity. We had to rebrand it. Bear was cooking and he didn’t want to be called Mary,” she said, laughing.

“We’ve come a long way and we’ve learned from our mistakes. It took us a while to find our place and I think we’ve got it now.”

“We have a wonderful staff, many have been with us from the start. They have that longevity. They know the customers.”

Bear’s Eatery features what JJ calls “amazing food and home cooking”.

“90 per cent of our menu is made from scratch. Bear works very hard at it and he’s proud of what he puts out.”

JJ says that when a business is located off the Platzl — Bear’s is in Lower Blarchmont — it can be twice as hard. That’s why customer support is so important.

“I really want to thank the com-munity for their support. We

couldn’t have done it without the locals and regulars.”

That support was never so evi-dent, or so appreciated, as it was in 2013 when JJ was diagnosed with a benign tumor in her chest.

“After having open heart sur-gery, I was down for about three months. We were scared we’d lose everything but the community supporte was overwhelming. It felt like all my customers were giving me a big hug while I was in the hos-pital.”

Bears Eatery returns the support by helping out community groups such as the Dynamiters, the curling club, the Kimberley Golf Club.

Anyone who has been into Bear’s Eatery will have noted the collection of album covers decorat-ing the walls. JJ’s collection in-cludes about 2,000 album covers, which she rotates on a regular basis. “We have about 225 at any one time on the wall. At Christmas, I put up all Christmas music. In July, all Canadian music to cele-brate Canada Day. “We’ve brought up the turntable and were going to do request nights to raise funds for local groups.”

Bear’s Eatery is open 11-8, 6 days a week with an all day break-fast, closed Tuesday.

Drop in for homemade food and what is billed as Kimberley’s best pie. Ask JJ to “Elvis it up for you”.

Bear’s Eatery Celebrates 5 years in Kimberley

Back Row: Owners, JJ & Bear; Middle Row: Shayla, Sasha, Emily, Donna; Front Row: Madison & Jacob

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Combatting stress can sometimes be difficult, as the causes of stress are never too far away for many adults. In its 2015 “Stress in AmericaTM: Paying With Our Health” survey, the American Psychologi-cal Association found that money is the top cause of stress for Americans. The survey was conducted on behalf of the APA by Harris Poll, which asked more than 3,000 participants about their issues with stress. Sixty-four percent said money was a some-what or very significant source of stress, and that number was even higher for parents (77 percent). Survey respondents also noted that work is a signifi-cant source of stress.

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about speaking about your stress to a close friend or trusted relative on those days when stress seems overwhelming.

· Get more exercise. Routine exercise is another healthy way to combat stress. According to the Anxiety and Depression Association of America, studies have shown that exercise can reduce fatigue, improve alertness and concentration and enhance overall cognitive function. Those are considerable benefits to people dealing with elevated levels of stress, which can contribute to both physical and mental fatigue and negatively impact one’s ability to concentrate. Studies also have shown that regular exercise can decrease tension, which tends to in-crease as stress levels rise, and elevate and help to stabilize mood, which often decreases as stress lev-els increase.

· Don’t lean on alcohol after stressful days. Many people respond to stressful days by consuming alco-hol. While alcohol helps some people forget a stressful day, it also produces psychological and physiological side effects that can compound the effects of the very stress drinkers are looking to re-

lieve. People who drink to alleviate stress may only be doing more harm with each drink, so find a way to cope with stress that has a more positive impact on both your body and mind than that produced by alcohol.

· Breathe deeply. The American Institute of Stress notes that focused breathing is a relaxation response that stimulates the nervous system

and promotes a sense of calmness. Deep breathing can combat stress, lower blood pressure and draw your attention away from those things that are causing your stress. Visit www.stress.org to learn about deep breath-ing exercises.

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The Heart Foundation reports that heart disease, which includes diseases of the heart and cardiovascular system and stroke, is the No. 1 cause of death in the United States, affecting both men and women and most racial/ethnic groups. Heart disease also is one of the leading causes of death in Canada, claiming more than 33,000 lives per year.

Many factors contribute to the development of heart disease, including smoking, lack of exercise and stress. Diet and whether a person is overweight or obese also can have a direct link to heart health. Diet, particularly for those with diabetes and poorly controlled blood sugar levels, is a major concern.

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heart and cardiovascular system, while others can contribute to conditions that may eventually lead to cardiovascular disease or cardiac arrest. Modera-tion enables a person to sample a little of every-thing, but not to make any one food a habit. The following are some foods to promote heart health and some foods you might want to avoid.

Good· Tree nuts: Tree nuts contain unsaturated fats

that can help lower LDL cholesterol (the bad stuff) and improve HDL (the good stuff). Nuts also are a filling source of protein and other healthy nutrients.

· Whole grains: Whole grains contain complex carbohydrates for energy, as well as protein and fiber. Fiber can help scrub cholesterol from the blood, lowering bad cholesterol levels.

· Fatty fish: Many cold-water, fatty fish, such as halibut, herring and salmon, contain omega-3 fatty acids, which are heart-healthy. Omega-3s also can be found in walnuts, flaxseed and some soy prod-ucts.

· Beans: Beans and other legumes are an excel-lent source of protein and can be a stand-in for meats that are high in saturated fat. Beans also con-tain cholesterol-lowering soluble fiber and folate, which can reduce blood homocystein levels. The Bean Institute reports that consuming beans may reduce cholesterol levels by roughly six to 10 per-cent.

· Yogurt: Researchers in Japan found yogurt may protect against gum disease. Left untreated, gum disease may elevate a person’s risk for heart disease. Yogurt contains good bacteria that can counteract bad bacteria and boost immunity.

· Raisins: Raisins contain antioxidants that may

help reduce inflammation. Inflammation is often linked to heart disease and other debilitating condi-tions. Fresh produce also is a good source of anti-oxidants.

Poor· Fried foods: Many fried foods have little nutri-

tional value, as they tend to be high in saturated and trans fats. French fries are particularly bad because they are carbohydrates fried and then doused in salt.

· Sausage: Processed meats have frequently earned a bad reputation among cardiologists, but sausage can be a big offender, due in large part to its high saturated fat content.

· Red meats: Enjoying a steak is probably not as bad as eating a deep-fried brownie, but it’s best to limit red meat consumption to about 10 percent or less of your diet. Red meats can have a considerable amount of cholesterol, saturated fat and calories.

· Added sugars: Sugar can increase blood pres-sure and triglyceride levels. Sugar often hides out in foods that you would not associate with the sweet-ener. Plus, many people unwittingly consume too much sugar simply through sugar-sweetened bev-erages and ready-to-eat cereals.

· Salty foods: Leave the salt shaker in the spice cabinet and opt for herbs for flavoring, advises the American Heart Association. High-sodium diets often are to blame for hypertension, a major risk factor for heart disease.

· Dairy: Artery-clogging saturated fat also can be found in dairy products, particularly the full-fat ver-sions. Butter, sour cream and milk can be problem-atic when people overindulge. Opt for low-fat dairy when possible.

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Although inevitable, death is an emotional subject that’s di� cult to discuss. While estate planning can make people uncomfortable, it is an essential part of securing assets for future generations and can make a death in the family easier for loved ones to handle.

Estate planning is an umbrella term that refers to a host of things that must be done prior to a person’s death, including writing a will and even making funeral arrangements. Estate planning attempts to eliminate � nancial uncertain-ties and maximize the value of an estate, and allows men and women to state their wishes with regard to long-term healthcare and guardianship for their children.

When done right, estate planning can prevent family feuds and en-sure that the deceased’s estate stays in the hands of family rather than being relegated to the government. Estate

planning can be a com-plex process, so men and women should seek help to ensure the process goes smoothly.

Getting startedEstate planning should begin early in a per-son’s life, especially for young parents. It’s easy to talk about saving for a home or retirement, but it’s not so simple to discuss who will care for your children should you die while they are still minors.� ose who are not able to sort through these answers on their own should enlist the help of an attorney or a � -nancial adviser, both of whom can take some of the emotion out of the discussion and put it in more practical terms.

� e willA will is an important component of estate planning. Without clearly and legally spelling out your wishes, there is no guarantee that those wishes will be honored. It will be up to a state or province to make

potentially life-alter-ing decisions that can impact your surviving family members, and the only way to ensure your wishes will be car-ried out is to put them into a will.Although men and women can write their own wills, many people prefer to seek the as-sistance of an attorney, who can make sure all necessary details are included in the will.

Medical directivesIn addition to a will, es-tate planning includes your wishes if you become incapacitated or su� er from a serious medical condition that precludes you from making decisions about your care and � nances. Spouses can be named to make important health decisions, but you may want to indi-cate other information, such as life support measures or organ donation, as well. If you have strong opinions on treatment, medical directives and living wills are a necessity.

Funeral arrangementsAnother aspect of es-tate planning concerns funeral arrangements. Many people prefer to make their own funeral and burial plans so that these heart-wrenching decisions do not fall on the shoulders of grieving family mem-bers. Funeral planning may include selecting a plot, niche, casket or urn, determining type of service or even whether there be a service. Preplanning ensures your wishes are known and carried out.

It allows for paying in advance with payment plans available to � t any budget, leaving no � nancial burden on surviving family. Funerals in BC can cost as high as $12,000 or as low as $3500 for a basic cremation. Leaving no questions and no bill for your loved ones truly is the last gift you give. Estate planning is a process that is di� cult to discuss, but one that is essential to maximize your assets and ensure your end-of-life wishes are honored.

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Located just outside Cran-brook on Highway 3/93, the EK SPCA is the centrepoint of a vast territory, from Creston north to Golden and Kimber-ley to the Alberta border. It’s a shelter and adoption centre that takes in surrendered ani-mals if the owners can no lon-ger care for them, abused and neglected animals, and strays from all over the region.

“We provide medical attention for animals in need who come into our care,” said Manager Brenna Baker. “A lot of these animals need extensive vet treatments and/or surgeries. We also ensure all of our cats, dogs and rabbits are spayed and neutered, vaccinated, dewormed, and microchiped prior to be adopted out.”

� e SPCA provides assistance to the community as well by o� ering low income spay/neuter certi� cates for owned and free roaming cats. It also acts as an education centre for the entire community, run-ning summer kids camps that sell out every year, and hosting visits from schools and clubs throughout the year.

� e EK SPCA is one of the larg-est in the province, not just in terms of territory, but in terms of “clients.”

“In 2015 we took in over 900 animals,” Baker said. “� is included surrenders, strays, abused and neglected ani-mals. We took in cats, kittens, dogs, puppies, rabbits, guinea pigs, rats and birds. Some days we can have more than 60 cats and kitten in our care.”

� e shelter runs with a team of eight full- and part-time sta� . Volunteers also play a big role, and will play an even bigger role.

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More than $80,000 in renova-tions and improvements have gone into the shelter over the past two years, but there is still a long way to go, Baker said.

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“We have another cat room that needs to be totally reno-vated, our dog area needs ma-jor renovations, and a proper ventilation system needs to be installed in a few of the cat rooms.

“And we are always striving to increase our live release rate (more animals leaving the shelter to forever homes. Four

years ago the live release rate was only 54 per cent. Last year we were over 94 per cent. � is is one of the highest in North America.”

Baker said one of the main goals this year is to educate the community and advocate on behalf of those animals who cannot speak for them-selves.

“We all need to work togeth-er to help � ght animal cruel-ty and pet over population. It would be great that if one day the BCSPCA would have to change their entire focus to education because most of our shelter will be so low on animal intake due to the peo-ple changing and becoming responsible pet owners.”

“Resources are always a chal-lenge for the East Kootenay Branch. “Our medical costs for 2015 exceeded $85,000,” Baker said. “� is continues to rise as we try and save more animals.

“We have big dreams and plans such as an education centre that could be utilized by our communities whom we serve, a barn and proper cor-rals so we could take in farm animals, an onsite vet clinic to assist the community will low income spay/neuters and dentals for their pets. � ese are just a few goals on a long list.”

Baker added that the commu-nity is a big part of the SPCA’s success. “Our branch doesn’t receive any federal or provin-cial funding to operate so we rely on fundraising, donations and grants to do the work we do. � ank you to everyone who donated time and money to the BCSPCA!”

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THANK you for your investment.We encourage you to support our Chamber of Commerce Members.

Alliance Traffic Group Inc.Phone: 250 426 6849Brad Turner Email: bsheahan@telus.net

J’adore Laser Skin Centre Phone: 250 489 3433Ashley NicholasEmail: jadorelaser@shaw.ca

Rocky Now 2015 Phone: 866 822 2666Alexandra ThomsonEmail: info@rockynow.com

Canadian Rockies Landscape Corp.Phone: 250 417 5550Jennifer KrotzEmail: allseasons@canadianrockieslandscape.com

7-Eleven Phone: 250 489 4488Sandy Graves

Easy Financial Services Inc.Phone: 778 550 2095Spice Hart Email: branch2127-mgr@goeasy.com

Sherwin Williams Phone: 250 426 5555Brian Tompkins Email: sw8863@sherwin.com

Edward Jones – Brandi ArchibaldPhone: 250 417 2910Brandi Archibald Email: brandi.archibald@edwardjones.com

It has been a busy summer at the Chamber with the membership constantly growing.

Welcome!

You Need to Know About…3With MLA, Bill Bennett

Bill Bennett, M.L.A.(Kootenay East)

Province of British Columbia

Constituency Offi ce:100c Cranbrook Street N.Cranbrook, B.C. V1C 3P9

Phone: 250-417-6022Fax: 250-417-6026

bill.bennett.mla@leg.bc.ca

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The Speech from the Throne has outlined the B.C. government’s broad plans and priorities for

2016 and in the run-up to the next general election in spring 2017.

The speech touched on themes such as government economic and fiscal policy during turbulent economic times, steps to relieve the pressures of a high cost of living, and efforts to say “yes” to economic development initiatives while managing the environment.

With an agenda that “Stands up for B.C.”, the speech hints at commitments that will more likely materialize fully in next week’s 2016/17 budget.

These include infrastructure spending, steps to mitigate high housing prices, and increased funding for social services, especially child protection.

Throne Speech highlights include:

• Economic Development: The government says it will “stand up for B.C.” to protect jobs in the province’s key sectors while “getting to yes” on economic development projects. The province re-affirmed its commitment to its Five Conditions on heavy oil pipelines. Priorities for the coming year include work toward securing the Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement and renewal of the softwood lumber agreement with the United States.

• Housing Costs: The government will review home assigning practices (also known as shadow flipping), will bring in incentives to increase the housing supply, and will introduce steps to allow for better opportunities to enter the housing market. The government will also work with municipalities to reduce the hidden costs in home purchases, and to make those hidden costs clear and transparent to home buyers.

• LNG: The government acknowledged that the global economic downturn is limiting its ability to predict how many jobs or how much revenue the LNG industry could create in B.C. The commitment to a Prosperity Fund was restated as an endowment to future generations, financed through future LNG revenues.

• Climate Change: The government will continue consulting on its climate action strategy before releasing a final Climate Leadership Plan later this year.

B.C. Throne Speech 2016

“Success is not for quitters”

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2016 PAGE 21DAILY TOWNSMAN / DAILY BULLETIN

Voice of Business 3

David D. Hull

Executive Director’s Soap BoxBy David D. Hull, Executive Director

The e� ect of many � gurative or literal hands coming

together on a singular focus or e� ort can have an amazing a� ect. I could list a dozen platitudes or clichés stating the same point but reality is always the better illustrator.

� is past December the Cranbrook business community came together for three events in ten days to raise money to address social needs in Cranbrook. � e Turkey Drive, the Bankers’ Auction and the Miracle on Baker Street brough in well in excess of $100,000. Collectively many hands made quick fun work of a big job.

In 1985 Rotarians worldwide came together to eradicate polio. Hundreds of thousands worked to ensure that children are immunized against this crippling disease. Since the PolioPlus program’s inception more than two billion children have received oral polio vaccine. In concert with the World Health Organizations the scourge that is polio is being eradicated. No one country, organization or group could have made these demonstrable gains. But the hands of many did. Never underestimate the power of many.

� is week is BC Chamber of Commerce Week. � e week is set aside to highlight the seldom trumpeted successes of the local, provincial and federal Chamber movement. Chambers across the province make a special e� ort this week to let folks know what goes on year round on their behalf.

� e BC Chamber of Commerce is the collective hands of every Chamber of Commerce and Board of Trade, big and small, across BC coming together for the common purpose of advancing trade and commerce in our province. Without the many the

very e� ective e� orts, and sustaining successes, of the BC Chamber would not be possible.

� e BC Chamber is the most recognized and e� ective business advocacy organization in the Province. For those old enough to remember the E.F. Hutton advertisements it is like that. When the BC Chamber speaks, people listen.

BC Chamber members gather annually to adopt policy and positions that create the frame work of advocacy e� orts going forward. From Valemont to Vancouver and Surrey to Smithers delegates representing the thousands of individual BC businesses across the province consider

grass roots developed policies for addition to the policy book.

Connecting businesses of all sizes, from all sectors of the economy, from every region of the Province to advocate for public policies that will foster a strong, competitive economic environment that bene� ts businesses, communities and families across British Columbia is the powerful e� ect of many coming together.

As a result of its broad business perspective, the British Columbia’s Chamber’s views are sought a� er and respected by government, business leaders and the media. � e BC Chamber meets regularly with provincial

and federal cabinet ministers, deputy ministers and senior government o� cials on behalf of the British Columbia business community.

� e power of the many Cranbrook Chamber of Commerce members coming together will be really evident in 2016. A year of transition, repurposing and positioning in 2015 have the Chamber poised to make some signi� cant policy statements and advocacy gains this year.

� e power of the many will be evident in representing the business community and advancing trade and commerce in Cranbrook in 2016.

Never Under Estimate the Power of Many

@GenomeBC #bghcranbrook

Please join us for a free evening discussion on the key to precision medicine – genomics.

Genomics, a new type of “microscope”, helps to understand the role of DNA and related molecules in health and disease.

Hear from experts about how genomics tools are providing British Columbians with more precise and effective healthcare in the areas

of infectious and rare diseases.

Wednesday, March 2nd 6:00pm – 7:30pm

College of the Rockies, Lecture Theatre, Room 250 Cranbrook Main Campus, 2700 College Way

Registration is free but required: www.genomebc.ca/bghcranbrook

(Pictures from left to right in order below)

A Wave of Change: Implementing precision medicine in BC Dr. Catalina Lopez-Correa, MD, PhD, VP of Sector Development and Chief Scienti� c Of� cer, Genome BC

Curbing Infections: How drugs and virus genetics have drastically improved treatment in HIV and Hepatitis CDr. Richard Harrigan, Director of Research Laboratories, BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS

Direct-to-Consumer Genomic Testing: All it’s cracked up to be?Dr. William Gibson, Senior Clinician Scientist, UBC Child and Family Research Institute

Bringing Genomics Home“Your DNA: A blueprint for better health”

Finance Minister Mike de Jong has unveiled his fourth consecutive balanced budget and once again the

Chamber has declared that while not � ashy it is a budget that will provide certainty going forward.

Overall the Chamber is pleased with the the government’s commitment to disciplined spending, paying down direct operating debt, and improving B.C.’s tax competitiveness.

� e province is projecting a thin surplus of $264 million on revenues of more than $48 billion. Despite this, the provincial debt will grow by more than $1.5 billion this year, to 67.7 billion, thanks to new capital expenditures.

“While other provinces grapple with debt, de� cits and economic uncertainty BC has balanced the budget for a fourth year in a row,” said Chamber Executive Director David D. Hull. “� is is the kind of certainty and stability that provides reassurance to the business community going forward.”

“It’s clear that is not by coincidence that B.C. will lead the country in economic growth this year.” stated Hull. “� e government’s commitment to strong � scal management

in recent years, as demonstrated in today’s budget, positions our province to remain ahead of the pack for years to come.”

� e Chamber applauded today’s announcement that B.C. will establish a new Commission on Tax Competitiveness, with a goal of modernizing the current sales tax system. “Keeping taxes competitive is crucial for businesses of all sizes in Cranbrook. Tax competitiveness will help business of all sizes and encourage expansion and investment” said Hull.

� e government has committed to living within its means. “� e government has aggressively tackled its direct operating debt reducing it by almost 80 per cent over the past 10 years. At the current rate, its estimated direct operating debt could be completely eliminated by 2020,” said Hull.

Budget 2016 also includes several modest initiatives to support further economic development across the province, including: a Rural Dividend Program to strengthen and diversify rural economies, new money for highway maintenance, a further extension to the Mining Flow-� rough Share tax and the Mineral Exploration tax credit measures.

Cranbrook Chamber Reacts to BC Budget

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President’s Report

Dave Struthers

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As the leading independent voice of business in our community, the

Cranbrook Chamber of Commerce, in partnership with other key stakeholders, champions and advocates on major issues affecting the economy of Cranbrook. One of the ways we do this is by developing policies that articulate the Chamber’s position on key economic issues and priorities.

The Cranbrook Chamber of Commerce wants to stimulate sustainable economic growth in our community. The focus should not only be on present realities, but also on ensuring future generations will inherit a stronger and more prosperous Cranbrook. To that end, the Chamber encourages and

Planning for economic prosperity

supports economic development activities and initiatives in Cranbrook and area that are broadly developed and widely supported, and consistent with the following principles:

• A comprehensive strategic plan is needed to provide direction for economic development. The plan must articulate the unique features and opportunities that differentiate our community from others, and describe objectives and priorities along with associated strategies and action plans. These will help form benchmarks by which to monitor performance of the plan, the work of staff, and the overall success of economic development efforts.

• Our approach to sustained economic growth should not be one-dimensional but should look to building diversity and resilience in the community’s economy. How we grow matters as much as how much we grow. The plan must strive for a balance between attracting new business and investment, and ensuring the strength, vitality and growth of existing businesses.

• Because economic growth in the East Kootenay will inevitably lead to economic success in Cranbrook (and vice versa), we should look for opportunities to partner with adjacent communities in our region.

• The plan should ensure an integration of the economic, social, cultural and environmental components of our community. In particular, we must recognize that our natural environment and our natural resources are key contributors

to our quality of life and to a sustainable economy.

• Resilient local leadership with a strong community vision is essential. Leadership does not imply one person or local government, but rather the engagement of an array of community minded citizens, business leaders, and representatives of key stakeholder organizations to collectively participate and drive the economic development process through a shared sense of ownership.

The Chamber of Commerce is committed to realizing the ultimate goal of making Cranbrook a renowned community for building a business, pursuing a career, and fostering entrepreneurship. In other words, a great place to live, work, play and do business!

Submitted by David Struthers

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2016 PAGE 23DAILY TOWNSMAN / DAILY BULLETIN

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Neal admits to sending as many as 50 text messages to a student on a single day in December 2012, saying she was attracted to him but also admitting she could lose her job for sending the notes.

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Vancouver teacher on call Elizabeth Martinson

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A B-C teacher has been reprimanded for sending inappropriate texts to one of her students.

Daphne Anne Neal, a teacher in Invermere, southwest of Banff has been

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According to the Teacher Regulation Branch, in De-cember of 2012, Neal sent over 50 messages, including telling a grade 11 student she was attracted to him.

She says she was intoxi-cated when she sent many messages but admits it does not excuse her actions.

In January of 2013, when

Neal’s actions were made public, she pulled the stu-dent aside and said it was a serious condition that could go wrong.

When the district investi-gated, Neal denied she sent any texts.

Neal was terminated in August of 2013 and as of last month she no longer holds a teaching license.

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Dave and Jan will be presenting a four-hour seminar for profession-als from 1-5PM at Cen-tre 64 in Kimberley and an inspirational evening presentation for the public at 7:30PM at COTR in Cranbrook on Friday, February 19.

“Dave Spencer not only built his own net-zero home, but he founded a whole eco-logical development in Calgary to build it in,” said Wildsight’s Lars Sander-Green, “and local Jan Pratschke has a lot of knowledge to share about construct-ing high performance homes in the Koote-nays.”

Dave built his net-ze-ro home in 2011 and has been living in it — and monitoring the home’s performance — ever since. He’ll be sharing details about his home, his development, net-zero living, and a look forward at the net-zero industry in Canada, with plenty of construction details and discussion. Jan has worked on a number of high performance homes with his partners at Collective Carpentry in Invermere, focusing on shop-built building elements to maximize thermal performance and air sealing.

Two weeks later, on March 4, architect Sha-fraaz Kaba will present the fourth and final ses-sion in the series, focus-ing on the modern net-zero home he built in Edmonton, along with details from other net-zero projects he has worked on.

“Edmonton has been a worldwide leader in net-zero homes over the past decade,” said Sand-er-Green, “and so we are very pleased to have

Edmonton using pas-sive design principles, Shafraaz will share his experience creating a unique home that is low-tech but provides high-performance. His

experience builds upon lessons learned from the Equilibrium Hous-ing program and from advice to keep it simple. He will also share what he’d do differently if he

could do it all over again.

“The professional sessions are Homeown-er Protection Office - ap-proved as continuing professional develop-

DaviD DoDge, green energy Futures

Dave Spencer’s Net-zero home in Calgary’s EchoHaven Sustainable Development

Net-Zero Homes series continues with Spencer, Pratschke

Shafraaz in Kimberley and Cranbrook to share with us.”

In his presentation, Chasing Net Zero: Les-sons learned from de-signing and building a net zero-ready home in

ment, so builders can cover some of their re-quired training hours with our professional sessions” added Sand-er-Green, “and there is always plenty of time for Q&A to really dive into the subject.”

The professional seminars run from 1-5PM (Feb 19: Centre 64 in Kimberley, Mar 4: College of the Rockies in Cranbrook, Room S114) and cost $25. Interested members of the public are also welcome at the afternoon session. The public sessions start at 7:30PM (Feb 19: College of the Rockies in Cran-brook, Lecture Theatre, Mar 4: Centennial Cen-tre in Kimberley) with admission by donation. More details and regis-tration for the profes-sional seminar can be

found at wildsight.ca/netzero.

Wildsight Kimber-ley/Cranbrook grateful-ly acknowledges the fi-nancial support of the Columbia Basin Trust for this project.

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Zacchaeus’ remorse and the forgiveness of JesusANASTASIA BARTLET T

The Orthodox Church has started a new Lenten period with Zacchaeus Sunday.

In the story of Zac-chaeus, Jesus was pass-ing through Jericho when he noticed a man in a tree and invited Himself to dinner at the man’s house.

It turns out this man, named Zacchaeus, was hated by the citizenry because he was Jew who collaborated with the Romans collecting taxes. As such, he was consid-ered a traitor to his race.

On top of that, he was allowed to collect mon-ies for his own profit, above and beyond the taxes the Romans re-quired. Zacchaeus had taken full advantage of this and had become a very rich man on the back of his fellow Jews.

He was a hated, yet powerful man in the community with the full backing of the Roman Empire.

What drove such a man to behave in a man-ner not in keeping with his position? Running

and climbing trees were considered the pursuits of children. Certainly they were not the activi-ties of a businessman, but Zacchaeus did both.

He left whatever shreds of dignity he might have had at the base of a sycamore tree, climbing it in order to see an itinerant preacher who would have ha  good reason to chastise him publicly for his treatment of his neigh-bours.

Plus, choosing to be alone amongst a crowd of people who hated him probably wasn’t the wis-est of decisions. Anyone could have shoved a knife into his back. There must have been more to motivate Zacchaeus’ ac-tions then just curiosity.

Something had moved Zacchaeus to re-morse. We can speculate on what that was, but it doesn’t really matter; Zacchaeus was remorse-ful.

Remorse can be very motivating. Feeling sorry for actions which cause pain to myself or others encourages me to

something. I can feel sorry all I want but with-out repentance, it means nothing.

That is what we see in Zacchaeus’ life. God, through Jesus, had al-

ways loved him. His re-morse enabled him to experience God’s love and forgiveness and to repent of his previous lifestyle.

Zacchaeus made

amends, chose to give half his wealth to the poor and repay anyone four times of what he cheated them. Church tradition tells us he later travelled with St. Peter to Caesarea, where Peter appointed him the Bish-op.

What, if instead of re-penting, Zacchaeus  said to Jesus, ‘I’m really sorry that people around me are suffering, but I owe it to my family and my em-ployees to make whatev-er I can and contribute to the local economy. I’m truly sorry but what can I do? That’s the cost of doing business.’

His remorse would have been useless. Jesus would have still loved him but would have left sorrowful because Zac-chaeus would have cho-sen not to repent and to remain disconnected from God.

But that didn’t hap-pen, Zacchaeus did re-pent. Contrast his re-sponse to that of the rich young ruler. One recog-nized his lifestyle and money were standing between him and God and was willing to part with them.

The wealth of the rich young ruler may have been obtained legiti-mately, but it still stood between him and God.  He took pride in what he

had accomplished and knew of nothing in his life of which to be re-morseful.

When Jesus told him to give up that which stood between him and God, the young man couldn’t do it. He loved his money more than God. There was no re-pentance.

Every year, Zacchae-us Sunday reminds us to repent. And, if you are like me, often from the same thing every year, but each year I am able to hang on a little longer before falling again.

That is, in part, why we have the cycles of the church, so we have the opportunity to repent of the same sins we repent-ed of this time last year.... and the year before.... and the year before that....

“And Jesus said unto him, ‘This day is salva-tion come to this house..... For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.’” Luke 19:9,10

 Anastasia Bartlett is a member of St. Aidan’s

Orthodox Church in Cranbrook. Pastor of St. Aidan’s, Father Andrew

Applegate, can be reached at 250-420-

1582.

change my actions. When I do so, I have re-pented of my previous behaviour, I have turned around and changed

Jesus calls out to Zaccheus, who’s heading aloft for a better view.

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Environmental Assessment Certificate Application Review of the Proposed Baldy Ridge Extension Project

Open House and Invitation to Comment

Teck Coal Limited (Teck) is proposing to extend the working life of Elkview Operations with the Baldy Ridge Extension Project (proposed Project).

The proposed Project would be located approximately 2.5 km east of Sparwood, British Columbia, and would produce an estimated 7 million tonnes of clean coal per year and sustain Elkview Operations’ existing workforce.

Teck must obtain an Environmental Assessment Certificate (Certificate) before any work can be undertaken on the proposed Project. Teck has submitted the application for a Certificate (Application) to the Environmental Assessment Office (EAO). EAO has determined that the Application contains the required information and accepted it for detailed review. The review of the Application will occur over a 180-day period, starting February 15, 2016.

Open House

EAO invites the public to attend an Open House about the environmental assessment process, the proposed Project and content of the Application.

The Open House will be held:

at: Sparwood Seniors Centre 101 4th Avenue, Sparwood (Next to Lilac Terrace Seniors Housing) on: March 10, 2016 from: 4 pm until 8 pm

EAO and Teck will be present to provide information and respond to questions about the Application at the Open House.

Invitation to Comment

EAO seeks public comments on the Application. The intention of seeking public comments is to ensure that all potential effects—environmental, economic, social, heritage and health—that might result from the proposed Project are identified for consideration as part of the assessment process.

The 35-day comment period will begin on Monday, February 29, 2016 and end on Monday, April 4, 2016. EAO will consider all comments related to the Application received during this period.

An electronic copy of the Application and information regarding the environmental assessment process are available at www.eao.gov.bc.ca.

DVD copies of the Application are also available at these locations during the comment period (Feb 29–April 4, 2016):

•Sparwood Public Library (110 Pine Ave, Sparwood, B.C.)

•Teck Community and Aboriginal Engagement Office (116 Centennial St, Sparwood, B.C. Opening hours: Monday-Thursday 8 a.m.–4 p.m.)

•Elkview Operations Main Gate (RR 1, Hwy 3, Sparwood, V0B 2G1)

EAO accepts public comments through the following means:

•By online form: http://www.eao.gov.bc.ca •By mail: John Antill Project Assessment Manager Environmental Assessment Office PO Box 9426 Stn Prov Gov Victoria, B.C. V8W9V1

•By fax: 250-387-2208

NOTE: All written submissions received by EAO during the comment period in relation to the proposed Project are considered public and will be posted to the EAO website.

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1910MOYIE … The St. Eugene mine,

owned by the Consolidated Mining &, Smelting Co., is employing about 280 men under ground and with mill and surface hands, has a payroll of $40,000, which is distributed to 350 men per month. Last year the company took out over 142,000 tons of ore which when treated at their smelter and re-finery situated at Trail, yielded $705,000. This company has done considerable development work and a prosperous year is looked forward to as there is plenty of ore in sight.

A TRAIL OF OATS … A rancher named Barr, who has a ranch on Tracy Creek, was up before Justices Gal-braith and McVittie, at Fort Steele, on Friday last, charged with stealing six sacks of oats the property of N. Han-son. The evidence showed that some-one had broken into the granary of Mr. Hanson, and a trail of oats led to an out-building where Barr was load-ing oats. Barr said that he had bought the oats from a man named Morgan, and that he was going to take them home. Morgan denied that he had sold oats to Barr. Barr was bound over for trial at the next sitting of the Coun-

ty court. Barr, came up for trial Mon-day before Judge Wilson, and pleaded guilty, and was sentenced to forty days in jail at Nelson.

PARK SPACE … Mayor Fink, in his annual message, threw out an excel-lent suggestion, which was for the city to secure and set aside a large area for a city park.

GROUNDHOG DAY … It is report-ed that the wood, coal and ice men were much pleased when the ground-hog again retired for a long nap of six weeks. The Chinook of last week un-covered a multitude of tin cans. Wait until cleaning week comes around and listen to the clatter.

AT THE AUDITORIUM ... On Sat-urday, March 5, Cranbrook will be fa-vored with a visit from the Amateur Dramatic Society of Creston. This ag-gregation of talented ladies and gen-tlemen from our sister town recently staged that difficult, though excruciat-ing humorous comedy of Charles Hawtrey’s “The Private Secretary”, and it was so successful that the company were prevailed upon to give a perfor-mance in Cranbrook. Creston is sin-gularly fortunate in having a talented number of ladies and gentlemen in the dramatic line. It seems to us that no matter what that little town at-tempts success follows.

CONSERVATIVES … Not more than twenty delegates are to be cho-sen by the Cranbrook Conservative Association to attend the national

convention of the party at Otta-wa, next June. These delegates will have to be named not later than the last of March. The presi-dent of the Cranbrook associa-tion should get busy and call a meeting of the executive commit-tee to consider the matter.

NEW RAIL LINE … According to a Montreal dispatch, arrange-ments have been made by the Canadian Pacific Railway Com-pany to build this year in the Upper Columbia and Kootenay valleys, a line from near Elko on the Crow’s Nest branch, to Fort Steele, to meet the line already started southward from Golden on the main line of the C. P. R., making a connection between the two lines, a distance of 174 miles.

NEEDS TO BE CAUGHT … One of the greatest outrages ever perpetrated in the Cranbrook district was committed last week, when some unknown person poisoned some ten or fifteen dogs. If possible the party or par-ties who were engaged in this wholesale poisoning should be apprehended and given the full extent of the law.

WANTED ... Ladies and Gen-tlemen, and children’s clothing to mend: also table linen, bed linen and hosiery. Mrs. Isabel Butler, residence, French avenue, north of bridge, P. 0 , Box 841.

ROYAL BANK …The fixtures for the Royal Bank, have arrived, and Contractor D. J. Johnson is now engaged in putting up. When completed, the Royal will have very desirable quarters for doing business.

FARMERS’ INSTITUTE MEETING … At a meeting of the Farmers’ Institute held on Wednesday evening at the gov-ernment building, Mr. Hamilton gave a very interesting report to the members present of the re-cent Central Institute meeting in Victoria. A paper will be read by Mr. J, Levett at the regular meet-ing in March, on the preparation of new land for crops and plant-ing of fruit trees. This should be of interest to all who contemplate the cleaning up of new land, as Mr. Levett is an old-timer of the Fort Steele district. It was decided to hold a regular meeting hereaf-ter on the second Wednesday of each month. Papers will be read at all meetings during the year of

which due notice will be given. BRECKENRIDGE DEATH …

The whole town of Wardner was thrown into sadness and confu-sion on Sunday last when the news came that Mr. Dave Breck-enridge had died on the way to Cranbrook hospital from Fort Steele. Mr. Breckenridge had been complaining of stomach trouble for several years, but was able to perform his regular du-ties. He left for Fort Steele camp on Friday afternoon and sudden-ly became quite ill. Mrs. Brecken-ridge was sent for on Saturday afternoon and in company with Mr. Arthur Lund, drove to the camp, only to find her husband in a very serious condition. Medical attendance was summoned from Cranbrook and advised that the patient be taken to the St. Eugene hospital. Preparations were made at once and Arthur Lund and Mrs. Breckenridge started with the sick man, but he succumbed when they were within about six miles of Cranbrook. The body was taken to the undertakers to be prepared for burial. Mr. Breck-enridge was a man who was be-loved by all who knew him for his kindly manner and the many other good qualities which he possessed, and will be greatly missed by a host of warm friends here, who deeply regret his sud-den and early death. Mrs. Breck-enridge, who was formerly Miss Moffatt, of Peterborough, Ont., came here as a bride a little less than eighteen months ago and is highly esteemed by every person in Wardner. She accompanied the corpse on Tuesday last to the family burial place in Peterbor-ough and will make her home there in future. Mr. J. Brecken-ridge, of Fort Steele, also left for Peterborough on Tuesday. The bereaved wife and family of the deceased have the heartfelt sym-pathy of the whole community in this sad hour of trial.

NEARLY READY … The Arena rink is rapidly approaching com-pletion. The trusses are all up and the ice space will be free of all obstructions. The management is contemplating a carnival in the near future and are also trying to arrange a match with the Moyie team, who have just returned from the Rossland carnival.

SENTENCED … Harry Shaw, who is said to own a ranch in Al-

berta, and who has been engaged in wood cutting around town re-cently, was this week sentenced to six months hard labor for inde-cent exposure. Judge Ryan, in passing sentence, expressed re-gret that he could not impose a heavier sentence.

OUCH … Brakeman Rom-bough fell when stepping off the pilot of the engine at the east switch at Swansea and had the misfortune to have his leg broken by the ashpan of the engine. Owing to the fact that the ballast at this point is very low the en-gine and two cars went over the unfortunate man and it is a mira-cle that he was not more serious-ly injured.

ARE THEY MARRIED? … Ar-chie McNab and Mary Laughlin, two elderly persons, were appli-cants for a marriage license at the provincial government office on Monday last. The elderly couple had come from Spokane, where they had been refused a license, by reason of their being inmates of a charitable institution. Wheth-er or not they took advantage of the license secured here to be-come united is not known. The bride was a widow, whilst the bridegroom stated that he was a bachelor and a blacksmith by trade.

DISCHARGE … Ache Singh, the Hindu, who was committed for trial recently, on the alleged charge of assaulting a fellow countryman at Wycliffe with an axe was, upon his appearance before Judge Wilson for speedy trial, discharged. The com-plainant in the case failing to es-tablish the charge.

HOCKEY FINAL … The final in the British Columbia hockey championship attracted a large gathering to the Rossland rink for the closing scenes of the carnival on Saturday last. Again it was a case of a fresh team beating one fagged out, for Phoenix had hard-ly recovered from their game of the early afternoon. Anyway Harry and Archie Bishop, of the Nelsons, had a picnic, for be-tween them they put in six goals to one by Phoenix. It was not the most interesting game of the se-ries but there was lots of go about it. Nelson was certainly the better team and fully deserved the vic-tory.

One of the greatest outrages ever perpetrated in the Cranbrook district was committed in 1908. See below.

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Antoinetta Ferraro 1946 – 2016

It is with great sorrow and heavy hearts that we announce the passing of our beloved wife, mother, and nonna on Monday February 15, 2016 in Cranbrook, BC at 69 years of age.Antoinetta was born on May 17, 1946 in Casignana, Italy to Vincenzo and Maria Potorti. She immigrated to

Canada in 1963. Together with her husband Benito, she shared a love and marriage partnership that extended over 53 years and three children.Antoinetta brought great passion to her life as a mother, wife, sister, friend and entrepreneur. She loved cooking and that passion led to the opening of La Calabria Restaurant. This endeavour brought together her love of cooking and people. She warmed the hearts and stomachs of many.Antoinetta also loved gardening, knitting, music and culture but most of all she loved spending time with her beautiful grandchildren who adored her.Antoinetta lived by the motto “chi si firma è perduto” (one who stops is lost). She faced her illness with tremendous courage and never gave up hope. She is an inspiration to all of us.Antoinetta will be missed by all of those who knew her and were touched by her beautiful spirit.We extend a gracious thank you to her doctors and first responders.Antoinetta is survived by her husband Benito, children Ivana (Ben), Bernadette, Ben (Kathleen), grandchildren Jessica, Isabella, Alaina and Grace, brothers and sister Pina, John and Rocco. She was predeceased by her parents Vincenzo and Maria Potorti, and her brother Antonio.A funeral mass for Antoinetta will be held at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Cranbrook on Friday, February 19, 2016 at 11:00 am. In lieu of flowers please make donation to ALS Canada at: www.alsbc.ca .

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CMH partners with Shuswap Indian Band

Leah ScheiteL The Free Press

On Feb. 17, Teck an-nounced their first water treatment facility in the Elk Valley is now fully operational. Teck re-ported that the facility, located at their Line Creek Operations, com-pleted commissioning and is achieving 100 per cent of its target for re-ducing selenium con-centration in the water.

The aim of the West Line Creek Active Water Treatment Facility is to eliminate selenium and nitrate from water af-fected by mining opera-tions. It is a part of Teck’s overall strategy to im-plement the Elk Valley Water Quality Plan, the goal of which is to “sta-bilize and reverse the increasing trend of sele-nium and other sub-stances to ensure the ongoing health of the watershed, while at the same time allowing for continued sustainable mining in the region,” stated Teck in a press release.

The facility treats water from both Line Creek and West Line Creek at the Line Creek Operation. Teck says they then biologically

Teck water treatment facility operational

Breanne MaSSeyPioneer Staff

A new partnership for the Shuswap Indian Band could help to en-sure their cultural iden-tity is secured to stand the test of time.

On Wednesday, Feb-ruary 3rd, Shuswap In-dian Band chief Barb Cote signed a Memo-randum of Understand-ing with Canadian Mountain Holidays (CMH) Heli-Skiing and Summer Adventures di-rector of mountain op-erations, Rob Rohn, to develop a partnership that could boost cross-cultural under-standing and environ-mental stewardship through tourism in the East Kootenay region.

“We are honoured to be working with CMH Heli-Skiing and Sum-mer Adventures to be able to share our unique Shuswap culture with their guests,” said Chief Cote in a recent press release. “In our over-

night experience at CMH Bugaboos, we were amongst visitors from all over the world, and it was great to see the respect illustrated by CMH staff in recogniz-ing the importance of local Aboriginal culture, in addition to seeing the care they take in pro-tecting the environ-

ment.”The Memorandum

of Understanding aims to preserve history, pro-mote cultural compre-hension, and conserve the natural environment through tourism.

CMH operations within the Shuswap Band’s traditional terri-tory have encouraged

both parties to pursue a meaningful relationship that could promote de-velopment for both groups in a positive way, and offer Shuswap youth career opportuni-ties in tourism as well.

“We’re basically forming a new relation-ship with the Shuswap Indian Band,” said Dave Butler, CMH Heli-Skiing and Summer Adven-tures director of sustain-ability. “It’s focused on a range of different things through cultural com-munity stewardship ac-

tivities and environ-mental stewardship ac-tivities; so it will benefit both CMH and the Shuswap Indian Band in the long-term.”

Mr. Butler added the details of the memoran-dum will be hashed out over the coming weeks. He would like to discuss the possibility of youth leadership, and mentor-ing and training Shuswap youth in tour-ism, as well as exploring ways to enrich the CMH guest experience through the use of

Photo by LyLe GrisedaLe

CULTURAL EXCHANGE — On hand to witness the signing of the new partnership between CMH and the Shuswap Indian Band (SIB) on February 3rd were, left to right, Dolores Varga (SIB), Debra Fisher (SIB), Rob Rohn (CMH), Dave Butler (CMH), Sierra Stump (SIB), Chief Barb Cote (SIB).

Shuswap Indian Band cultural information.

“The next step will be sitting down over the next few weeks and put-ting together a few of those (ideas) together with both our company and the band,” he said. “We need to talk about

the specifics and roll out the actual action plans for those.”

Mr. Butler antici-pates a framework for the program could be up and running in time for this summer.

treat the water using proper technology that turns the selenium into a solid, which is then extracted from the water and safely disposed of.

“Teck is committed to responsible resource development that sup-ports both the environ-mental and economic well-being of the Elk Valley,” said Robin Sheremeta, Vice Presi-

dent, Coal in the same press release. “This water treatment facility is part of our work to implement the Elk Val-ley Water Quality Plan, which was developed with input from com-munities, governments and First Nations to maintain water quality while supporting con-tinued responsible min-ing.”

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CANCER (June 21-July 22) Remain focused and levelhead-ed. You might need to have a tough conversation with a partner or close associate. This person generally takes direction well, and you can count on that behavior once again now. The two of you work well together. Tonight: Stay close to home. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) You might want to step back in order to gain a new perspective. You could opt to make some changes to your day-to-day life. Whose decision this is makes no difference, but your choice will revitalize your life. Unexpected news heads your way. Tonight: Not to be found. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) A child or loved one could take a stand and force your hand. You really would like to keep a situation much lighter and more carefree. You might hear news about a financial risk, but it is likely that you will gain from what is happening. Tonight: Go along with the moment. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) You could be tossed into the

spotlight before you know it. You might have to make a strong emotional decision quickly. Several people in your life who used to be predictable and loyal could veer in new and unexpected directions. Tonight: Use your imagination well. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) How you visualize a changeable matter will transform naturally because of recent events. An unpredictable element runs through your day-to-day life. Emotions runs high right now, especially around long-term goals and close friendships. To-night: Where the action is. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) You’ll want to revisit a decision after having a discussion about your finances. You could feel squeezed by a money matter, but you might not have the solution just yet. You will when the time is right. You generally don’t tolerate situations like this well. Tonight: Decide to let go. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) Others seem to be full of them-selves. They even might ignore you in order to get what they

want. You will stand up to them, although initially you might be amused. You are not a sign that appreciates being bullied. You’ll let others know the lay of the land. Tonight: Out on the town. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) Pace yourself, as you have a lot of ground to cover. If you expe-rience a problem, ask yourself how you could have prevented it and how you can pull out of it without creating too much fuss. You might not be willing to share your thoughts just yet. Tonight: Run some errands. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) Whereas others might be sty-mied by a situation, you seem to flourish and come up with several alternatives. A friend could be quite intense and dif-ficult. This person’s opinions can be harsh, but they will be worth listening to! Tonight: Be where people are. BORN TODAY Actor John Travolta (1954), art-ist Louis Comfort Tiffany (1848), record producer Dr. Dre (1965) ***

Dear Annie: After more than 30 years, my husband has turned into one disgusting human being. He retired on disability some time ago, and has slowly gone from a very intelligent man to a human cesspool. He burps loudly and thinks his flatulence is amusing, and he believes that I should just put up with both. After years of trying to be a supportive spouse, this is the thanks I get. It’s not funny to me any longer, but I don’t have the nerve to tell him that I’ve lost all respect for him. I cannot bring friends to the house because of his boorish behavior, which I suspect is just what he wants. I used to admire my husband. Now I wouldn’t care if something happened to him, if you know what I mean. If I had one wish, it would be not to have him in my life any longer. Do you have any suggestions? -- Frat Boy’s Wife Dear Wife: We have a few. If you don’t communicate clearly with your husband, he will not know how you feel. Tell him you have lost all respect for him. Insist he see his doctor to find out why he cannot control his bodily functions, since this change in his previous behavior could indicate a small stroke or dementia. (That might get his attention.) Tell him you are ready to walk out the door, because that is an easy way not to have him in your life. And if you truly mean it, you ought to do it. Otherwise, absent yourself as much as possible. Go out to dinner with friends and leave him at home. Find a hobby that gets you out of the house. Take long vacations to see the relatives. Book a trip with a tour group. Many couples find a modicum of contentment living independent lives when too much closeness becomes suffocating. Dear Annie: I’m writing about “Crying Mother,” who wondered why her once loving daughter-in-law now seems cold and distant. I could be that daughter-in-law. It’s possible that it’s not a personal issue at all. It may be a life-stage issue. When my children were young, I regularly saw my mother, as she provided care for them when I was at work part time. We regularly had dinners with my in-laws and visits with my parents as the kids enjoyed it and I had plenty of time. In the past few years, I’ve gone back to work full time. My children are older and are involved with music, sports, church, scouts and other activities. I see my family twice a month and on holidays. I see my in-laws roughly the same amount. This is not distance or estrangement. It’s time management. There are only so many hours to go around. We still make time for family, but it is definitely different than when the kids were little and had no activities. My parents, in-laws and I communicate well most of the time, but with less communication, there may be less understanding. -- Juggling It All Dear Juggling: You have made some excellent points. Grandparents often don’t understand (and can resent) the time kids spend in various activities and with their friends. Kids tend to become increasingly busy the older they get, and although they love their grandparents, they prefer to be with their classmates. Divorced parents often have similar issues. Open communication is important so that there are fewer negative assumptions. Annie’s Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers column. Please email your questions to anniesmailbox@creators.com, or write to: Annie’s Mailbox, c/o Creators Syndicate, 737 3rd Street, Hermosa Beach, CA 90254. You can also find Annie on Facebook at Facebook.com/AskAnnies. To find out more about Annie’s Mailbox and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate Web page at www.creators.com.COPYRIGHT 2016 CREATORS.COM

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This is an exceptional opportunity to be the collaborative leader of a networked team of dedicated

professionals for a local, grassroots, non-profit organization supporting family physicians committed to improving the healthcare system for patients and

physicians in BC.Further details and full contract description

can be found at:https://www.divisionsbc.ca/ek/careers

Please forward your resume and cover letter todrcecileandreas@hotmail.com

Closing date: Monday, February 22nd, 5:00pm MST

Program Instructor & Tour Guide Kootenay Trout Hatchery,

Fort Steele, BCWe are seeking a candidate to join our team at the Kootenay Trout Hatchery. The successful incumbent must be a student or recent graduate, and will be responsible for conducting Tours, Learn to Fish and other educational programs to youth and the general public from May through August. The work week averages 35 hours @ $17.37 per hour, including week-ends and evenings. Some travel required.

If you are a team player who enjoys working with the public, and are seeking a rewarding opportunity where you can be part of an exciting organization, we would like to hear from you!

To learn more about this exciting opportunity, please visit: www.gofishbc.com/postings

Selkirk College’s School of Industry and Trades Training has an immediate need for an instructor to teach in the Metal Fabricator Apprenticeship program. This is a non-regular, full-time position commencing approximately March 14, 2016 and ending May 3, 2016 with two weeks of course preparation, classes start Tuesday, March 29, 2016. Interested and qualified applicants are invited to email their resume (along with cover letter, work references and supporting documentation/diplomas) no later than 4:00 pm on February 25 to postings@selkirk.ca. For more information on the posting visit careers at selkirk.ca

Part-time Job OpportunityCranbrook Assistant Community Literacy Coordinator/

Adult Program FacilitatorWorking within a basin-wide organization you will assist the Community Coordinator to:

• develop and deliver effective literacy programs that meet funding priorities

• support community partnerships and collaboration • lead a community planning process annually• raise awareness and be a literacy and lifelong learning

advocate

Relevant post-secondary education and a background in teaching, facilitating groups and community development will be definite assets.

Abilities and attributes:• Outstanding communication, interpersonal and presentation

skills• Knowledge of the literacy field and the ability to develop and

manage programs• Ability to work with people of all ages and in many circum-

stances• Ability and enthusiasm for fund development, including

proposal writing• Strong time-management, administrative and priority-setting

skills• Strong consultation and team-building skills• Willing to work flexible hours and to travel• Computer software competence• High degree of self-initiative, adaptive and creative• Inclusive, sensitive and respectful approach to collaboration• Willingness to take personal responsibility for professional

development in this field

Please send your resume to bknight@cbal.org byNoon Friday March 4, 2016

Thank you to everyone interested but only those short-listed will be contacted.

The Peace Arch News has an opening for an advertising consultant.

By joining White Rock / South Surrey's number one community print and online newspaper, you can develop a rewarding career in advertising and marketing while contributing to one of the Lower Mainland's most vibrant communities. The team environment at the Peace Arch News will inspire you to the highest level of customer partnership and reward your motivated approach to excellence. 

You should be a strong communicator, well organized, self motivated and enjoy working in a fast-pace environment. Previous media sales experience is preferred. A car and a valid driver's license are required. 

The Peace Arch News is part of Black Press, Canada's largest private independent newspaper company with more than 170 community, daily and urban newspapers in BC, Alberta, Washington, Ohio, California and Hawaii. 

Please send your resume with cover letter by Friday, March 11, 2016 to:

Steve Scott - Ad Manager Peace Arch News #200 - 2411 - 160th St., Surrey, BC V3S 0C8 or email to steve.scott@peacearchnews.com

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EXPERIENCED LEGAL ASSISTANT REQUIREDRockies Law Corporation requires an experienced legal assistant for one of our offices in Cranbrook, BC. The successful candidate will have experience in Wills, Estates, Corporate, Commercial and some Civil Litigation. Knowledge of Conveyancing would be an asset.

We are seeking an energetic and outgoing person who is comfortable working in a fast paced environment. Responsibilities may include providing administrative support to the lawyer and conveyance staff, client communication, incoming and outgoing mail/faxes, filing, correspondence, answering phones, scheduling appointments and a variety of general office duties. Proficiency in Microsoft Office is required. Rockies Law Corporation provides competitive remuneration in a progressive and flexible work environment.

Please forward your resume with covering letter and references to susan@rockieslaw.com. Only those candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.

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The Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations, Recreation Sites and Trails BC invites proposals from parties interested in managing and maintaining Larchwood Lake fee for service recreation site (campground) under a multi-year partnership agreement.The purpose of the partnership agreement is to retain the recreation site in the public ownership, provide a safe, sanitary and rustic public recreation opportunity for visitors and to recover operational costs through campsite fee collection.The ministry will arrange for General Comprehensive Liability insurance for successful proponents at no cost.RFP packages are available from the ministry’s Recreation Sites and Trails Branch in Invermere at the address below. Interested parties or a representative must attend a mandatory information meeting on the RFP being held on Thursday March 10, 2016 at 2:00 pm local time at the Invermere Service BC Building at 625-4th Street Invermere, BC.Proposals will be received until 2pm local time, March 24, 2016 at the ministry’s Invermere office at 625-4th Street, Invermere, BC, V0A 1K0.

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Breanne MasseyPioneer Staff

The Akisqnuk First Nation has plans to pressure the Govern-ment of Canada to hon-our a recent ruling that recognizes its claim over 3,000 acres of land in the Madias Tatley area, which is located east of the nation. The ruling is by a Specific Claims Tri-bunal that reviewed the Akisqnuk reserve cre-ation and additional land decisions that were never implemented.

The decision to ex-clude land in the Madi-as Tatley area from the Akisqnuk First Nation dates back over a centu-ry. An 1884 recommen-dation by the Indian Re-serve Commissioner to include the Madias Tat-ley area in the Akisqnuk reserve and another in 1915 by the federal-pro-vincial Royal Commis-sion on Indian Affairs did not come to fruition in spite of the extensive use of the land by the Ktunaxa people of the Akisqnuk First Nation.

The tribunal found that in ignoring the rec-ommendations, Canada breached its legal obli-gations as fiduciary for

the First Nation.“It’s been a long, long

fight,” said Lorne Sho-var, Akisqnuk First Na-tion chief. “We had the tribunal hearing about a year ago. We don’t have the property back yet. It’s just a decision from the tribunal so there’s still various steps that need to happen before there’s any type of com-pensation or land allo-cation.”

The Akisqnuk First Nation is pleased with the decision and Mr. Shovar hopes to help his nation correct an injus-tice issue that has the potential to acknowl-edge many generations of elders and families.

“Right now, we’ve got a document of next steps, so we’re going to

pressure the federal government to honour the decision of the tri-bunal,” said Mr. Shovar.

He remains optimis-tic that the Canadian government will help develop a new relation-ship with the First Na-tion in the spirit of rec-onciliation. He added the process wouldn’t take place overnight.

“It has been an ex-tremely long battle,” said Mr. Shovar, noting the issue became a major priority for the nation before he joined council in 2004. “We, at Akisq-nuk, are both excited and optimistic that we can move forward in a good way not only with the community but with the federal and provin-cial governments.”

Tribunal confirms Akisqnuk land

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