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Shutterbugs hit the art gallery

Two local photographers will have their work on display at the Courthouse Art Gallery starting this weekend in an exhibit titled Dynamic Range.

There won’t be much time to catch this exhibit, however, as it only runs until next week-end, May 16.

“My inspiration is really nature,” said Julie VanKoll, a member of the arts council and half of the duo of pho-tographers whose work will be displayed.

“The scenery around our area I just find really breathtak-ing and beautiful,” she said. “I love to capture it.”

Self-portrait by photographer Julie VanKoll

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First Nations protest-ers want BioCentral to seek permission from the Lower Nicola Band if its biosolids composting facility is to stand.

An information session was held Wednesday between protesters and the company after protesters — who have been blocking the company from accessing its biosolids composting facility in Lower Nicola for almost two months — requested a meeting in ex-change for allowing an equip-ment truck to pass through to the site.

Organizer of the meeting Arnie Narcisse told represen-tatives from BioCentral at the

meeting that they should con-tact the Lower Nicola Band and enter into the band’s referral process.

“Hopefully they’re wise enough to take my broad hints that there is a process that they should have gone through, and that they make use of it,” Narcisse told the Herald.

Narcisse said that any pro-ponent that wants to set up shop on the band’s traditional territory must come to the band and seek its permission.

Back in February, BioCen-tral sent a letter to the Lower Nicola Band requesting a meeting to listen to questions and concerns, and provide information about its existing biosloids composting facility

and spreading operations on lands the company owns.

The letter also acknowl-edged that it was a mistake not getting in touch with the

band much sooner.Narcisse told the meet-

ing’s 75 attendees the band responded to the letter say-ing the Supreme Court of

Canada affi rmed the Crown has been applying an in-correct view of aboriginal title, title which includes the exclusive right of aboriginal

people to manage the land and its resources, and benefi t economically from it.

BIOCENTRAL MEETS WITH PROTESTERSBy Michael Potestio

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(From left) BioCentral soil scientists John Paul, consultant Elisha McCallum, BioCentral Owner Andres Murillo and BioCentral division manager Cory Herman. The four were in Lower Nicola Wednesday to meet and share information with about 75 people in regards to the company’s operations and biosolids composting facility on Sunshine Valley Road. Michael Potestio/Herald

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RANCHING'S OUR ROOTS - BEEF'S OUR BUSINESSThe Nicola Stock Breeder’s Association is excited to host the 87th Annual BC Cattlemen’s Association AGM & Convention May 21-23

CATTLEMEN’S TRADE-SHOW Saturday, May 22nd 10 AM - 3 PM at the Nicola Valley Memorial Arena. See our local vendors, equipment dealers, roping demonstrations, kids games and more!

Adjacent to the Nicola Valley Memorial Arena visit the Local Farmer’s Market and the Historic Baillie House.

CONSIDER JOINING US FOR THE CATTLEMEN’S EDUCATION DAY Saturday 8 AM – 11:30 AM at the Merritt Civic CentreTicket price and availability TBAGuest Speaker – Bruce Vincent: motivational speaker and logger from Libby MTThanks to some of our local sponsors: Douglas Lake Ranch, Purity Feed, Jim Gardner Cattle Co, Murray GM, Nicola Post & Rail, Alpha Design, Nicola Valley Vet Clinic, Tourism Nicola Valley, City of Merritt, Q101 Radio, Grand Slam Fencing, Merritt Herald and Nicola Valley Apiaries

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God the Word, the World

We saw last week what the church was to do for people to show them of God’s care. The people who go to help in tough situations don’t go for the money, but because they love to help.

Why else do they go? Because they see God’s love in their own lives by what He does for them, for us, for all of us, every day by supplying our daily needs. They see what Jesus has done for them by coming to this world, going through life as a regular person, then dying on the cross so that we can have forgiveness of sin.

So, you see? The whole thing hinges on one word. Love.

Jesus said, “If you love Me, keep my commandments.”

These all have to do with how we treat other people and love Jesus. They also show us about worship. The world today is a rough place. Look at all the violence going on. People are getting killed because they don’t have the same faith as somebody else wants him to.

In the same world, we have a lot of good people who do a lot of good work helping others. Those worship the true God. The God who loves and supplies all the good things of life. The Word says, “Choose ye this day whom you will serve.” We all have to make a choice as to what side we will be on. I choose the way of love and life, not sel shness and greed. These have no place in Heaven.

When Jesus went back to Heaven, He gave the disciples, the church, the job of telling the world about Him and His second coming. They were sent out to prepare the people for when Jesus would return for them. Jesus would love to have all saved and be with Him in Heaven.

The apostles did a good job, but so many people, especially those with power, did not like the story of Jesus, a poor carpenter’s boy. That is why they put Jesus to death.

Next week: John

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Merritt RCMP want to improve on traffic enforcement in 2015 in order to catch the bad guys.

The Mounties out-lined their strategic priorities for the year at city council’s April 28 meeting, stating their priorities in community relations, crime reduc-tion and substance abuse.

Staff Sgt. Sheila White told the Herald the general duty sec-tion of the police force

is usually too busy responding to calls for service to make traffic enforcement a priority.

One way to identify people in the commu-nity who deal drugs and commit other crimes is to pull vehi-cles over for driving infractions, she said.

“Failing to signal, fail to stop — these guys are not the best drivers in the world anyway, so they make it easy for us — and we identify them that way,” she said.

Another new prior-ity is impaired driv-

ing road checks and licensed premises checks.

White said RCMP officers will come across impaired driv-ers during the normal course of their day, and stats for these infrac-tions have been high.

“If we’re com-ing across that many impaired drivers just in the normal course of our duties, then that tells me there’s an awful lot of other impaired drivers out there,” White said.

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With staff work-ing over a weekend to get it on the agenda, the required zoning change bylaw for the Sagebrush golf course’s bed and breakfast cot-tages was given first and second reading on April 23 by the Thompson-Nicola Regional District (TNRD) board of direc-tors.

TNRD director of development services Regina Sadilkova said the rezoning will now head to a public hearing that is tentatively scheduled for May 14.

She said the property will remain in a residen-tial zone, but has been given a site-specific zon-ing to accommodate their commercial operation.

Sadilkova said this move is a smart one in case the owners want to revert back to the resi-dential zoning as it would

spare another rezoning process to revert back to residential.

Sagebrush golf course zoning bylaw heading to public hearing


RCMP share strategic priorities with council

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By Phillip WoolgarTHE [email protected] local school district posted a $564,000 surplus last year, accord-ing to the auditor’s report released on Sept. 12.The surplus means the Nicola-

Similkameen School District 58 is better able to handle enrolment declines, which it anticipates for at least the next three years. The cumulative surplus is now $5.7 mil-

lion. “We are in a healthy state,”

SD 58 Secretary Treasurer Kevin Black said. “As enrolment starts to increase, we aren’t going to get any additional dollars... If we experi-ence a surge in enrolment, this pro-vides us with a bit of a cushion.”

Without that surplus, SD 58 would have to eliminate expenses — and with 85 per cent spent on teachers’ salaries, job cuts would be a likely outcome, he said.

Administration originally pre-dicted a $500,000 shortfall in February and the variance in the audit is due to lower salaries and more grants than expected.“Some additional sources of

revenue come in and, at the same time, some activities that you expect to occur didn’t occur,” he said.

Among the additional grants was funding to support updated student counts in May, which contributed a portion of the $1.5 million increase.

Also, salaries and benefits are about $1.1 million lower than expected.

“We budget on a conservative basis,” Black said. “If we don’t know who we are going to hire, we put them in at a certain scale and I budget for higher than the average [salary].”

For example, savings can occur when an older, higher-paid teacher leaves and a new teacher arrives.

The Ministry of Education’s decision last year to limit funding

protection to 98.5 per cent from the previous 100 per cent means a steady decrease in the amount of funding.

The Ministry said SD 58 is already overfunded by nearly 500 students, Black said.“So until we get 500 more stu-

dents, we’d pay for additional enrol-ment without getting additional dollars.”

School district reports $564,000 surplus

SD 58 in a healthy state to handle anticipated enrolment declines, says secretary treasurer

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• School reading program searches for volunteers

A Merritt citizen wor-ried about the declining state of volunteerism in the community brought her concerns to council last week. Long-time volunteer and member of the community since her move here in 1990, Elizabeth Salomon-de-Friedberg outlined where she saw weaknesses in the volunteer model of service, and offered sug-gestions on how council could address it.

Council accepted her

report as an information item for them to look into further.

“There are two main issues that I feel are facing the volunteer sector here in Merritt,” said Salomon-de-Friedberg.

“One is a lack of vol-unteers, and the other one is a lack of capacity among the volunteers and in the broader community from which volunteers come from.”

The lack of volunteers she attributed to many dif-ferent reasons, beginning with a change in working

lifestyles. Many people work outside of the com-munities they live, work longer hours and don’t have the same amount of time, and make more money, making volunteer services less necessary than previously.

But she also pointed to other problems aside from just vocational ones, list-ing more single parents, an increase in social net-works outside of the com-munity, such as online, and an aging population who don’t have the energy they once did.

The other problem she pointed out was more logistical in nature. As more is expected of non-profit groups, the more expertise is needed to run them. That expertise is simply not something that volunteers have, and the administrative require-ments of many of them is daunting, possibly dis-couraging volunteerism.

“Funding applications are more complex and require a level of knowl-edge that many volunteers do not have,” she said to council. “More reports are required. I don’t know how many of you like writing reports, but I find that people who like writ-ing reports are in short supply,” she joked.

As far as solutions go, Salomon-de-Friedberg made two suggestions, one local and one provincial. The first was for the city to set up seminars on gov-ernance and proactively market them in the com-munity, with incremental surveys to see if they’re effective.

Secondly, she suggested that the city take this issue to the Union of British Columbia Municipalities

(UBCM), and lobby them to create a task force to examine the issues facing volunteerism on a provin-cial scale. “The goal of the task force would be to reimagine the volunteer sector, given the realities of today and the future,” she explained. “The key objective of the task force would be to come up with solutions that small communities could imple-ment.”

Council thanked Salomon-de-Friedberg for her report and sugges-tions. Coun. Dave Baker suggested that rather than bringing the issue to UBCM off the bat, many of whose members in big-ger centres on the Lower Mainland would not be inclined to discuss this topic, that it should be considered for the upcom-ing Southern Interior Local Government Asso-ciation (SILGA) instead.

“I think this is a major problem in most small communities. I don’t know if we can bring it in as a late resolution or at least talk about it at SILGA, because SILGA is small communities,” said Baker.


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VOLUNTEERS NEEDEDVeteran volunteer Elizabeth Salomon-de-Friedberg is worried about what she sees as a decline in volunteers that provide a range of services to the community. She was at city council last week to voice those concerns. David Dyck/Herald

“The court has also concluded that when the Crown allocates resources on aboriginal title lands without the consent of the indigenous people, it com-mits a serious infringe-ment on constitutionally protected rights and that permits may be cancelled and damages owed,” Nar-cisse read.

Cory Herman, one of four BioCentral repre-sentatives who attended Wednesday’s meeting, said consulting First Nations and other residents wasn’t part of the provincial reg-ulatory process the com-pany had to take when

establishing its compost facility in the Sunshine Valley.

“Now that’s an issue, not between BioCentral and the First Nations in the community, it’s [with] the province,” Herman said.

He invited people at the meeting to set up visits to the composting facility to see their operation.

“It’s really about be-ing a good neighbour,” he said.

Narcisse told the Herald he thinks the company’s facility is operating on a fl awed provincial permit-ting process.

The purpose of the meeting was to learn more about each other, said

Narcisse, who views it as one step in the process.

“If they choose to tell us to go to hell then we go to war,” Narcisse said.

Herman said he felt the meeting went well, adding that the company wants to share information and get to the root concerns people have fi rst-hand.

“Now it’s about an education process. Getting the right information from third party, credible sourc-es and sharing amongst all the groups,” Herman said.

During the meeting, Herman outlined BioCen-tral’s operations. He said it composts biosolids and yard waste, and sells the compost it manufactures.

The composting site

in Lower Nicola is a is a four-man operation, Her-man said.

The blockade on High-way 8 remains in place and Narcisse said protest-ers still intend to stop BioCentral trucks if they attempt to breach the line.

Whether or not more BioCentral trucks will be attempting to access the composting facility was a question Herman couldn’t answer as of yet.

“We’re going to wait until this meeting is fi n-ished, the information is digested by both sides, and then there will be fur-ther steps tsken,” Herman said.

Herman has told the Herald that the company

would prefer not proceed with an injunction against protesters in order to move its trucks through.

The local First Nations chiefs did not attend the information session on Wednesday, despite their opposition against bio-solids.

Narcisse told the Her-ald the chiefs did not at-tend the meeting because they did not want their attendance to be miscon-strued as a consultation session.

“My far reaching dream to all this is that these guys come to the realization that maybe it’s just too much trouble op-erating in this neck of the woods,” Narcisse said.

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The City works crew will be commencing the an-nual Cemetery clean up from May 4 – 8, 2015. Any offerings or memorabilia that are placed on headstones will be removed and placed at the Pine Ridge Cemetery shed. Memorabilia only will remain at the Cemetery shed for 30 days then the items will be disposed of accordingly.

Pursuant to City of Merritt Cemetery Bylaw No. 2087, 2009 Section L General:

1. No above ground memorabilia will be permitted after the grave site has been prepared for turf.

2. Flowers may be placed on graves but may be removed by the “Caretaker” when their condition is deemed by him/her to be detrimental to the beauty of the cemetery. Any non-conforming offerings, wreaths, flowers, fencing, curbs or other devices may be removed by City personnel.

3. The City shall not be responsible for the loss or theft of any offerings.

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REQUEST FOR PROPOSALPARKS, RECREATION AND CULTURE MASTER PLAN

The City of Merritt is seeking Requests for Proposals from qualified Proponents for the development and delivery of a comprehensive Parks, Recreation and Culture Master Plan. It is expected that this document will provide the framework for making decisions on Parks, Recreation and Culture matters based on the aspirations, needs, priorities and financial abilities of residents of the City of Merritt.

RFP documents are available through the BC Bid site, the City of Merritt website - www.merritt.ca. or are available at Merritt City Hall, 2185 Voght St. Merritt, BC.

Proposal closing date is Friday, May 29, 2015 at 4:00pm

local time.

All inquiries should be directed to:

Larry PlotnikoffLeisure Services Manager, City of [email protected] of MerrittP.O. Box 189,2185 Voght St.,Merritt, BC V1K 1B8

The City of Merritt reserves the right to accept or

reject any or all quotes, modify the terms at any

time, to waive defects in any proposal document

and to accept the quote which it may consider

to be in the best interests of the City. The lowest

cost quote or any quote will not necessarily be

accepted.

NOTICE TO RESIDENTS

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UNDERGROUND AND SURFACE ROAD WORKS ON

COLDWATER AVE. AND MAIN ST. STARTING ON

MONDAY MARCH 2ND

FOR A DURATION OF 4 MONTHS

THE PURPOSE OF THIS NOTICE IS TO INFORM YOU OF THE TYPICAL NUISANCES INVOLVED WITH A PROJECT OF THIS TYPE -- MAINLY ACCESS TO YOUR PROPERTY. THE CONSTRUCTION ENTAILS INSTALLATION OF SANITARY SEWER MAINS AND RECONSTRUCTION OF THE ROADWAY ALONG COLDWATER AVE. THE STREET WILL BE SINGLE LANE TRAFFIC SOME OF THE TIME, AND THERE WILL BE TIMES THAT YOU WILL NOT HAVE VEHICULAR ACCESS TO YOUR PROPERTY. WE WILL DO OUR BEST TO NOTIFY YOU IN ADVANCE AND TO KEEP THESE INTERRUPTIONS AS SHORT AS POSSIBLE.

AS WITH ANY CONSTRUCTION PROJECT OF THIS SORT, YOU CAN EXPECT SOME DUST, NOISE AND VIBRATION. RESIDENTS WHO BORDER THE PROJECT SHOULD BE AWARE THAT ANY FRAGILE OR VALUABLE ITEMS THAT COULD POSSIBLY BE DAMAGED DUE TO VIBRATION SHOULD BE TAKEN DOWN OR SECURED FOR THE DURATION OF THE PROJECT. PLEASE ENSURE THAT YOUR CHILDREN ARE AWARE OF THE DANGERS OF A CONSTRUCTION PROJECT AND THAT THEY STAY CLEAR OF THE EQUIPMENT.

WE APOLOGIZE FOR ANY INCONVENIENCE THIS MAY CAUSE. HOWEVER, WE ASK THAT YOU BE PATIENT THROUGH THE DURATION OF THIS UPGRADE PROJECT. IF YOU REQUIRE ANY ASSISTANCE OR HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE PHONE OUR SITE SUPERINTENDANT, GEOFF PRESTON, AT 493-4677 (OFFICE) OR 250-809-2405 (CELL).

WATER RESTRICTIONS ARE NOW IN EFFECT

MAY 1 - SEPTEMBER 30

THERE IS NO SPRINKLING ON SUNDAYSprinkling violations will result in a $50 fine for each offense.

Basic Sprinklers

Automatic Sprinklers

6 am - 8 am & 7 pm - 10 pm EVEN ADDRESS: Monday, Wednesday & Friday ODD ADDRESS: Tuesday, Thursday & Saturday

Midnight am to 4 amEVEN ADDRESS: Monday, Wednesday & Friday ODD ADDRESS: Tuesday, Thursday & Saturday

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It is vital that we all understand how important water regulations are to the community. The water we use in Merritt is the single most valuable resource that we have in our community. Most residents comply with sprinkling restric-tions, and the City is able to maintain the city reservoirs at reasonable levels for all users including fire protection. With your help we can insure that this resource continues to flow uninterrupted this year and in years to come. Of course if it's raining, don't water at all! There are many ways to conserve wa-

ter both indoors and out. Please do your part.

WATERING IS ONLY PERMITTED during the following days and times (and this includes soaker hoses):

WATERING IS ONLY PERMITTED during the following daysand times (and this includes soaker hoses):

Watering restrictions are on now. The City of Merritt has annual sprinkling regu-lations as means of encouraging water conservation. Restrictions are in place from May 1 to September 30th each year when no sprinklers (this includes soaker hoses) may be used outside of the hours listed below. There is an ex-emption for a newly planted or sodded lawn but this requires a permit - please contact Bylaw Enforcement for more details.

COMPREHENSIVE SIGNAGE STRATEGYREQUEST FOR PROPOSAL #2015-04-17

The City of Merritt requests proposals from qualified firms to develop a City-wide signage strategy to meet the needs of residents and visitors. The Strategy will promote an attractive, cohesive, coherent brand that conveys quality, sustainability and authenticity in its design and construction and demonstrates a deep understanding of human wants and needs with respect to way-finding and discovery of place.

Tender Closing Time: 4:00 pm local time

Tender Closing Date: Friday May 15, 2015

Tender Documents can also be found at www.

bcbid.gov.bc.ca; or www.merritt.ca

*Please note that proposals will not be opened in public

NOTE: Should any potential bidders download this Request for Proposal, it is the proponent’s responsibility to check for Addendas which will be posted on the BC Bid website.

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She said it is her love of photography that informs her love for nature and the outdoors. “One leads to the other, and you combine them both and it’s great,” she said. “You don’t have a better subject with some of our scnery

around here, it’s abso-lutely breathtaking,” said VanKoll, who has been into photography since she was in high school.

VanKoll is sharing the gallery walls with Anya McVean, anoth-er local photographer and the vice president of the Nicola Valley Community Arts

Council. McVean’s work

is different from VanKoll’s, however. “I photograph a range of subjects but one of my primary subjects is people,” she said. “I like to capture the nuances in people, the hidden beauty that is in everyone.” She said she particularly focuses

on people’s eyes. The two artists’

differing subject mat-ter is why they chose to name the exhibit Dynamic Range.

The opening recep-tion is at the gallery on Friday, May 8, from 5 to 7 p.m. Gallery hours are Friday and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Art gallery showcasing local photographers

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This glimpse inside of a milk thistle seed is an example of Julie Van Koll’s nature photography. Julie Van Koll


How do you write an exit column that sums up your feelings about a couple of years’ worth of experiences (that might as well be a lifetime) while answering questions about a future you yourself are uncertain about without

producing a 500-word exercise in catharsis?

This is my current dilemma as my time at the Merritt Herald winds down.

You see, tomorrow is my last day at the paper, and my next move remains unknown.

At the time of this writing, I don’t know exactly what my future holds, which is both an exciting and scary pros-pect — and one I’ve lived through before.

That feeling of plung-ing into the unknown is one I experienced two and a half years ago when I packed all my worldly

possessions (read: air mattresses and bags of clothes) into my Chevy Cobalt and, with my mother as my copilot, headed west to Merritt.

The leap from the life I’d known forever in Winnipeg to the utterly unknown in B.C.’s South-ern Interior was one of faith.

It paid off for me — which I hope is obvious, as most people wouldn’t spend two and a half years doing something they didn’t like.

While I expected to grow professionally from that original move so

many months ago, one thing I couldn’t have predicted was how much I would grow personally as well.

But now, with a few years under my belt at this paper, it is time to find new challenges and opportunities for more growth, and that means I will have to move.

Knowing my depar-ture from Merritt is com-ing, I am happy to step back from the role as editor and let the Herald’s new editor, David Dyck, take the reigns.

I’ve been given plenty of advice over the last

little while since my immi-nent departure from the paper became known.

I’ve been told not to leave my job until I have a new one to go to; I’ve been told, in no uncertain terms, I will regret my decision to move.

But I’ve also been told it’s understandable I would look for an oppor-tunity to grow elsewhere. I’ve been told changing directions is a great way to learn, grow, challenge yourself and thrive, and that’s what I’m looking for.

HERALD OPINION

Getting to know each other

It has been just over a week since I rolled into town from Fort St. John, where I was reporting the news in the Peace region of the province. I’m happy to be tak-ing on a bigger role as the editor of the Herald.

I like what I’ve seen of Merritt so far. Temperatures are certainly a lot higher than where I came from, and the people seem just as warm. There are things happening here, too. It wasn’t long before I noticed some headlines out of here that are in provincial news outlets that are affecting our commu-nity.

I’ve already come across more refer-ences to biosolids in the past week than I ever had before. That’s a controversy that Merrittonians are clearly very invested in, and we at the Herald will strive for clear, con-cise reportage on that.

The Schoenborn hearing is plodding along, and though I wasn’t here for that trag-edy, I’m sure that was, and still is, a difficult thing for this community to try to move past.

It isn’t easy to parachute in to a situation and become familiar with the local perspec-tive on these things, especially while trying to fill the shoes of the outgoing editor Emily Wessel.

I know from experience that it will take some time for me to get to know you, and understand how Merrittonians feel about these and many more issues.

Eventually the biosolids confrontation will find some sort of resolution, and the Schoenborn hearing will end. But that won’t mean that our job at the Herald will be done, or that we can relax until something of inter-est outside the Nicola Valley happens in our community. Just the opposite, in fact.

I’ve often said that community news isn’t always the most interesting, but it is the most important.

Whether it is celebrating successes, mourning losses, shining light on something, or just keeping Merritt up to date on what is happening in our community, that’s why we’re here. Thanks for reading.

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Bring back the VE-Day quiltDear Editor,

I can’t believe we have another anniver-sary of VE-Day and the Netherlands are still grateful for the huge sacrifice made by the Canadians to free the country from the Nazi tyranny. I grew up over there and on a visit to the Groesbeek Canadian War Cemetery saw how enormous Canada’s contribution had been. I pondered how I could show my gratitude for this sacrifice made by our troops.

I came to Canada in 1948 and became a proud Canadian in 1953. I started making a quilt full of symbolism to express my admira-tion and gratitude for what the Canadians did for that little belea-guered country.

I finished it in a year and had it ready for the 50th anniversary of VE-Day, when I pre-sented it to the local legion. At the opening of the new city hall it ended up on a wall in that building. It is now

still hanging there, dirty and forgotten. It has not been cared for and is just fading away.

If you ask anyone, they have never seen it or know what it is all about. It was a gift from the heart from one very grateful ex-Netherland-er who tried to express the undying gratitude felt by someone who was only a child during the war.

We lived in fear and hunger and extreme cold. Our fathers were slave labourers for the Nazi war machine. We never knew when death would come. To the powers at city hall: do you think you could rectify the situation of the 50th Anniversary VE-Day quilt?

Thanks to the Canadian troops I was able to spend a happy and fulfilling life in Canada teaching Merritt children the joy of music for 44 years as a registered music teacher. It was a privi-lege.

Andrea RogersMerritt

You can look before you leap or you can make a leap of faith.

Neither course of action guarantees you won’t land flat on your face.

I’m facing my

impending departure from the Herald as an opportunity to do some soul-searching (as well as job searching, let’s be real) and while a gap in employment isn’t exactly ideal, I am not considering it a setback.

In the meantime, my partner and I are preparing as much as we can for the future we will face together.

Even though look-ing ahead right now is equal parts exhilarat-ing and terrifying, I will always look back

at my time at the Mer-ritt Herald fondly.

Perhaps the reason I’m so comfortable with this next uncer-tain phase of my life is that I know the paper is in the good hands of capable people.

I will miss those

people dearly when I go, but one good thing about not moving right away is that I can prolong that inevitable goodbye for at least a little while.

It took me about two years to establish a new comfort zone

here, and now I’m ready to step out of it and see where my potential is.

So this is my fond farewell to the Merritt Herald. As for my fond farewell to Merritt itself — that can wait for another day.

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Stepping out of my comfort zone

One thing that can be said about events on Parliament Hill is that no two weeks are ever the same.

All Parliamentarians were sad to learn this week of the passing of Senator Pierre Claude Nolin, Speaker of the Senate and a member of the Red Chamber for over two decades.

Like other Canadians, Senator Nolin battled a rare form of cancer. Our thoughts and prayers are always with friends and families

who have lost a loved one to such a cruel disease.

Also occurring on Parliament Hill this week was a visit from King Abdullah II bin al Hussein of Jordan. For those who may be unaware, Jordan is the first Arab country to success-fully complete a free-trade agreement with Canada that came into effect in October of 2012. Jordan is also one of two coun-tries that have signed a peace agreement with Israel. Jordan has also accepted a large number of refu-gees fleeing Syria and opposes the terror organization ISIL.

Not occurring in Ottawa but cer-tainly in the minds of many Canadians is the devastating earthquake tragedy in Nepal. Canada

has deployed and successfully landed a Canadian Forces C-17 aircraft to deliv-er much needed per-sonnel and supplies to the region to assist and search for survi-vors. If any citizens in Okanagan-Coquihalla know Canadians travelling in that area requiring consular assistance please con-tact the Consulate of Canada in Kathmandu, Nepal at +977 (1) 444-1976 or the High Commission of Canada in New Delhi, India at +91 11 4178 2000. The government of Canada will also be matching donations made by Canadians to registered Canadian charities in response to the Nepal earthquake between April 25 and May 25.

After we hold a final vote in the

House of Commons on Budget 2015, we will then move to debating Senate Bill S-4, the Digital Privacy Act, as well as Government Bill C-46, the Pipeline Safety Act and a number of private member’s bills and motions. For further information on any bill before the House of Commons, please contact me at [email protected] or call toll-free 1-800-665-8711. I would also like to pass on my thanks to the many individuals each week who take the time to pass on comments and ques-tions on my weekly reports. Your ongoing input is valued and appreciated.

Dan Albas is the mem-ber of Parliament for Okanagan-Coquihalla.

King of Jordan visit part of busy week in Ottawa

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MLS # House # STREET PRICEMerritt up to $200,000 127526 5-311 MERRITT-SP.BRG HWY $25,000128070 76-2776 CLAPPERTON AVE $34,000126916 #1-2776 CLAPPERTON AVE $35,000127678 206-1703 MENZIES STREET $53,900128369 217-1703 MENZIES STREET $55,000122407 314-1703 MENZIES STREET $58,000127400 119-1401 NICOLA AVENUE $65,500125434 #6-2776 CLAPPERTON AVE $69,500118135 311-1703 MENZIES STREET $69,995125317 124-1401 NICOLA AVENUE $89,900128359 2637 QUILCHENA AVENUE $109,900126733 102-2295 BLAIR STREET $114,500128052 1306 WALNUT AVE $115,000128000 2375 COUTLEE AVENUE $124,900127305 1876 COLDWATER AVE $135,000128330 202-2799 CLAPPERTON AVE $135,900121146 1650 LINDLEY CRK RD $149,800127478 1951 GRANITE AVENUE $150,000127307 2276 COUTLEE AVENUE $157,000127728 2452 COLDWATER AVE $157,000121540 305-1701 MENZIES STREET $159,000126129 1652 COLDWATER AVE $159,000126329 439 BRENTON AVE SOLD $159,000127900 1875 SAGE ST $159,000 126048 2263 NICOLA AVENUE NEW PRICE $159,900126885 #10-2760 VOGHT STREET $171,000126810 1825 GRANITE AVENUE $175,000128396 1326 DOUGLAS STREET $179,000121473 1576 HOUSTON STREET $179,900126679 2690 CLAPPERTON AVE $189,000125193 1802 BLAIR STREET $195,000124541 13-1749 MENZIES STREET $199,000Merritt $200,000 to $300,000 125489 12-1749 MENZIES STREET $207,000127954 2378 SMITH ST $209,900126059 2225 PARKER DR NEW PRICE $216,500124333 2687 NICOLA AVENUE $225,000127464 2575 COUTLEE AVENUE $229,000127938 440 BRENTON AVE $229,000125347 1610 BANN STREET $229,900123892 1532 COLDWATER AVE $234,000127534 2556 CORKLE STREET $246,000125662 1769 SPRING STREET $249,000126290 1401 DOUGLAS STREET $249,000128323 1751 GRANITE AVENUE $249,000125663 1599 COLDWATER AVE $259,000

MLS # House # STREET PRICEMerritt $200,000 to $300,000 127788 3340 GRIMMETT STREET $259,000127342 2464 JACKSON AVE $260,000125795 29-1901 MAXWELL AVE $269,000128241 1961 MORRISSEY ST $273,000126704 1642 LINDLEY CRK RD $279,900125655 17-1901 MAXWELL AVE $289,000122220 3387 BOYD ROAD $294,990Merritt $300,000+ 125552 1741 BANN STREET $317,000125573 2108 CLEASBY STREET $318,000125531 2950 MCLEAN PLACE $319,000127978 2052 PARKER DR $326,000117612 1201 QUILCHENA AVENUE $329,000127816 2930 MCLEAN PLACE $329,900125793 1876 LANGLEY ROAD $339,000127895 2363 COUTLEE AVENUE $339,000127934 1625 CHESTNUT LANE $339,000128338 1749 JUNIPER DR $386,000126307 2662 FORKSDALE COURT $449,000125979 1750 SUNFLOWER AVE $499,900Homes on Acreage 124731 5033 LAUDER ROAD (GLMPS) $219,000127722 432 WILD ROSE DRIVE $429,900127856 1540 MILLER ROAD $449,000128397 1444 LOON LAKE RD CC $519,000127990 2397 TORGERSON ROAD $579,000125585 5036 BEECH ROAD $675,000126113 311 MERRITT-SP.BRG HWY $802,500128029 2188 SUNSHINE VALLEY RD E $909,900120080 5360 MANNING CREEK FS RD $995,000126334 1016 HIGHWAY 8 NW $1,299,000118481 5240 DOT RANCH CUTT OFF RD $1,895,000Bare Land 127721 2075 COUTLEE AVENUE $40,000127700 2087 COUTLEE AVENUE $40,000123431 1976 2ND AVENUE NEW PRICE $47,000126450 2724 GRANDVIEW HEIGHTS RD $49,990127492 1585 CHESTNUT AVE $65,000127496 1620 CHESTNUT AVE $65,000127497 1630 CHESTNUT AVE $65,000128105 4217 FALCON CREST DR $78,000128104 4207 FALCON CREST DR $79,000121605 2730 EAGLE CRESCENT $85,000127815 2488 SPRINGBANK AVE $92,000124901 396 WILD ROSE DRIVE $92,500125633 1305 FIR AVE $98,000122077 2701 PEREGRINE WAY $99,000126000 3435 D’EASUM ROAD $139,000

MLS # House # STREET PRICEBare Land 127607 2299 BURGESS AVE $145,000128081 328 COLDWATER AVE $185,000127723 6357 MONCK PARK ROAD $189,000126788 2556 ABERDEEN ROAD $198,000127952 120 GOLDEN QUILL TRAIL $274,900127274 1926-52 NICOLA AVENUE $325,000127935 2208 COYLE ROAD $450,000128274 3901 PETIT CREEK ROAD $475,000Commercial 125287 1949+1951 COUTLEE AVENUE $75,000122580 2152 NICOLA AVENUE $80,000124886 2008 QUILCHENA AVENUE $80,000124243 2026 QUILCHENA AVENUE $165,900125491 2175 NICOLA AVENUE $220,000124749 2551 PRIEST AVE $329,900122016 1898 BLAIR STREET $439,000122729 2076 COUTLEE AVENUE $455,000119521 1988 NICOLA AVENUE $590,000127420 1601 WILSON ST $599,900126768 2302 CLAPPERTON AVE NEW PRICE $624,000126112 311 MERRITT-SP.BRG HWY $802,500Logan Lake 125291 347 POPLAR DRIVE $43,500128340 316-279 ALDER DRIVE $49,900127405 306-279 ALDER DRIVE $65,900124393 67-111 CHARTRAND AVE(Business) $89,900125939 29 TOPAZ CRESC $114,900125072 307-400 OPAL DRIVE $115,000125902 102-308 CHARTRAND AVE $115,000125603 3 AGATE DRIVE $125,000126728 98 JASPER DRIVE $133,000124678 161 PONDEROSA AVE $168,000126609 178 PONDEROSA AVE $174,900127481 38 BERYL DRIVE NEW PRICE $179,990125782 244 JASPER DRIVE $184,000125033 8 AMBER CRESCENT $199,900125620 31 BRECCIA DRIVE $199,900127593 415 OPAL DRIVE $209,900124218 403 OPAL DRIVE $217,000127547 412 JASPER PLACE $219,000124809 419 OPAL DRIVE $224,900123631 227 BIRCH CRESCENT $229,900127245 203 BASALT PLACE $234,900128310 329 BASALT PLACE $279,900127416 326 CINNABAR COURT $280,000126843 131 LEA RIG CRESC $288,000128110 232 ARALIA DRIVE $295,000127415 308 BASALT PLACE $299,900

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The class size and composition saga carries on as the BC Teachers Federation (BCTF) is taking its case to the Supreme Court of Canada.

Last week, the B.C. Court of Appeal deliv-ered a 4-1 ruling that legislation introduced in 2012 to remove teach-ers’ right to bargain class size and composition

was constitutional, over-turning last year’s B.C. Supreme Court ruling from Judge Susan Griffin to restore class size and composition rules along with specialist teacher ratios removed in 2002.

The Supreme Court of Canada will need to decide whether or not the case is in the nation-al interest and grant the union leave.

Nicola Valley Teachers Union President Peter Vogt said

they don’t agree with the ruling and feels that if this decision was allowed to stand it would give government the abil-ity to arbitrarily dictate working and learning conditions without any real form of discussion with the union.

“It’s a bit disturbing and we think that it has national consequences, which is why we’re asking for leave to the Supreme Court [of Canada],” Voght said.

The teachers’ fed-eration has 60 days to make the appeal, which is something Vogt said the union is working hard on.

He also said a deci-sion on whether or not the Supreme Court of Canada will hear the case could take up to eight months. Even if it is accepted, it could be another three years before a ruling is made.

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FIELD TRIP TNRD Area M and N directors Randy Murray (left) and Herb Graham (fourth from the left) deliver a $2,000 donation from the regional district to students of the Merritt Secondary School’s Century Project last Monday. As part of this in-depth social studies course commemorating the First World War, students will be travelling to Europe this July to gain a greater appreciation for Canada’s involvement. While overseas, 20 students will visit the Arras region of Belgium; Normandy, France and London England. In Belgium, students will visit In Flanders Field Museum, Tyne Cot Cemetery, Passchendaele Memorial Museum, St. Julien Memorial at Vancouver Corner, Canadian battlefields and attend the Last Post Ceremony at Meinin Gate. Their tour will also involve travelling to the Vimy Memorial and Beaumont-Hamel Newfoundland Memorial. The trip costs $3,880 per student. Michael Potestio/Herald

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What is Zoning Amendment Bylaw No. 2521, 2015?It amends Zoning Bylaw No. 2400, RL-1: Rural Zone by adding a site specifi c provision in the case of 6349/6351, 6345/6347, and 6341/6343 Stagecoach Trail (legally described: Strata Lots 35, 36 & 37, all of District Lot 209 & Section 33,Township 95, Kamloops Division Yale District Strata Plan KAS3883), Quilchena, BC, shown shaded on the map below. Bylaw 2521 would allow traveller accommodation units and a restaurant in addition to the uses already permitted in the RL-1 zone on the subject land.

All persons who believe that their interest in property may be affected by the proposed Bylaw shall be afforded a reasonable opportunity to be heard at the Public Hearing. Additionally, they may make written submissions on the matter of Bylaw 2521 (via the adjacent options) which must be received at our offi ce prior to 4:30 p.m. on May 13th, 2015. The entire content of all submissions will be made public and form a part of the public record for this matter.

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A copy of the proposed Bylaw and supporting information can be inspected from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday - Friday (except statutory holidays) at our offi ce, from April 28th, 2015 until 1:15 p.m. the day of the Hearing; or please contact us via any of the adjacent options.

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Institute of Technology (NVIT) is getting an influx of cash from the province to the tune of $138,720. The money will go towards 20 elec-trical and 16 plumbing foundations courses, which serve as intro-ductions to the trades.

These seats will be offered in partnership with Okanagan Col-lege, as NVIT is not yet an Industry Train-ing Authority designat-ed training provider.

The funding is part of a $6.1 million initia-tive to fund 1,429 more

trade seats this year in 14 post-secondary institutions throughout the province.

Foundations courses are programs that show students the basics of the particular occupa-tion they’re interested in, in this case electri-cial and plumber.

The province is also providing $50,000 worth of funding to the institution to develop training and resources targeting students with disabilities, it announced in another press release.

“As B.C.’s economy grows, it is important that we train young people in our region to

fill new job openings,” read a statement from Fraser-Nicola MLA Jackie Tegart in the release. “Funding like this will ensure that people with disabilities in Fraser-Nicola will have equal opportuni-ties to find work and build careers in the trades.”

“B.C. expects one million job openings by 2022,” read the first press release. “More than 78 per cent of jobs will require some form of post-secondary education, and 44 per cent of jobs will be in skilled trades and tech-nical occupations.”

Renowned Canadi-an fiddler Scott Woods is bringing his high-energy show Fiddling in the Key of … Eh? to the Merritt Civic Centre at the end of the month.

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#2355 $147,000

CLOSE TO SCHOOL

Nice 5 bedrm home with single garage and fenced backyard. 3 bedrms up, 2 pce powder on main, 2 bedrms down in partly finished bsmt with laundry. New windows upstairs, new HW tank & new washer.

#2370 $159,900

DUPLEX

Side by side duplex within walking distance to amenities. Each side has 100 amp, 2 bedrms 1 bathm kitchen and living room plus a fenced backyard. Total duplex in 864 sq.ft. Adjacent duplex also for sale.

#2214 $299,900

EXCELLENT LOCATION

Home has 2 full floors plus bsmt, 2 car garage and legal 2 bedrm daylight rental suite on main with rear entrance. Bright kitchen with island, living rm with gas F/P. Nice covered deck in back.

#2376 $205,900

SUN VALLEY COURT

Wonderful 2 bedroom + den townhome with 2.5 baths, gas F/P in living room, open concept on main with bedrooms upstairs. Includes appliances & 2015 strata fees have been paid. Double garage.

#2388 $499,000

STUNNING HOME

Exquisite 3747 sq.ft. home on 0.42 ac with walkout daylight suite, open design with panoramic views & tastefully landscaped. 4 bedrms up, spacious master suite, 3.5 baths, French doors open to deck & views. Lots of parking.

#2346 $314,900

LARGE SHOP

This spacious rancher has 3 bedrms, 2 pce ensuite, galley kitchen with nook, large family rm with gas F/P, large living rm, office & storage room. Large detached shop with 2 bays. Lots of RV parking.

#2421 $399,000

DESIREABLE LOCATION

Well constructed home in upscale neighbourhood. Enjoy the great views from this 4 bedrm, 3 bath home with cozy breakfast nook in kitchen, gas F/P in living rm & family rm with patio door to deck. Fenced backyard.

#2345 $159,900

NICE HALF DUPLEX

Well maintained home in good family area & close to school. Bright living room, spacious kitchen, huge family room, 3 bedrooms up, 2 baths, newer vinyl windows & fenced backyard with patio.

#2453 $179,900

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#2445 $199,900

CLOSE TO SHOPPING

Large 2 bedroom rancher with 2 bathrooms, living room has wood burning F/P, and unfinished storage in crawl space for HW tank & furnace. Nicely landscaped with fruit trees.

#2430 $214,900

GREAT STARTER HOME

Traditional style 5 bedroom, 2 bath character home located close to schools & easy access to downtown. Home has HW flooring, central A/C, large fenced lot with deck & RV parking.

#2422 $81,900

GREAT LOCATION

Very attractive mobile in well maintained park in Lower Nicola. Features 2 bedrms, 2 bath, bright open design dining & living room with portable A/C. You’ll enjoy the 44x8 deck and large fenced yard.

#2398 $289,900

CLOSE TO SCHOOLS

Large 5 bedrm family home with 2.5 bath, huge oak kitchen with appliances, large family & rec.rooms plus a suite on the ground level. Fenced backyard. Great home for the growing family.

#2381 $154,900

INVESTMENT

Side by side duplex close to shopping. Each side has 100 amp service, 2 bedrms, bathroom, kitchen & living room. Fenced backyard. Adjacent duplex also available.

#2417 $116,900

GREAT STARTER HOME

Very clean home with 3 bedrooms up, 1.5 baths, newer tile, newer flooring in living room and partially finished basement. Fenced backyard, carport off back lane. Electrical upgraded. Close to school.

#2431 $133,900

FIRST TIME BUYERS

Two level home close to town. 2 bedrooms up, 1 down. Home has a partially finished basement with large rec.room and office area. Nice flat manicured lot with sundeck on front off of kitchen.

#2396 $474,900

AMAZING VIEWS

Impressive 4 bedrm, 3 bath home with fully fin. bsmt, beautiful oak floors, restored church doors throughout home, geothermal heat, wrap around decks to relax on and enjoy the views.

#2434 $269,900

ON THE BENCH

Located in great neighbourhood with large private backyard. Home features 3 bedrms up, renovated bathrm with large W/I shower, fully fin. bsmt with workshop & storage.

#2448 $254,900

BENCH LOCATION

2 bedroom rancher in desirable neighbourhood. Features include new kitchen and flooring throughout, new bathrms, paint and furnace. Nice master bedrm with ensuite & walk through closet. Big backyard.

#2408 $103,900

SANDPIPER COMPLEX

2 bedroom strata townhouse, close to all amenities. Top floor unit with nice views, and comes with appliances. Great for first time buyer or retiree wanting no yard work. Great investment.

#2438 $329,900

SWIMMING POOL

5 bedrm rancher upgraded with HW floors, newer kitchen counters & paint. Open design kitchen & huge living rm with rock F/P. Private backyard with inground pool, hot tub & sundeck.

#2428 $289,000

IN LOWER NICOLA

3 bedroom rancher, neat as a pin, private fenced backyard, large sundeck, 24 x 26 detached garage/shop & room for RV and toys. Blacktop driveway. Includes appliances.

#2390 $349,000

QUIET NEIGHBOURHOOD

3000+ sq.ft. family home in good area, close to amenities & shopping. Spiral staircase, 3 bedrms up, 1 down, 2 bedrm suite on main level, New flooring & paint on upper level. Great for large family.

#2348 $94,900

GOOD STARTER HOME

Located in quiet location, across from elementary school. This 3 bedroom home is on a concrete foundation, electrical is up to code, has had some updates. Nice flat lot, has carport and 11x12 storage shed.

#2443 $219,900

GREAT LOCATION

Immaculate 2 bedroom rancher with open concept, a pellet stove in the living room, and large laundry/mud room from the 24x20 carport. Includes all appliances. Lane access. Close to downtown shopping, pool & amenities.

#2433 $209,000

ACROSS FROM PARK

This 2 bedrm character home has 1 bedrm up, 1 down, open kitchen concept, and large rec.rm. Yard is fenced with 1 car detached garage/shop and room for RV’s. Close to walking trail

#2319 $299,900

NEW HOME

In new subdivision, this 2 bedroom home features an open floor plan, country kitchen, master with W/I closet, 4 pce ensuite & 13x10 deck. Single garage. Includes appliance package.

#2358 $479,000

FANTASTIC VIEWS

Beautiful 4 bedrm home with 3 baths, spacious gourmet kitchen, formal dining & living room with balcony, and the fully fin. Walkout bsmt has large games room with wet bar, Lots of parkin.

#2425 $98,000

FIXER UPPER

This half duplex has 3 bedrooms up, open kitchen, 1.5 baths, huged fenced backyard with workshop & is close to school. Needs some TLC. Great family oriented neighbourhood.

#2227 $199,800

IMMACULATE RANCHER

Spacious home with 2 bedrooms and a den or 3rd bedrm, generous living & dining room plus office. Both bedrms have ensuites. Large covered deck, 20x16 detached shop.

#2392 $265,000

REVENUE PROPERTY

Side by side fourplex on 1/3 of an acre in prime location in Lower Nicola. Has been renovated inside & out including the roof & septic system. 20 yr roof installed in 2003. Don’t miss this!

#2360 $498,900

MOVE IN READY

4 bedrm executive home with fully finished bsmt, double garage & RV parking. Features Brazilian Cherry HW floors, Merlot kitchen cabinets, 2.5 baths, gas F/P and central A/C.

#2339 $179,900

CLOSE TO SHOPPING

Immaculate 2 bedrm rancher with updates, living room with woodstove, new carpeting & paint, updated bathrm fixtures & paint. The nice backyard has lane access, 12x24 shop & shed.

#2383 $72,900

NICE ADDITION

2 bedrm mobile with addition in one of the nicest parks. One bedrm on each end with an open concept kitchen eating area & living room in center. Addition has enclosed porch & family room.

#2439 $29,900

AFFORDABLY LIVING

3 bedroom mobile home with addition in Riverside MH Park. Large flat lot with 9x10 covered deck & vinyl windows. Master bedrm with 3 pce ensuite. Great for first time buyers or retirees.

#2382 $334,900

SPACIOUS HOME

Great family home with 4 bedrms on the top floor plus 2 bedrms in the ground level suite. Backyard has garden space, U/G sprinklers and a sundeck for those BBQ’s. Double garage.

#2397 $449,900

ALLISON LAKE

Beautifully maintained 2 level lakeview home on 0.57 acre lot only 2 min. walk to lake. 2 bedrms up, 2 down, custom kitchen, vaulted 14 ft ceilings, large wrap around decks with gorgeous views.

#2452 $209,900

KAMLOOPS APARTMENT

Nice top floor end unit apartment with views of Mount Paul. Has 2 bedrms, 2 baths, wall A/C and gas F/P in bright living room and has stacking washer/dryer. Unit is clean and move in ready.

#2419 $319,900

SPENCES BRIDGE

Quality built log home on 1.03 acres with fruit trees & mature shrubs. Home features 3 bedrms, 2 baths, vaulted ceilings, huge living rm, large country kitchen, huge sundeck & fully fin. bsmt.

#2343 $529,000

INVESTORS

7 strata titled townhomes, all within walking distance from downtown. Close to all amenities. Being sold below assessed value at only $88,167 per unit. All are currently rented. Call for full details.

#2371 $159,900

DUPLEX

Side by side duplex within walking distance to shopping. Each side has 100 amp service, 2 bedrms, 1 bathrm, kitchen, living room and fenced backyard. Adjacent duplex also for sale.

#2309 $319,000

DESIRABLE LOCATION

Large family home with 3 bedrms up plus a 2 bedrm inlaw suite at ground level. New paint & flooring on main, oak kitchen, HW radiant heat& 3 baths. Fenced backyard with garden area.

#2183 $435,000

LARGE FAMILY HOME

Spacious 5 bedroom home with huge master bedrm with jet tub in ensuite, open kitchen & family room, Cherry stained cabinets in kitchen, 2 huge sundeck in private backyard plus covered sitting area.

#2151 $210,000

ADULT ORIENTED STRATA

One of the nicest gated communities in Merritt with views of the Nicola River. Has 3 bedrms, 2 baths, open design living, gas F/P, galley kitchen with nook, laundry on main, hobby & rec.rm down.

#2226 $339,900

QUIET LOCATION

Clean & bright 3 bedrm rancher with full bsmt, vaulted ceilings, large open kitchen with new countertops, family rm with gas F/P, 2 car garage, RV parking with sani-dump and a private backyard.

#2426 $514,900

DETACHED GARAGE

Quality built Cape Cod home with 3 bedrms, 2.5 baths, country kitchen, family rm & work area in bsmt. Fenced yard with double garage plus 3228 detached shop, covered deck & a gazebo.

#2334 $53,000

WALK TO SHOPPING

2 bedroom mobile in Eldorado Mobile Home Park. New plumbing with heat tape, 1 bath, comes with all appliances. Quick possession. Close to golf course. Pad rent $346 per month.

#2372 $254,900

FANTASTIC VIEWS

3 bedroom rancher with fantastic views of the valley. 5 yrs old, open concept plan, vaulted ceilings in kitchen, 3 baths. 2 car garage with exposed appgregate concrete driveway.

#2299 $229,000

RURAL SETTING

Enjoy the private setting in Lower Nicola on 0.33 acre lot with several fruit trees and is close to school. This home is perect for a starter home or retired couple. Great views off the deck.

#2278 $295,000

EXCELLENT CONDITION

1800 sq.ft. rancher only 6 yrs old. 3 bedrms plus a bonus room above garage. Open design kitchen with all appliances, HW floors, crown moldings, 9 ft ceilings, 4 pce ensuite and a fenced backyard.

#2340 $155,000

APARTMENT

Newer 2 bedroom apartment in “The Summit” comes with stainless steel appliances, 1.5 baths and laundry room. No more shoveling snow! Great place to live, close to transit.

#2349 $249,900

LOCATION, LOCATION

Clean, spacious home with 3 bedrms up, 2 down, newer floors & kitchen cabinets. In desirable area close to shopping & amenities. Newer vinyl windows, detached garage, fenced backyard.

#2357 $298,000

NICELY RENOVATED

Spacious 6 bedroom home, 3 bedrooms up and 3 down in a ground level inlaw suite. Large fenced yard with detached garage/shop. RV parking & garden area. Newers floors, kitchen & bathrm paint.

#2435 $309,900

LARGE FAMILY HOME

Newer 4 bedrm home with 2 bedrm suite in bsmt. Very nice floor plan, large master bedrm with 4 pce ensuite. Kitchen comes with all appliances. Fenced backyard with garden area.

#2409 $289,000

CLOSE TO SCHOOLS

4 bedrm family home with HW floors, open concept, gourmet kitchen comes with appliances and a fully finished basement. Recent asphalt shingles, some windows & exterior doors. Nicely landscaped.

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#2394 $135,000

EXTRA LARGE LOT

Older 2 bedroom home in nice neighbourhood, close to the downtown. An extra large 13,780 sq.ft. lot with subdivision potential. Lane access, huge backyard with single garage.

#2352 $54,900

OVERLOOKS RIVER

Clean 3 bedrm mobile with covered deck & parking stall. New HW tank & new motor in furnace. Home is move in ready, comes with appliances. Pad rent $346 per month.

#2377 $339,000

LARGE FAMILY HOME

4 bedroom home with good floor plan, newer kitchen and flooring, in family oriented area, close to schools. Has 2 bedrm inlaw quarters in walkout bsmt. Fantastic views of the city.

#2368 $215,700

DETACHED SHOP

3 bedroom family home close to schools & amenities. Home has large living room and kitchen, sliding glass doors to covered deck and fully fin. Bsmt. 24x24 detached shop.

#2292 $339,000

BROOKMERE

Great recreational area all year round. Lovely 2 bedroom home with attached double garage with guest room & 3 pce bath. Maple kitchen cabinets, S/S appl, island sink. RV parking.

#2389 $234,900

CACHE CREEK

Great 4 bedrm home with some upgrades of furnace, HW tank & roof. Has detached garage/shop with power plus a carport. Private backyard backs onto Bonaparte River.

#2285 $168,500

PRIVATE BACKYARD

Cozy 2 bedroom home with newer kitchen & bathrm renovations, upgraded furnace, 2 skylights and a backyard an avid gardener would appreciate. Has 2 outbuildings and patio.

#2234 $224,900

RURAL LIVING

3 bedroom home on 0.35 acres with creek. Has fully finished bsmt with new carpets, paint & HW tank. Upstairs has open concept with galley kitchen. Has 24x28 detached shop with power.

#2373 $139,000

NEWER APARTMENT

Urban living in one of the finest strata developments. Nice one bedrm apartment with granite counters, shaker style kitchen cabinets & incl. appliances. Clean and ready to move into.

#2423 $192,900

LARGE LOT

Spacious 3 bedrm rancher on 0.39 acres in Lower Nicola. Plenty of room to add a detached shop & park an RV. Home has 1496 sq.ft., open living space, 2 baths, F/P & large open entrance.

#2384 $519,900

TRIPLE GARAGE

Quality built home with views & approx. 4000 sq.ft. on 3 levels. Large chef’s kitchen with new counters & backsplash, large family rm, 4 bedrms, 4 baths, fabulous master suite & much more.

#2351 $159,900

GREAT AREA

Good starter home or perfect for retiree. Close to schools, shopping & golf course. Fenced yard, single garage. Basement has second living quarters for inlaws.

#2311 $195,000

UNFINISHED HOME

Unfinished house on 2 city lots, close to river and amenities. This house is in the rough framing stage and a renovation will need a new building permit before completion. As is where is.

#2344 $99,500

WHY RENT?

You could own this 3 bedrm strata townhouse in Merritt, close to shopping & amenities. Fenced yard, newer windows. Now’s the time to get your own place with low interest rates.

#2291 $224,900

NEED A SHOP?

3 bedroom home on quiet street close to school & park. Home has updated windows, furnace, laminate flooring, U/R sprinklers & central A/C. Shop in back is 22x30 with 220 wiring.

#2355 $147,000

CLOSE TO SCHOOL

Nice 5 bedrm home with single garage and fenced backyard. 3 bedrms up, 2 pce powder on main, 2 bedrms down in partly finished bsmt with laundry. New windows upstairs, new HW tank & new washer.

#2370 $159,900

DUPLEX

Side by side duplex within walking distance to amenities. Each side has 100 amp, 2 bedrms 1 bathm kitchen and living room plus a fenced backyard. Total duplex in 864 sq.ft. Adjacent duplex also for sale.

#2214 $299,900

EXCELLENT LOCATION

Home has 2 full floors plus bsmt, 2 car garage and legal 2 bedrm daylight rental suite on main with rear entrance. Bright kitchen with island, living rm with gas F/P. Nice covered deck in back.

#2376 $205,900

SUN VALLEY COURT

Wonderful 2 bedroom + den townhome with 2.5 baths, gas F/P in living room, open concept on main with bedrooms upstairs. Includes appliances & 2015 strata fees have been paid. Double garage.

#2388 $499,000

STUNNING HOME

Exquisite 3747 sq.ft. home on 0.42 ac with walkout daylight suite, open design with panoramic views & tastefully landscaped. 4 bedrms up, spacious master suite, 3.5 baths, French doors open to deck & views. Lots of parking.

#2346 $314,900

LARGE SHOP

This spacious rancher has 3 bedrms, 2 pce ensuite, galley kitchen with nook, large family rm with gas F/P, large living rm, office & storage room. Large detached shop with 2 bays. Lots of RV parking.

#2421 $399,000

DESIREABLE LOCATION

Well constructed home in upscale neighbourhood. Enjoy the great views from this 4 bedrm, 3 bath home with cozy breakfast nook in kitchen, gas F/P in living rm & family rm with patio door to deck. Fenced backyard.

#2345 $159,900

NICE HALF DUPLEX

Well maintained home in good family area & close to school. Bright living room, spacious kitchen, huge family room, 3 bedrooms up, 2 baths, newer vinyl windows & fenced backyard with patio.

#2453 $179,900

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#2445 $199,900

CLOSE TO SHOPPING

Large 2 bedroom rancher with 2 bathrooms, living room has wood burning F/P, and unfinished storage in crawl space for HW tank & furnace. Nicely landscaped with fruit trees.

#2430 $214,900

GREAT STARTER HOME

Traditional style 5 bedroom, 2 bath character home located close to schools & easy access to downtown. Home has HW flooring, central A/C, large fenced lot with deck & RV parking.

#2422 $81,900

GREAT LOCATION

Very attractive mobile in well maintained park in Lower Nicola. Features 2 bedrms, 2 bath, bright open design dining & living room with portable A/C. You’ll enjoy the 44x8 deck and large fenced yard.

#2398 $289,900

CLOSE TO SCHOOLS

Large 5 bedrm family home with 2.5 bath, huge oak kitchen with appliances, large family & rec.rooms plus a suite on the ground level. Fenced backyard. Great home for the growing family.

#2381 $154,900

INVESTMENT

Side by side duplex close to shopping. Each side has 100 amp service, 2 bedrms, bathroom, kitchen & living room. Fenced backyard. Adjacent duplex also available.

#2417 $116,900

GREAT STARTER HOME

Very clean home with 3 bedrooms up, 1.5 baths, newer tile, newer flooring in living room and partially finished basement. Fenced backyard, carport off back lane. Electrical upgraded. Close to school.

#2431 $133,900

FIRST TIME BUYERS

Two level home close to town. 2 bedrooms up, 1 down. Home has a partially finished basement with large rec.room and office area. Nice flat manicured lot with sundeck on front off of kitchen.

#2396 $474,900

AMAZING VIEWS

Impressive 4 bedrm, 3 bath home with fully fin. bsmt, beautiful oak floors, restored church doors throughout home, geothermal heat, wrap around decks to relax on and enjoy the views.

#2434 $269,900

ON THE BENCH

Located in great neighbourhood with large private backyard. Home features 3 bedrms up, renovated bathrm with large W/I shower, fully fin. bsmt with workshop & storage.

#2448 $254,900

BENCH LOCATION

2 bedroom rancher in desirable neighbourhood. Features include new kitchen and flooring throughout, new bathrms, paint and furnace. Nice master bedrm with ensuite & walk through closet. Big backyard.

#2408 $103,900

SANDPIPER COMPLEX

2 bedroom strata townhouse, close to all amenities. Top floor unit with nice views, and comes with appliances. Great for first time buyer or retiree wanting no yard work. Great investment.

#2438 $329,900

SWIMMING POOL

5 bedrm rancher upgraded with HW floors, newer kitchen counters & paint. Open design kitchen & huge living rm with rock F/P. Private backyard with inground pool, hot tub & sundeck.

#2428 $289,000

IN LOWER NICOLA

3 bedroom rancher, neat as a pin, private fenced backyard, large sundeck, 24 x 26 detached garage/shop & room for RV and toys. Blacktop driveway. Includes appliances.

#2390 $349,000

QUIET NEIGHBOURHOOD

3000+ sq.ft. family home in good area, close to amenities & shopping. Spiral staircase, 3 bedrms up, 1 down, 2 bedrm suite on main level, New flooring & paint on upper level. Great for large family.

#2348 $94,900

GOOD STARTER HOME

Located in quiet location, across from elementary school. This 3 bedroom home is on a concrete foundation, electrical is up to code, has had some updates. Nice flat lot, has carport and 11x12 storage shed.

#2443 $219,900

GREAT LOCATION

Immaculate 2 bedroom rancher with open concept, a pellet stove in the living room, and large laundry/mud room from the 24x20 carport. Includes all appliances. Lane access. Close to downtown shopping, pool & amenities.

#2433 $209,000

ACROSS FROM PARK

This 2 bedrm character home has 1 bedrm up, 1 down, open kitchen concept, and large rec.rm. Yard is fenced with 1 car detached garage/shop and room for RV’s. Close to walking trail

#2319 $299,900

NEW HOME

In new subdivision, this 2 bedroom home features an open floor plan, country kitchen, master with W/I closet, 4 pce ensuite & 13x10 deck. Single garage. Includes appliance package.

#2358 $479,000

FANTASTIC VIEWS

Beautiful 4 bedrm home with 3 baths, spacious gourmet kitchen, formal dining & living room with balcony, and the fully fin. Walkout bsmt has large games room with wet bar, Lots of parkin.

#2425 $98,000

FIXER UPPER

This half duplex has 3 bedrooms up, open kitchen, 1.5 baths, huged fenced backyard with workshop & is close to school. Needs some TLC. Great family oriented neighbourhood.

#2227 $199,800

IMMACULATE RANCHER

Spacious home with 2 bedrooms and a den or 3rd bedrm, generous living & dining room plus office. Both bedrms have ensuites. Large covered deck, 20x16 detached shop.

#2392 $265,000

REVENUE PROPERTY

Side by side fourplex on 1/3 of an acre in prime location in Lower Nicola. Has been renovated inside & out including the roof & septic system. 20 yr roof installed in 2003. Don’t miss this!

#2360 $498,900

MOVE IN READY

4 bedrm executive home with fully finished bsmt, double garage & RV parking. Features Brazilian Cherry HW floors, Merlot kitchen cabinets, 2.5 baths, gas F/P and central A/C.

#2339 $179,900

CLOSE TO SHOPPING

Immaculate 2 bedrm rancher with updates, living room with woodstove, new carpeting & paint, updated bathrm fixtures & paint. The nice backyard has lane access, 12x24 shop & shed.

#2383 $72,900

NICE ADDITION

2 bedrm mobile with addition in one of the nicest parks. One bedrm on each end with an open concept kitchen eating area & living room in center. Addition has enclosed porch & family room.

#2439 $29,900

AFFORDABLY LIVING

3 bedroom mobile home with addition in Riverside MH Park. Large flat lot with 9x10 covered deck & vinyl windows. Master bedrm with 3 pce ensuite. Great for first time buyers or retirees.

#2382 $334,900

SPACIOUS HOME

Great family home with 4 bedrms on the top floor plus 2 bedrms in the ground level suite. Backyard has garden space, U/G sprinklers and a sundeck for those BBQ’s. Double garage.

#2397 $449,900

ALLISON LAKE

Beautifully maintained 2 level lakeview home on 0.57 acre lot only 2 min. walk to lake. 2 bedrms up, 2 down, custom kitchen, vaulted 14 ft ceilings, large wrap around decks with gorgeous views.

#2452 $209,900

KAMLOOPS APARTMENT

Nice top floor end unit apartment with views of Mount Paul. Has 2 bedrms, 2 baths, wall A/C and gas F/P in bright living room and has stacking washer/dryer. Unit is clean and move in ready.

#2419 $319,900

SPENCES BRIDGE

Quality built log home on 1.03 acres with fruit trees & mature shrubs. Home features 3 bedrms, 2 baths, vaulted ceilings, huge living rm, large country kitchen, huge sundeck & fully fin. bsmt.

#2343 $529,000

INVESTORS

7 strata titled townhomes, all within walking distance from downtown. Close to all amenities. Being sold below assessed value at only $88,167 per unit. All are currently rented. Call for full details.

#2371 $159,900

DUPLEX

Side by side duplex within walking distance to shopping. Each side has 100 amp service, 2 bedrms, 1 bathrm, kitchen, living room and fenced backyard. Adjacent duplex also for sale.

#2309 $319,000

DESIRABLE LOCATION

Large family home with 3 bedrms up plus a 2 bedrm inlaw suite at ground level. New paint & flooring on main, oak kitchen, HW radiant heat& 3 baths. Fenced backyard with garden area.

#2183 $435,000

LARGE FAMILY HOME

Spacious 5 bedroom home with huge master bedrm with jet tub in ensuite, open kitchen & family room, Cherry stained cabinets in kitchen, 2 huge sundeck in private backyard plus covered sitting area.

#2151 $210,000

ADULT ORIENTED STRATA

One of the nicest gated communities in Merritt with views of the Nicola River. Has 3 bedrms, 2 baths, open design living, gas F/P, galley kitchen with nook, laundry on main, hobby & rec.rm down.

#2226 $339,900

QUIET LOCATION

Clean & bright 3 bedrm rancher with full bsmt, vaulted ceilings, large open kitchen with new countertops, family rm with gas F/P, 2 car garage, RV parking with sani-dump and a private backyard.

#2426 $514,900

DETACHED GARAGE

Quality built Cape Cod home with 3 bedrms, 2.5 baths, country kitchen, family rm & work area in bsmt. Fenced yard with double garage plus 3228 detached shop, covered deck & a gazebo.

#2334 $53,000

WALK TO SHOPPING

2 bedroom mobile in Eldorado Mobile Home Park. New plumbing with heat tape, 1 bath, comes with all appliances. Quick possession. Close to golf course. Pad rent $346 per month.

#2372 $254,900

FANTASTIC VIEWS

3 bedroom rancher with fantastic views of the valley. 5 yrs old, open concept plan, vaulted ceilings in kitchen, 3 baths. 2 car garage with exposed appgregate concrete driveway.

#2299 $229,000

RURAL SETTING

Enjoy the private setting in Lower Nicola on 0.33 acre lot with several fruit trees and is close to school. This home is perect for a starter home or retired couple. Great views off the deck.

#2278 $295,000

EXCELLENT CONDITION

1800 sq.ft. rancher only 6 yrs old. 3 bedrms plus a bonus room above garage. Open design kitchen with all appliances, HW floors, crown moldings, 9 ft ceilings, 4 pce ensuite and a fenced backyard.

#2340 $155,000

APARTMENT

Newer 2 bedroom apartment in “The Summit” comes with stainless steel appliances, 1.5 baths and laundry room. No more shoveling snow! Great place to live, close to transit.

#2349 $249,900

LOCATION, LOCATION

Clean, spacious home with 3 bedrms up, 2 down, newer floors & kitchen cabinets. In desirable area close to shopping & amenities. Newer vinyl windows, detached garage, fenced backyard.

#2357 $298,000

NICELY RENOVATED

Spacious 6 bedroom home, 3 bedrooms up and 3 down in a ground level inlaw suite. Large fenced yard with detached garage/shop. RV parking & garden area. Newers floors, kitchen & bathrm paint.

#2435 $309,900

LARGE FAMILY HOME

Newer 4 bedrm home with 2 bedrm suite in bsmt. Very nice floor plan, large master bedrm with 4 pce ensuite. Kitchen comes with all appliances. Fenced backyard with garden area.

#2409 $289,000

CLOSE TO SCHOOLS

4 bedrm family home with HW floors, open concept, gourmet kitchen comes with appliances and a fully finished basement. Recent asphalt shingles, some windows & exterior doors. Nicely landscaped.

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#2456 $284,900

IN LOWER NICOLA


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ON 1 ACRE LOT

#2306 $334,900

Great family home on 1 acre just minutes from town. Home boasts 3 bedrms up, 1 down, updated kitchen, parquet flooring, rec.rm down with bar. 2 car detached garage + 1 car attached garage & separate storage.

PARK-LIKE SETTING

#2427 $399,900

This 4 bedrm, 3 bath rancher on approx. 1 acre in a park-like setting has a creek, pond & mature landscaping. Open country kitchen, HW floors, huge family rm, & 20x30 detached shop/garage with power.

PRIVATE 30 ACRES

#2369 $549,900

Great acreage with spectacular views and fenced area for horses with green pastures. Home is cozy with 2 bedrms on the main & huge master bedrm in loft. Open living room & kitchen area.

ON 1.93 ACRES

#2440 $399,900

This 4 bedrm country home has a well kept yard & is nicely landscaped with fish pond. Home has new roof, HW tank, central A/C, new pex plumbing, new drywall & flooring in bsmt. Includes storage shed & workshop.

9.8 ACRES

#2321 $525,000

Great property for horses with riding. This 5 bedrm level entry rancher has a walkout bsmt, 3 baths, updated flooring, plumbing & HW tank, vaulted ceilings, large country kitchen & large deck.

133 ACRES - SAVONA

#1663 $495,000

Incredible property with unlimited rec. activities – snowmobiling, fishing, hunting, ATVing, hking. Almost surrounds Allie Lake with 2 main cabins plus 3 guest cabins. Buy with friends or family.

LAKEVIEW HOME

#2432 $974,900

Indulge your with 3800 sq.ft. of high end living on 1.3 acres with panoramic views of Nicola Lake. Superb workmanship & detail include granite counters, open wooden beams, 3 bedrms, 4 baths, large deck.

WATERfRONT HOME

#2361 $998,000

Magnificent 5 bedrm home on Nicola Lake with unique open designed family area with large bedrms & family room with an extra summer kitchen. 3 floors, 2 large covered decks. Has detached triple garage & an underground boat house bunker.

LAKESHORE LOT

#2446 $349,000

Fantastic lakefront lot of 0.99 acres on Nicola Lake that already has a driveway started down to the more level area near the water. Great lot to build a walkout bsmt home & enjoy the beach.

ON 1.74 ACRES

#2190 $374,900

Great opportunity on this 1.74 acres with city services, fenced and can be rezoned to suit your needs. Has 1 bedrm home plus a 900 sq.ft. outbuilding in park-like setting with large water feature. This property has subdivision potential. Call for more details.

LAKEfRONT LOT

#2414 $242,900

Build your dream home in this desirable development of fine waterfront homes on Nicola Lake. Close to 2 golf courses, Quichena hotel, gas station & store. Perfect lake for fishing, boating & swimming.

26 ACRES

#2322 $310,000

Spectacular horse property of 26 acres just 15 mins. From Merritt. All natural grasslandwith 2 ponds and a seasonal creek. Great place use as rec. property or build your dream home.

9.8 ACRES

#2385 $194,000

Located just 15 mins. From Merritt, this acreage would be great to build your dream home. Easy access, open, sunny, views, some trees, well in place & power on road.

COMMERCIAL

#2450 $339,000

Great building of 1680 sq.ft. on corner lot in high traffic area. Previously used as showroom for car dealership & is fenced. Zoned C-2 with many options for your business. 2 separate titles.

ON 4.64 ACRES

#2335 $395,000

Beautiful 4 bedrm, 3 bath log home with open design, new Mill Creek cabinets, new flooring & furnace heat pump. Has numerous outbldgs, barn, storage shed, garage & more.

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COUNTRY LIVING – 2.11 ACRES

#2415 $399,900

Recently renovated home with open concept, vaulted ceilings, 4 bdrms, 2 baths, open country kitchen, airtight woodstove in living rm & office. Enjoy the views from the gazebo overlooking the valley.

IN KANE VALLEY

#2454 $539,900

Private 10 acres that backs onto Crown land and access to snowmobile, ski, quad or bike ride. 3 bedrm, 3 bath home with fully fin. bsmt with large rec. rm. Has 32x32 heat shop. Easy access off Coquihalla Hwy. and close to fishing lakes.

OPPORTUNITY

#2437 $289,900

Great opportunity for your business in this busy area. Has 2 bay garage with 2 bedroom living quarters in the back. Zoned C-4 which allows for many opportunities. Good visibility, and a quality built building with 200 amp service.

22 ACRES

#2342 $599,900

Approx. 22 acres mins. From downtown Merritt. Nicely renovated 4 bedrm, 3 bath home with new flooring, bathrms & paint. Has horse barn, 100x44 metal Quonset and new drilled well.

10 ACRES

#2374 $249,900

10.9 acres in Miller Estates, a subdivision of custom built executives homes. Land is south facing, sloped with some trees. Great place to build your dream home and enjoy the views.

WATERfRONT ACREAGE

#2378 $170,000

Great 6 acre property to build your home or use as recreational. Mostly flat with many buildings sites, has shallow well, septic approval, hydro to property & driveway is in. Close to crown land.

12.63 ACRES

#2047 $209,000

Private acreage, treed with great access to Spius creek. Several good building sites, has a drilled well and hydro to lot line. Located in Sunshine Valley off Cleasby Road.

20 ACRES

#2301 $2,000,000

Two 10 acre lots has just come into the city.

One of the site is entering into a 2 yr lease.

Other lot will be zoned with Sale Agreement.

INVESTORS

#2171 $850,000

Approx. 12,000 sq.ft. building with office space with one long term tenant. Great for professional offices, retail, lawyers, doctors, government agency, etc. Has approval for residential units upstairs.

117 ACRES

#2387 $2,500,000

Property has substantial aggregate deposit, excellent for long term gravel pit operation. 37 acres of light industrial and 80 acres of residential zoning. Estimate of 29 million ton deposit.

INDUSTRIAL BUILDING

#2400 $890,000

Immaculate 8000 sq.ft. precast tilt-up building on corner lot with excellent exposure. Easy access to truck route. Adjoining warehouse has bay door, loading deck office & mezzanine space.

INDUSTRIAL LOT

#2356 $64,900

Light industrial bare lot only minutes from the downtown core. Flat site of approx. ½ acre, zoned M-1 for your business opportunity. Located in developing area by new Green Energy project.

OPPORTUNITY

#2137 $325,000

Good commercial building in downtown core. Approx. 5000 sq.ft. of commercial space on the main with 1100 sq.ft. up with a 3 bedrm suite, currently rented. Zoned C-2. Run your business and live upstairs.

INDUSTRIAL LOT

#2356 $64,900

Light industrial bare lot, flat site, zoned M1 for your business opportunity. Easy access to truck route and just moments from the downtown core. Call for more details.

COMMERCIAL BLDG

#2337 $825,000

Busy location with tenant and is fully leased. Total of approx. 6600 sq.ft. 4100 sq.ft. on main, 1050 in bsmt, 1450 on top floor that could be used as living quarters. Lots of parking.

LOCATION, LOCATION

#2449 $325,000

3 separate title lots with 1200 sq.ft. building with 2 bays and fenced yard. Was a former gas station. Good highway exposure. Call for more details.

COMMERCIAL BUILDING

#2019 $595,000

Great location on a corner lot on main street coming into Merritt. This 7300 sq.ft. building is zoned C-4 with a site specific zoning for prof. offices, doctors, lawyers etc. Lots of parking.

13 ACRES RIVERfRONT

#2208 $299,000

A great property in well developed subdivision of acreage lots. This unique property has a large amount of river frontage. Hydro at lot line, septic must be installed. Most of land is flat and useable.

ROLLING HILLS

#2386 $194,000

Build your dream home on this 9.9 acres. Has some trees, open, sunny, views, easy access off highway, a well in place and power is on the road. Call for more details.

2 ACRES

#2379 $120,000

Great acreage to build your home in the country. Has drilled well, septic approval, power at lot line & driveway are in. Close to crown land for all rec. activities.

RIVERfRONT

#2354 $99,000

0.91 acres fronting the Nicola River in the city limits. Within walking distance to downtown. City services not yet to lot line but with vicinity and be arranged for hook up.

INDUSTRIAL LOT

#2359 $89,900

Flat commercial lot zoned C-3 on one of the busiest streets in Merritt. Prime location to start your business or relocate it to a better location. Services to property line.

OPPORTUNITY

#2305 $179,000

Immaculate 2000 sq.ft. commercial building in downtown core. New roof in 2013, renovated interior including new paint throughout. Parking in back with lane access. Great for investor or entrepreneur.

264 ACRES

#2246 $1,250,000

Gorgeous property of approx. 264 acres with 2 titles. Has 1 mile of Guichond Creek flowing through the property. A great variety of land with possibilities of subdivision. Not in ALR.

HAS LARGE SHOP

#2395 $339,900

Spacious 4 bedrm home on 4.69 acres with 30x40 detached shop. Home has newer kitchen & flooring, huge living room and covered deck. Great place for mechanics or hot rodders.

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NICOLA LAKE VIEW LOT

#2411 $199,000

Approx. 0.99 acre view lot in Nicola Lakeshore Estates with breathtaking views. This lot allows you to mold the property to your exact specifications while maintaining privacy.

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School District 58 Chairman Gordon Comeau said that although the issue will linger for a few years, any financial impacts will be on hold for the time being.

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[the appeal] gone the other way, school dis-tricts weren’t that sure whether any of those costs associated with that court case, whether they would have been rolled on to the boards’ backs,” Comeau said.

Vogt said he thinks allowing the legisla-tion to stand will mean

schools continuing to see larger class sizes and classes composed of more and more special needs students.

“We already have some classes with nine [or] 10 special needs kids in the district,” he said.

SD58 superintendent Steve McNiven said he

thinks the appeal pro-cess was on everyone’s mind coming off of the six-year agreement teachers signed in the fall, and is happy the appeal court came to a decision.

The B.C. Appeal Court judges deter-mined that teachers’ freedom of association

was respected because of consultation and collective bargaining leading up to the 2012 legislation.

The court also over-turned Griffin’s decision to award $2 million in damages to the BCTF.

Premier Christy Clark said the govern-ment is pleased with

the Court of Appeal’s decision.

“It was a very clear and unambiguous deci-sion,” Clark said, noting this ruling combined with the six-year con-tract creates a chance to work together and leave disputes in the past.

“For way too long decisions in education

have been principally determined by fights between adults,” the premier said.

Minister Peter Fassbender said that while they’re pleased with the ruling, the gov-ernment recognizes they have a responsibility to move forward in a posi-tive way.

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Recent survey findings published in an arti-cle from The Week magazine, “The Economics of Mother’s Day: By the Numbers” seem to support Gardner’s opinion. According to the study, 36 percent of mothers surveyed preferred to receive handmade gifts, the highest percent-age of all gift options given.

This is good news for the growing number of craft enthusiasts across the country who take great pleasure in showing their gratitude by making gifts for their mom with their own hands. To make things a little easier, the follow-ing DIY Mother’s Day gift ideas from Stampin’ Up! will help you create treasured keepsakes for Mom on her special day.

Build her a forever bouquetFor flowers that will last forever, create

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(NC) It’s a well-known fact that mothers are the busiest people on the planet. They can do everything at the same time. Taking care of others, trying to balance work and family, being the personal chauffeur driving everyone every-where, preparing every meal and lunch.

How can moms stay energized when there’s so much to do? How about rewarding yourself for handling the million little things you do every day? Here are some suggested indulgenc-es for busy moms who need a little treat.

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• Ask for help and support: No one says you should do it all by yourself. Ask grandparents to take the children for a sleep-over so you can enjoy a good night’s slumber, plan a romantic evening with your husband, or hire a young neighbour to watch the children on a Saturday afternoon so you can make time for yourself.

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adjustments in many places to address the concerns we’ve heard.

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safe construction and operations are possible.

Saying GoodbyeThe Merritt Herald would like to invite you down to the office on

FRIDAY, MAY 8 from 2 - 4 pm to say good bye to Emily.

Snacks & Refreshments will be served.

WAR DANCE Brigham Young University was in Merritt Monday to perform its Living Legends show, a celebration of Latin American, Native American and Polynesian song and dance, as performed by descendants of these cultures.(Pictured) New Zealand war dance. Michael Potestio/Herald


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“Flippin’ fi ddler” headed to the Civic Centre this month

Woods tours the country every year to raise money for churches, charities and

community service organizations, and this month’s concert will benefit the local United Church.

Woods last per-formed his Swingin’

Fiddles variety show in Merritt in 2013.

The show starts at 7 p.m. on May 31. Tickets are available at Black’s Pharmacy and the Baillie House.

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Barb Scapinello (centre) was the first person to pick up tickets to the Scott Woods concert from the United Church’s Gloria Michayluk (left) and Linda Baird. Emily Wessel/Herald


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She also said Cen-tral Interior Traffic Services has stopped impaired drivers within the city limits.

“One of the initia-tives is to actively seek out impaired drivers, [and] get them off the road,” White said.

RCMP have their own traffic enforce-ment initiatives sepa-rate from the Central Interior Traffic Services operations in Merritt, although they work col-laboratively as well.

In the area of crime reduction, Mer-ritt police want to continue to focus on curfew compliance checks from its Prolific Offender Program.

“There are people in our community that commit crimes over and over and over and over again,” White said, noting crime goes down when they go to jail and up when they are out.

She said curfews are important court-ordered conditions police want to ensure an offendes are abid-ing by.

“That needs con-stant work because we have new people moving in [to the com-munity] all the time,” White said.

Under community relations and visibility, police are prioritiz-ing bike patrols, foot patrols and the speed watch program.

White said police officers did bike patrols twice in April, but this initiative hinges on staffing levels.

Bike patrols are always done in pairs and only a handful of officers are trained for it.

Resources and funding are some of the hurdles that bike patrols face, White said.

Another new priori-ty is training for officers to ensure their skills stay honed in areas such as writing search warrants or effectively interviewing people.

“It’s like a domino effect. You make sure that you’re trained

up in one area, and it actually helps in several areas,” White said.

Coun. Dave Baker

said the council’s RCMP priorities are more or less the same from years past.

“When they ask us our priorities typically its downtown, it’s the drugs, the amount of

vandalism, that kind of thing. All the things that they’re already doing,” Baker said.

Council approved authorizing the mayor to sign off on the RCMP strategic pri-

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Paul Komonoski is calling it quits as the president of the Fish and Game Club after 15 years of service.

Komonoski moved to Merritt in August of 1971, and joined the then Nicola Valley Rod and Gun Club the fol-lowing January.

He has been a con-tinuous member since.

Komonoski has been a director and vice president for many years. After retiring from the workforce in 1998, he stepped up as club president.

He moved to vice president in 2003 for two years, before moving back up to president, a position he remained in until this past March.

Paul has been a CORE instructor with the club since 2003, and has helped many juniors and adults get their hunting licences. He will continue in this role.

“It feels good to know there are a lot more safe hunters out there, and hunting accidents are virtu-ally non-existent now,” Komonoski said.

The club is more than a range; it is con-cerned and active in all aspects of outdoor education, preservation and enhancement.

It’s interested in protecting all aspects of the rights of people who wish to hunt, fish and enjoy the outdoors.

The club works with various groups, asso-ciations and volunteer organizations who have similar interests for the benefit of both.

The Fish and Game Club works with schools and local First Nation bands to promote out-door activities, such as hunter safety and archery with the local youth.

Komonoski has been integral to all of this.

“I hope I have done some good over the years, and am very grateful for my wife, Darlene, who put up with me and all the things that go with being president — and also all the members

who have helped along the way. For without them, there wouldn’t be a successful club, as no one can do it alone,” Komonoski said.

“This club was start-ed way back in 1958, and is still going strong. With a little luck, I’ll be around to watch it get bigger and better.”

Replacing Komonoski as president is member BJ Moore.

The Nicola Valley Fish and Game Club hosts a variety of events throughout the year.

People who want more information regarding the club or its activities can contact the club via its website at nvfishandgameclub.ca.

Submitted by Nicola Valley Fish and Game Club presi-dent BJ Moore

Fish and Game Club says goodbye to president of 15 years

Paul Komonoski has oficially retired as president of the Nicola Valley Fish and Game Club. Submitted photo

Being raised by Christian parents while educated in an atheistic, Darwinian worldview raised number of ques-tions for me early in life. These surfaced later in my mid-20s. Since then, I have kept abreast with new scientific discov-eries and trends that increasingly created tension between the two worldviews. Eventually I became a firm believer in the existence of God and validity of biblical worldview – not by blind faith but, for me, over-whelming evidence. And nothing beats a personal relationship with God that’s richly rewarding, fulfilling and transform-ing.

While a missionary in largely atheistic Czech

Republic where I was born and raised, I was discussing spiritual mat-ters with a well-educated atheistic gentleman. He asked me with pity and condescension, “How can you, an intelligent person, believe in God?”

What was I to say? Was I to start arguing? I thought a while and replied, “I admire your great faith. I don’t have such a great faith as you do to accept the theory of evolution.” Then we went on comparing what our belief systems actu-ally stand on. He said it made him think and would rethink his. I have met a number of educat-ed atheists and scientists who became believers. One source points out that as many as 70 per cent of astronomers believe in God. But here was a sincere, clear-thinking man who was open to reconsider his own worldview based on one-sided information.

Lately I have been reading with some interest a book called, Evolution: the World’s Fourth Great Religion by R.G.

Halvorson (I highly rec-ommend it to anyone old or young). Allow me to share few quotes by sci-entists and/or convinced atheists:

“In fact evolution became in a sense a sci-entific religion; almost all scientists have accepted it and many are prepared to ‘bend’ their observa-tions to fit in with it.”

“The theory of evolution suffers from grave defects, which are becoming more and more apparent as time advances. It can no lon-ger square with practical scientific knowledge, nor does it suffice for our theoretical grasp of facts. The Darwinian theory of descent has not a sin-gle fact to confirm it in the realm of nature. It’s not the result of scientific research, but purely the product of imagination.”

“Over the past few years, you have expe-rienced a shift from Evolution as knowledge to Evolution as faith… Evolution not only con-veys no knowledge, but seems somehow to con-vey anti-knowledge.”

Michael Ruse, a pro-fessor of history and phi-losophy, puts it this way: “Evolution promoted by its practitioners is more than mere science. Evolution is promulgated as an ideology, a secular religion – a full-fledged alternative to Christian-ity… I am an ardent evolutionist and an ex-Christian, but I must admit one complaint….The literalists (i.e. cre-ationists) are absolutely right. Evolution is a reli-gion. It was true of the evolution in the begin-ning and it is true of evolution still today.”

Honest admission. All of us live by faith – it depends in what or per-haps in whom.

Pastor Karel Samek, Merritt 7th Day Adventist Church

Evolution: religion or science?

KAREL SAMEKSeventh-Day ADVENTISTS

The views expressed in this column don’t necessarily reflect those of the Merritt Herald and its staff. The Herald welcomes qualified writers with views on this or other faiths to submit their work to [email protected], to be considered for publication.


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It is health that is real wealth and not pieces of gold and silver. - Mahatma Gandhi

Do you take your health for granted? It is easy to do so when health is good. We get caught up in the pace of modern life, finding ourselves multi-tasking and scheduling increas-ing numbers of activities into our already full lives. With so much to think about, our minds are occupied with a million and one things.

Those myriad thoughts can suddenly collapse into just one if we are faced with a health crisis. Those who live with chronic pain can scarcely think of anything else. One with a potentially life-threatening illness is no longer concerned with the trivial aspects of life. One who suffers deterio-ration in health, physical capability or memory is acutely aware, on a day-to-day basis, of what is happening in his or her body.

Illness can suddenly put a lot of things into perspective. It is a pre-cious gift to be pain-free. It is a blessing not to agonize over the health of a loved one, for whom, in addition, we may have become pri-mary caregiver.

I wonder why, if we

are blessed with good health, we would spend even a second harbour-ing a negative thought or holding resentment toward another? Why would we want to pollute a system that is fortunate enough to be in a state of physical harmony?

Why, also, would we engage in any behaviours that might compromise our health now or in the future? Is it because the healthy blithely think that illness is something

that only happens to others? If so, it is time to wake up and realize that our health is without a doubt our most precious commodity. Do every-thing in your power to guard it, nurture it, cel-ebrate it and preserve it. Whether we consciously think it or not, it does, after all, come with a “best before” date.

Gwen Randall-Young is an author and award-winning psychotherapist.

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GWEN RANDALL-YOUNGPsychologyFOR LIVING

One of the top five most common com-plaints I see in my prac-tice is shoulder pain.

There are many dif-ferent possible causes but one in particular seems to occur more than the others. The clinical term for this problem is rota-tor cuff tendonitis, or more specifically called supraspinatus tendonitis.

The shoulder can become very weak and sore, particularly fol-lowing activities such as repetitively throwing a ball or doing activi-ties overhead. There is often a dull ache at the front and/or back of the shoulder and around the

shoulder blade. When you try to lift your arm overhead or behind your back, a sharp pain can be felt at the front or top of the shoulder.

The ache may also feel worse at night. If left untreated, the same side of the neck will inevitably become stiff. You may even experi-ence dull headaches at the back of your head and sometimes extend-ing to the forehead.

The symptoms may start after falling with your arm outstretched or even doing overhead tasks for prolonged periods of time, such as painting ceilings or pruning trees. In some cases the symptoms start for no apparent reason.

To understand what the problem is, you must first become familiar with what muscles and bones are involved. At the back of your shoul-der, just below the main shoulder muscle (the deltoid), there are four smaller muscles. Their

job is not to forcefully move the shoulder when lifting heavy objects. Instead, they function to stabilize and rotate the shoulder joint internally and externally.

These muscles allow your shoulder to work efficiently as you do your daily activities. The shoulder joint is a ball and socket joint, the ball of your arm bone (humerus) fits snugly into the shallow socket of the shoulder blade (scapula).

These four muscles (supraspinatus, infraspi-natus, teres minor, and subscapularis) reach from the shoulder blade and attach to the upper end of the arm bone (humerus).

When you raise your arm, the ball of the humerus rotates in the socket of the scapula. The four muscles we dis-cussed then have the job of holding the ball of the humerus tight in the socket of the scapula.

If these four muscles are weak or injured, the

ball will migrate or slide upward and rub on the top of the socket of the scapula. If this happens repetitively or forcefully, the tendons and bursa located between the bones become pinched and very sore.

In regards to treat-ment of any physical problem, you must treat the cause of the problem, not just the symptoms. By tak-ing anti-inflammatory medication or receiving steroid injections in the joint, you will decrease the inflammation/pain but it will not correct the muscle dysfunction.

This makes you prone to having the problem return in the near future. Although you may need medica-tion to relieve some of the pain/inflammation, a few simple exercises should also be done to restore the proper func-tioning of the four rota-tor cuff muscles.

Once this is done and the shoulder can

work efficiently, the pinching of the tendons and bursa will stop and the shoulder will heal on its own.

The other just as important item is to learn what movements and shoulder positions to avoid in order not cause the tendonitis in the first place. Your chiropractor can discuss this with you in detail.

Sore shoulder getting you down?

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Baillie House MotHers’ Day HigH teaOn Saturday, May 9

Reservations are required. Seats are only available at 1:30 p.m. seating. Call 378-0349 for more infor-mation or to book a table.

a MotHers Day WeekenD CeleBration WitH elvis“Adam Fitzpatrick” as ELVIS,

May 8, 2015 at the Merritt Seniors Centre, 1675 Tutill Court (beside the museum) Doors open at 6 p.m. Show time at 7 p.m. Adults only. Tickets available at Blacks Pharmacy 250-378-4407.

Plant anD yarD saleThe Catholic Women’s

League are having a Plant and Yard Sale on Saturday, May 9 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Catholic Church Hall. Corner of Blair St. and Coldwater Ave. for more info phone 250-378-3910

reCyCle anD HelP The Graduating Class of

2015 is looking for anyone who wants to help out raise money for their River Rafting Trip, there has been a bin set up at the bottle depot. Please drop your bottles off and let them know that it is for the MSS Grads.

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niCola valley Cruisers Car CluB Are you interested in cars,

cruising and joining in activ-ities related to cars? Nicola Valley Cruisers Car Club would welcome you as a member. Meetings are monthly on the 1st Wednesday of the month at the Ramada at 7:00 p.m. For more info call Russ or Charlotte at 250-378-2290.

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Mornings, 8:30 a.m. – Noon, 2164 Quilchena Avenue. All Elders welcome – just come out and visit! For info, contact Deloris at 250-378-5107.

Baillie House sPring garDen FestivalMay 23 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Plant sales, crafters and information booths. (Lilac Conspiracy?) Tables are free. For more infor-mation or to book a table call 378-0349.

Baillie House FresH straWBerry salesDelivery date will be June

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eh? An incredible live show celebrating great Canadian fiddling styles and symbols of our cul-ture that truly makes us Canadian – Step Dancing by Canadian Open Step Dance Champion, Family Humour, Championship Fiddling. Sunday May 31, 7 p.m. at the Merritt Civic Centre. Tickets on sale at Black’s Pharmacy and Baillie House or 1-855-726-8896. More info: Trinity United Church, 250-378-5735.

graD FunDraiser The MSS Century-Vimy

Field Trip and Grad are hosting a fundraiser on Friday May 29, 2015. They are bringing in Motivational Speakers through music “Angela Harris” & “ Eric Reed”. Doors open @ 6:30 pm, Show starts @ 7 pm to be held at the MSS Theatre Room. Contact Marion 250-378-4124 or Tracy 250-378-4722 for more information.

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Simply Elementary

(Above) Bench Elementary’s Nicholas Willey attempts a lay-up at the basketball tournament on Tuesday. Checking him closely is Nicola Canford’s Carson Lang. Following the play are Bench athletes (left and right) Talon Zakall and Drew Kanigan. (Below) Collettville’s Beckett Finch (with the rugby ball) attempts to elude the tag of Central Elementary’s Spencer Nagata during rugby action on Wednesday. Ian Webster/Herald

(Aobve) Collettville’s Mariah Lean (40) and Diamond Vale’s Emma Forman execute a jump ball at the beginning of the Grade 6-7 basketball tournament on Tuesday. (Below) Diamond Vale’s Sukhanpreet Ghuman scampers with the ball beside teammate Kira Meldrum during the Grade 6-7 rugby tournament on Wednesday. In hot pursuit are Nicola Canford players (left to right) Jersi Emmerick, Jordyn Lee and Arwinaya Johnny. Ian Webster/Herald

Grade 6 and 7 students from the five local ele-mentary schools in the Nicola Valley got together not once but twice this past week for sports tourna-ments.

On Tuesday, the young athletes convened at the former Coquihalla Middle School and at Central Elementary School for a basketball tourney.

The next day, many of the same students got another afternoon off from classes for the second annual elementary rugby tournament. All games were played at the CMS fields.

Up next are a series of individual school track meets in May, followed by the district champion-ships in early June.

GRADE 6-7 GIRLS’ BASKETBALL

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GRADE 6-7 BOYS’ BASKETBALL

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GRADE 6-7 GIRLS’ RUGBY

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Central School hosting golf Classic to assist with breakfast program By Ian WebsterTHE [email protected]

“You don’t have to be a good golfer. Just go out and have fun.”

That’s the theme of the second annual Merritt Central Golf

Classic, a feel-good fundraising event in support of the breakfast program at the city’s largest elementary school.

“Over 50 students utilize the breakfast pro-gram on a daily basis,”

co-ordinator Martha Chillihitzia said. “Hot and cold cereal and a variety of fruits and vegetables are offered every day. It’s a crucial part of many students’ day.”

The Golf Classic

is set for this Saturday, May 9 at the Merritt Golf and Country Club, and everyone is welcome to enter.

Registration can be done in advance by contacting Chillihitzia (378-1364 or mchillih@

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Groups of four can enter as a team. Individuals are also welcome to register, and they will be put on a

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Registration is $45 per person or $80 a couple. The fee includes 18 holes of golf, din-ner, prizes to the first,

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Merritt professional athletes Ty Pozzobon and Roger Sloan both earned some money on the weekend.

Competing in Nipawin, Sask., the 23-year-old Pozzobon put together two bull rides totalling 164 points (including a winning 88 in the short go on board Heaven’s Basement) to pick up an $1,800 pay cheque and 20 points towards the World PBR standings.

Meanwhile, south of the line, the 27-year-old Sloan placed 20th on the web.com Tour

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Sloan shot rounds of 73-71-76-70 for a two-over final score of 290 — 12 strokes back of the winner, American Smylie Kaufman. Sloan’s winnings totalled $4,182.

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ONE ON ONE The Dominicos’ Chase Cooke (left) prepares to take on the challenge of the Galaxy’s Felize Omori in Grade 6 and 7 soccer action at the CMS fields on Saturday. Dominicos won the game 8-4. In the other divisional match-up, the Hammers and Icebreakers battled to a 2-2 draw. Ian Webster/Herald

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MSS track and fi eld team excels at Battle of the Border

TEAM WORK (Above)The MSS track team at the Battle of the Border: (left to right) Rahul Chhabra, Ben Hume, Katie Marshall, Madison Shea, Kaneesha Joe, an injured John Noel, Chi Hong Lao and coach Randy Sheldon. (Right) Katie Marshall puts the shot. Photos submitted


A small team of seven athletes represent-ed Merritt Secondary School at the third annual Battle of the Border track and field competition on April 25 in Kamloops.

This year’s event attracted over 400 ath-letes from high schools in B.C. and Alberta.

Leading the way on the track for MSS was sprinter Ben Hume, who recorded personal

bests in both the 100m and 200m races to place 13th overall each time.

In the field events, thrower Katie Marshall picked up a trio of top-eight finishes, including a fifth-place toss of 7.24 metres in the senior girls’ shot put.

In an interesting turn-of-events, Merritt’s Chi Hong Lao made the switch from distance running last year to the throws this season.

“He’s very commit-ted,” Sheldon said of the discus and javelin

thrower. “He’s bought his own javelin, and he’s studying a lot of videos.”

Merritt Secondary will up its number to 11 athletes for the West Zone champion-ships this Thursday in Kamloops. The top three finishers in each event will qualify for the Okanagan champion-ships on May 13.

“I’m pleased with the turnout,” Sheldon said. “We’re slowly growing as a team each year.”

Merritt Secondary School Results at 2015 Battle of the Border - April 25 - Kamloops

Junior Ben Hume 100m (13th, 12.80), 200m (13th, 26.36) Long Jump (7th, 4.72m) Rahul Chhabra 1500m (9th, 5:52.36), Long Jump (23rd, 3.69m) Senior Kaneesha Joe 200m (19th, 34.47), Long Jump (20th, 3.09m) Katie Marshall Shot Put (5th, 7.24m), Discus (6th, 21.09m), Javelin (6th, 14.73m) Madison Shea Shot Put (12th, 6.11m), Discus (11th, 15.08m) Chi Hong Lao Discus (15th, 15.33m), Javelin (25th, 21.51m)

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Thunder tykes display lots of grit

BALL HUNGRY (Above) Nicola Valley and North Okanagan players scrum for possession. (Below, left) Nicola Valley’s Daniel Olquin carries the ball down the floor. (Below, right) The Thunder’s Cooper Harrington makes a save. Ian Webster/Herald


They didn’t man-age to score a goal, but the Nicola Valley Thunder tyke lacrosse team picked up an ‘A’ for effort in their pair of home games on the weekend.

There was no quit as the hard-working pack of local seven and eight-year-olds fell to their opponents from Kamloops and North Okanagan by scores of 4-0 and 7-0 respectively.

“They never gave up,” head coach Bernard “Buzz” Manuel said. “I’m very proud of all the boys and girls.”

Manuel went on to add that his squad is a young and inexpe-rienced one, with six brand new players to the sport and a large number of seven-year-olds.

“The teams from the larger centres have the luxury of forming teams that are almost exclu-sively eight-year-olds. It makes quite a differ-ence.”

Manuel was impressed by his play-ers’ level of confidence in handling the ball and checking the opposition.

“I think every player on our team had at least one chance to carry the ball,” he said.

Two of the busiest Thunder tykes were goalies Sky Manuel and Cooper Harrington, who faced a ton of rub-ber over the course of two games.

The Nicola Valley tykes are back in action this weekend at another mini-jamboree in Vernon. A full-fledged tyke tournament is planned for Merritt on June 13 and 14.

In other weekend lacrosse action, the Thunder peewees fell to Shuswap 3-2, the bantams edged Penticton......, and the midgets split their games — losing to Kelowna and beating Shuswap.

www.merrittherald.com THURSDAY, May 7, 2015 • B3

SPORTS

More photos from the elementary schools’ basketball and rugby tournaments

GREAT ACTION

(Photos clockwise from top left) Bench Elementary’s Amber Webster attempts to keep the basketball away from Central’s Amy Gunn while Central’s Neleah Chillihitzia and Bench’s Allison Moore look on. Nicola Canford’s Carson Lang (with the rugby ball) eludes the check of Diamond Vale’s Blake Klassen as Canford’s Nathan Ray Morris, TJ Bent and Bill Brewer watch. Central’s Kaden Treis dribbles the bas-ketball ball past the outstretched arm of Collettville’s Nema Shokraee. Central’s Taylor Nichols prepares to pass the rugby ball to her teammate, Melissa Hartman. All the participants in the girls’ rugby tourna-ment gathered for a picture and show of unity. Collettville’s Clinton Kaboni passes the rugby ball to a seemingly ‘headless’ Sajjin Lali. Ian Webster/Herald

BCHL announces its 2014-15 all-star teamsBy Ian WebsterTHE [email protected]

The British Colum-bia Hockey League has announced its 2014-15 all-star teams, as chosen by BCHL play-by-play broadcasters.

Eleven of the league’s 16 teams are represented, led by the Penticton Vees with four player selections.

BCHL 1ST ALL-STAR TEAM

G - Hunter Miska, Penticton

D - Andrew Farny, Salmon Arm

D - Kurt Gosselin, Alberni Valley

F - Corey Mackin, Coquitlam

F - Dane Gibson, Victoria

F - Brett Supinski, Coquitlam

BCHL 2ND ALL-STAR TEAM

G - Guillaume Decelles, Nanaimo

D - Gabe Bast, Penticton

D - Yanni Kaldis, Nanaimo

F - Liam Blackburn, West Kelowna

F - Jacob Pritchard, Powell River

F - Jake Lucchini, Trail

BCHL ALL-ROOKIE TEAM

G - Aidan Pelino, Chilliwack

D - Dante Fabbro, Penticton

D - Yanni Kaldis, Nanaimo

F - Liam Finlay, Vernon

F - Tyson Jost, Penticton

F - Brett Supinski, Coquitlam Express

BC Mining Week has a long history in B.C. The first BC Mining Week took place 25 years ago in Vancou-ver! The BC Mining Week committee, chaired by the Mining Association of BC, is comprises of volunteers from a variety of companies, associations and institu-tions associated with the mining sector in B.C. The dedicated hard work of the committee members and the strong support from our sponsors has fueled the ever-growing success of BC Mining Week celebrations each and every successive year. What began as a celebration in Vancouver many years ago has now spread to com-munities across the province that want to participate in celebrations to recognize the mining sector’s contribu-tion to life in British Columbia.

Mining is one of BC’s largest and old-est industries and BC Mining Week is an opportunity to reCognize and CeleBrate the iMportanCe of the Modern industry to British ColuMBians.

CELEBRATE MININ G WE E KMAY 3 - 9, 2015

MAY 2015 | A SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT TO

Message from Energy and Mines Minister Bill Bennett

Facts about the mining industry

Injury Rate Down at BC MinesB.C. budget acknowledges the importance of the mining industry

Come celebrate mining day

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Every day across B.C. people benefit from mining and every year, on average, each British Columbian uses almost 50,000 pounds of mined products.

This vital industry not only provides us with the products we need, it supports job creation and improved public services — building communities throughout the province.

Mining provides more good jobs to First Nations people than any other industry and government shares with First Nations govern-ments a portion of revenues from all new major mines.

It is critical that First Nations benefit from mining that takes place in their traditional ter-ritory.

Mining is also crucial

to the 50 rural commu-nities that rely on it, and it is also critical to B.C.’s current and future eco-nomic success.

One of the best indi-cators of the industry’s success is the amount companies have spent on mineral exploration in B.C.

This past year, our province saw $338 million in exploration spending, accounting for over 21 per cent of all exploration spending in Canada – in 2001 that figure was less than six per cent.

B.C.’s six operating coal mines, 10 operating metal mines and hun-dreds of aggregate pits and quarries support 30,000 good jobs. Wages in the mining industry are great.

Since June 2011, six new metal mines have

opened in B.C. (includ-ing Red Chris Gold and Copper Mine that will be fully operational soon), creating over 1,300 jobs.

This record is unmatched anywhere else in Canada.

None of this devel-opment could take place without a regulatory framework that encour-ages global competitive-ness, and ensures high environmental and safety standards.

Our government recognizes the impor-tance of this industry and is determined to continue to strengthen B.C.’s mining sector for the benefit of all British Columbians.

Mining helps pay for our health, education and social services.

That’s why we recently increased the

ministry’s budget by about $6 million, and are in the process of establishing a major mines permitting office that will improve the coordination of major mine permits across government, add staff to conduct more inspec-tions and permit reviews and improve turnaround times.

To further encourage exploration and future investment in B.C.’s mining industry, this government has also extended the province’s $10-million mining flow-through share tax credit program, as well as the new mine allowance tax credit.

Let’s all celebrate the benefits that come from mining in B.C. by participating in mining week, May 3 to May 9, 2015.

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Facts about the mining industry

Injury rate down at BC mines

AND THE HARDWORKING PEOPLE IN THE INDUSTRY.

MAYOR MENARD & CITY COUNCIL

Mining WeekARE PROUD TO RECOGNIZE

MINING WEEK

• Currently there are six operating coal mines and 10 operating metal mines in B.C., as well as hundreds of aggregate pits and quarries, and more than 30 industrial minerals mines throughout the province.

• The Mine Safety Awards were established in

1961 by the B.C. govern-ment to recognize the safety record of mines in B.C.

• The Mine Safety Awards consist of three cat-egories and seven different awards.

• Provincial health and safety inspectors are involved in all aspects of the mining

cycle, to ensure the health and safety of workers, envi-ronmental protection and compliance with the Health, Safety and Reclamation Code for Mines in B.C.

— Ministry of Energy and Mines, gov.bc.ca/ener/

The province recog-nized mining operations in B.C. for their health and safety accomplishments during the 53rd annual Mine Safety Awards ban-quet in Victoria in March.

The awards were presented to mines and quarries operating in B.C. that had the lowest injury-frequency-rate during the previous calendar year.

The companies acknowledged are leaders in workplace safety in an industry that is critical to B.C.’s diverse, strong and growing economy.

New Gold Inc.’s New Afton mine in Kamloops

and Copper Mountain Mining Corporations’ Copper Mountain mine, two of the five new mines that have opened in B.C. since the start of the BC Jobs Plan, both received awards for the lowest inju-ry-frequency-rate.

This past year saw a decrease in the total estimated injury rate at mines in B.C. as well as a decrease in the number of days lost to injury.

“Worker safety is always top of our minds and the ministry health and safety team strives for high safety standards at all B.C. mines,” said Al Hoffman,

B.C. chief inspector of mines.

“I’d like to thank all of the inspectors, mine management workers and unions for their commit-ment to ensuring mining remains one of B.C.’s saf-est heavy industries.”

B.C.’s mining industry remains one of the saf-est heavy industries in the province, a direct reflec-tion of the co-operative effort of mine employees, mine management and unions, and the sector’s commitment to maintain-ing high health and safety standards.


MINING WEEK

The Mining Associa-tion of B.C. congratulated the B.C. government on meeting its commitment to deliver successive balanced budgets while maintaining its focus on supporting the growth of B.C.’s mining industry this year.

The government announced in February the base budget for the Min-istry of Energy and Mines (MEM) was increased by $6.3 million.

Additionally, the gov-ernment announced its intention to implement Mines Act permit fees, which are expected to raise an additional $3 million annually.

The new permit fees are retained by MEM and MABC is committed to working with the govern-ment on how the fees will

be established.The incremental fund-

ing supports the creation of a major mines permit-ting office to improve the coordination of major mine permits across gov-ernment, add staff to con-duct more permit reviews and inspections, and main-tain improved turnaround times for issuing approvals.

“MABC has been a long-time advocate for sustainable and adequate funding for the Ministry of Energy and Mines and we are very pleased to receive the news of the incremen-tal funding to support the important work of the mines and mineral resourc-es division,” said Karina Briño, president and CEO of the Mining Association of B.C.

“We look forward to

working with the ministry to ensure the new mine permit fees deliver effi-cient, effective and mea-surable services.

“Certainty in the approval process creates confidence in B.C as a leading mining jurisdic-tion.”

MABC was also pleased with the government’s commitment to tax mea-sures supporting the poten-tial for growth in the B.C. mining industry, including extending the new mine allowance for four years to Dec. 31, 2019 and extend-ing the B.C. mining flow-through share tax credit to the end of 2015.

— Mining Association of BC

B.C. budget acknowledges the importance of the mining industry

Highland Valley CopperCelebrates Mining Week - As Partners in the CommunityAt Teck Highland Valley Copper, we consider people, the environment and our communities with every decision we make. For the past 29 years Highland Valley Copper has played a major role in the local economy and the mine employs over 1,300 people. Wages and benefits for the last year totaled $197 million. The spin-off benefit aids in supporting the local economy.

Teck is Committed to Community InvestmentIn 2014 Highland Valley Copper supported various charitable organizations through community investment in excess of $500,000 encouraging sustainable strategies that strengthen our communities.

We invite the Nicola Valley Community to join us at theMining Week Community Fair being held in Kamloops this Saturday, May 9, 2015 at the Big Little Science Center, 655 Holt Street • 11am-4pmVisit the Teck Highland Valley Copper Booth at noon where you can meet Teck sponsored Canadian Olympic athlete, Dylan Armstrong

Don’t forget to bring your used household zinc alkaline batteries (AAA, AA, C, D and 9-volt) for us to recycle for you and you can learn about our recycling program.

We are committed to engaging with communities to ensure that all questions and concerns are being heard. With that in mind we have established a number of channels of communication. We can be reached by Email: [email protected] or Toll Free Telephone: 1-855-523-3429

Thank You To the dedicated

workers of our mining industry for everything you give back to our

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Mining is one of B.C.’s largest and oldest indus-tries and B.C. Mining Week is an opportunity to recognize and celebrate the importance of the modern industry to British Columbians. Activities are planned across the prov-ince each year to celebrate B.C. Mining Week.

It was first celebrated 25 years ago in Vancouver.

Since then it has spread to the many communities that want to recognize the contributions of the min-ing sector.

The B.C. Mining Week committee is chaired by the Mining Association

of B.C. and comprises of volunteers from a variety of companies, associations and institutions associated with the province’s mining sector.

In the Tournament Capital, celebration of the industry culminates with Mining Day in Kamloops on Saturday, May 9 at the Big Little Science Centre, 655 Holt Street from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

The city’s Mining Day is organized by the Kamloops Exploration Group, a non-profit advo-cacy group supporting the mining industry, and the Canadian Institute of

Mining.The annual event is

an opportunity for the community to learn more about the mining industry through interactive dis-plays and from the com-panies that support the industry.

New Gold’s heavy equipment simulator will return and patrons can once again bring rocks to be identified.

Try birdseed mining and learn to gold pan with Yukon Dan. The Paddlewheelers Lions Club will be on site cooking hamburgers and hotdogs for sale.

Mining For Miracles, B.C.’s mining community’s fundraising campaign for B.C. Children’s Hospital, launched its 2015 cam-paign by introducing a new funding initiative.

This year, Mining for

Miracles is dedicated to raising $3 million through the B.C. Children’s Hospital Foundation to support the development of CAUSES Clinic, which will provide diagnostic DNA testing to support

the diagnosis of rare genetic diseases in chil-dren who would otherwise require numerous tests or might not be diagnosed at all. Visit miningformira-cles.ca for more informa-tion.

Come celebrate mining day

Mining for Miracles


There will be a celebration of life for

John MarshallJ(December 3rd, 1926 - October 27th, 2014)

will be held at the Merritt Legion

Saturday, May 16th from 1 to 4 pm.y, y

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sharing stories of past memories.

Celebration of LifeDICK GRIFFITHSMay 17th, 2015 at 2 pm

Merritt Golf and Country Club

We, the family, would like to send out our sincerest thanks and appreciation to all the kind people who have shown such comforting support in our time of loss. A special hug out to the staff of Coquihalla Gillis House whose loving care for the past 6 years has carried us over the rough spots....angels in disguise... Thank you everyone, you have touched our hearts.

The Griffiths Family

William (Bill) Palagain, long time resident of Merritt, BC, passed away peacefully on April 29, 2015 at the age of 90.

Bill was born on December 23, 1924, in Endeavour, SK, to Mike and Dora Palaghian.

Bill served in World War II and once discharged made his way to Merritt. He worked for many years with Pooley Brothers Construction. Bill was heavily involved in the community, doing volunteer work for the Royal Canadian Legion and the Merritt Seniors. He worked with the Merritt Centennials hockey team in the early years and rarely missed a game.

Bill enjoyed travelling, going to Russia for the Canada-Russia hockey series in 1974, trips to Australia and New Zealand, England and Scotland. Bill and Marg travelled all over Canada in their various campers and belonged to the Good Sams.

Bill is survived by his wife, Margaret Ann (nee Cline); his son, Bill, wife Kathy (nee Stewart), and grandsons, Morgan and Lincoln of St. Albert, AB; daughter Sharon, partner Jeff Uber, of Burnaby, BC; and daughter Delores, husband Dan Flundra, and grandchildren Dwight and Alyssa of Fort St. John. He is also survived by his brother Ted Palagian of Canora, SK; and sisters Agnes Clemetson of Quesnel; and Vera Zillman of Calgary, AB; many nieces and nephews. Predeceased by his brother Nick Palagian of Campbell River, BC; and sisters Helen Melnychuk of Quesnel, BC; Mary Egesz of Winnipeg, MB; and Margaret Roller of Los Angeles, CA.

The family would like to thank the staff of the Merritt hospital, Gillis House, and Dr Van Der Merwe for their great care of Bill.

A celebration of life will be held at the Merritt Senior Centre on June 6, 2015, time to be announced. In lieu of owers, the family requests a donation to the Ostomy Canada Society.

On-line condolences may be expressed at www.MerrittFuneralChapel.com

William (Bill) PALAGAIN

Dec. 23, 1924 - April 29, 2015

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Don passed away peacefully at the Kelowna Hospice house on April 29, 2015 after a long battle with cancer. He is survived by his loving wife Shirley; children, Dave Westfall (Sheila McGill), Steve Westfall and Kevin Westfall (Cathy Hansen); grandchildren, Matt Westfall, Lindsey Westfall, Ryan Westfall, Mike Hansen and Caitlin Hansen; sisters, Pearl Woodward, and Joy Hill; brother George Kingshott and many other extended family and friends. No service by request. Condolences may be sent to the family by visiting www.everdenrust.com

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The Lower Nicola Indian Band (LNIB) has recently created the position of Strategic Initiatives Coordinator, who will play a significant role in shaping the strategic agenda of LNIB. The Strategic Initiatives Coordinator will provide support in designing, presenting, and implementing strategies, program development and project management support, strategic planning and implementation of key initiatives of LNIB. S/he will support and work closely with the Executive Director, Sector Directors, and Managers of LNIB in formulating strategies and initiatives, and presenting them to Chief & Council and Members, across the full range of programs and departments of LNIB.

The job requires a candidate with superior organizational skills and multi-tasking abilities, coupled with excellent interpersonal strengths. The ideal candidate will be a natural leader with excellent verbal/communications skills and a thoughtful, persuasive personal style. Self-starters who are comfortable in a project-oriented environment tend to be successful in this role.

Key Duties and Specific ResponsibilitiesCoordination and support of strategic planning initiatives, including:

Support the Executive Director as custodian of the Planning Framework of LNIB, including the Comprehensive Community Plan.Assist multi-functional teams in the development and execution of initiatives, and driving their implementation in support of goals of LNIB

Communications and LiaisonPrepare and present reports, proposals and presentations to Management Team, Chief & Council, and Membership. Regularly communicates in person, through presentation, in writing through reports and papers, and through social media.Prepare background materials and develop proposed action strategies in support of Executive Director’s efforts to advance LNIB’s interests relative to identified trends and emerging issues. Assist in developing funding proposals for departmental and/or organizational projects and initiatives including for fundraising purposes. Act as a liaison between the Executive Director, Chief & Council, LNIB membership, and other external stakeholders.Undertaking other tasks and responsibilities as assigned by the Executive Director.

Education and ExperienceEducation and Training

Bachelor’s degree on Business Management or Project Management, or equivalent and a minimum of 3 years or more of job-related experience. Advanced degree is strongly preferred.Proven ability to identify key issues and to carry forward ideas or projects from conception to execution. Proven ability to assimilate information gathered through research, consultation, and engagement to apply that information in creative and cross-cutting ways, and to synthesize appropriate strategies and responses.Strong organizational skills and demonstrated capacity to develop and implement practical strategies, plans, and solutions to identified issues and problems.Detailed knowledge of, and experience in First Nations’ community development and organizing, policy development and advocacy.Proficiency with Microsoft Office suite and Microsoft Project software.

Relevant ExperienceSuperior track record of taking initiative in managing competing organizational and departmental priorities and to work effectively under pressure when facing short deadlines.Exceptional research, writing, analytical and organizational skills, and the ability to convey complex concepts in a clear, concise and logical manner. Familiarity with research sources on the nonprofit and philanthropic sector, and knowledge of the sector is an advantage.Preference will be given to those who have worked with First Nations in the areas of development and delivery, and community organizing and building.

Special Knowledge and SkillsStrong analytical skills and capabilities (both quantitative and qualitative) required to design, implement, and evaluate initiatives and programs. A systems thinker. Track record of thinking conceptually and mastering complex subject matter quickly, and strong prioritization and follow-up skills. Superior critical thinking skills, including the capacity to identify and appropriately assess and order competing interests and priorities. First rate verbal and written communication skills.Proven track record of turning ideas into executable strategies and actions. Strong sense of ownership, work ethic and follow-up skills. Good judgment, discretion, tact and the ability to work easily with senior leaders within the LNIB community, First Nations organizations, government, charities and foundations, and business sectors. Excellent diplomacy skills and ability to converse easily with a varied range of stakeholders. Flexible and with sense of humour.Strong project management skills. Ability to work independently and drive multiple projects at the same time. Ability to work in a fast-paced organizational, team-oriented, highly demanding environment.Passion for working with First Nations, demonstrated by a strong interest and prior exposure to First Nations experiences and aspirations in human development, community engagement, economy and nation building, infrastructure, and environmental stewardship. Sensitivity to the political and cultural environments of First Nations institutions, governments, neighbouring communities, and business and industry. Ability to act as a liaison and effectively associate with other institutions and organizations.High ethical standards required to ensure a high level of professionalism is maintained.Candidates able to speak or willingness to learn the Nłe kepmxcin language will be given preference.

Reporting & SupervisionReports directly to the Executive Director

Work EnvironmentOffice at the Lower Nicola Indian Band Administration, at 181 Nawishaskin Lane, Nicola-Mameet Indian Reserve #1, 8 km west of Merritt, BC.Overtime may be required to attend evening and weekend meetings, meet deadlines, or respond to emergencies. Stressful work conditions at times. Some local/regional travel required.

Annual Salary RangeAttractive salary and benefits package commensurable with qualifications and experience.

Closing Date: Monday May 11, 2015 at 4:00 PM

Please submit a cover letter and resume to:Attention Executive DirectorLower Nicola Indian Band

181 Nawishaskin LaneMerritt, BC, V1K0A7Or Fax 250 378 6188

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Catholic Church Hall. Info 378-3910

Yard Sale / Estate SaleSaturday May.9th. 9am to 2pm 440 Brenton Ave(LowerNicola)

-No early birds please-

Yard SaleSat May 09. 2598 Irvine

9am to 2pm

Heavy Duty Machinery

A-CHEAP, LOWEST PRICES STEEL SHIPPING Dry Storage Containers Used 20’40’45’53’ and insulated con-tainers all sizes in stock. 40’ containers as low as $2,200. Also JD 544 & 644 wheel Loaders & 20,000 lb CAT fork-lift. Ph Toll free 24 hours 1-866-528-7108 1-778-298-3192 8am-5pm. Delivery BC and AB www.rtccontainer.com

Misc. WantedPrivate Collector Looking toBuy Coin Collections, Silver,Antique Native Art, Estates +Chad: 778-281-0030 in town.

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Sml log cabin on sml. Acreage west of town/upper nic. Rent

or lease to own. No amenities reqd. Call 604-783-7914 or email [email protected]

LotsFully serviced, fl at city lot in great location. Build or bring

your own home. 2916 Telemon Pl. Sale Priced at

$55,000. Call Greg at FAIR Realty. 778-581-4950

Apt/Condo for Rent

VIBE APARTMENTS

1 & 2 bedroom

apartments References required.

NO PETS, NO SMOKING.250-280-7644

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KENGARDMANOR

Move in bonus - 1/2 month free rent

For appointment call

250-378-9880

Spacious 1 & 3bedroom apartments.

F/S, heat and hotwater included.

Starting at $625/mth

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FOR RENTNewly Renovated 4 Plex

Furnished Large Laundry Room

New AppliancesNew Bathroom

No Pets Available May 1st

$1100 per month

378-7279 or 378-5915

FOR RENTNewly Renovated 4 Plex

3 Bedrooms 2 Bathwasher / dryer fridge / stovemicrowave

curtains on all windowsNo Pets

Available May 1st$1000 per month

378-7279 or 378-5915

2000’sqft rancher, 2 bdrm + den, 1 1/2 bath, w/d incl.,

private courtyard, pool, n/s, no pets, $1200/mon. Avail June 1st. 250-378-5519

4 Bedroom House W/D, F/S,N/S. $1,300/mth. Move in

ready (250) 378 - 9660

House For Rent 3 Bedrooms, 2 Bathrooms, New Paint & New Carpets.

(250)378-6767.(250)378-4392

Property Management

MERRITT1988 Quilchena Ave.April 28, 2015

250-378-1996 Call for all of your Residential

or Commercial PropertyManagement needs!

MERRITT REAL ESTATE SERVICESProperty Manager:

Lynda Etchart

1 bdrm Apt. $600 including heat.

1 bdrm Apt. $575 plus hydro.



2 bdrm basement Suite. $850 inc utilities.

2 bdrm duplex renovated. $700 plus utilities. 3 months FREE RENT.

1 bdrm duplex. $575 plus hydro. (x2)

3 bdrm duplex fully renovated. Gar-age. $1100 plus utilities.

3 bdrm duplex. Renovated. $1100 plus utilities.

3 bdrm triplex. $800 plus hydro. X2

3 bdrm townhouse. $850 plus utilities.

2 bdrm Sandpiper Unit. $750 plus hydro

2 bdrm Sandpiper Unit. $850 plus hydro.

1 bdrm Suite in Lower Nicola. $600 plus hydro.

2 bdrm in 6plex in Lower Nicola. $600 inc utilities (x3)

1 bdrm in 4plex in Lower Nicola. $700 plus hydro.

2 bdrm house. $750 plus hydro.

3 bdrm house. $1000 plus utilities.

3 bdrm house. $1100 plus utilities.

3 bdrm townhouse. Sun Valley Court $1200 plus utilities.

1 bdrm basement suite on the Bench.

$675 including utilities.

Suites, UpperFor Rent: 3bedrm Upstairs,

Newly Renovated house. $1,000/mth 604-454-4731



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Multiple SclerosisSociety of CanadaS

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Archaeological/Environmental Field Crew

Members NeededDeadline for Applications: May 8, 2015 - 4:00 pm

Duration: ON CALL/seasonal positions

Rate of Pay: Dependent upon experience

Start Date: ASAP

Possible Duties and Responsibilities:Preliminary Field Reconnaissance. Use of a GPS or • mini iPad. Reading maps is essential as well as taking detailed eld notes according to BC Archaeology RISC standardsAssessment of impacts on environment, including • Cultural and Archaeological valuesWildlife and plant species studies, knowledge of • local fauna and plants, Species at RiskAIA work involving digging and sifting•

Quali cations:Environmental Resource Technician/Natural • Resources Technician (preferred)RISC Archaeology and Culturally Modi ed Tree • Certi cate (preferred)Environmental Monitoring Certi cate (an asset)• Valid Class 5 Drivers license Required• First Aide Level 1 and Transportation Endorsement • (an asset)Physically t, Interest in cultural heritage identi cation • and protection

Send resume and cover letter to:

Attention: Brenda Walkem, Esh-kn-am CRMS

Fax: 250-315-0084 or Email: [email protected]

Only those candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.

Short Term, Full-time Research Assistant Job Opportunity

With Esh-kn-am CRMS

Duties:Contact advisors and schedule interviews • Help set up and conduct interviews• Write detailed, legible notes• Store and label material accordingly• Prepare mylars and site forms• Help prepare information for reports•

Core Skills:Research related skills an asset• Energetic, self-starter, able to work exible hours • Ability to multi-task• Knowledge of Nlaka’pamux culture as asset• Good communication skills • Ability to work on a team and on own• Computer skills an asset• Valid driver’s license an asset• Work term: As soon as possible until end of June • 2015 or later

Remuneration: Negotiable

Send or drop off your Cover letter and resume with 3 references to:

Esh-kn-am CRMS Department Attention: Brenda [email protected]

Phone: 250 315 0085Fax: 250 315 0084

Closing time and date: 4 pm on May 8, 2015

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OLD OR NEW WE HAVE WARRANTY APPROVED MAINTENANCE SOLUTIONS FOR EVERYONE

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PHONE: 250-378-4943 2064 Coutlee Ave., Merritt, BC

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It’s never too early to start planning for the future.

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call me at: 250.315.0241

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Need help to create a plan to enjoy the life you desire today, & tomorrow?

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David L. Brown is here for you

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