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BY TIMOTHY SCHAFERTimes Staff
You couldn’t call the MP for B.C. Southern Interior a technophobe.
Alex Atamanenko is able to per-form his duties as the region’s feder-al government representative from nearly the width of a continent away using various forms of technology to do so.
But with the continuous stream of cuts coming out of Ottawa these days, Atamanenko was fearful of one thing during the first week of the new session of parliament.
“It seems like the last couple of weeks every time I check my Blackberry (cell phone) there are more cuts announced,” he said. “The Conservatives are chipping away at everything we’ve taken for granted and worked so hard for.”
From cuts to the CBC, federal pris-ons to Katimavik, it’s discouraging to see what is coming from the govern-ment these days, Atamanenko said.
“It just seems to be, one by one, everything we have put into place over the last few decades is slowly being dismantled according to this new vision that (Prime Minister Stephen) Harper has,” he said.
He pointed to a lack of account-ability over such issues as robo-calls as one of the more frustrating aspects of the Conservative majority in the House of Commons.
But increasingly he was worried over negotiations on the Canada and European trade agreement, con-cerned that the behind-closed-doors deal will be sprung upon parliament without adequate questioning and debate.
“I am of the same mind on this as the mayor of Trail … what sort of impact will this have on our muni-cipal contracts? Although there is a threshold, what effect will there be on local procurement?” he asked.
In this session of the House Atamanenko will be speaking out on genetically modified organisms
(GMO), hoping to advance the agen-da of food sovereignty leading up to the next election.
He will be looking to move legis-lation forward on GMO labeling, as well as either his private members’ bills on the Department of Peace or stopping horse slaughter.
Although new NDP leader Thomas Mulcair did not forget his recent leadership rivals to form his new shadow cabinet, he left the MP for B.C. Southern Interior off the list for the second straight year.
Atamanenko was not named as the agriculture critic despite having served in that regard for four years since he was first elected MP in 2006. He asked Mulcair to retain Malcolm Allen in the position as critic.
“I didn’t think it was right to ask for that back,” Atamanenko said.
Instead, Mulcair named B.C. New Democrat Nathan Cullen as the new opposition House Leader, replacing Joe Comartin, who takes on demo-cratic reform.
Toronto MP Peggy Nash returns to her role as finance critic and for-mer interim leader Nycole Turmel retains her position as party whip.
Mulcair will handle intergovern-mental affairs and deputy leader Libby Davies will take on the health portfolio.
Manitoba MP Niki Ashton, another former leadership con-tender, will take on the portfolio for women’s issues and Paul Dewar will handle foreign affairs.
Quebec MP Francoise Boivin was promoted as justice critic.
Two other New Democrats who withdrew from the leadership race were also named to the shadow cab-inet.
Robert Chisholm will deal with fisheries and be Mulcair’s deputy to watch over intergovernmental affairs and Romeo Saganash will deal with international development.
Mulcair also named three deputy chiefs - Davies, David Christopherson and Megan Leslie.
Olivia Chow will be the party’s critic for transport, infrastructure and communities and Jack Harris will oversee the defence file.
With files from The Canadian Press
Southern Interior MP worries about what lies
ahead with Harper’s majority government
MUTTIN BUSTIN
JIM BAILEY PHOTO
This young rider held on despite a rough ride aboard a determined sheep in Saturday’s Muttin Bustin event, which was part of the Kootenay Chrysler Bull-a-Rama. See more on Page 9.
BY TIMOTHY SCHAFERTimes Staff
Cooler weather has the ris-ing water levels of the West Kootenay abating as the BC River Forecast Centre has ended the high stream flow advisory for the region.
The cool weather helped remedy significant snow melt and hot temperatures earlier in the last week, followed by heavy rainfall on Wednesday and Thursday.
River levels rose quickly and remained high through Thursday
and into Friday, but when tem-peratures dropped — with current freezing levels around 1,500 metres — snow melt rates declined. Rivers levels like the Columbia and Kootenay have peaked and tributary waterways that were of concern such as Beaver Creek in Fruitvale are now receding.
But that doesn’t mean the worst is over. Heavy snowfall this winter has resulted in the fifth-highest snow pack in the province since the 1950s.
As a result, there is still “sig-
nificant” snow at mid- to high-elevations throughout the West Kootenay and Greater Trail region, meaning a seasonal flood risk still remains.
“River levels may return to levels of concern if adverse weather conditions occur,” the report warned.
A high stream flow advisory means that river levels are ris-ing or expected to rise rapidly, but that no major flooding is expected. Minor flooding in low-lying areas is possible.
See PROVINCE, Page 3
Flood warnings rescinded – for now
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Ear-piercing sounds of traffic rolled off of sunny Highway 3 Saturday, but the United Steelworkers Local 480 had a mes-sage that couldn’t be silenced.
The United Steelworkers Local 480 departed from the local 480 Hall—with members of the Greater Trail community—for the 28th annual Day of Mourning. The pro-cession marched along Bay Ave behind piper Gordon Titsworth until they arrived at the Family and Memorial
Worker Park near Cominco Arena where they expressed mem-ories for people who lost their lives.
The memorial hon-ours colleagues who died from occupational diseases or work-relat-ed accidents, but one person was on every-body’s mind.
Lonnie Plasko’s tra-gic death is an iconic example of an acci-dent nobody could’ve imagined in this region. Many of his friends and family members remain devastated about the train derailment that killed him five years ago, and hope to use
public events like this, as a preventative plat-form.
“I saw him that day. He went down that hill and he never came back,” said Gilbert Morrison, Plasko’s former colleague and friend. “And the worst part of it is, he was blamed for that acci-dent.”
Morrison and his wife, Rita, expressed concerns for other people who have suf-fered from work-relat-ed accidents—but the memories of Plasko struck a familiar chord with most attendees. Plasko certainly never
planned to die, nobody plans to die, it was an accident Morrison con-cluded.
Many other people found the ceremony emotional too.
“I think that would have been his 25th year of work,” said Tracy McLaughlin, Plasko’s stepdaughter. “We come every year to remember.”
The 28th Annual Day of Mourning puts things into perspective for people who haven’t lost somebody from a work-related accident. WorkSafe BC recorded that almost three mil-lion days were lost as a
result of injuries or dis-eases sustained in the workplace. In B.C.,17 workers are perma-nently disabled on a daily basis.
But, the community remembers Plasko as “a kind and caring person who loved his job” and never made it home. He’s not just a statistic.
“I think the cere-mony went very, very well,” said Gord Menelaws, the health and safety chair for the United Steelworkers Local 480.
“You can tell it means a lot to people because of today’s turn-out.”
Time to reflect on Day of Mourning
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The annual march and ceremony in down-town Trail on Saturday brought home the message of workplace accidents during the national Day of Mourning.
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FROM PAGE 1The province is providing flood
watch information on its DriveBC website so that people can check the status of the roadways before they head out this spring.
Several days of warm weather have led to high snowmelt rates and fast moving rivers — such as the Boundary’s kettle and Granby rivers — and streams in parts of the West Kootenay.
In fact, saturated hillsides have caused six washouts on provincial roads this past week.
People are asked to drive with caution and look for pooling water
in low-lying areas, near creek and river crossings. They can check cur-rent highway conditions through 200 highway webcams on the Drive BC website at drivebc.ca.
Residents, recreationalists and visitors to West Kootenay water-ways right now are urged to use extreme caution on and near all waterways, according to Emergency Management BC.
Floodwaters are fast-rising and fast-moving, typically carrying large pieces of debris and making shorelines unstable.
People should stay away from the water’s edge where increased
flood risks have been identified, and be cautious of children and pets along rivers and creeks.
People should take the following precautions:
• Avoid small creeks and rivers, as their channels tend to be narrow and can fill up quickly.
• Watch for changing conditions, particularly if you live in low-lying areas or near waterways.
• Check perimeter drains around your property and ensure they are clear of debris.
• Drive carefully and never attempt to drive through flood-water.
Province providing flood information
JIM BAILEY PHOTO
The Beaver Valley Rotary Park in Fruitvale was closed after Beaver Creek overflowed late last week. Over the weekend the levels have dropped but the park remains closed.
BY TIMES STAFFA man who has been under
surveillance and has an extensive criminal history was apprehended by police on April 20.
The Trail Crime Reduction Unit arrested a 24-year-old Trail man for possession of cocaine for the purpose of trafficking.
The man was searched before his arrest, and three point five grams of powder cocaine packaged in nine separate plastic bags were found.
“At the time of his arrest. . . investigators believed he was act-ively dealing cocaine in Trail,” said Cpl. Darryl Orr of the Kootenay Boundary Regional Detachment of
the RCMP.The suspect has been held in cus-
tody until his next court appearance on May 10 in Rossland Provincial Court.
*****Thieves have targeted unattend-
ed and unlocked vehicles left at the Bombi Summit while people head
out to recreate in the backcountry.Since January RCMP have
reported five incidents of thefts from vehicles, with the majority of the vehicles targeted driven snow-mobilers parked there for the day — and also people that were ski-ing in to the local cabins for a few days.
POLICE BRIEFS
Coke bust in Trail,
thieves hit Bombi
BY TIMOTHY SCHAFERTimes Staff
Automation won’t be coming to the ports of entry in the Greater Trail region despite earlier claims in a leaked report of its possible presence, according to a Canadian Border Services Agency official.
Senior media spokes-person Esme Bailey said automated border clear-ance (ABC) like the one recently installed in Vancouver International Airport (YVR) as a pilot project is a service that is exclusive to the Lower Mainland.
There are no plans right now to expand the pro-gram to land ports of entry, which includes Waneta, Nelway and Patterson ports of entry, Bailey said in an email to the Daily Times.
“There has been no decision to close or central-ize any port of entry along the Canada/U.S. border,” Bailey said.
However, in December, 2011, an internal Canadian Border Services Agency (CBSA) report detailing the next step in streamlining border crossings showed the Nelway port of entry as being identified for remote technology solution, which consists of travelers inter-viewed by border person-nel via video camera.
The report also identi-fied the Midway crossing for three potential chan-ges: closure, remote-tech-nology solution or shared facilities.
However, Bailey’s com-ments did not rule out
examining future closures or remote technology solu-tion.
“Discussions with U.S. counterparts include shared services, facilities and technology to improve accessibility across the border,” Bailey said. “The Small Ports working group continues to refine recom-mendations for each port of entry under considera-tion. At this time, no plans have been finalized for any port of entry.”
Automating certain low-volume ports of entry would allow the agency to find cost efficiencies while continuing to maintain services and border secur-ity for Canadians, Bailey added. Travelers would be processed and inspected remotely at land border ports of entry.
Until that time, Bailey said the focus at Nelway is on ensuring the shared bor-der with the U.S. is secure while easing the flow of legitimate travel and trade
ABC uses self-service kiosk technology to par-tially automate the pro-cessing of eligible travelers (Canadian citizens with a valid Canadian passport and Canadian perma-nent residents (PR) with a valid PR card) returning to Canada through inter-national airports.
The ABC pilot at YVR has quickened the time needed for passenger screening and border processing for eligible passengers and has produced some benefits, including “increased client satisfaction and reduced wait times.”
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Grizzly bears Grinder, left, and Coola play in the fog after emerging from their den after five months of hibernation at Grouse Mountain ski resort’s wildlife refuge in North Vancouver on Friday. The two male bears were found orphaned in different areas of British Columbia in 2001.
HIBERNATION OVER
BY RICHARD ROLKEVernon Morning StarOkanagan College
students are reluctantly accepting higher fees.
The institution’s 2012 budget tackles a $2.6 million shortfall, and it includes a two per cent increase in tuition as well as levies for parking and print-
ing documents.“The college was in
a difficult position and had to make difficult decisions,” said Eric Reist, general manager of the Vernon Students’ Association.
A full-time stu-dent taking a business administration pro-gram will see a tuition increase of $77.60 while students in first-year university arts will pay $61.57 more tuition for the year. A plumbing appren-ticeship student faces a $13.52 hike for the year.
Two semesters’ parking in 2012-13 will increase to $143 from $90 — the first hike in 15 years.
The college will also introduce a fee of 10 cents a page for
printing (it is currently free).
While he admits higher costs will nega-tively impact some stu-dents financially, Reist says the positive is that no programs are being cut.
“There’s been a fair-ly balanced approach,” he said.
Sixteen staff pos-itions will be elimin-ated throughout the Okanagan.
The college has about 1,100 staff.
Reist believes the current situation at OC is a direct result of the provincial government not providing sufficient support.
“That’s put the col-lege in a double bind. It can’t run deficits but it’s not getting adequate funding,” he said.
Tuition hike comingOKANAGAN COLLEGE
BY TOM FLETCHERBlack Press
VICTORIA – School
districts will be able to determine their own calendar and
offer online classes to students in any grade under amendments to the School Act.
Education Minister George Abbott said the changes are designed to increase flexibility for schools and stu-dents. The ministry will
continue to require a minimum number of instructional hours, but school boards will be able to design their own calendars.
Abbott said the stan-dard school calendar is a relic of an agrar-ian society where chil-dren did farm work in summer. A two-month summer break can result in setbacks for student learning, espe-cially those who are struggling to keep up, he said.
Abbott cited Kanaka Creek elementary school in Maple Ridge, which uses a modified calendar with shorter breaks through the year instead of the standard September-to-June model. That has been popular with students, parents and teachers, and academic results have been encouraging, Abbott said.
“What we now have is a pretty strong case that children learn bet-ter when they don’t have a long summer break, that a shorter period when they’re away from school is better,” Abbott said.
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Minister of Foreign Affairs John Baird dons a New York Rangers jersey after losing a bet to U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Friday. The Ottawa Senators were defeated by the New York Rangers in the first round of Stanley Cup playoffs.
BAIRD PAYS UP ON HOCKEY PLAYOFF BET WITH CLINTON
THE CANADIAN PRESSTORONTO - Stephen
Harper’s Conservative government has won this year’s Code of Silence Award from the Canadian Association of Journalists.
The annual award recognizing Canada’s most secretive govern-ment or publicly funded agency was handed out in Toronto Saturday evening.
The federal gov-ernment was named for keeping informa-tion out of public hands on files such as the F-35 program, avoiding questions at media events and for restricting both public and media access to contentious informa-tion.
A s s o c i a t i o n president Hugo Rodrigues said the Harper government was the overwhelming choice of the CAJ’s 600 members across the country.
“The death grip on information has long frustrated journalists
in this country, but it may now be reaching a point where the pub-lic at large is not only empathetic, but shares it,” he said.
The CAJ said federal government depart-ments now deal with media almost exclu-sively by emails that often contain little, if any, of the information requested.
NDP Leader Tom Mulcair says he’s work-ing to lift the shroud of secrecy he believes has spread over Parliament Hill under the Harper
government.Mulcair says when
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In a speech to the CAJ Sunday, the Opposition leader said his party will keep fight-ing for transparency.
The Tories have put forward a three-year blueprint for open gov-ernment, but critics - including the NDP - say it falls short of improv-ing accountability.
Harper government slammed for secrecy
ALBERTA
THE CANADIAN PRESSFORT MCMURRAY,
Alta. - Members of an Alberta church will be able grieve together Sunday over the death of one of their pastors and two members of his family.
It’ll be the first gathering of the Fort McMurray congrega-
tion since Shannon Wheaton died in a hor-rific highway accident on Friday.
Rev. Edwin Rideout of Family Christian Centre says Wheaton, his wife Trena, and their youngest son, Benjamin were among the seven people killed when two pickup trucks
collided head-on.He says Wheaton’s
oldest son, Timothy, 3, survived with only minor injuries. There’s been no word on the identities of the other crash victims.
The wreck hap-pened on a two-lane stretch of Highway 63 near Wandering River.
There have been several deadly crashes on the busy road link-ing Fort McMurray and Edmonton. And Friday’s tragedy has led to renewed calls for the province to ful-fil its promise to twin the remaining two-lane sections of the high-way.
THE CANADIAN PRESSMONTREAL - One of Quebec’s
most powerful student groups has shot down Premier Jean Charest’s revised offer on tuition fees.
The C.L.A.S.S.E. student fed-eration voted this morning against Charest’s proposal to stretch the tuition increase over seven years instead of five. Two other major stu-dent groups are still debating the offer.
Meanwhile, the Quebec Liberals decided to move a party conven-tion next weekend from Montreal to
quieter Victoriaville to try to avoid protesting students.
Charest’s offer made Friday hasn’t done much to quell the unrest.
On Saturday evening, thousands again marched through Montreal to denounce the planned $1,625 increase in tuition, weaving through downtown streets and jamming up traffic.
As the dispute approaches its 12th week, about a third of Quebec students are still avoiding classes, but most have chosen to return to school.
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OPINION
The times they are a changing – againThe rehash going on
in the mainstream media (MSM) about last week’s Albertan
election is extremely bor-ing.
It is largely a group rethink by the legions of media bloviators who really got it wrong in the first place. Pollsters missed it too, with all of their currently trendy reliance on algorithms to predict with certainty the voting behaviour of crowds. Even the prescient Andrew Coyne definitively nailed down the Wildrose majority the day before the election, in a “National Post” article that was pulled from the blogosphere at warp speed as soon as the real trend was discerned.
Being more of an anthro-pologist than a mathem-atician, I am struck by the power of observing indi-vidual voters and small groups in some detail. If I just confine my analysis to extended family, friends and workmates, the follow-ing was evident starting last weekend:
1. growing anger at the formulaic redneckism and anti-scientism in the Wildrose bench;
2. growing anger at the Ayn Randian ‘Dagny Taggart objectivism’ of Danielle Smith, which tolerated and excused unacceptable state-ments by Wildrose candi-
dates. It is always a mistake to defend the indefensible;
3. growing awareness that the Wildbunch was actually getting close to the handles of the Alberta economy, which currently functions as Canada’s ATM. Where was the evidence that the 87 Wildrose candi-dates had the management experience to manage a $40 billion payroll?;
4. growing intolerance of social and fiscal conserva-tism at the expense of all other values;
5. and perhaps most interestingly, a renewed commitment to the altruis-tic and embracing Canadian spirit, instead of mean-spirited and divisive firewall arguments.
Close to home, I also noticed something else: the voters under 30 were growing increasingly tired of the endless rehashing of Lougheed, Klein, Stelmach, Manning, Flanagan, and Harper histories.
That was then and this is now.
From a university student perspective, who cares any-more about firewall letters, the Calgary School, hating NEP-promoting Liberals, and evangelical approaches to politics, sex and oil?
Students right now care about getting good jobs, get-ting established in their first homes, and building fam-
ilies and careers. They also care about their friends, and are less loyal to place than to opportunity. In a funny way, Alberta is really more of a present opportunity than a place.
Maybe my biggest elec-tion takeaway was learning the obvious: that the youth perspective on the election was the future and not the past. I have an overwhelm-ing and pervasive sense that the Wildrose pitch was and is dated, and premised on conceiving Alberta as a family farm, never to be left, sold, mortgaged or subdiv-ided.
While Alberta is the national zone of opportun-ity, it is also a second home to all immigrants. Most of us have moms and dads and competing loyalties somewhere else, and that somewhere else is truly home. Having the push-pull of home and away is similar to the grandparents
who spoke wistfully of the “Old Country.” Many new Albertans live this reality, and are inclined to a natural diplomacy when conducting inter-provincial family rela-tions. Why would you build a firewall to keep mom out?
The young cohort of vot-ers is also probably the best-educated generation yet produced by the Canadian public school (I say this with relish), community college and university system.
The have grown up with a favourite and friendly TV ‘science uncle,’ David Suzuki, and they have an internet-sized awareness of everything from carbon cap-ture technologies to melting Arctic sea ice. They get cli-mate change.
They live in a world char-acterized by relationships and interrelationships, both personal and technological, and they understand that everything is connected to everything else. This is nota-bly a world where burning lakes of eternal damnation and Caucasian advantage never existed.
I also detect that young voters are tired of a politics characterized by polar-ization and cheap-shot arguments, ever-present Levantine anger, vote sup-pressing robocallers, and mean-spirited attack ads.
My youthful Facebook friends clearly prefer the
values of altruism, divers-ity, community and reason to individualism and greed. When I look beyond Alberta, I see all of their energy and hope smiling back at me from the new NDP opposition in the House of Commons.
Whether or not the reborn Alison Redford Progressive Conservatives really embrace the values of youth will shortly be revealed.
To maintain the political licence just granted, they will have to govern from the centre slightly to the left, just as premier Lougheed famously did from 1971 to 1985.
But unlike Lougheed, they were elected from the centre, and not the right. In this respect, Redford resem-bles more her old mentor, the fundamentally decent Joe Clark from High River. Joe had a tough time as a Progressive Conservative prime minister back in 1980; perhaps his progressive val-ues of internationalism, biculturalism and human-ism (rather than objectiv-ism) will play better in 2012 in the hands and heart of the new premier.
The young voters I know are watching with interest.
Troy Media columnist Mike Robinson has lived half of his life in Alberta and half in BC.
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President Omar al-Bashir of Sudan has been having some fun with language recent-
ly. He has come up with a new name for the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM), the party that has formed the government of South Sudan since it finally got its indepen-dence from Sudan last July.
“Movement”, in Arabic, is “haraka”, but Bashir has start-ed using the word “hashara” instead. “Hashara” means “insect”, and Sudan’s official media have obediently taken up the abusive term. Everybody remembers that the Hutu regime in Rwanda described the Tutsi minor-ity as “cock-roaches” when it launched the terrible eth-nic genocide in 1994, and it’s particu-larly troubling because Sudan and South Sudan are on the brink of war.
The oil town of Heglig, on the new and disputed border between the two countries, has changed hands twice this month: first South Sudan drove Sudanese troops out, then the Sudanese took it back. South Sudan’s govern-ment insists that it withdrew voluntarily, but the facilities that supplied half of Sudan’s oil have been comprehensive-ly wrecked.
The war, if it comes, would be over the control of the oil reserves along the undefined border, but it would also be an ethnic conflict.
The majority in Sudan thinks of itself as Arab, and looks down on the “African” ethnic groups of South Sudan. Members of the Sudanese elite, conditioned by centuries of Arab slave-trading in Africa, sometimes even use the word “abd” (slave) in private when referring to southerners.
The rhetoric is getting very ugly. Bashir recently told a rally in Khartoum: “We say that (the SPLM) has turned into a disease, a disease for us and for the South Sudanese
citizens. The main goal should be
liberation from these insects and to get rid of them once and for all, God willing.” It will, he implied, be a total war: “Either we end up in Juba (South Sudan’s capital) and take everything, or (they) end up in Khartoum and take everything.”
This is nonsense: neither side’s army has the logistical support to advance as far as the other side’s capital.
But they could certainly kill a lot of people – about two million died in the 22-year
war that ended in South Sudan’s independence – and they seem determined to do it all over again.
So what are we to make of this folly? Many people will sim-ply say “It’s Africa. What did you expect?” Others, more s o p h i s t i c a t e d ,
will lament that mankind is still trapped in an endless cycle of wars. Almost nobody will say to themselves: “Pity about the two Sudans, but they are just one of the inevi-table exceptions to the rule that war is in steep and proba-bly irreversible decline every-where.” Yet that is what they should say.
War between countries is not the norm in Africa: there are 52 African countries, and only two pairs have gone to war with each other in the past twenty years.
Internal wars are much more common, and some, like those in Rwanda, Somalia, Congo and Sudan, have taken a huge number of lives.
But those wars were kill-ing on average more than half million people a year in the 1980s; now the annual death toll from internal conflicts in Africa is around 100,000. It’s not as bad as people think it is, and it’s getting better.
There has been a profound change in attitudes to war not just in Africa, but all over the world. Most people no longer see war as glorious, or even
useful. They don’t see it as inevitable, either, and their governments have put a lot of effort into building interna-tional institutions that make it less likely.
No great power has gone to war with any other great power in the past 67 years. That is a huge change for the better, for the great powers are the only countries with the resources to kill on a truly large scale: it would take a century’s worth of Africa’s wars at their worst to match the death toll in six years of the Second World War.
This change of attitude has not reached the Sudans, where several generations have lived in a permanent state of war. It is hard to imagine anything more stupid and truculent than the decision of Salva Kiir, the president of South Sudan, to halt all oil produc-tion (although it provided 98 percent of his government’s budget) because Sudan was siphoning off some of the oil.
No, wait. That was no more foolish and aggressive than Omar al-Bashir’s unilat-eral seizure of much of South Sudan’s oil (which crossed Sudan in pipelines to the sea), just because the two sides had not reached an agreement on transit fees.
Now both countries are short of oil, strapped for cash – and about to waste their remaining resources on anoth-er stupid war.
But at least the rest of world is trying hard to stop them. Even South Sudan’s closest friends condemned it for seizing the town of Heglig, and forced it to withdraw. The African Union has sent former South African presi-dent Thabo Mbeki and spe-cial envoy Haile Menkarios to mediate between the two sides. China, which took most of the oil exports from both countries, has sent its envoy to Africa, Zhong Jianhua, on a similar mission.
Who knows? They might even succeed.
Miracles happen all the time these days.
Gwynne Dyer is a London-based independent journalist whose articles are published in 45 countries.
Sudan is certainly not the norm
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The Dalai Lama presents a scarf to actor Richard Gere after a public address in Ottawa, Saturday.
THE CANADIAN PRESSTORONTO - It’s been a
year since they declared their love for each other in the most anticipated wedding of the decade, but 12 months haven’t been enough to quell the public passion for the new-est royal couple.
Prince William and Kate spent their first year as newly-weds under the sort of global spotlight usually reserved for Hollywood a-listers. Their every appearance has been mobbed with adoring crowds and their slightest remarks analyzed for possible sugges-tions that they’re preparing to bring a future monarch into the world.
Through it all, royal-watch-ers say the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have managed to carve out a private life while still living up to lofty public expectations.
“They’ve played a perfect year,” commentator Rafal Heydel-Mankoo said in a tele-phone interview. “They’ve cov-ered all the bases. They’ve had an international trip, they’ve had local visits, work with charitable causes. They’ve engaged in their work roles admirably. I think you could
really give them a 10 out of 10 when it comes to their per-formance over the first year.”
William and Kate were public darlings for months before their glamorous wed-ding ceremony at London’s Westminster Abbey.
The newlyweds’ nine-day, whirlwind tour of Canada, observers say, showed the couple of at their best.
Their more informal atti-tudes set the tone for the trip as they freely mingled with rapturous crowds, participat-ed in Canadian sports such
as street hockey and faced off against one another in a dragonboat race. Kate’s now legendary fashion sense was also on full display as she mod-eled outfits from homegrown designers and even donned the national colours in honour of Canada Day.
“Canada was really the country that made them as a royal couple,” Heydel-Mankoo said.
Susan Catto, deputy editor of celebrity magazine Hello Canada, agreed. Canadians were thoroughly charmed by
the new generation of roy-als, she said, adding reader interest in the couple has been unprecedented.
Enthusiasm for Kate - who enjoyed a middle-class upbringing before marrying into the monarchy - has reson-ated most with a country in the process of rediscovering its royal heritage, she said.
“There’s a lot of admiration for her grace under pressure and the decorum that she’s shown in the role,” Catto said. “I think Canadians do appreci-ate the traditions of the royal family, and I think there’s an appreciation for the fact that she has not put a foot wrong.”
The fact that William and Kate have managed to carve out a private life, Harris said, has helped to preserve their mystique by making sure they’re not over-exposed in the public eye.
That fascination has fuelled the constant speculation about when the couple can expect their first child, a subject on which both have remained tight-lipped.
William and Kate have announced they will recognize their first wedding anniver-sary in a private celebration.
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PRINCE WILLIAM AND KATE
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Britain’s Prince William and his wife Kate, Duchess of Cambridge celebrated their first anniversary on Sunday.
THE ASSOCIATED PRESSNEW YORK - Moose Skowron, a five-time
World Series champion and one of only two players to hit three home runs in Game 7s, died Friday of congestive heart failure at Northwest Community Hospital in Arlington Heights, Ill. He was 81.
Skowron helped the New York Yankees win four titles in the 1950s and 1960s.
“There weren’t many better guys than Moose,” said former teammate Yogi Berra, the only other player with three Game 7 homers in the Series. “He was a dear friend and a great team man. A darn good ballplayer, too.”
Skowron became a star first baseman with the Yankees and went on to appear in eight All-Star games over six seasons.
Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig called him “an integral part of the wonderful Yankee teams of Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris. He was a won-derful storyteller and an important link to a great era in baseball history.”
After Skowron’s playing career he returned to Chicago, where he was born and had worked for the White Sox since 1999 in the team’s commun-ity relations department, making appearances.
“We all have lost a dear, dear friend today,” White Sox owner Jerry Reinsdorf said. “While Moose may have become a star in New York with the Yankees, he was a Chicagoan through and through.”
Skowron was beloved by Yankees fans for his clutch performances in three World Series Game 7s. He hit a seventh-inning grand slam off Roger Craig in a 9-0 win over Brooklyn in 1956, and a three-run homer in the eighth inning of a 6-2 win over Milwaukee in 1958. He also had a leadoff drive in the fifth inning in 1960, when the Yankees overcame a four-run deficit at Pittsburgh to take a 7-4 lead only to lose 10-9.
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The Kootenay Chrysler Bull-a-Rama lassoed a crowd of about 1,200 and took them on a wild ride at the Trail Memorial Centre on Saturday.
In a thrilling spectacle, Trail favourite Chad Besplug couldn’t hold on for a fifth championship, but the eventual showdown between two brothers from Cochrane, Alta. provided an entertaining finale.
In the first go round, siblings Steven, 29, and Jody Turner, 30, scored identical 85-point long go’s, Steven on an ornery bull named Alberta Premium and Jody on an equally dyspeptic Joe Smoe. The brothers, with a combined 30 years bull-riding experience, still don the traditional cowboy hat rather than the safer hockey helmet and cage but that doesn’t hinder their performance.
With eight riders heading into the final short go, Kyle Lozier of 150-Mile House put up an impressive 84, for a 163.5-point total. The bulls then got the better of finalists Miles Pennington, Tyler Pankewitz and Tanner Girletz, leaving only the Turner brothers left to ride.
Steven was out of the chute first, reeling off a gutsy go on Rock on Bye. The bull whirled and bucked ferociously, and Turner came unglued just as the second-hand hit eight seconds, good for an impressive 86 points.
Jody was the final rider and needed a very good spin to top his younger brother, but said he was happy regardless who won.
“There is no sibling rivalry,” said Turner. “It couldn’t have worked out any better, either he was going to win it or I was, and realistic-ally, he probably maybe should have, but we don’t judge, we just ride them.”
The former Canadian champion then had a remarkable ride, going the distance and beating his brother by a mere two points for a combined score of 173. When asked what his strategy was going into the final ride, Turner replied: “The more I think, the more I overthink and screw up, so I just go into it with an empty mind. I’ve been on enough (bulls) now that I shouldn’t have to think what I’m going to do, my body just reacts.”
Jody Turner, pocketed over $5,000 in total prize money, while his brother Steven consoled himself with just under $4,500. Lozier finished in third, good for close to $2,400.
“There’s a lot of money on the line regardless, whether it’s him or anyone else, you always want to win first,” said Turner.
The organizers brought in new stock contractors this year, and the bulls didn’t disappoint. Many were even better than anticipated especially for the young steer riders.
“It didn’t go quite as smooth as we wanted,” said Bull-a-Rama organizer Guy Thompson. “They just came off the hill, so they were really fresh . . . but those kids love getting on those Brahma calves.”
While many of the 12 young steer riders bit the dust before eight seconds, Yellowead, Alberta’s Chance Barrass had a sensational ride as he went on to take the steer-riding buckle.
As for the show itself, it was a seamless production from the entertaining banter of emcees Brett Gardiner and Brent Bevins, to the explosive pyrotechnics, and the exciting bulls and intrepid riders.
“We had some of the top cowboys here in Canada, and they just love coming to Trail, and the crowd has always been really apprecia-tive of their rides. I thought it was a good one,” said Thompson.
As for Besplug, the Claresholm, Alta. native’s streak of four Bull-a-Ramas in a row came to a crashing end, when a bull named Ole’ Faithful threw the rider seconds into the long go.
“He came after that and apologized,” said Thompson. “He’s been on a real hot streak, and he said, ‘I guess it was about time I came back down to earth.’”
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Clockwise from top: the bulls won most of the bouts as one of many rider’s bites the dust at Kootenay Chrysler’s Bull-a-Rama Saturday at the Cominco Arena. When the dust settled, it was Chance Barrass who won the young steer-riding buckle and Jody Turner taking the silver spurs among bull riders, much to the delight of Parker and Hunter Weishaupt of Trail. A stun-ning display of fireworks opened the show setting up Turner’s winning ride (left), while veteran cowboy Jesse Torkelson failed to qualify after one of this year’s new bulls, the X-Factor, shook him free before the required 8 seconds.
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FIRST ROUND(Best-of-7)
Saturday GamesChicago 103, Philadelphia 91,
Chicago leads series 1-0Miami 100, New York 67, Miami leads series 1-0Orlando 81, Indiana 77, Orlando leads series 1-0
Oklahoma City 99, Dallas 98, Oklahoma City leads series 1-0
Sunday GamesSan Antonio 106, Utah 91, San Antonio
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Whatever you think of him, Gary Bettman has successful-
ly reshaped the NHL in the image he prefers.
Parity is simply no longer an issue.
There are no outstanding teams any more, just bad ones and mediocre ones, which is exactly the point of draft-and-salary-cap regimes.
The evidence is clear from this season’s playoffs.
When the Ottawa Senators lost game seven Thursday, that left exactly one team in the second round that has appeared in a Stanley Cup final since the pre-lockout sea-son of 2004.
In those eight seasons, 12 teams have reached the final round. Of that 12, only the
Phi ladelphia Flyers remain in the hunt for Lord Stanley’s c h a m p a g n e flute in 2012.
Had New Jersey lost to Florida, and it was close, you would have had to go back 14 years to find another team still alive this year besides Philly that has made a finals run in all that time - the Washington Capitals.
That parity is no accident, the regime Bettman got into place post-lockout means, and was meant to mean, that no matter how much skill and resources a team ownership/
management group is willing to put into the creation of a winning organ-ization, they will be unable to do that very thing.
No more can o u t s t a n d i n g squads, like the 70s Bruins and Habs and the 80s Islanders
and Oilers, be put together to thrill and enchant hockey fans - with rosters filled with out-standing and above average players and exciting play.
Now, no matter the sag-acity of its management group, every team must play grind-it-out-and-hope-our-goalie-is-better-than-theirs-tonight
hockey.So we have
teams that prob-ably shouldn’t exist, Nashville and Phoenix and almost Florida - playing in uncaring mar-kets and giving away tickets on
a regular basis without fill-ing their rinks - still alive as the second round of playoffs begins.
It isn’t about hockey any more. It is about money (often taxpayer money), and a little notoriety, for ownership.
The fact the hockey is bor-ing (that took real effort) isn’t part of the equation for Bettman and his minions. The officiating is deliberately dumbed down with the aim of allowing rough play to substi-tute for scintillating skill as a fan draw, and on it drags.
Even in a down year for the Smokies, the BCHL provides better entertainment value
Yours truly and plenty of his friends have lost almost all interest in the results of play, so it is a good thing this is re-run season and even bad hockey is better viewing than most other things on the tube.
If Jason Bay is going to have any luck at all these days, rest assured it will be bad. Over the past two weeks Bay raised his batting average 90 points and hit his first three home runs of the season. So, of course he cracked a rib hustling.
Get well quickly, Jason
DAVE
THOMPSONSports ‘n’ Things
Parity part of poor performance
THE ASSOCIATED PRESSPHILADELPHIA - Danny Briere scored the
winning goal 4:36 into overtime to lead the Philadelphia Flyers to a 4-3 win over the New Jersey Devils on Sunday to open the Eastern Conference semifinals.
Briere had his second chance at the winner count minutes after his earlier attempt was over-turned on review because he kicked it into the net. He also scored in the second period.
He wasted no time making it up for the OT missed opportunity. He fired a slapper past Martin Brodeur for his seventh goal of the playoffs. Brodeur was screened in front by Philadelphia forward James van Riemsdyk.
Game 2 is Tuesday.
The Flyers took the series lead in their first game in a week after eliminating Pittsburgh in six games. The Devils played their third straight over-time game after defeating Florida in Games 6 and 7 to win the first-round series.
The Flyers put a slow start well behind them in the third and completely set the pace of the period. They used a tremendous forecheck to stave off the Devils and played with more life in their skates than a weary Devils team that had only a three-day break since their clincher.
“I thought we played real well in the first,” New Jersey coach Peter DeBoer said. “We just couldn’t keep it up.”
Game 2 goes Tuesday, while the Phoenix Coyotes and Nashville Predators were in action Sunday, results were unavailable at press time.
NHL PLAYOFF
Flyers take series opener
LEISURE
Dear Annie: Last June, I retired from the company where I had worked for 25 years. This past January, I had an unfortunate accident that resulted in a broken foot and surgery on one ankle. I was in the hos-pital for four days and in a rehab facility for another month. During my convalescence, I kept in touch with co-workers by e-mail, text and Facebook. I also told my sister where I was and how long I would be there.
My husband vis-ited every day, and my 93-year-old father called frequently. I also heard from a sister-in-law, a niece, two neigh-bors and three out-of-state friends. However, you’d think with all the people I know, some of them would have made an effort to contact me. Since returning home, I’ve received exactly one Facebook message asking how I’m doing. What hurts the most is that my sister has nei-ther called nor come
by. I want to tell my sis-
ter how I feel, but my husband says to forget about it. I am still under-going physical therapy, and my husband, who has his own limitations, has to lift a wheelchair out of the trunk every time he takes me any-where. He does all of the household errands and grocery shopping, as well as emptying my bedpan. No one offers to help either of us.
I am so full of anger and dismay that it is impacting my emotional recovery. What should I do? -- Alone and Not Liking It
Dear Alone: We agree that your sister is being unsupportive,
but you are not “alone.” Focus on those who are in touch and helpful -- your husband, your father, your sister-in-law, niece, neighbors and out-of-state friends. That’s more than many people have. And some folks have no idea that you want help or what you need unless you tell them. Post recov-ery updates on your Facebook page, and say how much you appreci-ate any words of encour-agement. Call your sister and ask (nicely) whether she could pick up some groceries for you. We hope, when given a specific oppor-tunity to step up to the plate, she will come through.
Dear Annie: Does a person always need to confess an affair to their spouse -- especially if it was brief and is now over, and the spouse has no idea it hap-pened? -- Feeling Guilty in Washington
Dear Guilty: Do you think your spouse could forgive you? Is there any
chance the spouse could find out down the road? Might you have con-tracted an STD? (Don’t assume you haven’t. Get checked.) We urge you to talk about this with a counselor who can help you decide the best course of action and work on the issues that propelled you into having an affair to begin with to make sure it doesn’t happen again.
Dear Annie: I read with great interest the letter from “Stepmom,” whose husband was irked that she expected his two teenage daugh-ters to help pay for expensive new jackets that they wanted after Christmas.
We raised four children on a modest income. There were a lot of requests for us to buy things for them. I often used the same tac-tic. Not only did it tell me whether they want-ed the item enough to pay half, but they also took better care of those things they had a finan-cial investment in.
There were times when my teenage kids did things that left me baffled as to how to punish them. I would send them to their room with instructions to think about what they’d done and what they thought their pun-
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LEISURE
For Tuesday, May 1, 2012 ARIES (March 21 to April 19) This is a perfect day to think about what you can do to improve your health. Not only that, ask yourself what you can do to get better orga-nized. Make a list. TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) Taurus parents, teachers and caregivers might see new approaches to dealing with children today. All of you might take a new perspective on romantic relationships or vacation plans. GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) Act on your urge to make improvements at home, especially to plumbing, bath-rooms and laundry areas. You also can reorganize garbage and recycling situations. CANCER (June 21 to July 22) You’re convincing today! This is a strong day for those of you who sell, market, teach, write, edit, promote,
act or drive for a living. LEO (July 23 to Aug. 22) You’re keen to use what you own to your advantage. You want to feel in charge of your possessions and make sure they work for you. You also want to learn how to use your money more wisely. VIRGO (Aug. 23 to Sept. 22) Today you’re keen to improve your appearance and your relationships with others. Take a realistic look in the mirror and make note of some changes you could start to introduce. LIBRA (Sept. 23 to Oct. 22) Some serious thinking or research will yield some very good ideas today. Essentially, you can dream up ways to make improvements some-where in your life. SCORPIO (Oct. 23 to Nov. 21) Don’t hesitate to speak up in group situations today. You want to introduce reforms or
show people how they can do things more efficiently or be more cost-effective. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 to Dec. 21) In discussions with author-ity figures, you’ll impress them with your ideas about how to improve something. There’s always a way to build a better mousetrap. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 to Jan. 19) You might want to revamp your approach to publish-
ing, travel, the media or something that has to do with medicine and the law. You see a new way of doing something. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 to Feb. 18) Serious discussions with others about shared proper-ty, inheritances, wills, debt and taxes will be productive today. People are looking for ways to clean up any mess. PISCES (Feb. 19 to March 20)
Face-to-face discussions with partners and close friends, if handled right, can improve the relation-ship today. Everyone has an impulse to clean up his or her act. YOU BORN TODAY You’re intelligent and aware of what you want, and you know how to go about getting it. Part of your success is your strong powers of observation. You understand what makes people tick. (You’re skilled
at dealing with others.) Furthermore, you’re down-to-earth, easygoing and full of common sense. Others like this. Your year ahead will have a strong focus on part-nerships and relationships. Birthdate of: Rita Coolidge, singer; Scott Carpenter, astronaut; Terry Southern, author/screenwriter. (c) 2012 King Features Syndicate, Inc.
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We did not get to say goodbye
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TrailThis great 4 bdrm home has a gardeners dream yard. With rock walls, a shop area & its own parking.$149,900
MontroseBeautiful new kitchen, jetted tub, this home boasts pride of ownership. Spacious oor plan, 3 pc ensuite & walk in closet in master. All on a nicely landscaped 2.79 acres.$319,900
TrailSolid 2 bdrm home only steps away from Gyro Park. Open living room, kitchen and dining room on main oor. Great potential!$129,900
WanetaBetter than new! This1/2 duplex offers over 2,700 sq.ft. of quality
nishing. Super HW oors on main. 3 bath,
main oor laundry. Call to check this one out!$319,900
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Columbia HeightsA good, solid starter or retirement home on a view lot overlooking the river. Home is in excellent condition and offers very good value.
$119,900
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FruitvaleOnly 4 years old and in a beautiful location, close to rinks, parks and school. Plus an 800 sq ft. shop! Quick possession available$285,000
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Waneta VillageBrand new half duplex. Top quality construction.$329.000
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FruitvaleSolid chalet style home on 10 acres at the top of Wilson Road. Stunning views and complete privacy.$209,000
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MontroseSpacious 5 bdrm, 2 bath family home located in a good neighbourhood on a level lot. Perfect for the growing family.$249,000
Waneta111.76 acre hobby farm with 5 bdrm house, dog kennel, 24’x36’ shop, barn, hay shed, root cellar & more. New kitchen w/granite counter tops, new windows, new laminate. A must to view.$689,000
Emerald RidgeBeautiful 1/2 acre fully serviced lot with great sun exposure and amazing views!$119,000
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SunningdaleYou will be impressed! A must see!
$235,000
SunningdaleGreat 3 bedroom home with new kitchen, bathroom and ooring. Move in ready.
$199,900
GlenmerryVery affordable Glenmerry townhouse. Make your offer today!
$139,900
SunningdaleOn the river! Beautiful 4 bedroom, 2 bath home on a large 85’ x 110’ lot on the river. New roof & paint. Beautiful views and access to the water.$349,500
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HOMEWanetaA stunning executive quality home in a quiet setting with a beautiful back yard. This 3 bedroom home is only 6 years old and is a “must see.”$429,500
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FruitvaleBeautiful 9.86 acre parcel on Col. Gdns. Rd. 3+bdrms, 2 bath home w/ large shop & stunning views across the valley. Beaver Creek meanders along the back of the property.$299,000
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PLUS VIEWS!SunningdaleStarting out or slowing down, this home in mint shape inside & out. Private rear park setting. Don’t delay on this one!
$264,500
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TrailWhy pay rent? This 2 bdrm home is in a great location with lots of parking.$83,500
East TrailCompletely done, including furnace, A/C, UG sprinklers, fencing... and so much more!
$239,900
War eld3 bedroom character home with large fenced yard.
$259,000
FruitvaleA great family home with double garage, 3 baths and a totally redecorated interior. Call on this one today!$319,000
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War eldYou will be impressed! A must see!
$239,900
TrailThe most solid house in this price range! Check it out.$144,900
MontroseFor this price, you can build your dream home!
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NEW LISTING GlenmerryJust move in and enjoy this 5 bdrm, 2 bath, fully updated family home.Just steps to the school & park.
$309,000
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The Village of Fruitvale
2012-2016 Financial PlanIn accordance with Community Charter, Section 166, a public presentation on the 5 Year Financial Plan will be made during the regular Council meeting on May 7th, 2012 at 6:30 pm in Council Chambers at 1947 Beaver Street, Fruitvale, BC.
Members of the public are invited to attend the meeting and will be afforded the opportunity to ask questions and provide input at this time.
The presentation will be made available for inspection from April 30th at the Village Office and on the Village website at www.village.fruitvale.bc.ca
Lila Cresswell,Chief Administrative Officer
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Apt/Condo for RentSUNNINGDALE, 3bdrm. . incl. heat & cable. No smoking, No pets. $850./mo.250-362-9679SUNNINGDALE, large 2bdrm. 1bth. Cable, heat & a/c includ-ed. Free use of washer & dry-er. No smoking, No pets. Avail. Jun.1st. 250-368-3055TRAIL, 2 Bedroom suite in House. Ideal location, across from Gyro park, walk to down-town and grocery stores, schools and Hospital. Great unit for a single person. No smoking, no pets. Ref. re-quired. 250-368-7435WANETA MANOR 2bd $610, 3bd $760 NS,NP, Senior oriented, underground parking 250-368-8423Warfi eld, 2bd. beautiful view. Quiet. Fitness rm. Laundry N/S, N/P. Avail. May1. $630./mo. 250-368-8188.
Homes for RentE.TRAIL, 4bdrm., garage, fi re-place, 5-appls. $900./mo. 250-368-1610ROSSLAND, Beautiful 3-Bdrm Pinewood home. $1200/mo. 250-368-1610
Townhouses3BDRM., 1.5Bth. $880./mo. +utilities. NP. all amenities, family orientated. 250-364-1822
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FruitvaleRoute 359 10 papers Columbia Gardens Rd, Forsythia DrRoute 370 18 papers 2nd St, Hillcrest Ave, Mountain StRoute 375 8 papers Green Rd & Lodden RdRoute 381 11 papers Coughlin RdRoute 382 13 papers Debruin Rd & Staats Rd
CastlegarRoute 311 6 papers 9th Ave & Southridge DrRoute 312 15 papers 10th & 9th AveRoute 314 12 papers 4th, 5th, & 6th AveRoute 321 10 papers Columbia & Hunter’s Place
MontroseRoute 345 9 papers 5th St, 8th, 9th AveRoute 348 21 papers 12th Ave, Christie Rd
RosslandRoute 406 15 papers Cooke Ave & Kootenay AveRoute 414 18 papers Thompson Ave, Victoria AveRoute 416 10 papers 3rd Ave, 6th Ave, Elmore St, Paul SRoute 420 17 papers 1st, 3rd Kootenay Ave, Leroi AveRoute 421 9 papers Davis & Spokane StRoute 424 9 papers Ironcolt Ave, Mcleod Ave, Plewman WayRoute 434 7 papers 2nd Ave, 3rd Ave, Turner Ave
West TrailRoute 131 14 papers Bay Ave, Riverside AveRoute 132 14 papers Daniel St, Wilmes LaneRoute 140 11 papers Daniel St, Topping St
BlueberryRoute 308 6 papers 100 St to 104 St
SalmoRoute 451 10 papers 8th St, 9th St
GenelleRoute 303 16 papers 12th Ave, Grandview Pl
WarfieldRoute 195 17 papersBlake Court, Shelley St, Whit-man Way
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7928 Birchwood Drive, Trail $450,000
This 3 bdrm 3 bath 1/2 duplex features custom kitchen, tiled bathrooms, exotic hardwood flooring and gas fireplace. It also has 2/5/10 year warranty to ensure your peace of mind for years to come.
Price includes net HST.
2740 Tamarack Avenue, Rossland
$339,000The right price. The right location. 4 bedroom, 3 bathroom home in
Pinewood. Call now for your personal viewing..
Call Darlene (250) 231-0527 or Ron (250) 368-1162
3331 Highway Drive, Trail $195,000
This immaculate 2 bdrm home features spacious living and dining rooms with
hardwood under carpet. Windows and shingles have been updated within past 10-12 years. Updated gas furnace and central air. Call your REALTOR® for a
personal viewing.Call Mary M (250) 231-0264
NEW LISTING
3799 Woodland Drive, Trail $329,000
This home is situated on a beautiful lot overlooking the park and has been lovingly maintained with many updates including furnace, a/c, deck and roof.
There are 3 bdrms on the main and lots of room down with huge rec room.
An extra bonus is double carport and newer 20 x 24 shop!
Call Mary M (250) 231-0264
NEW LISTING
83 Perdue Street, Trail $174,800
Fabulous location! This home has been updated with hardwood flooring and
new windows and doors. 3 bdrms, large living room and updated kitchen. Single garage and open parking. Large sundeck overlooking Trail Creek. Don’t miss having
this home on your viewing list, you will love it.
Call Mary M (250) 231-0264
NEW PRICE
1739 First Street, Fruitvale $269,000
Fantastic Fruitvale 3 bed/2.5 bath family home on a quiet street offering a private backyard, large deck, spacious rooms,
newer wood stove insert, many upgrades including flooring and paint. Great sun exposure and layout as well as double
carport. Don’t miss out on this one! Call Deanne (250) 231-0153
2645 Cooke Avenue, Rossland $649,000
One-of-a-kind, executive home on 0.54 acres with gorgeous guest suite. House boasts 5 bdrms, 3.5 baths, large bright kitchen with stainless steel appliances, formal dining room, study, rec room and master bdrm with ensuite. Spectacular
southern views, two large covered decks, and double carport with tons of storage
and more!!Call Christine (250) 512-7653
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204 MacLure Avenue, Salmo $284,000
Nicely maintained family home on 0.58 acres. Home features 3 bdrms, 1.5 baths, newer gas furnace and new flooring and paint on the main floor. The yard is treed and private, and there is plenty of room
for parking. Great move in ready home in a great location.
Call Art (250) 368-8818
7981 Birchwood Drive, Trail$295,000
HST included in price
Have you said these words recently? “I’m thinking of downsizing...”
Non-strata 1/2 duplex. Convenience and lifestyle is not a compromise. Your future
begins today! Call Mark (250) 231-5591
795 Dickens Street, Warfield $169,900
Great package in upper Warfield! 3 bdrm 2 bath, large kitchen, bright living, huge covered deck. Other features include a/c, u/g sprinklers, single carport, new
electrical throughout. Packed with value!Call Tonnie (250)-365-9665
1210 Highway 3B, Fruitvale $224,900
Top quality 3 bdrm home overlooking Beaver Valley! Extensive renovations
include new roof and gutters, hardy plank siding, thermal windows & doors. The
huge covered deck in back is surrounded with glass panels to allow maximum viewing of the valley and mountains
beyond! There is also a large workshop in the back yard.
Call Terry 250-231-1101
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2382A LeRoi Avenue, Rossland $324,000
Tucked away on the hillside with 270 degrees of scenic mountain views, this
special home has been completely renovated & features a sunny living /
dining area and sundecks which take full advantage of the views, spacious master bedroom and a fully self-contained suite.
Call Mary A (250) 521-0525
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2490 Cooke Avenue, Rossland $377,300
Great family home with new windows, new flooring, and a bright, modern kitchen and double carport. Imagine a solid, comfortable, functional home in a great neighbourhood. Call your
REALTOR® to view this home. Call Bill (250) 231-2710
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Students working to complete their first year trades training through the “ACE IT” Trades training Program and the Secondary School Apprenticeship Program (SSA) with SD20 and Selkirk College received over $28,000 in scholar-ships to help pay for books, equipment, travel and future train-ing
Five 2011Grads from SHSS, and RSS received $1000 cheques from the Ministry of educa-tion for completing 1,000 hours of work experience towards their trade under the Secondary School
A p p r e n t i c e s h i p Progam. Students worked towards quali-fication as steel fab-ricators, Carpenters, hairdressing and meat cutting
Next year looks even more amazing with 27 district students cur-rently working towards completing their first apprenticeship train-ing thru the Secondary School Apprenticeship Program.
Local employer commitment leads the province in supporting trades training and these programs would not be possible with-out them.
Thirty-eight stu-dents from SD 20 are completing their first year apprenticeship
training as chefs, hair-dresser’s carpenters, electricians, mill-wrights, machinists and fabricators. These students were fortun-ate to receive funding totals over $28,000 from the Southern Interior Development Trust.
The trusts generous sponsorship has great-ly eased the financial burden on our students as they advance their career training while in high school. Grant funds are for their per-sonal tools, books and travel costs.
Currently Grade 12 students can begin working towards completing their first year apprenticeship through SD 20’s “ACE
IT” programs. Students can attend the Rossland Secondary’s chef’s training program, or directly enter Selkirk College’s electrical, mill-right machinist, welding, fabricators, electrical or hairdress-ing programs, at no cost while receiving Grade 12 graduating course credits.
These programs are generously supported through the Industry Training Authority of B.C. and run at no cost to the school district.
If your grade 11-12 student is interested in Trades Training call Murray McConnachie district trades coordin-ator at 250 231-7036 or [email protected].
Trades students net scholarships
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Scholarship winner Scotty Stephenson is working towards his qualification has a meat cutter with Ferrraro Foods in Rossland. He also completed the “ACE IT” millwright machin-ist program through Selkirk College and School District 20.
