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There was always a teacher who recognized Nav Jagpal's gift for mathematics and technology, no matter the school or grade.
The J.L. Crowe Secondary School grad credits his educa-tors with providing the tools he needed to sky rocket into the fascinating world of high tech industry.
Now a software engineer with Google Canada, Jagpal uses his smarts to keep the Internet safe for all users.
His role on Google's Safe Browsing team, is to develop technology that helps identify unsafe websites and warns users and webmasters of “malware” - which software intended to damage or disable computers and computer systems.
“It is very interesting,” Jagpal said from his Montreal office. “What I tell people is that it's high level we are working on – protecting all Internet users, not
just Google users, from many different types of threats. It's a really cool part of my job.”
And his job is never dull. In the fast paced world of technol-ogy, the bad guys are always trying to catch up with the good.
“Especially in this industry we are working against adversar-ies that are constantly adapting,” he said. “So when we do some-thing – they do something else. It's constantly evolving.”
Listed on Forbes as the third largest company in the world, Google is worth about $370 bil-lion and employs almost 54,000
people within Canada and the United States.
The company was only found-ed 17 years ago, and Jagpal has been working with them, for nine.
The perks people hear about like free gourmet cafeterias, massage rooms and nap pods are not the true bonus of working for Google, says Jagpal. It's the brilliant minds he collaborates with daily.
“Okay, so those (perks) are all true,” he said. “But I find what I value most, and what I think most people here would echo,
is the quality of colleagues is amazing.
“The people I work with are consistently the smartest people in the world. They are the brightest, and it's so exciting to work with people who are very diverse and accepting of whoever you are.”
So how does a young guy from the village of Montrose wind up working in such an elite field?
“Somehow, I became very good with technology at a young age,” Jagpal shared.
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B Y S H E R I R E G N I E RTimes Staff
Three Sears employees in Trail will soon be out of work.
Store Manager Kathy Fraser says the Sears Hometown Store was notified by corporate Aug. 11 and informed both the retail and order desk would close by Sept. 24.
The same happened at the Sears Hometown Store in Castlegar. Three employees of that outlet were told Aug. 10 that the store would close on Sept. 17.
Both hometown stores were opened almost 20 years ago, and inventory clearances are currently underway.
The hammer came down on the Trail and Castlegar businesses following a corporate review in July.
The locations were evaluated against Sears expect-ations, said Alicia Richler, Sears director of corporate affairs and communication.
“(The) decisoin was made to not continue with the existing lease as of July 2015,” she added.
The future of a local Sears counter remains uncer-tain, as the company is currently seeking a catalogue agent in both markets.
That delivery model would have an existing Trail business dedicate a small space for Sears customers to pick up merchandise ordered online or through the company's catalogue.
Until then, the nearest free pick up and order desk for Greater Trail residents is the Sears counter in Salmo's Skyway Hardware on Fourth Street.
Hometown stores remain open in Creston, Nelson and Grand Forks, as well as a full line department store in Kelowna.
Sears customers can continue to order online and have merchandise shipped to any of the existing hometown locations at no charge or pay for home delivery.
J. L. Crowe program helped propel student to role with GoogleCrowe grad a software engineer with Google;
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Welder Jason Varga of MarTech created a shelter from the Wednesday morning downpour as he welds up a section of the handrail on the refurbished river wall behind the Trail Memorial Centre.
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FROM PAGE 1“Every school I was
in, whether it was ele-mentary, middle, or high school, a teacher would recognize that in me and give me a lot of leeway and atten-tion in that area.”
Access to computer labs outside of school hours was one way – challenging him with difficult assignments and competitions, was another.
“Computer science was a breeze and the material old hat for me,” he explained. “My teacher, Lou Greene, recognized this in me, and would give me more challen-ging assignments to work, or different pro-gramming language to use.”
Jagpal’s talent real-ly began to shine when Mrs. Greene began the Entrepreneurial Studies program in 1999.
Instead of lec-tures, students were given the chance to think outside the box, dream big and accom-plish goals in an area of their own special interest and passion.
“The program wasn’t restricted to technology, but mine was always based in technology,” Japgal added. “So I was doing coding pro-jects and building fun stuff in the classroom environment.
“It was that kind of opportunity – she
(Mrs. Greene) saw something in me, then provided me the room to experiment.”
Through that pro-gram the whiz kid was recognized on a larger scale. He won computer design awards from the B.C. S u p e r i n t e n d e n t s ’ Association two years in a row, and set up websites for the high school and vari-ous Trail non-profits through a summer employment program with the local library.
Sixteen year later, J.L. Crowe still offers E n t r e p r e n e u r s h i p electives beginning in Grade 9 as well as the Navigator program for Grade 11 and Grade 12.
The latter course is described as independ-ent learning oppor-tunities (that) lead to entrepreneurial ways of thinking.
“When I go back home people ask me what their kid should be doing,” said Jagpal, noting the steadfast checklist of good hab-its like studying hard in math and com-puter science. “Those are straight forward types of things,” he explained. “But what I have found in myself, as well as a lot of people I work with, is that we are passionate about what we do.”
He says learning outside the class-room was fun and not “work” per se. Using
his hands often meant breaking an object apart and brainstorm-ing how to put it back together.
“That was prob-ably the most use-ful to me and what I see as most useful in other people. The side effect of passion is working on things in your own time, and learning more than you normally would in school.”
Jagpal returned to the province two weeks ago, and volunteered
time and know-how to a group of youngsters attending Codemakers camps in Vancouver and Victoria.
The Codemaker workshop was part of a three-year program powered by Google and the venture capi-tal firm, Actua. The goal is to inspire youth from around the world to not just use tech-nology, but create it.
The program cre-ates a fun environ-ment for children to learn and engage in
STEM (science, tech-nology, engineering and math).
“I jump at any opportunity to go back to B.C.,” he said. “And I get to go to my school, which is pretty cool (he studied com-puter science at the University of Victoria).
“But it’s great that I get to come back in the context of working with younger people, giving them guidance and showing them that technology can be fun.”
Passion at the root of Jagpal’s success
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Nav Jagpal, who graduated from J.L. Crowe Secondary School in 2001, is now a software engineer with Google Canada.
Weather
B y B l a c k P r e s sAugust in West Kootenay was
drier, slightly warmer, and smokier than normal.
According to a monthly roundup of statistics from the Southeast Fire Centre’s weather office, the highest temperature of the month was 37.6 degrees on the afternoon of the 13th, which fell well short of the all-time high of 40 degrees set over two days in 1967. The month’s lowest temperature was 6.2 degrees on the 23rd, while the record is 2.5 degrees on Aug. 25, 1992.
The average monthly temper-ature was 0.4 of a degree warmer than usual.
“As is typical, high pressure dom-inated for numerous dry, mainly sunny and very warm or hot days,” forecaster Ron Lakeman said. “A few
disturbances also clipped the area with minor showers and thunder-showers at times.”
A much larger Pacific disturb-ance pushed across southern BC with a few showers and thunder-showers, much cooler temper-atures, and gusty winds during the final few days of the month.
Total rainfall was 18.6 mm, 61 per cent of the monthly normal. Eighty per cent of the month’s rain fell on the 30th and 31st.
The record high precipitation for the month is 140 mm, set in 1976 while the record low was almost none in 1967.
Extensive wildfire smoke filled the valleys and restricted visibility between the 23rd and 29th, greatly blocking out sunshine and limiting daytime warning each afternoon.
August filled with hot, dry days
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Canadian Fire Fighters raise funds for Muscular Dystrophy at the Robson Volunteer Fire Dept. Show support for people with the neuro-muscular disorder at 'let's make muscle's move” event. For info, call 608.3635.
• Tuesday, tickets on sale at the Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital Health Foundation for Nov. 14 Snowflake Gala. Proceeds to the foundation's Urology Campaign. Event held in Cominco gym, din-ner by Gabriella's Restaurant. Live music, dancing, and silent auction. Champagne reception 6 p.m., 7 p.m. dinner, dance to follow. Tables of 8, 10, 16 and 18 can be reserved.
• Wednesday, Butler Park in Trail, 5:30 p.m. for the Trail Smoke Eaters Charity Softball Game. Meet the 2015 Smoke Eaters when they take on a team of regional fire-fighters and Trail RCMP. Admission by donation, burgers, fries, drinks and ice cream. $20 donors receive ticket to first game of the season against Vernon Vipers Sept. 12.
• Wednesday, J.L. Crowe high school music room from 7:30-9:30 p.m. the Trail and District Harmony Choir invites people to join its new season. A fun and friendly atmosphere under the dir-ection of Audrey Bisset. For info call Liz Stephens at 250.512.8021 or Bruce Fawcett, 250.368.5125.
• Wednesday, Trail Memorial Centre, 5:15-6:30 p.m. for Kidsport, free public skate for families.
• Wednesday, Trail Memorial Centre gym, 5-7:30 p.m. for KidSport marketplace. Free com-munity event for residents to learn about sport, recreation and culture options in the Greater Trail region.
Upcoming• Sept. 10, Jazz at the Griff
returns with the Gabriel Palatchi Trio. Trail drummer Tony Ferraro, Nelson bass player Doug
Stephenson joined by Palatchi, an Argentinian keyboardist. A reflec-tion of cultures including Latin jazz, tango, funk, reggae and samba. Performance in the Muriel Griffiths room, tickets available at the Charles Bailey Theatre box office, 368.9669 or at the door. Reserved tables available for groups of four or more.
• Sept. 10, Royal Theatre, 7 p.m. for National Theatre Live pro-duction of Behind the Beautiful Forevers. India is surging with global ambition, but beyond the luxury hotels surrounding Mumbai airport lies a makeshift slum, full of people with plans of their own.
• Sept. 11 to Sept. 13, Rossland celebrates Golden City Days. A weekend family festival includes children's games, outhouse races, sports events, Red Feather Saloon, pancake breakfast, outdoor stage entertainment, and the Rossland Fall Fair. Event schedules and raffle tickets at various Rossland stores.
• Sept. 11, Haley Park, 7:30 p.m., Kootenay Savings Outdoor Movie Night showing Inside Out. Free admission, non-perishable food item requested for local food bank. Remember lawn chair and blankets. Concession and wash-rooms available. For info call Aron Burke at 368.2683 or email [email protected].
• Sept. 11, Trail Market on the Esplanade goes from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. Also runs Sept. 15, and Oct. 9.
• Sept. 12, Colombo Piazza, 8 a.m., sign-in, 9 a.m. start for the United Way Storm the Stairs event. Raise money for the local charity in a fun run event. Block party kicks off 11 a.m. until 3 p.m. Prizes, raffles, barbeque lunch and more. Call 364.0999 for info or visit traildistrictunitedway.com and click Storm the Stairs event.
• Sept. 12, Rossland Arena from 11 a.m. until 5 p.m. for the Rossland Fall Fair. Annual agricul-tural and craft exhibition, partici-pants enter garden produce, home-made craft and hobby items, which are judged and ribbons and prize money awarded. Also features a petting zoo, fish pond, information booths, and vendors. Live music and entertainment throughout the day, with a special appearance by the Golden City Fiddlers.
• Sept. 13, Red Roofs Duathlon, Gyro Park at 8:30 a.m. for first leg of competitive run. Event finished 2 p.m.
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The smoke may have dis-sipated from the local sky but a respiratory therapist in Trail says some asthmatic people may not be in the clear.
Greg Rollins was enjoying a bluebird sky in Whistler when almost all of the rest of the province was holding its breath. The Kootenay Boundary pro-fessional practice leader for respiratory services said he was tracking air quality while on vacation and couldn't believe what Trail was reading.
“It was the worst I've seen it in the 15 years that I've lived here,” he said Monday. “I moni-tor the air quality here regular-ly and it's usually two to three on that scale out of 10 and it was off the charts, up to the mid to high teens during the worst of it in the middle of last week.”
Rollins doesn't have num-bers to refer to but said anec-dotally patients frequenting out-patient clinics were a lot more symptomatic during that event.
“For people who have been diagnosed with asthma, it's important for them to under-stand that there is inflamma-tion in their airways that flairs up when they're exposed to their asthma triggers and that particulate matter that was in the air from the forest fires is a strong trigger,” he explained. “If they're being exposed to those
triggers, they may develop symptoms right away or those symptoms may by sub-clinical, they're sort of laying beneath the surface and then the next trigger they're exposed to could be the one that tips them over the edge and causes them to have an asthma attack.”
Out in the community, he noticed people wearing dust masks when they were riding their motorcycle or strolling down the street. The evidence is clear, he said, that those dust masks don't filter out the sizes of particles that come from for-est fires.
The masks that would filter that out are called N95 masks, which rids 95 per cent of the particulate in the air, and for those masks to work they have to be professionally fitted to a person's face.
He recommends the use of controller medication as pre-scribed but if symptoms persist more than a few times a week, then he said that would warrant a visit to a family doctor.
Asthma is a condition that causes the airways to swell and narrow, which makes breathing difficult. Though each person has a different set of triggers, common asthma attack trig-gers include pollen, pet dander, dust, mold, physical activity, cigarette smoke, respiratory infection and cold, dry air.
The most common asth-ma attack symptoms include
tightness or pain in the chest, extreme coughing and wheez-ing, and intense shortness of breath.
Rollins uses bcairquality.ca to determine air quality and recommends residents do the same. The online tool measures particulate matter 2.5 (from fire), ozone and nitrogen diox-ide levels in the air to deter-mine air quality for communi-ties across the province. The numbered and coloured scale offers different referrals based on whether website users are at low, moderate or high risk.
After rain and wind moved in this weekend, he was relieved to see Trail's rating fall right off again. The city was sitting at five and forecasted to go down to two when he checked Monday.
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Last week’s blanket of smoke may have lifted but for many the after effects of the poor air quality are still a concern
Air quality improved but asthmatic should still be leery
In Wednesday's report, “Chamber welcomes new director; Business excel-lence nominations open” the 2015 guidelines for business nominations have changed. Any business within the Trail and District Chamber of Commerce area can be nominated, not just Trail businesses. Secondly, any business can be nomi-nated and not only those in operation for at least two years.
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She is survived by her husband of 70 years, Fritz, her children Eva (Richard) and Andre (Trina), 5 grandchildren and 2 great grandchildren.A Celebration of Ruth’s life will be held on Friday, September 4th, 2015 at 11:00am at Grace Communion International Church on Waldie Road, Robson. Gwen Ziprick of Alternatives Funeral and Cremation Services has been entrusted with the arrangements. As an expression of sympathy, your donations made to Grace Communion International Canada ( 101-5668 190 2nd St., Surrey, BC, V3S 2V7) in Ruth’s name would be greatly appreciated.
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S t a rPaul Brandt is
going to want to buy the rights to this French Canadian cow-boy’s song, but it is a story that can only be told by the man himself.
Growing up in Saint-Barnabé-Sud, a small French town five minutes east of Montréal, Pierre Cloutier set out on a nine month, 4 , 0 0 0 - k i l o m e t r e wagon trip across Canada because he
wanted to fulfill his childhood dream.
“As a kid I dreamt of being a travelling cowboy, but I never thought I would travel across Canada,” said Cloutier, who arrived Sunday afternoon at Historic O’Keefe Ranch. “I wanted to live like the pioneers did.”
As he approached the Okanagan Valley, O’Keefe Ranch got wind of his where-abouts and tried to track him down.
“We have been tracking his story for
a while and we heard he was getting close,” said O’Keefe Ranch events coordinator Sandi LaFleche. “One of our workers spotted him on Old Kamloops Road, I told her, ‘what are you waiting for? Go get him!”
Tambria Shortt didn’t have to go far to track down Cloutier and his horses, Bobby, Kelly, Ginny and Betty.
“We figured our farm was best suited for him and his horses to stay,” said LaFleche.
Cloutier will be at the ranch until Sept. 1, telling stories about his incredible jour-ney and displaying his wagons and horses. Story times are avail-able by calling O’Keefe Ranch or checking out their website.
Back in November, Cloutier couldn’t find any work as an auc-tioneer and his long-time girlfriend recent-ly broke up with him.
“I didn’t want to hang around anymore. I wanted to move out to the Okanagan because of how nice I heard it was,” said Cloutier, who set out on Nov. 6. “Vernon seemed like a good fit with the lakes, the country and it looked like a good place for my horses.”
Leaving behind his parents, two older brothers and a young-er sister, Cloutier came trotting into town in a horse-drawn carriage towed by four horses.
He left his hometown hitched to two Belgian horses, and picked up two more horses just outside Pincher Creek, Alta. to get him through the moun-tains.
“The people I have met along the way have been so kind. Everyone has been so friendly and inviting,” said Cloutier.
Travelling along the Trans-Canada, Cloutier took Highway 33 into Kelowna before heading north to Vernon.
The trip lasted 290 days and remarkably, Cloutier only spent eight nights sleeping in his wagon, never having to buy hay,
grain or groceries.“Everywhere I went,
people had heard of my story and offered anything they could to help; a place for me and my horses and a warm meal,” said Cloutier.
The 41-year-old has been riding horses since before he could walk. He owned his first horse at the age of 12 and built both of his wagons by hand.
One wagon con-tains all of his per-sonal belongings, sur-vival needs and a small kitchen, and the other contain supplies for his horses.
Cloutier completed his trip thanks to all the generosity in this
country and because he stuck to his three rules.
“You can’t be scared to work hard for what you want; you have to truly believe in your-self and you have to break the rules some-times,” joked Cloutier.
Cloutier says he doesn’t miss home, and stated that he always felt like home during his journey.
His arrival in the Okanagan is signifi-cant with the Interior Provincial Exhibition right around the cor-ner.
Part of this cowboy’s dream is to start up his own show. He plans to debut his Lore of Star show at the IPE. “I
have so many stories to tell about my trip. I think I will also start writing songs with all the memories I have made along the way,” said Cloutier.
“Arriving in Vernon was the cherry on the cake for this trip. This is a great place for me to finish my trip and discover my new home.”
Cloutier says his family plans to head out west to visit his new home someday in the future.
Be sure to check out his Facebook page, which has more than 4,500 likes since start-ing the trip, to see photos of his stops along the way.
Quebec cowboy completes 290-day journey across Canada
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Pierre Cloutier and his wagon train from a shady spot to rest along Columbia Gardens Road as he passed through the West Kootenay in July.
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A joint donation of $700 was made to the KBRH Health Foundation’s Urology Campaign by the BC Provincial Auxiliary and the Ladies Auxiliary to Trail Aerie 2838 Fraternal Order of Eagles. Louise Yuris, president and Joan Klit, secretary of the Trail Aerie (center left and right) were on hand to donate the funds to Carol Schlender, secretary (far left), and Lisa Pasin, direc-tor of development (far right) of the KBRH Health Foundation.
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B y A r n e P e t r y s h e nCranbrook TowsnmanA grizzly bear
attack that occurred Tuesday night has left a man with non-life-threatening injuries. The man was air-lifted to a hospital in Calgary late Tuesday night.
C o n s e r v a t i o n Officer Joe Caravetta said they are still piecing together what occurred.
“The information that we’ve confirmed so far is that the indi-vidual was bow hunt-ing last evening and was confronted by a sow grizzly bear with two cubs,” Caravetta said.
He added that what they know so far indicates that as the
sow charged the bow hunter, the bow hunt-er shot an arrow off, before being attacked by the grizzly.
“He was injured by the bear,” he said. The bear then retreated. “Then the hunter was able to get out and get to a hospital.”
Caravetta said the area has been closed off for the time being.
The area is across from the Pritchard Road area out at the city’s agricultural fields, down along the river.
He said there is no immediate safety threat to the public.
“We have advised all other hunters in that area, and asked people to refrain from going in there until
we can do further investigation on the sight and try to locate this wounded bear,” he said. “That’s where we’re at today.”
Caravetta noted there are four con-servation officers spe-cialized in predator attacks there assess-ing the situation. Two of the officers are from this area and two drove down last night.
Caravetta noted they classify attacks into two categories: predatory and defen-sive.
“At his point we don’t know which cat-egory it is because we are still investigating it,” he said.
He said the recent drought has prompt-ed bears to search out
food and come closer to communities.
“B.C. getting num-erous calls on bear sightings certainly relates to the fact that it was very hot, and a very poor berry crop, as a result bears are moving further dis-tances to locate food as they get prepared for hibernation in the next two months,” he said. That is not just grizzly bears, but black bears as well.
He couldn’t com-ment on what the outcome for the bear would be.
“We don’t know how badly it’s injured,” he said. “We know it had two cubs — or it’s alleged to have two cubs with it. So again we don’t
know how old those cubs are. We don’t know what condition she’s in in terms of being injured and how badly it is. So until we can ascertain that we can’t make any judge-ments yet.”
Caravetta said with the reduced natural food source out there, they are asking the public to be extremely diligent when out in the bush. He said it’s also important to be diligent on things that could be attractants to bears, such as fruit trees, barbecues and garbage.
“And just to be extra diligent in tak-ing care that those attractants aren’t available to bears,” he said.
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B y A l e x C o o P e rRevelstoke Times Review
A Kootenay environmental group is calling for an independent review of the Revelstoke caribou maternity pen after five animals died ear-lier this summer, but the organization that runs the pen says a review has already begun.
One adult cow and four calves died in the pen being operated by Revelstoke Caribou Rearing in the Wild this year, prompting the Valhalla Wilderness Society to issue a press release Tuesday calling for the review.
“The Valhalla Wilderness Society believes another review by academic scientists, not connected with
the government or the projects in any way, should consider these questions: Why did the caribou die in the pens?Are the risks of maternity penning too high? Were conditions in the pens appropri-ate?” the society wrote.
However, Kelsey Furk, the executive director of RCRW, says a review is already underway.
“We will be reviewing our hus-bandry protocols and taking all the meas-ures required to learn from what happened this summer,” she
said. “We’re continu-ing trying to improve.”
The Valhalla Wilderness Society release says the mater-nity pens add to the stress the caribou are already experiencing in the wild as the result of habitat destruction, snowmobiling and heli-skiing.
This stress can affect the birth and survival of calves.
The society criticiz-es RCRW for building the pen in the valley bottom, and not high-er on the mountain where caribou nor-mally give birth.
Creston
RCMP believe woman’s death was a homicide
B y l o r n e e C k e r s l e yCreston Valley Advance
Creston resident Katherine McAdam has died in what police suspect was a homicide. McAdam was the subject of a missing person investigation last week.
“Forensic analysis of suspected human remains have confirmed them as being that of Katherine McAdam,” an RCMP press release said on Tuesday morning.
The 58-year-old McAdam was reported missing from her home to the RCMP on Aug. 18. On the afternoon of Aug. 27, Creston RCMP members discovered “what they believed to be human remains” while conducting their inquiry at a residence in the 2700 block of Highway 3. The Southeast District major crime unit was contacted and has since taken over the investigation.
“I have been very impressed with the major crimes unit’s efforts to work with our detachment and to keep communication open,” Staff Sgt. Darryl Hammond said on Monday, in only his second week on the job as commander of the Creston detachment.
Anyone with information can contact the Creston RCMP Detachment at 250-428-9313 or BC Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.
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OPINION
The disturbing demise of democracyI’ve read a few stories
likening the current federal campaign to a job interview. But I
wonder if that’s really a good comparison.
Would you hire some-one who’s best response is, ‘the other guy is worse than me?”
Or would you hire some-one who will only answer a couple of your questions?
Or would you hire some-one who wants to decide who asks the questions during the interview?
It’s all head-scratching stuff for people who want to hear about issues or poli-cies or even ask a simple question to the person who wants to lead the entire country.
But that’s not how it works anymore.
When did election cam-paigning become about restricting questions, avoiding debates and gen-erally telling voters why their opponents are worse than them?
I often cringe at the thought of our political system morphing into the same style as our American neighbours – attack ads, political action commit-tees, incendiary rhetoric and billions spent on cam-paigning.
But on the other hand, I look across the border with envy at how, at least during election campaigns, which are never-ending in the U.S. – the voter really does hold the power.
Candidates trip over each other to get to every country fair, corn roast and barbecue to shake every hand across the country.
Candidates who refuse to answer a basic question are grilled by the media, vilified by the public and basically fall off the map of potential presidential hope-fuls.
Candidates clamour for the opportunity to appear on TV and debate, talk, dance or whatever it takes to get the voters to see them in action.
And those who shun the public spotlight are doomed to remain in the shadows of other candidates more will-ing to speak up.
This is what I thought democracy should look like, albeit in a more toned-down Canadian manner.
The candidates get out and meet the public, answer the questions and share their ideas.
Unfortunately that’s not the status of democracy in Canada.
Here there is no uproar
over restricted access to the prime minister’s speeches even if it involves spending taxpayers’ money.
There’s no outrage that the press is limited to a handful of questions before the candidate decides that’s enough and won’t answer anymore.
Reports from major newspapers in Canada show the trend right across the country with politicians dictating who, when and how much they will talk to people.
Stephen Harper’s recent stop in Campbell River, chronicled by reporter J.R. Rardon, spoke volumes of the state of campaigning in Canada.
Here the elected Prime Minister visited a small community. It wasn’t
designed to meet the pub-lic; it wasn’t designed to show he cared about issues in that region.
It was designed to shore up support for a Conservative candidate bat-tling for a riding. It was all politics, pure and simple.
The local press was alerted to his “public appearance” at 6:49 a.m., two hours before Harper was to speak.
It’s akin to being told by a teacher at 6 a.m. that the final exam will be in a couple of hours. Or getting a call from your boss at 4 a.m. that suddenly your shift will begin at 6 a.m. that day and don’t be late.
There’s no reason, in our connected political world filled with armies of com-munication people, that such an announcement would be released at that time unless it was designed to limit access and aware-ness of his appearance.
Sadly, that’s the only conclusion I can draw.
I was hoping the upcoming all-candidates forum hosted by the Trail Chamber of Commerce would be an open oppor-tunity for the public to step up to the mike and inter-view these people seeking the job of representing us
in Parliament, which, if they play their cards right, can come with a great sal-ary and a nice cushy pen-sion after a short term.
I was hoping for the spontaneous questions like we had during the Trail forum for the municipal election. Even though there was a media panel present armed with serious questions, the best one of the night involved doing something about the “ugly yellow blocks,” at the four-way stop in downtown Trail.
That question came from the floor and elicited the loudest applause of the night.
Unfortunately there won’t be any spontaneous questions like that from the floor in the candidates forum in Trail. All ques-tions from the public must be submitted ahead of time.
Imagine if you went for a job interview but told the employer to send you the questions first so you could prepare your answers.
What do you think your odds are that you will get that job?
I would think slim and none but in today’s version of democracy who knows.
Guy Bertrand is the managing editor of the Trail Times.
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I am writing in response to the article “Businesses asking City for help dealing with soci-ety’s vulnerable” (Trail Times, Aug. 28) and also the letter published in the “Letters to the Editor” section published on Sept 1 (More help needed for mentally ill).
I can wholeheartedly agree with Holly Wilson’s letter stat-ing that we have severe lack of provisions for the mentally ill in our community. Make no mistake – there is an issue here that needs to be addressed.
I do not speak from any experience with working dir-ectly with the mentally ill but I can speak from my experiences working downtown for many years. I love my community and know that it is a relatively safe community in comparison to others. We are a welcoming and lovely community that care for others and cares for the vulner-able. I have never heard people around me talking with disdain about any of these people but instead with concern.
On the topic of safety, Holly
said she has only felt unsafe once. I respectfully disagree, I have to say that there have been numerous times I have not felt safe.
I have noticed a big change in the last five years with the amount of homeless and mentally ill people that have moved into our community. It is understandable and to be expected as KBRH is where they would get their treatment. However, I did not anticipate that I would have some very unpleasant encounters with these same people. I have been followed to my car more than once and had inappropriate comments thrown in my direc-tion. I can’t repeat them in this letter.
My daughter had to deal with a man staring at her for hours at her place of work (who is known to be mentally ill). This same man has had violent encounters in the past. He is also the same man who would “wait” for the women to leave a local business that I worked at and then follow them to their
cars.I have called the police and
they are extremely helpful but what else is being done for these people? There are many people that I see “showing up” downtown that I have never seen before. I would definitely say they are “vulnerable” and I hope there is a full spec-trum of services available to them. I want them to be active and healthy participants in this community.
We need to ask (as Holly said), “What are we active-ly doing as a community to ensure their care and safety and thereby ensuring a whole community?”
I would expect that the won-derful staff at the hospital are doing their fair share but what else can be done to help?
I hope we all continue to have dialogue on this topic and I do believe that the leaders at City Hall will diligently strive to get on top of this important issue.
Christine GoertzenMontrose
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Helping mentally ill needs to be addressed
An editorial from the Toronto Star
It’s a life-and-death issue, with the potential to affect any Canadian adult. And it must be addressed within a matter of months by the next government in Ottawa. Given those stakes, and that timing, one would expect physician-assisted suicide to garner con-siderable attention in the fed-eral election campaign.
Sadly, that’s not happening. A new poll shows more than three-quarters of Canadians support an option of doctor-assisted death for the ter-minally ill. But rather than speaking to these concerns, the politicians prefer to look away.
Enthusiastic promises from leaders of the three main fed-eral parties so far include an expanded cruise ship termin-al (Stephen Harper, on Aug. 25); a tax credit for teachers buying school supplies Justin Trudeau, Aug. 26), and hir-ing more police officers even as crime rates drop (Tom Mulcair, Aug. 19).
They don’t have much to say about how legislation should be structured to allow euthanasia as a way of spar-ing the dying from having to endure unacceptable anguish.
That doesn’t figure high in anyone’s platform. Yet one of these men will be prime min-ister after Oct. 19 with the task of drafting precisely such a law.
The Supreme Court of Canada unanimously conclud-ed in February that current rules making assisted sui-cide a crime simply amount to cruelty. The existing law means “people who are griev-ously and irremediably ill . . . may be condemned to a life of severe and intolerable suffering,” the court said. This appalling situation was correctly deemed an infringe-ment on the right to life, liberty and security of the per-son.
The court gave Parliament 12 months to engineer reform by changing two sections of the Criminal Code that for-bid assisted suicide. The law becomes void if legislators fail their duty and miss that dead-line.
The resulting traves-ty would plunge suffering patients, and their doctors, into legal limbo.
After months of dithering the Harper government set up a three-member panel last month with instructions to consult on the sue and report
back in the fall, after the elec-tion.
The government also made clear that a new law won’t be ready by the Supreme Court’s Feb. 6 deadline, and that a request for an extension must be filed.
All this has had the effect of punting the issue past elec-tion day, where leaders of all the major parties seem con-tent to have it rest.
That’s a disservice to any-one in the grip of an intract-able illness and worried about coping with pain, and to all who may find themselves in that desperate plight in the future.
Each of the leaders owes the public a clear road map on where their government would take the country on this vital issue.
At a minimum, they should let Canadians know if they intend to declare a free vote in Parliament on physician-assisted suicide — allowing MPs to act according to their conscience, without penalty, instead of obeying a party line.
Given the assurance of a free vote, concerned voters could at least press local can-didates on where they stand and perhaps arrive at some meaningful options.
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B y B a r r y C o u l t e rCranbrook TownsmanResidents of Moyie
are grateful for the
quick response and bravery exhibited in fighting and putting out a wildfire near
Moyie on Saturday.The fire was start-
ed when Saturday’s heavy windstorm took
out a power pole.“What happened
was in the middle of that terrible wind-
storm, a branch came down on a transform-er and sparked the fire,” said Charlotte
Stoneking, a longtime resident of Moyie.
“ F o r t u n a t e l y , someone driving
by — and it was on the same side of the townsite — stopped and called 911 at the Moyie store.”
Stoneking had great praise for the Moyie Emergency Response Team — “a wonderful volunteer group. They were on scene right away, and realized they couldn’t actually get to the fire. BC Forest Service was then immediately on scene.”
Stoneking said when Forest Service personnel realized they couldn’t get the water bombers in, they had a helicop-ter pilot come in with a bucket. Residents watched as the pilot made several passes in the teeth of the heavy wind, buck-eting the fire and eventually getting it under control.
“What an incred-ible feat it was,” Stoneking said.
“The windstorm that swept through here was scary in itself, and he made six or seven trips, and managed to get that fire under control and help put it out.”
The fire was only two kilometres from Moyie.
“We were all on alert to do what-ever we had to do on such short notice,” Stoneking said. “It makes us all appreci-ate so much what is important in life.”
Stoneking said that considering how the province and other communities have been hit so hard, “it just makes us all the more appreciative that we have what we have.
“We were so for-tunate that the heli-copter could attend so quickly, because it was so close to our town,” she said.
“As a resident of Moyie, I wanted to say from the bottom of my heart — a very big thank you to the Moyie Emergency Response Team, the BC Forest Service for being there so quick-ly, and the helicopter pilot and whoever was with him.
“They did an incredible job and fly-ing and getting that fire out in the middle of that windstorm.”
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Taking a break was just what Rossland native Chad Brandt needed to raise his natural bodybuilding profile to the next level. But just because he didn’t compete for a whole year doesn’t mean he was idle – far from it.
Brandt took all of 2014 off from competition and focused on training and practicing his craft, bringing up his physique and symmetry, and improving his posing technique.
“I’m not the biggest guy and I’m also a taller bodybuilder at six-foot-one, and I’m competing against guys that are in their low 20s,” said Brandt from his home in Lethbridge.” So if I can get my posing down and look very aesthetically pleas-ing, and learn angles, there’s certain angles that I can use to look bigger than the guy beside me, so I really practiced my craft during that time and it paid off.”
The 41-year-old trainer and nutritionist returned from his 12-month reboot to com-
pete in the INBF 2015 Natural Nationals championship in Calgary in May where he captured second place in the Masters division behind former pro hockey player turned body-builder Warren Babe.
“I wasn’t ready yet,” said Brandt “It was like a warmup show, because I hadn’t been on the stage for almost two years so I needed to get some nerves out, because it is nervewracking up there.”
A month later, he returned to the stage to compete at the International Natural Bodybuilding Federation (INBF) Central Natural cham-pionships in Winnipeg.
A typical INBF event includes a demanding series of manda-tory poses where competitors are judged on symmetry, mus-cularity and conditioning. After prejudging, competitors also perform a dynamic bodybuild-ing routine for up to 90 seconds with music and props to display their overall physique, condi-tioning, individuality, and crea-tivity, before moving onto finals judging.
“I was peaking extremely well, I was feeling fantastic, and when I got there everything just seemed to flow, it was easy.”
Brandt claimed first place in the Men’s Masters and the Men’s Middleweight division. He then went toe-to-toe against the top bodybuilders in the Lightweight and Heavyweight division to compete for the overall title.
“I was up against a heavy-weight and he was very big, but I was able to out-pose him, and I’m more symmetrical, everything matches on me, and he was just blocky,” explained Brandt. “They usually choose big guys, even over the posers, and that’s sad about the sport that big guys always win, but this time I was able to pull it out.”
Along with the triple triumph Brandt would also be awarded his World Natural Bodybuilding Federation Pro Card which enables him to compete in pro-fessional bodybuilding compe-titions anywhere in the world, a remarkable accomplishment for the Rossland Secondary School graduate.
“I even thought about retir-ing, I mean no bodybuilder ever gets that in one night, three firsts in a night, plus turning pro,” said Brandt. “I am still blown away and very grateful.”
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Rossland native Chad Brandt took his natural bodybuilding passion to the next level with an overall victory at the INBF Central Natural championship in Winnipeg last month.
Bodybuilding reboot for Brandt
By Times sTaffTrail native Brandon
Gawryletz is making the jump to the NHL as one of four new officials for the 2015-16 season.
The 32-year-old former Trail Smoke Eater along with ref-eree Jake Brenk from Detroit Lakes, Minn. and Ontario linesmen Devin Berg and Ryan Gibbons of Vancouver signed NHL contracts this week and will don the stripes in the pre-season with the hopes of making their NHL debut early in the year.
Gawryletz has spent the past few seasons in the American Hockey League (AHL) and also worked in the Central Hockey League, hand-ling their Cup Finals in 2013 and 2014.
The six-foot, 195-pound linesman, played five seasons in the BCHL, with the Smoke
Eaters and Langley Hornets. He captained the Smoke Eaters in 2003-04, also his best season, posting career highs with six goals, 27 assists, and 122 penalty minutes in 58 games.
He went on to play college hockey at the University of Alaska – Fairbanks.
Gawryletz also attended the 2014 NHL Exposure Camp, and will wear number 64.
Evgeny Romasko, will also join the NHL ranks. Romasko spent last season splitting time between the AHL and the KHL. After working five games in the NHL last season, the Russian referee has committed to North America full-time for the upcoming season.
Brenk and Romasko fill the void left by the retirement of 26-year veteran referee Paul Devorski who worked 1,600 NHL games. Linesman Jean Morin also called it a career among the linesmen, retiring after 24 sea-sons.
According to Scouting the Refs web-site, there are a total of 48 referees in the NHL and a similar number of linesmen. Many offi-cials under contract ref in the NHL as well as the Minor Leagues.
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CFLAll Times Eastern
East Division GP W L PtHamilton 9 6 3 12Toronto 9 6 3 12Ottawa 9 5 4 10Montreal 9 4 5 8 West Division GP W L PtCalgary 9 7 2 14Edmonton 9 6 3 12B.C. 8 3 5 6Winnipeg 9 3 6 6Saskatchewan 9 0 9 0
WEEK 10Bye: B.C.
Sunday’s resultOttawa 35 Saskatchewan 13
Saturday’s resultCalgary 36 Winnipeg 6
Friday’s resultEdmonton 38 Toronto 15
Thursday’s resultMontreal 26 Hamilton 23
WEEK 11Bye: Ottawa
Thursday’s gameB.C. at Montreal, 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, Sept. 6Winnipeg at Saskatchewan, 4 p.m.
Monday, Sept. 7Toronto at Hamilton, 1 p.m.
Edmonton at Calgary, 4:30 p.m.WEEK 12
Bye: MontrealFriday, Sept. 11
Hamilton at Toronto, 7:30 p.m.Saturday, Sept. 12
Saskatchewan at Winnipeg, 6:30 p.m.
Calgary at Edmonton, 9:30 p.m.Sunday, Sept. 13
Ottawa at B.C., 4 p.m.
SoccerMLS
Eastern Conference GP W L T GF GA PtD.C. 28 13 10 5 35 34 44New York 25 12 7 6 43 28 42Columbus 27 11 8 8 45 44 41Toronto 25 11 10 4 44 42 37New Eng 26 10 9 7 35 36 37Orlando 27 7 12 8 33 47 29Montreal 23 8 11 4 30 34 28New York 27 7 13 7 38 46 28Chicago 26 7 13 6 31 38 27Philadelph 27 7 14 6 33 44 27
Western Conference GP W L T GF GA PtL.A. 28 13 8 7 49 33 46Vancouver 27 14 10 3 38 28 45Dallas 25 12 8 5 35 30 41K. C. 25 11 7 7 40 35 40Portland 27 11 9 7 29 32 40Seattle 27 12 13 2 32 30 38San Jose 26 11 10 5 32 29 38Houston 27 9 10 8 35 34 35Colorado 26 8 9 9 25 27 33Salt Lake 27 8 11 8 29 40 32
Sunday’s resultsSeattle 2 Portland 1New York 3 D.C. 0Saturday Games
Orlando at New England, 7:30 p.m.Chicago at Montreal, 8 p.m.Toronto at Seattle, 10 p.m.Philadelphia at San Jose,
10:30 p.m.Sunday
Dallas at Columbus, 7 p.m.Wednesday
Colorado at Vancouver, 10 p.m.Kansas City at Portland, 10:30 p.m.
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FROM PAGE 9Brandt’s next challenge is to compete at
the Pro/Am INBF Canada Western Natural and WNBF Pro Intercontinental Championships in Edmonton on Oct. 24.
“I’ll get this one (Edmonton) done and over with and then I’ll go back into an improvement season, and then I’ve always wanted to compete in Boston at the World Championship of the WNBF so we’ll see what happens.”
The proud Greater Trail product has spent years striving to achieve his goals through dedi-cation and hard work and he now, through his Action Conditioning gym, helps others do the same. But there is one goal, with a tie to Greater Trail, that still eludes him.
“I am a huge believer in making goals and manifesting my dreams,” added Brandt. “As a teen I always said I wanted to be on Trail’s ‘Home of Champions Monument.’ As an adult and going into my bodybuilding journey I remembered this as a teen and made this a goal to work as hard as I can to get on this Monument.”
Brandt lives in Lethbridge with his wife Katrina, and the couple are expecting their first child in October. Brandt has begun a unique online training program called ‘Action 90 Transformation’ designed to transform your physique in 90 days. Registration is on now with a start date for Sept. 9. Go to www.actioncondi-tioning.ca for more information.
WNBF pro card opens doors
T H E A S S O C I A T E D P R E S SNEWARK, N.J. -
Devils defenceman Bryce Salvador has retired after nearly 800 games in 14 NHL sea-sons.
The NHL Players Association announced Salvador’s retirement on Wednesday.
Salvador was a cap-tain for the Devils the past three seasons but missed most all but 15 games last season with a back injury.
He finishes his career with 24 goals
and 86 assists in 786 games split between the Devils and the St. Louis Blues.
Salvador says he’s looking forward to continuing his involve-ment in hockey. He says he’s thankful that his two sons were able to see him play after he thought his career was over when he missed the 2010-2011 season because of injury.
Salvador was traded to the Devils during his seventh season with the Blues.
Devils’ captain Salvador retires
Nhl
TORONTO - Quarterback Zach Collaros and defen-sive end Eric Norwood of the Hamilton Tiger-Cats and Edmonton Eskimos receiver Derel Walker were named the CFL players of the month for August on Wednesday.
Collaros had 14 TD pass-es over the month, leading the Ticats to a 4-1 record and a share of the lead in the East Division.
Collaros is the CFL pass-ing leader with 2,632 yards with 19 TDs while sporting a 70.4 completion percent-age.
On the other side of the ball, Norwood recorded 18 tackles and five sacks in August while also returning two fumbles for touchdowns.
Walker made his CFL debut in August and amassed 472 yards in his first three games. He scored his first career touchdown last week in Edmonton’s 38-15 home win over Toronto.
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Fewer and fewer people do their own car repairs. Some still do
though. That is the way I started. Without
“Google” I might add. The public library sup-plied most of my ref-erence material. There weren’t any filmstrips showing me how to
change my brake shoes on my VW Beetle. There was a Clymer manual at the public library though.
Doing your own
repairs also requires tools. Unfortunately there is not a library of tools. Automotive tools are very specialized. More so than ever.
As I always thought I wanted to fix cars for a living I bought tools as I needed them. It increased my repair costs but it meant one day I could fix some-thing else with those tools and maybe make a few dollars in the process. I am roughly 45 years in and I guess it has sort of worked out as I planned. I still have and use Craftsmen sockets and wrenches that I bought when I was 16.
I am always excited by someone who wants to learn to fix their own vehicles. One thing for sure, you can prob-ably find a “YouTube” to show you how. I am not saying it will always show you the correct way though.
Occasionally a cus-tomer will bring their vehicle to us after attempting, unsuccess-fully, to solve a vehicle problem. They will
state the prob-lem followed by a litany of parts they have replaced. They will likely iter-ate the amount of money they have already put into their attempted solu-tion and qualify it with not wanting to spend significantly more money.
In most cases the parts replacement process is much more costly than profes-sional diagnostics. The parts replacement approach placates the perpetrator though. “It would eventually have needed a new radiator anyways, even though it still overheats. I got a good deal on the radiator on Ebay.”
Diagnosing and repairing a prob-lem that was already unsuccessfully worked on usually requires
s i g n i f i c a n t backtracking. Just because any given part was changed does not pre-clude testing that part over again. Does that part meet the manufac-turer’s specifi-
cations? Does it even work? The market is rife with substandard parts.
Was the part installed correctly? It is easy to make a mis-take installing a part. It is even easier to make a mistake when you lack the correct tools, accurate information and experience.
If you want to fix your own vehicle I applaud your efforts. Do not be discouraged by failure. Remember though that when your mechanic takes over he will likely check your work.
Attempting repairs yourself is admirable but sometimes questionable
ron nutini
Mechanically speaking
Leisure
Dear Annie: I work in an office with nine other people. For some reason, my boss likes to share every boring detail of her personal life with us. We smile, listen politely and laugh at her “hilarious” anec-dotes. This might be bearable if she showed any interest in our lives, but she doesn’t. Occasionally, with one foot out the door, she will ask, “How are you doing?” but it’s obvious she wants a quick answer at most. If she joins a conversation already in progress, she takes over and seems compelled to top whoever is speak-ing. She always has a bigger, better, funnier or more dramatic story, at least in her mind.
Why does she do this? She is bright, talented and accomplished in many aspects of life. Why the need to be the star? She constantly has to send the message: “My life is exciting, your life is nothing.”
I hope people will read this and ask themselves how much time they spend talking about them-selves compared to how much time
they spend listening to others. Is there anything we can do to change this? -- Arizona
Dear Arizona: Your boss, like many out-wardly successful peo-ple, still harbors deep insecurities. This is why she feels the need to prove that she is the most impor-tant and interesting person in the room. And because she is so focused on her own behavior, she has few brain cells left to devote to her staff’s personal lives, nor, frankly, does she need to. Your personal lives are not her business. But she is still your employer and if this is the worst thing she does, we’d put up with it. You are handling it per-fectly - you smile, listen politely and laugh when called for. It’s annoy-ing, but harmless. Just try not to roll your eyes.
Dear Annie: In general, I agree that a guest should not put a bride or groom “on the spot” by asking to bring a date. But I’d like to mention
a time when it worked. My partner and his daughter
had been estranged for many years. One of the best things to happen was when his daughter’s fiance, a won-derful man, facilitated a reconciliation. Part of the reconciliation was an
invitation to their wedding. After receiving the invitation, we
had dinner with the fiance. We felt we had little choice but to confirm that, as the father’s partner, I was included in the invitation because my name was not on it. The fiance said yes. We’ll never know if that was simply his decision at the time, but had I not also been welcome, it would have undone all the work of reconciliation.
I attended with my partner, everyone was delightful, and a great, celebratory time was had by all. -- A North Carolina Gay Partner
Dear N.C.: Your situation is not the same as someone asking to bring a “plus one.” Established
partners should always be included in such invitations. Nor was your partner asking to bring you. He was only clarifying the situation, which is perfectly fine. That fiance sounds like a gem. We are so glad he helped reconcile father and daughter, and
that you are both welcome mem-bers of the family.
Annie’s Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers column. Please email your questions to [email protected].
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Insecure boss is annoying but harmless
Annie’s MAilboxMarcy sugar
& Kathy Mitchell
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A House SOLD NameTEAM DEWITT
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Houses For SaleTRAIL, BC, 3bdrm., all new kitchen w/maple cabinets & stainless appliances, new bathroom, new windows & new fi nished basement. Priced for quick sale at $129,500. Va-cant. 250-231-7357
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Apt/Condo for RentBella Vista, Shavers Bench Townhomes. N/S, N/P. 2-3 bdrms. Phone 250-364-1822
Ermalinda Estates, Glenmer-ry, spacious 1-2bdrms. Adults only. Secure building w/eleva-tor. N/S, N/P. Ongoing im-provements. Ph.250-364-1922
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Apt/Condo for RentFrancesco Estates, Glenmer-ry,spacious 1-3bdrms. Adults only (45+). Secure building w/elevator. N/S, N/P. Ongoing improvements. Ph. 250-368-6761Glenmerry 1bdrm. apt. F/S Heat included. N/S. $600./mo. 250-368-5908Glenmerry 3bdrm. F/S $850/mo. Heat included. 250-368-5908TRAIL, 1BDRM. Glenmerry. N/P. Utilities included. 250-368-1312.
Commercial/Industrial
SHOP/ WAREHOUSE, 4300 sq.ft. Ample outside space. Good access. 250-368-1312
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Homes for RentTRAIL, 2bdrm. $600./mo. Contact Dave @ 250-231-4522 or 250-362-7021
TRAIL, 3bdrm. Glenmerry townhouse, 5 appliances, fi n-ished basement, $1000./mo. plus utilities, small dogs ok. 250-368-7068
W. Trail 3bd. 2bth. no pets f/s w/d $800./mo plus utilities Good Location 250 231 4378
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A16 www.trailtimes.ca Thursday, September 3, 2015 Trail Times
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KOOTENAY HOMES INC.1358 Cedar Avenue, Trail • 250.368.8818
www.kootenayhomes.com www.century21.caThe Local Experts™
WE CAN SELL YOUR HOME.
NOBODY HAS THE RESOURCES WE DO!
Mark Wilson250-231-5591 [email protected]
Terry Alton250-231-1101 [email protected]
Tonnie Stewart250-365-9665 [email protected]
Mary Martin250-231-0264 [email protected]
Richard Daoust250-368-7897 [email protected]
Mary Amantea250-521-0525 [email protected]
Bill Craig250-231-2710 [email protected]
Deanne Lockhart250-231-0153 [email protected]
Art Forrest250-368-8818 [email protected]
Christine Albo250-512-7653 [email protected]
Dave Thoss250-231-4522 [email protected]
Dan Powell Christina Lake250-442-6413 [email protected]
Thinking of
moving? Call me for a
FREE market
evaluation today!Call Art
(250) 368-8818
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We want to hear from YOU!
Call Mary M (250) 231-0264
441 Whitman Way, Warfi eld$575,000
Gorgeous custom built home with high quality fi nishings, fantastic
kitchen, open fl oor plan and beautifully landscaped yard. Great parking with huge garage and workshop area. An excellent family home with room for
everyone. Come see it today!
Call Mary M (250) 231-0264
531 Turner St, Warfi eld $169,000
Built in 2009, this compact charmer is perfect for single, couple or empty
nesters that want modern open concept, low maintenance living. Home features vaulted ceilings, heated garage, private yard and comes with New Home Warranty.
Call now before its gone.
Call Deanne (250) 231-0153
2330 Fourth Ave, Rossland$189,900
Amazing views from this spacious 2 bdrm home. Fenced yard, large
sundeck, newer windows, big master with en-suite, sunny location, and walk out basement complete this
package. Quick possession available!
Call Christine (250) 512-7653
1101 Christie Rd, Montrose$479,000
Hideaway in your timber style executive home. Quality abounds in this 3 bed/3 bath home. Hydronic heated concrete fl oors, cathedral ceilings, recess lighting, gourmet
kitchen and open fl oor plan. Too many extras to list. Come see for yourself!
Call Deanne (250) 231-0153
138 Reservoir Road, Trail$119,000
Exceptional value in a great starter home or revenue property with
2 bdrms up and a basement suite down. Hardwood fl oors, new carpets, kitchen and bath, doors & windows.
You need to check this one out!
Call Terry 250-231-1101
760 Redstone Drive, Rossland
$399,000Brand new spacious home with 10 year warranty. This home has 3 bdrms, 2.5
baths, 2 car garage, modern kitchen and vaulted ceilings. Give us a call and you can move in as soon as it is fi nished.
Call Richard (250) 368-7897
1340 Brewster Street, Trail $113,900
Corner lot in Shaver’s Bench! Open kitchen, large deck,
3 bdrms, large rec room and laundry room, central A/C,
underground sprinklers, and a circular driveway. Come check it out!
Call Tonnie (250) 365-9665
NEW PRICE
9173 Station Road, Trail$335,900
Horses! Gardens! Workshop! Country Space! 4 acre residential property with pool, 3 bay garage
and shop. Come take a look today!
Call Mary M (250) 231-0264
2227 - 7th Avenue, Trail$152,0002 bdrm home on a great lot with private yard. Bring your
decorating ideas. Priced below
assessed value!
640 - 8th Avenue, Montrose
$125,000Beautiful spot! Cute clean and
affordable, this home is on a quiet street
in Montrose. Opportunity is
knocking!
1354 Mountain St, Trail
$229,000WOW! Extensively renovated home
on a large view lot overlooking Trail.
3 bdrms, gorgeous kitchen, high ceilings
and much more!
TRAIL RENTALS2 bdrm, 1 bath upper suite
$750 + utils - NS / NP
2 bdrm suite$625 + utils NP / NS
2 bdrm suite$650 + utils NP / NS
3 bdrm, 2 bath house$800 + utils - NS / NP
2 bdrm fully furnished condoeverything included. $940Terry Alton (250) 231-1101
Tonnie Stewart (250) 365-9665
RENTALS
2131 Earl Street, Rossland$197,000
This home is one level with a completely open fl oor plan. 3
bdrms, tons of light, a wood stove, privacy and a large 30x172 lot with
perennial garden. A single car garage and carport complete this package.
Quick possession available!
Call Christine (250) 512-7653
1244 Green Avenue, Trail$104,500
Wow! This 2 + brdrm home has been totally remodelled. New kitchen, new bathroom,
new appliances help complete this package. This home is ready
for you to move in today. Call for your viewing!!!!
Call Mark (250) 231-5591
#116 - 880 Wordsworth Avenue, Warfi eld
$67,500 Main fl oor corner 2 bdrm. unit
ready for immediate possession. Very clean and modern. Call for
your viewing!
Call Mark (250) 231-5591
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