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The Kimberley Dynamiters salute 1,156 fans Monday at the Kimberley Civic Centre following their series victory over the Fernie Ghostriders. The Nitros defeated the Ghostriders 5-2 in Game 6 of the Eddie Mountain Division final to claim a 4-2 series triumph. Next up, the Dynamiters face the Beaver Valley Nitehawks in the Kootenay Conference final, which begins Wednesday in Fruitvale. See 2 for more.

RCMP arrest four in home invasionRC M P

Two males and one female have been arrested after a home invasion early Monday morning. Three subjects forced their way into a home on King Street in Cranbrook around 2:00 am. In-side they assaulted a female and

stole jewelry and a laptop. Within a short time, RCMP

arrested the four subjects. Three of the subjects are from Cran-brook and are allegedly involved in the Cranbrook incident. A fourth subject from Kimberley was also arrested and believed to

be associated to a break and enter that occurred on Sorenson Road near Kimberley on March 8. All four are currently in custo-dy and will appear in court later today. The stolen property was recovered along with items be-lieved to have been stolen from

the Kimberley break in.The investigation is ongoing

and police have obtained a search warrant for a residence associated to those involved. The subjects are known to police and believe the incidents were related.

Two arrested for drug

trafficking in Kimberley

RCMPOn March 5, the Cranbrook/Kim-

berley Crime Reduction Unit arrested two males, 15 years of age for drug traf-ficking. Members of the team obtained information that a subject maybe in-volved in the trafficking of illegal drugs in Kimberley. They conducted an in-vestigation and obtained sufficient grounds to make an arrest. Once on scene found two males were present, believing both were involved they were arrested.

A search subsequent to arrest lead to the seizure of marijuana, paraphernalia related to drug trafficking and close to $200 cash. One male was released to his parents without charges; the other will be facing drug related charges. He was released to his parents and has a court date in May.

Both subjects reside in Kimberley and police were particularly concerned because of their age.

Urban deer problem a

regional issueTRE VOR CR AWLEY

Deer culls are a contentious issue, and one that’s not exclusive to the mu-nicipality of Cranbrook.

Just ask Gerry Taft. The mayor of Invermere has been at

the helm of the district since 2009 and has experienced first-hand the chal-lenges of dealing with urban deer man-agement.

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Tom FLeTcherBlack Press

There will be more fishing spots and trout to catch in B.C. lakes and streams this year thanks to a $3 million increase in provincial funds for the Freshwater Fisheries Society of B.C.

Forests Minister Steve Thomson an-nounced Monday the province is making good on a decade-old vow to direct all its fishing li-cence revenue to the so-ciety. That brings the annual revenue from $7 million to $10 million.

Since the society took over freshwater fisheries management from the environment ministry in 2003, it has focused mainly on stocking smaller lakes with trout. The extra money will allow for ex-pansion to larger lakes and rivers, to improve access to fishing as well as assess stocks and en-force fishing regula-tions.

The society stocks hundreds of B.C. lakes with rainbow, kokanee and eastern brook trout, mostly to provide catch-able fish for recreational purposes.

Society president Don Peterson said B.C. took a risk when it trans-ferred responsibility for recreational fishing to a non-profit organization,

but independent status has allowed it to set up innovative programs such as Learn to Fish and Fishing in the City.

He said 250,000 resi-dents and visitors go fishing in B.C. each year, supporting 1,000 fish-ing-related businesses and an estimated 7,000 jobs.

“Our stocking pro-gram supports about 50 per cent of all the fishing activity in the province, and now fishing on stocked lakes in B.C. is the best it has ever been in the history of the province,” Peterson

Fishing licence revenue flows back to B.C. lakes

said.Energy and Mines

Minister Bill Bennett said the creation of the society was one of the moves made by the B.C. Liberal government in its first “core review” in 2002-03.

“There was a reli-gious fervour about he opportunity that we had at that time to improve the way government op-erates and to spend less of your tax dollars,” Ben-nett said.

Lake stocking proj-ects planned for 2015 can be found at www.gofishbc.com under “fish stocking reports.”

Pembertonfishfinder.com

Rainbow trout are stocked in hundreds of lakes by the Freshwater Fishing Society of B.C. The 2015 program includes dozens of water bodies in the East Kootenay. For a complete list of these lakes and creeks, go to www.gofishbc.com/fish-stocking-reports/fish-stocking-plans.aspx.

Freshwater Fishing Society of B.C. president Don Peterson

The Cranbrook Food Bankneeds your help.

Drop boxes at Safeway and Save On FoodsFood Bank office 104-8th Ave. S. • 250-426-7664 (from 10am-3pm)

Sar ah KucharSKiThe Free Press

The Southeast Fire Centre has released a cau-tionary warning on outdoor fires as a wildfire risk has been placed on the region.

The Kootenays have experienced unseason-ably mild temperatures this winter and spring-like conditions combined with low relative hu-midity have increased wildfire risk as grounds continue to be snow-free.

“Almost all fires at this time of the year are caused by people and are therefore preventable,” said Fire Information Officer Jordan Turner in a release.

Precautions such as avoiding lighting fires in windy conditions, never leaving fires unattended, ensuring complete extinguishing of fires before leaving the area and creating a one meter fi-reguard by clearing away twigs, grass and leaves have been recommended.

Tickets of $345 or a fine of $100,000 following a court conviction may be issued to those who fail to comply with open-fire prohibitions.

To report a wildfire or unattended campfire, call 1 800 663-5555 toll-free or *5555 on a cell-phone. Information on wildfire activity, burning restrictions, road closures and air quality adviso-ries can be found on bcwildfire.ca

Southeast Fire Centre cautions

outdoor fires due to Wildfire risk

c anadian PreSSVICTORIA - A leaked report says a govern-

ment office created to ensure B.C.’s local govern-ments use tax dollars wisely is suffering from a lack of confidence in the agency’s leadership.

The Opposition New Democrats have re-leased a leaked government report that outlines a recent work environment review at the office of the Auditor General for Local Government.

The review says a workplace survey found al-most 80 per cent of office respondents had a negative view of executive management, with common frustrations listed as wasted time and work.

NDP Leader John Horgan says he has con-cerns about the efficiency of the local govern-ment office, including questions surrounding what value British Columbians have received for the $5.2 million it has cost to run the office for the past two years.

Community, Sport and Cultural Development Minister Coralee Oakes confirms human re-sources reviews have been underway at the local government office.

She refused to say when she became aware of the review even though the leaked report says it was underway in January.

B.C. local gov’t auditor office under review amid

reports of wasted time

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This web poll is informal. It reflects opinions of site visitors who voluntarily participate. Results may not represent the opinions of the public as a whole. Black Press is not responsible for the statistical accuracy of opinions expressed here.

This week’s poll: “Should Daylight Savings Time be abolished?”

“Should Cranbrook pursue its plans for a deer cull?”

YES: 54% NO: 46%

The Week on The beaT

Arne PetryshenCranbrook RCMP re-

sponded to 177 calls to service for the week of Monday, March 2 to Sunday, March 9. This week Sgt. Jay Wessel gave the report.

March 29:04 a.m. A shoplifter

refused to leave a prem-ises so police were called.

10:00 a.m. Police re-ceived a call about a traffic incident. It turned out to be a vehicle that had broken down on McPhee Bridge.

11:44 a.m. A call about suspicious per-sons turned out to be nothing.

12:36 p.m. A Medi-cine Hat resident stopped by the Cran-brook detachment to turn herself in for a theft of vehicle from the Al-berta city.

1:41 p.m. A resident called to report a 100 foot long extension cord as stolen. The cord was taken from a residence on 2A Street South. The theft likely occurred in

August. 4:01 p.m. Abandoned

911 call. It turned out to be an accidental call.

4:09 p.m. Report of Facebook threats be-tween those formerly in a relationship.

6:01 p.m. Caller re-ported threats, saying a neighbour told him he was going to turn his dogs into pelts if they defecated on his lawn again.

9:56 p.m. Two vehi-cle accident near Wy-cliffe. Minor injuries.

10:50 p.m. An intoxi-cated male had report-edly passed out in front of 7-11.

March 32:08 a.m. An aban-

doned 911 call was found to be some intox-icated people.

8:30 a.m. Report of an erratic driver.

8:37 a.m. A caller re-ported a suspicious per-son from the night be-fore. The caller had ap-proached the person in their vehicle, but they wouldn’t roll it down.

8:53 a.m. A “histori-

cal” sexual assault was reported. Sgt. Wessel noted that historical in this context means that it happened a month or more ago.

9:17 a.m. Another historical sexual assault was reported and is also under investigation.

9:26 a.m. Report that a front driver’s side tire of a vehicle had been slashed on the 1700 block of 2nd Street South.

9:40 a.m. Ministry of Children and Families requested assistance with a case.

11:08 a.m. Police checked on the well being of a person after a suspicious person re-port came in.

11:45 a.m. Report of harassment on Face-book between exes.

12:42 pm. An erratic was reported in Moyie.

1:15 p.m. Report of an assault. A male al-leged that his girlfriend hit him in the face and threw plates at him. Po-lice investigated and found it to be a “consen-

sual fight”.1:20 p.m. An aban-

doned 911 call turned out to be a mistaken dial.

2:37 p.m. A report of a possible stolen motor-cycle. The caller had purchased an off road motorcycle and noticed some of the serial num-ber was unreadable.

3:50 p.m. A report of a missing elderly man. The person was located a few hours later.

4:13 p.m. Threats complaint. A man went into a store and asked for money. Police inves-tigated and the male was known to the com-plainant.

8:45 p.m. An inquiry came in about a custo-dial matter and was sent to family courts.

9:41 p.m. Police were called after a female re-fused to leave a proper-ty. She became uncoop-erative and started throwing pop bottles.

March 4Sgt. Wessel found no

reports of note, adding it was a calm day.

March 55:30 a.m. Theft of a

pack of cigarettes re-ported.

6:18 a.m. Report of a missing person. The person was found with no issues.

7:17 a.m. A historical sexual assault was re-ported and is under in-vestigation.

9:28 a.m. A report of mischief to a vehicle. The hood of the vehicle was damaged, possibly by a crowbar.

9:56 a.m. Police were out on extra traffic en-forcement.

1:12 p.m. A report of two counterfeit $100 USD bills.

1:59 p.m. Police re-sponded to a panic alarm. It turned out to be a complaint under the Mental Health Act and the person was taken to hospital.

4:56 p.m. A man called about a woman refusing to leave a prop-erty. The woman gave police a false name, but was known to officers and there was a warrant executed by police.

5:02 p.m. An intoxi-cated male was reported to police. He had falling down and taken to hos-pital for treatment of in-juries.

6:23 p.m. Police re-ceived an OnStar dis-tress signal. They at-tended and found the button had been pressed by mistake.

7:02 p.m. An unwant-ed male who had previ-ously been evicted from a residence refused to leave, and managed to reenter even after the locks had been changed.

8:32 p.m. Report of a possible impaired driv-er. The vehicle was not located.

March 67:06 a.m. Mischief to

deer traps was reported.

9:15 a.m. Report of harassment by text be-tween exes.

11:23 a.m. A com-mercial vehicle was re-ported vandalized. The radiator of a vehicle owned by a business on Theatre Road was re-ported to be punctured. The vandalism likely oc-curred in February.

11:30 a.m. A 24-hour suspension was issued after a vehicle was pulled over and officers found signs the drivers was impaired by drugs. A search of the vehicle found 3.9 grams of co-caine. It is under investi-gation.

4:39 p.m. Report of domestic disturbance. It turned out to be verbal argument between a couple that had split up.

6:38 p.m. An male and female were argu-ing in a Baker Street business. Police were called.

8:07 p.m. A driver was leaving the hockey game when he heard a loud bang. It was an in-dividual who had ran into the side of the truck. The driver called police because he was con-cerned about the indi-vidual.

March 71:20 a.m. Report of a

possible impaired driv-er. Police could not lo-cate.

10:34 a.m. Report of general speeding in a neighbourhood.

11:00 a.m. An intoxi-cated male was reported falling. He was lodged in cells until sober.

12:22 p.m. A shoplift-er was reported and is under investigation.

2:05 p.m. A pedestri-an using a crosswalk re-ported being nearly hit. Police have identified the vehicle and are fol-lowing up.

3:12 p.m. Report of

an erratic driver. The person ran a stop and almost hit the com-plainant.

4:51 p.m. A report of a driving complaint. The driver was located and police discussed the complaint with the indi-vidual.

5:34 An abandoned 911 call from a pay phone. Police found no issues.

7:30 p.m. Police re-ceived a complaint of a big party at a house that was supposed to be va-cant. The former ten-ants son had a backyard campfire. The partygo-ers were told to leave.

9:22 p.m. Police re-ceived report of an as-sault at a party. It was deemed domestic in na-ture and is under inves-tigation.

10:10 p.m. Report of possible impaired driv-er.

10:22 p.m. An aban-doned 911 call was re-ceived from a business. Police attended and found no issues.

March 8 1:11 a.m. A possible

impaired driver was re-ported. The vehicle wasn’t located. It was from another location, so Cranbrook RCMP forwarded the informa-tion on.

11:41 a.m. Report of a domestic disturbance. It was a couple splitting up.

1:40 p.m. Erratic driving complaint.

3:24 p.m. Possible impaired driver report-er. The vehicle was reg-istered in Calgary and could not be located.

7:30 p.m. Harass-ment by text between exes was reported. It is under investigation.

10:47 p.m. Report of threats. Both parties were spoken to.

Bill Gr Avel AndCanadian Press

ROGERS PASS, B.C. - It’s a never-ending war that the Cana-dian Forces has no hope of win-ning. They have to settle for victo-ries in small battles along the way.

Despite lengthy stints in wars overseas, Canada’s longest mili-tary mission continues in Rogers Pass, where it has taken part in Op PALACI doing avalanche con-trol for more than 50 years.

Every year since 1961, from November to April, the artillery task force is deployed in the pass with 105-mm howitzers modified for precision firing from roadside gun platforms.

The shells are fired into rock formations to reduce natural ava-lanches.

The objective is to prevent blockage of the Trans-Canada Highway and Canadian Pacific rail corridors between Vancouver and the rest of Canada.

Sgt. David Chelkowski, the troop sergeant-major for the 1st Regiment of the Royal Canadian Horse Artillery (1RCHA), served two tours in Afghanistan.

This year marks his second deployment doing avalanche control.

“This is the only part of Cana-da where the soldiers deploy to support avalanche control,” says Chelkowski. “At the end of the day it is a mission and we’re here to do a job that’s asked of us.”

He says he and the new re-cruits here for the first time real-ize they are taking part in a bit of history.

“Members of our regiment and other regiments in Canada have been doing this since the 1960s and for them it is important to write another chapter.”

Between 700 and 1,500 rounds are fired each year at predeter-mined targets in the peaks most at risk. Within a couple of min-utes the guns are locked into place on reinforced firing plat-forms, aimed and ready to fire.

Chelkowski says the results can be awe-inspiring.

“It’s Mother Nature at its best. You can just watch the trees tum-ble in front of it. It’s out of control and you can’t do anything but stand in awe and watch the view.”

It is Parks Canada who is call-

ing the shots - literally.Jeff Goodrich, the senior ava-

lanche officer, says his people do the science and the forecasting and the Canadian Forces provide the firepower.

In a 40-kilometre stretch with-in Glacier National Park, he says there are 134 avalanche paths that could hit the road.

“It’s amazing how much it can snow here,” Goodrich says.

“We get periods where we don’t get blue sky for weeks on end and we can get into periods of stormy weather where we need to do avalanche control and the next day get back at it again.”

Lt. Steen Hinman-Miller, the troop commander, is in the Rog-ers Pass for the first time this year. It’s not something that is covered in basic training.

“Shooting down avalanches? No, it’s not included in the job description,” he says with a laugh.

“We train for general warfare for the most part, but anything we can do to help another govern-ment agency for the people of Canada is what we do.”

Canadian military wages never-ending battle against enemy avalanches in B.C.

RCMP take 177 calls in early days of March


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Recruitment for Committees 2015City of Cranbrook

There are several opportunities for public participation and involvement in the City of Cranbrook advisory committees listed below.

Membership is open to residents of the City of Cranbrook.

Cranbrook Public Library Board

Members of the Library Board form a corporation with the powers and duties given under the Library Act. Board Applicant Process and Package available at the library or at www.cranbrook.ca. Two positions are available.

Terms of reference for all the committees are available on the City’s website – www.cranbrook.ca

Interested individuals are invited to submit a Volunteer Application form available at City Hall or the City’s website – www.cranbrook.ca.

Applications will be accepted at City Hall (attention Maryse Leroux) or by email [email protected] , no later than Monday March 16, 2015 at 4:00 p.m. local time.

School District No. 6 (Rocky Mountain)

Kimberley Zone

School District No.6 (Rocky Mountain), Kimberley Zone is now accepting applications for casual Education Assistants, effective immediately.

The nature of employment for every Education Assistant varies with the unique needs of students, duties may include, but not limited to:

1. Participating in Individual Educational Planning, school based team meetings, parent meetings, Open Houses, etc., which are relevant to the student(s) with whom they are directly involved.

2. Providing instructional support, behavior management support and record keeping support (i.e. home/school communication book, journals, charting and observations, etc. as specified).

3. Assisting in modifying and adapting classroom materials.

4. Assisting with delivery of medical procedures, occupational therapy, physical therapy, and speech programs as prescribed by professionals.

5. Supervising students on school outings.

6. Assisting with development and maintenance of community work experience placements for students with identified special needs.

7. Assisting students with personal care needs (i.e. toileting, dressing, eating, administering medication, mobility, communicating and facilitating participation in activities).

8. Working with assistive technologies, including computers, peripherals and a variety of software applications.

9. Assisting students to be included in the school community.

10. Behaving in a manner that respects the sensitivity and confidentiality of all information related to staff and students.

Training and Experience

1. Completion of Grade 12.

2. Appropriate post secondary training (i.e. Education Assistant Program or a diploma in counseling, social work, child care or education).

3. Successful experience working with students with special needs.

4. Additional training in supporting students with Autism or other specific special needs may be required.

This position is part of the Canadian Union of Public Employees, Local 440, wage $22.42/hour.

If you are interested in these positions, please submit a resume, with three references, to:

Ms. Meghan O’NeillHuman Resources Coordinator

School District No.6 (Rocky Mountain)P.O. Box 430

Invermere, B.C. V0A 1K0Phone: (250) 342-9243 e-mail: [email protected]

Successful applicant will be subject to a criminal record search.

M i k e S e l byMark Greaney con-

tinues Tom Clancy’s legacy in the latest Jack Ryan thriller ‘Full Force & Effect.’

The Magic Tree House gang visit En-gland during the Sec-ond World War in Mary Pope Osborne’s ‘Dan-ger in the Darkest Hour.’

Preschool Story Time is this Wednesday at 11:00 am, 1:15 pm, & 6:30 pm, and Toddler Story Time is 10 and 11 am. Both will be all about St. Patrick’s Day!

One-on-one com-

puter training is still available till the end of March. If you are inter-ested in learning more about (or even how to use) your latest com-puter, tablet, or e-read-er device, please book an appointment with Ryan at 250-426-4063 or at [email protected].

Come to the Mini Book Sale of the Friends of the Cranbrook Public Library. It will be held at the Manual Training School (adjacent to the Library). Friday, March 27 is for Friends of the

Cranbrook Public Li-brary MEMBERS ONLY from 4 pm to 8 pm. Sat-urday, March 28 every-one is welcome from 9 am to 4 pm. Come and discover loads of new releases, gardening, golf, cooking, landscap-ing, fiction, mystery, children books and much more. Your book donations are welcome anytime. Pocket books are especially appreci-ated. Please bring do-nation to the Circula-tion Desk at the Li-brary. For information contact Marilyn at 250-489-6254.

There is much more than this happening at the Library. Please check out our website and Facebook pages for more information and updates. We currently have a popular online auction of donated goods and services.

On display this month is the striking 3-D paper-tole art of Gisele Banich.

Adult Newly Acquired:The Postcard and

The Crossroad – Bever-ly Lewis (fic)

Agenda 21: Into the Shadows – Glen Beck (fic)

Full Force & Effect – Mark Greaney (fic)

The Alphabet House – Jussi Adler-Olsen (mys)

Alexander & The Terrible, Horrible… (DVD)

Training Day (DVD)Tombstone: Direc-

tor’s Cut (DVD)The Mentalist: Sea-

son 6 (DVD)

Young Adult & Children’s:

The Last Changeling – Jane Yolen (j fic)

Danger in the Dark-est Hour – Mary Pope Osborne (j fic)

At the Cranbrook Library

As with Cranbrook, the management tool of a cull has set off a emo-tional debate debate from the public.

Taft said the district put in two years of plan-ning back in 2010 with a committee and com-munity consultation, which came to the con-clusion of implement-ing a cull.

“We started the cull early in 2012 and right before the cull was going to begin, we got sued,” said Taft.

“It was very emotion-al right before that as well. A group of people took us to court, got an

injunction and delayed the cull.

“Eventually we were able to start the cull. They then went and scared away the con-tractor and put deer re-pellant around the traps, tried to vandalize traps—similar as to what we’ve heard in other communities.”

The court case—In-vermere Deer Protec-tion Organization v Dis-trict of Invermere—took over a year and a half to wrap up that ran up a taxpayer bill of $40,000, according to Taft.

In an effort to deter-mine public support for

a deer cull, the district tadded an opinion poll question to a referen-dum on a community hall.

“So it was about a 74 per cent response in fa-vour of a deer cull as one of the tools, so council feels that they have a mandate from the public that they’re comfortable with that,” Taft said.

“…I’ve gone out and witnessed first-hand, the deer getting killed, and the process is very smooth, there’s no suf-fering for the animals.”

Taft says the city has managed to make their deer cull more opera-

tional with an open-ended permit that has a targeted approach.

“People can register a complaint about an aggressive deer in a cer-tain neighbourhood and we can try to put traps in that area and we can be a little more stra-tegic about where we’re trying to get animals,” said Taft.

“Our main goal is not to wipe out 100 deer or decrease by a certain number, but rather it’s to respond to com-plaints as they come in.”

Cranbrook efforts to manage urban deer have followed a similar pattern, without the

lawsuit.In the city’s last cull,

24 mule deer were euth-anized from Feb. 7 - 27, 2013. Kimberley had plans for a cull in Febru-ary 2014 before clover traps were stolen. Traps have also become tar-gets for vandalism as in the case last week in Cranbrook, where four traps had the netting slashed.

Like Cranbrook, In-vermere recently

chipped in some money for a regional study that will gather scientific data on the transloca-tion of urban deer.

While Taft wants the provincial government to come to the table with more funding, he said Invermere is willing to contribute a share.

“For Invermere’s per-spective, we’re a little bit skeptical this is going to be a silver bullet,” said Taft. “It’s worth studying

and looking at, but we do have some concerns about whether reloca-tion is going to prove to be scientifically valid and wether or not the animals are actually going to survive and the costs and the complica-tions of actually doing it, whether it’ll be worth the effort.

“But we’re willing to put the money into the pot to try and study it and find out.”

Whole region addressing urban deer issueContinued from page 1


OpiniOn/EvEnts

It’s often a good idea, when faced with a really frightening situation, to model the “worst case” outcome and see how bad it could get. That can be quite bad, but it’s rarely as bad as the half-formed fears that build up if you don’t actually analyse the problem. Like Islamic State, for example.

It began with the conquest by an Isla-mist group called ISIS (Islamic State in Iraq and Syria) of various bits of territory in eastern Syria in 2011-13. Its founders were almost all Iraqis who had got their start fighting the American oc-cupation of their country. They were allegedly in Syria as volunteers in the strug-gle to overthrow Bashar al-Assad’s dictatorship, but they actually spent their time conquering territory held by other rebel groups.

Once ISIS had created a territorial base in eastern Syria, its fighters surged back across the border into Iraq in June, 2014 and captured Mosul, Iraq’s third-largest city. First the Iraqi army and then the much better respected Kurdish army crumbled in front of them. In July ISIS declared the bor-der abolished and proclaimed the founda-tion of the “Islamic State” in the conquered parts of both Syria and Iraq.

A few days later the leader of ISIS, Abu Baqr al-Baghdadi, declared in a sermon in Mosul’s great mosque of al-Nuri that he is the caliph to whom all Muslims owe obe-dience. It was a bold step – there has been no caliph since 1924 – but it had great res-onance among those many Muslims who linked the collapse of the Islamic world’s power and prosperity to the neglect of its traditional religious institutions and val-ues.

Since then, Islamic State has conquered no more territory. Its one big offensive, against the Kurdish enclave of Kobane along the Turkish border, was defeated after thousands of ISIS fighters died in the

attempt to take it. Aircraft from the US, other Western countries, and various con-servative Arab countries patrol the skies over Islamic State, bombing anything that looks even vaguely military. Yet it still scares people to death.

One reason is its sheer ferocity and end-lessly inventive cruelty. It crucifies people, hacks their heads off, burns them alive and posts videos boasting about it all. It attracts large numbers of recruits from the Sunni Muslims in the Arab lands now included in

Islamic State, but also thou-sands of eager volunteers from other Muslim coun-tries and from the Muslim diaspora in the West.

Moreover, it is collecting pledges of allegiance from like-minded Islamist fight-ing groups in other Muslim

countries, each of which lends a little more credibility to its claim to be the new caliph-ate. The first wave of pledges came in No-vember, when Islamist groups in Egypt, Libya, Algeria, Yemen and Saudi Arabia declared that they acknowledged al-Bagh-dadi, now calling himself Caliph Ibrahim, as their leader and guide.

Little more has been heard from the Yemeni, Saudi and Algerian groups, but the Egyptian group, Ansar Bayt al-Ma-qdis, controls parts of the Sinai peninsula, regularly attacks the Egyptian army, and was officially designated a “province” (wilayat) of the Islamic State in Novem-ber. Libya, where Islamist groups have been gaining ground in the civil war, was carved into three further “provinces” at the same time.

In late January a former commander of the Pakistani Taleban and ten other jihadi leaders from Pakistan and Afghanistan also acknowledged al-Baghdadi’s authority , and declared that they constituted the new IS “province” of Khorasan, taking in those two countries and “other nearby lands”.

Then last Saturday Abubakar Shekau, the leader of the militant group Boko Haram, which controls much of northeast-ern Nigeria, also pledged allegiance to Is-lamic State: “We announce our allegiance to the caliph... and will hear and obey in times of difficulty and prosperity. We call on Muslims everywhere to pledge alle-giance to the caliph.” It’s definitely catching on, but how far can it go?

Well, not much further, probably. It is striking that all the new “provinces” of Is-lamic State, like most of the original ones, are in mainly rural areas, often sparsely populated, and with few natural resources (except some oil, in Libya’s case). They are areas that corrupt and autocratic govern-ments, many of them distracted by civil war, will simply abandon for the short term as not worth bothering about.

For Islamic State to seize big metropoli-tan areas and their resources would require a level of popular support in those areas that is unlikely to emerge. Big cities are full of relatively sophisticated people with something to lose, and are unlikely to see Islamic State as an attractive solution for their problems.

Without the big cities and their commu-nications facilities – airports, harbours, major highways (which usually go through the cities) and the like – there can be little effective cooperation between the widely dispersed “provinces” of Islamic State. They will have to go on fighting their own wars with little outside help, and some they will lose.

The broader struggle against Islamist extremism will probably continue for at least a decade, and impose heavy costs on the people of the Middle East. But ul-tra-radical organisations like ISIS and Boko Haram are likely to break up in bitter theo-logical disputes a lot quicker than that.

Gwynne Dyer is an independent journalist based in London

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B.C.’s new seniors’ advocate has issued her second report, and the media mostly ignored it.

When this new office was promised by a campaigning Premier Christy Clark two years ago, I suggested that B.C. already has 85 seniors’ advocates. They’re called MLAs, and inquiries go to their local offices.

Much to the chagrin of the opposition, Seniors’ Advocate Isobel Macken-zie’s mandate is not to pursue individual cases, and so she won’t be serving up a fresh as-sortment of horror stories to embarrass the government.

Instead, it is to look for “systemic chal-lenges” and recommend ways to deal with them. The latest report is based on a sur-vey of more than 500 seniors from around the province, and the key finding was not what she expected.

“We were surprised to learn of the lack of awareness among seniors, particularly low-income seniors, of government pro-grams and the subsidies available to assist them,” Mackenzie said.

The survey found that 60 per cent of seniors living on $30,000 or less annual income didn’t know they are eligible for discounts on Medical Services Plan pre-miums. For income less than $22,000, the entire $864 cost of individual MSP premi-

ums is waived.Other frequently overlooked programs

are a monthly rent subsidy called Shelter Aid for Elderly Renters (SAFER), grants for disability modifications called Home Adaptations for Independence, drug cost

assistance called Fair Phar-macare, property tax defer-ment and the federal Guaran-teed Income Supplement pro-gram. Those older than 75 with income of less than $30,000 reported the lowest awareness of assistance de-signed specifically for them.

But you don’t get these benefits unless you apply and show that your income qualifies.

The survey also found that the biggest fear of low-income seniors is that they won’t be able to afford to stay in their homes. See home adaptation, property tax and rent subsidy programs above.

Awareness and usage of the SAFER program was lowest in the north and high-est in urban areas, perhaps not surprising since the B.C. government exists more in theory than in fact in many remote places.

So what should the government do about this? Well, it could advertise these programs. The government does lots of advertising, but not about old news like the SAFER program, which dates back to the 1970s.

Clark’s government did a whack of ad-

vertising in the election year, 2013. Much of it was about the B.C. Jobs Plan, heavy on the hardhats and blueprint-style graphics and arc welding and stuff like that.

Then last year the government’s big ad campaign was around the teachers’ strike, and the payments to parents to help with child care while teachers demanded twice as big a raise as all the other unions.

Education Minister Peter Fassbender is still bragging about the response rate for $40-a-day parental strike pay, which was snapped up by almost 100 per cent of eli-gible parents. This demonstrates that the government can indeed give away money with great efficiency, just by telling people how to get it.

The NDP’s version of seniors’ advocacy is to find the most tragic problems from complaints coming into constituency of-fices, and use those to ambush the govern-ment.

A popular choice is an elderly couple who have to be separated because their medical needs are too different to keep them in the same facility. TV news loves that one. People cry on camera and de-nounce politicians for being heartless, as if the health minister stayed up late plotting how to break their granny’s heart.

Maybe this seniors’ advocate wasn’t such a bad idea after all.

Tom Fletcher is legislature reporter and columnist for Black Press.

Seniors’ advocate strikes a chord

BC ViewsTom Fletcher

TUESDAY, MARCH 10, 2015

“The English tongue is spreading rapidly and bids fair to be the general language of the human race.”

John Lubbock 1803-1865.

“This is because of the mess that En-glish speakers make of other languages.” Me 1927-2015 so far.

Justin Giovannetti in The Globe and Mail had a go at the pro-nunciation of Calgary. He stated that those that say the name in any way other than Cal-gree prove that they are not locals at all. Folk that say Cal-gairy are merely marginal or outsiders.

And today, on the CBC news, Suhanna insisted on telling me all about Turuno, over there in Ontario. I wonder if that is really a local way of saying it.

This is interesting because there are ar-guments both for pronouncing foreign languages (i.e.Albertan or Ontarian) the way the locals do and, alternatively, for not bothering. Personally, I have discovered that speaking a foreign language as the lo-cals do can lead to all sorts of problems. For example they might think that you are local and well-acquainted with the tongue and rattle on back at you as if you knew what was going on. I learned this fact when I first left England’s island shores and trav-elled to France.

I found that the school French I had

learned, if enunciated well, would evoke a surprised response and a stream of stuff I couldn’t follow.

This happened too in Mexico. I was on an airport bus at Acapulco and politely greeted the driver in my best Spanish and asked him if were a local. I think that he related his family’s life-story from back of the time of the conquistadores. I’ve no

idea.On the other hand, there

are those like my Aunt Doris. Doris always told me that there were only two languag-es: English and Foreign. She never bothered to try ‘foreign’. Wherever she wandered in

the world, she spoke English loudly and clearly until the silly foreigners caught on.

But I don’t agree; I am inclined to go where angels fear to tread and have ‘goes’ at foreign. My fondest memories of travel have not been of cities nor of scenery; they invariably have been of the local people I’ve encountered and to whom I have en-deavoured to converse.

But these encounters do seem to have been most successful when my personal ‘foreign’ hasn’t been up to par. In some cases I’ve been disappointed where the foreigner to whom I am talking turns out to have a better grip on English than I do. The fun ones have been where the conversa-tion has been mutually difficult but tons of fun.

Like the encounter with that shepherd

just over the Pyrenees Mountains in what we believed to be Spain. The sum total of my knowledge of Spanish had come from watching cowboy movies but the shepherd didn’t seem to be handling the conversa-tion all that well either. I think I was asking directions as to the best route back into France but didn’t seem to be making much headway. However we shook hands and went our separate ways. In retrospect, it is quite possible that that shepherd may not have spoken Spanish anyway; it’s quite likely he was Basque.

There was that banker in France to whom I was chatting in my polished French. He frowned quite a bit but perked up when I showed him my passport. He grinned and said, “Oh! Canadien!” as if that explained everything.

My friend Paul got into linguistic prob-lems whilst hitch-hiking in Italy. He got the ride but Paul and the Italian seemed to have no common language. The two of them ended up solving some of their prob-lems using school-boy Latin. I bet that was a first since mediaeval monks from dispa-rate countries passed the idle hours over flagons of mulled wine.

I think that the best way to go about speaking foreign is to ask simple questions that evoke only yes or no answers. We did famously that way in Munich. We hardly got lost at all, were treated with respect and, what is more, learned how to say some German words more carefully.

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Kootenay Ice forward Austin Vetterl (#15) battles with former Lethbridge Hurricanes defenceman and current Kootenay Ice blue-liner Lenny Hackman (#22) earlier this season. The Hurricanes visit Western Financial Place Tuesday night at 7 p.m.

Storm watchIce welcome Lethbridge Hurricanes Tuesday night

Tuesday, March 10

LeThbridge hurricanes aT KooTenay ice

GAME TIME: 7 P.M. (MT)LAST MEETING: KTN 5 at LET 2 (Feb. 17)

HURRICANES vs. ICE (20-37-5-3) RECORD (33-29-1-3) Sixth (Central) DIVISION Fourth (Central) 11th (Eastern) CONF. Sixth (Eastern) 188 GF 221 270 GA 236 20th (16.2%) PP 15th (19.8%) 14th (79.3%) PK Ninth (80.9%) T. Wong (25-29-54) TOP SCORER L. Philp (28-47-75) S. Skinner (3.63 GAA) TOP GOALIE W. Hoflin (3.22 GAA) L1 STREAK L1 4-3 L at PAR LAST GAME 1-0 L at MHT March 13 vs. EDM NEXT GAME March 13 vs. MHT

KIJHL Standings WHL Standings

EddIE MountaIn dIvISIonTEAM GP W L T OTL PTS STRK y-Fernie Ghostriders 49 35 11 1 2 73 W1x-Kimberley Dynamiters 50 30 15 2 3 65 W8x-Creston Valley T. Cats 50 27 17 1 5 60 L1x-Golden Rockets 49 22 22 0 5 49 L1Col. Valley Rockies 49 11 32 0 6 28 L1

nEIL MurdocH dIvISIonTEAM GP W L T OTL PTS STRK y-B. Valley Nitehawks 49 33 11 1 4 71 W3x-Castlegar Rebels 49 28 16 1 4 61 L1x-Spokane Braves 50 25 21 0 4 54 W1x-Nelson Leafs 50 22 22 2 4 50 W1G. Forks Border Bruins 49 8 37 1 3 20 L14

doug BIrKS dIvISIonTEAM GP W L T OTL PTS STRK y-Kamloops Storm 49 32 15 0 2 66 W1x-Chase Heat 50 24 18 2 6 56 L2x-100 Mile H. Wranglers 50 25 20 0 5 55 W3Sicamous Eagles 50 25 23 1 1 52 L5Revelstoke Grizzlies 50 22 21 2 5 51 L1

oKanagan dIvISIonTEAM GP W L T OTL PTS STRK t-Osoyoos Coyotes 49 40 6 2 1 83 W4x-Summerland Steam 50 28 17 2 3 61 W1x-Princeton Posse 49 20 23 3 3 46 L2x-Kelowna Chiefs 50 21 25 2 2 46 W1N. Okanagan Knights 51 6 40 1 4 17 L8

Scoring LeadersPlayer Team GP G A PTS 1. Jason Richter KIM 50 37 29 662. Aaron Azevedo OSO 39 24 42 663. Doan Smith + FER 46 35 27 624. Ian Chrystal KAM 49 34 27 615. Troy Maclise OSO 46 26 34 606. Braedon Cyra KEL 49 15 45 607. Steven Flust REV 50 20 38 588. Carson Cartwright CTC 48 29 28 579. Cody Hodges CHA 47 27 30 5710. Tyler Chavez Leech REV 49 31 25 56

Goaltending Leaders (min. six games played)Player Team GAA W L T SO1. Brett Soles OSO 2.03 20 2 3 32. Lawrence Langan OSO 2.31 25 5 1 53. Tyson Brouwer KIM 2.39 24 9 2 24. Brett Huber SUM 2.41 17 9 2 35. Bailey Stephens PRI 2.48 8 8 0 06. Jeff Orser FER 2.52 23 9 1 17. Aidan Doak REV 2.62 9 5 0 28. Mitchell Martell CTC 2.68 12 5 1 09. Olivier Charest SIC 2.76 12 6 1 2

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cEntraL dIvISIonTEAM GP W L OTL SL PTS STRK x-Medicine Hat Tigers 66 41 22 1 2 85 W1x-Calgary Hitmen 66 40 21 1 4 85 L2x-Red Deer Rebels 66 35 21 4 6 80 W3Kootenay Ice 66 33 29 1 3 70 L1Edmonton Oil Kings 67 31 29 4 3 69 W1 Lethbridge Hurricanes 65 20 37 5 3 48 L1

EaSt dIvISIonTEAM GP W L OTL SL PTS STRK y-Brandon Wheat Kings 66 48 11 4 3 103 W1x-Regina Pats 65 35 21 5 4 79 L1Swift Current Broncos 66 30 31 1 4 65 L6 Moose Jaw Warriors 66 29 32 4 1 63 W3 Prince Albert Raiders 65 27 35 2 1 57 W3Saskatoon Blades 66 19 43 2 2 42 L3

EaStErn confErEncE WILd card racETEAM GP W L OTL SL PTS STRK ^Kootenay Ice 66 33 29 1 3 70 L1^Edmonton Oil Kings 67 31 29 4 3 69 W1Moose Jaw Warriors 66 29 32 4 1 63 W3

B.c. dIvISIonTEAM GP W L OTL SL PTS STRK y-Kelowna Rockets 66 50 11 4 1 105 W2x-Victoria Royals 66 35 27 3 1 74 W1Prince George Cougars 66 28 33 2 3 61 OTL1Kamloops Blazers 66 25 34 4 3 57 L1Vancouver Giants 66 26 37 1 2 55 L6

u.S. dIvISIonTEAM GP W L OTL SL PTS STRK x-Everett Silvertips 66 40 19 3 4 87 W3x-Portland Winterhawks 64 39 20 2 3 83 W3x-Seattle Thunderbirds 66 33 24 4 5 75 W1Spokane Chiefs 64 31 29 3 1 66 L2Tri-City Americans 66 28 35 0 3 59 L2

WEStErn confErEncE WILd card racETEAM GP W L OTL SL PTS STRK ^Spokane Chiefs 64 31 29 3 1 66 L2^Tri-City Americans 66 28 35 0 3 59 L2Kamloops Blazers 66 25 34 4 3 57 L1 Scoring LeadersPlayer Team GP G A PTS 1. Trevor Cox MHT 63 25 75 100 2. Oliver Bjorkstran POR 51 52 45 973. Tim McGauley BWK 66 40 57 97

Goaltending Leaders (min. 1,260 min played)Player Team GAA W L OT/S SO1. Carter Hart EVE 2.20 16 4 3 42. Taran Kozun SEA 2.41 30 18 8 43. Jackson Whistle KEL 2.46 32 8 4 4

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With the WHL play-off race tightening, the Kootenay Ice host the Lethbridge Hurricanes Tuesday night, in hopes of keeping thoughts fo-cused on what’s in their control.

“When there’s six games left or 10 games left or whatever it is, you’re always score-board watching trying to get some help from teams,” said Kootenay Ice alternate captain Austin Vetterl prior to practice at Western Fi-nancial Place Monday afternoon. “I think the most important part is we go out and win our games and we should be fine. Then we won’t have to look at score-boards. It’s in our own hands right now.”

Heading into Tues-day action, the Ice sit one point up with one game in hand on the Ed-monton Oil Kings for the first wild-card seed in the WHL’s Eastern Conference.

The Oil Kings clawed within one point of their Central Division rival after the Ice managed to collect only one of a possible four points this past weekend, scoring one lonely goal over two

games -- a 2-1 shootout loss to the Red Deer Rebels Friday and a 1-0 shutout at the hands of the Medicine Hat Tigers Saturday.

“We need to just do the simple things -- get pucks to the net, get more traffic in front of the net,” Vetterl said. “Get a greasy one. I think that’s the biggest problem right now -- once you don’t score for a couple games, you start squeezing your stick, trying to make pretty plays.”

Despite having sur-rended the second-most goals (270) in the WHL’s Eastern Conference, the Hurricanes boast a strong goaltending tan-dem featuring 16-year-

old Stuart Skinner and former Kootenay Ice keeper Jayden Sittler.

“Both [are] good goalies, capable goal-ies,” Vetterl said. “We’ve got to get on them early.”

In his WHL rookie season, Skinner is 13-17-2-3 wwith a 3.63 goals-against average (GAA) and 0.911 save percentage (SP) while the 19-year-old Sittler is 8-14-0-0 with a 3.53 GAA and 0.906 SP.

Sittler was dealt from the Ice to the Victoria Royals earlier this sea-son, before then being shipped to Lethbridge.

Spirits were high in the basement of West-ern Financial Place on Monday, as buzzing around Vetterl was al-

ternate captain Jaedon Descheneau.

With a big grin plas-tered across his face, the Edmonton native wrapped Vetterl in a bear hug before jump-ing in with his own thoughts.

“Play hard. Play smart, physical, fast,” Descheneau rattled off in response to what his team needs to do in order to get on a roll heading towards the post-season.

Including Tuesday’s scheduled tilt with the Hurricanes, the Ice have six games remaining in regular-season play.

“Stick to the game plan. Show up to the rink ready to play any game, no matter what,” Vetterl added. “Like De-scheneau said, play hard, fast and everyone needs to chip in offen-sively, defensively. Whatever your role is, you’ve got to do it.”

Following Tuesday’s date with the Hurri-canes, the Ice host the Medicine Hat Tigers at Western Financial Place Friday night before tak-ing their show to Red Deer for a Saturday night special against the Rebels.

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LOS ANGELES - Plans have been aban-doned for an NFL stadi-um in downtown Los Angeles, the developer announced Monday.

AEG’s Farmers Field project was the front-runner for return-ing the NFL to the re-gion, but with no fran-chise attached and two competing projects emerging that have NFL owners on board, the downtown plan went into a speedy decline.

“We are no longer in discussion with the NFL or any NFL team,” said Ted Fikre, Vice Chair-man of AEG, which owns the L.A. Kings and the downtown Staples Cen-ter, home of the NBA’s Lakers and Clippers.

The developer had spent five years and at least $50 million in try-ing to add the NFL to its arsenal and restore it to the city, but now said it will focus on other downtown develop-ment projects.

The announcement leaves two clear con-tenders for the NFL’s re-turn to the area for the first time in two decades, both in cities just outside Los Angeles: A stadium in Inglewood proposed in January with the back-ing of St. Louis Rams owner Stan Kroenke, and a project in Carson announced last month with the joint backing of the Oakland Raiders and San Diego Chargers.

The downtown proj-ect - which would have

been unusual for the NFL where most venues are in suburbs instead of centres - appeared to gain new life in October when the developer asked for and received a six-month extension for its deadline to attract an NFL team for the project. AEG cited “new dia-logue” with the league.

Fikre said it will allow the extension to expire in April with no renewal.

The project’s boost-ers included Mayor Eric Garcetti, much of the City Council and local business leaders.

Michael Eisner, ex-CEO at Walt Disney Co., told AP in November that Farmers Field would have been an ideal addi-tion to the reemergence of downtown LA.

“It just felt to me that if we could pull this off, particularly in the down-town area, that the re-naissance of LA...could

be enhanced,” he said.“I’m a Disney guy,”

Eisner said. “I’m looking for the end of the movie to be happy.”

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Dear Annie: I live in a rental space with my aunt and uncle. We enjoyed it until re-cently. Here’s what happened:

During the time we have been here, the rental space has had several different man-agers. All were nice and tried their best, but this new manager is treating us poorly. “Sal-ly” is evil and rude, and if she’s right, you’re wrong. Her attitude toward us makes us feel terrible. We pay our rent every month on time. We try to keep our rental space as clean as possible. We are cordial to our neighbors.

However, when we got a bedbug infes-tation, Sally said it was our fault. We have heard from previous residents that they have had infestations, as well. A family had to move out because of this. Another needed to have their rental space exterminated before moving in.

I don’t think Sally is totally familiar with infestations. She knew nothing about bed-bugs and had to read up on them. She thinks there is nothing wrong with blaming us, yet the fact that others on this property have had infestations indicates that the problem has been kicking around for a while, and others may have bedbugs soon.

She is charging us for the exterminator, even though we weren’t the ones who called him. She also arranged a follow-up spray without asking us. She is making us feel that we need to leave.

How do we find out who the owner is so I can report Sally? -- Concerned

Dear Concerned: Some unenlightened landlords blame bedbug infestations on the residents, but the truth is that a single infes-tation can reappear anywhere in the entire apartment complex over and over, regard-less of origin, which is what may have hap-pened in your space. It is necessary for all of the apartments in the vicinity to be thor-oughly disinfected, meaning the neighbors above, below and on either side.

You can find out who owns the rental spaces through your county government offices, which should have records of land ownership. (In Chicago, it would be the Re-corder of Deeds, but it varies by location.)

Dear Annie: My best friend’s daugh-ter is getting married this summer and has requested that her mom give her a bridal shower. Since the couple has been living together for a while, they did not register for gifts and are asking that the shower invita-tion include a suggestion for money or gift cards.

I have heard that this is a common prac-tice these days. But I think it’s ill mannered to ask your guests for money. What is your take on this? -- Old-Fashioned in Pennsyl-vania

Dear Pennsylvania: The way it works is for close friends and family of the bride to pass the word that cash or gift cards are preferred, and not include this in the show-er invitation. It is also wise for the bride and groom to register for a few items, perhaps from a store they frequent where unwanted items can be returned for merchandise cred-it. This allows guests who are uncomfortable giving money to give something else. After all, giving anything is up to the guest, and the couple should show gratitude for what-ever is received.

Dear Annie: I read the letter from “Ven-tura, Calif.,” about dental scams and the response from the American Dental Asso-ciation. I agree that a second opinion is im-portant.

I live in a huge retirement communi-ty. At least six people I know visited a large dental practice here, and all were told they needed extensive dental work. One man had a year of work done to the tune of $22,000. The others, however, returned to their for-mer dentists in their old home cities. The second opinions they received were all the same: Nothing needed to be done to their teeth. Seniors with savings should beware. -- Florida Annie’s Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sug-ar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers column. Please email your questions to [email protected], or write to: Annie’s Mailbox, c/o Creators Syndicate, 737 3rd Street, Hermosa Beach, CA 90254. To find out more about Annie’s Mailbox and read features by other Creators Syndicate writ-ers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate Web page at www.creators.com. COPYRIGHT 2015 CREATORS.COM

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Get some extra R and R.CANCER (June 21-July 22)Note the role that inspiration plays in your thinking. Be more aware of what could happen if a special someone was not in your life. Let him or her know how much you appreciate his or her feedback. Compliments will bond the relationship. Tonight: Express your feelings.LEO (July 23-Aug. 22)Stay on top of your to-do list. Answer to a loved one, and get past the immediate issue. You have the unique ability to cre-ate what appears to others to be impossible. Your ingenuity often helps you find a different approach. Tonight: Head home early.VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)You will appreciate having the support of one specific person. Be careful, though, as this per-son is capable of causing a lot of problems. Be aware of what could happen if you decide not to follow his or her suggestions. Tonight: Get together with a fa-vorite loved one.LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)

You could be more in touch with your needs than you might real-ize. Try not to go overboard with your spending. If you become triggered by a partner or loved one, root out the deeper cause before reacting. Tonight: Run some errands on the way home.SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)Be willing to take a big step for-ward. You might be concerned that you don’t have enough energy to incorporate more of what you want. Focus on your priorities, and your effective-ness will increase. You’ll enjoy being free to do what you want. Tonight: Don’t go overboard.SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) Funnel your energy into some-thing that completely intrigues you. Let go of a tendency to overthink or multitask in your mind. Plan on having a calm, quiet day, where you can ac-complish a lot. Think rather than act. Tonight: Make yourself unavailable.CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)Zero in on your objectives when in a meeting with others. Don’t be surprised if you are met with some disagreement. A close

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OTTAWA - The U.S.-led coa-lition in Iraq is planning to join a trio of Canadian investiga-tions already underway into last week’s deadly friendly-fire episode in northern Iraq, but experts say if recent history is any guide, the public should temper its expectations about the findings.

In an interview Monday with The Canadian Press, Gen. Tom Lawson, the country’s chief of defence staff, said the international headquarters overseeing the war against the Islamic State is “interested in exactly what happened and therefore will be leading their own investigation.”

The involvement of Ameri-can commanders takes the concern about the deadly mis-take - which claimed the life of 31-year-old Sgt. Andrew Doiron - to a completely different level, especially in light of a call for U.S. special forces to be operat-ing at the front line.

There is a military police case and a technical investiga-tion, known as a board of inqui-ry - both of which are standard procedure whenever a soldier dies in the line of duty. In addi-tion, the special forces are con-ducting their own internal re-view.

Even so, there are significant organizational and cultural barriers that cause both a for-mer special forces commander and a leading defence analyst to wonder if anyone can be held responsible, and whether

such calamities can truly be avoided in the future.

“Whether somebody will be held accountable for this, I don’t know,” said Roland Paris, director of the Centre for Inter-national Policy Studies at the University of Ottawa.

“Should they be? Yes, of course, but I don’t know enough about how the Kurds handle these situations to be able to guess at how they will do.”

A former commando said the Kurds, while tenacious fighters, are a fledgling military with different standards and rules of engagement.

“Should we expect someone to be held to account? Yes,” said Steve Day, a former special

forces commander and security expert.

“But are they going to be held to account in a western manner? No, I don’t think that is reasonable that they be held to account in the same style that we would hold someone to account because it’s a com-pletely different culture.”

Prosecuting friendly-fire cases between nations, even among advanced western armies, is a tenuous matter, one usually fraught with diplomatic drawbacks.

There were three such fatal incidents in Afghanistan where Canadian troops were mistak-enly hit by U.S. forces, but only one resulted in a court martial.

“It’s the fog of war,” said Day.

“If that young Kurdish sol-dier believed what he saw was a threat, how are we going to work through the mechanics of ascertaining whether his rules of engagement, which are noth-ing like ours, were correct? I don’t see scenario where there’s a prosecution like we would see in Canada.”

Kurdish officials said Sun-day that their soldiers opened fire on the unsuspecting Cana-dians after they showed up un-announced at the front line to call in airstrikes against Islamic State fighters.

A senior Canadian defence official strongly refuted that narrative and expressed confi-dence the investigation would show the Canadians were not at fault and had taken every nec-essary precaution.

Lawson said the investiga-tions would establish the facts of the case, noting that the spe-cial forces troops had already been in the area where Doiron was killed earlier in the day and had set up a meeting to return.

The public disagreement has the potential of damaging the relationship the Canadians have built with the Kurds, said Paris.

Lawson disagreed, saying the rapport that’s been built up over six months of providing advice and support would not be easily shaken.

“We’ve got a link of trust that runs the gamut from the lowest levels to the highest levels” of the Kurdish military establish-ment, Lawson said.

Coalition joins friendly fire investigation frenzy

Sgt. Andrew doiron

JiM BronskillCanadian Press

OTTAWA - A prominent hu-man-rights group says the Conservative government’s an-ti-terrorism bill could be used to target environmental activ-ists and aboriginal protesters.

In a brief made public Mon-day, Amnesty International Canada adds its voice to those who say the bill would go be-yond genuine security threats to ensnare those who mount demonstrations that fall out-side the strict letter of the law.

The Conservatives brought in the bill - which would sig-nificantly expand the Canadian Security Intelligence Service’s mandate - following the mur-ders of two Canadian soldiers last October.

The legislation would give CSIS the ability to disrupt ter-ror plots, make it easier for po-

lice to limit the movements of a suspect, expand no-fly list powers, crack down on terror-ist propaganda, and remove barriers to sharing security-re-lated information.

The new disruptive powers do not apply to lawful advoca-cy, protest and dissent, but Amnesty fears they could be used against activists who pro-test without an official permit or despite a court order.

Canada must not slip into the pattern - seen elsewhere in the world - of leaving human rights behind in the name of protecting national security, Amnesty warns.

“It is absolutely vital that terrorist threats be addressed through measures that are in keeping with international human rights obligations,” said Alex Neve, secretary general of Amnesty International Cana-

da.The House of Commons

public safety committee plans to hear more than 50 witnesses on the bill during beginning Tuesday.

The bill and legislation ta-bled last fall dealing with CSIS source protection and for-eign-spying powers amount to the most comprehensive re-form of Canada’s security laws since 2001, Amnesty notes.

CSIS has always been able to operate overseas to counter security threats to Canada.

However, long-planned leg-islation brought forward last October would give the spy ser-vice more latitude to obtain a court-ordered warrant autho-rizing security investigations abroad.

The amendment flows from court judgments that took issue with CSIS’s powers to operate

outside Canada - including a biting one by Federal Court Justice Richard Mosley that criticized CSIS for requesting warrants to track two Canadi-ans with technical help from the Communications Security Establishment, Canada’s elec-tronic spy agency.

CSIS failed to disclose to Mosley that CSEC’s foreign counterparts in the Five Eyes intelligence network could be called upon to help - some-thing the judge called “a delib-erate decision to keep the court in the dark about the scope and extent of the foreign collection efforts.”

The legislation also tweaks the CSIS Act to prohibit the naming of individuals who might be involved in covert op-erations in the future.

Anti-terrorism bill could be used to target activists, Amnesty International says

Tuesday, MaRCH 10, 2015 daily townsman / daily bulletin

SPORTS

KIJHL Playoffs Statistics & Series

KOOTENAY CONFERENCEPlayoff Scoring LeadersPlayer Team GP G A PTS 1. Cole Keebler FER 11 5 8 132. Jeremy McNeil CGR 10 6 6 123. Aaron Neufeld FER 11 5 7 124. Justin Peers FER 11 4 8 125. Aaron Petten CGR 10 6 5 11

Playoff Goaltending Leaders (min. two games played)Player Team GAA W L MP SO1. Tyson Brouwer KIM 1.02 8 1 529 22. Brock Lefebvre CTC 1.30 1 2 184 03. C. Schamerhorn BVN 1.81 6 0 464 04. Mitch Martell CTC 2.05 0 2 117 05. Jeff Orser FER 2.74 6 5 656 0

Kootenay ConferenCe - eddie Mountain division finalFERNIE GHOSTRIDERS (1) vs. KIMBERLEY DYNAMITERS (2)Dynamiters win series 4-2Game 1: Kimberley Dynamiters 5 at Fernie Ghostriders 2Game 2: Kimberley Dynamiters 2 at Fernie Ghostriders 5Game 3: Fernie Ghostriders 7 at Kimberley Dynamiters 4Game 4: Fernie Ghostriders 1 at Kimberley Dynamiters 1 (OT)Game 5: Kimberley Dynamiters 2 at Fernie Ghostriders 1Game 6: Fernie Ghostriders 2 at Kimberley Dynamiters 5

Kootenay ConferenCe - neil MurdoCH division finalBEAVER VALLEY NITEHAWKS (1) vs. CASTLEGAR REBELS (2)Nitehawks win series 4-0Game 1: Castlegar Rebels 2 at Beaver Valley Nitehawks 3 (OT)Game 2: Castlegar Rebels 2 at Beaver Valley Nitehawks 6Game 3: Beaver Valley Nitehawks 4 at Castlegar Rebels 2Game 4: Beaver Valley Nitehawks 6 at Castlegar Rebels 3

OKANAGAN/SHUSWAP CONFERENCE Playoff Scoring LeadersPlayer Team GP G A PTS 1. Daylan Robertson SUM 13 5 11 162. Michael Lynch 1MH 11 9 4 133. Aaron Azevedo OSO 11 4 9 134. Devan Suidy 1MH 11 5 7 125. Nick Josephs KEL 7 3 9 12

Playoff Goaltending Leaders (min. two games played)Player Team GAA W L MP SO1. Bailey De Palma KAM 1.10 3 1 164 12. Jacob Mullen KAM 1.84 5 1 457 13. Lawrence Langan OSO 2.00 5 0 300 14. Kristian Stead 1MH 2.20 5 6 681 15. Brett Soles OSO 2.35 3 3 408 1

oK./sHuswap ConferenCe - oKanagan division finalOSOYOOS COYOTES (1) vs. SUMMERLAND STEAM (2)Coyotes win series 4-2Game 1: Summerland Steam 2 at Osoyoos Coyotes 4Game 2: Summerland Steam 2 at Osoyoos Coyotes 8Game 3: Osoyoos Coyotes 2 at Summerland Steam 3 (OT3)Game 4: Osoyoos Coyotes 2 at Summerland Steam 6Game 5: Summerland Steam 2 at Osoyoos Coyotes 5Game 6: Osoyoos Coyotes 3 at Summerland Steam 2

oK./sHuswap ConferenCe - doug BirKs division finalKAMLOOPS STORM (1) vs. 100 MILE HOUSE WRANGLERS (3)Storm win series 4-1Game 1: 100 Mile House Wranglers 1 at Kamloops Storm 3Game 2: 100 Mile House Wranglers 0 at Kamloops Storm 1Game 3: Kamloops Storm 3 at 100 Mile House Wranglers 2Game 4: Kamloops Storm 1 at 100 Mile House Wranglers 4Game 5: 100 Mile House Wranglers 1 at Kamloops Storm 2

Kimberley Dynamiters Scoring SummaryMonDay, March 9

Fernie GhoStriDerS 2at KiMberley DynaMiterS 5

First Period 1. KIM - E. Buckley, (K. Haase, C. Prevost), 14:302. KIM - J. Jowsey, (unassisted), 6:46Second Period 3. FER - C. Keebler, (J. Peers, S. Bender), 15:314. FER - D. Burgess, (J. Burgess, S. Bender), 12:16 (SH)Third Period 5. KIM - K. Haase, (C. Prevost, J. Meier), 13:356. KIM - C. Prevost, (unassisted), 0:55 (EN)7. KIM - B. Saretsky, (J. Meier), 0:04 (EN)Shots 1 2 3 TFernie Ghostriders 11 8 13 32Kimberley Dynamiters 9 7 10 26Goaltenders Saves Mins SV%FER - Jeff Orser 21/24 59:01 0.875KIM - Tyson Brouwer 30/32 60:00 0.938Power playsFernie - 0/2 (00.0%); Kimberley - 0/2 (00.0%) Attendance: 1,156

Eddie Mountain Division Final Kimberley Dynamiters (2) vs. Fernie Ghostriders(1)DYNAMITERS WIN SERIES 4-2Game 1 - Dynamiters 5 at Ghostriders 2Game 2 - Dynamiters 2 at Ghostriders 5Game 3 - Ghostriders 7 at Dynamiters 4Game 4 - Ghostriders 1 at Dynamiters 2 (OT)Game 5 - Dynamiters 2 at Ghostriders 1Game 6 - Ghostriders 2 at Dynamiters 5

Kootenay Conference FinalKimberley Dynamiters vs. Beaver Valley NitehawksGame 1 - March 11 at Beaver Valley Arena (8 p.m.)Game 2 - March 12 at Beaver Valley Arena (8 p.m.)Game 3 - TBD at Kimberley Civic CentreGame 4 - TBD at Kimberley Civic Centre*Game 5 - TBD at Beaver Valley Arena*Game 6 - TBD at Kimberley Civic Centre*Game 7 - TBD at Beaver Valley ArenaAll times Mountain

Playoff Scoring StatisticsPlayer GP G A PTS PIM Braden Saretsky 11 8 2 10 6Coy Prevost 11 6 4 10 6Eric Buckley 11 5 2 7 10Jared Marchi 11 0 7 7 2Jason Richter 11 3 3 6 14Keenan Haase 11 2 4 6 4Justin Meier 11 1 3 4 20James Jowsey 11 2 1 3 4Sawyer Hunt 10 0 2 2 8Jesse Wallace 11 1 0 1 4Jordan Roy 3 1 0 1 0Jordan Busch 11 0 1 1 2Tyler Kinnon 11 0 1 1 10Lincoln Lane 11 0 1 1 4Alex Rosolowsky 8 0 1 1 0Jonas Gordon 10 0 0 0 6Brady Revie 10 0 0 0 0Charles Dagostin 9 0 0 0 0Rory Mallard 7 0 0 0 4Trevor Van Steinburg 7 0 0 0 0Marco Campanella 2 0 0 0 0

Goaltending StatisticsPlayer W L SO GAA SP MPTyson Brouwer 8 1 2 1.02 0.961 529Brody Nelson 0 2 0 5.60 0.787 139

Eddie Mountain Division Semifinal Creston Valley T. Cats (3) vs. Kimberley Dynamiters (2)DYNAMITERS WIN SERIES 4-1Game 1 - Thunder Cats 2 at Dynamiters 1 (OT)Game 2 - Thunder Cats 0 at Dynamiters 2Game 3 - Dynamiters 1 at Thunder Cats 0Game 4 - Dynamiters 3 at Thunder Cats 1Game 5 - Thunder Cats 1 at Dynamiters 2

Marching onDynamiters defeat Ghostriders in Game 6; advance to Kootenay Conference final

Sara Moulton Photo/Fernie Free PreSS

Kimberley Dynamiters goaltender Tyson Brouwer (#1) keeps his eye on the play as Ghostriders forward Aaron Neufeld (#22) cruises past Monday night.

Taylor rocc aIt may have taken a

decade, but the Kimber-ley Dynamiters are Eddie Mountain Divi-sion champions and headed back to the Koo-tenay Conference final after claiming a 4-2 se-ries triumph over the Fernie Ghostriders.

A 5-2 victory in Game 6 in front of 1,156 rau-cous fans at the Kimber-ley Civic Centre sparked the Dynamiters fran-chise to its first appear-ance in the conference final since the 2004-05 season.

“This series could have gone either way. I give [the Fernie Ghostriders] full credit,” said Kimberley Dyna-miters head coach Jerry Bancks Monday night. “We won by, basically, another one-goal game tonight. It’s kind of how it is and that’s kind of how the whole series was. It was a lot of fun.

“We’ve got a great group of guys that de-serve that.”

Monday night proved another back-and-forth affair, just as the first five games of the series had been.

“It’s tough when you lose, but when you lose that way -- Game 5 play-ing our hearts out, Game 6 playing our hearts out -- you can’t be disap-pointed,” Ghostriders head coach and general

manager Craig Mohr told Sara Moulton of the Fernie Free Press.

“In my 21 years of coaching, this is my best year. This is the best group I’ve had. I’m al-most in tears with them because it’s over. It’s just been so much fun.”

The Nitros jumped out to a 2-0 lead after 20 minutes, with Eric Buck-ley and James Jowsey providing the markers.

But a veteran group of Ghostriders weren’t about to fold the tent that early in Game 6.

Cole Keebler got the visitors on the board 4:29 into the second period, dancing past the Dyna-miters defence before picking the top corner behind the glove of goal-tender Tyson Brouwer.

A matter of 3:15 later, Fernie defenceman Dan Burgess snapped a short-handed shot from the high slot that caught a piece of Brouwer’s shoulder before bounc-ing over the Nitros goal-tender and into the net to make it a 2-2 game after 40 minutes.

With the game on the line in the third period, California native Keenan Haase awoke from his post-season slumber.

“He was a little bit on and off through the se-ries,” Bancks said. “He’s got a little bit of Califor-nia in him. You some-times have to fire him

up. I had a meeting with him, one-on-one, be-fore the game and I challenged him. Boy, did he ever respond. It’s all a learning process for these kids. That’s what makes hockey special.”

With 13:35 remaining in regulation and the two Eddie Mountain Divi-sion rivals deadlocked 2-2, Haase exchanged a quick give-and-go with Coy Prevost before send-ing a wrist shot over the shoulder of Ghostriders goaltender Jeff Orser.

“This whole series [Orser] has been going low. We’ve been shoot-ing low and he’s been blocking everything on the ground,” Haase said. “I knew I had to raise it. It just got up there, so I was lucky enough it got to the corner.”

The goal was Haase’s second of the post-sea-son, first of the series against Fernie, and gave his team a 3-2 lead they refused to relinquish on home ice in Game 6.

The 6-foot-2, 195-pound native of Mission Viejo, Calif., finished the night with a goal and an assist, having set up Buckley for the first goal of the game.

“It’s an unreal feel-ing. Since I got here, it’s always been [about] Fernie,” Haase said. “When it got down to this final game, we had to put it all on the line

and everybody did that.“Every shift, they

wouldn’t give you an inch. You had to fight and scratch for every-thing.”

Fight and scratch is exactly what Haase did. Upon scoring the go-ahead goal, the rookie pivot laid his body down to block shots and won a crucial face-off in the de-fensive zone in the final minute of regulation.

Off Haase’s big face-off win, Prevost put the game on ice with 55 sec-onds remaining, dou-bling his team’s lead to 4-2 with an empty-net goal. Braden Saretsky added another emp-ty-netter for good mea-sure, rounding out the scoring with four sec-onds left on the clock.

Despite not being at 100-per-cent health, Brouwer turned in an-other strong perfor-mance, steering aside 30 of 32 shots sent his way.

“It’s an amazing feel-ing to have a group of guys that will play that hard in front of me when I go down,” Brouwer said. “It was definitely a battle back. I’m still not 100 per cent, but I have a great medical staff. Brody [Nelson] did a heck of a job coming in Game 1 and Game 2. He made a lot of stops that we needed.

“But just the charac-ter of this team -- it

shows.”Having been knocked

out of the series after 40 minutes in Game 1 due to a lower-body injury, Brouwer returned for Game 4, back-stopping his team to three consec-utive victories and a se-ries win.

“That’s what makes hockey a wonderful sport,” Bancks said. “It is part of the game and I like to think of it as resil-iency. The biggest thing with that is when you’ve got Jason Richter on your team and Tyler Kinnon and Charlie Dagostin, you play injured because that’s what character people do. I knew Tyson would battle himself back into shape as quick as he could and give us his best shot.”

The Lethbridge na-tive leads the KIJHL in a handful of major goal-tending categories to this point in the 2015 post-season, having col-lected eight wins and

two shutouts, alongside a 1.02 goals-against av-erage and 0.961 save percentage.

“Brouwer didn’t want to let us score any goals in the last two [games],” Mohr said. “Kudos to him. Kudos to that team. They play hard. Real hard.

“My hat’s off to them. I wish them all the best to keep going.”

All 1,156 fans at the Kimberley Civic Centre were witness to Brouw-er’s brilliance once again Monday night.

“We were at home. We wanted to do it for the fans. They’ve been here since day one. Just amazing fans we have here,” Brouwer said. “It’s special and unique.

“It’s like having a sev-enth man. It’s 2-2 and we battle back. The fans never quit. They’re huge.”

Orser made 21 saves on 24 shots for the Ghostriders.

“Hats off to the Dyna-miters. They deserved it. They outworked us most of the games,” 20-year-old Fernie captain Dylan Robertson told Moulton. “It’s a well-deserved vic-tory for them.

“There’s a lot of emo-tions going through right now. Being with Fernie the last six years has been quite the ride and now it’s all come to a halt really quick. It’s pretty emotional.”

While the Ghostrid-ers have seen their sea-son come to an end, the Dynamiters journey on and prepare to face the Neil Murdoch Division champion Beaver Valley Nitehawks.

There’s little time to rest as Game 1 of the Kootenay Conference final between the Kim-berley Dynamiters and Beaver Valley Nitehawks is scheduled for Wednesday at 8 p.m. (Mountain) in Fruitvale.

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