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B Y S H E R I R E G N I E RTimes Staff

The gift of giving in the Greater Trail com-munity was abundant early into the holiday season when $119,000 was raised on Pledge Day last Friday.

The one-day event was held at the Waneta Plaza to raise funds and give a nod to pledges for the Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital (KBRH) Health Foundation as well as various hospital projects.

All money stays local regardless of which department or cause it is earmarked for, and funds are spread across those respective areas.

“Some of the money received that day is fulfilling a pledge,” explained Lisa Pasin, the foundation's director. “And some of it is new dollars. But it's important to stress that money received remains at KBRH, Poplar Ridge and Columbia View Lodge.”

Although final tallies haven't been con-firmed, donations were received during the charitable event that will be directed toward the health foundation's current Critical Care Campaign.

That cause is very near its goal, which is to raise $500,000 to expand and upgrade equipment in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU), Emergency Room and for the High Acuity Response Team.

There's one patient with ongoing health issues who has been in and out of the Trail hospital for three years. He knows first hand how modern technology can ease the pain and anxiety of certain specialized and high tech procedures.

Sean Rochford is a 44 -year old husband and father who for many years ran his own Trail-based stucco business.

That all changed when his appendix rup-tured in 2011. The burst organ didn't cause Rochford the immediate and extreme pain that most patients report, in fact he walked around with the condition for another six months.

“I had no idea because I had no pain,” said Rochford from his ICU bed last month.

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S H E R I R E G N I E RTimes Staff

A young Rossland man passed away suddenly on Vancouver Island Tuesday morning.

River Timothy Sidley, age 22, was witnessed to collapse in the early morn-

ing hours while storm-watching with friends in Bamfield, confirmed Matt Brown from the BC Coroners Service.

He was transported to the Bamfield health centre but could not be resus-citated, Brown said in a

press release.Sidley's family has been

notified and the coroners service and police are con-tinuing to investigate the death.

Bamfield is a small resort hamlet and harbour village on the Pacific Rim

in a protected inlet on the south shore of Barkley Sound.

The community of about 200 people is largely populated by marine biol-ogists and is well known for hosting salmon fishing adventures.

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B y T i m e s s T a f fThe Integrated Municipal Provincial

Auto Crime Team (IMPACT) and the BC RCMP are warning potential snow-mobile thieves that “Bait sleds are every-where” and, just like with a Bait Car: steal one and go to jail.

Throughout the peak winter sea-son especially; police detachments from across British Columbia will be deploying Bait Sleds to help combat thefts that can significantly impact the rightful owner of the vehicle.

“Snowmobiles have evolved over the years where some are now as expen-sive as entry level automobiles,” says Inspector Peter Jadis, Officer in Charge of IMPACT. “Their theft can be a huge loss to the rightful owner and our pro-gram is designed to both prevent thefts and capture criminals.”

Kris Clark, media relations for the Southeast District of the RCMP, told the Trail Times that Bait sleds are also used in the Trail-Castlegar area.

“The program is active across B.C. and includes your region.”

Similar to other Bait vehicles, if a sled is stolen police are able to remotely track it in order to recover the snow-mobile and arrest those responsible for its theft.

“The Bait Sled is another great tool we use to combat auto crime. It works as both a deterrent as well as enforce-ment,” says Cpl. Tom Blakney of the Revelstoke RCMP. “Enforcement isn’t really the key goal though, as preven-tion can have even bigger long-term effects.”

Thefts are often crimes of opportun-

ity and proper education of snowmobile owners in basic theft prevention tech-niques can go a long way in helping them protect their property and make their sled less attractive to thieves.

• Park your vehicles in well-lit areas with good visibility and lots of pedes-trian traffic

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• Record all identifying information on your equipment including sleds, trucks and trailers and keep it separate from your machines

• Securely lock all of your equipment“Possessing a stolen sled is also a

criminal offence,” adds Cpl. Blakney. “Help us combat crime in your area and report stolen property to your local police or remain anonymous by calling Crime Stoppers.”

Proper documentation can help any sled owner, especially when it comes to returning recovered property that had been stolen.

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B y S h e r i r e g n i e rTimes Staff

Intensive training, adrena-line rushes and constantly being in standby mode are all in a days work for the team from South Columbia Search and Rescue (SAR).

The physical readiness of SAR's 30 volunteers, all whom hold regular jobs, was called to action this week for one of the most difficult searches in recent memory.

Ymir resident Edward Perello was reported missing from the Whitewater ski hill Tuesday after the 47-year old went skiing alone early Monday morning and didn't return home.

He was located Thursday and extracted from his loca-tion then taken to a waiting ambulance.

Perello's medical condition was listed as unknown at press time, but the search team indi-cated he appeared to be doing well, according to Nelson RCMP Sgt. Leanne Tuchscherer.

“If it were not for the infor-mation provided by an individ-ual who spoke to Mr. Perello and provided us with a dir-ection of travel, he may not have been located in time or at all,” said Tuchscherer “Once again another fantastic effort

put forth by SAR and all indi-viduals who contributed to his safe return.”

SAR groups from South Columbia, Rossland and Kaslo were dispatched to assist the Nelson team late Tuesday, and stayed on the mountain until midnight, explained Mike Hudson, South Columbia's manager, safety officer and president.

His team of nine ground searchers, including snow-sho-ers and skiers were out the first night in the coordinated effort but only two volunteers, with specific training, were sent in the following morning due to the challenging landscape.

Advanced skiers from dif-ferent teams searched through what Hudson describes as abso-lutely terrible conditions.

“They said it's some of the most difficult terrain they've ever seen,” he noted. “There's rocks, boulders, logs and large pools of wet water. I commend the people who went up there trudging through because it definitely was a tough go.”

SAR teams from Revelstoke and Golden joined the search Thursday, giving local mem-bers an opportunity to rehy-drate and rest if the search had to continue or in case of another emergency situation.

“I went up there last night to speak to people in command and discussed what was hap-pening for today (Thursday),” said Hudson. “We are pretty much always on call and if anything changes we have to be ready to go.”

Although ground crews weren't called out, advanced members with training in rope rescue remained on alert if extraction from the mountain was warranted or if the oper-ations manager needed a break.

“It's tough when you do multi-day searches because you exhaust your local teams,” explained Hudson, a Teck work-er by day. “But that is why we are constantly upgrading our training and keeping on top of the skills because we are on-call 365 days of the year.”

The South Columbia group generally receives about three primary calls a year that in the past, included searching for a missing hunter, swift water rescues, medical calls and ava-lanche extractions.

At the helm of any search and rescue is the operations manager, a position Hudson has held for two years. The volunteer job requires inten-sive training and certification through the Justice Institute in Vancouver.B y T i m e S S T a f f

A Fruitvale family is trying to piece together Christmas after a break-and-enter on Wednesday.

Sometime between noon and 2:30 p.m. a home on Moller Road in Fruitvale was the scene where the family’s belongings and Christmas presents were stolen while the inter-ior of the home was maliciously damaged, said a police press release.

The family reported that a stran-ger had knocked on their door the previous day, claiming to be look-ing for his friend. It is not certain that the two events are related, but police are asking people to report any similar suspicious activities.

Anyone with information regard-ing this break-in is encouraged to call the Trail and Greater District RCMP at 250-364-2566.

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Parents are reminded to keep an eye on their little ones and ensure that you have a plan and your chil-dren understand what to do if in the event your children become separ-ated from you.

As much as shoppers see the holiday season as an opportunity to find some great deals, pickpockets and thieves also see this as an opportune time.

Men should carry their wallets in their front pockets as opposed to their back pockets or jackets.

Women should carry their purs-es close to their body but should not wrap their purse straps around themselves. Doing so could cause you to be dragged down to the ground in the event that your purse is snatched.

Never leave your purchases unattended, even for a short period.

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B y T r e v o r C r a w l e yCranbrook Townsman

Cheyenne Learn was found guilty of second-degree murder by Justice Dev Dley to conclude his trial in the shooting death of Tammy Ellis in December 2007.

Learn was previously con-victed of second degree murder in his first trial in 2009, but that was overturned on appeal in 2013 and he was awarded a new trial.

Second degree murder car-ries a life sentence, but crown and defence counsel will appear before Dley again in January to argue parole eligibility, which generally ranges anywhere from 10-25 years.

Dley made his judgement following an analysis of cred-ibility of the evidence and testi-mony submitted by all the wit-nesses during the trial.

“Mr. Learn shot and killed Tammy Ellis,” said Dley, as he opened his ruling. “The issue is whether it was second-degree murder or manslaughter.”

He concluded elements of testimony from Learn and from his ex-girlfriend were unreli-able. The ex-girlfriend’s name is protected by a publication ban and will referred to as B.L.

He said there were discrep-ancies from the first trial to this past one in regards to testimony from B.L. and Learn noting that it is unrealistic to assume that memory gets better with time. Dley also said that B.L. was evasive and argumentative dur-ing her questioning, and had misled police in her statement to police describing the nature of her absences from the resi-dence in which she trafficked cocaine.

Dley also noted inconsisten-

cies in Learn’s testimony, not-ing that there were additional details his his version of events that weren’t on record in the first trial.

Learn had testified about his vision being a grey haze and that Ellis’ voice was like being in a tunnel during an argument directly before the shooting—details which never came up in the 2009 trial because Learn claimed he wasn’t asked about them.

“I do not accept that import-ant evidence was overlooked because he wasn’t asked,” said Dley, adding Learn had a select-ive memory on the night of the shooting due to his gross intoxication.

He concluded that Learn’s testimony was not credible when it came to details on the shooting and his actions before, during and afterwards.

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Backers of a third large oil refinery pro-posal for B.C.’s North Coast made some high-profile appoint-ments Wednesday, naming former Assembly of First Nations national chiefs Shawn Atleo and Ovide Mercredi as advisors to their team.

Pacific Future Energy, propos-ing what it calls the world’s greenest refinery near Prince Rupert, announced the appointments Wednesday at a Vancouver Board of Trade event hosted by Stockwell Day, the former Conservative trade minister who has been the group’s public face since August.

Pacific Future’s proposal is similar to Kitimat Clean, a refin-ery bid launched in 2012 by David Black,

chairman of Black Press. Both would be constructed from modules manufac-tured offshore to produce diesel, gaso-line and other fuels for sale, avoiding the transport of heavy oil by tankers to reach export markets.

The third proposal is called Eagle Spirit Energy, headed by aboriginal author and lawyer Calvin Helin with financial back-ing from the Aquilini Group, the Vancouver family business that owns the Vancouver Canucks and exten-sive real estate and farm holdings.

Eagle Spirit is proposing a pipeline from the Alberta oil sands to an upgrader that would produce synthetic crude oil for export by tankers, likely from the Prince Rupert area.

Black announced last week that engin-

eering firm Hatch Ltd. has completed a design and feasibility study for a refinery at an estimated cost of $22 billion, making it one of the 10 biggest in the world.

Black said in an interview he sees obvious similar-ities with the Pacific Future proposal, which describes new technology and car-bon capture to reduce its environmental impact. Kitimat Clean proposes a new refining process that avoids production of petroleum coke, a coal-like byproduct of conventional heavy oil refining that is used in steel making.

Black said the entry of Pacific Future, headed by an executive of Mexican conglomerate Grupo Salinas, shows the business case for a B.C. refinery is sound and there is capacity for more than one

plant.All proposals for

B.C. North Coast refining require oil transport to the coast, either by rail or in some version of the Enbridge Northern Gateway pipeline pro-ject, which received a federal environmental certificate this year and awaits approval by the federal cabinet.

All proposals also face opposition to transport of heavy oil. Pacific Future has appointed Atleo as a senior advisor for partnerships, months after Premier Christy Clark appointed him as an advisor for dia-logue between First Nations, government and industry.

Black said his next steps include nego-tiating “acceptable compensation” for his project with the Kitselas and Haisla First Nations for use of their traditional territory.

B.C. oil refinery backers move ahead

T h e P e a c e a r c h N e w sThe mother of a child found

dead in a vehicle in South Surrey Wednesday has been charged with second-degree murder.

Staff Sgt. Jennifer Pound of the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team confirmed the charge against Lisa Deanne Batstone, 41, just after 11 a.m. Thursday.

Batstone was to appear in Surrey Provincial Court today for a bail hearing.

Eight-year-old Teagan Batstone was found deceased just after noon Wednesday, in the trunk of a car in the 13900-block of 35A Avenue.

Teagan was Batstone’s only child, Pound said.

Her father, Gabe Batstone, shared his grief on Twitter today at noon: “Life will never be the same after losing my daughter to murder,” he writes.

“We are devastated by the loss of our beautiful Teagan. Beloved daughter, sister who deserved so much more.”

An autopsy scheduled for today is hoped to confirm the cause of death.

Meanwhile, grief counsellors are on scene at a Surrey ele-mentary school this morning.

Pound told a news con-ference just before 5 p.m. Wednesday that the car was initially investigated as part of a minor motor-vehicle incident.

One woman was arrested at the scene.

B y J e s s i c a P e T e r sAgassiz Observer

Agassiz will not participate in the Communities in Bloom program in 2015.

Participating in the program runs at a cost of just over $11,000 a year, a recent staff report to council noted.

Much of the work

completed by District of Kent (DoK) staff each year is work that is being done anyway, Kerry Hilts, director of community servi-ces said, and not par-ticipating in the pro-gram won’t bring the community’s image down in any way.

N e w l y - e l e c t e d councillor Sylvia Pranger was assigned

to liaise with the CiB committee when portfolios were hand-ed out at last week’s inaugural meeting. At this week’s regular council meeting, she said the community is beautiful, largely in part due to the hard work put in by DoK staff.

But being a beauti-ful town is enough reward of its own.

“I don’t think we need to be a part of a contest to keep that up,” she said.

Over the past eight years, the District has participated in five Communities in Bloom contests, often earning praise from the visiting judges, and even receiving the top honour, the Five Bloom award.

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ber of major themes echoed through the turbulent fall session of Parliament that comes to an end this week. Here is a quick look at some of them:

Politics: With the next scheduled fed-eral election less than a year away, the Conservatives were working to hold their majority, while the New Democrats pondered byelec-tion omens and the Liberals piled their political eggs in Justin Trudeau’s basket.

There were six byelections held in June and November, and the Conservatives held onto four seats - despite the oft-repeated maxim that byelections tend to go against a party in power. The Liberals held one and picked up another. The NDP, however, saw popular support plummet. The party finished third in Trinity-Spadina, which they had won

with 54.5 per cent of the vote in 2011. In Whitby-Oshawa, the party fell to 8.1 per cent of the vote from 22.3.

Finance: Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s government touted the imminent return to a budget surplus, while rolling out a series of targeted goodies, including a new child benefit, tax breaks and income-splitting for families, EI premium cuts for small business and new infrastructure spending pledges. Plunging oil prices are a growing cloud on the government horizon, however.

The NDP and Tom Mulcair pledged to bring in a multibil-lion-dollar program of $15-a-day child care. That came just before Quebec announced changes to its own cherished $7-a-day program, saying it would jack up prices in a sliding scale.

Trudeau con-demned income-split-

ting, but was short on details of his own plans. He did say he wants to stress infra-structure and help for the middle class as the basis of his fiscal policies. He suggested Harper’s tax breaks are wrong and that he might reverse some.

Terror: Terrorism re-emerged as a pol-itical issue in the fall with the brutal rise of ISIL in Iraq and Syria and disturb-ing attacks at home. The Conservatives dispatched six CF-18 fighter-bombers to participate in air-strikes against ISIL. This came over the objections of the NDP and Liberals, who both argued for more humanitarian aid and against mil-itary action. Trudeau scorned Harper’s use of jets as a macho ges-ture.

Attacks in Quebec and Ottawa which left two soldiers dead and saw a shootout in the Centre Block of Parliament sparked

a debate over what constitutes terror-ism. Were the attacks the work of deranged individuals, as the opposition argued, or terrorist-inspired assaults which should be warnings for the future, as the govern-ment claimed?

S c a n d a l s : Anonymous accusa-tions of misconduct, which led Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau to suspend two of his MPs, sparked an onerous discussion of harassment on Parliament Hill and how to deal with it. The debate sits stalled, with no clear way for-ward and two political careers in limbo.

The government’s handling of veter-ans benefits had the opposition demand-ing that Veterans Affairs Minister Julian Fantino resign or be fired. Each govern-ment effort to extri-cate itself from the political mire just seemed to dig it in deeper.

An April trial date was set for disgraced Sen. Mike Duffy on charges of fraud, breach of trust and bribery. That will resurrect the whole Senate expense scan-dal just five months before the scheduled election.

Foreign Affairs: Although Harper has long been accused of ignoring foreign policy and scorning the United Nations, the autumn saw his stock rise internation-ally. Amid Russian aggression against Ukraine, Harper trav-elled to Kyiv to show his support and won international notice for a public rebuke of Russia’s Vladimir Putin at a sum-mit in Australia. He and Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird worked behind the scenes as Michaelle Jean was selected to lead the Francophonie. The government also contributed money, vaccines, equipment and people to fight the Ebola outbreak in West Africa.

The opposition nagged about some details, but generally left the government’s foreign efforts alone.

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T H E C A N A D I A N P R E S SSUFFIELD, Alta. - The prov-

ince is targeting more elk in southeastern Alberta with the hope of reducing a growing herd that has been damaging crops around a military base.

The government and the Department of National Defence will allow hunters to

kill up to 500 more female elk at Canadian Forces Base Suffield in February.

Earlier this year, Alberta issued tags that would allow hunters to kill up to 600 female elk on the base this fall.

Hunters who win a draw for licences will be allowed to shoot up to two animals each.

Ranchers who have been lobbying the provincial and federal governments to hold a roundup to reduce the herd to a manageable size.

About 200 elk were brought to the base in the 1990s to introduce grazing animals to the region, but the herd has since swollen to up to 8,000.

Alberta allows elk cull on military base


OPINION

The costly political price of oilAlberta Premier

Jim Prentice is a worried man. Oil prices are plun-

ging and his carefully laid plans for remaking Alberta – as well as the recovery of the Alberta Progressive Conservative dynasty – are under threat.

The ‘$64,000 Question’ is: why are oil prices plun-ging now?

According to the eco-nomic professionals, it’s all about supply and demand.

This simplistic answer is classic economic logic; the problem is it’s not true. Or more correctly, it’s not entirely true.

The real truth is, global oil supplies have been surging since frack-ing volumes began to rise dramatically in 2005 and, more particularly, since massive fracking volumes started to hit energy mar-kets in the second quarter 2011.

On the demand side, it’s been obvious for years that oil prices were defy-ing the laws of (economic) gravity. With the excep-tion of a few Emerging economies, the global economy is flat; it has never fully recovered from the financial crisis

of 2008. If supply and demand

were the only factors influencing oil prices, they would have collapsed long ago with other com-modities.

So, again, why are oil prices plunging now?

First, we must admit that – despite being inun-dated by economists’ propaganda – the simple supply/demand fantasy is for schoolboys (and girls). It has no place in the real world of oil pricing.

Global oil markets are and always have been ‘managed’ – that is, controlled by a cabal of powerful forces. In the ’50s oil prices were (open-ly) controlled by multi-national oil companies; in the ’70’s it was the produ-cer cartel OPEC that made prices; today oil prices are manipulated behind the scenes by huge investment banks employing Enron-like tactics, including ‘Volumetric Production Payments’ and extensive ‘Dark Inventories’.

Ironically, the interests of these big players gener-ally align. It’s been their effective manipulation of the market over the past few years that kept prices high, in the US$100

range. So, what happened to

change all this? Well, to explain recent

price movements, we must open our eyes to the (not-so-subtle) polit-ical manipulation of oil markets.

It is no coincidence that world oil prices began to slip at the very moment Vladimir Putin started violently grabbing chunks of the Ukraine. Although there was some initial hesitation after the Russian expropriation of Crimea, the gloves came off U.S. policy with the shooting down of the Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 (MH17) in July of 2014.

What’s the plan? Simple, bankrupt Russia by starving it of its energy related export revenues.

Russia is a VERY ser-

ious threat to global order, and after repeat-ed attempts to negotiate settlements with Putin, or to use selected sanc-tions to reign in Russia’s military adventurism, the U.S. in partnership with other Western allies has decided to play their strongest card, to drive down the price of oil. How? By unravelling the support systems that have kept oil prices unnaturally high.

Will it work? Well, the Russia state

is indeed highly depend-ent on oil revenues. As U.S. Senator John McCain has famously said: “Look, Russia is a gas station masquerading as a coun-try”. And although the Russian steppes are lit-tered with the corpses of those who under-estimat-ed Russia (including the armies of Adolf Hitler and Napoleon), there’s a lot of truth to what McCain is saying.

Clearly, the oil price card is working. Russia’s economy is suffering, unfortunately, it is also pushing a highly-volatile Putin into a dark corner. He’s a ruthless despot, and – true to form – he came out swinging in his

recent speech at Valdai. It was a classic case of Orwellian ‘double speak’ (i.e. everything is the reverse of what he says).

According to Putin “we did not start this.” The United States is directly to blame for undermin-ing global stability and triggering Russia’s (reluc-tant) intervention in the Ukraine. He warned that the U.S. is trying to “remake the whole world” based on its own interests. What he did not mention, of course, is the collapse of the Russian economy, which is already in reces-sion and could be headed for worse.

If I were Jim Prentice, I wouldn’t hold out hope for a quick return to ‘normal’ oil prices. The world is headed for an unpredictable new Cold War, against a vicious and very determined foe. The only thing we do know is if it will change the energy game completely.

Robert McGarvey is an economic historian and co-founder of the Genuine Wealth Institute, an Alberta-based think tank dedicated to helping businesses, communities and nations built com-munities of wellbeing.

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There’s no free ride when it comes to generat-ing energy. Even the cleanest sources have

environmental consequences. Materials for all power-gen-erating facilities have to be obtained and transported, and infrastructure must be built, maintained and eventually decommissioned. Wind turbines take up space and can harm wild-life. Hydro floods agricultural land and alters water cycles.

That’s why conservation is the best way to reduce energy-c o n s u m p -tion impacts. Reductions in energy use and investment in energy-efficiency technolo-gies are so significant that the International Energy Agency refers to conservation as the “first fuel”.

No matter how good we get at conserving, though, we’ll always need energy, so we must find ways to employ the least damaging technologies and reduce negative effects. We know the world’s preferred, and currently cheapest, method to generate power — burning fos-sil fuels like coal, oil and gas – is the most destructive, causing pollution, global warming and massive environmental damage during extraction, transport, refining and use. And supplies are becoming more difficult to obtain and will eventually run out.

In contrast, wind power doesn’t create pollution or global warming emissions, is affordable and will never run out. Improvements to power-generation capacity, efficiency and affordability will continue to boost its importance in the energy mix.

But we must ensure tur-bines are installed in locations and using methods that reduce negative impacts on humans

and wildlife. Thanks to ongoing research

and testing, wind power has come a long way in a relatively short time. Wildlife behaviour studies, along with techno-logical improvements, have significantly reduced harm to birds and bats, and better siting has reduced impacts on other

wildlife and habitat. Wind power genera-tion is far safer for birds, bats and other ani-mals than burn-ing fossil fuels.

But what about wind power’s effects on humans, a key argument used by oppon-ents? Turbines,

especially older ones, can be noisy, and some people find them unsightly – although I prefer the sight of wind farms to smokestacks and smog. Many problems can be addressed by locating quieter turbines far enough from human habitation to reduce impacts.

As for health effects, a recent comprehensive Health Canada study confirms previ-ous research: Although people report being annoyed by wind turbines, there’s no measur-able association between wind turbine noise and sleep disturb-ance and disorders, illnesses and chronic health conditions, or stress and quality-of-life issues. A 2013 Australian report concluded people living near wind installations where anti-wind campaigns were active were more likely to report health problems, suggesting some issues may be psycho-logical.

Health Canada says more research may be needed and we shouldn’t downplay the annoy-ance factor. Again, improve-ments in technology and proper siting will help overcome many problems. And there’s no doubt that fossil fuel development and use – from bitumen mining,

deep-sea drilling, mountain-top removal and fracking to wasteful burning in single-user vehicles – are far more annoy-ing and damaging to human health than wind power and other renewable-energy tech-nologies.

Wind energy is also becom-ing more affordable and reli-able. Denmark gets 34 per cent of its electricity from wind and Spain 21 per cent, making wind their largest electricity source. Portugal gets more than 20 per cent, Ireland 16 and Germany 9 per cent. All have much high-er population densities than Canada. Overall, wind power contributes about 4 per cent to worldwide electricity genera-tion.

Improvements in grid and storage technologies also mean wind and other renewable tech-nologies are increasingly feas-ible and desirable, especially as costs continue to drop. Investing in wind and other renewable energy is also good for jobs and the economy and can create greater stability in energy pricing than relying on volatile fossil fuel markets.

Total global investment in wind energy in 2012 was more than $80 billion, creat-ing 670,000 jobs. According to a Blue Green Canada report, investing the $1.3 billion the oil industry gets in annual federal taxpayer subsidies in renew-able energy and conservation could create 18,000 to 20,000 jobs, compared to fewer than 3,000 in oil and gas. And we can’t ignore the many relat-ed cost impacts of fossil fuel development, from health-care to infrastructure.

To reduce global green-house gas emissions at a pace and scale that experts agree is necessary to avoid increasing catastrophic effects of global warming, we need a mix of renewable energy. Wind power will play a large role.

Dr. David Suzuki is a scien-tist, broadcaster, author, and co-founder of the David Suzuki Foundation.

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An editorial from the St. John’s Telegram

You can understand why Stephen Harper is a little gun shy about Senate appointments these days. A couple of his previous choices blew up in his face.

One of them — former CTV biggie Mike Duffy — is still blowing up in his face. It’s like a slow motion explosion — as Duffy promises quite a finale when he appears in court in April on 31 fraud-related char-ges.

Then there’s Pamela Wallin, who was also a little too greedy with the public purse. And Patrick Brazeau, who not only padded his expense account, but racked up some domes-

tic violence charges for good measure.

It’s all too much to bear for the prime minister. In Markham, Ont., over the week-end, he admitted he doesn’t have the appetite to fill what will be 17 vacancies in the Red Chamber by the end of this month.

“I would just say that from the government standpoint, we’re able to continue to pass our legislation through the Senate, so from our stand-point, the Senate of Canada is continuing to fulfil its func-tions.”

Wait a minute. The Senate’s “function” is to pass govern-ment legislation?

What monstrous slip of

tongue is this? Or does Harper now believe the Senate’s main purpose is to simply rubber stamp government legisla-tion? Don’t we already have a Governor General for that?

So, to heck with the cham-ber of sober second thought. So long, elected and effective. Let’s call the whole thing off.

This could be yet another signal that Harper doesn’t expect to be in office next year. Perhaps he intends to throw in the towel before voters even get to decide.

Either way, the Senate will always be there, biding its time, waiting for the next sucker to come along with reform in his heart and big promises on his tongue.

No rush to put bums in Senate seats

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FROM PAGE 1“What happened is that I became

septic and came in here at my sick-est. Without the really good care and the newer equipment in here, I wouldn’t be here right now.”

Since the campaign launched in August 2013, the foundation has been able to order new upgraded equipment as the donated dollars added up to $425,000 last month.

Improved mattresses for critical-ly ill patients, specially designed ICU beds, a new ER trauma stretcher and an intravenous warming pod are on the campaign’s list that is meant to improve overall patient care.

“This campaign has been very positive for KBRH and the entire Kootenay Boundary as we have been able to purchase equipment throughout the campaign,” said Pasin.

“Thus, providing immediate ben-efits for patients and health care workers receiving and administer-ing care in the critical care depart-

ments.” There’s about $160,000 of new

equipment on site and another $145,000 on order, noted Pasin, adding that if donations exceed $500,000, all additional funds will remain in critical care to further purchase additional life saving equipment.

For more information and to donate, call the KBRH foundation at 364.3424 or email info@kbrh-healthfoundation. ca.

Formerly called the Trail Regional Hospital Foundation, the KBRH foundation is in its 26th year of raising money to advance health care in the Kootenay Boundary.

Foundation revenue, over $12 million to date, is generated through private and corporate donors.

Funding priorities include rais-ing endowed gifts and annual funds to support health care equipment needs, staff education, and special initiatives to enhance health care through the Trail hospital and other Kootenay Boundary facilities.

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A cheque for $30,000 was donated by the Trail Hospital Auxiliary to fulfill their $60,000 commitment to the Critical Care Campaign. Brad Jansen and Christine Duguay, Directors of the KBRH Health Foundation, accept this donation from the Auxiliary team.

The BV Lions Club donated $10,000 at Pledge Day to fund multiple departments across KBRH. Doug Brooke, Bev Thompson and Paul Terness of the BV Lions (center left to right) present this donation to Joanne McQuary and Debbie Martin (outside left and right). The BV Lions raises their funds through Bingo at the Fruitvale Hall. If you would like to join the BV Lions and be a part of their fundraising team, please call Paul @ 367-9498 or Bev @ 367-9552.

USW Local 480 donated $7,500 to support the Gordy Steep Memorial Sick Children’s Fund. This fund assists families of sick children when they travel to receive medical care. Norm Murdoch and Armindo deMedeiros of the USW Local 480 (center left and right) present this donation to Lisa Pasin and Arleen Gallo, representing the KBRH Health Foundation.

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T H E C A N A D I A N P R E S STORONTO - Don Cherry’s ward-

robes are overflowing.The “Hockey Night in Canada”

fashion plate keeps all his eye-pop-ping suits. Not out of vanity but out of necessity. He gave one away to charity some years ago and then was immediately flooded with requests with more. Unable to fulfil all of them, he opted to hang on to them so he’s not accused of favouritism.

That comes at a storage cost.“I’ve got a bedroom full of suits

and I’ve got every closet full of suits. My wife (Luba) has one little closet,”

the 80-year-old Cherry said in a recent interview.

“I don’t wear them for two or three years and people kind of forget them. Some they don’t forget. The pink one (he wore at Rob Ford’s mayoral swearing-in) they never forget.”

Cherry, who still gets the materi-al for his suits from Fabricland, has no idea how many suits or shirts he has.

And he is grateful for his wife’s patience when it comes to his trade-mark clothes. “She puts up with it anyhow.”

T H E A S S O C I A T E D P R E S SLOS ANGELES - A former Miss

America who went on to appear in movies with Elvis Presley and make documentary films around the world has died.

A spokesman for the University of Mississippi confirmed Mary Ann Mobley Collins died Tuesday in Beverly Hills, California, after a battle with breast cancer. She was 77.

Danny Blanton of Ole Miss said Mobley Collins was close friends with a former chancellor of the university. She graduated from Ole Miss in 1958, the same year she won the Miss America crown.

She became an actress a few years later, with credits includ-

ing such TV shows as “General Hospital” and “Perry Mason,” and films such as “Girl Happy” with Presley and “Three on a Couch” with Jerry Lewis.

It was on that film she met her husband, actor Gary Collins, who died in 2012.

Mobley Collins was also a docu-mentarian, travelling to Cambodia, Ethiopia, Mozambique, Somalia, Kenya, Zimbabwe and Sudan to make movies about the struggles of homeless and starving children.

She and her husband were also active humanitarians, raising money and awareness for organ-izations such as the March of Dimes and the United Cerebral Palsy Association.

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Scripture quotations are from the RSV unless otherwise noted.“I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her seed; he shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise his heal” (Gen 3:15).Today we celebrate the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary; that is, that she was conceived without the stain of Original Sin as a special favor of God through the merits of the death of her Son by way of anticipation to prepare her to be a worthy mother of God.In the sin of Adam, not only Adam and Eve but all their descendents as well fell. Adam and Eve lost their immortality and became mortal (Gen. 2:17). They were not able to bequeath their immortality to their descendents, because they had lost it. By sinning they also died spiritually; that is, they became alienated from God.But before expelling them from the Garden of Eden, God promised them that a Savior would come from the descendents of the woman who would vanquish the descendent of the serpent (Satan). God gave us this promise in cursing the serpent. The descendent of the woman will bruise the head of the descendent of the serpent.This prophecy was fulfilled by Jesus Christ who vanquished Satan and the death that he had brought upon Adam and Eve. The one sinful act of Adam made us all sinners, condemned to death and alienated from God; and the one righteous act of Jesus Christ on the cross made us righteous, vanquished our death, and united us to God (Rom. 5:19). By being born, we inherit

the sin of Adam and become sinners, condemned to death; and by being reborn through faith, we are made righteous and conquer death. The one righteous act of Christ on the cross substituted for us and served our death sentence for the sin of Adam and for our own sins. Christ thereby vanquished our spiritual death, that is, our alienation from God; our eternal death in hell; and also our physical death, transforming it into the gateway into eternal life in the light with God. In short, Christ vanquished our death by his death.God’s mission in the world is centered on the cross of Christ that liberated humanity from physical death, spiritual death, and eternal death; and Christ gave his Church the mission to proclaim this. Our mission, therefore, is to proclaim salvation from sin and death through the death of Jesus Christ on the cross and to invite all to repentance, conversion, and faith in Christ for a new life in God, a conscience cleansed of sin, and a sure hope for eternal life in the light with God after death.Mary, by a special favor of God, through the anticipated merits of the death of her Son, in order to prepare her to be a worthy mother of God, was conceived completely free from Original Sin and its effects: spiritual death (alienation from God), eternal death in hell, and physical death. In addition, God also preserved her from all actual sins throughout her life. She is the model of a completely redeemed human person, what we all hope to be in heaven.

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ner meeting was held in the Gathering Room at Holy Trinity with 69 members and Father Bart in attendance. Gifts for Holy Childhood raffle and non-perishable food items were brought.

The members were welcomed by President Teresa Mandoli and the evening began with the lighting of the first Advent candle and an Advent prayer by Ruth and Maria.

A blessing was given by Father Bart fol-lowed by a Chinese buffet dinner catered by a local restaurant. Following the dinner the business meeting commenced.

Committee Reports: Spiritual: Ruth Guercio and Maria

Burkholder: An Advent poem “Recall” was read.

Organization: Marjorie Nutini: Members were advised of the New Constitution and Bylaws handbook for sale for $2.50 and pins for $4.50; The meeting roster was explained.

Christian Family Life: Marlise Gattafoni: Intercessions for families were read and members responded by singing “Come Lord Jesus.”

Community Life: Bunny Dallas: Nefarious video - Merchant of Souls. 90 minutes about human trafficking can be obtained from Bunny to view at home; Friday, Dec.12 - Luncheon at 11 o’clock - Silver City Gardens.

Resolution and Legislation: Connie Makse: Prostitution Bill C-36 will go into effect on Dec. 6 –based on Nordic model; Thank you to those who wrote letters, signed partitions, and took part in a gov-ernment survey and online poll.

Past President: Sandra Stajduhar: Need more members to consider holding a pos-ition in 2015; Convention, 3 ways to help: 1. Support fund raising (Mardi Gras and Palm Sunday Bake Sale 2. Supply gifts for bags 3. Attend convention and/or help with jobs at the convention

Parish activities: Linda Zol and Lorna Perri: Thanks from St. Rita’s for Mystery bags and from United Church Food bank for donated food tonight; Shampoo and soap gifts were distributed today to the needy; Warfield Senior’s tea: Sunday, Dec. 7 at the Warfield Hall.

UNFINISHED BUSINESS: Annual Reports due by Dec. 15

OTHER: A special presentationA summary of the contributions of

Teresa Mandoli and Marjorie Nutini was given by Grace DeBiasio. In recognition of serving the League in this exceptional manner, the Maple Leaf Service pin, along with a certificate and thank you card, was presented to them by Spiritual Advisor Father Bart.

Entertainment: Nativity Story: Left to Right Game; Are you in Tune for Christmas?” (Finding the names of Christmas songs in Story); A cake des-sert was served as the evening progressed; A short sing song was led by Elizabeth Stephens; A closing Advent Prayer read by Maria and Ruth concluded the evening.

The AGM and the next General meeting will be held on Tuesday, January 6, 2015 beginning with Mass at 6:30.

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Hyundai composes a memorable new SonataHyundai is a company that pushes the envelope in terms of styling, vehicle content, engine choices and value, mak-ing others carmakers take notice. The last generation Hyundai Sonata, released in 2011, is a perfect example. The “Fluidic Sculpture” design language really set the pace for the mid-size class of cars. The competitors that followed, like the Ford Fusion, Toyota Camry and Honda Accord, all took styling chances after that Sonata was introduced. The same too for the engine development, including smaller turbocharged 4-cyl-inder engines and fuel saving direct injection technology; compared with the competition all this technology was ahead of the curve. Now, just a few years later, the Sonata gets another refresh, making this car more compelling than ever.

LooksAs dynamic as the Fluidic Sculpture design was, it didn’t age well. Cars that are heavily styled can date quickly. With this in mind, Hyundai has backed away from the fluid approach to a more sculpted design that shares some styling cues from the top-of-range Hyundai Genesis. The front features a squarer grille opening, edgier bumper and front chin-spoiler. The base model is fitted with the 2.4L 4-cylinder engine has and 16-inch or 17-inch alloy wheels with LED daytime running lights, halogen headlamps or HID lights on the limited trim. The performance oriented 2.0 Turbo Sport model, seen above, comes with a two-toned front spoiler, 18-inch wheels, standard HID headlamps, quad exhaust tips and a lower diffuser on the rear bumper. The top trim levels of both the 2.4L and 2.0 Sport have a blacked-out section of the front grille which signifies the car comes with adaptive cruise control and a forward collision warning system.

InsideAs with the outside, the interior has been given a total refresh, no basic tweaking here. The same, more muted design is at work here too, now the all-new centre console is wider and flatter than the last car. This makes the car feel more open and airy, the brushed aluminum surround is bright and the way the buttons and dials are fitted is second to none. Fit and finish is one area that Hyundai does as well, if not better than most. Even on the base $23,999 GL model, the Sonata comes with standard heated front seats, back-up camera, Bluetooth, 5-inch radio/backup screen, satellite radio and USB

connectivity. The $26,299 GLS adds a power driver’s seat, heated leather steering wheel and heated rear seats, and these are just the two entry-level cars. All cars now come with additional 2.5 cm of rear legroom and a very useful trunk that is expandable, thanks to a 60/40 split rear seat.

DriveBoth the 2.4L 4-cylinder engine and the 2.0L turbo have been carried over from the last model but they have been modified to produce better torque delivery and fuel economy. Hyundai has dropped the horsepower output from 198hp to 185hp in the 2.4L and limited the torque to 178hp. The 2.0L turbo also receives a horsepower drop from 274hp to 245hp and the torque drops from 268 lb.-ft to 160 lb.-ft. Hyundai claims that the torque is lower in the RPM range and the fuel consumption is improved. The experience behind the wheel of the turbo is still very invigorating but not as hectic as the last model, it delivers a more usable driving experience. Power is smooth and refined; the turbo feels like a V6 without the accompanying fuel bill.

VerdictHyundai has done it again, delivering a very attrac-tive car, full of features, at an attractive price. 2.4L models range from $23,999 to $32,999 in the top Limited trim. This model has most of the features found in the top 2.0L turbo but without the added power. The base 2.0L turbo starts at $30,999 and the top Ultimate model, seen here, is $34,799. Both the Limited and Ultimate get the forward collision warn-ing system and lane departure safety features, plus they also get adaptive cruise control. For 2015, the Sonata is a big step foreword in design. The added safety features will be attractive and the constant pushing-of-the-envelope from Hyundai is welcome.

The LowdownPower: 2.4L 185hp or 2.0L Turbo with 245hpFill-up: 9.8L/6.7L/100km (city/highway) Sticker price: $23.999-$34,799

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a big challenge for many people. That said; driving in the winter season generally presents more problems than driving in other seasons wherever you call home.

The vehicle and the driver must be prepared as well as possible to cope with these kinds of driving conditions. In winter driving, braking and stopping the vehicle, of course, cause the most difficult moments. The tires play a critical role in stopping the vehicle, and they

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B y G r e G N e s t e r o f fNelson Star

A Winlaw business owner is hoping to offer door-to-door compost pick-up for West Kootenay homes and business-es starting in 2015.

For the last four years, Todd Veri of MyCrobz Bacteria Solutions has cultured micro-organisms for Bokashi com-posting and provided services to local festivals. Now he wants to help prevent an estimated 350 tonnes of food waste generated in this area each week from going to the landfill.

“When I started Bokashi, I saw the benefits it could bring to not just backyard com-posting but the municipal level eventually,” he says. “But I had to do a lot of testing before I could push it to a commercial level.”

The proposed business, called Compost Bandit, would see customers each supplied with two or more air-tight con-tainers, ranging from 13-litre buckets for apartments and sin-gle-family homes to 210-litre drums for restaurants.

Microbial inoculant is sprin-kled on the compost as the con-tainers fill up. Once full, they’re collected and replaced with clean ones, while the waste is processed into solid and liquid fertilizers.

“It offers a number of advan-tages,” Veri says. “It can be stored indoors, it doesn’t have to be picked up every week, it starts fermentation immedi-ately, it doesn’t smell, and you can add anything you create in

the kitchen.”It also avoids one of the

greatest hurdles discouraging people from backyard com-posting: bears. And unlike most municipal composting, it’s equally applicable to single family households and high-density dwellings.

Bokashi — a Japanese word for “fermented organic matter” — is also known as anaerobic fermentation.

Waste decomposes into humus once mixed back into soil, in a process that can take less than a month. It preserves nutrients, particularly nitro-gen, that are burned off in other composting methods.

Veri estimates about 100 local households plus a few schools and businesses already use the method to deal with their waste on-site.

He’s shooting for a summer launch, but figures he’ll need about $500,000 to pay for cap-ital, start-up, and operations. At the moment, he’s the lone employee, but envisions it could provide work for seven to ten people.

He expects to have six col-lection routes and visit each at least every two weeks, targeting homes, multi-unit residential complexes, schools, businesses, and large-volume operations like restaurants, grocery stores, and hospitals. Bigger com-munities and commercial oper-ations could see more frequent pick-up.

However, the market for the end product isn’t as clearly defined. While the fertilizer will

be nutrient-rich and valuable, Vari says he’s doing some fur-ther testing to get a handle on what it would best be used for. “The idea is that what we’re left with is worth more than what it costs to collect and process,” he says.

Although a few businesses around the world offer compost pick-up, nearly all take their product to community gardens.

Veri expects his produc-tion facility to be somewhere between Nelson and Castlegar — potentially at a regional district landfill site such as Ootischenia — although the pick-up service would also cover Trail, Rossland, Creston, Nakusp, Kaslo, and places in between.

While he could serve entire municipalities, Veri says it’s not a requirement for start up, and he doesn’t anticipate any local government contracts at first. Nelson is looking at an “in vessel” system for institutional composting, while the Regional District of Central Kootenay is considering residential com-posting as part of its resource recovery plan.

While he’s uncertain of the exact number of customers he’ll need to make a go of the business, Veri figures “it’s in the hundreds.”

He says his rates will be comparable to or better than what commercial kitchens already pay haulers to remove organic waste, while the com-petition for residential custom-ers is the status quo — sending food scraps to the landfill.

Door-to-door compost pick-up proposed for West Kootenay

t h e N e l s o N s t a rThe man charged in the armed robberies of

several local financial institutions has pled guilty to trying to escape from custody.

Andrew Stevenson, 34, faces a maximum of two years in prison when he is sentenced on Jan. 6.

On Sept. 15, Stevenson was due to elect trial on 21 charges, less than a week after being denied bail.

According to the Ministry of Justice, a deputy

sheriff was escorting Stevenson into the court-house through a sheriff-access only door when he threw off his crutches and fled.

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The Beaver Valley Nitehawks came out flying against the Castlegar Rebels on Wednesday night at the Castlegar Rec Complex as they soared to a 9-3 victory over their Interior division rivals.

The Nitehawks jumped out to a 4-0 first period lead before the Rebels could reply, but by that time Castlegar starting goalie Austin Wells had been pulled, and the rout was well on its way.

“It was one of our best (periods of hockey) for sure, but I think we had a well-rounded game the whole night,” said Nitehawks assist-ant coach Jim Ingram.

Hawks forward Jace Weegar scored what proved to be the winning goal with 3:35 to play in the first per-iod, notching his first of two on the night. Allan Pruss head-manned the puck to brother Michael who broke in with Weegar on a 2-on-1. The Hawk forward drew the defenceman then feathered a perfect pass to Weegar who fired it into the open side on Rebel goalie Patrick Zubick to make it 4-0.

The line of Weegar and the Pruss twins was exceptional in the game, netting eight

points, while playing with high-energy, speed, and con-sistently forcing turnovers, the result of a devastating forecheck.

“They think the game a lot alike, they have a really strong work ethic, and get after it,” said Ingram. “The line hasn’t been together a whole lot but at the same time the chemistry has been almost immediate, so if that’s the way they’re going to play, it’s going to be a fun line to watch.”

According to Weegar, the line has a history all its own, a familiarity with each other’s play from a former team.

“A while back, about three years ago, we played together in midget, and we got separ-ated and then we all ended up coming back to the same team so we’ve built up quite a bit of chemistry over the years, and end up playing well together,” said Weegar.

The Nitehaws now trail second-place Castlegar in the Neil Murdoch standings by just three points with three games in hand.

In Wednesday’s match up, it didn’t take long for the Hawks to get going with Kyle Hope scoring on a Tyler Hartman and Sam Swanson setup 2:54 into the first per-iod.

Ross Armour made it 2-0 when he banged in a Spencer McLean rebound at 15:05 on a power play, and Mitch Foyle would net a short-handed marker when he streaked down the right side, broke across the crease and lifted a backhand over the glove of Wells to make it 3-0 at 5:35 of the first.

Weegar would score exact-ly two minutes later, and Bryan Lubin would finally get Castlegar on the board shov-eling in a goal-line scramble with 32 seconds to play to make it 4-1 Hawks at the end of one.

“I think everyone just played really well together and there was definitely no individual effort,” said Weegar. “We just played as a team, and everyone was just really positive on the bench and that was the main thing.”

The physical first period was highlighted by an Andrew Miller fight, who obliged Dawson Haines in a lively battle, after Haines attacked the Hawk defenceman. Both would be ejected from the game setting the stage for a classic Hawks-Rebel battle in the second and third.

The Nitehawks dominat-ed the first frame outshoot-ing the Rebels 15-8, but the second-period would see the

shots even up, 13-13, as the Hawks were shorthanded for almost half the period.

“The penalties got a bit out of hand there, so that took away from our game, but I liked how we responded, and although we took a lot of penalties, we seem to not let that bother us that much or take anything away from our game,” said Ingram.

Incredibly, the Nitehawks, one of the league’s least penalized teams, would be shorthanded nine times while Castlegar, the second most penalized team, were on the penalty kill just twice in the match. Despite the anomaly, Hawk goalie Drake Poirier came up big, making a num-ber of sensational saves in the second period to preserve the lead, and it would be B.V. that would score the only goal of the period when Michael Pruss sent a perfect pass to brother Allan who one-timed it past Zubick.

Up 5-1, the Nitehawks continued to pressure in the the third. Weegar would get his 10th of the season on another Pruss-Pruss set up, and Mitch Foyle counted his second of the game taking an Armour pass and wiring it from the right face-off dot under the crossbar.

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The Beaver Valley Nitehawks netminder Drake Poirier makes a save off Castlegar Rebel forward Mike Bathoa, as the Fruitvale native backstopped the Hawks to a convincing 9-3 thumping of the Castlegar Rebels at the Castlegar Rec Complex on Wednesday.

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B y J i m B a i l e yTimes Sports Editor

The Trail Smoke Eaters will look to get back in the hunt for a playoff spot tonight when they face Interior division rival West Kelowna Warriors and follow that up with a Saturday tilt versus the Chilliwack Chiefs.

The Smoke Eaters beat the Warriors 3-1 at home in their one and only meeting so far this season, in what was one of the most exciting games of the year on Nov. 28. Trail is also chas-ing the Warriors for a playoff spot. The 15-10-0-5 Warriors sit 10 points up on the Smokies, and will be Trail’s opponent in four of its seven remaining games this month.

“As you move closer to the end of the season, these two points become more and more import-ant especially when you don’t get the results the game before,” said Smoke Eater assistant coach Craig Clare.

The Smokies are coming off a tough 5-3 loss to Prince Rupert on Sunday, and are winless in their past four games. Trail currently sits two points back of fifth-place Salmon Arm, 27 points, and the 16-12-0-2 Merritt Centennials with 34 points in the fourth and final playoff spot.

The league’s second top scorer, Liam Blackburn, will lead the Warrior’s charge into the Cominco Arena. Blackburn, a New Hampshire University commit, has 13 goals and 33 assists for 46 points on the season and is a gifted playmaker.

“We understand where we’re at and we play West Kelowna and Salmon Arm a couple of times before Christmas so it’s really important to set ourselves up nice going into the New Year, so we still have control of our own destiny,” said Clare.

The Smoke Eaters will have another tough test on Saturday when they face the Chilliwack Chiefs who hold down first-place in the Mainland division. The 20-9-0-1 Chiefs are one of the hot-test teams in the BCHL going 8-2 in their last 10 games, with recent wins over Salmon Arm, 5-3, and Prince George, 6-3.

It will be the first time the two teams meet this season, and the Smokies will have to neu-tralize a balanced Chief attack led by Vermont commit Craig Puffer who is on a six-game point streak and has 19-14-33 this season. Chilliwack also has seven players in the line up collecting 20 points or more, including former Beaver Valley Nitehawk Kurt Black who has 10-13-23 and is fourth in team scoring.

The Smokies Jake Lucchini leads the Smokies with 13-22-35 and is eighth in league scoring, while Charlie Zuccarini is right behind him at 17-17-34.

Game time is 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday at the Cominco Arena.

Smoke Signals: Defenceman Sheldon Hubbard was dealt to

his hometown to play with the Grande Prairie Storm of the AJHL for future considerations on Thursday. Hubbard played 20 games for Trail in 2014 netting two goals and three assists.

Trail forward Craig Martin is out with injury and will not play.

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ScoreboardHockey

WHLEASTERN CONFERENCE

EAST DIVISION GP W L OTLBrandon 32 22 7 3Regina 30 18 11 1Swift Current 33 16 13 4Moose Jaw 31 14 14 3Prince Albert 32 15 17 0Saskatoon 32 7 22 3

CENTRAL DIVISION GP W L OTLMedicine Hat 31 22 7 2Calgary 31 17 11 3Red Deer 31 16 11 4Edmonton 32 15 12 5Kootenay 32 15 17 0Lethbridge 30 6 19 5

WESTERN CONFERENCEB.C. DIVISION

GP W L OTLKelowna 32 25 4 3Victoria 33 17 14 2Prince George 31 16 15 0Kamloops 33 12 16 5Vancouver 31 13 18 0

U.S. DIVISION GP W L OTLEverett 29 18 7 4Portland 33 17 13 3Tri-City 30 16 13 1Spokane 29 14 12 3Seattle 30 13 13 4

Wednesday’s resultsMoose Jaw 5 Brandon 4 (SO)

Swift Current 6 Regina 4Edmonton 4 Kamloops 1

Kelowna 4 Lethbridge 3 (SO)Vancouver 3 Prince Albert 0

Friday’s gamesMoose Jaw at Saskatoon,

6:05 p.m.Swift Current at Brandon,

6:30 p.m.

Prince Albert at Kootenay, 7 p.m.

Kelowna at Medicine Hat, 7:30 p.m.

Spokane at Portland, 8 p.m.Vancouver at Victoria, 8:05

p.m.Seattle at Tri-City, 8:05 p.m.

Prince George at Everett, 8:35 p.m.

BCHLFriday’s games

Penticton at Salm Arm, 7 p.m.Alberni at Nanaimo, 7 p.m.

Cowichan at Langley, 7 p.m.Merritt at Prince George, 7

p.m.Coquitlam at Chilliwack, 7 p.m.Vernon at Powell R, 7:15 p.m.W.Kelowna at Trail, 7:30 p.m.

Saturday’s gamesSurrey at Langley, 7 p.m.

Cowichan Valley at PG 7 p.m.Coquitlam at W.Kelowna, 7 p.m.

Powell River at Victoria, 7 p.m.Vernon at Alberni 7 p.m.

Salm Arm at Merritt, 7:30 p.m.Chilliwack at Trail, 7:30 p.m. Football

NFLWEEK 15

Thursday, Dec. 11Arizona at St. Louis, 8:25 p.m.

Sunday, Dec. 14Oakland at K.C., 1 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Atlanta, 1 p.m.Wash at N.Y. Giants, 1 p.m.

Miami at New England, 1 p.m.Houston at Indianapolis, 1 p.m.

Jacksonville at Baltimore, 1 p.m.Green Bay at Buffalo, 1 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Carolina, 1 p.m.Cincinnati at Cleveland, 1 p.m.

Denver at San Diego, 4:05 p.m.

N.Y. Jets at Tennessee,

4:05 p.m.San Francisco at Seattle, 4:25

p.m.Minnesota at Detroit, 4:25 p.m.

Dallas at Philadelphia, 8:30 p.m.

Monday, Dec. 15New Orleans at Chicago, 8:30

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BasketballNBA

d-division leadersEASTERN CONFERENCE

W L Pct GBd-Toronto 16 6 0.727 -d-Atlanta 15 6 0.714 d-Washing 15 6 0.714 d-Cleveland 13 7 0.65 2Chicago 13 8 0.619 2.5Milwaukee 11 12 0.478 5.5Miami 10 12 0.455 6Brooklyn 8 12 0.4 7Orlando 9 15 0.375 8Boston 7 13 0.35 8Indiana 7 15 0.318 9Charlotte 6 15 0.286 9.5New York 4 20 0.167 13Detroit 3 19 0.136 13Philad 2 19 .095 13.5

WESTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GBd-Gold State 19 2 0.905 -d-Memphis 17 4 0.81 2d-Portland 17 5 0.773 2.5Clippers 16 5 0.762 3Houston 16 5 0.762 3San Antonio 16 6 0.727 3.5Dallas 17 7 0.708 3.5Phoenix 12 11 0.522 8Sacramento 11 11 0.5 8.5N Orleans 10 11 0.476 9Denver 10 12 0.455 9.5Okla City 8 13 0.381 11Utah 6 16 .273 13.5LA.Lakers 6 16 .273 13.5Minnesota 5 16 0.238 14

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The ski hill was scheduled to open Saturday but unseasonably warm weather and rain has put a damper on early expectations and pushed the tentative opening date to Dec. 20.

“We were looking good with coverage top-to-bottom. The snow up top is still good—and still falling—but the warm temps from this “pine-apple express” have adversely affected the snow at the bottom of the mountain,” said a release on the Red website.

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The West Kootenay Fishing Report is sub-mitted by Kerry Reed at Reel Adventures Sport Fishing Charters in Nelson. Contact him at 505-4963 or at reeladventuresfishing.com.

Kootenay Lake:Despite the recent cancellation of the Family

Day Fishing Derby, Kootenay Lake is still seeing some decent catches.

We’ve had some pretty good days on the water, with eight-to-10 fish being caught. Sizes have ranged from two to three pounds with the water temperature dropping below 50-degrees F and our fish are still feeding more on the sur-face, which makes for some exciting bucktail action. My favorite kind of fishing.

We have been experimenting with lighter gear as well as fly reels and mooching reels to make the battles even more exciting.

On one of our trips last week, a young lady asked to bring her fly rod on board and we accepted the challenge. Throughout the day we hooked numerous fish on all of our rods except the fly rod. However, patience prevailed and in the final hour of the day the fly reel started screaming.

Kalyn was quick to grab the rod, and just in time because the reel had only three wraps of line left on it when she grabbed it and slowed the fish down. After about a 15-minute battle with her 6-weight fly rod, we finally got the fish to the boat, a beautiful nine-pound rainbow. What a great battle on this light rod. I think we are hooked on this new-found technique.

And now with lots of small rainbows being caught, I think the lighter gear will be a lot of fun. As long as the gear can still handle a 10-12 pound fish, we should be okay. Either way, it will be exciting. Looking forward to experi-menting more as the season continues.

Our latest trip had some boys from Alberta join us for their annual Kootenay Lake trip. And while the weather was freezing cold here, they were still happy to not be back at home where it was even colder and a lot more snow. A nice get away for the crew.

They managed to land 10 fish up to 10 pounds during their trip. Day one was a bit slow because of the weather change, but day two made up for everything. Lots of action on the mooching reels. Line peeling and fish jumping made for a few exciting battles. They are already planning their next trip. Looking forward to it.

December is usually a good month for fish-ing, so hopefully the pattern continues. Either way, we’ll be out there, so stay tuned.

What are they biting on?Mostly surface action for our boat, so the

magic lures have been the usual bucktail flies. Lately the lucky numbers have been 203,210, 215, 224, and 228. Colors have been purples, blacks, or grays.

Also catching a few Bulls on the downrigger with Lyman plugs or flashers and hoochies. There seems to be a lot of fish showing up on the sonar at depths between 80-120 feet. Although most of the fish seem to come to the surface when they want to feed.

Mix it up a bit and run both surface lines and deep lines and you should catch some fish.

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Walker Sidoni would put the Hawks up 8-1, walking out of the corner and back-handing it by Zubick, before Jacob Boyczuk rounded out the scor-ing for the Hawks on a power play goal at 9:36 of the final frame.

Lubin added the Rebels lone power play goal 71 seconds later, and Lindan Calliou would finish it with 47 seconds left on the clock to make it 9-3.

The Hawks outshot Castlegar 40 to 35 and were 2-for-2 on the power play while the Rebels went 1-for-9.

Both Allan and

Michael Pruss count-ed three points on the night, with Allan net-ting a goal and two assists and Michael three helpers, while Foyle had two goals and an assist, and Hartman, Armour, Reid Anderson, Weegar, Hope, and Sidoni pitched in with two points apiece.

“It’s nice when you can spread things out like that, the penalty kill, power play, even strength, everybody chucked something into the hat tonight,” said Ingram. “This was a big game for us and a big game for them, and we wanted to come in here and make a statemen, and I think we did that.”

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As the current contractor for these services, DSS is experienced in the collection and disposal of solid waste, and has appropriate equipment and staff available within the City for these services.

The City believes there is no other vendor which could provide the service at the same level for the same price or less.

The success of any objections received to this NOI will depend on a vendor demonstrating that they meet all of the following criteria:

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Having equipment available to be utilized within the City; and Being capable of meeting the following service levels for the same or a better price:

o Weekly garbage pickup for approx. 120 homes within and around Rossland during all weather conditions;

o Collection of solid waste in a timely manner and to acceptable standard to meet City Bylaws and applicable legislation.

Vendors who wish to challenge this decision should submit a detailed written objection to the attention of Lois Hunter, Acting Chief Financial Officer, by email to [email protected] before December 31, 2014 2:00pm Pacific Time. The City of Rossland will review any and all issues received by this date and provide due consideration.

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As the current contractor for these services, DSS is experienced in the collection and disposal of solid waste, and has appropriate equipment and staff available within the City for these services.

The City believes there is no other vendor which could provide the service at the same level for the same price or less.

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o Weekly garbage pickup for approx. 120 homes within and around Rossland during all weather conditions;

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There was the loss of my one and only sports hero,

Jean Beliveau, but that was eventually to be expected.

More depressing was the Smoke Eaters three-loss record, the last two of which came as the result of the worst weekend of play by the team at Cominco

Arena this season. Those two games

showcased the worst, and least entertaining, hockey from the team I have seen. There was ineptitude throughout the roster - such that it must have been dif-ficult to select a home first star - starting in goal and moving through the defense corps at both ends of

the ice and not par-ticularly good forward play, along with poor power play execution and penalty kill.

Just bad, depress-ing, and unentertain-ing.

It is still fair to say that this team is much better than last year’s and a playoff spot is not nearly a long shot - yet. It is also fair to say the team has regressed in recent weeks and if things do not improve quickly it will get late very early for that play-off push.

A fact of note: Early on there were a few top-20 scorers, some top-40 contributors

and more in the top 60. Right now there are two Smokies in the top 10 and 80 spots between them and the next top point getters in the squad.

There have been changes, and the new players seem to be just that, players, but the coaching staff needs to integrate them quick-ly, starting tonight, and find solutions for the overall porous play that found the Smokies facing a team without four of its top five offensive play-ers and still looking barely competitive last Sunday.

Improvement has to

start tonight and con-tinue into tomorrow. With three games left after this weekend and a small hill to climb, accumulating stand-ings points before the holiday break is going to be crucial to allow anyone involved, including the fans, to have a truly Merry Christmas season.

• Meanwhile, the Nitehawks are well within striking dis-tance of first place - and also play at home tonight. Here’s hoping the snowless roads bring crowds to both arenas. Hockey sou-venirs make excellent gifts.

A tough week

for Trail sports fans

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T h E C A n A D I A n p R E s sMembers of the Toronto Maple

Leafs’ front office and coaching staff are on the same page, assistant gen-eral manager Kyle Dubas said. And it’s not the same page that includes the NHL standings.

Despite the team’s stretch of seven victories in its past nine games, Dubas said president Brendan Shanahan, general man-ager Dave Nonis and coach Randy Carlyle aren’t happy with the way the Leafs have been outshot and outplayed.

“There’s nobody content that we’ve gone 7-1-1 in this stretch,” Dubas said on a conference call Thursday. “There’s no one really content with it. It’s trying to con-

tinue to hone in on our process and really maximize our potential as a team.”

This state-of-the-team address by Dubas might’ve been necessary after the Leafs beat the Detroit Red Wings on Wednesday night in a game where they owed everything to backup goaltender James Reimer. Toronto was outshot 42-19 but won in a shootout almost single-handed-ly because of Reimer.

Dubas said Thursday that no one has to be an analytics expert to recognize that’s not great. Recent trends beyond that game are also troubling, like the Leafs being out-shot 303-247 over this nine-game run, an average of around 34-27 a game.

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Dear Annie: I’ve been living with “Marcus” for two years, and we’ve known each other for twice that long. We are both in our late 40s. Soon after we moved in together, Marcus became seriously ill. We’ve been through five invasive surgeries, and there may be more.

The most serious ill-ness seems to be under control, but now other debilitating health issues are popping up on the horizon, and I just don’t know what to do. Part of me wants desperately to leave, yet I feel incredibly guilty for even thinking of it.

We don’t fight, and we have our good moments. I still am attracted to him, but there is absolutely no sex unless I initiate it -- which I’ve stopped doing because he always has discomfort or pain. We sometimes talk about it, and he says, “You didn’t sign up for this. Why are you still here?”

Marcus spoke to his

doctor about the lack of desire, some of which may be attributed to painkillers, but they have no resolution. I’ve lost weight, take good care of myself and dress nicely -- still nothing. He says, “It’s not you, it’s me.”

I feel shallow for missing sex so much, but I honestly can’t imagine living the rest of my life without it. I suggested counseling, with or without me, but Marcus refused. When he dismisses sugges-tions to work on us, I end up feeling more like a nurse than a lover. And the guilt is eating me up. What can I do? -- Faith

Dear Faith: Marcus

has serious health issues, and that, plus medication, is undoubt-edly what is causing his lack of desire. It isn’t anything you are doing. And he, too, feels guilt, because his illness pre-vents you from having the relationship you envisioned. He may have decided against counseling so that you will have a reason to leave him. Please know that your feelings are not unusual. Only you can decide whether or not you love him enough to see him through this, with or without sex. Counseling will help you, even if Marcus chooses not to go.

Dear Annie: I was diagnosed with epilepsy three years ago, but had milder forms of seizures that went undiagnosed for 23 years. I am on medications that inter-fere with relationships at home and work.

Of all the major chronic medical condi-tions, epilepsy is surely one of the least under-

stood. Seizures are unpredictable electri-cal disturbances in the brain that affect aware-ness, movement and sensation. Epilepsy is not contagious, it is not a mental illness, and it is not mental retarda-tion.

There are more than 40 types of epilepsy that affect more than three million people in the U.S. and 65 million worldwide. The Epilepsy Foundation has infor-mation to help raise awareness. Please get the word out. -- Can’t Drive but Can Text

Dear Can’t Drive: Thank you for giv-ing us the opportu-nity. National Epilepsy Awareness Month was in November, but awareness is needed all year round. We hope our readers will check out the Epilepsy Foundation at epilepsy.com and find out how they can help.

Dear Annie: I have been following all of the opinions about blowing one’s nose at the dinner

table. Those who are

offended by the act, please be careful visit-ing New Mexico. If you want to enjoy your stay, you must, of course, try our well-known and traditional green chili (or at Christmastime, green and red chili).

This food is likely to cause anyone’s nose to drip, and you can see an abundance of tis-sues flying about at any good restaurant, with-out any complaints. -- Tolerant in the Land of Enchantment

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For Saturday, Dec. 13, 2014 ARIES (March 21 to April 19) Others will be impressed with your ability to see ways to introduce reforms and improvements where you work today. Trust your instincts. TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) You might see a new approach to an artistic project today. Similarly, you might see new ways to teach or deal with children. GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) You can organize your home in a better way today, especially by getting rid of what you no longer need or use. Start to de-clutter things. CANCER (June 21 to July 22) All your communications with others will be unusu-ally persuasive and con-vincing. (That’s why this is a strong day for those of you in sales, marketing and

writing.) LEO (July 23 to Aug. 22) You might see new uses and applications for something you own today. Others will see new ways to boost their income or make a little money on the side. VIRGO (Aug. 23 to Sept. 22) Today the Moon is in your sign lined up with Pluto. This makes you want to look around and make improvements to your immediate environment as well as your own appear-ance. LIBRA (Sept. 23 to Oct. 22) Research of any kind will go extremely well today because you have excellent powers of concentration. You also have a knack for going for the jugular today. SCORPIO (Oct. 23 to Nov. 21) You might attract some-one who is powerful today. Or possibly, you are the powerful person talking to

someone else? Either way, conversations will be mean-ingful. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 to Dec. 21) You will impress your boss and people in author-ity with your ideas for improving things. Start off with looking for ways to cut costs, because you will see them. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 to Jan. 19) Conversations about

politics, religion and racial issues will be intense and incisive today. Everyone wants to put in his or her two bits. However, people will listen to you. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 to Feb. 18) This is a good way to see new methods of how to share things or divide something. You might dis-cover a new approach to dealing with taxes, debt and shared property.

PISCES (Feb. 19 to March 20) Conversations with partners and close friends will be very much to the point. You have penetrating insight and are not afraid to share your ideas. Remain courteous. YOU BORN TODAY You are attentive to details, and you are a wonderful plan-ner. You are patient and not troubled by delays or setbacks. You understand

human nature and are inter-ested in the motivations of others. This is the year you have been waiting for. It’s a time of expansion and great activity. Take advantage of opportunities. A major change might take place, perhaps as significant as what occurred around 2005. It’s time to try your wings! Birthdate of: Taylor Swift, singer; Emily Carr, artist; Jamie Foxx, actor/singer.

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Glacier Honda1602 Columbia Ave.

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GLACIER HONDA EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

GLACIER HONDA IS LOOKING FOR A FULL TIME BOOKKEEPER TO JOIN THEIR TEAM

Job opening: January 2015Responsibilities include performing all accounting functions for the dealership:- Cash Control, Payroll, Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, GST, PST and other source deduction remittances.- Preparing monthly financial statements.- Vehicle Deal posting.- Group Plan Administration.- Preparing Year End documents.

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Cards of ThanksHolly Ridenour and her family extend a sincere and heartfelt thank you to all of those who assisted and were involved in looking for Holly on December 1. First of all, to Coreen and Patti with “Care at Home”, your quick response, care and concern for Holly’s well-being was and has always been “above and beyond”. To the neighbours, friends and family who gave up their time to look for Holly, you have our unend-ing gratitude. To the Trail RCMP detachment and Con-stable Peters, your prompt handling of this situation was done with professional effi -ciency and a genuine concern for the safe return of Holly. Ku-dos to Search and Rescue for your rapid response time. The Trail area has much to be proud of in its Search and Rescue team members. Thank you to the Castlegar Source and all of those who spread the “missing persons” news bulletin through social media. And last but not least, we gratefully acknowledge any-one who we may have missed.The Ridenour Family

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cell: 250-368-1617Mario Berno ........... ext 27

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Fruitvale$299,000

MLS#2398796

1.63 ACRES

Trail$145,000

MLS#2401562

GREAT VALUE

Fruitvale$415,000

MLS#2400193

OVER

3 ACRES

Trail$152,500

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4 BEDROOMS,

2 BATHS

Emerald Ridge$475,000

MLS#2401938

WHAT A VIEW

Fruitvale$164,500

MLS#2399412

GOOD PRICE

Fruitvale$339,000

MLS#2401444

BRAND NEW

Fruitvale$99,500

MLS#2398668

Warfi eld$154,900

MLS#2400263

Trail$198,000

MLS#2401224

COMPLETELY

UPDATED

Annable$165,000

MLS#2398114

A-1

CONDITION

Waneta Village$279,000

MLS#2401438

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Montrose$252,000

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Montrose$170,000

MLS#2400676

GREAT VALUE

Rivervale$137,900

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RIVERFRONT

Christina Lake$129,000

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GOOD

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PRESENT

Montrose$194,500

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UPDATED

RANCHER

Fruitvale$169,000

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IT LOOKS

Warfi eld$226,900

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Sunningdale$229,500

MLS#2400474

NEW PRICE

Ootischenia$590,000

MLS#2401091

HORSE

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Trail$154,900

MLS#2398210

REDUCED

Shavers Bench$187,500

MLS#2399352

RANCHER

Sunningdale$249,900

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LARGE

ADDITIONWe have building lots

in all areas!Rivershore ...........$184,500Montrose ............... $73,500Creekside ............... $89,5002.32 Acres .............. $99,500Near Red Mtn. ..13.13 acresMontrose ............... $70,000Montrose ............... $64,900Fruitvale (5 lots) ....$50,000ea

BUILDING LOTS

East Trail$154,900

MLS#2394974

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Sunningdale$249,999

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Fruitvale$289,000

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Fruitvale$220,000

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Trail$150,000

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Trail$129,900

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GREAT VIEW

“It’s YOUR move. You want it handled with care”

Dawn Rosin realtor®[email protected]

1201 Columbia Avenue, Trail$169,500

Location, Location, Location! This home is located close to hospital, shopping, schools and Gyro Park.

MLS#2401023

3354 Laurel Crescent, Trail$198,500

This is one of the nicest townhouses in Glenmerry.

A must to view.MLS#2402056

#15 - 500 16th Avenue, Genelle$49,900

Located in Whispering Pines Mobile Home Park just steps away from the Columbia River. Perfect

starter or retirement home.MLS#2401489

4750 Highway 3, Salmo$225,500

Country roads take me home to this 1 1/2 storey mountain side chalet. Located on .83 of an acre

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Household ServicesA-1 FURNACE & Air Duct Cleaning. Complete Fur-nace/Air Duct Systems cleaned & sterilized. Locally owned & operated. 1-800-565-0355 (Free estimates)

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Food Products

BC INSPECTEDGRADED AA OR BETTER

LOCALLY GROWNNATURAL BEEF

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Freezer Packages AvailableQuarters/Halves

$4.30/lb Hanging WeightExtra Lean Ground

Beef Available TARZWELL FARMS

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A-STEEL SHIPPING DRY STORAGE CONTAINERS

Used 20’40’45’53’ and insulated containers all

sizes in stock. Trades are welcome.

40’Containers under $2500!DMG 40’ containers under $2,000 each. Also JD 544 & 644 wheel Loaders & 20,000 lb CAT forklift.

Wanted to buy 300 size hydraulic excavator.

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Misc. for SaleAffordable Steel Shipping

Containers for sale/rent 20’ & 40’ Kootenay Containers

Castlegar 250-365-3014

Brunswick Pool Table, regu-lation size; Ibanez Electric Acoustic guitar; student 1/2 size violin; tube type Traynor amp; full size violin; Dayton Steel toe work boots, new, 8” tops, size 8. 250-367-9473

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Misc. for SaleHOT TUB (SPA) COVERS. Best price. Best quality. All shapes & colours available. 1-866-652-6837 www.thecoverguy.com/newspaper?

Misc. WantedPrivate Coin Collector BuyingCollections, Accumulations,Olympic Gold & Silver Coins +Chad: 250-499-0251. Local.

Musical InstrumentsGuitars, Amp’s, Drums

Keyboards, PA, Lessons Music books & Accessories

Bay Avenue Music1364 Bay Ave

Trail, BC, 250-368-8878

Sporting Goods.223 RIFLE, H&R. 250-368-8470

Rentals

Apt/Condo for RentBella Vista, Shavers Bench Townhomes. N/S, N/P. 2-3 bdrms. Phone 250-364-1822

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1st Trail Real Estate

1252 Bay Avenue, Trail 250.368.5222 1993 Columbia Ave, Rossland 250.362.5200WWW.COLDWELLBANKERTRAIL.COM

Nathan Kotyk

250-231-9484

Rhonda van Tent

250-231-7575

RobBurrus

250-231-4420

Marie Claude Germain

250-512-1153

Jack McConnachie250-368-5222

Fruitvale $194,000Rhonda 250.231.7575

Trail $549,000Rhonda 250.231.7575

Trail $159,000Rhonda 250.231.7575

Trail $138,500Nathan 250.231.9484

Trail $98,000Nathan 250.231.9484

Trail $169,000Nathan 250.231.9484

Rossland $299,900Marie-Claude 250.512.1153



Build your Dream Home!

$20, 000 Reduction!

Fruitvale $399,000Rob 250.231.4420

Fruitvale $319,000Rob 250.231.4420

Fruitvale $219,500Rob 250.231.4420

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In the matter of The Director of Maintenance Enforcement, for the benefit of Krista Lee Margaret McPhee (Petitioner) vs. Dale Dominic Foyle, The Crown In Right of Canada (Respondent.)By virtue of an Order issued out of the Nelson Supreme Court of British Columbia, Registry No. 17547, dated the 16th day of July, 2014, we will sell by sealed tender to be held in the office of Okanagan Court Bailiffs Inc., located at 3120 – 30th Avenue, Vernon, B.C., on Friday the 29th day of December,2014 at the hour of 11:00 o’clock in the forenoon, all the right title of the Respondent Dale Dominic Foyle, The Crown in Right of Canada, in and for the following land, more particularly known and described as follows:

DESCRIPTION OF LAND

Parcel Identifier: 015-126-455Legal Description: Lot 15, Block 10, District Lot 4598, Kootenay District Plan 2624

Registered Owner in Fee Simple:Registered Owner/Mailing Address: Dale Dominic Foyle, Self Employed Dennis Morley Foyle, Shift Foreman 1455 Daisy Street Trail, B.C. V1R 2R7 As Joint TenantsTaxation Authority: City of Trail

For Legal Notations Terms of Sale and Conditions of Sale, please visit www.interiorbailiffs.com for more information.

COURT BAILIFFS’ SALE OF LAND

AM Ford Sales Ltd, invites General Contractors

to submit Sealed Proposals for AM FORD DESIGN BUILD RENOVATION.

This Project consists of the design and construction, the supply of materials, labor, equipment for the complete construction and renovations from site improvements, throu h to interior nishes, in the front portion of the original Zellers space, as outlined in the tender package. Demolitions and removal of all debris as required1. Architectural, Structural, Mechanical,

Electrical and all other designs as may be required.

2. Repairs and improvements to Parking Lots, Landscaping and Irrigation

3. Address of project is 8100 Highway 3B, Trail, B.C.

4. Tender packages will be available Monday, December 15, 2014 at 145 – 4200 Grandview Drive, Castlegar, B.C.

5. Tenders will close at the same address on Friday, January 16, 2015 at 3:00 P.M.

6. A Mandatory Information Meeting is scheduled within the proposed space at the Waneta Mall, 8100, Highway 3B, Trail. B.C. on December 18, 2014 at 1000 hours.

7. This Project will require a Bid Bond followed by a Performance and a Labor and Material Bond in the nal Tender as outlined in the Tender Documents

8. The lowest or any tender may not necessarily be accepted

Contact:Elmer Verigin, BE. P.EngE. Verigin Consultants145 – 4200 Grandview Drive, Castlegar, B.C., V1N 4X6Phone: (250) 304 2801 or Cell (250) 608 2215 email [email protected]

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Ermalinda Estates, Glenmer-ry, spacious 1-2bdrms. Adults only. Secure building w/eleva-tor. N/S, N/P. Ongoing im-provements. Ph.250-364-1922E.TRAIL, 1&2bdrm. apts. F/S, Coin-op laundry available. 250-368-3239Francesco 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 2bdrm. apt. F/S Heat included. N/S. $750./mo. 250-368-5908PARKSIDE APARTMENTS. Large 1bdrm., insuite laundry, AC, secure quiet building. Call Richard 250-368-7897ROSSLAND, bach. apt. Gold-en City Manor. Over 55. N/S. N/P. Subsidized. 250-362-5030, 250-231-9777SUNNINGDALE, spacious, bright 1bd, perfect for couple/ senior, n/p,n/s. 778-515-1512 250-368-5695TRAIL, spacious 1&2bdrm. apartment. Adult building, per-fect for seniors/ professionals. Cozy, clean, quiet, com-fortable. Must See. Best kept secret downtown Trail. 250-368-1312WARFIELD APARTMENTS. 2-bdrm, N/S, N/P. Long term tenants. 250-368-5888W.TRAIL, 1 bd. apt. Quiet adult only. $450./mo. +utilities. Damage Deposit $225. Coin W/D in building. References. 250-231-5271, 250-512-7913W.TRAIL 2-BDRM.. $725. N/S, N/P. F/S. Laundry.250-367-7919W.TRAIL, 2Bdrm. in 4-plex., enclosed parking. $580./mo. 250-551-1106W.TRAIL 2-bdrm. main fl oor. f/s,w/d,d/w, air conditioning. $700./mo. plus utilities. Avail. Jan. 1st. 250-368-1015

Mobile Homes & Pads

Mobile Home in Thrums 2 Bdrms, addition, deck

F/S, W/D, very small pets ok 250-304-9273

Homes for RentE.TRAIL, (across from Aquatic Centre) 2bd. 1bth. completely renovated, avail. furn. or un-furn. Jan.1st. N/S, N/P. Ref. preferred. 250-368-1351Rare opportunity for 2 pri-vate, well-located adjoining lots, each with a tenanted house. Large properties; total of 868 sq meters. Total rental income $1300/mth. Houses are older with some recent im-provements. Two blocks uphill from the intersection of Colum-bia Ave. and Washington St., in the heart of Rossland. (Please do not disturb the ten-ants.) Near shopping and res-taurants, well treed and quiet. Zoned R1. $280,000.00 for the 2 together. Will also sell separ-ately. Private sale but will con-sider commission to purchas-er’s agent. Please call or text John at 604-834-6451. TRAIL, 2BD., N/S, N/P. Available immediately. 250-367-7558TRAIL, 2bdrm., full basement, off street parking, nice view. F/S, W/D, N/S, N/P. $850. 250-365-5003TRAIL, 4 b/r home, 1 reno’d bathrm, central A/C, f/s/w/d, ns,np, full bsmt, rv carport, nr Aquatic Ctr, 1534 4th Ave. $1200. + util. 250-364-3978TRAIL clean 3bdrm. N/S, N/P. References required. $850./mo. 250-231-1101TRAIL: Shavers Bench sm. 1 Bdr. house, util. & cable incl. for mature quiet single. n/s.n/p $575/mo. Available now. 250-368-9291 please leave msg.

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TownhousesGLENMERRY, Clean 3bd townhouse, covered parking, F/S, D/W, central air. NS. No Pets. $900./mo. Available now. Ref. req. 250-367-9607

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a discussion some families have in the lead-up to the holi-days. Others avoid it because it can be awk-ward; everyone isn’t always on the same

page.But side-stepping

dilemmas rarely solves them, so let’s just put it out there. If you buy holiday gifts for the children in your extended family, does there come a point

when you can stop?When do “the kids”

stop being kids?Do you buy till

the children in your extended family stop putting toys on their wish lists? Till they graduate from high school, college or graduate school? Do you buy for them until they have kids, then add the next genera-tion to your holiday list?

Sadly, there appears to be no single answer, no neat protocol like “forks on the left, knives on the right” that makes it a simple call for all concerned. But some etiquette experts have offered suggestions to help.

Let’s start with the doyenne of eti-quette mavens, Judith Martin. Martin - per-haps better known as Miss Manners - says an important point to keep in mind is that there is no need to stop buying gifts for nieces and nephews.

If you enjoy doing so, you may continue.

“It’s one way to keep in touch,” notes Martin, who addresses the social dilemmas of “gentle readers” in her thrice-weekly syndicated newspaper column as well as in a number of books.

Should you wish, however, to at some point transition from giving gifts to send-ing a seasonal letter or card, Martin suggests a surprisingly ten-der age as a potential demarcation point.

“The first cut-off would be ... children who have learned

to write but don’t,” Martin says with a bit of bite to her delivery.

She refers, of course, to children who do not pen thank-you notes to express gratitude for the pre-sents they have been sent.

“I would give them a year or two to see that this is a pattern. And yes, if one is not demonstrably pleased with presents, why give them? You can assume that your pre-sents are annoying them.”

Anna Post of the Emily Post Institute suggests the point at which children stop going out for Halloween might be a time when you could think about altering gift-giving patterns, if that is a goal.

Post’s great-great-grandmother - after whom the Burlington, Vt.-based institute is named - was one of America’s premier eti-quette experts of days

gone by.Anna Post says dif-

ferent circumstances may affect the timing of a decision like this.

“It can also change when you have your own children,” she notes. “

You know, you might give to nieces and nephews, but then when you have your own family, you may get a little absorbed by them instead.”

Karen Cleveland, the Toronto-based writer of the blog “Finishing School,” suggests the point at which nieces and nephews start to earn an income might also be a reasonable time to discontinue gift giving.

All three agree the question isn’t simply “when?” but “how?” For instance, if a family contains sever-al children, buying for some but not others could lead to hurt feelings.

Post suggests using

transition gifts, mov-ing at a point to buy-ing a small token gift - a lovely Christmas tree ornament, if Christmas is the holi-day being celebrated - rather than a larger present. Or buying a present for the family as a whole, instead of for each individual child.

Letting the future former recipients of your gifts - or their parents - in on your plans is good form, says Cleveland.

In fact, if your family is one where you buy for your sis-ter’s children and she buys for yours, you should let your sib-lings know of your intentions - and well before Christmas. It is probably too late to do that this year.

“The earlier you make changes to established traditions, the more time people have to get used to the idea,” Post says.

Another way to handle this type of change would be to get all involved to agree to a system whereby people draw names. Instead of buying for all your siblings’ chil-dren, you could buy for one. But this too takes planning - and general agreement, the experts says.

If you are going to stop buying gifts for a niece or nephew who is older, you could discuss the change with him or her. For instance, you could indicate that this is the last year you will be sending a gift or that this year you will not be sending a present.

“At that point you should send a warm Christmas letter so they think it’s not an accident,” Martin says.

Post favours having a conversation rather than sending a note, to ensure that there are no hurt feelings.

The point to get across is that this isn’t about something hav-ing gone wrong in the relationship, but rath-er is inspired by the passage of time.

“We often write notes when we don’t want to engage with people. And this is the right time to engage,” Post says.

When is it OK to stop buying siblings’ kids presents?Holiday EtiquEttE

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Bechard remembers her mother spend-ing evenings at the kitchen table writing out cards paired with family portraits as a part of their Christmas tradition - one she has also embraced as her own.

“I am very much a traditionalist,” said Bechard, who is behind the blog Moments in Mommyland. “I have very specific things I remember growing up with, and by doing those, it kind of brings me joy and brings me back to my own child-hood. So tradition def-initely plays a part in it - but it just makes me happy.

“I understand for some people it doesn’t - and that’s OK. But for me, it wouldn’t feel like the holidays if I wasn’t giving out Christmas cards.”

The Vancouver-based stay-at-home mom usually sends out about 50 to 60 Christmas cards annu-ally to immediate family and members of her church commun-ity. About half of the recipients live close to home, while others are located throughout North America and further afield.

This year, the per-sonalized cards will be accompanied by a photo of Bechard with

her husband, Matt, and their sons Noah, 3, and one-year-old Asher, captured in July.

“Christmas is a very big holiday in our family,” said Bechard, 28. “I am a Christian, so for me, there is a faith aspect to it. But Christmas is kind of just a time I’ve chosen to show people that I’m thinking of them or that they’re on my heart.

“We don’t gener-ally send out cards for birthdays, so Christmas is the time of year that we acknowledge friends and family and loved ones and just say: ‘Hey, I’m thinking about you.”’

Yet with the ability to send festive greet-ings electronically, what is the enduring appeal of putting trad-itional cards in the post?

“Just about every-body loves to get a greeting card because it says to the receiver: ‘You’re really import-ant to me. I went to extra effort. I didn’t email or phone you. I came in person with my card or I put it in the mail,”’ said Joanne McNeish, assistant professor of market-ing at the Ted Rogers School of Management at Ryerson University.

“I think what we forget in the e-world

is that e-everything is only our visual sense, our sight, whereas tangible things - books and cards, everything paper - (involves) more senses.

“Senses are actually the way as people we get information, or it’s the way we feel or are connected to emo-tions. Around this time of year, where it’s kind of an emotional time anyway, we as humans want to share in that, give that emotion and get that emotion back. And we do that with physical things.”

As the daughter of Chinese immigrants who were new to Canada, Lisa Ng was designated to write Christmas cards on behalf of her family.

“I think I just got so used to doing that when I was 12 or 13 that I ended up just continuing the tradition,” said Ng, editor-in-chief of This Beautiful Day, a life-styles blog for women.

Ng and her husband moved to Los Angeles about 1 1/2 years ago, and there has been no interruption in her holiday ritual. She typ-ically orders pop-up cards from New York’s Museum of Modern Art store and sends out between 30 to 40 to family, friends and business associates.

“I would say clients are the most import-

ant people to send Christmas cards to because I find that an e-card just doesn’t cut it,” said Ng, 34. “People are really sick of looking at their computer all day and reading email all day. I just feel like an e-card doesn’t have the (same) impact as a beautiful, handwrit-ten card.

“I take it upon myself to make the Christmas card a nice way to say: ‘Thank you so much, it was great working with you throughout the year, I had so much fun, let’s collaborate again in 2015 if there’s an opportunity.’

“I try to send those to as many clients as I’ve worked with in the past year, and I always try to pick a Christmas card that has a lot of impact.”

Ng said part of the reason she opts to mail her cards rather than hand them out in person is concern she may not remember to bring them to their intended recipients.

“I think another part is that it is so nice to get mail these days - nice mail that isn’t a bill - and for them to have the opportunity to have the ritual of opening a Christmas card and then having that card to put on display or hang.

“I love going to

people’s houses and seeing Christmas cards on display. It’s just so beautiful to have those cards that I feel that those are just as meaningful to friends and family - which is part of the reason why I send them as well.”

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