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A major overhaul to the regional district’s 20-year-old building in Trail could be covered sooner than anticipat-ed.

Debt owing to the $3.48-million renova-tion, which was com-pleted last year, could be expedited if funds earmarked for paying off $1 million to airport land purchased from Teck are redirected after the final $190,000 installment is settled this year.

The board has already given prelim-inary approval to apply this annual payment to the heating, ventilat-ing and air condition-ing (HVAC) upgrade for 2013 and 2014, but will make a final call when the regional dis-trict’s budget is com-pleted this month.

“Rather than just taking that money and reducing the budget, we’re going to actually use it,” said Trail councillor Robert Cacchioni, who sits on the regional board. “The land will be avail-able for development, the only problem is it’s not serviced.”

Starting last year, all regional district resi-dents felt the weight of the HVAC project with an additional $18 in taxes tacked on to a $200,000 home. Though the same amount will hit the pocket book this year, the $12 expected for three years thereafter could be cut by one year.

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Camp Chaos kicked off its spring break two-week program this week, which offers kids six to -12-years-old a variety of activities during the day, including skating, swimming, games and arts and crafts. Callum Baxter took painting to a whole new level Tuesday, mixing new colours with his new friends.

Council takes stand for keeping existing hospitalBY VALERIE ROSSI

Times StaffA crowd of about 20 residents broke out into

fits of cheer Monday night in city chambers when Trail council rose to their feet to support a motion dedicated to keeping regional status at Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital (KBRH).

Trail resident Anna Merlo was among those in attendance to show support for the Trail hospital.

“It seems that the only time that Trail people get passionate is when the hospital is threatened,” she said. “I wish they would feel the same way about all of the other things that are not going on in this town.”

Trail councillor Kevin Jolly felt compelled to lead fellow local politicians in taking a stand and protecting the Trail hospital because Castlegar

council discussed the possibility of a new regional hospital with Health Minister Mike de Jong when they met with him at the beginning of the month.

“We must send a clear message and speak with one voice to all those who would act to destabilize and disrupt the future of KBRH in Trail,” said Jolly. “Now is the time to show our unwavering support to our citizens, who financially support this hospi-tal, the medical community and staff who labour in it and most importantly for the patients who rely on KBRH in their times of need.”

Beyond asking his colleagues to support the retention of KBRH, Jolly requested that all cap-ital funding for the region be dedicated to the refurbishment, upgrading and support of existing medical facilities to deliver the highest level of patient care.

Council, including Trail Mayor Dieter Bogs, fol-lowed Jolly’s gesture and stood rather than simply raising their hands to record their unanimous decision.

A letter will be sent to Interior Health, the Health Minister and MLA Katrine Conroy to further express their stance. Castlegar Mayor Lawrence Chernoff said the meeting was held in the best interest of the region.

“When we look at the facility presently, we know that it’s aging, we know that it’s going to need replacement,” he said. “What we were sup-porting was the idea that Interior Health take a planning process to determine the type of facility and where a new facility can be best located to pro-vide the best benefit to everybody in the Kootenay Boundary region.”

Regional status for KBRH supported by motion in Trail city council meeting

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New committee room part of overall renovation visionBY VALERIE ROSSI

Times StaffTrail is knee deep in

an overall renovation of its city hall to save up to half the projected $5 million price tag attached to building a new facility.

City council is now settling into its newly renovated committee room, which now func-tions independent from the rest of city hall – a bonus for groups like Trail Community in Bloom and the library board which use it.

“Many hours are spent in this room and the project is a wel-comed improvement,”

said city administrator David Perehudoff. “All who have been through it are very compliment-ary.”

This includes former Trail councillor Norm Gabana, who was one of the city’s biggest crit-ics when it came to its previous plan of build-ing a new facility.

“This was the stu-pidest decision council ever tried to make,” said the boilermaker by trade.

“I was very critical about them thinking the building should be vacated for a new one because there is certain-ly more than adequate

room in there.”After the city com-

pleted Phase 1 of it renovation in 2010, a $100,000 improvement of its reception area, it turned its attention to a $350,000 overhaul to its second floor.

The committee room renovation, located beside council chambers, is furnished with new furniture, is fully wired for Internet connections and pro-vides a “smart board,” a 60-inch monitor for displays and presenta-tions as well as move-able white boards and panels.

All of its lighting

automatically shuts off when nobody is in the room. In addition, heating and cooling is also programmable so the systems are turned down in the even-ing hours when the building is not in use to reduce power con-sumption.

The overhaul included the addition of a kitchen, asbestos removal, the installa-tion of power-efficient roof top units as well as a renovation to the back of the building to improve the Trail Historical Society’s storage area.

Heating, ventilation,

and air-conditioning were brought up to standards and win-dows were replaced to improve insulation.

The city will approach future reno-vations in phases annu-ally using funds from its capital budget, but will defer improvements when other projects take priority.

Among future upgrades to come, the city plans to fully wire council chambers to broadcast meet-ings and improve the overall sound quality along with tidying up the appearance of the room.

NELSON STARAbout 30 people rallied in front

of Nelson city hall Sunday as part of a national movement calling for a judicial inquiry into the federal robo-call scandal.

The group is asking for by-elections in ridings where voters received automated phone calls dir-ecting them to the wrong polling stations last May, or for the Governor General to dissolve parliament and order a new election.

Elections Canada is investigating numerous complaints, although it’s unclear if any come from the BC Southern Interior riding.

Some speakers aimed their com-ments directly at Stephen Harper’s Conservative government, while others said it didn’t matter who was to blame. “We can’t relax until this ugly regime is gone,” retired teach-er Earl Hamilton told the crowd. “They have no intention of allowing Canadians to vote freely.”

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One of Rossland’s former mayors was at Rossland city council Monday, asking that the city look to move forward on the Columbia Avenue infrastructure project.

Bill Profili, who was representing a group of Rossland citizens, asked that council take into account that the naysayers of the project are usu-

ally much more vocal than those that support it.Profili said that he understood there is a

choice of two decisions before council; one is the status quo and the other is to “look into the future with a vision.”

“The value of status quo is related to the old adage that, ‘if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it,’” Profili said.

“I see businesses in downtown closing, I see

our community not growing and developing.”He said the problems of 30 years ago are still

here today and the new vision for the city can start with the project.

He added that even though neither decision is right or wrong, depending on the point of view, there are a lot of Rossland residents who hope council chooses the decision that “brings a vision to the city’s plan.”

BY KARL YUGrand Forks Gazette

A man has been charged in relation to two hotel fires that occurred in Grand Forks early on March 7.

According to Grand Forks RCMP’s Staff Sgt. Jim Harrison, 47-year-old Grand Forks resident Christopher James Cusack has been charged with two counts of arson which endangered human life, in relation to the Wednesday morning fires at the Grand Forks Hotel and Winnipeg Hotel.

“He was remanded to appear in Rossland court on March 9,” Harrison said.

“He was remanded into custody and will appear in court today for a plea.”

He did say that the RCMP had a strong case however, adding he couldn’t give any other details as it is current-ly a matter before the B.C. justice system.

Mandy Nordahn, owner of the Grand Forks Hotel, said that Cusack was previ-ously known to her.

“He’s just strange,” Nordahn said when asked

Grand Forks man faces two counts of arson in hotel fires

about the type of person Cusack was.

Evelyn Rougeau, owner of the Winnipeg Hotel, could not be reached for comment.

The fire to the Grand

Forks Hotel completely destroyed the over 100-year-old building, while the fire at the Winnipeg Hotel was limited to the rear of the building, creating smoke damage throughout the

venerable structure.Grand Forks Fire Rescue

Acting Fire Chief Dale Heriot said he released the Winnipeg Hotel back to Rougeau on Friday.

There were no injuries

and casualties reported but RCMP said approximately 20 people have been dis-placed due to the fires. Between 30 and 35 volun-teer firefighters battled the blazes according to Heriot.

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Forty-seven-year-old Christopher James Cusack has been charged with two counts of arson which endangered human life, in relation to the Wednesday morning fires at the Grand Forks Hotel and Winnipeg Hotel.

THE CANADIAN PRESSVANCOUVER - The B.C.

Teachers Federation says its latest effort to break the deadlock in the teachers contract dispute has failed and the union blames the government for refusing to budge.

Union President Susan Lambert says the federation had been working behind the scenes at the Labour Relations Board to have an independent mediator appointed to resolve the dispute, and had offered to compromise on every issue, including salary.

She says she even phoned Education Minister George Abbott last Friday to make him aware of the teachers’ offer, but the gov-ernment has stood firm.

For his part, Abbott refuses to discuss the details of his conversation with Lambert, saying the two had agreed to keep them confidential.

Former Rossland mayor speaks in favour of Columbia Ave. Project

BY VALERIE ROSSITimes Staff

A traffic safety advocate is ask-ing Trail council to look both ways before identifying a second-access route to the Trail hospital.

This is not the first time Anne Johnson, who’s lived in Trail for nearly 30 years, has protested the city’s last proposed route ¬– which would send traffic from Goepel Street up Fourth Avenue up the bank toward the current ambulance station.

Not only does this design include the “steepest grades and tightest corners permitted within a muni-cipality,” she said, it also would increase the likelihood of crashes

and have an impact on the com-munity and wildlife.

The second access is one of two grant opportunities Trail is seeking under the Gas Tax General Strategic Priorities Fund and the Innovations Fund.

City council decided Monday to move the estimated $1.9 million project and a proposed pedestrian bridge crossing the Columbia River (estimated at 6.5 million) forward to the program that focuses on reducing green house gas emissions through projects that among other things improves public transit, local roads, bridges and tunnels.

The second road is meant to relieve traffic and offer an alterna-

tive route, should the main access ever be closed due to an emer-gency.

These are very important rea-sons to have another road, Johnson agrees, but the location is the prob-lem in her mind.

Assuming the last proposed route is still on the table, Johnson reminded returning council mem-bers and new blood of the safety implications around a potential second route from a street that is located in a school zone with blind spots. Instead, she suggested the city revisit a second access from McBride Street.

“Before blindly voting to go forward with any proposal which

encourages this route, I would encourage individual members to think about the following: what would happen if a bus or semi is stopped in the middle of the road waiting to turn left at Fourth Avenue, can they be seen by addi-tional vehicles traveling up Goepel Street from Second?” she asked.

“Because of the cress of the hill, no they can’t, which would increase the likelihood of rear-end crashes.”

Trail Mayor Dieter Bogs reminded Johnson that at this point the project is simply seeking grant funding and the design of such a road would be taken on by a profes-sional, who would explore safety implications.

Safety issues flagged with second hospital routeTeachers claim gov’t blocking

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NELSON STARAn incident at a Nelson

pub led to the arrest of a Lardeau man last week.

Staff at the pub asked a group of intoxicated men to leave the bar near mid-night on Wednesday. The group slowly left the bar but became confrontation-al with staff and as a result, police were called.

Before police arrived, one of the males told a staff member that he was leav-ing, but would be returning and made several gestures and comments to indicate that he would be bringing a gun. Police circulated Nelson and surrounding area for about an hour before locating the vehicle on Nelson Avenue.

The two male occupants were arrested and when the vehicle was searched, police found a sawed-off pistol grip shotgun and approximately 50 shotgun shells in the trunk. The man was charged with possess-ing a prohibited weapon.

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VANCOUVER - British Columbia’s Liberal gov-ernment has offered yet another excuse to explain the failure of a deal to give Telus (TSX:T) the naming rights to Vancouver’s BC Place stadium: the negotiations were hurting the province’s rela-tionship with the telecom giant.

It was the latest in a series of constantly shift-ing explanations for why the 20-year, $40-million deal fell apart last week, ranging from vague assertions that the agreement was somehow bad for taxpayers, nostalgia over the stadium’s current name, and the size of a sign Telus planned to erect at the site.

On Tuesday, Tourism Minister Pat Bell sug-gested the deal was killed because negotiations were hurting the province’s relationship with Telus, and it was better to bow out now than damage that partnership further.

Premier Christy Clark rejected the suggestion her government was changing its story.

“It was a complicated deal,” she said. “There was a number of elements in it that didn’t make it the best deal for taxpayers, so I think when you talk about (the size of the sign), it’s an example of” why it was a bad deal, Clark told reporters at an unrelated announcement in North Vancouver.

“We didn’t accept this deal because it wasn’t the best deal for taxpayers. It wasn’t the best deal for taxpayers a week ago when I answered those questions, it wasn’t the best deal for taxpayers on Friday when I answered those questions, and it’s not the best deal for taxpayers today.”

Bell, whose cabinet portfolio includes BC Place, announced last week that the province had scrapped a deal to give Telus the naming rights to the stadium. The proposal included $35 mil-lion over 20 years, as well as $5 million of in-kind contributions from Telus. The deal also would have included the value of telecommunications infrastructure already installed at BC Place, where $400 million in renovations to replace its roof were completed last year.

BY JAMES KELLERTHE CANADIAN PRESS

NORTH VANCOUVER - British Columbia’s pre-mier gave her six-month-old jobs plan a glowing review Tuesday, as she took credit for tens of thousands of new jobs - many of which were likely created before her plan was actually announced.

Premier Christy Clark used the backdrop of Seaspan Marine Corp.’s shipyard in North Vancouver to release her six-month progress report on a plan she announced last September.

Clark said her government has spent the past six months promoting trade through conferences and international trips, speeding up approvals for projects such as mines, and expanding training programs for workers.

The premier cited a number of “results” from the past half-year, such as Seaspan’s $8-billion fed-eral shipbuilding contract, which was awarded just weeks after she unveiled her plan, the approval last October of an export licence for the liquefied natural gas facility in Kitimat, and developments at four mines that include new construction, approv-als or expansion.

And while Clark said in September it would be irresponsible to set jobs targets or judge the success of her plan by playing a numbers “game,” she had no problem Tuesday linking the creation of jobs in the past 12 months in British Columbia to a jobs

THE CANADIAN PRESSVANCOUVER - Doctors who are key to con-

ducting surgeries in the province are again threat-ening to withdraw services if they don’t get a seat at the contract-negotiating table.

The B.C. Anesthesiologists’ Society issued its second such ultimatum to withdraw services for elective surgeries starting April 1, unless it gets a say at the bargaining table.

The BC Medical Association negotiates on behalf of all doctors in the province, including specialist groups, but anesthesiologists want to negotiate their own issues.

Society president Dr. Jeff Rains says anesthe-siologists are taking a stand to improve what he calls an inefficient system.

Issues of concern include wages, doctor short-ages, wait times and patient safety.

The society says Health Minister Mike de Jong and the medical association have been unfair and irresponsible by shutting its representatives out of the negotiation process.

THE CANADIAN PRESSA series of heart-

wrenching text mes-sages is being used by the boyfriend of a car accident victim to warn people to pay attention when driving.

Mathieu Fortin has created a Facebook page to get the word out in memory of Emy Brochu, who died Jan. 18 when her car slammed into the back of a tractor-trailer truck as it merged in traf-fic near Victoriaville, Que.

Brochu had sent Fortin a couple of lov-ing messages before her last one, which was a series of XXXXs, indi-cating kisses.

The next set of mes-sages, which Fortin posted on Facebook, have him telling her that he wants to “hear her beautiful voice” but then growing fearful after he hasn’t heard from her in a few hours. “Is everything going well, my love?” Fortin wrote. “I’m a bit worried.”

Provincial police did not immediately attrib-ute a cause to the acci-dent - although they said they were looking into the possibility of a distraction, such as a cellphone.

Fortin says that reading the last mes-sages shatters his heart into a million pieces. He urges people to learn from his story.

“An accident can happen quickly,” he writes. “I hope every time you look at your cellphone while driv-ing, you think of Emy.”

New reason offered in BC Place bumble

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Iditarod front-runner Dallas Seavey makes his final drive toward Nome, Alaska, during the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race on Tuesday.

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plan that is just six months old.“These are early days, but I think you’ll see as

you go through the report that we’ve come a long way,” Clark said.

“By making B.C.’s economy our No. 1 priority, we are protecting and creating jobs for B.C. fam-ilies. And in the past year, our economy has added 39,900 jobs, and that is results.”

Clark later clarified that she believes businesses, not governments, create jobs. The Liberal premier announced her $300-million jobs plan during a tour of the province last September.

It called for infrastructure and port upgrades to boost trade with Asia, eight new mines by 2015, faster approval for natural gas projects, an increase in the number of foreign students in B.C., tax reform, and the creation of a major investments office to promote trade abroad.

The progress report lists many of those initia-tives as “ongoing,” but says there has been progress, such as through the announcement of new training programs, new legislation that was passed last year for the shipbuilding industry, TV and radio ads launched in December promoting B.C., and the addition of certain business tax credits.

The Opposition New Democrats were quick to accuse Clark of cherry picking figures, particularly when it comes to the creation of new jobs .

Finance critic Bruce Ralston said seasonally adjusted figures would put the real number of additional jobs at around 2,000, and he said it’s still an open question whether any of those jobs are linked specifically to Clark’s jobs plan.

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THE CANADIAN PRESSA retired tobacco spokesman told a historic civil

trial Tuesday that his company was already under fire in the 1960s over the potential health risks of smoking.

Smokers who failed to notice such reports, he said, must have been “blind.”

Michel Descoteaux, who headed Imperial Tobacco’s public-relations department for more than two decades, said there was no point trying to argue against a public and media that wanted to hear one thing: that smoking was bad for you.

Descoteaux was testifying at the start of a land-mark class-action suit, the biggest civil trial in Canadian history. It pits Quebec smokers against Canada’s three biggest cigarette companies.

The smokers accuse the tobacco companies of misleading them over the years about the potential danger from cigarettes.

Taking the witness stand, Descoteaux said the evidence the company actually had in the 1960s,

gathered by company scientists and research-ers, was that there was no link between smok-ing and public health.

But he testified that the general public and news media dismissed such reports back then and demanded that the company come clean.

“Public opinion was cigarettes were causing all kinds of deaths and the company (made) comments that weren’t in keeping with that,”

Descoteaux said.“You would have

had to be blind to see that we had no credibil-ity with the media and it was the same with the smokers and the gen-eral public.”

The landmark case, with up to $27 billion at stake, is also considered the biggest class-action suit in Canadian history and is also the first time tobacco companies have gone to trial in a civil suit in Canada.

BY ANDY BLATCHFORDTHE CANADIAN PRESS

MONTREAL - The debate isn’t over yet for the Conservative government’s criminal justice legis-lation - at least not in Quebec.

The provincial government announced Tuesday that it would do everything in its power to limit the clout of the legislation that passed a day ear-lier. Because the provinces are responsible for applying the laws passed in Ottawa, Quebec says it will work to soften Bill C-10 where possible.

The provincial minister said he will issue a directive to various players in the justice system to avoid applying the strictest provisions of the crime bill - particularly when it comes to youth offenders.

“It is not a plan to abolish C-10,” Jean-Marc Fournier told a news conference Tuesday inside a courtroom at Montreal’s youth courthouse. “C-10 is a law, but we’ve also got laws in Quebec. We can make them work together.”

Some provinces, including Quebec, also say Ottawa should be responsible for paying for the new jail spaces that will be required as a result of the legislation. Quebec pegs the costs at $750 million for new prisons, and at up to $80 million a year for application of the new rules.

The new federal legislation increases senten-ces for drug and sex offences, reduces the use of conditional sentences like house arrest, provides harsher penalties on young offenders, makes it harder to get a pardon, gives crime victims more say in parole hearings and allows victims of ter-rorism to sue.

Federal Justice Minister Rob Nicholson brushed off questions about Quebec’s intention to mini-mize the impact of the omnibus crime bill within its borders.

Without addressing Fournier’s plan specific-ally, he said the provisions of the bill are meant to help people everywhere in Canada.

BY MURRAY BREWSTERTHE CANADIAN PRESS

OTTAWA - The point man on the F-35 stealth fighter purchase says the Conservative government has not ruled out abandoning the troubled project.

“We have not, as yet, discounted the possibility, of course, of backing out of any of the program,” Julian Fantino associ-ate defence minister, told the Commons defence committee on Tuesday.

He made the com-ment after a series of pointed questions from both opposition parties. Fantino said the government is still committed to buying the radar-evading jet, but no contract has been signed.

The Conservatives still believe the high-tech jet is the best choice to replace the aging CF-18s, but the minister suggested they are taking a cau-tious approach.

None of the other nine allied nations involved in the pro-gram has yet with-drawn and the minister said: “We are not.”

He insisted that the government will not leave the air force in the lurch as the current fleet of 1980s-vintage CF-18s reach the end of their projected ser-vice life around 2020.

“And we’ll just have to think it through as time goes on.”

His comments rep-resent a further depar-ture from the strident defence the Harper government has offered for the costly, long-delayed program.

Ever since declar-ing their intention to go with F-35, the Conservatives have doggedly defended the decision. They have dismissed calls for a reconsideration of the project and attacked critics who question the price tag.

The government tone began to change just before a meeting earlier this month in Washington where partner nations had a chance to quiz both the manufacturer and the Pentagon, which is co-ordinating inter-national orders.

F-35 fighter jet purchase in doubt

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Two striking students dance as thousands demonstrate against tuition hikes Tuesday in Montreal.

Outside the com-mittee, Fantino denied that the government is climbing down from its support for the jet.

“We are committed to the program. We intend to do the best we can for our men and women and Canadian taxpayers with respect to replacing the CF-18.”

In months of ques-tioning in the House of Commons, Fantino has insisted there is no need for a backup plan in case of further delays in the project as the manufacturer works out software and design glitches.

But on Tuesday, he told the committee he was waiting for defence officials to prepare alternate scenarios to the F-35 deal.

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OPINION

Talking taxes not taxing talk

The City of Rossland is once again advan-cing a budget with a zero per cent tax

increase to our residents. This represents the fourth

year in a row of no net tax increase in the city.

While costs have risen for materials and fuel — as well as other operational costs — estimated at 14 per cent over the last term, Rossland city council has requested city staff to tighten the belts once again to accommodate these increases.

That has meant senior staffing levels have been decreased by the equivalent of three people; and further streamlining of the oper-ation has allowed us to keep costs in line and maintain service levels.

But the tax challenge is sometimes outside of our direct control, as the city collects taxes on the behalf of others.

The Regional District of Kootenay Boundary, for example, provides services shared by our region and the city has to collect taxes for those local services on their behalf.

Services like the Trail Regional Airport and the potential change to full time staff and capital improve-ments (140 per cent budget increase), and large cost items like regional fire ser-vice with a budget of $3.5 million, a union wage budget of over $2 million and a looming 6.9 per cent increase to put our career firefighters based in Trail on par with Vancouver’s finest, are extreme challenges that face the regional district and, ultimately, directly affect our tax bill.

I am certain the RDKB board and staff are aware of the challenges and are working diligently to reduce that tax impact.

Sewer a messy issueDespite reports to

the contrary, the City of Rossland supported the rec-ommendation of the medi-ator in the recent sewer review process.

Unfortunately, not all participants were made aware Rossland agreed in principle to adjust the fund-ing formula for operating costs based on population.

Our initial bargaining position would result in a shift of approximately

$60,000 in favour of the City of Trail. This was recom-mended by the mediator.

Further, the mediator recommended capital costs be negotiated in light of the Liquid Waste Management Phase 2 underway.

The City of Rossland believes it presented a rea-sonable offer and were prepared to negotiate with Warfield and Trail, unfortu-nately miscommunication resulted in a letter from Trail and the RDKB to the min-

istry to effect arbitration, a result that would be costly to us all and, in our opinion, entirely unnecessary.

The City of Rossland is convinced that a negotiated solution is the most cost effective manner in which to deal with the issue.

The sewer partnership was formed by three parties sitting across the table and negotiating a cost formula.

Rossland is most anxious to repeat the process in a spirit of cooperation.

Earth HourJust a reminder that

Saturday, March 31 at 8:30 p.m. is Earth Hour. Please participate by turning off all unnecessary electrical devices. An hour in the dark can be fun.

Greg Granstrom is the Mayor of Rossland. Community Comment is written by elected officials from municipal councils in Greater Trail.

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GREG GRANSTROMCommunity Comment

“The tax chal-lenge is some-times outside of our direct

control, as the city collects taxes on the behalf of

others.”

GREG GRANSTROM

Explaining the belt tightening process and how municipal tax collection works

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250.368.8551To the Editor:Rossland City Council has decided to eliminate

Development Cost Charges (DCCs).According to a provincial government report,

111 municipalities in B.C. have Development Cost Charges (DCCs) ranging from a few hundred dollars to over $30,000, with an average of over $8,000 for a single-family dwelling.

These municipalities vary from large, fast- growing cities to small, slow-growing rural com-munities.

If DCCs work for about 70 per cent of the municipalities in B.C., why is Rossland so different that the city claims they are not applicable here?

On the one hand, the City’s position seems to be, we expect little development so DCCs are not suitable for Rossland.

On the other hand, the infrastructure for the Columbia/Washington project is being sized for a projected population of 10,000 at Red Mountain and the Regional District of Kootenay Boundary has been told to use a future Rossland population of over 17,000 for any land purchase that may be necessary for a new sewage treatment plant.

As Yogi Berra reportedly said, “If you don’t know where you are going, you might wind up somewhere else!”

Ken Holmes, Rossland

Deviating from the norm on DCCs

To the Editor:I was pleased to see the article

in the March 8 paper announc-ing the award given to the East Kootenay Friends of Burma group for their years of helping refugees resettle in Canada.

The West Kootenay Friends of Refugees is the newest con-stituent group of this fine orga-nization.

We have submitted appli-cations to bring two families from Burma to be resettled in Rossland.

We are actively looking for volunteers and donations. To support the two families for their first year with us, we will be raising more than $20,000 so all donations are very welcome.

We have several events

planned this spring and we are really encouraging people to make small, tax deductible, auto-deposit donations into our account at the Nelson and District Credit Union in Rossland.

Please contact us if you would like to get involved helping to improve lives.

www.friendsofrefugees.caKathy Moore, Rossland

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BY HEATHER SCOFFIELDTHE CANADIAN PRESS

The federal NDP says it has obtained leaked documents showing the Conservatives are poised to strip the Fisheries Act of habitat-protection pro-visions - a change that would dramatically reduce Ottawa’s power to oversee fresh water.

The federal government took no steps Tuesday to deny the claim.

The contents of the documents, but not the documents themselves, were widely distributed to media on Tuesday. The material suggests there are plans to revise the Fisheries Act so that Ottawa would be responsible for fish, but not for their sur-rounding habitat.

“This is a serious situation and will put Canada back to where we were in the pre-1976 period where Canada had no laws to protect fish habitat and no way to monitor the great industrial expan-sion that occurred in Canada with the consequen-tial loss of major fish habitat all across Canada,” said biologist Otto Langer.

Langer is a former senior official in Fisheries and Oceans who says he was given the draft by insiders at the department.

Fisheries Minister Keith Ashfield did not deny that changes were in the works. In the House of Commons, he said no final decision has been made.

“Canada is blessed with an abundant array of natural resources of which we should be proud and which we take seriously in our responsibility to conserve and protect,” Ashfield said.

His spokesperson added that fisheries policies are “outdated and unfocused in terms of balanc-ing environmental and economic realities.” She included a list of media clips about strange ways the Fisheries Act work.

As it stands now, any project that would inter-fere with fish habitat - be it in waterways, marshes, gravel beds and the banks and vegetation along waterways - is subject to an environmental assess-ment.

Industry has been pressuring the federal gov-ernment for years to modernize the Fisheries Act.

But the proposals contained in the leak docu-ments go too far, said NDP critics.

“By this measure that they’re putting in place, it essentially means that it will (be) close to impos-sible to ever trigger a federal assessment again,” said Linda Duncan, highlighting oil sands and pipeline projects.

The NDP and Langer say they believe the Conservatives were planning to slip the change into the budget omnibus bill later this month, much like they did with changes to environmental assessment two years ago.

Indeed, major changes to environmental assess-ment have been in the works for months.

Conservative MPs on a Commons committee presented the government with a blueprint for their changes on Tuesday, with the goal of stream-lining lengthy environmental hearings.

Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver and Prime Minister Stephen Harper have spoken loud-ly about the need to reduce the number of hoops business needs to jump through in order to devel-op Canada’s natural resources.

Now the Conservative-dominated environment committee, in its statutory review of the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act, has shown them how. Its 20 recommendations include the impo-sition of time lines, giving the federal minister more power to decide whether hearings should go ahead, and giving provinces more room to assess projects on their own.

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TORONTO - As a former jour-nalism instructor, bestselling fantasy writer George R.R. Martin says he hates to miss a deadline.

But when it comes to appeas-ing his legions of rabid fans and finishing the final two books in his epic series “A Song of Ice and Fire,” he’d rather file late than deliver an inferior product.

“So that’s what I’m struggling with,” Martin said in an inter-view during a stop in Toronto this week, noting he’s written roughly 200 pages and still has about 1,300 more to go for the ambitious series’ sixth instal-ment “The Winds of Winter.”

“I do hope to finish this book and to write more stories after this. I have many ideas, many other characters I want to write about and introduce,” added Martin, 63, who made Time magazine’s 2011 list of the most influential people in the world.

“But I think it’s pretty clear that this is my magnum opus. If my work is remembered at all after my death, if I’m ever going to have a part of literature, it’s going to be for ‘A Song of Ice

and Fire,’ not anything that I can write before and after. So it behooves me to make it as good as it can possibly be.

“This is my masterpiece, so to speak, so I have to make it good.”

Martin - whose beloved books are the basis for HBO’s Emmy and Golden Globe-winning ser-ies “Game of Thrones” - was in the city for a couple of events at TIFF Bell Lightbox, which is also running an exhibition fea-turing material from the set of the acclaimed show.

He was also here to promote season 2 of “Game of Thrones,” debuting April 1 on HBO Canada, and “A Dance with Dragons,” the fifth of seven planned volumes in his “A Song of Ice and Fire” cycle that’s now in stores.

The medieval fantasy saga chronicles a violent power strug-gle amongst noble factions for control of the Iron Throne in the Seven Kingdoms of Westeros.

Each book in the series is about 1,500 pages long, and Martin admitted that once he completes the dark legend that’s now a global phenomenon, he won’t take on something like it again.

“I would write a series again, but not a series on this scale,” said the bearded, bespectacled Martin, wearing his signature accessories: suspenders and a cap (in this case, a Greek fisher-man’s cap adorned with a turtle pin - a nod to a character from his “Wild Cards” series of books).

“This is climbing Mount Everest here and, you know, once having climbed Mount Everest, there are some nice molar mountains I can climb,” he continued with a chuckle.

In fact, Martin wants to return to short stories. It’s genre he had great success with in the first 10 years of his writ-ing career, which has also seen him pen scripts for the CBS ser-ies “Twilight Zone” and “Beauty and the Beast,” among other screen projects. He’s also written several other novels and edited various anthologies.

Born in the blue-collar city of Bayonne, N.J. - a peninsula sur-rounded by water - Martin first fell in love with fantasy and sci-ence fiction as a child. He lived with his parents in a federal housing project and would write monster stories and sell them to area kids for chump change.

BY SANDY COHENTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

LOS ANGELES - More Hollywood heavyweights are joining the call for a lower rating on the teen-focused documentary “Bully.”

The Weinstein Co, which is releasing the film March 30, said Tuesday that Johnny Depp, Meryl Streep and New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees have signed on to support the film.

Lee Hirsch’s documentary on bullying in American schools has been rated R, which restricts children under 17 from seeing it without an adult. The Motion Picture Association of America, which oversees movie ratings, cited language as the rea-son for the R rating.

Distributors appealed the decision, but it was upheld by the MPAA.

That prompted a Michigan teenager who was bullied in middle school to start an online peti-tion calling for a lower rating for the film so more young people can see it. She met with MPAA officials last week and delivered the 200,000 sig-natures she collected, but the group declined to change the rating.

Katy Butler’s petition on Change.org now has nearly 300,000 signatures. Among them is that of New York Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, who tweeted Monday that she supports the teen’s effort to lower the film’s R rating to PG-13. Gerry Lopez, chief of AMC Theaters, also added his name to the petition, the Weinstein Co. said.

MPAA spokesman Howard Gantman did not address the possibility of a PG-13 for “Bully” in his response Tuesday to the growing call for a revision of its rating.

ASHBY, PHILIP RUDOLPH — of Montrose, passed away on March 9, 2012 in the Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital. Philip was born on January 24, 1941 in Edmonton, Alberta.

In his young-er years, Philip enjoyed boat-ing, camping, snowmobiling and driving quads but his real love was his motorcycle and the road trips he took on it. He travelled across Canada, the USA, Australia and New Zealand where he met and kept many biker friends.

Philip is survived by his brother Robert, his sisters Joan and Edna, his sister-in-law Irene and many nieces and nephews. He is pre-deceased by his mother Alberta, his father Rudolph and his brother Wilfred.

Philip will be sadly missed by all who knew him and will always be in his family’s hearts.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Friday, March 16, 2012 at 11:00am at St. Rita’s Catholic Church in Fruitvale with Father J. Joseph Kizhakethottathil M.S.T., celebrant.

Bill Clark of Alternatives Funeral and Cremation Services™ has been entrusted with arrangements.

As an expression of sympathy, donations in Philip’s name may be made to the Trail SPCA at 7700 Highway 3B, Trail, BC V1R 2L9 or online at www.spca.bc.ca or to a charity of your choice.

You are invited to leave a per-sonal message of condolence at the family’s online register at www.myalternatives.ca

***PALM (NEE MILLIGAN),

JEANNETTE MADELINE — a longtime resident of Fruitvale, BC, passed away peacefully March 8th, 2012 in the Kootenay Boundary Hospital in Trail, BC.

She was born October 18,

1934 in Rossland, BC, grew up in Greenwood, BC and married Walter Palm on July 25, 1953 where they resided until moving to Fruitvale in 1964. She enjoyed her family, friends, gardening, sports, fishing and playing cards. She excelled as an athlete in track and field, badminton, bowling and women’s fastball, acquiring many trophies including a 1970 batting average of .666. She took pleasure in cooking, baking and hosting gatherings for family and friends, no matter how large or small, and was always a gracious hostess. She was known as a fun loving person to all.

Her husband Walter of 55 years, her parents Susanna and John Milligan and two brothers Grant and Jim predeceased her. She is survived by two sisters; Dorothy and Bernice and two brothers Cyril and Doug, two daughters Arlene (Bob) Ashton and Tammy (Dale) Robinson and two sons Graham (Marlene) Palm and Arnold (Lisa) Palm. She loved and enjoyed visits with her grand-c h i l d r e n : C h r i s t o p h e r , Jessica, Jenny, Leeanne, Adam, Jeramee, Jesse, Amy, Darion, Ryan and her great-grandchil-dren Kaitlyn, C h e y e n n e , Jasmine, Hayley, Colton, Emily, David, Darrell, Eve and also survived by two aunts, two uncles, many cousins, nieces, nephews and good friends.

By request there will not be a service. Sarah Greenwood of Alternatives Funeral and Cremation Services™ has been entrusted with arrangements.

As an expression of sympathy, donations in Jeannette’s name may be made to a charity of your choice. She will be greatly missed and loved forever. Rest in peace Mom.

You are invited to leave a per-sonal message of condolence at the family’s online register at www.myalternatives.ca

OBITUARIES

THE ASSOCIATED PRESSNEW YORK - Bruce Springsteen tells Rolling Stone he shed tears when he

heard Clarence Clemons’ saxophone on “Wrecking Ball.”Clemons died last year. Springsteen intended to have Clemons on the new

album, but says he passed on a recording session to check out his health and soon after had a stroke.

Springsteen went to Clemons’ bedside. Clemons squeezed his hand when Springsteen spoke, but Clemons never regained consciousness.

After Clemons died, producer Ron Aniello took a live rendition of the con-cert staple “Land of Hopes and Dreams,” separated Clemons’ part and put it into a studio version.

Springsteen said: “When the solo section hit, Clarence’s sax filled the room. I cried.” He said losing Clemons was “like losing the rain.”

Depp, Streep support lower rating for ‘Bully’

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Johnny Depp has added his voice to a call for lowering the rating on the teen-focused docu-mentary “Bully.”

Scott’s series a ‘masterpiece’

“We respect the viewpoints of members of Congress and the public and Hollywood celebri-ties who care deeply about an issue that is troub-ling our nation,” he said in an email. “The MPAA shares the goal of shining a light on the problems caused by bullying, and we hope that this new film and the national discussion about it among educa-tors, parents and students will help lead to ways to better ensure that kids feel safe and protected when they come to school.”

Online:Bully: http://thebullyproject.com/MPAA: http://mpaa.org/

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Treating longtime “street heroin” addicts with a medically prescribed form of the narcotic is more cost-effective in the long run than using standard meth-adone therapy, a study suggests.

Medically prescribed heroin - called diacetylmorphine - and the programs to deliver it to addicts trying to get clean are more expensive than methadone therapy. But the researchers say savings accrued from reduced drug-related criminal activ-ity and other health-care costs make the former more cost-effective over time.

“If you are on treatment, you’re basic-ally well-behaved,” said principal inves-tigator Aslam Anis, a health economist at the University of British Columbia.

“When you’re not taking treatment, for instance when you relapse, you’re doing all kinds of bad things, criminal activity, getting into jail.

“So the cost benefit is through an indirect effect,” said Anis, noting that many addicts commit property crimes like robbery to support their habit, affect-ing victims and leading to costly involve-ment by the police and court system.

“People who take (medical) heroin are retained on the treatment for longer periods of time and they have shorter periods of time when they relapse,” he said from Vancouver. “And when you add it all up, you find that you’ve actually saved money.”

The conclusion is based on an analysis of data from the North American Opiate

Medication Initiative (NAOMI ), a 2005-2008 study that compared the use of diacetylmorphine and methadone in street addicts.

Researchers, whose study is pub-lished in Monday’s Canadian Medical Association Journal, looked at cost-effect-iveness of the two treatments over one-, five- and 10-year periods, as well as life-time projections.

Those in the methadone group gener-ated an average lifetime societal cost of $1.14 million, while those in the diacetyl-morphine group cost a projected $1.10 million - a difference of about $40,000 per person.

An estimated 60,000 to 90,000 Canadians are dependent on heroin or other opioids.

THE CANADIAN PRESSTORONTO - The Canadian Cancer Society

wants federal Health Minister Leona Aglukkaq to do more to address the urgent issue of drug shortages in the country, and says a mandatory reporting system for looming shortages is an important first step.

“Getting a cancer diagnosis or diagnosis of another significant illness is already stressful enough. To read in the newspapers that the drugs you need may not be available or to hear from your doctor that your treatment is being delayed, you really deserve the information,” Dan Demers, the society’s director of national public issues, said in an interview.

Demers and others from the cancer society met with members of Parliament on Monday to discuss their concerns over the drug shortages. The issue was to be the subject of an emergency debate in the House of Commons on Monday evening.

The problem of drug shortages has been increasing over the last year, both in Canada and elsewhere. But the problem hit a crisis point recently when Sandoz Canada had to temporarily slow down production at its plant at Boucherville, Que., to make upgrades in response to complaints about the plant from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

The plant, which makes 90 per cent of the injectable drugs used in Canada, also experienced a fire during the upgrade process. The plant is expected to resume normal production in the near future. Requiring manufacturers to alert the government to pending shortages would allow all jurisdictions to better coordinate distribution of scarce available supplies, Demers said.

The cancer society suggested a number of steps the federal government could take, including the mandatory list of drugs in short supply and an early warning system to flag possible loom-ing shortages. As well, the society’s representa-tives asked that a Commons committee look into reasons for shortages and look to see how other countries have deal with the problem.

Health Canada said last week it is working with the pharmaceutical industry to identify alternate sources of drugs and would expedite approvals if they met Canadian standards for quality and efficacy.

THE CANADIAN PRESSThe prescribing of

painkillers to seniors for relatively low-pain surgeries may lead to some becoming dependent on opioids such as codeine or oxy-codone, a new study suggests.

The study, pub-lished Monday in the Archives of Internal Medicine, found that 7.1 per cent of patients were prescribed an opioid within seven days of these low-pain surgeries, and more than 10 per cent of them were using these potent pain medica-tions around one year later.

The research set out to explore why adults would start taking a strong morphine-like drug and whether the medical system could possibly be contribut-

ing to chronic use.For the vast majority

of the surgeries studied, the acute pain should have dissipated in the first couple of weeks, he said.

But a year after their surgery, 7.7 per cent of patients were being

prescribed opioids. “More import-

ant, many individuals initially prescribed low-potency opioids had transitioned to more potent opioids, such as oxycodone, within one year of the surgery,” the study said.

Cancer Society says feds must do more to

alleviate drug shortages

Opioids high risk of dependency: study

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The union wants more paid time outside the classroom – sick leave for teachers on call, expanded bereavement and discretionary leave.

The government wants more time for teacher training and to ensure that Pro-D days really are for professional development.

The union says all teaching positions should be selected on the basis of seniority. The government supports seniority but qualifications must also count so that math teachers teach math, and science teachers teach science.

The union says that teachers who perform poorly in evaluations will be dismissed – ‘one strike and you’re out’.

The government wants to support teacher improvement through a standardized evaluation process.

The union says that government refuses to negotiate. There has been over a year of negotiations and 78 full bargaining sessions.

The union says that class size limits have been eliminated. Class size limits will remain in place on all grades across BC.

The union says that BC has 700 fewer special needs teachers. 2100 new teaching assistants have been hired since 2001. And, with a new $165 million Learning Improvement Fund, we will hire more.

The BCTF is demanding a 15 per cent wage hike and other benefits that would cost $2 billion and raise taxes for BC families. Virtually all other public sector unions have settled for no wage increases.

It’s unacceptable that schools are disrupted and that students and their families are inconvenienced over an unreasonable salary demand in difficult economic times. The union is making claims and demands that simply don’t add up.

It’s time to focus on what matters most in education – BC’s students. That’s why we are focused on per-student funding which is at an all time high, not on wage increases.

We all want to do more to make BC’s education system even better. It’s the driving force behind BC’s Education Plan that teachers, parents and students are helping to shape.

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BY GREG NESTEROFFNelson Star

NELSON — Kootenay School of the Arts will be reduced from a two-year diploma program to a one-year certificate program as part of budget cuts at Selkirk College.

College spokesman Barry Auliffe con-firmed the move, which will take effect in the fall and affect students taking classes in clay, fibre, and jewelry.

“The rationale was based on low second year enrollment,” Auliffe said in an email. “Too often students enroll for the first year then choose not to continue into second.”

By contrast, he said the school’s metal program has succeeded as a one-year offer-ing. The changes are in addition to the impending loss of second-year university transfer science courses at the Castlegar campus and the online golf club manage-ment program. The latter will only continue if enrollment is enough to cover all costs.

The moves are intended to help shore up a deficit of over $1 million. Selkirk faculty association president Doug Henderson says the cuts at the arts school will result in “a bit less work for each instructor,” and savings of about $250,000 per year with the loss of 2.5 full-time equivalent positions.

“Everyone there had some work taken away,” he said.

The reduction in second-year sciences is expected to save about the same amount of money at the expense of a similar number of positions, although specific details have not been finalized.

Henderson says he was “shocked and disappointed” when he learned of the cuts two weeks ago. Although he knew the col-lege was in a financial bind, he didn’t expect program reductions.

He says it leaves current students who thought they were enrolled in two-year programs with tough choices.

“They have to find a school now that’s able to take them. Maybe they weren’t thinking that far ahead. Now they have to decide.”

Students might apply directly to univer-sity rather than bother with the transfer program if it’s only a single year, he sug-gested.

Selkirk offers associate degrees in sev-eral sciences, including biology, chemistry, and entry to pharmacy that allow students to take two years of schooling locally before transferring directly into third-year univer-sity programs.

First-year courses will still be transfer-able following the loss of second-year pro-grams. Selkirk cites increased competition from other public and private universities as one of the reasons their science programs are seeing fewer students stick around.

Despite lower tuition, smaller classes, and highly qualified instructors, the college

says it “continues to be a challenge” to keep students a second year before they move on to degree granting universities.

By contrast, Selkirk’s first and second year arts and humanities courses have healthy enrollments. According to vice-president Neil Coburn, although the college has to balance its budget every year, a new government directive ordered them to find additional savings.

Two-thirds of those savings are coming in operations and administration, but given the size of the shortfall and the fact 75 per cent of their budget relates directly to stu-dent programs and services, Coburn insists programming changes are unavoidable.

“Courses that have had very low enroll-ments over a lengthy period are simply not sustainable,” he says. “In these instances, resources are better allocated to programs with student demand and waitlists, and new program opportunities.”

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triple-A Kootenay Wildcats survived a first round playoff with the Prince George Cougars, winning two of a best-of-three series in Nelson on the week-end.

After winning the first game 1-0, the Wildcats dropped a close second game 4-3, forcing the rubber match on Sunday.

In Game 3 of the ser-ies Sunday, the Cougars jumped out to a 4-1 lead in the second, but an incredible third-period comeback saw the Cats net five unan-swered goals to skate away with a thrilling

6-4 victory.Katie Yuris of Trail

netted the winner on a powerplay with 8:05 remaining in the third.

Yuris finished a nice passing play from Slocan’s Shea Weighill and Denomie Vockeroth of Rossland to put the Cats into the next round.

Vockeroth start-ed the scoring for Kootenay, taking a pass from Yuris and beating the Cougar goalie to make it 1-0 seven min-utes in.

However, the Cougars stormed back with two goals from Kelly Shawara and singles from January Player of the month Kyanna Prazma and Adrianna Johnson to take a commanding lead.

But Christina Bonacci of Trail cut the

margin to two, scoring three minutes into the final frame. Less than a minute later, Bonacci then set up Jordyn Lee to make it 4-3.

With 12:15 to go, Weighill tied it 4-4, scoring the first of two on the night with Vokeroth assisting.

After Yuris netted the winner, Weighill potted an insurance marker to win the ser-ies and send the Cats to the semifinal.

Vokeroth had a four point game, scoring once and adding three helpers while Weighill and Yuriss collected three points apiece.

In Trail’s other vic-tory on Friday, Yuris scored with 2:59 left in the second period in what would prove to be the winning goal in an exciting 1-0 opening match win for the Cats.

Vokeroth and Weighill assisted while AP Sarah Doll of

Cranbrook earned the shut out in goal and was in net for all three games.

The Kootenay Wildcats next take on the league’s top seed, the Fraser Valley Phantoms, in Langley this weekend.

The victor will play in the final against the winner of the other semifinal matchup between the Thompson- Okanagan Rockets and the Vancouver Fusion.

Wildcats comeback to win first roundBY TIMES STAFF

David Palmer of Black Jack ski club claimed second place in the 15-kilometre skating, mass start event last week, at the U.S. Junior Nationals at Soldier Hollow, Ut.

Skiing in the Older Junior class, Palmer broke away from the pack around the 5-km. mark and built up as much as a 30 second lead on the field, before being caught at the finish line by Ben Saxton of Minnesota who narrowly edged Palmer by three-tenths of a second.

Julien Locke of Black Jack finished 21st in the same race and Peter Locke 32nd.

David also finished 20th in the 10-k and is one of several Canadians that have posted top 10 results at the event.

Silver for PalmerBLACK JACK SKIERSB.C. HOCKEY

Late rally launches

Wildcats over Cougars

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Castlegar forces

Game 7BY JIM BAILEY

Times Sports EditorIt was another packed house with over

700 screaming fans cheering on a Castlegar Rebels team facing elimination for the second time in as many nights against the Beaver Valley Nitehawks in Game 6 of the KIJHL Neil Murdoch Division title.

The Rebels won a thrilling double-over-time match in Beaver Valley 4-3 Monday to put the series at 3 games to 2 for the Hawks. One loss would mean the end of the season for the Rebels, but that was not to be, as the home team came away with a 6-4 victory in Castlegar Tuesday.

Stuart Walton netted the winner on a power play midway through the third, firing a wrist shot past the Hawks netminder Zach Perehudoff to complete the come back from a 3-2 second period deficit and force Game 7.

The two teams started out flying with the Rebels getting early scoring chances but Perehudoff came up big on two close in pad saves.

The teams traded penalties in the early going but power plays proved largely ineffective. It wasn’t until 4:56 to go in the first, when the Rebels broke out on a 2 on 1 and Diego Bartlett played it to Arthur Andrews who made a quick move and back-

handed it upstairs on Perehudoff.Forty-three seconds later a strong

Castlegar forecheck stole the puck from the Hawks D, Walton then centered it to Peter Mingus who sniped it top corner sending the Rebels into the second with a 2-0 lead.

It was arguably the best period of hockey for the Rebels thus far in the series but the second frame was another story.

The Nitehawks power play started click-ing after Daylen Pearson was called for hauling down a Nitehawk on a breakaway. The Hawks worked the puck neatly around, until Martin gathered it at the hash marks made a slick move around the Rebel D-man

and sent a no-look pass to Deroche at the side of the net who slammed it home.

Minutes later with another man advan-tage, Scotty Davidson worked it back to Ryan Edwards on the point. His slap shot was stopped by Rebel goalie Jordan Gluck but the rebound came right out to Martin who wristed it top corner to tie it at 2-2.

The Nitehawks looked like a different team, as they continued to sustain pressure in the Rebels end and were rewarded once again when Mason Spear redirected in a Martin Pass with 6:25 on the clock to put the Hawks up 3-2.

But after Tyler Jones tied it for the Rebels

at 14:12 of the third, the Nitehawks got into penalty trouble. Christian Johnson was called for slashing and Scott Morisseau would make them pay putting the Rebels up by one, 4-3. Following the goal, Archie McKinnon and Fraser Stang were both sent off for suspect infractions that left the Nitehawks two men short.

Walton would get the winner on the power play and while Ryan Baines cut the lead to one, Tyler Robinson would ice it for the Rebs with an empty netter.

Beaver Valley outshot Castlegar 36-30.Game 7 goes Thursday at 7 p.m. at the

Beaver Valley Arena.

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Castlegar Rebels forward Tyler Robinson was a thorn in the side of the Beaver Valley Nitehawks all night as he picked up a goal and two assists to lead the Rebels to a 6-4 win over the Nitehawks and force Game 7 on Thursday.

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Re/Max, Tire in finalBY TIMES STAFF

The Trail Commercial Hockey League’s regular season champs Re/Max Realty needed all they had to get by the pesky Firebird on Sunday, and win their best-of-three series to advance to the final against OK Tire.

It took all three games for the Realtors to dispose of the fourth-seeded Firebird in TCHL semifinal playoff action earlier this week.

In a first-team-to-four-points playoff, Re/Max shutout Firebird in Game 1, 3-0, but the Bird would come back in Game 2, scoring twice in the final frame to tie it 3-3 and force Game 3.

After a scoreless first period, league-scoring champ Graham Proulx put Re/Max on the board on a nice set up from Luke Russell and Dave Eccles.

But Firebird replied when Eric Hill beat goalie Chris McIsaac early in the third to tie it 1-1. That’s all that would get by McIsaac as he shut the door, allowing Proulx to

net the game winner 4:34 into the final frame for the 2-1 victory.

In the other semifinal, OK Tire faced off against the Rex Red Army and rolled over the number-three seed in two close games.

In Thursday’s 4-3 victory, two goals from an unlikely source buoyed the Tire to the win.

Reliable point-man Kevin Chartres burst out of his defensive shell and pumped in a pair of goals, while Shane Drake and Kyle Boutin rounded out the scoring. Brady Glover, Wayne Salakin and Jason Proulx scored for the Rex.

In Game 2, the Tire’s Justin Adrain scored his second of the night to break a 1-1 tie 21:00 into the second period to lift the Tire to a 3-1 victory and a berth into Thursday’s final. Drake added an insurance marker four-minutes into the third.

The one-game, winner-takes-all final between Re/Max and OK Tire drops the puck at 7:15 p.m. Thursday at the Cominco Arena.

MEET THE ROSSLANDTRAIL BANTAM AA REPS

The Trail Times will feature players from the team in the week leading up to the provincials in Trail, Mar. 18-21.

Trail’s Matthew Alderson, no. 19, is a mobile skater with an impos-ing frame and is a physical pres-ence at both ends of the ice.

No. 15 Ross Armour of Rossland is a physical beast whose greasy moves create opportunities for his wing-men. He’s a heck of a hockey player too.

No. 17 Karsten Jang of Rossland is a committed team player whose hard work through adversity is an inspiration to his team.

BY TIMES STAFFThe race for top-spot remains

up for grabs as all the leaders came up short in Trail Men’s Retiree Curling last week.

Coke Koyanagi led the Bill Jewitt and Lefty Gould teams by one point in the race for first place in the fourth section, how-ever, all three teams struggled and did not garner a point in the penultimate week of games.

The Gord Bamford rink took advantage of the situation with a win and is also now in the

running, a point behind the leader. Between injuries, illness and a team off competing at the Provincial Masters, some teams needed spares or played with three players.

In an odd twist, Cliff Tyson spared on the Bill Jewitt team, against the Tyson rink. The teams exchanged single points in the first four ends. In the fifth end, the Tyson rink scored two with hammer, and then stole one in the sixth. The Jewitt rink came back with a big three

points in the seventh to tie it up. Without hammer in the

eighth end, the Jewitt team took chances that did not pay off, and left the Tyson rink counting four. Without playing his last rock the Tyson rink took the win.

In a see-saw battle, the Dan Horan rink was tied with the Satch Freschi foursome 4-4 after five ends. The Horan rink stole one in the sixth, and one in the seventh to take the lead going into the last end. On Horan’s final rock, with Freschi sitting two, the Horan rock slid three feet too deep.

With his final rock Freschi executed a delicate tap back to score three. Make the final Freschi 7, Horan 6.

TRAIL MEN’S RETIREE CURLING

Leaders falter, Bamford makes move

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Way paved for Radulov returnTHE CANADIAN PRESS

BOCA RATON, Fla. - Alex Radulov’s potential return to the NHL is causing almost as much con-troversy as his departure.

With NHL general managers gathered for their annual March meetings, virtually all of the buzz Tuesday surrounded the league’s decision to allow the 25-year-old Russian forward to rejoin the Nashville Predators without clearing waivers.

The decision was made in conjunction with NHL Players’ Association and relayed to the GMs by deputy commissioner Bill Daly. Some weren’t happy.

“This group shouldn’t have been surprised by this,” said Daly. “I’ve given that advice consistently with respect to every player who has gone AWL on his contract. But, the guys in this room are competitors.

“So I certainly understand that they might like the result in this situation to be different.”

There is still no guarantee Radulov is on his way back, although Predators GM David Poile said “in his gut” he believes the timing is right for it to happen.

Radulov famously bolted Nashville in 2008 for

the newly formed KHL in his homeland despite having one year left on his entry-level contract. The NHL team is willing to welcome him back, which would allow Radulov to burn off the final season of that deal if he plays just one game.

“All the things are aligned,” said Poile. “The (KHL) playoffs are over, the hurdles are cleared. He can burn off the year, get himself to free agency. More important than all of that, I’ve always felt like he was going to come back.

“From the day he left I always felt he would come back to the best league in the world.”

Radulov could be a potential game-changer for a Predators team that has Stanley Cup aspirations. He scored 26 goals as a sophomore in the NHL and went on to become a two-time KHL MVP and Russian Olympian, prompting some to label him the best player outside of North America.

With less than a month to play in the regular season, some of Nashville’s rivals were unhappy that the NHL opened the door for him to return. Detroit Red Wings GM Ken Holland, whose team could draw the Predators in the first round of the playoffs, refused to comment on the decision.

Others accepted it with gritted teeth.

MARCH MADNESS

Canadian leads BonniesTHE CANADIAN PRESS

Andrew Nicholson’s timing is impeccable.

The Canadian practically single-handedly propelled St. Bonaventure into the NCAA basketball tour-nament in his senior season, a dozen years after the small school’s last bid and nine years after it was rocked by an ugly eligibility scan-dal.

Along the way, the Mississauga, Ont., native, the most nota-ble name among the 27 Canadians playing in March Madness, drew rave reviews for his performance this past weekend that many believe may have made him an NBA first-round draft pick.

“It just shows that my hard work is paying off,” Nicholson said, barely stifling a yawn in a phone interview Tuesday.

The six-foot-nine power forward had reason to be tired. Nicholson led the Bonnies (20-11) to three straight victories in the Atlantic-10 tour-nament this past week-end, capped by a 67-56 win over Xavier in the title game that earned them the 14th seed in the East.

Nicholson finished with a flourish with an eye-popping 26 points, 14 rebounds and eight blocks Sunday that Xavier coach Chris Mack called the best effort he has watched from the sidelines.

“He is an NBA play-er. Man is he good,” Mack told reporters afterward. “We had a really good plan that we were able to exe-cute in game one.

“He out-executed our plan. He’s extreme-ly long, he’s skilled, he’s unselfish, a poor

man’s Tim Duncan, by far the best player in our league and an NBA team needs to take him in the first round.”

The team rolled into Olean, N.Y. - a city of about 15,000 that’s a three-hour drive from Nicholson’s family in Mississauga - at around 2:15 a.m. ET on Monday.

A few hundred stu-dents were there wait-ing to celebrate with the team, and pass around the trophy.

“It was pretty wild,” Nicholson said. “It’s been a whirlwind. I’m enjoying it, I’m just tak-ing it all in.”

Exciting stuff for a school of just over 2,000 students and just 25,000 alumni.

A St. Bonaventure official said 1,300 orders for tickets were placed in the first 24 hours for the Bonnies’ matchup against Atlantic Coast Conference-champion Florida State on Friday.

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Ariz., 4:05 p.m.Chicago Cubs (ss) vs. Colorado at

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Selkirk Saints jumped at another opportunity to give back to the com-munity but this time it was in a place they’ve never been and with kids and teachers they never knew.

It also happened to be the birthday of Dr. Suess and the students and staff at Gess Elementary in Chewelah, Wash. were gearing up for a full day to celebrate the importance of reading and literature.

“We were approached by the principal to see if we were interested in stopping by on our way through to Cheney for the last regular season game against Eastern Washington University,” said Kim Verigin, Selkirk College Athletic Director.

“One of our coach-es has relatives in the school so there was an immediate connection and we were more than happy to spend the afternoon with them.”

Saints players took turns visiting each classroom where they read and interacted with the kids, many of whom were not that familiar with the sport of ice hockey.

“It was amazing to see how excited these kids were and that many of them have never touched a hock-ey stick before,” added Verigin.

The players ended up signing autographs and playing shinny with the Grade 3 and 5 classes.

“All in all it was an incredible experience for our guys and one the students and staff will surely remember. We were treated very well.”

The Saints still had one final challenge ahead of them and that was to attempt their first ever series sweep of a BCIHL opponent.

In three previous meetings with Eastern, the Saints dominated with a pair of 4-1 wins and most recently another 7-4 victory.

Jordan Wood opened the scoring in the first period with assists from Scott Jago and Nick Cecconi.

EWU equalled on

a power play marker three minutes later.

Tied going into the second, Eastern notched another power play marker at the 16 minute mark but this time it was Selkirk equalling the score at two with four minutes left.

The third period was deadlocked until EWU broke the tie with just over seven min-utes remaining and the Saints could not respond. Final score was 4-2 with an Eagles empty netter.

The Saints now begin the off season with a major focus on recruiting. They fin-ished the season with a 5-19-0 record and more wins that in any other year.

“The guys battled hard all year long and in most games were short-handed due to serious long term injuries and untimely departures of certain players. It was frustrating to also see many one goal losses, especially after leading going into the third. Nevertheless, we must take the growing pains in stride and continue to move forward!”

Saints Scoop: The Saints recently signed PIJHL scoring cham-pion Thomas Hardy and all-star Junior A defenseman Dylan Smith.

Wood was recently named BCIHL First Team All-star. More info can be found at www.bcihl.ca.

CURLING FOR A GOOD CAUSE

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The Rossland Ladies Curling Club recently held their annual bonspiel, this year donating proceeds from the event to the Canadian Cancer Society. Bonspiel coordinator Laurie Karn and Celia Gresley-Jones, Rossland Ladies Curling Club president, present Tara Kowalchuk from the Canadian Cancer Society with a cheque for $1000.

Cutler, Marshall reunitedTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

CHICAGO - The Chicago Bears have acquired Pro Bowl receiver Brandon Marshall from the Miami Dolphins.

There was widespread specula-tion that the Bears would go after a high-profile free-agent receiver such as Vincent Jackson, but they filled their biggest hole with a blockbuster trade, instead, sending two undis-

closed draft picks to Miami.It’s the first big move under new

general manager Phil Emery, who replaced the fired Jerry Angelo, and it gives Jay Cutler the go-to receiver he’s been seeking since he arrived from the Broncos in a trade three years ago.

Even better, it reunites him with one of his top targets when Cutler played in Denver.

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Crosby back - againTHE CANADIAN PRESS

PITTSBURGH - Sidney Crosby could be about to become the NHL’s most-watched No. 3 line centre.

The Pittsburgh Penguins star will end his second extended concussion-related playoff Thursday to play against the New York Rangers at Madison Square Garden.

Crosby’s return alone would make Thursday a date to circle.

But the Penguins also have won nine in a row without the former NHL MVP and scoring champion, and they’ve closed a once-formidable 10-point gap behind the Rangers to four points in the race for the Eastern Conference’s top playoff spot.

Crosby announced following the Penguins’ off-day practice Tuesday at their suburban practice rink that he’s ready to go. After being cleared for contact last week, Crosby weighed whether to return Sunday against the Bruins, only to decide that he hadn’t had enough contact to play in a game so late in the regular season.

“I feel good,” Crosby said. “The plan is to play Thursday.”

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Dear Annie: I am getting married in May. My fiance, “Stan,” didn’t like his last job, so my brother hired him. Stan has been working there for a year.

I recently found out that Stan has been pulling nasty pranks on my brother. He never mentioned it to me. My brother works alone during the busiest part of the day, with the pressures from sales people, supervisors, repair people, etc. Stan works the evening shift and has a helper, but they are the only two in the building. Still, Stan is apparently upset by things my brother doesn’t get to during the day.

I have seen the pic-tures of the pranks: cut-ting the fingertips off the gloves my brother uses for his work; put-ting spray powder and piles of wood on the chair my brother sits in. He hides tools and rags. The list is end-less.

I think Stan is being

disrespectful and child-ish. I have never treat-ed his family mem-bers with such disre-spect. I am upset and disappointed. These pranks are ridicu-lous and uncalled for, and I am stuck in the middle. My brother is under enough stress. He hasn’t said anything to Stan, but his wife told me it takes him an additional 40 min-utes every morning to find the tools that are missing and get things ready for his day.

Stan is a 39-year-old man. Should I inter-vene or let them work this out on their own? My brother has said he doesn’t want to come to our wedding. I know

he wouldn’t miss it, but I’m sad he feels this way. -- Disappointed in Pittsburgh

Dear Pittsburgh: If it were up to us, there would be no wed-ding for your brother to miss. Stan is an immature idiot. He may think these pranks are funny, but we sus-pect the only reason your brother hasn’t fired him is because he is engaged to you. Tell Stan to knock it off immediately and grow up. If he has a problem with management, he should discuss it like an adult.

Dear Annie: My husband and I have been married for 20 years. He is in the mil-itary reserves and could be called up for active duty at any time.

Six months ago, he did a 180-degree turn. Now I feel like I am liv-ing with an alien in my home. He has totally detached himself from me. He is an excellent father to the children, but won’t speak to me.

He says if I ask him how his workday was, he will lie. His reason-ing is that he does not want to put more stress on me, because I suffer from anxiety. He sees the anxiety as a weak-ness. He will not hug or kiss me, and intimacy is out of the question. He says he is happy “coexisting.”

He refuses counsel-ing and won’t discuss it with his family. He will not go to the doctor for a physical. I finally broke down and gave him 30 days to change. He said he wants six months. My question is: How much can a person take? We are both in our 40s. I would love to know whether other military spouses understand this. -- Lost in the USA

Dear Lost: We have no idea what’s going on with your husband. Is he stressed from the possi-bility of being deployed? Is he seeing someone else? Is he punishing you for some reason? If he won’t address it

and you are miserable, get counseling without him, and chart the best path for yourself and your children.

Dear Annie: I am sorry that “Amazed in Honolulu” receives unwanted advances and inappropriate

comments from male business associates. However, my gripe is about when she says the advances invariably come from “a short, older, heavyset, bald-ing guy.” How rude to slam individuals based on physical character-

istics. Shame on her. When we are born,

we aren’t given the option of being short or tall, getting bald or having thick hair, etc. She’s missing out on a lot by having such a judgmental and shal-low attitude. -- D.S.

TODAY’S CROSSWORD

SOLUTION FOR YESTERDAY’S SUDOKU

Sudoku is a number-plac-ing puzzle based on a 9x9 grid with several given numbers. The object is to place the numbers 1 to 9 in the empty squares so that each row, each col-umn and each 3x3 box contains the same num-ber only once. The diffi-culty level of the Conceptis Sudoku increases from Monday to Friday.

TODAY’S PUZZLES

ANNIE’S MAILBOX

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Fiancé is disrespectful and an immature idiot

LEISURE

For Thursday, March 15, 2012 ARIES (March 21 to April 19) Expect surprises, even with parents, teachers, bosses and authority figures, today. Nevertheless, don’t quit your day job. Guard against knee-jerk reactions. TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) Travel plans will be can-celed or rescheduled today. Similarly, school plans might change. Disruptions in pub-lishing, the media, the law and medicine are likely. GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) Keep an eye on your bank account and anything you share with others. Things are unstable today, and the unexpected can happen. (“A bounced check? Oh no!”) CANCER (June 21 to July 22) Partners and close friends are unpredictable today. Just accept this and get ready for anything. Someone might demand more independence

or freedom in the relation-ship. LEO (July 23 to Aug. 22) Canceled meetings, com-puter crashes, staff shortages and fire drills are par for the course at work today. You also might be surprised by news that is health-related. VIRGO (Aug. 23 to Sept. 22) Parents -- be extra vigilant with children today, because this is an accident-prone day for your kids. For others, sur-prising flirtations and unusu-al romance might take place. LIBRA (Sept. 23 to Oct. 22) Something surprising or unexpected might take place at home today. In addition, small-appliances break-downs or minor accidents could occur. (Oh dear!) SCORPIO (Oct. 23 to Nov. 21) This is an accident-prone day for you, so be careful. Slow down and take it easy. Think before you speak or

act. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 to Dec. 21) Keep an eye on your money and your cash flow today. You might find money; you might lose money. Guard your possessions against loss or theft. Money-making ideas will occur to some of you. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 to Jan. 19) You feel restless and rebel-lious today. Be careful, because you could get into

trouble for speaking without thinking. Guard against rash actions and impulses that you might later regret. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 to Feb. 18) Hidden secrets can come out today, and they might be about you! Something that takes place behind the scenes will surprise people today. Keep your eyes open. PISCES (Feb. 19 to March 20) Someone you know might do

or say something that shocks you today. Alternatively, you might meet someone who is a real character. It’s not a boring day! Something might cause you to suddenly change your plans. YOU BORN TODAY You’re charismatic; people like you. You work hard to get what you want, and you gener-ally succeed. (You love the challenge.) Because you are goal-driven, it’s important to define your goals. You

love to initiate new things, and often you bring others together. In the year ahead, a major change might occur, perhaps something as sig-nificant as what took place around 2003. Birthdate of: David Cronenberg, film direc-tor; Kim Raver, actress; Ry Cooder, guitarist. (c) 2012 King Features Syndicate, Inc.

TUNDRA

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YOUR HOROSCOPEBy Francis Drake

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Project Manager (part time)Kootenay Boundary Region

The Project Manager will be responsible for managing day-to-day operational aspects of project and scope in line with objectives of the provincial Shared Care – Partners in Care initiative, which is focused on improving patient care through collaboration with specialist and general practice physicians in Kootenay Boundary.

Key tasks include: • Building relationships with physicians and other key stakeholders• Project coordination • Overseeing and participating in the coordination, design and facilitation of meetings• Financial management

The successful candidate will have:• Excellent communication and relationship building skills• Community development and project management skills • Management experience including supervision and coordination of work of others

This position requires an average of 18.75 hours per week and will involve home-based working. Travel across the region is involved; a valid driver’s license and access to a car for regional travel are required.

The hourly fee rate will be commensurate with the individual’s skills and experience.

Visit the Kootenay Boundary Division of Family Practice website for a full job description: http://www.divisionsbc.ca/kb/careers

Please email your resume and cover letter to: sharedcarekb.hr@gmail.comClosing date: Thursday March 20, 2012

Castlegar Ready Mix & Nelson Ready Mix have an opening:

• Concrete Mixer Drivers (Class 3)

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Births

Kevin Parsons & Lorraine Herd, of Trail, BC, are pleased to announce the birth of their daughter, Savanna Elizabeth, on Jan. 7, 2012 weighing 8lbs. 3oz., a sister for Damon Par-sons, Mikayla Parsons & Dal-las Herd of Creston BC. Proud Grandparents are Kim Page, Myrna Parsons, Ken Ogley (of England) and the late Gail Ogley

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I would like to thank Dr. Grey

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elbow and wrist.Also, the ER staff

and 2nd oor staff for all your

help and care during my stay. Also to all my

family and friends for bringing us

food and all your prayers.

Linda Prough

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Best Western Plus

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Help WantedAn earthmoving company based in Edson Alberta re-quires a full time Heavy Duty Mechanic for fi eld and shop work. We require Cat Doz-er/Deere excavator experi-ence. You will work a set schedule for days on and off. Call Lloyd @ 780-723-5051

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right individual. Please contact Brian Kennedy

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POTENTIAL GlenmerryA good solid Glenmerry starter home on a nice lot – home is in excellent condition and offers good value.$209,000

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BELLA VISTA TOWNHOMES

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Fruitvale $335,000Rob Burrus 250-231-4420

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Fruitvale $139,900 Rhonda van Tent 250-231-7575

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Trail $65,000Rob Burrus 250-231-4420

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Beaver Falls $349,900Fred Behrens 250-368-1268

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Trail $275,000Patty Leclerc-Zanet 250-231-4490

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Fruitvale $372,000Gerry McCasky 250-231-0900

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4 Bdr

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Rossland $304,900Gerry McCasky 250-231-0900

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Apt/Condo for Rent2 bdrm condo for rent in Warfi eld. main fl oor. secure entry. building has laundry facilities. fridge, and stove, fi replace included. storage room. Table Mtn condos. Available Apr 1st. or sooner. $650/mth. utilities not included. Damage de-posit and references requires. 250-453-2206 evenings

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Apt/Condo for RentCASTLEGAR, 3Bdrm. apart-ment, f/s. $750./mo. 604-512-4178

RENOVATED 3 BDR unit in quiet 4plex, large front yard, located in Waneta (Trail) Close to Walmart. $1,200 incl. utilities, w/d, f/s, no pets Call 250-304-5354 for viewingROSSLAND GUEST SUITE, pri-vate entrance, deluxe ensuite & kitchenette. Newly reno’d. N/S, N/P. Weekly, mo. rate. 604-836-3359

TRAIL- clean 2 bed, river views ($650) avail now, coin op w/d, cov-ered park 250-231-1242,

TRAIL, 2 Bedroom suite in House. Ideal location, across from Gyro park, walk to down-town and grocery stores, schools and Hospital. Great unit for a single person. No smoking, no pets. Ref. re-quired. 250-368-7435

TRAIL, beautiful, spacious 1bdrm. apartment. Adult build-ing, perfect for seniors/ profes-sionals. Cozy, clean, quiet, comfortable. Must See. 250-368-1312

WANETA MANOR 2bd $610, 3bd $760 NS,NP, Senior oriented, underground parking 250-368-8423

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Homes for Rent3-4 br & den with view. Lots of storage. Gas F/P. N/S. Refs. $950/mo. 250-231-7579.E. TRAIL 1bd, small house no yard f/s laundry facilities 250-368-3239HOUSES & APARTMENTS FOR RENT Available in Rossland & Trail. Please call Century 21 Property Manage-ment at 250-362-7021 www.RosslandRentals.com

Townhouses3BDRM., 1.5Bth. $880./mo. +utilities. NP. all amenities, family orientated. 250-364-1822TRAIL, 3 Bedroom townhome in desirable Glenmerry neigh-bourhood. Very clean, fresh paint, new fl ooring. Available now for $980.00 per month. No smoking, no pets, ref. re-quired. Please call 250-368-7435

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Tonnie Stewart ext 33Cell: 250-365-9665tonniestewart@shaw.cawww.kootenayhomes.com

Deanne Lockhart ext 41Cell: 250-231-0153deannelockhart@shaw.cawww.kootenayhomes.com

Mark Wilson ext 30Cell: 250-231-5591mark.wilson@century21.cawww.kootenayhomes.com

Mary Amantea ext 26Cell: 250-521-0525mamantea@telus.netwww.kootenayhomes.com

Mary Martin ext 28Cell: 250-231-0264mary.martin@century21.cawww.kootenayhomes.com

Richard Daoust ext 24Cell: 250-368-7897richard.daoust@century21.ca www.kootenayhomes.com

Ron Allibone ext 45Cell: 250-368-1162ron@hometeam.cawww.kootenayhomes.com

Terry Alton ext 48Cell: 250-231-1101terryalton@shaw.cawww.kootenayhomes.com

Christine Albo ext 39Cell: 250-512-7653christine.albo@century21.cawww.kootenayhomes.com

Art Forrest ext 42c21art@telus.netwww.kootenayhomes.com

Darlene Abenante ext 23Cell: 250.231.0527darlene@hometeam.cawww.kootenayhomes.com

WE CAN SELL YOUR HOME.

NOBODY HAS THE RESOURCES WE DO!

795 Dickens Street, Warfield $169,900

3 bdrm 2 bath in Upper Warfield at an amazing price! Electrical has been fully

upgraded, u/g sprinklers, air conditioning, large kitchen, carport, large covered deck,

all at a very attractive price!Call Tonnie (250)-365-9665

NEW LISTNG

1345 Columbia Avenue, Trail $154,900

Convenient East Trail location with off-street parking and several upgrades.

Call Terry 250-231-1101

2670 Iron Colt Avenue, Rossland $429,000

Stunning views and rooms bathed in sunshine! This 5 year old, 4 bdrm, 3.5

bath, half duplex has an open plan with generous room sizes throughout. High

end appliance package, hardwood and tile floors, granite counters in the gorgeous

kitchen. R2000 construction. Call Mary A (250) 521-0525

2135 McBride Street, Trail $169,900

Ready to move in...this 2 bedroom home is in great condition with many upgrades.

Perfect for young couple or those who may want to downsize. Great kitchen with

French doors opening to large deck. Call your REALTOR® to view this charmer.

Call Mary M (250) 231-0264

405 – 10th Avenue, Montrose $219,000

Fantastic family home in Montrose. This home offers 4 bedrooms, 2 baths, large family room, double carport and single

garage, spacious covered deck, upgrades have included wiring panel, most

plumbing, some windows, heat pump, fresh paint, fenced yard, hot tub and

more! At this price it’s going to go quickly! Call now before its gone!!

Call Deanne (250) 231-0153

NEW LISTING

1896 – 5th Avenue, Trail $144,900

Centrally located 3 bdrm home with new paint inside and out, newer windows, upgraded electrical, new flooring, full basement with a workshop, plenty of

storage, and covered parking. Call your REALTOR (R) today!

Call Christine (250) 512-7653

NEW LISTING

640 Shelley Street, Warfield $225,000

Warfield Charmer. Enjoy the sunroom off the kitchen with its great views. Very nice patio area in backyard and lots of perennial plantings. Updated roofing, electrical and windows. Underground

sprinkling and single garage. This home is ready to move in, call your

REALTOR® for your personal viewing.Call Mary M (250) 231-0264

1216 Columbia Avenue, Trail $167,000

Cute well maintained home. Features 2 bdrms, hardwood and

laminate floors, tasteful decorating and numerous updates. The property is

fenced, nicely landscaped and has a single car garage Trail’s riverwalk is just

across the back lane.Call Art (250) 368-8818

244 – 2nd Avenue, Rivervale $275,000

Large 3 bdrm, 2 bath home with updated flooring, paint, trim, gas fireplace, covered deck with hot tub, underground sprinklers - fenced level yard - double carport and more - Call your REALTOR® now for a

viewing.Call Mark (250) 231-5591

2490 Cooke Avenue, Rossland $377,300

Great family home with new windows, new flooring, and a bright, modern kitchen and double carport. Imagine a solid, comfortable, functional home in a great neighbourhood. Call your

REALTOR® to view this home. Call Bill (250) 231-2710

NEW LISTING

OPEN HOUSESaturday Mar 17 11am-1pm

OPEN HOUSESaturday Mar 17 11am-1pm

HUGE REDUCTION 106 Ritchie Avenue, Tadanac

$359,000Here’s a classic

and classy home. On the river bank

in Tadanac, looking down at Gyro Park,

great properties like this don’t come

along to often. Many mechanical

upgrades and tasteful renovations.

Call Darlene

(250) 231-0527or

Ron (250) 368-1162

REGIONAL

The West Kootenay Women in Business group is a networking opportunity designed just for women.

The West Kootenay Women in Business group has a vision to grow a strong local network of knowledgeable and talented women from all walks of life.

The group is designed for business owners, managers, employees and women who dream of running their own business one day.

The group recognizes that a local network is an invaluable asset and that an investment of time to attend a regular networking event will grow that asset as business relationships are created and ideas and experiences are shared to mutual advantage.

The women’s networking group provides an empowering environment where women can feel comfortable to discuss their business issues and offer solutions to each other.

The group is a non-profit organization with no membership fees. Through the generous donations of their current membership they have begun a bursary fund to assist young local entrepreneurs.

The group holds a luncheon on the second Thursday of each month in Castlegar where presentations are made by guest speakers and business ideas around specific topics are discussed.

If you are interested in being on the WKWB mailing list and would like to attend future events contact Rebecca at rebecca@kfsinc.ca. More information on the group can be found by searching Facebook for “West Kootenay Women in Business.”

BY ARNE PETRYSHENRossland News

Development Cost Charges (DCCs) may not be the right fit for Rossland. That was the message that came out of Monday’s com-mittee of the whole meeting on the subject.

The committee voted to forward a recommendation to get rid of DCCs to an upcoming regular coun-cil meeting.

DCCs are upfront charges, by the city, to developers when they subdivide a property to pay for the infrastructure costs.

CAO Victor Kumar explained that when they were first imple-mented the rate of Rossland growth was higher, now it has slowed and so DCCs no longer are functional for the city.

DCCs look at the potential impact of to the infrastructure in way of new roads, sidewalks as well

as parks.The reports that came back to

council showed that Rossland was not meeting the necessary number of new developments to warrant the that type of charge.

“Based on our construction and all of that, for small communities, this one doesn’t work,” Kumar said, explaining that these projects will not materialize in a reasonable timeframe.

For that reason, he said, DCCs are not reasonable and there are other rules available for a munici-pality to accomplish the same thing, but more effectively.

Rather than the city charging the fees at the time of development, they could have agreements to tax as the properties are sold.

He said it’s a misnomer that developers pay the charge as it is actually passed down to the home buyer.

Mayor Greg Granstrom said that they are trying to make sure the developer pays for the added costs to infrastructure that the develop-ment will cause, rather than gen-eral taxes.

Kumar suggested one option is to make developers pay at the time they sell the property so that the developer is not paying up front with the possibility of never selling the property.

Coun. Kathy Wallace said she was in favour of the direction that staff was taking, but she won-dered if there were any precedents in B.C. where a DCC bylaw has been repealed and what the con-sequences to the funds payed in were.

Kumar said there were a lot of precedents and the funds would be kept by the city to be used in another infrastructure project, and not payed back.

West Kootenay business women band together Rossland looks to replace DCCs