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B Y V A L E R I E R O S S ITimes Staff

School District 20 teach-ers will be on the picket lines May 27 as part of a rotating strike throughout the province, the British Columbia Teachers' Federation (BCTF) announced Tuesday.

The closures are part of a two-stage strike plan voted on by teachers in March when 89 per cent of the 29,300 teachers who cast ballots voted in favour as a means to apply pressure to the government during contract negotiations.

“We have been at the bargain-ing table for 16 months, and the provincial government and the BC Public School Employers' Association still refuse to offer any improvements to class size, class composition and other important learning conditions for students,” Andy Davidoff, president of the Kootenay

Columbia Teachers Union, said in a letter to the Trail Times.

“The constitutional rights of teachers can't be swept under the carpet and the fundamental rights of children to a quality public education should also be respected.”

Lorraine Manning, SD20 board vice chair, said the board doesn't really have much of a say on contract negotiations.

She admitted it's frustrating to sit and wait for news that she simply has to accept.

While word of the walkout was still fresh when the Times caught up with her Tuesday, Manning said she expects that further discussion will be planned for the board meeting Monday.

News of the walkout arrived on the first day local students' break times were cut by 15 min-utes.

Locally this was done as a means of lessening the duty for district management staff, who were responsible for

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B Y V A L E R I E R O S S ITimes Staff

Trail residents may be hear-ing more sirens next week when Teck and mutual-aid partners put on a full-scale emergency exercise in Warfield.

The mock disaster from first response right through to patient care will prepare partici-pants for their individual efforts as well as a group approach to a large disaster scenario.

Not much is being said about the actual training exer-cise because the surprise ele-ment will really make for a “real life” situation, explained Catherine Adair, community relations leader for Teck Trail Operations.

The planned disasters will be acted out, but there will be some real elements.

“We're not sharing the full details of the scenario just to maximize the training benefits and the effectiveness for the first responders so they don't know exactly what they're going to be practising on (next) Tuesday,” she said.

“It will be a full-scale exer-cise involving all of our mutual-aid partners; hosted by Teck, the Kootenay Boundary Regional Fire Rescue and the Regional District Kootenay Boundary Emergency Program.”

Bingay Road from Whitman Way to Highway 22 will be closed from 8 a.m. until noon May 27 to ensure the public stays off grounds.

During that time there will be an increase in emergency response vehicles in the area.

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A former Beaver Valley resident is out to prove that travel is the best form of edu-cation with her destination set on the Amazing Travel Scholarship.

Danielle Clarke, a first year Bachelor of Journalism stu-dent at Carleton University in Ottawa, is one of 15 finalists using social media to spread words, videos and photos of the importance of travel.

The competition is put on by S-Trip, an organization that plans grad or univer-sity excursions, which offers two scholarships each year to high school students apply-ing to university as well as university students applying for future years of study.

Her journey started with a video in which she garnered enough attention from fol-lowers and judges to move onto the final round going head-to-head with competi-tors via her blog that uses photos, videos and at least one essay to describe how travel teaches individuals to look beyond the text book.

“Travel is taking every-thing we think we know and putting it behind us to open our eyes, ears, and minds to new cultures, people and languages,” she wrote in her essay. “Education is so much

more than just what comes from a classroom.

“When a person travels they acquire a set of skills that allow them to tap into our world’s differences and appreciate them for what they are.”

The 2012 J. L. Crowe grad-uate's travel bug started early when in Grade 8 she spent a week in Japan with Trail's sister city program to her experience in Grade 10 when a school trip led her to Italy.

Shortly after she joined Interact, the youth branch of Rotary, and became presi-dent of the club that later went to San Miguel, Mexico, to volunteer at a children’s orphanage.

Inspired by lessons learned abroad, Clarke grad-uated a year early and went on a Rotary Youth Exchange to Germany for what would have been her final year. While there she submitted regular columns to the Trail

Times prior to pursuing her passion for writing at the Ottawa university.

She's currently working as a freelancer at the Rossland News until August before heading back to her four-year program. Clarke is hoping to do a double major with linguistics so she can go onto to teach a second language upon completion of studies as well as travel the world as a freelance writer.

“I am very excited about this scholarship opportunity because it is good practice with social media for my future career,” she told the Time via email. “I also love the idea of spreading my pas-sion for travel with the world.

“Travelling is the best form of education out there and I stand firmly by that.”

The grand prize is a $2,500 tuition for post-sec-ondary education as well as a paid two-month internship at S-Trip in Toronto. The win-ner also receives an eight-night paid vacation voucher for two.

Those wanting to get behind Clarke can share her blog (https://www.amazingtravelscholarship.com/#finalist/danielleclarke) posts until May 25, at which time the competition will close and a winner will be selected on May 30.

So far, we have seen t h r e e a d v a n c e d

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The bidding: South, with a balanced 16 HCP’s opens one No Trump. West over-calls two diamonds showing diamonds and a higher suit. This system is called DONT, disturbing opponent’s No Trump.

In direct seat, it is best to interfere giving partner a choice of two suits so, if doubled, the declarer will not be punished too badly.

Interference over No Trump is not good for the No Trump opener and partner because it takes away invita-tional bids, it may expose the strong hand as dummy and the opponents may be unsure about suf-

ficient stoppers.North has eleven HCP’s

which is enough for game. With a four-card major, he makes a cuebid which is game forcing Stayman. South bids hearts and North places the contract in three No Trump.

The Lead: The eight of diamonds, the fourth best of a five-card suit.

The play: Declarer wins the Jack of diamonds and cashes his spades. West shows out so declarer cashes three spades and three clubs. West pitches a heart and a dia-mond.

Declarer now plays a heart to the ten. West wins the Queen and is end-played. He has no spades or clubs to exit with, so he must play a heart or a diamond giving declarer his ninth trick.

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Danielle Clarke is a first year Bachelor of Journalism student at Carleton University in Ottawa with a passion for travel. People can vote online for Clarke in the Amazing Travel Scholarship contest.

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FROM PAGE 1before-school, recess and after-school supervision since teachers refuse to perform those duties as part of their strike action. This means doing away with recess at the elementary level and tighten-ing the high school schedule.

The decision was made last week to ensure student safety and reduce the burden on district management staff who already had full-time work to perform prior to covering all the supervi-sion.

Without enough “exclud-ed” staff to man the grounds, Manning said the board decided to approve the cancellation of recess brought forward by Greg Luterbach, superintendent of schools.

“At recess if you have 350 kids with one staff supervising we fig-ured it was quite a safety factor,” she explained.

“To me, it’s really a hardship on the parents too and I know that, but I know they’re trying to apply the pressure now to get a contract settled and if we can get a contract settled by the end of June it would be wonderful.”

Rossland parent Shannon Marion is “livid.” She has two high-energy boys who need a break to maintain their attention spans for learning.

“The teachers will suffer because the kids will be restless and inattentive and grumpy,” she said. “Energetic kids need to get out and run around and have a snack so that they can listen and participate willingly and enthusi-

astically until lunch time.“Nobody wins here!”After trying for almost three

weeks to maintain the current schedule Luterbach admitted that district management staff could no longer continue to pull

supervision duty along with their other responsibilities.

The BCTF began work-to-rule action in April, refusing supervision outside classrooms and communication with school management.

B y P a t K e l l yBoundary Creek Times

Just over 20 sportsmen came out to the Kettle Wildlife Hall on Saturday afternoon to hear B.C. Wildlife Federation biologist Jesse Zeman pro-vide facts about the decline of deer herds. His presenta-tion provided facts to back up the anecdotal information given at earlier meetings in November and January.

Other biologists were also on hand, including Ministry of Environment regional wildlife manager Aaron Reid from Penticton for the meeting organized by Brian Hancock and Les Best.

“The main idea of what Zeman was trying to tell us is that we need funding,” Best told the Times after the meeting. “We have very few Conservation Officers, we have very few biologists. They are trying to cut the biologists back again. All of

the money for our licenses and tags and everything was supposed to be going back to enhancement and habitat. That is not happening. Most of it is going into general revenue.”

Meetings in November and January called upon the government to cut back on the antlerless white tail deer-hunting season. But Best wasn’t optimistic. “They are just going to go ahead; and then they open up the muley season for another ten days.”

Habitat has inevitably changed over the years. Several large fires in the 1920’s and 1930’s created dif-ferent types of habitat and as the forest has changed over time it went from for-est cover types that favoured deer to those that do not.

To illustrate his point Zeman said that the mule deer harvest in 1966-67 totalled 2,925 but in 2011 it

was only 735; and his moose harvest stats showed the same decline.

His message was that the regulatory approach taken by the province has failed.

He said wildlife manage-ment needs funding, science and political support.

All license fees and sur-charges should be returned to the resource and manage-ment should be carried out at the landscape level.

His figures showed a net loss of license fees and sur-charges of over $6 million dollars in 2011.

“The current model is not economically sustainable with funding going into gen-eral revenue,” Zeman said. While Fish and Wildlife BC had a budget of $19 million in 2011, Utah came in at $72.5 million in 2012 and Washington State at spent $120 million even back in 1996.

The message is that wild-life populations are in decline due to a lack of investment; no inventory; no research; loss, degradation and aliena-tion of habitat; and unman-aged predator populations.

Zeman called for those concerned to advocate for increased funding, with all dollars returned and allocat-ed to game management.

He said what is needed is plans that manage habitat and dependent species rath-er than plans that manage hunters. Those who attended were urged to write to their MLAs.

“I am really disappointed,” said Best. “I just can’t see what they are trying to do. When you go out in the bush there is nothing. There is just nothing. For the last two years they opened the white tail doe season and they are saying the count is way up. But where do the deer go?”

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

The ice plant at Nelson’s commun-ity complex is in for some pricey upgrades. The Regional District of Central Kootenay has awarded a $117,000 contract to Cimco Refrigeration to do the work.

“We’re having technical issues,” commun-ity services manager Joe Chirico said. “It’s not working as efficiently as it possibly could.”

Chirico said the problems were first noted about two years ago. Maintenance was required three times last week alone to keep the plant running, although it has never stopped work-ing altogether.

The unit was installed in 2005 when the arena was built and Chirico told the board it was designed by a “very competent” engineer-ing firm, but there were problems with its installation.

Nelson alternate director Deb Kozak asked if the contractor could be held responsible even though the warranty has expired.

“Some of these deficiencies are safety con-cerns,” she said. “I’m wondering if there is any way we can recoup some of our costs”

However, Chirico replied the original con-tractor is no longer in business and it would be “very difficult” to hold individuals responsible.

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Playgrounds around School District 20, like this one at Glenmerry Elementary School, sat silent on Tuesday as the district cancelled recesses due to the ongoing teachers’ job action. The whole district will go silent next Tuesday when teachers hold a one-day walkout.

FROM PAGE 1The mock exercise will involve

many community partners including the Regional District Kootenay Boundary Emergency Program partners (Trail, Warfield and Regional District of Kootenay Boundary’s Electoral Area B), the RCMP, BC Ambulance Service, School District 20, FortisBC, Canadian Red Cross, Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure and Emergency Management British Columbia.

“This is just a good opportu-nity for any new employees or new first responders to practice a full-scale exercise like this and an opportunity to build those relationships,” said Adair.

While regular tabletop discus-sions are hosted, the last hands-on training of this kind was held in 2008 when Murray Bertram from “Just Like Real Exercise” organized the $28,000 occasion.

The cost to put on this in-house exercise is unclear at this time, said Adair, who couldn’t speculate. whether the training will be pulled back from the last training day.

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bodies of six dogs initially reported stolen from the back of a dog walker’s truck were found dumped in a ditch in Abbotsford, says an SPCA spokes-woman.

Lorie Chortyk said the agency retrieved the bodies of the young- to middle-aged dogs and transferred them Tuesday to a lab where necropsies will be done.

The results are expected within a week and will determine how long the dogs

were left in a vehicle in Langley, where they are believed to have died in hot weather.

The necropsy results, along with interviews with the dog walker and any witnesses, will be part of the SPCA’s report to Crown counsel, which will decide if animal cruelty charges will be laid.

The SPCA took over the investigation on Monday after the dog walker admitted the animals were not stolen.

The woman initial-ly told police and the

dogs’ owners that she left her vehicle to use the washroom in a dog park and when she returned the dogs were gone.

The temperature was as high as 25 degrees last Tuesday, when the dog walker left the dogs, includ-ing one of her own, in her truck.

Chortyk said the SPCA and police deal with hundreds of calls every year involving dogs left in vehicles.

“If you either wil-fully, or through your actions allow an ani-mal to suffer, that can be a criminal act.”

Animals don’t have sweat glands and can be overcome with heat exhaustion, brain damage or even death in as little as 10 min-utes because the tem-perature in a car can rise so quickly, even

on an overcast day, she said.

“We really do want to warn people that leaving windows open, leaving water, that is not going to help the situation. If an animal’s in a hot car you’ve put them in danger.”

Animal cruelty charges could be laid under provincial or federal laws, Chortyk said.

Under B.C. legisla-tion, the maximum fine for animal cruelty is $75,000 or two years in jail. Under the Criminal Code, the maximum fine is $5,000 and 18 months behind bars.

RCMP have said the dogs apparently died in the back of the dog walker’s vehicle and that they are looking into possible public mischief charges.

B y T o m F l E T C H E RBlack Press

The B.C. Teachers’ Federation plans to start one-day rotat-ing strikes at schools around the province on Monday, rejecting the offer of a $1,200 signing bonus for an agreement by the end of the school year.

BCTF president Jim Iker said Tuesday the bonus doesn’t make up for the gov-ernment’s wage offer

of 6.5 per cent over six years. A simultan-eous plan to cut teacher wages 5 per cent or more because of strike action is “just so dis-respectful, so unnecessary, and we’ll be dealing with it at the Labour Relations Board,” Iker said.

U n l e s s there is some c o m p r o m -ise on major issues, one-day strikes with picket lines will be staged at one group of school dis-tricts in each of the first four days next week, with

teachers returning to work across the prov-

ince on Friday, May 30.

Education Minister Peter Fassbender said the signing bonus and reducing the contract term from 10 years to six were significant efforts to move toward a settlement.

“Unfortunately the announcement today says that the BCTF feels that disrupting classrooms, affecting children and their families is going to help to reach a settle-ment,” Fassbender told reporters in Vancouver.

Iker reiter-ated the union’s pos-ition that more pay, more teachers and a return to contract lan-guage guar-anteeing class size and spe-cial needs sup-port are need-ed to reach a settlement.

Peter Cameron, chief negotiator for the province’s 60 school districts, informed the union last week that a 5 per cent pay cut

will be put in place “soon” in response to the first phase of strike action.

The BCTF began work-t o - r u l e action in April, refus-ing super-vision outside c l a s s r o o m s and com-

munication with school management. Rotating strikes were also authorized by the BCTF member-ship in a March vote,

and beginning to shut down schools could result in an effort to cut teacher pay by 10 per cent.

Cameron said last week the union’s latest wage demand amounts to 15.9 per cent over four years, far beyond what other provincial public service unions have received. The BCTF maintains its wage proposal is 13.25 per cent over four years, including cost-of-liv-ing increases based on each year’s inflation rate.

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The money will flow in two equal streams – one to figure out what water, sewer, road and other projects are needed

and the other to adapt land use and other associated bylaws as industrial expansion takes place.

Local governments have been asking the provincial government for assistance for some time as the regional economy improves.

Should any of the planned liquefied natural gas (LNG)

projects proceed, the munici-palities have said, there’s going to be increased pressure for services as more people and more businesses more into the area.

Community, sport and cultural development minis-ter Coralee Oakes made the announcement at Terrace city hall.

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Saskatchewan man has been fined almost $20,000 for the illegal sale of fish.

Leon Morin pleaded guilty in Buffalo Narrows provincial court to four charges under the Saskatchewan Fisheries Act and Regulations.

The Environment Ministry says Morin unlawfully marketed fish caught for both commercial and subsistence purposes.

Officials investigated after reports in 2012 about large-scale abuse of walleye stocks in the Buffalo Narrows area.

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T H E C A N A D I A N P R E S SEDMONTON - Alberta is looking at ban-

ning consumer fireworks except in munici-palities that are willing to take on the respon-sibility of regulating how they are used.

The concern is that consumer fireworks such as Roman candles and bottle rockets could cause wildfires or injure people who light them or watch them go off.

“Under the new legislation a person would no longer be able to use fireworks unless a municipality has a bylaw in place that allows them to,” said Rosemary Waters, a spokes-woman for Alberta Municipal Affairs.

“In the absence of a bylaw, they would not be able to use fireworks in the community.”

Waters said a proposal is to be presented to cabinet this fall and is being developed after talks with fire chiefs and municipalities.

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Mark Abrahams, the dean of science at Memorial University, said it is a rare teach-ing, learning and research opportunity for the province.

T H E C A N A D I A N P R E S SQUEBEC -

Quebecers will get an idea Wednesday of just how austere their gov-ernment intends to be as Premier Philippe Couillard lays out his plans at the opening of the new session of the national assembly.

Couillard, a neuro-surgeon by training, has already said he will take a scalpel to the province’s bloated deficit and has warned of deep spending cuts in government depart-ments.

Couillard is still aiming to meet the previous PQ govern-ment’s objective of a

$1.75-billion deficit in 2014-15 and a bal-anced budget the fol-lowing year.

“The priority for me and for our govern-ment is to re-establish the budgetary equi-librium in Quebec in 2015-16,” he said.

Couillard’s inaugur-al speech as premier to the legislature will be followed in early June by the first budget from rookie finance minister Carlos Leitao, who was chief econo-mist of the Laurentian Bank before being elected in the Liberal victory April 7.

While economics will be the main prior-

ity of the government, it won’t be the only concern for Couillard’s team now that it has taken the reins of power.

It will also resurrect two pieces of legisla-tion brought forward by the previous Parti Quebecois government which died on the order paper.

One will be a law allowing physician-assisted death in the case of terminally ill patients who meet cer-tain criteria.

The legislation will be subject to a free vote among the Liberals and mem-bers of the third-place

Coalition for Quebec’s Future, while the PQ is expected to vote for the legislation as a bloc.

The other will cre-ate an inspector-gen-eral for the City of

Montreal, a position that was a key plank in the successful elec-tion platform of Denis Coderre, who quit federal politics for the city’s top job.

New government focused on balancing fiscal books

T H E C A N A D I A N P R E S SOTTAWA - Preliminary

findings from an upcom-ing study on internships in Canada show that the major-ity of interns are young women who make less than the provincial minimum wage - if they’re paid at all.

The study, to be released soon by two researchers at the University of Victoria and the Canadian Intern Association, is aimed at determining the scope of unpaid internships in Canada amid a growing uproar about the practice both here and abroad.

Saskatchewan and Ontario recently cracked down on unpaid internships, while Alberta is facing calls to do the same.

Several American states are taking tougher measures against unpaid internships while parliamentarians in Great Britain recently passed a motion to ban the practice by a whopping 181 votes to 19.

The British motion was put forward by a Conservative

MP who argued that unpaid internships disproportionate-ly favour the children of the wealthy and well-connected.

In Canada, there’s no such move among Conservatives to ban unpaid internships despite some estimates sug-gesting as many as 300,000 young Canadians work with-out pay - 200,000 more than in the UK, which has a popu-lation almost twice the size of Canada’s.

The lack of federal labour market data, however, has made it impossible to deter-mine a precise number, said Claire Seaborn, head of the Canadian Intern Association.

Employers in Canada are not required to report unpaid interns to provincial or fed-eral authorities, she added, making meaningful data elu-sive.

Andrew Cash, a federal NDP MP who tabled a pri-vate member’s bill on unpaid internships last fall, said he’s working on another bill that will focus on beefing up fed-eral regulations to protect

those who are working for free.

Federally regulated tele-communications compan-ies like Rogers and Bell are among the biggest users of unpaid interns in Canada.

“I hear it all the time from my constituents - anyone who has an adult child between 20 and 30 probably has some experience with unpaid internships, and they’re mad about it,” said Cash. “It flies against everything we stand for in terms of labour relations in Canada.”Of the interns that responded to the survey by Isabelle Couture and James Attfield, public administration grad students at the University of Victoria, 83 per cent reported earning less than the provincial min-imum wage or nothing at all.

The majority of the intern-ships are in Ontario and are most common in the pri-vate sector, where 49 per cent of respondents said they worked, preliminary results of the study found.

Public and non-profit sec-

tors made up the difference at 26 and 25 per cent respect-ively.

Forty-one per cent of respondents reported work-ing for entertainment, media and journalism companies. Some 15 per cent said they were hired at marketing, public relations and advertis-ing firms.

Most of the interns who participated were female, given many of the indus-tries routinely using them are female-dominated, said Seaborn. Women are equally ill-served by a recent fund-ing announcement by the Conservative government for paid internships, she added.

The Tories recently announced $40 million for 3,000 paid internships in the “high-demand” fields of sci-ence, technology, engineer-ing, mathematics and the skilled trades.

But there was nothing for industries traditionally dom-inated by women, like nutri-tion sciences, social work and teaching, Seaborn said.

Interns mostly female, says study

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OPINION

Path to majority runs through Generation SqueezeAs the Ontario elec-

tion picks up steam, party leaders have two paths to major-

ity government: convince Ontarians who voted for a different party last time to switch parties; or convince Ontarians who didn’t turn out in the last election to vote this time.

Since fewer than one in two cast a ballot in the last provincial election, the second route holds prom-ise. Attracting even a mod-est portion of this large group could win a party a majority.

Canadians who abstain from voting are dispro-portionately under age 45. Many in this group tune out from politics because political parties tune them out.

Consider Ontario’s budget this month. After analyzing health, edu-cation and social service expenditures by age, the Generation Squeeze cam-paign calculates that the provincial government plans to increase annual spending by $1.5 billion for the 2.3 million citizens age 65-plus.

By contrast, despite announcements about the Ontario Youth Jobs Strategy and the Ontario

Child Benefit, the govern-ment budgets next to no new money for the 7.8 mil-lion Ontarians under age 45 ($12 million, less than 1 per cent of the additional spending for retirees).

This is not a partisan issue.

The Conservative and NDP leaders did not trig-ger the June election by rejecting the Liberal budget on the grounds that it invests in the aging population at the expense of Ontarians in their mid-40s and younger. No one questioned whether this generational division of spending responds appro-priately to how younger Canadians pay housing prices that are nearly twice what they were in 1976, with annual earnings that are down thousands of dol-lars.

There is no doubt the aging population and the socioeconomic decline for younger Canadians both pose major societal chal-lenges. Yet heading into this election, Ontario’s three major parties propose to address only the first challenge, not the second.

Their visions for Ontario will sustain the combined provincial and federal pattern of spending over

$40,000 each year per retiree, while doing little to adjust upward the annual allocation of just $12,000 per person under 45.

There is hope that Ontario may yet adapt for all generations. Notably, Premier Kathleen Wynne boldly proposes an Ontario Retirement Pension Plan (ORPP) that aims to address the inadequate amount of retirement sav-ings. This is a growing problem for younger gen-erations squeezed by lower earnings and higher costs.

But we won’t ease this squeeze if governments fail to address the root cause. Insufficient savings for retirement by Canadians in their mid-40s and younger is not primarily a problem of failing to plan for our future. We are not saving

enough because the gap between income and costs is far larger than a genera-tion ago.

In 1976, the typical 25 to 34 year old had to work full-time for five years to save a 20 per cent down payment on an average home. Facing higher hous-ing values and lower earn-ings, it now takes 10 years. For many, the 10 years only start after years of post-secondary education to compete for jobs, and pay-ing higher tuition for the privilege. Is it any wonder that younger Canada is sav-ing more slowly for retire-ment?

We need to implement new pension policy along-side policy measures that reduce current cost pres-sures facing young adults. Otherwise, as the ORPP garners a larger share of young people’s earnings for later retirement,

it risks exacerbating the present squeeze for a gen-eration in its prime child rearing years in order to minimize a later squeeze as seniors.

The Ontario proposal to add $1.5 billion more for those age 65 and older with no increase for the much larger group under age 45 does not strike this bal-

ance. The current failure of all

Ontario political parties to question the age gap in gov-ernment spending under-scores why the Generation Squeeze campaign is build-ing a powerful organization to speak up for younger Canada – one that influ-ences politics for the sel-fie and stroller crowd to complement what CARP (the Canadian Association of Retired Persons) does for Canadians age 50+.

As Ontario political lead-ers release their platforms, Generation Squeeze will monitor how each party proposes to spend on retir-ees as compared to younger generations.

Parties that propose significant policy adapta-tions for the latter while protecting our aging family members are especially likely to attract to the bal-lot box the biggest share of abstainers from the last election.

That’s a promising path to move from minority to majority government.

Dr. Paul Kershaw is the Founder of Generation Squeeze (gensqueeze.ca), and a policy profes-sor in the University of BC’s School of Population Health.

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Soon after winning an absolute majority in the Indian parliamentary elections, prime minis-

ter-elect Narendra Modi prom-ised “to make the 21st century India’s century.” If he can avoid tripping over his own ideology, he might just succeed.

“India’s century” is a mis-leading phrase, of course, because no country gets to own a whole century. It wasn’t ever really going to be “China’s century” either, although China is a huge country whose economy has grown amaz-ingly fast over the past three decades. What Modi meant was that India, the other huge Asian country, may soon take China’s place as the fastest growing large economy – and it might even surpass China economic-ally, in the end.

At first glance this seems unlikely. India’s GDP is cur-rently less than a quarter of China’s although the two coun-tries are quite close in popula-tion (China 1.36 billion, India 1.29 billion). Moreover, the Chinese economy’s growth rate last year, although well down from its peak years, was still 7.7 percent, while India’s grew at only 4.4 percent.

But China’s growth rate is bound to fall further for pure-ly demographic reasons. Due partly to three decades of the one-child-per-family policy, the size of its workforce is already starting to decline. Total popu-lation (and hence total domes-tic demand) will also start to shrink in five years’ time. And this doesn’t even take into account the high probability of a financial crash and a long, deep recession in China.

India’s growth rate has also fallen in recent years, but for reasons like corruption, exces-sive regulation and inadequate infrastructure that are a lot

easier to fix. And the reason that Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won by a landslide was precisely that voters thought he would be better at overcoming these obstacles to growth than the worn-out and deeply corrupt Congress Party.

Modi did NOT win because a majority of Indians want to pursue divisive sectarian battles

that pit Hindus against India’s many minorities, and especially against Muslims. That has always been part of the BJP’s appeal to its core voters, but its new voters were attracted by Modi’s reputation as the man who brought rapid development to

the state of Gujarat, which he has ruled for the past thirteen years. They want him to do the same thing nationally.

They over-estimate his genius: Gujarat has always been one of India’s most pros-perous states, and the local culture has always been pro-business. It was doing very well even before Modi took power there. Nevertheless, he might well be able to fulfill the hopes of his new supporters, for he arrives in New Delhi without the usual burden of political debts to special interests.

The BJP’s absolute major-ity in parliament means that Modi will not be constrained by coalition allies like previ-ous BJP governments. This could lead to a leap in the Indian growth rate if he uses his power to sweep aside the regulations and bureaucratic roadblocks that hamper trade and investment in India. He also has a golden opportunity to crush the corruption that imposes a huge invisible tax on every enterprise in the country.

Unfortunately, his extra-ordinary political freedom also means that he will find it hard to resist the kind of sectar-

ian (i.e. anti-Muslim) measures that the militants in his own party expect. He cannot use the need to keep his coalition allies happy as an excuse for not going down that road. Nobody knows which way he’ll jump, but it might be the right way.

Even some Muslims in Gujerat argue that Modi has changed since he failed to stop the sectarian riots that killed around a thousand Muslims there in 2001. Moreover, the election outcome makes it clear that a considerable num-ber of the country’s 175 million Muslims must actually have voted for him. If he can keep his own hard-liners on a short leash, everybody else’s hopes for a surge in the economic growth rate may come true.

What might that mean over the next decade? It could mean a politically stable India whose growth rate is back up around 7 or 8 percent – and a China destabilised by a severe recession and political protests whose growth rate is down around 4 percent.

While neither political sta-bility in India nor political chaos in China are guaranteed in the longer run, by 2025 the demography will have taken over with a vengeance. China’s population will be in decline, and the number of young people entering the workforce annually will be down by 20 percent and still falling. India’s population will still be grow-ing, as will the number of young people coming onto the job market each year.

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Gwynne Dyer is an independent journalist whose articles are published in 45 countries.

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- Prince Charles says the need to tackle the world’s challenges became more evident for him after the birth of his grandson as he highlighted Tuesday the need to harness the creativity of young people to find innova-tive solutions to those problems.

Known for some-times being outspoken on social and environ-mental issues, Charles said in a speech in Charlottetown that it’s important to see the connections between the planet’s challenges and its well-being.

“They all ... rest on the nexus of water, energy and food security and finding common purpose in meeting our common needs,” he said.

“These are environ-mental, economic and social issues all tied together. In other words, the health of nature’s life support systems, which are

now under such threat, has a direct bearing upon the health and well-being of people.”

Charles listed a number of issues facing the world, including the wid-ening gap between rich and poor, the lack of opportunity for women and girls, youth unemploy-ment, deforestation and overfishing after he received an honor-ary Symons Medal for his contribution to Canadian society.

“I’m sure that you would agree the world faces huge challen-ges but has enormous opportunities,” said Charles.

The Prince of Wales said the birth of his grandson George last year has had an impact on his views.

“I have long tried to draw attention to this connection but it has come into even sharper focus now that I am a grandfather,” he added.

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children who will have to live with the very serious consequences of us believing today that we can simply carry on with business as usual as if nothing has changed.”

Charles and his wife Camilla were in the middle of a four-day tour of Canada in Prince Edward Island on Tuesday that includes a stop in Winnipeg before the visit ends Wednesday.

Camilla separately toured a residential health-care centre for senior citizens in P.E.I. and Immanuel Christian School, where Grade 6 and 7 students did a letter writing exercise invit-ing the duchess to their class.

Elizabeth Pithang, 12, said she was excit-ed by the reply from Camilla.

“I thought that she would just write a let-ter to us, but she was actually coming, so I was really happy,” she said.

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McCartney is cancel-ling his entire Japan tour because of ill-ness.

The former Beatle got a virus last week and cancelled several concerts, apologizing online to fans.

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ers say he is not well enough to do any of the concerts in Japan, including the one set for Wednesday at Nippon Budokan hall, where the Beatles per-formed during their first Japan tour in 1966.

The official site of McCartney’s “Out There Japan Tour 2014” said his doc-tors are ordering him “complete rest.”

McCartney, 71, is still scheduled for

a concert in Seoul, South Korea, on May 28 at Jamsil Sports Complex Main Stadium, followed by 19 U.S. performances.

In Japan, two week-end concerts in Tokyo, a makeup concert scheduled for Monday and another in Osaka on Saturday were all cancelled.

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The Grand Forks Invitational Baseball Tournament (GFI) is back on the base paths and, despite a few curves, baseball fans won’t have to wait until September to enjoy it.

Following a one-year hiatus the GFI returns to James Donaldson Park from June 25 to June 30, a move from its historical time slot over the September long weekend.

“We’ve got 11 of the 12 teams confirmed,” GFI coordinator Joan Thomas told the Grand Forks Gazette. “We’ve got some strong teams returning such as Seattle Studs and Thurston County. We’ve got some new ones such as West Coast Guns out of California; we’ve got the North Sound Emeralds, which we haven’t seen before.”

Since its inception in 1968, the tournament has been a popular sea-son finale attracting fans and teams from as far away as Australia, Russia, Japan, Taiwan, and China. However, last year’s hiccup was the result of a variety of factors, said Thomas.

“We had some of our long-term volunteers retire. We were already looking at changing the date because it’s harder to get teams at the end of August. Some of our teams pulled out because it was right before nationals. Plus, the field was under construction and didn’t get done until fall. So it gave (the field) a chance to settle over the winter.”

In the absence of a Grand Forks baseball team, the Trail AM Ford Orioles will act as the host team, and, due to the earlier date, will likely enjoy a full lineup going into the tournament.

“I’m hoping that works,” said Trail baseball coordinator Scott Calvin. “At least for the Orioles I think it works, because a lot of prob-lems the Orioles had over the years is that by September long weekend, we rely on a lot of guys that are hockey players, and they’re gone.”

The move to June should allow some its premiere players like Connor and Kellen Jones, Scott Davidson, and Dallas Calvin as well as Fruitvale native Joey Underwood, who plays baseball for Bryan College in Tennessee, to play in the big event and hopefully help the O’s pick up a share of the reported

$54,000 in prize money.Because of the change, the

Orioles will forego the Canada Day Baseball Blast tournament in Kelowna in favour of the GFI, and end their season hosting the B.C. Senior Men’s Baseball champion-ship at Butler Park Aug. 1-4.

“As far as that (finances) goes, this year should be a lot better,” said Calvin. “They (Orioles) travelled to Kelowna on the July long and then last year provincials were on the Island, so you cut those expenses out and you got a tournament in Grand Forks where you can drive back and forth, not spend on hotels and then you host provincials. I mean there is some cost to that, obviously, but there should be some recoup there, so it’s a bonus that way.”

The Canadian contingent at the tournament will be repre-sented by Trail, the Langley Sr. Blaze, Kamloops Sun Devils, and Parkland Whitesox from Alberta, while the American teams include the Seattle Studs, Thurston County Senators, West Coast Guns, Everett Merchants, Northwest Honkers, and North Sound Emeralds.

“People have their favourites,” said Thomas. “Some people come to see the (San Diego) Stars, some come to see the Studs. A lot of people will come over from the Trail area to watch the AM Ford Orioles.”

The teams will be placed into three divisions, with the top two teams in each division plus two wildcard teams going on to the money round.

So far 37 players have passed through the GFI on their way to the Major Leagues including Trail native and 2004 NL Rookie of the Year, Jason Bay, Tim Lincecum (San Francisco Giants); Josh Becket (Boston Red Sox); Brendan Ryan (St. Louis Cardinals); as well as for-mer Toronto Blue Jay, John Olerud, and Montreal Expo, Larry Walker.

The Lewiston Truckers claimed top spot in the 2012 GFI and took home $20,000. Team Canada fin-ished second pocketing $12,000, while Seattle Studs placed third and picked up $5,000. Trail tied for fifth and won $3,000.

The Orioles play in the Pacific International League (PIL) and will begin their season Saturday at Butler Park hosting the Kelowna Jays at 3 and 5 p.m. and on Sunday at 11 and 1 a.m.

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Days is poised to get underway with a full compliment of sport-ing activities going at the various athletic parks in Fruitvale and Montrose this week-end.

Starting on Friday, the ever-popular Slo-Pitch Tournament gets going at McInnes Park with the first games going at 4 p.m., while on the upper park 11-and 12-year-old baseball players will be swinging for the fen-ces in the Beaver Valley Baseball Tournament.

The Beaver Valley Citizen of the Year, Ed Wilcox, will be honoured at the B.V. Curling Rink at 7 p.m. with reception to fol-low.

May Days is also organizing a Family run-walk Friday even-ing. Register at 7:45

then go for a stroll or sprint at 8 p.m. Tackle the 10-kilometre jaunt or the family-friendly five-kilometre walk.

Saturday starts off bright and early with the Antenna Trail Hike at 8 a.m. in Montrose. Participants should meet at 12th Ave. and 4th St. to start.

Follow that up with the 3-on-3 Kootenay Savings and Fortis sponsored Street Hockey tourna-ment at the Fruitvale Elementary School multi-purpose courts. The tournament con-sists of adult and jun-ior divisions with each team carrying five players.

Helmets are man-datory for players 18 and under, while each team must supply their own goalie equipment. Event organizer Derek Chartres is still taking teams and he encour-

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With the school year winding down, Grade 11 J. L. Crowe students Hayley Farrell, Sara Henke, Vivian Huang, and Tina Kief are trying to get in a few games of ultimate frisby at the J. L. Crowe field, but have been lacking in numbers in recent weeks. They hope to recruit other students to come out and join them every Monday after school in the fun, exciting, and physically challenging game.

ages anyone interested to submit a line up by Friday. Ph. 231-2037 to enter or email gow-rie7@yahoon.com. The games begin at 9 a.m. with a round robin and playoffs winding up about 4 p.m.

Sunday brings more action with baseball and slo-pitch finals

going at around 4 p.m., while Geo-caching starts at 11 a.m., the May Days Bocce tour-nament rolls out at the old Middle School at noon, and the Beaver Races and Amazing Race at 2 and 2:30 p.m. respectively. For more info go to beaverval-leymaydays.com.

Sporting weekend for B.V. event

Baseball tournament makes move to June

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SportS

ScoreboardNBA

Conference FinalALL TIMES EASTERN

Best of 7Sunday May 18

Indiana 107, Miami 96, Indiana leads series 1-0

Monday, May 19San Antonio 122, Oklahoma

City 105, San Antonio leads series 1-0

Tuesday, May 20Miami at Indiana, 8:30 p.m.

Wednesday, May 21Oklahoma City at San Antonio,

9 p.m.Saturday, May 24

Indiana at Miami, 8:30 p.m.Sunday, May 25

San Antonio at Oklahoma City, 8:30 p.m.

Monday, May 26Indiana at Miami, 8:30 p.m.

Tuesday, May 27

San Antonio at Oklahoma City, 9 p.m.

NHL Playoffs

ALL TIMES EASTERNCONFERENCE FINALS

(Best-of-7; x-if necessary)EASTERN CONFERENCE

N.Y. Rangers 2, Montreal 0Saturday, May 17: N.Y. Rangers 7, Montreal 2

Monday, May 19 NY Rangers 3, Montreal 1

Thursday, May 22: Montreal at NY Rangers, 8

p.m.Sunday, May 25:

Montreal at NY Rangers, 8 p.m.

x-Tuesday, May 27: NY Rangers at Montreal, 8

p.m.x-Thursday, May 29:

Montreal at NY Rangers, 8

p.m.x-Saturday, May 31:

NY Rangers at Montreal, 8 p.m.

WESTERN CONFERENCEChicago 1, Los Angeles 0

Sunday, May 18: Chicago 3, Los Angeles 1

Today: Los Angeles at Chicago, 8

p.m. - Score UnavailableSaturday, May 24:

Chicago at Los Angeles, 8 p.m.Monday, May 26:

Chicago at Los Angeles, 9 p.m.x-Wednesday,May 28:

Los Angeles at Chicago, 8 p.m.

x-Friday, May 30: Chicago at Los Angeles, 9

p.m.x-Sunday, June 1:

Los Angeles at Chicago, 8 p.m.x-if necessary

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T H E C A N A D I A N P R E S SMINSK, Belarus - From a disallowed goal to

a penalty kill in the final minutes, Team Canada didn’t enjoy a lot of easy moments in beating Norway 3-2.

But that’s exactly how coach Dave Tippett wanted it, as his team got the regulation victory it needed Tuesday to finish first in Group A at the world hockey championship.

“We played well, and I like that we got pushed right to the end,” Tippett said. “If it would’ve been a 5-1 or 6-1 game, maybe you get into bad habits, you just kind of float through it. This pushed us as a team, and the harder you get pushed as a team the better you get in a short amount of time. I like the fact that we won the game, obviously, but I like the fact that it was a close game.”

It was close because Norway took the lead, and then Canada had a would-be goal by Kevin Bieksa waved off for goaltender interference because Jonathan Huberdeau had his stick in the crease. And it remained close even after Joel Ward scored the second of his two goals, the eventual game winner, midway through the third because Norway didn’t go away.

Canada outshot Norway 42-16 and only beat goaltender Steffen Soberg three times, on Ward’s two on the power play and Mark Scheifele’s at even strength.

Meanwhile, James Reimer gave up goals to Anders Bastiansen and Mads Hansen that came about from defensive miscues but still improved to 3-0-1 in the tournament.

“This is one of those games where you really just have to grind it out and battle because they protect so well, they collapse so well, and some-times you just pass the puck around the outside but you can’t really get to the good scoring areas,” Reimer said. “I think we’re just happy to grind this one out.”

Canada, which finished the preliminary round with 18 points and a 6-0-1 record, will face the fourth-place team in Group B - either Latvia, Finland or Belarus - in the quarter-final round Thursday. Along the way, the Canadians out-scored opponents 28-13, and their only blemish was a shootout loss to France.

THE CANADIAN PRESSLONDON, Ont. - Zach Mitchell is

moving closer to hockey’s promised land after recently signing a contract with the NHL’s Minnesota Wild.

But before he heads to the pro ranks, the Guelph Storm right-wing-er can claim major junior hockey’s biggest prize.

The Storm will play in Sunday’s championship game at the MasterCard Memorial Cup. Guelph secured the berth with a 6-3 win over the Val-d’Or Foreurs on Monday.

For Mitchell and fellow overage players Steve Trojanovic and Ryan Horvat, it is the chance to write a storybook ending to their junior careers.

“Playing for the Memorial Cup on Sunday, it’s a great way to end my career,” the 21-year-old from Caledon, Ont., said. “It’s going to be a little emotional, but I’m just going to try and go out there and play hard.”

The Storm are a win away from the franchise’s first Memorial Cup in its 23-year history. This is their fifth

appearance in the Canadian Hockey League’s championship tournament. The Guelph Platers won a Cup in 1986 before relocating to Owen Sound.

With 11 goals in two wins, the explosive Storm conclude the pre-liminary-round Wednesday against the desperate London Knights. The host Knights are winless and need a victory to avoid elimination and get to a tiebreaker game.

The challenge for Guelph is to not start thinking too much about the final before Sunday.

“It’s definitely hard, but one thing about trying to become a profes-sional is to prepare the same way for every game,” Mitchell said. “This game against London, even though we’re already in the final, it still means a lot to us.”

The Foreurs and Edmonton Oil Kings were both 1-1 and met Tuesday night but scores were unavailable. The victors advance to Friday’s semi-final. The loser will either join them for a rematch or face the Knights in a tiebreaker.

Canada takes top spot in Pool AworLd Hockey cHAmpioNsHip

A Storm brewing in Cup finalmemoriAL cup

Leisure

Dear Annie: I am having a disagreement with my sister. She gets very upset when she is not invited to a party or other event. She believes she has the right to question the host’s motives for creating the guest list.

My sister claims she is justified in doing this because it would avoid the hurt feelings of someone being left off of the guest list by mistake. When she phones the host to ask questions, she says, “Perhaps you inadver-tently left me off of the guest list because you don’t have my correct address.”

She says that when a close friend or relative is not invited to some-thing, the host should contact those people to explain why not.

I say it’s rude to question the host. Sometimes the rea-son is financial, which would be embarrassing to explain. The people giving the party have no obligation to defend

their guest list. I think if someone is not invit-ed but wants to par-ticipate, she can send a card with congratu-lations or something. What do you think? -- Invited/Not Invited

Dear Invited: People are left off of a guest list for any number of rea-sons, including the fact that they may not want to invite you. It’s ridic-ulous to expect hosts to phone everyone they know to tell them why they are NOT being invited. By demanding an explanation under the guise of “prevent-ing hurt feelings,” your sister forces the hosts to include her whether they want to or not, which is undoubtedly

her intention. Tell her to knock it off.

Anyone who truly believes she may have been left off by mis-take can ask a mutual friend or relative to investigate. She also could call and say, “I heard your daughter became engaged, and I just want to offer my best wishes.” Period. If there is an invitation missing, they will let her know. No explana-tion is required.

Dear Annie: I would like to comment on those who complain about how the media tell us we’re supposed to look: buff, thin, blemish-free, etc. I understand that these portrayals can lower one’s self-esteem. But the constant talk about it doesn’t help.

Kids hear that so many people are self-conscious about their bodies, and it affects them. They can’t devel-op their own opinions about how they should look. I am a 25-year-old woman and have some-

how learned to appreci-ate my body the way it is: average. I see myself as beautiful, no matter what others may think. If people are happy with their looks, no matter what they are, we should leave them alone. This teaches us self-respect. -- Loving My Average Body

Dear Loving: We agree that people are overly focused on their looks, partly because the media promote unattainable “perfec-tion,” and the rest of us can’t help but absorb the message. Overweight or awk-ward kids are often bullied because of their appearance. Parents should teach their chil-dren to make healthy choices, but it is diffi-cult to ignore all of the social messages that surround us. It takes a wise upbringing and a certain strength of character to be con-vinced that how you look is just fine, which, of course, is the truth. Good for you.

Dear Annie: You gave a great answer to “Spinning the Wheel in Pennsylvania,” whose wife and daughter want to hold back the grand-daughter so she will be in the same class as her less academically advanced cousin.

I have several chil-

dren and grandchil-dren, and I work for a school district. I have seen firsthand the dam-age that can be done to a child either by hold-ing them back or push-ing them ahead before they are ready. The only one to decide what the children will do is

their parents. Aunts, uncles and grandpar-ents should stay out of it. That boy will bloom with age. -- Seen What Happens in California

Annie’s Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, long-time editors of the Ann Landers column.

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Trail Times Wednesday, May 21, 2014 www.trailtimes.ca A11

Sister needs to knock off questioning guest lists

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For Thursday, May 22, 2014 ARIES (March 21 to April 19) Today’s clarity follows yesterday’s confusion. What a relief! Make long-range financial plans to secure your home or family situa-tion. TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) A female acquaintance or friend has encouraging words for you today -- but more than that, the advice you receive could be prac-tical. Listen to those who are older and more experi-enced. GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) You might be sought out today for financial advice or your professional input on your job or even some-thing related to health. You seem to be the one with the answers. CANCER (June 21 to July 22) This is a great day to make future travel plans.

Not only are you thinking big in an enthusiastic way, you also have the patience to follow through on the little details. LEO (July 23 to Aug. 22) This is an excellent day to discuss shared proper-ty, inheritances, taxes and debt, because you see the big picture, yet you will not overlook details. Smarty-pants you! VIRGO (Aug. 23 to Sept. 22) Conversations with close friends and partners will go well today. It’s a great day to make plans and encourage participation from others. LIBRA (Sept. 23 to Oct. 22) Someone could boost your reputation at work today. This person might be a female. Careful planning will enhance your reputa-tion. SCORPIO (Oct. 23 to Nov. 21) Romance, vacations and everything to do with the

arts and the hospitality industry will go well today. Make travel plans related to these areas, or extend invi-tations to others. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 to Dec. 21) Family gatherings, espe-cially with older relatives, will be successful today. Discussions with a female relative in particular could prove profitable. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 to Jan. 19)

This is a strong day for teachers, writers, actors and salespeople because you will be quick to see the big pic-ture. At the same time, you convince others with practi-cal facts. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 to Feb. 18) This is an excellent day for business and commerce. Though full of optimism to go forward, you also are careful and circumspect. An excellent combination!

PISCES (Feb. 19 to March 20) You feel happy today. In fact, you will be strong in all your dealings with others, be they business or social. Your willingness to accept the duties and obligations you have to face will earn you brownie points! YOU BORN TODAY You are hardworking and per-sistent. Monumental feats attract you. You like to do things in a certain way. You

have an excellent memory, and you have strong family values. This year you are like a bud of a plant that is open-ing. Learn and study what-ever you can, because what you do learn will help you later. However, do not make changes this year, not yet. Birthdate of: Sir Laurence Olivier, actor/director; Naomi Campbell, model; Maggie Q, actress. (c) 2014 King Features Syndicate, Inc.

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YOUR HOROSCOpEBy Francis Drake

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Trail Times Wednesday, May 21, 2014 www.trailtimes.ca A13

Fruitvale$330,000

MLS#2397581

NEW LISTING

Montrose$319,000

MLS#2397530

NEW LISTING

Fruitvale$388,000

MLS#2397463

JUST LISTED

1148 Bay Ave, Trail 250.368.5000All Pro Realty Ltd.

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Shavers Bench

MLS#2391800

Contact Our RealtorsWayne DeWitt........... ext 25

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

cell: 250.368.1027Tom Gawryletz .........ext 26

cell: 250.368.1436Dawn Rosin ...............ext 24

cell: 250.231.1765Thea Stayanovich .....ext 28

cell: 250.231.1661

Fred Behrens ............ext 31cell: 250.368.1268

Keith DeWitt .............ext 30cell: 250.231.8187

Denise Marchi ..........ext 21cell: 250.368.1112

Joy DeMelo ...............ext 29cell: 250.368.1960

Trail$190,000

MLS#2395836

TOTALLY

UPDATED

Rossland$224,900

MLS#2395832

EXCELLENT

HOME

Balfour$125,000

MLS#2396552

LAKESIDE

RV LOT

Salmo$279,900

MLS#2397445

NEW - GST

INCLUDED

East Trail$179,900

MLS#2389454

SUPER

LOCATION

Montrose$210,000

MLS#2395400

GREAT VALUE

Sunningdale

MLS#2390419

Sat. May 24 • 11am - 1pm3441 Aster Drive, Glenmerry

$270,000

MLS#2390953

OPEN HOUSE

Sat. May 24 • noon - 2pm424 Buckna St, Trail

$179,900

MLS#2397629

OPEN HOUSE

Glenmerry$195,000

MLS#2394615

MUST SEE

Fruitvale$175,000

MLS#2393279

NEW PRICE

Fruitvale$369,000

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RETIRE IN

LUXURY

Trail$150,000

MLS#2397410

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Rivervale$225,000

MLS#2397325

NEW LISTING

Fruitvale$314,000

MLS#2214555

SENIOR’S

DUPLEX

Montrose$219,000

MLS#2392981

GREAT

FAMILY HOME

Waneta$103,000

MLS#2396443

CUL-DE-SAC

Warfi eld$226,900

MLS#2394956

GREAT

LOCATION

Glenmerry$279,000

MLS#2395099

1/2 DUPLEX

LIKE NEW

Glenmerry$289,000

MLS#2396449

BACKS ONTO

PARK

Trail$149,000

MLS#2397175

NEW LISTING

Warfi eld

MLS#2396470

Fruitvale$162,800

MLS#2397569

COMMERCIAL

ZONING

East Trail$159,000

MLS#2394974

REDUCED

Montrose$73,500

MLS#2397539

BUILDING LO

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Trail$99,000

MLS#2397585

NEW LISTING

SOLDSOLD SOLD

Glenmerry$176,000

MLS#239734

BACKS ONTO

GREENSPACE

Waneta Village$219,000

MLS#2397553

NEW LISTING

Sat. May 24 • 1:30 - 3:30pm955 Chaucer Street, Warfi eld

$289,000

MLS#2396226

OPEN HOUSE

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Announcements

Cards of Thanks

Hazel Lorraine Veitch

and family wish to Thank You

for your kindness during my stay:Doctors Bitting, Ghosh, Priska,

Babensee and Innis plus the nurses and staff of 2nd Floor.

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Announcements

Coming EventsA TUPPERWARE SALE. TA-BLE will be set up at the Bea-ver Valley May Days on Satur-day and Sunday May 24 and 25 at Haines Park, Columbia Gardens Road in Fruitvale. Sale opens at 10:00 am both days and closes 5:00 pm on Saturday and 4:00 pm on Sun-day. Great in-stock savings so come early for best selection. Susan Wilson, Independent Tupperware Consultant, 250-226-7751, swilson@direct.ca or http://susanwilson.my.tup-perware.ca/

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InformationNIPKOWS GREENHOUSE, Fruitvale. Open 9am - 5pm, seven days a week. Follow signs from downtown.

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Employment

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1st Trail Real Estate

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

Nathan Kotyk 250-231-9484

Rhonda van Tent 250-231-7575

Jack McConnachie 250-368-5222

Rob Burrus 250-231-4420

Marie Claude Germain 250-512-1153

Fri, May 23 STARTING AT 4PMSat, May 24 STARTING AT 11AM670 Shakespeare StWarfield $125,000

Nathan MLS# 2391999

OPEN HOUSE

Renata $249,000

Rob MLS# 2215536

Fruitvale$399,000

Rob MLS# 2397558

Renata $235,500

Rob MLS# 2215924

Fruitvale $229,500

Rob MLS# 2396677

Fruitvale$199,000

Rhonda MLS# 2392778

Trail $135,000

Rob MLS# 2393731

Montrose$169,000

Rob MLS# 2397280

Trail$219,000

Rhonda MLS# 2396517

New Listing

1 Acre 5.1 Acres

Rossland$199,900

Marie Claude MLS# 2395984

Rossland$315,000

Rhonda MLS# 2397764

Trail$OLD

Nathan MLS# 2214582

Trail$569,000

Rhonda MLS# 2397469

Salmo$294,000

Rhonda MLS# 2396380

Salmo$169,000

Rhonda MLS# 2396385

Trail$119,000

Marie Claude MLS# 2393499

Rossland$OLD

Marie Claude MLS# 2390913

Warfield$149,000

Nathan MLS# 2395554

Rossland$OLD

Marie Claude MLS# 2393621

New Kitchen &

Move in Ready

10 Acres

Rossland$119,900

Marie Claude MLS# 2393618

Rossland$333,000

Marie Claude MLS# 2395423

2 Bedroom Top

Floor, Corner Unit

3.7 Acres

House & Acreage

New Price

Great outdoor Space

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MINES ACTNOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR AMENDMENT TO PERMIT

APPROVING THE MINE PLAN AND RECLAMATION PROGRAM FORWest K Pit

Take notice that Paul Adrain of West K Sand and Gravel has filed with the Chief Inspector of Mines, pursuant to Part 10.2.1 of the Health and Safety Reclamation Code for Mines in British Columbia, a proposed mine plan together with a program for the protection and reclamation of the land and water courses related to the proposed Sand & Gravel operation at 300 Pipeline Pit Road, Genelle - Lot 1 district lots 7163 & 7187 Kootenay Plan NEP1135

A copy of the permit application, including supporting documentation, is available for public viewing at: 300 Pipeline Pit Road, Genelle BC.

Any person affected by or interested in this program has 30 days from the date of publication to make written representation to the Chief Inspector of Mines, Ministry of Energy and Mines, Kootenay Boundary Region at 1902 Theatre Road, Cranbrook, BC V1C 7G1 or by email MMDCranbrook@gov.bc.ca, (facsimile: 250-426-1767).

Please note that the Chief Inspector does not have a mandate to consider the merits of the proposed mine from a zoning or a land use planning perspective.

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Services

Painting & Decorating

INTERIOR/ EXTERIOR.Small/ Medium size jobs. Reasonable hourly rate. Own tools and supplies. You buy the paint. 250-921-4916

Merchandise for Sale

Garage SalesGLENMERRY, 3933 Wood-land Dr., Sat. May 24, 8:00am.Multi-Family. Furniture, house-hold, clothing, toys.

Misc. for SaleA- STEEL SHIPPING DRY STORAGE CONTAINERS

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

sizes in stock. SPECIAL

Trades are welcome.40’ Containers under $2500!

Also JD 544 &644 wheel Loaders JD 892D

LC excavator Ph Toll free 1-866-528-7108

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PHOTOGRAPHIC enlarger & dark room equipment. 250-365-5397SCREENED TOP Soil, $30. per yard. Delivery available. 250-367-9308

Misc. WantedBUYING Coin Collections,Estates, Antiques, Native Art,Silver, Jewelry 250-499-0251

Real Estate

For Sale By OwnerTrail (Sunningdale) A perfect starter, retirement or rental home. 750sq.ft. main fl oor, 1 full bath, gas heat and fi re-place, a/c. Full basement (350sqft fi nished). Large car-port (500sqft), workshop (100sqft). South facing fenced backyard/garden. Quiet locale close to all amenities. $179,990. Call 250-364-1940

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SUNNINGDALELarge, 2 bdrm condo

• refinished hardwood floors

• New kitchen• New bathroom• New fridge & stove• Enclosed deck• Furnished$119,000250.368.3055

MONTROSE, 135 9th Ave. 2 storey, 4bd. w/view. Granite countertops, hardwood fl oors. Small trade welcome. $475,000. Ph.250-368-3773

Mobile Homes & Parks

ROSSLAND, 3 new 2 bed-room, 1 bathroom modular homes in Rossland Paradise MHP, from $64,900. includes net GST. Rick 250-254-7997, Kim 250-512-1222.

Rentals

Apt/Condo for RentBella Vista, Shavers Bench Townhomes. N/S, N/P. 2-3 bdrms. Phone 250.364.1822DOWNTOWN TRAIL, renovat-ed 1bdrm. character apt, quiet adult building, coin-op laundry, non-smoking. 250-226-6886.Edgewater Townhouse Glenmerry, 3bd, f/s, $850./mo. Long-term only. 250-368-5908

Rentals

Apt/Condo for RentErmalinda Apartments, Glen-merry. Adults only. N/P, N/S. 1-2 bdrms. Ph. 250.364.1922

Francesco Estates, Glenmer-ry. Adults only. N/P, N/S, 1-3 bdrms. Phone 250.368.6761.

Glenmerry 2bdrm. apt. F/S Heat included. $750./mo. 250-368-5908

GLENVIEW APTS. Large, Quiet 1 & 2 bdrm. apts. available. 250-368-8391

ROSSLAND, 1 bach. apt. Golden City Manor. Over 55. N/S. N/P. Subsidized. 250-362-5030, 250-362-3385

SUNNINGDALE, large 2bdrm. Cable, heat & a/c included. Free use of washer & dryer. No smoking, No pets. Avail. Jun.1st. 250-368-9810

TRAIL, 2BDRM. Glenmerry. Newly reno’d, perfect for sen-ior, no stairs. N/P. Utilities in-cluded. 250-368-1312.

TRAIL, spacious 1&2bdrm. apartment. Adult building, per-fect for seniors/ professionals. Cozy, clean, quiet, com-fortable. Must See. 250-368-1312

WANETA MANOR

1 Bdrm & 3 Bdrm Avail Now

2 Bdrm Avail June 1incl. fridge,range,

drapes, carpets & hot water.Please Call

250-368-8423

WARFIELD, 1BD. F/S. Coin laundry, storage. Secure bldg. N/S, N/P. $625. util.incl. 778-239-1843

WARFIELD APARTMENTS. 2-bdrm, N/S, N/P. Long term tenants. 250-368-5888

WARFIELD, large 2Bd. Quiet, secure, storage, coin laundry. $675. 778-239-1843

Transportation

Auto Financing

Motorcycles2006 HONDA Shadow Aero 750cc. New tires, 38,000km. Wind screen, saddle bags, luggage rack, pass. seat. Exc. cond. $4,500. 250-368-3408

Trucks & Vans2005 white Chev 2500 HD 4x4, canopy, trailer hitch, new tires. $7,299. John 250-364-2242, 250-367-7540

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Kamloops

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PrinceGeorge

AndresCar Audio

PENTICTON101-2601 Skaha Lake Rd.

493-3800(250)

VERNON200-3107 - 48th Ave.

542-3000(250)

ANDRES WIRELESSCherry Lane Mall

(250) 493-4566

KELOWNA2153 Springfield Road

860-2600(250)

WEST KELOWNA#200 - 2180 Elk Rd.

707-2600(250)

CASTLEGAR200-1965 Columbia Ave.

365-6455(250)

NELSONChahko Mika Mall

352-7258(250)

CRANBROOK101 Kootenay St. North

426-8927(250)

TELUS KIOSK

KELOWNA2153 Springfield Road

860-2600(250)

WEST KELOWNA#200 - 2180 Elk Rd.

707-2600(250)

100 MileHouse

KELOWNA2153 Springfield Road

860-2600(250)

PENTICTON101-2601 Skaha Lake Rd.

493-3800(250)

VERNON200-3107 - 48th Ave.

542-3000(250)

WEST KELOWNA#200 - 2180 Elk Rd.

707-2600(250)

ANDRES CAR AUDIO1881 Harvey Avenue

(250) 860-1975

KELOWNA CAR AUDIO1881 Harvey Avenue

(250) 860-1975

KAMLOOPS CAR AUDIO154 Victoria Str

(250) 314-9944

WEST KELOWNA#200 - 2180 Elk Rd.

707-2600(250)

PENTICTON101-2601 Skaha Lake Rd.

493-3800(250)

VERNON200-3107 - 48th Ave.

542-3000(250)

WilliamsLake KELOWNA

2153 Springfield Road860-2600(250)

KAMLOOPS745 Notre Dame Drive

851-8700(250)

PRINCE GEORGE2591A Vance Rd.

563-4447(250)

WILLIAMS AKE299 Oliver Str.

398-8522(250)

L 100 MILE OUSE916 Alpine Ave.

395-4015(250)

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KAMLOOPS745 Notre Dame Drive

851-8700(250)

ANDRES WIRELESSAberdeen Mall(250) 377-8880

ANDRES WIRELESS215 - 450 Lansdowne Mall

(250) 377-8007

ANDRES CAR AUDIO154 Victoria Str

(250) 314-9944

ANDRES BUSINESS300 St. Paul Str.

(250) 377-3773

PRINCE GEORGE2591A Vance Rd.

563-4447(250)

KAMLOOPS745 Notre Dame Drive

851-8700(250)

VERNON200-3107 - 48th Ave.

542-3000(250)

WILLIAMS AKE299 Oliver Str.

398-8522(250)

L 100 MILE OUSE916 Alpine Ave.

395-4015(250)

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KAMLOOPS745 Notre Dame Drive

851-8700(250)

PRINCE GEORGE2591A Vance Rd.

563-4447(250)

100 MILE OUSE916 Alpine Ave.

395-4015(250)

H WILLIAMS AKE299 Oliver Str.

398-8522(250)

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VERNON200-3107 - 48th Ave.

542-3000(250)

ANDRES WIRELESSVilliage Green Mall

(250) 542-1496

KELOWNA2153 Springfield Road

860-2600(250)

WEST KELOWNA#200 - 2180 Elk Rd.

707-2600(250)

KAMLOOPS745 Notre Dame Drive

851-8700(250)

VERNON200-3107 - 48th Ave.

542-3000(250)

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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

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

WE CAN SELL YOUR HOME. NOBODY HAS THE RESOURCES WE DO!Mark Wilson ext 30Cell: 250-231-5591mark.wilson@century21.cawww.kootenayhomes.com

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

Jodi Beamish ext 51Cell: 250-231-2331jodi.beamish@century21.cawww.kootenayhomes.com

KOOTENAY HOMES INC.1358 Cedar Avenue, Trail • 250.368.8818

www.kootenayhomes.com www.century21.caThe Local Experts™

NEW PRICE

NEW PRICE

NEW LISTING

Call Mark (250) 231-5591

2069 6th Avenue, Trail $177,000SUPER 2 bdrm updated home in Shavers Bench on a fenced private fl at lot (50’ x 100’). Fully landscaped with large patio. Newer insulated double garage with alley

access. This very well cared for home needs to be seen. Call for your viewing today!

NEW PRICE

2302 Happy Valley Rd, Rossland $999,000

Stunning home and property! Located on over 6 acres of prime land, this

meticulously designed and built home offers mature landscaping, open, sunny fl oor plan and views from every window. Inground swimming pool, 6 stall barn, the

list goes on. Call today! Call Mary M (250) 231-0264

340 Grandview Place, Genelle

$879,000Live the dream! This gorgeous custom-built home features stunning views and quality workmanship. Gourmet kitchen,

3 bdrms with master suite, gas fireplace and an open floor-plan with oodles of

windows. You have to see it to believe it! Call Mary M (250) 231-0264

Thinking of

moving? Call me

for a FREE market

evaluation today!Call Art

(250) 368-8818

1887 Spokane Street, Rossland $174,000

This home has had many upgrades including new fl ooring, windows,

bathroom, paint and front porch. Newer gas furnace and roof. Lots of privacy

on this, .13 acre lot with plenty of trees surrounding it and a large wood deck.

Call your REALTOR® today.Call Christine (250) 512-7653

1901 Butte Street, Rossland $199,000

The most amazing views! Turn of the century home with 3 bedrooms, updated plumbing, roof, siding and furnace. Close

to schools and downtown. Call today!Call Christine (250) 512-7653

OPEN HOUSESaturday, May 24 11am - 1pm

710 Redstone Drive, Rossland $425,000

Brand new spacious home a few steps from walking and x-country trails and Redstone golf course. This 4 bdrm, 3 bath home features 2 car garage with ample storage area, rec room spacious

living area. Call your REALTOR® for more information or a personal tour.

Call Richard (250) 368-7897

910 Tamarack Cres, Genelle $370,000

Quality built 3 bdrm/2 bath home with 1 bdrm/1 bath self contained inlaw suite

on 0.51 acres. Vaulted ceiling, skylights, oak kitchen, covered deck, newer roof, workshop and double garage. The list goes on. It doesn’t get much better

than this!Call Tonnie (250) 365-9665

#18 3969 Broadwater Road, Robson

$76,900Good value in a desirable location.

Open concept with 2 bdrms and 2 bath. Bright kitchen, workshop, deck.Call Terry A. (250) 231-1101

232 Simonds Street, Warfi eld $155,000

No neighbours on both sides! This 2 bdrm, 1 bath house features large

covered deck, enclosed porch and bright above grade basement. Call today!

Call Jodi (250) 231-2331

2704 10th Ave, Castlegar $279,900

Custom-built 4 bdrm home with attached 2 car garage on a 1.6 acres

Vaulted ceilings, hardwood fl oors. Excellent condition on the exterior, the

inside needs some TLC. This one should be on your viewing list!

Call Terry 250-231-1101

85 Forsythia Drive,Fruitvale

$289,000Wonderfully updated home

with 4 beds, 2.5 baths,new roof and more.

Call Jodi (250) 231-2331

NEW PRICE

531 Turner Street, Warfi eld $169,000

Built in 2009, this compact charmer is perfect for single, couple or empty nesters that want

modern open concept, low maintenance living. Home features vaulted ceilings, heated

garage, private yard and comes with New Home Warranty. Call now before its gone.

Call Deanne (250) 231-0153

NEW PRICE

83 Perdue Street, Trail $169,000

This immaculate gem offers 3 bdrms, 2 full baths, beautifully decorated with

modern spacious kitchen and bathrooms, wood fl oors, high ceilings, large living

room and updated windows and doors. Move right in and enjoy!

Call Deanne (250) 231-0153

2705 Columbia-Kootenay Road, Rossland

$670,000This is a treasure overlooking Happy Valley. The

home has been extensively upgraded and renovated very carefully to preserve and enhance the character and charm. The views are spectacular. Bright sunny

kitchen with private sundeck and wood fi replace. Home is sitting on a 1.13 acre property and price

includes separate 2.00 acre parcel. Call your REALTOR® for your personal viewing.

NEW LISTING

OPEN HOUSESaturday May 24 12-2pm

OPEN HOUSESaturday May 24 11am-1pm

FowlTerriTory

Guy Bertrand photo

They’re not quite “The Birds of Summer” but this group of Canada geese found the Butler Park diamond to be a perfect sunny spot to slide in for a rest and a snack on Tuesday.