GARDEN GIANTS ALLEY V CHO E The Invermere • Excavators • Mini-Excavators • Bobcats • Dump Trucks • Water Trucks • Snow Plow • Sanding Equipment • Crane Truck • Road Building • Land Clearing • Controlled Burning • Rock Walls • Rip Rap • Top Soil • Sand & Gravel VJ (Butch) Bishop Owner/Operator 4846 Holland Creek Ridge Rd. Invermere, BC V0A 1K0 CONTRACT OR HOURLY MACHINE RENTALS AVAILABLE NICOLE TRIGG [email protected]A recent government decision not to proceed with controversial changes to B.C. forestry legislation is music to the ears of Columbia River-Revelstoke MLA Norm Macdonald and the East Koote- nay environmental group Wildsight. “I’m very pleased that the B.C. gov- ernment has given up on the tree farm license rollover legislation for the time being,” said Mr. Macdonald. “I see it as an initiative of the B.C. government at- tempting to further privatize the public lands, and it’s been an initiative that I’ve fought against for the past three years.” The proposed changes to convert some volume-based forest licences to new or expanded area-based tree farm licences met with strong public oppo- sition when it was initially proposed in April of this year. According to a government website, volume-based tenures typically allow multiple tenure holders to harvest in the same timber supply area, while area-based tenures, with some excep- tions, limit timber rights to one tenure holder operating in a designated area. It was the province’s second attempt to allow conversions, based on the ra- tionale that more private investments on the land would be made if companies had more private property-like rights, thus enhancing tim- ber supply, much of which was nega- tively impacted by the mountain pine beetle infestation. Yet environmentalists regarded the move as a land giveaway to large com- panies, and Don Kayne, the CEO of for- estry giant Canfor which operates both the Radium and Canal Flats sawmills in the Columbia Valley, also spoke out against the proposed TFL conversions, stating it gave unfair advantage to some companies over others. “It’s an example of the worst type of leg- islation,” said Macdonald. “It was using legislation to settle political debts, for the BC Liberals and Christy Clark in par- ticular, and it picked winners and losers amongst the companies that work on our public lands. At the same time, it took away our level of public control of public lands.” “We’re glad to see that the government is not moving forward with this initiative and that they seem to have listened to British Columbians across the province that they didn’t want to see those public lands further privatized through that system,” said John Bergenski of Wildsight. “It’s come up now on several occasions and each time the government has sort of seen the light at the last minute and we’re glad that the research that was done did result in that (decision).” The decision by Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations Minster Steve Thomson to not proceed with for- est licence conversions was based on a report by former B.C. chief forester Jim Snetsinger, who, after extensive public consultation, recommended that creat- ing more tree farm licenses should only happen with strong First Nations and community support. “The government backed down for a few reasons I would say,” said Macdonald. “First, there was strong public resistance to tree farm license rollovers and I thank the many from the Columbia Valley who took the time to write government.” He said namely retired foresters, Rod and Gun Club members, as well as Wildsight members, were vocal with their concerns. See A3 Unpopular forestry legislation axed for time being BERNIE RAVEN CHRIS RAVEN 1-866-598-7415 TEAMRAVEN.CA Offices in Panorama, Invermere & Fairmont Maxwell Realty Invermere It’s an example of the worst type of legislation. NORM MACDONALD MLA COLUMBIA RIVER-REVELSTOKE $ 1 05 INCLUDES GST PUBLICATIONS MAIL REGISTRATION NO. 7856 Fall into fashion with some expert tips 8 3 Common Sense approach to firearms Full-time Windermere resident Pauline Haltman was surprised by the success of her own backyard this past summer, when several of her sunflowers reached towering heights by mid-September (when this photo was taken). “This is the first time I’ve ever seen them like that,” she said. “I was quite astounded.” Her secret? “I didn’t do a thing — just lots of water.” Pauline started the plants indoors before planting them in the spring. PHOTO BY SHANE HALTMAN
A recent government decision not to proceed with controversial changes to B.C. forestry legislation is music to the ears of Columbia River-Revelstoke MLA Norm Macdonald and the East Koote-nay environmental group Wildsight.
“I’m very pleased that the B.C. gov-ernment has given up on the tree farm license rollover legislation for the time being,” said Mr. Macdonald. “I see it as an initiative of the B.C. government at-tempting to further privatize the public lands, and it’s been an initiative that I’ve fought against for the past three years.”
The proposed changes to convert some volume-based forest licences to new or expanded area-based tree farm licences met with strong public oppo-sition when it was initially proposed in April of this year.
According to a government website,
volume-based tenures typically allow multiple tenure holders to harvest in the same timber supply area, while area-based tenures, with some excep-tions, limit timber rights to one tenure holder operating in a designated area.
It was the province’s second attempt to allow conversions, based on the ra-tionale that more private investments on the land would be made if companies had more private property-like rights, thus enhancing tim-ber supply, much of which was nega-tively impacted by the mountain pine beetle infestation.
Yet environmentalists regarded the move as a land giveaway to large com-panies, and Don Kayne, the CEO of for-estry giant Canfor which operates both the Radium and Canal Flats sawmills in the Columbia Valley, also spoke out
against the proposed TFL conversions, stating it gave unfair advantage to some companies over others.
“It’s an example of the worst type of leg-islation,” said Macdonald. “It was using legislation to settle political debts, for the BC Liberals and Christy Clark in par-ticular, and it picked winners and losers
amongst the companies that work on our public lands. At the same time, it took away our level of public control of public lands.”
“We’re glad to see that the government is not moving forward with this initiative and that they seem to have listened to British Columbians across the province that they didn’t want to see those public lands further privatized through that system,” said John Bergenski of Wildsight. “It’s come up now on several occasions and each time the government has sort of seen
the light at the last minute and we’re glad that the research that was done did result in that (decision).”
The decision by Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations Minster Steve Thomson to not proceed with for-est licence conversions was based on a report by former B.C. chief forester Jim Snetsinger, who, after extensive public consultation, recommended that creat-ing more tree farm licenses should only happen with strong First Nations and community support.
“The government backed down for a few reasons I would say,” said Macdonald. “First, there was strong public resistance to tree farm license rollovers and I thank the many from the Columbia Valley who took the time to write government.”
He said namely retired foresters, Rod and Gun Club members, as well as Wildsight members, were vocal with their concerns.
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Four electoral areas slated for Columbia-Kootenay regionTREVOR CRAWLEY
Townsman Staff
People seem happy with the status quo when it comes to the Kootenay East riding boundary.
The B.C. Electoral Boundaries Commission heard only a couple presentations on Tuesday (October 7th) night at St. Eugene, with residents seemingly content with the current size and scope of the riding.
The commission, chaired by Justice Tom Melnick, is currently touring throughout the province to meet with British Columbians and assess any concerns with rid-ing boundaries.
Once the commission fi nishes touring every riding in B.C., it will submit a preliminary report to the legisla-ture in May.
“So what we’ve heard a number of people say is they’re pleased that the legislation has created protected areas,” said Keith Archer, one of the commissioners. “Some have come and said to us that ‘We don’t want you to reduce the number of electoral districts in this area.’
“So part of the process is to make sure they under-stand the terms of reference of our group and the fact that the government has already passed legislation en-
suring there are going to be four electoral districts in this region.”
Having started in the northern part of the province, the commission has heard feedback regarding challenges of effective representation in large geographic ridings.
“We hear from a lot of people, they sense the huge geography of this province and how diffi cult it is for MLAs, but on the other side of the coin, people who want to access their MLAs, to get together and discuss concerns,” said Beverley Busson, another commission-er. “We’re alive to that issue as well.”
The Columbia-Kootenay region is mandated to have four electoral areas, which consist of the Kootenay East and West ridings, Columbia River-Revelstoke and Nelson-Creston.
There were four presenters to the commission, each voicing concerns mainly in support of the status quo. Doug Clovechok spoke regarding the Columbia River-Revelstoke boundary, while Sharon Cross, Gary Werk and Jenny Byford added their thoughts to the Koote-nay East boundary.
“I would say if there’s one comment that has been the prevalent comment throughout the areas that we’ve visited is that people are pretty satisfi ed with the con-
fi guration of their electoral districts as they exist at the moment,” said Archer. “A lot of our conversations have been tweaking areas rather than wholesale change.”
An example would be Byford’s concern that residents in Bull River are sending kids to school in Cranbrook—under the jurisdiction of Kootenay East— while resi-dents are voting for provincial representation in the Columbia River-Revelstoke riding.
Others, such as Werk, advocated keeping the sta-tus quo, while Cross voiced her concerns against any amendments that would take away local rural represen-tation in Victoria.
“The other interesting thing that we’ve heard a number of people say is we understand the boundaries commis-sion can recommend two additional electoral districts,” said Archer. “Many people seem to support that idea and they also support the idea of those electoral districts be-ing in the areas of greatest population growth.”
Kootenay East has grown 2,134 to a population of 39,852 since the last redistricting in 2008.
When designing boundaries, from a population stand-point, the electoral quotient is 54,369. However, geogra-phy and travel times factor into the limits of the riding boundaries as well.
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Kootenay-Columbia MP David Wilks has been touting the federal government’s recently proposed changes to the Firearms Act, ideas which have been generally well received by the local hunting community here in the valley.
“Our government has always stood up for law-abiding hunters, farmers and sport-shooters. This legislation will simplify and provide clarity to the firearms regime and reduce administrative burdens for law abiding firearms owners while protecting the safety of Canadians,” said Wilks in a press release, speaking about the proposed amendments to the Firearms Act and the Criminal Code.
The changes — which the federal government is call-ing the Common Sense Firearms Licensing Act — will create a six-month grace period for renewal at the end of the five-year firearm licence period; will streamline the licensing system by eliminating the Possession Only Licence (POL) and converting all existing POLs to Possession and Acquisition Licences (PALs); make classroom participation in firearms safety training mandatory for first-time gun owners; amend the Crim-inal Code to strengthen prohibitions and the posses-sion of firearms in cases in which a person has been convicted of an offence involving domestic violence; make Authorizations to Transport (firearms) a condi-tion of a licence for routine and lawful activities; and authorize firearms import information sharing when restricted and prohibited firearms are imported into Canada by businesses. The changes will also give the federal government the final decision on what kind of classification any given type of firearm has.
“It (the changes) will decriminalize a lot of the con-cerns some people have,” Mr. Wilks told The Valley Echo, pointing out that under the current rules the RCMP has the right to classify firearms, such as when the RCMP re-classified semi-automatic Swiss Arms Classic Green rifle earlier this year, citing concerns the rifles could easily be converted to fully automatic weapons.
“It (the reclassification) caused problems for a num-ber of Canadians across the country who suddenly were in possession of an illegal type of firearm,” he said, adding he hadn’t specifically heard of any-body in the Kootenay region having this trouble, but wouldn’t be surprised to learn somebody did, given the popularity of hunting here.
“Certainly for hunting enthusiasts in the Columbia Valley and for others who own guns, such as target shooters, this amalgamates a lot of rules and puts them into a single envelope. It makes them easier to understand,” said Mr. Wilks, speaking on merging the POLs and PALs.
“Combining those (POLs and PALs) just seemed to make a lot of sense,” he said.
Members of the Columbia Valley Rod and Gun club are generally pretty happy with changes, according to club president Rick Hoar.
“It’s seen as a positive thing by most of us, certainly nobody has said anything negative,” said Mr. Hoar, adding that con-verting POLs to PALs in particular is a logi-cal, cost-cutting move.
“That makes sense (to merge the two) to us. Why they ever split them I don’t know,” he said.
The B.C. Wildlife Federation (BCWF) gave the amendments similar endorsement.
“Merging the POL and PAL licenses makes sense because POL holders have held their licence for many years and have demonstrat-ed they are responsible citizens,” said BCWF presi-dent George Wilson in a
BCWF press release.“The (extended) grace period will be particularly
appreciated by our members. Currently, if an individ-ual doesn’t renew his or her firearms license, he or she is committing a criminal act that can be subject to severe penalties. The current law is excessive,” said BCWF Firearms Committee chair Gary Mauser in the release.
The changes were tabled in Parliament on Tuesday, October 7th and MPs will likely start debating them after the Thanksgiving recess.
Proposed firearms amendments get thumbs up from local MP
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Environmental Assessment of the ProposedKootenay West Mine
Open House and Invitation to Comment
NOTE: All submissions received by EAO during the comment period in relation to the proposed Project are considered public and will be posted to the EAO website.
CertainTeed Gypsum Canada Inc. (Proponent) is proposing to develop Kootenay West Mine (proposed Project). The proposed Project is a gypsum mine to be located 12km northeast of the Village of Canal Flats. The proposed Project would mine the gypsum deposit at a rate of 400,000 t/year and the expected lifespan of the mine is 38 years.
The proposed Project is subject to review under British Columbia’s Environmental Assessment Act.
The Proponent must obtain an environmental assessment certi� cate before any work can be undertaken on the proposed Project. However, prior to submission of an application (Application) for a certi� cate by the Proponent, Environmental Assessment O� ce of British Columbia (EAO) must � rst approve the Application Information Requirements.
Key to the Application Information Requirements is the identi� cation of Valued Components to be studied and the areas within which the studies would oc-cur. This is done through the Valued Component document which EAO has now received and invites comments on.
In order to provide information about the Valued Component selection, EAO invites the public to attend an Open House. There will be 2 Open Houses, to be held as follows:
at: CertainTeed Windermere Mining Operation’s Training Room 1564 Windermere Loop Rd, Invermere, BCon: Tuesday October 28th, 2014from: 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.
andat: Canal Flats Civic Centre 8911 Dunn St. Canal Flats, BCon: Wednesday October 29th, 2014from: 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.
There are 30 days for the submission of comments by the public in relation to the draft Valued Components document. The comment period will begin on October 27, 2014 and end on November 25, 2014.
All comments received during this comment period in relation to the draft Valued Components document will be considered.
The intention of seeking public comments is to ensure that all potential e� ects – environmental, economic, social, heritage and health – that might result from the proposed Project are identi� ed for consideration as part of the assessment process. At this stage of the process, the primary intent is to receive feedback about the studies or information required for a comprehensive environmental assessment.
EAO accepts public comments through the following ways:
An electronic copy of the Valued Components document and information re-garding the environmental assessment process are available at www.eao.gov.bc.ca. Copies of the Valued Components document are also available for viewing at these locations:
Canal Flats Village O� ce 8866 Grainger Rd. Canal Flats, B.C. V0B 1B0and District of Invermere O� ce 914 8th Ave. Invermere, BC V0A 1K0
If you are unable to participate at this time, there will be an additional comment period during the Application Review stage when you will also be able to provide comments to EAO on the proposed Project.
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“I think the second reason was Canfor, a number of times, publicly stated objections to the tree farm licence rollovers and they made really compelling arguments. They were absolutely spot on in terms of what they said and Canfor is one of the biggest companies, they’re respected worldwide. I think that was a powerful part of why the gov-ernment has stepped away for the time being, and then there were First Nations objections.”
Minister Thomson’s announcement, however, doesn’t take forest licence conversions off the table for good — only for the fall of 2014 and the spring of 2015.
“No doubt they will try again, but this is twice they’ve been forced to back down,” said Macdonald. “It seems that the right thing has happened, even though it’s for the time being.”
Wildsight’s position is that responsibility for a management area can and should be achieved without resorting to a tree farm license system, and that sustainable management of B.C.’s 55 million hect-ares of productive forest lands can be achieved through a reduction of the annual allowable cut.
“I am absolutely convinced, and I know this from talking to a lot of professionals within the industry, that they’re really being pushed to go beyond what is really sustainable management in order to con-tinue to maintain the elevated annual allowable cut,” said Bergenski, “and if we bring the annual allowable cut more in line with the values and what’s out there, I think it’s going to lead to sustainability long term in the industry, and I know that it’s going to make the people working in the industry much happier and able to feel that what they’re doing is actually, and can be, positive.”
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Request for ProposalsThe Kootenay Conservation Program (KCP) and Regional District of East Kootenay (RDEK) are seeking proposals for projects that will benefit conservation in the area from Spillimacheen to Canal Flats utilizing the Columbia Valley Local Conservation Fund (CVLCF). To apply for funding go to www.kootenayconservation.ca and click on the Local Conservation Fund tab. Review the Terms of Reference paying particular attention to Section 8 – Fund Design and then apply using the application form provided.
CVLCF funding is available for conservation projects that result in the reduction to a known threat to biodiversity. Projects that are technically sound and effective, and provide value for money through partnerships with other funders will have priority. Proponents must be a registered not-for-profit organization, First Nations band, or local government. Unqualified groups or organizations may partner with a qualified organization. Multi-year projects are acceptable to a maximum three years. A Technical Review Committee will review project proposals and make recommendations to the RDEK for final funding approval.
Closing dates for project submissions is 4:30 p.m. October 31st, 2014.
The Regional District of East Kootenay (RDEK) board of directors officially ad-opted the East Kootenay Agricultural Plan at its most recent meeting.
“I was pleased that the board has adopted the plan, recognizing the importance of agriculture to our well being in the East Kootenay,” said RDEK Area G director Gerry Wilkie, adding he looks forward to working with the valley farming community to implement the plan.
The plan was adopted during the Friday, October 3rd directors’ meeting as a policy document, after being initiated in 2011 and, since then, developed with the help of an agriculture plan steering committee, which included Mr. Wilkie and four valley ranchers or farmers — David Zehnder, Eric Rasmussen, Paul Gal-
braith and Lin Egan.The plan gives an overview of
the challenges and opportunities for agriculture in the East Koote-nay and identifies five goals for moving forward: enhancing in-stitutional support; improving economic viability; encouraging agriculture on agricultural land; increase public knowledge and support for agriculture; and de-veloping and implementing a regional agriculture-food system strategy.
The plans also lists key ac-tion items to help achieve these goals, including recruiting an agricultural liaison officer for a three-year pilot period; enhanc-ing the existing agricultural ad-visory committee to include rep-resentation from broader RDEK electoral areas; and starting up an East Kootenay-wide associa-tion to represent all interests in the agricultural sector.
Precisely which steps the RDEK will move forward with will be determined during the board’s annual priority setting in the new year.
rDeK decides to fund geotechnical assessment of cold Spring creek
At the same meeting, the RDEK board of directors also approved spending $25,000 of community works funds money on a detailed geotechnical assessment (including looking at debris flow hazard and risk) for Cold Spring Creek in Fair-mont Hot Springs.
“The geotechnical assessment report for Cold Spring Creek is a very important project. We need that report as it will provide recommendations for mitigation to lessen the impact of future debris slide events. We know there is a risk of future events, so this is being proactive,” said RDEK Area F director Wendy Booth. “I’m pleased that we are able to continue to work on this project. The community has been very supportive in the work done so far in creating the service area, which includes all of Fairmont.”
The assessment will likely cost $40,000, with the remaining $15,000 coming from service area tax money. The report will likely be done by the end of December.
extension requested for water system upgrades provincial grant The RDEK board of directors also decided to ask the provincial Ministry of Com-
munity, Sport and Cultural Development for a one-year extension to a provincial grant for water system upgrades in Spur Valley and Edgewater.
“Generally if the project’s ongoing the grant will get renewed for another year, so we’re optimistic this grant will be renewed,” said Area G director Gerry Wilkie, on the extension request.
“They’re (the upgrade projects) both in progress,” said RDEK chief administra-tive officer Lee Ann Crane. “Every now and then, you just need an extra year (on the grants) to get the construction done.”
booth continues to represent rDeK on cbt board
Also at the meeting, the RDEK directors re-nominated Booth as the RDEK repre-sentative on the Columbia Basin Trust’s board of directors.
“It is an honour to be nominated by my peers to continue as the RDEK represen-tative on the CBT board. Having served on the board for the past three years, it has been a learning experience and I have enjoyed being able to contribute to the social, environmental and economic well being of communities in the basin for today and into the future,” said Booth.
“The Columbia Basin Trust expects its revenue to double by 2015, which mean its going to be giving out a lot more money,” said RDEK chair Rob Gay. “The extra money needs to be spread across the basin in a fair and equitable manner and Wendy will be really good at that.”
Gay cited Booth’s strong business background and her experience as a Union of British Columbia Municipalities (UBCM) director-at-large (a role to which Booth was recently re-nominated) as reasons for her re-nomination as representative to the CBT.
OUNCILC RIEFSBNext Radium council will receive increased pay
Raises for councillors, another step forward for Big-horn Meadows, and the fire department’s year in review were all discussed at the Village of Radium Hot Springs’ regular council meeting on Wednesday, October 8th.
A seat on the next Radium council will earn council-lors greater compensation after a recommendation for remuneration was passed.
“Between 2008 and now there has been no increase,” said Radium mayor Dee Conklin, who will not be run-ning for re-election on Saturday, November 15th. “It isn’t about the money, we all know that, but sometimes you need to entice new people.”
She said that the increase was modest, and that a po-sition on village council is still not lucrative.
“Even with the increase, it’s still very nominal com-pared to what most of us put in.”
The motion passed unanimously.
bighorn Meadows opts for lower density
Also at the meeting, Bighorn Meadows had a develop-ment permit unanimously approved, which will allow them to take the next step in their project by construct-ing lower density units than originally anticipated.
“It’s a whole new smaller subdivision as part of Bighorn Meadows that’s moving ahead,” Mayor Conklin said.
review of radium fire department
Prior to the new business, council was presented a 2014 incident summary by the Radium Hot Spring Fire Department. There were 26 first responder calls in the past year — the number is higher than years’ past, but all incidents were handled well. The only challenge was the time of day at which the crew would receive their calls. Due to occupational commitments, the volunteer members are not as easily mobilized during business hours.
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Common sense firearm licensing rife with paradoxNICOLE TRIGG
The tabled amendments for firearms pos-session in Canada appear to be a bundle of mixed messages. On one hand, certain as-pects of it make perfect sense. Giving a six-month grace period to renew an expired five-year licence has merit as currently firearms owners instantly become criminalized for ne-glected paperwork and face possible jail time.
But there is no “right” to possess firearms in Canada, according to a 1993 Supreme Court of Canada decision. It’s a privilege that’s regulated and licensed similar to how Cana-
dians are allowed to drive cars, and drivers aren’t offered a six-month grace period once their five-year drivers’ licence has lapsed, nor are passports given the thumbs up for six months after their expiry date.
A mandatory Firearms Safety Course for first-time gun owners is definitely common sense; so is prohibiting people convicted of domestic violence from owning firearms. Yet the latter begs the question: what of other forms of violence or criminal activity?
Streamlining the licensing so that just one licence is required to acquire and own fire-arms also makes sense for law-abiding gun owners. But the elimination of red tape will
also mean it will be easier for legal gun own-ers to transport restricted firearms — such as handguns — around their home province, but it’s not the law-biding demographic that we have to worry about.
According to a statement issued by the Co-alition for Gun Control, which was founded in the wake of the Montreal Massacre, “Can-ada is one of the only countries in the world that is moving backwards: weakening its con-trols on firearms while other countries are in-troducing stronger laws to improve safety and combat the trafficking of firearms.”
Real common sense would be strengthen-ing gun control, not relaxing it.
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In addition to representing your concerns in the Legis-
lature, I am also responsible for monitoring and critiquing BC Liberal mines policy.
This summer saw the col-lapse of the retaining wall at Mount Polley Mine near Likely, in British Columbia’s Cariboo region. This disaster led to 25 million litres of waste material and fluid pouring into pristine Quesnel Lake.
This truly devastating failure was described by Mines Minister Bill Bennett as not much different than your average avalanche. This description by the man in charge was both dismissive and hugely inaccurate. Not only did this event result in serious environmen-tal damage, it also led to job losses and a black eye for our mining industry.
There have been over 20 tailing pond col-lapses worldwide since 2001, and they are almost always the result of sloppy design or
poor maintenance. They should never happen, and British Co-lumbians would expect that our government would ensure that they wouldn’t happen here.
We know that the BC Liberals cut provincial employees who were responsible for monitor-ing mining. Thirty per cent of the staff that used to do this work are no longer employed by government. The number
of mine inspections is half the number completed in 2001. This lack of oversight tarnishes our province’s reputation as a juris-diction that takes environmental assessment seriously, and that can impact not only the world’s view of our mining industry, but also that of other resource-based industries.
And we know that there are no real penal-ties levied against companies that fail to com-ply with the law. There is little enforcement and virtually no punishment for those com-panies that do not fulfill their responsibility.
We know in the years leading up to the col-lapse of the retaining wall at Mount Polley, the provincial government permitted substantial increases in mining beyond the design ca-pacity of the Mount Polley tailings facility. We know the engineering firm that designed the tailing facility warned government there were dangers in how the tailings pond was being managed. We know government was in-formed in 2010 about cracks across the front of the retaining wall that ultimately collapsed. We know there were reports of water breach-ing the retaining walls this past May.
The Mount Polley disaster really should be a wake up call to every British Columbian. If you go to bed at night thinking that this govern-ment is doing its job protecting workers, rural communities and our land, lakes and rivers, you would be mistaken. Mount Polley proves, once again, that we need to demand better.
Norm Macdonald is the NDP MLA for Co-lumbia River Revelstoke. He can be reached by phone at 1-866-870-4188 and by email at [email protected].
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TREETSTHES
What do you think of drivers now getting three demerit points on their licence if caught texting or phoning?
“That’s a good idea. It’s really unsafe to talk or text on a phone while driving.”
Steven Bellamy
“I think it’s great.”
Vik Arora
“I support it. People are being harmed in large numbers by distracted drivers. You can’t divide your attention when you are driving at high speeds.”
Noel Marston
NEXT WEEK’S QUESTION:Do you support distracted drivers who are
caught texting or phoning while at the wheel getting three demerit points?
caught texting or phoning while at the wheel getting three demerit points?
caught texting or phoning while at the wheel getting three demerit points?
QUESTION OF THE WEEKAre you happy with the mayor and councillors terms being four years
Your columnist Tom Fletcher took a snide swipe at local politicians and municipal councils that, at one time, declared their jurisdictions to be nuclear weapons-free zones. “Did they really think we’re that stu-pid?” asks Tom.
Well Tom, you should know better than to denigrate the power of grassroots democ-racy and nowhere is it more powerful than at the level of local government. This was un-questionably demonstrated in New Zealand where, in the early 1980s, a dictatorial con-servative Prime Minister named Rob “Piggy” Muldoon ignored the overwhelming public opinion that New Zealand should not host nuclear-powered and/or nuclear-armed for-eign warships. Ignoring the ever-louder pub-lic protest, Piggy Muldoon continued to invite U.S. warships to visit New Zealand harbours and used his majority National government to run rough-shod over the will of the people.
Kiwis turned to their local governments to give effect to their anti-nuclear principles. Mu-nicipality after municipality throughout New Zealand voted to become nuclear-free and they posted their nuclear-free signs on their municipal boundaries. Those signs were ev-erywhere. The left wing Labour leader, David Lange, was no fool. He read the writing on the signs and promised that if his party became the government, he would ban all nuclear-
powered and/or nuclear-armed warships from New Zealand waters.
In 1984, David Lange’s Labour Party swept into power in a landslide election and promptly followed through on Lange’s promise. New Zealand is a small peaceful country in the South-Pacifi c but Kiwis stood up against the super-power bully tactics of Ronald Reagan and the U.S. military and Stat Department. New Zealand took a beat-ing economically but stood by its principle of opposing Cold War super-power nuclear alliances. To this day, Aotearoa (Editor’s note: Maori name for New Zealand) proudly re-mains nuclear-free and an example to the world. The strategy may have been less suc-cessful in B.C. but there is nothing stupid about the effort nor the intent of the pas-sionate British Columbians who tried.
I was there in New Zealand when we threw out the U.S. nukes. I’m proud to say I was part of it. Together we changed the destiny of the nation and I learned a valuable lesson, which is that in a democracy, neither smug misin-formed political pundits nor arrogant major-ity governments dictate the future of a nation or a province — the people do. If need be, there’s more than one way to make our voic-es heard and more than one way to bring down an arrogant majority government. So therefore, Tom, think twice before you deni-grate the power of grassroots democracy and a unifi ed cause whose time has come.
Kia Kaha,
CHRIS CONWAYINVERMERE
Sports coverage is too heavy on hockey
Dear Editor:
While reading the September 24th edi-tion of The Echo, it suddenly dawned on me that the only picture in the paper re-lating to team sports showed two hockey players being separated after a fi ght. Sports of various types have always been a major part of my life and I enjoy seeing photos of athletes in action. It takes some very spe-cial skills to be outstanding in any sport-ing endeavour. But what skill does it take to drop the gloves and smash someone in the nose? And yet, shots of fi ghting hockey players are not unusual. Perhaps even a part of our national culture?
Well, fi ghting hockey players have always turned me off! Ever since coming to Cana-da over 40 years ago, I’ve heard comments such as, “It’s part of the game.” Name one other sport where fi ghting is allowed! “Oh, it’s such a rough sport that the players have to let off steam.” Hogwash! I played nine years of organized football and then coached the sport. It was a disgrace to be involved in a fi ght. I also took up the “gen-tleman’s game” of rugby at the ripe old age of 40. There was only one way to play ei-ther game, as my university coach used to say: “…Rough and tough, but according to the rules.” No fi ghting allowed.
One ironic fact is that the Canadian armed forces have been sent all over the
world as “peace-keepers.” And yet, count-less “mini-wars” are commonly fought on cold evenings all over the country in our local hockey rinks. The participants even have weapons.
Why don’t you give high school sports such as volleyball and basketball the same sort of coverage as hockey? The athletes are sons and daughters of local residents. Oh sure, we do see the occasional team picture after a tournament, but I cannot recall ever seeing a single write-up about an upcoming event nor any schedules for local team sports. I’m sure the coaches would be more than happy to have addi-tional support for their teams and it might make the kids play even harder. It certain-ly made a difference to me. Maybe you could even fi nd a student reporter.
Oh, by the way, one of the most valu-able lessons learned from participating in sports is good sportsmanship. You will commonly see that displayed at high school games. Where is that trait evident in hockey? When did you ever see a hock-ey player give a helping hand to an oppos-ing player? Why does it have to be a war?
Some people will condemn me for being a hockey heretic so I must admit to never having the incredible skills nec-essary to be outstanding in the sport. The only playing time that I remember was when I became discouraged because 4th grade girls were knocking me down.
BOB HAHNJUNIPER HEIGHTS
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WINDERMERE VALLEY MEN'S GOLF CLUB: As the Windermere Valley Men’s Club winds down another very successful season, we want to recognize the achievements of our most outstanding members. Our teams were able to capture both interclub competitions, our annual event against the Radium Resort Men’s Club and the Tunnecliffe. We look forward to hosting the Tunnecliffe in 2015 which will be held on a Sunday afternoon in early July. Next year the format will be a five-man handicapped match play with ten members from each of the valley’s men’s clubs duking it out within their fivesomes for points and bragging rights. This year, our singles handicap matchplay champion was once again Ray Neratko with Doug Yukes finishing second. The B side was won by Ron Gregg in a spirited match that came down to the last shot. Our doubles handicap matchplay win-ners were Brad Bromley and Dan Steele, winning the final match on the third extra hole over Mickey Riches and Eric Stills. A tip of the hat goes to Doug Doell who singlehandedly bankrupted the hole-in-one insurance fund by jarring two aces in three weeks, both on Hole #16. Speaking of holes-in-one, we had two during our club cham-pionship with the honours (and half the deuce pot) going to Dave Nielsen and Jack Prenger. Low gross winners in each flight were Warren Doenz, Wayne Lannan, Vern Cole, Bob Tagg, Frank Gereau, and Tony Symonds with low net honours going to Dan Steele, Chuck Hilhorst, Vern Dobell, Larry Logan, Rick Fiddis and Tom Brooks. Our overall low net winner was Harold Hazelaar with Glen Evans being crowned our 2014 club champion. Well done gentlemen! SUBMIttED BY DEAN MIDYEttE
tHE SPRINGS MEN’S CLUB SEASON WRAP UP: The 2014 season has wrapped up at the Springs Golf Course a little early this year as the course undergoes some significant renovations by course designer Les Ferber. The Men’s Club was able to squeeze in a couple of extra weeks, thanks to Brian Schaal at Copper Point, and we were grateful for their hospitality. The Match play event was started in May and a new champion was crowned in September. Chuck Hilhorst defeated Arnie Charbonneau in the final match and etched his name in the Springs Match Play Trophy for the first time. The Club Championship was contested by 50 members over two days in Au-gust and another first time champion prevailed. Wayne Rossington defeated past champion Darrell Ibach in a match that needed two extra holes to determine a winner. The overall low net winner was Ken Litchfield who won in a count back over Dave Bullough. The flight winners included the following: 1st Flight — Low Gross: Darrell Ibach, Low Net: Dave Lymburner; 2nd Flight — Low Gross: Ross Newhouse, Low Net: Doug Doell; 3rd Flight — Low Gross: George Julien, Low Net: Chuck Hilhorst; 4th Flight — Low Gross: Dave Bullough, Low Net: Mike Harrington. The Men’s Club wind up was held on September 23rd with a fun format and dinner provided for the members. A special presentation was made to one of our Assistant Professionals, Kris Cunningham, who is leaving The Springs after many years of service. He will be missed and we wish Kris well in his future endeavours. We would also like to thank Brent Taylor, our Head Professional, for his efforts over the past ten years, and wish him and his family all the best. Several new members joined the Men’s Club this year and really enjoyed our weekly Tuesday games and dinners. New members are always welcome and we look forward to growing the club in the future. SUBMIttED BY CLUB CAPtAIN, BOB POWERS
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September has been a busy month for the Invermere
Judo Club with ongoing regis-tration, practices Mondays and Wednesdays, provincial train-ing camps, and courses. We will continue our registration for members for another couple of weeks as parents settle back into the school routine. If you are interested in judo, registra-tion is during practices on Mon-day from 5:45 to 6:30 p.m. for six to eight year olds, and Monday and Wednesday from 6:30 to 8 p.m. for recreational judo.
On the weekend of September 20th, three members — Emma Norquay, Marcia Paget and MacKenzie DuBois — travelled with the Fernie and Creston Judo Clubs to Prince George for their first provincial training camp. There they met the provincial coaches, many other judokas with similar goals and learned new techniques.
The following weekend on September 27th, Tomaz Stich passed his Dojo As-sistant Coaching certification in Fernie. Congratulations Tomaz!
There are two upcoming events in Oc-tober. First, we will have members who will travel to Abbotsford to compete in the BC Judo Championships and sec-
ond, the Invermere Judo Club will host a Kata Clinic where members from all over B.C. are invited to participate. Kata is an exercise con-sisting of a sequence of the specific move-ments of judo, used in training and designed
to show skill in technique. It breaks down the movements and allows one to focus on the principles. Please con-tact us if you have any questions. See you on the tatami!
This week’s column was written by Karen Sharp, Hermann Mauthner’s daughter, who is a 2nd degree Black Belt. To learn more about the Invermere Judo Club, visit invermerejudo.com or email [email protected].
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KIJHL Standings WHL Standings
EddIE MountaIn dIvISIonTEAM GP W L T OTL PTS STRK Fernie 8 6 1 0 1 13 W1Kimberley 7 6 1 0 0 12 L1Golden 10 5 4 0 1 11 W2Creston Valley 8 2 5 0 1 5 L2Columbia Valley 8 1 6 0 1 3 L2
nEIL MurdocH dIvISIonTEAM GP W L T OTL PTS STRK Nelson 9 5 1 2 1 13 T1Beaver Valley 10 4 3 1 2 11 W2Spokane 10 4 4 0 2 10 L2Grand Forks 11 5 6 0 0 10 W2Castlegar 10 4 5 1 0 9 W1
doug BIrKS dIvISIonTEAM GP W L T OTL PTS STRK Kamloops 10 6 3 0 1 13 W3Revelstoke 9 4 4 1 0 9 L3100 Mile House 7 4 3 0 0 8 L1Sicamous 10 4 6 0 0 8 L3Chase 9 2 4 1 2 7 L3
Scoring LeadersPlayer Team GP G A PTS 1. Ian Chrystal KAM 10 11 6 17 2. Jonathan Lee KEL 9 9 8 173. Rainer Glimpel OSO 10 7 10 174. Paulsen Lautard SUM 9 9 7 165. Max Newton GFB 11 6 10 166. Ethan Rusnack KEL 9 7 8 157. Bryan Lubin CGR 10 7 8 158. Mitch Foyle BVN 10 6 9 159. Connor Venne CHA 9 2 13 1510. Aaron Azevedo OSO 9 3 11 1411. Josh McCulloch FER 8 10 3 1312. Aaron Petten CGR 10 10 3 13
Goaltending Leaders (min. two games played)Player Team GAA W L T SO1. Alex Kong SUM 1.71 2 0 0 02. Brett Huber SUM 1.83 4 3 0 13. Brett Soles NEL 2.11 4 1 1 14. Jake Holden SPO 2.33 1 1 0 05. Jason Sandhu KAM 2.36 3 1 0 06. Jeff Orser FER 2.42 4 1 0 07. Lawrence Langan OSO 2.44 8 0 0 18. Tyson Brouwer KIM 2.73 6 1 0 19. Brock Lefebvre CVT 2.84 2 4 0 010. Magnus Viberg GOL 2.87 3 1 0 0
EaSt dIvISIonTEAM GP W L OTL SL PTS STRK Brandon Wheat Kings 6 5 0 1 0 11 W1Regina Pats 7 4 2 1 0 9 W1Swift Current Broncos 9 4 5 0 0 8 L1 Moose Jaw Warriors 7 3 3 0 1 7 W1 Prince Albert Raiders 6 3 3 0 0 6 L2Saskatoon Blades 5 0 5 0 0 0 L5
The Columbia Valley Rockies picked up one point after a home-and-home against the Rock-ets. They took on their division rivals at the Ed-die Mountain Memorial Arena on Friday, October 10th, and then again in Golden the following night.
On Friday night, goals were exchanged by both teams early on. Early in the second, they were tied at two, then the Rockets found their fi re-power, scoring four unanswered goals — two of which were shorthanded.
The Rockies managed two more goals before the fi nal buzzer, but the home team’s four goals were no match for Golden’s seven.
Scoring for the Rockies were Doan Smith, Mat-thew Bruyer, Ty Duncan, and Dario Piva. Assists went to Ryan Lawson, Dario Piva, Tyler Rivest, Cole Mckechney, and Jackson Oldale.
Coaches felt that some of the bigger players on the Rockies weren’t hustling in both directions, and decided to give newer skaters more ice time the following night.
Golden scored fi rst on Saturday, but saw their lead vanish minutes later by goals from Ty Dun-
can and Matthew Bruyer. Assists went to Kolten Nelson, Kellen Marchand, and Joel Huber.
The Rockies took a 2-1 lead into the second period, then made it larger after Seth Bjorkman scored without any help.
“We rolled four lines and outworked them,” said general manager Ross Bidinger.
But the game didn’t end soon enough for Co-lumbia Valley — Golden scored two goals to catch up in the third period, forcing overtime.
During the extra play, Rocket James Gaume gave his team their fourth goal and earned a sudden-death win.
Rockies goaltender Brody Nelson faced 64 shots over the course of both nights.
Columbia Valley has four points after their fi rst ten games of the season, and fi nd them-selves at the bottom of the KIJHL standings.
“It’s gonna take hard work,” Mr. Bidinger said. “We can’t be taking too many penal-ties and we need to be outworking the other teams.”
The Rockies play again on Friday, October 17th in Fernie. They’ll be at home on Satur-day, October 18th to take on the Summer-land Steam starting at 7:30 p.m.
Rockies sitting in basement of KIJHL
During the Golden Rockets visit to the Eddie Mountain Memorial Arena on Friday, October 10th, Rockies forward Sam Young landed a jump after a fallen player became an obstacle.
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This event is hosted by the Cook Training Class and is complimentary to seniors of the Columbia Valley
The Invermere Fire Department is holding its largest fundraiser of the year and its members are inviting you to join them for a prime rib din-ner this weekend.
Beginning at 6 p.m. on Saturday, Oc-tober 18th at the Invermere Commu-nity Hall, the 25 or so local firemen
will be wearing their dancing shoes to let loose to the tunes of Canadian Crossfire — a rock-country-blues group from Cranbrook.
This year marks the 43rd Fireman’s Ball. In keeping with tradition, the department will be recognizing long-standing members with service pins before the dancing begins.
“All the firefighters and their fami-lies come together to make it hap-
pen,” said Invermere fire-fighter Geoff Hill. “It’s a pretty relaxed and fun night.”
Guests will have the op-portunity to win massive amounts of prizes donat-ed by the community —
through door prizes, silent auctions, and a balloon auction.
“It’s our one big fundraiser of the year,” said Geoff. “We love having the support from Invermere.”
Attendees are normally in formal or semi-formal attire, but you can expect many of the firemen to be dressed up in their blue outfits.
Tickets cost $35 for the dinner and dance, and a reasonably priced cash bar will be serving through the night.
“The fire department is one of those things that you might not care about until you need it — just like police and ambulance,” Geoff said. “But those services all go far to create a strong community.”
BC EWSNPenalty points added for
distracted drivingtom Fletcher
Black Press
Talking on your handheld phone or fiddling with a music player while driving will cost you three penalty points in addition to a $167 fine, effective Oct. 20.
Justice Minister Suzanne Anton announced the additional penalty points Wednesday, making it the same as the penalty for texting and driving. Penalty points are also add-ed for infractions such as watching a video or programming a phone’s GPS system.
Anton said the B.C. government is also reviewing its fines and could increase them, but not to the $1,000 fine Ontario drivers face for a first offence of distracted driving.
“I think a $1,000 fine is rather high,” Anton said.
Penalty points remain on a driv-ing record for five years, and result in a $175 increase in insurance as soon as they exceed three points. Fines and points for two distracted driving tickets in a year add up to at least $634. At nine points, the Superintendent of Motor Vehicles considers licence suspension.
Anton said there were 51,000 tick-ets issued last year for distracted driving of all kinds.
“Ticket volumes show us that more drivers are ticketed for talk-ing on an electronic device than for texting and driving, and so that is where we decided to start with the new penalty points,” Anton said.
Distracted driving is the second biggest cause of fatal vehicle acci-dents, with an average 88 people
killed per year from 2009 to 2013. That compares to 105 deaths at-tributed to speeding and 86 due to alcohol or drug impairment.
Police can also issue tickets for driving without due care and at-tention to any driver who is notice-ably distracted or inattentive and increasing risk to others.
opposition seeks mount Polley details
The B.C. government released its latest water test results from the Mount Polley mine spill area Thursday, but refused a demand by opposition politicians to release inspection reports on the mine and tailings dam that collapsed August 4th. Environment Minister Mary Po-lak said the water results showed “slightly” elevated levels of alumi-num and copper in water samples from Quesnel Lake, but water re-mains safe to drink in the area af-fected by the plume of tailings in the lake. Polak said all information related to health and safety of area residents has been made public, but she is complying with a request from investigators not to release inspection reports until multiple investigations are complete.
NDP energy and mines critic Norm Macdonald referred to re-duced inspections at a coal mine in the Kootenays.
Energy and Mines Minister Bill Bennett maintains that annual inspections of Mount Polley and other mines with tailings ponds were not reduced, although other inspections were reduced.
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OCTOBER 16TH :• 7 - 9 p.m.: Roller Derby open house at the Invermere Community Hall. We have a new skater program starting in November and we’ll teach you everything you need to know in a fun, safe and supportive team environment. We’re looking for women who want to play, any-one who wants to referee and any-one who wants to volunteer! For more information email [email protected] or fi nd us on Face-book.
OCTOBER 17TH :• 6 p.m.: Stage Fright at DTSS. Ad-vanced tickets $30 family pass (4 people), Adults $10, child/students
$8. No family passes available at the door. Tickets available at Glacier Peaks Gymnastics, 250-270-0273, Sobeys and Main Street Fun and Games.
OCTOBER 18TH :• 7 -10 p.m.: Pynelogs time Capsule launch party. Live music, dancing, ghost tours, silent auction and cash bar. Be part of the auspicious event to send a message to the next century. For more information visit columbiavalleyarts.com or call 250-342-4423.
OCTOBER 19TH :• 5:30 p.m.: All Saints Church Edgewater will be holding a pasta dinner at Edgewater community hall. Adults $10, Children under 10 $5. Everyone welcome. Fund-raiser for the upkeep of Church and Cemetery.• 5:45 p.m.: Public skating at Ed-die Mountain Memorial Arena. Ev-ery Sunday after Thanksgiving.• 7 p.m.: Movie at the Museum (for members and guests)
OCTOBER 21ST :• 2 p.m.: Thyme for gardening meet at the Columbia Gardens. New members welcome. For more information email [email protected] or call 250-342-3353.
COMING SOON...OCTOBER 24TH :• 9 a.m.: Headbanger Festival.Come out and enjoy a relaxing and educational weekend in Radium Hot Springs, and see the Big Boys in action! Adults $10, children under 12 $5. Events are geared around the annual rut which happens in and around Radium. There will be educational talks, tours and much more until October 26th.For further information, visit [email protected] or call 250- 347-6455. To register visit radiumhotsprings.ca/events
OCTOBER 25TH :• 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.: Beginner Acryl-ic Painting Workshop, hosted by Painted Aspen Studio, at Pynelogs Cultural Centre. $200, runs through October 26th. Visit paintedaspen.
com or call 250-409-5100 for more information.• 10:30 a.m.: 2nd annual Monster Mash Dash, downtown Invermere. Costume contest, sweet aid stations, lunch, post-event trick or treating. Register online for the 5 or 10 km walk or run: monstermashdash.ca• 2 p.m.: Edgewater - Radium Hospital Auxiliary Annual Hallowe’en Tea and Bake Sale. Admission $5, at the Edgewater Legion Hall.
CLUES ACROSS 1. Pottery brand 6. Contemporary hit radio 9. Tatouhou 13. Modeled 14. Whale ship captain 15. On _ __ with 16. Dirty fossil fuel 17. The same 18. Wealthy 19. Actress Baranski 21. Bangladesh’s capital, old 22. Gross receipts 23. Runs PCs 24. Yukon Territory 25. Angry 28. Have the ability to 29. City of light 31. Person from U.K. (abbr.) 33. Helper 36. Walking steps 38. Cablegram (abbr.)
39. Slang for famous person 41. Skin cancers 44. Body fluids 45. More dry 46. Roman seven 48. Actress Farrow 49. 1st Lady of Song’s initials 51. Disorderly crowd 52. Less in spanish 54. Br. broad valleys 56. Good Wife’s Julianna 60. Expression of annoyance 61. Blocks 62. 4840 square yards 63. The culminating point 64. Hit an unreturned serve 65. Excessively fat 66. Scorch the surface of 67. Dekaliter 68. Ruhr River city CLUES DOWN
1. Prevents harm to young 2. Children’s tale bear 3. Eskers 4. Small food stores 5. -__, denotes past 6 .Mentums 7. Gadoid fish 8. Rainbow effect 9. Live in or on hosts 10. Long narrative poem 11. Informal term for tobacco
(Br.) 12. One who has attained
nirvana 14. One who estranges 17. Collection of maps 20. Pouchlike structure 21. Simple column 23. Constitution Hall org. 25. Apple notebook computer 26. Biblical Syria 27. Cuts into small pieces
29. Talked profusely 30. Hawthorne’s city 32. Takes readings from other
distant instruments 34. 13th Hebrew letter 35. Filippo __, Saint 37. Gulf of, in the Aegean 40. Bleat 42. A bird’s beak 43. Performs a song 47. Note of hand 49. Icelandic poems 50. Ludicrous, empty show 52. Peter Pan illustrator Attwell 53. Broad, flat stones 55. Tibetan Buddhist teacher 56. Mire and mud 57. Frozen drinks 58. Irish Gaelic 59. Viewed with the eyes 61. Blackguard 65. Olde English
Answers to August 6:
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InformationALCOHOLICS Anonymous - If alcohol is causing problems or confl ict in your life, AA can help. Call 250-342-2424 for more information. All meetings are at 8 p.m. Invermere: Satur-day, Sunday, Tuesday and Wednesday groups - Colum-bia United AA at the BC Ser-vices building, south end, 625 4th Street Invermere. Radium Friendship Group: Friday, Catholic Church. All meetings are open with the exception of Tuesdays.
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Employment
AutomotiveSERVICE DEPARTMENT Personnel required. Busy ex-panding Chrysler dealership 40 minutes from Edmonton looking for individuals to fi ll the following position: Journeyman Automotive Service Techni-cians. Flat rate system. Wages commensurate with training level and experience. Chrysler experience preferred but not essential, apprentices consid-ered. Apply in person or by writing to: Brown’s Chrysler Ltd., 10447 - 104 Ave., West-lock, AB, T7P 2E4. 1-888-349-5566. Fax: 1-780-349-6493. Attention: Dale Marshall or [email protected]
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Make extra $$$ delivering phone books.
The BetterBook requires a re-sponsible and reliable per-son(s) to deliver phone books to businesses in Invermere and the Columbia Valley. Reliable vehicle (van or covered pick-up) is required and the ability to lift heavy bundles of phone books. This is a great group fundraiser! Contact Linda in our distribution department at 1-800-663-8555.
Employment
Help WantedE.K. Senior Caregiver Net-work is looking for support group facilitators in both Kim-berley & Invermere. Knowl-edge of local resources in the health care fi eld preferred. Po-sitions are 7 hours a month, to provide emotional support & information to family caregiv-ers of an elderly person. Meet-ings are held once a month during the day, with follow up telephone support to be pro-vided from a home based of-fi ce. Email resume to [email protected] or call Liz at 1-(877)489-0803
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K.I.D.S Church for children age 3 to grade 1; and grades 2-6, during the
morning.
VALLEY CHRISTIAN ASSEMBLY
Hwy. 93/95, 1 km northof Windermere250-342-9511
Pastor: Murray Wittkevalleychristianonline.com
Sunday Service10 a.m. Worship & Word
Kid’s Church Provided
Sharing TruthShowing Love
Following the Spirit
ST. PETER’SLUTHERAN MISSION
OF INVERMERE100 - 7th Ave., Invermere
250-426-7564Pastor: Rev. Fraser ColtmanPastor Rev. David Morton
Worship ServicesSundays1:30 p.m.
Christ Church Trinity,Invermere
CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER
DAY SAINTS5014 Fairway,
Fairmont Hot Springs250-341-5792
President: Adam PasowistyColumbia Valley Branch
Worship ServicesSundays
10 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Financial Services
Faraman FarmNew location!
3111 Hwy 3 Erickson, BC250-402-3056
formerly 4730Canyon/ Lister Rd BC
Visit us for applesStarting approx. Mid. Sept.-
Gala, MacEnd of Sept.- Honeycrisp, Sweet 16, Priam, Blushing
Susan & ElstarBeginning Oct. - Liberty,
Spartan, Jonagold, Creston, Golden Delicious
Mid Oct.- Ambrosia & OrinWe also have squash, pota-toes, carrots & apple juice
Bulk orders welcomeClosed Sundays
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Home ImprovementsFULL SERVICE Plumbing from Parker Dean. Fast, re-liable, 24/7 service. Take $50 off your next job if you present this ad. Vancouver area. Call 1-800-573-2928.
Merchandise for Sale
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Used 20’40’45’53’ and insulated containers all
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FIREWOOD Support Rockies Hockey.
Fir,Pine, & Larch.Phone 250-342-6908
HOT TUB (SPA) COVERS. Best price. Best quality. All shapes & colours available. 1-866-652-6837 www.thecoverguy.com/newspaper?SAWMILLS FROM only $4,397 - Make money & save money with your own bandmill - Cut lumber any dimension. In stock ready to ship. Free info & DVD: www.NorwoodSaw mills.com/400OT 1-800-566-6899 Ext:400OT.STEEL BUILDINGS/metal buildings 60% off! 20x28, 30x40, 40x62, 45x90, 50x120, 60x150, 80x100 sell for bal-ance owed! Call 1-800-457-2206 or visit online: www.crownsteelbuildings.ca.
Apt/Condo for Rent2BDRM, 1 1/2 BATH apart-ment for rent, in Canal Flats. Great view, 2parking spac-es, F/S, D/W, W/D, micro-
wave. $800 + utilities & D.D. Available Oct 1/14. Call
(250)489-8389.
Place of Worship
Rentals
Commercial/Industrial
In Invermere - For rent 503 7th Ave. 1950 sq. ft.
8’ overhead door, suitable for retail or offi ce.
call 250-342-0603 or 250-341-5845.
Transportation
Auto Financing
Transportation
Auto Financing
Vehicle WantedWANTED: VW dune buggy with fi berglass body. Please call 604-883-9768.
Garage Sales4862 Timber Ridge Rd. Sat.Oct. 18th, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Misc kitchen, household, out-door, furniture log futon, cd’s and much, much more.
Place of Worship
1-250-762-94471-250-762-9447
If you see a wildfi re, report it to
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Community NewspapersWe’re at the heart of things™
ChurCh ServiCeS DireCtoryWINDERMERE
VALLEY SHARED MINISTRY
ANGLICAN-UNITED100-7th Ave., Invermere
250-342-6644Reverend Laura Hermakin
wvsm.ca Every Sunday Bacon,
Friends & Faith, 9:30 a.m Worship, 10:30 a.m.
Christ Church Trinity, Invermere
1st and 3rd Sunday, 9 a.m. All Saint’s, Edgewater.
2nd Sunday, 7 p.m.St. Peter’s, Windermere
RoMAN CATHoLIC CHURCH
250-342-6167Pastor: Father Gabriel
Confession: 1/2 hr. before Mass
Canadian Martyrs Church712 - 12 Ave, Invermere
Saturdays, 5 p.m.Sundays, 9 a.m.
St. Joseph’s ChurchHwy. 93-95, Radium Hot
SpringsSundays, 11 a.m.
St. Anthony’s MissionCorner of Luck and Dunn,
Canal FlatsSaturdays, 4:30 p.m.
RADIUM CHRISTIAN FELLoWSHIP
#4 - 7553 Main Street W, Radium
250-342-6633 250-347-6334
Worship Service Sundays, 10 a.m.
Bible Studies Wednesdays, 7 p.m.
Kids’ Church Edgewater Hall
Thursdays, 6:30 p.m.
Loving God, Loving People
LAKE WINDERMEREALLIANCE CHURCH
326 - 10th Ave., Invermere 250-342-9535
Pastor: Trevor Haganlakewindermerealliance.org
Sun, october 19.WORSHIP AND LIFE
INSTRUCTION “Grace Lessons”
Our Intern Pastor, Jordan Tjart ministering.
K.I.D.S Church for children age 3 to grade 1; and grades 2-6, during the
morning service.
VALLEY CHRISTIAN ASSEMBLY
Hwy. 93/95, 1 km northof Windermere250-342-9511
Pastor: Murray Wittkevalleychristianonline.com
Sunday Service10 a.m. Worship & Word
Kid’s Church Provided
Sharing TruthShowing Love
Following the Spirit
ST. PETER’SLUTHERAN MISSIoN
oF INVERMERE100 - 7th Ave., Invermere
250-426-7564Pastor: Rev. Fraser ColtmanPastor Rev. David Morton
Worship ServicesSundays1:30 p.m.
Christ Church Trinity,Invermere
CHURCH oF JESUS CHRIST oF LATTER-
DAY SAINTS5014 Fairway,
Fairmont Hot Springs250-341-5792
President: Adam PasowistyColumbia Valley Branch
Worship ServicesSundays
10 a.m. - 1 p.m.
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Safety Tip:This weekend is one of the most dangerous on B.C. roads. The temperature can drop and road conditions can change quickly in the fall and winter months. If you’re driving out of town, check drivebc.ca for up-to-date
road and weather conditions before you head out.
Question of the WeekThe all-new Ford F-150 graces the front of Driveway this week as it looks to maintain its constant premier position as the truck of choice. What do its rivals have to do to make a bigger mark in sales?
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All new Ford F-150 leaner, meaner, tough and strong
San Antonio, Texas – In 1948 Ford rede-signed its pickup truck and introduced the F1. Marketing at the time ran ads shouting about the “Million-dollar cab” emphasizing how much money Ford had spent to redesign just the cab of the new half-ton. That first F-series truck was indeed all new – and so is its great-great-great-great grandson, the 2015 F-150. LooksAfter several generations of rounder, then-squarer front ends the 2015 draws inspiration from the ’48. The horse-collar grille is brought back with a much more angular hood; in fact, you’ll see many more lines in the metal thanks to the all-aluminum body. These are design elements, but they’re also needed for strength. On each side of the grille are distinctive new C-clamp head-lamps while above the glass a cut-in shades the windshield. This truck is also 2.5 centimetres lower than the old one, perhaps signalling the end of the over-active thyroid problem most trucks have been experiencing for the past 20 years. Around the back, the looks encompass a laundry list of new features like a pow-ered tailgate, second-gen pullout step that moves the grab-bar inside the gate, in-bed lighting, new removable tie down system and even built-in cargo ramps.
InsideLuxury is becoming a key selling fea-ture of the F-series. There are nine trim
levels available now and this year, the popular FX4 off-road version becomes a package that can be added to any of the trims. Cradling that luxury is a new cab that’s two-inches wider and has rear seats that get more legroom. Storage
bins have been added and the 40/20/40 seats carry six adults comfort-ably. The SuperCab, the rear suicide doors now open flat along the box to 170 degrees, no more getting trapped at the mall. But the big update is all about electronics. A new instrument cluster is larger and all the gauges are video-pro-jected. Because of this
you can configure the cluster however you want – add info or subtract, it’s up to you. The centre console screen is eight-inches wide and displays the views offered by the new 360-degree camera. Four cameras around the truck stitch together a birds-eye view displayed on the screen. Toggle through other screens for expanded views in front, behind and to the sides. Great for parking, not to mention hooking up trailers. For your gadgets, Ford offers 12V plug-ins but also 110V power. A new inverter pumps out 400 watts of power (plugs in the front and back). New and improved driv-er assist features include BLIS (Blind Spot Information System) that also sees cross-traffic; Adaptive cruise control; Lane-Keeping system; Active park assist; rear view camera; reverse sensing system; auto high beams and rain sensing wipers.
DriveWhat you can’t see is the 317 kgs that the ‘15 F-series has lost, thanks to that aluminum body and the increased use of high-strength steel in the frame – but, you can certainly feel it while driving. The truck is nimbler, has less wash in the corners and simply handles better. The cab is virtually silent and for comfort, the HVAC is split side-to-side, front and rear. The hood and side windows have dropped in profile for better visibility, while the size, colours and quality of the computer generated gauges and controls simplifies oper-ation while driving. I towed with the new truck and its manners are good if not improved. In part, this is assisted by the long list of towing features like trailer sway control; tow/haul mode; Dynamic Hitch Assist, SelectShift transmission and better tow mirrors. Off-road an electronic manual rear
differential locker has been added. This truck churns mud better than ever. VerdictPayload is up (to 900 kgs) and so is towing (approx. 5.5 tonnes) yet overall body weight is down by 317 kgs. Ford offers four engines and even the smallest 2.7L EcoBoost will still tow up to 3.8 tonnes. The cab is quieter, yet larger. The floor is flat yet has more storage compartments. The dash is less cluttered yet offers more information. Do you sense a theme here? Consider that the design phase of this truck took four years and the testing was the most intense ever. The result? A list of im-provements a hockey rink long – that’s a fact. Now, how will they all work together? Well Ford’s claims will have to play out on roads, across Canada, in the coming years. But from what I’ve seen in Texas, I’d say Giddy Up!
‘‘ Ford’s claims will have to play out on roads, across Canada, in the coming years but from what I’ve seen in Texas, I’d say Giddy Up!’’Howard J. Elmer
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The big update is all about electronics. A new instrument cluster is larger and all the gauges are video projected.
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