TUESDAY MAY 20, 20 14 STORIES OR IDEAS TO SHARE? Drop us an email, a Tweet, a Facebook message, or give us a call if you have any story ideas you would like to share. www.dailybulletin.ca THE BULLETIN $ 1 10 INCLUDES G.S.T. TownsmanBulletin Like Us @kbulletin Follow Us WILDFIRE MANAGEMENT CLEARING Maintenance clearing will be going on above Levirs Avenue in the coming days. See LOCAL NEWS page 4 INFORMATION GOT BATS? The lowdown on the feared and fascinating flying mam- mal of the order Chiroptera. See LOCAL NEWS page 5 PROUDLY SERVING KIMBERLEY AND AREA SINCE 1932 | Vol. 82, Issue 91 | www.dailybulletin.ca PHOTO SUBMITTED Mr. Scott’s Grade 1 class at KIS honoured baby Kiyah and her mom, Emily during their final Roots of Empathy baby visit by giving her a wishing tree and a photo album of special memories from the 27-week program. Roots of Empathy is an evidence-based classroom program that has shown significant effect in reducing levels of aggression among school children while raising social/ emotional competence and increasing empathy. Throughout the program, the children observed Kiyah’s growth, her milestones and her emotions. Through guided learning about Kiyah’s feelings and needs, the children became more aware of their own feelings, as well as other’s, thereby increasing their ability to empathize. The children stated their favourite moments included watching Kiyah learn to roll over and crawl, seeing her smile and singing to her. Be prepared for spring flooding Freshet just beginning for mid and high elevations CAROLYN GRANT Bulletin Editor B.C.’s River Forecast Centre has released their latest Snow Bulletin and it shows the East Kootenay snowpack at 135 per cent of nor- mal. The report says that with slightly cooler temperatures to- ward the end of April the melt has delayed and mid and high eleva- tion runoff is just beginning. With warmer weather now set- tling in, there have already been increases in turbidity in Mark Creek and Kimberley is under a Boil Water Notice. The RDEK is reminding resi- dents that they should be aware and prepared for the possibility of flooding as well. “We know we are going to see that snow make its way into our rivers and streams over the next few weeks, but it’s important to understand that the level of the snow pack is less significant than the way the melting occurs. For example, if we have a stretch of warm days and cool nights, the melt will be completely different than if we go into a string of really hot days, warm nights and rain,” says RDEK Communications Man- ager, Loree Duczek. “Having said that, there are a number of things the public can do to help them- selves and help us be prepared in the event flooding occurs, includ- ing: staying away from fast moving or high water, preparing their prop- erties if they are in an area that typically experiences spring flood- ing, and reporting any unusual or rapidly changing conditions in riv- ers and streams.” Both the RDEK and the City of Kimberley are also warning people to be aware of debris in rivers and streams. A guide to online marketing See FLOOD , Page 3 CAROLYN GRANT Bulletin Editor Tomorrow, Wednesday, May 21, 2011, the Kimberley Chamber of Commerce and the Koote- nay Rockies Innovation Council (KRIC) are offer- ing a workshop for those interested in marketing online but a little unsure how to go about it. Greg Bradley of TekPro Information Solutions will deliver the workshop, focusing on Google AdWords. Google AdWords can be an excellent, cost-ef- fective tool for growing your business, if you un- derstand how to run a smart campaign which of- fers a strong and measurable return on your in- vestment. You’ll leave the workshop with practical tools to help people find you online, generate more traffic to your website, track your success, target your marketing efforts to your potential custom- ers and get more for your advertising dollar, says Chamber Manager Mike Guarnery. “Google AdWords provides a cost-effective and extremely measurable way to put your product in front of your potential customers at exactly the right time in the buying cycle,” Bradley says. “It’s not overly complicated but knowing the ins-and- outs of running a successful ad campaign can give small businesses a huge opportunity to accelerate their sales without a significant capital outlay.” Other information covered includes how the AdWords auction works, the different types of campaigns and networks, how to set a campaign budget, how to choose keywords, tactics to get more clicks to your website, how to target your customers at the right point in the buying cycle, why ad extensions are so effective, and how to use them and how to use Google Analytics to improve your campaign’s effectiveness. The workshop runs Wednesday May 21 from 11:30 to 6 p.m. at the Kimberley Conference Cen- tre. Register online at http://kric.ca/events/get- ting-found-helping-your-customers-find-you-us- ing-google The full workshop, including lunch is $40. A free networking session, with light appetizers, will be held between 5 and 6 p.m. Drinks will be avail- able for purchase during the networking session.
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TUESDAYMAY 20, 2014
STORIES OR IDEAS TO SHARE?
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www.dailybulletin.ca
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G.S.T.
TownsmanBulletin
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@kbulletin
Follow Us
WILDFIRE MANAGEMENT
CLEARINGMaintenance clearing will be going on above Levirs Avenue in the coming days.
See LOCAL NEWSpage 4
INFORMATION
GOT BATS?The lowdown on the feared and fascinating flying mam-mal of the order Chiroptera.
See LOCAL NEWSpage 5
PROUDLY SERVING KIMBERLEY AND AREA SINCE 1932 | Vol. 82, Issue 91 | www.dailybulletin.ca
PHOTO SUBMITTED
Mr. Scott’s Grade 1 class at KIS honoured baby Kiyah and her mom, Emily during their final Roots of Empathy baby visit by giving her a wishing tree and a photo album of special memories from the 27-week program. Roots of Empathy is an evidence-based classroom program that has shown significant effect in reducing levels of aggression among school children while raising social/emotional competence and increasing empathy. Throughout the program, the children observed Kiyah’s growth, her milestones and her emotions. Through guided learning about Kiyah’s feelings and needs, the children became more aware of their own feelings, as well as other’s, thereby increasing their ability to empathize. The children stated their favourite moments included watching Kiyah learn to roll over and crawl, seeing her smile and singing to her.
Be prepared for spring floodingFreshet just beginning
for mid and high elevations
C AROLYN GR ANTBulletin Editor
B.C.’s River Forecast Centre has released their latest Snow Bulletin and it shows the East Kootenay
snowpack at 135 per cent of nor-mal. The report says that with slightly cooler temperatures to-ward the end of April the melt has delayed and mid and high eleva-tion runoff is just beginning.
With warmer weather now set-tling in, there have already been increases in turbidity in Mark Creek and Kimberley is under a Boil Water Notice.
The RDEK is reminding resi-dents that they should be aware and prepared for the possibility of flooding as well.
“We know we are going to see that snow make its way into our rivers and streams over the next few weeks, but it’s important to understand that the level of the snow pack is less significant than the way the melting occurs. For
example, if we have a stretch of warm days and cool nights, the melt will be completely different than if we go into a string of really hot days, warm nights and rain,” says RDEK Communications Man-ager, Loree Duczek. “Having said that, there are a number of things the public can do to help them-selves and help us be prepared in the event flooding occurs, includ-
ing: staying away from fast moving or high water, preparing their prop-erties if they are in an area that typically experiences spring flood-ing, and reporting any unusual or rapidly changing conditions in riv-ers and streams.”
Both the RDEK and the City of Kimberley are also warning people to be aware of debris in rivers and streams.
A guide to online marketing
See FLOOD , Page 3
C AROLYN GR ANTBulletin Editor
Tomorrow, Wednesday, May 21, 2011, the Kimberley Chamber of Commerce and the Koote-nay Rockies Innovation Council (KRIC) are offer-ing a workshop for those interested in marketing online but a little unsure how to go about it.
Greg Bradley of TekPro Information Solutions will deliver the workshop, focusing on Google AdWords.
Google AdWords can be an excellent, cost-ef-fective tool for growing your business, if you un-derstand how to run a smart campaign which of-fers a strong and measurable return on your in-vestment.
You’ll leave the workshop with practical tools to help people find you online, generate more traffic to your website, track your success, target your marketing efforts to your potential custom-ers and get more for your advertising dollar, says Chamber Manager Mike Guarnery.
“Google AdWords provides a cost-effective and extremely measurable way to put your product in front of your potential customers at exactly the right time in the buying cycle,” Bradley says. “It’s not overly complicated but knowing the ins-and-outs of running a successful ad campaign can give small businesses a huge opportunity to accelerate their sales without a significant capital outlay.”
Other information covered includes how the AdWords auction works, the different types of campaigns and networks, how to set a campaign budget, how to choose keywords, tactics to get more clicks to your website, how to target your customers at the right point in the buying cycle, why ad extensions are so effective, and how to use them and how to use Google Analytics to improve your campaign’s effectiveness.
The workshop runs Wednesday May 21 from 11:30 to 6 p.m. at the Kimberley Conference Cen-tre. Register online at http://kric.ca/events/get-ting-found-helping-your-customers-find-you-us-ing-google
The full workshop, including lunch is $40. A free networking session, with light appetizers, will be held between 5 and 6 p.m. Drinks will be avail-able for purchase during the networking session.
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Welcome to our first and hopefully not our last column..
Each month we will try to bring you an informative and we hope, interesting take on photog-raphy from our perspective or as we might say, from behind the lens.
This month we are taking a look at the current demise of point-and-shoot or compact cameras, as you may know them. Also the unstoppable force of the Android or smartphone that is leading to changes the photo-graphic industry never thought it would see.
In the last 12 months, world-wide sales of point-and-shoot cameras have fallen between 40-50 per cent, while the sales of smartphones continue to steadi-ly increase. What is the correla-tion between camera and smart-phone sales, you may ask? It’s the generation between the ages of 16-35 that used to buy point-and-shoot cameras, who are now just using their smartphones.
One could argue that more pictures are now being taken than ever before in the history of photography. There is no deny-
ing that this is because of the ac-cess to easy technology that is just sitting in your bag or pocket. Are good quality, printable pic-tures being produced? No! Are simple snapshots that are des-tined to Instagram or facebook being taken? Yes.
The assumption is these days that a smartphone camera is as good as any point-and-shoot camera. We would have to agree that a point-and-shoot camera from five years ago may not be as good as your smartphone but, just like any electronics, technol-ogy and picture quality has dra-matically improved in these too.
Point-and-shoot benefits:• Huge zooms — Up to 120X
Zoom now;• Much higher quality print-
able pictures;• Rugged shockproof, water-
proof models;• Blueray quality video;• GPS and Wifi enabled.Week in week out, we are
sending disappointed customers away, smartphones in hand — who wanted larger prints of that special moment, family celebra-tion or even wedding — who have been told by us that the
quality isn’t good enough for a print. The same questions and responses are asked by all: “How much is a proper camera?” Our response is, always cheaper than you think!
How many moments are you happy to keep missing until one day you realize you don’t have any pictures of your kids growing up on your walls?
So our advice to you, the read-er? If you want those treasured family pictures or special mo-ments hanging on your walls, if you want future generations in years to come to be able to look back at their childhoods, buy a point-and-shoot camera, capture that moment! Don’t be another disappointed customer we send away, with a memory that will never be shared.
For any questions, whether it may be photographic, about printing or even about a point-and-shoot camera. Come see us at the store or call us on 250-489-5336. We are always happy to chat about what we love doing.
Submitted by Cranbrook Photo
Sally MacDonalDTownsman Staff
A crowd of excited people gathered beside East Kootenay Regional Hospital in Cranbrook on Friday, May 16, to of-ficial welcome the start of construction on the $20 million Intensive Care Unit (ICU).
Lark Projects of Sur-rey began work on the project two weeks ago, soon after being award-ed the large-scale con-struction work.
“Today we are doing the sod turning, so to speak, although you can see from the big hole be-hind me that the sod has already been turned,” said Kootenay East MLA Bill Bennett.
The new ICU will add an 8,500 square foot building to East Koote-nay Regional Hospital with six patient rooms. It will be located on the northeast corner of the hospital, beside where the mobile MRI unit is parked.
The addition will re-place the ageing, cramped four-bed ICU at the hospital. The size and design of the new ICU will provide better flow through the unit for physicians and staff and provide additional pri-
vacy. The enhanced care environment for patients will feature in-tegrated family spaces and maximized natural light.
The project includes a significant electrical upgrade to the entire hospital. The electrical infrastructure will be lo-cated in the basement of the new addition.
The B.C. government is funding approximate-ly $12 million of the project and the Koote-nay East Regional Hos-pital District is contrib-uting $8 million. The East Kootenay Founda-tion for Health is con-tributing $120,000.
“These upgrades will allow patients to receive an even better level of care in their home com-munity, as well as im-proving the work envi-ronment of the physi-cians and the staff who provide care here at the hospital,” said Bennett.
“I’m not going to call it the crowning glory or the last big piece that was needed, because if I say that, it means we’re done and we’re never going to be done.”
The Kootenay East Regional Hospital Dis-trict has funded 40 per cent of the capital proj-
ect and is doing so with-out having raised taxes on East Kootenay resi-dents in the past seven years, pointed out board chair John Kettle, who thanked MLA Ben-nett for securing the re-maining 60 per cent funding from the prov-ince.
“I have to tell you, I’ve said this a hundred times before, we would not be standing here today, there would not be a hole there today if it wasn’t for Kootenay Bill Bennett. That’s it, that’s a fact.”
The East Kootenay Foundation for Health is pitching in funding thanks to the support the non-profit receives from the communities it serves, said Brian Clif-ford, chair of the foun-dation.
“It’s an indication of the volume of donations that we get in the East Kootenay to allow our regional hospital to con-tinue to provide the ser-vice that it does.”
Hospital chief of staff Dr. Lawrence Jewett spoke of the journey the hospital has undertaken since he began working there in 1980. He said that the hospital has be-come a training ground for excellent physicians, but retaining those phy-sicians has been a prob-lem.
“Recruitment and re-tention of doctors will no longer be a problem,” said Jewett. “This addi-tion will finally make us a regional referral cen-tre. The ICU will be the glue that cements all the specialties together. We will no longer need to send out as many pa-tients with heart attacks or strokes.”
With substantial work already underway at the Cranbrook site, the ICU project is ex-pected to be complete in mid-2016.
“All I can say now is: gentlemen, start your engines,” said Christine Shumka, hospital ser-vices director.
Hospital project breaks ground
A celebration at EK Regional Hospital marks the beginning of construction for new Intensive Care Unit
Point-and-Shoot camera still outshoots the smartphone
“Recruitment and retention of doctors will no longer be a
problem. This addition will finally make us a regional referral centre. The ICU will be the glue that cements all the specialties together.
We will no longer need to send out as many patients with
heart attacks or strokes.”
Dr. Lawrence Jewett
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the City of Kimberley are also warning people to be aware of debris in rivers and streams.
“If people notice creeks or rivers become suddenly chocolatey brown with large chunks of debris or if the flow suddenly de-creases or stops, they should report it as soon as possible so the situa-tion can be properly as-sessed by Provincial Flood Assessors,” Duczek said. “The number to call in these situations is 1-800-663-3456. This is a Provin-cial coordination centre and is the fastest way to get the best coordinated local response. The only time 9-1-1 should be used is if you feel your
life or the lives of others are in danger.”
Additionally, if peo-ple are experiencing flooding that is impact-ing their access or af-fecting large areas, it should be reported so local emergency pro-gram officials are noti-fied.
The RDEK Emergen-cy Programs have se-cured additional sand-bags, are doing a re-gional inventory of sup-plies and resources, and are participating in reg-ular updates with Emer-gency Management BC, the River Forecast Cen-tre and Environment Canada. Emergency Program staff have also completed Flood Ob-server Training. For in-formation on the RDEK’s Emergency
Programs, contact Mel-ody Munro at 250-489-2791 or 1-888-478-7335.
“Living in a moun-tainous area that enjoys four full seasons, there is always a possibility of seasonal spring flood-ing as we transition from winter to summer. The best thing we can do to prepare is use common sense: be pre-pared, stay safe by stay-ing away from rivers and streams and report flooding if you see it,” adds Duczek.
Emergency Manage-ment BC has extensive flood preparedness in-formation on its web-site, including every-thing from packing an emergency kit to proper sandbagging tech-niques: www.embc.gov.bc.ca
Prepare for flooding as temperatures warm and higher elevation
melt begins
Fire ecology researcher to
speak in Cranbrook,
May 22Cranbrook : An
a w a r d - w i n n i n g fire-ecology researcher will give a public talk on May 22 at the Col-lege of the Rockies in Cranbrook.
Dr. Lori Daniels, As-sociate Professor in the UBC Faculty of Forest-ry, will talk about her ongoing research in the East and West Koo-tenays. The public is welcome to attend this presentation, which is hosted by the Rocky Mountain Trench Eco-system Restoration Program.
Daniels is an award-winning aca-demic with several publications to her name. She runs the Tree Ring Lab in the Department of Forest and Conservation Sci-ences at the University
Presentation: ‘Fire; more good than harm’of British Columbia. She works closely with the Trench ER Program and the Rocky Moun-tain Trench Natural Resources Society to conduct research about all things fire-, tree-growth- and cli-mate-related.
“Understanding the historical function of fire and other natural disturbances is critical if we are to anticipate and respond to global climate change effec-tively,” Daniels said.
Historically, fires maintained the dry for-ests of B.C. “Fire scars show that surface fires burned every 10 to 40 years, on average,” she said. “Severe fires that generate new forests burned less frequently.
“Both forest-main-taining and initiating fires were associated
with years and decades of warm, dry climate—providing insight into future fire regimes due to climate change.”
Daniels said fire re-gimes have changed during the 20th centu-ry due to combined in-fluences of humans and climate.
“In the past 60 years, despite warmer tem-peratures, fires essen-tially were eliminated from many forests due to very effective fire suppression,” she said. “In absence of fire, tree density and fuels can build-up, increasing the chance of a severe fire.”
By trying to protect our forests and com-munities from fire, she said, communities have made many dry forests more suscepti-ble to severe fires. The
changes in forests also have negative impacts on habitat and biodi-versity.
Daniels said inno-vative, creative, and scienti f ical ly-based mitigation and resto-ration can improve for-est resilience and is one way for society to prepare for the effects of climate change.
“We’re learning now how to fight fire with fire,” she said. “Where our good intentions have altered the forest, we need action.”
Daniels’s current work includes super-vising PhD candidate Greg Greene in his study of the dynamics of forest ingrowth in the Trench valley bot-tom. Greene has spent last summer in the re-gion sampling trees to discover links between
forest ingrowth and en-croachment and di-minished tree growth. He will return again this summer to collect more data on en-croachment and to produce an overlay map assessing exactly how much grassland and open forest has been lost since 1950.
This presentation is of great interest to any-one involved in grass-land ecosystem resto-ration, wildlife habitat, and wildfire/urban in-terface fuel manage-ment.
The Rocky Moun-tain Trench Ecosystem Restoration program would like to thank the Provincial ER Land Based Investment Pro-gram in funding Dr Daniel’s work and pre-sentation in Cran-brook.
Dr. Lori Daniels
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When: Saturday, May 24, 2014 Time: From 6:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. local MDT Where: Wardner & Bull River: All customers in the community of
Wardner, including Hwy 3/93 approximately four kilometres west of Wardner; Bull River Rd. to Mead Rd., HaHa Creek Rd, Kikomun Rd., Bull River/Galloway Rd.south of Douglas Lake.
We will be making electrical system improvements in the Wardner and Bull River areas on Saturday, May 24, 2014. To ensure the safety of our work crews, it will be necessary to interrupt electrical service for approximately four hours.
To prepare for this interruption and protect your equipment from damage, turn off all lights, electric heaters, major appliances and unplug all electronics.
For the first hour after the power comes back on, please only plug in or turn on those electronics and appliances that you really need. This will help ensure the electrical system does not get overloaded.
We are sorry for the inconvenience. We will restore your power as soon as we can.
Prepare for outages and stay informed by visiting bchydro.com/outages or bchydro.com/mobile from your handheld device. Please call 1 888 POWERON (1 888 769 3766) for more information.
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As part of its Community Wildfire Fuels Management Program the City of Kimberley Fire Department, in conjunction with the Cranbrook Fire Zone (Wildfire Management Branch) and Selkirk School Outdoor Education Class, will be completing a maintenance program on the Levirs Avenue Project. This project area was first treated in 2004 with mechanical thinning and post cleanup was completed in 2006. Starting in 2013 the seedlings (regenerating conifer trees) are being removed to reduce the fire hazard and to maintain the objectives of the prescription - which is to reduce the fire hazard in the Wildland Urban Interface (WUI). Crews, like the one above, will be working in the area over the next couple of weeks. If you have any questions, please call the Fire Department at (250) 427-4114.
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Hi, my name is Courtney Crawford and I play “Margot”, one of the Delta Nu sorority girls, in Selkirk Second-ary School’s upcoming production of “Legally Blonde”. Participating in this show has been an enjoyable experience. The students in the cast are supporting and in-credibly fun to be around. I’m impressed with their abilities. Since this show is upbeat and full of enthusiasm, act-ing in the show has been an enjoyable experience where all of the students have a chance to bond. There are a lot of hu-morous and entertain-ing scenes that I am ex-cited for everyone to see.
I have had an incred-ible time being a part of this musical with all of the other talented stu-dents. It has been an awesome few months full of fun at rehearsals, while everyone works hard at refining their performance skills. Mr. McCue and Mr. Heyde are extremely caring and work exceedingly hard to create the most opportunities for us; they are the best direct-ing team I could ask for.
I was also given the opportunity to co-cho-reograph this show with Clara McLeod who suc-cessfully directed the Mckim Middle School musical “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Fac-tory” and plays the lead in Legally Blonde: Elle Woods. Clara is a re-markable person to
work with. We have both produced some excellent dances while working together and bouncing ideas off of each other. Every Fri-day morning before school Clara and I meet to choreograph and co-ordinate all of the dance routines. I have thoroughly enjoyed working with the cast and having so much input into the final product. I have benefit-ted largely from this huge learning experi-ence.
I would personally like to thank everyone who has helped out with the show; it means a lot to me and the other students that so many people in the community are willing
to help out with our production. “Legally Blonde” is a high ener-gy show that we have dedicated hours of hard work to perfect. I am looking forward to the show and I hope everyone else is too.
The show runs from May 21st to 24th at 7:30pm at Mckim The-atre, with a 2pm mat-inée on May 24th. Tick-ets are $12 and are available at Mckim Middle School office in Kimberley and Lotus Books in Cranbrook. There is a $5 student night on Thursday the 22nd and seniors 55+ get in for $5 at the Sun-day matinee. I hope to see you there!
Photo submitted
Courtney Crawford
Legally Blonde ready to open Wednesday
Arne PetryshenTownsman Staff
Cranbrook Council approved a permit that will enable development of a new Canadian Tire store on the north side of town. On May 12, coun-cil gave the go-ahead for a Highway Corridor Commercial Development Permit which will enable the con-struction of a commercial retail building on McPhee Road under the C2 Highway Commercial Zone.
The applicant proposes to build a 6,668 m2 commercial retail building, which will include a retail floor area, mezzanine areas for office and ware-house space, an auto service centre and a garden centre. The garden cen-tre will be a 929 m2 outdoor com-
pound. City staff indicated that since the
proposal was for a development more than 4,500 metres located within 800 metres of the highway, it was circulat-ed to the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure, which expressed no concerns.
City Staff further said that the building finishes, architectural de-tails, an efficient parking layout and the site landscaping would create a aesthetically pleasing commercial development that integrates into its surroundings.
Mayor Wayne Stetski noted that with the rise of the new building, the fate of the old one along Victoria Ave-nue is up in the air.
New Canadian Tire development approved
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Bats
C AROLYN GR ANTBulletin Editor
Spring has sprung, birds have returned, bees and other in-sects are reappearing. And so
are bats. Interior Health is warning that bats
can put you at risk for rabies, and whether you are fascinated or fearful, the bottom line is you should avoid physical contact with bats as they are the primary carrier of the rabies virus in B.C.
Rabies is a very serious disease that affects the nervous system. It is almost always fatal if not treated in time. Last year, 32 people in the Interior Health region were treated for potential expo-sure to rabies.
“Many people will be bringing sum-mer gear out of storage or heading out to open the cabin. Activities like these can lead to unexpected encounters with bats,” said Jennifer Jeyes, Commu-nicable Disease Specialist with Interior Health. “Bats often fly into poorly sealed cabins and homes, they roost in attic spaces and they can even be found hanging inside closed patio umbrellas.”
Juliet Craig from the Kootenay Com-munity Bat Project agrees that people should be cautious about coming into contact with bats, and the health au-thority should be notified if you have any contact.
“We also promote the messages that bats are very important in our ecosys-tems, they are not dangerous — if you don’t touch them — and that half of the bat species in BC are of conservation concern,” Craig said.
According to IH, between four and eight per cent of the bats that are tested after coming into contact with people are found to have the rabies virus. In-fected bats can transmit rabies to hu-mans when their saliva comes into con-tact with a person’s mucus membranes (eyes, nose, mouth) or through a break in the skin.
Craig says the overall number of in-
fected bats is very small. “Scientists estimate that the inci-
dence of rabies in the free flying bat population is less than one per cent, and this rate varies between species. This risk is low and negligible if proper precautions are taken (i.e., never han-dle bats, keep pet vaccinations up to date and keep human living areas sealed tightly from areas where there are bats). There is no link between hav-ing a bat-house or bats in a building and a higher incidence of rabies. Since 1950, there have been only six cases of bat-re-lated rabies mortality in Canada.”
To contract rabies you must come into direct contact with an animal car-rying the virus, Craig says. Direct con-tact means that you must have contact with infected blood or saliva and expo-sure means contact through a break in your skin. This could be a very small (almost invisible) break in the skin or internally (mouth or nose). Avoid direct contact with bats. In all cases where there has been potential exposure (i.e., contact with bat saliva or blood) to hu-mans, contact your local health author-ity immediately. If possible, collect the bat that has come into direct contact with a person so it can be submitted for rabies testing. Live bats should be placed in a sealable container (equipped with air holes) and kept in a cool, dry place away from pets or hu-mans until testing can be arranged. Use leather gloves to collect the bat, wheth-er it is dead or alive. For more informa-tion, see http://www.healthlinkbc.ca/healthfiles/hfile07.stm. Note that Interi-or Health has changed its policy and no longer requires post-exposure rabies vaccinations if a bat is simply found in a bedroom.
Pet owners should make sure that rabies vaccinations are up-to-date for all pets. Local veterinarians should be consulted whenever pets have been exposed to a bat or any other poten-tially rabid animal.
Interior Health offers these tips to help protect yourself and your family:
• Never touch live or dead bats. Tell children not to play with or touch bats.• Make your home or cabin “bat proof.” Keep doors and windows closed, make sure window screens don’t
have any holes, and keep the attic area free of bats by keeping all vents properly screened and by closing off other openings.
• If you find a live bat in a room of your home, open the window and close interior doors until the bat leaves. • Seek professional bat-control advice (from a pest control or wildlife specialist) if your home or workplace or
is inhabited by bats.• Avoid locations or activities where bats are likely to be found (e.g., caves).• If you have a pet dog, cat, or ferret, make sure they are vaccinated regularly against rabies. Pets that were
born and raised in B.C. pose a very low risk of transmitting rabies to humans; however, vaccinating your pets will protect them from rabies.
• If you have been bitten or scratched:• Thoroughly wash the wounds with soap and water.• Early treatment is crucial to prevent rabies from progressing. Treatment involves a two-week period of vac-
cinations that must be administered as soon as possible after exposure.
Bats are the major carrier of rabies in B.C. but also important to the ecosystem.
The good, the bad....
• Bats are not rodents but rather belong to their own group of mammals or “Order” called Chiroptera which means “hand-wing”. The wing of a bat is two layers of skin and the bones look like a human hand with elongated fingers. In fact, bats are far more closely related to primates (such as monkeys and humans) than they are to rodents.
• Bats eat huge amounts of flying insects, some-times more than their own weight in insects per night. That’s like a 150 lb person eating 600 “quarter-pounder” burgers in one day! Many of the insects that bats eat are likely to be mos-quitoes.
• Different groups of bats eat different things. There are groups of bats that eat fruit, nectar, insects, mammals, fish, or blood. Only three species of bats in the world eat blood and these are the vampire bats of Central and South America. All bats in Canada eat nothing but insects (and other arthropods) and in most cases, only flying insects.
• The saliva of vampire bats contains an anti-co-agulant that allows the blood to keep flowing after a bite so that the bat can lap up the blood. This chemical is being used as a treatment for strokes because it can help dissolve blood clots in the brain. There is a drug developed called “draculin”.
• Bats are not blind. They have eyes and can see, likely better than we can under dimly lit condi-
tions. Some bats (flying foxes found in the old world) navigate using vision alone and appear to be able to see even better than owls!
• Bats in Canada navigate and find prey mostly using echolocation. Bats emit regular calls (at the intensity of screams) and then listen to the echo of their voice. By the sound and timing of the echo, they can determine the range, the size and type of objects in front of them, if they are flying, and how fast they are moving. It is such an amazing system that the US Navy stud-ies bats to improve human-developed sonar systems.
• There are 16 species of bats in BC (17 if you count the one record of a Big Free-tailed Bat that washed up in 1938 in New Westminster) and half of them are considered vulnerable or threatened.
• Bats in Canada either hibernate or migrate in winter. Little is known about bat hibernation sites, especially in western Canada. Bats are extremely sensitive to disturbance when they are hibernating and should be left alone.
• Bats expend a huge amount of energy to fly. As a result, they try to save energy when they can. They regularly use a system called torpor where they lower their heart rate, metabolism and body temperature and go into a deep sleep-like condition. It is like a mini-hibernation bout. They do this periodically through the night and during the day depending on local conditions.
Facts about bats from the Kootenay Community Bat Project
PAGE 6 TUESDAY, MAY 20, 2014
Deep in the Stygian darkness of the obfuscating layers of governmental bureaucracy dwell the worker bees.
These drones live in the depths of regula-tions enacted by said government, their job to enforce the rules, to make sure things are ticketyboo, so the wheels of democracy may run smoothly.
We have discussed before, dear readers, the need for regulation. You don’t want chaos, rules are necessary. But we have also discussed before what happens when an over-zeal-ous drone takes his or her role a little too seriously. People, ordinary people, get hurt.
I am about to tell you a tale of woe — a tale of a group of people just trying to help out who got caught up in the befud-dling blanket of government bureaucracy, and ran into a worker bee, whom we shall refer to as Rhonda — because her real name escapes me. We’re going to talk meat draws.
Let me explain. Meat draws, to the un-initiated, are a swell way to raise a few funds, whilst enjoying a cold beverage and fellowship. You simply sell tickets for the chance to win meat. Tickets are a buck or two and a surprising amount of money can be raised. A group in Kimberley decided to do just that. The agreement among the 20 or so who gathered weekly at a local water-ing hole, was that funds would be raised to help those in Kimberley only. Focus on Kimberley. FOCUS chose a few very worthy
causes to champion, like the Pines Memo-rial Society, the Kimberley Loan Cupboard, the Selkirk Breakfast Club and the Food Bank Angel Tree program. And donations were given to these groups in the amount of $500 each time. But FOCUS also chose to keep on hand an emergency fund so that anyone needing help due to well, an emer-gency, could receive $500 immediately. The person’s needs were simply brought forward, a quick show of hands vote was
taken and the money was offered. No strings. Over the past year, FOCUS gave $500 to several cancer pa-tients who were in need for either travel expenses, or simply living expenses as they could no longer work. A couple of times the recip-
ients were people who had lost everything they owned in a fire. In simple terms, peo-ple in need of a bit of a boost.
A license was granted By BC Gaming in May of 2013 and the meat draws proceed-ed. The license allowed FOCUS to raise $5,000, which was done by December of last year. Another license was applied for and received and another $5000 was raised by May. All those funds, aside from the cost of meat and tickets, were given away. An-other license was applied for.
And... this is where we run into Rhonda. There was a simple request. Help me, Rhonda. Help me navigate the maze that is BC Gaming regulation and renew the li-cense for Focus. But Rhonda wanted a little more information about these shady meat
draws. And she wanted us to know that we can’t just up and give money to a cancer patient in dire straights, or a couple who lost everything in a fire. That’s madness! It could be fraud!
Sidebar – Kimberley has a population of less than 7,000 and the 20-some people at the core of the meat draw know everyone. I’m sure the rule about personal donations is there for a reason, but this isn’t it.
You also have to apply for a separate li-cense ($10 each) for each person you wish to help, Rhonda informed us. BC Gaming would then approve or not approve -— which kind of defeats the entire purpose of “emergency” funds. Rhonda also informed us that there were only three organizations we would be approved to assist. You can’t just go handing out money willy nilly.
Also, we have to record every ticket number sold, write down the names, ad-dresses and vital statistics of every winner. These are the rules. You win a pork chop, BC Gaming wants your personal informa-tion.
Unable — and yes, a bit unwilling — to meet Rhonda’s requirement, FOCUS de-cided to stand down. A bunch of people in Kimberley needing assistance won’t get it this year, because one worker bee decided to exercise her right to cross every ‘t’ and dot every ‘i’.
Shot through the heart and you’re to blame, Rhonda.
Why you gotta be so mean?
Carolyn Grant is Editor of the Kimberley Daily Bulletin
Shot through the heart, and you’re to blame
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Tuesday, May 20, 2014 Page 7
OpiniOn/EvEnts
Shortly before 9 p.m. on the night of the last provincial election, I hit the delete button on my computer, consigning to
the ozone a column congratulating pre-mier-elect Adrian Dix on his big win, then tucked into the first of many heaping help-ings of crow.
Among the seven provincial campaigns I’ve covered, Election 2013 provided the most learning experiences, some worth recalling on the anniversary of what was also the most surprising election outcome in mod-ern times.
“Campaigns matter.” I wrote that four weeks be-fore voting day, then promptly forgot it. But it ought to be bla-zoned on the walls of every party war room and media newsroom, as a reminder that an election is a dynamic process whose outcome should never be taken for grant-ed.
After the fact, I was struck by the words of Brad Bennett, scion of the political dy-nasty that produced two of the province’s longest-serving premiers and 10 election wins in 11 tries.
He travelled with Christy Clark every day during the campaign and with two weeks to go said: “I think what happens during a campaign really matters. I be-lieve, and have always believed, this will end up being a very close race. I ultimately believe that it’s completely winnable.”
Rule number one: “It ain’t over ‘‘til its over.” Call it the Yogi Berra rule, after the baseball legend who uttered those immor-tal words when his team was trailing badly at mid-season. Nor was it over: his team won the title on the last day of the season.
Christy Clark’s drive for her equivalent
of the title was characterized by exception-al focus on the economy. Bennett again: “It’s a powerful message that resonates — economy and smaller government versus bigger government. You have to stay con-sistent and keep driving home your mes-sage because as more and more people start to pay attention, the healthier the message.”
The NDP election plat-form was, as the party’s own post-mortem conced-ed, a “smorgasbord.” New leader John Horgan would appear to agree with the Clark approach, given his recent vows to put his own party’s focus on economic
growth and keep it there for the next three years.
Rule number two: “The economy, stu-pid.” That being the daily reminder served up by James Carville, campaign strategist for Bill Clinton’s successful bid for the U.S. presidency in 1992.
One of the most important insights into campaign 2013 emerged from the Elec-tions B.C. survey of who voted and who didn’t, a pattern dramatically shaped by population demographics.
Turnout was about 70 per cent for folks in the 60s, which is my age group, and al-most 75 per cent for those in their 70s. If every group of registered voters cast their ballots in the same proportions, there’d be no complaints about the vanishing elec-torate.
But turnout falls dramatically for younger slices of the population. Incredi-ble as it might seem, registered voters 85 and older manage to get their weary bones out to the polling stations at a greater rate (54 per cent versus 43 per cent) than those
under the age of 40.Those disparities in turnout mattered
especially in 2013 because older voters as a group leaned Liberal while younger voters leaned NDP.
Pollster Angus Reid blamed “the big-gest miss I have produced in almost five decades of polling” (he called the NDP nine points ahead; it finished almost five points behind) on a too-heavy sampling of voters under the age of 35. They leaned disproportionately to the NDP but neglect-ed to express their preference in sufficient numbers on election day.
Some New Democrats took heart this week when an Insights West poll showed them and the Liberals in a virtual dead heat among decided voters. But on a less encouraging note, the demographic break-down had the NDP way ahead with those under 35, while the Liberals led with the older age groups.
Rule number three: “Every election is determined by the people who show up.” That one is courtesy of Larry Sabato, one of the most widely cited political scientists and pundits in the U.S.
As a parting comment on the learning experience that was campaign 2013, I would also note that much of the media coverage in advance of voting day con-veyed the impression that the New Demo-crats were united, ready to govern and poised to win.
Indeed, if the media had the collective influence that its critics and some of its participants attribute to it, Adrian Dix would be celebrating his first anniversary as premier this week.
Vaughn Palmer is a columnist with the Vancouver Sun
Three takeaways from Election 2013
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If you were running China, and you wanted to distract your own population from economic woes at home by push-
ing one of your many territorial disputes with your neighbours into open conflict, which one would you choose?
Not Japan, even though most Chinese people really dislike and distrust Japan: it’s allied to the United States, and China is not yet ready for a military confronta-tion with the US Navy. Not the Philippines, either, for the same reason. But Viet-nam, a Communist state, is all alone with no allies. It’s perfect for the role, and it will play its part well.
Early this month, China moved its Haiyang Shiyou 981 oil-drilling rig into a part of the South China Sea where Vietnam also claims the seabed rights. Vietnam sent ships to pro-test the move, China sent more ships to protect the rig – Hanoi accuses accused China of massing 80 vessels in the area, including warships – and the fun and games began: rammings, battles with water cannon, and a great deal of self-righ-teous indignation on both sides.
The Vietnamese regime has never been afraid to defy China: it even fought a border war with its giant neighbour to the north in 1979. This year, for the first time, Hanoi publicly commemorated a 1974 clash in which Chinese forces seized the Paracel Islands and killed forty sailors of the old South Vietnamese navy. By last week, there were anti-Chinese demon-
strations in Hanoi and Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City).
Those were undoubtedly authorised by the Vietnamese regime, which keeps a tight hold on its population. What hap-pened in Binh Duong province in south-ern Vietnam on Tuesday was probably not. Official reports speak of three facto-ries housing Chinese-owned businesses being set on fire on an industrial estate,
but local reports talk of 19,000 workers rampaging through the estate and burning fifteen factories.
Hanoi doesn’t want this sort of thing to happen, of course – it scares off much-needed foreign in-vestment – but when you
press on the nationalist button, you can never be sure what will come out. Beijing should also be wary of this, if indeed it is really using its border disputes to stoke nationalist fervour in China. Nationalism is not a precision tool.
We can’t be sure that this is Beijing’s main motive, of course. Maybe it’s just a premature outburst of great-power arro-gance that is driving China to push so hard on all its territorial disputes this year. But it’s certainly doing it.
Since January China has declared an “Air Defence Identification Zone” over the Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands which are also claimed by Japan. It has outraged the Philippines by starting to build an airstrip and/or naval base on Johnson Reef (own-ership also in dispute) in the Spratly Is-
lands. It has even provoked Indonesia into openly challenging Beijing’s claims in the South China Sea for the first time.
The area China claims, on the basis of its alleged sovereignty over the many un-inhabited islands, islets, shoals and reefs scattered across the South China Sea, ex-tends more than 750 km (500 miles) from its south coast. According to the “nine-dash line” drawn on Chinese maps which is the only graphic (but very imprecise) guide to Beijing’s claim, its control ex-tends to around 50-75 km (30-50 miles) of the coasts of all the other littoral states.
China’s position would appear to be that you don’t need to prove your claim in the courts if you can enforce it on the ground (or rather, on the water). And in-deed, the sheer number and range of unilateral Chinese initiatives in recent months suggest that the policy of the new ruling team in Beijing (which will be in power for the next ten years) is driven by full-spectrum bloody-mindedness.
However, the desirability of a foreign confrontation to distract the Chinese population from the recession that will probably soon hit the country’s economy cannot be far from the minds of the re-gime either. In either case, if there is shooting, it will probably start off the Viet-namese coast, simply because Vietnam has no defence treaty with the United States.
Gwynne Dyer is an international journalist based in London
Trouble in the South China Sea
Vaughn Palmer
Gwynne Dyer
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I favoured them to beat the Bolts in the first round, but figured they were up against too strong a team in the Boston Bruins the following series.
I was wrong.On the back of some stellar goaltending and clutch plays
from all parts of the lineup, the Habs came back to force—and win—Game 7. The end of the game even had some drama, with Bruins F Milan Lucic allegedly telling Canadi-ans F Dale Weise in the handshake line that he was going to go after him next season (a paraphrase of the actual state-ment because I can’t print profanity…). Despite that un-sportsmanlike display, the Canadiens can take solace in the fact that they’re still in the hunt for Lord Stanley’s Cup while Boston is hitting the links.
Montreal drew the New York Rangers, who pulled off an upset of their own against the Pittsburgh Penguins, down-ing Sidney Crosby and friends 2-1 in Game 7 last week. That upset cost Pens GM Ray Shero his job, and put head coach Dan Bylsma on the hot seat.
The big story, though, is the Rangers and how they’ve handled some internal adver-sity inside the locker room. It’s amazing how people can rally together during trage-dy, with Martin St. Louis battling through grief after his mother suddenly passed away a few days ago. The Blueshirts, under the guidance of former Vancouver Canucks coach Alain Vigneault, have utilized their speed down low to generate some effective offensive pressure
while relying on goaltender Henrik Lundqvist to bail them out of trouble.
The Rangers destroyed the Habs 7-2 at the Bell Centre in Montreal to open the Eastern Conference finals, and Carey Price suffered an injury that will keep him out of the series.
That’s a huge blow for the Canadiens, and while hockey is a sport where you win and lose as a team, the loss of Price is too severe to give them a chance at a berth in the Cup final.
Western Conference
Those L.A. Kings just don’t go away. I didn’t think the Kings were going to get by the Sharks,
because San Jose had such a strong regular season. I was wrong.I didn’t think the Kings were going to get by the Anaheim
Ducks for the same reason.Again, I was wrong. Both series went to Game 7, and both
times, the Kings came out on the winning side.San Jose’s early exit has sparked some
changes in the roster already, with Dan Boyle and Martin Havlat getting the axe, as recently announced by GM Doug Wilson, who, by all the signs, will be keeping his job, along with
head coach Todd McLellan.There hasn’t been much fallout (yet) in Anaheim after
dropping their Game 7 to their L.A. rivals, but that could change in the future, especially since the Ducks did so well
in the regular season and were hoping for a longer post-sea-son run.
But I digress.The Kings—which include Kootenay Ice alumni Jarret
Stoll on the roster and Brayden McNabb in the prospect system—are into the conference final against the Chicago Blackhawks, who survived a Game 7 situation themselves in the second round when they squeaked past the Minnesota Wild on an OT winner from Patty Kane.
Chicago, the defending champions, defeated the high-er-seeded St. Louis Blues in six games before edging out the Wild to earn a berth in the conference final.
They’re an all-around solid team, led by Jonathan Toews and Patty Kane up front and Duncan Keith and Brent Seabrook on defence. Goaltender Cory Crawford also leads the NHL in goals-against and save percentage.
However, those pesky Kings have proven they can find and exploit any cracks in the armour.
Not to mention, L.A. has some game-changing players of their own, notably goaltender Jonathan Quick and defence-man Drew Doughty. Up front, guys like Marian Gaborik, Jeff Carter and Anze Kopitar are the heavy-hitters in terms of offensive production.
Chicago fired the opening shot on Sunday, securing a 3-1 win for an early series lead. However, I’m anticipating this to be a long one, hopefully all the way to seven games, because these two are just too good for a short series.
If I were a betting man, I’d put my money on Chicago to win the series, but every time I go against the Kings in these playoffs, they’ve proven me wrong.
Trevor Crawley
Underdog teams making the most of NHL playoffs
Monday, May 12 Jr. BabeSandor 13 - Invermere 10.Monday, May 12 McDonald’s division girls 12URed 14 vs Green 7Tuesday, May 13Jr. BabeSandor 13 - Players Bench 11Tuesday, May 13thJr. BabeSandor Rental 13 vs. Player’s Bench 11Wednesday, May 14 Cal Major Kootenay Kwik Print 6 - Player’s Bench 5Wednesday, May 14Jr.Babe score is Sandor 13 - Creston 10Wednesday, May 14 McDonald’s league girls U12Green Jelly Beans 13 vs Blue Jolly RanchersWednesday, May 14Cal Major Kootenay Kwik Print 9 - Players Bench 9Thursday, May 15Jr.Babe Sandor 11 - Williams Moving 17
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Guelph Storm undefeated at Memorial CupTRE VOR CR AWLEY
Sports Editor
The Edmonton Oil Kings are chasing major-junior’s highest honour this week in Ontario at the Memorial Cup.
The WHL champions are have collected a win and a loss, drop-ping their opening decision 5-2 to the OHL champion Guelph Storm before coming back with a win by the same score over the host London Knights.
In between, the Storm
dumped Val-d’Or 6-3 on Monday to remain undefeated and earn a berth into the CHL tournament final.
The Oil Kings have a crucial game against the QMJHL winners on Tuesday night as both teams have the same record.
London will put their tourna-ment lives on the line on Wednes-day, as their winless record will eliminate them from advancing should they suffer a loss to the Storm.
ResultsFriday
Val-d’Or 1 - London 0Saturday
Guelph 5 - Edmonton 2Sunday
London 2 - Edmonton 5Monday
Guelph 6 - Val-d’Or 3Tuesday
Edmonton vs Val-d’OrWednesday
Guelph vs London
STE VE DOUGLASAssociated Press
MANCHESTER, En-gland - Manchester United has hired Neth-erlands coach Louis van Gaal as the club’s new manager on a three-year contract.
Van Gaal, who will take up his new posi-
tion after the World Cup in Brazil, replaces David Moyes following his firing last month after just 10 months in charge.
United great Ryan Giggs will be Van Gaal’s assistant.
The 62-year-old Van Gaal has experience of
coaching some of the world’s biggest clubs after stints at Ajax, Bar-celona and Bayern Mu-nich in his 28-year managerial career, but has never managed in England.
He is United’s first manager from outside Britain and Ireland.
Louis van Gaal tapped to lead Machester United as manager
R AUL DOMINGUEZAssociated Press
SAN ANTONIO - Tim Duncan scored 27 points and the San Antonio Spurs took advantage of Serge Ibaka’s absence to dominate the paint, beating the Oklahoma City Thunder 122-105 on Monday night in the opener of the Western Conference finals.
Manu Ginobili added 18 points and Kawhi Leonard and Danny Green had 16 points each. Tony Parker did not appear limited by a hamstring injury, scor-ing 14 points and having 12 asssists.
Kevin Durant scored 28 points and Russell Westbrook added 25. Oklahoma City’s re-maining starters, Nick Collison, Thabo Sefolos-
ha and Kendrick Perkins combined to score five points.
The Thunder strug-gled without the defen-sive presence of Ibaka, who will miss the re-mainder of the post-sea-son after suffering a calf injury in the Thunder’s series clincher against the Los Angeles Clip-pers.
San Antonio had 66 points in the paint and shot 58 per cent from the field.
The Spurs fed Dun-can early with Ibaka out, and the veteran re-sponded by scoring 12 points in the first quar-ter, making six of his seven shots.
The Spurs beat the Thunder for the first time this season, but it wasn’t easy despite Iba-
ka’s absence. Despite missing his first four shots, Westbrook con-tinued to bull his way into the lane and it paid off as the game wore on.
Westbrook had 12 points in the third quar-ter, continually driving past Parker and the Spurs before they could settle in defensively.
With the exception of a pair of free throws by Derek Fisher, Westbrook and Durant scored all of Oklahoma City’s points in a 23-22 third quarter.
The extended efforts exerted by the Thun-der’s two All-Stars even-tually took a toll, espe-cially with the Spurs bench coming to life. Westbrook and Durant were limited to seven points in the final quar-ter.
Spurs rout Thunder 122-105 in conference final opener
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Getting back on the trackHigh school athletes from the East and West Kootenays took over the
track facilities at the College of the Rockies for zone championships last week in order to qualify for provin-cials in Langley at the end of the month. Photos by Trevor Crawley
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P U B L I C H E A R I N G N O T I C E
Public Notice is hereby given that the Municipal Council of the Corporation of the City of Cranbrook is considering adopting “City of Cranbrook Zoning Amendment Bylaw No. 3798, 2014”.
The proposed amendment of the Zoning Bylaw will change the zoning of land legally described as Lot A, District Lot 2872, Kootenay District, Plan 11840, Except Part in Plan 13947, from “C-2 – Highway Commercial Zone” to “RT – Residential Transition Zone” .
The purpose of the rezoning is to make the zoning consistent with the existing residential use of the property. The subject property is located on 30th Avenue N. as indicated on the reference map below.
“City of Cranbrook Zoning Amendment Bylaw No. 3798, 2014” may be inspected between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding holidays, up until May 26, 2014, as posted on the bulletin board in the foyer at City Hall, or in the of� ce of the Municipal Clerk.
The Public Hearing will commence in the Council Chamber, City Hall, 40 - 10 Avenue South at 6:00 p.m. on May 26, 2014.
All persons who believe that their interest in property is affected by the proposed Bylaw Amendment may submit written presentations to the City of Cranbrook prior to the date of the Hearing and they may also submit written and/or verbal presentations at the Hearing, thereby allowing all persons an opportunity to be heard on this matter.
SUBMISSIONS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED AFTER THE PUBLIC HEARING.
Municipal Clerk
F o r t h e tow n s m a nCranbrook Fire &
Emergency Services first responders are now better equipped to deal with forcible entry into buildings.
Crews have com-pleted this yearly train-ing forcible entry pro-gram which provided nearly 100 hours of ad-ditional training to in-crease and refine the technically demanding skills required in forc-ible entry for both resi-dential and commercial buildings.
“Today’s house fires burn eight times faster and produce 200 times the amount of smoke that a fire would have 50 years ago,” said Wayne Price, Director of Cranbrook Fire & Emergency Services. Even 30 years ago a per-son had up to an esti-mated eight minutes to exit their home from the time their smoke alarm went off. Today, a person has less than two minutes.
“This is a result of modern furnishings, contents and construc-tion products in today’s homes. So, obviously minimizing response and access times is im-perative.”
Recently Cranbrook Fire & Emergency Ser-vices purchased a forc-ible door simulator to allow members to learn, practice and re-fine these skills. The
Firefighters focus on forcible entry
Cranbrook Fire & emergenCy ServiCeS
Cranbrook Fire & Emergency Services first responders have completed the yearly training forcible entry program.
prop has the ability to replicate left hand and right hand swinging doors as well as inward and outward facing doors with each type of-
fering its own unique set of challenges.
“The addition of this valuable training prop ensures that each mem-ber of the department
can practice and devel-op the required muscle memory necessary to perform these skills in time sensitive situa-tions,” Price added.
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The weather cooperated for Painted Turtle Day at Elizabeth Lake. Classes from TM Roberts and Gordon Terrace enjoyed meeting with local members of the Rocky Mountain Naturalists including Art and Lois Gruenig, who showed the children recently hatched baby western painted turtles.
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P U B L I C H E A R I N G N O T I C E
Public Notice is hereby given that the Municipal Council of the Corporation of the City of Cranbrook is considering adopting “City of Cranbrook Of� cial Community Plan Amendment Bylaw No. 3797, 2014”.
If adopted, the proposed Of� cial Community Plan (OCP) amendment will change the land use designation of the subject property from a “Highway Commercial” designation to a “Low Density Residential” designation”.
Approval of the proposed OCP amendment will enable consideration of “Zoning Amendment Bylaw No. 3798, 2014”, to permit rezoning of the subject property from “C-2 - Highway Commercial Zone” to “RT - Residential Transition Zone”.
The subject property is legally described as Lot A, District Lot 2872, Kootenay District, Plan 11840, Except Part in Plan 13947, and is located on 30th Avenue N. as indicated on the reference map below.
The purpose of the proposed OCP amendment and Zoning amendment is to make the zoning consistent with the existing residential use of the property.
“City of Cranbrook Of� cial Community Plan Amendment Bylaw No. 3797, 2014” may be inspected between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding holidays, up until May 26, 2014, as posted on the bulletin board in the foyer at City Hall, or in the of� ce of the Municipal Clerk.
The Public Hearing will commence in the Council Chamber, City Hall, 40 - 10 Avenue South at 6:00 p.m. on May 26th, 2014.
All persons who believe that their interest in property is affected by the proposed Bylaw Amendment may submit written presentations to the City of Cranbrook prior to the date of the Hearing and they may also submit written and/or verbal presentations at the Hearing, thereby allowing all persons an opportunity to be heard on this matter.
SUBMISSIONS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED AFTER THE PUBLIC HEARING.
Municipal Clerk
P U B L I C H E A R I N G N O T I C E
Public Notice is hereby given that the Municipal Council of the Corporation of the City of Cranbrook is considering adopting “City of Cranbrook Zoning Amendment Bylaw No. 3800, 2014”
The proposed housekeeping amendments will change the zoning map by amending the designation of the subject property from RR-16, Rural Residential (Extensive) Zone to RR-60, Rural Resource Zone. The proposed amendment is required to address a mapping error that labelled the property with an incorrect zoning designation.
The subject property affected by this amendment is legally described as District Lot 10360 Kootenay District, located at 525 Mennie Road as shown on the reference map below.
“City of Cranbrook Zoning Amendment Bylaw No. 3800, 2014” may be inspected between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding holidays, up until May 26, 2014 as posted on the bulletin board in the foyer at City Hall, or in the of� ce of the Municipal Clerk.
The Public Hearing will commence in the Council Chamber, City Hall, 40 - 10 Avenue South at 6:00 p.m. on May 26, 2014
All persons who believe that their interest in property is affected by the proposed Bylaw Amendment may submit written presentations to the City of Cranbrook prior to the date of the Hearing and they may also submit written and/or verbal presentations at the Hearing, thereby allowing all persons an opportunity to be heard on this matter.
SUBMISSIONS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED AFTER THE PUBLIC HEARING.
Municipal Clerk
For the townsmanFires are a part of the
natural ecology, living adjacent to the wilder-ness means living with a constant threat of fires. Fire, by nature, is an un-predictable and often uncontrollable force.
Recent fires, like those seen in Slave Lake in 2011 and the interior of British Columbia in 2003, serve as a remind-er to the fire service, emergency managers, local decision makers, and the public of the need to better under-stand the environment we live in and the posi-tive role each group can collaboratively play in a wildland fire solution.
The concept of fire-adapted communi-ties (FACs) holds that, with proper communi-ty-wide preparation, human populations and infrastructure can with-stand the devastating effects of a wildland fire, reducing loss of life and property. This goal de-pends on strong and collaborative partner-ships between agencies and the public at the provincial and local lev-els, with each accepting responsibility for their part.
“Many people move to the wildland urban interface, bringing with them the same fire pro-tection expectations they had when living in urban or other subur-ban communities,” says Wayne Price, Director of Cranbrook Fire & Emer-gency Services. ”
The responsibility of the public is to under-stand and prepare for the risk of wildland fire. Homes that do not re-flect the risk pose not only a threat to the resi-dents themselves, but neighboring homes and emergency services as well.”
FACs support an en-vironment where indi-viduals have access to information and neces-sary knowledge con-cerning protection of their life, property, and the community. When considering FACs, the public should address:
• building relation-ships with local public safety agencies and resi-dents before a fire starts;
• what to expect from local emergency re-sponders in the first 24 hours of a fire;
• understanding of the Home Ignition Zone
and Defensible Space; • how to create and
maintain a fuel-free area;
• vegetation along fences and fences made of flammable materials attached to homes;
• proper landscaping and plant selection;
• what the environ-mental FAC was before local development;
• placement of radi-ant heat sources near the home (i.e., wood
piles, fuel tanks, sheds); • thinning trees and
ladder fuels around the home;
• debris under deck-ing and patios;
• understanding the ember danger;
• having a situational awareness when fire warnings are called;
• having a personal and family prepared-ness plan; and
• understanding what evacuation means
to you and your com-munity.
Important wildland fire preparedness con-cepts for the public to review include: • The Ember Issue: Wind-blown embers are a cause of concern in the WUI. Most structures within the WUI are not destroyed from di-rect-flame impinge-ment, but rather from embers. Embers may precede the flaming fire
front, carried by the winds that distribute burning brands or em-bers over long distanc-es. These embers fall, or are wind-driven into re-ceptive fuels on struc-tures, often going unde-tected for some time. As the fire front passes, these small embers may ignite incipient fires that spread to the home and potentially the entire neighborhood.
• Hardening Your
Home: A conceptual plan that looks to pro-tect a home through its actual composition of roofs, eves, vents, decks, windows, and other as-pects. Even making one change can increase a home’s possibility of survival.
• The Home Ignition Zone: Another concept plan that places the home in the context of its overall surroundings. In a high-hazard area,
this zone can extend up to 200 feet from a home and the stepped-zone-focus includes pre-paredness techniques both to the home and surrounding vegetation.
If you have questions about techniques, mate-rials, and procedures, contact Cranbrook Fire & Emergency Services, provincial forestry per-sonnel or local land-scaping groups.
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VANCOUVER — The B.C. government is threatening to cut teachers’ wages by five per cent if a new con-tract agreement isn’t reached by the end of the school year, but the union representing those teachers vows it will take that threat to the Labour Relations Board.
Peter Cameron, chief negotiator of the BC Public School Employ-ers’ Association, the or-ganization representing the provincial govern-ment, also said Friday that teachers will re-ceive a $1,200 signing bonus if both sides reach an agreement by the end of June.
The incentives and disincentives placed on the table by the govern-ment were the latest de-tails to emerge from a year of contentious la-bour relations between the B.C. Teachers Fed-eration and the provin-cial government that included a 89 per cent strike vote and involved a B.C. Supreme Court judgment.
Both sides remain firmly divided over is-sues related to wages, class size, the composi-tion of those classes and the length of the con-
tract term.“The proposal we
have on the table to try and get a settlement, and the disincentives that we are putting in plaze are all aimed at getting a deal, and in fact the disincentives will rise if there’s further job action,’’ said Camer-on. “So if they do move to Stage 2 we will, it’s pretty well definite that we’ll have a further re-sponse to that.’’
The purpose of the government’s actions, he added, is not to try
and provoke further strike action but to “provoke a settlement.’’
Both sides were back at the bargaining table Friday, and B.C. Teach-ers’ Federation presi-dent Jim Iker said his members will deal with the threat of the five per cent pay cut at the La-bour Relations Board.
He said the govern-ment still hasn’t ad-dressed issues related to class size and composi-tion and specialist teachers, and the gov-ernment’s offer of a
6.5-per-cent pay hike over six years isn’t enough. On Thursday, Education Minister Peter Fassbender an-nounced the provincial government was drop-ping its demand of a 10-year contract.
“They need to put some proposals to get us closer to a deal, in-cluding preparation time,’’ said Iker. “Bar-gaining is about com-promise, and we want a compromise.
But Cameron said teachers are demand-
ing a pay raise of 15.9 per cent over four years. With increased benefits and other factors taken into consideration, the total compensation package demanded by teachers is about 21 per cent, he added.
“We need to see some movement from the union now to come into the ball park be-cause they’re at this point still far, far away from the settlement pat-tern of all the other unions.’’
On Thursday, the
B.C. government and the 11-union, 47,000-strong Facilities Bargaining As-sociation announced a tentative deal that would see unionized workers receive a 5.5 per cent over five years.
The teachers have been without a contract since last June. In early March, some 26,051 members of the B.C. Teachers’ Federation voted overwhelmingly in favour of job action, and in April, the union began Stage 1 of its job action.
Teachers stopped supervising students outside the classroom or communicating in writing with adminis-trators, which prompt-ed about a dozen school districts to cancel re-cess.
A B.C. Supreme Court decision in Janu-ary awarded the federa-tion $2 million in dam-ages and declared the province’s removal of class size and composi-tion from contract ne-gotiations unconstitu-tional.
B.C. government threatens a wage rollback, offers bonus for year-end agreement
Peter Cameron, chief negotiator of the BC Public School Employers’ Association. B.C. Teachers’ Federation president Jim Iker Education Minister Peter Fassbender
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VANCOUVER — The B.C. government’s controversial new recycling program takes effect Monday, irking some local business owners who say that additional costs will drive up the price of con-sumer goods.
The new regulations re-quire that all businesses that supply packaging and print-ed paper to B.C. residential customers be responsible for collecting and recycling the material once customers are done with it.
Anita Huberman, CEO of the Surrey Board of Trade, says this will create addition-al costs for businesses, which will pass the extra expenses onto consumers.
“Producers will be adding costs to food, newspapers, and other things distributed
to retailers, then retailers will extend their traditional markup to consumers,’’ wrote Huberman in an email. “This additional cost will make them less compet-itive with competitors from other provinces and coun-tries.’’
“In Ontario, cardboard is being charged at eight cents a kilogram while in B.C. this program is at 29 cents a kilo-gram — this is huge,’’ she wrote.
Huberman says that B.C.’s recycling fees should be re-duced to match those in On-tario.
However, the director of the non-profit organization overseeing the new recycling program on behalf of 940 companies says the in-creased costs from the new rules would only hurt small businesses, who are general-
ly exempt from the new reg-ulations anyway.
“I think the exemptions that have been announced by the government address many of the concerns with respect to small business,’’ said Allan Langdon of Multi-Material BC in an in-terview.
He says businesses that either make less than $1 mil-lion in sales, produce less than 1,000 kilograms of print and packaging or businesses that do not operate as a chain or franchise are exempt from the new program.
“From our perspective that’s really taken away the impact on the kind of small businesses that maybe have had a problem with the ad-ministration or costs,’’ he said.
Langdon says up to 3,000 corporations are affected by
the new regulations and those companies who are not signed onto Multi-Mate-rial BC will have to co-ordi-nate their own recycling ef-forts.
About 1.25 million house-holds will be receiving ser-vice from the non-profit or-ganization starting Monday, he said.
In municipalities where there are already recycling trucks, Multi-Material BC has offered cash incentives to help foot the bill, while some areas that don’t have
curbside service will be see-ing pickups for the first time.
Collection services for the North Okanagan, the Trail area, Rossland, the Castlegar area, Coquitlam, Anmore, Prince George and Quesnel will be phased in during the next few months starting Monday, Langdon said.
For consumers who are already putting out their re-cycling bins, perhaps the most noticeable change will be that some municipalities will be asking their residents to separate glass from other
recycled goods.Langley, Richmond and
possibly Burnaby will imple-ment separate glass collec-tion bins, Langdon said.
This will prevent glass from being shattered and contaminated, which en-sures that it will get recycled, he said.
The change is being im-plemented because Multi-Material BC is re-quired to measure how much material is recycled — not just how much is picked up, he said.
B.C. businesses will foot the bill for recycling costs
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ARIES (March 21-April 19) An offer might seem too good to be true, so check it out. You could find an associate to be difficult and possibly touchy as well. Right now, certain associ-ates might feel as if they can’t say “no” to you, even if they want to. Be as direct as possible. Tonight: Hang with your pals. TAURUS (April 20-May 20) Take charge of a situation, es-pecially if someone involved is being somewhat hostile. Check out an invitation carefully be-fore expressing your decision. Do not share a certain emo-tional choice yet. A conversation could be enlightening. Tonight: Be careful with your spending. GEMINI (May 21-June 20) You’ll be unusually verbal, and therefore capable of seeing the big picture. Curb a tendency to allow situations to get out of control, especially those that demand your self-discipline. A friend might have strong feel-ings about you. Tonight: Tap into your imagination.
CANCER (June 21-July 22) Deal with others on a one-on-one level. You might want to understand more before mak-ing any decisions. A boss or an older person could express him- or herself easily. This person could be full of praise for you. Tonight: Why not initiate a close encounter? LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) Others won’t hesitate to chal-lenge you. Your sense of humor will emerge. You could feel as if you can’t approach a loved one. This person’s importance to you can’t be denied. Your creativi-ty will emerge when facing a hassle. Tonight: Go along with someone else’s choice. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) Dive into work, and get past a problem that keeps reappear-ing. You have enough energy to make a boss more than content with your participation. Verbal-ize more of what you want with an expectation that your desires will be fulfilled. Tonight: Get some exercise. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) You might be overwhelmed
by an offer from someone you look up to. Don’t worry about your finances today. A loved one will go out of his or her way to let you know how much he or she cares. News filters in from a distance that forces a lot of thought. Tonight: Go for offbeat. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) You could be in a position of making a change on the homefront. You’ll see a personal matter a lot differently because of a problem that arises. Family plays a significant role in what occurs. A co-worker could care about you more than you are aware. Tonight: Order in. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) Make the most of some extra time and catch up on calls. A partner or loved one will go overboard for you. Remain up-beat with a new, flirty friend. Listen to this person’s news; you will discover that you have reason to celebrate. Tonight: At a favorite spot. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) You might want to change di-rections, especially when the issue is financial. Understand
where a loved one is coming from. This person might be moody right now, but keep in mind that he or she usually is more upbeat than down. To-night: Make it your treat. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) Your gentle manner will open up doors and allow a lot more give-and-take. Your smile and relaxed style will draw others to you. Be willing to listen and brainstorm with a contempo-rary who needs you to play devil’s advocate. Tonight: Let the good times happen. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) You’ll need to say less and re-main more anchored than you have in the recent past. Your im-pulsive ways emerge, no matter how much you hold yourself back or try to restrain yourself. Reach out to someone you re-spect, and ask for this person’s advice. Tonight: Not to be found. BORN TODAY Singer Cher (1946), former U.S. first lady Dolley Madison (1768), actor James Stewart (1908)
Dear Annie: Six years ago, I gave up my job to take care of my mother, while my siblings went off and had fun. After Mom passed, I still had the house to clean and laundry to do. I never asked for a dime. But as my own health has declined, everyone continues to treat me like a servant. My father and brother both say demeaning things to me. My sister-in-law is a know-it-all and makes it clear that she thinks I’m an idiot. My son-in-law makes me the butt of his jokes. They all behave as if I am nothing. I am 60 years old and tired of this. All I can think of is getting away from every single one of them. Should I? -- J. Dear J.: Is there a reason you must continue living in your mother’s house? Your relatives treat you like a servant because you permit it. It’s OK to say no to them. If you can find any kind of job that pays a salary, even part time, we highly recommend you start put-ting money aside and make a life for yourself that you can enjoy. You don’t have to cut off contact with your family. You simply need them to see that you no longer will tolerate such poor treatment. Dear Annie: I read the letter from “Omaha, Neb.,” whose wife is grossly overweight. He says he wants to grow old with her. You said, “What woman could resist that?” My wife of 28 years, that’s who. My wife says she doesn’t want to outlive me because she would be too devastated by the loss (unless the stress of watching her eat and drink herself to death gives me a heart attack). She has stated that she doesn’t really care about her weight, lack of exercise or eating habits, so if she dies, it’s all for the better. She eats voraciously, binge-drinks until she nearly passes out, and doesn’t exer-cise beyond getting out of bed to sit in her recliner. She is out of breath after climbing five steps. It can take her several minutes to get into the car. She also smokes. She has no strength or stamina, plus she has back, hip, leg and foot problems, and sleep apnea. She’s on multiple medications and lies to her doctor about what she eats and how little she moves around. She won’t see a counsel-or. And our sex life? Fuhgeddaboudit. If I say, “Let’s take a walk,” she says, “I’m too tired.” If I say, “You’re killing yourself,” her answer is, “I don’t care.” We own a tread-mill and a stationary bike, both nice clothes hangers. I love my wife, but she’s difficult to be with. I hope she reads this. She sure isn’t paying attention to me. -- Given Up Hope Out East Dear Just: We aren’t buying your wife’s rea-soning. We think she has given up on living a healthy life because the amount of work re-quired is overwhelming and depressing. But she also is putting tremendous strain on you. You cannot fix this. She must want to do it for herself. So make sure she has a legal will and that her funeral wishes are written down for you. Then let her do what she wants. You need to live the best life you can while she lets hers slowly fade away. Dear Annie: “Sleepless” seems very con-cerned about absolving his co-worker of the wrongdoing of having accepted his mon-ey for sex several years ago. But his actions were equally as immoral and embarrassing. For some reason, this long-ago encounter was memorable for him, but I doubt it meant much to her. She probably doesn’t remem-ber him. She certainly isn’t carrying around a letter to him. This woman has moved on. I don’t believe he intends to make her feel better. I think he wants to humiliate her to soothe his own guilt. -- Ohio Annie’s Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers column. Please email your questions to [email protected], or write to: Annie’s Mailbox, c/o Creators Syndicate, 737 3rd Street, Hermosa Beach, CA 90254. To find out more about Annie’s Mailbox and read fea-tures by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate Web page at www.creators.com.COPYRIGHT 2014 CREATORS.COM
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Submit tedBC Hydro is pleased to
once again contribute $1,000 to Sam Steele Days 50th Anni-versary Celebration. The com-munity festival is an opportu-nity for area residents and tourists to participate in unique activities and events over four days, June 19-22,
2014. Sam Steele Days pro-vides volunteering opportuni-ties, as well as social and eco-nomic benefits with over 15,000 attendees.
BC Hydro’s contribution will be used to support con-servation initiatives offered throughout the Festival this year. BC Hydro’s Outreach
team will be at Rotary Park. Visit and learn how simple it is to save energy and money at home. They will also have fun interactive activities set-up for the whole family.
BC Hydro’s Community In-vestment programs provide support to community-based, nonprofit organizations and
registered charities that are active in one of our key fund-ing areas: Environment Sus-tainability, Community Lead-ership, Youth and Lifestyle, and align with business objec-tives. For more information about BC Hydro’s programs visit : www.bchydro.com/community.
Getting into the spirit aBC Hydro’s presentation to the Sam Steele Society are are (left to right) Ian Kozicky, BC Hydro Field Manager, Transmission; Laura Kennedy, Sam Steele Days Project Manager; and Mike Adams, Chairman Sam Steele Society.
BC Hydro kicks in for Sam Steele Days
C anadian PreSSHALIFAX — Prince
Charles reflected on Canada’s contribution to the Second World War as he and his wife Camilla were greeted Monday by hundreds of people in Halifax on the first full day of a hectic four-day visit that will take them to three pro-vincial capitals.
Canada’s military in-volvement was a central theme of the royal cou-ple’s day-long tour of Halifax, a naval city where 500,000 military personnel embarked on a transatlantic journey to serve during the Sec-ond World War.
Charles commented on Canada’s contribu-tion of so many soldiers, sailors and airmen to the liberation of Europe as the 75th anniversary of the start of the war approaches, calling it “an extraordinary con-tribution’’ from a coun-try with a small popula-tion.
Later, Charles met with military families at a resource centre that helps them with a num-ber of programs ranging from nutrition to mental health services while their loved ones are on deployment.
The Duchess of Cornwall made a sepa-rate visit to the North-brook Community Cen-tre in suburban Dart-mouth for a private meeting with represen-tatives of Alice Housing, which provides shelter and counselling for women and children es-caping domestic abuse.
The visit by the Prince of Wales and the duchess is meant to cel-ebrate Canada’s past and future at a time when a number of sig-nificant anniversaries will be commemorated over the next few years, including the 100th an-niversary of the start of the First World War.
Another is the 150th anniversary this year of the Charlottetown Con-ference, which led to Confederation in 1867.
“Our visit will focus on Canadian achieve-ments as part of a major celebration of the past and the future,’’ Charles
said in the first of four speeches he will make during the royal tour.
“One hundred and fifty years ago, the foun-dations for a new coun-try, which would be proud of its traditions and excited by its future, were first laid in Char-lottetown and Quebec City. Based on the prin-ciple of freedom and justice inherited from two great European na-tions, the Dominion of Canada was to become a reality three years later.’’
People were bundled up against chilly weath-er and a light mist hung over Grand Parade as Charles and Camilla were officially wel-comed to Canada on Monday morning by Gov. Gen. David John-ston, politicians and an aboriginal elder. A booming 21-gun royal salute echoed through the city’s downtown as the prince inspected an honour guard.
Charles used the grey, overcast day to get a laugh from those who lined the square.
“It is, as always, a special joy to be back in Canada again, a place that is very dear to us both,’’ he said. “This time to be in Canada’s historic ocean gateway to the Atlantic at the offi-cial start of summer.’’
The royal couple also laid a wreath at the city’s cenotaph and mingled with people during a walkabout around the square.
Charles and Camilla were scheduled to end their visit to Halifax at Pier 21, the home of Canada’s National Mu-seum of Immigration, where they meet war brides. The federal gov-ernment estimates about 48,000 young women married Cana-dian servicemen during the Second World War, most of them from Brit-ain.
The port was the entry point to Canada by ocean liner for thou-sands of immigrants, refugees, and children who were evacuated from Britain during the Second World War.
Prince Charles reflects on
Canada’s war history
n e l S o n S ta rThere is still no sign
of three missing youths on Slocan Lake after Vernon Search and Rescue used their side-scan sonar and under-water remote vehicle Thursday afternoon and all day Friday, Sat-urday, and Sunday.
An additional com-pany, Bruce’s Legacy from Wisconsin, has been brought in to as-sist with the search. The company has similar equipment as Vernon Search and Rescue. Both teams are being
supported by the RCMP dive team, Arrow Lakes Search and Rescue and the Slocan Lake Fire Department.
Police hoped that having two teams with hi-tech equipment working together would increase the chance of success. However, the search of the Bigelow Bay area was suspended Sunday evening.
“Several potential sightings were ex-plored, however posi-tive results were not obtained,” Sgt. Darryl
Little said. “It has been decided to scale back the search effort with only one boat remain-ing on the water tomor-row.”
Weather was a fac-tor in Saturday’s search as rain, wind and a thunderstorm blew in. As a safety precaution, the boats were brought back to the harbour for about two hours.
Little says the un-derwater terrain is proving challenging for the searchers as there are a number of large boulders and deep
chasms which could prevent a body from being discovered.
A canoe carrying four youths travelling from New Denver to Rosebery tipped over last weekend.
Lily Harmer-Taylor, 19, who found but died in hospital. Jule Wilt-shire-Padfield, 15, Hayden Kyle, 21, and Skye Donnet, 18, are still missing.
The Regional Dis-trict of Central Koote-nay held a moment of silence for them at its board meeting Thurs-
day. “Our condolences to the valley and every-one involved,” chair John Kettle said. “It’s a tough deal.”
Silverton director Leah Main, who knows the families of two of the victims, said New Denver mayor Ann Bunka has been a “point person under incredible pressure and strain.”
“We are just one family when something like this happens,” Main said. “I appreci-ate everyone’s thoughts and prayers.”
Search on Slocan Lake scaled back
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Forty gathered in the rain recently for a block party hosted by Wildsight in Kimberley as part of the Defend our Climate, Defend our Communities national day of action. They joined more than 10,000 across the country coming together to send a message to their government against more pipelines, tankers, and dirty oil and for positive action on climate change. A petition calling on Stephen Harper to take real action on climate change was circulated.
Protect our earth.The Cranbrook Daily Townsman and the
Kimberley Daily Bulletin promote recycling.
We use vegetable-based inks, and our newsprint, tin and aluminum waste is recycled.
Dene MooreCanadian Press
VANCOUVER — The mountains of British Columbia cradle gla-ciers that have scored the landscape over mil-lenia, shaping the rug-ged West Coast since long before it was the West Coast.
But they’re in rapid retreat, and an Ameri-can state-of-the-union report on climate change has singled out the rapid melt in British Columbia and Alaska as a major climate change issue.
“Most glaciers in Alaska and British Co-lumbia are shrinking substantially,’’ said the U.S. National Climate Assessment, released last week to much fan-fare south of the border.
“This trend is expect-ed to continue and has implications for hydro-power production, ocean circulation pat-terns, fisheries, and global sea level rise.’’
According to the re-port, glaciers in the re-gion are losing 20 to 30 per cent of what is melt-ing annually from the Greenland Ice Sheet, which has received far more worldwide atten-tion.
That amounts to about 40 to 70 gigatons per year, or about 10 per cent of the annual dis-charge of the Mississip-pi River.
“The global decline in glacial and ice-sheet volume is predicted to be one of the largest contributors to global sea-level rise during this century,’’ the report said.
It is some of the fast-est glacial loss on Earth. The cause: rising tem-peratures due to climate change.
“We’ve seen an ac-celeration of the melt from the glaciers,’’ said Brian Menounos, a ge-ography professor at the University of Northern British Columbia and one of the scientists in-volved in cross-border, multi-agency research into glacial loss.
There are 200,000 glaciers on Earth, 17,000 of them in British Co-lumbia. Another 800 are
in Alberta.In B.C., researchers
are keeping a close eye on the Lloyd George Icefield west of Fort Nel-son, the Castle Creek Glacier near McBride, the Klinaklini and Tie-demann glaciers in the Coast Mountains, and glaciers in the Columbia River Basin.
Early results suggest these glaciers are shed-ding 22 cubic kilometres of ice annually, or about 22 billion cubic metres of water. For compari-son, an Olympic swim-ming pool contains about 2,500 cubic me-tres of water.
The U.S. Geological Service estimates that the glacier namesakes of Glacier National Park in their portion of the Rocky Mountains will disappear by 2030.
Menounos predicts that the smaller glaciers in B.C. — in the Rocky Mountains and the Inte-rior — will be mostly gone by the end of this century.
The effects will be far-reaching, research suggests.
Glacial water is a thermal regulator in mountain headwater streams, Menounos said. Their loss will af-fect water temperatures, fish and the annual snow pack. That will af-fect the water supply and agriculture.
There could be great-er potential for flooding in wet seasons and drought in dry, a partic-ular problem in B.C., which relies on hydro-electricity to meet its en-ergy needs.
The glacial decline in western Canada and Alaska significantly con-tributes to sea level rise, said the U.S. report. That’s happening around the world and will only get worse, Me-nounos said.
“Even 40 centimetres of sea level rise will cause annual flooding for 100 million people on the planet,’’ he said.
Glacial loss can be slowed, Menounos said. The biggest issue is human consumption of fossil fuels.
