Contact the Times: Phone: 250-368-8551 Fax: 250-368-8550 Newsroom: 250-364-1242 Canada Post, Contract number 42068012 Montrose salutes Benzer on Thursday Page 8 S I N C E 1 8 9 5 PROUDLY SERVING THE COMMUNITIES OF ROSSLAND, WARFIELD, TRAIL, MONTROSE, FRUITVALE & SALMO Follow us online WEDNESDAY JUNE 4, 2014 Vol. 119, Issue 86 $ 1 05 INCLUDING G.S.T. To view ALL of our listings go to: greatertrailrealestate.com All Pro Realty Ltd. Thea Mario 250.231.1661 250.368.1027 We Get Results! SOLD SOLD NEW LISTINGS #13 - 3080 Hwy Dr., Glenmerry $79,000 1350 Main Street, East Trail $133,000 Waneta Village East Trail BY VALERIE ROSSI Times Staff A Trail animal lover has mixed an evening of art and entertainment together to raise funds for the Trail Regional SPCA. Sarah Fulcher, owner of Barks and Recreation Services in Trail, is gearing up for Art Bark to be held Saturday at the Riverbelle. The fundraising event features a roast beef and pasta buffet, a silent auction boasting local artists like Rosslanders Stephanie Gauvin and Jenny Bailie’s animal and nature inspired work and live entertainment from Jason Thomas, Kate Shaw School of Highland Dance, and Mystic Dreams Dancers. More importantly, the gathering is an oppor- tunity to commend the Trail branch and provide funding for the regional service that survives on donations. “I just hope that people want to come out and try something new and support the commun- ity, they will be supporting the SPCA but they’ll also be supporting all the artists and musicians donating, too,” said Fulcher. With the help of husband Cameron Dixon, Fulcher’s business offers group and private dog training, dog walking, pet sitting and daycare, as well as pet photography and portraits artistically rendered by Dixon. Fulcher is a certified dog behaviour consult- ant with a soft spot for rescue animals. She started sled-dog rescue network HEART (Husky Emergency Adoption, Rescue and Transport), See GET, Page 3 VALERIE ROSSI PHOTO Event organizer Sarah Fulcher shared her pencil drawing with her Belgian shepherd, Dexter, who seemed to have a keen eye for art. The Trail business owner, along with her husband Cameron Dixon, are gearing up for Art Bark, an SPCA fundraiser scheduled for this weekend. BY VALERIE ROSSI Times Staff While other school boards across the province are considering cut- ting their own numbers of trustees, Kootenay-Columbia is sticking with its representation as it moves into the next election. Not to say the discussion hasn't come up time and time again. Trustees in the Nanaimo- Ladysmith and North Okanagan- Shuswap school districts are review- ing the number of elected officials at this time. But School District 20 (SD20) board chair Darrel Ganzert said by this point it's too late to host a public consul- tation process required to examine the board's current structure of nine wards within the district. “We debated it and the decision was not to do that,” he said. The thought of moving away from a ward system, the subdi- vided system currently in place, to an open or partial ward/open system had some trustees worried about the redistribution of seats. Currently, each ward is divided based on population with represen- tation across the entire district but an open system would do away bor- ders and officials would be elected at large. “There would be all sorts of pos- sible strange reconfigurations and in the end you would save about $30,000, which you know is a sum of money and there's no question that we're looking for little bits and pieces now, but we thought the value of having the extra voices on the board is more important than the $30,000 that you might possibly save,” Ganzert explained. Vice chair Lorraine Manning said this issue has come up pretty well every term in the 30 years total she's acted as a trustee. “For several years we had com- munity committees – employees, community members and trustees – sitting on a committee to look at that,” she explained. “But it comes back to the board and they make the vote. There are always members who don't want to change it so of course it gets defeated.” Last year trustees voted in favour of setting up an ad hoc commit- tee to explore the possible reduc- tion in trustee numbers, electoral areas, and the Ministry of Education requirements sur- rounding each. Prior to that, in 2010, a request that the board strike a commit- tee to review trustee numbers and areas of representation did not pass. This has drawn backlash over the years as trustees sit tight while difficult decisions have been made to balance budgets. Last year, SD20 decided to sell MacLean Elementary School and move K-9 students into the former Rossland Secondary School (now known as Rossland Summit School), sending secondary Rossland kids down to Crowe, as well as amal- gamate Twin Rivers and Castlegar elementary schools to save the district nearly half of a $750,000 shortfall. The board office was also moved into the Kootenay-Columbia Learning Centre as a cost-saving measure. During 2014/2015 budget delib- erations this year, the board voted to cut four teaching positions, rid one less accountant and one less electrician along with other smaller saving measures to eliminate over $860,000 of a projected deficit. “I actually feel that we've crossed a barrier, that we've dealt with a lot of issues that really divided the previous board and we've dealt with them I think in a very upfront way,” said Ganzert. See TRUSTEES, Page 3 SCHOOL DISTRICT 20 No change to trustees despite growing trend to review numbers “There are always members who don’t want to change it so of course it gets defeated.” LORRAINE MANNING Art Bark fetches support for SPCA
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A Trail animal lover has mixed an evening of art and entertainment together to raise funds for the Trail Regional SPCA.
Sarah Fulcher, owner of Barks and Recreation Services in Trail, is gearing up for Art Bark to be held Saturday at the Riverbelle.
The fundraising event features a roast beef and pasta buffet, a silent auction boasting local artists like Rosslanders Stephanie Gauvin and Jenny Bailie’s animal and nature inspired work and live entertainment from Jason Thomas, Kate Shaw School of Highland Dance, and Mystic Dreams Dancers.
More importantly, the gathering is an oppor-tunity to commend the Trail branch and provide
funding for the regional service that survives on donations.
“I just hope that people want to come out and try something new and support the commun-ity, they will be supporting the SPCA but they’ll also be supporting all the artists and musicians donating, too,” said Fulcher.
With the help of husband Cameron Dixon, Fulcher’s business offers group and private dog training, dog walking, pet sitting and daycare, as well as pet photography and portraits artistically rendered by Dixon.
Fulcher is a certified dog behaviour consult-ant with a soft spot for rescue animals. She started sled-dog rescue network HEART (Husky Emergency Adoption, Rescue and Transport),
See GET, Page 3
VALERIE ROSSI PHOTO
Event organizer Sarah Fulcher shared her pencil drawing with her Belgian shepherd, Dexter, who seemed to have a keen eye for art. The Trail business owner, along with her husband Cameron Dixon, are gearing up for Art Bark, an SPCA fundraiser scheduled for this weekend.
B Y V A L E R I E R O S S ITimes Staff
While other school boards across the province are considering cut-ting their own numbers of trustees, Kootenay-Columbia is sticking with its representation as it moves into the next election.
Not to say the discussion hasn't come up time and time again.
Trustees in the Nanaimo-Ladysmith and North Okanagan-Shuswap school districts are review-ing the number of elected officials at this time.
But School District 20 (SD20) board chair Darrel Ganzert said by this point it's too late to host a public consul-tation process required to examine the board's current structure of nine wards within the district.
“We debated it and the decision was not to do that,” he said.
The thought of moving away from a ward system, the subdi-vided system currently in place, to an open or partial ward/open system had some trustees worried about the redistribution of seats. Currently, each ward is divided based on population with represen-tation across the entire district but an open system would do away bor-ders and officials would be elected at large.
“There would be all sorts of pos-sible strange reconfigurations and in the end you would save about $30,000, which you know is a sum of money and there's no question that we're looking for little bits and pieces now, but we thought the value of having the extra voices on the board is more important than the $30,000 that you might possibly save,” Ganzert explained.
Vice chair Lorraine Manning said this issue has come up pretty well every term in the 30 years total she's acted as a trustee.
“For several years we had com-
munity committees – employees, community members and trustees – sitting on a committee to look at that,” she explained.
“But it comes back to the board and they make the vote. There are always members who don't want to change it so of course it gets defeated.”
Last year trustees voted in favour of setting up an ad hoc commit-tee to explore the possible reduc-tion in trustee numbers, electoral areas, and the Ministry of Education
requirements sur-rounding each.
Prior to that, in 2010, a request that the board strike a commit-tee to review trustee numbers and areas of representation did not pass.
This has drawn backlash over the years as trustees sit tight
while difficult decisions have been made to balance budgets.
Last year, SD20 decided to sell MacLean Elementary School and move K-9 students into the former Rossland Secondary School (now known as Rossland Summit School), sending secondary Rossland kids down to Crowe, as well as amal-gamate Twin Rivers and Castlegar elementary schools to save the district nearly half of a $750,000 shortfall. The board office was also moved into the Kootenay-Columbia Learning Centre as a cost-saving measure.
During 2014/2015 budget delib-erations this year, the board voted to cut four teaching positions, rid one less accountant and one less electrician along with other smaller saving measures to eliminate over $860,000 of a projected deficit.
“I actually feel that we've crossed a barrier, that we've dealt with a lot of issues that really divided the previous board and we've dealt with them I think in a very upfront way,” said Ganzert.
See TRUSTEES, Page 3
SCHOOL DISTRICT 20
No change to trustees despite growing trend
to review numbers
“There are always members who don’t want to change it so
of course it gets defeated.”
LORRAINE MANNING
Art Bark fetches support for SPCA
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May 29 – Rookie-Master game1. Sharon and Warren Watson2. Juris Harlamovs and Richmond Williams3. Holly Gordon and Gloria Hopland4. Maddy Harlamovs and Sara Oakley5. Val Williams and Jack HamannMay 281. Dave Thiel and Warren Watson2. Jean Fischer and Howie Ross3. Pat Davidoff and Hubert Hunchak4. Bonnie Scott and Hugh Auld
When the opponents have the points, one
must try to take away as much of the bidding room the vulnerability allows one to do. An uncontested auction gives the opponents exploration room that will likely get them to the correct contract.
A second principle is that one not only uses the information gained from an oppon-ent opening, one also has the use of a cuebid if one has control of their suit.
A further principle is that just because an opponent has opened, the possibility of a slam is not ruled out. A void opposite no wasted val-ues allows a small slam to be made on 23 high card points.
The bidding: West, with 12 high card points, opens the
bidding with one dia-mond. North doubles, and East bids two No Trump.
East and West are playing Flip Flop. This means that when part-ner opens one of a minor and the oppon-ent doubles, three of a minor is 10+ and two No Trump is weak (5 or less). This allows the opener to play three No Trump and keep the strong opponent on lead.
Had the vulner-ability been favourable (not vulnerable ver-sus vulnerable), East would have jumped to five diamonds not just
two No Trump.South jumps to four
spades which is abso-lutely not a sign-off. North cuebids his void with a five diamond bid, and South jumps to six hearts telling partner he has both majors, his spades are longer and he has no wasted diamond val-ues.
North then bids seven spades encour-aged by the double nine-card fits and his diamond void.
The Lead: The Ace of diamonds.
The play: The opening lead is ruffed and the trump are
drawn in two rounds. Declarer cashes two top clubs and ruffs a club, then ruffs a dia-mond and then ruffs a fourth club. West shows out so it is likely he has three hearts.
When there is a singleton in one’s hand, there is a 68 per cent chance that there is another singleton at the table. The chance is greater when there is a void, and since spades broke two-two, hearts are very likely three-one. Declarer cashes the King of hearts and finesses West out of his Queen.
Result: Seven spades for +2210
Notes: The Kootenay Jewel Club is finished for the summer and will start again on Sept. 8th at the Warfield Hall.
Flip flop the bidding
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J.L. Crowe Secondary Grade 12 student Jade Lewis was on hand Thursday when the first of her “Jade's art attack” project was added to the wall of the Trail high school. The artist is covering seven large plywood sheets in stylized graf-fiti pop art, which dis-play the student code of conduct in Crowe's existing circular design elements.
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An RCMP spokesperson says police believe one couple is respon-sible for a recent crime wave occur-ring in the Castlegar - Nelson - Salmo triangle.
Trail-based Corporal Kent Drover said Monday that for a number of reasons police are satisfied they have the right parties identified with respect to all of the incidents, including Kootenay Savings hold-ups in Salmo and Castlegar as well as various pharmacy break-ins and an armed robbery at Johnny’s Groceries and Gas in Robson.
The prime suspect is Andrew Stevenson, 33, who was appre-hended along with his common-law spouse Kristi Kalmikoff in late April.
Charges in all of the offences have apparently been forwarded to the Crown.
“We believe the same person or people are responsible for all the robberies,” outlined Cpl. Drover. “There was evidence that linked the two investigations together. The people arrested after the last rob-bery in Nelson, were also charged
with the break-ins.”The pair was arrested in relation
to the Nelson District Credit Union robbery on April 25.
Prior to that date there had been a series of robberies dating back to November 2013 at Simply Shoppers Pharmacy, formerly Paragon Pharmacy, of Castlegar.
Since the pair has been appre-hended there have been no further incidents.
As for the one culprit theory, Cpl. Drover said, “It’s one thing to believe it, it’s another thing to prove it, so we’ve completed our investiga-tion into all the robberies. All that information has been sent to Crown Council up in Nelson. Whether or not we’ll get charge approval on all of them remains to be seen. It’s going to be based on whether the evidence supports those charges or not.”
Stevenson, next due in Nelson Provincial Court on June 10, faces 15 counts including unlawfully dis-charging a firearm, robbery, and break and enter. His co-accused, Kristi Kalmikoff, was released on $40,000 bail.
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Local 480 showed its support for the Take a Hike Program with a $500 donation. From the left; Carmen Gattafoni Take a Hike staff, Mel Fogues Practicum student with Take a Hike, Treasurer of Local 480 Norm Murdoch, President of Local 480 Armindo deMederios, Eleanor Gattafoni-Robinson Volunteer, Laurie McCarthy Take a Hike Staff, Chris Gisbson Take a Hike Staff. Students from left to right: Tarrin Lifely, Stuart Adshead, Shayne Flynn
FROM PAGE 1“Of course not
everybody agrees with the decisions we’ve made.
“But a lot of tough ones are out of the way and now we have a chance to look forward and, if the government were to fund us prop-erly, we can do some really exciting things with education.”
Despite the heavy decisions made over this past term, Ganzert (who represents the Beaver Valley:
Fruitvale, Montrose and Electoral Area A) plans on running again in the upcoming November election, where residents will be casting their votes on a newly reformed four-year cycle.
Though he’s made his decision, he has no idea whether his colleagues will do the same.
Manning, a Trail representative, said she’s about 80 per cent positive she will con-tinue her commitment
to the board. “I think that it’s
such a worth while place to be. Yes there are some frustrations but I’ve had those ever since I first got on,” she admitted. “Budgets have been no different in all the years I’ve been there; there’s always been a prob-lem at budget time – it doesn’t matter what government has been in.”
Though contract negotiations (such as the current teacher
dispute underway that piggy backed last year’s) tend to by try-ing when it comes to building relationships, Manning holds SD20 as one of the top dis-tricts in the province.
“I think outside of that (bargaining) we’ve come along way in this district and I know there is lots to be done yet to make some schools better than they are but I think we do offer a really good education plan for kids in our district.”
FROM PAGE 1which she fosters for nowadays, and currently sits on Trail’s SPCA community council, which does fundraising, advocacy and educa-tional presentations.
“Specifically the local group that runs the shelter here is fan-tastic,” she said. “They are really well-educated, they’re all passion-ate and dedicated, they do a really good job in our community on the education and awareness side and they really care about animals.”
She’s pleased to note that the local branch works hard at ensur-ing all the animals that wind up at the shelter are adopted, holding one of the highest adoption rates in the province.
And when there are dogs that arrive with behavioural issues, the team at the branch works diligently to show the animal the right way through training and at times a foster program with Fulcher.
“We’ve been able to work with some dogs that have behavioural problems that maybe wouldn’t be adoptable in other shelters,” she said. “We network and do training
to help these dogs find a home.”But the expense of running an
aging shelter that is in need of constant repairs along with regu-lar expenses such as neutering has pushed Fulcher and other council members to start up Art Bark, which is hoped to continue as an annual event much like Paws for a Cause in September.
For those who can’t attend but would like to contribute to the cause, the group is accepting pre-bids on auctioned items via tele-phone, email or Facebook, where the goods are pictured on the Art Bark page.
Organizers are hoping those who wish to attend will purchase their ticket by today to allow the cooks enough time to organize the meal accordingly.
Tickets can be purchased at the door for those only wanting to take in the auction and enter-tainment but not for a reduced price.
The evening starts at 5:30 p.m. Saturday at the Riverbelle. For more information visit the Facebook event page, email [email protected] or call 521-2275.
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letter signed by hun-dreds of scientists from around the world is urging Prime Minister Stephen Harper to reject a fed-eral panel report rec-ommending approv-al of the Northern Gateway pipeline.
The federal govern-ment must announce the final decision by June 17 on the 1,200-kilometre pipe-line that would link the Alberta oil sands with a tanker port on
the B.C. coast.The letter sent
this week to Harper and several key cab-inet ministers said the report by the joint review panel is “indefensible as a basis to judge in favour of the project.”
It was signed by 300 scientists from universities from Newfoundland to Vancouver Island, along with colleagues from international institutions including Stanford, Cornell and Oxford.
The chief concern from the group is that the panel did not look at the increase in global greenhouse gas emissions that will result from the expan-sion in oil sands pro-duction.
“This isn’t the fault of the panel-lists,” said Kai Chan, an associate profes-sor at the Institute
for Resources, Environment and Sustainability at the University of British Columbia and one of the instigators of the petition. “Much more of it was really about the design of the pro-cess.”
The panel was not given a mandate from the federal govern-ment to look at the larger climate change picture, he said.
It’s a systemic problem, said Chan, a board member of the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society who made a 10-minute presen-tation to the panel during 18-months of hearings.
“It just feels like we’re ostriches stick-ing our heads in the ground, pretending like we care about cli-mate change and that we’re taking action on it but then not even
allowing it to be a consideration on these huge projects that obviously have rami-fications for climate change,” he said.
A spokesperson from Northern Gateway was not immediately able to comment on the let-ter.
The joint Canadian E n v i r o n m e n t a l Assessment Agency-National Energy Board panel issued a report in December recom-mending approval of Northern Gateway, with 209 conditions.
The letter also said the panel failed to explain its rationale for finding that the benefits of the $7-bil-lion pipeline justify the risks.
The panel relied on information from the proponent, Calgary-based Enbridge (TSX:ENB), without external assessment of
their information, it said.
And it said a finding that marine mammals will not suffer signifi-cant adverse cumula-tive effects contradicts government’s own management plans for several endangered and at-risk species.
Chan and fellow sci-entists Anne Salomon, an assistant profes-sor of resource and environmental man-agement at Simon Fraser University, and Rick Taylor, a profes-sor of zoology at UBC, launched a social media campaign to gather support for the letter.
Ideally, Chan said he hopes it gives Harper and his Conservative cabinet pause as they near the deadline for their decision.
“It might be com-pletely naive but that’s what we’re hoping for,” he said.
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Less than two years after firing up an excavator to mark the begin-ning of the Bernard Avenue revital-ization, Kelowna Mayor Walter Gray cut the ribbon to officially reopen Kelowna’s “Main Street” Bernard Avenue, in its entirety.
The opening of the final section marked completion of the $14.3 million projects, which was done in four phases over 21 months.
“This project was one of the first to be realized out of the Downtown Plan and it has become a catalyst to improving our down-town,” said Gray.
“With new parkades, an expan-sion of Stuart Park, a $5.6-mil-lion investment into downtown’s transit exchange (Queensway) and private developments like the
recently completed public pier, the almost completed Kelowna Yacht clubhouse, the proposed Interior Health Building, the Innovation Center and the Westcorp Hotel, it truly is happening downtown.”
With its wider sidewalks, improved lighting and street furniture, its new artwork and revamped utilities under the road-way, Gray called Bernard a “people place” that has transformed what was just a road into a “destina-tion.”
The improvements saw Bernard’s four lanes narrowed to two lanes with a centre turning lane, expanded outdoor retail and café space, the wider sidewalks for pedestrians, intersection plazas and landscaping, as well as the replacement of the angle parking with larger parallel parking spaces.
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Comox Valley RecordJobs were cut and
reserves were drained in order to balance the Comox Valley School District’s 2014/2015 budget.
After wrestling with a $2.16-million
shortfall in its oper-ating budget of $74.5 million, the Finance Committee brought the annual budget bylaw (totaling $84 million) before the Board of Education Tuesday. The board voted unanimously to approve the bylaw.
Job cuts were unavoidable this year, district secretary treas-urer Russell Horswill said after the meeting.
“In prior years we had reduced travel and supplies accounts and things of that nature.
This year we were forced to be looking at reducing staff to achieve the savings,” he said. “The vast majority of the reduc-tions this budget cycle were people.
Twenty-three FTE (full-time equivalent) teaching positions and 23 FTE support staff positions were cut. Horswill added the actual head count will be significantly higher as a number of staff work part-time, but he couldn’t say how many people could be
laid off, as the district is still going through its annual staffing pro-cesses.
District enrolment is expected to decrease by 240 students come September, which accounts for a reduc-tion of 10.5 FTE teach-ing positions out of the 23 FTE positions to be cut. The enrolment decline, according to Horswill, is linked to a large graduating class this year combined with a projected enrol-ment of fewer kinder-garten students.
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T H E C A N A D I A N P R E S SOTTAWA - A House
of Commons commit-tee chose to recom-mend modest rather than wholesale chan-ges to the federal government’s veter-ans charter Tuesday, admitting its long-awaited review of benefits and entitle-ment would not satisfy everyone.
The report, which is not binding on the government, was pre-sented to Veterans Affairs Minister Julian Fantino and endorsed unanimously by all three parties on the veterans committee.
“All we’re asking is
for people to look at it as an honest, collective effort by all members of all parties across the political spectrum to get things right,” said Conservative MP Laurie Hawn, an ex-air force pilot.
“Will it ever be per-fect? No, it won’t, but we’ll continue to try and make it better.”
The analysis, which contains 14 recom-mendations, was ori-ginally intended to douse growing flames of discontent in the veterans commun-ity over the charter, which was introduced almost nine years ago by the Liberals but
championed by the Conservatives after they came to power in 2006.
It was also hoped the report would begin repairing the political damage wrought by the federal govern-ment’s response to a lawsuit filed by Afghan vets, who say the new system is discrimina-tory and not as gener-ous as the pension-for-life regime it replaced.
Federal lawyers have told the court the government has no special obligation to returning soldiers and that it cannot be bound by the promises and practices of past
governments, such as those made by then-prime minister Sir Robert Borden during the First World War.
Fantino asked the committee to specific-ally define the social contract the nation has with those who lay down their lives with-out question.
Veterans advocate Sean Bruyea said the committee avoided making a clear, con-crete statement on
what is a fundamental question for those who serve. The last thing someone who has offered to give their life wants to hear is that we’ll discuss later how we’ll care for you, he said.
But Valeriote said the implementation of the recommendations contained in this latest report would be a vis-ible demonstration of the country’s obliga-tion and gratitude.
T H E C A N A D I A N P R E S STORONTO - A new study suggests
Vancouver is the worst city in Canada for gridlock.
TomTom - a Dutch-based company which specializes in navigation and map-ping products - issued its fourth annual traffic index on Tuesday.
The study found that in Vancouver, the average person experiences 87 hours of delay time per year, based on a 30 minute daily commute.
“Vancouver doesn’t have a very large highway network, and it is also a city which is surrounded by water on three sides,” said Jocelyn Vigreux, TomTom’s North American president.
TomTom also says traffic shortcuts driv-ers take to avoid congestion are actually “long cuts,” adding 50 per cent more travel time to journeys.
The study also suggests gridlock on secondary roads is worse than main roads, and commuters around the world spend an average of eight working days a year stuck in traffic.
After Vancouver, the most congested cities in Canada are Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal, Calgary, Quebec City and Edmonton, according to the index.
In the Americas, Rio de Janeiro - host city for the 2016 Summer Olympics and the upcoming World Cup - tops the list, followed by Mexico City and Sao Paulo. Vancouver placed fifth behind Los Angeles, while Toronto was ninth and Ottawa 12th.
Moscow tops the international list, fol-lowed by Istanbul, Rio de Janeiro, Mexico City, Sao Paulo, Palermo, Warsaw, Rome, Los Angeles and Dublin.
“There are other things that contribute to congestion that are seldomly thought about,” said Vigreux.
“It could be a very laudable strategy to create a lot of cycling lanes or a lot of ped-estrian areas in cities.
“Actually, this is something that’s being done around the world in the most vibrant cities, and this will have somewhat of an impact in congestion.”
Vancouver leads list of gridlocked
cities: study
NDP laying blame on rivals over mail rules
Modest changes to ex-soldiers’ benefits
T H E C A N A D I A N P R E S SOTTAWA - The NDP
is blaming a “kangaroo court” of Conservatives and Liberals for finding that New Democrat MPs improperly used parliamentary resour-ces to post almost 2 million pieces of partisan mail.
But an “information note” compiled by the House of Commons admin-istration and obtained by The Canadian Press suggests the Conservatives and Liberals acted on the advice of neutral officials.
“Together these docu-ments demonstrate an activ-ity orchestrated on behalf of a political party for which House resources (envelopes and frank) were used,” says an analysis of NDP mass mailings prepared for the
secretive, all-party board of internal economy, which oversees Commons spending.
“In short, it would appear that the mailings were not messages from the individual members as members, but rather were prepared by and for the benefit of the NDP as a political party and to advance electoral purposes.”
Administrative officials came to that conclusion after reviewing samples of 1.8 mil-lion pieces of mail sent by 23 New Democrat MPs, includ-ing NDP Leader Tom Mulcair, into 26 ridings currently held by other parties.
They all used Commons envelopes and free parlia-mentary mailing privileges, known as franking.
Some of the mass mail-ings were sent into four rid-
ings just prior to byelections being called late last year.
The board has asked Commons administration to take a closer look at other NDP mailouts to determine whether they also were against the rules.
The New Democrats main-tain they cleared the mail-ings with administrators and Speaker Andrew Scheer, who chairs the board of internal economy.
In a statement late Monday, the NDP said essen-tially that it has lost confi-dence in Scheer’s ability to protect all MPs’ rights.
“The Official Opposition now believes the integrity of the Speaker’s chair -and the democracy it protects - is at risk.”
On Tuesday, New
Democrat MP Paul Dewar called on the board, which meets secretly and keeps its deliberations close, to be more transparent.
“Open this up,” Dewar said.
“I mean this is a kanga-roo court, what we’ve seen here with Liberals and Conservatives playing the judge and jury. Does anyone really believe that there’s not politics involved here?”
Not so, said John Duncan, Conservative whip and a member of the board of inter-nal economy. He described the board’s findings as “very fair.”
“They should be accepting responsibility instead of impugning everybody else, including the Speaker,” he said.
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OPINION
Government consultations: is anyone really listening?
On one hand you can’t fault the B.C. government for trying, but on the
other hand their enthusi-asm for it – consulting British Columbians on public policy and pending legislation that is – seems a little wanting. Gung-ho it’s not.
In the last year, there have been government white papers, discussion papers, no papers but input welcome, questionnaires and form consultations on everything from local elec-tions to booze, electoral boundaries to area-based tree farm licences, and trustee laws to government apologies.
Some of the consulta-tions even took place before legislation was tabled in the legislature.
Last September, the Ministry of Community, Sport and Cultural Development released its white paper on local gov-ernment elections reform. The consultation period closed seven weeks later.
Now it’s a pretty safe bet that most B.C. fam-ilies don’t discuss sponsor-ship of third party election advertising rules in local elections around the din-ner table, but one would
have thought that the min-istry would receive more than 49 submissions.
After all, B.C. does have more than 2,000 local offi-cials, a number that mys-teriously grew by 400 or so from the white paper last year to a news release from the minister last month.
The government’s con-sultation on area-based tree farm licences is doing mod-estly better with 145 blog comments, 410 mentions on Twitter and 2,507 email submissions. How many of those are individuals post-ing or emailing more than once? Only the government knows for sure.
Public consultation on Bill 24, the Agriculture Land Commission Act, took a decidedly different tact.
When Energy minister Bill Bennett’s mea culpa for failing to consult didn’t cut it, a new minister was called up from the min-ors, a few hastily arranged closed-door meetings were thrown together, a passing nod to unsolicited feedback was proffered and then closure invoked to pass the bill with a few amend-ments tossed in so the gov-ernment could claim that they’d taken public input into account.
It’s not as though a ‘how
to’ manual on government consultations wasn’t read-ily available. A few years back, then B.C. auditor general John Doyle put together a Coles Notes ver-sion for MLAs.
In Public Participation - Principles and Best Practices for British Columbia, Doyle wrote: “Getting public partici-pation right is essential, including striking the right balance amongst compet-ing priorities of govern-ment; being clear to the public about what can and what cannot be accom-plished in the short term.”
Doyle listed six key principles to best practi-ces, including: authenti-city (the decision hasn’t been made), inclusive-ness (include stakeholder groups and public affected
by the pending decision), transparency (stakeholder groups and public must understand the scope of the pending decision, the process and procedures, and constraints facing the decision-maker) and integ-rity (decision-maker will address public and stake-holder concerns in an hon-est and forthright way).
Contrast these princi-ples with comments from Bill Bennett on ministerial colleague Norm Letnick’s belated attempt at consul-tations on Bill 24: “Am I open to consultation and listening? Absolutely...but I can tell you that govern-ment is not interested in fundamentally changing or delaying the bill. The bill will pass.”
There goes authenticity and transparency out the window.
Then there was the let-ter from Linda Reimer, parliamentary secre-tary to the minister of Community, Sport and Cultural Development on the ministry’s 125-plus-page white paper on local elections. Dated nearly a month after the paper was released and less than three weeks before submis-sions closed, it was sent by snail mail a week before
the Thanksgiving Day long weekend informing select-ed stakeholders of the con-sultation.
So much for inclusive-ness.
And finally there was the government’s version of now you see it, now you don’t policy recom-mendations. First, the government committed itself in the white paper to not changing the three-year term of local officials and then in the dead of night did. All because the single biggest spe-cial interest group on the issue – the Union of B.C. Municipalities – changed its mind. Again.
The largest single stake-holder on the issue – B.C. voters – had no say. And there went the integrity principle.
All of which is why the government should also heed one of Doyle’s warnings from ‘Public Participation’: “Getting it wrong simply frustrates all participants - govern-ment and the public - and requires time to rebuild the trust required to engage successfully.”
Dermod Travis is the executive director of IntegrityBC. www.integ-ritybc.ca
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During the past few weeks many weird things have hap-pened at universities
across the country, especially on the prairies.
The strangest event took place at the University of Saskatchewan. The univer-sity was conducting a review, called “TransformUS.” It outlined “program prioriza-tion” as developed by Robert Dickeson, a career bureaucrat who wound up at the University of Northern Colorado. He called it “a proven method-ology for reallo-cating resour-ces in tough times.” Applied to the U of S, it meant that the School of Public Health, which had recently won international recogni-tion, would be digested by the med school, which is on accreditation probation.
The president, Ilene Busch-Vishniac, told “senior leaders,” including Robert Buckingham, director of the School of Public Health, not to criticize TransformUS or their “tenure would be short.” Buckingham nevertheless communicated his con-cerns to the government and Opposition.
Next morning he was sum-moned to a 7:30 meeting with the provost, Brett Fairbairn. Fifteen seconds later he had been fired as director and his tenure as a professor removed; he was then escorted off cam-pus by security and told not to return to his office.
The provost then deliv-ered a sermon on leadership:
always support the president. That may be the job descrip-tion of provosts, but it is unclear that Buckingham also had to toe the line. Cancelling his tenure and throwing him off campus was an abuse of administrative power.
Predictable objections per-suaded the provost to quit; then the president was fired by the board.
The only way to repair the reputation of the U of
S, two “crisis m a n a g e m e n t ” experts from Toronto said, was to conduct a transparent p o s t - m o r t e m on the decision that even the president called a blunder. As of Monday the uni-versity would not say whether they had begun
the investigation or wheth-er it would be made public: transparency Saskatchewan-style.
By comparison, recent events at the University of Calgary are comic. One of the “strategic research platforms” of our strategic plan is “know-ledge engagement,” which is “a dynamic and reciprocal process” involving “multiple stakeholders.” The perplexing thing about it is that per-sons involved in knowledge engagement are so hard to identify that a survey was necessary to find them.
Other helpful programs have been organized by the Wellness Centre.
Seminars on nurturing close friendships, on life-style planning, and on eating, walking, and sleeping (yes, sleeping!) your way to bet-
ter health are available. The Wellness Centre also coordin-ated the “Pee in a Cup event” to break the Guinness world record for persons tested for sexually transmitted infec-tions. The Women’s Resource Centre mounted a workshop called “a guide to women’s orgasm” as part of the sex-ual and gender wellness week. However, a “self-care informa-tion session” was cancelled for lack of interest.
A vice-president for licens-ing has been added to the “senior management team” and “onboarding coordin-ators” are ready to help new employees.
The RecyclingMania Tournament was held again this year: the chem-istry department won the Photocopier Challenge (to reduce photocopier paper) and a biomed student won the Clean Bin Challenge (to reduce garbage).
An outfit called QS rated U of C as Canada’s “Number One Next Generation University” but provided the wrong date for the founding of the place. Alas, Maclean’s said the uni-versity has the second worst record of “satisfied students.” At least it beat York.
It has also abandoned a perfectly adequate way of recording grades, called “Blackboard,” for a new one called “Desire to Learn” or (of course) D2L. As part of the transition, posters appeared exhorting us to sign up for “instructor lead D2L work-shops.”
However that phrase is parsed, command of the English language is clearly optional for D2L.
Barry Cooper is a profes-sor of political science at the University of Calgary.
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SHAW, VINCENT STANLEY – of Fruitvale, BC passed away at his home on May 24th, 2014.
He was born at Winnipeg, Manitoba on October 3rd, 1961.
Vincent leaves behind his partner Trudy Henderson, parents Jack & Rose-marie, brother Thomas (Rita), sister Robyn Lee (Chuck), numerous nieces, nephews, cousins, family, and friends.
Vincent worked most of his life in the heavy construction trades and in later years the motorcycle business.
Vincent loved the outdoors, was an avid motorcyclist, having raced them. And toured too many locations, at one time to Inuvik for the summer solstice.
There will be a celebration of his life on June 21st 2014 after 2:00pm at 3660 Hwy 3B, Fruitvale BC.
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The community of Montrose will be saluting longtime resident Art Benzer Thursday when he’s honoured for his years of dedica-tion to volunteering.
And what better setting to cel-ebrate the 76-year-old man then among like-minded people at the village’s annual volunteer wine and cheese, where those who ben-efit the community are invited for a night of appreciation.
The man who spent nine years in politics and the same as a volun-teer fire fighter has been selected as the 2014 Montrose Community Service Award winner.
Benzer is known for his long teaching career at J. L. Crowe Secondary School that started in his mid 20s when he moved to Montrose in 1962 with his wife Gail to run the electrical depart-ment at Crowe, where he also
taught math, science and drafting to fill out his timetable.
From 1964-1971, he took on electrical apprentices through night school, which led to an exciting opportu-nity overseas in that final year. Through the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) he went on to teach at a technical train-ing college in Malaysia,
where he first showed students the trade and then the tools to teach others.
Two years later, he and his fam-ily came back to Montrose for a short year before heading back to Asia — this time to finish up a program for CIDA in Singapore for a year.
By 1974, it was home sweet home for Benzer, who taught junior mathematics and draft-ing at Crowe until 1994 when he retired.
He has fond memories of his teaching career and never regrets
staying in the village over the years, though other opportunities were presented.
“I think it’s a good area; Montrose is a great place for kids to grow up,” he said.
Benzer continues to make his community proud with his com-mitment to volunteering as a director of the Kootenay Columbia Trails Society, an executive of the Retired Teachers Association and an executive of the Kootenay Columbia Education Heritage Society, which looks to preserve teaching antiques.
Not to mention, his passion for the great outdoors has kept him committed to the development of the village’s Antenna Trail over the years.
There may be a moment of reflection when Benzer leads yet another hike up the popular trail Saturday at 8 a.m. during Montrose Family Fun Days.
“Art is an amazing man who volunteers quietly on his own,” Montrose Coun. Cindy Cook told the Times of her nomination for the annual award doled out since 1984. “It’s people like him that we want recognize.”
His name will be added to a plaque in the village office and a photo of him will be hung on a board at the community hall.
Benzer will be formerly recog-nized at an invitation-only wine and cheese Thursday at the com-munity hall.
ART BENZER
Volunteer’s efforts celebrated
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Art Benzer will be recognized for his volunteer work at an invita-tion-only wine and cheese cere-mony Thursday at the Montrose hall.
T H E A S S O C I A T E D P R E S SLOS ANGELES - The reign
of the winningest female con-testant in “Jeopardy!” history has come to an end.
Julia Collins, 31, lost dur-ing her 21st appearance on the pre-taped episode that aired Monday. The Chicago-area resi-dent accumulated a total of $428,100 during her 20 victor-ies on the syndicated series.
Collins was vanquished by Brian Loughnane, an invest-ment operations manager from Scituate, Massachusetts. Collins went into the final-question showdown in second place, bet everything and lost it.
Loughnane, who is from Ireland, won $22,600.
The clue that stumped her: The New England writer who in 1999 became the last person to win an Oscar for adapting his own novel as a screenplay. She failed to answer with the correct question: Who is John
Irving? His novel and film are titled “The Cider House Rules.”
Monday’s game overall “just didn’t go my way,” Collins said in a phone interview, adding, “I couldn’t have loved being on the show more.”
Host Alex Trebek’s salute to Collins after her streak ended: “Well done, young lady.”
Collins said she was glad her record might serve as an example of female achievement.
“If it helps dispel the idea that women aren’t as good ‘Jeopardy!’ players as men, that would be great,” she said. “It’s good to see women being applauded for being smart.”
Her winnings helped finance a dream trip to Paris, where she rented an apartment for a month. Some may fund future travel adventures, Collins added.
The management consult-ant, who’s been enjoying a hia-tus thanks to “Jeopardy!”, said
she plans to get back into the work world.
The previous top female player for consecutive wins was Stephanie Jass, who took seven games in a row in season 29.
Collins displaced her and Larissa Kelly, who was No. 1 in total winnings with $222,597.
Collins holds the No. 2 spot for most consecutive wins behind all-time “Jeopardy!” champ Ken Jennings. He won 74 straight games in season 21 for a total prize of $2.5 million.
She is the third-highest money winner for non-tour-nament play on “Jeopardy!” behind Jennings and Dave Madden, who won $430,400.
Future “Jeopardy!” contest-ants might want to consider her advice: Practice your buzzer technique so you can beat out your usually-knowledgeable competitors, and restrain your-self from guessing at answers.
And stay calm.
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‘Jeopardy’ star’s run comes to an end
B y J i m B a i l e yTimes Sports Editor
Spurred on by former Red Mountain Racer and Rossland resi-dent Senator Nancy Greene Raine, the City of Trail will launch its first National Health and Fitness Day (NHFD) on Saturday with a number of activities and fitness incentives going all day at the Trail Aquatic and Leisure Centre.
“We’re the Home of Champions, so that right there speaks for itself,” said Trail councillor Eleanor Gattafoni Robinson. “I really think we embrace something like this because of our history, and for an individual’s personal health, if you have the capabilities and capacity to do something, I think it’s a great thing.”
The initia-tive began five years ago with C o n s e r v a t i v e politician John Weston, MP for West Vancouver and Sunshine Coast, when he and other parlia-mentarians decid-ed to shape up.
He created fitness initia-tives for MPs and Canadians, and introduced NHFD to his colleagues in the House of Commons in the fall of 2012. By 2013, Senator Greene Raine began to involve 100 Canadian Senators and introduced a Bill to create NHFD in the Senate in fall 2013.
“We’re asking every municipal-ity to sign on and do something special to promote health and fit-ness in their municipality, whatever they want to do,” Greene Raine told the CBC while promoting NHFD in April.
Greene Raine bemoans the fact that one-in-three children in Canada is either overweight or obese.
“The long-term goal is for Canada to be the healthiest, fittest nation in the world. We have to target that. Why should we target having all our kids get chubby and fat? Chubby is the new normal? That’s crazy.”
Trail’s municipal government fully supported NHFD, proclaiming June 7 National Health and Fitness Day, and invite residents to partici-pate in its activities at the TALC on
Saturday.“We invite people to come to
the Aquatic Centre and be part of a healthy day that we’ve provided and give them an opportunity to check out the different kinds of programs that we offer and servi-ces,” said Recreation Coordinator Lisa Manaigre.
Residents will receive a free cour-tesy pass when they attend the Aqua Fit class from 10-11 a.m., the fit-ness centre orientation from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., Seniors Nutrition and Fitness Orientation from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. or a personal training Q&A from 1:30-2:30 p.m. Regular fees apply for the classes, but the free pass will encourage residents to return and hopefully develop a rou-
tine of fitness and health. Visitors’ names will also be entered to win a free personal training session.
“It’s just like going on a diet, you can’t do it for one day and expect to lose 20 pounds, it’s an every day battle,” said Gattafoni-Robinson. “Fitness is a good thing, and we’re very for-tunate to have the facilities in the area that we live in.”
In addition, TALC invites all Greater Trail residents to enjoy a Toonie swim between 1:30 p.m. and 3:30 p.m., including those residents whose municipalities withdrew from the Trail Recreation agreement.
The Trail Aquatic Centre is one of the best facilities in the Kootenays and the rec department offers a var-iety of programs for all ages, from youngsters to seniors.
“We encourage people to check out our website and our leisure guide and just see what we do have to offer,” added Manaigre. “We have a lot of great programs.”
The NHFD has been backed by many supporters includ-ing the Federation of Canadian Municipalities and its 2000 mem-bers. So far, 132 cities officially pro-claimed the day.
To access TALC’s programs go to trail.ca. Or for more information go to - Nationalhealthandfitnessday.com.
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Guido Babuin lines up this finesse shot during the Club Italico Safeway Bocce Tournament at the Trail Bocce Facility in the Gulch on Sunday.Babuin and partner Mario Favaro would go on to take first in the ‘B’ division, while Alfred Bertoia and Morris Paron won top spot in the ‘A’ division, beating Cosmo Chirico and Dominique Cerone in the final. Joe Bertuzzi and Mario Favaro claimed third place in the ‘A’, while Leo Ganzini and Bruno DeRosa won second, and Ron Parisotto and Sergio Peloso took third place in the B side.
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City embraces health and fitness initiative
according to Statistics Canada, the Canadian health measures Survey from 2007 to ‘09, just over 15 per cent of the
country’s adults were meeting the recom-mended guidelines of 150 minutes of
physical activity a week.- the figures for older children are similarly grim. Active Healthy Kids Canada revealed that only seven per cent of five-to 11-year
olds and four per cent of 12-to 17-year-olds met recommended guidelines of 60 min-
utes of moderate to vigorous activity daily. Walking quickly, skating and bike riding are examples of moderate activities, while run-
ning, basketball and soccer are examples of vigorous activities.
- StatsCan found that adults spent an aver-age of 9.5 hours per day, or approximately 69 per cent of their waking hours, in seden-tary activities, which involve little physical
movement and a low expenditure of energy.
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B y T i m e s s T a f fThe Trail Stingrays Swim
Club clocked in some great times as it opened its season at the Nelson Neptunes Swim Meet on the weekend.
The Stingrays placed third out of eight teams overall, rack-ing up 255 points with 16 swim-mers. It was a significant result averaging about 15 points per swimmer, or the equiva-lent of two first place finish-es, explained Stingrays coach Samme Beatson in an email.
“This is an outstanding result as we won more points than the Nelson Neptunes at their home meet with half as many swimmers on our team.”
The team captured four over-all medals with Juliana Zhou
taking home bronze in div. 3 girls, while Diego Greenwood claimed silver in div. 5 boys, and Elijah Grebe won silver in div. 7 boys. Assistant coach Maddie Green had an excellent meet, capturing gold in Open Category 2.
“Everyone from the Stingrays team swam best times since last season, with nine swimmers winning personal bests in all of their events.
“It was the first swim meet for Olivia Bruce who swam all of her races very well. There were only four disqualifications, most due to new season jitters, which is outstanding for the first meet of the season,” added Beatson.
Fionn Miller, a novice six-and-under swimmer, was one of the Stingrays to swim a per-
sonal best time in all of his events and took off a total of one minute and 29 seconds from his last year times.
The Stingrays travel to Grand Forks this weekend for the B meet and a chance for develop-ing swimmers to get their feet wet and ready for competition.
Trail will host its own meet the following weekend, June 14-15 at the Trail Aquatic and Leisure Centre.
Hosting a swim meet is a lot of work and the Stingrays will need many volunteers and parents to help with a variety of jobs from time keeping and judging, to entering results, and supervising the marshal-ling and team tent areas, as well as ensuring your young swimmers make it to their races on time.
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Great start for Trail swim clubplace third in first meet
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2014 CIVIC RECEPTION
THE CANADIAN PRESSTORONTO - The latest offer tabled
by the CFL Players’ Association called for a shorter term and includ-ed concessions on the salary cap and the amount of revenue that would trigger the re-negotiation of the deal.
The union released terms of the proposal Tuesday, a day after it was rejected by the league.
That leaves the two sides without a collective bargaining agreement just over three weeks before the scheduled start of the regular sea-son. The previous deal expired at midnight ET on Thursday, the last time the players and league met face to face.
The union’s latest offer covered four years instead of five and called for a $5.2-million cap, down from $5.8 million. The $4.8-million min-imum remained the same.
The cap would increase to $5.6 million in 2015, then $200,000 annually over of the final two years.
The minimum salary would increase $5,000 to $50,000 this year, then $1,000 annually.
The union amended its proposed
formula that would trigger the renegotiation of the cap or the entire collective agreement.
The players’ original offer called for the cap or the entire agreement to be renegotiated if league rev-enues increased by over $12 million - excluding the Grey Cup - in the third year of the deal.
On Monday, the union increased that figure to $18 million.
Last week, the CFL tabled its “best and final offer,” that included a $5-million salary cap (up from $4.8 million initially) and boosting the average stipend to $96,000 (up from $92,917).
It also called for ratification bonuses of $5,000 for veterans and $1,500 for rookies.
The CFL also set its gross revenue figure at $27 million.
The players had originally asked for $15,000 ratification bonuses for veterans but amended that to $8,500 while agreeing to $1,500 for rook-ies. The CFL had given players until Monday to accept their latest pro-posal to be eligible for their ratifica-tion bonuses. On Tuesday, the league extended that deadline to Friday.
T H E C A N A D I A N P R E S SNEW YORK, N.Y. -
Toronto Blue Jays slug-ger Edwin Encarnacion
was named American League player of the month Tuesday while Yasiel Puig of the Los Angeles Dodgers took the National League honour.
Encarnacion belted a club record 16 home runs last month and batted .281 with five doubles, one triple and 33 RBIs. He scored 26 runs and walked 16 times over 30 games to claim the honour for the first time.
Encarnacion had five multi-homer
games in May. He was just shy of Carlos Delgado’s club record of 34 RBIs in a month set in June 2003.
Others receiving votes included Miguel Cabrera (.380, 8 HR, 34 RBI), Detroit team-mate Victor Martinez (.372, 9 HR, 21 RBI) and Baltimore’s Nelson Cruz (.339, 13 HR, 27 RBI).
Jose Bautista was the last Toronto Blue Jays player to win the award. He took the honour in June 2012.
T H E C A N A D I A N P R E S SPARIS - Eugenie Bouchard
reached her second straight Grand Slam semifinal Tuesday as she defeated Spain’s Carla Suarez Navarro 7-6 (4), 2-6, 7-5 at the French Open.
However, fellow Canadian Milos Raonic came up short in his bid to reach the men’s final four at Roland Garros, dropping a 7-5, 7-6 (5), 6-4 decision to Novak Djokovic of Serbia.
Earlier this year, Bouchard reached the Australian Open semifinal but lost to eventual champion Li Na of China. The 20-year-old from Westmount, Que., will next meet Russia’s Maria Sharapova after the 2012 champion beat Spain’s Garbine Muguruza 1-6, 7-5, 6-1.
“I’m very content with a win like this,” said Bouchard. “It was a battle throughout. She played very well espe-cially on long points.
“The last set was key for me. I’m really excited to be playing Sharapova in a big match here.”
Bouchard won the first set in an hour, but dropped the second after losing her last two service games. Suarez Navarro jumped out to a 4-1 lead in the third set before the 18th-seeded Canadian fought back with a key break and service holds.
“I wouldn’t say I surprised myself, no,” said Bouchard. “I’ve come back in matches before. Tennis can be like that, a bit up and down.”
Bouchard earned a match
point but double-faulted. She put a backhand long on a second chance before clinch-ing victory after two hours 22 minutes when her opponent came up short on a return.
Bouchard finished with 46 winners, 38 unforced errors and breaks on six of 14 chan-ces.
Djokovic, meanwhile, is a six-time major cham-pion but he still needs to win the French Open to com-plete a career Grand Slam. He reached the semifinals at Roland Garros the last four years, but only made one final, losing to Rafael Nadal in 2012.
Raonic, the No. 8 seed from Thornhill, Ont., fired 21 aces but converted only one of two break opportunities in
the match, which also lasted two hours 22 minutes.
“Im not in a good mood, losing pisses me off,” Raonic said. “I try to step back and see the big picture. I’m get-ting better, it’s not a loss for nothing. I’ve gone farther in a Slam than I have before and I’ve learned things even from this loss.”
Raonic, the first Canadian man to reach a Grand Slam singles quarter-final in the post-1968 Open era, stalled in the third set but managed to break Djokovic as the second seed was serving for victory at 5-2. Djokovic closed it out two games later when a Raonic forehand sailed wide.
“He didn’t allow me to do what I wanted,” Raonic said. “He played close to (the) base-
line and didn’t let me dictate. But I’m doing a lot of things better at this stage.”
Bouchard on to semifinal, Raonic bouncedfrench open tennis
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JuniorToday
Cstlgr Warriors at Trail A’s 5:30 p.m.Thursday
Trail A’s at Nelson 5:30 p.m.Monday Games
Nelson at Trail Mariners 5:30 p.m.
Castlegar Warriors at Red Bulls5:30 p.m.
Senior / XBLThursday
Trail Pirates at Trail Tigers 6 p.m.
Trail Expos at Tigers 8 p.m.Monday
Trail Indians at Trail Expos 7:30 p.m. Tuesday
Grand Forks at Tigers 6 p.m.Grand Forks at Pirates 8 p.m.
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Dear Annie: I work at a regional medical center, and friends and family often ask me to recommend a doc-tor or a physician’s group for them. For a while, I didn’t mind giving these people a few names, but I have grown reluctant to do so.
My reluctance is not because I don’t trust in the knowledge and care provided by the doctors I work with. It’s because of the negative feed-back I get after these people visit the spe-cialists I recommend. I am tired of handing out the names of good, hardworking practi-tioners to people who refuse to listen to the advice given to them. They don’t want to take the prescribed medica-tions or regimens, nor do they follow through with the therapy as ordered. Then they complain to the entire community about what terrible doctors I told them to see.
I feel as if the doc-
tors are judging me each time they see my name as a referral. Yet when I decline to give suggestions, people react as if I am being a snob. How do I keep my sanity, as well as my career? -- Please Stop Asking Me
Dear Please: Medical profession-als are accustomed to patients who disregard their instructions, but you certainly can ask directly whether they would prefer that you not refer your friends and family to them. We suspect they are glad to know that someone who works closely with them thinks highly of their skills. But either way, you are under no
obligation to give out recommendations. It’s OK to tell people nice-ly that you no longer make referrals because you don’t wish to mix your professional and personal lives. If they don’t like it, too bad.
Dear Annie: My 85-year-old aunt, who was quite active, recently underwent extensive abdominal surgery and ended up in the hospital for six weeks. During this entire time, she was not bathed by the over-worked nursing staff except for the times we complained about the smell. There wasn’t even a washbasin in her room.
Eventually a friend of hers who is a retired nurse came in regularly and bathed her. This was in Florida, but I’ve heard similar stories from friends and family in other states. I think this is absolutely dis-gusting.
When I was a student nurse in the 1970s, my textbook dedicated 20
pages to the impor-tance of bathing, not only for physical health, but for psychological well-being. Florence Nightingale said that nurses who allow sick patients to remain unwashed are interfer-ing with their healing. This lack of care did not occur where I worked. We bathed our patients daily and gave them back rubs to increase circulation and prevent bedsores. Since then, nurses aides and LPNs have practically been eliminated.
My aunt is now home, but she is still weak from fighting off infections. It’s no won-der. I would like to see the doctors and medical staff running the hospi-tals again and not the insurance companies, which seem to know nothing about human dignity. This kind of care is appalling. -- Disgusted in New York
Dear New York: Health care costs have skyrocketed since you were in nursing school,
and it is unfortunate that in some cases the level of care has dete-riorated in an effort to save money. We, too, wish there were a better solution.
Dear Annie: This is for “Wish I Could Turn Back Time,” the 62-year-old great-
grandmother who served prison time for a nonviolent felony and can’t get a job because of her record.
Most states have laws allowing for the expungement of crimi-nal records, especially for nonviolent offens-es. This allows those
who made a mistake and learned their les-son to get a conviction removed from their record, in which case, she wouldn’t need to tell prospective employ-ers. She should check out the expungement requirements in her state. -- L.
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For Thursday, June 5, 2014 ARIES (March 21 to April 19) This is a good day to improve where you work or introduce reforms on how things are done. Similarly, it’s a good day to improve your health. Bonus! TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) Because you are in a resourceful frame of mind today, you see new applica-tions for things. You also might see new ways to work with children or improve something related to sports. GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) Look for ways to make improvements at home, especially in areas related to laundry, plumbing, garbage and recycling. Take some time to declutter where you live. CANCER (June 21 to July 22) Your style of communi-cating is convincing today! That’s why this is a strong day for those of you who sell,
market, teach, write or act. LEO (July 23 to Aug. 22) You are in a resource-ful frame of mind today, which is why you might see new ways to earn money or new uses for something you already own. Don’t be afraid to test your ideas. VIRGO (Aug. 23 to Sept. 22) Take a realistic look in the mirror today and ask your-self how you can improve your image. After all, you never get a second chance to make a first impression. LIBRA (Sept. 23 to Oct. 22) Any kind of research you do today will yield results. Because you have excel-lent focus and a penetrating mind, you will instantly go for the jugular. SCORPIO (Oct. 23 to Nov. 21) A conversation with a female acquaintance will be honest and to the point (per-haps ruthlessly so). Today you want the nitty-gritty
facts. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 to Dec. 21) People in power (parents, bosses, teachers, VIPs and the police) will be impressed with your suggestions about improving something. Perhaps you see ways to cut costs. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 to Jan. 19) In discussions about politics, religion and racial issues, you will be persua-
sive today. However, you also might encounter people with strong views! AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 to Feb. 18) Look for ways to reduce your debt and get better use out of something that you share with someone else. Perhaps you can see a better way to divide something. PISCES (Feb. 19 to March 20) Conversations with part-ners and close friends will be
powerful but honest and to the point. It might be wise to sugarcoat your opinions. Ya think? YOU BORN TODAY You are original and definite-ly have your own take on things. What seems simple to you might be strange to others. Nevertheless, you want to be understood. (Sometimes you are strongly compulsive.) This year some-thing you’ve been involved with for about nine years
will end or diminish in order to make room for something new to enter your world. It’s a good year to travel. Birthdate of: John Carlos, Olympic athlete and activ-ist; Salvatore Ferragamo, shoe designer; Susan Lynch, actress. (c) 2014 King Features Syndicate, Inc.
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707-2600(250)
ANDRES CAR AUDIO1881 Harvey Avenue
(250) 860-1975
KELOWNA CAR AUDIO1881 Harvey Avenue
(250) 860-1975
KAMLOOPS CAR AUDIO154 Victoria Str
(250) 314-9944
WEST KELOWNA#200 - 2180 Elk Rd.
707-2600(250)
PENTICTON101-2601 Skaha Lake Rd.
493-3800(250)
VERNON200-3107 - 48th Ave.
542-3000(250)
WilliamsLake KELOWNA
2153 Springfield Road860-2600(250)
KAMLOOPS745 Notre Dame Drive
851-8700(250)
PRINCE GEORGE2591A Vance Rd.
563-4447(250)
WILLIAMS AKE299 Oliver Str.
398-8522(250)
L 100 MILE OUSE916 Alpine Ave.
395-4015(250)
H
KAMLOOPS745 Notre Dame Drive
851-8700(250)
ANDRES WIRELESSAberdeen Mall(250) 377-8880
ANDRES WIRELESS215 - 450 Lansdowne Mall
(250) 377-8007
ANDRES CAR AUDIO154 Victoria Str
(250) 314-9944
ANDRES BUSINESS300 St. Paul Str.
(250) 377-3773
PRINCE GEORGE2591A Vance Rd.
563-4447(250)
KAMLOOPS745 Notre Dame Drive
851-8700(250)
VERNON200-3107 - 48th Ave.
542-3000(250)
WILLIAMS AKE299 Oliver Str.
398-8522(250)
L 100 MILE OUSE916 Alpine Ave.
395-4015(250)
H
KAMLOOPS745 Notre Dame Drive
851-8700(250)
PRINCE GEORGE2591A Vance Rd.
563-4447(250)
100 MILE OUSE916 Alpine Ave.
395-4015(250)
H WILLIAMS AKE299 Oliver Str.
398-8522(250)
L
VERNON200-3107 - 48th Ave.
542-3000(250)
ANDRES WIRELESSVilliage Green Mall
(250) 542-1496
KELOWNA2153 Springfield Road
860-2600(250)
WEST KELOWNA#200 - 2180 Elk Rd.
707-2600(250)
KAMLOOPS745 Notre Dame Drive
851-8700(250)
VERNON200-3107 - 48th Ave.
542-3000(250)
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KOOTENAY HOMES INC.1358 Cedar Avenue, Trail • 250.368.8818
www.kootenayhomes.com www.century21.caThe Local Experts™
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613 Forrest Drive, Warfi eld$205,000
This 3 bdrm, 2 bath home features hardwood fl oors, updated kitchen, and
numerous upgrades, including windows, roof, furnace, hot water tank, and electrical.
All you have to do is move in and enjoy.
Call Jodi 250-231-2331
420 10th Avenue, Montrose$219,000
Great 4 bdrm, 2 bath family home priced to sell! Fenced yard, new patio, exterior
paint, lots of upgrades including fl ooring, furnace, hot water tank, electrical panel
and more.Call Jodi 250-231-2331
NEW LISTING
115 Pine Avenue, Fruitvale$459,000
Quality constructed Fruitvale home fi nished to perfection. Concrete decks,
custom kitchen, hardwood and tile fl ooring. 3 bdrms on the main and one down, vaulted ceilings, double garage
and dream shop complete the package. This home is a must see!
Call Deanne (250) 231-0153
1739 First Street, Fruitvale$239,000
Fantastic Fruitvale family home! Open fl oor plan with 3 bdrms and 2.5
baths, double carport, and wood burning stove. All this and located on a
quiet dead end street. This home is a great value! Call now!
Call Deanne (250) 231-0153
212 Haig Street, Warfi eld$219,000
Immaculate 3 bdrm home with workshop and garage. Bright and
sparkling clean. You will enjoy the indoor space as well the private back yard and
peaceful setting. Call your realtor for your personal viewing.
Call Mary M (250) 231-0264
NEW LISTING
368 Austad Lane, Trail$129,000
This home boasts wood fi replace, 3 bdrms, kitchen with eating area, large 18x18 deck and tiered yard. Off street parking, a new fence, 35x145 yard and
quick possession complete this package.Call Christine (250) 512-7653
NEW PRICE
640 Shelley Street, Warfi eld$226,000
Well maintained 3 bdrm family home with lots of upgrades! Bright sun room,
amazing views, new fl ooring, paint, trim, railing, electrical and windows. Call your
realtor today to view!Call Christine (250) 512-7653
930 Schofi eld Highway, Warfi eld$169,900
This 3 bdrm home is solid and has lots of mechanical upgrades such
as: new main waterline, new sewer line, upgraded plumbing and electrical, drywall and insulation.
Come check it out today!Call Richard (250) 368-7897
940 9th Avenue, Montrose$209,500
Quiet and private location. Garage with workshop and plenty of parking. Many
upgrades including siding, windows, and roof. Home features 2 bdrms, 1 bath, renovated kitchen and new fl ooring
throughout. This house is move in ready!Call Mary M (250) 231-0264
439 Rossland Avenue, Trail $69,900
Small and compact this home offers the perfect place for a single or couple at
a very affordable price. Many upgrades include a newer kitchen, upgraded
bathroom, some wiring and plumbing, air conditioning and more! Call now
before it’s gone!Call Tonnie (250) 365-9665
1211 Primrose Street, Trail $189,000
WOW- super clean and modern
3 bdrm/2 bath corner unit
townhouse with central air-Fully
fenced back yard that is completely
landscaped-covered patio for
entertainment and relaxation
-carport and paved driveway - many
new updates.Call Mark
(250) 231-5591
NEW LISTING
1472 Kootenay Ave, Rossland$319,000
Excellent value in this well-maintained 3 bedroom house! Several upgrades
including kitchen and bath, new windows/doors and fl ooring. Double carport with workshop is a bonus!
Call Terry 250-231-1101
NEW LISTING
107 Ferry Avenue, Castlegar$205,000
Charming 3 bdrm 1.5 bath home with country kitchen, new roof, new windows,
hardwood fl oors and gas fi replace. Call Tonnie (250) 365-9665
SOLD
Submitted photo
In April the Beaver Valley Venturers and Scouts participated in a clean up of Oasis. They collected over 1,775 kilograms (3,905 lbs.) of garbage from along the road and over the banks. The Oasis Recreational Society sponsored the group and Columbia Recycling hauled away all the trash. Since the clean up more garbage has been discovered. Please stop dumping.
