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Senator Senator presents presents Jubilee medal Jubilee medal Page 2 Page 2 PROUDLY SERVING THE COMMUNITIES OF ROSSLAND, WARFIELD, TRAIL, MONTROSE, FRUITVALE & SALMO S I N C E 1 8 9 5 PROUDLY SERVING THE COMMUNITIES OF ROSSLAND, WARFIELD, TRAIL, MONTROSE, FRUITVALE & SALM S I N C E 1 8 9 5 WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 12, 2012 Vol. 117, Issue 176 $ 1 10 INCLUDING H.S.T. 2880 Highway Drive Trail 250-368-9134 DLN #30251 www.championgm.com Trail BC GIANT CLEARANCE OF PRE-OWNED VEHICLES Contact the Times: Phone: 250-368-8551 Fax: 250-368-8550 Newsroom: 250-364-1242 Canada Post, Contract number 42068012 BY BREANNE MASSEY Times Staff A new school year and a new youth co-ordinator. Liz Johnston was hired at the Columbia Youth Community Development Centre (YCDC) in mid-August, and recently began preparing special pro- gramming for youth. “It’s going to be a lot of fun and I can’t wait to meet everyone,” Johnston said. “I’m ready to jump in and get busy, and get some use in here.” She noted that now the summer doldrums have passed for young people, she planned to contact schools to raise awareness of what the centre contained. “I want to start making connections,” she said. “I’m going to be going in there and talking with them, and letting them know what kind of pro- grams are being offered at this moment.” Currently, the YCDC offers movie nights for high school seniors on Monday nights 6:30-9 p.m., and juniors on Wednesday nights from 6-8 p.m. Tuesday is available for special programming, but Johnston planned to wait to finalize those plans until she got feedback from program participants. “I want to incorporate my love of the outdoors with the youth and get some sort of outdoor recreation program going,” Johnston said, after explaining that Red Mountain lured her from Ontario to Rossland roughly 15 years ago. “Basically I want the youth to plan what they want and I’ll work my hardest to get it for them.” She has been researching the Columbia Basin Trust’s (CBT) Community-Directed Youth Funds (CDYF) for appli- cations, and will be applying for financial aid through the application process. The CDYF is part of the CBT’s recent Youth Strategic Plan to rid youth of boredom, by providing a hub for teens between the ages of 12 and 15 years old. It ensures $100,000 to communities over a four- year period—a sum Fruitvale recently received—with funding provided in annual $25,000 payments. A CBT- related workshop is expected to take place in late-October. In addition to seeking financial aid for the YCDC, Johnston has joined the Skate Park Committee and she has been developing an online presence with youth via Facebook. Johnston has also been brainstorming for ideas about specialty programs, like Beauty, Brains and Badass—a program-possibility that could run for girls over the age of 13 if there is enough interest. She wants to provide girls with opportunities to learn new skills that enhance their physical, mental and emo- tional well-being by exposing them to new activities, ran- ging from positive peer sup- port to community mentors. For more information about the YCDC, drop by 1504 Cedar Ave. Visit www.facebook. com/columbia.ycdc or www. columbiaycdc.ca/index.php/ home.html to check for online updates, or e-mail Johnston at [email protected]. New YCDC co-ordinator eager to engage youth BREANNE MASSEY PHOTO (From the left) Liz Johnston has taken over the co-ordinator’s role from Morgan-River Jones at the Columbia Youth Community Development Centre. BY TIMOTHY SCHAFER Times Staff Talk about a stalemate. The Silver City is currently ensnarled with the Golden City over who they will choose as the mediator in their ongoing dispute over who pays what in the delivery of regional sewage services. The City of Trail’s lawyer has spoken with the City of Rossland’s lawyer and the two parties are not in agreement over a preferred arbitrator. This means the dispute resolution officer will likely have to make the final selection, Trail city councillor Robert Cacchioni said. “What is most disconcerting at this time is Rossland’s ongoing suggestion, or position, where they believe the jurisdiction of the dispute and resolution officer to order arbitration is ques- tionable,” he said. “And it remains unclear if this is going to be challenged by Rossland through the courts.” If Rossland does legally challenge the jurisdic- tion issue, it will ultimately delay the arbitration hearing and raises the concern for the matter that will not be fully resolved until the end of the year. That would put the city into arrears of five years—at $109,000 per year—that they believe they are over paying in the service, said Cacchioni. See ROSSLAND, Page 3 “Basically I want the youth to plan what they want and I’ll work my hardest to get it for them.” LIZ JOHNSTON Cities disputing who will resolve sewer dispute BY BREANNE MASSEY Times Staff Fruitvale has been invaded – by plants. On Monday night in Fruitvale’s regu- lar council meeting, the Central Kootenay Invasive Plant Committee’s spokesperson Jennifer Vogel gave an annual presentation to advise council of invasive plant species within the area. Fruitvale has a few areas that have invasive plants, including a small area on the north- side hill on Highway 3B, close to the west See PLANTS, Page 3 FRUITVALE Invasive plants posing a problem
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Senator Senator presents presents Jubilee medalJubilee medalPage 2Page 2
PROUDLY SERVING THE COMMUNITIES OF ROSSLAND, WARFIELD, TRAIL, MONTROSE, FRUITVALE & SALMO
S I N C E 1 8 9 5
PROUDLY SERVING THE COMMUNITIES OF ROSSLAND, WARFIELD, TRAIL, MONTROSE, FRUITVALE & SALM
Liz Johnston was hired at the Columbia Youth Community Development Centre (YCDC) in mid-August, and recently began preparing special pro-gramming for youth.
“It’s going to be a lot of fun and I can’t wait to meet everyone,” Johnston said. “I’m ready to jump in and get busy, and get some use in here.”
She noted that now the summer doldrums have passed for young people, she planned to contact schools to raise awareness of what the centre contained.
“I want to start making connections,” she said. “I’m going to be going in there and talking with them, and letting them know what kind of pro-grams are being offered at this moment.”
Currently, the YCDC offers movie nights for high school seniors on Monday nights 6:30-9 p.m., and juniors on Wednesday nights from 6-8 p.m. Tuesday is available for special programming, but Johnston planned to wait to finalize those plans until she got feedback from program participants.
“I want to incorporate my love of the outdoors with the youth and get some sort of outdoor recreation program going,” Johnston said, after explaining that Red Mountain lured her from Ontario to
Rossland roughly 15 years ago.
“Basically I want the youth to plan what they want and I’ll work my hardest to get it for them.”
She has been researching the Columbia Basin Trust’s (CBT) Community-Directed Youth Funds (CDYF) for appli-cations, and will be applying for financial aid through the application process.
The CDYF is part of the CBT’s recent Youth Strategic Plan to rid youth of boredom, by providing a hub for teens between the ages of 12 and 15 years old. It ensures $100,000 to communities over a four-year period—a sum Fruitvale recently received—with funding provided in annual $25,000 payments. A CBT-related workshop is expected to take place in late-October.
In addition to seeking financial aid for the YCDC,
Johnston has joined the Skate Park Committee and she has been developing an online presence with youth via Facebook.
Johnston has also been brainstorming for ideas about specialty programs, like Beauty, Brains and Badass—a program-possibility that could run for girls over the age of 13 if there is enough interest.
She wants to provide girls with opportunities to learn new skills that enhance their physical, mental and emo-tional well-being by exposing them to new activities, ran-ging from positive peer sup-port to community mentors.
For more information about the YCDC, drop by 1504 Cedar Ave. Visit www.facebook.com/columbia.ycdc or www.columbiaycdc.ca/index.php/home.html to check for online updates, or e-mail Johnston at [email protected].
New YCDC co-ordinator eager to engage youth
BREANNE MASSEY PHOTO
(From the left) Liz Johnston has taken over the co-ordinator’s role from Morgan-River Jones at the Columbia Youth Community Development Centre.
BY TIMOTHY SCHAFERTimes Staff
Talk about a stalemate.The Silver City is currently ensnarled with
the Golden City over who they will choose as the mediator in their ongoing dispute over who pays what in the delivery of regional sewage services.
The City of Trail’s lawyer has spoken with the City of Rossland’s lawyer and the two parties are not in agreement over a preferred arbitrator.
This means the dispute resolution officer will likely have to make the final selection, Trail city councillor Robert Cacchioni said.
“What is most disconcerting at this time is Rossland’s ongoing suggestion, or position, where they believe the jurisdiction of the dispute and resolution officer to order arbitration is ques-tionable,” he said.
“And it remains unclear if this is going to be challenged by Rossland through the courts.”
If Rossland does legally challenge the jurisdic-tion issue, it will ultimately delay the arbitration hearing and raises the concern for the matter that will not be fully resolved until the end of the year.
That would put the city into arrears of five years—at $109,000 per year—that they believe they are over paying in the service, said Cacchioni.
See ROSSLAND, Page 3
“Basically I want the youth to plan what they want and I’ll
work my hardest to get it for them.”
LIZ JOHNSTON
Cities disputing who
will resolve sewer dispute
BY BREANNE MASSEYTimes Staff
Fruitvale has been invaded – by plants.On Monday night in Fruitvale’s regu-
lar council meeting, the Central Kootenay Invasive Plant Committee’s spokesperson Jennifer Vogel gave an annual presentation to advise council of invasive plant species within the area.
Fruitvale has a few areas that have invasive plants, including a small area on the north-side hill on Highway 3B, close to the west
See PLANTS, Page 3
FRUITVALE
Invasive plants posing a problem
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Rossland resident and tireless volunteer Bobbi LaFond was pre-sented with the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal on Monday night.
People packed into the Rossland Legion Hall to be a part of the ceremony, where rep-resentatives from many diverse organizations LaFond has been a part of talked of her import-ance to the commun-ity.
To celebrate Queen Elizabeth II’s 60th year on the throne, the medal is given to prom-inent volunteers in the community.
Kim LaFond, Bobbi’s brother intro-duced speakers, while Rossland Mayor Greg Granstrom, John Greene and Senator Nancy Greene-Raine sat alongside Bobbi at the front.
Over the years, LaFond has played an instrumental part in organizations such as Scouts Canada, Rossland United Church Women’s Organization, Girl Guides, Heart and Stroke Foundation, Rossland Health Care Auxiliary, Meals on Wheels, Rossland Legion and the Rossland Curling Club.
John Greene, owner of Rossland Hardware, was a part of the nom-ination committee.
“A couple weeks ago I got a call from Nancy wondering if there was someone in town worthy of this medal,” Greene said.
After asking around it was LaFond’s name that came up over and
over. “It was without
a question… Bobbi LaFond was our nom-inee.”
When it was final-ly time for LaFond to talk after receiving the medal, she couldn’t read her notes because of the tears in her eyes.
“I’m thankful for having lived most of my life in this commun-ity and raise our family here,” LaFond said. “I volunteered as a way to pay back the com-munity.”
She said that when she was raising her 15 children, it was with the help of school teachers, coaches and other lead-ers that helped.
“You don’t do it alone, you do it with everyone,” she went on. “Over the years, I’m thankful for being able
to volunteer. I met a lot of great people in Rossland. I’ll never ever forget all of the people that I’ve known and the good times that we’ve had.”
LaFond described her career of volun-teerism as “doing a few things here and there,” and said it’s meant as much to her, as any-body she’s volunteered with.
Laurie Karn, who spoke on behalf of Rossland Fall Fair, Rossland Curling Club and 2nd Rossland Cub Mothers, said LaFond had turned her on to volunteering when her oldest son joined Beavers in 1985.
“Within the first few weeks, Bobbi had somehow signed me up with the cub mothers auxiliary,” Karn said.
“Before long, I was helping at bottle drives, serving at teas, cooking and cleaning up at ban-quets and involved in many other events and fundraisers.”
LaFond also per-suaded Karn to join the Fall Fair Society, which brings Rossland togeth-er to celebrate old-fash-ioned community.
“That is what’s important to Bobbi, her community,” she said. “She is an inspir-ing example of dedica-tion, commitment and service to this commun-ity.”
In 1978, Lafond and Deyanne Davies started Rangers together, a group for grades 10, 11 and 12 high school girls. Davies recalled she had wondered to herself at the time: “Why would Bobbi, who is so busy
with her family and her community stuff... take one night a week to work with other people’s teenagers? (Bobbi) responded by saying that she wanted to do something for herself for a change.”
Senator Nancy Greene-Raine awarded the medal. She was also the one who called LaFond last week to tell her she would be hon-oured.
Greene-Raine noted the influence LaFond had on her large family and the community.
“Our country grew with big families and nowadays we don’t have big families any-more,” she said. “I think we’ve become a little bit selfish. It’s truly won-derful to see a family like yours, a family that is so strong.”
ARNE PETRYSHEN PHOTO
Bobbi LaFond shakes hands with Senator Nancy Greene-Raine after receiving the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal Monday night in Rossland.
Rossland volunteer presented with Queen’s Diamond Jubilee medal
Bobbi Lafond recognized for
years of dedication to community
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THE NELSON STARUnionized staff at the Nelson and
District Community Complex have voted “overwhelmingly” in favour of job action.
The members of CUPE sub-local 2262, which represents 55 employees at the arena, swimming pool, and fitness facil-ity, held the strike vote on Saturday after-noon, according to a news release from the union.
A majority of members turned out to cast ballots, and all voted in favour of a strike. The union issued 72-hour notice Monday before 4 p.m. Their employ-er is the Regional District of Central Kootenay.
“No one wants to go down this road, but the regional district has left us little choice,” local president Leford Lafayette said in the statement. “It all comes down to wages, term, and benefits: we asked for
cost of living and minor benefit increases, but they said no.”
Lafayette said they have been offered a two-year agreement that expires in six months. Since the last collective agree-ment expired a year and a half ago, the sides have met several times, but been unable to reach a mediated settlement, he added.
They’ve been bargaining since February and last met with mediator Mark Atkinson Thursday, but weren’t able to reach a deal.
“They came after every cornerstone of our collective agreement: seniority, hours of work provisions, and full-time/part-time designations,” Lafayette said. “We spent a long time negotiating back and forth on language.”
He said the regional district offered wage increases of one per cent in each of the two years, but no benefit increases.
“If the union were to agree to this, we’d be behind the cost of living by three per cent over the last three years.”
The union is seeking a three-year con-tract with a cost of living hike over the term. Lafayette said it’s “quite possible” picket lines could go up, but they don’t intend to shut the facility down entirely or prevent any Nelson Leafs games.
“We would be trying everything in our power not to do that,” he said. “We’re working to minimize any impact we would have on the hockey season. We’re going to try our darndest that no games are affected.”
CUPE 2262 members include fitness technicians, lifeguards, aquafit and swim-ming instructors, as well as maintenance, custodians, customer service reps, and child minders.
Management at the complex could not immediately be reached for comment.
HIGHWIRE ACT
NELSON
NDCC union votes in favour of job action
BREANNE MASSEY PHOTO
Shaw Cable’s Dave Hucal began adjusting cables in the alley between Bay Ave. and Cedar Ave. in downtown Trail on Tuesday afternoon.
FROM PAGE 1But Rossland Mayor Greg Granstrom said
the city could not reveal its hand right away on the matter as to what position they were taking.
“We have a position that we think is legal and plausible,” he said. “But, in the end, we’d like everybody to sit down and discuss this in person, and not have to go through the (legal) channels.”
Lois-Leah Goodwin, executive director of Intergovernmental Relations and Planning under the Ministry of Community, Sport and Cultural Development, was appointed as the dispute resolution officer last month to help settle the matter of who pays for what in the delivery of regional sewer service between Trail, Rossland and Warfield.
Goodwin was required to review the matter and, under the Community Charter, direct the dispute to binding arbitration.
Trail city council had notified the province in late May it wanted to engage in the process of arbitration with the City of Rossland to deter-mine the correct percentages of shared costs for sewage service in the Greater Trail region.
For four years the question of who pays what portion of the cost of sewer service among Trail, Rossland and Warfield has been booted around like a political football.
Trail currently pays close to 70 per cent of the regional budget following a formula cre-ated in the late 1960s, based mostly on popula-tion and projected growth.
Rossland, Trail at odds over cost sharing
FROM PAGE 1entrance of the village, where Scotch broom has started to take a foothold.
Although it is unclear what action council will take at this moment, the village was eager to stay in the loop. In the interim, councillors have been urged to review additional infor-mation about relevant bylaws pertaining to invasive plants.
“They do some work for the regional district and keep us in the loop as to their activities and possible expansion of the invasive species in our area,” concluded chief administrative officer Lila Cresswell Tuesday morning.
In addition, the Fruitvale Creek bed at First Street has Himalayan balsam (also known as Policeman’s Helmet) and Japanese Knotweed in various locations along the highway shoul-ders and along Beaver Creek.
Japanese knotweed has been dubbed as toxic waste in the United Kingdom, and Vogel said there is some concern about it in Canada. It has the ability to grow through tarmac and pipes, and for some it even impacts mortgage applications.
Plants gaining foothold
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THE CANADIAN PRESSPEACHLAND, B.C.
- Phil Kachanoski is relieved to be able to set foot inside his house again after a rapidly moving forest fire burned through the countryside near his home in Peachland, B.C., and forced him and roughly 1,500 others to flee.
Kachanoski, a 42-year-old dentist, was among the two-thirds of the evacuees who received the all-clear to return home Monday evening, after a tense 24 hours in which flames destroyed four houses and came dangerously close to many others.
By Tuesday mor-ning, another 150 were allowed home, leav-ing 258 on evacuation order.
Cool temperatures and periods of rain Monday slowed the fire as crews worked to bring it 75 per cent under control.
But officials note the danger isn’t completely gone - 1,300 still remain
on evacuation alert and will have to leave if the fire flares up.
Kachanoski, who dropped off a few items at his home before returning to a hotel for Monday night, wasn’t taking anything for granted.
“We’re very happy that obviously they had gotten things under control enough that we could go back,” said Kachanoski.
“Until they know for sure that they’ve got most of the hot spots out, you’re never out of the clear in B.C.”
Those who remained under an evacuation order live near where the fire first began on the northwestern edge of town, in the same subdivision of homes, vineyards and acreages where the four houses were destroyed.
The fire started Sunday afternoon in an area on the outskirts of Peachland, a com-munity of about 5,200 people located 380 kilometres northeast
of Vancouver. Strong winds caused the fire to spread rapidly, cov-ering three kilometres in a little more than an hour.
Four houses, includ-ing one on the vineyard where Canada’s first commercially released icewine was born in 1978, were destroyed on the first day of the fire as gusts of wind pushed the flames into the houses.
The fire left a mess of charred trees, ash and a coating of red-coloured fire retardant that blan-keted homes, roads and fields. The weather helped calm the fire, but the cool temperatures and rain are expected to be replaced by more hot dry weather for the rest of the week.
Jim Mottishaw, a forest protection offi-cer with the provincial government, said the hot weather won’t be a problem as long as the winds remain calm, as predicted.
“The forecast is for hot, dry weather through to the week-end. That means we’ve
got to secure the lines as quick as we can, and if another wind event comes up hopefully we’ve been able to hold the line,” Mottishaw said in an interview.
“Wind is the biggest concern, and because we’ve got containment around a good portion of it and lots of resour-ces, anything that flares up we can jump on it quick. Without wind, things are looking very good.”
Forest fires are a per-ennial concern in the Okanagan Valley, an area where a hot, arid climate can create dan-gerous conditions.
Residents here remember an inferno in late August of 2003 that surrounded Kelowna, about 25 kilometres up the road from Peachland, and forced 27,000 people from their homes.
The fire eventually destroyed 239 homes, and left a landscape of bald mountainside dir-ectly across Okanagan Lake from Peachland, a constant reminder of the fire threat.
BY KYLE SLAVINVictoria News
A classified ad offering a baby, “free to a good home,” has Victoria police officers attempting to find the would-be seller to ensure no chil-dren are at risk.
The investigation began around 10:30 a.m. Monday after police were made aware of an ad posted on UsedVictoria.com, offering the baby for free with a photo of a young infant attached.
“Obviously this is disconcert-ing,” said Const. Mike Russell. “The first part of me thinks, ‘It must be a hoax.’
“Then you have a sober second thought, ‘You know what? Whether it’s a hoax or not, this needs to be
investigated because we need to ensure there’s no kids at risk here.’”
On Monday afternoon Russell said investigators were still trying to track down where the posting came from, but said, “It’s probably not from our jurisdiction; not on the Island.”
Erin Richards, marketing co-ordinator for UsedVictoria, a Black Press-owned website, said they are co-operating with police.
“First and foremost, our concern is the welfare of the child and what is in their best interest and that is why we removed the ad immedi-ately after it was posted,” she said. “We have given information to the Victoria Police Department, who are now investigating.”
Police investigate ‘free baby’ adVICTORIA
BY TOM FLETCHERBlack Press
Two months after opening its newest natural gas processing plant near Dawson Creek, Spectra Energy has announced a partnership that will more than double its B.C. cap-acity with a large-scale pipeline to Prince Rupert.
Texas-based Spectra and British Gas (BG) Group plc announced Monday a development agreement to construct an 850-km large-diam-eter pipeline connecting its hub of operations near Fort St. John with proposed liquefied natural gas facili-ties near Prince Rupert.
The pipeline would connect vast shale gas resources in the Montney formation near Fort St. John and the Liard, Horn River and Cordova Embayment shales near Fort Nelson. Its capacity of 4.2 million cubic feet per day compares to Spectra’s existing gas handling capacity of 2.4
million cubic feet per day.BG Group has optioned an 80-hec-
tare site in the Ridley industrial area owned by the Prince Rupert Port Authority for a possible liquefied natural gas (LNG) export facility.
Operating gas production facili-ties in 20 countries, BG is cur-rently building a new LNG plant in Australia.
The joint announcement, the com-panies said “early conceptual routes” have been developed, with consulta-tion planned for affected routes. The project timeline is to begin construc-tion by 2015 and complete the pipe-line by 2020.
Spectra’s B.C. operations started as Westcoast Transmission Corp. with construction of B.C.’s first gas processing plant on the Peace River at Taylor in 1949. It still operates that plant, and pipeline network that supplies natural gas to the B.C. Lower Mainland.
New pipeline deal will feed LNG exports
WINTER MAKES FIRST APPEARANCE
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About seven centimetres of snow fell at Vernon’s Silver Star Mountain Resort on Monday, the first snow of the season. Silver Star anticipates opening for alpine skiing Nov. 29.
PEACHLAND
Fire 75 per cent contained but some residents still out of homes
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A firefighter from the St. John’s Fire Department shields his face against high winds after checking on the driver of a tractor trailer that had been blown over by winds from post-tropical storm Leslie in St. John’s, N.L., on Tuesday.
LESLIE BATTERS NEWFOUNDLAND
THE CANADIAN PRESSTORONTO - Three powerful unions repre-
senting Ontario teachers and education work-ers declared war Tuesday against the governing Liberals after a controversial anti-strike bill passed in the legislature.
The two biggest unions representing elemen-tary and secondary school teachers are urging their members to withdraw from any voluntary activities as a show of protest of what they’re call-ing “draconian” legislation.
The Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation is telling its members not to do any voluntary activities - such as coaching sports teams - on Wednesday.
The Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario is urging its members not to participate in “any school-based or system level meetings of any kind” on Mondays.
They’re calling them “McGuinty Mondays” after Premier Dalton McGuinty, Ontario’s self-styled “education premier” who is now facing the ire of his former allies who’ve helped him remain in power for nine years.
CUPE Ontario, which represents 55,000 work-ers such as custodians and school secretaries, also opposed the legislation.
The unions were also furious after they were asked to leave the legislature shortly after the passage of the bill.
The minority Liberals and the Progressive Conservatives teamed up to pass the legislation, which will shortly become law once it receives royal assent.
The bill imposes new contracts on thousands of teachers that reins in wages and cuts benefits, such as sick days, for two years.
It also gives the government the power, for at least two years, to stop strikes and lockouts.
ONTARIO
Wage-freeze bill for teachers passes
in legislature
THE CANADIAN PRESSEDMONTON - Industry figures suggest oil-
sands development will soon push air pollu-tion past limits set out in Alberta’s new man-agement plan for the region.
Newly filed regulatory documents for Shell’s proposed Jackpine mine expansion project say two major gases causing acid rain will exceed annual emission limits.
Shell’s study concludes sulphur dioxide and nitrogen dioxide emission limits will be surpassed if all the approved and planned developments go ahead.
The limits came into force this month as part of a plan by the Alberta government’s to balance oilsands development and environ-mental protection.
Environment Minister Diana McQueen said when the plan was introduced that the limits will be legally enforceable.
Simon Dyer of the Pembina Institute says the government’s response to Shell’s figures will be the first test of the plan’s credibility.
ALBERTA
Oilsands reaching pollution limits
THE CANADIAN PRESSOTTAWA - Prime
Minister Stephen Harper is being hailed as “World Statesman of the Year” by an American organization that previously feted Jean Chretien and British prime minister Gordon Brown.
The Prime Minister’s Office says Harper will travel to New York on Sept. 27 to receive the award from the Appeal of Conscience Foundation.
Harper, according to the organization, will be recognized as a “champion of dem-ocracy, freedom and human rights.”
The foundation was founded in 1965 by Rabbi Arthur Schneier. Its board includes for-mer U.S. president Bill Clinton and former U.S. secretaries of state Madeleine Albright, James Baker, retired general Colin Powell and George Schultz.
The event at New York’s famous Waldorf Astoria hotel takes place the same week that the United Nations’ 67th general assembly convenes for high-level debate, but Harper will not be making a speech at the world body.
Foreign Affairs
Minister John Baird will instead represent Canada.
The Appeal of Conscience Foundation describes itself as an “interfaith coalition of business and religious leaders (that) promotes peace, tolerance and ethnic conflict resolu-tion.”
According to its website, “The founda-tion believes that free-dom, democracy and human rights are the fundamental values that give nations of the world their best hope for peace, security and shared prosperity.”
Harper heralded as ‘World Statesman of the Year’
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OPINION
Cutting ties with Iran is knee-jerk and hypocriticalLast week`s decision
by the Harper gov-ernment to break diplomatic ties with
Iran was a knee-jerk, hypo-critical decision that looks like a sop to “Israel-first, Canada-later” voters in swing ridings.
The decision, however, is unlikely to affect the debate in Israel. The decision also seems to help those in the U.S. who are beating the drums for war on Iran. As usual, they pose as cham-pions of freedom.
I am no fan of the Mullahs who, since the 1979 revolution, have oper-ated a repressive regime. But they overthrew another repressive regime, run by the Shah, a U.S. puppet. Iran is also surrounded by repressive regimes, also fast friends of the U.S., such as Saudi Arabia.
The great sin of the Mullahs was not the repres-sion of Iranians. It was the nationalization of U.S. oil companies. Iran’s oil was controlled by British com-panies since colonial times. In 1953, the U.S. and Britain overthrew Iran’s democratic government after it nation-alized Anglo-Iranian Oil.
They installed the Shah, who promptly reversed the nationalization and trans-ferred most of the oil rights to U.S. companies.
After the 1979 revolu-tion, Iran came under siege by the U.S. Had the Mullahs allowed the oil revenues to keep flowing abroad, they would probably have been praised like the Shah, Saudi princes, Hosni Mubarak, Saddam Hussein (while he behaved), and other dicta-tors sponsored by the U.S.
Let us turn to some rea-sons offered by Canada`s Foreign Affairs minister John Baird for cutting ties with Iran. I shall contrast relevant aspects of the U.S. and Canadian record.
Baird says that Iran vio-lated the Vienna convention on consular relations. So too has the U.S., blatantly.
In 1999, Arizona put to death a German citizen named Walter LaGrand. It did so shortly after the International Court of Justice asked the U.S. to suspend the execution so the court could consider an international complaint by Germany. The U.S. federal government did little to discourage the execution.
Later, the international court found that the U.S. had violated the Vienna Convention by failing to give LaGrand, along with others on death row, proper access to consular advice.
Baird says further that Iran gives military assist-ance to Syria’s Assad regime. Not long ago, U.S. and Canadian agencies supplied Syrian Military Intelligence with questions, under tor-ture, for prisoners labeled “terrorist”. Recall also that Saudi Arabia’s government has armed the menacing elements of Syria’s oppos-ition, shortly after it invad-ed Bahrain to suppress that country’s Arab Spring.
Baird says that Iran supports a terrorist organ-
ization, Hezbollah. This is another label. Hezbollah was founded in the 1980s to resist an Israeli occupation of southern Lebanon. Just six countries, led by Israel and the U.S., have classi-fied Hezbollah as terror-ist. Whatever Hezbollah’s abuses, they fall well short of, for example, the U.S.-backed death squads that terrorized Central America in the 1980s and 1990s. The death squads killed tens of thousands of civilians.
And, the death squads recently returned to Central America after the military coup in Honduras in 2009. Nearly every country in the hemisphere condemned the military junta. The Harper government supported it from early days. In 2011, it even inked a trade deal with the Generals.
Baird says finally that Iran ignores human rights. On this, Iran has company. Perhaps the most heinous international crime is to wage an unlawful war. The illegal invasion of Iraq led to the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people. It caused untold suffering and destroyed a country. It ruined the status of Iraqi
women, left mass deform-ities in newborns, and led to another corrupt and repres-sive regime.
Stephen Harper, we should recall, supported the war on Iraq. He gave cover for U.S. right-wingers then, and his government is giv-ing cover for them now on Iran.
These examples are not meant to compare Iran, Saudi Arabia, Canada, and the U.S. History is complex, like the world. The point is that Baird’s charges against Iran are vague, simplistic, and easily manipulated.
For decades, Canada was respected for its balance and decency in international affairs.
We supported peace and diplomacy and were not so beholden to the U.S., let alone the crazed crowd that now dominates the Republican Party.
If Canada was an inter-national boy scout, we are becoming the noisy sidekick of a schoolyard bully.
Gus Van Harten is a pro-fessor at Osgoode Hall Law School in Toronto. He also taught international law at the London School of Economics.
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The 23-year-old student looter who became the poster child of the Vancouver Stanley Cup riot in June 2011 follow-ing the Vancouver Canucks Game 7 Stanley Cup loss to the Boston Bruins caught a break from the judge who sentenced her last week.
University of British Columbia student Camille Cacnio, whose notoriety went viral after a widely viewed video posted on Internet websites captured her carry-ing pairs of stolen pants from the smashed-out storefront of Vancouver clothier Black & Lee Tuxedos, had earlier pleaded guilty to theft.
The riot, which caused an estimated $4 million in dam-age over several blocks of downtown Vancouver, saw rioters smash windows, set cars on fire and loot stores until police in riot gear and on horseback brought crowds under control.
When the video and still photos of Cacnio’s theft appeared on the Internet, she turned herself in to the police. She subsequently posted a rambling, 3,500-word apology on the Internet that attempted to explain her actions by say-ing she was drunk and caught up in mob mentality.
Cacnio was, rightly, spared jail by a compassionate judge, who concluded the 15 months of online and mainstream
media attacks she’d been sub-jected to since the riot were more than enough to ensure she’d learned her lesson.
The Crown prosecutor had sought 15 to 30 days in jail, to be served on weekends. But the judge declined to incarcer-ate Cacnio. He gave her a sus-pended sentence, two years’ probation, a daily nighttime curfew and ordered her to per-form 150 hours of community service. Although the judge declined to jail Cacnio, he denied her the conditional dis-charge sought by her lawyer, which would have allowed her to avoid a criminal record.
Only a handful of the 140 people facing charges arising from the riot have been sen-tenced to date. But so far, only Cacnio and one other rioter, who was sentenced to a term of house arrest, have avoided jail. Online reaction to the sen-tence hasn’t been kind to the judge. Most online bloggers and posters criticize the deci-sion as too lenient. But some judicial compassion was in order.
In the months after the Game 7 loss, Cacnio became the favourite target of online “shaming” websites that replayed video of her crime, attacked her at length and received posted comments -- consistently negative -- from all and sundry. She lost three jobs due to all the publicity and had to put her education on hold because of harassment
at school. The judge properly took into account the raft of extra-legal consequences she’d suffered prior to pronouncing sentence.
The Criminal Code’s sen-tencing principles were also duly heeded. The Criminal Code expressly provides that a judge must consider all other penalties before ordering incarceration -- particularly in the case of a first-time offend-er such Cacnio.
Judges, except for offences for which Canada’s Criminal Code prescribes a minimum sentence, have fairly broad discretion as to what pen-alty should be imposed. The Criminal Code also stipulates a sentencing judge must consid-er certain principles, includ-ing that the penalty imposed should be reduced to account for any relevant “mitigating circumstances relating to the offence or offender.”
In the 15 months since the Vancouver riot, Cacnio had become a lightning rod for Internet attacks, publicly whipped across cyberspace in blogs, tweets and video post-ings. The presiding judge was well aware of her celebrity-defendant status. Cacnio’s sentence was just and appro-priate. It was also tougher than some web critics allow.
Long after her name fades from public memory, she’ll continue to live with the stig-ma and consequences of a criminal conviction.
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Andrew Timson, 7, etches the name of his slain uncle, Andrew Fisher, at ceremonies marking eleventh anniversary of the ter-rorist attacks on the World Trade Center, Tuesday in New York. New York City is commemorating the eleventh anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center.
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Toronto man’s cam-paign to give an American grandmother a vacation from a work-place in which she was tyrannized by teenage bullies ended Tuesday with the retired school bus monitor receiving a cheque for $703,000.
Karen Klein, 68, of Greece, N.Y., was in Toronto for the cere-mony.
The funds were pre-sented by Max Sidorov, a 25-year-old nutrition-ist who felt compelled to help Klein after watching a video of her
fielding profane taunts and outright threats from a group of middle school students during a bus run last June.
The cellphone video posted online by a fellow student drew millions of viewers. The video shows Klein try-ing her best to ignore the boys’ insults.
One student is heard taunting: “You don’t have a family because they all killed them-selves because they don’t want to be near you.” Klein’s oldest son killed himself 10 years ago.
Eventually, Klein appears to break down in tears.
The video and what began as a simple cam-paign to send Klein on holiday brought about much more permanent change, said Sidorov.
“Now her vacation is going to be the full-time vaca-tion of retire-ment,” he said in a telephone interview.
Klein, who had been a bus driver for 20 years before becoming a bus aide for the Greece Athena Middle School, intends to spend at least some of her newly gotten gains on travel, Sidorov said.
She has already cele-brated her changed cir-cumstances with trips to Disney World, New York and Boston.
The video of her ordeal touched off an overwhelming out-pouring of support.
A spokeswoman
for fundrais-ing website I n d i e g o g o , which housed Sidorov’s cam-paign, said Klein’s story p r o m p t e d more than 30,000 people in 84 countries to open their wallets.
Klein has a granddaugh-
ter who has Down syn-drome and a grandson with autism, and says she plans to donate some of the money to organizations that work with special needs kids.
Sidorov said Klein’s grace under pressure was likely a driving factor behind the cam-paign’s popularity, add-ing the ugly words that prompted the fundrais-
ing effort in the first place wound up high-lighting the kinder side of human nature.
“These are mid-dle school kids, and they’re not just bullying her, they’re saying ... some really disgusting things,” he said. “But people just want to help others.”
Sidorov said he hopes Klein’s story will motivate people to keep up the fight against bullying in all forms.
Klein’s four teenaged tormentors have been suspended from school for a year, but Sidorov said bullies everywhere need to be stopped.
“It would be great if we could start some-thing more from this,” Sidorov said.
“We got one person, now we want to help millions.”
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Online efforts to raise money for victim’s holiday
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THE ASSOCIATED PRESSSINGAPORE - Prince William and his wife
Kate saw an orchid named for them and another for his late mother Princess Diana in Singapore on Tuesday, 15 years after she was to have viewed the flower herself.
Diana was due to visit the white orchid named in her honour in 1997, but was killed in a car crash two weeks earlier.
William stared at its delicate flowers, saying, “It’s beautiful, it’s beautiful.”
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s visit to Singapore Botanic Gardens was their first stop on a nine-day tour of the Far East and South Pacific.
Manager Alan Tan Chye Soon said he was preparing for Diana’s visit when the car crash occurred.
“It was so sad that she never saw it. It is one of our favourite orchids, and most popular,” he said. “It was like William and Kate are fulfilling her promise today.”
The royal couple was also shown an orchid with white and purple blooms that is jointly named for them.
Kate wore a pale floral dress to the event. She was carrying an orchid bouquet when she and William greeted staff and spectators at the his-toric Raffles Hotel later in the day.
The couple will also visit the Solomon Islands and Tuvalu in honour of the queen’s Diamond Jubilee marking her 60 years on the throne.
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An Indonesian man smokes a cigarette in Jakarta, Indonesia, Tuesday. Indonesian men rank as the world’s top smokers, with two out of three of them lighting up in a country where cigarettes cost pennies and tobacco advertising is everywhere. A survey released Tuesday found that 67 per cent of all males over 15 years old smoke. The sprawling archipelago ranked second only to Russia overall with a rate of 35 per cent.
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THE CANADIAN PRESSOTTAWA - A new report suggests tuition fees
are becoming less affordable for many Canadians, forcing an increasing number of students to take on heavy debt loads.
The report from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives shows that since 1990, average tuition and compulsory fees for undergraduates have risen by 6.2 per cent annually - three times the rate of inflation.
It now costs, on average, $6,186 a year to study at a Canadian university, and that doesn’t include the cost of books or food or lodging. The left-lean-ing think-tank adds that extrapolating from past growth and announced government intentions, that number will rise to $7,330 in four years.
The findings are in line with other reports on the subject. A recent survey from the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants found that set-ting aside sufficient funds for tuition was becoming increasingly difficult for the average family. Nearly a quarter - almost twice as many as two years ago - reported they were falling behind on saving for their children’s education.
Also Tuesday, the Bank of Montreal released a survey showing that 60 per cent of parents who have not opened a Registered Education Savings Plan say they cannot afford to contribute.
The CCPA report also shows there is wide diver-gence in the cost of post-secondary education across the country.
It ranges from low-cost provinces such as Newfoundland and Labrador ($2,861) and Quebec ($3,278), to high-cost jurisdictions like Ontario ($7,513) and Alberta ($7,061).
In four years, tuition for undergraduates will vary from a low of $2,893 in Newfoundland to a high of $9,231 in Ontario.
For Quebec, the report shows fees would have gone up to $4,472 if the recently defeated Liberal government’s controversial proposals for increases were adopted. That would move the province from the second least expensive to third, behind Manitoba and Newfoundland.
Using what the CCPA calls its “cost of learning” index, which measures increases in tuition against the rise of income for the average family, the group says university education is most affordable in Newfoundland and Quebec, and least affordable in Nova Scotia and Ontario.
Co-author Erika Shaker said the intent of the paper was to track what provincial governments are doing to make higher education more afford-able for families of modest means.
The findings, she said, show that most prov-inces have opted not to keep costs down, but rather turn to schemes to offer students loans on favourable terms, or easy repayment options.
The problem with that approach, Shaker said, is that 60 per cent of undergraduate students go into the working world with an average debt of $27,000, and that is likely larger if private debt is included.
According to Statistics Canada, about half of youth from families with incomes in the top 25 percentile attend university by age 19, compared to less than a third for those from families in the bottom quartile.
Shaker says young Canadians are constantly
being warned they must get a university education to have a chance at good jobs, but many provincial governments are off-loading more of the cost of university to families and students.
For instance, the proportion of provincial sup-port as a percentage of total university expendi-tures has declined from 84 per cent to 58 per cent between 1979 and 2009, while tuition has increased from 12 per cent to 35 per cent in that time, the report states.
Tuition fees rising faster than inflation and income, report warns
THE ASSOCIATED PRESSNEW YORK - The number of
U.S. homes that don’t get trad-itional television service continues to increase, but that doesn’t mean they don’t have TVs.
The Nielsen company said in a report issued on Tuesday that three-quarters of the estimated 5 million homes that don’t get TV signals over the airways or through cable, satellite or tele-communications companies have televisions anyway.
Many of these homes are satis-fied to use their TVs for games or get programming through DVDs or services like Netflix or Apple TV, said Dounia Turrill, senior vice-president for client insights at Nielsen.
The company’s report shows how the nature of TV service is slowly changing. Before the per-centage started declining about three years ago, more than 99 per cent of TV homes received the traditional TV signals. Now that has dipped just below 96 per cent.
Part of the decline is also eco-nomic - service deemed expend-able by people struggling to make ends meet, Nielsen said.
Because of the changes, Nielsen is considering redefining what it considers a television household
to include people who get service through Netflix or similar services instead of the traditional TV sig-nals, Turrill said.
During the first three months of 2012, the average consumer spent about 2 per cent less time watching traditional TV than the previous year, Nielsen said. They more than made up for that by spending more time watching material recorded on DVRs or on the Internet through TVs, comput-ers and mobile devices.
The typical consumer spends 14 minutes a day using gam-ing consoles, although it’s more for owners of Wii, XBox and PlayStation 3, Nielsen said. Many of these devices are also popular sites for accessing video, Turrill said.
“The gaming devices are becoming entertainment hubs,” she said.
People over age 65 spend near-ly 48 hours, on average, watch-ing television each week, Nielsen said. At the other end of the spec-trum are teenagers aged 12 to 17, who spend an average of 22 hours per week watching TV.
Blacks spend an average of 210 hours per month watching TV, more than whites (nearly 153 hours), Latinos (131 hours) and Asians (100 hours), Nielsen said.
Fewer people getting traditional TV service but still use televisions
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The Beaver Valley Nitehawks have been buoyed by some unexpected returnees from last year’s champion-ship squad as they prepare to open the season Friday in Grand Forks.
At the start of training camp it looked as though the Nitehawks would be loaded with first-year players, but with the unexpected return of versa-tile defenceman Archie McKinnon and standout goalie Zach Perehudoff last week, the lineup received a significant boost.
“I would have never expected to get Edwards, McKinnon, and Perehudoff (back),” said Hawks coach and GM Terry Jones. “Arguably you could have said that all three guys were our MVPs in the playoffs last year . . . we’re excit-ed to have them and have them lead our team, that’s for sure.”
McKinnon finished last season with two goals and 14 assists, while Perehudoff appeared in 26 games win-ning 19, with three shutouts, a 2.84 GAA, and .900 save percentage.
The pair joins returning veterans forward Ryan Edwards 35-60-95, defencemen Nick Perez 7-25-32, and Arie Postmus 5-17-22. The Nitehawks also added some size in six-foot, 205-pound defenceman Walker Sidoni, acquired earlier this year in a trade
with Nelson, and six-foot-five forward Danny Vlanich.
As expected, the team is heav-ily laden with rookies, however, the Hawks will continue to make roster additions as players filter through the Junior A camps.
In exhibition matches last week the Nitehawks managed a win and a tie against Nelson, before dropping two 4-2 games to Castlegar and an 8-2 loss to Selkirk College on Sunday, in its third game in three days.
“We’re pretty excited about the group of young guys we got,” said Jones. “I think the game against Selkirk College fatigue played a factor, but the games with Castlegar were competitive and was a good test for our players.”
Rookies like 18-year-old Brad Gaboury from Grande Prairie, Alta. has impressed the coaching staff with his speed and work ethic over the camp. Jones also said he liked the skill set of defencemen Jaymes Veitch and Jordan Bandura and the character of players such as Taylor Stafford.
The Hawks will also retain Connor Brown-Maloski from Kamloops and Trail’s Riley Brandt as their 16-year-old players.
“We’re really excited about Connor Brown-Maloski, he brings a lot of skill and intelligence up front for us, and I was really impressed with the tough-
ness and solid play of Riley Brandt. He just kept working and working, and has proven he can get the job done. He’s been a very reliable player.”
The Nitehawks are much improved with the injection of the veteran pres-ence, but early results indicate that traditional rival Castlegar Rebels with returning veterans Erik Alden, Stuart Walton, and goalie Jordan Gluck may be the early favourite in the Neil Murdoch Division.
“At this point our short term goals are to become a really competitive team and just get the guys playing on the same page and buying into the things we need to do to be successful. It’s too early to say if we’re going to get to that (same) level.’”
The Nitehawks played a last exhib-ition game against Creston Valley last night, and will open the season with a home-and-home series in Grand Forks on Friday against the Border Bruins at 7:30 p.m. and at home at the Beaver Valley Arena Saturday at 7:30 p.m.
Nitehawk notes:The line consisting of former
Nitehawk Mason Spear, captain Jordan Wood, and former Trail Smoke Eater Logan Proulx combined for eight points in the Selkirk College Saints’ 8-2 victory over B.V. Sunday, with Proulx scoring twice and assisting on two other mark-ers.
Veteran players return to Hawks’ Nest
JIM BAILEY PHOTO
The Beaver Valley Nitehawks got a little help on the ice from assistant coach Kevin Limbert as he wins the faceoff against Selkirk College Saint centreman Connor McLaughlin. He and coach Jeremy Cominotto laced them up with the rest of the Hawks but it was not enough to hold off the Saints as they skated to an 8-2 victory Sunday at the Beaver Valley Arena.
BY TIMES STAFFThe J. L. Crowe high
school sports season gets underway in earnest this weekend, as the Hawks senior girls volleyball team hosts its 40th invita-tional tournament.
High school sports, as well as classes, are back on track after an uncertain year of job action and back to work legislation even-tually resulted in a reluc-tant accord between the BC Teachers’ Federation and the provincial govern-ment in June.
J. L. Crowe Athletic Director Larry Reid says everything is back to status quo, with parents and teachers taking on voluntary coaching dut-ies for high school sport-ing teams throughout the year.
Volleyball, soccer, and aquatics start up the sea-son and tryouts for junior
and senior boys and girls divisions go this week, with the Grade 8’s start-ing late this week or early next week.
The senior girls tour-nament is traditionally the first event of the year. The Crowe Hawks will hit the volleyball court against four teams from Mt. Sentinel in Slocan, Selkirk Secondary from Kimberley, Nelson’s L. V. Rogers and Golden Secondary on Friday and Saturday.
On Friday, the Hawks play Mt. Sentinel at 2 p.m. and Selkirk at 3 p.m. They face L.V. Rogers at 5 p.m. and Golden at 7 p.m.
Saturday’s games go at 9 a.m. vs LVR, 10 a.m. against Selkirk, noon ver-sus Sentinel and against Golden at 1 p.m. The two teams with the best record will play in the final at 2:30 p.m.
J. L. CROWE ATHLETICS
A smashing opening
KOOTENAY SOUTH SOCCER
Silver for KSYS girlsBY TIMES STAFF
The Kootenay South rep girls soccer team found a sil-ver lining in Revelstoke on the weekend as they finished second at its annual tournament.
The team, which consists of players from Rossland, Trail, Fruitvale, and Castlegar, won three out of four games falling only to eventual champion Kamloops.
The girls outlasted Williams Lake 3-2 in the open-ing match before losing a close game to Kamloops 4-2. However, they bounced back to take down Canmore, Alta. 3-1, and shut out Golden 7-0 on Sunday, a game in which Sarah Pengelly notched a hat-trick.
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From left to right back Janelle Mann, Manager Jeff Schuepfer, Sarah Pengelly, Linsey Schuepfer, Mekenzie Coleman, Amie Fairweather, Sammie Gaul, Tara Horning, Coach David Grantham. Front: Eva D’Odorico, Tessa Anderson, Mackenzie Grantham, Isabella Mitchell, Ava Fossey, and Jamie Horning.
Trail Historical Society & VISAC Gallery present
A tribute to crossing the river in Trail
including historic and current photos, artifacts,
documents, narrative and paintings
VISAC GallerySept. 14 to Oct. 12
M-W, 10-2; Th-F, 2-6Admission
by donation
The Old Bridge
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SCOREBOARDNFLWeek 1
Wednesday’s GameDallas 24, N.Y. Giants 17
Sunday’s GamesChicago 41, Indianapolis 21Minnesota 26, Jacksonville
23, OTHouston 30, Miami 10
New England 34, Tennessee 13Washington 40, New Orleans 32
Atlanta 40, Kansas City 24N.Y. Jets 48, Buffalo 28Detroit 27, St. Louis 23
Philadelphia 17, Cleveland 16Arizona 20, Seattle 16
San Francisco 30, Green Bay 22Tampa Bay 16, Carolina 10Denver 31, Pittsburgh 19
Monday’s GamesBaltimore 44, Cincinnati 13San Diego 22, Oakland 14
Week 2Thursday Games
Chicago at Green Bay, 8:20 p.m.Sunday Games
Tampa Bay at N.Y. Giants, 1 p.m.New Orleans at Carolina, 1 p.m.Arizona at New England, 1 p.m.
Minnesota at Indianapolis, 1 p.m.Baltimore at Philadelphia, 1 p.m.
Kansas City at Buffalo, 1 p.m.Cleveland at Cincinnati, 1 p.m.Houston at Jacksonville, 1 p.m.
Oakland at Miami, 1 p.m.Dallas at Seattle, 4:05 p.m.Washington at St. Louis, 4:05
p.m.Tennessee at San Diego, 4:25
p.m.N.Y. Jets at Pittsburgh, 4:25 p.m.
Detroit at San Francisco, 8:20 p.m.
MondayDenver at Atlanta, 8:30 p.m.
BaseballAmerican League
East Division W L Pct GBNew York 79 61 .564 -Baltimore 78 62 .557 1Tampa Bay 77 63 .550 2Toronto 64 75 .460 14 1/2Boston 63 78 .447 16 1/2
Central Division W L Pct GBChicago 76 64 .543 -Detroit 73 67 .521 3Kansas 63 77 .450 13Cleveland 59 82 .418 17 1/2Minnesota 59 82 .418 17 1/2
West Division W L Pct GBTexas 83 57 .593 -Oakland 80 60 .571 3L.A. 77 64 .546 6 1/2Seattle 67 74 .475 16 1/2
Today’s GamesTampa Bay (Cobb 9-8) at
Baltimore (Undecided), 7:05 p.m.Seattle (Millwood 5-12) at
Toronto (R.Romero 8-13), 7:07 p.m.
N.Y. Yankees (D.Phelps 3-4) at Boston (A.Cook 3-9), 7:10 p.m.
Cleveland (J.Gomez 5-7) at Texas (Dempster 5-1), 8:05 p.m.Detroit (Scherzer 15-6) at
Chicago White Sox (Floyd 9-9), 8:10 p.m.
Kansas City (Hochevar 7-13) at Minnesota (Walters 2-3), 8:10
p.m.Oakland (Griffin 5-0) at L.A.
Angels (E.Santana 8-11), 10:05 p.m.
National LeagueEast Division
W L Pct GBWash 87 54 .617 -Atlanta 81 61 .570 6 1/2Phila 70 71 .496 17New York 65 76 .461 22Miami 63 79 .444 24 1/2
Central Division W L Pct GBCincinnati 85 57 .599 -St. Louis 75 66 .532 9 1/2Pittsburgh 72 68 .514 12Mil 70 71 .496 14 1/2Chicago 55 86 .390 29 1/2Houston 44 97 .312 40 1/2
West Division W L Pct GBSan Fran 79 62 .560 -LA Dodg 74 67 .525 5Arizona 69 72 .489 10San Diego 67 75 .472 12 1/2Colorado 57 83 .407 21 1/2
Today’s GamesMiami (Jo.Johnson 8-11) at
Philadelphia (Cl.Lee 4-7), 4:05 p.m.
St. Louis (Lohse 14-2) at San Diego (Richard 12-12), 6:35 p.m.Pittsburgh (A.J.Burnett 15-6) at Cincinnati (H.Bailey 10-9), 7:10
Atlanta (Maholm 12-9) at Milwaukee (Gallardo 14-8), 8:10
p.m.San Francisco (Lincecum 8-14) at
Colorado (Francis 5-4), 8:40 p.m.
L.A. Dodgers (Beckett 1-2) at Arizona (Cahill 10-11), 9:40 p.m.
The Trail Daily Times is giving away FREE wood pallets!
Get creative! Benches, tables, planters!
Pick up at 1163 Cedar Ave, Trail
8:30-3pm
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BOWLAdult & Youth Leagues now Forming.Contact Glenmerry Bowl for League starting date.JOIN AS AN INDIVIDUAL OR A TEAM IN ANY OF THE FOLLOWING:Ladies Coffee: Tuesday @ 9:30amMixed Money League: Tuesday @ 7pm Mens Night: Wednesday @ 7pmSeniors’ Bowling: Wednesday @ 1pmMixed: Thursday @ 7pm Youth Leagues (YBC Program): Saturday @10am (ages 5-10) Sunday @ 5:30pm Young Adults (11-19)
We Welcome New Bowlers!Open Daily for Public Bowling.
Friday & Saturday nights are Disco Bowling Fun NightsPhone 250.368.6211 or 250.368.8477
Open 8am - 8pm 7 days a week until October 31, 2012.
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Redstone Golf Resort held its annual Ruby at Redstone tournament last week. The event is an open, two-person best ball tournament co-sponsored by Investor’s Group, Nelson and District Credit Union, and Teck. From left are low net winners May Johnson and Diane Beebe from Creston Golf Club, Liz Stephens from Investors Group and low Gross champions Cherie Baker and Sue Hayes also from CGC. Redstone golfers Loretta Bulfone and Diony McArthur took home third low gross and Deb DeTremaudan and Diane Hall captured third low net.
RUBY AT REDSTONE CHAMPIONS Hockey season on the abyssTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEW YORK - NHL Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly says the owners and players are both to blame for their failure to reach a new collective bargaining agreement before the Saturday deadline for a work stoppage.
Daly wrote in an email to The Associated Press that he hoped both sides would meet before Saturday.
“But to this point, we have received no indi-cation that the union has anything new to say to us. And right now, we have nothing new to say to them,” he wrote Tuesday. “It’s unfortunate, but it’s the reality of the situa-tion.”
The NHL’s labour contract expires at mid-night Saturday night, and a lockout appears certain. It would be the league’s fourth work stoppage since 1992.
“Ultimately, we just want to negotiate a fair deal that will give all our clubs an ability to be stable and healthy,” he wrote. “We hoped (and still hope) we can do that without caus-ing any interruption to the upcoming season. Logic would have sug-gested we would have been able to. The fact that we haven’t yet is extremely disappoint-ing, and is a failure for which we both must share blame.”
More than 250 play-ers are set to attend the NHLPA meet-ings Wednesday and Thursday here to dis-cuss the current state of CBA negotiations.
The board of govern-ors will meet Thursday at the NHL offices here and could author-ize Commissioner Gary Bettman to pro-ceed with a lockout
on Saturday if a new collective bargaining agreement hasn’t been reached.
Donald Fehr, who took over as union head two years ago, said his players are resigned to a work stoppage, which would follow lockouts last year in the NFL and the NBA. Many of those players will gather in Manhattan this week in
this off-season’s biggest show of force.
Industry revenue has grown from $2.1 billion to $3.3 billion annually under the expiring deal. Owners asked players to cut their share of hockey related revenue from 57 to 43 per cent, and then modified their offer to 46 per cent dur-ing a six-year proposal.
Players are concerned management hasn’t addressed its problems by re-examining the teams’ revenue-sharing format.
The sides haven’t had a full bargaining session since Aug. 31 and the strife is threat-ening regular-season openers scheduled to start Oct. 11, the preseason Sept. 19.
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ADVANCE NOTICETo all of our customers, past present & potential: I have, for 10 years, kept the date of our “2 Hour Sale” top secret... but this year is different... and I’ll explain why!!!
A sale, like any type of event, eventually run its course.
So this year, on the 10th Anniversary of our 2 Hour Sale I wish to announce that this
will be our 10th and FINAL 2 Hour Sale... and that is what makes it different.I want to give all of you ample notice that our 10th and final
2 Hour Sale will be held on Sunday, September 23, 2012 from 12noon to 2pm.
I will make sure that this 10th and final 2 Hour Sale is some-thing extra exciting in the way of product offered and prices discounted. I will personally take pleasure in ensuring that each and every item in our 35,000 sq ft showroom, whether it is low price, medium priced, or higher end is substantially dis-counted. It will most definitely worth waiting for... It will most
definitely worth attending... It will be our biggest and best 2 hour sale ever... I guarantee that.
Rob LeRose Owner/Manager
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The Nature Trust of BC and the Shoreacres Neighbourhood Community Association are pleased to announce that there will be a pub-lic dedication ceremony held at 1 p.m. on Saturday officially dedicating 1.6 acres of shoreline along the pic-turesque Slocan River, as the “Kieran Galbraith Memorial Park Shoreacres Beach”. The generous contribution to The Nature Trust of BC to acquire and conserve the Shoreacres Beach property was made possible by the George Galbraith family and friends in the memory of George’s son, Kieran. Establishing this memorial park, coincides with the 100th anniversary of the settlement of Shoreacres.
FAMILY DONATES BEACH AREA IN SHOREACRES
REVELSTOKE
BY AARON ORLANDORevelstoke Times Review
Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations officials blitzed the Kootenays over the Labour Day long weekend, looking for infrac-tions like unattended campfires, environmental violations, illegal logging and illegal occupation of Crown land.
Locally, the thrust of the enforcement blitz focussed on camping along Lake Revelstoke, reinforcing an initiative to make the patchwork of prime lakeside spots on Crown land more fairly accessible.
Setting up a summer camp has long been a summer tradition for locals and visitors alike. Hardcore campers stake out a spot in late spring and occupy it until the fall. Some build semi-permanent structures, including snow roofs for campers, cabins, boat docks and even gardens.
The situation led to fairness complaints – those who didn’t get there early enough felt shut out of the prime waterfront property.
Gerald Hills, the Resource Compliance Supervisor with the Revelstoke-based Columbia Field Unit, said the long weekend blitz reinforced a new system implemented last year. The new policy for Lake Revelstoke — and other similar lakeside Crown land used for camping near Cranbrook and Golden — is a two-week maximum.
“Two weeks. You don’t have to go home, but you have to go somewhere else,” Hills told the Times Review. “It just opens up those prime spots [so] someone else can camp there. We’re not say-ing you can’t camp all summer ... you just can’t camp in one spot.”
The issue also extends to a number of back-country snowmobile or ski sheds in the area. Aside from being illegal, Hills said the issue is the old trailers or campers often fall into disrepair and are then abandoned.
The enforcement blitz also uncovered other infractions, including minor instances of illegal logging, unattended campfires, and discharging trailer holding tanks directly into the lake,
“It is public land,” Hills said. “We want it to be available for everybody and it’s just not fair when someone takes ownership of a piece that’s every-body’s.”
Permanent camping and sled sheds targeted
in Labour Day blitz
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LEISURE
Dear Annie: My husband and I have been married for 30 years. We each have adult children from previous marriages. One, “Luella,” only wants a relationship when it suits her. We don’t hear from her on Father’s Day, but if you miss something for her, she’s “hurt.” She’s a taker, not a giver.
A year ago, Luella had a baby. We asked about visiting, but Luella simply didn’t respond. We offered to help when the baby came home from the hospital, but were told they wanted to “bond as a family,” and we respected that. Finally, in desperation, I put the ball in her court. She didn’t like it one bit, but after a particu-larly vitriolic email, she finally gave us a date to come visit.
Luella lives across the country, and it’s not easy to get there, finan-cially and physically. We would be willing to go if we felt we were
welcome. So should we go or wait until she is more eager to see us? We don’t want to be labeled as disinterested grandparents, nor do we want to be resented. The joy of meeting our new granddaughter has been diminished by Luella’s attitude. What would you do? -- The Undoubtedly Wicked Stepmother
Dear Stepmother: Go. Luella will never be “more eager.” Yes, her hand was forced, but you arranged that, so take advantage. Don’t make this about Luella. It’s about seeing your grandchild. Stay in a hotel if you can manage it. Bring a house gift for the parents, as well
as a gift for the baby. Be sweet and pleasant. Some children are sim-ply difficult, and you must deal with them as they are in order to stay in their lives.
Dear Annie: I have been married for 25 years. My husband is a wonderful father and provider. The problem is, he never compliments me or shows affection in pub-lic, such as a kiss on the cheek or an arm around my shoulder. I can count on one hand the number of times he has told me I look nice, yet he will say that other women are gorgeous. This hurts my feelings and makes me feel insecure. Other people have told me that I am attractive, but apparently not enough for my husband.
He has a lot of inter-ests that keep him busy, so we don’t spend much time together. I hate feeling like a nag by asking him to cut back on his hobbies, even though I have
mentioned to him that I would appreciate it. Am I being too sensi-tive? -- Feeling Insecure and Unappreciated
Dear Insecure: Your sensitivity is perfectly understandable, but after 25 years, you need to decide what you can tolerate. Your husband is never going to be Mr. Romance. You might get him to spend more time with you if you schedule activities that interest him. The fact that he comments on other women doesn’t mean he finds you less attractive, only that it’s easier to express these things about strangers than about someone he is close to. If his other qualities make up for these deficien-cies, please accept his limitations. Otherwise, consider counseling.
Dear Annie: I dis-agree with your sugges-tion to “Old in Indiana” that the division of her estate “should be rela-tively equal.” She has every right to divide her estate as she feels
proper and deserving. The ones who give the least always expect the most. -- Reward the Deserving
Dear Reward: Yes, some children deserve more, and parents can do what they like. Our concern is what hap-
pens to the sibling rela-tionships when the par-ents die and one child inherits more than the others. It’s a recipe for lifelong estrangement, and parents should take this into consider-ation when making out their wills.
Annie’s Snippet for Grandparents Day (credit Alex Haley): Nobody can do for little children what grandparents do. Grandparents sort of sprinkle stardust over the lives of little chil-dren.
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Some children are simply difficult
LEISURE
For Thursday, Sept. 13, 2012 ARIES (March 21 to April 19) This is a perfect day to make long-range plans for vacations, your children, the entertainment world or the hospitality industry. Even play needs planning. TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) Serious family discussions about real estate or something having to do with securing your family in the future will take place today. Practical results need practical input. GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) In one way, you feel light-hearted, but in another way, you feel rather serious-mind-ed. (Go figure.) Fortunately, there are two of you, so you can take turns. CANCER (June 21 to July 22) You will like doing financial planning today or devising a budget. You feel frugal and concerned about finances in
your long-term future. LEO (July 23 to Aug. 22) Today the Moon is in your sign, flirting with Jupiter and walking in step with Saturn. You feel optimistic about your future, but you’re not counting your chickens before they’re barbecued. VIRGO (Aug. 23 to Sept. 22) Behind-the-scenes research will go over well today. You’re in the frame of mind to quietly keep looking for the answers you seek. LIBRA (Sept. 23 to Oct. 22) Ask for advice from someone older or more experienced today. It’s always good to learn from the mistakes of oth-ers (and generally cheaper). SCORPIO (Oct. 23 to Nov. 21) People in authority will be impressed by how sensible you are today. They might learn details about your pri-vate life, but don’t worry -- all is well.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 to Dec. 21) This is a good day to make long-range plans regard-ing travel, publishing, the media or anything that has to do with higher education. You’re taking a careful, sen-sible approach to everything. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 to Jan. 19) You’re in the right frame of mind to clean up loose details of inheritances, insur-ance matters, taxes and debt.
You won’t overlook anything, and you definitely will take a long-range view of things. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 to Feb. 18) Someone close to you has received advice from some-one older or more experi-enced. That’s why this person is prepared to do something to build for the future. You might want to listen. PISCES (Feb. 19 to March 20) You can accomplish a lot
at work today because you’re in a serious frame of mind. You have focus, and you’re paying attention to detail. In addition, you’re looking down the road in your future and wondering what might happen. YOU BORN TODAY You are devoted. You have focus, con-centration and stamina. Your approach to life is no-nonsense and practical. Your persever-ing attitude often demands a lot from others. Once you
have your mind made up, you stick with it! Your diligence is the key to your success. This year, something you’ve been involved with for nine years will diminish or end in order to make room for something new. Birthdate of: Laura Secord, heroine; David Clayton-Thomas, singer; Jean Smart, actress. (c) 2012 King Features Syndicate, Inc.
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YOUR HOROSCOPEBy Francis Drake
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Associate Investment Advisor
Canaccord Wealth Management, Canada’s leading independent investment rm is looking for an experienced Associate Investment Advisor to join our Independent Wealth Management team in Trail, BC.
This role has tremendous growth opportunities for the right candidate.
In this position you will enjoy working in a cohesive team atmosphere which encourages personal growth and the opportunity to exercise entrepreneurial skills.
• Registered Representative (RR) licensing approval with IIROC is required
• Must have or be willing to immediately undertake insurance licensing requirements.
To learn more and to apply, please visit jobs.canaccord.com. All applications will be held in strict con dence.
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SummaryDirects and delivers services to individuals and families in the Greater Trail area to help them cope with major life trauma and incidents. Trains and oversees staff and volunteers providing these services under strict Federal, Provincial and RCMP program regulations and policies. Promotes program services to stakeholder agencies, community organizations and residents.
Key Accountabilities
Staff Supervised
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The Regional District of Kootenay Boundary offers competitive pay programs and comprehensive benefits.
Applications will be accepted up to noon, September 21, 2012.
We thank all applicants in advance for their interest. However, only those under consideration will be contacted.
Please respond to: Mr. John MacLean C.A.O. 843 Rossland Avenue Trail, B.C. V1R 4S8 e-mail: [email protected] Telephone: (250) 368-9148 or 1-800-355-7352
processes to provide information, services and referrals to individuals and families in adjusting to life changing events.
on Federal and Provincial regulations about who is eligible for services and the nature of the services for which they qualify.
policies which protect the privacy and security of client records and which comply with Federal, Provincial and RCMP regulations and guidelines.
services available to them and court and other systems and processes that they will be encountering.
and available on a 7 x 24 hour basis and personally provides regular on call coverage throughout the year.
work that cannot be delegated to volunteers under RCMP policies.
staff and monitors their case loads and client files to ensure their compliance with program regulations and standards.
to ensure follow up on commitments to
clients and to provide regular reporting on cases being tracked for clients.
volunteers who have experienced difficult and stressful situations in order to speed their recovery time and availability for further work.
volumes, agency referrals and program work commitments.
as a co-funder of the program.
program with agency stakeholders (e.g. courts, RCPM, coroner, hospital), community service groups and residents.
with referral sources to the program and to agencies and organizations that are mandated to provide follow up and counselling services.
to secure funding for the program and services.
regulation and policy and precedents in case law that may impact on the scope and nature of program services and on how services are delivered.
provided and are current.
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The Applied Research and Technology (ART) group is currently seeking a dynamic individual for the role of Project Coordinator to join our world-class team of engineers, scientists and technologists at our technology centre in Trail, British Columbia. This position reports to the Section Leader, Administration and HR.
Qualifications:
technical or trades background coupled with 7 to 10 years field experience including a minimum of 3 years experience in the planning and oversight of field construction activities.
office experience would be considered an asset.
project coordination.
interpersonal and communication skills, coupled with a strong desire and ability to manage and lead multiple projects within a team environment.
Responsibilities:
multiple and concurrent building and pilot plant projects typically under a value of $500,000.
commissioning and project start-up.
forward their resume directly to our career website:
Technology Centre), before September 19, 2012
PROJECT COORDINATOR - TEMPORARY
CAREER OPPORTUNITY
Project Controller
Reporting to the Director, Finance, the Project Controller is responsible for providing a full range of accounting, bud-geting, financial analysis, and reporting associated with projects including support at corporate level and for ensuring proper accounting principles and procedures are followed with financial transactions and activities.
The Project Controller will assist in preparation of operat-ing budgets, development of capital budgets, financial forecasting of project expenditures and revenue, financial statements and coordination with external/internal audi-tors and other consultants. This position will also evaluate risk, conduct financial reviews and approval of potential contracts, and follow-up with analyses and monitoring ex-penditures against contractual agreements.
The Project Controller will also oversee project accounting activities such as payment authorization, cash manage-ment, billing revenue collection, banking, tax payments and overhead administration. Duties also include direct supervision, leadership and support of Accounting Technicians.
The ideal candidate will have an accounting designation with five years of related experience working in a budget coordination, financial planning and operation account-ing role. Experience and knowledge of electrical power, industry project development and construction industries would be an asset.
Qualified applicants interested in joining a dynamic team are encouraged to visit the Careers section of our website at www.columbiapower.org. Closing date for this position is August 31, 2012.
Please refer to Job #1206 when submitting your applica-tion.
We require a LUBE TECHNICIAN or 1st/2nd year Apprentice to work in a fast paced shop.
Must be reliable and hardworking.
Please send or email resume with complete prior job history and references to:
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We are currently recruiting casual positions with the potential to be permanent positions.
• Care Aides• Cooks
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Medical/DentalKOOTENAY Optometry Clinic in Castlegar is seeking an ex-perienced optometric assistant or optician for a full time posi-tion. Salary commensurate with experience. Reply to [email protected] by Sep 9th.
Professional/Management
DISPATCHER Sutco Con-tracting Ltd. has a position open for a dispatcher. In this role you will be responsible for dispatching and monitoring our fl eet operations, inclusive of monitoring hours of service, vehicle movement, customer requirements, and dealing with driver issues. Experience in the trucking industry is pre-ferred, however entry level candidates with good attitude, computer literate and able to work days and evening shifts. The position offers competitive salary (defi ned with experi-ence) extended benefi ts,mod-ern work environment and pension eligibility after 1 yr service. Resumes can be faxed 250-357-2009, enquiries 250-357-2612 Ext: 230 www.sutco.ca
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AND MILLWRIGHTSInternational Forest Products Ltd. is looking for ticketed “B” Welder with Millwrighting experience, Electricians and Millwrights to join our lumber manufacturing facility in Castlegar, BC. The skilled individuals must be self motivated, able to work on their own and in a team environment.
Applicants must be fl exible with shift scheduling and trade lines.
Interfor offers a competitive wage and benefi ts package as outlined in the USW Southern Interior Master Agreement.
Interested candidates are invited to submit resumes by September 14, 2012 to Interfor’s front offi ce in Castlegar. Candidates can also submit their resume by mail, fax or email to:
PO Box 3728, Castlegar, BC V1N 3W4Fax #: (604) 422-3252
We thank all applicants in advance, however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.
Trades, Technical
VolunteersThe British Columbia
Press Council is seeking three persons to serve as public directors on its 11-member Board of Di-rectors. Public Directors serve two-year terms and are eligible to serve four terms. A nominal per diem is paid for meetings. Candi-dates should have a record of community involvement and an interest in print and online media issues. Appli-cations together with names of two references and tele-phone numbers should be submitted by Sept. 30, 2012, to:
The B.C. Press Council, 201 Selby, Nanaimo, B.C.,
V9R 2R2. See www.bcpresscouncil.org
for information about the Press Council.
Employment
Trades, TechnicalCERTIFIED Wall & Ceiling In-stallers required for Project in Warfi eld BC Please call and leave message at 250-869-4423
FABRICATOR with pressure vessel exp. req’d for M/R union shop. Stable F/T position. Email resume [email protected]
VolunteersARE YOU looking for a mean-ingful volunteership? If so, please call the Crisis Line for more info. 250-364-0274 or email: [email protected]
Services
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LivestockHERD Dispersal. Red Angus and Hereford cross pairs for sale. 18 month old Red Angus bull. Heifers and steers. All raised organically; excellent quality 250-428-6264
Merchandise for Sale
Fruit & VegetablesGRAND FORKS FARMS:
Wed: 402 Baker St, beside the Full Circle Cafe, Nelson
Thur: Canadian Tire parking lot behind A & W, Castlegar
Sat: Cottonwood Market Nelson
Tree ripened freestone peaches $1.00/lb in 20lb box Vine-ripened roma & canning tomatoes $0.75/lb in 40 lb box
Tree ripened Gala apples $0.75/lb in 20lb box Organic apple juice
onions, pimento peppers hot peppers, watermelons cantaloupe & much more.
Family friendly prices. Terry, Val & Erran Rilkoff
250-442-3514
Misc. for Sale2 European Competition Air Rifl es. 1 - 22Col. European Take Down Air Rifl e. 250.231.5732.
CENTRAL RV. New and used sea containers. Best prices in B.C. Can Deliver. 20’ New - $4200. Used $3000. 8’x10’ new - $2800. 10’x10’ new - $4000. (250)314-9522.
LG. BROWN leather couch & love seat. Excellent condition. $1,200. Phone 250-364-1671 or 250-364-3950
WINTER TIRES FOR SALE2 Winguard on steel rims 3/4 tread 205-65 R15 94T
$100 for the pair • Crib mattress (great condition) $20 • Old TV’S $20 each
(working just fi ne)Call 250-362-7681 after 5pm
or 250-231-2174
Musical InstrumentsMUSIC TEACHERS wanted for guitar, voice, piano, etc. Must be creative and inspiring. Ph.778-476-5917. Visit Maeve Lily School of Music on Face-book. Lesson inquiries wel-come.
Real Estate
Houses For SaleROSSLAND BRAND new, 4bdrm. European heating, very energy effi cient. $150. per sq. ft. 250-368-7972 or rosslandbuilder.com
Real Estate
Houses For Sale
Country estate in town, 4 bedroom
family home, 1 acre view property, quiet street. Will consider
Homes for RentE.TRAIL, 3bd, 2bth, renovat-ed, good parking. $1100. Avail.Nov.1 250-512-1153ROSSLAND 3bdrm, 2 1/2bth, close to schools. 250-362-9005SHAVERS BENCH, 4bd, 3bth. $1,200./mo. + utilities. 250-364-1814, 250-512-1814
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Wayne DeWitt ext 25Mario Berno ext 27
Dawn Rosin ext 24Tom Gawryletz ext 26
Denise Marchi ext 21Keith DeWitt ext 30
Thea Stayanovich ext 28Joy DeMelo ext 29
1148 Bay Ave, Trail250-368-5000
www.allprorealty.caAll Pro Realty Ltd.
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Trail4 bdrm, 2 bath spacious home. Affordable & perfect for a large family.$165,000
TrailSolid & affordable. A great alternative to renting!
$120,000
SOLID
Emerald RidgeThis 1/2 acre serviced lot is set amongst newer homes and has the most incredible views!$128,500
1/2 ACRE
RosslandMuch bigger than it looks! With a full, un nished daylight basement!
$219,000
ROOM FOR
SLEDS, SKIS,
QUADS...Redstone1/4 acre corner lot!
$95,000
1/4 ACREEast TrailVery good value in this fabulous E.T. location!$259,000
BEST DEAL!
MontroseWow! You are not going to nd better value than this! 5 bdrms, 3 bath home on 2.79 acres. Beautiful new custom kitchen!$289,000
FruitvaleA great family home with double garage, 3 baths and a totally redecorated interior. Call on this one today!$299,500
NEW PRICE
MontroseRelax! All the work has been done. Newer roof, furnace, heat pump/A/C, kitchen & the list goes on! This is a well kept family home, a must to view!$319,900
FruitvaleOver 1,100 sq.ft., nicely updated with laminate
oors, includes appliances, single car garage. Located on its own lot. Perfect starter or retirement home Quick possession possible.$149,000
GlenmerryBeautiful 3 bedroom home plus a loft on a huge 105x100 lot on the riverbank in Glenmerry. Fantastic location & stunning views!$365,000
RIVER VIEWS
FruitvaleA great family home on 5 acres with a creek alongside. Finished up and down with super views. Call your realtor today!$349,000
GOOD
VALUE
MontroseCompletely updated family home. New kitchen & ooring, fresh paint, huge deck, fenced yard, 4 bdrms.
GlenmerryVery well cared for family home close to elementary school. Very large home w/ over 1,500 sq.ft. on the main oor!$279,000
GOOD VALUE
GlenmerryA super 5 bedroom house with new kitchen, windows,
ooring, A/C, furnace & much more. Plus an in-home hair studio!$309,900
WanetaA stunning executive quality home in a quiet setting with a beautiful back yard. This 3 bedroom home is only 6 years old and is a “must see.”$429,500
BEAUTIFUL
YARD
TrailFabulous one level living. Immaculate! Double car carport.
$99,500
MOVE IN
READY
TrailWell cared for home in a great location. Includes double garage, huge shop & a suite.$219,000
NEW LISTING
SOLD
OPEN HOUSE Saturday, Sept. 15
12:30 - 2:30pm25 Short Street
FruitvaleGreat home for 1st time buyers. All the work is done! New windows,
furnace, roof, kitchen, etc.$185,000
REDUCED!
TrailOwn a piece of paradise with this park-like setting. Home is 3,600 sq.ft. & only a couple blocks to school.$369,000
NEW LISTING
$344,000
OPEN HOUSESaturday, September 15 | 1:00 - 3:00pm
2004 Old Salmo Road, FruitvaleLarge family home on 1.63 acres.
$188,900
OPEN HOUSESaturday, September 15 | starting @ 11am
44 Nelson Ave, FruitvaleA great starter or retirement home!
$379,000
OPEN HOUSESaturday, September 15 | 1:00 - 3:00pm
1079 Christie Road, Beaver FallsLarge family home on 6.37 acres.
Tons of privacy, super setting!
$229,000
OPEN HOUSESaturday, September 15 | starting @ 11am
1926 Martin Street, FruitvaleA great starter or retirement home
in a great location!
BOATING SEASON IS STILL HERE!!
WANNA HAVE SOME FUN WITH YOUR FAMILY &
FRIENDS ON THIS GREAT BOAT ALL YEAR ROUND?
Great for fi shing. Your Cabin on the Lake
The Kootenay Queen
• 1976 30ft cabin cruiser with a 185 merc
• Full galley (fridge, stove, sink, furnace, toilet)
• Fold down table for a queen sized bed
• Fold up bunk beds• VHF radio• Hull is sound, galley is
dated.• Low draft• 200 hrs on new engine• A great boat that needs
some TLC$12,000.00 invested
$8000 OBOCall 250-362-7681 or Cell
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BoatsRentals
Homes for Rent
BEAUTIFUL NEWER HOUSE FOR RENT IN THE
SLOCAN LAKE AREA.AVAILABLE OCT 1st
• 4 Bedroom-2 Bath on 2 Acres• Red Mtn. Road above SILVERTON w/ Valhalla views + quiet privacy• N/S , Open to animals• 10 min. drive to Slocan
Lake and Village amenities
• Storage, treehouses, good access all year round
• Minimum 6 mnth Lease• W/D Hookups, F/S plus
Earth -Woodstove• $1100 negotiable with
proper care of house, land + gardens• Open to work trades on
property• References Required• Secure Income Essential• Serious Inquiries Only
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BEAUTIFUL NEWER HOUSE FOR RENT IN THE
SLOCAN LAKE AREA.AVAILABLE OCT 1st
• 4 Bedroom-2 Bath on 2 Acres• Red Mtn. Road above SILVERTON w/ Valhalla views + quiet privacy• N/S , Open to animals• 10 min. drive to Slocan
Lake and Village amenities
• Storage, treehouses, good access all year round
• Minimum 6 mnth Lease• W/D Hookups, F/S plus
Earth -Woodstove• $1100 negotiable with
proper care of house, land + gardens• Open to work trades on
property• References Required• Secure Income Essential• Serious Inquiries Only
Call: 250-362-7681 or Mobile 250-231-2174
Email:monikas_2010@
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TownhousesGLENMERRY TOWNHOUSE 3Bd., new fl oor, windows, paint&roof.$900.604-552-8806
Want to RentGARAGE IN the Trail area from mid Oct. until April. 250-231-2565
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Cars - Sports & Imports
2003 SAAB 9-3 Must Sell. $7,800.obo. 2.0L, 4cyl, auto tiptronic transmission, 149,000km. On CraigList Koo-tenays. search Saab for pics. Call 250-368-1868
Motorcycles2007 K1200 GT BGW Motor-cycle. Mint cond. 27,000km. Many extras. 250.231.5732
Houses For Sale
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Recreational/SaleFor Sale - 1998, 27’ Sports-master Travel Trailer. Sleeps up to 8 People. Twin Bunks, Pull-out Couch, Table Folds
Down, Queen Pillow-top Mat-tress in Front Bedroom. Air
Conditioner, 3 Burner Stove, Oven, Spacious Bathroom, 2 x
30lb Propane Tanks. Very Clean and in Excellent Condi-tion! Asking $9,700. Located in
for more info.**WANTED**Looking for small short box truck camper or camperette in good shape. Phone 250-693-8883, leave message.
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The Trail Daily Times and the Columbia Basin Alliance for Literacy are partnering on a great new event for Trail.
On Wednesday, October 5, some of Trail’s highest profi le people will be out on the
street with our newspaper asking for donations to help support literacy initiatives in
our community. Along with your donation we will give you a copy of your community
newspaper for FREE (plus there might be a few extra promos to go along with that).
Absolutely all funds raised from the day will go towards CBAL and all funds will stay in
the community in which they are raised to support literacy programs in our community.
Help Promote Literacy and Lifelong Learning in our Community
Help Promote Literacy and Lifelong Learning in our Community
The Trail Daily Times and the Columbia Basin Alliance for Literacy arepartnering on a great new event for Trail.
On Wednesday, October 10, some of Trail’s highest profile people will be out on thestreet with our newspaper asking for donations to help support literacy initiatives inour community. Along with your donation we will give you a copy of your communitynewspaper for FREE (plus there might be an extra promo to go along with that).
Absolutely all funds raised from the day will go towards CBAL and all funds will stay inthe community in which they are raised to support literacy programs in our community.Help Promote Literacy and Lifelong Learning in our Community
Wednesday, October 10
SPECIAL TO THE TIMESThe Columbia Basin Alliance for
Literacy (CBAL), a non-profit charity, joins with Black Press for the second annual Reach-A-Reader campaign on Oct. 10.
On Oct. 10, when you buy your local paper from CBAL and Black Press staff and volunteers out on the town, all funds go to supporting literacy programs in that community.
“The Reach-A-Reader campaign is an important way for us to promote our region-wide commitment to building lit-eracy skills and healthy learning commun-ities,” said Ali Wassing, CBAL Executive Director.
This joint campaign demonstrates Black Press’s dedication to building lit-eracy skills in the communities it serves and helping CBAL stretch its reach.
Reading is at the heart of CBAL’s drive to help citizens improve literacy skills, engage in life-long learning and increase their confidence to get involved in the community.
“We have 16 coordinators deliv-ering services in 77 communities,” said Desneiges Profili, CBAL Regional Program Manager, West Kootenay and Boundary. “Their work with children, adults, fam-
ilies and seniors to build reading, writ-ing, numeracy, computer and workplace skills is in demand. Fundraisers, such as our Reach-A-Reader campaign, help sup-port communities to meet this increasing need.”
CBAL is working hard to expand servi-ces to meet growing and changing needs in communities across the region.
In addition to regional funding received from Columbia Basin Trust, Selkirk College, College of the Rockies and the Province of British Columbia, local part-nerships and fund raising campaigns are critical to developing more community-led programs targeting local needs. The Reach-A-Reader campaign demonstrates this shared commitment.
“We partner with businesses, com-munity organizations, libraries, schools and colleges to help meet demand for our services,” said Betty Knight, Regional Program Manager, East Kootenay.
“Getting the communities involved in supporting us through the partnership with Black Press and the Reach-A-Reader campaign takes our message to the heart of the communities we serve.”
Over the last 10 years, CBAL has deliv-ered an average of 230 programs to 7000 participants each year. Positive feedback, living examples of the benefits and com-munity response has been very support-ive. Participants can choose from a variety of programs such as: Love 2 Learn, Young Parents Education Program, Cyber Seniors and English as a Second Language.
You can make a difference in your local
community. Participate in the Reach a Reader campaign by purchasing a paper on (October 10th), volunteering to sell papers, or simply spreading the word as a campaign champion.
To get involved, contact Tiffaney Thompson Community Literacy Coordinator at [email protected] or visit www.cbal.org/coordinators.html.
CBAL is a non-profit charitable organ-
ization that supports literacy development in the communities of the Columbia Basin and Boundary region of south eastern British Columbia.
For more information, visit www.cbal.org or call 1.800.342.4244.
This substantially renovated home features brand new kitchen with granite counter tops, wood stove, new windows
and wiring, large 10x30 south facing deck and solid wood doors and trim throughout.
Situated on a large 0.20 acre lot with southern views. Call now.
Call Christine (250) 512-7653
NEW PRICE
204 MacLure Avenue, Salmo $284,000
Nicely maintained family home on 0.58 acres. Home features 3 bdrms, 1.5 baths, newer gas furnace and new flooring and paint on the main floor. The yard is treed and private, and there is plenty of room
for parking. Great move in ready home in a great location.
Call Art (250) 368-8818
3397 Laurel Crescent, Trail $169,000
3 bdrm, 1.5 bath Glenmerry townhome. Easy care living with small fenced yard
and small patio. Basement ready to finish how you would like.
Call your REALTOR® for a showing today.Call Mary M (250) 231-0264
1773 Noran Street, Trail $117,900
Flat private street, 2 bdrm/1bath home, nice floor plan, ideal for couple or single
person, low maintenance exterior, private backyard waiting for your love,
contact your REALTOR® for a viewing!
Call Mark (250) 231-5591
BRING OFFERS
441 Whitman Way, Warfield $585,000
This Emerald Ridge home is beautifully planned and finished. The home offers a great floor plan, deluxe kitchen and fabulous hobby room. There is lots of custom woodwork and you will surely appreciate the high quality finishings.
You must see this home to appreciate all it has to offer! Call now.
Call Mary M (250) 231-0264
801 – 21st Street, Castlegar $299,000
Need space? 4800 sq ft house built in1992; double garage, huge workshop,
bachelor suite! Needs some TLC. Excellent opportunity!
Call Tonnie (250)-365-9665
REDUCED
$40,000
2068 Topping Street, Trail $95,000
Solid home with amazing views. This home has large, enclosed front porch, great living room with wood-burning
fireplace and 2 bdrm on main. Exterior of house is vinyl siding and most windows have been updated. Just a bit of your
decor items, and this house will be home.Call Mary M (250) 231-0264
2024 – 8th Avenue, Trail $179,000
4 bdrm, 2 bath home with a covered patio, private sundeck, detached garage, plenty
of parking, and a bright sunny dining room. Call now!
Call Terry 250-231-1101
115 Pine Avenue, Fruitvale $459,000
Wow! This 4 bdrm family home features a gourmet kitchen with granite counter
tops, stainless appliances, vaulted ceilings, covered outdoor living, hardwood and tile floors. There is also a spacious
garage as well as a 20x26 shop with alley access. Don’t wait call your REALTOR®
now for this special home! Call Deanne (250) 231-0153
1550 Victoria Avenue, Rossland $399,500
This beautifully renovated bright and sunny 4 bdrm/ 3 bath contemporary family home features new stucco, new mudroom
entry with heated tile floors, gorgeous new bath, large bedrooms, spacious open
plan living areas and amazing views.Call Mary A (250) 521-0525
WOW!!
2178 Daniel Street, Trail $138,500
2 bdrm home with new roof, new shed, siding, new tile, flooring, new doors, and
deck. Home features wood floors refinished, freshly painted throughout and in move in
condition.
20 Short Street, Fruitvale $249,000
Solid 4 bdrm with new roof, new windows, new furnace, and new flooring. Great home -
great price and great location.Call Darlene (250) 231-0527 or Ron (250) 368-1162
SOLDSOLD
OPEN HOUSESaturday Sept 15 11am-1pm
REGIONAL
BY ANNALEE GRANTKimberley Bulletin
It’s been three years in the making, and now the Magic Line Trail is ready to welcome its first riders.
The seven-kilometre trail opened to the gen-eral public at a Grand Opening celebration on Saturday at the Kimberley Nordic Ski Area.
The trail begins and ends at the Nordic Centre parking lot and is designed for inter-mediate riders. It has three climbs and three descents that get pro-gressively more dif-ficult as they go. The society promises the
climbs are well worth all the hard work - especially when riders catch their first glimpse of the Rockies and then get to enjoy a descent filled with rollers and the occasional bump.
It has been three years since volun-teers broke ground on the seven-kilometre expanse of single-track trail.
It is the biggest pro-ject ever taken on by the Society and its com-pletion marks years of co-operation and vol-unteer labour.
Funding streamed in from a variety of sources including the Columbia Basin Trust and the
Resort Municipality Infrastructure Fund. With that money the society was able to hire a professional to build the trail. Jeff Cook of Cornerstone Excavating then designed and built the rest of the project.
Other supporters were the Kimberley Nordic Club, City of Kimberley and Resorts of the Canadian Rockies.
Route markers are expected to be installed this fall and trailhead signs will be put in place in spring of next year - just in time for the first full season on the trail.
JIM BAILEY PHOTO
A Great Blue Heron finds a sunny spot along the Columbia River on Friday.
HERON HANGOUT KIMBERLEY
After three years of work, new mountain bike trail opens
