Invermere Valley Echo, October 07, 2015

ALLEYV CHOEThe Invermere

BREANNE [email protected]

Frigid temperatures, long dark nights and heavy snowfall are characteristics that many Canadians associate with winter.

And with the snowy season approach-ing, the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure is reminding drivers that winter tires are required on many pro-vincial highways, with a special focus on mountain passes and interior high-ways where the weather conditions can change from rain to snow quickly.

“It is mandatory for your vehicle to be equipped with tires that are specifi cally designed for winter driving,” said Cpl. Grant Simpson, noting the fi ne is $121.

“In B.C.’s climate, summer and all-sea-son tires are simply no match for win-ter weather. Winter tires are particular-ly crucial for drivers who live in B.C.’s Interior, northern and mountainous

regions and those who must drive through our large national parks.”

There will be signage clearly posted on the designated highways to advise drivers of the areas where winter tires are required in B.C. between October 1st and March 31st.

Walkers Auto Repair spokesperson James Jefferson has noticed an increase in tire sales, but be-lieves many drivers have not planned for winter yet.

“People tend not to panic about their tires until their fi rst sight of a heavy frost or fi rst snowfall,” he explained, adding that people need to book a couple of days in advance to make the switch to winter tires. “People need to give us a couple days, which is mainly because we have to order the tires in.”

In addition, there will be maps show-

ing which roads require winter tires on the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure website (http://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/transportation/driving-and-cycling/driving/traveller-in-formation/seasonal/winter-driving) as a result of the technical analysis complet-ed during the Rural Highway Safety and

Speed Review. Win-ter tires have been labelled with either the winter mountain and snowfl ake sym-bol or with the mud and snow (M+S) designation.

“Winter tires feature specially de-signed tread patterns that provide more surface area to contact the road and provide superior grip,” said Simpson.

It is required that winter tires must have a minimum tread depth of 3.5 milliemetres to be considered in good condition.

“Tires are the way a vehicle interacts with the road,” said Simpson. “Even the latest high-tech safety systems, from advanced all-wheel drive to stability control, or even four-wheel drive, will be rendered useless if your car has no grip. When the road is icy, or covered with slippery snow, you need a tire that can deal with those situations.”

Lastly, there is a new Shift into Win-ter campaign being offered through the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure and its safety partners that is geared toward preparing drivers for driving in winter conditions. Visit http://shiftintowinter.ca.

To view the requirements for winter tires this season, visit http://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/transportation/driving-and-cycling/driving/traveller-in-formation/seasonal/winter-driving/win-ter-tires-and-chains/about-winter-tires. To check the latest updates for driving conditions, visit http://drivebc.ca.

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Avoid spreading invasive weeds in the backcountry SUBMITTED

East Kootenay Invasive Plant Council

This time of year is perfect for back-country trips by ATV, mountain bike, foot or horseback. In order to preserve the important characteristics of our back-country ecosystems, users should be aware of unintentional sources of weed contamination while in the backcountry.

Mechanized rides (ATV, 4x4, bikes) should be thoroughly checked and cleaned of mud, dirt and hidden seeds or roots before and after entering the backcountry. Users need to stick to designated trails or roads, and avoid picking up or spreading weeds or dam-aging grasslands and riparian areas by careless travel.

Something a little more challenging to

deal with is the spread of invasive spe-cies through contaminated hay or feed for pack animals, or hidden in clothing or pets’ fur.

This year’s hot and dry summer has created a local shortage of hay. Many hay users have already purchased hay from outside their local community for supplemental feeding or to use in the backcountry. Hay imported from even short distances might contain weed species not seen locally. It is not uncommon for hay fi elds to be con-taminated with invasive species such as thistle, knapweed, burdock, oxeye daisy, tall buttercup and wild caraway.

“Some people are just not aware that pretty little fl owers like oxeye daisy and tall buttercup (to name a few) can affect backcountry ecosystems. Non-native species will generally outcom-pete native vegetation, often reducing available forage for wildlife,” says Al-lana Oestreich, habitat biologist with

the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations in Cran-brook. “Steps should be taken to avoid introducing invasive weed species into backcountry areas, and that starts with knowing your invasive species, know-ing what you can do to prevent spread-ing them, and if you fi nd weeds take the time to pull them. We can all be a part of the solution.”

Hardest hit by the unintentional in-troduction of weed species by back-country users are riparian areas. Ripar-ian zones (found along the margins of creeks, rivers, wetlands and lakes) of-ten have the highest biodiversity with-in an ecosystem. Riparian areas are fre-quently used as camp sites; are travel corridors for hikers, bikers, riders

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Pets’ fur can easily help spread invasive species, like Willie the dog, covered in blue burrs. Photo submitted

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OCALL EWSNLocal Chambers brainstorm solutions to worker shortage

Steve [email protected]

A group of Columbia Valley and Radium Chamber of Commerce members met last week to discuss the valley’s ongoing tourism sector staffing shortage and potential solutions to it along with representa-tives from the local College of the Rockies, the Co-lumbia Valley Employment Centre, Invest Kootenay and the Kootenay Workforce Steering Committee.

In talking about current workforce issues at the Fri-day, October 2nd meeting, the dozen or so members at the meeting touched on a number of recurring themes, highlighting particular concern around is-sues with transportation, affordable accommodation for staff, a lack of local students applying for seasonal and part-time jobs, and several unfilled good paying full-time jobs.

Few, if any, of the job vacan-cies discussed pay minimum wage and many pay between $15 and $20 per hour.

To help with recruiting sea-sonal tourism staff for the val-ley, Chamber executive director Susan Clovechok suggested that the Chamber could have a represen-tative attending the spring College of the Rockies job fair in Cranbrook.

“For many of our small businesses, you can’t af-ford to take a day off work and go down to Cran-brook to talk to students about the possibility of working for you,” said Ms. Clovechok “But it could be helpful for the Chamber to put a small delega-tion together to represent all Chamber businesses. Chamber members would need to provide details about the positions and there might have to be a small fee to cover costs.”

Ms. Clovechok added that it might also be worth-while to consider sending a representative to other university and college job fairs elsewhere around the country, particularly to Ontario where there are a large number of post-secondary school students looking for work each summer.

“Communication is critical. We need to communi-cate what we have here, to let young people know that you can come here and have a great summer,

get good work experience and make some money for the school year,” said Ms. Clovechok, adding she talked to one university student working in the val-ley this summer who said that if she had realized what a great summer she was in for, she easily could have convinced five or six of her friends to come to the valley to work as well.

“The question is how do we attract the workforce we need,” said Ms.Clovechok. “As a valley, we are working on branding and marketing strategies in part to extend our busy summer season into the shoulder season. But if our tourism operations and other related businesses don’t have the staff they need, then it doesn’t matter how many extra visitors we bring here if we can’t deliver the services those

visitors expect.”Several Chamber members

proposed some novel solu-tions to the accommodation issue. Do Nothing Floatation Centre and juice bar owner Meredith Hackler suggested looking at working out house sitting arrangements with sec-ond homeowners, or setting

up a Willing Workers On Organic Farms (WWOOF) style eco-retreat where summer tour-ism workers could stay for free or for low rent in return for doing a couple of hours of work a day at the retreat. The workers would then have ample time and opportunity during the rest of the day to work at other business-es in the valley.

“It’s different and progressive and would put Invermere on a whole new map,” said Ms. Hackler.

Chamber president Amanda Robin-son suggested speaking to First Na-tions administration regarding the possibility of building staff housing. Several other members chimed in with the idea of converting the closed motels in Radium Hot Springs into af-fordable staff accommodations.

The Temporary Foreign Worker Program was mentioned several

times, with some Chamber members lamenting that not much can be done to resurrect it (at least for unskilled workers) here in the East Kootenay.

“Our unemployment rate impacts our access to that program and we have nine percent unemploy-ment in the Kootenay region,” said Ms. Clovechok.

Other members at the discussion raised the idea of looking to Alberta to find staff.

“Alberta’s facing a 0.7 per cent increase in unem-ployment and Calgary is only three hours away from us. We need to look at that,” said College of the Rockies Campus manager Doug Clovechok.

Ms. Hackler said that was a strategy that worked for her this summer, as she brought in three employ-ees from Calgary.

The College of the Rockies has been in discussions with Columbia Valley Tourism members about the possibility of creating a full-time tourism hospitality program.

“Students involved in such a program would make exceptional seasonal and part time staff for local businesses” said Mr. Clovechok.

The need for such a program here in the valley was also brought to the attention of the college during its recent strategic planning process.

Alberta’s facing a 0.7 per cent increase in

unemployment and Calgary is only three hours away from us. We need to look at that.

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and ATVs; and are used for water by hu-mans, pets and pack animals. “It is up to the backcountry user to perform their due diligence,” states Oestreich.

This includes ATVs, mountain bikes, hik-ers with companion animals — all back-country users can unintentionally impact the backcountry and riparian areas if they are not aware of hidden burs, seeds or con-taminated mud transported in laces and on vehicles, fur or clothing.

“Part of the issue is that people might think, ‘Well, that weed is everywhere, so why bother?’ But if we are all willing to do our part, we can all actually become part of the solution — not part of the problem,” says Cathy Conroy, terrestrial invasive spe-cies co-ordinator with the East Kootenay Invasive Plant Council (EKIPC). “A few sim-

ple steps can increase the likelihood that you are part of the solution, and the first one is learn some common weed species.”

Here is how backcountry users can help:• Know your weed species. Contact EKIPC

at 1-888-553-5472; go to www.ekipc.com, www.bcinvasives.ca or www.invasive.org for resources and more information.

• Do not transport weed-infested hay.• Purchase local weed-free compressed

bales or weed-free hay cubes. • Clean your equipment, clothing and ride

before and after entering the backcountry.• Check your camp or rec site for weed spe-

cies. Spend a few minutes hand pulling, and carefully bag and carry out weeds collected, or carefully burn them in your fire pit.

• Report any weed infestations by call-ing EKIPC at 1-888-553-5472 or by using the provincial Report-A-Weed app (www. reportaweedbc.ca).


Holland Creek/Lakeview Sanitary Sewer Flushing Begins Soon!

The Regional District of East Kootenay is gearing up for its regular maintenance work on the Holland Creek/Lakeview Meadows sanitary sewer mains to remove settled and accumulated material.

This maintenance is scheduled for the week of October 13 - 16, 2015.

During this process, the contractor will be setting up their flushing apparatus at each service access (manhole) in the roadway and releasing pressurized water through the sanitary sewer main pipe to remove buildup.

A bubbling and/or vacuum effect may be noticed in your drains and toilets due to this maintenance flushing. It is recommended to keep all toilet seats closed and cover any floor drains.

Internal plumbing consists of “P” Traps, which hold a volume of water to prevent sewer gasses from migrating into a home. During the flushing process, this water could be drawn out of the traps. For that reason, it is important to refill all plumbing traps by running the water in your sinks and floor drains after the work is complete.

This preventative maintenance process is necessary to reduce the potential for a sanitary sewer main backup which could result in damage to property. The RDEK would like to thank you for your patience during this regular maintenance.

Please note: The RDEK continues to mitigate sewer odour in Lakeview Meadows using multiple techniques. We would like to remind those residents with homes on the low pressure sewer system (homes with individual sewer pumps) to please flush plenty of water through your system prior to vacating the home for an extended period of time. This practice will prevent sewer odour from forming and releasing upon initial use after sitting idle for weeks or months.

For more information on the flushing program, contact: Joel Bilodeau, RDEK Senior Operator

250-342-0063 or [email protected]

Regional District of East Kootenay

www.rdek.bc.ca [email protected] 1-888-478-7335

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Booth, Taft re-elected to UBCM executiveBREANNE MASSEY

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The East Kootenay region now has two Regional District of East Kootenay directors serving at the pro-vincial level after recently being elected to the Union of BC Municipalities (UBCM) executive.

Electoral Area F Director Wendy Booth was elected as the Second Vice President and District of Inver-mere mayor Gerry Taft was elected as the Director at Large during the UBCM convention that was held at the end of September.

“Having two representatives on the UBCM Executive is great for the valley and the region,” Booth wrote by email following her triumph. “Personally, this is a great privilege and honour to be elected by my peers for the position of Second Vice President. The UBCM is a great organization that works on behalf of all lo-cal governments in the province.”

This post of Second Vice President may be new to

her, but it will be Booth’s third year on the UBCM ex-ecutive. She has no shortage of ideas about how to help the East Kootenay region on a provincial level.

“My goal for the next year is to continue working on behalf of the communities in Area F, the Columbia Valley, the Kootenays and the province as a whole,” she explained. “As for specifi c projects, the Rural Dividend (which was just announced at convention) will be something that I will keep a close eye on as to how it is administered and make sure that it meets the goals of the rural areas.”

Taft has also accepted a new role with the organiza-tion after serving the executive for two years.

“I was happy,” he replied when asked about his new appointment. “There were a lot of people running for fi ve Director at Large positions, so there was a very diverse mix of candidates from across the province.”

Taft is particularly excited about having an oppor-tunity to work on policy, direction and initiatives at the UBCM.

“One of the things that I hope to bring to the table is standing up strong for local governments,” he ex-plained. “I think, in the past, sometimes, the UBCM has been really concerned about keeping a strong relationship with the province — and they do need to have a working relationship — but sometimes the UBCM has not stood up strong enough for local gov-ernment.”

He added there is weight behind the voice of local government when it’s united.

“If something really serious is going on, it’s impor-tant that the UBCM is a voice for local government and isn’t afraid of making strong points and some-times disagreeing with the province,” said Taft, while adding there are several priorities in his mind. “I would like to work on streamlining the resolution process at the annual conference. Right now, we pass a lot of resolutions and a lot of them get ignored by the province and part of it is the volume — there are so many of them.”

TOM FLETCHERBlack Press

Local politicians have called on the B.C. government to extend re-call legislation to municipal halls and regional districts, after more than a decade of avoiding battles over voters trying to fi re elected offi cials before their terms end.

At their annual convention last week, mayors and councillors also passed resolutions to ban corporate and union donations to local election candidates, and asked for legislation to prevent people from running for offi ce in multiple communities.

Communities Minister Peter Fassbender, new to his job but a vet-eran of local politics, responded cautiously to the suggestions, par-ticularly the idea of extending recall.

“I think very often recall becomes something where it is seen as a weapon as opposed to something that actually makes a contribu-tion,” Fassbender said in an interview. “And I think before we moved on anything we would want to have a fulsome discussion.”

Delegates to the Union of B.C. Municipalities convention rejected the idea of recall in 1998 and again in 2003, but a new generation elected to four-year terms supported the idea.

Rookie Telkwa mayor Darcy Repen sponsored the motion, arguing that the 2011 referendum to reject the harmonized sales tax “em-powered the people,” and recall at the provincial level hasn’t en-couraged “rabble rousers advocating for special interests.”

Repen said his friends would have laughed if he had told them he was running for mayor, and if he’s no good at the job, the commu-nity shouldn’t have to put up with him for four years.

Vancouver councillor Heather Deal spoke in favour of the UBCM’s latest call to restrict campaign donations, noting that donations from wealthy developers and unions in the city have now reached into the millions of dollars. View Royal mayor David Screech got support for his resolution calling for a ban on running in more than one municipality. He said the same candidate has repeatedly run for mayor all 13 Victoria-area communities, and “the media was more interested in him than the legitimate candidates.”

Central Saanich mayor Ryan Windsor opposed the motion, noting that the perennial candidate got only 91 votes against him.

Fassbender was also reluctant to take action based on one situation.“You really want to give some sober thought to it instead of just re-

acting to someone who is trying to create some controversy,” he said.

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OUNCILC RIEFSBCanal Flats council balks at water project payments

GreG AmosSpecial to The Valley Echo

Discontentment with the construction contractor carrying out work on Canal Flats’ Merged Area Water Project led council to dig in and vote against one of the payments owed to Dawson Construction.

After approving payment no. 9 ($253,267 to Dawson Construction for work completed in June and July), three of five members of council voted against issuing payment no. 10 ($159,558 for work completed in August).

“The only thing done on time on this project has been the pay-ments to the contractor,” said councillor Paul Marcil, who chairs the village’s Water System Upgrade Committee. “They should suffer a bit, too. We’re just looking at getting a schedule for completion and we’ve had a lot of resistance.”

Councillor Marie Delorme noted that due to con-tract language, a payment to the contractor is re-quired within 15 days or else Canal Flats will be subject to interest rates. (Last meeting, Canal Flats council adopted a policy to counteract the risk of late fees in future contracts.)

The project, which is merging the village’s existing

water system with the Eagle’s Nest neighbourhood water system, will bring Canal Flats into compliance with Interior Health drinking water requirements. The construction cost of the project is $2.29 million.

Including the engineering contract, pumping sta-tion service connection and contingency funds, the total cost is $2.7 million. The village is paying for it through $300,000 in a provincial Towns for Tomor-row grant, $100,000 from federal Gas Tax funding, and

$2.3 million through a loan taken out by the village.

“Paul is putting in hard work on this, but is continually frustrat-ed,” noted Councillor Karl Ster-zer. “It’s ridiculous, we’ve got this thing that’s one and a half years over schedule, and we can’t get a

completion schedule from them. That doesn’t seem right. We need serious consideration of how we can leverage that payment schedule to help us.”

Prior to the September 28th meeting, Canal Flats had paid $1.4 million for the work year to date.

Cranbrook assisting Canal FlatsThanks to an offer from Cranbrook mayor Lee Pratt,

Sterzer will attend the 2015 Western Economic Develop-ment course to be held in Richmond later this month.

Pratt offered to pay the conference registration fee

and arranged for a complimentary flight from Pacific Coastal Airways, which will allow Sterzer to attend the conference held from October 25th to 28th, just ahead of a major economic impact for Canal Flats — the permanent shutdown of the village’s Canfor saw-mill in November.

“I want to give a big shout-out to the mayor of Cranbrook for reaching out,” said Canal Flats Mayor Ute Juras.

Pondering options for millAfter a 15-minute meeting with Premier Christy

Clark and Minister of Jobs, Tourism and Skills Train-ing Shirley Bond at the Union of B.C. Municipalities (UBCM) meeting in September, Mayor Ute Juras up-dated council on options following the closure of the mill in November.

A working group including Canfor, the Ministry of Forests, village staff and others will look into the pos-sibility of using the mill for producing value-added products, she said. The first working group meeting takes place on Wednesday, October 7th at 7 p.m. at the village office. It’s not a public meeting, but village council and staff are invited.

Mayor Juras’ emergency resolution, calling on the province to re-examine a part of B.C.’s Forest Act that deals with linking fibre supply to specific sawmills, was unanimously adopted by membership of UBCM.

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this project has been the payments to the contractor.

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BreAnne [email protected]

There was an update on Canfor’s proposed plans to work in the Forster Creek area at the Village of Radium Hot Springs council meeting on Wednesday, Sep-tember 30th.

Canfor First Nations and planning co-ordinator Grant Neville provided an overview of the scope of the project for August 2015.

“Council had requested some additional information about the harvesting we are planning to do,” explained Neville after the presentation.

Village of Radium Hot Springs mayor Clara Reinhardt asked Mr. Neville which tree species are coming out of the area and where they are being sent. He re-plied there were pine and spruce trees being removed from the area, which would be sent to the Radium mill.

However, red fir trees could be moved to Elko, Radium or Golden in light of the recent Canal Flats closure.

Leaders unite to focus on respectful practicesThere was a request from the Local Government Leadership Academy (LGLA)

for councillors to attend this year’s Leadership Forum in Vancouver this winter.The theme for the keynote speeches, practical sessions to address current

issues, panel discussions and networking at the 2016 Leadership Forum held at the Radisson Hotel Vancouver Airport between February 3rd to 5th will be focused on Respectful Leadership techniques.

It remains unclear which councillors from the Village of Radium Hot Springs

will attend the LGLA. Chief administrative officer Mark Read expects to follow up with councillors before the end of October to see who is interested in at-tending the forum.

rotary Gardens in radium Hot springsThere’s been a subtle shift in care for the community garden in Radium.At the regular Village of Radium Hot Springs council meeting on September

30th, the Rotary Gardens were transferred to their last and final partner after the serene, green atmosphere was created on land that is owned by Rocky Mountain School District #6 and utilized by the Village of Radium Hot Springs.

“The garden was handed over from the Radium Rotary to the Village of Ra-dium,” Maria Kliavkoff, Radium Rotary Gardens committee co-chair, told The Echo by email on October 1st. “Last night (September 30th) was the final official step in the transference.”

However, the garden will be run by a volunteer committee of gardeners and Rotarians.

In addition, council approved the Radium Rotary Garden Handbook to ensure everybody’s plot remains safe and well-maintained.

“The Radium Rotary Garden Handbook is a policy and procedure manual for the garden,” explained Kliavkoff. “Included in it is the agreement that gardeners sign up with the Village of Radium. It is a rights, privileges and responsibility document.

“Each gardener is required to tend and upkeep their own garden. In addi-tion, they are required to contribute an hour a month to one of the garden sub-committees, be it communication, the tending of public gardens, the social committee, the maintenance committee. See A14

Canfor proposing to harvest in Forster Creek area


Forum did not adequately address main issueDEAN MIDYETTE

[email protected]

The All-Candidates Forum held on Monday, September 28th was a success. The candidates took the opportunity to detail their party platforms on issues such as the national debt, the national health accord and local issues such as watercraft restrictions on the Columbia River wetlands.

One of the most contentious local is-sues is that of access to temporary foreign workers. Since Minister Jason Kenney made significant changes to the program in 2014 against the wishes of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce, local employers have felt the pinch. Changes included increasing the application fee

from $275 to $1,000 and shortening the length of the work visa to one year.

As a result, we have seen some local businesses cut their operating hours, business owners working months with-out a day off during our peak season, and managers at some large resorts cleaning rooms due to lack of staff. All of this re-sults in burnout for employees and busi-ness owners, and less money in the cof-fers of the Canada Revenue Agency.

The first abuses of the Temporary For-eign Worker Program began in Toronto in December 2013 when the Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) brought in dozens of work-ers from India, then had the Canadian workers train the Indians before the Cana-dians were laid off. RBC cited cost savings and efficiency as the reasons for the move.

At the same time, a restaurant fran-chise owner in Fernie was cheating his temporary foreign workers out of their overtime pay. The list of abusers contin-ued to grow.

So what did our candidates have to say about our dire employment situation? The solutions proposed fall into two cat-egories. Incumbent MP David Wilks is proposing a two-year closed visa with foreign workers heading home after their visa expires. The other three parties view the program as a path to citizen-ship with the Greens proposing a Guar-anteed Liveable Income, which would encourage more Canadians to accept service jobs. What was lacking in the discussion was any reference to creating

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There is a lot going on in the RDEK right now.

The first draft of the Toby Benches OCP is nearing completion. This planning document has been in the works for several months now. There have been sev-eral opportunities for pub-lic input from the commu-nity. The plan is a high-level policy document that will guide future land use in the area. Area G director Gerry Wilkie and I share this project as it covers both Area F and Area G. While not everyone will be happy with every word in the plan, the goal is to provide balanced guidance for future land use.

In Windermere, a water reservoir is being built. This project is budgeted at

just over $2 million, with funding from grants and re-serve funds. At present, the concrete floor is complete and the concrete walls are being poured. The reservoir will provide adequate water storage for fire flows for the community of Windermere. Regardless of which direc-tion the community choos-es to go to provide Interior

Health-compliant drinking water, an ad-ditional reservoir is required.

Phase one of the Fairmont Creek De-bris Flow Mitigation Project is now com-plete. The construction started in early March and was completed in early May. The goal of the project was to increase capacity of the Fairmont Creek chan-nel to contain some debris flow mate-

rial through Mountainside Golf Course between Marble Canyon and the pond on Hole 12. The budget for this project was $467, 330, which was funded from two-thirds Emergency Management BC, with the balance coming from Commu-nity Works Fund and local contributors. This project was a great example of the community coming together for the ben-efit of all. I would like to acknowledge the financial support from Fairmont Hot Springs Resort, Mountainside Villas, Fairmont Business Association, Fair-mont Community Association and Fair-mont & District Lions Club. The local contributors’ commitment in this proj-ect was $29,000.

Wendy Booth is the Regional District of East Kootenay Director for Area F and the RDEK board’s vice chair. She can be reached at [email protected] or 250-345-6155.

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TREETSTHES

How can the valley attract more workers to fi ll the job vacancies here?

“A combination of providing places for them to stay and paying enough to attract them here.”

Reid Campbell

“Housing is key. Unless the kids coming to work have parents with second homes here, it can be hard to live here. The town and employers need to work together create communal housing.”

Fiona Millar

“Make it easier for visitors to come work here by reducing paperwork. Many second homes are empty 40 weeks a year; we could have affordable housing if they would rent basement suites.”

Franz Grasegger

Too little, too late: in response

The following is the reponse by incumbent Conserva-tive MP David Wilks to the open letter by Peter Moody of Kimberley published in last week’s Echo.

As a father whose son is currently serving in the Ca-nadian Forces and a retired RCMP offi cer with three generations of RCMP in my family, I can assure you that I have nothing but the utmost respect for those who have served our country in uniform. The com-ments by Mr. Moody are quite upsetting to me.

July 9th, 2012: Mr. Moody wrote the Department of National Defence (DND) and me. The next day, my offi ce contacted Mr. Moody and asked for additional information. Mr. Moody acknowledged by email, say-ing: “Thank you for your speedy response.”

July 23rd, 2012: DND advised Mr. Moody that his correspondence was being forwarded to the Minister of Veteran’s Affairs.

September 24, 2012: Veteran Affairs Minister wrote Mr. Moody and informed him the criteria for the med-als had to be created, following which the medals had to be designed and manufactured.

Late October, Mr. Moody sent another letter, which I hand-delivered to the Minister of Veterans Affairs in the House of Commons.

November 12th, 2012: Mr. Moody and my staff person had a long telephone chat. Mr. Moody then emailed: “Thanks for the info and I am pleased that Mr. Wilks contacted the Minister,” and in another email Mr. Moody wrote: “Thanks for the clarifi cation. We are on the same page. Pete.”

November 21st, 2012: Unfortunately, Mr. Dakin

passed away. My constituency offi ce arranged, through the Legion, a fl ag for veterans provided to the family plus a fl ag for the funeral ceremony.

April 15th, 2013: Minister of Veterans Affairs an-nounced the “Bomber Command Bar – War Medals” were available and families could apply. The fi rst bars were available August 2013, nine months after Mr. Da-kin passed away. Mr. Moody confi rms the Dakin fam-ily received the medal.

In light of these facts, I’m surprised that Mr. Moody chose to make his unfair, unfounded accusations dur-ing the election.

DAVID WILKS, MP CANDIDATECONSERVATIVE PARTY OF CANADA

Divided left must unite

Dear Editor:

While Harpers’ Conservative Party of Canada marches on to war, championing Jerusalem, fabled site of the rumored-to-be-imminent “Armageddon,” reaping $15 billion of lucrative profi ts from its weap-ons industry sales to Saudi Arabia, the “Left” rallies to defeat this climate change-denying, fossil-fuel de-pendent, economically dead-end free-market philos-ophy. Stripping legal rights from Canadian citizens while granting corporations greater rights to sue Canadian citizens for protecting their resources and livelihoods is not OK.

This “reformulated” Harper Conservative Party is an aggressive lackey of the global corporate re-source-stripping economic system. There is no loyal-

ty to Canada, its citizens; nor concern for its well-be-ing and future. Who among us is not sick with dread that the “Left” will sabotage our own goal to reinstate Canada’s integrity and environmental stability, with well-meaning but short-sighted idealistic reasons re-sulting in splitting the Left vote?

We “Left” must unite, in a recognized short-term co-operative effort, to defeat Harper’s government. At the Nelson Kootenay-Columbia riding’s All-Candi-dates Debate (Conservative Wilks disdaining), Don Johnston, Liberal candidate, suggested: “What about a tripartite system? What if we were the govern-ment?” The audience roared with approval!

Once a Left party is governing, all the parties can debate the merits of different approaches respectful-ly, and collaborate. Let’s make sure the “Left” unifi es to commit to this long recovery process of participa-tory Canadian democracy and global stability.

Wayne Stetski, Bill Green and Don Johnston, please rise above your differences to unite the Left!

Yours most sincerely,

SUSAN EYREYAHK

Strategic voting urged

Dear Editor:

With the two front runner candidates, Stetski and Wilks, currently locked at 37 percent in the local polls, those voters planning to vote either Green or Liberal need to know that their votes will only serve to help Wilks get re-elected. See A13

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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 7TH

• 10 - 11 a.m.: Groundswells Preschoolers and Parents, Plant and Play drop in program every Wednesday from September 30 - October 28th, with different themes over fi ve weeks. Pre-registration is appreciated. Cost is by donation. Visit groundswellnetwork.ca/event/preschoolers-and-parents-plant-and-play-2/2015-09-30/ for more information.

• 4 p.m.: Summit Youth Centre (SYC) Games night. Join us for games and free snacks.

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8TH

• 12 p.m.: Senior’s Lunch at the Invermere Legion. $5 at the door. RSVP by calling 250-342-9281 ext 1227 or emailing [email protected].

• 4 - 6 p.m.: SYC Graphics Course (pre-sign up).

• 4 - 8 p.m.: SYC open gym.

• 5 - 7 p.m.: SYC Cooking night.

• 7 p.m.: Invermere Curling Centre AGM at the Curling Centre. Everyone welcome.

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 9TH

• 6:30 p.m.: Ham Dinner at the Invermere Legion. $15/person. Reservations recommended. Call 250-342-9517. Meat Draw and 50/50.

• 8 p.m.: SYC Movie and popcorn night.

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 10TH

• 10 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.: Artym Gallery shows Plein Air exhibition till October 16.

• 12 p.m.: October 10 - 12 Thanksgiving Celebrations at Fairmont Hot Springs Resort. Family activities, pumpkin carving and more.

• 12 p.m.: Bavin Glassworks Annual Thanksgiving Show at Bavin Glassworks in Athalmer.

• 7 p.m.: SYC Box City Homelessness Awareness Sleepover in Pothole Park.

• 7 p.m.: Groundswell’s Biannual Celebration with a Soil Palooza. Bands playing are Shred Kelly and Magnolia Buckskins. Tickets are $55 and includes $20 membership/ renewal. Buy tickets online or from Circle Health Food, Circle Cafe or Edibles Cafe. Visitgroundswellnetwork.ca/event/

soil-palooza/ for more information.

• 8 - 11 p.m.: Dean Ray live at Bear’s Paw & Grill in Fairmont Hot Springs October 10 and 11.

• Marty and Eli live (for Valley Night) at Mountainside Grille in Fairmont Hot Springs.

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 11TH

• 9 p.m.: The Vidos band plays at the Hoodoo Grill in Fairmont Hot Springs.

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 13TH

• 5 p.m.: SYC Cooking night.

• 5:30 p.m.: SYC Youth Focus leadership.

• 6 - 8 p.m.: Lego Club every Tuesday at Radium Public Library.

• 7 p.m.: Cinefest fi lm series begins with the screening of Gabe Polsky’s Red Army feature documentary. Tickets $12 at the door or at Tiffany’s Thredz or Pynelogs.



• 6 p.m.: SYC Karaoke Night.




• 5 -7 p.m.: SYC Cooking night.

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16TH

• Link to Rink Spiel: October 16-17. Golfi ng and Curling in one event. For more information visit www.curlinginvermere.ca, or email [email protected] or call 250-342-3315.

• 5 p.m.: SYC Foosball tournament.

• 6:30 p.m.: Roast Beef Dinner at the Invermere Legion. Reservations recommended. Call 250-342-9517 Meat Draw and 50/50.


• 6 - 11 p.m.: SYC grade 10 - 12 only. Every third Saturday of each month.

MONDAY, OCTOBER 19TH

• 4 p.m.: SYC Homework Help, Employment readiness (pre-sign up) and Skills for Life (pre-sign up).

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 20TH

• 4 - 8 p.m. SYC hang out night.


WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 21ST


• 2 p.m.: Genealogy Group at Columbia Gardens Coffee Room. Every 3rd Wednesday of the month.

• 4 p.m.: SYC Games night. Join us for games.

• 9 p.m.: The Steadies playing at Hoodoo Grill in Fairmont.

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22ND




• 5:30 p.m.: 17th Annual Business Excellence Awards at Copper Point Resort. Contact Susan Clovechok at 250-342-2844 or email [email protected]

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23RD

• October 23rd - 25th Scrapper’s Cove Annual Retreat. Call 1- 250-342-7238 for more information.

• 5 p.m.: SYC pool tournament.


• 10 a.m.: Monster Mash Dash, a fun 5/10k run in support of the Valley Fitness Centre. Visit monstermashdash.ca for more details.

• 11 a.m.: Monster Mash Dash makeup tutorials and costumes.

• 6 p.m.: 44th Annual Fireman’s Ball at the Invermere Community Hall. $35. Come out and enjoy a dinner and dance with a chance to win some prizes.

• 7:30 p.m.: SYC movie and popcorn night.

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 25TH

• Radium Fall Harvest Festival, part of Columbia Valley Oktoberfest celebrations.

MONDAY, OCTOBER 26TH

• 4 p.m.: SYC Homework Help, Employment readiness (pre-sign up) and Skills for Life (pre-sign up)

TUESDAY, OCTOBER. 27TH

• 5 p.m.: SYC Rockband competition.



• 10 - 11 a.m.: Groundswells Preschoolers and Parents, Plant and Play drop in program every Wednesday from September 30 - October 28th. Pre-registration is appreciated. Cost is by donation. Visit groundswellnetwork.ca/event/preschoolers-and-parents-plant-and-play-2/2015-09-30/ for more information.

• 5 p.m.: SYC Trivia night. Prizes for fi rst and second place.





FRIDAY, OCTOBER 30TH

• Purple Cow’s 10th Anniversary in Fairmont Hot Springs.

• 7 -11 p.m.: SYC Halloween dance and costume party.

HOURS

INVERMERE LIBRARY

• Tuesday: 10 a.m. - 5 p.m • Wednesday: 10 a.m - 8 p.m.• Thurs – Saturday: 10 a.m - 5p.m.

RADIUM LIBRARY

• Tuesday: 6 - 8 p.m.• Wed - Thursday: 1 - 4 p.m.• Saturday: 10 a.m. - 1p.m.

WINDERMERE VALLEY MUSEUM

• Tuesday: 12 p.m. - 4 p.m.• Reseach: 7 - 9 p.m.

INVERMERE THRIFT STORE• Thurs - Saturday: 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.

RADIUM THRIFT STORE

• Thursday: 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.• Fri - Saturday: 12 - 4 p.m.

SUMMIT YOUTH CENTRE

• Tuesday: 5 - 9 p.m.• Wednesday: 4 - 9 p.m.• Thursday: 5 - 9 p.m.• Fri - Saturday: 6 - 11 p.m.




Kootenay–ColumbiaAuthorized by the Official Agent for David Wilks

DW4MP.ca

It’s IMPORTANT to get out and VOTE Monday Oct. 19David Wilks

Conservative Candidate • Kootenay–Columbia

Advance Voting Polls are open from noon to 8:00 p.m. October 9–12

“ David Wilks works diligently with the Province, Regional Districts, and Municipalities identifying opportunities to bring government services to Kootenay–Columbia residents. ”– Mayor Lee Pratt

City of Cranbrook

“ David makes a significant contribution to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights. ” – Hon. Peter McKay pc, qc

Attorney General of Canada

FIVE GENERATIONS... Three-generation families tend to be the norm these days for the lucky ones, four generations are a little more rare, but five? The Eugene family in the Shuswap Indian Band can boast a five-generation gathering. Seated is Marge Eugene holding her great-great grandson Jaxx Xavier Eugene, born May 27th, 2015. Standing, left to right, are Jaxx’s mother (Sasha Eugene), grandmother (Stephanie Eugene) and great-grandmother (Audrey Eugene). PhOTO SUBMITTED

BC EWSNB.C. Liberals roasted

over red tape dayTOM FlETchER

Black Press

Opposition politicians ridiculed the B.C. Liberal government Thursdayn (October 1st) for presenting legislation to declare the first Wednesday in March Red Tape Reduction Day.

Some criticisms were comical, such as when Green Par-ty MLA Andrew Weaver joined others in pointing out the irony of spending hours of legislature time to pass a law celebrating reduction of unnecessary procedures. Weaver quoted from outraged constituents posting protests on his Facebook page, comparing the situation to a Monty Py-thon sketch. Others were more sombre. NDP MLA Adrian Dix read off a lengthy list of special days that have been declared in B.C., and compared the latest addition to Ho-locaust Memorial Day. Others suggested the bill was put before the legislature to pad out a thin agenda for the fall legislative session, or to set a trap for the NDP opposition to make them appear to be anti-business.

The B.C. Liberal government has touted the reduction of regulations since it was first elected in 2001.

B.C. Liberal MLA John Martin joined other government mem-bers in defending the bill. Martin said the government has changed rules to make it easier for parents to take their kids fishing, streamlined the process of registering as an organ do-nor, and made it legal to buy local beer and wine in some gro-cery stores. B.C. Liberal MLA Mike Morris said the day will raise public awareness of unnecessary regulations and encourage people to suggest ways to streamline government procedures.


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IJHLKRockies defeat Ghostriders at Eddie Mountain

Breanne [email protected]

The Columbia Valley Rockies won 5-3 against the Fernie Ghostriders at the Ed-die Mountain Memorial Arena on Friday, October 2nd. The Ghostriders finished the 2014-15 regular season at the top of the Eddie Mountain division and second

overall in the league.After Fernie started off the first

with a 2-0 lead, the Columbia Val-ley Rockies Junior B team made a comeback.

“It’s still a work in progress, but ultimately, I’m happy with the results tonight,” said Wade Dubielewicz, Rockies head coach, after the game.

During the second period, Rockies player Damon Raven scored a goal with as-sists from his teammates Kellen Marchand and Layne Hunter. Within three min-utes of the last goal, Rockies player Jayden Jefferson brought the game up to a tie game after an assist from Will Reynish.

However, the Ghostriders slid back into the lead with 11:58 left in the game when Evan Reid dropped in on the Rockies with another point.

But the Columbia Valley Rockies turned heads when Colton Robb, Donoven Quinten and Raven each scored a goal during the third period.

Connor McKay was rewarded for his efforts with the Home Star of the game.

The Rockies were at the top of their game on October 2nd against Fernie. Photos by Breanne Massey


Home Games

CELEBRATING 36 YEARS IN THE KIJHL!

VS. CRESTON VALLEY THUNDER CATS

Friday, October 23rd

7:30 pm

VS. FERNIE GHOSTRIDERS

Sunday, October 25th

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MLA Meeting Day

Friday, October 16

Please call 1 866 870 4188 to book an appointment

Norm Macdonald MLA [email protected]

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Box CityOctober 10th Pothole Park

Sleepover with us (In a cardboard box) on October 10th in Pothole Park, Invermere

To raise awareness for homelessness...Donations accepted to support United Way

All ages welcome. Bring your parents, friends and everyone you know.Please dress very warm. Bring sleeping bags blankets and pillows!

Box building and decorating competition 7 p.m. - 9 p.m. on the 10th.Pancake breakfast in the morning on the 11th for those who stick

it out through the night. Contact [email protected] for more information or call 250-342-3033.

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The strengths and weakness of two Junior B teams were exposed last weekend when the Kimberley Dynamiters claimed a 5-2 victory against the Columbia Val-ley Rockies at the Kimberley Civic Centre on Saturday, October 3rd (Kimberley won the 2014-15 KIJHL Championship).

Dynamiters player Eric Buckley scored the first goal of the game with less than

five minutes left in the first period with assists from Keenan Haase and Justin Meier.

Haase scored another goal at 10:21 and Meier upped the ante at 9:11 of the sec-ond, bringing the Dynamiters to a 3-0 lead against the Rockies.

Dynamiters player Jared Marchi and Eric Buckley added two more goals before the end of the third.

Rockies players Donoven Quintin and Michael Cardinal scored the team’s only goals with 14 minutes left in the game.

IJHLKDynamiters blast Rockies in away game

Rockies defence had a busy night against Kimberley on October3rd, eventually succumbing to the onslaught to lose 5-2 against their rivals down south. Photos courtesy of Jodi L’Heureux Photography


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KIJHL Standings WHL Standings

EddIE MountaIn dIvISIonTEAM GP W L T OT PTS GF/A SKimberley Dynamiters 10 7 1 0 2 16 +21 W4Creston Valley T. Cats 7 6 1 0 0 12 +16 W4Fernie Ghostriders 7 4 2 0 1 9 +5 W1Col. Valley Rockies 9 3 6 0 0 6 -11 L1Golden Rockets 8 0 8 0 0 0 -35 L8

nEIL MurdocH dIvISIonTEAM GP W L T OTL PTS GF/A SB. Valley Nitehawks 8 7 1 0 0 14 +19 L1Castlegar Rebels 9 7 2 0 0 14 +16 W3Nelson Leafs 8 4 4 0 0 8 -6 W1G. Forks Border Bruins 10 3 6 0 1 7 -21 W1Spokane Braves 10 2 5 0 3 7 -11 L1

doug BIrKS dIvISIonTEAM GP W L T OTL PTS GF/A SKamloops Storm 9 7 1 0 1 15 +13 W2Chase Heat 9 6 3 0 0 12 +10 W1100 Mile H. Wranglers 8 4 3 0 1 9 0 W1Revelstoke Grizzlies 8 2 5 0 1 5 -7 L5Sicamous Eagles 8 2 6 0 0 4 -17 L4

oKanagan dIvISIonTEAM GP W L T OTL PTS GF/A SOsoyoos Coyotes 7 5 1 0 1 11 +15 W4Summerland Steam 7 5 2 0 0 10 +8 W1Princeton Posse 9 4 5 0 0 8 -7 L3N. Okanagan Knights 9 3 5 0 1 7 -8 L2Kelowna Chiefs 8 3 5 0 0 6 0 L1

Scoring LeadersPlayer Team GP G A PTS PIM1. Eric Buckley KIM 10 5 14 19 242. Jason Richter KIM 10 11 7 18 23. Rainer Glimpel OSO 7 9 8 17 44. Alec Wilkinson CVT 7 4 12 16 65. Cole Keebler FER 7 9 5 14 106. Logan Mostat CHA 9 8 6 14 447. Kurtis Redding SPO 10 8 6 14 438. Jack Mills SUM 7 6 8 14 149. Braden Fuller BVN 8 4 8 12 1010. James Severs CVT 7 3 9 12 22

Goaltending Leaders (min. one game played)Player Team GAA SP W L T SO 1. Logan Sawka CGR 0.50 .979 2 0 0 12. Brandon Youngson FER 1.00 .974 1 0 0 03. Jason Mailhiot CVT 1.00 .963 1 0 0 04. Brandon Wells BVN 1.50 .952 4 0 0 15. Matthew Huber SUM 1.67 .924 3 0 0 16. Brock Lefebvre CVT 1.68 .952 5 1 0 17. Tyson Brouwer KIM 1.68 .946 5 2 0 28. Tavin Grant KAM 1.96 .923 3 1 0 09. Joseph Mcleod CGR 2.24 .930 4 2 1 110. Daniel Toews CHA 2.27 .924 2 2 0 0

cEntraL dIvISIonTEAM GP W L OTL SL PTS GF/A S Calgary Hitmen 2 2 0 0 0 4 +3 W2Red Deer Rebels 2 2 0 0 0 4 +4 W2Lethbridge Hurricanes 2 1 1 0 0 2 +2 L1Medicine Hat Tigers 2 1 1 0 0 2 -2 W1Edmonton Oil Kings 2 0 1 1 0 1 -4 OTL1 Kootenay Ice 2 0 2 0 0 0 -3 L2 EaSt dIvISIonTEAM GP W L OTL SL PTS GF/A S Brandon Wheat Kings 2 1 0 0 1 3 +2 W1Moose Jaw Warriors 2 1 0 1 0 3 +1 OTL1Saskatoon Blades 2 1 0 1 0 3 +4 OTL1 Prince Albert Raiders 2 1 1 0 0 2 -4 W1Regina Pats 2 1 1 0 0 2 -1 W1Swift Current Broncos 2 1 1 0 0 2 -2 L1

B.c. dIvISIonTEAM GP W L OTL SL PTS GF/A S Vancouver Giants 2 2 0 0 0 4 +4 W2Victoria Royals 2 2 0 0 0 4 +4 W2Kelowna Rockets 3 2 1 0 0 4 +2 L1Prince George Cougars 2 1 1 0 0 2 +2 W1Kamloops Blazers 2 0 2 0 0 0 -5 L2

u.S. dIvISIonTEAM GP W L OTL SL PTS GF/A S Spokane Chiefs 1 1 0 0 0 2 +2 W1Everett Silvertips 2 1 1 0 0 2 -2 L1Seattle Thunderbirds 1 0 1 0 0 0 -1 L1Tri-City Americans 1 0 1 0 0 0 -2 L1Portland Winterhawks 2 0 2 0 0 0 -4 L2

Scoring LeadersPlayer Team GP G A PTS PIM 1. Tyson Baillie KEL 3 4 3 7 42. Alex Forsberg VIC 2 2 5 7 23. Tomas Soustal KEL 3 4 1 5 44. Vladimir Bobylev VIC 2 3 2 5 25. Garrett Pilon KAM 2 3 2 5 26. Michael Spacek RDR 2 3 2 5 07. Connor Gay SAS 2 2 3 5 08. Cameron Hebig SAS 2 2 3 5 29. Jordan Tkatch PAR 2 2 3 5 410. Simon Stransky PAR 2 1 3 4 0

Goaltending Leaders (min. 60 min played)Player Team GAA SP W L OT SO 1. Jordan Papirny BWK 0.96 .952 1 0 1 02. Brendan Burke CGY 1.00 .956 2 0 0 13. Mack Shields PGC 1.00 .962 1 0 0 04. Ty Edmonds PGC 1.00 .971 0 1 0 05. Rylan Toth RDR 1.55 .932 2 0 0 06. Landon Bow SCB 1.95 .957 1 1 0 07. Zach Sawchenko MJW 1.98 .949 1 0 1 08. Payton Lee VAN 2.00 .925 2 0 0 0 9. Brock Hamm SAS 2.00 .920 1 0 0 010. Carter Hart EVE 2.40 .915 1 1 0 1

Steve [email protected]

David Thompson Secondary School (DTSS) stu-dents got a chance to see and hear Kootenay-Colum-bia federal election candidates in person during a students’ forum held in the DTSS theatre last week.

The forum, held on the afternoon of Monday, Sep-

tember 28th, was similar in format to the general all-candidates forum held in same theatre later that evening, but the school forum was moderated by students, and students generated their own ques-tions posed to the candidates.

All four candidates — Conservative incumbent Da-vid Wilks, Green candidate Bill Green, NDP candidate Wayne Stetski and Liberal candidate Don Johnston

— attended the event and fielded questions on the economy and taxes, the environment, Syrian refugees, health care, euthana-sia, legalizing marijuana, gun control, and data security as well as a question from the audience about what they plan to do to en-gage young voters.

“We believe the forum went very well. All the stu-dents in attendance seemed quite attentive and en-gaged in what all the candidates had to say. Each candidate was well-spoken and gave great, insight-ful answers,” said student co-moderator Emily Danyluk, who was also speaking on behalf of fellow student co-moderators Christine Constable and Kaitlyn Raven.

Although virtually all of the roughly 70 students who came to the forum will not be old enough to vote in the October 19th election, the student mod-erator still felt the event was worthwhile.

“It is important for students to pay attention to this election even if they’re too young to vote

because soon enough they will be at the age where they are able to vote and it’s important that they do. The more they know about elections that have hap-pened, the better they will be able to choose which candidate they want to represent them,” said Emily. “Also, by paying attention to the election, they can find their own opinions about how they believe their country should be run and what aspects of govern-

ment they believe are the most important.”

The students say they chose to be moderators because they felt, by asking the candidates the ques-tions and being more actively in-volved in the forum, they would gain a deeper understanding of each political party’s’ platform.

“This forum helped shape our views and opinions on the candidates and on the election in general be-cause it gave us a better understanding about who may be running our country and a more in-depth look at each party’s’ beliefs and what their main ob-jectives are in governing Canada,” said Emily, adding that one of the moderators (although she didn’t say exactly who) went into the forum believing strongly in a certain party, but came out of the forum believ-ing strongly in another party.

The moderators did say they felt both Stetski and Wilks spoke well, although they added they felt Wilks seemed defensive at times, while Stetski seemed to have strong, developed thoughts on each topic.

High school students hold candidates forum

About 70 students attended the All-Candidates Forum held at David Thompson Secondary School (DTSS) on the afternoon of Monday, September 28th. All four Kootenay-Columbia riding candidate in the coming federal election were there and took questions generated by DTSS students. Photo by Steve Hubrecht

All the students in attendance

seemed quite attentive and engaged in what all the candidates had to say.

emily danylukStudent co-moderator

CANADA VOTES!


PINIONO

One of our Kootenay communities re-cently received a massive blow, affect-

ing not just the Village of Canal Flats, but also workers throughout the area.

The closure of the mill, the community’s big-gest employer, will be devastating.

There has been a mill in Canal Flats for more than 100 years, using wood from the forests that surround Canal Flats.

Following the closure announcement, Canal Flats Mayor Ute Juras and I met with the Pre-mier and the Minister of Jobs, Tourism and Skills Training.

I appreciate that meeting with the Premier, and I found the Premier’s commitment to helping find a replacement industry for the mill encouraging.

Our communities are surrounded by healthy forests and there are new markets for manufactured wood products. There are new and exciting wood products that could be manufactured, so there are reasons to be optimistic.

However, the truth is that this is an effort that will be complicated by the lack of control and influence our gov-ernment now has to manage the use of our forests for lo-cal jobs.

In 2003, the B.C. Liberal government ended the connec-tion between communities and their surrounding forests in many ways. They removed the requirement on corpo-rations to ensure local jobs came from local wood. Cor-porations with rights to cut in an area can now ship that wood anywhere in the province.

Back in the 1990s when I was in local government, com-

munities like Revelstoke got control of their surrounding forests and established a Com-munity Forest Corporation to support their local manufacturers.

In that same timeframe, Golden was able to save its threatened mill, and that mill still op-erates to this day.

The 2003 changes removed the tools to protect local mills that had promoted Revel-stoke’s and Golden’s forest industry to pro-vide employment in the community.

But as the assurances for local employment were removed by the BC Liberals, we watched as 200 mills across British Columbia were permanently closed.

This shift in policy had consequences. Residents of Ca-nal Flats and the laid-off workers from the Canal Flats op-eration can still watch truckloads of local wood driven out of their area to other mills. This forestry policy does not serve this community or this area.

So while I am thankful that the Premier is willing to work with the Village of Canal Flats to find a replacement indus-try, the position that Canal Flats finds itself in is a conse-quence of actions taken by government in 2003.

We live in an area that is rich in opportunity with capa-ble and entrepreneurial citizens so there is always reason to be optimistic.

But this is a crisis that the Village of Canal Flats should not have been forced to face.

Norm Macdonald is the NDP MLA for Columbia River Rev-elstoke. He can be reached by phone at 1-866-870-4188 and by email at [email protected].

Canal Flats mill closure was preventableEPORTR

MLAEPORTRERE

ORMNMACDONALD

STRATEGIC from A7

Only if those of us who want the Harper Conservatives gone vote to-gether, will we have a chance to rid ourselves of the most undemocratic regime in Canada’s history.

This is the unfortunate reality with our current “first past the post” elec-tion system. Right now, those voters in Kootenay Columbia wanting to see change in Ottawa number 63 percent, but if we divvy those votes between the three other candidates, the probable outcome is we will not see any change.

When the NDP forms the next gov-ernment, they have committed to bring in proportional representation for the next federal election. Under this much fairer election system, ev-ery party gets a say in Parliament based on the overall percentage of their national vote.

No longer would we have a repeat of the last four years where the Harper Conservatives, who got only 39 per-cent of the overall national vote, have dictated to the majority opposition with 61 percent of the votes.

For Kootenay-Columbia voters, this is clearly an opportunity to supersize your vote!

Yours truly,

Gary WerkCranbrook


Grants Available for Fish and Wildlife Projects

The FWCP is a partnership between BC Hydro, the Province of B.C., Fisheries and Oceans Canada, First Nati ons, and Public Stakeholders to conserve and enhance fi sh and wildlife impacted by BC Hydro dams.

The Upper Kootenay Ecosystem Enhancement Plan (UKEEP) is a locally-made conversati on plan that guides project funding from the Fish and Wildlife Compensa-ti on Program (FWCP) in the upper Kootenay River and Koocanusa Reservoir area. It was developed in partnership with Columbia Basin Trust, and we’re looking for local groups and individuals to who want a grant to help deliver on some of the conservati on acti ons.

Visit our new website at fwcp.ca where you can:

• Read the Plan, select an acti on, and apply for a grant using our new online grant applicati on.• Learn about our priority acti ons. This year the Columbia Region Board is encouraging grant applicati ons to support restorati on or enhancement of stream habitat, wetlands or riparian areas.

Contact Columbia Region Manager, Crystal Klym at [email protected] or 250-365-4591 to discuss your grant applicati on and our grants. Submission Deadline Nov. 13, 2015.

CANFOR from A5

All of this is to guarantee the garden/park remains a vibrant and fun place to explore for all visitors and a safe and fruitful place, all puns intended, for the gardeners.”

The decision to clarify the garden’s usage was made after a series of trials and errors within the community. “It is an experiment in community co-operation,” said Kliavkoff. “So far, we have had a fi rst year of hiccups and

bumps along the way, but on the whole, it has been a huge success.”She concluded her presentation by informing council that the Rotary Gardens in Radium Hot Springs will re-

main open during the winter, but the gardening shed will be locked to protect their materials.Councillor Todd Logan was designated as the Village of Radium Hot Springs’ liaison with the Garden Committee.

Negotiating event co-ordinator’s contractThe negotiations for Patrick Tolchard to become Radium’s event co-ordinator at Tourism Radium are expected

to resume shortly for the 2016 season. Mr. Read brought the concept of renewing Mr. Tolchard’s contract to council to ask if there were any questions and concerns. Overall, council was ultimately pleased with the deci-sion to move forward and keep Mr. Tolchard on staff to plan events and concerts in the community.

Tax sale updateThere was no tax sale for Radium properties in arrears this fall.“Delinquent taxes are taxes that have been unpaid for three years,” said Karen Sharp, Village of Radium Hot

Springs chief fi nancial offi cer. “By legislation, the municipalities must take the properties to tax sale the last Monday of September.”

Sharp began collecting overdue taxes on July 3rd and promptly settled the remaining accounts.“For Radium, as soon as the tax due date of July 3rd had passed, we began contacting owners in a delinquent

position,” said Sharp. “By working with the individuals, all of the accounts have cleared the delinquent status and Radium will not be holding a tax sale on Monday, September 28th.”

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If you’re ready to vote early, you can vote at your advance polling place between October 9 and 12, from noon to 8:00 p.m.

Or you can vote at any Elections Canada office across the country any day until October 13 at 6:00 p.m.

For all voting locations, check your voter information card, visit elections.ca or call 1-800-463-6868 ( TTY 1-800-361-8935).

Elections Canada has all the information you need to be ready to vote.

You can vote in advance.

Away or busy on October 19?

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SUBMITTEDFriends of the Invermere Library

Fall is a busy season for the Friends of the Invermere Library. Following up on the very successful BIG Book Sale in July, the Friends are working on more ways for library lovers to show their support.

At the invitation of Home Hardware, the Friends will stage the ‘Twas the Book Sale before Christmas. This sale of gently used books features winter and Christmas titles as well as books for gifts and books to curl up with when the weather gets cold. The sale takes place inside Home Hardware on the weekend of December 5th and 6th.

The Friends encourage you to donate your used books to assist with this new venture. Please bring books to the library during opening hours.

Watch for more details of this exciting new library event.

Love your libraryOMMUNITYC

FORUM from A6

better access for local business owners and solutions to deal with the six per cent unemployment cap that makes our com-munity ineligible for the program.

Temporary foreign workers should never be allowed to displace Canadians. They should be paid the same as Canadian work-ers with stiff penalties for employers who abuse the program or the workers. These abusive employers should then be black-listed and unable to access the program at any point in the future. That said, our local employers need access to the program and they need it quickly. Let’s hope the candi-dates step up quickly with a detailed solu-tion to the problem.


A look back through � e Valley Echo's archives over the last 56 years

REMEMBER WHEN?

55 years ago (1960): Invermere was

dealing with a water short-age brought on by a rap-idly expanding population and a corresponding in-crease in development in the town. Of� cials called a referendum to determine whether they should try to increase the water sup-ply by improving existing wells or by developing a resevoir at Paddy Ryan Lakes.

50 years ago (1965): The Valley Echo

� nished moving from a location on upper Third Street to lower Third Street. The staff had made the move to the new location in August, but it wasn’t until early October that the printing equipment � nally joined them.

45 years ago (1970): A young Edge-

water boy was found unharmed after spend-ing a night out in the backcountry by Pinna-cle Creek. The boy has been out hunting with his mother when the two became separated. Park

warden Art Hanley found the boy the next morn-ing. He had burrowed un-der a pile of tree boughs he had made in order to keep warm through the night.

40 years ago (1975): The Regional Dis-

trict of East Kootenay (RDEK) board of direc-tors voted against the Kootenay Library System Society’s proposal to cre-ate a network of librar-ies across the Kootenay region. The directors pointed to a host of oth-er expensive programs looming on the RDEK agenda as the reason for rejecting the proposal.

35 years ago (1980): A pet elk habitu-

ated to humans was mak-ing news in Windermere. The elk was two years old and had been raised by the owners of JN Ranch after it had been orphaned as a baby.

30 years ago (1985): Invermere mayor

Joe Conroy, MLA James Chabot and provincial Minister of Municipal

Affairs Bill Ritchie un-veiled a new plaque at In-vermere’s cenotaph. The event formally kicked off the downtown revitaliza-tion project.

25 years ago (1990): Residents of the

village of Radium Hot Springs voted to of� cial-ly incorporate their vil-lage. The referendum on the matter had 113 Ra-dium residents voting in favour of incorporating and 78 residents voting against the move.

15 years ago (2000): Local Canal Flats

teen Jessie McKersie was named one of eight B.C. high school students to form a special advisory team for the Ministry of Education. Jessie was picked for the team due to her role on student coun-cil, her athletic achieve-ments and her volunteer track record.

10 years ago (2005): Local of� cials cut

the ribbon on the new Mt. Nelson Athletic Park � eld house. It had been two years in the making.

2007 — The new play-ground equipment at

Canal Flats gave great satisfaction to village

kids Yarrow Entner-Doyle and Joseph Boyle-Colangelo.

ECHO FILE PHOTO

2007 — The new play-ground equipment at

Canal Flats gave great satisfaction to village

kids Yarrow Entner-

Clark spends on rural communities, fi re preventionTOM FLETCHER

Black Press

Premier Christy Clark peppered her annual address to local politicians with spending announcements on Friday, September 25th, mostly aimed at smaller and rural communities.

Clark emphasized the outsized contribution of small resource communities to the provincial econ-omy, and said the extra help is made possible by the B.C. government’s spending control that has left three straight budget surpluses.

A $75 million “rural dividend” will be available over three years to communities of fewer than 25,000 peo-ple that are outside urban areas. The fund is to di-

versify local economies, but details won’t be released until March 2016.

Clark warned of increasingly severe forest fi re sea-sons due to planetary warming, announcing a $10 mil-lion top-up to B.C.’s forest fi re prevention program to control fuel in interface areas. The program started in 2004 and has been criticized for focusing on local plans rather than action. The forests ministry says more than 780 square kilometres have been treated so far.

Clark also announced a $90 million extension to the infrastructure fund for small communities, which started last year and is funded 50-50 by the federal and provincial governments. It’s available to com-munities under 100,000 people, covering up to two-thirds of eligible projects, with applications accepted

starting October 30th.Urban communities will likely benefi t most from a

$5 million addition to the province’s “guns and gangs” strategy, which targets prolifi c and gang-related of-fenders and school programs to warn young people away from gang involvement.

While Clark received a standing ovation before and after her speech to the Union of B.C. Municipalities convention in Vancouver, discussion before her ar-rival showed not everyone is pleased with the gov-ernment’s direction. An event that began with a small protest outside against the Site C dam project begin-ning on the Peace River ended with a resolution to re-verse Victoria’s forced exclusion of the affected land from the agricultural land reserve.

BC EWSN


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A-CHEAP, LOWEST PRICES STEEL SHIPPING Dry Storage Containers Used 20’40’45’53’ and insulated con-tainers all sizes in stock. 40’ containers as low as $2,200DMG. Huge freezers. Experienced wood carvers needed, full time. Ph Toll free 24 hours 1-866-528-7108 or 1-778-298-3192 8am-5pm. De-livery BC and AB www.rtccon-tainer.com

Misc. for SaleSAWMILLS FROM only $4,397. Make money and save money with your own bandmill. Cut lumber any dimension. In stock ready to ship. Free info & DVD: 1-800-566-6899 Ext:400OT or www.Norwood Sawmills.com/400OT

STEEL BUILDINGS. Madness Sale! All buildings, all models. You’ll think we’ve gone mad deals. Call now and get your deal. Pioneer Steel, 1-800-668-5422. www.pioneersteel.ca

Misc. WantedPrivate Coin Collector Lookingto Buy Collections, OlympicGold & Silver Coins, Estates +Chad: 778-281-0030, Local.

Rentals

Suites, Lower

Invermere, lower half up/down duplex, 3 bdrm, private entrance, storage shed, 5 appliances, N/S, N/P, $900/mth, includes

water. Phone 403-651-0008

Windermere: Bright, newly renovated, no smoking,

2 bdrm, 1 bath, lower level walkout suite on spacious acreage. Avail Oct. 1st. All appliance included. Large, bright windows and access

to an attached garage. Asking $800/mth + 50% utilities. Not pets allowed. For inquiries or to book a viewing, please contact

Derek 250-341-7781

Townhouses

Downtown Invermere: Beautiful new three level

townhouse. 2 bdrm + den, 1 1/2 bath, oversized single car garage with parking stall.

Tons of storage, fi ve appliances + microwave,

gas fi replace, kitchen nook, front and back decks with

amazing views, great location. Available Oct 15th. $1100/mth + utilities, N/S, N/P. contact Deborah at

403-609-8413

Transportation

Auto Financing


To advertise, call: 250-341-6299

READY MIX CONCRETE• CONCRETE PUMP • SAND & GRAVEL

• HEAVY EQUIPMENT RENTALS • CRANE SERVICE

For competitive prices and prompt service call:

250-342-3268 (plant) 250-342-6767 (office)

Proudly serving the Valley for over 50 years.

Bruce Dehart 250-347-9803 or 250-342-5357

• Complete sewer/drain repairs• Reasonable rates - Seniors’ discount• Speedy service - 7 days a week

• A well-maintained septic system should be pumped every 2-3 years• Avoid costly repairs

Septic Tank PumpingPortable

Toilet Rentals

NEWSEWERCAMER

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Sholinder & MacKaySand & Gravel

Complete line of aggregate productsfor construction and landscaping

Office: 250-342-6452 • 250-342-3773 Cell: 250-342-5833

To advertise, call: 250-341-6299Serving the valley

250-342-4433 • Open 7 days a weekNATIONWIDE GUARANTEE

• Tires• Suspension• Alignment

• Brakes• Oil Changes• Air Conditioners

Your Winter Tire Super Store

OVERWINTERING PESTS!

...want in for the winter• Flies • Spiders • Rodents

- we offer a pro-active approach to stop them COLD!

www.cranbrookpestcontrol.com

Cranbrook Pest Control250-426-9586

A Member ofBetter Business Bureau

N EW S PA P E R


� e sta� at � e Pioneer and Echo require a full day to

fatten themselves up on � anksgiving goodies.

Our o� ce will be closed Monday, October 12th

and will re-open Tuesday, October 13th

at 8:30 a.m.

CorreCTion

In the weekly Remember When feature in September 30th Echo, Cst. Rob Weaver was mistakenly referred to as Ron Weav-er. The Echo apologizes for the error.

BC Hydro representatives join Groundswell staff and participants in the soils convention at the Community Greenhouse on Friday, September 19th. Photo submitted

OMMUNITYC

SubmittedBC Hydro

During the Soils and Sustainability Convention in Invermere on September 19, 2015, BC Hydro presented a $5,000 donation to Groundswell Network Society.

The grant for Groundswell Living Soil and Compost Centre of Best Practice was made through BC Hydro’s Donations & Sponsorship program, which supports initiatives and events with a focus on environmental sustainability that foster personal and organizational action for clean energy and conservation in B.C.

Groundswell’s projects help BC Hydro create a sustainable energy future for British Colum-bia by managing our impacts on the environment and fostering an energy conservation and efficiency culture.

Groundswell Living Soil and Compost Centre helps communities throughout the region by providing an increased level of soils and composting expertise that will impact solid waste management, local food production, education and social engagement.

BC Hydro donates $5,000 to Groundswell


Visit columbiavalleyarts.com for our current events calendar, or call 250-342-4423.

What does ARTmean to you?

Happy BirtHday to pynelogs!1914 - 2014

Celebrating 100 years

Fresh Fridays – Youth Open Mic Friday October 9th at 7 pmCinefest Film Series Tuesday October 13th at 7 pmValley Sessions - Monthly Concert Series Saturday October 17th at 7 pm

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OKTOBERFEST BY THE LAKEThe third annual District of Invermere Oktoberfest was celebrated by all ages in downtown Invermere on Saturday, October 3rd. Food, beer steins, bouncy castles, live music and more were offered up during the fes-tivities that lasted from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Clockwise from bottom: the Legion’s beer garden was buzzing with beer-happy folks; Dandelions (husband and wife duo Ben and Shilo Cameron) donned lederhosen and dirndl attire for their performance; Adisyn Flower, 5, got some speed on one of the many children-friendly features at the event; four JA Laird students were accepting donations for their upcoming Me to We trip; guitarist Dean Kendrick with Sheberdean & the Postmistress grins for the camera underneath his German party hat.

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Invermere Valley Echo, October 07, 2015