Invermere Valley Echo, October 14, 2015

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Mass confusion on where to cast a vote during advance polling days held over the Thanksgiving long weekend left multiple Upper Columbia Valley voters frustrated, disillusioned and even led to some giving up on voting in the federal election day altogether.

Alan Kirton has lived and voted in Invermere for more than 20 years, and thought nothing was amiss when he walked into the Invermere Community Hall on Friday, October 9th to cast his advance vote at polling station 603 — located at the Invermere Community Hall as indicated on his voter informa-tion card. However, at the hall he was told he was actually at polling station 604 and that he would have to go to polling station 603 at the Radium Se-niors’ Hall to vote.

“So I said ‘I’ve been refused the right

to vote,’ and they said, ‘No, you hav-en’t, you just have to go to Radium to do it.’ But I’m not going to go to Radi-um. They (Elections Canada) can bring the information here, otherwise I’m not going to vote,” said Kirton.

Kirton says that when he called the of-fi ce of Nelson-based Kootenay-Columbia returning offi cer Rob Switzer, “the woman I spoke to admitted it was a huge mess, and (said the problem) was right across Canada.”

Invermere resident Stan Markham corroborated Kirton’s account, saying that while attempting to cast an advance ballot, he talked to a number of Invermere residents who were showing up at the community hall as per their voter information cards, and then being told to go to Radium. He had also talked to a number of Radium residents who had gone to the Radium

Seniors’ Hall to vote — as per their vot-er information cards — and were then sent to Invermere.

Markham added some of the people he talked to had received updated vot-er information cards in the mail the morning of Friday, October 9th and had no trouble voting with their corrected

cards.“I would say close

to half the people I talked with were be-ing sent to Radium,” he said, adding he came across one mar-

ried couple living at the same address whose voter information cards sent one to the Radium polling station and the other had a card with the Inver-mere station.

“One older couple was clearly disgust-ed and said they were not going to Ra-dium and were not going to vote,” said Markham. “A lot of people were annoyed,

but nobody really got out of hand. It’s pretty unbelievable. I can’t even come up with word a to describe it.”

Markham was dealing with a differ-ent voter registration issue on October 9th — which is why he spent so long in the community hall — that left him ultimately unable to vote. He never received a voter information card in the mail so on Tuesday, October 6th he tried to sort the matter out online and then on the phone with Elections Canada. Neither options worked so he took his identifi cation with him to reg-ister at the advance poll in Invermere and waited an hour and a half for a vot-er address map or book to arrive from Golden. It never came.

“In the end I couldn’t vote today (Oc-tober 9th), because they didn’t know if I was supposed to vote in Invermere or Radium,” he said.“I do have an odd ad-dress (he lives in a neighbourhood on

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Liberal, Green candidates don’t support strategic votingNicole Trigg

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The notion of strategic voting has been gaining momentum in the lead up to the October 19th elec-tion among voters against the “first past the post” system who want to see electoral reform before the next federal election in 2019.

With the Conservatives vowing to maintain the cur-rent voting system, the NDP — who promise to legis-late an end to first past the post if elected — are be-ing touted as the party in the Kootenay-Columbia to vote for, based on polls that give them the strongest chance of winning what’s traditionally been a Con-servative riding — a perceived advantage that NDP candidate Wayne Stetski has been campaigning on.

In the September 11th Black Press Q&A question on proportional representation, Stetski asked vot-ers in the Kootenay-Columbia “to vote together for the NDP to stop Stephen Harper.”

“My promise to traditional Green and Liberal vot-ers in this area is that once the NDP brings in pro-portional representation, you will never have to vote strategically again,” he said.

But according to Bill Green and Don John-ston, the two MP candidates who stand to lose votes if Kootenay-Columbia voters turn to strategic voting, the “anything but Harper” route isn’t the answer. They both encourage people to cast a “positive vote.”

“Political scientists have shown why strategic voting doesn’t work,” said Green Party candidate Bill Green. “There are two reasons. Firstly, it is unlikely that you can convince the necessary number of voters to vote for the same ‘second choice’ party. Ev-eryone has different voting preferences. Sec-ondly, people have to guess which party has the best chance based on some combination of past election results and current polling.

Both provide very poor guidance. Candidates, cam-paigns and issues change from election to election, and polls, particularly at the riding level, are usually wrong.”

Liberal Party candidate Don Johnston echoed Green’s opinion on how misleading polls can be.

“The real shame with these polls is that they paint a false picture. Leadnow (one of the strategic voting websites) doesn’t review the momentum shift or the impact of national support, and it won’t conduct a second poll without crowdfunding.”

He added the local NDP are unlikely to fund a new poll because if it shows erosion of their support, their platform collapses.

“As someone wrote to the editor of the Nelson Star, when your primary debate message is to vote stra-tegically against Mr. Harper, it says, ‘don’t look too closely at my policies, my leader, or our candidate’,” said Johnston. “Mr. Stetski tells every audience that he is a ‘fiscally responsible green NDPer,’ that three progressive parties really don’t have many differ-ences, and that polls show he is the only one who

can beat our MP. The first line doesn’t tell me much about his political commitment. The second is a dis-tortion of Green and Liberal policy. The third point is simply false.”

“The fact is there are very substantial and impor-tant policy differences among the non-Conservative parties,” agrees Green. “Electoral co-operation, through agreements negotiated between parties at the national level, could be a powerful and effective way to address vote-splitting. But an electoral co-operation strategy requires agreement among the parties well before the campaign begins. Both the Liberals and NDP rejected Green Party attempts at co-operation.

“There was a huge push for strategic voting during the 2011 election campaign. It failed miserably, with the Conservative Party obtaining its first majority since the mid-1990s,” he said.

“Strategic voting is a bad strategy,” said Johnston. “It shifts votes in different directions and, by the end of the election, nobody knows what people re-ally wanted to vote for.”

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LovinglyRemembered

Donald David Boker1936 – 2015

On behalf of his family, it is with great sadness, but joy for Don, that we announce his passing after 10 years in Columbia House. Don was born August 12, 1936 in Invermere, B.C. and grew up in Edgewater, B.C.Don graduated from SAIT in Electronics and went to work for the Canadian government and lived in Ottawa and Resolute Bay, then Banff with the University of Calgary where

he met his wife Helga Ann Svendsen. They were married in Toronto in 1964. After marriage, they made their home in Calgary, where their first daughter Linda Maria was born, then moved to Ottawa with the National Research Council where their second daughter Joanne Sandra, was born. The mountains were a magnet and they moved back to Edgewater in 1974. Being a “Jack of all Trades,” he held many jobs when he moved home: T-bar jockey at Panorama, plumber, mechanic, hospital maintenance ,before becoming manager and partner of Panorama Cable. He was also owner and repairman of Invermere Dry Cleaners.Until his illness, Don was a Rotarian of many years, a volunteer fireman, mountain friend at Panorama, a Citizen on Patrol, a liaison for the RCMP, and jail guard. He volunteered for any organization that asked him to help.He built their family home plus one more home later on, but they moved back to the first home so he could build an open cockpit fun airplane. He was not able to complete it before

his illness took over.He loved his Comanche airplane and flying was his passion. He also found time to hike, play ball, play Old Timers Hockey and travel with his family.Don will be sadly missed by his wife Helga of 50 years, his daughters Linda (Dwayne) Spence, Joanne Waite and his grandchildren Nicolis, Daniel, Brendin Spence, Alyssa, Andrea, and Derek Waite. He will be missed by his sister Frances (Fred)Jamieson, brother Doug (Susan), Sister Geraldine Cabelguen and many nieces and nephews.He was predeceased by his parents, Ernst & Maud Boker and his son-in-law Steve Waite.A celebration of Don’s life will take place on Saturday, October 17th, 2015 at 2:30 p.m. at Lake Windermere Alliance Church.If friends so desire, memorial tributes may be made to Columbia House or a charity of your choice.Arrangements entrusted to McPherson Funeral Service. Condolences for the family may be left at www.mcphersonfh.com.

Urban deer funding welcomed by Invermere Steve HubrecHt

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The B.C. government’s announce-ment that it will help fund urban deer issues in local municipalities should result in some tax dollars saved for Invermere residents.

The commitment, which was made during the Union of British Columbia Municipalities (UBCM) meeting in late September, was for $100,000 a year, and the move was welcomed by Invermere mayor Gerry Taft.

“They’ve set up a more formal com-mittee to work out the protocol of how this pot of money is going to work and it’s going to take some time to figure that out,” said Taft. “But it probably will be that future deer culls and relo-cation programs will be partly paid for by the province, so that lessens the cost borne by Invermere taxpayers.”

The District of Invermere, as well as other East Kootenay municipalities in-undated with deer, have been seeking financial help on the issue from the Province (which technically has juris-

diction over all wildlife in B.C., including urban deer) for years.

The recent funding commitment fol-lowed on the heels of recommenda-tions (for the provincial government to contribute money to the issue) made by a committee formed of local govern-ments and groups such as the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Ani-mals (SPCA).

“It’s a really good step and in my mind it’s precedent-setting because it’s the first time the province has acknowledged that it’s a shared problem,” said Taft.

While details on how municipalities with deer problems can go about ac-cessing the new funding aren’t clear yet, what is clear is that all such municipali-

ties will be splitting that $100,000 a year. “Of course, we (municipalities with

deer) all think there could be a bit more money in the pot as it’s entirely possible for just one municipality to use up all the $100,000 on just one relo-cation study or one deer cull. But still, it’s a good first step,” said Taft.

Invermere launched a deer cull last year that resulted in 26 deer culled in the district. The three-year permit the district obtained from the province for the cull will last until December 2017, but only allows deer to be culled be-tween December 1st and March 15th in any given year.

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One third of Canadians feel a “weak sense of commu-nity belonging” due partially to discrimination and social isola-tion, according to the Commu-nity Foundations of Canada’s recent national report entitled “Belonging: Exploring connec-tion to community.”

The report is part of the Com-munity Foundations of Canada’s national Vital Signs program.

“Belonging is a defining issue that’s central to some of today’s most pressing realities,” said Ian Bird, president of Community Foundations Canada in a recent press release. “When we look at the challenges facing our commu-nities and our country right now, from our inclusion of refugees to opportunities for greater recon-ciliation with aboriginal peoples to our increasingly diverse cities,

belonging is at the heart of our connection to one anoth-er and how accepting we are of difference and diversity.”

In addition, the report’s findings included: supportive interactions between people are one of the strongest factors found to increase community belonging; people who feel they belong to a community are more likely to contribute with others for the common good; visible mi-norities are more likely to identify with a new national identity if they feel their ethnicity is publicly respected; and Aboriginal communities that have maintained more elements of their culture and a greater level of self-gov-ernance feel more individual identity and community connection.

With this year’s launch of the Vital Signs report to un-veil what Canadian felt about belonging, the Community Foundations of Canada has plans to focus on making na-tional improvements for the next three years, leading up to Canada’s 150th anniversary in 2017.

With that goal in mind, the Columbia Valley Community Foundation has plans to issue its own local Vital Signs re-port to assess the well-being of valley residents next year.

“On September 14th, our board voted that we are going to do a Vital Signs report in the Columbia Valley in 2016,” said Laurie Klassen, executive director at the Columbia Valley Community Foundation.

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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.

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BYLAW 2644Public Hearing Notice - Bylaw Amendment

Upper Columbia Valley Zoning Bylaw - EdgewaterThe Regional District of East Kootenay (RDEK) Board of Directors is considering an application by Michael Maione to amend the Upper Columbia Valley Zoning Bylaw. If approved, the bylaw will amend the zoning designation of the subject properties from R-1, Single Family Residential Zone to R-1(MH), Single Family Residential - Mobile Home Zone. The owner wishes to place a modular home on one of the subject properties located at 4809 Cordillera Avenue in Edgewater as shown on the attached map.

Bylaw No. 2644 cited as “Regional District of East Kootenay – Upper Columbia Valley Zoning Bylaw No. 900, 1992 – Amendment Bylaw No. 306, 2015 (Edgewater / Maione)” will amend the designation of Lots 25 and 26, Block 10, District Lot 353, Kootenay District, Plan 1185 from R-1, Single Family Residential Zone to R-1(MH), Single Family Residential - Mobile Home Zone.

A public hearing will be held at: Edgewater Community Hall 4818 Selkirk Avenue

Edgewater, BC Tuesday, October 27, 2015 at 7:00 pm

The Board has delegated the holding of this hearing to the Directors for Electoral Area F, Electoral Area G and the Village of Radium Hot Springs.

If you believe that your interest in property is affected by the proposed Bylaw, you may prior to the hearing:

• inspect the Bylaw and supporting information at the RDEK office in Cranbrook from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm Monday through Friday, excluding statutory holidays;

• mail, fax or email written submissions to the addresses/numbers shown below; or

• present written and/or verbal submissions at the hearing.

Submissions cannot be accepted after the public hearing.

All written submissions are public information pursuant to the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act.

This notice is not an interpretation of the Bylaw. For more information, contact Jean Terpsma, Planning Technician, at 250-489-2791, toll free at 1-888-478-7335, or email [email protected].

Fairmont OCP underwayBREANNE MASSEY

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The process of creating a new Offi cial Community Plan (OCP) for the Fairmont Hot Springs and Columbia Lake area has begun.

“It is anticipated that public consultation will commence in November,” said Andrew McLeod, Regional District of East Kootenay (RDEK) manager of planning and development services. “People will likely be receiving a newslet-ter, questionnaire in their mailbox and an invitation to one or more introductory public meetings for the planning process.”

The RDEK Board of Directors re-cently authorized the decision to start preparing a new OCP, as the existing OCP for the area was ad-opted in 2004.

“Part of it is to check in with res-idents and landowners of the area to see what their needs and pri-orities are,” said Mr. McLeod. “If the current plan is meeting their needs or not — and if not, what needs to be changed.”

The OCP from 2004 extends south from Lake Windermere and includes Fairmont Hot Springs, the communities down the west side of Columbia Lake, which in-cludes Columbia Ridge estates.

“What we’re proposing, at least on a preliminary basis, is to ex-pand the boundary of the plan to include the other private land holdings that exist in Electoral Area F south of Fairmont, spe-cifi cally Whitetail Lake, Findlay Creek and Whiteswan Lake,” said Mr. McLeod, “and other proper-ties around Columbia Lake.”

Mr. McLeod encourages the Co-lumbia Valley community to keep an eye on the RDEK website for updates about the OCP.

Parks Plan AmendedThe Wilmer Community Park

(formerly known as Selkirk Park) will now be designated as an Elec-toral Area G Regional Park.

“What that means is that it will become part of our RDEK park’s plan,” said Kevin Paterson, RDEK environmental services manager. “Hence the amendment. It’s essen-tially just a green space that the RDEK will have the responsibility for maintaining and looking after.”

The RDEK’s Crown lease was re-cently renewed and the Province has approved RDEK’s manage-ment plan for the park.

“We went to the community on to see what their level of interest was in terms of the RDEK acquir-

ing the licence of occupation for it and they felt that they would like the RDEK to operate rather than have it go back to the Crown,” said Mr. Paterson, noting there was no desire to develop the area. “Beyond basic things, we’ll look at some signage, if there’s any dan-gerous tree issues or anything like that. We’ll look at that from the RDEK’s perspective but there’s no developments at this time.”

Fuel Management FundingA request for fuel management

funding for Panorama has been submitted.

The RDEK has submitted an application for funding under the Strategic Wildfi re Preven-tion Initiative Program for a fuel management prescription at Pan-orama Mountain Resort through the Union of BC Municipalities (UBCM). If the application for Fuel Management Funding is success-ful, the RDEK will administer the grant funding.

“Hopefully they’ll be successful because it’s a two-part applica-tion,” said Sanford Brown, RDEK building and protective services manager.. “This part is for pre-scription, which means they will hire a consultant or a forester who will go in and say, ‘Ok, this is how we’re going to do the fuel manage-ment in this area’… and it also gives an estimate as to the costs.”

Eddie fees stay the sameIce skaters and their families

may be relieved to fi nd out that there are no anticipated changes to user costs at the Eddie Moun-tain Memorial Arena in spite of the operational changes that have taken place.

There was a Regulation and Fee Bylaw adopted to allow the RDEK to keep the user fees and rental rates consistent with those of the Columbia Valley Recreation Soci-ety for the 2015-16 season.

“All of the clubs and organiza-tions that currently have user agreements with the Columbia Valley Recreation Society will be renewing those under the RDEK name and there won’t be any changes to those,” added Mr. Pat-erson. “We certainly don’t want to disrupt any of the programs or ac-tivities that are going on there… and we want to quell any rumours that the rates are going to go up or anything.”

In addition, there were no chang-es made to staffi ng throughout the transition of the agreement.

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Niqab not a way to win an electionDEAN MIDYETTE

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So, now it’s not about the economy or security, it’s about the niqab and wheth-er a Muslim woman has the right to wear the religious facial covering during citi-zenship ceremonies. This is known as a “wedge issue,” which seeks to split citi-zens and political parties along divisive lines. The issue has gained a lot of trac-tion with 83 per cent of Canadians that were surveyed supporting the require-ment that women remove niqabs or bur-kas during the ceremony. The survey was ordered by Stephen Harper and paid for by Canadian taxpayers. It cost $133,000.

In early September, the Federal Court

ruled that the ban was unlawful. The rul-ing was immediately appealed and the Federal Court of Appeals has refused to suspend its ruling. Zunera Ishaq is still required to remove her niqab, in private and in front of an official, before taking her oath, but may wear it during the cer-emony as she becomes a new Canadian.

In response, Stephen Harper has ramped up the dialogue on the campaign trail by vowing to pass legislation within 100 days of taking office that will ban the wearing of the niqab by public servants.

We have seen this dog-and-pony show before, in a number of different forms. During the Quebec election in 2014, Pre-mier Pauline Marois made the Charter of Quebec Values the central election issue,

which proposed a prohibition on wearing or displaying conspicuous religious sym-bols for public sector employees. During the 2005 election in England, Conserva-tives used slogans such as “It’s Not Rac-ist to Impose Limits on Immigration” on election signs. That campaign was run by Lynton Crosby, who has now been hired to advise the Conservative campaign in this election. Both the Parti Quebecois and the English Conservatives lost their respective elections.

Let’s be clear. The Charter of Rights and Freedoms ensures that all Canadians have fundamental freedoms, including freedom of religion. The Charter also af-firms that we are a multicultural country

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Last week, I joined col-leagues and partners

from all over the Columbia Basin in a workshop titled “The Aging Kootenays: Ex-ploring Impacts and Opportu-nities,” a day-long workshop exploring the implications of the Kootenay-Boundary’s ag-ing population.

The keynote speaker was Isobel Mackenzie, the Se-niors Advocate for the province of B.C. who began by noting that only 4 per cent of all seniors over 65 in B.C. are in resi-dential care.

In fact, 25 per cent of those over 85 years are still living alone in their own home!

Isobel shared graphs and numbers for B.C. and broken down into health re-gions. Notably, 17.5 per cent of British Columbians are currently over 65, while

that percentage goes up to 22 per cent in the Interior Health Region.

The peak will occur in 2031, when 24 per cent of Canadians will be over 65!

More details can be found at www.seniorsadvocatebc.ca.

Other topics included:• demographics and related

implications: Why people choose to live here and stay

here. We heard a lot of interesting data collected and analyzed by the Research Development Institute and Selkirk College;

• a review of the supports already in place through Interior Health and under-used by seniors aging in place. For a list, go to www.interiorhealth.ca and look for the Guide to Home and Community Care. Services are provided on a sliding scale and are provided free to those who fall

into the lower income bracket. It was not-ed that by some estimates, we currently have only half the beds we will need in the Interior Health region by 2025;

• economic development impacts — the importance of encouraging seniors to keep working and to ensure they are made to feel valued, and that employers are flexible in their demands;

• innovative solutions, which included a pilot project in the Boundary region to encourage young people with or with-out families to come back to their home community. The project was titled “Proj-ect Comeback.”

I came home with a lot of information, including small changes we can make that will make life easier for all of us.

Clara Reinhardt is the mayor of the Vil-lage of Radium Hot Springs and a Region-al District of East Kootenay director for the Columbia Valley.

Support for Kootenays’ aging population UNDOWNR

RegionalUNDOWNRURU

LARACREINHARDT


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TREETSTHES

Have you had any problems related to voting in the October 19th election?

“We got the wrong information.”

Clive Overton

“If you can’t run an election, how can you ran a government? This has been ridiculous.”

Susan Claus

“Yep, we have a problem and we’ve lived here for 58 years. This is ridiculous.”

Fran Rad

Voter opts for strategic

votingDear Editor:

The fact remains, in our Kootenay-Co-lumbia riding, a vote for anyone other than the NDP is a vote for StephEn Harper.

Our electoral system is based solely on fi rst past the post, not proportional rep-resentation.

The vast majority of us want a govern-ment left of the Conservatives. In our rid-ing, only the NDP have a chance of beat-ing the Conservatives and being the fi rst past the post.

Even though my heart is with the Greens and my head is with the Liberals, I will be voting NDP because I cannot stand the thought of my Canada turning into a fear-mongering, anti-immigrant, anti-feminist, non-inclusive, anti-science state that pan-ders to the super rich.

Kind regards,

ROBIN GOLDSBURYCRANBROOK/BALFOUR (KOOTENAY LAKE)

ETTERSL OCALL EWSN

New $2 million fund increases funding possibilities for local businesses

SUBMITTEDColumbia Basin Trust

Businesses in the Columbia Basin that need fi nancial sup-port, but aren’t able to secure conventional fi nancing, may now be able to fi nd help through Columbia Basin Trust’s new Impact Investment Fund. The $2 million fund is admin-istered by Community Futures.

The fund is intended to support business opportunities that are high risk and may not offer adequate fi nancial re-turns to an investor, but will benefi t Basin residents and communities in some other way.

For example, it may create jobs, address a community need, help the environment or support arts and culture.

“We will continue to invest in opportunities that give us the income we need to provide programs and services to the Basin,” said Neil Muth, Columbia Basin Trust president and CEO. “However, sometimes an opportunity doesn’t fi t our standard fi nancial requirements, nor is eligible for a

grant — and yet deserves to be supported for other rea-sons. The Impact Investment Fund gives us the ability to help these businesses strengthen and grow.”

This fund is one of the outcomes of the Our Trust, Our Future engagement process. From September 2014 to Feb-ruary 2015, the Trust connected with 3,000 Basin residents to get ideas on how it could better support their priorities.

All types of businesses can apply directly to Community Futures, including for-profi ts, non-profi ts, social enterpris-es, First Nations businesses and start-ups.

The business must be located in the Basin, and the invest-ment opportunity must demonstrate signifi cant positive impacts in the Basin. Applications will be reviewed by Com-munity Futures staff and an external adjudication commit-tee made up of Basin residents appointed by the Trust.

For more information, contact the East Kootenay Commu-nity Futures offi ce at 1-800-661-2293 or email [email protected]).

To learn more about the Trust’s programs and initia-tives, visit www.cbt.org or call 1.800.505.8998.

NIQAB from A6

and that enacted laws must be consistent with this ideal. Finally, the Charter protects minority rights and protects citizens from abuse of power by the government.

As it stands, the only way for laws banning niqabs to be “legal” is for the government to use the notwithstanding clause, thereby stripping some fundamental freedoms away from a very small group of its citizens.

Canadian values are enshrined in our Charter. They defi ne who we are as a country and as citizens. Promoting unlawful legislation and shadow racism is a pathetic way to try and win an election.


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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. - 1 p.m.

WINDERMERE VALLEY MUSEUM

• Everyday: 10 p.m. - 4 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.

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14TH

• 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.

• 6 p.m.: Summit Youth Centre (SYC) Karaoke Night.

• 7:30p.m.: Arne Sahlen plays Decades of Musical Delights at Christ Church Trinity. Admission by donation. No charge for seniors and disabled.

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15TH

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

• 4 - 8 p.m.: SYC open gym.

• 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 p.m.: Brisco Riding Club Harvest Dinner/ Auction at Brisco Hall. $10/ single, $25/ family. Everyone Welcome.

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

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 17TH

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

• 7 p.m.: WVMWC Valley Sessions Concert No. 2 at Pynelogs, featuring Jessica Hansen, Jocelyn Taylor and Siofri in concert, $10.00 at the door.

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 18TH

• 11:30 a.m. - 2 p.m.: Sue Wells Memorial Art Workshop at Pynelogs Cultural Centre. An art workshop for children in memory of local artist Sue Wells. Snacks provided by Sobeys and From Scratch. There is no registration fee but donations will be gratefully

accepted. Register at Black Star at 250-342-6663.

MONDAY, OCTOBER 19TH

• 11:30 p.m.: Not for Profi t Luncheon at the Invermere Legion. Two board members from each local not for profi t organizations are invited to a luncheon at the Invermere Legion. Please RSVP by Oct 15th by calling 250-342-3097.

• 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.

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

• 7 p.m.: Toby Creek Nordic Ski Club Open house, social and AGM at Copper Point Resort.

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 21ST

• 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.

• 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

• 1 p.m.: Conrad Kain Centennial Society AGM at the Windermere Valley Museum. New members welcome.



• 5 - 7 p.m.: SYC Cooking night.

• 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.

• 1 p.m.: Conrad Kain Centennial Society AGM at the Windermere Valley Museum. New members welcome.

• 5 p.m.: SYC pool tournament.

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 24TH

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

• 10 a.m.:Radium Public Library will be presenting Halloween story time for children, ages 5 +.• 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.

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

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28TH

• 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.

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29TH



• 5 -7 p.m.: SYC Cooking night.

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 30TH

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

• 12 p.m.: Edgewater Seniors soup day at the Edgewater Legion, $6 Includes Soup, bun and dessert.

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

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 31ST

• Halloween Food Fest food drive.This fundraiser is both to engage community involvement featured on the youth and supporting our locals in a time of need. Instead of trick or treating for candy we will be asking our beloved valley members from areas of Invermere and Windermere to have non-perishable food items on hand as we knock on your door on October 31st. Hopefully all dressed as a food theme).

• 6 - 11 p.m.: SYC Scary movie marathon.

• 7 - 8:42 a.m.: Rocky Mountain Rally. Visit www.rockymountainrally.com for more details.

• Halloween Spiel and party: For more information visit www.curlinginvermere.ca, or email [email protected] or call 250-342-3315.


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Colin Megaffi n, Rob Jones, Robbie Austin, Colin Matheson, Haru Wata-

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Roleau, Ben Kurtz, Steve Talsma, Owen Evans, Billy

Robideau, Braden Schager, Shawn Verge, Matt Johnson,

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Canal FlatsLeft to Right: Glen Afonso, Janis Afonso and Robert Todosichuk

Unavailable for photo: Ugene Justus, Sebastian Croteau, Kimberly Swerd, Joey Ray, Treck Wood, Darcy Karparien, David Ferguson,

Brian McCutch, Stephane Morel, Grant Benstead, Scott Benstead, Bill Lake, Richard Marchand, Donald Marchand, Tyler White, Travis

White and Justine Vandenberg.

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Glen Afonso, Janis Afonso and Robert Todosichuk

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White and Justine Vandenberg.White and Justine Vandenberg.White and Justine Vandenberg.White and Justine Vandenberg.White and Justine Vandenberg.

EdgewaterLeft to right: Martin Caldwell, Brooke Tegart, Elke Petersen, Stacey Harrison, Tyrel Brown, Leigh-Anne Hall, Jesse

Simpkins, Spencer Cotie and Sean Mehak

Unavailable for photo: Dan Tutte, Tammy Tutte, Kody McNaughton, Joel Bilodeau and Annie Despres.


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Fairmont Hot SpringsLeft to right: Fire Chief Jim Miller, Merv Weselowski, Keith Andestad, Phil Boyer, Captian Brian Stringer, Tracy Flynn, Wally Black

and Deputy Chief Archie SantiniUnavailable for photo: Earl Olsen, Michelle Porteous, George Porteous, April Trapp and Rian Barrieau

Fairmont Hot SpringsFairmont Hot SpringsFairmont Hot SpringsFairmont Hot SpringsLeft to right:Left to right: Fire Chief Jim Miller, Merv Weselowski, Keith Andestad, Phil Boyer, Captian Brian Stringer, Tracy Flynn, Wally Black

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and Deputy Chief Archie Santiniand Deputy Chief Archie Santiniand Deputy Chief Archie SantiniUnavailable for photo:Unavailable for photo:

PanoramaLeft to right: Lt. Jon Howlett, Ryan Soulliere, Sam Pollard, Nathan McCabe, Sarah Pasley, Matthew Stober, Jose Letelier,

Devon Sheppard, Mike Tucker, Lt. Thomas Dolezal, Batt Chief Jason Smith and Shane O’Loughlin


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Radium Hot Springs

Left to right: Jaon Brainard, Brayenna Murray, Dave Dixon, James Hagman,Scott Inglis, Walter Raven, Jeff Pollock and

Graham Kerslake.

Unavailable for photo: Braeden Logan, Torben Larsen, Jacob Larsen, Todd Logan, Nicholas Brough, Jamie Eason,

Jessica Durning, Travis Wirt and Don Joubert.

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WindermereLeft to right (back row): Captain Doug Sinclair, Deputy Chief Drew Sinclair, Murray Kubian, Captain Jon Tames,

Bram Rossman, Charlene Wilisky and Fire Chief Jim Miller.

Left to right (front row): Scott MacDonald, Dave McCarthy and Eric Falkenberg.

Unavailable for photo: Andy Kolankowski, Jay Wilisky, Jordan Goldsmith, Jeremie Goldsmith, Chris Gent, Ken

Becker, Michelle Cox, Dan Cox, Scott Boyce, Anna Smith and Taite Stober.


Columbia Valley Local Conservation Fund

Request for ProposalsThe Regional District of East Kootenay (RDEK) in partnership with the Kootenay Conservation Program (KCP) are seeking proposals for projects that will benefit conservation in the area from Spillimacheen to Canal Flats utilizing the Columbia Valley Local Conservation Fund (CVLCF). The purpose of the Fund is to provide local financial support for important projects that will contribute to the conservation of our valuable natural areas. CVLCF funding is available for conservation projects that result in the reduction to a known threat to biodi-versity. The themes for the Fund are water conservation, wildlife and habitat conservation, and open space conservation.

Projects that are technically sound and effective, and provide value for money through partnerships with other funders will have priority. Proponents must be a registered not-for-profit organization, First Nations band, or local government. Unqualified groups or organizations may partner with a qualified organization. A Technical Review Committee will review project proposals and make recommendations to the RDEK for final funding approval.

To apply for funding go to www.kootenayconservation.ca and click on Columbia Valley Local Conservation Fund tab. Review the Terms of Reference paying particular attention to Section 8 – Fund Design and then apply using the application form provided.

Closing dates for project submissions: 4:30 p.m., October 31, 2015.

Expressions of Interest for Technical Review Committee Alternate

The Regional District of East Kootenay (RDEK) in partnership with the Kootenay Conservation Program (KCP) is seeking to fill one vacancy for an Alternate position on a five person Technical Review Committee to make recommendations on allocating annual funding for conservation projects for the area from Canal Flats to Spillimacheen.

Term is for two years. Travel expenses will be covered for those who require them. You do not need to live in the Columbia Valley to apply. For more information please go to www.kootenayconservation.ca and click on Local Conservation Fund. To apply, please submit a resume and include a covering letter that provides:

1. Contact information.2. Area of technical expertise (water, fish, wildlife, habitat, or open space and natural area conservation).3. Any special or unique circumstances that you want us to consider.

Closing date for applications: 5:00 p.m. October 16, 2015 Project proposals and expressions of interest must be delivered by email to [email protected].

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“We are going to do this exact same report in the Columbia Valley in 2016, so it will be local and one of the key indicators that we will be looking at is belonging.”

The Vital Signs indicators used in the reports are grouped into categories to address: the Gap between Rich and Poor; Safety; Health and Wellness; Education; Housing; Getting Started in our Community; Arts and Culture; Environment; as well as Work and Belonging.

Klassen believes completing the report is the basis for creating a long-term approach to identify and address community needs from Spillimacheen to Canal Flats.

“We’ve never done one locally, but next year, we will be,” said Klassen.

CONFUSION from A1

Upper Lakeview Road where each house has a number but there are no street names) and have had trouble from utility companies with that. Supposedly, it won’t be an issue on the actual election day (Monday, October 19th), but I plan to sort it out well before then.”

Invermere resident Susan Claus was able to cast her advance vote on October 9th, but not without considerably more hassle than usual. Claus and her husband both did not get a voter information card, although their daughter got two. Their daughter’s card directed her to Radium, so Claus went there, where she was directed back to In-vermere. In Invermere, she was told she was not on the voters list.

Claus was mystifi ed as to why she was not on the list since she’s been living and vot-ing in Invermere for 30 years. “I fi nally got registered in Invermere, and then voted, but the whole thing took an hour and a half,” she said. “I didn’t have a card, so I brought my passport and identi-fi cation. I knew there might be some problem but I didn’t think it would be this much of a problem.”

She shared Markham’s scepticism of Elections Canada’s assurance that everything will be sorted out and running smoothly come October 19th.

“Election day is going to be insane. People will be lining up for hours and hours, trying to get registered or fi gure out where to vote,” she said.

There were warning signs of the confusion to come well before October 9th. Invermere resident Mike Bradford contacted The Echo after getting his voter identifi cation card and fi nding it directed him to Radium rather than Invermere, where he’s always done his advance voting. Bradford pointed out there could well be people unable to make the trip. “Some people may not have a vehicle, (and may) have to pay for a taxi,” he said. “It should be fair and equitable for everybody.”

The Echo called Switzer, but he declined to comment on the matter and referred all inquires to Vancouver-based Elections Canada media contact Dorothy Sitek.

When The Echo contacted Sitek on Thursday, October 8th about Bradford’s case, she said that with more than 26 million registered voters across Canada, it would be im-possible for her to speak to specifi c cases, but she did say that Bradford’s situation was not an isolated incident and that similar situations are happening all over the country.

“This is not unusual. This is expected, this is an adjust-ment period,” she said. “It is partly due to the fact that

there are fewer advanced poll-ing stations.”

In addition, Sitek said that peo-ple unable to drive to (or other-wise access) their polling station can request a special ballot kit, which allows them to vote from the comfort of their own home. All such ballots must be received back by Elections Canada on or before October 19th, and vot-ers can order them online (go to Elections Canada’s website and click on the “Ways to Vote” link) or through their local riding’s re-turning offi cer.

“When you vote by special bal-lot, it will be a blank ballot, so you simply need to write your preferred candidate’s name on it and then send it back,” said Sitek.

The Echo attempted to contact Sitek again on October 9th as vot-er complaints poured in, but did not hear back from her prior to press deadline. Kootenay-Colum-bia returning offi cer Rob Switzer can be reached at 1-866-545-0621, or Cranbrook-based assistant re-turning offi cer Bill Cleland can be reached at 1-866-754-5448.

An example of an incorrect voting card (on the left) directing an Invermere resident to the Radium polling station 603, and their updated correct card received on October 9th indicating the resident must vote at Invermere polling station 603. Photo by Steve Hubrecht

INVERMEREVALLEYECHO.com


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

REMEMBER WHEN?

2010 — Minister of Health Services Kevin Falcon, was one of the many dignitaries who came out to offi cially

open the new ER expansion at the In-

vermere and District Hospital.

ECHO FILE PHOTO

2010 — Minister of Health Services Kevin Falcon, was one of the many dignitaries who came out to offi cially

expansion at the In-vermere and District

50 years ago (1965): A public health

nurse arrived in Inver-mere from Edmonton. Barbara Taylor joined the ranks as a public health nurse in Wind-ermere after serving in both Campbell River and Quesnel. She was wel-comed by the community with open arms.

45 years ago (1970): There was a trag-

ic double fatality that claimed two lives in a car accident near Wind-ermere. Invermere RCMP Const. William G. Green, 21, and Cranbrook resi-dent Felix Capilo, 37, had a two-car collision at 7:50 p.m. at an intersec-tion on Highway 93/95. The Columbia Valley mourned the loss of both men resulting from this unfortunate accident.

40 years ago (1975): Mrs. William

MacPherson of Inver-mere was elected First Vice-President of the BC Association of Hospital Auxiliaries at the 31st annual convention held in Vancouver, Septem-ber 30th and October

1st and 2nd.

30 years ago (1985): A project plaque

was unveiled at Inver-mere’s Downtown Revi-talization Project which was of� cially opened by the Honourable Jim Chabot, provincial sec-retary and Minister of Government Services with the Honourable Bill Ritchie, Minister of Municipal Affairs and Invermere’s mayor Joe Conroy. The trio were pleased to present the project to the commu-nity.

20 years ago (1995): A member of the

Jumbo Creek Project Review Committee an-nounced that the people he represented were op-posed to the $250 mil-lion resort development proposal. Columbia Lake Band chief Alfred Jo-seph read a prepared statement during the multi-governmental re-view committee meeting in Nelson on September 20th that outlined the opposition to the four season ski resort by four of the � ve bands in the

Ktunaxa/Kinbasket Trib-al Council.

15 years ago (2000): BC Premier Uj-

jal Dosanjh visited the Columbia Valley to meet with residents at the Best Western Inn. He stopped in Invermere on Octo-ber 6th and answered public questions at a fo-rum. Many people were please to see him spend time with children at the event.

10 years ago (2005): District of Inver-

mere mayor Mark Shmi-gelsky announced his plans to blaze the mu-nicipal campaign trail against opponent Brian McLaughlin during the November 19th election. In addition, there were seven people vying for four seats on council in-cluding incumbents Bob Campsall and Gerry Taft, who was a mere 23- year-old entrepreneur at the time. The rookie can-didates included Fred Thode-Hamilton, Leo Kienitz, Janice Hamp, Sarah Bennett and Ray Brydon.

FAIRMONT from A5

“The RDEK is just transitioning (staff) from the Columbia Valley Recreation Society to our organization but I think it’s important to point out that the rec society has done a fantastic job of operating the facility for the past number of decades, I think, almost,” he added. “They did a fantastic job and all of their staff have been retained and it will be business as usual. There won’t be any disruption because it’s not a hostile take over by any stretch. We’re working with them and transitioning.”

Fire protection service area boundary set to changeThere is a proposal to move the Juniper Heights area from the Invermere Ru-

ral Fire Service area into the Windermere Fire Service boundary, which would extend to include properties on Toby Creek Road and Larch Point.

“Some new residents are going to be included in the fi re services, that’s the large point community and Toby Creek Road,” said Sanford Brown, RDEK build-ing and protective services manager. “It’s not fi nal yet, but they’re in the pro-cess of being included.”

The RDEK has read the proposed bylaw three times and will now be submit-

ting the application to the Ministry of Community, Sport and Cultural Develop-ment for approval before returning to RDEK for approval.

If it’s approved, the service changes will be in effect during 2016.

Spur Valley water upgrade nearing completionA well and a treatment facility with a chlorination system were recently in-

stalled in the area under the Spur Valley Water Upgrade plans.The process aims to transfer ownership of the water system from the Spur

Valley Improvement District (SVID) to the RDEK, which requires the SVID to dis-solve through a provincial order in council.

“Spur Valley petitioned some time ago for us to take over the water system and proceed with upgrades to the water system to remove the boil water no-tice,” said Brian Funke, RDEK engineering services manager. “We went ahead with those plans and the board approved funding towards Spur Valley… the upgrades are now completed.”

The RDEK and SVID have signed an operations agreement that allows the RDEK to assume the operations of the Spur Valley Water System until the SVID has been dissolved and the ownership is transferred to the RDEK.


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Answers to last week

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CANCER - Jun 22/Jul 22Cancer, you sometimes have a sixth sense about you, and it guides you through the tough decisions that need to be made. Rely on your intuition for something major this week.

SCORPIO - Oct 24/Nov 22Scorpio, this week presents a great opportunity to allow a colleague to take over the reins of a big project. This person is fully capable and ready for the responsibility.

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ARIES - Mar 21/Apr 20Aries, delve deeper to get to know a new acquaintance more closely. There is more to this person than what you will see on the surface, so don’t hesitate to connect.

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CAPRICORN - Dec 22/Jan 20Capricorn, with so much on your schedule, you have to give some serious thought to prioritizing. Otherwise, you may expend energy that cannot be wasted.

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family event for all ages and all skill levels.

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� e Columbia Valley Community Foundation is accepting 2015

fall grant applicationsCVCF granted funds are available for registered

charities which support projects that enhance the quality of life for Columbia Valley residents from

Canal Flats to Spillimacheen.

Deadline for applications: October 31st, 2015

Granting guidelines and application forms available atwww.valleyfoundation.ca

For information on the granting process, contact Laurie Klassen, 250-342-2845 or email

[email protected]

“Building legacies in our valley communities”

Documents

Invermere Valley Echo, October 14, 2015