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At about 9:30 p.m. Halloween night, the Merritt Fire Rescue Department (MFRD) and RCMP responded to a call of a tent fire along the Nicola River, near Lions Park where a homeless man has been living for several weeks.
There were reports of youth set-ting off wireworks in the area at
the time of the incident, an RCMP press release stated.
Fire Chief Dave Tomkinson told the Herald the surrounding brush was set ablaze by Roman candles, destroying several belongings.
The man was not in his tent at the time, but returned to it when emergency crews arrived, Merritt RCMP Sgt. Norm Flemming said.
Flemming said a propane stove and lantern caught fire and the
man’s tent burnt up.“There were spent fireworks in
the area, the fire department doused everything with water,” he said.
“The guy camping there believed he had turned his stove and lantern off prior to leaving,” Flemming said. “We had no witnesses to sup-port anyone specifically seeking to damage anything or to cause a fire.”
Fireworks displace homeless manMichael PotestioTHE MERRITT HERALD
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With the support of many individuals and organizations, the Nicola Valley Health Care Auxiliary was able to host a
very successful Okanagan Mainline Area Conference for 130 members of the BC Association of Healthcare Auxiliaries.
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Lynda’s Cafe, Mandolin’s Bagel & Coffeehouse, Queen of India, the Merritt Hotel Motel Association, Emcon Services Inc, Lookin’ Nice Twice, Mirror Vintage, Jack & Noreen Cross, Coquihalla Coffee and Michele Shaw Party Rentals
Driver in 97C fatal car crash identifi edThe BC Coroners Service
has identified the 58-year-old man who died after a colli-sion on Highway 97C near the Pennask Summit on Oct.22 as David Roy Elias of Chilliwack.
At about 6:20 a.m. that morning, Elias was travelling
eastbound in a 2015 Dodge pickup truck when his vehicle left the roadway, struck a ditch and rolled.
He was the lone occupant of the truck and was pronounced deceased at the scene.
“Alcohol does not appear to
be a factor in this collision and the male was wearing his seat-belt,” said Sgt. Mike Pears in a press release.
The BC Coroners Service and RCMP Traffic Services continue to investigate this death.
Back on the 29th the man reported there were youth firing off fireworks in the direction of his tent.
Fleming said the man told police he confronted the youths, but they continued to set off the fireworks.
The man said that his sleeping
bag had been partially burnt, and Flemming said there was the smell of lit fireworks in the air at the site.
The man provided the name of one culprit he believed to be involved in the incident on the 29th, but police have yet to follow up with the person.
This file is still under investiga-tion.
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Police still investigating Halloween fi reworks
BOARDING DOWN The defective boards on the new multi-sport box in Central Park being replaced last Wednesday. The city said the board replacement should take about four days. Ian Webster/Herald
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The Lower Nicola Indian Band (LNIB) is still far from deciding if it will allow the Kinder Morgan TransMountain oil pipeline expansion through its territory.
LNIB Chief Aaron Sam said the
band is waiting to see how things shake out at the federal level, as one
of prime minister-designate Justin Trudeau’s campaign promises was to overhaul the National Energy Board’s approval process for new pipelines.
“At this point we’re just waiting for the federal government to get in
place completely,” Sam said.Trudeau will officially become
Canada’s 23rd prime minister tomorrow (Nov. 4), the same day he
is expected to announce his cabinet.Last Tuesday the LNIB
hosted a two-day First Nations summit regarding the pipeline with senior officials from Kinder Morgan. President Ian Anderson, was in attendance along with several hundred First Nations representatives.Sam said he greeted Anderson,
but didn’t have any substantive discussions with him at the summit.
He said the band has yet to have
any in-depth conversations with Kinder Morgan regarding their environmental concerns.“We’ve had discussions with
Kinder Morgan and we need to continue having those discussions,”
Sam said.
LNIB undecided on pipeline, waiting for Trudeau governmentMichael PotestioTHE MERRITT HERALD
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Halloween House The residents at 1920 Hill Street once again decked out their home with all sorts of ghoulish decorations for Halloween. Many trick-
or-treaters braved the spooky-looking home to retrieve some candy. Resident Susan Dufault estimates about 230 people came to the door.
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Public input sought on parks planThe development of the city’s first parks, recreation and cultural master plan is in its infant stages as contractor Lees and Associates collects feedback from the public and city council.Lees and Associates president Erik Lees made
a presentation to council at a committee of the whole meeting last Wednesday, (Oct.28), showing them Merritt has a fair amount of sport and recreational facilities compared to similar sized communities in B.C.“However, there are a number of places where the
system could be improved and that’s the exciting part of a plan like this,” Lees told reporters outside the meeting at the civic centre.Lees also asked what the councillors would like to see this plan address.Coun. Dave Baker said he’d like to see the plan address accessibility for
seniors, and coun. Mike Goetz said it should also address trends in sport participation and preference.“At one time rugby was the thing here. Rugby [was] everywhere, and now it’s deader than a doornail,” Goetz said.Earlier in his presentation, Lees
said that there is a healthy compliment of parks within a 10 minute walk in the north end of town, but a lack of parks in the south-east portion of Merritt. Coun. Diana Norgaard said she’d like to see a more even distribution of park space.
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The development of the city’s first parks, rec-reation and cultural master plan is in its infant stages as contractor Lees and Associates col-lects feedback.
The Lower Nicola Indian Band is still far from deciding if it will allow the Kinder Morgan pipe-line expansion through its territory.
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HALLOWEEN NEWS BRIEFSMichael PotestioTHE MERRITT HERALD
POPPY SEASONMaureen Dixon, local branch presi-dent of the Royal Canadian Legion, presented Merritt Mayor Neil Menard with the first poppy for 2015 campaign at the end of October.
Last year the local legion raised about $12,000 for veterans and their dependents.
Poppies are now available at many locations around town, including Coopers Foods, Walmart, Extra Foods, and the Merritt Herald office.
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There were more than a few Halloween hi-jinx on Oct. 31, but police and the fire depart-ment are still calling it a comparatively quiet evening.
Between October 31 and November 2 Merritt RCMP responded to 50 calls for service.
There were numerous calls of fireworks being set off in areas all over town on Halloween, which were disruptive to animals and resulted in noise complaints.
Police also responded to several calls of intoxicated fights at the Coldwater Hotel bar and the 7-Eleven with minor injuries, but no charges are being laid.
At 10:00 a.m. that morning, Kelowna RCMP recovered a black dodge Dakota, which had been stolen from Jackson Avenue in Merritt sometime overnight. There are no suspects or witnesses at this time and anyone with any infor-mation is asked to call the Merritt RCMP or Crime Stoppers.
RAZOR BLADES FOUND IN TRICK-OR-TREAT CANDY
An 11-year-old trick-or-treater from the Diamond Vale area discovered razor blades in his Halloween candy.
It appears that a male found two razor blades sheathed in their packaging inside a prepared Ziploc bag with other candy on Halloween night.
The blades were not concealed in any candy or wrapping and no injuries were sustained. It is unknown where the blades came from.
Merritt RCMP were notified of the occurrence on Monday (Nov.2) after it was reported on Facebook over the weekend.
Police are advising that parents check their children’s treat bags and ensure that candies are wrapped and safe.
If anyone has any information on this incident they are asked to contact the Merritt RCMP or Crime Stoppers by call-ing 1-800-222-TIPS.
HALLOWEEN IN THE DARK
On the morning of Oct. 31, about 2,200 customers were without power for some nine hours due to a power pole that caught fire.
BC Hydro spokesperson Dag Sharman said the outage began at about 10:00 a.m. and wasn’t restored until about 7:00 p.m.
People in the Diamond Vale area were affected.
A pole near the airport is suspected to have caught fire due to dirt and rain buildup.
“When you get rain in the equipment or there’s dirt on the equipment and then there’s rain . . . it can cause a flash-over, which can result in sparking — and if you’re unlucky enough it can cause a pole fire,” Sharman said.
Crews worked to replace the line to get power restored.
Sharman also pointed out that today and on Saturday there will be some planned power outages as BC Hydro changes the feeder lines from the old substation to the new substation, which is doubling Merritt’s electrical capacity.
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THE CITY OF MERRITT AND THE MERRITT LEISURE SERVICE DEPARTMENT WOULD LIKE TO SAY A HUGE THANK-YOU TO…
Interior Community Services: Chelsea Morrey, Caryl Moffat, Brynn Hilland, Travis Dionne, Dave Bukkos, Quinn Rooke,
Taylor Esinor, Haillee Morrey, Tyler Wowchuk City Volunteers: Kyra, Hailey, Mikaela, Jayden, Brooke,
Kyler, Heidi & KarsonPathfinders: Emma, Danica, Jewel, Makenna, Tainah
Girl Guides: Mackenna, Sydney, Laurenne, Emilie, Shayla & KayleighWEP: Ian Rowe, Josh Cowen, Nolan Pick
Scw’xemx Child & Family Services – Robin & LucindaLaw Enforcement Prep Program, RCMP & Tracy Dunsmore
DJ - David Ashbaugh, Coopers, Merritt Library, Extra Foods, Community Police Office, Success by Six, CIBC, Canadian Tire, Ask Wellness,
ICS & McDonalds.
Without these community partners our event would not be the success that it is!
THANKS FOR MAKING OUR HALLOWEEN EVENT A SUCCESS!
REQUEST FOR PROPOSALSMaintenance of Unsightly Properties
The City of Merritt is seeking proposals from a service provider for the maintenance of “unsightly” private properties.
The proposal package can be obtained by request to:
Sean O’Flaherty, RPPPlanning and Development Services Manager
City of MerrittEmail: so [email protected]
Tel: 250-378-8620
A copy of each proposal must be received by 3:00 p.m. local time on 14th, 201
Recap of city council regular council meeting September 15, 2015REPORTS FROM COUNCIL
- Councillor Brown judged the Rodeo Fall Fair Parade on Sept. 5; attended an energy developer luncheon, BC Hydro open house as well as an open house for Andrea Rogers on Sept. 12; her grand daughter sang the National Anthem at the last Centennial’s hockey game and reminded everyone that school is back in session and please proceed with caution and reduce speeds in school zones.
- Councillor Goetz provided the latest gas buddy prices with Merritt being the highest in the prov-ince; attended the BC Hydro open house as well as an open house for Andrea Rogers on Sept. 12
- Councillor Prowal participated in the Rodeo Fall Fair Parade on Sept. 5; attended the Fall Fair on Sept. 6, Gold Country meet-ing on Sept. 7, BC Hydro open house as well as an open house for Andrea Rogers on Sept. 12, and the Gold Country Geo Cache wind up Sept. 13.
- Councillor Goetz provided his-tory on the Merritt Ambassador Program as well as the history of the timing of the annual pool shut down and quoted the latest gas buddy prices.
- Councillor Norgaard judged the Rodeo Fall Fair Parade on Sept. 5; and the
Council Strategic Planning Session on Sept. 14. Councillor Norgaard reported on the Nicola Lake Steering Committee meeting she attended on Sept. 15.
- Councillor Baker attended the Music in the Park and encour-aged everyone to drive by the Merritt Green Energy plant.
- Mayor Menard attended a biosolids meeting, the rodeo as well as hosting Mayor drop-in sessions and participating in the Council Strategic Planning Session.
- City of Merritt present a “Supporter of Note” award to Andrea Rogers.
- City of Merritt purchased a Canadian version of the “International Day of Older Persons” flag at a cost of $85 which can be displayed at City Hall.
This is an excerpt from the minutes of the City of Merritt regular council meeting September 15, 2015.
For the full minutes, see www.merritt.ca.
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At its regular meeting last Tuesday, city council approved the first three readings to its amended animal control bylaw.
The new bylaw ups Merritt’s impound and licensing fees for citizen’s canine companions, and creates a new aggressive dog desig-nation.
The new bylaw will now move to the adoption phase.
These changes give the city a broader scope when defining types of dogs and the new impound fees allow them to recuperate costs to house the dogs.
City council also defeated a staff recommendation to wait for provin-cial legislation, or other policies that have acquired legal precedent on anti-tethering legislation, rather than proceeding with amendments to the animal control bylaw in this regard.
Council deferred second reading of the animal control bylaw back on
the Sept. 15 meeting, asking staff to address the practice of tethering dogs left in the sun without water or shade.
A report to city council in last Tuesday’s agenda stated that the province currently has no legislation regulating tethering and tethering dogs is not illegal.
At the meeting, Coun. Ginny Prowal proposed a notice of motion that no dog be tethered without the ability to move around and access shelter and water. It will come up for consideration at the next council meeting.
Last Tuesday's report to council also pointed out that there are 133 cities in B.C. that have no time limit on how long an animal can be teth-ered. In Kelowna, West Kelowna, Lake Country, Peachland, Surrey and Delta, one cannot keep a dog tethered for more than four hours in a day.
In Burnaby and Terrace the regulation is no more than one hour per day.
Animal Control Bylaw given fi rst three readings
Michael PotestioTHE MERRITT HERALD
The new bylaw will now move to the adoption phase
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By the time you read this column Justin Trudeau will be Prime Minister of Canada and the question for many is: “What does the Trudeau government have in store for firearm owners?”
When the elec-
tion campaign began I researched the Liberals, NDP and Green Party on their stance about private firearm ownership.
Since the Liberals have won the election, I can spare you what the other parties would have in store for legal firearm owners and instead report on what I found out about Justin Trudeau’s take on it.
It was not easy to pinpoint an agenda since Trudeau’s opinion seems to change all the time and was very much dependant on the province where he spoke about firearms. In Quebec, Trudeau made
a strong point of bring-ing back the old firearm registry that was in place before Harper scrapped it. The further west he trav-eled the less outspoken he was about the issue.
Now that the election campaign dust has settled things become much clearer.
Although, unlike Chrétien, Trudeau does not view sport shooters and hunters as gun-toting criminals in the making, he too has a low opinion of private firearm owner-ship.
Trudeau has no inten-tion of bringing back the firearm registration act as
it existed under the previ-ous Liberal government but something similar, which in the end amounts to the same thing.
Trudeau wants to establish a paper trail through gun shops which would require that the store owners have to keep detailed informa-tion about every customer purchasing a firearm or ammunition which then has to be forwarded to the RCMP.
When the Conservative government under Harper scrapped the firearm reg-istry act, they replaced it with Bill C-42, also called the “sensible firearm act.”
Bill C-42 streamlined the whole firearm own-ership licensing process and classified firearms in a much more common-sense way that made for less bureaucracy and thus speedier processing.
Bill C-42 also put the blame on firearm related crime on the ones that violated the laws and not on law-abiding firearm owners.
The law made provi-sions for long prison sen-tences for those that use and own firearms illegally, even for first time offend-ers.
HERALD OPINION
Contacting your MP
The Interior of B.C. now has four new and two returning Members of Parliament, one with the incoming government, three with the official opposition and the two remaining with the third party (as it is frequently referred to within the House of Commons).
In some situ-ations, the electoral bound-aries between these dif-ferent Members of
Parliament may be clearly defined geographically, but may not be con-venient for citizens to access due to different MP office locations or how the electoral boundaries com-mission arbitrarily applied riding borders that may have separated closely linked communities.
These situations often create a challenge for citizens to decide which Member of Parliament they should contact for assistance in the event the Member of Parliament who is closest and most convenient, may in fact be representing a differ-ent electoral region.
Wherever possible, citizens should contact the Member of Parliament who represents the elec-toral region they reside in.
The reason for this is that Members of Parliament have unique legislated rights and pro-tections under various acts of Parliament to represent citizens specifically located within their electoral region.
In addition, Members of Parliament are provided with gener-ous resources to assist citizens, even those in remote areas of a riding.
What do the Liberals have in store for fi rearm owners?
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On the same theme, citizens also have a right to contact Members of Parliament from other electoral regions for assistance that may or may not be provided depending upon the circum-stances and the discretion of the MP in question.
From my own experience it is com-mon for MPs from other parties and or regions to refer citizens to their own MP as this respects the intent of Canada’s single-member, simple-plural-ity voting system.
From my perspective as the Member of Parliament for Central Okanagan-Similkameen-Nicola, my office will continue to assist citizens to the best of our ability and will also look forward to working with other MPs in our region regardless of party affiliation.
Assisting citizens remains my top priority and I expect our newly elected Members of Parliament will also share this sentiment as they work towards opening up new constituency offices as soon as is reasonably possible.
Unfortunately there is little news to share from Ottawa at the moment as the transition period will be under way for many weeks and it is still unclear when the House of Commons will be recalled by the new government, once in place.
Next week will likely be more active as it is expected a new cabinet will be announced and potentially a date will also be revealed on when the House of Commons will resume.
Normally in a non-election year the House would have sat for five weeks at this point with another five weeks schedule prior to the end of the year.
On a closing note I would like to thank the many citizens who have taken the time to share your thoughts and comments with me over the past ten days. The volume of feedback has been significant and is greatly appreciated. I welcome your input and can be reached via email at [email protected] or toll free at 1-800-665-8711.
Dan Albas is the Member of Parliament for Central Okanagan-Similkameen-Nicola.
Interestingly enough, Trudeau found the prison sentences unrea-sonably hard although violent crime involving firearms went drastically down across Canada.
Yet at the same time, Trudeau seems to be okay with advocating firearm control laws that would be rightly regarded by many as an assault on privacy as well as the right to remain innocent until proven otherwise.
It remains to be seen what the Trudeau government eventually will come up with, but after read-ing all available information there is little doubt in my mind that once again firearm owners will be singled out and presented to the crime-weary urbanites as the solu-tion to combat drive-by shootings and drug gang violence.
Three indicators are a give-away for the Liberal’s plans. Trudeau hired William Sterling Blair as a cabinet member. William Sterling Blair is the ex-
police chief of Toronto who has an established record as an out-spoken anti-gun advocate using his time as police chief to come up with all kinds of schemes to make life difficult for legal firearm owners.
Trudeau also announced a few days ago that: A.) He will abolish Bill C-42 and replace it with a new law and B.) That he will sign
the UN’s Arms Treaty — which wants a global abolishment of all private firearm ownership, includ-ing guns for the purpose of sport shooting and hunting.
After nine years of freedom for law-abiding firearm owners and laws that made sense it looks like that we are again in the crosshairs of party political ideology lacking any real-life evidence.
LETTERS to the editorAssisting citizens is a top priorityFrom Page 6
Editor:
I am writing to express my delight with the recent help I received from the Merritt Centennials hockey team this past week. The team thought they should give back to our community, and with all the extra work at this time of year, helping with yard maintenance would be a needed and appreciated activity. I was so fortunate to be on their list!
I would like to publicly thank Tyler Holz, Mark O’Shaughnessy, Mike Faulkner, Cole Kehler and Ryan Finnegan. And a special thank you to Kelly Bartch,
their sponsor, who encouraged the boys and worked right along beside them. Their work was greatly encouraged and it was a privilege to watch these young people doing the right thing.
And finally, a big thank you to the people in the organization that decided to show our town that these boys are not only terrific athletes, but they are also ter-rific people!
Yours truly,Zanie MorrisseyMerritt
A big ‘thank you’ to the Cents
Editor:
After reading “Public input sought on parks plan,” in the Tuesday, Nov. 3 edition of the Herald, I noticed that there was no mention of culture listed in the article.
As a resident of
Merritt for the past six years, culture is a big piece that I feel is missing from Merritt and I hope that the city’s forthcom-ing master plan does not forget it!
For those interested in the future planning of Merritt’s parks, rec-
reation and culture, a plan is being developed by a contractor, Lee and Associates.
On the City of Merritt’s webpage (www.merritt.ca) you can fill out the short survey and I’d like to encourage every-one to take the time to fill
it out. If there is something
you feel is missing this is your opportunity to say so! The survey deadline is November 13.
Chelsea WerrunMerritt
Don’t forget about culture in the parks plan
Signs point to Trudeau going regressive
Othmar Vohringer. Submitted by Heidi Koehler Photography
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There’s an art show in town, hosted by two residents of the Nicola Valley, Libby Dybikowski and Kim Vizi-Carmen. They’re calling it Art in XL, and it will be running until Dec. 24 at Brambles Bakery and Cafe.
“Art in XL was something that we devised — including big, bold and beautiful — because we are both tall women, and a lot of the work that we do is very large and very colourful,” explained Dybikowski. “I think that’s kind of our signature for our show.”
The two have been making art in the valley for a number of years now. Dybikowski started when she retired here in 2008, and for Vizi-Carmen, it’s a natural progression from her job as a graphic designer.
But while her job compliments her work in fine arts, she’s quick to point out it’s not quite the same.
“I feel sort of confined to that screen,” she said of graphic design. “When I can break loose and work in fine arts I don’t feel as confined to small space, and so I like working really big, because working with a screen is really small.”
Colour is a common theme in the works, particularly bright, bold colours, and the two artists’ styles
compliment each other. “We’re big and we’re bold, and colour is bold,” explained Vizi-Carmen.
For inspiration, Dybikowski said she will take a photo with her tab-let to base a work from, sometimes pulling from multiple different photographs. “I’ll get the sky from something, and I’ll get the horse from something [else],” she said.
Vizi-Carmen is inspired by sce-nic views she’s come across while out in the wilderness, or her Métis heritage. More than one of her paintings reference First Nations pictographs, some from the Stein Valley in B.C. One of those pieces is open to bids from the public, the proceeds of which will go towards a charity.
The work represents about six months of work for Vizi-Carmen, and a year and a half for Dybikowski.
While most of the works on dis-play are paintings, some are mixed media and others are screen prints.
And as the exhibition runs until just before Christmas, there will be Christmas-themed pieces added as others sell. There are already some festive table runners available, made from strips of acrylic on canvas.
The opening reception is this Friday, Nov. 6. The public is wel-come.
David DyckTHE MERRITT HERALD
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XLLocal artists Libby Dybikowski (left) and Kim Vizi-Carmen, each standing in front of their own paintings. The two are exploring big colour and big spaces in an art exhibit that runs until Dec. 24. David Dyck/Herald
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GHOULISH GALA It was Halloween costumes galore at the Merritt Centennials hockey game on Saturday night at the Nicola Valley Memorial Arena. A best-dressed contest for the youngsters was held during the first intermission with five-year-old masked Ninja Hunter Pelletier (front row, centre) coming out as the fan favorite. Ian Webster/Herald
The Masonic Lodge was reopened on Saturday with a cer-emony for the Merritt chapter of Freemasons.
Other chapter members from B.C. and the Yukon attended, as well as guests from the City of Merritt, the Shriners Club and Order of the Eastern Star.
Freemason member David Kerridge, said that the fire dam-age to the building included parts underneath the foundation, as well as smoke damage.
Lodge master Jason Schoreder said when they saw the amount of devastation, members thought the
lodge would be torn down.Fortunately, the building was sal-
vaged and the renovations such as new carpet and repaired walls were covered by insurance.
To re-christen the 100-year-old building, a new plaque was installed outside the front door of the lodge, and unveiled by Freemason B.C. and Yukon chapter Grand Master Doug Collins and Merritt Mayor Neil Menard.
For the past year and a half, the Freemasons have rented out the Lower Nicola Community Hall to hold their meetings.
Schroeder said that the group will continue to serve the community through annual bursaries and its Christmas hamper.
Merritt Freemasons reopen Masonic Lodge
Michael PotestioTHE MERRITT HERALD
Three members of the B.C. and Yukon chapter of the Freemasons engage in a ritual of pouring the corn of nourishment, wine of sustenance and oil of joy, which are symbols of the group. Michael Potestio/Herald
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Whether you are driving, walking or taking the bus, you will see Merritt street signs everywhere. Most people probably pass signs for Voght Street or Nicola Avenue with-out a thought as they go about their day-to-day lives. Here is your chance to discover the stories behind some of the street names of our fair city.
Chapman Street James Chapman was born in Kerkcaldy, Fyfeshire, Scotland in 1836. He became a Nicola Valley pioneer when he settled in the area in 1871. He estab-lished the Chapman Ranch, located in the Collettville area. His wife was the mother of the first white child born in the area in 1873.
Charters Street Another two of Merritt’s early pioneers, John and William Charters arrived in the Nicola Valley from Liverpool, England in 1868. They bought acres of ranchland and William became the owners of one of the largest ranches in the area. During his lifetime he accumulated consid-erable wealth, a large portion of which was the result of selling some of his land to the coal min-ing companies that were sprouting up during the coal boom of the early 1900s.
Cleasby Street Harry S. Cleasby was born in Durham England in 1868 and
became an early set-tler in the Nicola Valley in 1887. In 1902, he bought the Alexander Coutlee ranch in Coutlee, west of Merritt.
As an active member of the community, he became the first chair-man of the Merritt school board in 1907. Cleasby was a mem-ber of the Hospital Board, president of the Board of Trade and, for 44 years, he was the Secretary of the Nicola Valley Rancher’s Association. He was also an enthusiastic Nicola Valley historian.
Garcia Street. Jesus Garcia was born in 1832 in Mexico. When he was 13, he left for California and worked as a packer, using mules to haul ore from a silver mine to a smelter.
He arrived in the Nicola Valley in the 1870s. For many years, he operated a freight ser-vice to the Cariboo and brought cattle and bur-ros over the Coquihalla Pass into the Nicola Valley. He eventually settled in the valley in the 1870s, owning a ranch which later became part of Merritt. Garcia died in 1916 and left an estate worth about $100,000.
Gillis Crescent John Joseph Gillis was born in Prince Edward Island in 1881. Doctor Gillis opened a medi-cal practice in Nicola Valley in 1911 and was well-respected in the community. He took part in the opening cer-emonies of the Nicola
Valley Hospital in 1912, then went on to become Merritt’s Mayor in 1928. Gillis was also involved in organizing one of the first fox farms in the Valley. The current Gillis House in Merritt is named after Dr. J.J. Gillis in his memory.
Granite Avenue Granite City was a gold mining centre on Granite Creek in the Nicola Valley. In 1893, the Tulameen Valley was booming with surface gold mining and Nicola was the main distribution point for this area.
Granite City later became an important platinum mining area as well. Although Granite City has disappeared, the area is still of interest to the gold and platinum miners.
Nicola Avenue. Merritt’s main street is named after the village of Nicola. The name ‘Nicola’ came from a famous First Nations chief who lived in the valley. Chief Nicola’s real name was “Nwistes-Meekin,” which trans-lates as “Walking Grizzly Bear,” but the French speaking fur traders gave him the name Nicolas. He was a great chief to his people and was one of the most important men in the valley when the lakes, valleys and riv-ers were being named.
Quilchena Avenue Before white people came to the valley, there was a small village named Quilchena on the edge of Nicola Lake. It was the most northern
village of the widespread Nicola Band. The name Quilchena means “a flat place near water”.
Voght Street William Henry Voght, one of B.C.’s oldest and most esteemed pioneers is known as the “Father of Merritt.”
He helped establish the first school in the valley and served as Chairman of the first school board and then secretary-treasurer. He took part in the efforts towards the incorpora-tion of Merritt, but died in 1911, just two months before it was official.
For more information on the history of Merritt and the Nicola Valley, call or come and visit the Nicola Valley Museum and Archives. You can also visit our website at www.nicolavalleymuseum.org.
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#2465 $139,900
Nice half duplex in good neighbourhood and close to school. Features 3 bedrooms up with main bath plus half bath on main. New roof in 2015. Attached storage room in carport.
LARGE FAMILY HOME
#2531 $435,000
Spacious, open kitchen/family room, 5 bedrms, 4.5 baths, vaulted ceilings, jetted tub in master ensuite & a 6 ft crawl space for storage. Private backyard with 2 sundecks, gazebo & fish pond.
BACKS ONTO GOLF COURSE
#2494 $259,900
Rare property backing directly onto golf course in excellent neighbourhood. Home features 3 bedrms, 2 baths, fully fin. Bast, new roof, new HW tank & HE furnace and a wood burning insert in the bsmt.
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#2497 $299,000
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#2356 $54,900
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#2548 $129,900
EXTRA LARGE LOT
Older 2 bedroom home in nice neighbourhood, close to the downtown. An extra large 13,780 sq.ft. lot with subdivision potential. Lane access, huge backyard with single garage.
#2482 $243,900
LOGAn LAkE
Immaculate 4 bedrm family home in quiet cul de sac. Large master bedrm with ensuite, spacious kitchen, has F/P in living room & family room. Nicely landscaped backyard with large deck.
#2559 $224,900
HERITAGE CHAMER
3 bedrm heritage home completely restored with new plumbing, electrical, insulation, windows, refinished wood flooring & bathroom. Bonus room in attic. New pergola & 1 car garage.
#2526 $254,900
HUGE YARD
This move in ready home has 3 bedrms, HW floors, wood insert in F/P, oak kitchen cabinets. Single attached garage, private backyard with patio, fruit trees, garden & storage sheds. Close to downtown.
#2568 $44,900
nICE MOBILE HOME
2 bedroom mobile home in Riverside MHP, clean & ready to move into. Has new flooring in kitchen, dining room & both bedrooms, new HW tank, dishwasher & central A/C.
#2585 $129,900
nICELY UPDATED
Great starter home with 3 bedrooms up, 1.5 baths, newer windows and siding. Has a full partly finished basement. Close to schools. Has lane access.
#2370 $159,900
DUPLEX
Side by side duplex within walking distance to amenities. Each side has 100 amp, 2 bedrms 1 bathm kitchen and living room plus a fenced backyard. Total duplex in 864 sq.ft. Adjacent duplex also for sale.
#2536 $325,000
LOCATIOn, LOCATIOn
This 4 bedrm home in a good area is within walking distance to all amenities. HW flooring, open kitchen/dining room, crown moldings, oak kitchen cabinets, 2 bedrms up & 2 down. Detached garage/shop.
#2521 $229,900
WELL MAInTAInED
Lovely 4 bedrm, 2 bath large family home with fully fin. basement with family & games rooms. Bright spacious kitchen incl. 5 appliances. Beautiful fenced backyard with lane access & RV parking.
#2497 $299,000
BIG sHOP
Well maintained corner lot with 5 bedrm, 2 bath home with updated & tastefully decorated. Completely fenced private yard with lots of room. Has large new deck and 20x28 insulated shop. Lots of parking#2582 $279,900
MOVE In READY
Large 5 bedrm family home with 3 up and 2 down, 2.5 baths and ample room for growing family. Has double garage plus 20x24 shop and 20x8 storage. Plenty of parking. U/G sprinklers, BI vac, A/C & fully fenced yard.
#2572 $279,900
GREAT BEnCH LOCATIOn
Good size family home in quiet Bench location. This home features 3 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, 2 fireplaces, fully finished basement with rec. room, play room, office and den. Fenced backyard, RV parking and a covered deck. This home has tons of potential.
#2467 $149,900
FIRST TIME BUYERS
Spacious half duplex with full bsmt & is close to school. Top level has 3 bedrm, main has living rm, kitchen, main bath & dining room. Bsmt has laundry, family rm, storage & full bath. Fenced yard.
#2505 $419,900
IMMACULATE HOME
Quality built & immaculate family home in quiet area on 0.26 acre lot. Home has been well maintained, high quality laminate, 4 bedrms, 5 pce ensuite & 2 other full baths. Has 2 bedrm suite with long term tenant.
#2556 $144,900
CUTE AnD COZY
3 bedroom rancher in excellent location with many upgrades such as new roof, windows, kitchen, bathrm & flooring. This well kept home is perfect for a family starting out of retired couple. Lane access.
#2554 $329,900
LARGE FAMILY HOME
Located in a great area of Merritt. Some recent upgrades include new roof, new laminate floors, kitchen counters, sink & taps. 3 bedrms up, 1 down plus 2 bedm suite. Spacious open floor plan. 2 gas F/P’s, skylights & double garage.
#2527 $319,900
SPACIOUS FAMILY HOME
Great floor plan, 4 bedrooms, 4 baths, newer kitchen and flooring in past 5 yrs. Includes 2 bedrm inlaw living quarters in walkout basement. Spectacular views of the city.
#2512 199,000
LARGE FENCED YARD
Large family home, close to schools. 104x151 fenced lot with rooms for RV’s. Home has 5 bedrms, 2 baths, fully finished basement, huge sundeck, 14x30 detached garage/shop.
#2564 $475,000
GREAT VIEWs
Executive home with view in great Bench area & nicely landscaped. Home features 5 bedrms, 3.5 baths, gourmet kitchen, formal dining, large living rm, den, family room, full bsmt & a double garage.
#2552 $210,500
REFINISHED INSIDE & OUT
Beautiful home in great location across from Park. Home has new roof, windows, doors, furnace, HW tank, U/S sprinklers, woodstove, new deck, Mill Creek kitchen cabinets & S/S appliances & single garage.
#2519 $159,000
nEWER APARTMEnT
Newer 2 bedroom apartment on 2nd floor in the Summitt. This unit comes with all appliances. Open kitchen/living room. Great place in excellent condition. Strata fees $160 per month.
#2510 $109,900
GREAT sTARTER HOME
Great starter home with 2 bedrooms and 2 baths, and in good area, close to school. Has an attached 17x23 garage/shop. Home needs some TLC of paint and flooring. Perfect for handyman.
#2506 $279,900
nICE nEIGHBOURHOOD
Family home with 3 bedrms up, 1 down, open concept design with vaulted ceilings, large kitchen, sunken living room, gas F/P and large ensuite. Within walking distance to elementary school.
#2562 $339,900
CURB APPEAL
Beautifully finished 3 bedrm rancher with large bonus room above. Nice, open main floor, HW flooring, HE furnace with heat pump, HW on demand, BI vac, central Air, gas F/P, fully fenced yard.
#2558 $247,500
HERITAGE CHARM
This home has had many upgrades such as furnace, HW tank, insulation, electrical, plumbing, & windows. 3 bedrms, new custom kitchen with newer appliances. Wood stove in basement. Lots of parking.
#2468 $139,900
FIRST TIME BUYERS
Half duplex in family oriented neighbourhood and close to school. Has 3 bedrms up, large kitchen, updated bathrm with newer flooring & tub surround. Large fenced yard with storage/work area.
#2550 $379,900
EXECTUVE BEnCH HOME
Quality family home in good area. Has vaulted ceilings, Mill Creek kitchen cabinets with granite top on center island, 3 bedrms, 3.5 baths, full basement, U/G sprinklers, 2 car garage.
#2518 $89,900
OVERLOOks RIVER
2 bedrm manufactured home with huge private sundeck with hot tub, sauna & 30 x 12 work shed all overlooking Nicola River & golf course. One of a kind in a perfect location.
#2583 $137,500
GREAT sTARTER HOME
Great little 2 bedroom home with many updates & renovations of newer windows, plumbing, electrical, new plank flooring throughout, new plumbing fixtures, paint, doors & tri, plus a duct cleaning & regular furnace mtnce.
#2553 $299,900
OVER 3700 Sq. FT.
Excellent location & close to schools this home has 2 full floors plus bsmt, 3 bedrms up, 5 baths, 2 car garage and legal 2 bedrm daylight suite with separate entrance. Nice covered deck in back.
#2522 $314,900
WALk TO DOWnTOWn
Spacious panabode home with possible suite potential. Has large spacious rooms with beautiful updates. Large gourmet kitchen, new paint & laminate flooring, new HW tank & central A/C.
#2563 $295,000
IMPREssIVE RAnCHER
1800 sq.ft. rancher only 6 yrs old, 3 bedrms, plus bonus room above garage, open kitchen with all appliances, HW floors, crown moldings, 9 ft ceilings, in excellent condition. Fenced backyard.
#2392 $265,000
REVEnUE PROPERTY
Side by side fourplex on 1/3 of an acre in prime location in Lower Nicola. Has been renovated inside & out including the roof & septic system. 20 yr roof installed in 2003. Don’t miss this!
#2529 $139,900
LARGE LOT
Spacious & bright home on a large city lot in a private setting & excellent location. 3 bedrm home with full length addition, new roof & fenced yard. Perfect starter or retirement home.
#2533 $72,900
nICE ADDITIOn
2 bedrm mobile with addition in one of the nicest parks. One bedrm on each end with an open concept kitchen eating area & living room in center. Addition has enclosed porch & family room.
#2574 $213,800
GREAT LOCATIOn
4 bedroom family home, close to schools. Recent updates include roof, windows, doors, vinyl siding & some new flooring. Has a 35x26 detached shop/garage. Fully finished basement.
#2577 $183,750
LOTS OF POTENTIAL
5 bedroom, 2 bath home in good family oriented neighbourhood. Has RV parking and large backyard. House requires work. Property being sold “as is where is”.
#2561 $139,900
GREAT sTARTER HOME
Located across from elementary school. Home has new kitchen with tile backsplash, pellet stove, new HW tank, 3 bedrms up, 12x32 attached garage and fully fenced backyard with fruit trees.
#2524 $339,000
BROOkMERE
Great recreational area all year round. Lovely 2 bedroom home with attached double garage, beautifully landscaped with RV prkg & sani dump. Live year round or use a rec. getaway. Easy access off Coquiahlla Hwy.
#2419 $319,900
sPEnCEs BRIDGE
Quality built log home on 1.03 acres with fruit trees & mature shrubs. Home features 3 bedrms, 2 baths, vaulted ceilings, huge living rm, large country kitchen, huge sundeck & fully fin. bsmt.
#2517 $159,900
DUPLEX
Side by side duplex within walking distance to shopping. Each side has 100 amp service, 2 bedrms, 1 bathrm, kitchen, living room and fenced backyard. Adjacent duplex also for sale.
#2531 $435,000
LARGE FAMILY HOME
Spacious 5 bedroom home with huge master bedrm with jet tub in ensuite, open kitchen & family room, Cherry stained cabinets in kitchen, 2 huge sundeck in private backyard plus covered sitting area.
#2151 $210,000
ADULT ORIEnTED sTRATA
One of the nicest gated communities in Merritt with views of the Nicola River. Has 3 bedrms, 2 baths, open design living, gas F/P, galley kitchen with nook, laundry on main, hobby & rec.rm down.
#2537 $429,900
PRIME LOCATIOn
This executive Bench home has 4 bedrms on main, 1 down, custom fir cabinets with granite counters, S/S appliances, 4 baths & rec.rm & family rm. Nice inground pool and patio for BBQ’s
#2334 $46,900
WALk TO sHOPPInG
2 bedroom mobile in Eldorado Mobile Home Park. New plumbing with heat tape, 1 bath, comes with all appliances. Quick possession. Close to golf course. Pad rent $346 per month.
#2571 $245,000
LOCATIOn, LOCATIOn
Clean, spacious home with 3 bedrms up, 2 down, newer floors & kitchen cabinets. In desirable area close to shopping & amenities. Newer vinyl windows, detached garage, fenced backyard.
#2340 $159,000
APARTMEnT
Newer 2 bedroom apartment in “The Summit” comes with stainless steel appliances, 1.5 baths and laundry room. No more shoveling snow! Great place to live, close to transit.
#2499 $39,900
WELL MAInTAInED
2 bedroom home in good Park. Has a wood burning fireplace and an open kitchen, newer windows, fenced yard, nicely kept and storage shed in back with garden area & fruit trees.
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#2463 $214,900
nICE EnD UnIT
Very nice townhouse, with bigger yard & less traffic. Tastefully decorated, 3 bedrms up, 3 pce ensuite plus office/play room, open living/kitchen area. Great patio in large fenced yard.
#2557 $225,000
LOCATIOn, LOCATIOn
This 2 bedroom home with good solid construction needs some updates. Has full, unfinished basement, large covered deck, fruit trees and a garden area in back.
#2504 $389,900
EXTRA LARGE LOT
Possible 5 bedrm, 2.5 bath home on 1 ½ lots, close to shopping, hospital & school. Great yard, lots of parking. Double garage with 10 ft doors & a work area. Has A/C, U/G and drip irrigation, stainless steel appliances, B/I vac & storage shed.
#2409 $289,000
GOOD FAMILY HOME
Home features 4 bedrms, HW floors, large gourmet kitchen with appliances, sunken living room, newer shingles, some windows & exterior doors in past few years & A/C. RV parking.
#2465 $139,900
HALF DUPLEX
Nice half duplex with fenced yard, is close to school and on quiet cul de sac. Home has large kitchen and living room, 3 bedrms up with main bath plus a half bath on the main. New roof in 2015.
Pool
#2494 $259,900
BACKS ONTO GOLF COURSE
3 bedroom home in excellent neighbourhood with large garden area & backs onto golf course. Home has New roof, HW tank and HE furnace in 2014, BI vac & wood burning insert in basement.
#2534 $379,500
CUsTOM DEsIGn RAnCHER
Beautiful 4 bedrm rancher with full basement, 2 car garage & fully landscaped. Open concept kitchen with large island, vaulted ceilings, 2.5 baths, private sundeck in back & U/G sprinklers.
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#2566 $129,900
sTARTER/InVEsTMEnT
This would be a great starter home or investment property with 2 bedrooms up, 1 in partially finished basement & 1.5 baths. Great corner lot with good access. Property needs some TLC.
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Moving Real Estate BC Ltd.
Doug Beech
(Owner)378-4219
Don Gossoo
ManagingBroker
JanisPost
315-3672
Ray Thompson315-3377
Century 21 Moving Real Estate BC Ltd.250-378-6166 • Fax: 378-4344
or Toll Free: 1-877-841-2100
#102 - 2840 Voght St., Merritt, BC • www.century21.ca/movingrealestate
Brad Yakimchuk
Personal Real Estate Corporation
315-3043
DonWard
315-3503
Moving Real Estate BC Ltd.
www.merrittherald.com www.merrittherald.com
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#2548 $129,900
EXTRA LARGE LOT
Older 2 bedroom home in nice neighbourhood, close to the downtown. An extra large 13,780 sq.ft. lot with subdivision potential. Lane access, huge backyard with single garage.
#2482 $243,900
LOGAn LAkE
Immaculate 4 bedrm family home in quiet cul de sac. Large master bedrm with ensuite, spacious kitchen, has F/P in living room & family room. Nicely landscaped backyard with large deck.
#2559 $224,900
HERITAGE CHAMER
3 bedrm heritage home completely restored with new plumbing, electrical, insulation, windows, refinished wood flooring & bathroom. Bonus room in attic. New pergola & 1 car garage.
#2526 $254,900
HUGE YARD
This move in ready home has 3 bedrms, HW floors, wood insert in F/P, oak kitchen cabinets. Single attached garage, private backyard with patio, fruit trees, garden & storage sheds. Close to downtown.
#2568 $44,900
nICE MOBILE HOME
2 bedroom mobile home in Riverside MHP, clean & ready to move into. Has new flooring in kitchen, dining room & both bedrooms, new HW tank, dishwasher & central A/C.
#2585 $129,900
nICELY UPDATED
Great starter home with 3 bedrooms up, 1.5 baths, newer windows and siding. Has a full partly finished basement. Close to schools. Has lane access.
#2370 $159,900
DUPLEX
Side by side duplex within walking distance to amenities. Each side has 100 amp, 2 bedrms 1 bathm kitchen and living room plus a fenced backyard. Total duplex in 864 sq.ft. Adjacent duplex also for sale.
#2536 $325,000
LOCATIOn, LOCATIOn
This 4 bedrm home in a good area is within walking distance to all amenities. HW flooring, open kitchen/dining room, crown moldings, oak kitchen cabinets, 2 bedrms up & 2 down. Detached garage/shop.
#2521 $229,900
WELL MAInTAInED
Lovely 4 bedrm, 2 bath large family home with fully fin. basement with family & games rooms. Bright spacious kitchen incl. 5 appliances. Beautiful fenced backyard with lane access & RV parking.
#2497 $299,000
BIG sHOP
Well maintained corner lot with 5 bedrm, 2 bath home with updated & tastefully decorated. Completely fenced private yard with lots of room. Has large new deck and 20x28 insulated shop. Lots of parking#2582 $279,900
MOVE In READY
Large 5 bedrm family home with 3 up and 2 down, 2.5 baths and ample room for growing family. Has double garage plus 20x24 shop and 20x8 storage. Plenty of parking. U/G sprinklers, BI vac, A/C & fully fenced yard.
#2572 $279,900
GREAT BEnCH LOCATIOn
Good size family home in quiet Bench location. This home features 3 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, 2 fireplaces, fully finished basement with rec. room, play room, office and den. Fenced backyard, RV parking and a covered deck. This home has tons of potential.
#2467 $149,900
FIRST TIME BUYERS
Spacious half duplex with full bsmt & is close to school. Top level has 3 bedrm, main has living rm, kitchen, main bath & dining room. Bsmt has laundry, family rm, storage & full bath. Fenced yard.
#2505 $419,900
IMMACULATE HOME
Quality built & immaculate family home in quiet area on 0.26 acre lot. Home has been well maintained, high quality laminate, 4 bedrms, 5 pce ensuite & 2 other full baths. Has 2 bedrm suite with long term tenant.
#2556 $144,900
CUTE AnD COZY
3 bedroom rancher in excellent location with many upgrades such as new roof, windows, kitchen, bathrm & flooring. This well kept home is perfect for a family starting out of retired couple. Lane access.
#2554 $329,900
LARGE FAMILY HOME
Located in a great area of Merritt. Some recent upgrades include new roof, new laminate floors, kitchen counters, sink & taps. 3 bedrms up, 1 down plus 2 bedm suite. Spacious open floor plan. 2 gas F/P’s, skylights & double garage.
#2527 $319,900
SPACIOUS FAMILY HOME
Great floor plan, 4 bedrooms, 4 baths, newer kitchen and flooring in past 5 yrs. Includes 2 bedrm inlaw living quarters in walkout basement. Spectacular views of the city.
#2512 199,000
LARGE FENCED YARD
Large family home, close to schools. 104x151 fenced lot with rooms for RV’s. Home has 5 bedrms, 2 baths, fully finished basement, huge sundeck, 14x30 detached garage/shop.
#2564 $475,000
GREAT VIEWs
Executive home with view in great Bench area & nicely landscaped. Home features 5 bedrms, 3.5 baths, gourmet kitchen, formal dining, large living rm, den, family room, full bsmt & a double garage.
#2552 $210,500
REFINISHED INSIDE & OUT
Beautiful home in great location across from Park. Home has new roof, windows, doors, furnace, HW tank, U/S sprinklers, woodstove, new deck, Mill Creek kitchen cabinets & S/S appliances & single garage.
#2519 $159,000
nEWER APARTMEnT
Newer 2 bedroom apartment on 2nd floor in the Summitt. This unit comes with all appliances. Open kitchen/living room. Great place in excellent condition. Strata fees $160 per month.
#2510 $109,900
GREAT sTARTER HOME
Great starter home with 2 bedrooms and 2 baths, and in good area, close to school. Has an attached 17x23 garage/shop. Home needs some TLC of paint and flooring. Perfect for handyman.
#2506 $279,900
nICE nEIGHBOURHOOD
Family home with 3 bedrms up, 1 down, open concept design with vaulted ceilings, large kitchen, sunken living room, gas F/P and large ensuite. Within walking distance to elementary school.
#2562 $339,900
CURB APPEAL
Beautifully finished 3 bedrm rancher with large bonus room above. Nice, open main floor, HW flooring, HE furnace with heat pump, HW on demand, BI vac, central Air, gas F/P, fully fenced yard.
#2558 $247,500
HERITAGE CHARM
This home has had many upgrades such as furnace, HW tank, insulation, electrical, plumbing, & windows. 3 bedrms, new custom kitchen with newer appliances. Wood stove in basement. Lots of parking.
#2468 $139,900
FIRST TIME BUYERS
Half duplex in family oriented neighbourhood and close to school. Has 3 bedrms up, large kitchen, updated bathrm with newer flooring & tub surround. Large fenced yard with storage/work area.
#2550 $379,900
EXECTUVE BEnCH HOME
Quality family home in good area. Has vaulted ceilings, Mill Creek kitchen cabinets with granite top on center island, 3 bedrms, 3.5 baths, full basement, U/G sprinklers, 2 car garage.
#2518 $89,900
OVERLOOks RIVER
2 bedrm manufactured home with huge private sundeck with hot tub, sauna & 30 x 12 work shed all overlooking Nicola River & golf course. One of a kind in a perfect location.
#2583 $137,500
GREAT sTARTER HOME
Great little 2 bedroom home with many updates & renovations of newer windows, plumbing, electrical, new plank flooring throughout, new plumbing fixtures, paint, doors & tri, plus a duct cleaning & regular furnace mtnce.
#2553 $299,900
OVER 3700 Sq. FT.
Excellent location & close to schools this home has 2 full floors plus bsmt, 3 bedrms up, 5 baths, 2 car garage and legal 2 bedrm daylight suite with separate entrance. Nice covered deck in back.
#2522 $314,900
WALk TO DOWnTOWn
Spacious panabode home with possible suite potential. Has large spacious rooms with beautiful updates. Large gourmet kitchen, new paint & laminate flooring, new HW tank & central A/C.
#2563 $295,000
IMPREssIVE RAnCHER
1800 sq.ft. rancher only 6 yrs old, 3 bedrms, plus bonus room above garage, open kitchen with all appliances, HW floors, crown moldings, 9 ft ceilings, in excellent condition. Fenced backyard.
#2392 $265,000
REVEnUE PROPERTY
Side by side fourplex on 1/3 of an acre in prime location in Lower Nicola. Has been renovated inside & out including the roof & septic system. 20 yr roof installed in 2003. Don’t miss this!
#2529 $139,900
LARGE LOT
Spacious & bright home on a large city lot in a private setting & excellent location. 3 bedrm home with full length addition, new roof & fenced yard. Perfect starter or retirement home.
#2533 $72,900
nICE ADDITIOn
2 bedrm mobile with addition in one of the nicest parks. One bedrm on each end with an open concept kitchen eating area & living room in center. Addition has enclosed porch & family room.
#2574 $213,800
GREAT LOCATIOn
4 bedroom family home, close to schools. Recent updates include roof, windows, doors, vinyl siding & some new flooring. Has a 35x26 detached shop/garage. Fully finished basement.
#2577 $183,750
LOTS OF POTENTIAL
5 bedroom, 2 bath home in good family oriented neighbourhood. Has RV parking and large backyard. House requires work. Property being sold “as is where is”.
#2561 $139,900
GREAT sTARTER HOME
Located across from elementary school. Home has new kitchen with tile backsplash, pellet stove, new HW tank, 3 bedrms up, 12x32 attached garage and fully fenced backyard with fruit trees.
#2524 $339,000
BROOkMERE
Great recreational area all year round. Lovely 2 bedroom home with attached double garage, beautifully landscaped with RV prkg & sani dump. Live year round or use a rec. getaway. Easy access off Coquiahlla Hwy.
#2419 $319,900
sPEnCEs BRIDGE
Quality built log home on 1.03 acres with fruit trees & mature shrubs. Home features 3 bedrms, 2 baths, vaulted ceilings, huge living rm, large country kitchen, huge sundeck & fully fin. bsmt.
#2517 $159,900
DUPLEX
Side by side duplex within walking distance to shopping. Each side has 100 amp service, 2 bedrms, 1 bathrm, kitchen, living room and fenced backyard. Adjacent duplex also for sale.
#2531 $435,000
LARGE FAMILY HOME
Spacious 5 bedroom home with huge master bedrm with jet tub in ensuite, open kitchen & family room, Cherry stained cabinets in kitchen, 2 huge sundeck in private backyard plus covered sitting area.
#2151 $210,000
ADULT ORIEnTED sTRATA
One of the nicest gated communities in Merritt with views of the Nicola River. Has 3 bedrms, 2 baths, open design living, gas F/P, galley kitchen with nook, laundry on main, hobby & rec.rm down.
#2537 $429,900
PRIME LOCATIOn
This executive Bench home has 4 bedrms on main, 1 down, custom fir cabinets with granite counters, S/S appliances, 4 baths & rec.rm & family rm. Nice inground pool and patio for BBQ’s
#2334 $46,900
WALk TO sHOPPInG
2 bedroom mobile in Eldorado Mobile Home Park. New plumbing with heat tape, 1 bath, comes with all appliances. Quick possession. Close to golf course. Pad rent $346 per month.
#2571 $245,000
LOCATIOn, LOCATIOn
Clean, spacious home with 3 bedrms up, 2 down, newer floors & kitchen cabinets. In desirable area close to shopping & amenities. Newer vinyl windows, detached garage, fenced backyard.
#2340 $159,000
APARTMEnT
Newer 2 bedroom apartment in “The Summit” comes with stainless steel appliances, 1.5 baths and laundry room. No more shoveling snow! Great place to live, close to transit.
#2499 $39,900
WELL MAInTAInED
2 bedroom home in good Park. Has a wood burning fireplace and an open kitchen, newer windows, fenced yard, nicely kept and storage shed in back with garden area & fruit trees.
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#2463 $214,900
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Very nice townhouse, with bigger yard & less traffic. Tastefully decorated, 3 bedrms up, 3 pce ensuite plus office/play room, open living/kitchen area. Great patio in large fenced yard.
#2557 $225,000
LOCATIOn, LOCATIOn
This 2 bedroom home with good solid construction needs some updates. Has full, unfinished basement, large covered deck, fruit trees and a garden area in back.
#2504 $389,900
EXTRA LARGE LOT
Possible 5 bedrm, 2.5 bath home on 1 ½ lots, close to shopping, hospital & school. Great yard, lots of parking. Double garage with 10 ft doors & a work area. Has A/C, U/G and drip irrigation, stainless steel appliances, B/I vac & storage shed.
#2409 $289,000
GOOD FAMILY HOME
Home features 4 bedrms, HW floors, large gourmet kitchen with appliances, sunken living room, newer shingles, some windows & exterior doors in past few years & A/C. RV parking.
#2465 $139,900
HALF DUPLEX
Nice half duplex with fenced yard, is close to school and on quiet cul de sac. Home has large kitchen and living room, 3 bedrms up with main bath plus a half bath on the main. New roof in 2015.
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#2494 $259,900
BACKS ONTO GOLF COURSE
3 bedroom home in excellent neighbourhood with large garden area & backs onto golf course. Home has New roof, HW tank and HE furnace in 2014, BI vac & wood burning insert in basement.
#2534 $379,500
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Beautiful 4 bedrm rancher with full basement, 2 car garage & fully landscaped. Open concept kitchen with large island, vaulted ceilings, 2.5 baths, private sundeck in back & U/G sprinklers.
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#2457 $1,250,000
Gorgeous property of approx. 264 acres with 2 titles. Has 1 mile of Guichon Creek flowing through the property. A great variety of land with possibilities of subdivision. Not in ALR.
LAKEVIEW HOME
#2432 $949,900
Indulge your with 3800 sq.ft. of high end living on 1.3 acres with panoramic views of Nicola Lake. Superb workmanship & detail include granite counters, open wooden beams, 3 bedrms, 4 baths, large deck.
RIVERFRONT LOT
#2500 $150,000
Exquisite 0.83 acres in upscale neighbourhood, river frontage with enchanting views. This unique parcel offers both privacy & accessibility. All services to lot line, ready to build.
COMMERCIAL BUILDING
#2305 $179,000
Immaculate 2000 sq.ft. building that can be used as two separate 1000 sq.ft. spaces or remove center wall & use as one space. Has parking in rear. Good frontage exposure.
OPPORTUNITY
#2437 $219,900
Commercial building with 2 bay garage and 2 bedroom living quarters in the back. Zoned C-4 which allows for many opportunities. Good visibility, quality built building & 200 amp service.
10 ACRES
#2374 $239,900
10.9 acres in Miller Estates, a subdivision of custom built executives homes. Land is south facing, sloped with some trees. Great place to build your dream home and enjoy the views.
OPPORTUNITY
#2461 $850,000
Approx. 12,000 building with office on ground level, great for professional offices. Seller has approval for residential units upstairs. Zoned C-2.
CHARACTER BUILDING
#2436 $189,000
In high traffic area, zoned C2 that allows for many business opportunities. Has living quarters in back with recent renos. . Good visibility located next to 7-11 Store.
COMMERCIAL BUILDING
#2109 $595,000
Approx. 7300 sq.ft. building located on corner lot on main street coming into Merritt, zoned C-4 with site specific zoning to allow professional offices. Available for sale or lease. Call for details.
INDUSTRIAL BUILDING
#2538 $890,000
8500 sq.ft. building on corner lot with easy access to highway on truck route. Has loading dock, paved parking, all on 0.8 acres site. Phase 1 environmental has been completed. Bring your business.
DEVELOPERS
#2478 $1,700,000
276 acre site with incredible mountain & lake views. Property has an allowed legal density of 62 units maximum. This parcel is above Nicola Lakeshore Estates.
LAKEFRONT LOT
#2414 $242,900
Build your dream home in this desirable development of fine waterfront homes on Nicola Lake. Close to 2 golf courses, Quichena hotel, gas station & store. Perfect lake for fishing, boating & swimming.
53 ACRES
#2575 $1,690,000
Rare property that includes R-3 and FD zoning. FD allows the Buyer to request a zoning to fit their plans such as an additional residential zoning or M-1 for Light Industrial.
ON 1.74 ACRES
#2190 $364,900
Great opportunity on this 1.74 acres with city services, fenced and can be rezoned to suit your needs. Has 1 bedrm home plus a 900 sq.ft. outbuilding in park-like setting with large water feature. This property has subdivision potential. Call for more details.
12.63 ACRES
#2047 $209,000
Private acreage, treed with great access to Spius creek. Several good building sites, has a drilled well and hydro to lot line. Located in Sunshine Valley off Cleasby Road.
13 ACRES RIVERFRONT
#2208 $299,000
A great property in well developed subdivision of acreage lots. This unique property has a large amount of river frontage. Hydro at lot line, septic must be installed. Most of land is flat and useable.
ON 4.64 ACRES
#2335 $375,000
Beautiful 4 bedrm, 3 bath log home with open design, new Mill Creek cabinets, new flooring & furnace heat pump. Has numerous outbldgs, barn, storage shed, garage & more.
COMMERCIAL BUILDING
#2573 $850,000
In busy location with tenant. Total of approx. 6600 sq.ft. with 4100 sq.ft. on main, 1050 in basement and 1520 on top floor than could be living quarters. Great opportunity.
PRIME 10 ACRES
#2511 $545,000
Prime agricultural farmland with approx. 8 acres in hay. Home has 2 bedrms + den, 2 baths, large kitchen w/pantry, deluxe ensuite & large covered deck. Has 26x20 storage shed, 2 horse stalls, water rights & more.
2 ACRES
#2379 $124,900
Build your dream home here or make this acreage your weekend getaway. Driveway, septic approval and drilled well (25 gpm) are already done
COMMERCIAL OPPORTUNITY
#2560 $325,000
Good opportunity to buy this downtown commercial building. Has approx. 5000 sq.ft. of commercial space on the main floor (leased out) and 1100 sq.ft. with 3 bedrm suite above. Zoned C-2.
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ON 1 ACRE LOT
#2549 $334,900
Great family home on 1 acre just outside of city limits. This home features 3 bedrms up, 1 down, updated kitchen, parquet flooring, rec.rm with bar, detached double garage + 1 car garage attached.
20 ACRES
#2301 $2,000,000
Two 10 acre parcels in the City limits. One parcel has a two year lease. Zoned M-1. Other parcel has “future development” zoning. Call for more details.
INDUSTRIAL LOT
#2356 $54,900
Light industrial bare lot, flat site, zoned M1 for your business opportunity. Easy access to truck route and just moments from the downtown core. Call for more details.
2 ACRES
#2581 $279,900
2 acre lot in prime industrial area, close to city limits. Current zoning is “Future Development”. Water and sewer are not connected, requires application.
LAKEVIEW ACREAGE
#2578 $159,000
Perfect place to build the home of your dreams at Nicola Lake on 1.055 acres. Nicola Lake is great for all water sports, fishing & sailing. Two golf courses nearby.
COMMERCIAL LOT
#2359 $89,900
Flat commercial lot zoned C-3 on Nicola Ave with outstanding exposure. All services are already in place to lot edge. Great place to start your business.
COMMERCIAL LOT
#2486 $125,000
½ acre parcel with C-3 zoning located near Walmart on east side of Airport. Site is vacant with no improvements. Utilities are nearby.
INDUSTRIAL LOTS
#2565 EACH $49,900
3 flat light industrial bare land lots available side by side, each approx. ½ acre. Water andsewer are close to the lot lines. Each sold separately.
NICOLA LAKEVIEW LOT
#2411 $199,000
One acre lot with fabulous views of the lake & mountains. In quality subdivision of custom built homes. Worth the drive to take a look while these opportunities are still available.
LAKEVIEW LOT
#2509 $199,000
Amazing one acre lot with stunning panoramic views of Nicola Lake & mountains. Perfect recreation property or year round residence. Easy access & year round recreation.
11.4 ACRES
#2488 $2,499,000
Irregular shaped parcel, presently split, zoned C-4 Highway Commercial and C-5 Airport Commercial. There is a planned rezoning change to C-9 (Shopping Centre Commercial).
117 ACRES
#2387 $2,500,000
Property has substantial aggregate deposit, excellent for long term gravel pit operation. 37 acres of light industrial and 80 acres of residential zoning. Estimate of 29 million ton deposit.
NICOLA LAKE VIEW LOT
#2508 $199,000
Amazing one acre lake view lot featuring stunning panoramic views of Nicola Lake & surrounding mountains. Perfect recreation property or year round residence. Great swimming, fishing, water-skiing.
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#2551 $590,000
5 acres with renovated 4 bedrm Cape Cod style home with over 3,000 sq.ft. Property has a great view & Guichon creek frontage. Private deck off the large kitchen. 2 car garage with bonus room above.
179 ACRES
#2495 $1,241,000
Located only 2 km from city this historical south facing parcel sits on bench above Highway 8 with panoramic views, 31 acres in hay that can yield 3 crops annually, has marketable timber, a rock quarry and 3 bedrm home.
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If you are injured as a result of the neg-ligence of someone else, whether your injuries arise from a car accident, slip and fall, physical assault or a defective product, one issue that often arises in the pursuit of a personal injury claim is whether you have any injuries or medical conditions that existed prior to the event that gave rise to your per-sonal injury claim.
If you do have pre-existing injuries or a pre-existing medical condition of some kind, your personal injury claim will have a layer of additional complexity.
This is due, at least in part, to the fact that the insurance company that is likely defending the claim may try and argue that your ongoing injuries are not in fact caused by the negligent act, but instead related to your pre-existing con-dition.
As lawyers, we often refer to this a causation issue.
Many of my clients, both past and cur-rent, have expressed concern to me that their pre-existing inju-ries and the ‘causa-tion issue’ they may create, will result in them being unable to successfully pursue compensation for their personal injuries.
The reality, howev-er, is that while pre-ex-isting injuries do add a layer of complexity to an injury claim, pre-existing injuries do not automatically mean your personal injury claim is in trouble.
There are numer-
ous ways that the potential causation issue can be dealt with, from the very obvious to the much more complicated.
The most obvi-ous way to deal with this potential issue is in cases where your
pre-existing injuries are not in the exact same area as the new injuries.
Often times, when we start looking into these issues it becomes clear that the areas of the body affected by the pre-existing condi-
tion are different than the areas affected by the new injuries.
Sometimes it can be as slight as pain being on the right side of the neck instead of the left, or pain in a slightly higher area of the back.
If this can be prov-en, then the ‘causation issue’ will no longer be an issue.
If the area of your body affected by the pre-existing condi-tion cannot be readily distinguished from the area of your body
affected by the new injuries, then things can get more compli-cated.
At that point, it often becomes nec-essary to involve a medical expert so that they can do an assess-ment and provide their opinion on the med-ical-legal issues that your lawyer has identi-fied as important.
With the appropri-ate medical evidence, including an opinion that deals with causa-tion issues (as identi-fied by your lawyer), it is often very real-istic that what once appeared to be a cau-sation issue no longer is.
If there are cau-sation problems, even after obtaining medical opinions, then
decisions can be made on how best to pro-ceed.
If you are injured through the fault of someone else and you do have pre-existing injuries, it is impor-tant to understand that while pre-existing injuries can create potential issues for your injury claim, they by no means signal the end to your claim.
However, in light of the complexity this situation can create, you are wise to seek legal advice.
Greg Pratch is a lawyer and partner with Pushor Mitchell LLP. He practices in the area of litigation with a particu-lar emphasis in personal injury matters and tax disputes.
Is my personal injury claim in trouble if I have a pre-existing medical condition?
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If you are injured through the fault of someone else and you do have pre-existing
injuries, it is important to understand that while pre-existing injuries can create potential issues for your injury claim, they by no means signal the end to your claim.
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MLS # House # STREET PRICEMerritt up to $200,000 131438 16-2776 CLAPPERTON AVE $12,000128070 76-2776 CLAPPERTON AVE $34,000130712 108-1401 NICOLA AVENUE $49,900128369 217-1703 MENZIES STREET $55,000125434 #6-2776 CLAPPERTON AVE $69,500125317 124-1401 NICOLA AVENUE $89,900131323 2276 COLDWATER AVENUE $95,000128359 2637 QUILCHENA AVENUE $104,900128561 1902 COLDWATER AVE $114,900130761 2643 QUILCHENA AVE $120,000127305 1876 COLDWATER AVE $135,000131395 1443 COWLEY STREET $138,000127478 1951 GRANITE AVENUE $145,000121146 1650 LINDLEY CRK RD $149,800127900 1875 SAGE STREET $155,000127307 2276 COUTLEE AVENUE $157,000130290 17-2760 VOGHT STREET $157,000131538 104-2799 CLAPPERTON AVE $159,000131511 2376 JACKSON AVE $160,000129401 468 MERRITT-SP.BRG HWY $167,500131450 #5-2760 VOGHT STREET $185,000130524 1735 QUILCHENA AVE $189,000131428 2501 JACKSON AVE $190,000130710 13-1749 MENZIES ST $195,000130111 6-1749 MENZIES STREET $195,000130561 2549 CLAPPERTON AVE $198,000131398 1660 HILL STREET $199,800
Merritt $200,000 to $300,000 130361 2487 JACKSON AVE $205,000130646 22-1749 MENZIES STREET $208,000131118 1525 COLDWATER AVENUE $210,000130825 3008 PONDEROSA AVE $219,000129536 435 BRENTON AVE LN $225,000129920 2102 PRIEST AVE $237,900127534 2556 CORKLE STREET $239,900130179 2614 COLDWATER AVE $249,000127788 3340 GRIMMETT STREET $255,000130497 2464 JACKSON AVE $255,000131066 2652 PRIEST AVE $258,900129079 2328 ABERDEEN ROAD $259,000125663 1599 COLDWATER AVE $259,000131280 2201 CHAPMAN STREET $259,900131267 2626 GRANITE AVENUE $263,000128512 2152 CLARKE AVE $269,900131197 2575 IRVINE AVE $274,900130128 419 DODDING AVE $279,000
MLS # House # STREET PRICEMerritt $200,000 to $300,000 131411 1407 WALNUT AVE $285,000125573 2108 CLEASBY STREET $289,000130001 1475 QUILCHENA AVENUE $299,000131154 1948 SAGE PLACE $299,000
Merritt $300,000+ 131637 2950 MCLEAN PLACE $315,000131258 1939 ARMSTRONG STREET $319,000128338 1749 JUNIPER DR $329,000127816 2930 MCLEAN PLACE $329,900128756 3051 HILTON DRIVE $353,000128587 1956 SAGE PLACE $375,000131067 2326 GARCIA ST $399,900131321 1421 PINE STREET $400,000131363 325 LOGAN LANE $465,000129329 1849 PINERIDGE DRIVE $469,000Homes on Acreage 128882 2512 KINVIG STREET $299,000127722 432 WILD ROSE DRIVE $399,900130247 16-5300 BOBS LAKE PIT RD $425,000130945 1330 PINE ST $460,000129222 4960 STEFFENS ROAD $485,000128397 1444 LOON LAKE RD CC $499,000131391 1489 MILLER ROAD $499,900129461 2797 MERRITT SP BR HWY $565,000125585 6036 BEECH ROAD $599,000126113 311 MERRITT-SP.BRG HWY $650,000130458 2184 ARMYTAGE ROAD $739,900128783 128 COLDWATER ROAD $795,000128029 2188 SUNSHINE VALLEY RD E $875,000128821 3793 PETIT CREEK ROAD $1,638,000118481 5240 DOT RANCH CUTT OFF RD $1,895,000Bare Land 127492 1585 CHESTNUT AVE $65,000127496 1620 CHESTNUT AVE $65,000127497 1630 CHESTNUT AVE $65,000130526 1410 WALNUT AVE $65,000127815 2488 SPRINGBANK AVE $74,900130904 1680 CHESTNUT AVE $79,900130261 1914 QUILCHENA AVENUE $80,000121605 2730 EAGLE CRESCENT $85,000125633 1305 FIR AVE $98,000122077 2701 PEREGRINE WAY $99,000126000 3435 D’EASUM ROAD $129,000131295 6681 MONCK PARK ROAD $129,000127607 2299 BURGESS AVE $145,000127723 6357 MONCK PARK ROAD $189,000126788 2556 ABERDEEN ROAD $198,000131126 Lot 3 MIDDAY VALLEY ROAD $198,000127952 120 GOLDEN QUILL TRAIL $240,000
MLS # House # STREET PRICEBare Land 129746 2980 PANORAMA DRIVE $250,000129555 11615 KAMLOOPS MERRITT HWY $275,000127274 1926-52 NICOLA AVENUE $325,000127935 2208 COYLE ROAD $450,000128532 DL3520 MILL CREEK ROAD $499,000130215 2819 ABERDEEN ROAD $1,500,000Commercial 122580 2152 NICOLA AVENUE $80,000125491 2175 NICOLA AVENUE $220,000124749 2551 PRIEST AVE $299,999128538 1898 BLAIR STREET $369,000122729 2076 COUTLEE AVENUE $455,000127420 1601 WILSON ST $575,000119521 1988 NICOLA AVENUE $590,000126768 2302 CLAPPERTON AVE $624,000126112 311 MERRITT-SP.BRG HWY $650,000Logan Lake 125291 347 POPLAR DRIVE $37,900128340 316-279 ALDER DRIVE $49,900130971 205-279 ALDER DRIVE $54,900130661 310-400 OPAL DRIVE $78,500129209 217-308 CHARTRAND AVE $89,000129026 67-111 CHARTRAND AVE(Business) $89,900125939 29 TOPAZ CRESC $114,900130231 433 OPAL DRIVE $124,900128450 21 TOPAZ CRESC $124,900125603 3 AGATE DRIVE $125,000130248 7 AMBER CRESCENT $169,000127481 38 BERYL DRIVE $179,990131581 424 OPAL DRIVE $189,500129866 154 PONDEROSA AVE $199,900131388 227 BIRCH CRESC $222,500131028 155 ASPEN CRESCENT $226,900128502 13-15 JASPER DRIVE $229,500131572 141 JASPER DRIVE $235,000131586 6785 FOLEY ROAD $274,000128310 329 BASALT PLACE $279,900131602 208 BASALT PLACE $282,900130826 232 THRISSEL PLACE $320,000
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This week I would like to talk about a hormone found in our bodies that is very important to our over-all health. It is called “cortisol” and is secret-ed from the adrenal glands that sit on the top of your kidneys.
For those of you trying to lose weight and improve your over-all health, you should
familiarize yourself with how elevated levels of this hormone can negatively impact your body. This includes weight gain, a weakened immune sys-tem, and an increased risk of chronic disease.
This is how cortisol works:
1) When you are exposed to physical or emotional stress, the adrenal glands that sit on top of your kidneys secrete the hormone cortisol.
2) This increased cortisol level prepares your body for a “fight or flight” response to this stress by flooding the blood with glucose (sugar), which will supply an immediate
source of energy to the large muscles in prepa-ration for a potential increase in physical exertion. Interestingly, cortisol also inhibits the production of insulin, which would normally remove this elevated level of glu-cose from the blood and store it in the cells of your body. Thus, the end result is you’re your blood glucose (sugar) levels remain higher than normal until the stress subsides and the cortisol levels lower.
3) Cortisol also constricts or narrows the arteries in your body, which increases your blood pressure and makes your heart
pump harder. 4) Eventually, when
the physical or emo-tional stress is resolved, the level of cortisol decreases, glucose levels in the blood decrease as insulin levels are allowed to return to their normal levels, the constricted arteries relax to nor-mal and blood pressure returns to normal once again. This is assum-ing that the physical or emotional stress is temporary and doesn’t occur on an ongoing basis.
The point I want to make with this article is that if you are under constant stress at home or at work, your lev-els of cortisol may be
elevated for extended periods of time every day. This will result in your body remaining in a “fight or flight” mode during that time. Based on what I mentioned above, this means that you will have a higher blood sugar level (potentially leading to type 2 diabetes) and higher blood pressure (increasing your risk of a heart attack) when-ever your cortisol levels remain elevated due to stress.
Next week, I will discuss in more detail the negative effects that elevated cortisol levels can have on your body. Unfortunately, there are even more than I have mentioned today!
High levels of cortisol is unhealthy
DR. COLIN GAGESpinal COLUMN
If our thoughts determine how we feel, then what happens if we think depressing thoughts? Well, we make ourselves feel worse, and we may sink deeper into depression. We can literally tor-ture ourselves with our thoughts.
There are some situations that we really cannot do anything about. Bad things do happen. If we dwell on the unfairness of the world, or the fact that others are not really there for us, we feel sad and lonely. Then, if we imagine that everyone else is blissfully happy, having the perfect existence, then that is like pouring salt on the wound. It is hard to adjust to change, but we live in a changing world, and things will
not stay the same.Children do grow up
and leave home, people do die, relationships end, illness happens, and for most people there is always some concern about finances. We have to strengthen ourselves, and like a little ship on a stormy ocean, we may experi-ence rough seas, but we can still stay afloat. We can always work towards moving to sunnier shores. When we are sad, there is a tendency to focus on all that is missing from our lives. But we could begin to think of life in a different way.
Kurt Vonnegut Jr. wrote in one of his books, "Life is a collec-tion of moments strung together in a beautifully random order." What if we imagined all of the good moments in our lives as beautiful, sparkling beads. The times in between could be the string that holds them all together. Even if the string had only one bright, sparkling stone, it would still be beautiful.
But most of us can think of more than one
good moment. And we know that there will be more to come. It is when we forget about the good things, and see only emptiness and pain that we get discour-aged. Even if you feel all alone, you can still enjoy life. You can do good things for your-self, you can immerse yourself in a good book or beautiful music, and you can connect with your own soul. That is the best friend you'll ever have anyway.
Our inner world is even more expansive than the outer world, and few ever really explore it. Maybe that is what solitude is for. We don't have to fear being alone, and we can even learn to celebrate those times when we get to spend uninterrupted
time with ourselves. And if there seems to be a long stretch of that time, perhaps the Universe is asking us to learn about ourselves, before moving on. A kind of cosmic time-out. A time when we can imagine the rest of our lives as a blank slate, on which we can create whatever we would like.
The key is remem-bering that we do create our lives. If we don't like what is, then we can aim to create something better. But first we must know who we are, and what it is that we want. Solitude is an ideal opportunity to reflect on that.
Gwen Randall-Young is an author and award-winning psychotherapist.
How to prevent thoughts from ruining our lives
GWEN RANDALL-YOUNGPsychologyFOR LIVING
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It would be easy to write off this past weekend as just two more losses by the Merritt Centennials in a winless streak that has now stretched to seven games.
After all, the Cents fell 3-0 on Friday night to the Penticton Vees at the South Okanagan Events Centre, then fol-lowed that up on home ice Sunday with an 8-4 defeat at the hands of the same Vees in the back half of the teams’ home-and-home series.
Any such broad gen-eralization would do a disservice to the belea-guered Centennials, however, as the team played very well for long stretches of time against the nation’s number-two-ranked Junior A team and the runaway leaders in the BCHL with an 18-1-0 record.
Take Friday night’s game for example, which was a lot closer than the final score would seem to indicate.
In front of an announced crowd of 2,343 at the SOEC, the
Cents played a near-perfect first period, out-shooting their hosts 9-8 and keeping the game scoreless through 20 minutes.
The second period could easily have ended the same way on the scoreboard if it hadn’t been for a horrible pen-alty shot awarded to the Vees with three minutes left in the middle frame.
Merritt’s Mike Faulkner made a per-fectly good, lower-third stick check from behind on Penticton’s Nicholas Jones as he broke in alone, only to have ref-eree Branton Grinde see it differently and award a freebie.
Jones, the Vees’ new-est acquisition, made no mistake in his first BCHL outing, ringing the puck off both posts and past Cents’ net-minder Colten Lancaster for the first goal of the game.
“I didn’t like the pen-alty shot call at all,” said a chagrined Cents head coach, Joe Martin.
The coach went on to add that his team played well in the third period, too, but just a
couple of small mistakes proved costly against a very skilled Penticton squad. Projected NHL first-round draft pick Tyson Jost and Dixon Bowen completed the scoring for the Vees, who outshot the Centennials 31-26.
Merritt failed to capi-talize on four powerplay chances Friday night, while Penticton made good on one of its two man-advantage oppor-tunities.
“When you’re up against arguably the top team in the coun-try in their rink, and you’re heading into the third period down only one goal, I think that you can feel pretty good,” Martin said. “Defensively, we played well, and Lancaster was excellent.”
The young, 17-year-
old netminder got the call Saturday as well, as a bit of a bug forced scheduled starter Cole Kehler to the sidelines shortly before game time. It was a busier night for the rookie as he faced 41 Penticton shots, 23 of them in the second period alone.
Things didn’t start well for the Cents in front of a Halloween night crowd of 650 that looked more like 300 at times. Luke Voltin and Jost gave the Vees an early two-goal lead before Merritt’s Colin Grannary tallied twice less than two minutes apart late in the first period.
The 18-year-old Grannary would com-plete the natural hat trick 56 seconds into the second to give Merritt its first and only lead of the
night.I’m happy for Colin,”
Martin said. “I thought that his compete and his simplicity were better. He wasn’t trying to do too much.”
The Cents’ lead was a brief one, as Demico Hannoun replied for the visitors just 20 seconds later.
Unheralded Penticton defenceman Easton Brodzinski scored his first of three on the night, and his team’s first of four on the pow-erplay, at the 4:20 mark of the middle stanza to put the Vees in front once more, but Merritt’s Mitch Lipon would deadlock things at 4-4 just over a minute later.
With five minutes remaining in the second period, the wheels kind of fell off the Cents’ wagon — in a big
way. A needless rough-ing penalty for a face wash by Cents’ assistant captain Nick Fidanza resulted in a Vees’ pow-erplay goal by ever-dan-gerous Scott Conway. A short while later, an overly-aggressive blow-to-the-head penalty sent Merritt defender Nick Fiorentino to the sin bin for a total of 12 minutes.
The third period saw Merritt take four of the five penalties assessed and essentially throw away any chance of mounting a comeback. The Vees scored three unanswered times, and twice on the powerplay.
Martin was sufficient-ly upset that he benched three of his players for a good part of the final period in an attempt to send his troops a mes-sage.
“The message was
and is that everyone, the whole team is being hurt by individual lack of dis-cipline, by selfishness on the part of individuals, and it’s got to stop.”
Martin went on to add, “If our effort and discipline for the first five periods of the week-end had been there for the sixth period, win-or-lose we could have considered the weekend a big step forward. Unfortunately, every-thing went out the win-dow in the third period on Saturday.”
To further drive his message home, Martin had his squad out on the ice Monday for an infa-mous ‘bag skate’. Call it punishment if you will, but the head coach felt the action was long overdue.
“It’s all about disci-pline,” he said. “Perhaps we should have done it two weeks ago, and maybe we’d be in a bet-ter spot right now. We’ll see what happens going forward.”
Looking ahead, the Centennials travel to West Kelowna for their fourth regular-season meeting with the Warriors. In their most recent get-together, on September 30, Merritt trounced their cross-Connector rivals 9-1.
Saturday, the Cents host the Trail Smoke Eaters, who swept Merritt in a home-and-home series less than two weeks ago. Going into the weekend, the Smokies sit just a point behind the Cents with three games in hand.
BCHL STANDINGS to Nov. 04
Team GP W L T OTL PTS
Penticton 19 18 1 0 0 36Salmon Arm 18 11 4 2 1 25West Kelowna 18 11 5 0 2 24Vernon 19 9 9 0 1 19Merritt 20 6 13 0 1 13Trail 17 6 11 0 0 12
INTERIOR DIVISION
Team GP W L T OTL PTS
Wenatchee 19 11 5 2 1 25Chilliwack 18 10 5 1 2 23Langley 17 11 6 0 0 22Coquitlam 18 7 8 1 2 17Prince George 18 5 12 0 1 11Surrey 18 4 14 0 0 8
MAINLAND DIVISION
Team GP W L T OTL PTS
Cowichan Valley 18 10 5 1 2 23Nanaimo 18 11 7 0 0 22Powell River 19 10 9 0 0 20Alberni Valley 17 6 9 1 1 14Victoria 19 5 12 0 2 12
ISLAND DIVISION
Plenty of positives to be found in a pair of weekend lossesCents give Vees all they can handle for the better part of five periods; a lack of discipline proves to be their undoingIan WebsterTHE MERRITT HERALD
HAT TRICK-OR-TREAT Merritt’s Colin Grannary (far right) was spooktacular on Saturday night, scoring a Halloween hat trick in his team’s 8-4 loss to the visiting Penticton Vees. The Cents fell 3-0 to the Vees on Friday. Ian Webster/Herald
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SPORTS
Timely readers of this edition of the Merritt Herald will be able to get over to the Merritt Secondary School gymnasium today (Thursday) to see the MSS junior girls volleyball team in action starting at 5 p.m.
The Lady Panthers are scheduled to play both the South Kamloops Titans and the Westsyde Whundas in the final week of reg-ular-season West Zone competition prior to the start of playoffs next Thursday in Kamloops.
In league play last week, MSS defeated South Kamloops in straight sets, 25-21 and 25-18, before losing to their arch rivals from Sa-Hali Secondary.
On the weekend, the junior girls squad, which is coached by
Shelly Moorhead and Dwayne Suzuki, took part in the third annual Spike Pink Volleyball Challenge at Sa-Hali. The event is a fundrais-er in support of breast cancer research. This year’s event raised a total of $1,900 with the
MSS team chipping in $310 in donations.
Round robin play saw the Merritt Secondary juniors defeat the host Sabres 2-0 (25-16, 25-18) before being edged 2-1 by both the Titans and the Whundas.
Both matches saw the Panthers take the opening set before nar-rowly losing in third-and-final tiebreakers.
Scores against the Titans were 25-18, 26-28, 17-19 and against the Whundas 25-20, 23-25, 14-16.
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FOR A GOOD CAUSE The Merritt Secondary School junior girls volleyball team took part in the Spike Pink Volleyball Challenge fundraising tournament in Kamloops on the weekend, with all proceeds going towards breast cancer research. The team will be in action at home this Thursday starting at 5 p.m. Photo courtesy of Stef Zabek
Merritt minor hockey’s highly success-ful female program will be front and centre this weekend as all three teams see action in their annual home tourna-ment.
A total of 12 teams will take part in the three-day, 28-game tour-ney which will see games at both the Nicola Valley and Shulus arenas.
The Merritt atom girls team, which is sponsored by Ultimate Hockey and Skate out of West Kelowna, plays its round robin games at 1:15 p.m. Friday (Merritt), 7:00 a.m. and 10:00 a.m. on Saturday (Merritt) and at 8:30 a.m. on Sunday (Merritt).
The Tolko Industries bantam girls squad also plays four prelim-nary games — 4:45 p.m. and 7:45 p.m. on Friday (Merritt) , and 11:15 a.m. (Shulus) and 2:30 p.m. (Merritt) on Saturday.
Finally, the Joco Transport midget girls play three round robin games — at 2p.m. on Friday (Shulus), and at 11:30 a.m. and 4 p.m. on Saturday (Merritt).
All playoff games are set for Sunday.
Atom Recreation
The LNB atoms fell 9-1 to Logan Lake on Saturday. Isaiah Davis scored Merritt’s lone goal.
Atom Development
The Fountain Tire atoms travelled to Kamloops on the week-end and defeated the Jr. Blazers 6-1. Brayden McRae Chillihitzia had a hat trick for the victors, while Wade
Rauch scored twice and Jalen McRae once. Chillihitzia, Lucas Schmid, Ostyn Fox, Simon Cisco and Glen Newman all picked up assists.
The Fountain Tire team returns to Kamloops this weekend for a three-day tourna-ment.
Peewee Rep
The Ramada peewee reps improved their league-leading record
to 7-0-1 with a pair of home-ice wins on the weekend.
Saturday, the team edged North Okanagan 5-2, while Sunday saw them roll over Salmon Arm 11-1 in the third meeting between the two sides in eight days.
Weekend point get-ters for the Ramada squad included Breanna Ouellet and Max Graham (both with four goals and five assists), Matthew Newman (2 goals, 8 assists), Caleb Brackett (2 goals), Sajjin Lali (1 goal, 2 assists), Preston Laupitz, Robert Sterling and Missy McDonnell (all with one goal apiece), Jayden Story (4 assists) and Chase Cooke (2 assists).
Goaltenders Manjot Panghli and Bryce Garcia picked up one win each.
Bantam Recreation
The first-place Murray GM bantams improved their league record to 4-0 with a 9-1 win over Chase on Sunday. Talon Zakall, Connor Ouellet and Justin Tighe each had two goals for the Merritt team, while Braeden King, Stuart Brown
Abram and Luke Narcisse tallied once apiece. Zakall, Ouellet, Tighe, Tyler Simon and Dylan Stirling all had one or more assists.
Troy Holmes was the victorious netminder.
Midget Rep
The Tracker Sports-
wear midget reps tied Salmon Arm 4-4 on Saturday and lost to Kelowna 7-4 Sunday in a pair of home-ice games on the weekend.
Against the Silvertips, the Merritt Jr. Centennials got two goals from Baley Tomkinson along with singles from Anthony
Tulliani and Travis Sterling.
In their loss on Sunday, Tyler Mosely had the natural hat trick while Keyton Laupitz had the Tracker’s other goal. Tulliani and Travis Mosely picked up a pair of assists each and Drayden Thomas had one helper.
This weekend’s female hockey tourney boasts 28-game scheduleMINOR HOCKEY REPORT
Ian WebsterTHE MERRITT HERALD
Men’s Top-10 Averages Ladies’ Top-10 Averages
Jordan Pinto 252 Helen Campbell 205Bill Campbell 252 Doreen Nikkel 200Jerrid Chandler 230 Crystal Chandler 195Pat McKinney 222 Lori Walker 173Mark Pattison 219 Kristina Johnson 168Don Kraus 217 Lorna Valois 166Stuart Cornies 211 Bea Morris 165Harold Aljam 195 Dianne Walker 163Bill McNeil 194 Chandra Bonthoux 163Rick Walker 194 Sharon McIvor 161
High Games High Triples
Oct. 26 Men’s Rick Walker 301 Jordan Pinto 776Mixed Ladies’ Doreen Nikkel 228 Bea Morris 576Oct. 29 Men’s Richard Gilpin 219 Hillar Linde 573Seniors Ladies’ Lorraine Dodding 206 Barb Puga 549Oct. 29 Men’s Bill Campbell 333 Bill Campbell 828Mixed Ladies’ Crystal Chandler 251 Crystal Chandler 660
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Making waves at TRU Former Merritt Otters’ swimmer Taylor Carmichael is making a name for herself in her rookie season with the Thompson Rivers University Wolfpack swim team. The 18-year-old Carmichael recently took part in a triple Iron Pentathlon competition in Penticton, finishing 10th overall and setting four personal best times. Each swimmer was required to swim five races per day — at the 50-metre distance on Friday, the 100-metre distance on Saturday and at the gruelling 200-metre distance on Sunday. “It’s a good way to start the year,” said Taylor’s mom, Amanda. “Great training, but peek performance isn’t expected.” This past weekend, Taylor was in Victoria at the UVic-PCS Blue-Gold Meet. She swam a personal best in the long-course (Olympic-length pool) 800-metre freestyle event with a time of 10:02.48, putting her within striking distance of the Western qualifying standard of 9:56. Taylor trains 16 hours in the pool weekly and three hours dryland while pursuing a Bachelor of Science degree at TRU. Photo courtesy of TRU Athletics
SHARPSHOOTER Madeleine Barnes scored five times to lead her Joco Transport midget female team to a 6-2 victory over Kamloops on the weekend. Ian Webster/Herald
NICOLA VALLEY FILM SOCIETY PRESENTS “A BRILLIANT YOUNG MIND” Rated PG on Monday
Nov. 16 at 7 p.m. at the NVIT LECTURE THEATRE. Parking is FREE and there is no food or drink allowed in the theatre. For more info phone 250-378-3974.
LOWER NICOLA FLEA MARKET Is back inside at the Lower Nicola Hall! Dates: Dec. 6
PLUS we are hosting the LOWER NICOLA CRAFT AND BAKE SALE Nov. 15, Runs from 9-2. For information or to Book a Stall Facebook: Lower Nicola Flea Market or call 250-378-3481.
COUNTRY CHRISTMASCountry Christmas is coming. This year begins with
a city-wide light-up on Monday, Nov. 23 and ends on Sunday, Nov. 29. If you would like to be part of the fun, consider volunteering. Contact Sharon at 250-378-6158, or complete a volunteer application form avail-able from the Baillie House, Community Futures or the Chamber of Commerce.
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CONAYT BINGOJoin Conayt Friendship Society every Thursday for bingo.
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CONAYT ELDERS DROP IN CENTRETuesday & Thursday mornings, 8:30 a.m. – noon, 2164
Quilchena Avenue. All Elders welcome – just come out and visit! For information contact Deloris at 250-378-5107.
NICOLA VALLEY & DISTRICT MÉTIS SOCIETYMeeting @ N.V.I.T Room #69 Second Wednesday of
every month. 6:30-8:00 p.m. Next meeting Dec. 9. Everyone Welcome! Contact Phil for more 250-315-6024.
PATRICIA REBEKAH LODGE ANNUAL CHRISTMAS LUNCHEONNov. 14, at 11 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. in the Merritt Senior
Citizens Hall. Lunch soup, sandwiches, dessert, tea and coffee. There will be a bake sale, in house raffle, craft table and white elephant table.
CATHOLIC WOMEN’S LEAGUEChristmas Craft, Bake Sale and Luncheon. Saturday,
Nov. 21, 2015 from 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. at the Catholic Church Hall, Blair and Coldwater Ave. Admission - Donation to Food Bank or Soup Kitchen. For Table Rentals Call Joan 250-378-3910.
CRAFT & BAKE SALE Elks & Royal Purple will be hosting a craft and bake
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LOUIS RIEL DAY CELEBRATIONS AND POTLUCK DINNER Nov, 15, 2015 at the Cadet Hall (1755 Coldwater Ave)
doors open at 5 p.m., dinner at 5:30 p.m. We are having bannock, jigging lessons, Meti music, loonie draws, “split the pot”, door prizes and games for children. Please bring a dish to share, everyone welcome! For more call Phil at 250-315-6024.
COMING UP AT THE COURTHOUSE GALLERY IN MERRITTThe Show opens November 6 and runs through Nov. 28.
The reception will be held Nov. 13 from 6 p.m. until 8 p.m. and the public is invited. The photographer is Ruth Tolerton. Title is: Faces of Our Future and Other Stuff. Gallery hours are: Thursday through Saturday noon until 6pm.
DEMENTIA DIALOGUE-CHANGING BEHAVIOURS & PERSPECTIVE:Free Alzheimer Society of B.C. workshop on under-
standing what different behaviours mean and how to prepare for the changes of the person’s reality, perspec-tive and personality. Friday Nov. 20, 2015 from 1-3:30 p.m. at the Merritt Seniors Centre. Contact Phyllis Riley at 250-378-4407
CHRISTMAS CRAFT CHOASSaturday Nov. 21 from 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. at the Logan
Lake Elementary School, 4 Galena Ave. Bake sale by PAC, concession by the Lions Club. Free admission. Door prizes. For more information contact Val @ 250-542-9020 or [email protected] This event is sponsored by the Logan Lake Lions club.
COLOURFUL RHYTHMS OF DANCEPresented by students of the Love To Dance Academy.
Wednesday Nov. 25 at the Merritt Civic Centre at 7 p.m. (doors open 6 p.m.) Join us for an evening of colourful dancing to lively music. Entrance FREE. Concession cash only. Part of Merritt Country Christmas Week festivities.
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At 11 a.m. a moment of silence will be observed by those present Everyone is
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Veterans needing a ride please phone the Legion at
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Parade will assemble at the Shulus Anglican Church at 9:45 a.m.
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At 11 a.m. a moment of silence will be observed by those present. Everyone is then invited to the Shulus
Community Hall for a luncheon.
MERRITT LEGION REMEMBERS
HONOURING NATIVE VETERANS
Pictures for this supplement were provided by the Nicola
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Amongst a sea of old, worn crosses in a graveyard overlooking
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It’s an official military marker — a unique addi-tion to this resting place — and it honours First World War veteran Pvt. George McLean, a soldier who fought valiantly for his country.
McLean was laid to rest more than 80 years ago, but it wasn’t until this past September that a headstone recognizing his military service was placed upon his grave.
His story is one of hero-ism, rediscovery and vin-dication coming full circle thanks to memories from Upper Nicola elder Hector Stewart, and efforts from the band’s cultural historian Lynne Jorgesen, as well as Mclean’s ancestor Mel Rothenburger.
McLean was a First Nations man, born and
raised in the Nicola Valley.His mother was the
daughter of Upper Nicola Band Chief Chillihitzia, while his father, Allen McLean, was the leader of the infamous Wild McLean gang, made up of four men who were hanged in 1881 for murdering police Const. Johnny Ussher and a sheep herder in 1879.
IN THE ARMYThe five-foot-seven
McLean joined the fight in Europe as a middle-aged man in his 40s, enlisting in the 172nd Battalion CEF (Canadian Expeditionary Force) in October of 1916.
Pvt. McLean sailed for England almost instantly, and was transferred that December to the 54th Battalion in France.
In April of 1917, the Canadian Corps was ordered to take Vimy Ridge — a heavily fortified, seven-kilometre mountain range in northern France situated above allied lines.
This task was sure to be difficult for the Canadians
as attempts to take it by their French and English allies had failed, with casu-alties numbering in the hundreds of thousands.
Canadian infantry attacked at 5:30 in the morning on April 9, 1917, overrunning the Germans, charging their rifle nests and forcing the surrender of soldiers in protective dugouts.
The battle would last four grueling days.
Hill 145 was the highest and most important feature of the ridge, and it was assigned to Pvt. McLean and his fellow soldiers of the 54th.
During the battle, McLean attacked a group of enemy soldiers single-handily, armed with about a dozen small grenades nick-named “The Pineapple.”
In his attack, he captured 19 German prisoners on his own, and killed five more who attempted to reach a machine gun, saving a large number of casualties.
For his heroic actions, McLean was awarded the
Distinguished Conduct Medal, the second highest award available for non-commissioned officers in the First World War.
Shot in the arm in the process, McLean was returned to Canada for medical treatment, and went back to British Columbia.
BACK AT HOMEIn an excerpt from a
Kamloops newspaper arti-cle from October that year included in a Nicola Valley Museum quarterly, McLean described the event to a group of people gathered at a CPR station when his return train passed through Kamloops.
“There were two machine guns playing on us and one of our officers got hit. I pulled him out of the mess, and at that time I was close to the Germans’ dug-outs. I knew there was sixty of the enemy there and I got hold of my bombs and just as I was in the act of pulling the pin my partner, who was cloae to me, got it
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in the head. Then I bombed them. And I bombed them again and again. I used nine bombs altogether and they ran like rabitts into their dugouts. After they ran into the dugout, I kept bombing them until their sergeant-major threw up hi hands shouting, ‘Don’t throw the bomb,’ and I didn’t. He came out of the hole and handed me his automatic pistol and asked how many of there were of us and I said there were 150.”
His attack killed 19 enemy soldiers.
An article in the Merritt Herald from 1918 read:
“It was a great day for Pte. McLean when he arrived at the Canadian lines with his long string of prisoners and he was accorded a magnificent reception by his officers and comrades, who were not slow to recognize the splen-did work he had done.”
McLean returned to the battle where he was shot twice in the left arm, but managed to capture five more prisoners. When they ran from him for a machine gun nest, he killed them all.
From his exploits, he was nicknamed “The German Killer.”
Victory was assured by the brave Canadian soldiers after about four gruel-ing days of warfare in No Man’s Land and terrible conditions in the trenches.
It’s a battle that has become known as watershed moment in the creation of Canada, and it was a defin-ing moment for McLean as well, as his heroics for which he earned the DCM became the stuff of legend.
“George’s story was the vindication of the family name,” Rothenburger said.
After the war, McLean returned to the Nicola Valley to work as a rancher.
McLEAN’S DEATHHe died just 17 years
later, his body found the morning of Sept. 7, 1934 in the bushes outside the old Munro barn.
An article in the Merritt Herald from when he died read that McLean had been seen around town late the night before, and his tethered horse was noticed standing alone the night before. It said he likely died of suffocation and natural causes while alone in the bush.
In a book he wrote on the Wild Mclean gang, Rothenburger says that McLean spent the previ-ous night, as he often did, getting drunk, and given that it wasn’t very cold out yet, may have passed out, thrown up and choked on his own vomit.
An unfitting end for a war hero.
“George was a man of powerful physique and was of a likeable type,” wrote the Herald article.
McLean died at the age of 60, and was survived by a son at Quilchena, a married daughter in Vernon and a brother in Washington State.
Upon his death, the Canadian Legion offered its services in arranging a funeral, but some of Mclean’s First Nations friends took his body to be buried in the cemetery where it now rests on the Upper Nicola Reserve instead.
There was no military funeral, nor prominent headstone to mark the final resting place of a man who served his country proud. Mclean was buried under a wooden cross – his name and year he died scratched into it.
In the 90s a flash flood washed away some of the
headstones in the graveyard. Restoration efforts were taken to place those head-stones as close to the burial plots as possible.
Many still lay atop of their graves today, and it is where McLean’s cross was found.
REDISCOVERYOne day while Upper
Nicola elder Hector Stewart was talking about George McLean in a medical clinic, the story that there was no knowledge of where McLean was buried sprang to life.
Questions surrounding where McLean was buried eventually reached the for-mer Kamloops Daily News in 2013.
Rothenburger was con-tacted and told there was interest in finding the grave for a military headstone, which would be erected through Veterans Affair’s Last Post Fund program.
A relative would need to file an application, however, and Rothenburger was it. McLean’s father was the brother of his great-grand-father.
Finding the grave how-ever was easier said than done, and Rothenburger and teamed up with Upper Nicola Band historian Lynne Jorgesen to findM-cLean.
Jorgesen said that over time, people with the knowl-edge of where McLean was buried eventually passed on themselves.
“Over the year, the record of where he was buried kind of got lost,” Rothenbuger told the Herald.
Looking through old documents, Jorgesen was able to find a map of the cemetery and pinpointed McLean’s grave.
Last summer, the two
went to the cemetery with some other band members and after about a half hour were able to find the grave which had no marker except for a decrepit-looking cross atop the grave.
“I actually got down on my hands and knees, and got as close to it as I could and was able to make out the very faint writing,” Rothenburger said.
“It was really an exciting moment.”
“It was a chain of really fascinating coincidences that led to George being recognized with a marker,” Jorgesen said.
In addition to finding McLean, the search also turned up a direct relative who grew up not knowing, but always curious about her grandfather.
Alfreda McLean was born in 1955, well after her grandfather had past away.
Living in the Okanagan community of Lake Country today, she told the Herald she contacted Rothenburger and Jorgesen when she saw some of the stories written about the search for George and got in contact with Rothenburger.
She said finding where her grandfather was buried meant a lot to her and was an indescribable experience.
“Tears of joy,” she said.In September, Alfreda
and some of her family members got to experience seeing their ancestor hon-oured with a military head-stone from Veterans Affairs, properly acknowledging a Nicola Valley war hero.
FINDING A NICOLA VALLEY HERO’S RESTING PLACE
Story and photos by Michael PotestioPhotos submitted by Mel Rothenburger
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On the surface, it’s a classic love story.
Andrea Rogers met the man who would become
her her husband while she was at the movies. It’s not such an uncommon way for a couple to meet in the 1940s — except that it was in Holland, and he was one of the Canadian soldiers who helped liberate the country from Nazi occupiers.
Andrea had never seen a film in the theatre before. She was too young to go before the war broke out, when she was about 11 years old, and during the occupation the only films that were played were for the Nazi soldiers.
So when Andrea suggested sneak-ing in to one, her cousin agreed. They mingled with some of the soldiers in line, and one of them agreed to escort Andrea in. His name was Norman, and after the film, she took him home to meet her family.
“I said, ‘Grandma, this is the man I’m going to marry.’” said Rogers. “She kind of looked and she said, ‘How do you know?’ I said, ‘I just know.’ And I did marry him. I knew that was the man i wanted to marry, so I did.”
They spent the summer together, travelling around the countryside of her hometown of Apeldoorn, mostly on foot — the Germans had taken most of the bicycles during the retreat.
“I dragged him everywhere,” she said. “He said, ‘Well, we do a lot of march-ing in the army — I’m glad I’m good at marching!’”
At the end of August, he left back to England, but they continued to write to each other for three years, until finally one of his letters to her contained a proposal. She accepted, and in 1955 they moved to Merritt.
LIVING IN WAREven then she was just a teenager,
but by the time she met Norman she had already lived through the hellish trauma of wartorn Europe.
“You were never at ease, you were always on edge, wondering what was going to happen next,” she said. “One morning I went to school and some-body had murdered somebody, and he was lying in our doorway at the foot of our stairs. I had to step over him and go to school and it wasn’t actually until I got to school that it really hit me and I just stood there and I threw up and threw up and threw up.”
Andrea said that there was a lot of hostility even between Dutch people, and some were outright traitors. Ugly things happened that wouldn’t have happened otherwise, and no one knew what to expect next.
But young Andrea was a staunch patriot, and one of her teachers was a
member of the Dutch resistance. He recruited her to run messages, calling her “orange parakeet” a reference to the colours of the Dutch royalty.
She recounted her adventures fer-rying messages for the Dutch under-ground movement. “It was scary because it was always after curfew, after dark, and there were no streetlights — nothing,” she said. “Sometimes it involved climbing a roof and jumping across. The things I did in those days, I can’t believe that I did these things! i must have been daft!”
They had Jewish neighbours that were taken. “At first they took the two boys, the two sons,” she recalled. They were in their early 20’s, and their mother was left by herself. Then one day Andrea’s father heard she had been picked up as well. He managed to get to the railway station and bribe a guard to free her before she was sent to Germany.
They hid her in a secret room in a house for about a year. During that time she had a stroke, and of course she couldn’t leave the room to get medical attention. “We just kept her as clean as we could, kept her fed, and I used to read to her,” said Rogers, who affectionately referred to her as Frau Wolfberg. “It gave her some comfort, but she was there by herself all day. There was no light, no windows in the
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IT IS THE SOLDIERIt is the Soldier, not the minister
Who has given us freedom of religion.It is the Soldier, not the reporter
Who has given us freedom of the press.It is the Soldier, not the poet
Who has given us freedom of speech.It is the Soldier, not the campus organizer
Who has given us freedom to protest.It is the Soldier, not the lawyer
Who has given us the right to a fair trial.It is the Soldier, not the politician
Who has given us the right to vote.It is the Soldier who salutes the flag,
Who serves beneath the flag,And whose coffin is draped by the flag,
Who allows the protester to burn the flag.
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place because it was a hidden room. One day I came in and they had ran-sacked it and knocked down the walls and she was gone, and we never saw her again. I was so fond of her.”
But through all of the violence, starvation and political tension there were good times, too. Rogers said she learned how to do simple things for herself, like make corn starch, and make do with very little.
“Any piece of spare paper we could find we would cut into Ws — that was the initial of the queen, Wilhelmina — just to razz them!” she said. “We’d just lose them out of our pockets as we were walking down the street and stuff like that. The silly things small children do.”
She said that was one of the fun things they did, and it wasn’t just fun, it was necessary. “It was sometimes quite hilarious, too,” she said. “We had a lot of laughs. You had to have laughs or else you wouldn’t exist — you couldn’t exist. You had to have something to release the pressure because everybody was under pressure. Really severe pres-sure.”
LONG TERM EFFECTSThe way Andrea describes the hor-
rible conditions of wartime Holland stands in stark contrast with her happy and contented life with Norman. But even after the war, coming to Canada and settling down, there were emotion-al and physical side effects from those days. Rogers contracted brucellosis, an infectious disease spread from animals to people through unpasteurized milk, something she had to drink a lot of during the war.
Among the myriad of negative side effects this disease carries is miscarriage. Rogers called it a “war souvenir.”
And there are emotional side effects as well. Rogers said she’s been unable to cry since the war, even after her life-long companion died in 2002.
“I’ve never been able to cry about him,” she said.
After Norman passed, she said she stood in the middle of the kitchen and wondered what to do next. “As far as I was concerned, my life was over,” she said. “During the war we learned to bottle it all up and not show emotion, and it has really affected me the rest of my life. I can’t cry any more.”
REMEMBERING TOGETHERThe war was such a big part of their
lives that they used to give talks at the schools around the Nicola Valley for Remembrance Day.
“The two of us worked with the schools in Merritt and Douglas Lake and the area, and we used to give talks on Remembrance Day assembly and then all the kids would come look at Norm’s medals,” she laughed. “They would point to his medals and ask,
‘What’s this for? What did you do to get this?’ They wanted the story. So we did a lot of that — we went to every school, and then I’d tell them a little bit about what life was like during the war.”
Norm was an avid legionnaire, and sometimes carried a flag in the parade.
“I’ve had such a marvellous life with him, and he was such a jokester — always pulling my leg,” she said, laughing. “He was really a darling. I was so lucky — of all the people in the Netherlands, I had lots of suitors, but Norm stuck by me. Once I met Norm, I was hooked.”
Andrea Rogers looks at a photograph of her husband wearing his medals. The two met in Holland in 1945, when the country was liberated from Nazi occupation by Canadian forces. David Dyck/Herald
Story and photos by David Dyck
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In Flanders Fields the poppies blow Between the crosses row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns below.
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The association between the poppy and war dates back to the Napoleonic wars, when a writer saw a field of poppies grow-ing over the graves of fallen soldiers.
During the Battle of Ypres in 1915, Canadian Lt.-Col. John McCrae was inspired to write the poem In Flanders Fields on sighting the poppies growing beside a grave of a close friend who had died in battle.
The poem was a great inspiration in adopting the poppy as the Flower of Remembrance in Canada, France, the U.S, Britain and Commonwealth countries.
The first poppies were distributed in Canada in 1921.
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The Nicola Tribal Association wants to express on behalf of all Canadians our Pride in this history.
History is important, the history about Native veterans and the place they served with honor and distinction, home and abroad in the time of war and in keeping peace.
More than 200 Canadian native soldiers were killed or died from wounds during the Second World War. Natives earned a minimum of 18 decorations for bravery in action.
They participated in every major battle and campaign. On each occasion our soldiers overcame challenges and made impressive sacrifices and contributions
to help our nation restore world peace. In order to fight for our country, our Native Veterans had to give up their Native Status on top of the ultimate sacrifice.
May we bring home these historic memories of our ancestors and elders as we honor the Native Veterans today...
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Ralph Graham
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We are the Dead. Short days agoWe lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,Loved, and were loved, and now we lieIn Flanders Fields.
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Take up our quarrel with the foe:To you from failing hands we throwThe torch; be yours to hold it high.If ye break faith with us who dieWe shall not sleep, though poppies growIn Flanders Fields.
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Uses for Poppy DonationsMoney donated during Royal Canadian Legion’s annual Poppy-Remembrance Campaign is placed in Poppy Trust Funds. Some of the many ways this money is used is to improve
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•Providing assistance to needy ex-service members and their dependants.•Supporting medical training and research, and the provision of community medical
appliances which will assist in the care of veterans.•Funding the purchase, construction and maintenance of housing and care facilities
for elderly and disabled people.•Providing bursaries to children and grandchildren of veterans.•Supporting drop-in centres for seniors and funding meals-on-wheels service.
If we do not remember past & present efforts, our soldier’s sacri ces become meaningless. The hope for a brighter
future around the world starts with remembering past wars & learning from humanity’s mistakes.
At work in your CommunityThe Royal Canadian Legion (1926) is Canada’s largest nongovernmental service organization open to membership for aCanadians, sharing in the commitment of “Remembrance” and
strong, united Canada.
The Legion contributes over $3 Million every year supporting community health, social, educational and heritage programs, lling a void in essential community services.
•Acts of Remembrance•Spinoza Bears for sick children•UBC Chair of Family Practice•Community medicine in under serviced areas•Special medical equipment
•Geriatric nursing bursaries•Emergency preparedness & response•Support of community food banks•A vast array of community charities
The Legion is the largest single charitable contributor supporting health, housing, independent living and social programs for Veterans and Seniors.
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Remembering all those who served from the Nicola Valley
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Barney Stirling
Bill Voght
Bernard and Frank
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