Rossland News, March 10, 2016

FortisBC has received regu-latory approval from the BC Utilities Commission (BCUC) to build a new Kootenay Operations Centre in Castlegar. The facility will have 23,000 sq. ft. of office space, 7000 sq. ft. of warehouse space and be located at 120 Ootischenia Rd. It will house operations for the electricity branch of FortisBC.

The new facility will central-ize many key operations into one facility and will replace

existing facilities that the com-pany says are reaching the end of their useful life. One of those facilities is the South Slocan Operations Centre which is over a hundred years old.

The South Slocan Generation Plant will remain in operation, but the opera-tions centre will be moved to the new facility. The Castlegar District Office will also close and the employees will be transferred to the new loca-tion. Operations in Trail and Warfield will remain open,

but some employees will be relocated.

FortisBC issued a request for expressions of interest from general contractors for the $22.4 million facility in February in anticipation of BCUC approval. The company is currently evaluating those submissions and will pre-quali-fy contractors who will then be invited to respond to a request for proposals that will close in mid-April. Construction is ex-pected to begin in May.

The new operation centre

will be home to about 100 em-ployees. “This is simply a move, there are no changes to staffing that we foresee as a result of this,” said Nicole Bogdanovic, corporate communications advisor for FortisBC.

The City of Castlegar was quick to issue a press release expressing excitement over the approval. “Fortis’ decision to relocate the regional service centre here in Castlegar rec-ognizes that Castlegar is the centrally located community in the West Kootenay for invest-

ment,” said Mayor Chernoff in the statement.

The process has been a long one, beginning in 2012. But Bogdanovic believes it shows that care was taken before the plans were finalized and ap-proved. “It gives certainty that there is rigor in the process,” she said. “These decisions are not made lightly. We have been connected to the community for over a hundred years, so we know these decisions have long term impacts and we make them very, very carefully.”

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There’s a whiff of change in the air, so to speak, says Grace McGregor.

The board chair and Area C director for the Regional District of Kootenay Boundary (RDKB) was speaking about the complex medi-cal marijuana issue often splashed across the coun-try in media headlines.

The subject hit home

last week when Brian Taylor, a Grand Forks councillor and long time medical cannabis activist, provided insight to the medical marijuana jug-gernaut in a presenta-tion to regional directors during the Feb. 25 board meeting in Trail.

Any changes the fed-eral government rolls into the current MMPR (Marijuana for Medical Purposes Regulations) will no doubt impact the economy of rural BC including local growers,

like Taylor.“It’s the changing

face of agriculture and we have to admit there’s a big change in agricul-ture,” says McGregor.

“We have to be open to that and look for answers in our communities if we are going to stay alive,” she added. “The day of turning up your nose at marijuana (discussion) is gone. We have to learn to move on from that, not dig in your heels and fight something that isn’t going to go away — we need to start having those conversations and make a decision on our direc-tion.”

Taylor’s advocacy for cannabis dates back to the ’80s and marijuana cultivation referred to as sensimilla — meaning, when female plants are prevented from fertiliz-ing the resulting flower (no seed) contain a high-er THC content.

“That was the begin-ning of the whole de-velopment of the econ-omy of BC bud in the Kootenays,” he said.

Taylor, a former mayor of Grand Forks, created the British Columbia Marijuana Party with Marc Emery (cannabis activist and politician) and was the first party leader during the 2001 provincial election.

Since then, he’s re-mained a face of rural BC growers, been featured

in a CBC documentary called Cannabiz, cre-ated a journal magazine titled Cannabis Health, and developed the Grand Forks Cannabis Research Institute Inc.

“One of the things I concentrated on (with the regional board) was the economic advantages of rural British Columbia being inclusive in who we allow to be part of the new legal system,” Taylor explained. “There are 29 LPs (Licensed Producer) and I showed the regional directors the distribu-tion of those in BC and Canada, then we looked at what is happening in the US.”

He points to the state of Colorado, which is similar to BC’s size and population. Since 2000, approved patients can possess up to two ounces of medical cannabis, and cultivate up to six plants. Then in 2012, Colorado amended a law that al-lows adults 21 and older to legally possess one ounce of marijuana for recreation.

“They included the distribution system that was in place for medical marijuana already,” he explained.

If a similar move was made in BC then smaller growers wouldn’t be cut out of the new Canadian distribution system, he maintains.

“I am a small medical

grower,” he told the Trail Times. “I did propose if smaller growers through-out the rural areas of British Columbia aren’t included (in the new Canadian system) then they will immediately be-come the black market in any new system that is set up.

“For the economic health of our region, we need to keep some of that revenue in the rural areas of British Columbia,” he said.

“So the message I am sending is economic — in order to keep our rural economies healthy we need a piece of this ac-tion and the only way to get it is not just from LPs.”

He likens pot produc-tion to the liquor indus-try.

“There is a fear out there that LP invest-ment dollars are going to be lost,” he explained, referring to the inclusion of smaller operations in medical marijuana pro-duction.

“I use the beer analogy. Some of those big LPs are like Molson or Budweiser — but there is still a craft beer industry out there regardless if the big guys are supplying their prod-uct to a big piece of the market — people still prefer something grown locally, grown organi-cally and different. The whole craft thing has to do with utilizing the skills

of those people who have been growing pot in rural areas for 25 or 30 years.”

No matter what the new government decides to do with the marijuana industry, McGregor says facts are key in making decisions at a local level.

“We are all going to be faced with this and (Brian) provided really good information,” she continued. “To me, how do you made decisions as a region, an electoral area, or municipality, if you don’t gather facts and start talking about this, because it’s not going away.”

The Harper govern-ment began new legisla-tion in 2014, essentially moving the medical marijuana industry from small grow ops into com-mercially licensed busi-nesses.

Becoming a cannabis producer hitched on the requirement to secure an LP, and geared large scale production and distribution facilities to regulations established by Health Canada.

There’s a glimmer of hope for Taylor be-cause the federal court struck down that law in February citing it a vio-lation of charter rights, thereby permitting about 28,000 patients to contin-ue to grow pot at home.

The court suspend-ed its judgment for six months, giving the fed-

eral government time to rewrite medical mari-juana regulations while the Liberals also work on legalizing the drug for recreational use.

“The reprieve gives someone like me, a small medical grower, six months to grow an out-door crop,” Taylor added. “Which doesn’t work well for me because I need the whole month of October.

“But it does give six months to all those grow operations that are hiding behind the medical mari-juana model and supply-ing all the dispensaries throughout the province — it’s a mixed blessing.”

Medical cannabis pro-duction including related accessory uses such as the drying, processing and packaging of the prod-uct are legal in land des-ignated ALR (Agriculture Land Reserve), which in-clude most lands zoned agricultural within the RDKB.

“We need to see rural British Columbia benefit from changes,” Taylor said. “People have been asleep at the switch on this one for a long time. Can you imagine if the forest industry was going to close down or open up something new and no-body paid attention until it actually happened?” he added. “That’s what I feel, and sometimes I want to yell at people and say, ‘wake up.’”

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City of Rossland moving to LED street lights for Pinewood subdivision

Council voted to approve an LED light trial in the Pinewood Subdivision. Forty street lights in the subdivision will be converted from sodium vapour to LED lights, which should wind up saving the city money in the long-run, as LEDs not only use less electricity but are also estimated to last for up to 15 years, as opposed to the three to five years that a sodium vapour lasts for.

Each light will cost $250 and in-stallation costs the same, for a total of $500 and an overall project cost of $20,000. The project will be paid for

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Council approves rainbow flag and crosswalk

City council approved a one-year trial for a rainbow crosswalk at Fourth Ave. and Washington St. The Rossland Youth Action Network (YAN) had requested permission to paint the crosswalk following con-struction on Washington, and would cover the cost.

Council also voted to fly a rain-bow flag outside City Hall during Pride Week. YAN would also provide the flag.

District spending more on

Victims Assistance ServiceCouncil approved a request from

the Regional District of Kootenay Boundary (RDKB) to increase the annual requisition for the Victims Assistance Service from $62,500 to $87,000. The requisition is paid by seven jurisdictions including Rossland, Warfield, Trail, Montrose, Fruitvale and Areas A and B. The increase is to up the part-time em-ployee’s hours from 10 to 20 hours per week, for the purpose of sup-porting retention.

The RDKB needed five of seven jurisdictions to approve to move for-ward with the increase, and as five jurisdictions had already voted in favour prior to Rossland city council

considering the motion, there wasn’t much point in council objecting.

Rossland Youth Soccer asks council to waive fees

Fred Fontaine, president of Rossland Youth Soccer (RYS), asked city council to waive the organiza-tion’s field fees for 2016. The club pays more than any other club in the Kootenay South Youth Soccer Association. Clubs in Castlegar and Beaver Valley pay no field fees and Trail pays $3.60 per child, whereas RYS pays $8.50 per child. Fontaine also asked council to consider re-funding the club’s 2015 fees, which total $2150.93. There are 241 youth in Rossland who participate in RYS.

Fontaine also asked the city to consider improving the Jubilee field, which RYS has found to be spongy, and to support RYS in its long-term goal of bringing a turf field to Rossland.

Council votes against waving fees for winter farmers’ market

City council voted against ap-proving a request from the Rossland Mountain Market Society to waive its rental fees for the Miners’ Hall for its winter markets in November, December and January. Council rea-soned that there was no reason not to charge the society for the cost of the hall, and that users should help pay for the cost of city facilities.

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Grade 2 and 3 students from Mrs. O’Malley’s multi-age class at Rossland Summit School spent last Thursday morning playing in the snow and learn-ing about winter ecology.

Jessica Williams, aka Frosty Flake, is an environmental educator with Wildsight and taught the Winter Wonder educational program to sev-eral classes from RSS.

“The students really love to get outside and experience all the adaptations animals and plants have to survive our Kootenay winters,” she said. “Its amazing what they can learn if they are given the op-portunity to explore nature in the winter season. You can’t teach that in a classroom.”

The students learned about camouflage and adaptation, and how to identify footprints and scat. The program was also a great way to get them outside and enjoying the fresh air, and they had opportunities both to play games that reinforced their learning and to explore the world around them using what they’d learned.

Wildsight has offered education programs to over 60,000 kids in the Columbia Basin since the programs first began in 2001, and has been delivering Winter Wonder to schools for nine years. The program is free of charge and receives financial support from Columbia Basin Trust, FortisBC, TD Friends of the Environment Foundation, the North Face Explore Fund, and the BC Gaming Commission.

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Letters to the editor

In Parliament we take up and debate issues from across the spec-trum, from the relatively simple to the most serious of topics. Recently one of the most serious issues in a long time came before us: Physician-Assisted Dying.

On February 6, 2015 the Supreme Court unanimously ruled in the Carter case, finding that Canadians who are suffering in-tolerably because of a grievous and irremediable medical condition have the right to request medical

aid in dying. The Supreme Court gave the government until June 6, 2016 to have a new law governing medical aid in dying in place.

Faced with that deadline, the federal government created the Special Joint Committee on Physician-Assisted Dying to make recommendations on a legisla-tive response to this decision. That committee heard from over 13,000 Canadians, more than 100 organizations, held 11 hearings, called 61 expert witnesses and received more than 100 written briefs from groups across Canada. The committee rendered its re-port at the end of February, mak-ing 21 recommendations to help craft a balanced bill on medical aid in dying. It also proposes 10 safeguards, including eligibility criteria and procedural checks, to ensure that vulnerable indi-viduals are protected.

Of the report recommenda-tions, those around the impor-tance of informed consent are obviously the most critical in my mind, and if advance directives are given they must be crystal clear. The safeguards include a waiting period and a requirement that two

doctors must conclude that the pa-tient meets the requirements of the legislation.

I was happy to see that the report formally calls on the gov-ernment to implement the NDP’s initiative to create a Pan-Canadian Strategy on Palliative and End-of-Life Care and re-establishing the secretariat on palliative care. It is important that citizens not be forced to consider assisted dying simply because they don’t have access to proper palliative care or suitable mental health supports.

We now await the government’s response to the report in the form of the new legislation called for by the Supreme Court decision. I urge the government to move forward with balance, respect and sensitivity. Above all, the new act must protect the vulnerable in our society. As the government drafts legislation, they must continue to engage and communicate with Canadians. With that in mind, I invite everyone to read the report (available online at http://www.parl.gc.ca/Committees/en/PDAM) and invite you to share your views with me [email protected]).


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RICHARD CANNINGSFROM THE HILL

What a great town we live in — thanks especial-ly to some of our young people who seem to be taking on the world — act-ing locally AND globally! Over the past few days I’ve heard about so many im-pressive initiatives taking place, that I thought I’d write to acknowledge just a few of the recent achieve-ments of Rossland’s youth.

How heartwarm-ing that the Rossland/Trail Interact club en-joys spending time at Columbia View Lodge’s weekly ballroom dance sessions. Their comments indicate that not only do the seniors benefit, but that the young people themselves find that they are gaining from the ex-

perience.Rossland’s Youth

Action Network deserves praise for launching their own comic book anthol-ogy to focus on impor-tant issues facing youth everywhere.

Young athletes like Andrew Sibbald and Jasmine Drolet inspire admiration for the way in which they have worked with coaches and on their own to hone their skills in diving and cross country skiing.

Students at L’Ecole des Sept Sommets have taken direct aim at the problem of bullying by establishing a buddy system and work-ing together to promote kindness.

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School students have ac-cepted the challenge of becoming “energy cham-pions” to promote con-servation.

And the Rossland/Trail Interact club has not only helped the local West Kootenay Friends of Refugees by raising money to support the Syrian family who will be arriving shortly but they also donated close to an equal amount of money to the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) to assist with the ongoing international crisis.

All this in just one week of news stories — truly impressive!

Sincerely,Jan Micklethwaite

The Rossland Range Recreation Site board needs your help.

Red Dog cabin is one of the most famous cabins made by the original generation of builders. In a way, it’s a kind of memorial. It’s basically well-built, attractive, and quite large. In the past it has been heavily used, and has left many people with many fond memories. Red Dog Cabin is currently listed as being in the process of renovation, but some questions have been raised about how best to manage it.

But, because of its log construction, and associated nooks and crannies, Red Dog is also popular with packrats and other rodents, which exposes people to potential diseases and is contrary to what is now allowed by the Rec Site rules.

The Vockeroth family, who are work-ing on restoring Red Dog, report that their efforts to keep the packrats out have repeatedly failed, and they are running out of ideas. They wonder if it might be more practical to take down the cur-rent cabin and replace it with one that is designed from the ground up to keep out varmints, like our three new cabins.

Meanwhile, the new Mosquito cabin is attracting a lot of use, apparently in-cluding people who previously would have gone to Red Dog. As well, the loca-tion of Rock & Roll hut continues to be seen by many Rec Site users as having great potential as an easy touring desti-nation, and as part of a “near country” circle tour.

A suggestion has been made that Red Dog should be retired as a location, and

a new cabin the size of Red Dog built near the present Rock & Roll site. That would spread out the cabins, and free up a space in the official list for another cabin elsewhere.

If Red Dog is kept or replaced on its present site, a new replacement for Rock & Roll can still be built, but it would be smaller — about the size of Lepsoe Basin and Viewpoint cabins.

As you can see, there are several tough issues regarding how to deal with Red Dog, including lots of “heart value.” On the one hand, with some effort and re-sources it’s probably possible to restore Red Dog and keep the packrats out. On the other hand, there are other options that might be attractive in the long run.

What do you think is the best way of managing Red Dog (and Rock & Roll, and other cabins present and future)?

Be creative. Speak from the heart. Play with the map. Think about the Rec Site as a whole. Look at all points of view. Weigh things in the balance. Send your ideas.

FORRS strives to manage the Rec Site and the cabins on behalf of the com-munity. The FORRS directors would really appreciate your input, so that your collective wisdom can guide them.

Please pass your thoughts to any FORRS director, or send them to [email protected]. Les will make sure they reach all the directors.

(For a list of directors and their contact information, go to www.ross-landrange.org.)

Thanks!FORRS, Rossland, BC

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Report shows income inequalityIn recognition of International Women’s Day on

Tuesday, the Columbia Basin Rural Development Institute (RDI) released data highlighting the dif-ference between male and female earnings in the Columbia Basin-Boundary region.

The institute studied Canada’s tax filer date, which is data produced by the Canada Revenue Agency based on individual tax returns.

While wages across the board were generally lower than the Canadian average, the gap in earn-ings was greater than the national average.

In the Columbia Basin-Boundary region, the average male earned $50,208, while the average fe-male earned $29,975 for an earnings gap of $20,233.

The average Canadian male earned $51,741 while the average Canadian female earned $32,387 for an earnings gap of $19,354.

This difference is similar for B.C., although the gap is slightly smaller.

The RDI found that due to the resource based economies of the region there is a high proportion of makes earning high incomes.

“This pattern is comparable to typical resource based economies, where the male tends to be the

person who earns money to support a family, while the women focus on caring for children,” said the institute’s release.

The institute quoted research by Irene Ip at the Bank of Canada, which shows that more women have entered the labour force over the last 60 years.

This is largely attributed to: (1) society being increasingly accepting of working women, (2) the availability and use of family planning which can delay the decision to have children, (3) increasing rates of separation and divorce inducing women into the labour force, and (4) higher levels of edu-cation and earning potential which increases the opportunity cost (income sacrificed by leaving the workforce) of having children.

Despite these gains, the percentage of Canadian men in the labour force is roughly 10 per cent higher than Canadian women.

Both male and female labour force participation rates in the Basin-Boundary are 5 per cent lower than the Canadian rates.

Further, the Globe and Mail recently highlighted Statistics Canada research showing that female full-time wages are only 73.5 per cent of those of males.

Robbie Turnbull and Caelum Scott rehearse a Mumford and Sons song at the Rossland Youth Action Network’s (YAN) Music Night.

Jammin’ at YanChelsea Novak photo

February wetter than normalDespite appearances to the

contrary, last month was actu-ally wetter than average — it’s just that most of the precipitation came as rain, not snow.

According to a roundup of weather statistics from the Southeast Fire Centre, warmer temperatures and a predomi-nantly northwesterly, westerly or southwesterly flow originating over the Pacific Ocean caused most of the month’s precipitation to fall as rain.

In all, 58.5 mm of rain fell at the Castlegar airport, more than twice the typical 28.1 mm. The total snowfall was only 27 per cent of normal. The bulk of the month’s snow (six out of seven centimeters) fell during the night of the 3rd as a cool Pacific system pushed eastward over the area. Typical snowfall for February is 25.7 cm.

High pressure remained in control until the 11th, after which a series of frontal systems brought rain each day until the 19th. High pressure regained control until the 25th before a more active

pattern brought another round of rain to finish off the month, with a few wet flurries at times.

For the second month in a row, no Arctic air made it into the area. This led to above aver-age temperatures most days (the average temperature was 2.8 de-grees above normal).

The highest temperature of the month (14.1 degrees) occurred on the 27th, breaking the daily

record set in 1972 while falling just short of the monthly record of 14.3 degrees from 2010. Three other maximum daily tempera-ture records and four maximum mean temperature records were broken.

The lowest temperature of the month was minus-7.7 on the 7th, falling well short of the record low of minus-21.5 set on Feb. 5, 2014.

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Locke places sixteenth at WorldsLocal cross country skier

Julien Locke placed sixteenth in the skate sprint at the U23 World Championships in Romania.

He did well given that he was competing against some of the top cross country skiers in the world.

“In the men’s race there were at least three guys that have been on the World Cup podium,” said Locke. “It was great to compete against that and be able to race those guys.”

Locke placed third in his quar-terfinal and missed out on the semi-finals by 0.1 seconds.

“It was very disappointing not to make the final, which was my goal, but I know that I was able to ski at the level they’re skiing at,” he said.

Conditions were less than opti-mal for the championships. It was warm and snow had to be trucked in to setup a 2.5-km loop.

“It was narrow and it was slushy and slow, but it was racing and the races went off without too many problems,” said Locke.

There wasn’t enough snow for

skiers to train or warm up on, so instead they trained, warmed up and cooled down by roller ski-ing. Locke said that Canadians

have been relatively lucky as far as getting snow, whereas Europe has been having consistently mild winters.

“We went to Seefeld, Austria before going to Romania, and even there, there was only 10 cm of snow to ski on,” he said. “Global warm-ing is hitting Europe hard right now and it’s not winter wonderland like it is here.”

Locke will finish off his season at the National Championships in Whitehorse where he’ll compete in five races: the team sprint, a two-person team relay, a 10-km classic, a 15-km skate sprint and a 50-km classic.

Before leaving for Romania, Locke was the sprint leader for the NorAm Sprint Series, but while he was away he missed the Westerns where Bob Thompson bumped him into second. At Nationals, he’ll have the chance to reclaim the top spot.

“My goal is to go [to Nationals], win the sprint and get back on top of the Sprint Series and also to have some good distance races,” said Locke. “I think also in the team sprint we can have a strong team and get to the podium there.”


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Local cross country skier Julien Locke placed sixteenth in the skate sprint at the U23 World Championships in Romania.

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Rossland’s new streamkeep-ers group held two info sessions over the past couple of weeks, sharing its mission, vision and goals with members of the com-munity who might be interested in joining the group.

“It was an opportunity to share information about our local creeks. I demonstrated an online GIS map of the water-sheds in the Rossland Range area,” said Bill Coedy, who started the group. “This map has the capacity to add more stream attributes and data as it becomes known. It was a chance for me to meet other people with similar water interest and learn about what is important to them. I was looking for more historical accounts, issues/concerns and potential projects that stream-keeper volunteers could do.”

Coedy said the turnout at the meetings was good and attend-ees filled out a survey to share their interests and concerns.

“There were enough people interested to show support for the streamkeepers program,” he said. “Given the responses from the survey, people are in-terested in advancing our educa-

tion about ecosystem health and water management.”

The group could implement an educational project as quickly as this year depending on fund-ing opportunities. Students could be taught to measure stream flows and collect speci-mens — bugs, worms, flies, etc. — to determine their diversity and abundance.

Coedy said a dream project for the streamkeepers would be to measure the water levels and temperatures over time at fixed spots; the monitoring points and graphs of the changes could then be added to the GIS map. But the equipment needed is costly, and it’s probably not a good initial

project for the streamkeepers.The group was originally

referred to as the Rossland Streamkeepers, but Coedy says that following feedback from the info sessions, a new name may need to be chosen to represent a broader area that includes more watersheds and more people.

The group is only just getting started and there’s still work to be done to refine its mandate and objectives, but now that the group has some volunteers, that work can begin.

“Now that we have a group, it’s time to put our heads to-gether and discuss our scope, direction and prioritize some of the issues,” said Coedy. “Then we

can plan our projects and strate-gize how to obtain the necessary materials to achieve the goals. Once the snow is gone, we can have some fun and adventure by visiting some of the areas we would like to study.”

Coedy is still looking for any-one who can contribute infor-mation on the history of Trail, Hanna, Topping, Murphy Creek or West Little Sheep Creek. He’d also like to know if any of the local hiking paths skirt any of the creeks.

Those with information, or who would like to know more about the streamkeep-ers, can contact Coedy at [email protected].


The two info sessions held for the new streamkeepers group attracted interest from members of the community. Chelsea Novak photo

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Selkirk students invite the Rossland public to weigh in on action plans they’ve been developing over the winter semester.

The second-year Selkirk College Integrated Environmental Planning Program students will pres-ent their draft Life and Environment Action plans at an open house on Monday, March 14 at the Old Fire Hall (2115 Queen St.) in Rossland, from 5 to 7 p.m.

“We’re presenting draft copies of our plans and we want to familiarize the citizens with some of the pro-posals that we’re working on and get their input prior to completing our final plans,” explains Peter Holton, Integrated Environmental Planning instructor.

Members of the public will have the chance to talk with students about their action plans one-on-one and will have the chance to ask questions and give input. There will be a more formal presentation at 6:30 p.m.

The plans cover a diverse range of topics, including affordable housing, wildlife management, landscape ecology, mind sites management, heritage buildings, urban forestry, urban agriculture, renewable energy, parks, neighbourhood land use planning, non-timber forest products, air quality, skate park design and management, bears interaction management, traffic calming, and food security.

“We have a student who is looking at the feasibil-ity of upgrading Rossland’s current street lights to new LED lights. We have a number of plans that are looking at natural areas in Rossland, such as Trail Creek and Cemetery Creek, and trying to identify areas of important wildlife habitat, and figuring out ways to restore, protect, enhance and conserve some of those areas,” says Holton.

The action plans were developed following Rossland’s Strategic Sustainability Plan and Official Community Plans (OCP).

“We’re using the work that the city has already done as a starting point for these plans, and they are intend-ed to implement the goals and objectives that were previously identified in the Strategic Sustainability Plan — the SSP — and the OCP,” says Holton.

Final plans will be completed in April and pre-sented to the City of Rossland later this spring.

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Students in Selkirk College’s Integrated Environmental Planning Program did field reconnaissance in Rossland last spring.

ROSSLAND CITY COUNCIL MEETINGMonday, March 21 at 3 p.m. — Committee of the Whole budget meetingMonday, March 21 at 6 p.m.

ST. PATRICK’S DAY TEARossland Sacred Heart CWL is host-ing its annual St. Patrick’s Day Tea on Saturday, March 19, from 1-3 p.m. at Sacred Heart Church. The cost

is $4 and there will be a bake table. Everyone is welcome!

OSTOMY SUPPORT GROUPMonday, March 21, the West Kootenay Ostomy Support Group will meet at 2 p.m. at the Kiro Wellness Center, 1500 Columbia Ave. in Trail. Scheduled guests are Svea Menard and Coleen Welton, ET nurses. For further info, please call 250-368-9827 or 250-365-6276.

BROADBAND INTERNET LAUNCHWednesday, March 23, 7-8:30 p.m. at the Rossland Public Library. Join Columbia Basin Trust and the City of Rossland to celebrate the comple-tion and launch of a high-speed fibre network in downtown Rossland. Participate in a live speed demonstra-tion (and other cool stuff), learn how it will help you meet your business needs and how you can get connected.

MUSEUM SATURDAY CRAFTERNOONSStop in anytime Saturdays between 1 to 3 p.m. for Crafternoons in the Discovery Zone! Crafts and activities for kids of all ages. Free with adult admission. Parents can feel free to look around the museum while we craft with the kids. The Museum is openall winter Wednesdays to Saturdays, noon to 5 p.m. Coffee, tea, and hot chocolate available to keep you warm! Contact: 250-362-7722 or [email protected].

REC VOLLEYBALL AT RSSEvery Thursday night from 7:30

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SWING DANCING AT THE LEGION

Swing dancing lessons are starting up again at the Legion on Wednesday nights at 7 p.m. We’ll teach each other our favourite moves. Bring your fa-vourite swing songs on an iPod or USB memory stick. Spread the word!

ART DROP IN NIGHTMondays, 7 to 8:30 p.m. @ YAN Space, 2076 Columbia Ave. There will be no instruction, just a space to be creative with other youth artists. Come hang out and get creative!

ROSSLAND BEAVER SCOUTSMondays, 3 to 4 p.m. Girls and boys ages 5 to 7 years. Please contact Deanna Leask at 250-362-7118 to join.

SLURPS AND BURPS FEEDING GROUPTuesdays, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Family Obstetrics Clinic, Fourth Floor Maternity, KBRH Trail. Share your experiences with your peers in an in-

formative place for breastfeeding and bottle support. Whether you are an expectant mom, brand new mom, or a more seasoned mom, we welcome you!

ADULT CO-ED REC HOCKEYTuesdays and Thursdays, 9:45 p.m. to 11 p.m. Join this fun, co-ed recre-ational program of non-contact drop-in hockey. Please enter on Second Ave. This is fun, no contact, no pressure hockey! Full equipment is required and some experience necessary.

GROUP OFFERS SUPPORT, INFORMATION FOR TRAIL FAMILIES LIVING WITH DEMENTIAThe second Tuesday of each month, from noon to 2 p.m. The Alzheimer Society runs a monthly dementia caregiver support group in Trail, for residents who want to prepare them-selves with current information that will help improve quality of life with the disease. The group offers the chance to exchange information and friend-ship with others affected by dementia, access the most current information, and learn and share practical tips for coping with change. For more informa-tion and for specific location details, contact Julie Leffelaar at 1-855-301-6742 or [email protected].

MUSIC NIGHTTuesdays, 6:20 to 8:30 p.m. @ YAN Space, 2076 Columbia Ave. Drop in

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AFTER SCHOOL KID’S CLUBWednesdays, Feb. 3 to May 25, 3 to 5 p.m. Drop in for after school fun! Explore science, create crafts, and play games. The museum has tonnes of resources for kids interested in geol-ogy, science, history, and more! Bring a snack, and enjoy two hours of su-pervised fun. For ages five to 12. Drop in $8/child for non-members. Buy a punch pass and get one free visit. Can also pre-pay by calling 250-362-7722.

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Fundraising for the Attic Renovation Project at the Miners’ Hall continued with an attic sale on Saturday afternoon.

Rosslanders sorted through pressed tin ceiling tiles from the attic, which were sold for $5 to $15 a piece, depending on how intact the tiles were.

“We had some very cool molding and crowns too,” said Ann Damude, co-chair of the Rossland Council for Arts and Culture (RCAC) Miners Hall Renovation Committee.

Damude estimated that the sale of the tiles raised around $6000. All the funds collected will go toward the attic renovation.

The tiles were removed from the hall during the renovation in the ’80s. Research done at the time suggested that the tiles weren’t original to the hall, and were likely added sometime in the ’20s or ’30s.

“When they did the research what they found was that in 1898 this was all lath and plaster and that all the plaster was actually decorated with decorative paint work, like vines and plants and flowers,” said Damude. “So it was actually more historically accurate to 1898 to put drywall up, because it looks more like lath and plaster.”

Removing the tiles from the attic is a big part of getting the attic cleaned out for renovation, but there’s still more up there.

“We still have some wood that needs to come out, like old wood that’s been stored up there that needs

to come out, as well as these thick foam blocks that are currently being used as insulation, and they’ll all have to come out before the actual renovation,” said Damude.

The attic sale helped contribute to a matching campaign that the RCAC is currently running. The organization has until Thursday, March 17 to raise $25,000 that will be matched by “some generous local donors.”

Donations to the Attic Renovation Project can be made through YODEL at minershall.yodel.org, City Hall or Nelson and District Credit Union. Any dona-tions over $25 are eligible for a tax receipt.


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Élie Carpentierpar Marjorie Veilleux

Afin de mettre en valeur la contribution de pionniers fran-cophones qui ont forgé l’histoire de la colonisation des Kootenays Ouest, l’AFKO a choisi trois pionniers et leur a donné une deuxième vie. En l’honneur de leur grande influence sur la fran-cophonie et les Kootenays, ils ont été reproduits en 2014-2015 en marionnettes géantes de 3 mètres. Ces marionnettes ont fait par la suite le tour des festivals de la région.

La marionnette d’Élie Carpentier (Carpenter) a été la dernière à être réalisée. Les quelques rares informations qu’ils nous restent de ce personnage sont surprenantes. Il serait né aux alentours de 1836 en France et aurait grandi à St-Omer. Durant la première partie de sa vie, il était funambule dans le cirque Barnum et effectua des tournées en France et en Amérique. Vers 1880, il cessa ses activités au cirque et décida de se lancer dans l’exploration minière. S’installant à Ainsworth en 1886, il découvrit en 1891 le lac Slocan où il passa l’hiver, ainsi que la mine d’argent du mont Payne. Une série de petites trahisons firent en sorte qu’il ne profita pas de cette immense fortune. Il fonda ensuite la petite ville de Three Forks en 1892, entre Kaslo et New Denver. Malheu-reusement, un incendie en 1894 détruisit la communauté. Aussitôt quatre hôtels, six magasins et une prison furent reconstruits. La ville comptait 400 habitants en 1904. Toutefois, les villes avoisinantes de New Denver, Kaslo et Sandon prirent de l’expansion, ce qui mena à l’abandon progressif de Three Forks.

En 1897, Élie Carpentier en surprit plus d’un en traversant sur un fil de fer tendu entre les balcons du troisième étage des Hôtels

Lakeview et Arlington, au cœur de la rue principale de Slocan. L’histoire veut qu’il ait voulu marquer l’arrivée du premier train à Slocan, ou encore certains disent qu’il le faisait pour gagner un pari. Peu importe sa motivation, il aurait alors installé sa corde qu’il avait précieusement gardée de ses nombreuses années au cirque de Barnum. Ensuite, il se serait mis en caleçon long d’époque en flanelle rouge, aidé seulement d’un vieux balai pour garder son équilibre. Malgré les 17 ans qui le séparait de sa dernière traversée, il avança lentement mais sûrement et retraversa à reculons, cette fois. Il fit aussi une traversée avec les yeux bandés. Finalement, il traversa avec un mini four et les gens l’applaudirent très fort lorsqu’à mi-chemin, il fit cuire des œufs et du bacon. Il voulut même faire traverser en brouette quelqu’un de la foule, mais personne n’accepta.

Il finit sa vie dans une petite ferme près de Salmon Arm qu’il construisit lui-même à l’âge de 80 ans. Il décéda en janvier 1917. Aujourd’hui, une rivière des Kootenays porte son nom, Carpenter Creek. Il est possible de la longer en vélo ou à pied sur un joli sentier d’une quinzaine de kilomètres, au départ de New Denver à son extrémité ouest ou près du village de Sandon à son extrémité est. Il reste quelques bâtiments dans le village fantôme de Sandon, mais quasiment plus de traces de Three Forks, situé à mi-parcours. Le sentier est aménagé dans l’ancien tracé du chemin de fer, et quelques vestiges de l’arrivée de l’électricité le long du parcours ainsi que quelques panneaux d’interprétation nous transportent dans le temps d’Élie.

L’artisteC’est l’artiste québécoise Rose-

Blanche Hudon, résidente de Kaslo, qui réalisa la conception et la confection des marionnettes.

Rose-blanche est diplômée en scénographie de l’École Supérieure de Théâtre de l’UQAM (Université du Québec à Montréal) en 2007 et se spécialise en théâtre de marionnettes contempo-rain de 2007 à 2009. Question d’élargir son éventail, elle suit

d’autres formations profession-nelles telles que: manipulation de marionnettes géantes au Théâtre de la Dame de Cœur (Québec); théâtre d’objets avec Christian Carrignon (France); création et production avec la compagnie Pupulus Mordicus (Québec) ainsi qu’un stage en mouvement et travail corporel avec Claire Hegen (France). Elle est d’avis que l’art de la marionnette ouvre la porte à des projets très créatifs, et ne devrait pas être réservée qu’aux enfants.

En 1991, un travail de recherche est entrepris à l’AFKO pour en apprendre plus sur les pionniers francophones des Kootenays. Les trois pionniers furent choisis pour leur contribution à la communauté, ainsi que le caractère mystérieux et aventurier de leur vie dans le cas d’Élie Carpentier. Rose-Blanche fut ensuite recrutée par l’AFKO pour la conception et la réalisation des marionnettes. Tout en s’inspirant des portraits disponibles, elle a dû user d’imagination pour Élie car il n’existe aucune photogra-phie ou portrait de lui, excepté une toile réalisée longtemps après sa mort. Elle passa d’innombra-bles heures dans son atelier au sous-sol de sa maison à travailler sur ce projet. La structure des marionnettes fut réalisée avec des tuyaux de PVC; la tête et les mains furent confectionnées avec du papier mâché et du plâtre. Dans le cas d’Élie, seule la tête fut réalisée. C’est Alex Pilon, chaussé d’échasses, qui le personnifia pour la première fois à la fête de Noël le 12 décembre 2015. Deux autres artistes collaborèrent au projet, soit Madeleine Arsenault (confection des costumes) et Alex Pilon (patine). Pour en savoir plus, visiter la page des Marionnettes géantes sur afko.ca !

Élie Carpentier et deux gentilles clowns (Marjorie-Jade et Annie) à la fête de Noël 2015, Crescent Valley Community Hall. Photo : Rose-Blanche Hudon

Rose et Henri Bourgeois, un autre pionnier francophone. Photo : Masa Suzuki

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