Rossland News, March 17, 2016

With files from Betsy KlineRossland Search and Rescue

(RSAR) responded to a call at 6 p.m. on Tuesday after a skier was injured in an avalanche in the Plewman Basin.

An RSAR team of skiers and snowmobilers gathered on Highway 3B at the access point to Igloo cabin where the injured skier and his friends had taken shelter.

“It was difficult getting in there due to it was dark and the amount of snow that was

there. Our snowmobile team members had a difficult time maneuvering through the tim-ber, because they’re using their headlights and trees pop out of nowhere all of a sudden when you think you’ve got a path and they’ve got to keep up a certain amount of speed, oth-erwise they can’t climb in that amount of snow,” explained Graham Jones of RSAR.

In addition to a broken leg, the injured skier had facial injuries. He was safely trans-ported back to the highway, where an ambulance waited to transport him to the hospital.

The call was RSAR’s second of the day. The team also as-sisted in locating a deceased snowmobiler from Castlegar who was killed in an avalanche near Mount Mackie.

“Our guys left at about seven o’clock Tuesday morning and didn’t get back until late af-ternoon, probably five or six o’clock in the evening, to put all that equipment away and go home and get some rest, but it didn’t happen. We had another call right away,” said Jones. “We were able to get some fresh people for the second call.”

The snowmobiler has been

identified as Daniel Joseph Davidoff, aged 45, of Castlegar. He was reported overdue from a day-long solo excursion near Castlegar at approximately 10 p.m. Monday. Castlegar RCMP immediately activated the Castlegar Search and Rescue (SAR) team, who called on other local SAR teams for as-sistance.

Friends of Davidoff had al-ready headed out to the scene to begin a search beginning at the known starting point. The group went out on snow-mobiles and after about eight kilometres came across an

avalanche runout near College Creek forestry road. They were able to locate the sled, but con-ditions were dark, snowy and cold and they were not able to locate Davidoff.

Due to avalanche conditions and safety, SAR teams met at first light on Tuesday morning and began operations. All told, four SAR teams (Castlegar, Rossland, South Columbia and Nelson) participated in the search consisting of 38 person-nel, two helicopters, ten snow-mobiles and two dog teams. They were joined by numerous volunteers.

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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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The amount spent on build-ing permits in Rossland de-creased in 2015.

The total value of building permits in Rossland decreased 28 per cent from $11,262,000 in 2014 to $8,108,000 in 2015.

The biggest decrease was in commercial building permits, which dropped 68 per cent from $4,912,000 in 2014 to $1,558,000 last year. There was also a small decrease in residential permits.

On the other hand, noth-ing was spent on industrial or institutional and government building permits in 2014, and last year $43,000 was spent on

industrial permits and $250,000 was spent on institutional and government permits.

This is the first decrease Rossland has experienced in the past three years. In 2014 building permits went up 111 per cent and in 2013 there was slight increase of 6 per cent.

In comparison, Trail experi-enced a significant increase in

2015 — 687 per cent — after decreases in the two previous years. Castlegar’s building per-mits increased in the past two years, up 91 per cent in 2015 and 28 per cent in 2015. Nelson also saw growth over the past two years, with an increase of 80 per cent in 2015 and an increase 98 per cent in 2014.

Statistics courtesy of BC Stats.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will be appointing a negotiator to lead talks on up-dating the Columbia River Treaty, according to a US senator from Washington State.

“Prime Minister Trudeau, Foreign Minister [Stephane] Dion, and I had a positive discussion today,” Senator Maria Cantwell said in a news release.

“The Canadian leaders agreed to move forward and appoint a chief negotiator to begin treaty talks. Modernizing this treaty would benefit Americans and Canadians along the Columbia River across the Pacific Northwest and British Columbia.”

A spokesperson for the Department of Foreign Affairs confirmed the news, writing in an email that “progress towards establish-ing a negotiating team was made” during Trudeau’s visit to Washington last week.

“The government of Canada has been and will continue working closely with the government of British Columbia to prepare for discussions with the United States on the future of the treaty,” wrote Joseph Pickerill.

The Columbia River Treaty was signed in

1964 to provide flood control in the United States. In exchange, Canada was given $254 million to build three dams along the river, and granted a share of profits from extra US power production that resulted from the treaty.

The treaty can be canceled or changed starting in 2024, provided one side gives 10 years notice to do so.

Both sides have expressed a desire to modify the treaty. In BC, the province, local governments in the Columbia Basin and First Nations have each submitted rec-ommendations for improvements. In the US, legislators have been urging the White House to begin discussions.

Discussions so far have surrounded the compensation BC should receive for provid-ing flood control and adding environmental considerations to the treaty. First Nations on both sides of the border are pushing to restore the Columbia River salmon run as part of the treaty.

So far, Ottawa has largely left negotiations in the hands of the BC government. Bill Bennett, the MLA for Kootenay East and the minister of energy and mines, said they are still waiting to hear Ottawa’s position on the treaty, as well as that of the American

government.“We actually have legal authority to be

consulted by the federal government and they require our sign off on anything that is negotiated,” he said. “That’s the most im-portant thing for people to understand is the Canadian government doesn’t have the same unilateral authority the US government has.”

Bennett said he expects Ottawa to take the lead on negotiations, “with BC right at their elbow providing information and perspective.”

“We certainly would welcome the oppor-tunity to negotiate with the US on improving the treaty,” he said. “We’re not interested in opening up the treaty, but we’re certainly interested in improving it.”

Kootenay-Columbia MP Wayne Stetski noted the work that has been done by the province, local governments and First Nations so far. He said the federal govern-ment’s job should be to support the work that’s been done.

“We certainly should not be starting to do it all over again,” he said.

He said the report from Washington was the first he’d heard about the treaty since being elected in October. “This was the first movement on it that I’ve seen.”

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Rossland native’s humanitarian work highlighted in Red Cross campaign

A Rossland native is the poster child for a Canadian Red Cross campaign that highlights Canadians providing hu-manitarian aid in recent emergencies across the world.

Patrice Gordon is the first aid worker honoured in the Red Cross Faces of Humanity project for her compelling work as a medical team leader in earthquake-stricken Nepal in 2015 and her groundwork a year prior in Sierra Leone caring for those infected with the Ebola virus.

The Interior Health nurse practitioner works with First Nations’ com-munities near her home

in the Chilcotin area today but is ready to de-ploy on her next mission with Red Cross when di-saster strikes.

“It was really a great honour to be asked to be part of the Faces of Humanity campaign,” she told the Trail Times via email. “I work with so many people — so many humanitarians — from around the globe, and I have tremendous amounts of admiration and respect for all that they do, for how they give so much of themselves.

“To be asked to rep-resent these fine people is incredibly humbling.”

Gordon launched the campaign earlier this month at an event at Lansdowne Centre in Richmond, where her

photo was displayed, along with other select humanitarians. Her keynote speech kicked off several other events planned in the province, where others will share their powerful experi-ence or exhibits will fur-ther highlight important Red Cross work.

Faces of Humanity aims to help Canadians gain a greater apprecia-tion for humanitarian impacts of crises, the challenges faced in pro-viding life-saving aid and the approach to meeting those needs, according to Andrew Hopkins, Red Cross communica-tions advisor for BC and Yukon.

It’s important to re-member that small con-tributions add up, even when the fight seems larger than the relief push, said Gordon. She adds that interacting with locals on the job keeps her further grounded.

“When we are over-seas, we are frequently stopped on the street by mothers, children, fami-lies, individuals who see and recognize the Red Cross or red crescent on our T-shirt or vest, and they want to take our hands and thank us for what we are doing for their country,” she shared. “This recogni-tion in the field is really treasured because we can look into the eyes of the people in need and see that we’re making a dif-

ference.”Canada’s humanitar-

ian story is examined through personal ac-counts of Red Cross aid workers who fought Ebola in West Africa, who responded to the devastating earthquake in Nepal, or who sup-ported refugees fleeing war in Syria. The proj-ect demonstrates the diverse backgrounds of Canadian humanitar-ians by highlighting an array of aid workers from medical professionals like

Gordon to engineers, electricians and social workers.

Each year, more than 200 million people are impacted by disasters and emergencies and Canadian humanitarians continue to provide life-saving assistance to the most vulnerable people around the world. Red Cross is one of many hu-manitarian organizations making contributions to the global community in need.

“Even though there

were only a few of us profiled in the Faces of Humanity campaign, we represent not only the Canadian Red Cross humanitarian workers but also those from other organizations and from other countries,” said Gordon. “Every time we go to a disaster, we are supported and work alongside humanitarians from a wide variety of organizations … work-ing together toward a common goal is key in humanitarian work.”

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Time is running short for the Miners’ Hall Attic Renovation fund matching campaign.

The Rossland Council for Arts and Cutlure (RCAC) has until midnight on Thursday to raise up to $25,000 that will matched by anony-mous donors in the community. As of Monday afternoon, the RCAC had raised just under $17,000 so volunteers setup at the entrance of Ferraro’s to raise awareness for the campaign and collect donations.

Those who’d like to help the RCAC reach their goal can donate at the Nelson and Distrcit Credit Union, City Hall, Out of the Cellar or at minershall.yodel.org. All donations over $25 will receive a tax receipt.

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There are two sides to every story — especially when it comes to collecting tax dollars.

That is why the decision to raise the cap for future hospital renovations higher than $10 million still sits on the shoulders of municipal and regional officials.

A final vote on whether to maintain or build tax reserves won’t come back to the WKBRHD (West Kootenay-Boundary Regional Hospital District) until later this month, but the topic did raise healthy debate during the Feb. 24 board meeting in Castlegar.

“A lengthy and robust discussion occurred, and I was absolutely delighted this got to the table and got so many of the board members engaged,” says Trail Mayor Mike Martin, the city’s board representative. “Because it is a critical issue for us in the fact that we are continuing to accumulate a reserve without a definitive plan.”

Therein lies the controversy of whether the board should up the reserves, which currently amount to $9.3 million.

Martin voices concern about amassing tax dol-lars, but concedes his point of view is offset by other

perspectives.“One of the points I raised was, we are collecting

taxes from current taxpayers and there is no plan against which to contribute those funds,” he added. “So the taxpayers are being imposed with a tax from which there is no benefit they are likely to realize in the short term.”

The flip side of reasoning centres on social con-science, he says.

“The reverse argument is that we have a social responsibility to look after those that come after us,” Martin continued.

“And we should ensure that we have good health-care systems in place for our future generations — so there are two sides to this. And both, I think, are valid.”

Local councils have three more weeks to wrestle with an outcome before the board reconsiders the matter.

“We have many viewpoints put on the table,” Martin added. “So we are taking each back to our respective councils for input before we go back for the final discussion and final decision March 24.”

In the interim, Martin approached the Regional District of Kootenay Boundary (RDKB) board to request support in lobbying the Ministry of Health

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Credit union assets up 4.6 per cent in 2015NELSON — Nelson

and District Credit Union’s assets increased by 4.6 per cent in 2015 to $196.12 million. That’s one of the key highlights of its financial results the credit union has shared as it prepares for its 65th annual general meeting.

The past year’s high points were positive growth in assets, mem-bers’ deposits and mem-bers’ equity, while also distributing close to $140,000 to community organizations within the West Kootenay while launching new technol-ogy.

Other key milestones:• Members’ deposits

increased five per cent to $179.15 million

• Members’ equity increased 2.8 per cent to $15.56 million

• Community invest-ment since 2000 reached

$3.28 million• A successful banking

system conversion now allows for the launch of Interac eTransfers and realtime balance for Deposit Anywhere.

Why are these high-lights significant? Investing in the credit union promotes vitality: every dollar that remains in our community has a multiplier effect. When members borrow and invest with us, we can continue to actively help the local economy by cycling money back into the community through mortgages, loans and community giving. Members share a com-mon purpose: a commit-ment to keeping interest local by banking locally. This pledge ensures a vi-brant and resilient com-munity-based financial institution is part of the fabric of each community we serve.

“Over the past few years Nelson and District Credit Union has out-lined low interest rates as one of the challenges to your credit union, in addition to an increased regulatory burden. These challenges continue to be on our radar,” says CEO Doug Stoddart.

“One highlight I cer-tainly see is that your credit union lives the seventh principle of co-operation, which is con-cern for the community. This principle is very im-portant to us. Recent con-tributions to our commu-nity include donations to the police fund at Osprey Community Foundation, Kootenay Columbia Trail and Black Jack Cross Country Ski Society leg-acy funds with the LeRoi Foundation and on the East Shore, Community Connections natural

playground at Crawford Bay Park.”

The credit union will host its annual general meeting on Tuesday, April 19 at the Prestige Lakeside Resort in Nelson at 7 p.m. Members are en-couraged to attend as the AGM is a chance to meet their board of directors, ask questions and hear about their credit union’s activities and accomplish-ments from the past year. Members and guests are also asked to participate in the Conversation Café that will take place fol-lowing the business por-tion of the AGM where a moderated discussion will focus on the topic of “Caring for Community.”

Nelson and District Credit Union was es-tablished in 1950 and has branches in Nelson, Rossland and Crawford Bay.


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Welcome to B.C., freeloaders

As the B.C. government spends millions on an international brand campaign with the recycled slogan “Super, Natural B.C.,” another brand identity has spread across Canada.

This one’s unintentional. It hit a new peak last week with the arrival of two young men from Saskatchewan, who were given one-way tickets to

Vancouver and Victoria by typically burdened social services ministry staff in North Battleford.

Sorting through the blizzard of soothing sound bites and sympathetic TV clips, a clearer picture emerges.

In his initial interview with the Saskatoon Star-Phoenix, Charles Neil-Curly, at 23 the elder of the two, said he decided to head west when shelter staff told him his time had run out and he asked for bus tickets to B.C.

“When they asked if I had a place to go, I just said, ‘yeah’,” Neil-Curly said. “I was going to the next homeless shelter anyway.”

Transients and panhandlers aren’t the only ones who say whatever they figure will get them through another day. Politicians do it too.

Admitting she knew little about the arrivals, Premier Christy Clark sug-gested that both were mentally ill and deserve every support the province can give them.

B.C. housing czar Rich Coleman has also demonstrated factual flex-ibility as he presides over the creation of his latest single-room-occupancy drug ghetto in a residential neigh-bourhood in Victoria.

After quietly proposing a closed-down nursing home called Mount Edwards Court as a temporary solu-tion to the filthy “tent city” that sprang up on provincial property last fall, Coleman abruptly announced from his Langley office Feb. 5 that the build-ing had been bought and partly reno-vated for $4 million. It would house 38 people for up to a year.

I asked him if the purchase meant the conversion of Mount Edwards into permanent “low-barrier” housing for 100 people was a “done deal,” as area residents believe. “They’re wrong,” Coleman indignantly replied, and there would be community consul-tation over the next year.

In subsequent comments to report-

ers, he said the province doesn’t really need city zoning, but will apply for it anyway. (That won’t be a problem with Victoria’s far-left city council, which is keen to add a supervised injection site too.)

On Feb. 24, Coleman was asked if he is concerned that the 88 hous-ing units at two locations would fill up and other transients would arrive to take their place. By that time the tent squat appeared to have about 100 people in residence, with the usual overdoses, violence and prostitution.

Coleman assured us it hasn’t hap-pened in Abbotsford or Maple Ridge, where tent camps have finally been cleaned up after shelters and housing were provided.

The next day, he was asked if tran-sitional accommodations would be sufficient to end the camp.

“They’re not actually all that tran-sitional,” Coleman replied. “We’ll take Mount Edwards through a zoning

process. We’ve got about 100 beds there. We’ve bought the building so it’s hardly transitional. We’ve perma-nently done that.”

Fast forward to March 11. The 38 Mount Edwards spaces are full, an-other 40 rooms and camping spaces at a former youth custody centre are almost full, and the province applies for a court order to clear the Victoria camp.

A representative of the advocacy group Together Against Poverty Society goes on local radio to pledge legal support for the campers. How many are there now? At least 100, he says.

Meanwhile in Maple Ridge, where the “homeless” problem is all fixed, Coleman has just extended tempo-rary shelter funding and paid $5.5 million for a 61-room motel to fix it some more.

Tom Fletcher is B.C. legislature reporter and columnist for Black Press.

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Two CAA level 3 technicians were flown in to evaluate the avalanche slope and conditions. According to a South Columbia Search and Rescue press release, “It was determined that the slope and avalanche runoff were unsafe. Our CAA techs set off three separate charges to clear the area of danger so we could begin our search-ing. Our personnel were staged a short distance away from the ava-lanche location while the CAA techs cleared the area for entry.”

Unfortunately, Davidoff was found deceased approximately two metres below the surface of snow. With the assistance of High Terrain Helicopters, SAR was able to recover him within about two and a half hours.

Davidoff was an avid snowmo-biler who was well known and ad-mired throughout the snowmobile community, not just locally, but throughout western Canada and the

western United States. By Tuesday evening, Facebook was flooded with condolences, memories and videos marking his passing.

Davidoff, whose nickname was the Krazy Canadian, was featured in several snowmobiling movies produced by Thunderstruck Films. In a clip Thunderstruck posted on Facebook, he was talking about his love of the sport. “For me, it’s all about the adrenaline rush. Pure and straight, I love the rush I get when I take it to the edge of destruction and glory.”

Mike Hudson, president of South Columbia Search and Rescue, wants to stress that conditions are horrible at this time and that’s why there have been multiple avalanches. With the changing temperatures and contin-ued fresh snow and freezing, it has become very dangerous. Those going out on the mountains should use extra caution and have safety gear with them.

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Sealed Tenders from Roofing and General Contractors will be received at the City of Rossland, 1899 Columbia Avenue, Rossland, BC, V0G 1Y0 on or before Thursday, April 7, 2016, a 2:00 P.M., local time. Tender Revisions may be faxed to 250-362-5451.

The Phase 1 Roof Replacement Work includes, but not limited to: - Provide a new batten rib roof of approximately 5733 sq. ft. at a 45 degree slope on new plywood

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The Phase 2 Exterior Restoration & Refinishing Work includes, but not limited to:- Existing wood siding repair and painting; replacing existing deteriorated siding; new pediment; four

new wood windows. The surface area of the four exterior elevations is approximately 9710 sq. ft.

The Project Site is at the Rossland Miners Hall 1765 Columbia Avenue, Rossland B.C.

Tender Documents are available by email from March 15, 2016, to March 29, 2016, to Roofing & GeneralContractors by written email request to Fairbank Architects Ltd. ([email protected]).

A mandatory pre-bid Site Tour for Bidding Contractors will be held on March 30, 2016, commencing at 11:00 a.m., starting at the Building’s Main Entrance.

A Bidding Contractor is a company capable of performing all the requirements of the Construction Contract, Supplements thereof, and in compliance with the "Instructions to Bidders" issued with the Tender Documents.

Tender Documents may be viewed at:

• SICA Plan Room – Kelowna, 104 – 151 Commercial Drive, Kelowna, BC V1X 7W2Telephone: 250-491-7330 Email: [email protected]

• FAIRBANK ARCHITECTS LTD., 404 Vernon Street, Nelson, B.C.

High speed internet comes to downtown Rossland

ROSSLAND — Businesses in down-town Rossland can now reap the benefits of high-speed Internet with up to 100 mbps symmetrical service. The down-town area is now connected to the fibre optic network of the Columbia Basin Broadband Corporation (CBBC), a wholly owned subsidiary of Columbia Basin Trust (the Trust).

“We’re proud to be celebrating this achievement with the City of Rossland and local Rossland residents who cham-pioned the need for better Internet in the community,” said Neil Muth, Columbia Basin Trust president and CEO. “Access to high-speed Internet can help improve the quality of life and prosperity of Basin communities, as well as make our smaller communities more sustainable and we hope this network helps Rossland’s economy thrive.”

To celebrate the launch, the Trust and the City of Rossland are hosting an event on March 23 from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at the Rossland Public Library for businesses and organizations in the service area. Learn more at cbt.org/rosslandbroad-band.

To connect to the network, busi-nesses and organizations contact an Internet service provider and discuss their service plans/rates. Get in touch by April 8, 2016, to receive a free con-nection from the Rossland network to

your business or organization. To learn if you’re within the service area see cbt.org/rosslandbroadbandmap.

To help Rossland bring broadband to the community, CBBC took on the role of developing, funding and owning the local network. Until now, communities have had to develop their own networks.

“For a small city, getting high-speed fibre installed was beyond our limited means and yet, we recognize that broad-band is an essential piece of the new economy,” said Kathy Moore, mayor of Rossland. “Many thanks to Columbia Basin Trust; without their help and support this project would never have gotten off the ground. I also want to acknowledge the efforts and tenacity of our local, volunteer Broadband Task Force. I hope usage of this network will blossom into a successful economic de-velopment tool for our community.”

CBBC is working to bring better high-speed Internet connectivity to the Basin and continues to expand its re-gional network. Broadband is one of 13 strategic priorities for Columbia Basin Trust over the next five years. Learn more at cbt.org/broadband.

To learn more about the Trust’s other programs and initiatives, and how it helps deliver social, economic and en-vironmental benefits to the Basin, visit cbt.org or call 1.800.505.8998.

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This year the Gold Fever Follies will perform in the Old Bank of Montreal building.

The Gold Fever Follies held their annual general meeting last Thursday, and revealed that the bank will serve as this year’s venue since the Miners’ Hall will be closed for renovation. It’s an appropriate venue given the subject of this year’s play: the race between the British Bank of North America and the

Bank of Montreal to be the first bank to open in Rossland.

The play, Love and Business, will be based largely on historical events, but takes some liberties. Characters include real life former Rosslander Mrs. Allen, who owned the Allen hotel, and Willa, the fictitious owner of the Velvet Hotel. There’s also a mortician, a furniture sales person and of course, the two bank representatives, one a pompous British man and the other a French woman from Paris.


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The local youth network held a meeting last Wednesday to find out what local youth’s priori-ties are for the next three years.

Over 40 teens attended the Rossland Youth Action Network’s (YAN) Teen Town Meeting last Wednesday at the Prestige Mountain Resort. The meeting was an opportunity for kids to share their hopes for youth programming over the next three years as YAN prepares to work with the Columbia Basin Trust’s (CBT) new Basin Youth Network.

“It looks good that we will get continued funding for up to three years and that funding

will have a significant increase,” explained Mike Kent, YAN coordinator.

The CBT has allocated $4.65 million over the next three years to the Basin Youth Network,

which will build on and incorporate the CBT’s Community Directed Youth Funds program — the pilot project that was the source of YAN’s original funding.

“Our program has been identified as a suc-cessful program with the [CBT’s] pilot project,” said Kent. “They’ve indicated that they’re going to offer us continued funding, but some of the criteria for that is they want a visioning docu-ment submitted about what we think our next three years could look like.”

Youth had an opportunity to contribute to-ward that document at the Teen Town Meeting.

Teens wanted to see more music program-ming, following on the introduction of a music night in the fall. They also want cooking pro-grams, wi-fi everywhere, and more opportunities

to just hang out in the space with their friends. Outside the space, they’d like to see rock climb-ing, dances and paintball.

They also contributed their ideas about what the new YAN Space on the Emcon lot should look like. Using craft supplies, such as pipe clean-ers and construction paper, teens were invited to create 3D models of what the new space could look like.

“When we’re moving toward renovating that space, what are elements that they want to have in there? Thinking about what exists at our loca-tion now, what are additional things they would want to see?” said Kent.

He also wanted to thank the Prestige for do-nating the room and some of the food for the meeting.

CHELSEA NOVAKRossland News

Local youth contribute to three-year plan

Caelum Scott photo

Teens contributed their ideas about what the Rossland YAN should do in the next three years at a Teen Town Meeting last Wednesday.

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CELEBRATE ST. PADDY’S

DAY IN STYLE

Chelsea Novak photo

Happy Saint Patrick’s Day! Revival Boutique adds a little festive flair to Columbia Ave. with sham-rocks and green accessories in its display window.

Students at l’École des Sept-sommets have made it to the finals in a national flash mob contest.

Flash Ton École (Flash Mob Your School) was open to francophone schools across the country, and Rossland’s francophone students sub-mitted a video of themselves singing and dancing to “Moi, J’aime Skier” (roughly translated as “Me, I Like to Ski”).

The contest is part of Les Rendez-vous de la Francophonie, an initiative of the Canadian Foundation for Cross-Cultural Dialogue, whose mandate is to

promote and support dialogue among the Francophone and Acadian, and all other communities in Canada.

Sept-sommets was one of 25 out of 52 schools to make it to the finals. To win and collect a bursary — $3000 for first place, $1000 for second place, or $500 for third or fourth place — the school needs help from the community in the form of online votes.

To vote for the Sept-sommets video, visit rvf.ca/contest-flash-ton-ecole-fi-nal.php. Voting is open until March 23 and those who vote are entered to win a trip for two to Paris, including air travel, accommodations for six nights and $500 spending money per person.


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Dear Cookie Lover,Part of being a family involves sharing in one another’s victories and defeats. However, it is not a good idea to let one subject or person dominate every get together.

There is an old saying that states, “What’s down in the well, comes up in the bucket.” Your sister in law is very focused on her weight loss and must think about her choices continually in order to be successful. Therefore, since that is what is in her heart, it is what comes out of her mouth. She is probably not trying to be a pain, but just saying the things that are going on in her mind.

Since the gentle approach has not worked, it is probably time to just be open and honest. Balance your request with some love and praise and hopefully she will not be offended. Try something like, “I hope you know how proud we are of you for working so hard to reach your goals. You may not realize that whenever we are together the conversation has frequently focused on diet and exercise. There is so much more to our relationship that we would like to focus on. We would love to hear occasional updates about your progress, but can we try to spend most of our time discussing other things?”

Since this is something that is important to her, try to include something healthy when planning food for family events. You could ask her to share her new found knowledge by bringing something that she likes to eat to share with the family. Most dieters fi nd that keeping to your eating plan is hardest at social events. For the sake of family harmony, hopefully both sides can fi nd a balance and prevent a food fi ght, those are only fun in a school cafeteria.Sensibly yours, Miss Sensibility

Dear Miss Sensibility,

My sister-in-law is in the process of losing weight. We’re all very proud of her The

problem is, whenever we are around her, she goes on and on about the calorie content

of every single food, how many grams of fat everything has, or her latest workout

regime. She also gives us disapproving looks or makes unwelcome comments about

what we are eating. We have tried to gently change the subject, but it always goes back

to food. Is there anything we can do or say to stop this without hurting her feelings?

-Just wants a darn cookie without a lecture to go along with it.

Community

Francophone students finalists in national flash mob contestCHELSEA NOVAK

Rossland News

Courtesy l’École des Sept-sommetsScene from l’École des Sept-sommets’ flash mob video.

Selkirk students present action plansCHELSEA NOVAK

Rossland News

Rosslanders attended an open house at the Old Fire Hall on Monday night to share their input on the action plans local college students are preparing to present to Rossland city council.

Second-year students from the Selkirk College Integrated Environmental Planning Program presented their action plans — which were developed following Rossland’s Strategic Sustainability Plan (SSP) and Official Community Plans (OCP) — to the public and solicited feed-back, often in the form of ques-tionnaires.

Chelsea Mathieson is work-ing on a complete streets plan — streets that are designed with all road users in mind, includ-ing pedestrians, cyclists and the disabled — and asked attendees to mark a map using stickers to indicate streets that are working, streets that aren’t working and streets with opportunities for in-novation.

Mathieson looked at some key issues regarding street use and safety while working on her plan.

“Vehicle speed was number one, just because of the recent change in speed limit. There’s a lot of people that either don’t know about it or just ignore it or maybe don’t even realize they’re going too fast. Road user safety is another one. There’s not a lot of sidewalks and there’s not a lot of room for cyclists and pedes-trians on a lot of the streets, so I think that’s going to be key,” said Mathieson.

Connecting lower and upper Rossland so that downtown is eas-ily accessible from both on foot is also important to her complete streets plan.

The students’ plans cover a wide range of topics. Garrett Connolly is working on an assess-ment of best management prac-tices for the impending skatepark, looking at all aspects including water runoff, increased noise and after development management.

Jayme Anderson is working

on a plan for revitalizing and re-using heritage spaces in Rossland. The Miners’ Hall and the Old Fire Hall are working local examples of what she has in mind — heri-tage spaces that can be used for different kinds of community events. Anderson also looked at examples of heritage revitaliza-tion in other municipalities in BC.

Isha Gupta is working on an air quality plan, and said Rossland’s biggest problem is that it doesn’t have air quality monitoring sta-tions to provide concrete data, which makes it difficult to say anything definitive about our air quality.

Kevin Frank is working on a parks and recreation master plan, and thinks the best course of action would be to conduct a survey to see what Rosslanders want out of their parks system. Kira Sawatzky’s plan examines the possibility of planting edible perennials in public spaces, such as parks.

A number of politicians were among the open house’s attend-ees. Mayor Moore and several city councillors were there, as was South Okanagan-West Kootenay MP Richard Cannings, who hap-pened to be visiting the area.

Councillor Andy Morel was very impressed with what he saw from the students.

“I certainly believe that all these different projects are im-portant to our community. I’m impressed that a lot of them are related to the natural environ-ment,” he said. Chelsea Novak photos

Top to bottom: Garrett Connolly is putting together an assessment of best management practices for the Rossland Skatepark.

Councillor Andrew Zwicker and Mayor Kathy Moore check out a student’s project.Jayme Anderson’s plan looks at oppor-tunities for revitalizing and reusing heritage spaces in Rossland.Councillor Andrew Zwicker and Kelvin Saldern talk with Kevin Frank about his parks and recreation master plan.


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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

to 9:30 p.m. $2 drop in or $5 for the season. Please use back door to enter. For more details contact Ryan at [email protected] or text 250-921-5644.

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 favou-rite 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 friendship with others affected by dementia, ac-cess the most current information, and learn and share practical tips for coping with change. For more information 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 event for ages 12 to 18. How do you like to music? Come to the YAN Space and immerse yourself in anything/everything music. No prior music-ing experience necessary.

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 super-vised 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.

GIRL TALK FOR GIRLS 14-18Wednesdays, 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. @ YAN Space, 2076 Columbia Ave. Want some time to just relax, talk, and hang out doing cool things with other girls? We have all kinds of awesome, inclusive, creative activities for you at Girl Talk. No pressure, chillspace, girls only! Free.

YAN AFTER SCHOOL DROP-INMonday to Thursday, 2:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. @ YAN Space, 2076 Columbia Ave. Come in and chill, get homework help, build a resume or do a job search, or just hang with you friends. Free. The YAN Space will be closed for Spring Break until March 21.

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 hosting 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 completion and launch of a high-speed fibre network in downtown Rossland. Participate in a live speed demonstration (and other cool stuff), learn how it will help you meet your business needs and how you can get connected.

EASTER EGG HUNTSaturday, March 26, 12-2 p.m. at the Rossland Museum & Discovery Centre. The museum opens at noon with face painting, games and activities inside and hot dogs for sale. At 1 p.m. sharp the egg hunt begins (no poaching please! — no pun intended). We have a roped off toddler zone, ages four to seven on the lawn, and ages eight and up in the upper yard. A movie will be shown at 2 p.m. in the Cominco Theatre with popcorn served. With even more chocolate eggs than ever, this is going to be the best Easter Saturday ever! Entry is by donation.

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Rossland’s Joe Hill Coffee House tradition con-tinues with a great lineup of performers to welcome the first day of spring. We’re in the Rossland Legion Hall, 2018 Washington St. until renovations on Joe Hill’s old haunts are completed.

It’s the same family-friendly coffee house as always — coffee, tea, goodies, relaxing atmosphere, a mere $3 (kids and students free).

Doors open at 6 p.m., the show starts at 7 p.m.Here’s the crew:• Debbie and the Australians – cowboy songs

from Down Under• Paul Bowles – raconteur and percussionist ex-

traordinaire• Peter Pii – country, bluegrass and more• Max Hawk – the man, the guitar, and some

great songs• Dunc Shields – returning to his old stomping

grounds to tell a story• Marti Daniel – fine tunes• The Beaver Valley Boys – an eclectic collection

of rockabilly banditos. Stand back.There’s nothing like it for many a kilometer. Come

and get the feeling. See you there!

There will be eight cast members in total, and so far three local cast members are confirmed. Casey Gray wrote the script and will also perform, Ty Wright, who performed last year as Fire Chief Guthrie, will return for a third season with the Follies, and Jill Amantea will perform and choreograph. The other five cast members have yet to be confirmed, though auditions have taken place.

This year’s cast will also include a younger member, Marco Santano, a Grade 11 student from JL Crowe who will act as an extra. Allowing younger students to participate as extras gives them a chance to men-tor with professional actors and hone their chops.

The Follies will begin rehearsing on June 1 and their opening performance will be Tuesday, June 8 at 7 p.m. For the rest of the summer there will be two performances a day at 3 and 7 p.m., until Aug. 27 when the show wraps.

This year the Follies will face some extra costs. They’ll need to construct a stage in the Rossland Gallery space — which will have to be closed for three months while the group rehearses and per-forms — and pay rent for the location. They’re also hoping to be able to pay Santano a modest hono-rarium. Those interested in supporting the Gold Fever Follies — whether as individuals or as corpo-rate sponsors — should contact Lisa Henderson at [email protected].

The Follies are also looking for volunteers and host families for the performers to stay with. Host families need to provide a bedroom and access to a kitchen and bathroom; performers will be respon-sible for preparing their own meals unless they make other arrangements. The Follies will also provide host families with a small honorarium. Those interested should also contact Henderson.

Follies performing

Sunday, March 20

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The face of the Greater Trail Arts scene is becoming popular near and far, so now it’s time for a makeover.

It all began three years ago when local artist, Nadine Tremblay, re-turned to the downtown Trail theatre after performing in venues across Western Canada.

What she saw was opportunity lost in the Charles Bailey Theatre.

The 764-seat auditorium was under utilized, similar sized com-munities were using their theatres almost daily, while the local space was used four times per month or less.

That changed in 2013, when Tremblay pitched the idea that the Trail and District Arts Council (TDAC) could shake things up in partnership with the theatre’s ser-vice provider, the Regional District of Kootenay Boundary (RDKB).

With a well defined business plan and marketing strategy in hand, Tremblay, then the RDKB’s theatre manager, set about filling up the seats by bringing local talent back to the stage as well as bigger out-of-town names.

Now closing in on year three, rentals are more competitive and the number of shows almost dou-bled — so now is the time for a brand re-design including a new marquee with a modern, yet retro, look.

“We’ve met and surpassed our goals and doubled audience par-ticipation,” says Tremblay. “This is the first time that energy has been spent on the identity and market-ing of the theatre — now we have a logo and people can recognize us from the outside with a big lit up sign.”

The name has been shortened to the Bailey to celebrate the venue, which she notes is surprisingly unfamiliar to many local residents.

“‘I’ll see you at the Bailey Theatre on Friday,’ has a nice ca-chet, and so do the new logo and sign design,” says Tremblay. “The logo is only the first step in estab-lishing the brand. The experiences,

service, and memories that patrons of the Bailey Theatre enjoy, will come to define the brand.”

Before landing the new moni-ker, TDAC and Scotty Carlson from Juicy Studios in Rossland, gave much consideration to the building’s art deco feel and the man behind the theatre’s name.

“Charles Bailey himself was an enthusiastic and generous patron of the arts, which we never want to forget,” Tremblay emphasized. “We hope that we are offering him the praise he deserves by marketing his name in a style he would have appreciated.”

With the Bailey marquee under construction, Tremblay can again turn her focus to other transforma-tion plans aimed to improve au-dience experience and performer ease.

Run as a non-profit, the arts council is pursuing grants for bar and lounge renovations, theatre sound and lighting upgrades and theatre ventilation.

“As a way of directing flow, we would renovate the kitchen and have it more as a loungy space you can come to before and after the show,” she explained. “It really is an aesthetic reno, and ventilation is not being added to our existing system.

“We are trying to cool down the space in the days when we need it, instead of running air conditioning in here all the time.”

The business model remains a partnership with the regional dis-

trict, but if all goes according to plan, TDAC will slowly take over theatre management by year four.

“Of course we have financial predictions but we also have so-cial and cultural objectives,” she clarified. “The gist is to increase the participation and theatre usage, including attracting new users, increasing cultural and learning opportunities, diversifying pro-gramming and providing a social gathering place.”

By selling the venue potential, promoters are taking the leap and bringing in their big names, says Tremblay.

And the risk is paying off be-cause over the last two years, shows such as Bryan Adams, Gordon Lightfoot, Theory of a Deadman and next week’s Jann Arden per-formance, have sold out.

“The theatre has been full of people I’ve never seen before,” Tremblay explained. “That tells me there is a market out there for genres of music, so we are working to get more of that.

“People are coming from all over, going to dinner and poten-tially staying at a hotel — they are willing to travel to come see their favourite band.”

Response from local groups has also been positive.

By dropping rental rates by about $600 for professional and amateur artists, the number of shows grew from 19 in the 2012-2013 season to 29 last year.

Rossland Light Opera brought it’s Anne of Green Gables feature to very well attended shows last winter, J.L. Crowe’s February talent show had a full audience and the Miss Trail event in May is expect-ing the same.

“It’s a big job,” Tremblay said, mentioning when TDAC started, 90 per cent of renters said the rate was too high and 82 per cent re-ported dissatisfaction with their theatre experience.

“When we checked last year, 70 per cent were satisfied with their last rental and 75 per cent said the rate was just right,” she added. “So we are really stoked about that, but there’s still room for improvement.”


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A fiddle workshop and concert made for a toe tapping good time at the Rossland Legion this weekend. Fiddling talent from throughout the region, pre-teen and older, gathered for lessons with Gordon Stobbe (in yellow) and JJ Guy (not pictured). Later the teachers took the stage and performed a lively set for a crowd of more than 90. The well attended event was a mixture of banter and music, said organizer Richie Mann, adding 23 fiddling stu-dents were on hand for lessons.

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(MoH) on behalf of the regional hospital.

His appeal stems from disap-pointing news in December.

During a visit from Chris Mazurkewich, Interior Health’s (IH) new CEO, Martin was expecting to hear some guide-lines from the ministry on mov-ing ahead with a $40 million renovation plan for Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital (KBRH).

Instead, he found that the plan was sent back for the health authority to investigate whether it could fund the project — the

conclusion being IH could not do it solely because several other projects are in the works.

“In my view there is no ques-tion about IH’s commitment here,” said Martin. “They have told us the KRBH Sustainability Plan is on their top priority list, and we accept that.”

Martin is steadfast that strong regional advocacy is needed to move the project forward.

“What we need to do now is ensure that Interior Health has the necessary support and direction from government to actually move this into a plan-ning stage,” he said.

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volved, including a very im-portant partner, the Regional District of Central Kootenay, he added.

“We will be looking to them for support as well through the regional hospital district.”

With the exception of one member, the RDKB board agreed to support Martin’s re-quest.

“From my perspective, if you want anything to move, you have got to lobby for it,” says Grace McGregor, RDKB board chair.

“If you don’t show you are keeping track and your interest is there as a region, because it is our regional hospital, then often,

you kind of get pushed to the side, ” she added.

“I’m not saying that is what is happening, because I don’t know that, but what I am say-ing is that it can never hurt for us to work together as a unit, and try to push some buttons to move forward.”

She explained lobbying for one specific project isn’t the job of the regional hospital board.

“That would put them in a very difficult position,” she con-tinued.

“But if you look at who we are — it’s our hospital. So if anyone is trying to move it forward, we should be the leaders in that.”

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Sharon Marie Griffiths Passed away on Thursday, March 3, 2016 at Kelowna General Hospital at the age of 73.

She was born on May 31, 1942 in Vancouver, and moved to Rossland in the early 1960s where she raised her family and worked in various jobs in the community. She will be most remembered

for her many years of dedicated service at Red Mountain.

Sharon was preceded in death by her husband, Booty Griffiths, brother, Bob Rivett, and her

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