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The Warfield Community Hall sees consider-able activity over the course of the year, between the annual Warfield Days celebration and a host of weddings, barbecues, and parties.

Work is currently underway to expand the facility to ensure it has sufficient room for every-one, come rain or shine.

Construction crews from Hil-Tech Contracting have been on-site since late fall excavating and pouring concrete forms for what will be a siz-able addition to the popular community meeting place and rental facility.

“In most small communities the community hall is the focal point in the community,” said Vince Morelli, chief administrative officer for the

Village of Warfield. “The crew is working on the addition of a new kitchen and washroom at the back of the hall.”

The $620,000 project extends the hall between the existing structure and the barbecue facility in the adjoining Village Square Park.

“The barbecue area won’t be affected,” Morelli said. “It’s just using up the empty space behind the hall.”

The project will expand the hall’s capacity from its current seating and commercial kitchen facility for 150 people up to approximately 200 and is slated for completion in early July.

“This is our big project for the year,” said Morelli.

“The hall is important to Warfield, it’s a gath-ering place for the people.”

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Construction crews from Hil-Tech Contracting were hard at work Thursday doing concrete form work for the new addition to the Warfield Community Hall. The $620,000 project is slated for completion in July.

B Y T I M E S S T A F FKootenay-Columbia is one of the 28 school

districts in the province to receive funding to launch a green project to cut carbon emissions and operating costs.

Rossland's school has been awarded $296,500 for a replacement boiler project under the Ministry of Education's Carbon Neutral Capital Program that has planted a total of $4.55 million this year.

“We are very excited to be able to make a major capital improvement to the RSS build-ing, funded by this specific grant,” said Greg Luterbach, superintendent of schools. “The dis-trict has numerous high cost capital projects that are beyond the funding we receive in the form of our annual facilities grant.

“By receiving these funds it means that this project can be completed through alternate funds and we can put that $300,000 towards other needs in our buildings throughout the district.”

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Although it may at times seem like the City of Trail’s plan for extending the municipal bound-ary to encompass the Waneta industrial park and newly acquired airport is already a done deal it is anything but and still faces numerous hurdles before anyone can begin drawing new maps.

In an email Wednesday, Gillian Rhodes, communications manager for the Ministry of Community, Sport and Cultural Development, outlined the lengthy route the city’s proposal still has to travel before being approved by the provincial cabinet.

“The ministry received the City of Trail’s boundary extension proposal on Feb. 18,” Rhodes stated in her email.

“It is currently under review and staff will take the following steps: First, ensure the proposal package is complete and includes evidence of municipal consultation with affected property owners, the regional district, and other poten-tially impacted agencies to resolve identified issues.

“Then our staff will consult with other provin-cial agencies to determine the impact on provin-cial interests and services, for instance implica-tions for maintenance of provincial roads.

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J.L. Crowe Secondary Grade 12 student Jade Lewis feels privileged to add the first mark to a new school with “Jade’s art attack,” stylized text paintings of the student code of conduct that will be painted in Crowe’s existing circular design elements. The project was kick-started by a youth action grant from the Columbia Basin Trust. “This grant gives me the opportunity to blast the walls with some colour,” said Lewis. “Hopefully giving students motivation to work harder and respect each other in a space where they can relax and be social. To bring bold colours into the space to portray the student code of conduct will surely brighten people’s day.” The project is expected to be completed by the end of the school year.

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FROM PAGE 1“Then we will review the process and

outcomes of municipal consultations and identify any outstanding issues. Finally, if any additional processes or adjustments are warranted, the ministry will work with the municipality to resolve them.”

Once the initial review has been com-pleted the city will be required to seek the approval of the citizens of Trail.

“The city does not have to take the pro-posal to the electorate in Trail for a vote,” David Perehudoff, chief administrative officer for the city, said in an email.

“Approval is obtained by what is referred to as an Alternative Approval process whereby the city would advertise its intention to proceed with the bound-ary extension and provide a counter-petition opportunity. If 10 per cent of

the registered voters petitioned against the proposal only then would a vote be required.”

If the citizens of Trail approve the city’s plan for expansion the formal resolution then has to be forwarded to the minister responsible for final consideration before deciding whether or not to recommend the boundary change to cabinet.

At this point, there haven’t been any definitive estimates of how long the pro-cess will actually take.

“We do not anticipate anything com-ing from the province in the next few weeks,” Perehudoff said. “The province had a staffing change and the person who was overseeing the file has now left the ministry. A new staff person has been appointed and it will take her some time to get familiarized and up to speed.”

No estimate on length of process Upgrade will save district money

FROM PAGE 1There are eight boilers at

the school, two of which were replaced in 2002. This project will replace the remaining boil-ers, which date back to 1987. “The new boilers will save the dis-trict annually about $15,000 as they are more efficient than the ones they are replacing,” added Luterbach.

Other projects around the prov-ince include boiler replacements, air source heat pumps and carbon dioxide sensor installations, all of which will help reduce electricity and natural gas usage.

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Police are investigating a break and enter to the Canadian Tire store in the early hours of Wednesday. Access was gained by breaking a window and police arrived shortly after the alarm call was received. The store contains security cameras and other evidence was left at the scene. At this point it is still undetermined what was taken from the store. The investigation is continuing with potential links to other incidents in the Kootenay area.

*****On Saturday at 6:30 p.m. police received

a report of a male that had gone back-country snowshoeing and not returned when expected.

The parking area of the trail used was checked and the male’s car was located. Rossland Search and Rescue was activated and searched into the night. Police received a call shortly after midnight that the male had contacted his friends via a satellite phone.

The male had got disorientated and found a cabin where another backcountry enthusiast was with the phone. The male hiked out the next day without any issue or injury to themselves or any Search and Rescue personnel.

*****In the early morning hours of Feb. 26 a male was approached by

a suspect while walking in the downtown area of Trail. The suspect physically assaulted the male and went through the male’s pockets in an attempt to retrieve money or valuables. A security guard was flagged down by a friend of the victim and the suspect fled the scene. Police were called and were able to locate the suspect, arrest them and hold them into custody to be brought before a judge the next day. The suspect was on conditions for a previous file and was held in custody until his next court date, which was scheduled for Thursday.

*****On Feb. 18 a lady’s ring was found in the downtown Trail area near

the 7-11 and turned into the Trail RCMP. No owner has claimed the item as of yet. If you feel that the ring may be yours please contact the Trail RCMP and provide an accurate description of the item to claim it.

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Greater Trail resi-dents are invited to visit their health care providers without symptoms or a wait time this Saturday when the revived Enema Awards Ceremony hits the Charles Bailey Theatre.

As the name of the show might sug-gest, ticket holders are guaranteed to feel uncomfortable at one point or another dur-ing skits, musical and dance performances that jab fun at regular practice.

“It's an opportun-ity for the staff at the

hospital and some in the community in health care to get together and basic-ally be entertaining and inappropriate,” said Dr. Stephanie Cameron, who's prac-ticed in Trail for 20 years.

“We have to have people know that if they don't leave insulted about some-thing then we haven't done our jobs.”

The popular var-iety show, not suit-able for children, came back last year after it ended its six-year run in 2005.

Back by applause, Doctor Dave Laroque and registered nurse Shannon Marion are teaming up again to MC the occasion full of pure irreverence.

“It's a night of making light of stress-

ful occupations,” said Marion. “It's basic-ally so that folks can see the fun side of us because when we see folks, they are usually in crisis and it's a ser-ious time.”

Professionals are leaving their scrubs at home and getting into costume to take the public on a hilari-ous journey through

unrealistic scenarios that are tagged to contain “no taste, less filling.”

“I think people like to see the light-er side of medicine, they like to see the humour, because our work can sometimes be depressing and it's always good to lighten it up,” added Cameron.

“I think patients enjoy seeing us in dif-ferent roles.”

Such will be the case Saturday when Cameron reinvents herself as Wonder Woman in a super-hero surgery skit that is sure to have the audience laughing so hard their faces hurt.

While it can be difficult at times to schedule projects outside of work, Cameron said the health care commun-ity rallies behind this event as a break from their regular jobs.

The “fun-rais-er” brings staff and friends of Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital together to put on the produc-tion that just looks to

break even and cover associated costs like theatre and sound rentals.

“It's a push for sure but it's so much fun that we just make

it work,” she said.The show starts

at 7 p.m. Saturday at the Charles Bailey Theatre. Tickets are $18 and on sale at the theatre's box office.

Doctors ditch scrubs for tights in annual variety show performanceEnema Awards

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It’s a bird, it’s a plane, no it’s health care providers posing as superheroes! Greater Trail residents are invited to kick back and watch health profes-sionals perform their way through pure irreverence this Saturday during the Enema Awards.

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The City of Rossland’s popu-lation grew, albeit modestly, while every other commun-ity and rural electoral area in the Kootenay Boundary region experiences a decrease.

According to figures recently released by BC Stats in the 2013 Sub-Provincial Population Estimates, the Golden City increased its population by .1 per cent.

Although the increase trans-lated into a gain of only two people (and you know who you are), the city was the only Kootenay-Boundary commun-ity that saw any increase over last year, rising from 3,588 people to 3,590.

Rossland Mayor Greg Granstrom credited a concerted decision by the city to keep taxes as low as possible, and the vision to upgrade city amen-ities (Columbia-Washington project) that enabled the city to keeps its population stable.

Of all provincial regions the

Kootenay-Boundary saw the strongest rate of decline (2.1 per cent) in 2013, with a drop in population of 645 persons.

Trail accounted for most of the decline, dropping 3.1 per cent to 7,307, a decrease of 237 people. Last year the Silver City decreased 1.9 per cent and has dropped almost 400 people since 2011 (7,693).

The rural areas of Kootenay-Boundary fell 3.3 per cent (327 people) to 9,498 people. Warfield decreased 1.8 per cent to 1,672 people, a drop of 30 per cent.

Across the Columbia River valley, Montrose dipped .4 per cent to 1,032 (four person decrease), and Fruitvale lost five people in 2013, a .2 per cent drop to 2,036.

In the Boundary region, Grand Forks bled a little with a decrease of 36 people, a .9 per cent drop to 4,026. The City of Greenwood saw six fewer people in 2013, a .9 per cent drop to 699. Midway lost two people in 2013 to record a .3 per cent drop to 663 people.

On an annual basis, BC Stats produces sub-provincial population estimates using the generalized estimation system

(GES). This regression model uses symptomatic indicators such as health client registry and residential hydro hook-ups to gauge population growth from one year to the next. These estimates assist in local and provincial government planning processes.

In the other West Kootenay region, the Regional District of Central Kootenay, also declined, but by only .5 per cent, or 321 people.

Nearby Castlegar dropped by 98 people, or 1.2 per cent in 2013 to 7,762 people. Nelson rose slightly, 24 people, to 9,877, or .2 per cent. Creston fell 4.8 per cent to 5,169 in 2013, a drop of 261 people.

The other mountain cities of Golden and Revelstoke both dropped in population, .9 per cent and .1 per cent respect-ively. Revelstoke lost six people to come in 2013 at 7,241, while Golden fell to 3,691 (35 person drop).

In the East Kootenay, Cranbrook fell one per cent to 19,245 (198 people), while Kimberley slid by 100 people to 6,406 (1.5 per cent drop). Fernie came in at 4,538, down 1.2 per cent or 56 people.

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T H E C A N A D I A N P R E S SVANCOUVER - Several police

forces in British Columbia say they don’t plan to crack down on patients growing medical mari-juana for their personal use once federal laws make the practice illegal next month - an approach a pair of criminologists describe as sensible.

New federal laws come into effect April 1 that will allow only select commercial growers to pro-duce medical marijuana, meaning patients who currently have Health Canada permission to grow their own will be breaking the law if they continue.

This week, the Vancouver Police Department said it doesn’t plan on treating small-scale “personal” grow operations as a priority after April 1, unless they are also sus-pected of being connected to gangs,

violence or other criminal activity.Several other forces, includ-

ing Abbotsford, Victoria and West Vancouver, say they plan a similar approach.

Neil Boyd, director of the crim-inology program at Simon Fraser University near Vancouver, said the police forces’ planned response to the new laws makes sense.

“I think it’s a sensible use of police resources,” Boyd said in an interview Thursday.

“In terms of public safety and a threat to the social well-being of the community, it just isn’t there.”

Boyd said the public likely doesn’t have the appetite for a significant crackdown on medical marijuana growers, even if those growers could be breaking the law.

“A majority of Canadians don’t think it should be a criminal offence to use it,” he said.

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B.C. residents will be able to buy B.C. wine from grocery stores by early next year, with some stores connected to liquor stores that offer full selection including hard liquor.

The provincial gov-ernment released its

framework for a major overhaul of liquor policy Thursday. It proposes a small num-ber of new licences for Vintners’ Quality Alliance (VQA) wine sales from grocery store shelves, with future expansion to include B.C.-made craft beer.

MLA John Yap said all alcohol sales will be rung through at sep-

arate cash registers, with staff trained in an expanded “Serving It Right” course to check identification and sobriety.

Customers will be able to stock up on groceries and alcoholic beverages in the same shopping cart, wheth-er from in-store B.C. wine or products from a connected liquor store.

T H E C A N A D I A N P R E S SVICTORIA - Premier Christy

Clark and British Columbia’s union leaders agree to disagree when it comes to raising the min-imum wage to $13 an hour.

Clark and B.C. Federation of Labour president Jim Sinclair emerged from a meeting this week, saying they don’t agree on raising the minimum wage but do agree to co-operate on hiring and training more B.C. workers.

Clark says she’s concerned raising the minimum wage from its current $10.25 an hour could hurt job creation, even though Sinclair says it isn’t enough for people to make ends meet.

Sinclair and Clark say unions

and the government will always disagree but meeting together allows both sides to consider pos-itions of compromise.

Sinclair says the unions asked Clark to consider hiring more apprentice workers on govern-ment jobs and lobbying the fed-eral government to change the temporary-foreign-worker pro-gram so British Columbians would have the first crack at entry-level jobs.

Clark says she’s concerned more apprentices could drive up the cost of government projects, but she says she supports hiring British Columbians first when it comes to entry-level and skilled jobs.

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B y T o m F l E T C H E RBlack Press

B.C. teachers com-pleted voting Thursday on a mandate for a three-stage strike plan.

Details have emerged from sev-eral school districts, where B.C. Teachers’ Federation members have voted yes or no to authorize the first two phases of strike action.

Phase one is refus-ing meetings or com-

munication with administrators, and working to rule on hours, except for pre-arranged voluntary activities. According to one summary released by the government, teachers are to arrive at school no more than one hour before class time and leave by one hour after classes, with no supervision of stu-dents outside of class time.

Phase two is rotat-ing one-day walkouts in districts around the province. Phase three, a full-scale strike, would require a second vote by members to authorize. A strike mandate would permit the union to withdraw services for 90 days.

The three-phase plan was also described in late February by Steve Stanley, presi-dent of the Comox

District Teachers’ Association, in an interview with the Comox Valley Record.

Summaries include the union’s description of the initial wage offer from Peter Cameron, the chief negotiator for B.C.’s 60 school districts. It describes pay increases totalling six per cent over the next five years, which Cameron has described as an opening position.

B y m A R T I N A P E R R yThe Northern ViewThe provincial gov-

ernment hasn’t con-sidered a number of vital factors proposed BC Ferries service cuts would have on the North Coast and throughout British Columbia, says a recent study commis-sioned by the City of Prince Rupert.

“Beyond Hope: BC Ferries and Northern British Columbia” is an overview of eco-nomic repercussions the northern route ser-

vice reduction, recom-mending any cuts be postponed until 2015 after a comprehen-sive economic impact assessment is done.

“We’ve monitored this situation very closely and we’re extremely concerned about the implica-tions for the northern economy,” said Jack Mussallem, Mayor of Prince Rupert.

“We listened to residents and busi-ness owners across Northern B.C. From Haida Gwaii to

Valemount and Prince George to 100 Mile House and we found that the impact will be even more severe than we first anticipated. This is not just a coast-al issue ... in some of our partner commun-ities the result of these service cuts would be catastrophic.”

Prince Rupert city council feels the loss of revenues around the province could exceed the cost of ferry oper-ations, with the report including feedback gathered from north-

ern stakeholders. A major concern repeat-ed in the study was that the full costs the cuts would have on B.C.’s tourism industry isn’t being considered. The report says the service reductions during the 2014 season will have more effect than cuts made with “adequate planning”.

“Beyond Hope” says both residents and tourists cite high fares as a deterrent to travel by ferry on the north coast, and man-agement decisions by BC Ferries have cre-ated “an unnecessary crisis” threatening to have serious and wide-spread damage on the economy of the north.

“There is an absence of vision in the management of ferry routes. Cutting a poorly marketed and overpriced service is just bad economics,” said Mussallem.

The report also states the proposed northern service reduction would cre-ate uncertainty for the global investment community looking to undertake projects in the region, and would lead to “immediate and widespread job loss”.

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Royal Canadian Legion is set to call on the Harper government to take better care of wounded veterans and their families.

R e p r e s e n t a t i v e s from the legion are scheduled to appear today before a parlia-mentary committee.

One of their requests is for more frequent reviews of the New Veterans Charter, marquee legislation championed by the Harper government since it was enacted in 2006.

The legion wants to see mandatory reviews of the charter every two years. The government took five years to overhaul the charter after veterans criticized it as being less generous than the previous system of compensating veterans under the Pension Act.

The legion also wants to see a state-ment added that would codify the govern-ment’s moral obliga-tion to look after vet-erans - a feature that

is part of other federal legislation but not the charter itself.

Other key demands include increasing the amount of money paid to injured and disabled veterans - including reservists injured dur-ing military service - and making veterans and their families more aware of the programs and services available to them.

“The legion is con-

cerned that the gov-ernment has forgotten the moral obligation to look after veterans and their families who have been injured as a result of their service to Canada,” Gordon Moore, the Dominion president of the legion, says in remarks pre-pared in advance of today’s hearing.

“The government put them in harm’s way, now the govern-

ment has an obligation to look after them.”

The Conservative government has endured a barrage of criticism in recent

months on its per-ceived treatment of veterans, and not only as a result of dissatis-faction with the char-ter.

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chief electoral offi-cer has provided fuel to opposition claims that new election rules being proposed by the Harper govern-ment are designed to tilt the field in the Conservative party’s favour.

The massive rewrite of the Canada Elections Act will increase party spending and decrease voting among some groups, all the while failing to provide the investigative powers needed to get to the bottom of election fraud, Marc Mayrand told a House of Commons committee.

“In Canada, elec-toral fairness has traditionally been understood to mean maintaining a level playing field among parties and candidates by the imposition of strict spending limits,” Mayrand said.

“By increasing those spending lim-its and, most signifi-cantly, creating an exception for certain fundraising expenses, Bill C-23 may well compromise that level playing field.”

Mayrand has had a fractious relationship with the governing party ever since he was appointed to his post in 2007 by Prime Minister Stephen Harper.

It took five years and dozens of spirited denials in the House of Commons before the Conservative party finally pleaded guilty in 2011 to significant overspending in the 2006 campaign - a plea deal that Conservative MP Pierre Poilievre celebrated as a victory.

Poilievre also fre-quently rose in the House to defend the government in the ongoing investigation into fraudulent robo-calls during the 2011 campaign.

Poilievre, now the minister responsible for democratic reform, is questioning Mayrand again, dismissing his criticism and declar-ing him wrong about many of the provisions in the sweeping bill.

Among Mayrand’s concerns:

- By ending the practice of “vouch-ing,” the bill would disenfranchise tens of thousands of vot-

ers who are unable to provide identification with an address, most-ly students, the elderly, natives and the poor.

- The bill would muzzle both Mayrand and the elections com-missioner, who inves-tigates violations and enforces the Canada Elections Act.

“I’m concerned that during an election we could not issue a press release alerting elec-tors to certain prac-tices that may hap-pen that they should be aware of,” said Mayrand, who pointed to events in the 2011 election as an example.

- The bill fails to give investigators the power to demand receipts from parties, who got $33 million in public rebates after the last election without providing documented evidence of expenses.

“It is striking when looking at provin-cial regimes that we remain the only juris-diction in Canada where political par-ties are not required to produce supporting documentation for their reported expens-es,” Mayrand said.

- The bill creates

some new offences and increases penalties, but fails to give elec-tions investigators the powers they need to compel testimony or evidence.

“It’s all well and good to have penalties and offences, but if the commissioner doesn’t have the tools to shed light on the truth, then it’s all in vain,” he told the committee.

Mayrand did not specifically say which party would bene-fit most from the changes, but New Democrats, Liberals and the Bloc Quebecois all say they’re of the most advantage to the party with the deepest pockets - in this case, the Conservatives.

One particularly problematic provision in the bill is a meas-ure that allows parties to remove from their campaign expenses any money spent solic-iting donations from supporters who’ve contributed at least $20 over the previous five years.

“For anybody who has ever seen one, there is no practical way of distinguishing a fundraiser mail-out

from advertising and it takes little imagina-tion to understand that other partisan com-munications can be dressed up as fundrais-ers,” Mayrand warned.

Later in the Commons, NDP Leader Tom Mulcair pounced on Mayrand’s testimony to charge: “The only reason (the Conservatives) are doing this is to stack the deck for the next election.”

Poilievre responded that Mayrand “is wrong on this point, as well as on other points.” He said the bill provides many layers of pro-tection against illegal campaign spending.

Conservatives on the committee, led by Tom Lukiwski, the par-liamentary secretary to Poilievre, hammered away at the potential for voter fraud under a vouching system that has been found to have tens of thousands of reporting errors.

“Clearly, where vouching takes place, perhaps the majority is above board but the potential for fraud is there,” Lukiwski said.

“The only true way to get rid of the poten-

tial for fraud under those cases is for prop-er identification to be provided at the polling station by the individ-ual.”

An estimated 120,000 voters relied on vouching in the 2011 election. In jus-tifying the elimination of vouching, Poilievre has pointed to a report commissioned by Elections Canada which found 50,000 procedural irregular-ities.

Given the wide scope of the election act reforms and the chron-icled history of finan-cing jiggery-pokery and robocalls abuse, NDP MP Alexandrine Latendresse ques-tioned the Conservative attention to vouching.

“I find it very strange that my col-leagues across the table are talking about potential (fraud) when we have real fraud cases that need to be investigated,” she said.

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Canada could lead world in economic shiftI doubt there were

many gasps of aston-ishment a couple of weeks ago when

news broke about an Environment Canada study that finds that water from oilsands tailing ponds is leaching into the Athabasca River.

Let me clarify. I mean that it comes as no surprise that toxins from bitumen extraction are getting into Alberta water systems. But it might have come as a shock that there still is an Environment Canada and that it still has people to do such research. After all, aren’t things like sci-entists necessary to this whole research thing?

Shortly after this story broke, another report in the Tyee caught my attention. In it is infor-mation that says Canada’s oil and timber resources have an estimated value of $33 trillion. On that basis alone, Canada is the fourth richest country on the planet, says the story writing by Mitchell Anderson. And that doesn’t count agriculture,

fish and other resources, including Premier Christy Clark’s beloved liquid nat-ural gas, the stuff that requires pumping fresh water and chemicals into the ground in order to extract it.

The oil and timber wealth could be cause for concern or celebration, depending on one’s view. Natural resources provide jobs, no doubt about it. But is obsession with their exploitation — and make no mistake, our provincial and federal governments are hanging their hats on their future with it — coming at the expense of us taking our place in the digital age?

Are we the equivalent of a slave economy in the Industrial Revolution? Is our hell-bent-for-leath-er need to export those resources simply continu-ing to add to the environ-mental mess we are in, and what is our net bene-fit?

We all have heard the story, by now, of Norway, a country with a plan, an actual honest-to-good-

ness plan to ensure that future and present gen-erations share the eco-nomic benefits of their oil exports. There is pre-cious little evidence that we are doing the same thing here, though. The Harper government has run Canada deep into debt — quite purposefully, if you believe those who argue it is all part of a plan to ultimately shrink government and turn the country over to corporate powers — and Alberta still struggles to provide the services its people seem to want.

There is no arguing that there is a level of terror as governments

look out at the digital age and wonder where all the jobs will come from. It was no different after the Industrial Revolution, which saw mechanization put a large proportion of the population out of jobs. It took generations for the shift to a new economy to take place.

Many economists have argued that Canada isn’t getting great value for our oil and gas resources, that what we gain in jobs we lose by not taking suffi-cient royalties that reflect the true value of the prod-ucts.

With another two generations to go before our aging demographics problem resolves itself, it would be nice if the pain of providing for the large bulge of old baby boom-ers would be eased if gov-ernments were willing to take a tougher stand on those royalties, and to face the fact that cuts to taxes, especially for corporations and the rich, have hurt rather than helped our overall development as a nation. Short-term gain

for long-term pain.With more forward

thinking, less dogmatic leadership, Canada could be a world leader in this economic shift we are going through globally. We could be working full speed ahead to encourage the development of energy options. Heck, it could become the equivalent of a war bond effort, a rallying cry to unite a population that has no sense of dir-ection and no great hope for the future. Instead, we seem content to be the modern slave economy, except we rely on cheap resources instead of free labour.

Focusing attention on the Senate and other largely meaningless issues might provide a smoke-screen for the elimination of science jobs and closing of research libraries might be good politics but it’s a pretty clear sign that the direction we are heading isn’t intended to be good for most of us.

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I’ve been following the stor-ies and letters in the paper con-cerning this Gateway project of Mayor Bogs’ and council and decided to put in my 2 cents worth too.

I am too frustrated with this city’s waste of money on hid-eous eyesores like those sign posts downtown when afford-able housing is needed more, much more.

I just spent another frustrat-ing day standing in heavy fall-ing snow to see an apartment, number 29 on my growing list, to find once again the rent was out of my reach.

Same excuses – higher taxes, insurance and renova-tions costs, which no doubt one needed in a lot of places but still another excuse to raise

the rents.I’ve been trying for over two

years now to find affordable housing in every avenue pos-sible. I’m not only low income but a senior with some disabil-ities too so it makes it tougher yet to find a suitable place.

I have to move as my apart-ment needs to be renovated and I’ve been finding lists of people applying ahead of me for most places, families and singles.

It’s gotten tougher and tougher for people to find affordable housing in our city of Trail, rents just keep going up higher and higher like every-thing else. It’s bad enough that our own provincial government does nothing to help make it any easier to afford housing but truly sad that our own muni-

cipal government doesn’t care either, which is obvious in the eagerness to dump buckets of money on this garbage we can do without, aka Gateway pro-ject, instead of putting it where we need it most.

They only talk about the need for affordable housing but do nothing about it.

We are fighting day to day to keep our heads above water, food on our tables and a decent roof over our heads but we can’t do it without the help from our city so I urge you, Mayor Bogs and council, quit wasting our tax dollars on this garbage and start doing something about affordable housing now, not years from now.

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Tom Flanagan’s new book, Winning Power, is a reflection on his time in politics helping

conservative parties to victory and near-victory. We have been friends since graduate school so I have read a lot of his stuff. Of his readily accessible books, this is easily the most interesting – though person-ally I will always prefer his edition of the juvenile poetry of Louis Riel.

W i n n i n g Power is pithy, witty and erudite, unlike so much academic political sci-ence, which often manages to avoid all three qualities. His colleagues will learn how to write; political pundits will learn how political campaigns really work; his fellow citizens will be entertained.

When he published Harper’s Team a few years ago, the Prime Minister was not pleased. I doubt he will be thrilled to have more of the secrets of his suc-cess made public in this book.

Like ancient Gaul, it is div-ided into three parts: on the permanent elements of elec-tion campaigns, on new modes of campaigning and on a fas-cinating discussion, Fear and Loathing in Alberta, on how Wildrose nearly replaced the tired and corrupt Alberta PCs in 2012.

The big change in federal campaigning came in 2003 when the Chretien government

limited the size of individual and collective donations to par-ties. The result greatly benefit-ed the new Conservative Party because the populist tradition it inherited from the Reform party had given it a decade

of experience of crowd-fundrais-ing. Suddenly, the Conservatives had enough money to wage a permanent campaign.

The most famous manifesta-tion of the perma-nent campaign is the increase in pre-writ advertis-ing. It was encour-

aged by minority governments a decade ago because they had to be constantly prepared to fight: “Harper’s team never rests.” Not then, not now.

As a result, the Liberals lost in 2008 and 2011 before the formal election campaign began. Brilliant pre-writ attack ads had already destroyed the credibility of Liberal leaders, first Stephane Dion and then Michael Ignatieff.

Journalists and profes-sors often lament the fact that negative campaigns work. Not Flanagan. He argues that the most powerful political emo-tion is fear – not just in Canada but, ever since Machiavelli, in every modern regime. Only occasionally does loathing trump fear.

Either way, parties are encouraged to go negative. And what’s wrong with that? Negative ads distort no more than positive ones and are a lot

more fun to watch.Flanagan also reminds

us that campaigns are about choosing people to govern, and not about bright ideas. This is why criticizing campaign strat-egies that emphasize person-alities and the horse race is beside the point. It is a horse race and personalities count. Journalists and professors had better wake up to that fact.

We learn why leaders’ tours are considered both unavoid-able and nearly useless, as is much else in politics. He ana-lyzes the importance and the limitations of social media and discussed the Conservatives’ success in integrating several grassroots fundraising technol-ogies with voter mobilization.

Flanagan’s argument does not mean that Conservatives are henceforth Canada’s nat-urally governing party. Their crowdfunding strength is also a vulnerability. “If the grassroots lose confidence in the leader-ship, the money can dry up overnight.” This is why trust and personality matter.

The book raises some ques-tions for the future: How much damage has the Senate scan-dal done to erode trust in the Conservatives? How many vot-ers adore Justin’s personality and loathe Stephen’s? How long can Justin coast along on a vacuous personality without any policy at all? And what do the Conservatives have in store for him after the successful demolition of his predecessors?

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CRISTANTE, BEA-TRICE (BEA) – The family of Beatrice (Bea) Cristante sadly announce the passing of our mother & nana on February 27, 2014 at the age of 96 years, with her loving family by her side. Bea was the oldest living resi-dent of Genelle, resid-ing in the community for 64 years.

Bea was born in Fernie in 1917 to immigrant parents Domenic & Doralice Citra, who came to Canada in 1905 and

1908 respectively. In 1939 Bea moved to Trail to work and married “Shorts” (Primo) Cristante in 1940, who moved to Trail in 1917 from Fernie.

Shorts and Bea moved out to Genelle in 1949 with their three little girls and finally had a son in 1953.

Bea enjoyed bowling, knitting and crocheting and also did much sewing and alterations for people in the com-munity. She loved to cut hair and give home perms to her friends and neigh-bours. Spaghetti and meatballs were al-ways a treat, anytime and any day. Her love of family was first and foremost.

Bea loved music and would have

liked to sing opera. As a little girl she frequently sang at community func-tions and at church until she was 12 years old. Her genes for music run deep in her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren to this day.

Bea was greeted with open arms by her husband Primo and members of her pre-deceased family.

Left to enjoy her memories are Karen (Peter) Makeiv, Gail Tufford, Marcia Alexander, Dennis (Kathy) Cristante, nine grandchildren, 12 great-grand-children, one great-great-grandchild and one brother, Tom Citra of Duncan, BC.

Cremation has taken place and at Bea’s request, there will be no service.

A Celebration of Life will take place at a later date.

In lieu of flowers, condolences can be made to: Box 52, Genelle BC V0G 1G0, or donations to: The Greater Trail Hospice Society; Kiro Manor; Ste. 7, 1500-Columbia Ave; Trail BC; V1R 1J9.

Karen, Dennis and Gail would like to thank their sister Marcia for taking such wonderful care of mom the past seven years. Also, all wish to give their heartfelt thank you to all the home care nurses, Dr. Marnie Jacobsen and Barb Nielson N.P. for their good care of mom.

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say you can never be too rich or too thin. Surely it goes without

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new film “Son of God,” Jesus is so, well, easy on the eyes that some are revisiting an age-old question that has

vexed scholars for cen-turies:

Did Jesus really look like Brad Pitt, only slightly better?

OK, that exact question hasn’t vexed scholars for centuries. But those who study religion as portrayed in popular culture do note that depicting Jesus on the screen has always been a tricky business, one that balances weighty theological concerns - how divine to make the son of God, and how human? -with more earthly ones, like how best to sell movie tick-ets?

“Listen, films are big business,” says Steven Kraftchick, professor at Emory University’s Candler School of Theology. “They’re probably not going to cast Jonah Hill as Jesus.”

Not that Hill wouldn’t provide an interesting spin. But the producers of “Son of God,” Roma Downey (who also plays Jesus’ mother Mary) and her husband Mark Burnett, were clearly going for something different when they chose the strapping, 6-foot 3-inch Diogo Morgado, a Portuguese

actor who’s dabbled in modeling, for “The Bible,” their History channel miniseries. (“Son of God” is culled from footage shot for the series).

Downey won’t deny her Jesus is good-look-ing - not that she’d get very far with that - but explains she was seeking a subtle mix of qualities. “Someone with strength, pres-ence, charisma, ten-derness, kindness, compassion and natur-al humility,” she says. “Someone who could be both a lion AND a lamb.”

Not surprisingly, Morgado’s looks have been a big part of the conversation ever since. “We not only found Jesus, we found ‘Hot Jesus,”’ Oprah Winfrey told him in a TV interview, referring to a Twitter hashtag about the actor.

“A hunkier Jesus than necessary,” Variety noted in its review of the movie. The Hollywood Reporter called it “Jesus as pretty boy,” and noted a resemblance between Morgado and the young Marlon Brando.

But box office is booming. “Son of God” came in a close second

last weekend to Liam Neeson’s “Non-Stop,” beating out the block-buster “Lego” movie.

To Morgado, it’s all good. “Long after I’m gone, this is going to be my legacy,” he said in a telephone inter-view. “So why should I worry about people calling me ‘Hot Jesus’? I’m really proud of this movie.”

His key acting chal-lenge, Morgado notes, was getting that bal-ance between divine and human: “It’s a really tricky thing.”

That’s always been a problem, says Jeffrey Mahan, professor at the Iliff school of theology in Denver. “Jesus films go back to the very beginning of cinema, and there’s always that tension between human and divine.”

Mahan notes that “this isn’t the first sexy Jesus on film.” When Jeffrey Hunter played the role in the 1961 “King of Kings,” he says, people dismis-sively dubbed it “I Was a Teenage Jesus,” a reference to Hunter’s youthful good looks.

Some films, like the 1959 “Ben-Hur,” avoided problems by not showing Jesus’ face. Others, says Adele Reinhartz, author of “Jesus in Hollywood” and professor at the University of Ottawa, show a sanitized fig-ure “that could have walked right out of a

Renaissance painting.” But they were always fairly good-looking: “These are marketing decisions.”

The deeper problem with portraying Jesus, Reinhartz says, is that “to make a compelling movie character, you need flaws. And that doesn’t fit into most conceptions of Jesus.”

One exception was Martin Scorsese’s 1988 “The Last Temptation of Christ,” starring Willem Dafoe as a Jesus conflicted about his identity and experi-encing earthly tempta-tions, like lust.

Then there was Mel Gibson’s 2004 “The Passion of the Christ,” starring Jim Caviezel, an enormous hit which is deemed one of the most con-troversial films of all time, both because of its bloody depiction of the Crucifixion - Roger Ebert called it the most violent film he’d ever seen - and allega-tions of anti-Semitism.

Caviezel, Dafoe, Morgado - all give dif-ferent interpretations, but they all look a cer-tain way.

None, for example, are dark-skinned, as some have speculated Jesus was. Others have noted that men of the time were significantly smaller than they are today.

“The fact is we just don’t know how Jesus looked,” says Kraftchick.

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At some point this month, there will be a new sight on the Arrow Lakes.

The new Galena-Shelter Bay ferry is scheduled to go for its first test drive at some point in the coming weeks.

The ferry has come a long way since July 2013, when the hull was launched. Since then the superstructure has been built on top of the vessel’s deck and almost all the mechanical and electrical work has been done.

From a reporter’s untrained eyes, it looked like there was still lots left to do.

The deck was crowded with

storage bins, which hold loads of piping waiting to be laid. The bathrooms still needed to be installed and there were no walls in the staff areas.

At the control deck, the win-dows still needed to be cut out of the metal framing and the glass installed. The control panels weren’t in place either, nor was the ship’s mast, which sat freshly painted in a large building on site.

But for John Harding, the owner of WaterBridge Steel, the company contracted to build the new ship, these are all details and it will all come together pretty quickly now.

Quick enough that pretty soon the 80-vehicle ferry will

be plying the waters around Nakusp on a regular basis as they get everything ready for its maiden voyage on May 16 — just in time for the first long weekend of summer.

Work on the ferry has been proceeding pretty much seven days a week since the summer.

The two giant engines that operate the propeller units that drive the ship have been installed; one at each end.

With launch day approach-ing, inspectors have been visit-ing the new ferry on a regular basis. That will be the case for the next few months until the ferry does its first run on May 16. Until then, the ferry will be taken up and down the lake for test drives and the crew will be trained. Most systems are automated and crew levels will remain the same with the new ferry as with the old ones.

Starting in April they’ll begin training the crews on the new boat. It will be painted white and the pirate flag that adorns the ship will be replaced with a B.C. flag.

On May 16, the new landing decks will be put in place and the ferry service is expected to make a seamless transition from the old to the new.

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T H E C R A N B R O O K T O W N S M A NCranbrook and Kimberley will be co-hosting the fifth BC

Mayors’ Caucus from April 23-25. The Caucus will bring may-ors from all over the province to confront issues affecting B.C. communities.

The Caucus has been held twice a year since its inception in 2012, each time in a different city to showcase the unique areas of the province.

The BC Mayors’ Caucus is structured after successful models across North America and Europe such as the Alberta Mayors’ Caucus, the Big Cities Mayors’ Caucus (Canada), Metropolitan Mayors’ Caucus (United States) and the Summit of Mayors (EU).

Mayors to meet in East Kootenay

Keith Morgan

It is pouring with rain so the car drops you off at the super-market entrance and heads off on its own to find a parking spot way the heck

and yonder at the other end of the mall.When you have finished your Big Shop for the week, it is still raining cats, dogs and frogs

so you hit the but-ton on the key fob. The car returns from wherever it was and you load up with nary a drop of the wet stuff falling on your head.

Futuristic fantasy? – Well, getting your hands on the key fob to an autono-mous drive car may mean a wait until 2020 when Nissan plans to begin sell-ing that feature in multiple vehicles. However, a car capable of doing the task described in a driverless mode is here in the now.Nissan granted yours truly the opportun-ity recently to take a spin in a driverless electric-powered LEAF. Actually, the word spin doesn’t truly describe what was a very smooth and controlled ride around a course loaded with ob-stacles, traffic lights turning red, cars changing lanes unexpectedly and

automated pedes-trians wondering out in front of us – if ‘me’ and the car counts as an ‘us’.The LEAF looked like any normal edition but was loaded with 360-degree cameras, laser scanners, radar and other ‘electrick-ery’, as a TV charac-ter called Catweazle once described the workings of a light bulb. I felt like that character from my childhood, who inci-dentally was a cave-man hurled through time into the 1960s. The car pulled away smoothly, stopped at those red lights and signalled turns, a sequence of manouevres rarely witnessed on our roads when there are humans at the wheel. It slowed when a car driven by a human changed

lanes ahead of us on the off-road circuit. I would have hit the phoney ped that bounded out from the curb but not this ghost driver that took instan-taneous evasive action.My drive was on an airport-based circuit away from the real world, while over in Japan Nissan has conducted some demonstrations on freeways. By the end of this year, a dedicated track featuring real town-scapes – masonry,

not model buildings - will be ready. It will enable testers to push the vehicles

impos-sible to carry out on public roads to ensure the technol-ogy is safe.When the car is avail-able for real world driving, a combina-tion of GPS navi-gation and

a tablet-style screen will enable the non-driving driver to direct the car to work, home, play or park with precision. You will be able to drive your favour-ite routes and it will map and record the preferences for future trips.The mock super-market-shopping demo was the most enjoyable part of my experience because driving around full parking lots look-ing for a space is not my favourite pastime. That said, I’m not thrilled at the thought of fun being removed from my daily driving. I like the use of technologies to avoid crashes but I can’t foresee a time when I would want to commit to fully-autonomous driving. Not because I don’t trust the technol-ogy but because I enjoy the challenges thrown up my daily drive.And I have this fear that many will allow their skills to dimin-ish but just rely-ing on technology to get them out of trouble. Do you agree or am I cave-man like Catweazle?keith.morgan@

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springtime saw serious fl ooding. Basements fi lled, streets were running with water, and cars were left to fl oat and sink. 

One day, I walked past a junk yard and saw, what I

thought, was a relatively normal car. 

What’s it doing here? I thought.Apart from a couple of scratches on the outside

and some moist seats, the vehicle seemed roadworthy. I immediately asked about the car. I was told that it was found full of fl ood water.  Its previous owner wanted nothing to do with it. I bought the car for a couple hundred dollars. I didn’t even have to register it in my name.Originally, I had no intention of doing what I did. I wanted to sell the car for parts. But, the engine still worked and

the vehicle could get a person from A to B.Suddenly, I had an idea. Since the car looked fi ne on the outside, no one had to know its real history. I was a genius.After a night in the garage with a heater and a little scrubbing, I posted an ad on Craigslist: “2004 black Toyota Corolla for sale. No longer need, bought new car. No room in garage – need to sell ASAP!!! Few scratches, otherwise in great condition. Call

cell and we’ll talk price.”Thirty minutes later I got a call from a sixteen-year old kid – a little younger than my son. We decided to meet at the local mall at about 6:00. I wonder if his parents knew what he was up to.I arrived at 6:20, telling him I was in a great rush as I had to pick my son up from soccer practice. Turns out he played, too. After some soccer gossip, we got down to business.I knew that a kid his age just wanted a ride to show off to his friends, so we spent little time on

the details. I told him the car was in perfect condition and was never in any accidents. “No problems as far as I know,” I said. The kid was sold. He trusted me. I never gave him my full name, and he never gave me his.  He gave me the cash, I gave him the car. All was good. I was on my way.A few days later, I saw a TV program that talked about fl ood damaged vehicles.  Apparently, fl ooding can damage the computer systems, which control things like the brakes and steering. And fl ood vehicles can’t be registered or insured. Who knew? My mind immediately went to the kid I sold the vehicle to. I felt a twinge of guilt. Then my eyes darted to my stash of cash.Two weeks later, I had another car up for sale.  Stay tuned!

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The Beaver Valley Nitehawks recognized their top players at an awards banquet last week at the Riverbelle, while showing their appreciation for their departing 20-year-olds (right) Dan Holland, Keenan Patershuk, Archie McKinnon, Ryan Edwards, and Fraser Stang. The awards went to: Jeremy Lucchini-Most Improved player, Patershuk- the Hitman award, Kyle Hope - Most Sportsmanlike, Braden Fuller - Rookie of the Year, McKinnon - Most Inspirational. The MVP was shared by McKinnon, Edwards, and Dallas Calvin, Calvin - Top Forward, McKinnon - Top D-man, Edwards - Top Scorer, Lyle Frank - Most Dedicated, Jacob Boyczuk - Most Popular, and Brett Clark - the Award of Merit. The Pat Corrado Award was shared by Fraser Stang and Walker Sidoni, and the Tom Meakes Award for volunteerism went to Darcy Ashby.

By Jim BaileyTimes Sports Editor

It is the series West Kootenay hockey fans have been waiting for, as, argu-ably, two of the top teams in the KIJHL go head-to-head tonight at the Nelson Civic Centre.

The Beaver Valley Nitehawks and Nelson Leafs meet for the best-of-seven Neil Murdoch division final series, and if this season is any indicator, they will need all seven.

The teams split their regu-lar-season matchups 4-4, with the Murdoch division regu-lar-season title decided 2-1 in overtime in the final game of the season. After 52 games the teams had the same num-ber of wins, 38, were separ-ated by a single point, and while Nelson scored 18 more goals, the Nitehawk’s allowed 18 fewer, so that both teams finished with identical plus-86 goal differentials.

It can’t get much closer than that.

“We expect a long, tough series and obviously there’s a lot riding on it for us (the Nitehawks), and not as much for them because they are in the Cyclone, but for us, we know we have to win to keep playing,” said N i t e h a w k s ’ head coach and GM Terry Jones. “It’s a different season now, and I’m hoping our guys bring their A-game every night.”

T h e N i t e h a w k s , on the surface, look to have an advantage. Nelson had a tougher series against the Spokane Braves who took the Leafs to Game 6, while the Hawks dispatched the Rebels in four straight. Also, Nelson, as hosts, has already secured a spot in the Cyclone Taylor provincial championship, and may be a little less hungry

for the Neil Murdoch division final, but coach Jones isn’t buying it.

“I know the longer series with Spokane, it does add

up, I know that you can get an injury or two, and it is fatiguing . . . but I don’t know there is an advan-tage. I think that they have enough pride in their vet-eran guys on their team to know that they just want

to keep playing, and they don’t want to get a backdoor into the Cyclone.”

The Leafs’ have been with-out leading scorer Jamie Vlanich and starting goalie Brad Rebagliati through the entire series versus the Braves due to injury. They also lost the services of backup goal-tender Adam Maida who

suffered an injury in Game 5. AP Jason Mailhiot from the Major Midget Kootenay Ice filled in for the final two matches, and it is unknown whether the trio will return to the Leafs line up for Game 1 tonight.

“You want everybody in the line up, but that’s adver-sity and that’s something that every team is going to go through in the playoffs,” Leafs forward Travis Wellman told the Nelson Star. “If you’re going to make a run, you have to fight through it.”

The Nitehawks also suf-fered an unexpected loss. Beaver Valley will be without the services of Dallas Calvin on Friday. The Nitehawks second-leading scorer played for the Vernon Vipers of the BCHL in its 4-1 win over West Kelowna Wednesday, however, he received a game misconduct for kneeing and, according to Hockey Canada rules, will have to sit out Game 1 versus Nelson tonght.

See NITEHAWKS, Page 12

Nitehawks, Leafs battle starts tonight

Neil Murdoch division finalBest of 7

Tonight Game 1B.V. at Nelson 7 p.m.

Saturday Game 2B.V. at Nelson 7 p.m.

Monday Game 3Nelson at B.V. 7 p.m.

Tuesday Game 4Nelson at B.V. 7 p.m.

Thursday Game 5 (if nec)B.V. at Nelson 7 p.m.

Mar. 14 Game 6 (If nec.)Nelson at B.V. 7:30 p.m.Mar. 15 Game 7 (If nec.)

B.V. at Nelson 7 p.m.

B y T i m e s C o n T r i B u T o rThe Pat Fennell foursome remains on top of

the fourth and final draw after downing the Dan Horan rink in Retirees Curling earlier this week.

After opening with a single, Horan gave up points in the next six ends against Fennell. Horan took two in the seventh to make it close, but team Fennell ran them out of rocks in the eighth to make the final 6–3; a lopsided score in a close, well curled game.

In a high scoring game Team Clare Coleman kept the pressure on Harvey Handley’s four-some, but it was Coleman that carried the day and won the game 10–6.

In a game that went back and forth for six ends it was team Primo Secco that broke the game open in the seventh end against team Tom Hall with a spectacular draw to the button for a steal of two that sealed the deal. Make the final 8–5.

Leading 4-1 in the third end team Ernie Brown stole three in the fourth to roll to an 11-4 victory against team Brett Rakuson.

Team Serge Pasquali surged out to a 7-1 lead after three ends against team Forrest Drinnan. But Drinnan fired back, taking two in the fourth, then stealing four in the fifth, and another four over the final two ends for an incredible 11-7 victory.

Team Frank Jorgensen jumped out to a 5-0 lead after three ends, but Team Murray Walsh battled back to tie the game in the seventh end. However, in the eighth end, with hammer, team Jorgensen sealed the win with a score of two.

B y T i m e s s T a f fRossland golfer Tyler McKay posted a good

result as he returned to the links over the weekend playing for Lindenwood University golf team out of St. Charles, Mo.

McKay, a freshman, played in the Las Vegas Desert Classic on the weekend, teeing off against players from five of the top 15 schools in the nation.

After shooting a round of 80 on the first day, McKay rebounded with a 1-under, 71 at the par-72 Palute Golf Course, the fourth best round on the day. McKay said he had much better distance-control the second day, in cutting nine strokes off his opening round. The Birchbank Golf Club member’s total of 151 was second on the Lindenwood team and 26th overall.

Lindenwood finished in 10th spot in the 18-team tournament and was led by Jake Smock with a combined 150. University of Redlands and University of West Florida tied for top spot at the event, with equal 585 totals. Redlands Jeremy Gomberg won the event shooting round of 69 and 73 for a two-day total of 142.

McKay’s next tournament goes Mar. 17-18 at the Capital Plaza Invitational at Washburn University in Topeka, Kan.

golf

Rossland golfer back on the links

Fennell stays on topretiree curling

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ScoreBoardHockey

BCHLWednesday Games

Powell River 3 Nanaimo 1(Powell R up 2-0)

Coquitlam 3 P.G. 2(series tied 1-1)

Penticton 6 Merritt 3(Pen up 2-0)

Vernon 4 West Kelown 1 (Tied 1-1)

Alberni 6 Victoria 3(Tied at 1-1)

Surrey 4 Langley 3(Tied at 1-1)

Today’s GamesPenticton at Merritt 7:30 p.m.W. Kelowna at Vernon 7 p.m.Victoria at Alberni 7 p.m.Langley at Surrey 7 p.m.P.G. at Coquitlam 7 p.m.

Powell R. at Nanaimo 7 p.m.

KIJHLWednesday GamesNorth Okanagan 5

Summerland 3Today’s Games

Kimberley at Creston

7:30 p.m.B.V. at Nelson 7 p..m.

Saturday GamesKimberley at Creston

7:30 p.m.B.V. at Nelson 7 p.m.

100-Mile House at Kamloops 7 p.m.Sunday Games

100-Mile House at Kamloops 7 p.m.

CurlingTRAIL RETIREES CLUB

STANDINGS4th DRAW 2013/14

SEASONAs of MAR. 3

Pt W L T P. Fennell 9 4 1 1 E. Brown 8 4 2 0 F.Jorgnson 8 4 2 0 M. Walsh 7 3 2 1 B.Rakuson 7 3 2 1 T. Hall 6 3 3 0 C. Coleman 6 3 3 0 D. Horan 6 2 2 2 P. Secco 5 2 3 1 H. Handley 4 2 4 0 S. PasquaIi 4 2 4 0 F.Drinnan 2 1 5 0

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Outside of the Junior B level, this is becom-ing a tough

time for local hock-ey fans. The Smoke Eaters, Vancouver Canucks, Calgary Flames and Edmonton Oilers - which covers the interests of most local puck devotees if one goes by logos seen around town - are all in disarray.

Of all of the above organizations, the Smoke Eater situation is most dire (the pro squads all have owners whose bottom line is all-important - and all are making money despite poor results on ice).

Trail’s Junior A squad is coming off a dire on-ice season, with little evidence the team has buoyed its talent pool to the level needed

to be competitive. It is also coming off a major fundraising drive with which it found mar-ginal success.

The road to prosper-ity for Trail is a wind-ing one, and involves a lot of switchbacks. Survival as a Jr. A fran-chise requires more income than they have been raising, but raising more income requires elevating the team’s play to encour-age more fans and sponsors to pony up on

behalf of that prosper-ity.

Elevating the team’s play needs to happen soon, on behalf of that needed income, but, regardless of their considered opinions, team managers cannot show evidence of bet-ter play until the next season begins - after their season ticket and advertising drives are mostly complete.

It has to be getting tough for a small but dedicated group of volunteers to keep the faith that the Smoke Eaters can, or even should, continue in the BCHL,

I am one who strongly believes the area is much better off having a Jr. A team than without one, but not one who has much in the way of answers the executive can, as

it were, “take to the bank.”

Like that executive, I can only hope that local hockey fans turn out to be just that, and become supportive, even if just on hope and faith, in terms of buying season tickets, ads and sponsorship slots.

However poor the results for the Smokies have been of late, there is no doubt the team has had and continues to have a strongly posi-tive impact on local minor and Jr. B hockey and the general econ-omy, especially down-town.

The loss of the team, or its reversion to Jr. B status, would have a strongly negative effect on all fronts, including the ability of Cominco Arena to act as a draw for the downtown area.

So, please keep the faith. Buy tickets, ads, sponsorships and sou-venir merchandise, and consider turning out for some volunteer work. The Jr. A squad adds economic and sporting value to the area and gives local and out of town players a way to stay in the area and still play at and against a high level of hockey and qualify for post-secondary schol-arships.

Have no illusions, we are at a make-or-break point for the Smokies’ survival and the team would be sore-ly missed if it folded or re-located. Supporting local endeavours may never have been more important, so consider it strongly.

DAVE Thompson

Sports ‘n’ things

FROM PAGE 11 Calvin will return for Game

2 Saturday, and other than the

suspension, the Nitehawks are going into the division-final ser-ies with a full lineup.

“Our whole roster is healthy, we’ve got some A.P.’s that we’ve added to our team, so we’re

totally healthy and ready to go,” said Jones.

Yet, it will be a dif-ferent series against Nelson, and one that might come down to special teams.

“I think the most important key is our discipline and their power play. We have to make sure when we go to angle and finish somebody we have our hands down and sticks down, and just make it a good solid check and not a penalty,” said Jones. “They are obviously very skilled and talented and if you give them the opportunity they are

going to score. If you look at the TSN factor of the series, our discipline is the key point.”

Leafs’ forward Carson Willans leads all playoff scor-ing with three goals and eight assists in six games, followed by the Nitehawks’ Calvin who is 4-5-9 in four matches.

B.V. was solid on the pen-alty kill against Castlegar with a 95.83 per cent kill ratio, while scoring on 6-of-24 power-play opportunities. The Leafs power play struggled in the first five games going 2-for-22 but turned it around on Tuesday scoring on 5-of-12 chances versus Spokane in the 7-2 victory.

Games 1 and 2 go at the Nelson Rec Complex, at 7 p.m.

Creston plays Kimberley for the Eddie Mountain division title starting tonight in Creston at 7:30 p.m.

Smokies’ survival depends on you

Nitehawks’ Calvin out for Game 1

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from his youth and indicated that he now wanted to do something more (Matt. 19:20), Jesus told him to go and sell all that he had and give the money to the poor, and

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accept such a radical invitation. Then Jesus commented: “How hard it will be for those who have riches to enter

the kingdom of God! ... It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God” (Mark 10:23, 25). Then Peter said,

“Lo, we have left everything and followed you” (Mark 10:28). And Jesus responded that those who have left

everything for his sake will “receive a hundredfold now in this time ... and in the age to come eternal life” (Mark

10:30). Jesus then concludes, “Many that are first will be last, and the last first” (Mark 10:31). That is, the rich who are the first in this world, like the rich young man

who refused Jesus’ invitation, will be the last; while those like Peter and the other apostles who left all for the sake of Jesus, thus making themselves last in this world, will

be first with God.This teaching is for everyone in a general sense, that is,

all are called to live for Jesus and not for themselves. But there are degrees of doing this. Not everyone

renounces marriage and family and their own home and land for the sake of Christ. But some are called to this more radical degree of perfection. This is the call to the consecrated life, the religious life, the priestly

life, the celibate life, the monastic life. This is a call to a life of perfection (Matt. 19, 21) in a more radical and

literal way, in which one can follow Christ alone with all one’s heart, with an undivided heart, in a more complete

way than is possible in marriage. This vocation to the consecrated life gives one the advantage of having an

exclusive nuptial relationship with Christ that excludes being in love with a woman and having a human spouse

in order not to divide the love of one’s heart in any way, so that all the love of one’s heart may go directly and only to Christ, the only spouse of our heart. Those

who respond to this vocation make a great sacrifice, the sacrifice of physical love for a woman, but they

receive great spiritual advantages in a life completely consecrated to God in an exclusive nuptial bond. They

have the advantage of much silence and solitude in which they live with God with a heart that is undivided

in their love for him.All are called to live a simple life, seeking all their delight

in the Lord, not in worldly pleasures, but those who respond to the call to the consecrated and priestly life

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Salmo United Church 304 Main St, Salmo

Worship 9am

For Information Phone 250-368-3225or visit: www.cifpc.ca

3365 Laburnum DriveTrail, BC V1R 2S8Ph: (250) 368-9516

trail_alliance@shaw.cawww.trailalliancechurch.com

One Worship Service at10:45am on

March 9, 16, 23

Prayer First begins at 10:10am.

CATHOLICCHURCH

All Masses will now be held atHoly Trinity Parish Church2012 3rd Avenue, Trail 250-368-6677

Mass Times Saturday Evening 7:00pm

Sunday Morning 8:30am and 10:30am

Confessions by Appointment

Pastor: Fr. Jim McHugh holytrinitytrail@shaw.ca

www.holytrinityparish.vpweb.ca

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SUBMITTEDGeneral Meeting, Monday, March 3, 2014At 5:45pm, Acting Present Marjorie Nutini,

welcomed 26 members and 4 guests to the pot luck dinner meeting. Father Jim McHugh said the blessing for the meal.

Following the pot luck dinner the regu-lar business meeting began with the League Prayer led by Ruth Guercio

Minutes - The February minutes were approved as circulated.

Correspondence: Letters were read and an invitation to attend “Walking Humbly with the Lord” retreat in Nelson on March 29 at 9.a.m. If interested please reply to Vera Holitski at vpvalhallranch@shaw.ca; Letter re: seminar “Grateful Executor” on March 10, 11 or 12 at the Legion. Contact Holly Pender at 250-368-6228 for more information.

There were no committee reports.New Business:A motion was passed to support a Chilean

foster family; Motion was passed to discon-tinue support to Save a Family Plan (India). Motion passed to donate locally when needed. Motion was passed to purchase a new CWL banner.

March 18 CWL Soup and Buns- Linda Zol - 4 Tuesdays after noon mass at Holy Trinity: March 18- CWL- all arrangements have been made. March 25 - Knights of Columbus. Philippine community and Annable ladies will do the last two.

A Motion was passed that we have a bake sale on Palm Sunday weekend.

One per cent fund - Bunny Dallas encour-aged members to donate to support women in third world countries.

Silver City Gardens Luncheon- Bunny thanked those who donated or helped at the Silver City Gardens Luncheon

World Day of Prayer: Friday, March 7 at 1:30 p.m. at Holy Trinity Featuring Women of Egypt. Please show your support by attending

Government survey: Connie reminded members to go online and submit the form re: prostitution that was forwarded earlier to email members. Deadline for submission is March 17.

Thanks to Maria Burkholder and Ruth Guercio for set up and raffle prize. Sister Norma won the raffle prize. Door prize: won by Vicki Bisaro.

Closing Prayer to Our Lady of Good Counsel led by Maria Burkholder.

April set up: Teresa Mandoli, Grace DeBiasio and Raffaella D’Andrea.

Following the meeting, members partici-pated in quiz games; prizes were awarded to the winners. Members were thanked for attending on this snowy night, for bringing such good food and for participating in the fun activities.

Holy Trinity Council of the Catholic

Women’s League World Day of Prayer today

Going on Holidays?Let us know & we’ll hold your subscription until you are back!

Call Michelle:250.368.8551 ex.206

Leisure

Dear Annie: My wife and I have lost contact with our son. He is a recovering addict. As far as we know, he has maintained a job and, I hope, has been able to stay clean. He has moved to a city about four hours away with his new girlfriend, and I am sure she is keep-ing him in line.

My wife is heart-broken. We maintained a room for him in our home until he was almost 30 years old. He was always close to his mother, and they would speak on a daily basis. Now, he doesn’t call or take our calls or emails, and never accepts cards or let-ters. He said he needed space when he left, and that was a year ago. My wife grieves as though he has passed, crying at night, wondering what happened to our son. What should I do to relieve the pain? Should we keep trying to contact him? We don’t understand how he can be so hurtful.

-- Tears in VermontDear Tears: We are

so sorry that your son has chosen to cut off contact, but you can-not force him to stay in touch. Are you in touch with the girl-friend? Is she a reliable partner, or might she be abusive? Even so, he is an adult, and you can only do so much with-out his cooperation.

In the meantime, please consider coun-seling. You are grieving and worried, and you need to move forward so your son’s absence doesn’t become the focus of your daily life. It will not be easy. But we recommend that you keep sending your son emails and cards,

just saying that you love him and that you will always be available should he decide to contact you. We hope he will. Soon.

Dear Annie: We’re in the process of downsizing. Among the things that we no longer need or want are family pictures that include spouses from our daughter’s two previous weddings, both of which ended in divorce.

I am all for tossing anything with either of her husbands in them. But my husband is concerned that our grandchildren will be hurt if they don’t see their fathers’ faces in the pictures. Any sug-gestions? -- Sunny

Dear Sunny: Could you give the pictures to the grandchildren? These are their par-ents, after all, and they might enjoy having these photographs. If the kids are little, display one from each wedding and put the rest in a box until they

are older.Dear Annie: My sis-

ter recently saw your column with the let-ter from “Mourning My Brother,” whose brother was estranged from his children when he suddenly died. She passed the column on to me.

Since my divorce 10 years ago, I have been estranged from my two daughters. I have repeatedly attempted to restore communica-tion with little success. We might have a short period of communica-tion, followed by years of silence.

I recently tried again. This time I enclosed a copy of your column. I got a response from one of my daughters. The column made her real-ize that I truly did not understand the rea-sons why there has been no communica-tion between us. That column opened her heart to explain all the years of sorrow and guilt she had and her

feeling of not trust-ing me. Even though her remembrance of things is not the same as mine, she believes her feeling to be true. I acknowledged her feelings, apologized for causing her so much pain and sorrow, and asked that we live in

the present. We cannot change the past, and to relive it only hardens our hearts.

We have agreed to start sending emails to each other once a week. I am so excited that she is open to try-ing to start our healing process. I have grand-

children that I never knew I had. -- Very Grateful Grandmother

Annie’s Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers col-umn. Please email your questions to annies-mailbox@comcast.net.

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For Saturday, March 8, 2014 ARIES (March 21 to April 19) Discussions with relatives and siblings will be impor-tant to you today. Because there is something emotion-al at stake from your point of view, you want to hear what they have to say. TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) You might not want to lend something that you own to anyone today because you feel possessive for some reason. That’s totally OK. (It happens.) GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) Today the Moon is in your sign, dancing nicely with your ruler, Mercury. This makes all your communica-tion with others warm, lively and interesting. CANCER (June 21 to July 22) You feel content to work alone or behind the scenes today if you can. Nevertheless, you’re just

as happy to talk to others, especially about secrets or hidden matters. (Do tell.) LEO (July 23 to Aug. 22) Conversation with a female acquaintance will be lively and enjoyable today. Share your ideas for the future in case someone has helpful hints. VIRGO (Aug. 23 to Sept. 22) You can impress people in authority today. Don’t hesi-tate to make suggestions to bosses, parents, teachers, VIPs and the police. LIBRA (Sept. 23 to Oct. 22) Because you long for adventure and a chance to learn something new, go somewhere you’ve never been before. Shake up your routine. Why not take a dif-ferent route home? SCORPIO (Oct. 23 to Nov. 21) This is fine day to discuss shared property or details about inheritances, insur-ance matters and anything

you own jointly with others. People will be reasonable. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 to Dec. 21) Be prepared to go more than halfway with people today, because the Moon is opposite your sign. This is no biggie. Just be coop-erative and accommodating with others. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 to Jan 19) Co-workers will be sup-portive of whatever you pro-

pose or what you want to do today. Therefore, be con-fident and ask for help if you need it. Likewise, offer help if someone else needs it. (What goes around comes around.) AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 to Feb. 18) This is a lovely, playful day! You’ll enjoy crossword puzzles, games, mysteries, jigsaws and diversionary games in newspapers. (I love doing Sudoku. I’m addicted.)

PISCES (Feb. 19 to March 20) If you can cocoon at home today, you will enjoy this. You feel the need for privacy and an urge to withdraw from the busyness of the world around you; plus you want to be in familiar sur-roundings. YOU BORN TODAY You are an intellectual with a wonderful imagination. You value tradition; yet you are an individualist. You have a

great zest for life and often are rebellious. You are loyal to your friends and work well with groups. People are attracted to you. This year, something you’ve been involved with for nine years will end or diminish to make room for something new. Birthdate of: Camryn Manheim, actress; Boris Kodjoe, actor; Lester Holt, journalist. (c) 2014 King Features Syndicate, Inc.

TUNDRA

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YOUR HOROSCOpEBy Francis Drake

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Dale Jesse Pedersen March 9,1946 ~

March 10, 2013

We weren’t ready to say goodbye but we know this is what you would want for us ….

I’d like the memory of me to be a happy one.I’d like to leave an afterglow of smiles when the

day is done.I’d like to leave an echo whispering softly down

the ways.Of hap py times and laughing times and bright

and sunny days.I’d like the tears of those who grieve to dry

before the sun,Of happy memories that I leave when life is done.

There is no measurement for how much you are missed but it is your gift of loving us that will help us navigate this diffi cult journey.

Forever in our hearts.Tina (Grant), Kevin (Jen), Megan (Kevin), Michael (Ashley), Ryley, Nolan, Kaitlyn, & Olivia, Rhonda & Norman

After years of hard work & dedication, it’s time to take a

permanent vacation! Please join us for

cocktails & dinner as we celebrate the

retirement of

Rose Neil on Sunday,

April 13, 2014 at The River Belle.

Tickets are $35 each and can be purchased from either Donna Thomas @ 250.231.6211

or Joanne Richardson @ 250.368.6826. Please purchase by April 4.

Call Today! 250-364-1413 ext 206

FruitvaleRoute 362 20 papers 1st, 2nd, 3rd, Evergreen AveRoute 366 18 papers Beaver St, Maple AveRoute 369 15 papers Birch Ave, Johnson Rd, Red-wood Dr, Rosewood DrRoute 375 12 papers Green Rd & Lodden RdRoute 379 18 papers Cole St, Nelson AveRoute 380 23 papers Galloway Rd, Mill RdRoute 381 7 papers Coughlin RdRoute 382 7 papers Debruin Rd & Staats RdRoute 384 19 papers Cedar Ave, Kootenay

GenelleRoute 303 15 papers 12th Ave, 2nd St, GrandviewRoute 304 13 papers 12th & 14th Ave

West TrailRoute 149 7 papers Binns St, McAnally St, Kitchener Ave

WarfieldRoute 195 12 papers Blake Crt, Whitman Way

SunningdaleRoute 211 26 papers Hazelwood Dr, Olivia Cres, Viola Cres.Route 219 15 papers Hazelwood Drive

MontroseRoute 341 24 papers 10th Ave, 8th Ave, 9th AveRoute 344 17 papers 10th Ave, 9th AveRoute 345 12 papers 10th Ave, 9th AveRoute 347 16 papers 10th Ave, 9th Ave, 9th StRoute 348 19 papers 12th Ave, Christie RdRoute 346 27 papers 8th, 9th & 10th AveRoute 340 24 papers 10th Ave, 7th St, 8th St

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In Memoriam

Rudy WeishauptJune 5, 1927 ~

March 10, 2012

If tears could builda stairway

and memories a lane,I’d walk right up

to Heavenand bring you back again

Namaste, Father.Until we meet again.

Your daughter,Gail

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Sales RepresentativeWith critically acclaimed vehicles such as the all-new, award-winning GMC Sierra pickup, Kalawsky Chevrolet Buick GMC’s outlook has never been better. As a result, we’re looking for a capable, personable and motivated sales representative to demonstrate our exciting lineup of vehicles to customers.

If you have a deep interest in automobiles and enjoying sharing your passion with others in a genuinely helpful manner, then maybe this position is for you. We provide the kind of training and support to help you succeed, and our compensation and benefi ts packages rank among the best anywhere.

Sales experience is helpful but not necessary. Good communication and computer skills along with a willingness to learn and constantly improve are far better indicators of potential success.Please send your cover letter and resume to:

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TACL is committed to maintaining a knowledgeable and skilled workforce that provides quality service to the individuals in its care As a Casual employee at TACL you are required to cover the work schedules of regular employees absent due to sickness, holidays, special leave and vacation.The minimum criteria for employees providing services are: a) Applicants are 19 years of age and older. b) Diploma or certificate in Community Living

Program, Classroom Community Support Worker Program, Human Services Study or a related field together with at least three months practical work experience or equivalent as determined by the respective societies.

c) Preferred minimum one year experience in the community social services sector with a demonstrated working knowledge of community based programs and related provincial and community support is preferred.

d) Current First Aid Certificate. e) Class 4 Driver’s License. f) Driver’s License Abstract.

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Automotive Service Technician Kalawsky Chevrolet Buick GMC has an immediate opening for a Certifi ed Automotive Technician. We are a leader in automotive repair and service and we’re looking to hire and retain an experienced, career-oriented technician. We offer competitive pay, excellent benefi ts and a great work environment.

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Summer Student Engineering/TechnologistReference Number 1403

Columbia Power Corporation has a job opportunity in our Waneta Site Office for an Engineering or Technologist Summer Student to provide support to the Owner’s Representative’s WAX Site team from May - August 2014. Applicants for this position must be enrolled in a post-secondary program, in an Engineering or Technical discipline, and plan to return to school in September 2014. The successful candidate will provide support to members of the WAX site team and will gain exposure to and experience in a variety of areas including project management, construction terminology and documentation, contract administration, and research. Job duties will include construction related research projects, assisting team members in the development of projects, supporting the document submittal review process and implementing systems for tracking various project documents. This position will also provide support at the Project Viewing Area and will interact with the public in a positive and professional manner. You will be a self-starter, flexible, able to work independently or in a team, and have experience using Microsoft Office Suite, working with the public and have a valid driver’s license. Successful candidate will acquire valuable practical knowledge under senior engineering / project management supervision with various technological aspects of Hydro Power Plant construction.

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For the benefit of Kootenay Lake area residents, the following lake levels are provided by FortisBC as a public service.

Queen’s Bay: Present level: 1740.01 ft. 7 day forecast: Up 2 inches. 2013 peak:1749.42 ft. / 2012 peak:1753.78 ft.

Nelson: Present level: 1739.85 ft. 7 day forecast: Up 2 inches.

Levels can change unexpectedly due to weather or other conditions. For more information or to sign-up for unusual lake levels notifications by phone or email, visit www.fortisbc.com or call 1-866-436-7847.

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Annable$160,000

MLS#2217602

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CHARACTER

Trail

MLS#2394966

Glenmerry$169,900

MLS#2395490

NEW LISTING

Fruitvale$539,000

MLS#2391966

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Fruitvale$379,000

MLS#2393245

BETTER THAN

NEW

Salmo$279,900

MLS#2392605

BEST VALUE

Contact Our RealtorsWayne DeWitt...........ext 25

cell: 250-368-1617Mario Berno ..............ext 27

cell: 250.368.1027Tom Gawryletz .........ext 26

cell: 250.368.1436Dawn Rosin ...............ext 24

cell: 250.231.1765Thea Stayanovich .....ext 28

cell: 250.231.1661Fred Behrens ............ext 31

cell: 250.368.1268Keith DeWitt .............ext 30

cell: 250.231.8187Denise Marchi ..........ext 21

cell: 250.368.1112Joy DeMelo ...............ext 29

cell: 250.368.1960

Fruitvale$399,000

MLS#2392607

BIG HOUSE

BIG SHOP

Fruitvale$189,900

MLS#2393279

Fruitvale

MLS#2391403

Trail$175,000

MLS#2392498

NEW PRICE

Salmo$215,000

MLS#2215555

FAMILY HOME

Fruitvale$479,000

MLS#2218280

GREAT

LOCATOIN

Montrose$229,500

MLS#2395400

NEW LISTING

Shavers Bench$299,900

MLS#2395041

FOUR

BEDROOMS

Redstone$850,000

MLS#2393760

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Sat. March 8 • 11am - 1pm3161 Iris Crescent, Glenmerry

$209,000

MLS#2394633

OPEN HOUSE

Tues. March 4 • 2 - 4pm380 Laurier Dr, Warfi eld

$249,000

MLS#2394633

OPEN HOUSE

Trail$69,900

MLS#2394010

DUPLEX

Montrose$89,000

MLS#2390519

VIEW LOT

Fruitvale$235,000

MLS#2392315

ROOM FOR

A SHOP

Fruitvale$229,000

MLS#2395514

NEW LISTING

Emerald Ridge$100,000

MLS#2394155

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Sunningdale$249,900

MLS#2393663

QUICK

POSSESSION

Shavers Bench$229,900

MLS#2395001

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RIGHT IN

CREEKSIDE

Rossland$70,000

MLS#2214225

BUILDING LO

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AT REDSTONE

SOLD

Warfi eld$226,900

MLS#2394956

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Glenmerry$229,000

MLS#2216322

REDUCED

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Houses For SaleHouses For SaleHouses For Sale2005 SRI Double Wide

MODULAR HOME24x44 in Triangle Gardens. 45 years and up. Vaulted

ceiling, open plan, bay win-dow, 3 bdrm, 2 bath, pantry, low maintenance, gas heat,

air conditioning, 5 appl’s, UGS, landscaped, covered

deck & carport, other features, must see.

250-442-8676

SUNNINGDALE 1800sq.ft 4bd, 5th unfi nished, 2bath, lg rec room & dining, lg kitchen, lots of cabinets, new roof, water heater, updated electri-cal, beautiful real wood fl oors, lg fenced lot & garden, berries, hazelnut & apple tree. $229,000. 250-364-2155

TRAIL (Sunningdale) 2bd., 1bth., basement, large carport, patio, workshop. Close to amenties. $184,900. 250-364-1940

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Apt/Condo for RentBella Vista, Shavers Bench Townhomes. N/S, N/P. 2-3 bdrms. Phone 250.364.1822

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Apt/Condo for RentCastlegar 2 Bdrm Apt

900 sq ft. F/S, D/W, laundry on site, grassed fenced yard

one parking stall per apt. Clean bright and quiet. Ground

level N/S, N/P $725/mth + utilities,250-365-5070

leave msgErmalinda Apartments, Glen-merry. Adults only. N/P, N/S. 1-2 bdrms. Ph. 250.364.1922E.TRAIL, 2BD. F/S, Ground fl oor. 250-368-3239E.TRAIL, 2BDRM Gyro park, heat, hot water & cable incl. $650/mo. 250-362-3316E.TRAIL, 3Bdrm., clean, quiet, responsible adults 40+. N/S, N/P, Long Term. 250-368-9186, 250-364-1669Francesco Estates, Glenmer-ry. Adults only. N/P, N/S, 1-3 bdrms. Phone 250.368.6761.Glenmerry 3bdrm. F/S $850/mo. Heat included. Avail. Apr.1st. 250-368-5908PARKSIDE APARTMENTS. Large 1bdrm., insuite laundry, AC, secure quiet building. Call Richard 250-368-7897Sunningdale:2bdrm corner unit,TV cable & heat included & free use of washer and dry-er. 250-368-3055

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Apt/Condo for RentTRAIL, ONE bdrm. fully fur-nished Apt. $600/mo. + utilities. N/S. 250-364-5678

TRAIL, Rossland Ave. 1bdrm w/d f/s, n/s n/p. $550/mo. Avail. Immed. 250-368-1361TRAIL, Rossland Ave., 3bdrm. W/D, F/S. No pets. $750/mo. Avail. Apr.1st. 250-368-1361TRAIL, spacious 1&2bdrm. apartment. Adult building, per-fect for seniors/ professionals. Cozy, clean, quiet, com-fortable. Must See. 250-368-1312WANETA MANOR 1bdrm. $510./mo. N/S, N/P, senior oriented, underground park-ing. 250-368-8423W.TRAIL, 1BD.+, semi-en-closed balcony. 1 Blk. Down-town. $595./mo. 250-368-6076

Homes for RentGrand Forks. 2 bdrm, 1 bath, 5 appl’s. NS, complete reno. Rural, quiet, 1km from down-town. References required. $750/m+utils. 250-442-7476.Grand Forks rural trailer, val-ley view, mature couple, N/S, no partying. $500/m 250-512-1268.

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suite, Private EntranceUnfurnished, F/S, N/P

quiet non smoker, $475/mth + utilities, References please

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TownhousesGLENMERRY TOWNHOUSE 3Bd., newer fl oor, windows, paint.$880.1-250-354-7787

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1st Trail Real Estate

1252 Bay Avenue, Trail 250.368.5222 1993 Columbia Ave, Rossland 250.362.5200WWW.COLDWELLBANKERTRAIL.COM

Nathan Kotyk 250-231-9484

Rhonda van Tent 250-231-7575

Jack McConnachie 250-368-5222

Rob Burrus 250-231-4420

Marie Claude Germain 250-512-1153

Rossland $349,900

Marie Claude MLS# 2395423

Rossland $124,900

Marie Claude MLS# 2393618

Rossland $69,900

Marie Claude MLS# 2393621

Rossland $59,900

Marie Claude MLS# 2395154

Trail $125,000

Marie Claude MLS# 2393499

Rossland $179,900

Marie Claude MLS# 2390913

Rossland $199,900

Marie Claude MLS# 2394080

Warfield $129,000

Nathan MLS# 2391999

Trail $109,900

Nathan MLS# 2214582

Genelle $319,900

Rhonda MLS# 2393958

Trail $49,900

Rhonda MLS# 2394479

Fruitvale $214,000

Rhonda MLS# 2392778

Warfield $OLD

Rob MLS# 2392110

Fruitvale $164,900

Rob MLS# 2393806

Rossland $399,000

Rob MLS# 2392108

Warfield $65,000

Rhonda MLS# 2394133

Trail $72,000

Rob MLS# 2214664

Trail $135,000

Rob MLS# 2393731

Warfield $234,900

Rhonda MLS# 2389662

Fruitvale $139,900

Rhonda MLS# 2393772

Warfield $194,900

Rhonda MLS# 2393875

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KOOTENAY HOMES INC.1358 Cedar Avenue, Trail 250.368.8818

www.kootenayhomes.comwww.century21.ca

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Tonnie Stewart ext 33Cell: 250-365-9665tonniestewart@shaw.cawww.kootenayhomes.com

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WE CAN SELL YOUR HOME. NOBODY HAS THE RESOURCES WE DO!

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710 Redstone Drive, Rossland $425,000

If you’re looking for a move how about a brand new spacious home which means effi cient utility use along with obsolete repair costs for years to come by. Oh did I mention a few steps to walking and x-country

trails or an 18 hole golf course. This 4 bdrm 2-story home features a 2 car garage with ample storage area, 3 baths, comfortable rec room and a wide open kitchen with island and right next to spacious living area in

and outside for enjoying all seasons. Call your REALTOR® for more information.Call Richard (250) 368-7897

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please visitwww.kootenayhomes.com

Thinking of

moving? Call me

for a FREE market

evaluation today!Call Art

(250) 368-8818

1880A Kootenay Avenue,Rossland

$399,900This is a unique fully furnished

turn-ofthe-century home, featuring 5 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms. This home has been renovated and restored with style and taste adding to its original

character. Call Christine (250) 512-7653

2207 Columbia Avenue, Rossland

$289,000Great opportunity to start a new business

or move an existing one! Fantastic central location, lots of windows,

hardwood fl oors and tons of character. Fully fi nished 1 bdrm, basement suite with lots of light and a little covered sundeck. Call your realtor for details!

Call Christine (250) 512-7653

600 Centre Avenue, Castlegar

$190,0003 bdrm 1.5 bath in a very desirable South

Castlegar neighbourhood. Hardwood fl ooring, single car garage, fenced yard and

pool all await you!

Call Tonnie (250) 365-9665

1360 - 2nd Avenue, Trail $199,000

Interior completely new since 2006. This charmer offers level access, 2

bdrms, 1 bath, unfi nished basement, fully fenced and landscaped yard with underground sprinklers, dog run, as

well as a carport. This little gem will go quickly! Don’t wait call now!

Call Deanne (250) 231-0153

NEW PRICE

#18 3969 Broadwater Road, Robson

$99,900Good value in a desirable location. Open concept with 2 bdrms and 2 bath. Bright

kitchen, workshop, deck.Call Terry A. (250) 231-1101

NEW LISTING

1922 Meadowlark Drive, Fruitvale $265,000

5 bdrms & 2.5 baths. This wonderful family home features many recent upgrades. The large back deck is great for entertaining right off the

newly updated kitchen. Family friendly neighborhood and just minutes to

downtown Fruitvale.Call Jodi (250) 231-2331

3892 Dogwood Drive, Trail $299,000

3 bdrm/3 bath split-level home with new windows and doors, high effi ciency furnace, hot water tank, heat pump and

a/c unit. This home has been completely renovated and is ready to move in and

enjoy! Call Terry A. (250) 231-1101

1200 - 2nd Avenue and 1352 Taylor Street, Trail

$169,000Opportunity is knocking! Not only do you

buy a cute and cozy 2 bdrm home, but at this amazing price you also purchase a separate approx 250 sq. ft. building.

This building is perfect for a home based business, a studio, a shop or whatever

needs you may have. Call now!Call Mary M (250) 231-0264

NEW LISTING

647 Victoria Street, Trail $119,000

Mechanical and plumbing updated, newer panel and wiring, newer furnace, windows, and hot water tank. Get into

the market today! Call Jodi (250) 231-2331

NEW LISTING

597 Binns Street, Trail $199,000

Hidden Treasure! Lovely updated home with in-law suite on the lower fl oor. 2 kitchens, 2 living rooms, 4 bdrms, 2 baths, 2 furnaces, 2 car garage, and

much more... Don’t wait call now before it’s gone!

Call Deanne (250) 231-0153

NEW LISTING

8412 Theatre Road, Trail $449,000

Newer 4 bdrm home on 0.87 acre private lot. This home offers private entrance, open fl oor plan, beautiful kitchen and gorgeous gas fi replace with antique

mantle. Also included is a large (22x28) insulated shop. Call now!

Call Mary M (250) 231-0264

OPEN HOUSESaturday, March 8 11am-1pm

2083 Valleyview Drive, Trail

$174,900Super family home - 4+ bedroom/1.5 bathrooms.

This air conditioned home has been lovingly cared for by the same family for the past 62 years. Very clean and has had some updates which would make this an excellent home for

the family.Call Mark

(250) 231-5591

9480 Station Road, Trail $599,000

Excellent spacious home situated in a park like surrounding with gardens and fruit trees. The shop, barn,

fenced dog run with kennel, provide numerous opportunities to get away from

the everyday challenges. There is ample space to handle several

horses as well. Call today!Call Richard (250) 368-7897

NEW LISTING

SOLD