Williams Lake Tribune, August 20, 2013

Speaking from the experience of being the First Nation com-munity located closest to Taseko’s Gibraltar Mine ?Esdilagh Chief Bernie Mack told the New Pros-perity Mine federal review panel Wednesday he believed it is impor-tant for people to understand the true historical context of mining in the area.

“We remain marginalized from any benefits of this mine and suf-fer all consequences of its develop-ment,” he said. “After 40 years of existence this mine has provided our people with about three jobs and severely impacted our Aborig-inal rights and displaced us from our lands.”

Proposed projects must respect

the original owners of the land and companies must develop a good working relationship early, he added.

Everyone can learn from work-ing at improving relationships that are of a mutual beneficial nature to all people. The most important consideration is conservation and protection of the land and waters, Mack said.

“As everyone knows, we can’t have a good economy without a healthy environment.”

Historically, First Nations trav-elled long distances and set up villages and camps in areas where there was good fishing, hunting and harvesting of berries, roots, medicines and other life nourish-ing foods, Mack explained.

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Fagg back in court Sept. 4

Crown Council said today that Williams Lake area resident Rob-ert Fagg is scheduled for an ar-raignment hearing in Williams Lake Supreme Court on Sept. 4.

Charges the 24-year-old faces include one count of beak-and-en-ter, one count of forcible confine-ment, two counts of sexual assault and three counts of assault.

The offences took place over a five-year period from 2007 to 2012 and involved three different females who had been in relation-ships with Fagg.

On July 22, members of the North District Regional General Investigation Section travelled to Quesnel to arrest Fagg. As a result of the RCMP investigation, a re-port was forwarded to Provincial Crown Counsel who approved seven new charges against Fagg.

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Greg Sabatino photoSpringhouse 4-H Club members (from left) Tyrell Watkinson, 17, Cam Flinton, 15, and Ellen Kaufman give their beef projects a scrub during the 55th Annual Williams Lake Show and Sale at the Williams Lake Stockyards. The show began Aug. 16 and wraps up Wednesday, Aug. 21 with the sale throughout the day.

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Sage Birchwater photo?Esdilagh Chief Bernie Mack (left) speaks with Taseko’s senior vice president of operations John McManus during last week’s New Prosperity Mine hearings.

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“Our society and governance evolved like others through co-existence of inter-dependency on the abundance provided by our natural re-sources.”

He suggested if gov-ernment and industry are willing to take proactive and brave steps forward and truly develop mean-ingful and productive relationship with First Nations, commerce and economy will bloom across Canada.

R e s p o n d i n g Taseko’s senior vice president of opera-tions John McManus said Taseko is pres-ently working with three communities on participation and co-operation agreements at Gibraltar.

“But one of the things that Chief Ber-nie brought up this morning was the abil-

ity to learn from expe-rience and we’ve really tried,” McManus said.

He admitted Taseko hasn’t reached the point where the com-pany wanted to with those agreements.

“We came very close several times with both Xatsull and ?Esdilagh, and would like to complete those but this Panel process and the environmen-tal assessment around New Prosperity is one of the large problems that we have in closing those agreements.”

Within the partici-pation and coopera-tion agreements, there is funding for capac-ity within those agree-ments but there’s also an emphasis on how Taseko communicates with First Nations groups that the com-pany is working with on what the situation is at Gibraltar, McM-anus said.

“We get input into the things that we do

physically to repair the damages, if we look at impacts of the mine.”

Gibraltar was built in 1971 and a lot of things that are known now about impacts weren’t known then, he added.

When Taseko bought Gibraltar it accepted the liability of those things and has worked towards putting in programs which will resolve

them.Xeni Gwet’in (Ne-

miah) chief Roger William asked Mc-Manus if Taseko has a good framework or template to develop Impact and Benefit agreements with First Nations.

“I can tell you a lot of those IBAs which have been signed are not something that we would document,” McManus responded.

“There are some re-

ally bad ones out there and there have been some real examples of what looks like a good agreement, which turns out to have bad consequences.”

Taseko’s not only studying the law and what happens with the court of appeals, but is watching what hap-pens with other min-ing companies and other situations in this country and abroad, he added.

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Community invited to Have its say on 2014 BudgetAll residents are encouraged to participate

in a roundtable public engagement session on Thursday, Sept. 12 to provide their input on the 2014 budget process.

Each member of Council will be in attendance, sitting at tables and speaking to members of the public. City managers will be on hand to provide support for the discussions. Everyone is invited to come speak to Council members and provide their thoughts the budget process, municipal operations, and the City’s vision.

Information available at the meeting will include the five-year financial plan, a departmental cost breakdown, the five-year capital plan, business plan, long-term debt analysis, and financial forecasting. The same information will also be made available on the City’s website at www.williamslake.ca

“We have made great progress in improving the budget process over the past four years, and now we are taking another huge step forward,’ says Mayor Kerry Cook. “We want residents to fill the Gibraltar Room and sit down with us so we can hear what they want to see next year’s budget look like.

“This is your chance to help choose how Williams Lake moves forward. A municipal budget affects everyone in the community, and we want everyone in the community to participate in this meeting.”

The meeting will be held at 6 p.m. in the Gibraltar Room at the Cariboo Memorial Recreation Complex on Thursday, Sept. 12.

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RCMP moving to digitalencryption for communication

Williams Lake RCMP will be join-ing other detach-ments across Canada and switching from un-encrypted analog communications to digital with encryp-tion.

It’s a change that means the public will no longer be able to

listen in on police ac-tivity by a scanner.

“I cannot wait for this new system,” said RCMP Insp. Warren Brown Thursday. “It will allow the police to talk and share in-formation that can-not be intercepted.”

“We find that at most drug houses and active criminal safe houses they utilize scanners for their own

benefit. They want to know where police are, staging fake calls at fake locations, etc. They utilize the inter-ception of our com-munications for their benefit.”

The modernization has already take place in the Lower Main-land, the Capital Re-gional District (Vic-toria area) and about 20 per cent of the rest

of the province.Brown said he

hopes the move will not compromise me-dia coverage of police news in the city.

“While there are no plans to provide the operational encrypt-ed tactical police radios to media, we — like the other po-lice departments that have adopted this technology —remain

committed to provid-ing the media with as much information as possible on those matters that involve public safety and se-curity and emergen-cies.”

There is a very sig-nificant cost to the new system, so de-pending on budgets, it will be phased in most likely not until 2014, Brown added.

Taskeo working on three co-operation agreements

A notice went out to most of the mem-bership of the Cari-boo Cattlemen’s As-sociation, however it was a relatively small group of producers who ventured into town on Tuesday, Aug. 13 to attend an informal get-together with the most recent appointee to the of-fice of the Minister of Agriculture.

The Honourable Pat Pimm, a lifelong resident of the Peace River area (Fort St. John) was re-elected as the MLA-Peace River North then ap-pointed as Minister of Agriculture on June 13, 2013.

He comes to the position as a ’newbie,’ a first-time minister who will be learning the inner workings of a ministerial posi-tion along with the issues and concerns confronting those involved in the agri-cultural sector of his portfolio.

The event in Wil-liams Lake was a whistle stop on a summer tour ar-ranged by Pimm as informal way to meet with people, listen to their concerns and fa-miliarize himself with the various sectors of agriculture in B.C.

There is a lot to absorb. Pimm notes there are in excess of 250 agricultural com-modities produced in BC.

Both Cariboo-area MLA’s were

attendance at the Cattleman’s Associa-tion Meeting as well (Donna Barnett and Coralee Oakes).

With the knowledge that Pimm’s time was limited, the executive of the Cariboo Cat-tlemen’s Association set an agenda, with a different cattleman selected to introduce and speak to each area of concern.

CCA President Cuyler Huffman gave a brief welcome, then it was on to the busi-ness of the day as the concerns and issues itemized on the agen-da were voiced by an individual on behalf of the whole group with a short question and answer follow-up.

First up was Roger

Patenaude of 150 Mile House, who asked Pimm what his government planned to do about the car-bon tax which incurs onerous costs to most agricultural opera-tions as the majority of them consume rel-atively high amounts of fuel (diesel and gas, particularly) to facilitate production.

His response turned out to be the highlight of the eve-ning, as Pimm stated that effective Janu-ary 1, 2014, a carbon tax exemption will be provided to farmers for the same coloured motor fuels (gasoline and diesel) and uses that they are current-ly able to purchase ex-empt from motor fuel

tax. The surprise and

relief was palpable in the room as cattle producers have been lobbying (unsuccess-fully) for some time to gain that exempt-status.

Other items or is-sues of concern were put forward by the following speakers:

David Zirnhelt (Beaver Valley) spoke about the transplan-tation of ‘problem Elk’ from elsewhere in B.C. to the Cariboo region and reiterated that ranchers need to be consulted in such matters, as they will likely be the front-line group to be im-pacted by such moves (on rangelands/stand-ing and stored feed

crops). The cattlemen are concerned that they appear to have no seat in the discus-sion/planning and process.

Cuyler Huffman spoke about the pred-ator control issue, al-ways the hot-button topic at any such gathering. Predation of cattle is still a ma-jor-loss cost-factor and the problem is not lessening or going away.

The producers are not advocating the wholesale removal of wolves in the area, but pleading for some help with those pre-dating specifically on cattle as their losses in herd numbers and dollars are quite as-tronomical in some

cases.Other topics raised

included Work Safe BC recent reviews/changes (many man-datory) for ranch-op-erations. Some of the required changes are very costly to imple-ment, particularly in remote areas; for instance, communi-cation and requiring the installation of ex-pensive radio systems when cell-service is not an alternative.

There was some discussion of local abattoirs, relating to lack of places to get animals booked into kill-spaces.

For the first time in recent memory there appears to be a problem with book-ing all of the 4-H

animals into a facility to be killed, cut and wrapped.

The Highway Fenc-ing Program was highlighted as it is about to end due to the end of funding, although the appli-cations are still roll-ing in as much of the highway-fence is twenty years old or better and in severe need of major repair or replacement.

A Highway 20 rancher noted that he, his family and crew must move cattle across the busy road-way often and what was once a pokey little thoroughfare is now a major highway with motorists (and logging trucks) trav-elling at high speeds.

His requests for un-derpasses have met with no positive re-sponse thus far, he said. Dirt-plugged cattle guards received mention as well.

The two hours passed by far too quickly, the topics-discussed-list goes on: the cost of dam inspection on private lands, the length of grazing tenures, a cattle insurance pro-gram, the Ranching Task Force and much more.

Pimm came across as personable and ap-proachable, advising that he is not about to make any promises to cut through or elimi-nate red tape, but instead is willing to assist with a specific problem or issue once it is brought to his at-tention.

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Cariboo Cattlemen meet with Minister of Agriculture Pat Pimm in Williams Lake

Liz Twan photoThe B.C. Minister of Agriculture, Pat Pimm, was in Williams Lake last week meeting with members of the Cariboo Cattlemen’s Association Aug. 13. Pimm is in the midst of a province-wide tour arranged by himself to help him meet people in the various sectors of agriculture in B.C.

With just over six weeks under his belt, the city’s new chief administrative officer Darrell Garceau is making some chang-es.

At Tuesday’s coun-cil meeting he gave a report to council and told members he plans to submit reports on a monthly basis.

There are a num-ber of ongoing capi-tal projects, the most visible being South Lakeside, he said.

“Work is ongo-ing and effective this week a lot of the sub-excavation work will take place and that’s when it will get nasty because that’s when we obliterate the road.”

That part of the project will take about four weeks, and the project will be ongo-ing, beginning at the west end and moving east.

“Unfortunately the people of Williams Lake will have to en-dure this for a couple more months.”

Last week the city introduced its new budget process, which will include a round-table discussion host-ed by the city at the Gibraltar Room on Sept. 12.

Pamphlets have been made and dis-tributed regarding the meeting and Garceau explained the intent of the meeting is to launch and embark on a “very public pro-cess” relative to bud-gets.

“We want members of the public to attend and give feedback to city council on its di-rectives for the 2014 budget and ultimately as we go forward.”

The intent of the meeting is not to pro-vide council with a lot of information about the budget, but that does not mean the city has done all the work on behalf of the community, he added.

If there’s enough interest there could be subsequent meetings, although the hope is that by the Oct. 16 staff can present the budget in full detail to council.

“We will go to ex-traordinary lengths to advertise the pro-cess so that we can fill council chambers with the public so we

can have participa-tion,” he said.

Under the RCMP building and policing agreement, Garceau said the city will be reviewing ownership of the building be-

cause the city is one of four municipalities that does not own the policing building.

“We have to be in

a position to make a decision by January 2014.”

In 2014, due to Bill C-42, the city will also need to consider the option that guard and matron position at the RCMP detachment may have to be with-in the city employee group.

“That is something that will be coming to the attention of city council,” he said.

Coun. Surinderpal Rathor said he appre-ciated the report.

“The community will be more than happy to see a report like this because it’s an excellent way of letting the community know what staff is do-ing,” he said.


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People in Williams Lake with adult type 2 diabetes, and their health care providers, are once again being asked to help make services better by par-ticipating in a survey.

Jennifer Mitchell, a recently trained Certi-fied Diabetes Educator and a member of the Interior Health Dia-betes Collaborative, says the surveys will allow the collaborative to “find out where we need to focus our ef-forts to improve diabe-tes resources.”

“We take those com-ments and use them to try and improve,” she said.

Results from a pre-vious survey have al-ready helped the col-laborative.

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macist at Shoppers Drug Mart in Wil-liams Lake, completed her Certified Diabetes Educator training in July and has since been working to help dia-betes patients with her improved skills.

“It’s a higher level of education focussing on diabetes,” she said, adding that it has also allowed her to special-ize on Canadian rec-ommendations for dia-betes in particular.

“The kind of stuff we find ourselves an-swering is about how to adjust insulin doses if blood sugars are high or low or fluctu-ating.

“We’ve taken special training to focus in and look at the picture and say we need to do this

to get this under con-trol and then we can do this. So that seems to be the main thing that we focus on: looking at those blood sugars and finding a way to basi-cally manage them and stabilize them.”

As a type 1 diabetic herself, Mitchell has seen an increase in re-ferrals from doctors to help people with dia-betes since becoming a Certified Diabetes Educator.

However, despite her new training and new initiatives that the Dia-betes Collaborative has worked on, Mitchell hopes more people will fill out the survey.

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REGISTRATION OF NEW STUDENTSFOR SEPTEMBER 2013

ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS:Thursday, August 29 and Friday, August 30, 201310:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.Some of the smaller schools may only have one day of registration, so please call the school at the number below to check when they are open.

Children beginning Kindergarten must be five years of age by December 31, 2013.

Children enrolled in Kindergarten for the 2012-13 school year do not need to re-register for Grade 1 if they are attending the same school.

A birth certificate or proof of age and presentation of the B.C. “Care Card” is required for registration. Students are to register at the school in their catchment area. Parents not sure of their catchment area may contact their nearest elementary school for information or consult www.sd27.bc.ca (click on “Find the School Nearest You” and enter your address). Parents wishing to register their children at Cataline Elementary School for the balanced calendar should contact the school directly. The French Immersion Program is located at Nesika Elementary School.

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Scout Island beach. Here we go again.

One day recently one of my grandfamilies came to visit and the parents were miffed because they’d taken their little ones to Scout Island but left because they hadn’t taken a rake to clear them-selves a spot free of goose poop.

This was a problem last year, too, but now with the big trees gone there are no shady spots and what

u s e d to be a great p l a c e to be, isn’t any more.

If the trees were a danger, OK, cut them, but are there plans to replace them? Can’t council scare up some dollars to plant a few medium-sized shade trees? What about lilac? After all that’s our civic flower.

We pontificate about having a vibrant community and how we need a brand and mines and who knows what else to attract people to live here, but we can’t even maintain what should be one of the city’s main attractions. We claim to be concerned about our young people but we can’t be bothered to provide a free place for them to enjoy themselves.

My family, including the older grandchildren, were among the crowds who used to enjoy the beach in the summer. It was easy to go for a swim during the day or have a picnic supper and enjoy the spectacular sunsets. Now caca has taken over and the beach crowd is sparse even on the hottest days of summer.

I am a big supporter of the Scout Island Nature Centre. It is one of our major assets, but surely a clean, healthy beach is impor-tant, too. Unfortunately having a usable beach right in the city is not high on council’s agenda.

Is there still a recreation com-mission? If not, maybe the city could appoint a task force to find some longterm solution for what is, I believe, a designated park.

Diana French is a freelance col-umnist for the Tribune. She is a for-mer Tribune editor, retired teacher, historian, and book author.

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Team B.C. makes us proud

This past weekend I was in Sherbrooke, Que., for the final day of the

2013 Canada Summer Games. I had the chance to see Team BC in competition, and they did a fantastic job or representing our province both on and off the field.

It was just a few short weeks ago that I had the pleasure of an-

n o u n c -ing our f l a g -b e a r e r for our t e a m , wrestler

Ashley Osachuk from Campbell River, who won a silver medal in her event. Team B.C. was full of upstanding young athletes like Ashley, and I was very glad to have the chance to see them com-pete.

I’m proud to say that our ath-letes performed very well in the games, with Team BC placing third behind Ontario and Que-bec. Team BC won 47 gold, 36 silver, and 39 bronze, for a total of 122 medals in just over two weeks of competition. Our gold medals came in a wide variety of sports, including athletics, fenc-ing, rowing, tennis, wrestling, swimming, and more. Our men’s baseball and beach volleyball teams and women’s soccer and softball teams also won gold in their competitions.

Sports teach us about team-work and bring us together as a country, as a province, and as a community. Our athletes re-ally exemplified that at the Can-ada Games, truly living up to the Games’ motto of “unity through sport.”

With all the exciting finals tak-ing place on Saturday, I can’t wait to see the next edition of the Canada Games in 2015 – right here in British Columbia! Prince George will be hosting the winter games in February 2015, so you can catch Team BC competing with home field advantage then!

Coralee Oakes is the MLA for Cariboo North and is the Minister of Community, Sport and Cultural Development.

Phones not too smartThey’re called smartphones but the way some

people use them is anything but smart, giving us all legitimate cause for concern about public safety.

A new poll that shows that 64 per cent of adults in B.C. own a smartphone also reveals, more disturb-ingly, that about 18 per cent of those who do con-sider themselves “strongly addicted to the device.”

Predictably, the majority who placed themselves in that particular category describe their addiction as “manageable.” It’s a rare addict, after all, who acknowledges his or her addiction — whatever it is — is galloping out of control. That all changes, of course, when the addict is faced with incontrovert-ible evidence — usually some severe crisis or tragedy — that calls for an immediate change in behaviour.

The question is, should we, as a society, be expect-ed to pay the price of such a crisis or tragedy? Par-ticularly when it’s something like an accident caused by driving without due care and attention?

Smartphones offer entertainment and informa-tion through a multitude of apps, and they have very practical uses in terms of communication,

particularly in emergencies, that have, so far, merely scratched the surface of their potential.

But it’s no news they also function as a distrac-tion. According to the recent poll, those who de-scribe themselves as addicted estimate they spend an average of 2.5 of their waking hours staring at their diminutive keypads and screens. If that 2.5 hours were spent in one block of time, it might be a different matter but it’s spread throughout the day, usually while the users are multi-tasking in some way.

We should all be more aware of the imminent dangers such devices present and to make sure that we are actually controlling them — not the other way around.

The human animal is flawed and there is always the temptation to make just one short call, or glance at that incoming message. A quick look, a few more words, just this once — who could it hurt?

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Canadian sacrifices made should be deeply treasuredEditor: Regarding my right to express

my opinion — I, as a Canadian, have earned the right to express my opinion — 115,000 Cana-dian Soldiers died in two World Wars.

They died to help make this country a free country, a demo-cratic county.

Had these people not sacri-ficed their lives, there is a great possibility we today might not have choices, choices to speak up against, or for things, including pipelines and mines.

The right to speak, is a right that none of us should take lightly.

As we consider the millions of lives lost under both Stalin’s and Hitler’s dictatorships, things could have ended far different for each of us in this country, had our fellow countrymen not given their lives for the freedom and rights we today enjoy.

Regarding drumming and bagpipes, in both of these world conflicts, where those hu-man lives were freely given, all marched off to the sound of bagpipes ringing in their ears,

with their lives they bought and paid for this country.

I am not a veteran of these wars, but as a former member of Canada’s Armed Forces, the sacrifices made for Canada’s democratic rights for all Canadi-ans should be, a deeply treasured part of our countries heritage as free Canadians.

Many of the sacrifices made, included bodies never recov-ered, some of these families do not have anything more than old faded photos, and bits and piec-es of memorabilia.

Aside from any other heritage,

today’s freedom to be Canadian is the heritage we all should re-member, and not forget how we come to have it.

As a receiver of a monthly Social Security check, I know exactly where that money comes from; it comes from the pockets of millions of Canadians that do work for a living, including those that work at mines.

Each year the government reaches deeper into these pock-ets by the process of taxation, the government does this, so that the growing number of the non-working segment of society, can

also provide for their families. Many countries of the world

are financially collapsing and failing, attempting to appease and satisfy the ever growing de-mands of a populace.

Bluntly, Canada needs work-ers, and workers need jobs so that Canada can continue to provide for those that don’t work, that’s Canada’s democracy.

A growing number of Canadi-ans seem to have forgotten this.

Doug WilsonWilliams Lake

Mine an issue of national significanceEditor:

As we near the end of the hear-ings into New Prosperity, local politicians need to be reminded that the Tsilhqot’in people have stated time and again, with great eloquence and depth of feeling, that the mine will destroy their cherished way of life.

Though Taseko Mines spokes-person John McManus says that is not true, testimony by inde-pendent experts corroborate what the Tsihqot’in people are saying.

TML is unable to counter their arguments as it seeks to destroy a place that is sacred to Tsilhqot’in people.

This is a national issue for

First Nations. Grand Chief Stewart Philip has said: “If there is federal government approval of Taseko’s New Prosperity Mine it will signal to Indigenous Peoples across Canada that their values, beliefs, and ways of liv-ing will be trampled upon when-ever the federal government deems a potential resource de-velopment project economically significant.”

This statement is echoed by the Assembly of First Nations resolution of June 29, 2012, which states:

“The AFN fully supports the Tsilhqot’in Nation in asserting their inherent Indigenous rights to have a say over any activi-ties that could impact their tra-

ditional territories. The Crown must act honourably in a manner consistent with the principles of free, prior, and informed consent as articulated in the United Na-tions Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. Ulti-mately, it is the Tsilhqot’in Na-tion — the people and the terri-tory — that would be affected by any development and they must have the final say on any propos-als …”

Despite all this Mr. Gustafson, legal counsel for TML, has stat-ed that he believes Taseko has a legal right to build and operate the mine under the law as pres-ently constituted.

This would appear to con-tradict a ruling, since upheld

in the Appeal Court of B.C. TNG counsel Jay Nelson has ex-plained “that provincial forestry planning and authorizations un-justifiably infringed Tsilhqot’in Aboriginal ... rights. Although Tsilhqot’in do not have a ‘veto’ over forestry, the proposed for-estry amounted to a substan-tial infringement of Aborigi-nal rights that was not justified in the circumstances and thus could not lawfully proceed.”

It is a mistake for TML repre-sentatives to try to spin the truth about what is actually unfolding at the hearings into New Pros-perity Mine.

This is a local issue of national and global significance for Ab-original Rights and for the min-

ing industry itself. It is even one that goes to the heart of the na-ture of Canada.

Are we to become an adult na-tion, respectful of all citizens, with the ability to demonstrate to the rest of the world that we are a worthwhile guide as to how to ‘get it right’ in a post colo-nial world, or are we to continue down a path where bad projects that harm the environment get approved over the clear and loud objections of the local commu-nities that live near them?

I for one do not want to live in that world.

David WilliamsExecutive Director

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Providing healthier snacks in the vending machines doesn’t make any money, says a new report from the Wil-liams Lake Cariboo Memorial Recreation Complex Joint Com-mittee.

Since it switched to vendors that provide healthier snacks and beverages in 2011, the complex has seen a loss of revenue of approxi-mately $7,000 per year.

“We knew going into this that obviously rev-enue was going to go down,” director of rec-reation services Geoff Paynton said Friday. “Junk food sells and it sells a lot.”

A year after the city implemented its Healthy Food and Beverage policy, it en-tered into five-year contracts with vendors, and by the bids that trickled in beforehand it was apparent the city would not make as much money taking the healthy route.

“The vendors knew there’s not the revenue there for them in the healthy food industry,” Paynton said. “ But the reality is it’s better at the end of the day for people and kids. It’s one of those trade offs.”

From all beverages sold from the vending machines through a contract with PepsiCo the complex receives a five per cent commis-sion.

Its other contract, with Blackstock Ven-tures, sees the complex receive zero per cent commission for healthy

snacks and 10 per cent commission on hot beverages.

There was a big move from the provin-cial government a few years ago to get schools and recreation facilities and public buildings to move in that direction, Paynton recalled.

The CMRC received a Healthy Food and Beverage Grant from the provincial govern-ment which provided resources to hire a contractor to audit the snack and beverage machines at the facil-ity, organize user group meetings, communicate with vendors and assist with writing a policy.

“They had discus-sions with user groups and did some surveys to see what people wanted. It was quite the process at the time,” Paynton said.

City council dis-cussed the report dur-ing its regular meeting Tuesday and Coun. Laurie Walters said they knew it would mean losing revenue.

Coun. Surinderpal Rathor said the com-plex is not there to make money and he would like to see no junk food sold from machines in Williams Lake.

“The complex is

there to encourage good health,” Rathor said. “I have talked to numerous parents who are very delighted with what we’re provid-ing to the children. All of us should try and consume healthy food wherever we go.”

The loss in revenue, however, is a cost to taxpayers because the loss has to be covered, Paynton said, whether that’s through tax rev-enue, cuts or savings somewhere else.

The complex does receive monthly rent from the canteen and is presently in the middle of a five-year contract with Karen’s Place to run the canteen.

“They do a really good job,” Paynton said of Karen’s Place. “They do have the junk food but they do pro-vide salads and healthy alternatives. That was in their agreement with us to provide those as well.”

Ever hopeful the pendulum will swing and one day healthy food will be the number one choice for every-one, Paynton suggested the complex is in the business of promoting a healthy lifestyle.

“Junk food isn’t part of promoting that,” he said.


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Photo submittedThirteen-year-old Conley Pinette stands on the podium with his gold medal after winning the overall portion of the boys 3 division at the Canadian National Waterskiing Championships last week in Calgary.As a result Conley was selected to the Canadian under-17 team and will compete for Canada at the Can-Am Challenge in St. Louis over the September long weekend.

Pinettes ski to Canadian gold

Williams Lake was well repre-sented last week at the Canadi-an National Waterskiing Cham-pionships in Calgary.

The father, son duo of Wil-liams Lake’s Parnell and Conley Pinette both skied away from the event as national champi-ons.

Just one week prior, Aug. 3-4, Conley, 13, won all three of his events — slalom, trick and jump — at the Western Canadian Wa-terskiing Championships in Ab-botsford.

At nationals Conley skied in both the Men’s Open division in tricks and in the Boys 3 division in slalom, trick and jump.

Conley qualified to ski in the men’s open trick division, open to all ages of competitors, based on his scores from throughout the season.

There, in trick and as the youngest competitor by far,

Conley achieved a bronze med-al.

In his regular Boys 3 division Conley skied to a personal best

of five buoys at 32 feet off in sla-lom to win a gold medal, beat-ing 10 other skiers from across Canada who qualified. In trick

Conley amassed 5,800 points to win the gold medal, and in jump Conley flew 119 feet to also win gold. For his efforts Conley was also named the overall gold medalist in Boys 3.

Parnell, meanwhile, kept the family’s winning ways intact.

Parnell won a gold medal in jump after sailing 137 feet and won a gold medal in trick with 1,950 points.

In slalom Parnell achieved a three buoys at 32 feet off, com-ing in fifth out of 14 skiers in the men’s 3 slalom division.

As a result Parnell, too, was awarded the overall gold medal in the men’s 3 division.

Additionally, Conley was named to the Canadian un-der-17 team for the Can Am Challenge in St. Louis over the September long weekend.

Conley has attended the com-petition as a junior the last three years, but said he is extremely happy to be chosen for the un-der-17 team.

Photo submittedParnell Pinette (middle) stands with his gold medal after winning the overall gold medal in the men’s 3 division.

Tuesday, Aug. 20-23 and Monday, Aug. 26-29CMRC hockey camps

The finishing touches are being put on the ice at the Cariboo Memorial Recreation Complex in preparation for several upcoming hockey camps.Local teacher Mike Wilson will be lacing up his skates as an instructor for two of these camps — Rookie Hockey (5-9 years), and Sharpen Your Hockey Skills (8-13 years). The Rookie Hockey program teaches the fundamentals of hockey for kids new to the sport or with little experience on the ice. Sharpen Your Hockey Skills is for kids who have both minor hockey and backyard rink experience.The camps run from Aug. 19-23 and from Aug. 26-29.To register or for camp times visit www.activewilliamslake.com or call the CMRC at 250-398-7665.

Sunday, Aug. 25 Kidney walk

The Kidney Foundation will host its annual Kidney Walk in Williams Lake Sunday, Aug. 25.The walk will start in Boitanio Park at 9 a.m. The Kidney Walk raises funds for critical programs and services for British Columbians affected by kidney disease. The Kidney Walk also helps raise awareness about the seriousness of this disease and highlights the importance of organ donation. Thousands of volunteers and participants in 20 B.C. communities participate in Kidney Walks each year. The events feature live entertainment, prizes, fundraising barbecues, silent auctions and more. Kidney disease is a serious disease that has no cure. It is a disease that is both under-recognized and undetectable in its early stages.

Saturday, Sept. 7Tour de Cariboo

Williams Lake Big Brothers Big Sisters are inviting anyone interested to sign up for this year’s 21st annual Tour de Cariboo bike ride from Williams Lake to Gavin Lake. Sign up for the Tour de Cariboo today. To register contact BBBS at 250-398-8391 or register online at www.bbswlake.com. Pledges can also be collected online.

Williams Lake pro motocross rider Brock Hoyer will be slapping a No. 8 on the front of his Yamaha to kick off next year’s race season.

That’s because the 26-year-old Williams Lake native finished eighth overall at the Monster Energy Moto-cross Nationals, which wrapped up Sunday at the Walton Raceway in Walton, Ont.

“That was my goal going out when I start-ed the series, to finish top 10 and come home with a single-digit number,” Hoyer said. “It’s pretty sweet to be ranked in the top 10 best in Canada. There are even four or five Americans in our top 10.”

The Monster Energy Motocross Nationals consisted of a series of nine races beginning in June spanning from Western to Eastern Canada.

The series started in the west with races in Nanaimo and Ka-mloops, followed by

events shifting east to Calgary, Edmonton, Courtland, Ont., Rich-mond, Ont., Descham-bault, Que. and Monc-ton, N.B.

This year’s Monster Energy Motocross Na-tionals marked the sixth kick at the can for Hoy-er who, in past years, had decided to not con-tinue on with the east-ern races of the series. It was his best overall result since turning pro.

Hoyer chalked up his result to experience.

“People always think as you get older you start weaning away from the sport,” he said.

“When you get older I think the smarter you ride, and have fun.

“This year it’s been just to have fun — the grassroots stuff. I still put pressure on myself and still get nervous but it’s to go have fun and not beat yourself up and make every race count.”

Hoyer said he’s had a phenomenal support system in place this year which helped him afford the cost of trav-elling east for the series.

“I always believe in surrounding yourself with good people and good things happen,”

he said. “I’ve got a lot of these people around me and the positive feedback they give makes it fun and enjoy-able to keep going and have the energy to do it.

“Financially I can’t thank Spectra Power Sports and Yama-ha Motors Canada enough — those guys have been dream mak-ers for me. But it’s not just one company — they’ve all done a re-ally good job and that’s why I was able to do the eastern series.”

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Hoyer races to eighth overall at motocross nationals

Hoyer’s path through the series was a consistent one. He placed 10th in Nanaimo, seventh in Kamloops, sixth in Calgary, ninth in Edmonton, 14th in Courtland, ninth in Richmond, 12th in Deschambault, 11th in Moncton and 13th in Walton.

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series and be consis-tent so it could defi-nitely open up some more opportunities.

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The finishing touches are being put on the ice at the Cariboo Memo-rial Recreation complex in preparation for sev-eral upcoming hockey camps.

Local teacher Mike Wilson will be lacing up his skates as instruc-tor for two of these camps: Rookie Hockey (5-9 years) and Sharpen Your Hockey Skills (8- 13 years). Wilson has been teaching these camps for more than five years, said Suzanne Cochrane, recreation programmer with the City of Williams Lake.

“The kids love him

because he’s all about sportsmanship, team-work and hockey cards,” Cochrane said.

“The Rookie Hock-ey program teaches the fundamentals of hockey — it’s for those kids that are new to the sport or have had some experience on the ice.

Sharpen Your Hock-ey Skills is for kids that have both minor hock-ey and backyard rink experience.

“It’s about getting out on the ice and im-proving your skills, learning about the game and having fun,” Wilson said.

The first camp began yesterday, Aug. 19 and runs until Aug. 23.

The second camp starts the following Monday, Aug. 26.

For camp times visit www.activewilliams-lake.com or call the Cariboo Memorial Recreation Center at 250-398-7665.

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Williams Lake pro-fessional mixed martial artist Gary Mangat will put his undefeated re-cord on the line Sept.

7 in Richmond at the River Rock Casino and Resort against Josh Gow in the main event of Battlefield Fight League’s BFL 25 card.

Mangat, 26, who trains alongside the likes of Georges St. Pierre and other UFC stars at Tristar’s fa-mous training facility in Montreal, has amassed a perfect four wins and no losses since turn-ing pro in February of 2012.

His last win was a first-round knockout of Jordan Mackin at Bat-tlefield Fight League 24.

Hoyer consistent through nine-race seriesGreg Sabatino photo

Williams Lake’s Brock Hoyer finished eighth overall after completing all nine races of the Monster Energy Motocross Nationals.

Hunter Shinkaruk will have a different view of the Vancouver Canucks Young Stars Classic held Sept. 5-9 at Penticton’s South Okanagan Events Cen-tre.

During its first two years, the Calgary resident watched what was initially called the Canucks Young Stars Tournament on TV.

This year, he will be on the ice as a prospect of the Vancouver Ca-nucks. The Medicine Hat Tigers forward was the Canucks second pick, 24th overall in the first round of the 2013 NHL Draft. He would love nothing more than to join the likes of Tay-lor Hall, Jordan Eberle, Cam Fowler, Mikael Backlund and the Ca-nucks’ Chris Tanev, who starred in the tour-nament and moved on to the NHL. Since the tournament’s inception in 2010, 30 players have advanced to the NHL.

“I want to show the Canucks organization that I can be a really high-level player at that tournament heading into camp,” Shinkaruk said. “It’s an opportu-nity to show them that they drafted the right kid.”

Shinkaruk, who scored 100 goals and added 119 assists in 193 Western Hockey League games, is taking an approach of showing the Canucks he can earn a roster spot. He wants to be the best player on the ice every shift. The Tigers captain said he’s looking forward to put-ting on the Canucks jer-sey for the first time.

Shinkaruk will be joined by fellow Ca-nucks 2013 draft picks Bo Horvat, who was chosen ninth overall in the first round, Cole Cassels, 85th overall, Jordan Subban, 115th overall and Miles Libe-rati, chosen 205th over-all.

Dave Gagner, direc-tor of player develop-ment for the Canucks, said what scouts like about the event is that it gives them a chance to see the players in a com-petitive nature.

“It’s easier to see their skillset when they

are in that type of an environment,” Gagner said. “You get to see the hockey sense and the compete level. It’s a good first opportunity for a lot of these guys to make an impression.”

Gagner added the Canucks Young Stars Classic provides expo-sure for the players, es-pecially if some teams don’t have spots for them there might be an-other that does.

“Matt Fraser comes to mind,” Gagner said. “We weren’t able to sign him a couple years ago and Dallas went ahead and signed him because of what he showed at that tournament.”

Gagner said the com-petition is intense and teams see the character the players have.

“I think in a competi-tive nature some guys that maybe don’t excel in skill drills or what-ever in practice can re-ally show what they are made of in games,” he said.

Gagner said the Ca-nucks Young Stars Classic will be enter-taining because fans will get exposure to high draft picks. The players, after all, are competing for jobs, Gagner said, adding he always finds it interesting to see if players can find another level when they are chal-lenged.

“I can remember (Ryan) Nugent-Hop-kins going two years ago,” Gagner said. “You could see right away the special skill that he had. He was drafted first overall, but when they get in that first pro envi-ronment it’s really neat to see those kids adjust so quickly. I think for people in attendance there is going to be a lot of interesting play-ers to see. It’s very much worth coming to see.”

Gagner is excited to see Horvat and Shinka-ruk and said he is curi-ous to see how close they are to playing for the Canucks. He said some players can come out and make that ad-justment right away.

“Bo Horvat has a really mature game al-ready for an 18-year-old,” said Gagner, who played 33 games for the Canucks in 1999, and 946 total during a 15-year career. “He un-

derstands how to play in all three zones very well. Coaches really like guys like that. They are reliable and you are not afraid to put them on the ice in any situation. He takes pride in his faceoffs, he’s always on the defensive side of the puck. He takes pride in blocking shots. He also has offensive ability, too. When a guy has those qualities, I think it’s going to be exciting to see him.

“There is an outside chance he is going to make the team.”

With Shinkaruk, Gagner said the five-

foot-11, 175-pound left winger is deceptively strong. Shinkaruk is known for playing a heavier game and com-petes hard.

“His skill is very evi-dent. He has good pop in his stride,” Gagner said. “Hunter stands out because of his in-volvement. He has the puck quite often when he’s out there.”

Other prospects confirmed to play are as follows: Calgary Flames 2013 draft picks Seaon Monaham, sixth overall, Emile Poirier, 22nd overall, Morgan Klimchuk, 28th, as

well as Keegan Kan-zig, 67th. From the Edmonton Oilers are Darnell Nurse, Marc-Olivier Roy, 56th, Jack-son Houck, 94th, Kyle Platzer, 96th, and Ben Betker, 158th.

San Jose Sharks’ Mirco Mueller will be joined by fellow 2013 pick Gabryel Boudreau, 49th overall. From the Winnipeg Jets it will be Josh Morissey, 13th overall, Nicolas Petan, 43rd, Eric Comrie, half-brother of retired NHLer Mike Comrie, Jimmy Lodge, 84th and JC Lipon of the Kam-loops Blazers, among others. The 2013 draft selections will be joined by top prospects.

The Canucks Young Stars Classic begins at the SOEC on Sept. 5 with the Battle of Al-berta at 4 p.m. The Canucks and Sharks meet up at 7:30 p.m. On Friday, Sept. 6, the Winnipeg Jets meet the Sharks at 4 p.m., then the Canucks and Cal-gary Flames play at 7:30 p.m.

Saturday features the alumni game at 5 p.m.

followed by a meeting with the Edmonton Oil-ers and Jets at 7:30 p.m., while Sunday, Sept. 8, will have the Canucks and Oilers playing at 2 p.m. and the Sharks and Flames butting heads at 5:30 p.m.

The final game, played in the Okanagan

Hockey School Train-ing Centre, will be Sept. 9 at noon between the Canucks and Jets.

Fans can enjoy a Canucks alumni game Sept. 7 at 5 p.m. against alumni from the other teams and members of the local police and fire departments.


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Many who make the trek to Far-well Canyon keep an eye out for the California big horned sheep that live in the area.

Robert Moberg, a filmmaker, said he saw those sheep and got to thinking.

“I would go out to Farwell Can-yon for a little hike, and after being in Alberta especially, it was like, ‘Wow. This is really nice.’ I kept thinking there must be something here for me. There must be some kind of story,” he said.

What he discovered surprised him. The population of sheep in the area was once used as a source herd to reintroduce wild sheep into different spots in the U.S. where the sheep had been extirpated. Now, however, the sheep herd ap-pears to be declining.

“There was the crux of the story,” he said. “Why the sheep are declining, their habitat and if there is anything that can be done about it.”

What followed was the begin-nings of an idea for a documen-tary film.

Moberg has made films before. His feature film, The Plateau, which he showed in Williams Lake in 2010, followed the story of a young man who is stranded in the wilderness after a plane crash, and how he deals with the isolation and later intrigue that follows. He also has a business making corpo-rate and aviation safety films.

Today he is about half way through making his documentary, Bighorns at the Junction, about the California big horned sheep at Junction Sheep Range Provincial Park.

The park is located at the junc-tion of the Fraser and Chilcotin Rivers and was originally a wild-life reserve established to protect the bighorn sheep and the grass-lands.

Grasslands such as these cover only 1 per cent of the land in the province, but are home to 33 per cent of B.C.’s endangered spe-cies according to the Grasslands Conservation Council of Brit-ish Columbia. That is one of the reasons Moberg found the area so captivating. Aside from the sheep, he has become interested in the amount of species that live there, including everything from black widows, to rubber boas, to Ameri-can badgers to long billed curlews. Some Moberg has seen and some

he is still looking for. “I find it a fascinating area.

It’s almost under-utilized really. There’s nobody ever out there,” he said.

As part of the filming process, Moberg spends some of his time hiking in and camping around the junction, something he has re-ceived special permission for from B.C. Parks. Normally, camping is restricted in the park.

During that time he’s learned

some lessons about trying to film in the desert-like conditions.

“It’s hard work carrying a cam-era, a backpack and 10 water bot-tles. It’s crazy. I learned the hard way,” he said. “In May we had that heat wave and I had a very difficult trek. I had to stop and recoup for about an hour before I could make it back to my vehicle. It was really bad, it was really hot, so just be aware when its hot out there you have to carry lots of water.”

While he is out exploring he keeps his eye on a herd of ewes in an “undisclosed location” near Farwell Canyon.

“I am trying to watch a little herd of ewes, about 17 of them. I’m keeping track of them and early in the season they had 13 lambs, which is a really high re-cruitment level,” he said.

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Bighorn sheep featured in documentary

Photo submittedWilliams Lake filmmaker Robert Moberg is in the midst of filming a documentary — Bighorns at the Junction — about California big horned sheep a Junction Sheep Range Provincial Park.

Photo submittedRobert Moberg has special permission from BC Parks to camp at Sheep Junction park in his quest to film and document declining sheep populations.

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Tuesday, Aug. 20 to Saturday, Sept. 7Art Walk

The 2013 Williams Lake Art Walk was officially underway Tuesday, Aug. 6. This year features 64 artists whose work will be displayed by 54 merchants in town.

Tuesday, Aug. 20Night life at Scout Island

On Tuesday, Aug. 20 from 8 to 10 p.m. the naturalists will be offering an evening exploring the night world of bats, beavers and bugs at Scout Island.There will be a talk followed by a walk. Participants are asked to bring a flashlight that shines read.

Thursday, Aug. 22Performances in the Park

Performances in the Park continues this week on Thursday, Aug. 22, with the final performance in the park lineup of the summer.Featured this week will be Rowan, Kylie and Sam — a trio originally from Williams Lake singing covers and original tunes — and My Wife’s Quartet — an experienced and talented group of musicians. Performances in the park gets underway at 6 p.m. with Rowan, Kylie and Sam. My Wife’s Quartet hits the stage at 7 p.m. in Boitanio Park.

Sunday, Aug. 25 Kidney walk

The Kidney Foundation will host its annual Kidney Walk in Williams Lake Sunday, Aug. 25.The walk will start in Boitanio Park at 9 a.m. The Kidney Walk raises funds for critical programs and services for British Columbians affected by kidney disease. Thousands of volunteers and participants in 20 B.C. communities participate in Kidney Walks each year. The events feature live entertainment, prizes, fundraising barbecues, silent auctions and more. Kidney disease is a serious disease that has no cure. It is a disease that is both under-recognized and undetectable in its early stages.

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Cariboo Senior Carollers looking for pianistAre you enjoying the

long awaited summer we’re now experienc-ing?

I find that doing our necessary chores and shopping in the morn-ing makes life more bearable.

The Seniors’ Centre is not as busy these days so do drop in for lunch if you’re out in the morning and enjoy their tasty lunch in an air-conditioned envi-ronment.

It has been brought to my attention that the Cariboo Senior Carollers are still in need of an accompa-nist for their choir to continue at the centre.

They meet once a week on Fridays from 1:30 to 3 p.m.

The Senior Carollers have a long history in Williams Lake.

They first started up in 1985 under the direc-tion of Marty Simon.

In April 1987 they held their first fundrais-ing event to build our much-needed Seniors’ Activity Centre.

In 1989 they took part in the homecom-ing event to celebrate the city’s 60th birthday.

It turned out to be a huge success with doz-ens of seniors return-ing home to join in the celebrations taking place.

The chair also took part in the original Variety Club Telethon held at the Legion in 1990.

They continued to support the telethons for many years.

That same year they entered a float in the Stampede Parade for the Seniors’ Centre. In 1991 they participated in a concert at city hall and also sang at a Christmas party held at the Overlander (Ra-mada) Hotel.

For many years they entertained for seniors

at the Cariboo Lodge, Sunset Manor and Deni House. They still continue to sing at Deni House since they reopened. They have also faithfully en-tertained at the OAPO Christmas parties since 1997.

That same year they performed at the Ro-tary Christmas concert and have participated in the Hospice Christ-mas Tree Lighting Cer-emony every year since 1997.

For the city’s 75th anniversary they held a celebration of 100 years of music cover-ing in 1900s Jean Gies-brecht was their ac-companist at that time. The choir won a first at the Cariboo Music Festival in April 2007 for choirs.

They’ve taken part in the Parade of Choirs sponsored by the Hough Memorial Cancer Society each year along with Cari-

boo Men’s Choir and 100 Mile House Choir.

With their long his-tory of supporting so many worthy causes over the past 30 years for the community it

would be a tremen-dous loss for them not to be able to carry on.

Marty Simon re-tired as director two years ago and her re-placement Georgina

Lazzarotto has moved away this summer.

In the meantime Sherry Taylor has vol-unteered to become the director of the choir.

However, they are

still in need of a pianist to carry on in the fall.

If there is anyone interested in that posi-tion please phone Pat Cassidy at 250-392-4236.

Tribune file photoThe Cariboo Senior Carollers perform during a past Memory Tree Celebration at City Hall.

“If the majority of those lambs survive in that group we’re doing pretty good.”

Unfortunately, he said, a number of them are likely to die off for a majority of reasons. Some of those reasons are what he is research-ing — finding out more about sheep decline in the area.

“There are factors like loss of habitat, wild sheep and do-mestic sheep disease transmission, wolves; predation from cougars is a big problem in a lot of areas, and possibly even poaching could be playing into it,” he said.

For the film, Moberg has been completing in-terviews with a number of individuals, both lo-cal and international.

He attended a wild sheep conference in Kelowna, and has interviewed experts in wildlife disease re-search.

In the future he has plans to talk to Chris Harris, as well as par-ticipate in a dip netting demonstration with lo-cal First Nations in the area. Moberg estimates he is about half way through the process of making his film. He started last December, and is hoping to catch all four seasons in the area.

Although he received a Canada Council

grant for his last film, this documentary will be privately funded. There are five local funding partners for the film, and he has also been funded by the WIld Sheep Foun-dation in the United States.

Originally from Wil-liams Lake, Moberg recently relocated back to the city from Ed-monton, where he had been based.

His interest in film-ing came from when he worked as an extra in Macgyver and Wise Guy.

Later he took acting classes and workshops, and his passion built from there.

When his documen-tary is finished he plans on screening it here in Williams Lake, as well as send copies to the different Sheep Foun-dation chapters.

Furthermore, he hopes to show the film at different environ-mental and conser-vation-oriented film festivals and have the documentary broad-cast, but said plans for that are currently in the works.

In the meantime Mo-berg continues to keep an eye on the sheep, and all the while they keep an eye on him.

“Sheep are different from other herbivores,” he said, “They watch you. They can see you even from 100 miles away.”


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Jean Montgomery (sitting) turned 99 this past Wednesday, Aug. 14.

Friends at the Se-niors Centre where she volunteered for many years, celebrat-ed her birthday —one of many celebrations during the week for Montgomery.

Her friends say “she loves to party.”

Montgomery moved to the area from Man-itoba in 1946, to Hy-draulic, near Likely, where she met and soon married her late husband Joe Prior.

Of turning 99, Montgomery says merely, “It feels okay. I’ve slowed down quite a bit.”

Her friends scoff at this.

“She’s in better health than some of the rest of us,” says her friend Kay Mell-ish.

Montgomery still lives independently, in an apartment where the bathroom is up a flight of stairs and the laundry is down a flight of stairs.

“She’s been an in-spiration to the rest of us to not complain about going up some stairs,” says Mellish.

Tara Sprickerhoff photoJean Montgomery (seated) celebrated her 99th birthday last week with friends at the Williams Lake Seniors Centre.

The Salvation Amy really put the “com-munity” into their Community Kitchen program in July.

Jam making was the topic of the week, and 10 women from around the commu-nity came together to share and to learn how to make jam. Of these women only two had ever made jam before.

“The idea is to teach people how easy it is to make,” said Salvation Army Captain Clau-dine Kadonaga.

In some sections of the kitchen women of all ages patiently waited for their fruit mixture to boil, in other sections people chopped fruit, else-where it was time to add sugar.

Overtop the normal

noises that come from making jam could be heard conversation and laughter.

“Community Kitch-en is people coming together and teach-ing each other,” said Kadonaga, who for future preserving ses-sions hopes to bring in seniors to teach younger generations.

Participants were asked to bring their own sugar and jars to the jam making ses-sion, but all of the fruit (in this case, strawber-ry, rhubarb and blue-berry) was provided by the Salvation Army.

Jam making was the first of many sessions in preserving that the Salvation Army hopes to provide as part of the Community Kitch-en program, which also includes lessons in Cooking Out of the Box and special inter-

est classes. Those who want

to participate are en-

couraged to stop by the Salvation Army to register and find out

what is being made this week and what they need to bring.

Other preserv-ing classes will teach participants to make

pickles, fruit leather, and beef jerky among other foods.



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Greg Sabatino photoLone Butte 4-H Club members (from left) Hannah Meier, 8, Jorden Sass, 11, Hailey Villeneuve, 11, and Big Lake 4-H Club member Georgia DiMarco, 10, get their rabbit projects ready for showing Sunday at the 55th Annual Show and Sale. The show began Aug. 16 and wraps up with the sale all day on Aug. 21.

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Financial ServicesDROWNING IN Debt? Cut debts more than 50% and debt free in half the time! Avoid bankruptcy! Free Consultation. www.mydebtsolution.com or Toll Free 1-877-556-3500 BBB Rated A+GET BACK ON TRACK! Bad credit? Bills? Unemployed? Need Money? We Lend! If you own your own home - you qualify. Pioneer Acceptance Corp. Member BBB.

1-877-987-1420 www.pioneerwest.com

IF YOU own a home or real estate, Alpine Credits can lend you money: It’s that simple. Your credit/age/income is not an issue. 1-800-587-2161.Looking for individual person to help with 100% fi nancing, to buy and renovate a home. (604)339-5260M O N E Y P ROV I D E R . C O M . $500 Loan and more. No cred-it refused. Fast, easy, 100% secure. 1-877-776-1660.

Help Wanted

Services

Legal ServicesCRIMINAL RECORD? Don’t let it block employment, travel, education, professional, certifi -cation, adoption property ren-tal opportunities. For peace of mind & a free consultation call 1-800-347-2540.

Merchandise Rentals

FURNISHED room for rent. Student or professional. $425/mo inclusive. 392-6360 or 302-8112

Recycling

RECYCLINGDepot for batteries, rads,

copper, aluminum, catalytic converters,

alts. and starts. Will p/u, will pay cash! Phone 250-398-0672

Pets & Livestock

Feed & HayHORSE hay for sale, Mcleese Lake area, 60 lbs square bales, $5.50. Call 250-747-8416. Will deliver.

PetsMastiff - Dane Pups for sale. $1000. Ready Sept 5/13 Call: (250)396-4322

Merchandise for Sale

Building SuppliesLOG HOME shell kit WRC 6X8 fl at 3 bdrm w/grge & curved glass sunroom, ready to ship, 604-856-9732

Help Wanted


$300 & UnderHot Tub, fi berglass, 6-person capacity. Pump & heater incl. not used for 1 year, $250 OBO (250)305-6350

$400 & Under15’ Coleman Scanoe $400. Firm. (250)620-0531

2.2 Mercury Outboard motor, 2 cycle model. $400. Firm. (250)620-0531

FirearmsWANTED: Old lever action Winchester rifl es and carbines. Call (250)791-6369

Heavy Duty Machinery

A-STEEL SHIPPING DRYSTORAGE CONTAINERS

Used 20’40’45’53 in stock.SPECIAL

44’ x 40’ Container Shopw/steel trusses $13,800!

Sets up in one day!40’ Containers under $2500!

Call Toll Free AlsoJD 544 & 644 wheel loaders

JD 892D LC ExcavatorPh. 1-866-528-7108 Delivery BC and AB

www.rtccontainer.com

Misc. for SaleAT LAST! An iron fi lter that works. IronEater! Fully patent-ed Canada/U.S.A. Removes iron, hardness, smell, manga-nese. Since 1957. Visit our 29 innovative inventions; Phone 1-800-BIG-IRON,www.bigirondrilling.com

KILL BED Bugs and their eggs! Buy a Harris bed bug kit, complete room treatment solu-tion. Odorless, non-staining. Not in stores, available online: www.homedepot.com

Help Wanted

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FOR ALL YOUR AUTO REPAIRS

STAN POGUELicensed Technician

Serving the Cariboo since 1981

A.R.S. Enterprises Ltd1075 N. Mackenzie Ave. Phone 250-392-3522 • Fax 250-392-3548

Government InspectionsShuttle Service

Tuesday to Friday 7:30 am to 5:00 pmSaturday 7:30 am to 4:00 pm

Brenda WebsterAdvertising Consultant

call me!

250-392-2331188 N. 1st Ave.

Advertisingis an investment that canhelp a store’s turnover and net profit

LAVTAPMobile Audio Service

Industrial Audiometric TechnicianIndustrial / Commercial / Logging / Construction

250-392-2922 • 1-866-327-8678 Fax: 250-392-2947

Dwight SatchellBox 4105, Williams Lake, BC V2G 2V2

Here’s myCard! Despite every technological

advance, business cards remain an essential business tool.

Reserve your space!Call a Tribune advertising consultant today!

250-392-2331

Country CottageHairstyling

250-398-STYL • 250-398-7895 • 250 Barnard St.

Open Monday - Saturday

Welcome Michelle!Michelle (Ball) LaPlace

Master Colorist & Texture Specialist

20 years experienceFormer Educator for ISO,

L’Oréal Professional and Surrey CollegeEvening appointments

available!

Dr. J.D. Neufeld • 250-392-7227 • 402 Borland [email protected]

• Soften lines around the mouth• Volume lift and cheek enhancement

• Botox Cosmetic and Juvéderm ~ Terrific Alone. Better Together

CARIBOO AESTHETICLASER CLINIC

For a new younger you

250.392.7629Email: [email protected]

COMPUTERSERVICES

Gilles Mailhiot

• Software & HardwareInstallation

• Computer & Router Set Up

• General Computer Help


Misc. for SaleRESTLESS LEG Syndrome and leg cramps? Fast relief in one hour. Sleep at night. Prov-en for over 32 years. Mon-Fri 8-4 EST 1-800-765-8660.www.allcalm.com

STEEL BUILDINGS, Metal buildings 60% off! 20x28, 30x40, 40x62, 45x90, 50x120, 60x150, 80x100 sell for bal-ance owed! Call 1-800-457-2206 www.crownsteelbuildings.ca

Misc. WantedWANTED: Old lever action Winchester rifl es and carbines. Call (250)791-6369

ToolsSELLING 1,000 feet of 3in. ir-rigation pipe with couplings for $1200 OBO. Phone 250-790-2226

Real Estate

Acreage for SalePANORAMIC 58 Acres along West Fraser Road. 35 acres in hay. $119,900. 780-394-7088

Business for Sale

Business for Sale

1 (250)620-6804 or1 (250)620-3338

Serious inquiries only.

For Sale By Owner

3bdrm Cabin at Horsefl y Lake.

100’ waterfront; nice beach area; power to

cabin; no running water; dock only a few years old; new founda-

tion under cabin; new front deck.

$240,000. Call (250)296-4495

593 Roberts Drive2 acres, 5 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, updated

kitchen, Stainless Steel appliances, 2 gas fi re-places, 2 car garage,

and 2 car carport. $399,000

(250)392-3509 For more info or

appointment to view.

CARIBOO PROPERTY

40 Acre Hobby Farm with log home and second residence.

B & B Potential

Phone: 1 (250) 620-0006

Real Estate

For Sale By Owner

Executive Style HomeShort walk to Golf course club house, Approx. 4400

sq. ft., includes 3 car garage & partially fi nished bsmnt. Corner lot, access to back, property approx. 1/2 acre. 3bdrm, 3bthrm, 3 fi replaces. Large kitchen,

family room Central Vacuum, new roof, furnace,fl ooring,

appliances. Large deck off kitchen area. Asking $450,000

Ph. (250)305-6886

One of a Kind!Quiet & secluded, 1300 sf

mobile w/addition on 10 + acres overlooking the

mighty Fraser River. Million Dollar views,

storage sheds, gardens, dog kennel located in the

Pablo Creek area. Reno’d inside & out.

Hiking, biking, fi shing, horse riding trails & wild

life at your back door. $194,000

Call (250)398-5986Serious Inquiries Only!

Houses For Sale

Beautiful House 1140 Tower Cres.

4/5 bdrm, 3 bath, custom built executive home on over 2 secluded acres, within walking distance

to downtown. $369,900.

For more info & pictures go to www.kijiji.ca Williams Lake BC.

Serious inquiries only! (250)305-2266

Mobile Homes & Parks

1986 Regency 14X70, 2bdrm with a 3rd bdrm in the addition. Large

storage shed included. Located in Wildwood

Trailer Park. Pad Rent $255/month

asking $48,500 (250)398-0464

3 bdrm Double Wide Mobile Home

#26-1700 Broadway Ave S in Adult Park, level lot, lots of parking space,

perfect view of Williams Lake

$59,000. obo(250)392-5095

Real Estate

Mobile Homes & Parks

Moving Must Sell2010 Moduline Mobile Home

3 bedrooms, comes withwasher, dryer, fridge, stove & a 2010 wood shed (10x14) Moving must sell at a reduced price for a quick sale.

Asking Price$64,000. Firm (250)398-9396

Other Areas20 ACRES free! Own 60 acres for 40 acre price/pay-ment. $0 Down, $198/mo. Money back guarantee, no credit checks. Beautiful Views, West Texas. 1-800-843-7537. www.texaslandbuys.com

Rentals

Apt/Condo for Rent

1 & 2 BEDROOM APARTMENTS Lovely units, new paint

and floors, no pets, laundry facilities available.250-392-2997

1 AND 2 BEDROOM APARTMENTS

Available immediately. Renovated and in a

secure building. 250-392-9171

BOITANIO PLACE APARTMENTS1 & 2 bedroom suites.

Most desirable apartments for seniors. Clean and quiet. Next to Boitanio Park behind Boitanio Mall. Suite comes

with heat, hot water, elevator, patio or balcony, fridge, stove

and dishwasher. Laundry facility on site, no pets.

250-392-6450

THIS IS MORE LIKE IT!1 - 2 bdrm apt F/S

Dishwasher and A/Cin most units. Quiet -

Good references only. Ask about our incentives.

Call Bernice250-305-1155

pics at

1bdr. apartment, 1144 N. MacKenzie Ave. f/s n/s n/p. $475 + heat. Avail Sept. 1 (250)303-2233

Apartment Furnished

AVAILABLE IMMEDIATELY

Fully furnished suites in different locations. These are hotel ready

and in lovely condition.250-302-9108

Duplex / 4 Plex2&3 bdrm suites in 4-plex downtown, $635. & $725. w/d hook-ups (250)398-7552

2-bdrm. suite in 4-plex, down-town,clean freshly painted heat included, coin w/d, stor-age, small dog/cat ok,$726/mo. Avail. August 1st (250)296-4429

Rentals

Misc for Rent

2 BEDROOM DOWNTOWN

In quiet clean building, heat and cable included.

250-302-9108

HANDICAPPED UNITS One of a kind in an excellent neighbourhood. Completely

handicap accessible, no pets.Low income available,must have

references.250-302-9934

Mobile Homes & Pads

3bdrm mobile at 150 Mile. Close to shopping center and school. n/p (250)392-7617

4bdrm mobile home fridge, stove, close to casino. n/p (250)392-7617

Homes for Rent2&3 bdrm. houses. 2 full bath-rooms, n/p F/S Please call (250)392-7617.3 Bedroom, 2.5 Bath House on South Broadway in Williams Lake. F/S, W/D. Hardwood Floors, Fenced Front Yard, Large Deck. $1200 per month plus utilities. 250 398-6154

3bdrm house in town, $1175/mo incl heat & light, w/d Recently updated. n/p n/s r/r (250)392-3907 (250)392-5019

3bdrm house in town, f/s d/w w/d included. $1150/mo +util. N/S No Pets. Call 587-433-6795 or email: [email protected] Avail Sept. 1st.

Large waterfront 3bdrm, 2 1/2 bath home in town. 5 appl. $1800/mnth +util. n/s n/p ref. req’d. Call Mark (250)305-7742

Litzenburg Cres., 3bdr. top fl oor of house, w/d, patio, yard, pet friendly, excellent cond. $895/mo. (250)392-9119

Newly renovated 4bdrm top fl oor of house 2 bath, 5 appli-ances, South Lakeside, quiet, great view $1200/mo +Util. damage deposit, r/r, no drugs, Avail. Sept. 1 or earlier (250)267-7325

Reduced 3bdrm house,Top fl oor. View of the Lake, quiet area, F/S, no dogs. Call (250)392-3037 after 5pm.

Renovated 4bdrm home in a great area, ready for respon-sible family Sept. 1. n/s n/p ref/req’d $1400/mo. Call Joyce at (250)392-6876 for an inter-view.

Rental Home in Westridge Estates. Beautiful view of city. f/s & dishwasher incl., optional w/d, 2bdrm, 2 bath, quiet area, suitable for adults, n/s, n/p. Superior references required. (250)392-3730

Rentals

Homes for Rent

Water Front on Williams LakeEnjoy Luxury Living

At 1927 Bass Rd3 Bed 2 Bath 1500 sqft Beautifully Renovated Home. Live the dream for only $1,807 month

plus utilities. Call Samantha now

before someone else snaps it up:

(250)[email protected]

Shared Accommodation

Roommate needed to share small 3bdrm house. $450/mo incl util. $150 S/D (778)412-0040 Tue & Wed before 6pm and Mon, Thurs & Fri after 6pm

Suites, Lower1300sqft, 3bdrm , 1 1/2bath, overlooking Williams Lake, $1100/mo util. incl (250)398-8406 evenings. Avail Sept 1

2bdrm renovated ground lev-el, close to school and bus stop r/r, $800/month utilities in-cluded n/p (250)305-1213

2 bedroom ground level large windows cable t.v. internet own driveway, utilities includ-ed, 55+, n.s., n.p., r.r., laundry room, deep freeze. $750. 392-6520 leave a message thank you.

Private 2bdrm suite in town. n/p, n/s, incl. utilities, w/d op-tional $800/mo (250)392-6504

Suites, UpperSpacious, furn. 2 bdrm. suite, sat TV, quiet & private, bus & school close, pet on approval, avail Sept.1, ref/req. $750/mo +hydro. (250)392-6750

Townhouses

3 BEDROOM TOWNHOUSE “Perfect Condition” Excellent

location and close to all schools. Parking garage, W/D included.

References Required. 250-305-4970 or

email to [email protected]

Transportation

Antiques / Classics

1957 Pontiac Sedan4 door, 3-speed, new 6 cyl motor, tires, very good

condition, lots invested. $6500 O.B.O.Interested?

Call (250)398-6651

Garage Sales Garage Sales

MEGA Family Garage Sale. Saturday August 24th. 2275 West Fraser Drive, Quesnel BC. Tools, truck stuff, an-tiques, electronics, household goods, clothing and lots more.

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GIBRALTAR MINE: ROCK-SOLID CAREER

GROWTH

At Taseko Mines, we’re proud to call British Columbia our home. We are looking for enthusiastic employees who share our vision for long-term, responsible growth in this province.

Joining our Gibraltar Mine team makes you part of Canada’s proud mining heritage. The Gibraltar copper-molybdenum mine is a cornerstone of the regional economy and an example of great Canadian mining in action. Located in the heart of BC’s stunning Cariboo region, Gibraltar is approximately 60 km north of Williams Lake. It is the second largest open pit copper mine in Canada.

A sustainable mining operation with a 27 year mine life, Gibraltar is undergoing a signifi cant multi-phase expansion taking our daily milling throughput to 85,000 tons per day and we’re looking for talented candidates to help us facilitate this. That’s where you come in…

We currently have a full time opportunity for an:

COST ACCOUNTANT

POSITION SUMMARYReporting to the Mine Accountant, the Cost Accountant is responsible for a variety of accounting functions including reconciling balance sheet, income statement, general ledger and preparation of month end reports, accounts payable, general ledger, statutory reporting, cost reporting and departmental budget preparation.

SPECIFIC DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO:• Prepares monthly cost reports• Provides analysis of cost trends and variances to

stakeholders• Maintains Capex roll and reconciliation and internal

control process and documentation• Assists with preparation of annual budgets and

subsequent forecast updates• Issues cost reports for each department• Assists with completion of government surveys and

with preparation of monthly GL reconciliation• Responds to information requests as required and

completes and submits internal fi nancial reports• Prepares and posts journal entries to the general

ledger and reviews payroll entries

QUALIFICATIONS• Accounting designation (CA, CMA, or CGA)

supported by 3 years relevant experience – mining experience would be a defi nite asset. A combination of education, training and experience will be considered

• Considerable knowledge of standard offi ce and accounting software and familiarity with information technology products and services

• Ability to maintain information confi dentiality• Accomplished written, verbal and group presentation

skills • Experience with MS Offi ce software and functional

keyboard skills• Valid Driver’s Licence

COMPENSATIONGibraltar offers an excellent benefi t package which includes competitive salary, a Registered Retirement Savings Plan and relocation assistance to Williams Lake. Qualifi ed applicants, eligible to work in Canada, are invited to explore this opportunity by submitting a cover letter and detailed resume outlining your qualifi cations and experience. Please visit us at www.tasekomines.com under the careers section to electronically submit your application or to learn more about our New Prosperity, Aley and Harmony projects.

We thank all candidates who express interest; however only those selected for an interview will be contacted. Your application to this posting is deemed to be consent to the collection, use and necessary disclosure of personal information for the purposes of recruitment. Gibraltar Mines respects the privacy of all applicants and the confi dentiality of personal information and we will retain this information for a period of six months.

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Transportation

Cars - Domestic

1997 Chrysler Intrepid Car, Brown,

very clean, low miles, new battery,

thermostat & sensor, power windows, air, spare tire and Jack. Ready to go $2,600 Call (250)392-6333 after 5 Weekdays.

Moving Must Sell2003 Trail Blazer

127,172 kmIn Excellent Condition

Asking $7,000 FirmPhone (250)398-9396

Cars - Sports & Imports

2003 Mazda Protege147,000 kms

Excellent ConditionNew Brakes, Good TiresAir, Satellite Radio, Great

Gas Mileage$4,500 O.B.O.

Call (250)398-0368

2009 Toyota CROLA 4DSDN GREY IN COLOUR. UPGRADED STEREO SYSTEM, STUDDED WINTER TIRE, SUMMER TIRES, COMMAND START. EXCELLENT CONDITION. ONE OWNER. ALL MAINTENANCE AND SERVICE DONE AT TOYOTA DEALER. CAN BE VIEWED AT 725 N MCKENZIE AVE. ASKING $12,900 OR OBO. CONTACT 250-305-6459 BY TEXT OR PHONE.

FOR Sale, A Sweet Car 1961 Studebaker 2 door Hawk fully restored to original condition with collectors plates insured for road. Runs great, beautiful interior and exterior, and a 1958 Silver Hawk in bad shape, Both for $19,900. Call 250-593-4475 Richard

Off Road Vehicles

2006 YZ 450 FHas maybe 50 hrs, like brand new, looked af-ter well. Still original

rear tire. $4500Ph. (250)303-1180

Recreational/Sale

10’ Bigfoot fi berglass fully insulated

camper shell with overhead queen size bed, air conditioner and heater

mounted on a 16 ft. car trailer with dry box spares. Ideal for hunting, mining,

week-enders etc. In Likely Area. $3,000 O.B.O.

Leave Message (604)855-5992

1996 Terry Travel Trailer 29 1/2 ft., living room slide out, queen-size bed, mi-crowave, full bathroom, livingroom slide-out,

sleeps six. Hardly used. $11,000.

(250)392-5779

Transportation

Recreational/Sale

1996 Nomad Travel Trailer 20.5’ Bedroom & dinette,

Sleeps 4. Super Clean.

$7000.(250)392-0451

1998 Gulfstream Friendship

40’ Motorhome1 Slide, 50,000 miles,

excellent condition, new tires. Just serviced,

330 Cummins diesel, Oak interior ,

tow car available.$60,000. fi rm(250)392-4615

1999 Damon Challenger Class A Motorhome, Ford V10, 33’, one slide, 92,000 km, new tires, brakes & batteries, $24,900 obo. (250)365-7152 Castlegar

2008 Dutchman Sport 27B

Sleeps 7-9, walk around queen bed,

bunks, great shape.

$9800.(250)296-4429

Sport Utility Vehicle

1996 Suburban Runs Great!

Newer motor with 100,000kms. Recent tune up, new intake gasket, ball joints and leaf springs.Moving must sell!

Asking $3,500.(250)243-2119

2000 GMC YukonXL 2500

Great family vehicle. Seats eight. Fully loaded. Bush bumper

and extra lights.238,857kms. Automatic.

$8000. OBO(250)398-6180

MAKE US AN OFFER!

2010 Jeep Sport Wrangler 3.8L V6, 6 speed. Removable hard top. 26,200kms, like new. $15,000 (250)392-9711

Transportation

Sport Utility Vehicle

2005 Yukon Good condition!Leather interior,

Sunroof, DVD player.220,000kms

Well maintained.Reduced to $9,000.Call (250)392-5787

Trucks & Vans1998 Ford Econoline Van 150 runs good. $900. & a GMC Transport van runs good. $900. 250-398-7886

2004 F150 Lariat 4X4 Fully Loaded, Power Everything,

182,000 kms. $9300 O.B.O.

Will consider Traders.(250)392-1501

Transportation

Trucks & Vans

2008 F150 4x4 XLTExt. cab, Long Box,

A/C, Cruise, PW, PDL, PM, Heated mirrors,

Canopy, tow package.Truck is in Kamloops

will deliver.$9000.

(250)682-5404

93 CHEVY SILVERADO EX-TENDED CAB 1500 2WD, 350 AUTO, PW, PDL, ICE COLD A/C, TOW PKG, REAR SUS-PENSION AIR BAGS, ECO-NOMICAL RUNS ON GAS OR PROPANE, VERY CLEAN, EXCELLENT MECHANICAL COND, CANOPY AND NEW WINTER TIRES INCLUDED. $3500. 250-392-5067 EVES, 250-303-2393 DAYS.

Transportation

Boats

16’2” Malibu Bowrider

with 115hp Merc O/B & trailer. Great shape.

$5400. (250)398-6113

2003 Four Winns Fish & Ski

Freedom 180 F/S, fully serviced 4.3L

VOLVO PENTA engine, removable side windows for

more fi shing room, tilt steering, removable seats

with interchanging seat posts, rear entry ladder, front control for rear leg trim, full

cover with anti pooling poles, electric motor off bow

for fi shing, custom matched trailer, Bimini top.

This is really a great boat!! $15,000 obo.

(250)354-7471 Nelson



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