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Merrittonians packed the Civic Centre on Wednesday and Thursday nights of last week for the Country Christmas dance recital and community concert, respectively.
On Nov. 26, dancers of all ages from the Love to Dance Academy in Merritt took a packed house through a Teddy Bears’ Picnic (top left), beautiful ballet routine (top middle) and even a comedic summer fishing excursion (bottom right) during the course of the show, titled Our Favourite Things.
Musicians of all stripes filled the Civic Centre with sound on Nov. 27. The evening featured returning favourites such as the Nicola Valley Community Band (top right), Merritt Community Choir (bottom left) and Bench Elementary School choir (middle left).
For more photos from the Country Christmas weekend, see the Thursday, Dec. 4 edition of the Merritt Herald.
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From the Herald archives: December 1995
Council studies traffic flow
Merritt city council is look-ing to improve the traffic flow in the downtown core.
Members want to see a pedestrian-activated light put in at Nicola Avenue and Garcia Street as well as lane changes imple-mented at Nicola Avenue and Voght Street to accom-modate right- and left-hand turns.
They also want couplets to be a consideration when any roadwork is undertaken in the future and a sign constructed show-ing Blair Street can be used as an entrance to down-town.
Some of the councillors said these measures, rather than a complete one-way couplet, would help with the flow of traffic coming into and out of the central downtown core.
The school district is seeing the effects of some shifting of students during the first few months of the school year after the teachers’ strike.
The district’s brick-and-mortar schools are down approximately 80 students from projec-tions, district superin-tendent Steve McNiven told board trustees at their meeting on Nov. 19.
However, in many ways that’s because students have changed schools, he said.
Some of the ways the numbers are skewed is by an increase in students in the south end of the district (Princeton schools) and a sub-stantial increase at the South Central Interior Distance Education
School (SCIDES).“We have seen a
dramatic increase at the distance education school,” McNiven said. “We projected a FTE [full-time enrolment] of 80, and we’re up over 200.”
McNiven said the increased enrolment at the local distance edu-cation school represents a growing number of students taking differ-ent pathways through Grades 11 and 12.
Merritt Secondary School is down 45 students from projec-tions, while Bench Elementary is up 10.
McNiven estimated the district lost between 25 and 30 students to area band schools dur-ing the strike.
The next enrolment projections come out in February.
Students shift schools post-strike
Upper Nicola water system improvedThe Upper Nicola Band
has a new domestic water system thanks in part to $2.8 million in funding from the federal government.
The funding provided the community with a new water well, reservoir, dis-tribution and supply lines, pump house and treatment plant.
Upper Nicola Band Chief Harvey McLeod told the Herald the upgraded water system is “a huge improvement” to the health and wellness of the 380 or so people who live on the
reserve and use its water. McLeod said the
upgrade means the people using this water system will no longer have to buy drinking water. He said that in the past, those who used the water would only use it for cooking and cleaning.
He said the old water system has been in place for several decades and had a high amount of iron in it, giving water a bad odour and causing it to stain whatever it came in contact with.
This new water treat-ment plant is the reserve’s first, McLeod said.
The water system
upgrade for the Upper Nicola community had been in the plans for a number of years.
The band received the funding in the last fiscal year and the project was completed over the summer, McLeod said.
“The new system ensures we have a water supply safe for all uses and we can ensure that the people of this community are given every opportunity for a healthier lifestyle. Access to clean and safe water is one of life’s priorities and we thank all involved for the new improved water system,” McLeod said in a
press release.The Whispering Pines
Band near Clinton received $2.1 million to upgrade its water system as well. The $5 million was distributed to the two bands by Aborig-inal Affairs and Northern Development Canada under its First Nations Water and Wastewater Action Plan.
Since 2006, the federal government has invested about $3 billion to support First Nations in managing their water and wastewater infrastructure, a Govern-ment of Canada press release stated.
Prior actions include the passing of the Safe
Drinking Water for First Nations Act, which enables the government and First Nations groups to work together to develop regulations aimed at protecting the health and safety of residents of First Nations lands by implementing enforceable standards.
The government’s Eco-nomic Action Plan has committed $320 million to improving water systems and wastewater infrastruc-ture in First Nations com-munities.
Upper Nicola Band has a total membership of about 960 people.
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HARLEM SHAKE
Andre Rivers of the Harlem Ambassadors slams home one of many highlight reel dunks his team scored against the Conayt Friendship Society All-Stars on Thursday night at Merritt Secondary School.
After generously giving the Conayt All-Stars 50 points halfway through the game, the Ambassadors walked away with the win in a close game that featured plenty of comedic antics.
Michael Potestio/Herald
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City of Merritt ★ 2185 Voght Street, Box 189Merritt, BC V1K 1B8 ★ Phone: 250-378-4224
Public NoticeNOTICE OF HIGHWAY CLOSURE AND REMOVAL OF DEDICATION
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Council of the City of Merritt intends to con-sider the adoption of City of Merritt Highway Closure and Removal of Dedication Bylaw No. 2180. The proposed Bylaw would close to traffic and remove its dedica-tion as highway of unimproved portions of road located north-west of the City of Merritt Airport.
A copy of Bylaw No. 2180 and related reports and agreements are available for viewing at City Hall and may be obtained by contacting Allan Chabot, Chief Administrative Officer at 250-378-8613 or by e-mail at [email protected]
All persons who deem their interests affected by the Bylaw may make representations to Council at the Regular Meeting scheduled to be held Tuesday, December 16, 2014, commencing at 7:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers at City Hall, 2185 Voght Street, Merritt, BC.
This is the first of two notices, dated this 4th day of December, 2014.
The following is an excerpt from the City of Merritt regu-lar council meeting agenda from Nov. 18, 2014.
At the regular coun-cil meeting held Oct. 14, 2014, city council approved funding sup-port in the amount of $2,000 to support Rec-onciliation Canada’s proposed reconciliation workshops in Merritt in 2015. At that time, the proposal was to host and deliver four work-shops in Merritt.
Since that time, Rec-onciliation Canada has determined that many communities in B.C. are unfamiliar with a formal reconciliation process and are finding it difficult to commit resources for four work-shops. As such, Recon-ciliation Canada has revised the workshop proposals and plans to deliver two work-shops in Merritt, one for community leaders and another for young adult leaders on Feb. 2 and 3, respectively. If after these workshops the community has demonstrated an inter-est and commitment to continue the process, Reconciliation Canada would return to Merritt to host two additional workshops, including a reconciliation action workshop and an eco-nomic reconciliation workshop.
Given the revised plan, half of council’s
funding support will be allocated to the Feb-ruary 2 and 3, 2015 workshops and the remainder of the bal-ance will be retained so that if there is sufficient interest, the additional two workshops can also occur.
Reconciliation dialogue workshops
Each workshop comprises 30 to 40 par-ticipants who reflect the diversity in the commu-nity. This may include leaders from local First Nations, aboriginal organizations, all levels of government, justice, education, health and community organiza-tions, multicultural and faith-based groups, and the private sector. Workshops are mod-elled on an aboriginal circle process that cre-ates a supportive and safe environment for meaningful dialogue and relationship build-ing. Together, partici-pants explore pathways to reconciliation and develop community-based and community-driven reconciliation action plans.
The 100 Reconcili-ation Dialogue Work-shop Series entails delivery of two one-day workshops. The first, a community leader-ship workshop, brings together community leaders and change-makers from diverse cultural, faith and pro-fessional backgrounds.
It is followed by a young adult leadership workshop to engage young adults and emerging change-mak-ers in reconciliation.
A second stream of Reconciliation Canada programming will be available in the follow-ing months if commu-nities are committed to and interested in con-tinuing the work. This programming includes a reconciliation action workshop and an eco-nomic reconciliation workshop.
Reconciliation Canada has received generous support from Central Okanagan Foundation and Vancouver Foundation. This contribution will assist Reconciliation Canada, in part, in the delivery of the Community Series in Merritt.
Measurements of success
• Commitment to reconciliation measured by the number of par-ticipants that attend the reconciliation dialogue workshops;
• Number of com-munity dialogue facili-tators who commit to the delivery of the workshops and promo-tion of reconciliation initiatives in the com-munities and local organizations;
• Communities that implement community reconciliation action plans.
Reconciliation Canada specifi es plans for workshops
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During the fall season, my dad Billy McLeod would have men like his friends Eli Tom and Adam Boston help him with logs, which had to be brought down from the mountain range. The logs were felled earlier in the summer for fire-wood.
Eli and Adam har-nessed the team of horses, hitched them to the big wagon, and loaded their axes and other tools they would need.
Adam did the driv-ing of the big wagon,
snapping the leather reins, while Eli kept watch on the road. My dad rode horseback so he could open slipwire gates for Adam and Eli, then close the gates again so people’s cattle and horses would not get out of their pastures.
On the way, we stopped at Caro-line’s home for coffee. She invited us for lunch and we accepted. Her home was on the moun-tainside surrounded by cottonwood trees, over-looking the reserve. I used to enjoy visiting her. I remember listen-ing to the soap opera As the World Turns on her battery-operated radio while she and I did the dishes.
Then I had to leave, with my dad and the other two.
We arrived at the log site. Adam had the crosscut saw ready, my dad got the other end
of the saw, and then they began to cut.
The logs were pretty big, so the cutting took time. Then the last one was done, loaded up and ready to go.
Eli had the team of horses hitched up to the wagon again, and we were on our way home.
My horse could feel the snow in the night air. He began to trot faster without my encouraging him, the saddle making creaking sounds from the cold.
I saw our home ahead, the coal oil lamps giving light through the windows, which looked so warm and inviting.
The barn was dark, so my dad had the coal oil lantern lit, then he brought the lantern out-side for us to see what we were doing.
Adam unhitched the team of horses while Eli dropped hay into the
hay stalls.The harness was
removed from the hors-es, then hung up inside the barn.
My horse was unsad-dled, then put inside the barn too.
Then we went up to the house. Inside it was so warm and the food smelled so good. Each of the men washed up, then we sat at the table. Prayers were said by Clement, then we all ate.
My dad asked the men, what did you do while we were gone?
My brother Clement said he cleaned out the meat cooler, then placed fresh meat inside. Back then we did not have a refrigerator. The meat cooler was homemade. It had four walls with screens on them.
Clarence cleaned the barn, shoveled manure, then filled the hay loft with more hay.
Herman cleaned the root cellar, making room for fresh produce later like potatoes, tur-nips, carrots, apples and dry salmon, too.
During the Depres-sion years, we always had men living with us. My dad gave them a place to sleep and a place to live in comfort, without shame or deg-radation. He said, this is how our Lord, our K’welencuten, would treat these people. Now, my family, you remember this: always treat others with respect, with hon-our and dignity.
Isaiah 65; 24. “And it shall be that before they call I will answer; and while they are yet speak-ing I will hear. Thus says the Lord God Almighty.”
As always, in friendship,
Jeanette McMasterElder, Upper Nicola Band
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As part of this work, helicopters are required in some areas along the right-of-way between the Highland and Merritt substations. These helicopters will be stringing a temporary rope line, which will be used to pull the permanent transmission line (conductors) into place. This work is planned to be completed over 3 to 5 days by mid-December.
The contractor has obtained the necessary permits and permissions and is in compliance with Transport Canada requirements. Wherever possible, helicopters follow routes and schedules that minimize disturbances to residents.
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You’ve heard of Mil-lion Dollar Baby, the 2004 Best Picture award-win-ning blockbuster starring Hilary Swank and Clint Eastwood about a trail-blazing female boxer.
But did you know that Saskatchewan is home to an actual million dollar baby?
I bet the prairie cou-
ple to whom she belongs wouldn’t have believed it either had said baby not been born early and dur-ing a trip to Hawaii in October 2013.
The premature baby came at a premium, which included hospital bills, a month of inten-sive care for the tiny infant and hotel bills for the parents to the tune of $900,000.
The little girl’s mother has stated to various media outlets that she had no prior complica-tions with her pregnancy, everything looked safe and healthy, and her decision to travel came with careful consider-ation.
She also purchased some travel insurance,
just in case.However, a year
later, the woman is still embroiled in a bitter battle with Saskatchewan Blue Cross over who will pick up the tab at the American hospitals that cared for her family when they were in need.
The company says it found nine events dur-ing her pregnancy that prevent it from accepting her claim that it is liable for the coverage.
The parents aren’t giving up, though, and have enlisted the help of a Toronto lawyer to keep up the fight.
It’s hard not to sym-pathize with someone who, on top of the emo-tional turmoil of going into labour unexpectedly
early and facing all the health risks that poses, must now contend with potential bankruptcy.
It’s also hard to sym-pathize with the insur-ance company’s coverage of its own liability, but there is likely so much more to the case that isn’t being publicly shared.
There is good news: good people have started a gofundme page, which is a crowd-sourced online fundraiser.
And most importantly, the baby is healthy and doing well.
Still, being hundreds of thousands of dollars in limbo is a terrible spot for any people of aver-age income to be in.
In Calgary, a new
husband is trying desper-ately to help his young bride recover from a brain hemorrhage that left her in a coma while on their honeymoon. She has been in hospital in Colombia since Nov. 16.
Though this couple, too, had insurance, it won’t cover the estimat-ed $164,000 it will cost to medevac her back to Calgary.
A crowd-sourced fundraising page at you-caring.com has already raised $36,000 for the pair.
It is just amazing how much people — com-plete strangers — will band together for some-one who needs the help.
This was not MLK’s dream
Less than a month ago, I was in Memphis, Tenn., standing within a few feet of the balcony on which Martin Luther King Jr. was assas-sinated by James Earl Ray.
It was cold in Memphis that day, colder than the mercury in Kamloops, despite Memphis’ Deep South latitude, but I truly did feel warm as I stepped forward, within a few steps of the wreath that marks the spot on the second-floor balcony of the Lorraine Motel where a great man was silenced.
To be right there essentially defies description.
The Lorraine Motel is frozen in time. Everything — the motel sign, the parking lot, the wing-tailed cars and the building itself — is as it was on April 4, 1968, when King was murdered.
The motel is now a U.S. historic site and is attached to the National Civil Rights Museum, which, on the day I visited, was a lonely place.
On the day I visited, there were two people outside the motel — a black woman who was preparing to start her shift inside the museum and a black woman shivering under a tarp as she held a cardboard sign decrying the gentrification of the South of Main neighbourhood in which the Lorraine Motel stands.
Both welcomed this Canadian to their city — and both cautioned me to be careful.
To be sure, the downtown Mem-phis I visited is a hard place, part of a city that, outside of Grace-land and the Riverwalk and Beale Street, is broken badly and trying desperately to recover.
I thought of Memphis and the once-in-a-lifetime-journey to the Lorraine Motel as I watched the latest coverage this week from Fer-guson, a suburb of St. Louis.
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In August, a white Ferguson police officer named Darren Wilson shot and killed an 18-year-old black teenager named Michael Brown, an act that led to protests in the streets.
(The use of “black” and “white” to describe people is intentional as protesters have made the shooting a black-and-white issue. It may be. Racism remains a huge issue in the U.S. But, let’s not forget the fact Brown was a massive bully, six-foot-four and 285 pounds, who had just robbed a store, assaulted its owner and attacked the cop who ultimately
fatally shot him).Last month, a grand jury
declined to indict Wilson for the shooting, a decision that led to more protests in the streets of Ferguson.
Along with law-abiding protest-ers came the requisite thugs, who proceeded to surprise nobody by looting stores, setting them ablaze, then shooting at firefighters who attempted to save the businesses.
CNN was on the scene with mul-tiple reporters, one of whom stood near where the looters were doing their deed and declared, solemnly, that such a scene was the result of rage manifested due to what the
looters saw as injustice.Of course, the reporter was
wrong.The gathering of law-abiding
protesters holding signs and chant-ing slogans was a response to what they saw as an injustice.
The swarms of people breaking windows, stealing items and burning down businesses?
Most would be hard-pressed to name either person involved in this issue.
But, even if one of those thugs was destroying a black-owned store in a black neighbourhood to protest a white cop killing a black teen-
ager, one can only think of Martin Luther King.
The great man forced more change in America by his words than any amount of shattered glass, charred wood and attacks on police will ever accomplish.
King once said, “A riot is the lan-guage of the unheard.”
With respect to Ferguson, he was correct — the thugs in the street were hell-bent on rioting even before they heard the grand jury’s verdict.
Christopher Foulds is editor of Kamloops This Week.
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Rioting in Ferguson not a form of protest
Dear Editor,
Re: B.C. rental situation in crisis, Merritt Herald, Nov. 20
Calling it a crisis implies a sense of urgency. This so-called crisis started in the early ’70s with the implementation of the Landlord and Tenant Act. Similar laws were set up all over North America around the same time. As for B.C., there has hardly been a purpose-built rental apartment building constructed since.
At that time, you could rent an apartment in Vancouver for $200 to $300 a month. There were calls that the rents were too high then as well.
Then came the act and everything changed. Regulated rents stayed low for many years but the vacancy rate plum-meted to near zero per cent. It hasn’t been easy to get rental accommodation for my entire adult life.
As a landlord, I would not recommend this industry to anyone. There is no profit in it. It’s a game for your accoun-tant and your banker to convince you there is value in some-thing called leverage. I am not convinced.
As I see it, you invest $200,000 to $300,000 of borrowed money to make maybe $100 or less per month. Not to men-tion the time it takes — it does waste a lot of time you can’t properly write off. Anything and everything that can go wrong comes out of that hundred bucks. There are easier ways to make $100.
So, how are you going to convince the people that have the time and credit resources to build rental accommodation to do so?
Jeff OlstadMerritt
Rental business not profi table
While the Internet can be a nightmar-ish vortex of sinister things shielded by anonymity, it has a Jekyll-and-Hyde com-plex that also makes it a great tool for unit-ing people.
Frankly, a generous spirit is nothing sur-prising to many of the people of Merritt.
The recent Rotary auction on Q101 also raised a whopping $10,000 for the
local food bank and cold weather shelter, two local charities that do awesome work in the community that’s especially salient this time of year.
Time and money are valuable, and are even more valuable when they’re given as a gift.
If you find yourself with a few extra hours or dollars this month, consider lending some of it to an organization or a person in need.
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By Ian WebsterTHE [email protected]
The West Zone Grade 8 girls volleyball championships wrapped up in dramatic fashion on November 20 with Merritt Secondary School’s stellar young squad placing a very creditable second.
It couldn’t have been a much closer finish as all three teams that qualified for the finals emerged from round robin play with a record of one win and one loss.
“The Westsyde Whundas, South
Kamloops Titans and Merritt were the final-ists,” MSS head coach Dwayne Suzuki said. “In the first match, Westsyde handed South Kam its first loss of the season. Then we played Westsyde and beat them two straight — 25-23, 26-24. In the final match of the night, we lost two straight to the Titans.
“I believe our girls were emotionally spent after their big win over Westsyde,” Suzuki said.
With all three teams tied, the first tiebreak-ing formula was sets
won and lost. The three sides were still on equal terms. The second tiebreaker was total points for versus total points against. South Kamloops emerged on top by the narrowest of margins over Merritt with Westsyde in third.
“Overall, it was a fantastic season,” Suzuki said. “The team showed continual improvement all year and made it to the finals against two teams it hadn’t beaten all year.
“This group of girls should form the nucleus of the junior girls team
next year as there was only one Grade 9 girl on this year’s junior squad. If they continue to develop their volleyball skills, the group should be contenders right up until their graduating year.”
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MSS Grade 8s show all the right stuff in fi nishing second
IN DENIAL
Merritt Secondary School Panther Haley Zabek (9) stuffs her opponent’s attempted attack hit at the net during Grade 8 girls’ action earlier this season.Zabek, Harvir Natt (14) and the rest of the MSS team finished second in the West Zone. Ian Webster/Herald
SECOND PLACE FINISHERS The Merritt Murray GM bantam rep team finished second in their own six-team tournament on the November 22 weekend. They lost 6-1 to Smithers in the gold medal game. Members of the Murray GM team above are (back row, left to right) head coach Bill Kelly, Fred Ware, Kaelan Lester, Justin Tighe, Connor Ouellet, Marco Camastro, asst. coach Lindsay Tighe, (middle row) Tanveer Bansi, Travis Simon, Anthony Tulliani, Tyler Simon, Liam Kelly, Gordon Ware, (front row) Holden King and Mack Stead. Missing is Armoni McRae, asst. coach Marcel Ouellet and AP call-ups Darius Sam and Tyler Mosley.
Photo courtesy of Alyssa Thompson
SEASON’S GREETINGS The new Merritt Centennials’ bus, with arguably the league’s best decaling, looked pretty spectacu-lar in this year’s Santa Claus parade on Friday night. Ian Webster/Herald
25 BCHLers make 2014 WJAC selection camp
The selection camp rosters for the 2014 World Junior A Challenge have been announced and 25 BCHL play-ers have been invited to the Team Canada West tryouts this coming weekend in Calgary.
Included in the 60 invitees to the Team Canada West selection camp are six goaltenders, 18 defencemen and 36 forwards.
In addition to the British Columbia Hockey League, the play-ers selected represent teams belonging to the Alberta Junior Hockey League (AJHL), the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League (SJHL), the Manitoba Junior Hockey League (MJHL) and the Superior International Junior Hockey League (SIJHL).
The list of 25 BCHL play-ers includes 19-year-old Merritt Centennials’ forward Diego Cuglietta.
Twelve of the BCHL’s 16 member teams are represented on the TCW selection roster. The Penticton Vees lead the way with five players listed, followed by Powell River with four and both Langley and West Kelowna with three. Other clubs listed are Merritt, Prince George, Chilliwack, Trail, Vernon, Nanaimo and Alberni Valley.
The 2014 World Junior A
Challenge runs from December 14 to 20 in Kindersley, Sask. It involves teams from Canada West and Canada East, along with the United States, Russia, Switzerland and Denmark.
Following the Team Canada West selection camp from December 6 to 9, 24 players will make the final cut. They will continue practising in Calgary until December 12 when Canada West will travel to Eston, Sask. to play the United States in the only exhibition game for both teams.
This year’s World Junior A Challenge kicks off on Sunday, December 14 with two games. Team Canada East plays Switzerland, fol-lowed by Team Canada West versus Denmark.
Canada West is in Pool B at the ninth WJAC with Denmark and Russia. The U.S. and Switzerland are joined by Canada East in Pool A.
Canada West and the United States are the only winners of the WJAC. The last time Team Canada West won was in 2011 in Langley.
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Thank YouThere are no words to express our heartfelt “Thank you” for the sympathy extended to our family before and during the loss of
our wife and mother Wilma Gabara.
The Royal Canadian Legion – Merritt Branch, Curt and his Team at Blacks Pharmacy, Sta at both, Nicola Valley Hospital
& Gillis House, Dr & Mrs Smit, wonderful friends who brought food, cards, owers and supported her Tea in so many ways.
The kind generosity of good friends like you has been a great help to us during this tremendously di cult time.
Again, thank you. John Gabara & Family.
EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY JOB TITLE: Cultural Activities Coordinator-part timeCLOSING DATE: December 05, 2014
PURPOSE: To promote physical, emotional, spiritual and mental wellness to help bring a healthy balance for youth and families through cultural and traditional bi-monthly activities.
QUALIFICATIONS:• Grade 12 level of education is preferred but
not necessarily required• Track budget for cultural activities• Work with minimum supervision• Knowledge and understanding of local First
Nations culture, language and customs• Exceptional oral and written communication• Excellent time management and organization
skills• Schedule presenters for activities• Book band hall for activities• Supervise activities• Order supplies for activities• Valid class 5 driver’s license and reliable
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Thank you to those who submitted their resumes. Only selected candidates will be contacted. The successful candidate will have a criminal record check including the vulnerable sector.
Please submit cover letter and resume via fax, e-mail or in person to:
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