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Trail council says taking the reins for Silver City Days is a way to bring com-munity, culture and heritage back to the annual May celebration.
The Trail Festival Society says it feels like a takeover by the city.
At Tuesday night’s meeting, festi-val volunteers were informed that Trail council, city staff and selected volun-teers would now head the five-day event.
Coun. Sandy Santori will head a new committee structure that includes three city staff members and three not-yet-selected volunteer chairs.
“This all started when we had our strategic planning session in March,” Trail Mayor Mike Martin told the Trail Times on Wednesday. “At that point, council set a number of priorities to move forward and one of them was to have a look at community festivals.”
An internal discussion in June, solidi-fied Trail council's decision to revise the event's structure.
“Highlighting the sense of commu-nity, culture and heritage is really what we are trying to capture,” he explained, clarifying no “one” theme is prevalent. “And in that regard, we see a much expanded event.”
Community organizations will con-tinue to play a key role in the event, Martin maintains, adding, council hopes the re-structure will also renew interest and engagement with all local groups, including non-profits.
“We are going to be advertising for expressions of interest of who would like to participate in chairing these three committees,” Martin clarified. “It doesn't stop there. The three commit-tee chairs (for community, culture and heritage) will take on the portfolios but there will be many other volunteer roles to help put on the event we are envision-ing at this point.”
Ian McLeod, a 20-year chair of the Trail Festival Society, says he thinks the city is stepping back to a time when problems first began with Silver City Days.
“That's where things really fell apart,” he said. “So this is a tough one to swal-low, let's put it that way.”
Traditionally, the event was entirely volunteer-run, so he questions the cost now that city staff is involved.
“Why would you take a committee of
people, some since the inception, and say you are not needed anymore,” said McLeod. “At this point in time, I am not sure what is going to happen until the society meets in the next two to three weeks.”
Involving city staff in organizing the spring festival will not add cost to the taxpayer, noted David Perehudoff, Trail's chief administrative officer.
“These are all management employ-ees who are not compensated for over-time,” he explained.
Robert Baker, deputy director for parks and recreations, Andrea Jolly, the city's communications and events coor-dinator and Deputy Finance Director Rino Merlo, comprise the city's three-person team.
“Wages are a fixed cost and staff will have to balance these new work demands with other work demands going forward,” Perehudoff added. “And there will not be an incremental cost as
a result.”He says extra costs is overly simplis-
tic when evaluating change; an analysis needs to consider all reasons for change and what council hopes to achieve.
“Further, continuing to operate the festival under the current volunteer umbrella would be difficult to sustain,” he continued. “And in this respect, council is being proactive in terms of advancing a new approach as opposed to waiting until something went off the rails then having to react to the situa-tion.”
The city provided a $38,725 grant to the society and spent an additional $12,750 in labour this year.
“We've always done well, we don't make lot of money, but the bills were paid,” said McLeod. “One year, before I was president, we were behind – but other than that, we always came out ahead. But it wasn't about money, it was about having the event.”
Change in direction for Silver City Days
B Y V A L E R I E R O S S ITimes Staff
Castlegar could be the new location for an animal shelter, pending the closure of the Trail SPCA branch and the need for a local partnership for a new one.
To cover the cost of a $1.6 million facil-ity, BC SPCA is looking for a three-way split between the non-profit, the provincial gov-ernment and local government.
Trail manager Danielle Jackman said BC SPCA is com-mitted to closing the Trail location but just as com-mitted to ensur-ing continued service to the Regional District of Kootenay B o u n d a r y (RDKB), which is part of its vast service area.
After a $550,000 facility funding request was turned down by the regional district, Jackman was pleased when Castlegar asked for a presentation earlier this month. She's expecting a decision from Castlegar soon but couldn't expand on details.
“We're currently looking at different pos-sibilities and options through them,” she explained. “Of course we would have loved to have (stayed in) the City of Trail but that doesn't look like that's an option at this time.”
Jackman started as a kennel assistant back in 1999, working her way up to branch manager.
She's seen the 2,500-square-foot facility redesigned many times to fit animal's needs but ultimately there has never been enough room. Additional kennels are piled up in the back of the facility and without a proper exam room, staff often is giving in-house vaccinations in the office.
“This facility definitely needs a change,” she said. “Obviously it's not meeting the needs of both the animals and the staff who are working there,” she added. “A new facil-ity is very exciting, and it can only benefit both communities (Trail and Castlegar), no matter which community it ends up in.”
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Castlegar ponders
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City of Trail taking over reins from volunteer committee
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The annual Silver City Days festival will be taken over by the City of Trail next year.
“We’re currently looking at different
possibilities and options through
them.”
DANIELLE JACKMAN
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As drought continues across the province, Rossland increased its water restrictions to Stage 4 begin-ning today (Thursday).
The tightened regulations pro-hibit the use of all sprinklers on lawn and garden, including timed underground watering systems, on any property in the city.
Pursuant to the city's water ser-vice bylaw, beside no watering of lawns, garden watering is only per-mitted with a hand-held hose with a
spring-loaded shut off device or by a hand-held container.
Hosing of sidewalks, driveways, and building exteriors is prohibited, as well as washing motor and/or recreational vehicles.
Additionally, water cannot be used to fill or top swimming or wad-ing pools, gardens ponds or decora-tive fountains, unless they are self-circulating.
Stage 5 restrictions, which sus-pend all outside of use of water, may be announced if the current weather pattern continues.
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FROM PAGE 1Updating the cur-
rent facility is not an option. There is likely an electrical problem, a rodent issue and the location itself is not suitable for hous-ing animals because it shares a property with a pollution treat-ment plant. The smell emanating from the plant is not pleasant for animals or staff, but the real issue is safety, said Jackman.
“Should they (the pollution treatment plant) have a gas leak, evacuation is not pos-sible,” she said.
The washer needs to be replaced, chain link fences in a dog’s kennel needs repair, and the fans are not enough to keep the animals comfortable.
The old facility is aesthetically ugly and tells a story of numer-ous attempts to make the space work with mismatched flooring, spray foam to keep out mice, and electrical outlets on the ceiling, which once worked well for a groomer.
The condition of the 33-year-old facility was described as detri-mental to health and welfare of staff, vol-unteers, and animals when the matter was discussed during an
April 30 board meeting in Grand Forks. Craig Daniels, BCSPCA chief executive officer, pre-sented service options then and clarified the organization’s flexibil-ity in seeking a part-nership.
The initial proposal centred around the development of a facil-ity on an acreage pre-viously purchased on Old Waneta Road.
The organization planned to remain in Trail when it bought a $314,000 parcel of land with early talks of a 3,000-square foot shelter to open as the BC SPCA’s West Kootenay/Boundary Community Animal Centre.
The funding would cover the cost of a facility spacious enough to handle the volume of animals that are brought in for temporary shelter. The facility houses about 500-600 animals annually and generally sits at capacity of 25 cats and well within the permitted 16 dogs. This doesn’t include the many animals that are fostered out in the community.
Jackman is one of three full-time staff, who are supported by one part timer and four casuals.
The Trail branch is scheduled to close at the end of the year, but BC SPCA plans for an uninterrupted physic-al presence in the West Kootenay.
The RDKB con-tracts with the SPCA for animal control service on behalf of service participants (City of Trail, Villages of Montrose and
Fruitvale, Electoral Areas A and B). This is beyond the regular services that the non-profit provides to its communities of cover-age.
Trail facility to close by end of the year
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Without an exam room, Trail SPCA’s Debbie Behl administers vaccines with help from manager Danielle Jackman in the facility’s office. The Trail branch is scheduled to close at the end of the year, but BC SPCA plans for an uninterrupted physical presence in the West Kootenay.
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Other• Friday, Trail Market on the Esplanade goes
from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. Plenty of vendors, good eats and more.
Music• Tonight, Gyro Park 7 p.m. Music in the
Park presents The Old Time Fiddlers in the final performance of the 2015 series. Renditions of traditional and country favourites, sponsored by Kootenay Savings Credit Union. Toonie donation suggested, remember to bring a lawn chair.
Upcoming• Sept. 5 and Sept. 6, Canadian Fire Fighters
raise funds for Muscular Dystrophy at the Robson Volunteer Fire Dept. Show support for people with the neuromuscular disorder at Let's Make Muscles Move event. For info, call 608.3635.
• Sept. 8, tick-ets on sale at the Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital Health Foundation for Nov. 14 Snowflake Gala. Proceeds to the foundation's Urology Campaign. Dinner by
Gabriella's Restaurant. Live music, dancing, and silent auction. Champagne reception 6 p.m., 7 p.m. dinner, dance to follow. Tables of 8, 10, 16 and 18 can be reserved. For info, contact the foundation at 250.364.3424.
• Sept. 9, Butler Park in Trail, 5:30 p.m. for the Trail Smoke Eaters Charity Softball Game. Meet the 2015 Smoke Eaters when they take on a team of regional firefighters and Trail RCMP. Admission by donation, burgers, fries, drinks and ice cream. $20 donors receive ticket to first game of the season against Vernon Vipers Sept. 12.
• Sept. 9, Trail Memorial Centre, 5:15-6:30 p.m. for Kidsport, free public skate for families.
• Sept. 9, Trail Memorial Centre gym, 5-7:30 p.m. for KidSport marketplace. Free community event for residents to learn about sport, recre-ation and culture options in the region.
• Sept. 10, Jazz at the Griff returns with the Gabriel Palatchi Trio. Trail drummer Tony Ferraro, Nelson bass player Doug Stephenson joined by Palatchi, an Argentinian keyboardist. A reflection of cultures including Latin jazz, tango, funk, reggae and samba. Performance in the Muriel Griffiths room, tickets available at the Charles Bailey Theatre box office, 368.9669 or at the door. Reserved tables available for groups of four or more.
• Sept. 12, Colombo Piazza, 8 a.m., sign-in, 9 a.m. start for the United Way Storm the Stairs event. Raise money for the local charity in a fun run event. Block party kicks off 11 a.m. until 3 p.m. Prizes, raffles, barbeque lunch and more. Call 364.0999 for info or visit traildistrictunited-way.com and click Storm the Stairs event.
• Sept. 13, Red Roofs Duathlon, Gyro Park at 8:30 a.m. for first leg of competitive run. Event finishes at 2 p.m.
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B y T i m e s s T a f fCastlegar RCMP were forced to
use two spike belts in a bid stop a high-speed vehicle on Saturday near Salmo.
Police reports state it had received complaints of erratic driv-ing involving a truck coming from the Grand Forks area. The truck had been reported stolen out of Alberta.
Officers attempted to stop the vehicle but the driver began driv-ing at dangerous speeds going into oncoming traffic.
The police did not pursue but a short time later the vehicle was spotted on the Bombi Summit Pass.
Again, despite police activating emergency equipment, the driver continued his high-speed driving and forced officers to back off.
A spike belt was set up on the east side of the Bombi and the truck struck the belt but continued at a high speed despite a flat front tire.
A second spike belt was set up and was struck by the truck, which
continued until the rubber on the tires had disintegrated and the truck was running on its rims.
The driver eventually lost control and went into the ditch on Highway 3 near Wildwood Lane right before the Erie Creek Provincial Park.
The driver fled into the woods on foot, but the two passengers were apprehended near the crash scene. The passengers, a 20-year-old female and an 18-year-old male, were sub-sequently released from police cus-tody.
Police are requesting a warrant of arrest for the 22-year-old male driver who is still at large.
All three subjects are from Alberta.
In an unrelated matter, an Alberta man was sentenced to four months in jail on Tuesday after he was discovered with a stolen vehicle in Castlegar on Sunday.
The man attempted to flee police on foot but struck a pole and was knocked out.
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OPINION
Cross-border beer battle sets up constitutional fightCanadians seem
obsessed with the Mike Duffy story these days, deem-
ing it a scandalous cover-up of inappropriate behav-iour.
But, as of Tuesday, an even more scandalous cov-er-up – one that has gone virtually unnoticed by the public for approximately 94 years – will hit the head-lines in a New Brunswick courtroom.
On trial – at least, nom-inally – is retiree Gerard Comeau, who commit-ted the heinous offence of bringing home 14 cases of beer and some other alco-hol from Quebec into New Brunswick back in 2012. (Alcohol is much cheaper in Quebec.)
No sooner did Mr. Comeau cross the border with his bargain booze, than he was stopped by the RCMP. They seized his purchases and fined him $292.50. Mr. Comeau hadn’t known it, but he was breaking New Brunswick law by importing more than 12 pints of beer from another province.
It’s that law, the Liquor Control Act, that is real-ly going on trial start-
ing today, August 25. Mr. Comeau and his lawyers will challenge the consti-tutionality of a statute that makes quasi-criminals out of thousands of unwitting New Brunswickers every year.
Under Canada’s consti-tution, adopted in 1867 as the British North America Act, internal trade barriers like this aren’t supposed to exist. Section 121 of the constitution says, “All arti-cles of the growth, produce, or manufacture of any one of the Provinces shall, from and after the Union, be admitted free into each of the other Provinces.”
Contemporary state-ments of the Fathers of Confederation, including Sir John A. Macdonald, George Brown and George-Etienne Cartier, demon-strate that an important benefit they expected to gain from confederation would be to “throw down the barriers of trade” and unify a market of four mil-lion people.
But half a century later, during the Prohibition era, the federal government enacted legislation that for-bade transporting alcoholic beverages from Alberta to
Saskatchewan. An Alberta company called Gold Seal Limited, whose business was trading nationwide in alcohol, challenged the law in court.
And, here’s where the scandal comes in. After the Supreme Court of Canada had heard arguments in the case, but before it had rendered its decision, two of the five Supreme Court judges on the case were summoned by the federal Minister of Justice for a meeting. The two judges and the justice minister were old chums; they had all attended the same Jesuit college in Montreal.
Nobody knows exact-ly what was said at the meeting, but the minister reportedly asked how the
court was planning to rule. He naturally wanted them to uphold his government’s law.
His tete-a-tete appar-ently worked its intended magic. When the Supreme Court announced its deci-sion a few months later, a four-to-one majority (including the two judges who had met with the pol-itician) pronounced the law to be valid, largely because of a hastily passed federal bill (possibly suggested by the judges themselves) retroactively declaring that the defects in the chal-lenged law were rectified. As far as Section 121 of the constitution was con-cerned, the court threw in the casual opinion that it prohibited only customs duties between provinces; other trade barriers were permissible. A politically-tainted precedent was set.
Nobody knew then about the secret meeting. We know about it now only because one of the Supreme Court judges involved in the Gold Seal case wrote a letter several years later, mentioning it as an example of how polit-ical pressure had interfered with judicial independence.
Toronto lawyer Ian Blue unearthed and publicized the then 85-year-old letter in his 2010 article On the Rocks; the Gold Seal Case: A Surprising Second Look.
These days, it would be considered outrageous for a cabinet minister to meet privately with judges while they were considering the validity of legislation that the minister wanted upheld. In fact, the Supreme Court called meetings between judges and cabinet minis-ters “clearly inappropriate” in a 1997 decision, caus-ing the chief justice of the Federal Court to resign.
A cloud of suspicion hangs over the Gold Seal precedent and its strange interpretation of section 121. Prohibition ended decades ago. It’s time to undo the damage done by that politically comprom-ised decision so that Gerard Comeau and others like him can legally engage in interprovincial trade, as the Fathers of Confederation intended.
Karen Selick is the litigation director for the Canadian Constitution Foundation, which is sup-porting Mr. Comeau’s con-stitutional challenge.
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When Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper trav-eled to Campbell River and the Comox Valley last week, the visit offered local residents a rare chance for an up-close-and-personal look at their top elected official.
Who are we kidding? No, it didn’t.
In a tightly scripted and security-heavy blitz to stump for local Conservative Party candidates in the upcom-ing Oct. 19 federal election, Harper did shake a few hands and sign a few autographs. But this special treatment was afforded only to a select hand-ful of ticketed party faithful in a rally at Black Creek’s Coastal Black Winery.
Which was announced with about 75 minutes advance notice.
For anybody else hoping to catch a glimpse of the prime minister’s smiling face, their best chance was to catch the larger-than-life version painted on the side of the campaign bus that lumbered through the communities Thursday and Friday carrying national press and aides.
Campaigns certainly have the right to hold private func-tions and fundraisers, and Thursday’s rally was never billed as anything else.
But Harper’s second appear-ance, held Friday morning at a
private residence overlooking McIvor Lake, was portrayed as a “public event” in a brief press release to the Mirror. Problem was, it was announced at 6:49 a.m. and said only that local media interested in attending were requested to meet at the entrance to Elk Falls Provincial Park less than two hours later.
And that was simply to meet a media helper who would then guide us to the as-yet undis-closed location for the actual event, an announcement by the prime minister to a few dozen fans of a promised environ-mental initiative should the Conservatives be returned to government.
Oh, and this time — unlike Thursday night — questions from the press! Three, to be precise (Mike Duffy, anyone?).
This hardly conjures images of Caesar marching triumph-ant through the streets of Rome. More like another panel of “Where’s Waldo?”
Granted, any country’s lead-er is expected a level of secur-ity. But the cloak-and-dagger secrecy surrounding Harper’s brief North Island tour seems symptomatic of a closed-door approach to governance that runs counter to the concept of a healthy democracy.
Sure, there are plenty of people who show up with signs and, in one humorous instance, a sousaphone, to demonstrate. In some cases, these protests seem little more than a visceral
distaste of Harper himself. But while a red, octagonal “Stop Harper” sign leaves something to be desired in terms of public policy alternative, many cit-izens have very legitimate con-cerns about real government actions and policies.
Fortunately for them, they still have the vote.
And they have much greater access to their local riding can-didates.
Less than two weeks before Harper came surrounded by the palace guard, North Island-Powell River Conservative can-didate Laura Smith was racing fearlessly around the local log-ger sports ground surrounded by sharpened axes, chainsaws and little else between her and the public.
You’ve still got nearly eight weeks to listen to and share your views with all four of our local candidates — and act accordingly on Oct. 19.
Pretty clearly, Harper arrived in the region for the purpose of shoring up sup-port for both Smith and for longtime Conservative com-patriot and ally John Duncan (Courtenay-Alberni) in ridings that appear to be up for grabs.
It just seems reasonable to think he could have been more supportive had he spread the message to a broader audience. Instead, we got a fine job of preaching to the choir — while the rest of the congregation was left out in the cold.
Prime Minister’s campaign visit to Campbell River keeps voters at bay
An editorial from the Toronto Star
For Palestinians trapped in the ruins of war-ravaged Yarmouk refugee camp in Damascus, life is “a very slow death,” its residents say.
“We are always waiting for death – from hunger, barrel bombs or being beheaded,” 21-year-old Nidal told the digit-al media project Syria Deeply. “Death’s coming and we cannot stop it. If we don’t get food, we’ll all die of hunger.”
As the world faces the worst refugee crisis in living memory – some 60 million people are on the run in Syria, Iraq and elsewhere from conflict, war and persecution – our collective moral compass seems to be fail-ing us badly.
Canada’s response has been uneven on Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s watch. While we have given nearly $1 bil-lion in recent years to the war-ravaged Mideast in humanitar-ian, development and security help, that’s no more than our fair share. And Harper has only recently stepped up our refugee intake, promising to take in a grand total of 44,300 refugees from the region for the entire decade between 2009 and 2019.
Opposition leaders Thomas Mulcair and Justin Trudeau both promise to do better if they form a government after the election.
Whoever takes the reins of Canada’s foreign policy after Oct. 19 should step up the effort and use what moral leverage we have to urge other more power-ful, more affluent actors – the United States, the European Union, and major Asian and Latin American counties leap to mind – to push for a political settlement to Syria’s destabil-izing civil war, heed the United Nation’s call for more financial resources, and open the gates to more refugees.
The UN is under strain as never before. It needs $20 bil-lion to get into places such as Yarmouk and worse, to help the millions of refugees in Syria, Iraq, Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan, Egypt and elsewhere who con-stitute the biggest humanitar-ian crisis in our lifetime. But its appeal is going largely unheard.
While $20 billion is a daunt-ing sum, it is barely 1 per cent of the world’s $1.8 trillion mil-itary spending, and is a pittance measured against the sheer global need. It works out to $1 a day per refugee to provide food,
clothing, shelter, water, med-ical aid and schooling. Even so, the UN has managed to raise only about $6 billion so far this year. That’s 30 cents per refu-gee per day. Why the shortfall? Some affluent countries give little; others promise but don’t deliver.
As a result, the UN High Commission for Refugees and the World Food Program are finding themselves in desperate straits.
The outlook for far too many refugees and displaced people is “bleak,” warns WFP chief Ertharin Cousin. And half of them are especially vulnerable children. “The need is out-pacing the traditional generos-ity,” she says, “because of com-peting demands from humani-tarian crises in the region and the world.
Moreover, as aid runs short, asylum is in even shorter sup-ply.
The UNHCR reports that barely 140,000 refugees, about 1 per cent of those in its care, find new homes in any given year, mostly because the circle of welcoming countries is very small. That too speaks volumes about the world’s callous indif-ference.
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fessor of political history testifying at a hearing over the right to buy beer in another province says the Fathers of Confederation wanted Canada to be a united country with unfettered trade.
Andrew Smith of the University of Liverpool in England is con-sidered the key defence witness in the case of a New Brunswick man charged with illegally importing alcohol from Quebec.
Gerard Comeau of Tracadie is fighting the charge on constitu-tional grounds.
An agreed statement of facts says he was caught in October 2012 with 14 cases of beer and three bottles of liquor that he had bought in nearby Pointe-a-la-Croix.
The New Brunswick Liquor Control Act limits anyone from having more than 12 pints of beer not sold by a provincially licensed liquor outlet.
The defence argues that a sec-tion of the Liquor Control Act is unconstitutional because Section 121 of the Constitution Act says all goods from a province are to be admitted free into each of the other provinces.
“Admitted free means of all impediments,” Smith told the court Wednesday.
Smith said his study of history shows the Fathers of Confederation wanted free trade within the prov-inces.
“There was general acceptance
of the need for free trade and a consensus for economic union,” he said.
Defence lawyer Mikael Bernard said it was important to have Smith explain to the court what the Fathers of Confederation intended.
“Let’s go back to 1864, 1863, 1865, 1866 and 1867 to find out what were their intentions, not just read the piece of paper as it stands today. Let’s put everything into context,” Bernard said.
RCMP Const. Guy Savoie, the arresting officer, told the court that no one complained to police that New Brunswick residents were buying cheaper beer in Quebec.
Instead, he said the decision was made by a corporal at the detachment to enforce the provin-cial law that limits the amount of beer that can be imported.
Under questioning from defence lawyer Arnold Schwisberg, Savoie couldn’t explain why police con-fiscated all of Comeau’s liquor including what he was allowed to have.
“It was our instruction to seize all the beer. I didn’t question,” Savoie said.
Comeau was also given a fine of $292.50.
A total of 17 people were fined and had their liquor confiscat-ed during the two-day operation, which included RCMP officers in Quebec.
Savoie said no similar sting operations have been conducted since.
Beer trial told Fathers of Confederation wanted free
trade among provinces
T H E C A N A D I A N P R E S SCALGARY - Alberta Health Services has
issued air quality advisories for areas from the U.S. border north to the Edmonton region because of smoke from wildfires in Washington state.
The agency warns even healthy people may experience irritated eyes and throat and possibly shortness of breath.
AHS says people with respiratory condi-tions may notice a worsening of symptoms and that children and the elderly are at higher risk of smoke-related illness.
An air quality official says the smoke in the Calgary area is worse than cities with serious pollution problems such as Beijing and New Delhi.
On Wednesday morning, levels in Calgary had shot past the upper end of the zero-to-10 scale used to measure air quality.
The City of Calgary has imposed a fire ban to help reduce the volume of smoke in the air.
“This is the first time in my career that we’ve actually issued a ban due to poor air quality, even though it’s in the bylaw that we have the power to do that,” said Calgary fire marshal Ed Kujat.
Smoke from the U.S. wildfires has been drifting over parts of Alberta this week.
Alberta issues air advisory due to wildfire smoke
T H E C A N A D I A N P R E S SOTTAWA - Canada’s three
main political leaders traded accusations of fiscal reckless-ness and promises of budget prudence Wednesday as the health of the economy dom-inated the fed-eral election cam-paign for a third straight day.
NDP Leader Tom Mulcair, try-ing to carve out a place for his party on the mantle of economic manage-ment, promised that a New Democrat government would deliver a balanced budget next year, no matter what.
Easier said than done, countered Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau, who sug-gested - even as he billed his party as a champion of fiscal responsibility - that balan-cing the books would likely be a matter of years.
All of which left Conservative Leader Stephen Harper saying what he’s been saying all along: the budget is balanced now, but won’t be for long if either the NDP
or the Liberals form the next federal government.
Asked during a cam-paign event in London, Ont., whether an NDP government would run a deficit, Mulcair
was unequivo-cal: “We are not entertaining any thought of that,” he said.
H o w e v e r , doing away with the Conservative i n c o m e - s p l i t -
ting measure won’t produce enough extra revenue to cover his spending promises, Mulcair conceded.
He said he will soon detail how he will stay in the black while implementing new pro-grams, including an ambi-tious promise of a million child-care spaces within eight years.
“We’re going to have a fully costed program,” Mulcair said. “Everybody will get to see what the NDP plan is every step of the way.”
His details will also have to cover a new promise of a $40-million tax credit for businesses investing in
innovative research, which he promised Wednesday.
He will also have to fend off accusations that he’ll cut existing programs to pay for his campaign largesse - flames Andrew Thomson, a former Saskatchewan finance min-ister and a star NDP candi-date running against Finance Minister Joe Oliver,fanned in a broadcast interview on Tuesday when he said spend-ing cuts would be inevitable.
The party said Wednesday that Thomson was referring to a “wish list” of cuts the NDP submitted ahead of the 2015 budget, including gov-ernment advertising, Senate costs and oil-company sub-sidies.
Trudeau was election-eering on the outskirts of Toronto, an area that looms as a key election battleground. He promised to give teachers a tax break on school sup-plies they buy with their own money - and dismissed the Conservative government’s claims that the federal budget is already balanced.
“We are in deficit now.”Balancing the books will
be a Liberal priority, he added, but it won’t be easy. “How many years it takes to balance that budget is what we will be talking about in the coming days and weeks.”
Harper was in friendly territory in rural eastern Ontario, where he prom-ised to spend $200 million over seven years to expand broadband Internet access for remote areas.
He stepped up his attacks on his main rivals.
“Justin Trudeau now says - now that he’s realized that budgets won’t balance them-selves - he says he’s just given up trying, he’s just going to run deficits all the time any-way,” Harper said.
“And we know what the NDP plan is - they say they’ll balance the budget, but the real plan is they will bring in an avalanche of tax increases that in theory will balance the budget and in reality will wreck the economy.”
After six straight Conservative deficits, Harper is hardly in a position to offer fiscal advice, Trudeau retorted.
Leaders trade barbs over fitness as fiscal managers
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B y T i m e s s T a f fTen-year-old Xander Bankes had a
great performance at the B.C. Novice Golf championship at Two Eagles Golf Course and Academy in West Kelowna earlier this week.
The Rossland golfer finished second behind Bryan Lee of the Seymour Golf and Country Club. The two-round tour-nament teed off on Monday and used the Stableford scoring system where one point is awarded for a net bogey, two for a net par, three for birdie, four for eagle, and five points for net double-eagle or better.
Lee finished with three birdies and 45 points during the final round to win the Novice Championships by seven points over Bankes.
A West Kootenay Zone player, Bankes tallied 47 points in his first round and 43 in the second 18 holes to finish with a 90-point total on the 3,793-yard, par-65 course.
Meanwhile, in the B.C. Bantam cham-pionship the final British Columbia Golf tournament of the year saw Sean
Buckles and Karen Zhang crowned as BC champions.
The 36-hole tournament was played under grey skies, as winds carried
smoke from American wildfires into the Okanagan.
On the boy’s side, 14-year-old Buckles of Seymour Golf & Country Club broke out of a pack of five players who started the day as co-leaders at 1-over 66 to win the Bantam Boys title by two strokes over Jeevan Sihota of Gorge Vale Golf Club.
Buckles was one of only two boys to break par in the final round, as his 1-under 64 got him to even par 130 for the tournament. Sihota fin-ished with another plus-1, 66, to finish at 132, while Royal Colwood’s Nolan Thoroughgood shot the low round of the tournament, a 2-under round of 63 to finish third at 3-over 133.
On the girl’s side, Karen Zhang of Quilchena Golf & Country Club shot a 1-over par round of 66 to go with her opening round of 2-under 63 to finish at 1-under, 129, for the tournament. Victoria’s Akari Hayashi, couldn’t make up any ground, making no birdies on the day en route to a round of 67 and plus-1, 131, for the tournament.
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The Trail Smoke Eaters returning defenceman Jeremy Lucchini carries the puck out of his end with Connor Browne-Maloski in hot pursuit as the Smokies wrapped up their fall camp on Wednesday. Trail will host the West Kelowna Warriors in an exhibition game at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday at the Cominco Arena. See more on the camp in Friday’s Trail Times.
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Xander Bankes finished second at the B.C. Novice Golf championship on Tuesday in Kelowna.
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By Jim BaileyTimes Sports Editor
The Beaver Valley Nitehawks roster is look-ing flush and preening for the regular season as it heads into its main camp on Friday at the Cominco Arena.
The Nitehawks may have as many as 14 play-ers returning from last year’s squad in addition to 2014 Nitehawk standout Braden Fuller, but Nitehawks coach and GM Terry Jones isn’t ready to raise the Keystone Cup just yet.
“On paper we feel really good about the guys that are going to be here, and excited about where we are, but then again you don’t play the game on paper,” said Jones.
The team also signed a pair of 17-year-olds, Blake Sidoni and Evan Gorman, earlier this month, and may need to fill up to 10 spots in the lineup.
“We’ve got other guys that we are definitely looking at to fill rolls, we have a lot of competition in camp for our remaining spots, there is a lot of good young players in town here, and from out of town too.”
With goaltender Drake Poirier expected to return, topping the Hawks’ priority list is to find a replacement for goalie Carson Schamerhorn who went to the BCHL’s Alberni Bulldogs. Poirier actually had better numbers than Schamerhorn last season, and will in all likelihood be the teams starting goalie. The Fruitvale native had a solid year, appearing in 28 games with 19 wins and seven losses, a 2.88 goals against average, and a .908 save percentage.
Defenceman Sheldon Hubbard was expected to return on the blue line but has since notified Jones that he is unable to due to work commit-ments, and with Tyler Hartman, McKoy Hauk and Brody Jennings trying for positions with junior A teams, the Hawks may require a couple defence-men and up to four forwards.
“We’re looking to upgrade and make our team better so even veteran guys not coming into camp ready to go – we want to win, we want to be com-petitive so that’s part of the process.”
One of the key guys the Hawks will look to lead the team is defenceman Lyle Frank. The 20-year-old Grand Prairie native is loaded with character, and a solid stay-at-home defender, who netted four goals and 16 assists in 49 games last season.
“Lyle Frank is going to be our captain,” said Jones. “He’s an outstanding young man, a men-tor for young kids in our community, and we’re looking for Lyle to be our catalyst in terms of our leadership core. We’re also looking for other veteran guys to emerge in terms of our assistant captains.”
Skill-wise the Hawks will miss leading scorer Mitch Foyle who has committed to play in the Junior A ranks in Melville, Sask. Jones says he’ll look to Fruitvale natives Sam Swanson and Kyle Hope to be healthy and step up production from last year’s numbers and expect Allan and Michael Pruss, Jace Weegar, McKoy Hauk, and Devin Nemes to fill bigger roles.
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GP W L T GF GA PtD.C. 27 13 9 5 35 31 44New York 23 11 6 6 38 25 39Columbus 26 10 8 8 43 43 38Toronto 24 10 10 4 42 41 34New England 25 9 9 7 34 36 34Montreal 22 8 10 4 29 32 28New York City 26 7 12 7 37 44 28Orlando 26 7 12 7 32 46 28Philadelphia 26 7 13 6 33 43 27Chicago 24 6 13 5 27 35 23 Western Conference GP W L T GF GA PtLos Angeles 27 13 7 7 49 32 46Vancouver 26 14 9 3 38 26 45Kansas City 24 11 6 7 39 33 40Portland 26 11 8 7 28 30 40Dallas 24 11 8 5 33 30 38Seattle 26 11 13 2 30 29 35San Jose 25 10 10 5 31 29 35Houston 25 8 9 8 32 32 32Salt Lake 26 8 10 8 29 38 32Colorado 24 6 9 9 21 25 27
Saturday’s gamesMontreal at Toronto, 4 p.m.
Columbus at New York City, 4 p.m.New England at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.
Chicago at Orlando, 7:30 p.m.Salt Lake at Dallas, 9 p.m.
Vancouver at Houston, 9 p.m.Kansas City at Colorado, 9 p.m.
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FROM PAGE 7“It’s a process, and that’s
why we have a coaching staff that works together to make those decisions. We have some fresh eyes that’s what were looking for in (new assistant coach) Bill Birks to bring to our situation, and I think that is a really good thing.”
The addition of the for-mer Smoke Eater coach is a strong complement to an already healthy coaching staff with assistant Kevin Limbert on the bench, as well as assist-ants David Pasin and Mike
Morrisette, and Assistant GM Jamie Comminotto.
“You know our expecta-tions,” said Jones. “But what’s the basis and the foundation for that is just creating a good team and creating our culture and from there let’s see how good we can become . . . everyone on our team has to be on board with what we’re about, so once we get to that point then we can start to build and see how good we can become.”
The Nitehawks will start their season on September 11 in Spokane, with their
first home game on Sept. 12 against the Kelowna Chiefs.
Their first goal is to open the season on a winning note, unlike last year where they went winless in their first five games. The Hawks then rolled to a 35-12-1-4 record to win the Neil Murdoch Division title before falling to the Kimberley Dynamiters in the Kootenay Conference final.
“Ideally, we’d like to win our league, but we know the competition in our div-ision and league is strong, I think there’s a lot of parity in
our league and every year it seems to get that much more difficult in order to do so.”
The Nitehawks first exhib-ition game goes Monday at the Beaver Valley Arena against Spokane at 7 p.m.
The camp hits Cominco ice on Friday from 5-6:30 p.m. and 6:45-8 p.m.
Saturday from 7:15-8:15 a.m., 8:30-9:30 a.m. with a goalie clinic from 11:30 a.m. -12:30 p.m, scrimmage from 12:45-2:15 p.m. and 2:30-4 p.m.
Sundays ice times go at 8-9:30 a.m. and 10-11:30 a.m.
Hawks open exhibition season Monday
t h e N e l s o N s t a rVancouver Whitecaps’ midfield-
er Ben McKendry spent some time with fledgling local soccer players Wednesday morning at Lakeside Park in Nelson.
As he regaled them with stories about his career and inspired them with personal anecdotes, he recog-nized something.
“Most of these players have the same look in their eyes that I had,” said the 22-year-old, who signed with the Whitecaps in January.
“For them to see a player from BC, from Vancouver, and having them know that there are people like me who have been through the same process, have grown up
in the same province — it shows them their dreams are attainable,” he said.
“You don’t have to be from Italy or Brazil or Spain to be a profes-sional soccer player. You can do it right here.”
McKendry said it wasn’t his superior skill that got him here; it was hard work.
“Growing up I was never the best, the fastest. I never scored the most goals. But I had a passion for the game and I just kept on enjoy-ing it and getting better.”
He encouraged players in attendance to do the same.
“I think it comes down to pas-sion.”
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Whitecaps midfielder Ben McKendry visited youthful soccer enthusiasts at Lakeside last Wednesday.
Whitecaps player inspires young soccer enthusiasts
the assoCIateD PressBEIJING - Long after two
of the all-time greats at 400 metres had left the track in second and third place, the winner was sprawled on the ground, gasping for breath and getting his pulse checked by a medic.
This is how 23-year-old Wayde van Niekerk of South Africa made a name for himself at the world championships Wednesday night, while also inserting that name on the “People to Watch” list for next year’s Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.
A muggy evening at the Bird’s Nest started with Usain Bolt laughing as he cruised into the finish of his winning 200-meter semi-final heat to set up another gold-medal showdown with Justin Gatlin. It ended with
van Niekerk topping two Olympic and world cham-pions, LaShawn Merritt and Kirani James, before being carted off the track on a stretcher, then loaded into an ambulance.
Van Niekerk was taken to the hospital for precaution-ary measures, then released later in the evening.
“He told us he was going to make mincemeat out of them,” said the South African team leader, Peter Lourens.
He did.In many ways, the 400 is
the most brutal race of them all - basically a sprint, but one in which the sprinter has to also focus on tactics and conserving energy dur-ing a 40-some-second trip around the track.
Van Niekerk didn’t worry
much about that last part.Running out of Lane 6,
he had already made up the lag to the runner on his right, Luguelin Santos, after the first 50 metres. And by the time van Niekerk hit the straightaway, there was a bathtub-sized chunk of day-light between himself and Merritt. Front-runners like that often fade late, but this one didn’t.
Van Niekerk finished in 43.48 seconds, the sixth-best performance of all time. He won by .17 over Merritt, the 29-year-old, two-time world and 2008 Olympic cham-pion, who himself posted a personal best.
Merritt raised two fingers after the race, happy to have finished second to top off what he called a “rough” season.
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Dear Annie: I am a 27-year-old woman and have been verbally invit-ed to a few weddings this year. For one, we were told to “save the date” a year in advance. I never received an actual invitation and their wed-ding was last weekend. The pictures are popping up on Facebook.
The second wedding, the bride and I were close, then had a falling out, then sort of made up and she expressed verbally that she wanted me to attend her wedding. I have dinner with her every few months, but neither of us has made a big effort to spend more time together. Her wedding is coming up soon. Last month, I saw her “save the date” photos pop up on Facebook, but I did not receive one personally, nor have I received an invitation. Am I required to attend? I honestly don’t want to.
The third invitation is for a cou-ple that I am good friends with. The groom recently texted that he expects me to be at their wedding in September, but I have not received
any “save the date” or invitation yet. The bride made a Facebook page last year and said if people wanted to come, we should send her our addresses. Should I send her my address now or is it too late? I originally thought it was just for her family.
Is everything done on Facebook now? Does no one send out paper invitations or keep a guest list? What is my responsibility when a person ver-bally expresses that I should attend, or posts something on Facebook saying I should “come to the wed-ding”? -- Invitationally Challenged
Dear Challenged: We can under-stand your confusion. Paper invita-tions are still appropriate. A “save the date” notice is not an invi-tation. A verbal expression is not an invitation. Facebook notices are unreliable and informal, but if the bridal couple considers this an invi-
tation, you may, also. And someone who says, “Send me your address if
you want to be invited,” is too lazy to acquire your address and send a personal invitation. She expects her guests to do all of the work. But if you want to send her your address, even at this late date, that is entirely up to you. And of course, if you don’t wish to attend a wed-ding, it’s perfectly OK to
RSVP with your regrets.Dear Annie: This is regarding
the letter from “Outraged Mother,” whose birthmother was repost-ing pictures of her children on Facebook without permission. The one suggestion you didn’t mention is to drop social media and share photos via text with close friends only.
I assure you my life became much better after I did exactly that. Social media was fun for a short time, but
then it seemed to become a com-petition about who had the better lives, then a way to communicate passively, and then I watched mar-riages get destroyed. Some things are meant to be private. (Love your column.) -- J.
Dear J.: Not too many people are willing to disconnect from social media once they have learned to depend on it for updates about friends and family. We commend your self-discipline. (And thank you so much.)
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Solution for previouS SuDoKu
Sudoku is a number-placing puzzle based on a 9x9 grid with several given numbers. The object is to place the numbers 1 to 9 in the empty squares so that each row, each col-umn and each 3x3 box contains the same number only once.
Today’s sudoku Annie’s MAilbox
Marcy sugar & Kathy Mitchell
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ACROSS1 Not qualified6 Ding-a- --
(airhead)10 Deep purple14 Hollandaise15 -- fixe16 Dinghy’s need17 Skinflint18 Does yard work19 “Cujo” author20 Prove innocent21 Some coal
miners23 Tank filler25 Lobster eggs26 Budge29 Valuable wood32 Kathmandu
locale37 Tarzan
companion38 Vow39 Moonshot
mission40 Splice pro (2
wds.)43 Type of applique
(hyph.)44 Be sincere45 Frost victim46 Antique brooch47 Exam for HS
juniors48 Hot tub inlets49 Southeast Asian51 Want-ad abbr.53 Thought up58 Mystiques62 Park feature63 Handed over64 Night racket65 Warm-hearted66 Tpks.67 Quebec school68 Clucks69 Lancaster foe70 Fresh scent
DOWN1 Mil. branch2 Hammer’s target
3 Melt together4 Prehistoric time
(2 wds.)5 -- cotta6 An arm or a leg7 Superstar, maybe8 La Guardia
alternative9 Mural undercoat10 Jab playfully11 Cougar’s pad12 Coffee servers13 Flavor enhancer22 Alley target24 Laundry problem26 Mandrake’s field27 Horse --28 Snake toxin30 Handy abbr.31 Throat clearers33 Vast stretch of
time34 Annapolis frosh35 Walrus hunter36 Peer group?38 “Becket” actor39 Striped stone41 Flight dir.42 PBS funder47 Baked item48 Bump along50 Piqued, plus
52 Three-legged stand
53 Orchid-like flower54 Bottle top55 Goose
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56 At any time57 Cubicle filler59 Leeway60 Alice’s chronicler61 Visible62 Rubble-maker
Today’s crossword
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TRAIL RENTALS3 bdrm 1 bath house
$775 + utils - NS / NP2+ bdrm 1 bath house $775 + utils - NS / NP
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RENTALS
1348 4th Avenue, Trail$195,000
Location, location, location! This 3 bdrm home has many upgrades including wiring, paint, rec room
and 2nd bath. Lots of parking for all your toys and shed complete this
package. Quick possession available!
Call Christine (250) 512-7653
1926 Martin St, Fruitvale$209,000
3 bdrm, 1 bath, fenced yard, large rec room, upgraded kitchen, windows & roof
reshingled in 2014!Call Tonnie (250) 365-9665
1151 Cedar Avenue, Trail$249,000
Fantastic location for a great Commercial Building in Downtown
Trail. This building has so much opportunity with the possibility of
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108 Ritchie Ave, Tadanac$299,900
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Terry 250-231-1101
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Large master w/ ensuite. Big deck overlooking back yard. Don’t miss
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Call Mary M (250) 231-0264
3928 Woodland Drive, Trail$249,000
4 bdrm, 3 bath family home in Glenmerry. Features include: fenced yard, master bedroom ensuite and walk-in closet, garage, and sunny basement with family room, 4th
bedroom and bath room. At this price this one will be gone quickly!
Call Deanne (250) 231-0153
7551 Devito Drive, Trail
$319,000One level living!
This single family home has a beautiful yard. Come take a look!
Call Mary M (250) 231-0264
1843 Beaver St., Fruitvale$165,000
Fantastic starter package, close to school, park, etc. This 3 bdrm 1.5
bath, half duplex has covered patio, fenced yard, under ground sprinklers, lots of parking and “inner bigness”.
Call Deanne (250) 231-0153
2031 Daniel Street, Trail $109,900
WOW!!!! - Comfortable 2 bdrm/2 bath home - this home requires some TLC but you will have a great home with newer furnace/updated plumbing
and wiring and the most amazing water views. Call today!
Call Mark (250) 231-5591
NEW PRICE
#7-2044 Washington Street, Rossland $99,000
1 bdrm condo located in the heart of downtown Rossland. Stunning views from the sundeck and also through the french doors located in both the
large living room and kitchen. Shared laundry, parking for 1 vehicle and
storage locker if required.
Call Christine (250) 512-7653
OPEN HOUSESaturday, August 2910:30am-12:30pm
OPEN HOUSESaturday, August 29
1:30-3:30pm
3802 Dogwood Drive, Trail
Bordering on the park, this 3 bdrm home is excellent value and is close to the elementary
school.
$239,000
3838 Dogwood Drive,Trail
Lovingly maintained, this
3 bdrm home has lots of updates.
Call today.
$274,900
3249 Lilac Crescent,
TrailNew kitchen and updated fl ooring,
this home is in immaculate
condition.
$255,000
GLENMERRY GEMS!
RIVER WALL REPAIRS
GUY BERTRAND PHOTO
Hil-Tech Contracting workers were putting the finishing touches on the final forms for the concrete along the river wall behind the Trail Memorial Centre on Wednesday morning. Concrete will be poured this week and handrails are expected to be installed next week as the project concludes.