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economy,” says Audry Lochrie. “It keeps our shop-ping district vibrant, employs local people and provides first jobs for our youth,” she added. “It’s the local businesses that support and donate to the community and sports events.”

Almost half (42 per cent) of every dollar stays here, explained Lochrie, head of the Trail and District Chamber of Commerce. “So shopping local is the best way to ensure your dollar stays in the community.”

This week marks the fourth annual Buy Local Week in BC, celebrating the big impact buying local has on the local economy in communities across

the province.So timing of the first Trail Winter Indoor market

fits into the buy local initiative as well as its mantra - local artisans who make it, bake it or grow it.

The former Liquidation World on Spokane Street will house the event for a second season.

Like last year, vendor response to the downtown locale has been very merry - all 55 tables are sold out for all three markets.

“We have a waiting list,” said Lochrie. “And because there is a need, we are expand-

ing to the basement for the markets on Dec. 12 and Dec. 19, to accommodate those vendors and a dozen more.”

Those looking for one-of-a-kind gifts, will find everything from organic produce to Christmas

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Decorating duties at the former Liquidation World fell to Christa Munn, executive director at the Trail and District Chamber of Commerce. The locale is ready to house local artisans for the first Trail Winter Indoor Market slated Saturday noon until 4 p.m.

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Along with a new year comes the inevitable util-ity bill - and most likely it’ll be more than last year.

City of Trail ratepayers will see a nominal in-crease of $2.20 per month for water, sewer and garbage collection. The total bill amounts to $727 compared to $700.90 in 2015.

For those paying on or before the Feb. 29 dis-count date, the rate drops 10 per cent to $2 per month or $673 for the year.

Trail council endorsed the changes during Monday’s governance meeting, and bylaws will be up for three readings at Dec. 14 regular council prior to adoption in January.

Two other municipalities also have next year’s utility rate structure in place.

Warfield property owners will see a total in-crease of $30 when they open January’s bill, exclud-ing their sewer utility. That rate, which hasn’t been determined, is collected on the property tax bill in June (in addition to $47 for the new pipe bridge).

Garbage services will cost $6 more and water, $24, totalling almost $500 if paid before Feb. 29.

A proposed five per cent increase is being con-sidered for sewer and water ratepayers in Montrose.

That amounts to a total increase of $31.50 annu-ally or $28.35 if paid before Feb. 29. The draft bylaw with the new rates is up for three readings at the next regular council, slated Dec. 7.

Montrose council reviewed its solid waste col-lection and disposal service in October weighing village rates against increased tipping fees at the McKelvey Creek Landfill. Rather than reduce ser-vice levels to biweekly curbside pickup, council opted to increase garbage bag user fees $1 or $3.50 per bag to cover annual costs of the service.

Garbage and sewer rates will be considered by Fruitvale council in early January, and levied in mid-February. Bill payment isn’t actually due until Oct. 31, though any amount outstanding Nov. 1 is subject to a 10 per cent penalty.

Rosslanders won’t be seeing their bill in January this year. After gathering public insight, city coun-cil opted to hold off and review the rate structure.

“Our old town has too many inconsistencies in how our pipes were installed to be able to put so much emphasis on pipe size,” explained Rossland Mayor Kathy Moore in a newsletter. “We are doing more work and will be coming back to the com-munity with a new, tweaked proposal,” she added.

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Robert Brown, partner at Thompson, Lerose & Brown in Trail, was appointed as a provincial court judge, effective Monday (Dec. 7).

Robert Brown, part-ner at Thompson, Lerose & Brown in Trail, was appointed as a provincial court judge this week. Judge Brown earned a law degree from the University of British Columbia (UBC) in 1979 and for more than 20 years gained significant expe-rience as an agent for the Public Prosecution Service of Canada, ac-cording to the Ministry of Justice’s Monday news release.

He maintains profes-sional memberships in the British Columbia Law Society and the Alberta Law Society. Since 1994, Judge Brown has gained ex-tensive experience in family law, defense counsel and general civil litigation as part-ner in the Trail firm.

B.C. has about 150 provincial court judges who serve more than 80 court locations. Although judges are located in a judicial re-gion, many travel regu-larly throughout the province to meet chang-ing demands. Interested lawyers apply and the B.C. Judicial Council, composed of a chief judge, provincial court judges, lawyers and lay people, recommends potential judges to B.C.’s Attorney General. Final appointments are made through an order-in-council.

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No backlash is the bellwether that the right decision was made, says Linda Worley.

The Area B director was speaking about her decision not to renew a recreation agreement with Trail.

Effective Jan. 1, anyone living in that area, which includes Genelle, Rivervale, Oasis, Casino and Blackjack, will pay double to use Trail facilities, and require a sports pass for activities like minor hockey and soccer.

So far, the news has made no rip-ples with constituents, she says. In fact, quite the opposite - the voting body is thanking her.

“I’ve had 17 individuals call me, which is just unheard of, saying. ‘Thank you for listening to what we are saying,’” Worley told the Trail Times.

“And they’ve said thank you for thinking about Area B’s health and not just over-riding our decision,” she added. “And there’s not been one call to the RDKB (Regional District of Kootenay Boundary) with peo-ple upset about not entering into an agreement.”

Neither party could reach a finan-cial middle ground during negotia-tions last month, so Worley found a solution her electors consider agree-able - a pilot reimbursement program.

After hosting a public meeting, gathering insight through a survey, and talking door-to-door with voters,

Worley says she’s heard a resounding message.

“It’s what the people want (reim-bursement), spoken loud and clear,” she explained. “And it’s what is health-iest for the Area B coffers.”

Worley was new to the table when she signed the five-year agreement with Trail.

She was voted in during a 2010 byelection (after serving seven years as alternate director), which is also when the Area B referendum passed, making way for a tax hike related to the recreation deal.

Since then, Area B has contrib-uted $702,000 toward a service that Worley, now in her second term, says only eight per cent of her populace uses.

“During the trial period we will closely monitor the number of people that are actually using the reimburse-ment program,” she explained. “And we are going crunch numbers in all fairness in order to have another look at the possibility of re-entering into something the following year, in 2017.”

The regional district will be mail-ing out information to all residents by Christmas informing them of the change, she continued.

“They’ll have plenty of time to read it and realize what the (new) proce-dures will be,” Worley explained. “It will be a very simple stop to the re-gional district office for a turnaround time of three days.”

Worley says pulling out of recre-ation doesn’t mean her area isn’t con-tributing to local services as a whole.

“My first loyalty is to the Area B folks and their tax dollars,” she

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What are you hoping for at Christmas? We are now in the season of preparing for Christmas. Some people have been preparing for a long time, buying present decorating their houses, sending gifts to far � ung friends and relatives. Christmas starts early these days. In many churches the spiritual preparation for Christmas starts with the season of Advent, the season of the coming of Christ. The four Sundays of advent are organised by themes of Hope, Peace, Joy and Love. So what are you hoping for at Christmas. Many of us are past the stage when there might be much of a surprise for us under the Christmas tree. So I’m going to guess that what you are hoping for at Christmas won’t be a new kite or a new pair of socks – though you might just get those things. What are you hoping for?Given our recent news what you are hoping for might be some peace in our world, or for the refugees from Syria to � nd a home, or for action on our global climate. The news is as full as it ever has been of the various disasters in our world. Wars and rumours of wars, earthquakes, famines and � oods. It all seems a long way from hope. What we hope for is to be delivered from

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Maybe I am romanticizing when I say that the Christmas of my childhood was not about stuff. There were fewer products, less pervasive advertising,

and no Black Friday sales. A few pages at the back of the Sears Wish Book were the inspiration for vi-sions of sugarplums dancing in my head.

Surely, the focus on consumerism is affecting our kids and their ideas of happiness. To find out I con-tacted Mike Ferry, author of Teaching Happiness and Innovation, whose research on happiness fo-cuses on children.

Ferry sees consumer-ism as a “big problem” for kids. “In the consum-er age, our happiness is based on consuming the latest and greatest and newest.”

Over his years of re-searching happiness, Ferry has bumped into a phenomenon called the abundance paradox; the more we have, the less we appreciate anything. Mass production and cheap labour markets have created an abundance of readily available goods. As a result of this abundance, “we live in a throw away, disposable age. If our kids are growing up within this abundance paradox concept then it’s really hard for them to see the value in things; it’s hard for them to enjoy anything.”

While Ferry points out that “we might be wired to whine”, modeling gratitude for our kids will help them (and us) become more grateful. “If we can teach our kids to practice gratitude in the home, then we will be able to combat some of this abun-dance paradox and our children will start to appre-ciate the little things in life and will be much hap-pier as a result.” This is not only good for the child; it is good for society because grateful individuals have a positive impact on the world.

There has always been hype leading up to Christmas morning. With the abundance of goods, advertising, and the incessant question, “What do you want for Christmas?” kids can easily get the message that Christmas is about them and their stuff.

But there is no need to despair. We can help them become more appreciative and aware of oth-ers. Simple things, such as involving your child in charitable giving, writing a thank you note, or bak-ing cookies for a friend, go a long way in helping children learn gratitude.

Everyone wants their kids to be happy on Christmas morning so it can be tempting to go overboard with the gifts. At the same time, we want them to appreciate the gifts they receive and the people in their lives. For the long-term emotional well-being of our kids, it’s important that we suc-cessfully navigate the abundance paradox with them.

Our Christmas memories stay with us for a life-time. When I look back at the many Christmas cel-ebrations over the decades of my life, I remember moments, not stuff.

I remember sitting with the Wish Book on my lap until I had narrowed down my wants before penning that all-important letter to Santa. It was a useful exercise that taught me the wisdom of an-other paradox. Less is more.

Trail BC resident Louise McEwan is a free-lance writer with degrees in English and Theology. Her blog is www.faithcolouredglasses.blogspot.com. Contact her at [email protected]

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said. “The regional district areas do their fair share contributing toward shared services like the hospital, but recreation is totally different because it’s only a shared service with Trail.”

Though Castlegar is in the Regional District of Central Kootenay, not the RDKB, Worley says the city holds options for her constituents.

“Mayor Chernoff has repeatedly told me to send all the Area B residents to Castlegar,” she said. “As

anyone from anywhere can use the Castlegar facilities at the same rate as Castlegar residents.”

She says that’s coupled with the fact that anyone outside the Lower Columbia communities, visitors and otherwise, can use the Trail facilities at the same rate as Trail residents.

“We who support the Trail busi-nesses and add to their economy in other ways beside the rec facilities are expected to pay more to the city,” she concluded. “That doesn’t make sense to me.”

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This Saturday, the Jingle Express will once again offer free train rides for children and families as part of Fruitvale’s annual community Christmas event– Jingle Down Main. Owned by ATCO Wood Products, the sold-out Nelson and Fort Sheppard Railway train will run from Fruitvale to Beaver Falls and back for a 45-minute round trip, with departures beginning at 9 a.m. A hugely popular activity, the Jingle Express is supported by a number of sponsors: ATCO Wood Products; Powertech Electric; Columbia Power Corporation; McEwan & Co. Law Corporation; Regional District Kootenay Boundary Area A; Retriev Technologies; HUB International Insurance; Hall Printing. Pictured left to right are: Jessica Sperry from McEwan & Co. Law Corporation, Sheana Green of Columbia Power, Kathy Bruce from Retrieve Technologies, Marja Taussi of Hall Printing, Councillor Bert Kniss of the Village of Fruitvale, Ingrid Hope of Hall Printing and Rebecca Weatherford of ATCO Wood Products.

December 3, 2015

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

Queen’s Bay: Present level: 1744.12 ft. 7 day forecast: Up 0 to 4 inches. 2015 peak:1747.14 ft. / 2014 peak:1750.37 ft.

Nelson: Present level: 1743.43 ft. 7 day forecast: Up 0 to 4 inches.

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


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It has been about a year since I was sworn in to office and it has been a real eye opener. I have had an interest in poli-

tics for a while, but really did not know what to expect when I put my name forward. Even though we have some experienced people, it was and continues to be a steep learning curve.

The Imagine Montrose and our Strategic Plan were already under way and council was just about to be brought in to work on it.

The meetings, events and train-ing sessions seemed to be piling up. It was around this time that I realized that a lot of meetings were being scheduled for daytime, during the week. I work a full 5 and 2 day shift, which means the only way to attend these meetings was to take vacation time from work. This meant that I would have less vacation time to take with my family.

Tough choices had to be made, but that is what being on council is about.

Over the year there have been a number of is-sues that have come up that we have had to work through. We had a change in CAO (thankfully the r e p l a c e m e n t was familiar with Montrose and the job), a difficult building plan issue, elec-tric fence bylaws as well as other issues.

You realize very early that even though you are only one vote, you are a voice for the community and you need to stay true to your beliefs.

Through the year we had a very successful Family Fun day, we started work on a Community garden and the Region signed a new recreation agreement with Trail. Positive things are happen-ing.

As we look towards next year we do have some difficult decisions to make as infrastruc-ture is always aging and we need a plan to be able to fund the up-grades that will always be needed. Since we own and operate our core infrastructure we do have an advantage as we have control over what can be done. We

do however have something to look forward to next year.

Montrose is turning 60 next year.

This means that we are plan-ning a bigger and expanded Montrose Family Fun day. For the coming year Recreation will be part of my portfolio, however all of council will be heavily in-volved with it. We want to make this anniversary a big one and have increased the budget and we are trying to get as many people involved as we can.

These events depend on vol-unteers to make them successful, anyone that wants to help can get information from the Village office or they can email me at [email protected]. Also if you know of anyone that used to live in Montrose, go to school here or grew up here, please let them know about this event and in-vite them home…a home com-ing…so to speak. The main event will be on Saturday June 11, with other events happening on the Thursday and Friday night.

Let’s make the 60th year the best one yet.

Rory Steep is a councillor for the Village of Montrose

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LETTERS & OPINIONLETTERS TO THE EDITOR

World leaders are fear mon-gering at the UN’s Paris Climate Summit with the familiar threat, “the end is nigh”. And it is our fault because of our “carbon emissions” (i.e. carbon dioxide) generated by the burning of coal, oil, and gas. The following facts provide overwhelming proof that carbon dioxide has been wrongly vilified and falsely accused of adversely affecting the planet’s climate.

FACT 1: The use of the term “carbon emissions” is misleading, suggesting it is black soot. It is actually carbon dioxide (“CO2”).

FACT 2: CO2 is a colourless, odourless, atmospheric trace gas (0.04%) that is essential for greening the planet.

FACT 3: When the climate alarmists denounce “carbon pollution”, they are wrongly de-nouncing CO2, a trace gas that is as important as water and oxygen in sustaining life on the planet.

FACT 4: CO2 is a vital part of the carbon cycle. We breath out CO2 while plants consume CO2.

FACT 5: If the CO2 content

of the atmosphere is reduced to 0.015%, plants will not grow. The CO2 content is reduced danger-ously close (0.018%) to the no-growth level during the planet’s naturally-occurring glaciation cycles.

FACT 6: We now live in a CO2-starved atmosphere. The store of CO2 available to green the planet has been severely depleted, and continues to be depleted, as a result of the for-mation of carbonate rocks (e.g. limestone). Ancient atmospheres contained at least 17 times the current CO2 content.

FACT 7: The consumption of all known deposits of coal, oil, and gas will not materially re-plenish the CO2 content of the atmosphere.

Our reserves of oil and gas would have to be 30 times larger in order to achieve a highly-de-sirable doubling of the atmo-sphere’s CO2 content.

Even the very questionable 2-degree Celsius increase pre-dicted by the climate models for a doubling of the CO2 content

would be desirable, especially as we approach another mini ice age (circa 2030).

The consumption of coal, oil, and gas assists in greening the planet.

More important, the debate regarding the alleged, heat-trapping properties of CO2 is irrelevant because the quantity of CO2 that we can generate is immaterial. Clearly, the demon-izing of CO2 must be denounced if we wish to avoid the return of an impoverished, “carbon-free”, Medieval lifestyle.

It is tragic that world leaders fail to recognize and/or lack the courage to proclaim the truth about climate change.

There is no scientific evidence that our “carbon emissions” (CO2) have any detectable im-pact on the natural cycles of the planet’s ever-changing climate.

Changes in temperature, sea level, ice coverage, and the inten-sity and frequency of storms are well within natural variability.

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The exoneration of carbon dioxide

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But can she cook?If the wife of the Canadian

prime minister must have help to look after her children at taxpay-ers’ expense, then the least she can do is prepare the meals and possibly look after the garden, too. The man of the house is too busy. He can’t even shovel the snow or paint the house, never mind fix the leaky faucet.

Only in Canada would the hiring of two nannies for a prime minister with three children under the age of eight erupt into an issue about tax fairness and abuse of power. Can’t they just leave the toddlers with friends in Montreal, or maybe the neigh-bours? There must be some Ottawa MPs with wives who could help out on those days when the Trudeaus can’t fulfil their parental duties.

Conservative interim leader Rona Ambrose said Trudeau should be paying the nanny bill himself, while Tory MP Robert Sopuck of Dauphin-Swan River accused the prime minister of “dipping into taxpayer’s pockets to help him pay someone else to raise his children.”

The NDP said the Trudeaus weren’t paying the nannies enough. They are paid between $15 and $20 an hour during the day, and $11 to $13 an hour for night shifts. No charge for inter-national travel.

Mr. Trudeau has also been accused of hypocrisy for criticiz-ing the Conservatives over their

universal child-care benefit and income splitting for families on the grounds rich families such as his did not need the help.

So, why can’t Justin Trudeau and his wife, Sophie Gregoire-Trudeau, dip into their savings and pay for child care, particu-larly since they are well off?

The Official Residence Act says cabinet can appoint “a stew-ard or housekeeper and such other employees” deemed nec-essary for managing the prime minister’s residence. These em-ployees are also allowed to hire casual employees for help in managing the household. The of-ficial chauffeur “may be provided lodging without charge.”

The question, then, is wheth-er the nannies are necessary to help in the management of the residence. The question could also be asked about the chef, the gardener, the housekeeper and others.

Somehow, these jobs are nec-essary, but nannies, well, they’re a luxury, something only blue-bloods use because they’re too busy or too lazy to look after their own children.

Ms. Gregoire gave up her ca-reer as a Montreal-based TV reporter several years ago after her children were born, but she has been active in several causes, including gender equality and children’s rights.

As wife of the prime minis-ter, she has travelled with him around the world with the chil-dren in tow. She has yet to define a personal role, but her history

suggests she will want to do more than bake cookies in bare feet in the kitchen.

Indeed, while the role of prime minister’s spouse is less defined in Canada than that of the president’s spouse in the United States, there is an expec-tation she or he will be more than a stay-at-home parent.

Former prime minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau reportedly hired nannies to raise his three boys, while Brian Mulroney employed a taxpayer-funded maid who “interfaced with the children in a habitual way,” whatever that means. And that was when he was Opposition leader.

This is not the same as paying $16 for a glass of orange juice in a pricey London hotel, as former Conservative cabinet minister Bev Oda famously did. That was abuse of the public purse.

Like any prime ministerial family, the Trudeaus are entitled to the support they require to perform their roles as Canada’s first family.

Trudeau’s nannies a petty scandal

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BY JIM BAILEYTimes Sports Editor

The Trail Smoke Eaters look to close the gap on the Vernon Vipers for the final playoff spot in the BCHL’s Interior divi-sion, when they return home to face off against the Alberni Valley Bulldogs tonight and the Wenatchee Wild Saturday.

With three games in hand on Vernon, the 11-17-0-0 Smokies lie six-points back of the fourth-place Vipers at 13-16-0-2, and this weekend’s matches are a prime oppor-tunity for the Smokies to gain some ground as the Snakes play Penticton Vees Friday and a much improved Cowichan Valley Capitals team on Saturday.

“At home we’re strong, and I think we’ve had enough ups and downs on the road that I think it’s time to get back home and give a good 60 minute ef-fort these two games, and we should like the results,” said Smoke Eater coach and GM Nick Deschenes. “If things play out in that way, we’re hopefully two-points out of a playoff spot by the end of the weekend.”

The Smokies dropped a 7-3 match to division rival West Kelowna Warriors on Tuesday, but a positive was the play of Nick Halloran who picked up his scoring pace with two goals and an assist, after tallying just two points in the previous eight games. The Draper, Utah native leads the Smoke Eaters with 12 goals and 25 points in 28 games.

“Nick and Ross (Armour) and Connor Brown-Maloski were our best line that game,” said Deschenes. “They’ve got good chemistry together, they move the puck well, they’ve got good awareness … You want to see how players respond with a little adversity, fair or unfair, depending on how they game went, so they just kept trucking along, gave it some energy. You want to try to leave a game feel-ing good about certain aspects of it and that was one of them.”

The 10-15-1-1 Bulldogs are in last place in the Island divi-sion, trailing Victoria by four points and are looking to make up ground on the Eagles for the

final playoff spot.“They play hard at home

and I anticipate the same kind of intensity level, I think they’re pretty well coached, and are trending in a good direction. They’ve made a few moves so they’ve upgraded a little bit, and we have to be ready because they’ll have that same do-or-die attitude that we have.”

Alberni acquired 18-year-old Ryan Finnegan from the Merritt Centennials on Tuesday. The Tecumseh, Kan., native scored seven points in 22 games for the Cents, but has loads of potential and a Quinnipiac commitment under his belt. Alberni is com-ing off a 4-2 loss to Victoria on Saturday, but their latest win was a 10-5 victory over West Kelowna the week before.

“With this league, you don’t want to put money on any games, because you’ll lose big,” said Deschenes, emphasizing the parity and unpredictable

outcomes across the league.The Smoke Eaters bought

out the last BCHL team to have a franchise in the U.S., the Belleville Ice Hawks in 1995. They will face off against the only other U.S. franchise to join the BCHL since then, when they take on Wenatchee on Saturday at the Cominco Arena.

The Wild are fast up front, strong defensively with good goaltending and the third least goals against in the league, but are coming off a pair of losses last weekend falling to Trail 4-2 at home and 4-3 to West Kelowna Thursday.

“It (Wenatchee) is one of those teams, where they move very well and are very much Penticton-esque. We just have to be ready and in our big rink, it’s going to cater to their game a little bit more, so we just have to be on our toes, and skate with them and push the pace.”

Wild goaltender Chase Perry, a fifth round Detroit Red

Wing draft pick, signed a com-mitment to play for Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in NCAA Division 1 earlier this week. The 19-year-old Minnesota na-tive has a 2.43 goals against average and a .899 save per-centage, and will likely get the start in net for the Wild. The Smokies chased Perry from the net after scoring twice on two shots in the win over the Wild in Wenatchee last Friday.

“It’s very important for our group when we do get the chances we have to finish, so that’s going to be key this week-end for sure.”

The puck drop for both games will be at 7:30 p.m. at the Cominco Arena.

Smoke signals: Smokies defenceman Jeremy Lucchini is still undergoing concussion protocol and will miss the weekend games, while newly acquired forward Blaine Caton has practiced all week and will play his first game as a Smoke Eater on Friday.

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After winning two of six games on the road, Cooper Sande and the rest of the Trail Smoke Eaters return to the welcome confines of the Cominco Arena for a pair of games against the Alberni Bulldogs and Wenatchee Wild this weekend.

BY TIMES STAFFKelowna Rockets forward Nick Merkley is one of

10 WHL players invited to participate in Canada’s National Junior Team Sport Chek Selection Camp, being held Dec. 10-14 in Toronto.

Just weeks away from the official puck drop of Canada’s opening game of the 2016 IIHF World Junior Championship, Hockey Canada revealed the names of the 30 players invited to camp.

Merkley’s parents grew up in Rossland and his grandparents Ivan and Bev Bell and Dorothy Merkley still reside in Greater Trail. The 18-year-old Calgary native was selected 30th overall in the NHL 2016 entry draft by the Phoenix Coyotes, and led the Rockets in scoring last season with 90 points. Along with Merkley, Kelowna teammate Rourke Chartier was also invited.

The roster includes two goaltenders, 11 defence-men, and 17 forwards. Ryan Jankowski, director of player personnel for Hockey Canada, and Tim Speltz, member of the Program of Excellence man-agement group, were responsible for all player se-lection, with input from coaches and general man-agers from across the Canadian Hockey League.

Three players from the 2015 IIHF World Junior Championship-winning team are included on the roster: Lawson Crouse from the OHL, Kamloops native Joe Hicketts from the Victoria Royals of the WHL, and Brayden Point from the Moose Jaw Warriors of the WHL.

“We’re looking to assemble the best possible team to represent the country in Helsinki at the 2016 IIHF World Junior Championship,” said Scott Salmond, vice-president of hockey operations and national teams for Hockey Canada. ”With the talent we have attending camp, it’s going to come down to some difficult decisions for us in selecting the players who make the final team.”

The selection camp will be held at the MasterCard Centre in Etobicoke, Ont., and will feature two games against a team of players from Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS) on Dec. 12 and 13.

In total, 22 players will be selected to rep-resent Canada at the 2016 IIHF World Junior Championship, Dec. 26, 2015 to Jan. 5, 2016 in Helsinki, Finland.

Canada won gold at the IIHF World Junior Championship on home ice in January. The team has not won in Europe since 2008 – the fourth of five consecutive gold medals for Canada’s National Junior Team from 2005-09.

“We have some returning players from last year’s gold medal-winning team, and a lot of interna-tional experience with the group as a whole,” said Jankowski, who also noted the management team remains in contact with NHL clubs regarding eli-gible players who may be made available to join the team before Canada finalizes its roster on Dec. 20.

“We’re looking forward to getting everyone to-gether in Toronto next week and getting started.”

Canada opens the tournament against the United States on Saturday, Dec. 26 at 11 a.m. PT.

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Merkley invited to World Junior camp


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8 teams participated with 3 from GTMHA

Thanks to all the parents and sponsors!Alfred H. Knight • AM Ford

Beaver Valley Investments LTD 2013Bogie and Bacall Hair Salon • Canadian Tire

Cedar Avenue Hair SalonChi-ette Charters (Better Health Therapeutics)

Country Roads • Ferraro Foods • Heartland Soul Tae Kwon DoHome Hardware • Kootenay Columbia Therapeutics

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Michael Scully and Leslie Paul M.D. Ltd • Milano’s McAuley’s No Frill’s • Paci� c Coastal • Performance Fitness

SmokeEaters Hockey Club • Stewart’s DetailingSummit Subaru • TECK • Trail Coffee & Tea

The Vitamin Store • Trail, Beaver Valley and Rossland Arena StaffGTMHA Referees & Linesmen • GT Bantam House Parents

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Help tell the story of Selkirk’s 50 years A commemorative book tracing the history of the Selkirk College is being produced as a component of the year-long 50th celebration. This is just one of many events and projects that will chronicle the college’s 50 years in the region starting in 2016. To help tell the story, the college is collecting photographs, mementos and personal recollections that will help illustrate this vibrant history of learning. If you have a story to tell or an item to share that helps tell the story of Selkirk College please contact Takaia Larsen at 250.365.1358 or [email protected].

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SPORTS

Not enjoy-ing this m u c k y early win-

ter. The snow, what little we have had, becomes difficult to move before it finish-es falling, even warm-er weather is so damp it is uncomfortable, and we have little hope of a good snow pack - either on local ski hills by Christmas or accumulating by spring to create a reservoir of moisture to help avoid summer drought.

The current reality of climate change is not to my liking, at all.

Meanwhile, however, winter activities requiring artificial ice are at least at full bore.

The Smoke Eaters, who appear alternately hope-less and hope-providing, are in town this week-end for their only two home games in a calendar month. A good weekend (three or four points) will keep their playoff hopes alive-given they have games in hand amounting, if optimized, to the abil-ity to catch the fourth place Vernon Vipers.

Trail will be back on the road again soon after (the schedule likely could not be worse for the big 50-50 raffle they are running) and their financial hopes for the first half could hang on them produc-ing enough points in the next 10 days for fans to remain hopeful, turn out at home games and buy, among other things, those raffle tickets.

A positive feature of December is that Trail and Beaver Valley have no scheduling conflicts the rest of 2015. That may, and should, mean that both clubs, without local competition, should see im-proved box office numbers into the new year.

The Smokies just beat Wenatchee, so we as-sume they have a chance to compete in that game. Alberni Valley is as lowly a side, standings-wise, as Trail, and coming in off a long bus ride, so the Smoke Eaters should have a chance there, too.

We have seen the Smokies produce quality play, so there’s that. As it always seems to, it will come down to Trail beginning well (not falling behind early, as has been their habit of late) and carrying that energy throughout the game.

If the Smokies play their best, they can take the points from this weekend, put some pressure on Vernon and head to out on their longest road trip of the season hopeful and energized.

If.All things being equal, I will be there, watching

hopefully, this weekend.

DAVE THOMPSON

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SCOREBOARDHockey

National Hockey LeagueEASTERN CONFERENCE

G W L OT Pts GF GAMontreal 26 19 4 3 41 90 57N.Y. Rangers 26 17 6 3 37 75 55Washington 23 17 5 1 35 75 51Detroit 25 13 8 4 30 61 64N.Y. Islanders 26 14 8 4 32 74 63Ottawa 24 12 7 5 29 78 72Pittsburgh 24 14 8 2 30 57 55Boston 23 13 8 2 28 75 67Tampa Bay 26 12 11 3 27 61 59New Jersey 24 12 10 2 26 57 59Florida 24 11 9 4 26 63 60Philadelphia 25 10 10 5 25 49 67Buffalo 25 10 12 3 23 58 67Toronto 25 8 12 5 21 57 72Carolina 24 8 12 4 20 50 70

Columbus 26 10 16 0 20 61 78 WESTERN CONFERENCE GP W L OT Pts GF GADallas 25 19 5 1 39 88 66Los Angeles 24 15 8 1 31 60 51St. Louis 25 15 7 3 33 66 61San Jose 24 14 10 0 28 67 63Nashville 24 13 7 4 30 64 62Arizona 24 13 10 1 27 67 70Chicago 25 13 9 3 29 68 64Minnesota 23 12 7 4 28 65 62Winnipeg 26 12 12 2 26 73 81Vancouver 26 9 9 8 26 70 71Anaheim 26 9 12 5 23 52 67Colorado 25 10 14 1 21 73 76Calgary 25 9 14 2 20 60 90Edmonton 26 9 15 2 20 65 79 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for over-time loss.

GTMHA Bantam Reps host tournamentBY JIM BAILEYTimes Sports Editor

The Greater Trail Minor Hockey Association’s (GTMHA) Bantam Rep Smoke Eaters host their annual tour-nament this weekend, looking to repeat as champions.

The Tier 2 Bantam tourna-ment will go at the Cominco and Beaver Valley arenas this weekend, with games starting at noon on Friday and end-

ing up with the final on Sunday at 11:45 a.m. in Trail.

A total of six teams will compete for the coveted title, includ-ing Greater Trail, the Spokane Chiefs, Castlegar Rebels, Tri-City Americans, Salmon Arm Silvertips and Bow Valley Timber Wolves from Calgary.

Last year, the Bantam

Smokies hung on for an 8-6 win over Campbell River Tyees in the semifinal before taking out the West Kelowna Bantam Warriors in the final 5-3 to win

the championship.With teams from the U.S.

And Alberta, this year’s tourna-ment will ice a few unknowns

from the teams the Bantam Smokies play regularly in the Okanagan Mainline Amateur Hockey Association.

The Bantam Smoke Eaters first game goes Friday at the Cominco Arena at 2:15 p.m. versus the Tri City. They’ll play twice on Saturday at 9:30 a.m. against Castlegar and at 4:15 p.m. versus Bow Valley. On Sunday, the top four teams play off to see who goes to the final.

Smoke Eaters happy to be

home

Friday’s gamesArizona at Buffalo, 7 p.m.

Florida at Columbus, 7 p.m.Philadelphia at New Jersey,

7 p.m.St. Louis at NY Islanders, 7:30

p.m.Boston at Calgary, 9 p.m.

Dallas at Edmonton, 9 p.m.San Jose at Anaheim, 10 p.m.

Saturday’s gamesWashington at Winnipeg, 3

p.m.Pittsburgh at Los Angeles, 4

p.m.Nashville at Detroit, 7 p.m.Toronto at St. Louis, 7 p.m.Montreal at Carolina, 7 p.m.

NY Islanders at Ottawa, 7 p.m.Columbus at Philadelphia,

7:30 p.m.Colorado at Minnesota, 8 p.m.Boston at Vancouver, 10 p.m.

Tampa Bay at San Jose, 10:30 p.m.

Sunday’s gamesArizona at Carolina, 5 p.m.

Winnipeg at Chicago, 5 p.m.Florida at New Jersey, 7 p.m.Ottawa at NY Rangers, 7 p.m.Buffalo at Edmonton, 8 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Anaheim, 8 p.m.Tampa Bay at Los Angeles,

10 p.m. NHL Scoring Leaders G A PtsPatrick Kane, Chi 15 23 38Jamie Benn, Dal 18 17 35Tyler Seguin, Dal 13 21 34Daniel Sedin, Vcr 12 16 28J Klingberg, Dal 5 22 27B Wheeler, Wpg 9 17 26EKuznetsov, Wash 8 18 26Erik Karlsson, Ott 5 21 26Max Pacioretty, Mtl 13 12 25Evgeni Malkin, Pgh 12 13 25Taylor Hall, Edm 9 16 25David Krejci, Bos 9 16 25VTarasenko, StL 14 10 24Joe Pavelski, SJ 12 12 24N MacKinnon, Col 10 14 24Henrik Sedin, Vcr 8 16 24T Plekanec, Mtl 7 17 24Matt Duchene, Col 13 10 23Jeff Carter, LA 10 13 23PaBergeron, Bos 8 15 23Ml Cammalleri, NJ 7 16 23Artemi Panarin, Chi 7 16 23Al Ovechkin, Wash 12 10 22John Tavares, NYI 12 10 22Mike Hoffman, Ott 11 11 22M Zuccarello, NYR 11 11 22Bobby Ryan, Ott 8 14 22J Gaudreau, Cgy 6 16 22

Kyle Turris, Ott 11 10 21Bryan Little, Wpg 10 11 21Alex Steen, StL 9 12 21File: R8001 Category:

WHLAll Times Mountain

EASTERN CONFERENCEEAST DIVISION

G W L OL PtPrAlbert 26 16 7 2 35Brandon 26 16 8 0 34Moose Jaw 27 13 9 4 31Regina 26 13 11 2 28Saskatoon 26 10 13 3 23SwCurrent 27 8 16 3 19

CENTRAL DIVISION G W L OL PtRed Deer 27 19 8 0 38Lethbridge 27 18 9 0 36Calgary 29 16 11 1 34Edmonton 28 11 14 3 25Med Hat 25 7 15 2 17Kootenay 29 6 21 2 14 WESTERN CONFERENCE

B.C. DIVISION G W L OL PtKelowna 27 20 6 1 41Victoria 28 18 8 1 38Pr George 26 15 9 1 32Kamloops 24 12 9 3 27Vancouver 27 7 16 2 18

U.S. DIVISION G W L OL PtSeattle 25 16 7 2 34Spokane 27 14 10 2 31Everett 24 14 8 0 30Portland 25 12 13 0 24Tri-City 28 11 16 1 23

Friday’s gamesSaskatoon at Moose Jaw, 6

p.m.Regina at Brandon, 6:30 p.m.Prince Albert at Lethbridge,

7 p.m.Portland at Kamloops, 8 p.m.

Medicine Hat at Kelowna, 8:05 p.m.

Seattle at Spokane, 8:05 p.m.Kootenay at Vancouver, 8:30 p.m.

Prince George at Everett, 8:35 p.m.

FootballNational Football League

All Times EST AMERICAN CONFERENCE

East W L T PctNew England 10 1 0 0.909N.Y. Jets 6 5 0 0.545Buffalo 5 6 0 0.455Miami 4 7 0 0.364

South

W L T PctIndianapolis 6 5 0 0.545Houston 6 5 0 0.545Jacksonville 4 7 0 0.364Tennessee 2 9 0 0.182

North W L T PctCincinnati 9 2 0 0.818Pittsburgh 6 5 0 0.545Baltimore 4 7 0 0.364Cleveland 2 9 0 0.182

West W L T PctDenver 9 2 0 0.818Kansas City 6 5 0 0.545Oakland 5 6 0 0.455San Diego 3 8 0 0.273

NATIONAL CONFERENCEEast

W L T PctWashington 5 6 0 0.455N.Y. Giants 5 6 0 0.455Philadelphia 4 7 0 0.364Dallas 3 8 0 0.273South W L T PctCarolina 11 0 0 1Atlanta 6 5 0 0.545Tampa Bay 5 6 0 0.455New Orleans 4 7 0 0.364 North W L T PctMinnesota 8 3 0 0.727Green Bay 7 4 0 0.636Chicago 5 6 0 0.455Detroit 4 7 0 0.364

West W L T PctArizona 9 2 0 0.818Seattle 6 5 0 0.545St. Louis 4 7 0 0.364San Francisco 3 8 0 0.273

Thursday, Dec. 3 N/AGreen Bay at Detroit, 8:25 p.m.

Sunday, Dec. 6Arizona at St. Louis, 1 p.m.Seattle at Minnesota, 1 p.m.Jacksonville at Tenn 1 p.m.San Fran at Chicago, 1 p.m.

N.Y. Jets at N.Y. Giants, 1 p.m.Atlanta at Tampa Bay, 1 p.m.

Houston at Buffalo, 1 p.m.Baltimore at Miami, 1 p.m.

Cincinnati at Cleveland, 1 p.m.Denver at San Diego, 4:05 p.m.

KC at Oakland, 4:05 p.m.Carolina at Orleans, 4:25 p.m.

Phila at New England, 4:25 p.m.

Indianapolis at Pittsburgh, 8:30 p.m.

Monday, Dec. 7Dallas at Washington, 8:30


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Mack49 Turn to bone51 Numbers on

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Dear Annie: I am a 33-year-old married man. My wife and I both have children from previous marriages. My daughter sees us every other weekend, but my wife’s 10-year-old daughter lives with us. I have been supporting her since she was 3, and I love her like she was my own. My wife’s ex has no interest in seeing her.

My wife has a brother who is my age. He’s never been married or had kids. Recently, while my wife was out of town, her brother and I had a falling out. He was angry with our 10-year-old for not listening to him, and told her off in a manner I found crude and disrespectful. At first, I didn’t say anything, because my mother-in-law was present and she told him to cut it out. But he didn’t listen to her and continued belittling and embarrassing the girl.

I told him that if he wanted others to respect what he says, he needs to show respect himself. I also said that he was being imma-

ture and making mountains out of molehills. We argued for 20 min-utes, and as he walked out the door, he told me that I wasn’t her real fa-ther and that my wife had given him permission to discipline her whenever she didn’t listen to him. I have yet to speak to my wife to see if this is true.

I will be the first to admit that when it comes to discipline, I am easygoing. But does an aunt or uncle have any authority to dis-cipline nieces and nephews? And does my not being her father give my brother-in-law precedence over me? I know my brother-in-law loves his niece, but I can’t stand the way he treats her. And I’m tired of having the fact that I’m not her biological father thrown in my face all the time. What do I do? -- Confused Dad

Dear Dad: First, talk to your wife and clear this up. An uncle has no authority to discipline un-

less he has the parents’ permission, and this immature brother-in-law

should not have such permission. And an uncle would never take precedence over a stepparent unless the stepparent was abu-sive or neglectful, and

some other relative had to step in. That doesn’t sound like the case here. The fact that your mother-in-law also found his behavior ob-jectionable makes him sound like a bully. You and your wife should go over these issues and make sure you support one another.

Dear Annie: I saw the letter from “Didn’t Like It, Either,” about children who don’t want to hug or kiss relatives.

Years ago, when my grand-daughter was younger, she was em-barrassed by my hugs and kisses when I dropped her at school. So we started doing “Pinky Hugs and Thumb Kisses.” We hooked our pinky fingers together (hugs) and

then pressed our thumbs together (kisses). It worked fine.

She is all grown up now, and we still laugh and do it when we say goodbye. Just thought you might want to pass it on. -- J.

Dear J.: This is adorable. And it can help those children who love

their relatives and want to show affection, but find physical contact too difficult or awkward.

Annie’s Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers column. Please email your questions to [email protected]

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Clear up uncle’s bullying ways with wife

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Rent one or two bedroom large apartment in Fruitvale.

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Bella Vista, Shavers Bench Townhomes. N/S, N/P. 2-3 bdrms. Phone 250-364-1822

Ermalinda Estates, Glenmer-ry, spacious 1-2bdrms. Adults only. Secure building w/eleva-tor. N/S, N/P. Ph.250-364-1922

E.Trail. Parkside Apartments. Spacious, quiet, clean, secure, senior oriented, large 1bdrm., Call 250-368-7897.

Francesco Estates, Glenmer-ry,spacious 1-3bdrms. Adults only (45+). Secure building w/elevator. N/S, N/P. Ph. 250-368-6761

Glenmerry, 2bd. apt. Friendly, quiet secure bldg. Heat incl.n/p,n/s.250-368-5287

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TRAIL, 1BDRM. Glenmerry. N/P. Utilities included. 250-368-1312.

TRAIL, 1bd. Ross. Ave., w/d/f/s. ns/np. $600./mo. utilities inc. 250-368-1361

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WANETA MANOR3525 Laburnum Dr Trail

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Homes for RentE.TRAIL, 3bd, 2bth, renovat-ed. $1100. Available Dec.15. 250-512-1153

StorageHEATED VEHICLE & RV Storage, Outside Storage Available. Good access. 250-368-1312

TownhousesEdgewater Townhouse Glenmerry, 3bd, f/s, $795./mo. 250-368-5908.

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941 Scott Street, War� eld

$249,000 This 4 bdrm, 2 bath

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44 Haig Street, War� eld

$152,9003bdrm, 2 bath home on a private 0.27 acre lot! This one is packed with value.

495 - 10th Avenue, Montrose

$279,000 Beautifully updated and move in ready 3 bdrm

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E-1003 Mountain View Road, Rossland

$319,000Beautiful 4 bdrm,

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$99,9002 bdrm Columbia Heights home with amazing river

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Tourism Rossland presents:

• Golden City Lions Club sausages, hot dogs, hot chocolate, hot cider and coffee in Henry

LeFevre Square with a fire pit to warm up• Jenny Bailie and Louise Drescher - Art

Studio /Gallery now open at its new location in The Velvet Building, at the flashing light on

Columbia Ave.• Hot beverages at Mountain Nugget

Chocolate Company while you shop for your Christmas tree, trees sold by the Red

Mountain Racers• Adult story reading by Louise Drescher at the Jenny Bailie / Louise Drescher Gallery in the Valvet Building, at the flashing light on Columbia Ave. Bring your purchase to the youth Action Network Space at 2076 Columbia to be gift wrapped by donation,

proceeds to West Kootenay friends of Refugees.

• Drink hot cider while you shop at Legacy Gift Shop Sweet Dreams cupcakes outside of

the post office• Piste Off tent sale between Revolution and

Laundry Dog• Christmas nibbles at Out of the Cellar

• Bake sale outside the Rossland Library• Look for carolers throughout the day

Saturday, December 5, 2015

• Trail Indoor Winter Market, 900 Spokane StNoon - 4pm, hosted by the Trail & District Chamber of Commerce. Additional markets Sat, Dec 12th & Sat, Dec 19th

• Kids’ Facepainting & Crafts, downstairs from marketNoon - 3pm, hosted by the Trail Ambassadors

• Outdoor Marshmallow RoastNoon - 4pm, hosted by the Trail Fire� ghters

• Hot Food Fundraiser, hosted by Local 480Noon - 4pm

• Santa’s Candy Parade4pm

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for sale250-354-2979Tad Lake

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Great opportunity to purchase this 4 bedroom 2 bathroom home on a good sized lot in Glenmerry area of Trail. The home is located in a great neighbourhood close to down town, convenience stores, parks and schools. Ideal for those look-ing to improve value with home improve-ments.

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Lady of the CamelliasSunday Dec 6 • 9:55am

Jane EyreDec 10 • 7pm

Bolshoi Ballet

National Theatre Live

Dec 4 to 9

Love the CoopersFri-Sun 6pm

& Sat/Sun 2pm

Secret in Their EyesFri-Sun 8pm

& Mon-Wed 7pm

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Valerie Rossi photo

Olaus Jeldness is ready to kick off the holiday season with Rekindle the Spirit of Christmas this Saturday in Rossland. The annual festive event also coincides with the opening of four new art studios, an open house at Alley Cat Glass Works and art and live music at the Rouge Art Gallery located in the old Bank of Montreal building.

OLAUS READY TO KICK OFF CHRISTMAS

SEASON IN ROSSLAND

trail daily times, december 04, 2015

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