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Melissa Castle re-arranges the Christmas-themed window display in the newly opened Kris Kringle’s Christmas Corner. The Spokane Street store has been open for almost three weeks, carrying festive gear and gifts.
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B Y T I M O T H Y S C H A F E RTimes Staff
An idea whose time has come was awarded $10,000 last week for an innovative proposal on improv-ing social and economic well being in Greater Trail.
Although still in the gesta-tion phase, Trail’s Family and Individuals Resource (FAIR) cen-tre society’s Keeping Vulnerable Families Together—to help fam-ilies avoid foster care—was given the money by the Columbia Basin Trust (CBT) as part of the province-wide BC Ideas competition.
Rather than placing a child in foster care, the FAIR solution will allow vulnerable children and their parents to stay together by offer-ing supported housing and train-ing in areas such as parenting and employment skills.
“This idea grew out of the belief that some parents—often people whose own childhoods were cha-otic or abusive—need more inten-sive help in order to be success-ful as parents,” said Gail Lavery, FAIR executive director, in a press release.
There are inter-generational barriers in many of these families, FAIR’s proposal statement read. The parents love their kids, want to be parents to them and the kids want to go home.
It also costs the Ministry of Children and Family Development (MCFD) a great deal to keep them in foster care. In many cases par-ents and children can be effectively reunited.
“In the case of a sizable minor-ity—generally parents who come from a generation or more of sub-stance abuse, poverty and other issues that have prevented them from having their own needs met as children—they are not successful,” FAIR’s website read.
The program will be based on FAIR’s current Second Stage Housing for women who have left a Transition House and are needing additional time and support.
It will involve purchase or rental of an apartment building for par-ents who are still struggling with parenting issues, substance abuse and basic life skills so children could be safely returned home, pro-viding an incentive to parents and minimizing the mutual trauma of separation.
See PROGRAM, Page 3
FAIR rewarded for family-first idea
Society awarded $10,000 for ‘Keeping Vunerable
Families Together’ concept
B Y T I M O T H Y S C H A F E RTimes Staff
If you want to get rich, don’t run for the school board.
On Monday night the board of trustees for School District 20 (Kootenay Columbia) approved a B.C. Consumer Price Index average increase to their remuneration for the coming year (current average is .5 per cent).
That sum (around $105) will be added to the annual remuneration the district’s nine trustees already receive of $10,519. The board chair earns $13,525 while the vice chair pulls in $11,521.
The agenda said the board’s new
rates will be “As per Policy 5.10: Board of Education Remuneration, effective Dec. 2, 2012, trustee remuneration will be increased by the BC Consumer Price Index aver-age of December 2011 to November 2012.”
But the actual increase is unknown right now, said SD20 sec-retary treasurer Natalie Verigin.
“The current October, 2011 to October, 2012 CPI is at .5 per cent and we will need to wait to see what next month is reported at,” she said.
All trustee earnings are reported online in the Statement of Financial Information report posted on
See TRUSTEES, Page 3
SCHOOL DISTRICT 20
Trustees discuss cash
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Town & CountryTHE TRAIL HISTORICAL
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Smoke Eater memorabilia to local history books, visit
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Trail City Hall. For more info, call 250-364-0829
Champion Lakes Golf & Country Club. Notice of AGM.
Dec. 16, 2012. 1pm. BVCurling Rink, Fruitvale BC.An Evening of Christmas Song
Dec.16th @7:00pm Trail United Church
with The Green Choir, Kootenay Women’s Choir,
Wind River Quartet, Soloists; Audience Participation
Directed by Audrey Bisset Refreshments Provided Admission by Donation. Proceeds to the United
Church Food Bank.COLUMBIA VALLEY
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Christmas Trees at Ye Olde Flower Shoppe in downtown
Trail on Spokane St. Christmas Trees are $45. (incl.taxes); Cash Only
TRAIL LEGION General Membership Meeting Sunday, December 16, 2012
1:00pm Don’t eat too much for lunch;
Christmas Goodies and Cheer after the meeting Thank you for attending
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The idea of energy savings is music to Graham Hein’s ears.
The Trail entre-preneur is owner of Kootenay Tonewood, a local company that manufactures wood for the construction of musical instruments.
Last month, Living Smart BC, a “green choice” initiative spon-sored by the Ministry of Energy, Mines and Natural Gas, released a list of 12 small busi-nesses that received funding for creative energy-saving pro-jects, all of which had to demonstrate an innovative solution to increasing energy-effi-ciency by 20 per cent.
Kootenay Tonewood was approved for a grant to fund the installation of a bio-mass boiler system.
Biomass refers to organic matter, espe-cially plant matter that can be converted to fuel and is regarded as a potential energy source.
“Graham was always bothered by the waste wood that ended up in the land fill, when we first started our business,” said wife Shelley.
“We knew there had to be a way to use that wood to benefit our business.”
Hein researched alternative heat-ing solutions online, determined that there had to be a way to use the waste wood to the business’s advantage.
By chance, when he was looking to pur-chase a sawdust col-lector, he found a busi-ness in Delta, Akhurst Machinery Ltd., that could provide him with a biomass boiler, a 91 per cent efficient system.
“When we discov-ered the boiler would not only heat our shop with the waste, but also heat our dry kilns, we really got excited,” said Hein.
“This would really reduce our electrical power usage.”
The biomass boiler system was installed in November and allows the facility to use the waste wood produced on-site to heat the building and to dry the wood that they produce for musical instruments.
“We mostly burn sawdust, but can also use wood pellets, wood chips, grains and solid wood,” said Hein.
“We are still fine tuning it, but expect the boiler to pay for itself, in the next two to three years.”
The Danish have been using this tech-nology since 1979,
but it has only been available in Canada for just over two years, said Brent Vachon, an account representative for Akhurst Machinery.
“ B a s i c a l l y , Kootenay Tonewood is turning their waste into energy in a very green, carbon neutral way,” said Vachon
Hein hand selects Engelmann spruce, a species of tree native to British Columbia, and crafts the wood into boards that are shipped to mostly Asian markets.
Last year, he export-ed enough crafted soundboards to make 50,000 musical instru-ments.
Biomass boiler instrumental in energy savings for local entrepreneur
SHERI REGNIER PHOTOS
From top to bottom; Graham Hein stands beside the bio-mass burner. “This one could probably heat three to four houses, including the water,” he said. Hein shows “green’ sawdust, that in the past would end up in the landfill. Now, the high-moisture saw-dust waste runs the biomass boiler all day and night at 80 C, to warm the facility and dry the wood. Hein stands in his custom built kiln. Behind him are boards that are being dried with heat created using biomass energy rather than electricity.
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• Friday, the final Trail Market goes in the Cominco Gym from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. If interested in selling your wares please call 368-3144
• Sunday, Rossland Miners Hall, 7 p.m. (doors open at 6 p.m.) Joe Hill Coffee House presents: the Rossland Glee Club; No Frets (young fiddlers); The Foggy Goggle Boys; Paul Bowles, spoken word; Dawn Graham and Wendy Garbe, singers. Admission is $3, kids and students free. Refreshments man-aged by the RSS Drama Club. For more info call Les Carter 362-5677 or email [email protected]
•Sunday, Trail United Church at 7 p.m. An Evening of Christmas Song with the Green Choir; Kootenay Women’s choir; Wind River Quartet; soloists and audience participation. Directed by Audrey Bisset. Refreshments served, admission by donation to the United Church food bank.
•Tuesday, Charles Bailey Theatre at 6:30 p.m. St. Michael’s School Christmas concert. The annual Christmas pageant features a performance by the school choir and the presentation of a holi-day musical play called “Once Upon a Housetop.” Admission by donation, items for the food bank are welcome.
•Tuesday, Castlegar/Trail Parkinson Support Group will meet at the Colander at 11:30 a.m. New members welcome. For information phone 368-5179.
• Tuesday, Mood Disorder Support Group meets from 1:30–3:30 p.m. at Kiro Wellness Centre (side entrance). For all those with Mood Disorder, call Niki 367-6391 for more info.
•Tuesday, Trail United Church at 7 p.m. The Beaver Valley/Rossland Community Choir pres-ents a Christmas Cantata,
“Repeat the Sounding Joy,” admission by donation, refreshments to follow.
•Wednesday, Community Christmas Dinner at the Presbyterian Church at 5:30 p.m. Please phone 368-6066 or drop by to reserve your spot. By dona-tion and everyone welcome.
Film•Thursday at 7 p.m. and Sunday at
11 a.m. The Royal Theatre presents The Nutcracker, performed by the Royal Ballet of London. $24 at the door. The Nutcracker, with a sense of mystery and magic pervades the theatre as Herr Drosselmeyer sets in train the events that will see his beloved nephew, Hans Peter, freed from the enchantment of the evil Mouse King by the resourceful Clara.
•The Royal Theatre is excited to offer a limited number of gift certificates that can be used at any Met Opera, Ballet or National Theatre Live productions. The patron can choose the event they want to see, and just show up. Tickets are $24.00 (tax included). See website for times the theatre box office is open.
GallerySmall Treasures and Big Finds noon
to 3 p.m., at Visac Gallery, 1501 Cedar Ave, Trail. Deck the halls with arts and crafts from our annual Christmas show and sale. Open 10am-2pm Mon-Wed, 2pm-6pm Thur-Fri.
Upcoming•Thursday Dec. 20 and Sunday Dec.
23, Trail United Church at 7 p.m. The Beaver Valley/Rossland Community Choir presents a Christmas Cantata, “Repeat the Sounding Joy,” admission by donation, refreshments to follow.
•Trail Legion, Annual Community Christmas Dinner on Dec. 25 at 5 p.m. If you are on your own this Christmas, but would still enjoy a traditional Christmas dinner, please join us at the Legion. There is no charge for dinner, but we do ask that you sign up if you plan on attending. Please call (250) 364-1422 or drop by the Legion at 2141 Columbia Avenue. Cut off date will be Dec. 20 or 125 people (whichever comes first)
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Rossland Health Care Auxiliary donated $44,718 to the KBRH Health Foundation on Pledge Day. $30,000 was designated to Digital Mammography and $14,781 was designated to purchase equipment for the OR and ICU, including a chair for shoulder surgery, an oscillating drill, an external pacemaker and a nerve stimulator. RHA members Lindsey Premier, Linda Cant, Sharon Hansen, and Angeline McCaskill (left to right) present this donation to KBRH Health Foundation representatives Lisa Pasin, director of development (far left), and Carol Schlender, chair (far right).
Rossland HealtH CaRe auxiliaRy makes big donation
FROM PAGE 1Under the proposal, FAIR would provide
an overnight building manager with parent support skills (human service diploma), a building caretaker and family support and children’s support workers. Parents would be supported in connecting with Selkirk College for education and skills upgrades, the Skills Centre for employment counsel-ling, alcohol and drug and mental health counsellors when relevant, as well as other FAIR programs.
Up to six families per year could receive one year of intensive housing, parenting and life skills support so they are able to success-fully keep their kids without further MCFD involvement, said Lavery.
“The supportive housing environment, along with the other supports we currently provide, will keep children with their par-ents, ensure the children’s environment is safe and support parents in making the deep changes and acquiring the full range of skills they need to successfully raise their chil-dren,” she said.
The grant money would go towards fund-ing a feasibility study focused on practical issues like building purchase options includ-ing grants, building maintenance cost issues, pitfalls, real estate market assessment and the start of a project fund.
Program could support six families
FROM PAGE 1SD20’s home page under “Reports and Publications” for 2011-2012, heading for the 11-12 school year, (on page 44).
In anticipation of a difficult and trying year trustee Mickey Kinakin asked the board of trust-ees Monday for the amount of the elected offi-cials’ annual allowance be increased to $5,000.
That represented a jump of $1,500 per trust-ee, increasing the allowance budget by $13,500 to $45,000.
In a normal year the $3,500 amount would be sufficient, Kinakin said. But with a possible change in government this year, he felt trustees would be called out to meetings more often.
“It’s a time that’s going to be an expense,” he said. “We need to put this aside for this particu-lar year because we are going to need it.”
Several trustees spoke against the motion.“At this point in time, yes, there’s going to be
extra meetings, but we also have to look at we are in a huge deficit and to add another $1,500 per trustee this year, I don’t think that is very prudent on our part,” said Castlegar trustee Jo-Ann Bursey.
Trustee Kim Mandoli from Fruitvale said the board would have to decide on travel costs by a case-by-case basis.
Kinakin’s motion was defeated.But the general $3,500 professional develop-
ment allocation budget was increased. The fund was set up to cover extraordinary, one-time pro-fessional development opportunities.
Trustees review allowances
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B.C. - The financial costs of a worst-case scenario tanker spill off the north coast of British Columbia could outweigh the economic rewards of the proposed Northern Gateway pipeline for the region, says a study by the UBC Fisheries Centre.
The study fund-ed by World Wildlife Fund Canada looked at the potential losses to commercial fisheries, tourism, aquaculture and port activities in the area in the event of a tanker accident.
Using the 1989 Exxon Valdez spill as an example, research-ers calculated vari-ous scenarios, from a spill with no impact to a high-impact spill
of 257,000 barrels of crude, in winter, over 52 kilometres of coastline that includes Haida Gwaii and Porcher Island, near Prince Rupert.
“The study high-lights that if a tanker spill occurs, the eco-nomic gains from the Enbridge (TSX:ENB) Northern Gateway project to the North Coast region would be wiped out by the costs of the spill,” said Rashid Sumaila, dir-ector of the fisheries centre.
Ocean-based indus-tries directly employ about 10 per cent of the population of the North Coast. When indirect benefits are included, they account for approximately 30 per cent of regional employment.
Total losses due to oil contamination could range from $90- to $300 million in lost output in other ocean industries, thousands of jobs and up to $200 million of lost gross domestic product, said the report released Wednesday by Sumaila and Ngaio Hotte.
That compares to total economic bene-fits from the project for the region of $628 million in direct out-put, up to 8,000 jobs and $293 million in GDP.
Overall, the pro-ject is expected to boost Canada’s GDP by $270 billion over 30 years, $2.6 billion in tax revenues for local, provincial and the fed-eral governments, and generate $81 billion in direct and indirect
revenues to the federal and provincial govern-ments.
Northern Gateway officials said the study was deeply flawed, including that it com-pares economic bene-fits that are certain to occur with spill costs that are highly improbable.
Enbridge’s own assessments suggest a spill of such mag-nitude is “a one in 15,000 year event.”
“Northern Gateway has put in place the
most comprehen-sive suite of marine safety and emergency response measures ever proposed in Canada,” Todd Nogier, company spokesman, said Wednesday.
“The reality is sim-ply that, because of the preparedness and miti-gation efforts of the project, these impacts would not be of such a scale as represented in this report.”
Darcy Dobell, of WWF Canada, dis-agrees.
“All we have to do is look north to where the Exxon Valdez spilled happened. That was 23 years ago now and the fisheries there have not recovered; communities there have not recovered, and that’s a spill from a tanker that was smaller than the pro-jected tankers will be here,” Dobell said.
“If you have a major spill like that, things are changed forever.”
The loss estimates don’t include the
cost of spill response, clean-up and litiga-tion, which could run as high as $9.6 billion, the researchers said.
The spill scenarios all assumed no spill response - a scenario the researchers and Northern Gateway agree is unlikely. The report also notes that if the Exxon had been a double-hulled tank-er like the ones that would be docking in Kitimat, the amount of oil spilled would have been half.
T H E C A N A D I A N P R E S SVANCOUVER - Court docu-
ments reveal that a company planning to bring 201 Chinese miners to a project in northern B.C. would be using temporary foreign workers in its transi-tion plans for the next 14 years.
Two unions are in court challenging temporary foreign worker permits obtained by HD Mining for its Murray River underground coal mine near Tumbler Ridge, B.C.
Documents tendered in the case include the company’s
previously unreleased tran-sition plan outlining that it won’t be hiring Canadian min-ers for more than four years.
The plan says temporary foreign workers will be used for 30 months of construction and then for two more years as they set up a training school and start recruiting and train-ing Canadians.
After that, the plan indicates it will take another decade to shift the work to Canadians at a rate of 10 per cent of the mine’s workforce per year.
The company has already said it will take 10 years to transition work to Canadians, but it has not said it will take more than four years for that process to begin.
The International Union of Operating Engineers and the Construction and Specialized Workers Union are in Federal Court this week asking for an injunction to stop more for-eign workers from arriving until the unions larger chal-lenge against the permits is heard.
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A group of protesters gathers outside the Northern Gateway hearings in Prince Rupert.
Mine won’t hire Canadians for four years: document
NortherN Gateway
Cost of worst-case scenario outweighs rewards: study
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T H E C A N A D I A N P R E S SSWIFT CURRENT,
Sask. - An American man has been fined more than $7,000 for unlawful hunting in Saskatchewan.
David Hamby of Townville, S. C., pleaded guilty in Swift Current prov-incial court to four charges under the Saskatchewan Wildlife Act and Regulations.
Hamby admitted to unlawfully pur-chasing a Canadian resident deer licence, using another person’s licence and exporting
wildlife without a per-mit. He has also been suspended from hunt-ing in the province for one year.
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T H E C A N A D I A N P R E S SOTTAWA - The cas-
cading multibillion-dollar cost of the cele-brated F-35 stealth aircraft has prompted the federal govern-ment to “hit the reset button” on its controversial effort to replace Canada’s aging fighter fleet.
Public Works Minister Rona Ambrose said
Wednesday the entire process would be reviewed in the face of a long-awaited KPMG report that warns the Lockheed Martin-built F-35s could cost Canada as much as $45.8 billion over 42 years.
The report says National Defence neglected to build a large enough finan-cial cushion into the
plan, and that the paltry-by-comparison $9 billion the depart-ment set aside likely won’t be enough to cover the planned purchase of 65 jets.
Ambrose and Defence Minister Peter MacKay both insisted no decision will be made until the review is complete.
“The next step is a full review of
options,” Ambrose told a news confer-ence following the release of the report, which came after a question period dom-inated by F-35 ques-tions.
“We have hit the reset button and are taking the time to do a complete assess-ment of all available options.”
MacKay said the government would ensure “that bal-ance is maintained between the military needs and taxpayer interests.”
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Conservative back-bencher’s bill set to pass the House of Commons on Wednesday will force unions to publicly dis-close how they spend the dues they collect.
The Conservatives say one of their final legislative moves before the Christmas break is a gift in the name of transparency, but opponents see the bill as a lump of coal.
Bill C-377 would amend the Income Tax Act to require unions to provide detailed annual financial filings to the Canada Revenue Agency, which would in turn make the infor-mation public.
The material would cover salaries and expenses, though amendments made to the bill would see some personal infor-mation held back for privacy reasons.
The Tory MP behind the bill said he intro-duced it because he believes unions ought to be subject to the same public report-ing requirements as charities as they enjoy the same tax-exempt status.
“I believe there is a genuine public pur-pose served by requir-ing financial transpar-ency in all institutions that receive a substan-
tial public benefit,” Russ Hiebert said dur-ing debates on the bill.
“It exists in govern-ment, Crown corpora-tions, charities and most recently on native reserves. Now we are extending transpar-ency to another set of institutions that enjoy public benefits, that being labour organiza-tions.”
But union lead-ers and opposition politicians say the bill imposes oner-ous, costly report-ing requirements and in many provinces,
unions already report this information to the people who need it, that is, their members.
“The Conservatives want their corpor-ate friends to have access to this informa-tion so that they can undermine unions,” the United Food and Commercial Workers Canada said in its cam-paign against the bill.
While it’s unusual for a private mem-ber’s bill to become law, Hiebert’s appears to have the blessing of the Conservative leadership.
Tory bill will force unions to open books
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OPINION
Do the hockey fans a favour and cancel the NHL season
Even in an age of over 100 channels on our TVs, I’m beginning to run
out of channels to watch.Granted I probably only
tune in to about 10 of the cable offerings on a daily basis but even that number is dwindling.
Why? Because it seems every channel I turn to, there are talking heads beating a topic to death, talking about it 24 hours a day when there’s nothing new to talk about.
I’m tired of the Americans’ non-stop debate about their political leaders, the fiscal cliff and partisanship.
But I’m even more tired of the NHL lockout, the daily updates and the experts trying to decipher some news and talking points out of nothing.
With all due respect to Trail’s own Ray Ferraro, I guess to earn their pay they have to talk about the NHL even when there’s no NHL to talk about.
But when one of the top stories on the CBC nation-al news is to report that there’s nothing new in the NHL lockout, that’s when I knew it was too much of a
bad thing.Elliotte Friedman might
be a nice guy and works well on Hockey Night in Canada but I don’t need his umpteenth comment on the lockout stalemate right after I’m told about the horrors in Syria and the global recession.
Frankly I don’t care if the NHL comes back this season.
The league has such a long, drawn out schedule that I really only get inter-ested enough to watch an entire game when the play-offs begin.
Even then, after the first round, the NHL prefers to space games out to accom-modate American viewers that I don’t even bother watching a third-round matchup because the game is scheduled for a Saturday afternoon in May.
I’m proud to call myself a Canadian but watching hockey on a Saturday after-noon in May is not my idea of our national past time.
Listening, albeit brief-ly, to the commentators explain the ins and outs of contract negotiations is sometimes quite funny because many of them are just repeating the same
thing over and over.It’s like a soap opera.
You can watch it once then tune in three weeks later and pick up the story line right away. The only differ-ence is soap operas viewers are more dedicated than many NHL fans and the plots are more plausible.
In a world where div-ision seems to reign when it comes to most topics, you can certainly find a lot of agreement on the NHL lockout walking around Trail.
Neither side deserves what they already have. Most fans agree people should boycott games to send a real message.
But if there is a bright side to the lockout, it
makes hockey fans appreci-ate what we have right in our own backyard.
Friday night’s Trail Smoke Eaters-Langley Rivermen matchup at the Cominco Arena was a per-fect example of the enter-tainment we crave when we watch a hockey game.
There were end-to-end rushes, great saves, a pen-alty shot, overtime, cold beer and a hometown win.
Add to that a crowd of young enthusiastic fans and the smart move by referee Mike Boisvert for punting two players from the game for their premeditated fight and the night proved to be a bargain for my entertain-ment dollar.
There was no bickering over contracts. Players and management didn’t parade out their respective mouth-pieces to try and explain to the loyal fans why they’re not playing.
And above all else, there was no panel of experts who spend the next two hours telling me that noth-ing happened and noth-ing will probably happen tomorrow either.
I’m disappointed in the laziness of the sports networks when they don’t
have the NHL to fill air time.
Instead of expanding their hockey coverage by broadcasting some college or more AHL games, they prefer to fill the air with soccer highlights from Europe.
Sure soccer is a popu-lar game worldwide but I don’t see the TSN panel discussing the latest player movement in the Premier League.
It would be an oppor-tunity to showcase more university sports, maybe even televise some top-flight women’s hockey games.
But that isn’t what this is about. Talking about nothing is the reason cable news and sports exists.
How else can you explain CNN talking about an election for four years? How else can you explain a 24-hour NFL network when teams play a handful of games a season?
The talking never ends until I hit the remote.
And that seems to be my best cure for solving the entire NHL mess.
Guy Bertrand is the managing editor of the Trail Times
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But accord-ing to a study just released by Statistics Canada, that is not the case.
In fact, the 12 years of longi-tudinal data from the Canadian National Population Health Survey among Canadians aged 50 or older shows that three in four smokers with respiratory disease do not quit smoking, most people with diabetes or heart disease will not become more physically active and vir-tually no one diagnosed with cancer, heart disease, diabetes or stroke will increase their intake of fruit and vegetables.
This does not bode well for public health promotion cam-paigns that simply appeal to Canadians to give up unhealthy behaviours to reduce their future risk of disease.
If even those who are most likely to immediately benefit from changing their lifestyles fail to live healthier, what is to be expected of those for whom such recommendations merely promise better health some-where in the distant future? Or, if even already having the con-dition does not change behav-iour, why would we expect mere fear of developing the condition to be enough of a motivator?
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As many experts in health promotion are well aware, knowledge and warnings are the least effect-ive measures to change health behaviors. This is why many call for health
policies that ban or restrict access to tobacco, alcohol and unhealthy foods as well as punitive measures, including taxation and fines or higher health premiums for those who persist.
However, such measures fail to acknowledge the key drivers – why people adopt unhealthy behaviours in the first place – and why these behaviours are so difficult to change.
Most people make decisions about what they eat based on taste, cost and convenience rather than on health benefits or health risks. Most people fail to exercise regularly because they either lack the time or simply do not enjoy being phys-ically active. In certain social circles, smoking and excessive alcohol consumption are an accepted part of cultural iden-tity – a value that supersedes potential health risks. And, let us not forget that food, nico-tine and alcohol can all be used as coping strategies for a life that has its everyday stressors and challenges.
It is therefore not surprising
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Research shows that a high-er degree of mental fitness not only increases a person’s ability to efficiently respond to life’s challenges but also to effect-ively restore a state of balance, self-determination and positive change.
Resilience is strengthened by positive relationships, experi-ences and inner strengths such as values, skills and commit-ments. It is particularly fos-tered by addressing our needs for relatedness (a heightened sense of belonging in the workplace, schools, commun-ities and homes), competency (building on existing individ-ual strengths and capacity) and autonomy (self-determination of activities that will enhance health and well-being).
Obviously, these determin-ants of health behaviours are far more difficult to legislate than simply banning or taxing unhealthy foods or imposing punitive levies on tobacco or alcohol.
Indeed, fostering a societal discourse on the role of culture and values (including how we deal with poverty and social inequities) as a contributor to our health and well-being may well be beyond the scope of current public health initia-tives. In the end, however, it will take more than warnings and by-laws to make us health-ier.
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When the Chinese government bid $15.1 billion for a prime piece of the Canadian oilpatch, it dropped Stephen Harper into a sticky, oozing no-win situation.
Slamming the door shut to these hopeful guests would offend an increasingly vital trading partner, alien-ate free-trade purists and confuse investors from other countries who’d believed the prime minister had set out a welcome mat for them.
But if he swung the door open wide for the Chinese and extended a warm Alberta handshake to welcome them and other takeover proponents, Harper would have outraged economic national-ists who would have accused him of selling out Canada to a totali-tarian regime.
In the end, the qualified yes Harper gave the Chinese last week, in addition to his toughening up of the rules for future state-owned foreign investors, were not
enough to turn a tor-tuous dilemma into the politician’s cher-ished “win-win” situa-tion. Critics on the left and right have trashed Harper’s call with equal vigour, but for different reasons.
That said, Harper’s decision qualifies as sound economic policy and smart politics. It is a balanced and, con-sidering that one poll said most Canadians opposed the takeover, a brave handling of a sensitive, highly complex matter. To borrow a phrase ban-died about in foreign
investment reviews, Harper’s response to the Chinese is of “net benefit” to Canada.
Harper has solid-ified relations with the Chinese who, as the planet’s second largest economy, are an esteemed business partner. For years, Canadians have called on their federal gov-ernment to rely less on trade with the United States, with its stagnant economy, and establish new markets and stronger ties with dynamic, for-eign countries. Harper has just done this.
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ver Falls passed away suddenly on December 9, 2012. Frank was born in Trail on August 8, 1959 and lived in the Trail/Beaver Falls area all of his life. He worked at Teck for more than 30 years. He was very active in his church and led children’s groups and kid’s camps in Fruitvale for many years as well as providing leadership to the Beaver Falls Water Board for 10 years.
Frank was predeceased by his father, Nick Kotyk, and survived by his loving wife of 29 years, Nancy, children Danaya, Nathan and Melanie, mother Elizabeth Marbach and sib-lings Lorna Kotyk Petrovic, Larry (Sherry) Kotyk and Joan Kristian as well as numerous nephews and nieces.
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During the Second World War Laima and Daina fl ed Latvia and made their way to Germany. At the end of the war their English fl uency allowed them both to go to Leeds, England to take their nurses training. As it turned out, Laima and her sister were not the only Latvians to emigrate to England. Laima was reunited with Aigars (Tom) Allis, a childhood friend. Laima and Aigars had played in the sandbox together and from the stories they tell, there was an early attraction.
Laima and Aigars married in 1950 and, seeking a better life, sailed to Canada in 1956 with their daughter Linda and the family dog in tow. � eir fi rst stop was the Northern Ontario mining town of Kearns where Aigars worked at the Keradison Gold Mine. Several moves in Northern Ontario mining district followed and the family grew with daughter Karina and son Martin. Other Latvians had also moved to work in northern Ontario, Laima and Aigars were involved in the Latvian choir and had a lively circle of friends. Eventually, Aigars obtained a position as a design draftsman with Cominco (Trail, B.C.) and the family + dog drove across Canada in March of 1963, living on the meat pies that Laima had made.
� ey bought a house in Castlegar and Laima embraced all that the West Kootenay’s had to off er. She took French and geology at Selkirk College, started downhill and cross-country skiing, and participated in community organizations. � ese included the International Society, Welcome Wagon, Arts Council, West Kootenay Naturalists, the Castlegar Quilters and Weavers Guilds, as well as becoming a long serving volunteer at the Castlegar Public Library.
Laima loved her family, her dogs and cats, her fl ower garden, and music- especially opera and classical. Life near Zuckerberg’s Island also allowed her daily walks with her dogs, regular chatting with neighbours and, when the weather and river water level permitted, swimming in the Columbia.
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kids at first didn’t seem to know how to respond as Ravi Shankar began his four-hour set on the final afternoon of the Monterey Pop Festival, in the fabled summer of 1967.
As captured in D.A. Pennebaker’s docu-mentary, some nodded along and smiled; Jimi Hendrix listened care-fully. Others dozed, or chatted. A few hippies danced wildly, as if they couldn’t tell - or didn’t care about - the difference between Shankar’s raga and a Jefferson Airplane jam. But as the per-formance accelerated from isolated strains to a pace that could exhaust the speediest rock star, eyes opened, minds expanded and Shankar and his fellow musicians left to a long standing ovation.
Labeled “the god-father of world music” by Beatle George Harrison, Shankar helped millions of Westerners - classical, jazz and rock lovers - discover the centuries-old traditions of Indian music. From Harrison to John Coltrane, from Yehudi Menuhin to Andre Previn, he bridged, sometimes unsteadily, the musical gap between East and West, between what Shankar noted as the classical East’s empha-sis on melody and rhythm and the clas-sical West’s foundation of “harmony, counter-point, chords, modula-tion and other basics.”
“Indian music was the original ‘world music’ - appealing to a generation of educated, middle-class Western listeners,” said pro-ducer Joe Boyd, who has worked with every-one from Pink Floyd to Nazakat & Salamat Ali. “Shankar and Ali Akbar Khan were
the first musicians to reach that audience in a profound way that transcended cultural boundaries.”
Shankar died Tuesday at age 92.
Through Shankar and his bond with Harrison, countless rock acts absorbed Eastern sounds, including the Beatles, the Byrds, Aerosmith and R.E.M. Shankar also became a con-science for all popu-lar musicians when he helped pioneer the rock benefit show with the 1971 Concert For Bangladesh, where featured acts included Harrison, Ringo Starr and Bob Dylan. His last musical perform-ance was with his other daughter, sitar-ist Anoushka Shankar Wright, on Nov. 4 in Long Beach, Calif. The multiple Grammy win-ner received a lifetime achievement honour Wednesday from the Recording Academy.
“It’s one of the biggest losses for the music world,” said Kartic Seshadri, a Shankar protege, sitar virtuoso and music professor at the University of
California, San Diego. “There’s nothing more to be said.”
His 1941 mar-riage to Baba Allaudin Khan’s daughter, Annapurna Devi, ended in divorce. Though he had a decades-long relationship with dan-cer Kamala Shastri that ended in 1981, he had relationships with several other women in the 1970s.
In 1979, he fathered Norah Jones with New York concert promoter Sue Jones, and in 1981, Sukanya Rajan, who played the tanpura at his concerts, gave birth to his daughter Anoushka.
He married Rajan in 1989 and trained young Anoushka as his heir on the sitar. In recent years, father and daughter toured the world together.
While Norah Jones became a star and won five Grammy awards in 2003, Anoushka Shankar was nomin-ated for a Grammy of her own.
Shankar himself won three Grammy awards and was nom-inated for an Oscar for his score for the epic movie “Gandhi.”
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Indian musician and sitar maestro Pandit Ravi Shankar, who introduced traditional Indian ragas to Western audiences over an eight-dec-ade career, died Tuesday. He was 92.
T H E A S S O C I A T E D P R E S SGENEVA - Famed for her beauty that matched
her serene voice, Swiss-born diva Lisa Della Casa swept up crowds at opera houses of the past century with an elegant and radiant style that established her as one of the finest sopranos of her generation.
After more than 400 performances at the Vienna State Opera, where her interpretations of many great roles, particularly those from Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Richard Strauss, won her wide acclaim and appreciation, Della Casa left the opera world in 1974, apparently weary of the music business.
The Vienna State Opera said Della Casa died Monday at the age of 93.
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Well, according to Google’s annual exploration of web search data, the Canadian pop star was taken down a peg this past year.
“Justin Bieber’s kind of taking some licks, at least in terms of how he ranks in Google searches this year,” says Google Canada spokesman Aaron Brindle.
He wasn’t eligible for the year’s Top 10 list of Canadian “trend-ing” searches - repre-senting newer quer-ies that have broken out for the first time - but surprisingly, he wasn’t named Google’s biggest music-related search of the year.
English-Irish boy band One Direction had more searches than Bieber, who did finish second in the
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and tons of search-es, but it’s interest-ing, this is kind of a hard year for Justin Bieber because he was outpaced by One Direction and then we also saw ... ‘Gangnam Style’ (by PSY) passed Justin Bieber’s (‘Baby’) as the most watched video of all time last month.”
“Gangnam Style” was No. 5 on Google Canada’s list of top trending searches of 2012, behind the social media site Pinterest, hurricane Sandy, the Olympics and the video game “Diablo 3.” “Gangnam Style” outranked the book-turned-film “Hunger Games,” SOPA (an acronym for the Stop Online Piracy Act), the Quebec reality show “Star Academie,” head of the Lord’s Resistance Army Joseph Kony, and Zerg Rush, a search term
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Bieber was also shut out at Yahoo! Canada, which said its top searches of the year were Kate Middleton, iPhone 5, Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson, “Fifty Shades of Grey,” Higgs boson, hur-ricane Sandy, Jessica Simpson, Jessica Pare, Scientology and Miss Universe Canada Jenna Talackova.
But Bieber did top the Bing.ca charts, fol-lowed by Miley Cyrus, Kim Kardashian, Selena Gomez, Kate Middleton, Jennifer Aniston, Taylor Swift, Kristen Stewart, Katy
Perry and Lady Gaga.A new category
Google Canada tracked this year was “how to” searches and Canadians most want-ed to learn “how to rock.” Second was how to shuffle, followed by kiss, YouTube, twerk, wakeboard, snorkel, live and embroider.
Google also ranked searches that start-ed with “what is.” The top result was “what is love,” fol-lowed by SOPA, glu-ten, yolo (which stands for you only live once), Instagram, Scientology, Tumblr, Pinterest, dubstep and autism.
And what is Canada’s favourite
sports team, accord-ing to Google search-es? Baseball’s Toronto Blue Jays.
Blame the ongoing NHL lockout, com-bined with the Jays’ recent flurry of acqui-sitions, for hockey’s unexpected fall out of the top spot. The Toronto Maple Leafs were second on the list, followed by the Vancouver Canucks, Montreal Canadiens,
Winnipeg Jets, Edmonton Oilers, Calgary Flames, Ottawa Senators, Toronto Raptors and Montreal Impact.
“Sometimes this can be distilled down to a popularity con-test, but sometimes it’s also just where there’s actual news and I think the Blue Jays’ bunch of really interesting trades (helped),” said Brindle.
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• The Met: Verdi’s Un Ballo in Maschera, Royal Theatre 9:45 a.m.
• Sunday Cinema: The Master @ Royal Theatre 4:30 p.m.
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17 • St. Michael̀ s School Christmas Concert @ Charles Bailey Theatre 6:30 p.m.
• Smokies vs. Merritt 7:30 p.m.• Seniors Christmas Light Tour
Beaver Valley • High Tea Cafe Americano
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18• Kiwanis Skate with
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19• Take your
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20 • Kiwanis Club`s FREE Christmas Skate with Santa, Cominco Arena 5:45-7 p.m.
• High Tea Cafe Americano 1 - 3pm
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24 25 26 27 28 29• The Nutcracker
(Royal Ballet) @ Royal Theatre11 a.m.
• High Tea Cafe Americano 1 - 3pm
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Christmas Camp Cawabunga (6 to 12 yrs.) Trail Memorial Centre Gym: 9 - 4 p.m.
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SubmittedAnna Cooper and
Hollie Arsenault will be attending Canada’s Royal Winnipeg Ballet’s Professional Division Summer School in July 2013.
The duo complet-ed auditions held in Kelowna in October.
Anna is currently living in Rossland with her grandpar-ents, Josef and Anna Havlik. Her parents and sister Natalie moved to Mexico this past summer and Anna made the diffi-
cult decision to stay behind in Rossland.
Unfortunately, there is no appropriate level ballet studio anywhere in the vicinity of her family’s new home in Mexico, so Anna has chosen to remain in Rossland to continue with Renee Salsiccioli of Renee’s Studio, (formerly Kootenay Dance Works). Anna has attended summer programs in Toronto at the National Ballet, and in Calgary at Alberta Ballet. It’s Anna’s dream to attend a professional ballet school on a full time basis.
Hollie Arsenault had set her goal to attend the Royal Winnipeg Ballet as a very young dancer and hopes to follow in the footsteps of her dance teacher, Renee Salsiccioli.
Salsiccioli began her dance training with Carole Bonin in Trail, before being invited to attend the Royal Winnipeg Ballet at age 14.
This will be Hollie’s first experience away from home for an extended period but she is really looking forward to the oppor-tunity.
Anna and Hollie will be joining Michaela Skuce, who has been training with the Royal Winnipeg Ballet Professional Division since 2011.
Salsiccioli’s studio is a rarity as dance studios go; a studio that is purposefully kept small so that the instruction and prog-ress of the students can be carefully mon-itored.
As a result, the quality of the instruc-tion is kept very high.
If you are interested in seeing Salsiccioli’s dancers perform, tick-ets for the year end show at the Charles Bailey Theatre in Trail are on sale now through the Charles Bailey Box Office.
The show is set for May 25, 2013.
Submitted photo
Braydon de Wit, son of Ken and Geri-Lee de Wit of Fruitvale, graduated with a Bachelors of Engineering from the University of Victoria. The J.L. Crowe graduate is currently working as an elec-trical engineer on submarines at the Esquimalt Naval Base in Victoria.
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Anna Cooper and Hollie Arsenault will be attending Canada’s Royal Winnipeg Ballet’s Professional Division Summer School next year.
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stretch of games lay on the horizon for the Beaver Valley Nitehawks starting this weekend with two divisional games and one conference game on the calendar.
The Hawks host their Neil Murdoch division nemesis Castlegar Rebels Friday before hop-ping on the bus to take on the Grand Forks Border Bruins Saturday night, and then retuning home to play the Golden Rockets on Sunday.
“We’re looking for-ward to getting back into playing our div-ision, getting some points that will propel us into the New Year,” said assistant coach Jeremy Cominotto.
Thanks to a big four-point night from Dallas Calvin, the Hawks skated to a 5-3 win over Fernie Friday, but their six-game winning streak came to an abrupt halt with a 7-1 loss in Fernie on Saturday.
Still with three games against the Rebels, and another against the Nelson Leafs in the next two weeks, the Hawks can make up some more ground on the div-ision leaders.
“We don’t feel like we’re too far out yet, especially with the amount of games we have against Castlegar and Nelson for the rest of the month . . . if we can manage to win those four games we feel like we will be within striking dis-tance.”
The Leafs received
a setback of sorts this week with the loss of 16-year-old forward Colton McCarthy to the Western Hockey League’s Moose Jaw Warriors.
“It’s hard to watch a player develop for a half a season, you kind of get attached,” Nelson coach Frank Maida told the Nelson Star. “He is a big part of our team, but it is a great opportunity for him.”
The veteran bench boss said McCarthy is the real deal.
Although the Leafs are happy to see one of their own make a huge leap forward in his hockey career, it is a blow to their offence, one which other teams, like the Nitehawks, will try to take advantage.
“I’m sure they’re going to miss him,” said Cominotto. “I mean we’re not too disappointed he won’t be on the ice, but at the same time it’s a developmental league and stuff like that hap-pens.”
The Rebels mean-while are led by Stuart Walton who is fourth in league scoring with 18-21-39.
Castlegar enjoys possibly the best goal-tending tandem in the league with Connor Beauchamp sporting a 2.13 GAA and .924 save percentage, and Jordan Gluck a 2.45 GAA and a .918 save percentage.
The Hawks sit just seven points back of the second place Rebels. The puck drops at the Beaver Valley Arena at 7:30 p.m. Friday, and at 1 p.m. on Sunday.
B Y T I M E S S T A F FRe/Max kept a tenu-
ous three-point grip on first place in Trail Commercial Hockey League action Sunday with a win over OK Tire.
Two-time league scoring champion Graham Proulx put his team on his shoul-ders, and carried Re/Max to a 5-3 victory.
Proulx netted four goals, including three first-period markers to give the realtors a 3-2 lead heading into the second.
Shawn Venturini scored the first goal of
the game for the Tire to make it 2-1, and set up Shane Drake’s first-period blast to cut the lead to one.
The Tire tied it in the second as Venturini put a pass onto the stick of Mike Fudge who made no mistake at 11:11 send-ing it to the third per-iod locked at 3-3.
With a victory, OK Tire would have pulled to within a point of the league leaders, but it was not to be as Dallas Stanton con-verted a setup from Jason Vecchio and Gabe Gaudet to net
the winner with just 2:49 left in regula-tion. Proulx would get his fourth unassisted into an empty net for insurance with just 14 seconds left on the clock.
Re/Max and OK Tire are both coming off big wins last week, as Re/Max skated to a 6-4 win over a much-improved Firebird squad, and the Tire doused a hot Arlington
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Greater Trail Winter Swim Club (GTWSC) member James Pilla compet-ed at the Paul Bergen Jr. International Swim Meet in Portland, Oregon last week in an effort to qualify for the Canadian Senior Nationals in Victoria in April; little did he know what drama lay ahead.
The 18-year-old Selkirk College student qualified for the Bergen meet in spectacular fashion in Victoria last month, meeting the qualifying time on his very last swim and seizing a chance to compete against the world’s best young swimmers.
GTWSC coach Cody Flegel and Pilla trained hard for the past six months, and Pilla was confident going into the Bergen meet of qualifying for the nationals.
“We did some sets in practice that involved 50 back and I was getting close to those qualifying times so I thought I was going to blow my best time out of the water,” said Pilla.
After good but unsuccessful times in the 50 butterly and 50 free, Pilla swam an even better heat in the 100-metre backstroke, clocking in at 57 seconds, good for a berth in the final.
Up against German Carl Louis Shwarz, the best junior backstroker in the world, Pilla shaved off one-tenth of a second in the final, finishing with a time of 56.9 seconds, but narrowly missing the national standard of 56.6.
As in Victoria, Pilla waited until his final swim to let the drama play out.
The former Castlegar Aquanaut swam the heat of the 50-metre back in a scorching 26.70, a finger nail short of the 26.68 Canadian standard.
“He was just crushed,” said Flegel, but he told Pilla, “You made the final you’re right next to this German guy who’s a class ahead of everyone, if you
can go head-to-head with him, you can do this.”
Following a brief rest and an analysis of the swim video, the two went over Pilla’s race, identifying the areas where he could make up time.
“His face was stone cold when he walked out, he was just ready to go,” said Flegel.
With the crowd cheering, TV cameras rolling, and music blaring, the competi-tors strolled the length of the pool in the “walk out” for the 50-m. final; Pilla was all focus and concentration.
“That adrenaline, that feeling of marching down knowing you are swim-ming with the best there, gives you what you need to push it over the edge,” said Pilla.
The GTWSC swimmer got off to a ter-rific start, swam hard, executed a quick turn, keeping pace with the world’s best. Pilla finished strong, and came in under the national mark with a time of 26.40 seconds.
“He was just in the zone, like he did everything technically perfect, for his ability right now, he swam a perfect race,” said Flegel.
Pilla just missed the podium, finish-ing fourth, but more importantly, he realized his goal of qualifying for the nationals.
The duo will keep training hard look-ing to achieve best times in every train-ing cycle as they prepare for their next goal, an Olympic qualifier.
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Greater Trail Swim Club swimmer James Pilla (left) qualified for nationals at the Paul Bergen meet in Portland last week, racing against German swimmer Carl Louis Shwarz who is favoured to medal at the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro in 2016.
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Interior Division GP W L T OL GF GA PtPenticton 30 20 7 0 3 103 71 43Merritt 27 15 10 1 1 83 77 32W. Kelowna 28 12 8 2 6 98 77 32Trail 33 14 18 0 1 97 146 29Salm Arm 29 12 13 1 3 70 86 28Vernon 30 10 13 0 7 76 88 27
Island Division GP W L T OL GF GA PtVictoria 29 19 8 0 2 92 80 40Alberni 32 16 11 1 4 105 113 37Nanaimo 28 15 11 0 2 88 86 32Powell R. 31 14 14 0 3 86 84 31Cowichan 26 7 17 0 2 76 89 16
Mainland Division GP W L T OL GF GA PtChilliwack 29 19 8 1 1 98 73 40Surrey 28 17 9 0 2 86 78 36
P. George 30 15 9 1 5 96 95 36Coquitlam 30 15 14 1 0 90 89 31Langley 28 10 13 0 5 88 100 25*two points for a win, one for a tie or overtime loss
Friday’s gamesTrail at West Kelowna, 7 p.m.
Penticton at Vernon, 7 p.m.Merrittt at Salmon Arm, 7 p.m.Powell River at Surrey, 7 p.m.Nanaimo at Chilliwack, 7 p.m.
Prince George at Victoria, 7:15 p.m.Coquitlam at Langley, 7:15 p.m.
SaturdayVernon at Trail, 7 p.m.
Nanaimo at Penticton, 5 p.m.Victoria at Alberni Valley, 7 p.m.
Powell River at Coquitlam, 7 p.m.Salmon Arm at Merritt, 7:30 p.m.
SundayNanaimo at Trail 3 p.m
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FROM PAGE 11Until then, the regi-
men will be intense.“Train harder than
I ever have before in my life, and start pre-paring for these big meets,” said Pilla.
“We’ve put things in motion, we’ve
achieved the goals exactly when we need-ed to achieve them, at the meets we needed to do them at, and we’re just going to continue with the suc-cess, and with Cody helping me, it’s defin-itely a possibility.”
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The Smoke Eaters enter the last weekend before an extended holiday break on a bit of a roll, having won
three straight games despite trailing early in each.
For his effort, which included an OT winner in Vernon Thursday, cap-tain Garrett McMullen was named BCHL Player of the Week, becoming the first Smokie to receive the hon-our since Erik Cooper last January. Defenseman Braden Pears also notched an honourable mention for the weekly award.
This weekend could deliver more magic, but only if the Smokies keep playing smart hockey.
The four-game in five-night stretch begins Friday in West Kelowna, where Trail has been outscored 15-2 in two prior visits, but can take confidence in two victories against the Warriors on home ice.
From then on, Trail will enjoy home ice for matchups against Vernon, Nanaimo and Merritt before breaking for the holidays next Wednesday.
With a 9-4 home record, the secret to the Smokies’ success may no longer be a secret. Teams around the BCHL have taken notice of Trail’s
flair for the dramatic and while early on in the year they may well have caught some clubs by surprise, I wouldn’t expect that to continue.
With leading scorer Brent Baltus out injured, the Smoke Eaters will also need to keep scoring by committee to have success this weekend. The 20 year-old took a late hit from Langley blueliner Turner Popoff Friday and is not expected back until the new year.
Baltus has taken the league by storm, putting up a BCHL-best 21 goals, and his absence is sure to be a boost for this weekend’s opponents.
The schedule may be heavy, but the travel is unusually light as Trail lunges toward an extended period of rest and relaxation.
The hope is the friendly confines of Cominco Arena will help this club finish 2012 on a high note, and give their Interior foes that much more to think about over the holidays.
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The 2013 class will be hon-oured by Hockey Canada in April at a ceremony in Ottawa during the 2013 IIHF women’s world hockey championship. The Order of Hockey in Canada program annually honours a select number of individuals whose “role or service in the game is recognized as extra-ordinary” in this country.
Henderson, 69, is best known for scoring the winning goal in
Game 8 of the 1972 Summit Series to give Canada the vic-tory over the Soviet Union. He recorded 477 points (236-241) in 707 career NHL games with Detroit, Toronto and Atlanta and had 283 points (140-143) in 360 career WHA games with Toronto and Birmingham.
King, 64, has coached Canadian teams at the Winter Olympics, world hockey cham-pionships and world junior championships. He has also North American coaching experience at the NHL, WHL and university levels and international coaching experi-ence in Germany, Sweden and
Russia.Messier, 51, is a six-time
Stanley Cup champion, two-time Hart Trophy winner and 15-time all-star. He is second on the NHL’s all-time list with 1,887 points (694-1,193) in 1,756 games over 25 seasons.
Messier also played for Canada at the world hockey championship, World Cup of Hockey and at three Canada Cups.
The class of 2012 was inducted last spring. Honorees included Jean Beliveau, Cassie Campbell-Pascall, Wayne Gretzky, Gordie Howe and Gordon Renwick.
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• Take care when driving on slippery roads. If your vehicle comes into contact with a downed power line, stay inside until help arrives.
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I imagine everyone has their snow tires on by now. I also imagine there
are a lot of vehicles driving around with an extra little orange light
on. That light is either indicating a malfunc-tion of your Tire Pressure Monitoring System (TPMS) or maybe you actually have a tire pressure
problem. Do you know what your problem is? Do you care? Should you care?
TPMS is an elec-tronic system that monitors your
vehicle’s tire pressures and reports to the driv-er when there is a tire pressure issue (Too low of pressure? yes. Too high of pressure? Maybe.) It also mon-itors itself and reports malfunctions.
There are a variety of systems out there. The technology dates back to Europe and the late eighties. Systems started to show up on luxury vehicles of that era. For we North Americans the tire pressure gauge would be the TPMS of choice until the mid 2000s.
The late 1990s saw a recall of Firestone tires from so equipped Ford Explorers. It seemed that people were driv-ing on underinflated Firestone tires on their Ford Explorers and then losing control of their vehicles when a tire blew.
Ford and Firestone argued whether the tires or the vehicles were the problem and I do not remember who got the blame but the U.S. government of the time (Clinton was in charge) instigated the Tread Act as a result. Remember correct tire pressure saves fuel and
decreases tire wear. (very GREEN)
The Tread Act man-dated TPMS in all light vehicles (under 10,000 pounds) sold after September 1st. 2007. Other countries adopt-ed similar laws Canada not being one of them. Despite that fact many vehicles now sold in Canada have TPMS as standard or optional equipment.
There are basically two types of TPMS. Direct and indirect. Indirect TPMS infers the air pressure of a tire by the way it rolls. Indirect systems use simply the wheel speed sensors that were already being used in ABS systems.
As a vehicle rolls straight down the road
all the wheels should rotate at the same speed if they have the same circumference (distance around the tire). Significantly reducing the pressure in one tire will reduce its circumference and thus cause the wheel to rotate faster than the others. This sys-tem has its faults as it cannot detect a prob-lem when all the tires have lost air equally (an everyday normal occurrence: a typ-ical tire will lose 3 to 9 psi yearly). There have been advances in indirect systems recently that use advanced physical properties of a roll-ing tire to determine an air pressure issue. These systems require no extra parts on the vehicle, only special algorithms in one of the modules. A reset procedure (usually pressing a button before driving for sev-eral minutes) allows the module to learn how the wheels roll.
Direct systems are more common. The direct system places a little battery powered radio frequency sensor right in each wheel.
It is either attached to the back side of the valve stem or strapped on the wheel. These sensors then broadcast both temperature and pressure to the receiv-er (TPMS module) in the vehicle.
Each of these sensors has an elec-tronic ID that must be registered to the TPMS module. The registration process tells the TPMS mod-ule where each sensor is located on the vehicle. The module has a required pres-sure range that must be met for each tire and when the pressure is incorrect, on comes the reminder light.These direct systems have been a source of grief for the service industry. The sensors are battery operated and delicate. They are fairly easy to break if you are not careful removing the tire from the wheel. The bat-tery will wear out and require replacement of the sensor.
If the owner has two sets of wheels and tires (common here in the snow belt) in order to have an operational TPMS all year round requires eight sensors. As well, each time tires are replaced and or rotated the sensor IDs much be registered to the TPMS module in the correct position.
The registration procedures are not the same for all vehicles.
In general these direct systems have a built in diagnostic system. If your TPMS light suddenly turns on solid while driv-ing it is indicating a tire pressure problem (some vehicles give data for each tire sep-arately and will indi-cate the faulty tire pressure location). On the other hand if your TPMS light starts blinking first and then stays on solid your problem is a malfunc-tion of the system. (bad sensor or fault in the TPMS module and its wiring).
Seems like a lot of trouble to elimin-ate due diligence with a tire gauge and five minutes of the owner’s time. Such is prog-ress.Ron Nutini is a licensed automotive techni-cian and graduate of mechanical engineer-ing from UBC.
Tire pressure monitoring system indicators can cause confusion
ron nutini
Mechanically speaking
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Dear Annie: I have been married to “Nancy” for 51 years. The day of our wed-ding, I was 167 pounds with a full head of hair. Now I am 181 pounds and bald. Nancy was always a Rubens type, which was fine with me. After giving birth to our first child, she lost more than 20 pounds, and even her father was impressed. However, two more children followed, and her weight went up to what it was before.
Now, at age 75, she is obese. She has trou-ble with her ankles and can barely move. She refuses to use a cane or a walker. We con-stantly argue. She is beginning to look ugly to me. I want to leave, but I can’t because she cannot live alone.
I am depressed. If I die before she does, she will be on her own because our children work, are struggling financially and have their own kids to raise. They have spoken to
their mother about the possibility of a retire-ment home, and she says, “Absolutely not.” What can I do? -- West Valley
Dear West: Some of this is not within your control -- your wife’s weight and what happens after you die. It is selfish of her to put this type of bur-den on her children, so you might want to discuss it directly with them, making contin-gency plans in case she should outlive you. There are alternatives to retirement homes, including in-home care or one of the children taking Mom in. You, however, are stressed over this and having a
rough time. Please talk to your doctor about it.
Dear Annie: My mother-in-law is not a true hoarder, but she’s definitely a packrat. Her house has draw-ers, cabinets and boxes filled with unfinished craft pieces, papers so old you can’t read the faded print, moldy magazines, dried paint, cracked pottery, bro-ken candy dishes and junk tucked into nooks and crannies so deep no one has seen the contents in years.
She is the only one who knows where any-thing important might be “filed.” She is wid-owed and retired and has the time and the physical ability to go through this stuff. Her two children help with yard work and home improvement, but they don’t have time to pick through her collec-tions.
My mother-in-law is not depressed. She’s just lazy and has poor organizational skills. She spends too much
time watching TV and emailing. I am hoping she might recognize herself in your column. How can I convince her to de-clutter before it’s too late? -- Don’t Want To Pick Through the Weeds
Dear Don’t: If Mom has poor organiza-tional skills, the idea of going through her vast collection of miscella-ny is both overwhelm-ing and paralyzing. She needs someone to assist her, one draw-er at a time, perhaps once a week, to make it manageable. You could offer to do this or sug-gest it to another fam-ily member. Or hire a professional organizer. And it’s possible that Mom’s church or other community organiza-tion has volunteers who might help out.
Dear Annie: This is for “Devastated Daughter,” whose father died suddenly. Now she is conflicted about going away to college, because she worries about leaving
her mother alone. I agree with your advice that she should go as planned. Here’s my message to her:
Dear Daughter: Your concern for your mother is a beautiful testament to your rela-tionship. She is con-
cerned for you, too. The best gift you could give her is to follow your dreams, live according to the values you have learned from a loving family and succeed as an independent young woman.
Yes, she may occa-
sionally break down. But she will go on, and it will be much easier if she knows you are OK. -- Thinking of You in the South
Annie’s Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar.
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For Friday, Dec. 14, 2012 ARIES (March 21 to April 19) This is a fabulous day to study new subjects, because your mind is open, inquiring and thinking outside the box. Sudden travel opportunities might fall into your lap. TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) Keep your pockets open, because gifts, goodies and favors from others might come your way today. Anything could happen. Stay positive. GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) Conversations with partners and close friends will be full of surprises and innovative ideas today. In fact, everyone’s words seem to have some extra zip or pizzazz! CANCER (June 21 to July 22) The introduction of high-tech equipment might change your workday. New staff mem-bers, unexpected information or a change in routine will boost your energy.
LEO (July 23 to Aug. 22) Surprise flirtations might catch you off-guard today. (Eyes across a crowded room and all that.) Be open to what-ever happens! Parents should be vigilant with their children, however. VIRGO (Aug. 23 to Sept. 22) Your home routine will be interrupted today. Small appliances might break down; minor breakages could occur. On the other hand, fascinating company might drop by! LIBRA (Sept. 23 to Oct. 22) Your mind is brimming with bright ideas today. Everywhere you look, you seem to be super-fascinated by what you see. This is not a boring day! SCORPIO (Oct. 23 to Nov. 21) Write down some of your moneymaking ideas today, because you are really cook-ing! However, keep an eye on your possessions and guard against loss or theft.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 to Dec. 21) This is an exciting day! Your routine will change, and you will encounter new situations and meet different people. Stay light on your feet, and be flexible. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 to Jan. 19) Something going on behind the scenes is making you quite excited today. Either you have a secret to keep, or someone else has just let a secret out of
the bag. Oops! AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 to Feb. 18) A friend, especially in a group situation, likely will surprise you today. This is a good day to build upon the ideas of others, like a domino effect. You feel smart today! PISCES (Feb. 19 to March 20) Surprising news from authority figures might catch you off-guard today. You could feel rebellious or, alternative-
ly, you might be excited. Don’t quit your day job. Whatever happens today could be tem-porary and unstable. YOU BORN TODAY You are highly original and not afraid to be different. (You enjoy an audience.) Some would consider you eccentric -- you don’t care. You definitely are daring, but not reckless. Privately, you’re philosophi-cal, but you do like to provoke others! (Puncturing sacred cows.) In your year ahead, a
major change will take place, perhaps something as signifi-cant as what occurred around 2004. Birthdate of: Miranda Hart, actress; Patty Duke, actress; Jackson Rathbone, actor. (c) 2012 King Features Syndicate, Inc.
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Erin and Justin Adrain are delighted to announce the birth of their daughter
Blake Anna Adrainborn October 11, 2011, weighing 7 lb. 3 oz. Proud grandparents
are Sherry and Jim Adrain and Helena and Derril Thomas. Pleased great grandparents are Robert and Patricia Adrain.
Happy 16th Birthday “Freak 1 & Freak 2”
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BirthsMONICA BOISVENU, of Fruit-vale, BC, is pleased to an-nounce the birth of her son, Layne Ryder Boisvenu, on October 30, 2012, weighing 8 pounds, 9 ounces, a cousin for Kalen. Proud Grandmother is Carolyn Hamilton and Great Grandmother is Carole Hamil-ton.
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Christmas CornerIf you have never tried Epi-cure products then you must drop into Lil T’s Cafe. The most popular products are in one bag. Purchase a bag and help support cancer at the same time. Many products in stock, so there is no need to wait. 2905 Highway Drive in Trail. 250.364.2955
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Cars1990 HONDA ACCORD: Black, auto, looks great, runs great, asking $1500 rm. 250-365-2942.PLUSH 1990 OLDS 88: Will get you there in style! V6, FWD and good winter tires for a safe, smooth ride, runs well with little rust, summer tires included, $1200obo.
Cars1992 SUBARU LEGACY: 254,000kms, with roofrack, new clutch, timing belt, CVjoints, runs well, $2500obo.1995 CHEVROLET BERETTA SS: 2.2L, std, well-maintained, easy on gas, $2500 obo. 1997 CHEV LUMINA CAR: Ps/pb, air, good shape, good on gas, doesn’t burn oil, $1800. 1998 SUNFIRE GTX: 2 dr, auto, extra wheels, maintained, never broke down, 216,000kms, $1850obo. 1999 SUNFIRE: 212,000kms, white, 4 dr, 2 sets of tires w/rims, 5 spd, $2500obo. 2000 TOYOTA ECHO: 2dr, std, no rust, no accidents, runs great, $2650obo. Call Kara-Lee, 250-357-2135.2002 PONTIAC SUNFIRE: 124,000kms, excellent shape, $3400 obo. 250-921-9154, after 7pm.
2003 HYUNDAI TIBURON GT: 100,000kms, V6, 6spd, power everything, silver, never winter driven, incredible condition, $10,000. 2003 PONTIAC VIBE: No accidents, 5spd manual, air, great mileage, roof rack, safety package, anti-lock brakes, inverter in-dash, summer/winter tires +chains, 166,500kms, $5900.2004 CHEV AVEO: 72,000kms, auto, air, power everything, sunroof, winters on rims, $7500.2004 SUBARU IMPREZA WRX: 4dr hatchback, 5spd Turbo, winter and all season tires, $13,900 obo.
Trucks1998 FORD RANGER XLT 4X4: 4.0L V6, AT, power everything, CD player, 31 M&S tires, 222,000kms, runs great, excellent condition, $5600obo. 1988 TOYOTA 4X4: 5spd, reliable daily driver, fuel efcient 4cyl, over $15,000 invested, 2-sets of good tires, $3000. 1993 TOYOTA 4X4: Runs/drives good, no rust, 360,000kms, regular cab, 5spd, $4000obo. 1995 DODGE 2500 DIESEL 4X4: Extended-cab, longbox, auto, $10,000 obo. Steel two place sled deck with ramp, $500. 1995 GMC 1500: Extended-cab, 5L, very well-maintained, 293,000 kms, $3500.
250-399-4213.1997 TOYOTA T100 SR5 4X4: V6, extended-cab, manual, cruise, boxliner, hidden hitch, extras, $6500obo.1999 TOYOTA TACOMA SR5 4X4: Extra-cab, 124,000 miles, V6, 5-spd, new timing belt, water pump, starter, winters & clutch, absolutely no rust, winter stored, very reliable, 8000lb Warn winch, $12,000.2003 CHEVY DURAMAX: Diesel, longbox, 4WD; 1983 8’ Okanagan camper, $16,500/both obo. 2006 DODGE 4X4: Diesel, quad-cab, 3” lift, new tires, 192,000kms, $21,000;1979 F150 4X4: 1 parts, 1 runs good, new mud terrain tires, $1500/both.1992 FORD RANGER 4X4: Extended-cab, with canopy, 233,000kms, tow package, runs strong, some rust, $1500obo.1994 TOYOTA 4RUNNER: Runs or for parts, $1000 obo. 1995 DODGE 4X4 1500 SERIES: 318, std, 118,000miles, good winters studded, new summers, $4900obo. 1997 F250 4X4: 7.3L diesel, 215,000km, super-cab, air/tilt, exhaust brake, lots’a repairs done, warrantied engine at 50,000kms, tires OK, 5 spd, $7500obo. 250-368-6093.
1999 FORD SUPERDUTY: Extended-cab, 7.3L diesel, loaded, too many extras to list, $9000. 250-368-5905.RARE 2002 FORD RANGER EDGE: Stepside club-cab, berglass box, no rust, 3L 5-spd, runs/looks/drives excellent, must see, $4200. 2004 GMC SIERRA 2500HD: Crew-cab, longbox, white, 146,000kms, runs great, must sell! $14,000. 2008 DODGE RAM 4X4 TRX4: 78,000kms, extended warranty, new tires, sound system, excellent condition, $23,900. 1999 TOYOTA COROLLA: Well-maintained, std, 205,000kms, summers and winters on rims, $3950
SnowmobilesBOONDOCKER NITREOUS KIT FOR SNOW-MOBILE, Complete 20 lbs shot, $400 obo. 1995 POLARIS INDY LITE GT: 340, 2 up, good condition, 7000kms, $1600, 1996 ARCTIC CAT BEARCAT 440: W/reverse, 16”x156” track, good condition, great utility sled, $2000obo. 2001 RMK 800: Reverse, Fox shocks, SLP pipes, Bar riser, mountain ready, $3200 obo. 2002 SKI-DOO SUMMIT: 144” track, heated grips, bar risers, excellent, $3200.
2005 ARCTIC CAT M6: 141.5 track, 3800 miles, G/C, new belt, $4500 obo. 250-509-0351.2007 SUMMIT TRACK: 159x16x2¼”, c/w extravert drivers, $400 obo. 250-226-7679.2009 SKIDOO SUMMIT X 800: 2500kms cover included $8000. Call John 250-365-7055 or 250-608-0783.SNOWMOBILE: 1980 Bombardier, 2 cyl, 368cc, $700. 250-505-3280.
RVs/CampersWANTED: Travel trailer, 25’-longer, older model, fair condition, cheap for cash. TANDEM STEEL SLED DECK: Fits longbox truck, $500.2001 RMK 800 SNOW CHECK SPECIAL: 144, many extras, mountain ready, $3000. 1996 ARCTIC CAT 580 EXT POWDER SPECIAL: Reverse, 2” track, many extras, 1550 miles, $2000obo. 1998 POLARIS 900, $2000 obo. 2002 POLARIS 550, $2200; 1998 Polaris 340, $1200. Both long-track, 2-up seating, racks. 2002 SKIDOO SUMMIT 800: 144” track, $3500obo; 1998 Skidoo Summit 670, $1900. Both Stock and unmolested. 2007 POLARIS 700 DRAGON: Hotlz front end, SLP pipe, excellent condition, low kms, $6500.
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Salmo$230,000
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Rossland$89,900
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Emerald Ridge$588,000
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Shavers Bench$349,000
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1BDR COMFORTABLE SHOREACRES COT-TAGE: Suitable for 1 person, ns/np, available immediately, $550/mo. +utilities. 2 BDR GROUND FLOOR, TRAIL: Updated, quiet, $650/mo. +utilities, Seniors Discount, close to downtown. BRAN2 BDR WALKOUT BASEMENT SUITE, CASTLEGAR: 1 yr old, 5 appliances, galley maple kitchen, laminate throughout, $900/mo. +utilities. Jan. 15 or Feb. 1, ns/np, references required. D NEW RIVERVIEW HOUSE: Granite, timber, cedar, WINTER SPECIAL $299,000. , 2 BDR HOUSE WITH GARAGE: 75x110’ lot, zoned commercial, 2 blocks from downtown Kaslo, $199,000. Call 250-353-2595.906 CEDAR AVE, SALMO: 3bdr, 1.5 bathrooms, double wide modular, 60x120 lot, paved driveway, 2 car carport, f/s, w/d included, natural gas furnace, central air, storage shed, partially fenced yard, $140,000.FAMILY REUNIONS. 50 acre ranch in Southern Oregon. Sleeps 26, all in beds. Check VRBO.com Listing #. Fish/hike/raft/hunt. Near Crater Lake. GRANDVIEW HOUSING STRATA DUPLEX: 105-4200 Grandview Dr, Castlegar. To view contact Elmer Verigin
Real EstateSOUTH CASTLEGAR, $159,000: Cozy, renovated, 2bdr house, large lot, f/s, w/d, woodstove/electric, carport, deck, 24hrs to view. *MORTGAGES - GOOD OR BAD CREDIT: Purchases/Renances, 100% Financing, Debt consolidations, Construction, renos, Private Funds. Rates as low as 2.20% oac. Call Krista, 2652SQ.FT. EXECUTIVE HOME: Overlooking the Columbia River on a quiet street in Castlegar. Priced to sell at $349,000. BRAND NEW RIVERVIEW HOUSE: Granite, timber, cedar, WINTER SPECIAL $299,000. , ESTATE SALE: Cozy 4 bdr, 2 bath, Panabode home on approximately 1 acre in Kaslo, excellent condition, very clean and sound, 2 sunrooms, 2 pellet stoves, main oor laundry, paved driveway, walk out basement, $219,000. FSBO, 2BDR 1.5 BATH, ON HALF ACRE, WINLAW: Near all amenities, for more info
RentalsROBSON (CASTLEGAR) RIVER FRONT: 1 bdr, semi-furnished private suite, $650/mo. utilities included. WEST TRAIL APARTMENTS: 1bdr & 2bdr, ns, shared laundry, newly renovated, rent negotiable. 1 BDR NEWLY RENOVATED: Riverfront, basement suite, downtown Castlegar, f/s, w/d, dw, ns/np, $700/mo. +utilities (or furnished & serviced, $1600/mo.), available Mar. 1. Stacey
1 BDR WITH DEN: Lots of light in quiet house, laundry/utilities included, South-end, Castlegar, $650/mo.1BDR BASEMENT APARTMENT, CASTLEGAR: Ns/np, available Feb. 1, $550/mo. utilities included. 1BDR COMFORTABLE SHOREACRES COT-TAGE: Suitable for 1 person, ns/np, available immediately, $550/mo. +utilities. 2 BDR GROUND FLOOR, TRAIL: Updated, quiet, $650/mo. +utilities, Seniors Discount, close to downtown. 2 BDR WALKOUT BASEMENT SUITE, CASTLEGAR: 1 yr old, 5 appliances, galley maple kitchen, laminate throughout, $900/mo. +utilities. Jan. 15 or Feb. 1, ns/np, references required.
For Sale By Owner2-3 BDR HOUSE,YMIR: F/s, w/d, dw, wood/electric heat, hi-speed/satTV, Feb.1, $800/mo.+utilities.2BDR BASEMENT SUITE, CASTLEGAR: W/d, np, references, $650/mo. +utilities. 2ND AVE, TRAIL: 1bdr suite, ns, quiet working adult, laundry, garage, utilities included, available now, $750/mo. 3 BDR HOUSE: On 2nd, Trail, close to Gyro, available Jan. 1st, ns, $800/mo.+negotiable. 3 BDR ROSSLAND HOME: All appliances, replace, enclosed garage, $950/mo. 3BDR MOBILE, KRESTOVA: On acreage, wood & electric, w/d, ns/np. 3BDR TOWNHOUSE, GLENMERRY: Clean, appliances, furnished, laminate oors, carport, rec room, municipal parking in rear, $1000/mo. +utilities. 6 MILE, NORTH SHORE, NELSON: 2 bdr, for mature adults, ns/np, $900/mo. +utilities, references. BACHELOR SUITE IN BALFOUR: All utilities included $600/mo. BEAUTIFUL 4BDR, THRUMS: Acreage, 2.5 baths, ns/np, references required, mature/responsible, Jan. 1, $1500/mo. +utilities. CASTLEGAR 1 BDR +DEN BASEMENT SUITE: Walk-out, on bus route, ns/np, $675/mo. inclusive. CASTLEGAR AREA 2 BDR MOBILE: Ns/np, $800/mo. +utilities. CUTE 3BDR FURNISHED TRAIL HOME: C/w dishes, cookware, bedding, BBQ, zero maintenance yard, ++); $1400/mo. includes 5 high end appliances, utilities, wireless internet, HDPVR, ns/np, references required, available immediately.FOR RENT ON THE EDGE OF KASLO: Small cozy log cabin. Quiet, peaceful, setting suitable for quiet, ns/np, suited for single, responsible person, $600/mo. +utilities. FURNISHED 2 BDR HOME, SOUTH CASTLE-GAR: Now available, $850/mo. +utilities.
KASLO, BRIGHT 3BDR 1.5 BATH: F/s, w/d hookups, close to hospital/school, covered deck, internet/cable included, $850/mo. LARGE 1 BDR UPPER DUPLEX, HERITAGE APARTMENT, NELSON: Near downtown, ns, w/d, hardwood oors, clawfoot tub, covered deck, full sunlight, $900/mo.+utilities, available now, references required.LOVELY NELSON APARTMENTS AVAILABLE! Some rent controlled, including water & hydro, references required. NELSON, 3BDR, 2BATH HOME: Airy, close to all amenities, absolutely ns/np, reference required, $1250/mo. +utilities.ROBSON 3BDR HOUSE: Very clean, big yard, near school, church, bus stop, f/s, ns/np, refer-ences, $1150/mo. 250-365-2920(msg).ROSEMONT BACHELOR SUITE: Available Feb. 1, ns/np, $650/mo., includes utilities, cable & internet. SLOCAN MOTEL APARTMENTS, $500-$750, fully-furnished, large kitchen units, manager onsite. SMALL 2 BDR HOME, DOWNTOWN CASTLE-GAR: Ns/np, w/d, f/s, $825/mo. +utilities, SOUTH CASTLEGAR: Furnished 1bdr +ofce home, available immediately, $800/mo. +utilities. THRUMS: 3 bdr apartment, $850/mo. +utilities.
Homes For RentUPPER KASLO, COZY 1 BDR CABIN: Furnished, beautiful view, ns/np, responsible single adult, reference.S. CASTLEGAR 2BDR BASEMENT SUITE: Newly renovated, ns, pets on approval, laundry, references, $725/mo. utilities +internet included. 1BDR BASEMENT SUITE, OOTISCHENIA: Quiet single, No pets or smoking, w/d, $600/mo. including utilities, D.D.-$300. 1 BDR APT: Balfour, fully-furnished/equipped, lake & mtn view, sun deck, ns/np, $695/mo. inclusive. 1 BDR SUITE, DOWNTOWN CASTLEGAR: Ns/np, references required, $625/mo. utilities included. 1BDR APARTMENT, DOWNTOWN CASTLEGAR: Heat/hydro included, ns, references, $675/mo. 1BDR BASEMENT SUITE, CASTLEGAR: Private entrance, backyard, available Feb. 1, shared laundry, ns/np, references. 2 BDR BASEMENT SUITE: Very large & clean, gorgeous lake view, 15 mins from Castlegar, ns/np, $750/mo. includes electric. Travis, 2 BDR MOBILE HOME, 6-MILE, NELSON: Available immediately, ns/np, references, $950/mo., includes utilities. 2-3 BDR DUPLEX, SALMO: Available immediately, np, f/s, w/d hookups, $700/mo. +utilities.
2BDR APARTMENT, CASTLEGAR: Bright, spacious, f/s, laundry, close to amenities, nsnp, $725/mo. +utilities. 2BDR HOUSE ON 5 ACRES: 5 minutes south of Kaslo. Looking for responsible, cleatenant(s), $650/mo. +utilities. 250-354-16983 BDR HOUSE, NELSON: Newly refurbisheperfect for family, close to schools, $1500/mo. Contact Colleen or Nick, 250-229-2333 or 250-229-4771.3 BDR MAIN FLOOR HOUSE, CASTLEGARNice, updated, 5 appliances, double garage$950/mo. +utilities. 250-365-5896.3BDR HOUSE, NEWLY RENOVATED: Withlarge yard, Slocan City, available Jan. 1, $90mo. +utilities. 250-365-7574.3BDR MOBILE: In Sunny Bridgeview CrescOotischenia, close to all amenities/college, $750/mo. +utilities. 250-365-3733.3BDR, 2BATH, ROSSLAND: Spacious Heritage home, hardwood oors, large privayard, available Feb. 1. 250-368-1066.AVAILABLE IMMEDIATELY: Newly renovatefully furnished 1 bdr, 1 bath basement suite,centrally located in Castlegar, close to storeshops and bus routes, 1 car parking availabcable and internet included, ns/np, $750/moincluding utilities. 250-365-6772.BALFOUR WATERFRONT: 1 bdr apartmentall utilities included, laundry, Jan. 1, semi-furnished $625/mo. 604-315-5632/604926-7362 [email protected], SUNNY, QUIET BACHELOR SUITE: In family home, private entrance, newly renovated, ns/np, $595 utilities includ250-365-1465.CASTLEGAR 1BDR PLUS DEN: Available immediately, on bus route, w/d, garage, separate entrance, ns/np, $700/mo., utilitiesincluded. 250-229-5703.COZY TRAILER: In quiet nature setting, 15 minutes west of Nelson, in friendly commun$390/mo. includes heat & electric. Sorry, nodogs. 250-359-8280.DOWNTOWN CASTLEGAR: Renovated 3bapartment, laundry, ns/np, quiet couple/famiavailable immediately, $1150/mo., utilities included. Rent negotiable. 250-365-4914 (leave msg).FRUITVALE, 2BDR: Remodeled, w/d, $595/mo. 250-367-9676.GLADE 2BDR HOUSE PLUS WORKSHOPNewly renovated, on riverfront acreage, $1150/mo. +utilities. 778-962-0044, [email protected] 1 BDR SUITE: 5 minutes from Nels$1000/mo. utilities included (+extras). 250-84767. Available Feb.1.LARGE 4BDR HOUSE ON ACREAGE, SLOCAN VALLEY: Bright, hardwood oors, woodstove, large kitchen, garden, private/qu$990/mo. 250-355-0035.LOWER KASLO: Nice, clean 1bdr suite in heritage four-plex, close to beach, 2 decks,
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2160 Queen Street, Rossland $240,000.
Prime development opportunity! This beautiful, fl at 90’ x 142’ lot is located close to Rossland’s downtown core.
Zoned R-3I - Multiple Family Residential, this property is ideally suited to 4 townhouses or a 7 unit apartment
building. Beautiful mountain and city views.
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#306 – 880 Wordsworth Ave,Warfi eld
$86,5002 bdrm. clean updated condo - looking for carefree living - with small down
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lifestyle - call for a viewing.Call Mark (250) 231-5591
#7-1007 Olaus Way, Rossland $325,000
This 4 bedroom townhouse style Copper Chalet condo has ski in access and lifts
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master bedroom) on the upper fl oor. Main fl oor has 9’ ceilings, hardwood fl oors in the kitchen & dining area and a private
hot tub with a mountain view. Call Mary A (250) 521-0525
1773 Noran Street, Trail $84,900
Great opportunity to own a nice 2 bdrm home in East Trail - with small down
payment your monthly mortgage would be under $400 - call now for a viewing - home is vacant and you could be in by
Christmas.Call Mark (250) 231-5591
801 – 21st Street, Castlegar
$299,000Need space? 4800 sq ft house built
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98 Birch Avenue, Fruitvale $289,000
Immaculate 8 years young 3 bdrm/3 bath home with open fl oor plan & main fl oor laundry! Yard is fenced and easy maintenance, a sundeck in back and double garage with aggregate stone
driveway in front. Great package! Call Terry 250-231-1101
1672 Stang Road, Fruitvale $329,000
4 bdrm home on 2.6 acres with open fl oor plan, hardwood fl oors, formal dining
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300 Kootenay Avenue, Tadanac $238,000
This 4 bdrm charming character home has had major upgrades in wiring and insulation. The open fl oor plan takes
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gorgeous fi replace, high ceilings and lots of space and light. Call now!
Call Mary M (250) 231-0264
Lot 2, Highway 3B, Ross Spur $250,000
Fantastic opportunity- 29 subdividable acres for your dream home, hobby farm or to hold as an investment. Treed with
large level building sites and plenty of privacy. Electricity and telephone available at property line. Call your
REALTOR® today to view this opportunity.Call Art (250) 368-8818
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1327 - 3rd Avenue, Trail $209,500
Close to Hospital, School, City Park. Covered parking, nice home
438 – 3rd Avenue, Rivervale $229,500
Quiet location, updated and modern. Super family home.
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2061 McLeod Avenue, Rossland $347,000
Substantially renovated home with gorgeous master bdrm, brand new
kitchen with granite counter tops, wood stove, new windows and wiring, large 10x30 south facing deck. All this on a 0 .20 acre lot with a veggie garden and
plenty of room for all the kids toys.Call Christine (250) 512-7653
2472 Railway Street, Rossland $254,900
Bright, cozy 3 bdrm home with amazing southern views. This home comes with
additional land located across Railway St that can be used to build a garage and possible suite above. Hardwood fl oors, tons of sunlight and open kitchen and
dining area. This home should be on your viewing list!
Call Christine (250) 512-7653
309 – 12th Avenue, Genelle $269,000
Immaculate Rancher with over 2500 sq. ft. of space on the main fl oor! Tastefully
renovated offering 3 bdrms, hobby room, offi ce, huge living room, large master
with en-suite, above ground pool and hot tub, carport, and RV parking on 0.95 fl at
acres. This is a fantastic package!Call Tonnie (250)-365-9665
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2320 McBride Street, Trail $355,000
Plenty of living space here for the whole family! 4 bdrms, 3 baths, open concept,
walk out basement, laminate fl oors, double carport, deck, large rooms,
and great view! At this price it will be gone soon so don’t hesitate! Call your
REALTOR® now!Call Tonnie (250)-365-9665
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3727 Woodland Drive, Trail$269,000
Very well kept, bright and sunny 4bdrm home with corner fi replace, large rec
room, and workshop area. New roofi ng in spring 2012, underground sprinkling,
central air and perfect location. Call your REALTOR® to view.
Call Mary M (250) 231-0264
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Sheri regnier PhotoS
Sixty retired nurses gathered for high tea at Caffe Americano on Tuesday. A hot cuppa with tea sandwich-es and fresh scones was in keeping with the Victorian inspired décor, and set a relaxing atmosphere to visit with old friends.
Tea Time