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The Conservative government's 2014 budget falls short of taking any real significant action, accor-ding to Southern Interior MP Alex Atamanenko.

Finance Minister Jim Flaherty’s budget, tabled on Tuesday, looks to erase the federal deficit ahead of schedule by keeping spending low. Flaherty forecasts a $2.9-bil-lion deficit for the upcoming fiscal year, which is only because Ottawa is setting aside $3-billion in case of unexpected emergencies.

In an interview with the Trail Times from his Ottawa office, Atamanenko acknowledged the government's efforts but said “it's important that we don't do this on the backs of people who are struggling.”

Though the New Democrat's party is calling it a “do nothing budget,” Atamanenko wouldn't go that far.

But he is taking issue with the lack of attention to real challenges most Canadians face.

“There are 300,000 more unemployed today than before the recession, many seniors are strug-gling and families are finding it increasingly difficult to make ends meet,” he said.

“It appears that the Conservatives are delaying any new ideas until 2015, the election year.

“That's kind of cynical but that's sort of what I feel and the analysis of my party says.”

He is pleased, however, to see

provisions to expand high-speed broadband in rural areas, $390 mil-lion for food safety, and the crea-tion of the Canada Apprenticeship Loans Program, which provides interest free loans of up to $4,000 per person of technical training.

The MP acknowledged the investment in infrastructure but is concerned with the lack of spe-cific support for rural areas.

“There is money earmarked for infrastructure but according to our analysis there's no real commitment to the smaller com-munities component, which was a key ask of municipal leaders,” he added.

He also noted the effort to even the playing field for Canadian shoppers but questioned at whose expense.

“It's one thing just to say you'll lower the cost of your goods but if it's costing somebody in Trail more to buy wholesale than it is for someone across the border, how are we going to address that?” he asked.

“We want our people to make money; we don't them to be priced out of business.”

It will be interesting to see how quickly the shopping list of plans will roll out, he said, and what sort of concrete toll it will have on the Southern Interior.

“It's one thing to put all of these things into a flashy book and give a speech, it's another thing to see when we are going to see all of these things take place,” he added.

For more on the federal bud-get see Page 5

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“Just take it from here dear,” piano teacher Jean Fischer says as she interupts her student with words of advice and often wisdom.

The Glenmerry resident has

been teaching piano in Trail for over 50 years, through marriage, three children and everything in between.

“You don't have to be crazy but it helps,” laughs Fischer, an Associate of The Royal Conservatory.

“Music was always import-ant in my life but now it's my lifeline.”

The 90-year-old woman lives alone now in her home,

where she intends to stay. Her piano is the heart of her home and the music played there tells many stories.

Time again she comes across a gifted pianist, one she watches flourish from a young age into early adulthood; much like Monica McPhee, a 16-year-old girl who has stud-ied under Fischer for about seven years.

See STUDENT, Page 3

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ENTER SANDMAN Atamanenko weighs in on federal budget

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Music comes to life through the fingers of Monica McPhee and the teachings of Jean Fischer

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The bidding: South, with a balanced 18 points,

opens a Mexican two diamonds. This is the last of the three col-umns dealing with this bid. One may look up Mexican in my bridge index on my website to see more on the bid.

North with six spades, bids two hearts transferring South to two spades. North makes a three diamond call which is forcing to game. It is either a second suit asking

South to pick between four spades and three notrump or it is a cue-bid. South will find out later. South picks spades by bidding three spades which is

forcing to game. North makes a heart cuebid and now South knows that three diamonds must have also been a cuebid. South cue-bids his king of clubs because he suspects partner is wanting to hear something about clubs. That is the bid North was wanting to hear and places the contract in six spades.

The contract will not make if North is the declarer because East has a natural lead of the queen of clubs.

North knows they are in the slam ball park. 30 points and a six card suit are usu-ally sufficient for six. He cannot ask for keycards because one cannot use Blackwood with either a void or a worthless doubleton.

What if North finds out they are missing a keycard which they are. North could have two quick club los-ers until a cuebidding sequence tells him

otherwise. The Lead: spadeNorth and South

went slowly to slam and West seems to be sitting overtop of South’s King which he cuebid so West makes a passive trump lead.

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6S= for +1430 (Ace of club lead)

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A stunning fossil discovery in Kootenay National Park’s Marble Canyon may change humankind’s understanding of early animal life over 500 million years ago.

“We were already aware of the presence of some Burgess Shale fossils in Kootenay National Park. We had a hunch that if we followed the formation along the mountain topography into new areas with the right rock types, maybe, just maybe, we would get lucky,” said geologist Dr. Robert Gaines of Pomona College in California. He was a member of the Royal Ontario Museum team that made the find in the summer of 2012. “We never in our wildest dreams thought we’d track down a motherlode like this. It didn’t take us very long at all to realize that we had dug up something special.”

Though the discovery was made a year and a half ago, Tuesday saw the first time a paper on Kootenay National Park’s new Marble Canyon fossil beds was published, appearing in the sci-entific journal Nature Communications.

In just 15 days of field collecting, 50 animal species were unearthed at the new Kootenay National Park site. Compared to the approxi-mately 200 animal species identified in over 600 field days at the original Burgess Shale discovery in Yoho National Park indicates the Kootenay National Park site appears to equal the importance of the original discovery, and may one day even surpass it.

“This new discovery is an epic sequel to a research story that began at the turn of the previous century, and there is no doubt in my mind that this new material will significantly increase our understanding of early animal evo-lution,” said the study’s lead author, University of Toronto Associate Professor Dr. Jean-Bernard Caron, who is the Curator of Invertebrate Paleontology at the Royal Ontario Museum.

“The rate at which we are finding animals – many of which are new – is astonishing, and there is a high possibility that we’ll eventually find more species here than at the original Yoho National Park site, and potentially more than from anywhere else in the world.”

According to the release, the new site in Kootenay parallels Yoho in its spectacular rich-ness of arthropods, a group that today repre-sents more than 80 per cent of all living animals, including insects, spiders and lobsters. Some species found at the new Kootenay site are also found in China’s famous Chengjiang fossil beds, which are 10 million years older. This contrib-utes to the pool of evidence suggesting that the local and worldwide distribution of Cambrian animals, as well as their longevity, might have been underestimated, states the release.

The research team will be returning to the site this summer with the main goal of increas-ing the number of new species discovered. Parks Canada is keeping the exact location of the Marble Canyon site confidential to protect its integrity.

FROM PAGE 1The Grade 11 J. L. Crowe Secondary

School student just received 100 per cent in her advanced theory rudiments exam from The Royal Conservatory of Music, a rare feet that Fisher has only witnessed once before.

“She’s really a very remarkable girl,” said Fischer. “She has the tem-perament for it; not all students have an examination temperament.”

McPhee has received first-class honours in all of her graded piano examinations and is currently pre-paring for a Grade 8 piano exam. Her love for music keeps her commit-ted but good feedback does help along the way.

“My dad and I looked it up on the computer because I thought ‘it’s been

six weeks, they should have posted it by now’ and we looked and it was 100 per cent,” she recalled. “I was like ‘What, I’ve got to call Mrs. Fischer.’”

The piano instructor is like a “second grandmother” to McPhee, who is never one to complain about practice.

Her dad originally encouraged her to play piano but she has stuck with it over the years because she finds peace in music.

“Especially because our first semes-ter of school just ended, I find when I play it sort of distracts me from the exams and such,” she said, “It’s very calming.”

Her “and such” is growing as she balances school with piano, karate, and her commitment to this year’s

Trail Ambassador Program as Miss Kiwanis.

Most students leave piano as they get into their senior years of secondary school, said Fischer, while other have a hard time even getting started.

Piano takes self-discipline, added McPhee, but with it comes freedom.

“Listening to music and finding music you like is one thing but to be able to make music yourself is on a whole different level,” she said.

Working one-on-one is a tremen-dous privilege for Fischer, who admits she’s made mistakes along the way.

“I’ve ruined a lot of kids,” she laughed. “I’ve ruined them from piano that is and other things, too, probably.

“But I’ve learned from them; your students are your best teachers.”

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Piano instructor Jean Fischer has taught 16-year-old Monica McPhee music for about seven years. The teen’s hard work is paying off as she just received 100 per cent in her advanced theory rudiments exam from The Royal Conservatory of Music.

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B y S a l l y M a c D o N a l DCranbrook Townsman

Police are investigat-ing after 10 deer traps were stolen from a government compound in Cranbrook.

On Sunday police were called to the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations com-pound on Industrial Road G

in Cranbrook.“The chain link fence sur-

rounding the compound had been cut,” said Cst. Kathy Forgeron.

All 10 clover traps were missing from the yard.

The traps had been trans-ferred to Cranbrook on Feb. 4 from Elkford, where they had been used in the District

of Elkford’s cull. The traps are the property of the B.C. government and are loaned to municipalities when they receive a permit to cull deer.

Six of the 10 traps were quickly located in bush near-by the compound, but they had been burnt. One trap was found intact. Three others remain missing.

RCMP estimate the total value of the traps as approxi-mately $17,000.

“Those found responsible could face charges of theft over $5,000 and wilful dam-age,” said Cst. Forgeron.

A cull in Kimberley began on Feb. 1. The City of Kimberley had a permit to cull 30 deer.

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B y P a u l R u d d a nCampbell River MirrorA former Campbell

River whale watching guide has been fined $6,000 for disturbing orcas.

It’s the second time Jason Smith, 43, has been fined for disturb-ing “northern resi-dent” killer whales which are listed as threatened under Canada’s Species at Risk at Act.

It’s also believed to be the first time in Canada that the same person has been twice convicted for disturb-

ing marine mammals under the Fisheries Act.

“(You) violated the interest of the public trust…in respect to this fragile resource,” said Judge Roderick Sutton.

In Campbell River provincial court last week, Judge Sutton found Smith guilty of disturbing whales, but acquitted him on the more serious charge of harassing whales under the Species at Risk Act.

Last year, Quadra Island resident Carl

Peterson, 52, was fined a precedent-setting $7,500 for disturb-ing and harassing killer whales just off Campbell River. It was the first conviction in Canada involving kill-er whales under the Species at Risk Act.

“This is very important,” said fed-eral Crown prosecutor Larry Reynolds during Peterson’s sentencing hearing. “We’re try-ing to get the message out.”

The message is for all boaters to remain at least 100 metres away from all marine mammals and to view them for no longer than 30 minutes.

In 2008, Smith was working as a guide for Eagle Eye Adventures when he was charged with disturbing orcas. He was found guilty in 2011 and fined $3,500 which he is still pay-ing off.

Smith was await-ing trial on the first charges when he was charged again in August 2010, when he guided “as a favour” for the former Eagle Eye owner.

During the second trial, Smith was found guilty on the first count, fined $6,000 and banned from guid-ing for 10 years.

The judge declined to jail Smith and gave him three years to pay the penalty which will go into an environ-mental damages fund to support killer whales.

T h e V i c T o R i a n e w sA tiny baby who survived the

past six weeks while his mother was kept alive on life support is being watched by the world at Victoria General Hospital Tuesday.

Iver Cohen Benson, son of Robyn and Dylan Benson, was delivered Saturday at 28 weeks. Robyn, who had been brain dead since Dec. 29 after suffering a brain hemorrhage, was taken off life support after Iver’s birth.

Suzanne Germain, Island Health spokesperson, confirmed Iver’s birth and Robyn’s death. Doctors had hoped to allow Robyn’s fetus to grow to 34 weeks before delivering through caesarian section, according to a blog post at misterbenson.com, where Dylan first made public the family’s ordeal.

Dylan announced Iver’s birth on his blog over the weekend

with a photo of the pair.“It is with a heavy heart but

also with extreme proudness that I am posting this update,” Dylan wrote.

“Iver is healthy and is the cutest and most precious person I have ever met.

“As to be expected, it will still be a bumpy ride for he and I as he continues to grow under the care of the wonderful staff at the hospital.”

Dylan said his wife was “the strongest and most wonderful woman I have ever met,” adding he’s grateful for the thousands of supportive comments and messages he’s received.

A youcaring.com fundraising drive, set up by Dylan to sup-port Iver in Robyn’s absence, has grown to more than $150,000 since the family’s story made international headlines last week.

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a speech from the throne that echoed Premier Christy Clark’s election cam-paign, the B.C. gov-ernment promised Tuesday to begin a

10-year skills training plan to drive industrial development.

Lt. Governor Judith Guichon read the speech in the cere-monial beginning of the B.C. legislature session. It touched on the B.C. Liberal

government’s famil-iar themes, including the need to train and retain citizens to fill one million jobs due to growth and baby boomer retirements in the next decade.

“ B r i t i s h Columbians can look forward to enhance-ments to the Industry Training Authority, as well as the re-engin-eering of our second-ary and post-secondary institutions to ensure our students have the skills for the jobs of the future,” Guichon told MLAs gathered for the first time in 2014.

Employers and job seekers will be watch-ing for details in the provincial budget, to be presented by Finance Minister Mike de Jong on Feb. 18. Opposition critics have focused on the govern-ment’s reductions of skills training and the shortage of spaces and equipment for indus-trial training.

The speech also promises a new 10-year plan for trans-portation, to build on major road, bridge and transit works that have become contentious in the Lower Mainland as it struggles to keep up with population growth.

In education, the government renewed Clark’s goal of a per-

sonalized education plan for each stu-dent and “an agree-ment to ensure a dec-ade of labour peace in our classrooms.” That goal comes as the government pur-sues an appeal of the latest court judgment in favour of the B.C. Teachers’ Federation over removal of class size and support staff from their union con-tract.

Speaking to repor-ters after the speech, Clark emphatically denied the conclu-sion of a B.C. Supreme Court justice that her government engin-eered the 2012 teacher strike to build public support for an imposed settlement.

NDP leader Adrian Dix called the speech “particularly lacking in vision or substance,” adding that it con-tains nothing for B.C. residents who “don’t work in the industries of liquefied natural gas or liquor.”

In addition to tout-ing the future benefits of LNG exports and pending liquor law reforms, the speech recounts increases in Asian trade, the ongoing “core review” to reduce provincial spending, and new union agreements that tie wage increases to an expanded economy.

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T H E C A N A D I A N P R E S SREGINA - The Saskatchewan government

is giving the green light to recommendations aimed at improving motorcycle safety.

Saskatchewan Government Insurance says the province has approved all proposed changes put forward last week by a motor-cycle review com-mittee.

Changes that kick in this com-ing season include making new riders show that they can safely handle motorcycles before they get their licences.

As well, people who want motorcycle learner’s permits must first hold a Class 5 driver’s licence, the standard licence for oper-ating a vehicle.

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T H E C A N A D I A N P R E S SCALGARY - An ad campaign called

“Crotches Kill” has been rolled out in Alberta to discourage drivers from using hand-held devices they hide in their laps to talk, text or watch movies.

RCMP say the $380,000 campaign will target motorists who try to deceive police and also ask the public to consider how quickly danger can surface when they’re not paying attention behind the wheel.

Coinciding with the campaign is a crackdown on distracted drivers, with more than 200 tickets issued since the beginning of the month - more than double the number handed out during the same period last year.

RCMP Supt. Howard Eaton says despite Alberta’s distracted driving law, motorists still aren’t getting the message about the risk of not keeping their eyes on the road.

He says it might be time to strengthen the legislation, possibly through demerit points or stiffer fines.

There were about 19,000 convictions during the first year after Alberta’s dis-tracted driving law took effect, with about 95 per cent of them involving hand-held devices.

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Conservative govern-ment continues to ratchet in the iron cor-set that will squeeze an eye-catching election-year surplus for the Canadian body politic.

Finance Minister Jim Flaherty’s 10th federal budget all but balances the books this fiscal year, leaving a negligible $2.9-bil-lion shortfall heading into the 2015-16 elec-tion year - when Prime Minister Stephen Harper will go to the electorate sporting a surplus that could exceed $6 billion.

It’s the fourth consecutive belt-tightening blue-print for Flaherty, who used Tuesday’s budget speech in the Commons to echo the words of Canada’s 1868 finance minister:

“I say that we ought to be most careful in our outlay, and consid-er well every shilling we expend,” quothe Flaherty.

But amid leaks of a 2015 Conservative electioneering strategy that already appears well developed, the 2014-15 austerity budget is also stuffed with low- or zero-cost promises that wink toward the coming campaign.

C o n s t i t u e n c i e s perceived to be com-plementary to the Conservative brand get a break - includ-ing veterans, recrea-tional fisheries, rural web surfers and snow-mobilers - while smok-ers and public servants take it on the chin.

It’s all done on the cheap.

“Some people will say this budget is bor-ing; I consider that a compliment,” Flaherty

said at a news confer-ence.

“It doesn’t have flashy spending in it for this and for that and the other baubles that some people might want.”

Actual new spend-ing amounts to a total of $700 million against cuts that top $2 bil-lion and another $700 million in new tobacco taxes.

“The extent of the cuts to direct program spending are very sub-stantial, yet we knew the government had to downsize from the recession stimulus or there was no way we could handle the aging baby boom genera-tion,” said Mary Webb, senior economist at Scotiabank.

“There’s actual good, hard reasons for why they’re doing this.”

When the Conservatives came to office in 2006, Canada was spending 17 cents of every tax dollar on debt, down from more than 30 cents in the early 1990s. Last year, that was down to 11 cents and it should hit 10.5 cents this year.

“They’re trying to put things back on a sustainable path,” said Webb.

“Is there a lot of pain and dislocation? Of course there is. Austerity is never easy ....”

A new poll from Harris-Decima shows an overwhelming Canadian consensus - 57-34 - in favour of clearing up the deficit before any new spend-ing occurs. The tele-phone survey of 1,008 respondents found the consensus crossed regional and party lines.

And there are some spoonfuls of sugar with the harsh medicine.

The Conservatives are moving to staunch a gaping political wound by topping up the Last Post funeral

fund for veterans and expanding the eligibil-ity criteria to veterans of modern conflicts like Afghanistan.

There’s a promise of $305 million over five years to expand rural and northern broad-band Internet service, and almost $400 mil-lion over five years to help fix Parks Canada’s crumbling infrastruc-ture.

They’ll spend another $10 million on snowmobile trails, while giving anglers a say in the conservation of fish stocks.

The budget docu-ment, in fact, is scat-tered with penny-ante announcements that usually can’t crowd into a fiscal blueprint that covers almost $280 billion in govern-ment spending.

Some highlights of the federal budget delivered Tuesday:

- The budget is close to bal-ance, with a $2.9-billion deficit and a $3-billion contingency fund.

- Flaherty forecasts revenues of $276.3 billion and expenditures of $279.2 billion.

- The government makes clear it will balance the budget next year by cutting program spend-ing and reining in public service compensation costs.

- The budget proposes to make retired federal public servants pay half the costs of their health-care plan, up from a quarter now. This would raise annual payments for a retired individual to $550 from $261.

- Adopting families will get a bigger tax break for expenses.

- Higher excise taxes on tobac-co will raise the price of a carton of 200 cigarettes by $4 and essen-tially end the discount on smokes sold at duty-free stores, by raising

taxes there by $6 a carton. The increase will reap government $685 million in 2014-15.

- Excise taxes on tobacco will be tied to the Consumer Price Index and automatically adjusted every five years.

- The government plans to bring in legislation to deal with unjustified cross-border price dis-crimination that sees Canadians pay more for goods.

- Charities will be allowed to use computers to run their lotter-ies, offering major administrative savings.

- World-class amateur athletes will get a break when it comes to their available RRSP room.

- Search and rescue volunteers will get a tax credit similar to the one extended to volunteer fire-fighters in 2011.

- Taxpayers will no longer have to apply for a GST-HST credit on their tax return. The Canada Revenue Agency will make the calculation automatically.

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OPINION

Fantino’s ‘sorry’ to veterans doesn’t cut itThere’s an old tru-

ism in public rela-tions that goes: Mess up, fess up,

clean up. Everybody makes mis-

takes; that’s the mess-up part. The public under-stands that, and can even forgive and forget under the right circumstances. What’s really important, though, is what you do after you make the mis-take. Handle it well and the incident blows over. Stick your head in the sand or go into denial, and your little faux pas will live with you forever.

This is the advice that federal Veteran Affairs Minister Julian Fantino should have listened to after he messed up the announcement that his ministry would be clos-ing eight regional Veterans Affairs offices across the country. His department handled the announce-ment so poorly, hundreds of Canada’s veterans became angry enough to raise their voices in pro-test.

Important point here: Regardless of mitigat-

ing circumstances, the minister wears this. Unfortunately, Fantino is showing himself to be so oblivious he doesn’t get it.

Instead of confessing to his mistake and offer-ing a proper olive branch, Fantino did precisely the wrong thing. He deflected blame, first by denying that veterans would experience any decline in service (a claim immediately refut-ed by several veterans), and then by turning on a union, the Public Service Alliance of Canada, and accusing its members of engaging in a campaign of misinformation.

You don’t have to be a union-lover to know that sounds like a little school boy trying to say, “It wasn’t me, it was him.” If PSAC is agitating against the government – an accusation so far com-pletely unproven – then, guess what? Fantino wears that, too.

The circumstances that led to the fiasco bear revis-iting because they illumin-ate in part why the reac-tion has been as a strong as it is.

For years now, our sol-diers have been getting shoddy treatment from the country that asked them to put their lives on the line. Those who served in the Second World War or the Korean conflict are getting near to the end of their days. Younger soldiers who saw action in Kandahar are just now dealing with lives of pain and mental anguish that have driven too many of them to sui-cide.

The federal govern-ment has shown neither the compassion nor the support Canadians feel our soldiers deserve. It was brilliantly captured in the TV news video that shows

Fantino arriving late to an arranged meeting in Ottawa with veterans, and then responding to them in a combative tone.

It’s ironic, but this has become an issue unifying Canadians across regions. We disagree on just about everything, from the way our healthcare system is run to who gets the mail to how much we should spend on plowing our streets. But most of us do agree on how our veterans should be treated. They should be treated with dignity and respect, and a degree of consideration that reflects the gratitude one feels for their sacri-fices.

So Fantino messed up, refused to fess up – is there anything he can do now to clean up? It appears the embattled Veterans Affairs minister has made some permanent enemies, and it will take a long time to rebuild those bridges. Even so, I don’t support the veterans’ call for the minister to resign.

Instead, I’d like to see the ministry take steps to make good on its prom-

ise to ensure the closure of these eight offices does not cause harm to these veterans.

That means ensuring the staff at the Service Canada offices which are taking over these files are trained and ready to help veterans at the same level of service they received in the past. It means not asking aging soldiers who aren’t comfortable on the Internet to navigate through complex web pages.

And, yes, it also means Fantino must demonstrate – not tell, but show – to these veterans that he is sorry enough with the way this was handled that he will ensure nothing like it will happen again under his watch.

Canada’s veterans have given a lot to this country. There is a new generation who will be asked to do the same. The least we can do for them is show they will be treated with the consideration and respect they have earned.

Doug Firby is Editor-in-Chief and National Affairs columnist for Troy Media.

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recent New Democratic Party proposal to limit withdrawal fees at some

automated teller machines (ATMs) at fifty cents worked well. But getting publicity for an idea, including a poor one, is one thing; getting atten-tion to useful reforms that will greatly benefit consumers is quite another. The ATM idea is a good example of the former and not the latter.

For one thing, banks are feder-ally regulated institutions. So any attempt to limit ATM char-ges would not apply to the many non-bank ATM machines at con-venience stores, restaurants, bars and elsewhere. That’s where one usually pays higher fees for the privilege of not planning ahead and withdrawing money from one’s own bank or credit union.

Besides, banks are already subject to competition and thus they, along with other private sector institutions, can charge what they want – or not. I choose to bank where I pay no fees. I also avoid ATMs not owned by that financial institution. More competition in Canada’s banking sector is welcome, but that’s a differ-ent debate than micromanag-ing what banks, convenience stores, or the local pubs charge at ATMs.

The NDP proposal, and the Conservative government’s own hint in its last Throne Speech to “expand no-cost basic bank-ing services,” are both political examples of the tendency to be “penny-wise and pound-fool-ish.” The NDP-Tory fixation is akin to the guy who will drive five miles to save fifty cents on milk but spend a buck in gasoline and automotive wear-and-tear to do it.

It is easy to bash banks (the NDP obsession), or telecom-

munications and internet ser-vice providers (the Tory pre-occupation) but some compe-tition already exists in both those sectors, though more is preferable to less.

In contrast, both parties miss obvious policy areas that could save consumers a small fortune – but where prices are currently jacked up in favour of existing producers. That

includes both the private sec-tor and the gov-ernment sector where little com-petition exists or is in fact pro-hibited by gov-ernments.

If the NDP and Conservat ives desire to help consumers in a substantive way, as opposed to

this penny ante stuff, here are some useful and consequential ideas that would indeed save consumers money.

First, support the abolition of dairy and poultry market-ing boards, legally allowed by the federal government to restrict competition and supply (no foreign cheese and milk or chickens except at very high duties). The power to restrict supply exists only due to fed-eral legislation passed in 1966 to allow for such cartel-like powers. That creates conditions whereby producers can and do legally gouge consumers, in an effort to preserve “price stabil-ity”.

Such “price stability” – which in non-Orwellian lan-guage means price-fixing, means the poorest of Canadians get hurt the most, given they spend the greatest propor-tion of their income on food. Former Liberal Member of Parliament Martha Hall Findlay noted a few years back that the rigged price-fixing system costs families an extra $300 per year.

Second, the NDP and Conservatives could also, via their provincial wings, sup-port the privatization of auto-

mobile insurance in provinces where the governments have a monopoly on basic auto-mobile policies. Policyholders are best served in a system with competition and choice. Insurance premiums are gen-erally cheaper in private sec-tor provinces when apple-to-apple comparisons are made. The only exception has been in high-cost Ontario: high-cost because of a combination of no-fault coverage, fraud, and high claim costs that ratchet up Ontario premiums.

(For the record, I am aware of older studies from the so-called Consumers’ Association of Canada that once claimed insurance costs were higher in private sector provinces. But as I have detailed in sev-eral studies and multiple col-umns, all available online, the Association’s comparisons were based on misleading internet comparisons, not real paid pre-miums. Even a past Ontario director with the Consumers’ Association refused to use her own group’s unsupportable numbers.)

Third, if the two parties care about consumers, they might (through their provincial wings), support abolishing the antiquated Prohibition-era gov-ernment liquor stores that still exist in every province except Alberta.

Such government-run stores, and the government-owned and run wholesale dis-tribution system behind them, prevent competition and lower prices. Government liquor store are not in the consumers’ best interest.

When the NDP and Conservatives finish with the above, consumers will be much better off, and the parties will have proven to be pound-wise on matters where government policy currently and inevitably leads to higher prices for con-sumers.

Mark Milke is a Senior Fellow at the Fraser Institute and author of several studies on automobile insurance and liquor store privatization.

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HENSCHEL, EMIL – died February 10, 2014 at Kootenay Bound-ary Regional Hospital after a brief illness.

Born in Melville, Sas-katchewan February 15, 1920, he was the son of Gottfred and Augusta (Berg) Henschel. He was predeceased by his siblings Fred, Rudy, Theodore and Annie.

In 1926, Emil moved with his family to Trail where he would be-come a lifelong resident. In his youth he attended Central School and enjoyed many hot summers with his childhood friends from the Gulch making swimming holes in the Trail Creek.

In 1944 Emil met his beloved wife Emily (Lowe). They were married May 5, 1945 and enjoyed 68 wonderful years together. Together they raised their three children Dennis, Gail and Joy in their East Trail home where they lived until 2012. Family camp-ing trips were a big part of their lives grow-ing up and times spent � shing with Dad will be fondly remembered by Dennis.

In his youth, Emil delivered newspapers and did odd jobs at Hall’s Printing. This led to his apprenticeship as a compositor at Hall’s and his career at the Trail Times news-paper. In 1965 he went into partnership at the “Quick Print” in Trail until 1972, after which he returned to Trail Times until his retirement at 65.

Emil was an active member of the com-munity, both as a member of the Knights of Pythias for 50 years, and the United Church. He enjoyed playing cards with friends, curl-ing, gol� ng and could play a mean game of horseshoes. Emil and Emily both loved to travel and found cruising a delight. Many happy times were enjoyed in their trips around the Kootenays and down south in their camper van.

Emil is survived by his wife Emily (Lowe) and three children: son, Dennis Henschel (Gloria) of Courtenay, BC; daughter Gail Larson (Jim) of Fruitvale; daughter Joy Roberts (Ernest) of Fort Nelson, BC; his six grandchildren; Heather Mason (Brad), Elysia Scott (Dean), Curtis, Quinn, An-gela and Janelle and great-grand children Ally, Ben, Avery, November and Emma. The grandchildren always put a smile on Grampy’s face.

Emil was a loving husband and father. He will be greatly missed by all of his family.

A funeral service will be held on Friday, February 14, 2014 at 11:00 am at the Trail United Church with Reverend Michael Hare, Celebrant. Bill Clark of Alternatives Fu-neral and Cremation Services™ has been entrusted with arrangements.

Please consider a donation in Emil’s memory to the Heart & Stroke Foundation at 4 - 1551 Sutherland Avenue, Kelowna, BC, V1Y 9M9 or to the Kootenay Bound-ary Regional Hospital Health Foundation at 1200 Hospital Bench Rd., Trail, BC, V1R 4M1 or online at www.kbrhhealthfoundation.ca

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OBITUARIEST H E A S S O C I A T E D P R E S S

Any kid who ever tap-danced at a tal-ent show or put on a curly wig and audi-tioned for “Annie” can only dream of being as beloved - or as import-ant - as Shirley Temple.

Temple, who died Monday night at 85, sang, danced, sobbed and grinned her way into the hearts of Depression-era movie-goers and remains the ultimate child star dec-ades later. Other pre-teens, from Macaulay Culkin to Miley Cyrus, have been as famous in their time. But none of them helped shape their time the way she did.

Dimpled, preco-cious and oh-so-ador-able, she was America’s top box office star dur-ing Hollywood’s golden age, and her image was free of the scan-dals that have plagued Cyrus, Lindsay Lohan and so many other child stars - parental feuds, or drug and alcohol addiction.

Temple remains such a symbol of inno-cence that kids still know the drink named for her: a sweet, nonal-coholic cocktail of gin-ger ale and grenadine, topped with a mara-schino cherry.

Her hit movies - which included “Bright Eyes” (1934), “Curly Top” (1935), “Dimples” (1936), “Poor Little Rich Girl” (1936) and “Heidi” (1937) - fea-tured sentimental themes and musical subplots, with stories of resilience that a strug-gling American pub-lic strongly identified with. She kept children singing “On the Good Ship Lollipop” for gen-erations.

She was also a trib-ute to the economic and inspirational power of movies, credited

with helping to save 20th Century Fox from bankruptcy and praised by President Franklin D. Roosevelt himself as a bright spirit during a gloomy time.

She was “just abso-lutely marvelous, greatest in the world,” director Allan Dwan told filmmaker-author Peter Bogdanovich in his book “Who the Devil Made It: Conversations With Legendary Film Directors.”

“With Shirley, you’d just tell her once and she’d remember the rest of her life,” said Dwan, who directed her in “Heidi” and “Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm.” ”Whatever it was she was supposed to do - she’d do it. ... And if one of the actors got stuck, she’d tell him what his line was - she knew it better than he did.“

Her achievements did not end with mov-ies. Retired from acting at 21, she went on to hold several diplomatic posts in Republican a d m i n i s t r a t i o n s , including ambassador to Czechoslovakia dur-ing the sudden col-lapse of communism in 1989.

Former President George H.W. Bush, who appointed Black to the post in Prague, saluted her Tuesday for “her selfless service to our country” and her film career.

“In both roles, she truly lifted people up and earned not only a place in our hearts, but also our enduring respect,” Bush said in a statement.

Temple, known in private life as Shirley Temple Black, died at her home near San Francisco. The cause of death was not dis-closed.

From 1935 to 1938, she was the most popu-

lar screen actress in the country and was a bigger draw than Clark Gable, Joan Crawford or Gary Cooper. In 1999, the American Film

Institute’s ranking of the greatest screen legends put Temple at No. 18 among the 25 actresses.

“I have one piece of

advice for those of you who want to receive the lifetime achievement award: Start early,” she quipped in 2006 as she was honoured by the Screen Actors Guild.

But she also said that evening that her greatest roles were as wife, mother and grandmother: “There’s nothing like real love. Nothing.” Her husband of more than 50 years, Charles Black, had died a few months earlier.

In “Bright Eyes,” Temple introduced the song “On the Good Ship Lollipop” and did battle with a charming-ly bratty Jane Withers, launching Withers as another major child star. As a bright-eyed orphan in “Curly Top,” she sang “Animal Crackers in My Soup.”

She was teamed with the legendary dancer Bill “Bojangles” Robinson in two 1935 films with Civil War themes, “The Little Colonel” and “The Littlest Rebel.” Their tap dance up the steps in “The Little Colonel” (at a time when inter-racial teamings were rare in Hollywood) became a landmark in the history of film dance.

Known for a remark-able ability to cry on cue, she won a special Academy Award at age 6 - and was presented with a miniature Oscar statuette - for her “out-standing contribution to screen entertain-ment.”

Temple was a sensa-tion. Mothers dressed their little girls like her, and a line of dolls that are now highly sought-after collectibles was launched. Her fans seemed interested in every last golden curl on her head.

But Temple also suggested that in some ways, she grew up too soon. She stopped believing in Santa Claus at age 6, she once said, when “Mother took me to see him in a department store and he asked for my autograph.”

SHIRLEY TEMPLE

Child star made people smile during DepressionShe was the biggest of child stars. She

was the top U.S. box-office draw from 1935 to 1938, bigger than Clark Gable, Bing Crosby, Gary Cooper or Joan Crawford. She kept children singing “On the Good Ship Lollipop” for generations, retired from act-ing at age 21 and went on to a diplomatic career.

Here’s a look at the life of Shirley Temple, who died Monday at age 85:

1. HOW MANY GOLDEN CURLS WERE ON HER HEAD

Her mother was said to have done her hair for each movie, with every hairstyle having exactly 56.

2. WHEN SHE STOPPED BELIEVING IN SANTA CLAUS

At age 6, “Mother took me to see him in a department store and he asked for my autograph.”

3. SO FAMOUS THEY NAMED A DRINK AFTER HER

The kid’s cocktail for the ages: ginger ale and grenadine, topped with a maraschino cherry.

4. HOW SHE LIFTED PEOPLE’S SPIRITS DURING THE DEPRESSION

“... It is a splendid thing that for just 15 cents, an American can go to a movie and look at the smiling face of a baby and forget his troubles,” President Franklin D. Roosevelt once said.

5. HOW SHE LEARNED TO CRY ON CUE...

“I guess I was an early method actress. I would go to a quiet part of the sound stage with my mother. I wouldn’t think of anything sad, I would just make my mind a blank. In a minute I could cry. I didn’t like to cry after lunch, because I was too content.”

6. ...AND HOW IT CAME IN HANDY AT AGE 21

Driving up the Pacific Coast Highway near Malibu in a red convertible, she was stopped for speeding. She turned on the tears, and the officers ended up escorting her home.

7. WHY SHE DIDN’T PLAY DOROTHY IN “THE WIZARD OF OZ”

20th Century Fox chief Darryl Zanuck refused to lend her out for the 1939 classic.

8. WHO PAVED THE WAY FOR HER TO BECOME A DIPLOMAT

Richard Nixon appointed her to the U.S. delegation to the UN. She went on to become U.S. ambassador to Ghana, U.S. chief of protocol and ambassador to Czechoslovakia.

9. HOW RONALD REAGAN ECLIPSED HER

It wasn’t on screen: His election cemented his role as America’s most famous actor turned public servant. (They had starred together in “That Hagen Girl” in 1947.)

10. HER ADVICE FOR THOSE AIMING FOR A LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

“Start early,” she said in 2006 when hon-oured by the Screen Actors Guild.


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The grade 6/7 stu-dents from Rossland School began cele-brating the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics with their own Opening Ceremonies. Each country paraded in, took the athlete’s oath, light the Olympic flame and competed in team building activ-ities. Each country will compete over the next two weeks in their own winter sports and Paralympic events, as well as an amazing race.

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Redfish elemen-tary school parents want the school board to consider returning Grade 6 and 7 students to the primary level.

At a recent Parent Advisory Council meet-ing parents expressed three main concerns fueling their desires to have middle school students return to ele-mentary schools in the district.

They want to reduce transitions of students at a “sensitive age,” expressed concerns about the welfare of Trafalgar students and are upset at the declin-ing condition of the school itself.

Notes taken from the Jan. 23 PAC meeting have parents speaking up about unrestricted Wi-Fi use with viral pornographic images appearing on devices. They’re concerned about unaccounted for absences, inadequate lunch supervision and attendance on field trips without proper

permission slips being completed.

Parents also spoke out about the safety of their children in such an old building.

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By Times sTaffAfter hosting the world’s best

nordic skiers in December, the groomed trails of the Black Jack Cross Country Ski Club are attract-ing hundreds of members, as well as grooming another generation of elite athletes.

Black Jack programs are the foundation of Black Jack Junior Racers cross-country ski team, with the kids Skier Development Program, including the Bunnies, Rabbits, and Track Attack draw-ing more than 80 participants this year, thanks to dozens of volunteer coaches and helpers.

The Junior Racers also have a number of out-of-town ath-letes from Revelstoke, Nelson, Kimberley, and Japan that are liv-ing and training in Rossland on a year-round basis.

Some of Canada’s top nordic skiers like Julien Locke, David Palmer, Geoffrey Richards and Rebecca Reid are current or former Black Jack skiers, while young up-and-comers include Remi Drolet, Michaela McLean and Bronwyn Moore, who are poised to repre-sent Black Jack at the B.C. Winter Games Feb. 20.

The big event of the season, the Haywood NorAm and Buff Sprints, in conjunction with the World U23/Jr. Championship Trials and Kootenay Cup was a hit at the Black Jack tracks this past December.

Over 250 athletes from all over North America competed, includ-ing Olympic athletes, Olympic hopefuls, national champions, and the best U23 and Junior athletes in the continent. About 150 vol-unteers helped make the event an unmitigated success, and give the local economy a major boost.

“Of the 13 cross-country ski-ers that Canada has sent to Sochi, five competed here at the NorAm, and a further five competed in previous NorAms at Black Jack, including medal hopeful and 2011 World Champion Alex Harvey,” said Black Jack executive Wannes Luppens. “A number of the cur-rent US Olympians have also com-peted here in Rossland, including medal hopeful and 2013 World Champion Jessie Diggins.”

Cross-country skiing is becom-ing more popular than ever, with over 700 members taking to the forested trails of Black Jack this year.

“It’s our second highest ever, and it’s now our fifth year in a row with more than 600 members,” said Luppens. “In fact, our three biggest membership years on rec-ord have all come in the last four years.”

Black Jack has been grooming its runs since Nov. 3, and if all goes well, locals can enjoy the 40-kilo-metres of ski trails right into April or early May.

Skiers include the very young

to the more experienced, with one-third of its members under 35 and one-third over 50, and more than 50 skiers that are aged 70 and older.

“It’s a lifetime sport,” adds Luppens.

But the groomed trails also attract thousands of day-pass visitors from across the globe, including many first-time cross-country skiers. As a result, Black Jack has made it even easier for initiates to try the sport without ever owning a pair of skis.

“It is now our second year offer-ing ski rentals at the trailhead, allowing newcomers to give this fantastic sport a try. We rent both skate ski gear and classic ski gear.”

Thanks to its members and many sponsors Black Jack is also able to provide numerous perks for cross-country ski buffs from the annual Snow Show and Ski Swap to cross-country coaching work-shops. In addition, the club offers plenty of fun activities like the Golden City Grind, Ski with Santa, bring a friend to ski for free, Tour de Soup, Super Hero Day, and the upcoming 30th annual Black Jack Loppet on Feb. 22.

“This past January marked our 31st year as a club. From the early days of dragging a mattress behind a snowmobile for grooming, amaz-ing volunteers and community support have gotten us to where we are today.”

s u B m i T T e dThe Kootenay Kannibelles

rocked the Selkirk College gymnasium in Castlegar on Saturday as they went toe-to-toe with Fernie’s Avalanche City Roller Girls.

The Kannibelles kicked off the West Kootenay roller-derby season with a convincing but bruising 345-117 win over Avalanche City.

The Kannibelles and Avalanche have seen major shakeups since they last faced off in August 2013. Both teams lost a number of long-standing teammates and picked up some new talent, who proved they could handle the rough going.

The Kannibelles’ jammers found themselves up against a rotating door of hit after hit. Core strength proved the name of the game for Ursula Aggress, making her debut as a Kannibelles jammer and prov-ing that it takes more than a

thump to the chest to knock her down. Lil Squirt lived up to her name, ducking into the smallest of gaps on her way into the pack only to come rocketing out to the front again.

Bark Messier, a fresh recruit to the Kannibelles, reminded the Avalanche blockers that though she may be new, she has moves just waiting to be unleashed.

Kid Sinister put on the star for a couple jams, blasting through the opposing walls as if shot out of a cannon. Concrete Cindy and Pantsoff took turns rocketing into Avalanche skat-ers at every turn, buying time for Belles’ jammers as the clock ticked down.

Despite the wide-margin of victory, both teams fought relentlessly and the Kannibelles never felt complacent with their lead, as evidenced by the rapt attention of fans glued to

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The groomed trails of Black Jack Cross Country Ski Club are attracting more and more cross-country ski buffs the past few years.

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B y T i m e s s T a f fSelkirk College forward Logan Proulx was named the British

Columbia Intercollegiate Hockey League’s Player of the Week on Monday.

The Trail native and former Smoke Eater captain led the Saints to a pair of wins against the University of Victoria and Eastern Washington, totalling seven points for the weekend.

On Friday, Proulx scored a first-period marker and set up goals from Jackson Garrett, Connor McLaughlin and Cody Fidgett to complete a four-point night in a 7-0 shutout win over the Vikes.

And on Saturday, the Saints captain scored on a first period breakaway and set up McLaughlin and Fidgett once again in a 6-4 victory on the road at EWU.

Proulx’s season-long point streak now stands at 19 games, and the 22-year old sits third in league scoring with 38 points.

Selkirk’s Beau Taylor was also named Player of the Month on Tuesday. The Aussie forward scored five times and picked up nine points in a trio of Selkirk wins last month.

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ScoreboardWinter Olympics

Medal StandingsNation G S B Tot.Norway 4 3 4 11Canada 4 3 2 9Netherlands 3 2 3 8U.S.A 1 4 7 12Russia 1 3 3 7Germany 4 1 0 5Austria 1 3 0 4Sweden 0 3 1 4France 1 0 2 3Czech Rep 0 2 1 3Slovenia 0 1 2 3Switzerland 2 0 0 2Italy 0 1 1 2Japan 0 1 1 2Poland 1 0 0 1 Belarus 1 0 0 1South Korea 1 0 0 1Slovakia 1 0 0 1China 0 1 0 1Finland 0 1 0 1Ukraine 0 0 1 1Great Britain 0 0 1 1

Olympic Men’s Ice HockeySchedule

Todays Games All Times Eastern

Czech Rep vs Sweden 12 p.m. Latvia vs Switzerland 12 p.m.

Thursday GamesAustria vs Finland 3 a.m.

U.S. vs Slovakia 7:30 a.m.Slovenia vs Russia 7:30 a.m.Norway vs Canada 12 p.m.

Friday GamesLatvia vs Czech Rep 3 a.m.Switzerland vs Sweden 7:30

a.m.Austria vs Canada 12 p.m.Finland vs Norway 12 p.m.

Saturday GamesSlovenia vs Slovakia 3 a.m.Russia vs U.S.A. 7:30 a.m.Czech Rep vs Switzerland

12 p.m.

Latvia vs Sweden 12 p.m. Sunday Games

Norway vs Austria 3 a.m.Slovakia vs Russia 7:30 a.m. U.S.A. vs Slovenia 7:30 a.m. Canada vs Finland 12 p.m.

Tuesday GamesMedal round of Playoffs start

Olympic Round UpThursday, Feb. 13All Times Eastern

BiathlonMen’s 20-km individual, 9 a.m.

Cross-country SkiingWomen’s 10-km classic, 5 a.m.

Women’s CurlingPreliminary Round

Fifth Draw, 12 midnightCanada vs. Denmark; China

vs. Britain; Switzerland vs. Sweden.

Sixth Draw, 10 a.m.Sweden vs. Denmark; Russia vs. South Korea; Switzerland vs. Canada; Japan vs. U.S.

Men’s CurlingPreliminary RoundSixth Draw, 5 a.m.

Switzerland vs. Russia; Canada vs. Denmark; Norway

vs. Sweden; Britain vs. U.S.Figure Skating

Men’s (short program), 10 a.m.Freestyle Skiing

Men’s slopestyle (qualification), 1:15 a.m. & (final), 4:30 a.m.

Women’s HockeyPreliminary Round

Group B: Japan vs. Germany, 3 a.m.; Sweden vs. Russia,

12 noon.Luge

Team relay, 11:15 a.m.Short-track SpeedskatingWomen’s 500m (quarter-

finals), 5 a.m., (semifinals), 6:10 a.m. & (final), 7:05 a.m.

Men’s 1,000 (heats), 5:25 a.m.Men’s 5,000m relay (semi-

finals), 6:35 a.m.Skeleton

Women’s (first run), 2:30 a.m. & (second run), 3:40 a.m.

Long-track SpeedskatingWomen’s 1,000m, 9 a.m.

HockeyNHL

EASTERN CONFERENCE GP W L OT PtPittsburgh 58 40 15 3 83Boston 57 37 16 4 78Tampa 58 33 20 5 71 Rangers 59 32 24 3 67Montreal 59 32 21 6 70Phila 59 30 23 6 66Toronto 60 32 22 6 70Detroit 58 26 20 12 64Columbus 58 29 24 5 63Ottawa 59 26 22 11 63Wash 59 27 23 9 63Carolina 57 26 22 9 61Jersey 59 24 22 13 61Islanders 60 22 30 8 52Florida 58 22 29 7 51Buffalo 57 15 34 8 38 WESTERN CONFERENCE

GP W L OT PtsAnaheim 60 41 14 5 87St. Louis 57 39 12 6 84Chicago 60 35 11 14 84San Jose 59 37 16 6 80Colorado 58 37 16 5 79L. A. 59 31 22 6 68Minnesota 59 31 21 7 69Dallas 58 27 21 10 64Phoenix 58 27 21 10 64Vancouver 60 27 24 9 63Winnipeg 60 28 26 6 62Nashville 59 25 24 10 60Calgary 58 22 29 7 51Edmonton 60 20 33 7 47*Standings up to Olympic break.

Scoring Leaders G A Pts SCrosby, Pgh 28 50 78 R. Getzlaf, Ana 29 38 67 J Tavares, NYI 24 42 66 P Kessel, Tor 31 34 65 P Kane, Chi 27 36 63 Ovechkin, Wash 40 20 60 C Perry, Ana 30 30 60 K Okposo, NYI 24 35 59 P Sharp, Chi 28 30 58 E Malkin, Pgh 18 40 58 C Giroux, Pha 19 38 57 M St. Louis, TB 25 31 56 T Seguin, Dal 24 32 56 T Hall, Edm 20 36 56

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For the third time at the Games, two Canadians found themselves on the same podium. Freestyle skier Dara Howell won Canada’s fourth gold medal Tuesday with a domin-ating performance in the women’s slopestyle event, while teammate Kim Lamarre was third.

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in the books, Canada totalled their previous high of three double-podium finishes from the 2006 Turin Games. And there are 12 days of competition left to break that record.

Howell’s winning run earned a score of 94.20, well ahead of the 85.40 posted by silver medallist Devin Logan of the United States.

“I think that’s the best run I’ve ever done in my entire life,” said Howell, who was cheered on by a vocal, red-clad contingent that included her parents.

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Groundhog Day is over and our win-ter predicted. Here’s

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– Canada Revenue Agency’s (CRA) annual random review of tax-

payers’ claims.“But I haven’t even

thought about filing my 2013 taxes!”

Well, you might want to give it some thought.

Each year CRA, in addition to its aud-its, conducts random reviews on specif-ic types of claims. There are some typ-ical reviews requested almost every year so here’s a heads-up – a little preparedness for 2013 taxes.

Over the past sev-eral years the major CRA hot items of inter-est have been medical, moving and donation receipts, as well as tuition and education amounts. And custody arrangements for kids of separated couples seem to be gaining space on the CRA radar.

Medical expenses because this claim can add up to a lot, espe-cially since it’s grouped as a family.

Moving expenses because so many things aren’t deductible and

yet people claim them. And again, this can be a sizable deduction.

Donations for cer-tain will be watched this year because of the new “super credit” for first time donors – more on this and other new credits in a future column.

Tuition is tracked by CRA often because of the transferability of this claim to a parent. On this front may I strongly recommend the student actually sign the T2202a per-mitting the transfer. An unsigned form will lead to a denied claim by CRA.

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likely because of the lucrative dependant claims. A visit to the CRA website is recom-mended to understand who can claim what … or more accurately, who cannot.

By the way, a dependant claim made by both parents for the same child only messes it up for both people. It is not a case of first filed with CRA, wins. The duplication of a dependant claim will result in CRA denying the claim for both par-ents.

Some additional predictions - since governments world-wide are ferreting out tax dollars due, expect more attention by CRA to taxpayers earning income from sources abroad. CRA not only wants this reported, but is wanting proof of taxes paid, if any, to that foreign coun-try on that foreign income.

This type of atten-tion may also apply to Canadian’s owning foreign assets so pay

strict attention to form T1135 for the report-ing of such assets, a topic worthy of its own column.

So what can a taxpayer do to avoid a review? There’s no trick to avoiding these reviews, after all, they’re random, right?

The key is to set-up for a quick, clean and painless review. The best defense is to research thoroughly, identify clearly, and report accurately on your T1 return. And if a CRA review request arrives, deal with it in a very timely man-ner – CRA gives only 30 days to respond. If engaging a profes-sional preparer, it’s fair to ask if they are your first line of support, or are you on your own? Do they charge or is it part of the service?

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In preparation for the 2014 General Local Election and the modern-ization of voting systems, the city passed the first three readings of a bylaw that deals with automated voting machines on Feb. 3.

At the regular coun-cil meeting, Coun. Gerry

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“One of the features of voting machines appar-ently, is if you start to spoil your ballot by mistake it tells you that,” Warner said. “And gives you another chance.”

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“That amounted to 718 ballots,” Hales said. “So with this method we will hopefully reduce that down to zero.”

According to the report put together by city staff, automated voting

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Scott said the budget-ary impact is minimal. City

staff noted in the report that the machine were estimated to cost between $12,000 and $14,000.

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Dear Annie: Will you speak to my wife of 30 years? She has many wonderful attributes, and I love her. She is, however, late for every-thing. Our families and friends learned to accept her tardiness for social engagements. But I cannot abide being late for church every week. With all eyes upon us, we must edge past everyone in order to find a seat. I hate doing this after the service has started.

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1148 Bay Ave, Trail 250.368.5000All Pro Realty Ltd.

www.facebook.com/allprorealtyltdtrailbc www.allprorealty.ca

Fruitvale$259,900

MLS#2217946

20 ACRES

East Trail$179,000

MLS#2394974

NEW LISTING

Rossland

MLS#2394020

Fruitvale$379,000

MLS#2393245

LIKE NEW

Annable$160,000

MLS#2214225

MOVE IN

READY

Fruitvale$479,000

MLS#2218280

OVER

4,000 SQ.FT.

Salmo$215,000

MLS#2215555

GREAT

FAMILY HOME

Glenmerry$299,000

MLS#2392320

FAMILY HOME

Columbia Heights$159,500

MLS#2392001

GOOD VALUE

Fruitvale$199,500

MLS#2394840

OLD TIME

CCHARM

Rossland$239,900

MLS#

Trail$164,995

MLS#2394238

2 SUITES

Shavers Bench$229,900

MLS#2395001

NEW LISTING

Salmo$279,900

MLS#2392605

BRAND NEW

Beaver Falls$435,000

MLS#2394764

HOUSE &

TRAILER PARK


MLS#2395041

NEW LISTING

Fruitvale$314,000

MLS#2214555

SENIOR’S

DUPLEX

Glenmerry$279,000

MLS#2395099

NEW LISTING


MLS#2394995

NEW LISTING

Rossland

MLS#2394304

Trail$129,000

MLS#2395073

NEW LISTING

Contact Our RealtorsWayne DeWitt...........ext 25Mario Berno ..............ext 27

cell: 250.368.1027Tom Gawryletz .........ext 26

cell: 250.368.1436Dawn Rosin ...............ext 24

cell: 250.231.1765Thea Stayanovich .....ext 28

cell: 250.231.1661

Fred Behrens ............ext 31cell: 250.368.1268

Keith DeWitt .............ext 30cell: 250.231.8187

Denise Marchi ..........ext 21cell: 250.368.1112

Joy DeMelo ...............ext 29cell: 250.368.1960

Emerald Ridge$100,000

MLS#2394155

1/2 ACRE LOT

Redstone$850,000

MLS#2393760

CUSTOM

BUILT

Fruitvale$459,000

MLS#2392944

ROOM FOR

ALL

Fruitvale$539,000

MLS#2391966

10 ACRES

Warfi eld$72,900

MLS#2393361

2ND FLOOR

CONDO

Fruitvale$299,500

MLS#2211947

FAMILY HOME

Rossland$250,000

MLS#2394032

MUST SELL

Trail$180,000

MLS#2392498

CLOSE TO

TOWN

Sunningdale$189,000

MLS#2390419

GREAT

CONDITION

Sunningdale$249,900

MLS#2393663

BRING

OFFERS

SOLD

SOLD

Christina Lake$364,500

MLS#2390791

NEW PRICE

Trail$229,000

MLS#

NEW LISTING

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Announcements

BirthsIAN & LARISSA TYSON, of Trail, BC are pleased to an-nounce the birth of their son, Luke Joseph Tyson, on January 24th, 2014, weighing 9 lbs. 10 oz. Proud grandpar-ents are Violet & Michael Hayes and Ingrid Tyson.

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Coming EventsTHE 5th annual WCOWMA-BC Convention & Trade Show will be held at the South Thompson Inn and Conference Centre (3438 Shuswap Road) in Kamloops on February 20 - 23, 2014. Work-shops, open forum discussions, networking opportunities and door prizes. Trade show admission is complimentary. Don’t miss the only wastewater trade show and con-vention in BC. More info at www.wcowma-bc.com

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Columbia Press Council. The Press Council serves as a forum for unsatis e rea er com laints a ainst

member ne s a ers. Com laints must be le ithin a a time limit.

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“BLUE VALENTINE” Only one of the deeply

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piano music composed and performed by well-known

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Denied Long-Term Disability Benefi ts or

Other Insurance?If YES, call or email for your FREE LEGAL CONSULTATION

and protect your right tocompensation. 778.588.7049 Toll Free: [email protected]

PersonalsALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS

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PersonalsFOR INFORMATION,

education, accommodation and support

for battered womenand their children

call WINS Transition House 250-364-1543

Lost & FoundFOUND: set of keys: house, vehicle and others; on Tama-rac Ave. in Trail. To claim them, their owner can describe them by emailing me:[email protected]

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1st Trail Real Estate

1252 Bay Avenue, Trail 250.368.5222 1993 Columbia Ave, Rossland 250.362.5200WWW.COLDWELLBANKERTRAIL.COM

Rossland $189,900

Marie Claude MLS# 2390913

Rossland $124,900


Rossland $199,900


Rossland $69,900


Trail $125,000


Rossland $59,900


Rossland $214,500


Warfield $65,000

Rhonda MLS# 2394133

Fruitvale $139,000

Rhonda MLS# 2393449

Warfield $234,900

Rhonda MLS# 2389662

Warfield $49,900

Rob MLS# 2392110

Warfield $129,000

Nathan MLS# 2391999

Trail $109,900

Nathan MLS# 2214582

Fruitvale $99,000

Rhonda MLS# 2391883

Montrose $495,000

Rhonda MLS# 2393112

Trail $72,000

Rob MLS# 2214664

Fruitvale $164,900

Rob MLS# 2393806

Trail $OLD

Rhonda MLS# 2392652

Genelle $319,900

Rhonda MLS# 2393958

Trail $135,000

Rob MLS# 2393731

Rossland $399,000

Rob MLS# 2392108

Nathan Kotyk 250-231-9484

Rhonda van Tent 250-231-7575

Rob Burrus 250-231-4420

Marie Claude Germain 250-512-1153

2 bedroom

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corner unit Furnished unit

Home + extra lot

New Listing

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Potential Executive Huge Yard

Income PotentialLocation! SOLD

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Call Today! 250-364-1413 ext 206

GenelleRoute 303 15 papers 12th Ave, 2nd St, GrandviewRoute 304 13 papers 12th & 14th Ave

West TrailRoute 149 7 papers Binns St, McAnally St, Kitchener Ave

WarfieldRoute 195 12 papers Blake Crt, Whitman WayRoute 200 10 papers Shakespeare St

MontroseRoute 344 17 papers 10th Ave, 9th AveRoute 345 12 papers 10th Ave, 9th AveRoute 348 19 papers 12th Ave, Christie RdRoute 346 27 papers 8th, 9th & 10th Ave

FruitvaleRoute 362 20 papers 1st, 2nd, 3rd, Evergreen AveRoute 366 18 papers Beaver St, Maple Ave

Fruitvale cont’dRoute 369 15 papers Birch Ave, Johnson Rd, Red-wood Dr, Rosewood DrRoute 375 12 papers Green Rd & Lodden RdRoute 379 18 papers Cole St, Nelson AveRoute 380 23 papers Galloway Rd, Mill RdRoute 381 7 papers Coughlin RdRoute 382 7 papers Debruin Rd & Staats RdRoute 384 19 papers Cedar Ave, Kootenay

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Rossland CARRIERS NEEDED FOR ROUTES IN ALL AREAS

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A Keepsake for a LifetimeReceive a 2x3 birth

announcement for only $3000 GST included

Deadline: 2 days priorto publication by 11am.

The Trail Times will continue to publish straight birth announcements free of charge - as always

Drop in to 1163 Cedar Ave or email your photo, information and Mastercard or Visa number to [email protected] 250-368-8551 ext 204

MECHANICRequired F/T for Vancouver Outboard. Primary duties will include maintenance troubleshooting and repair of diesel & gas marine engines. Knowledgeable in vessel electrical systems is an asset. Must have own tools and a valid drivers license. Exc. Compensation Based

On Experience.Please forward resume: vancouveroutboard@

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Employment

Career Opportunities

CAREERS in Trucking. Well established Chip Hauler offers steady employment with Ex-tended Benefi ts, Pension Plan, Direct Payroll deposit and more to U.S. Capable Class 1 drivers with clean abstracts and verifi able mountain experi-ence. Apply online: www.sut-co.ca or fax resume: 250-357-2009 For further information 1-888-357-2612 Ext:230

Help WantedOFFICE ASSISTANT, part-time, working knowledge of Word and Excel, occupational health and safety an asset. Mail resumes to: PO Box 398, Trail, BC, V1R 4L7.

PART-TIME MERCHANDISER for Trail, B.C. area.

Major Greeting Card Com-pany is looking for a P/T Merchandiser with variable hours in the Trail area. The position offers a fl exible work schedule, 5 - 15 hrs of work per week, and an indepen-dent work environment. Responsibilities include:keeping the card dept order-ly and full, putting away or-ders and re-ordering mer-chandise as needed, setting up and maintaining seasonal and special displays; admin-istration as required; and other duties as assigned. The successful candidate must be able to lift up to 40 lbs, enjoy working with peo-ple, have reliable transporta-tion and a home computer with internet access. Experience helpful; will train.

Please submit resumes to:greetingcardmerchandiser

@gmail.com

**WANTED**NEWSPAPER CARRIERS

TRAIL TIMESExcellent ExerciseFun for All Ages

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TomorrowCirculation Department250-364-1413 Ext. 206For more Information

Trades, TechnicalBALDFACE - Assistant Cat Ski Guide Baldface Lodge in Nelson BC is looking for an energetic Assistant Ski Guide. You should bring integrity and professionalism to the job while creating a fun and safe environment for our guests to create the ultimate ski/board-ing vacation. Shifts are 7days on and 7 days off now through the end of the 2014 season. Qualifi cations: *Certifi ed Ski/Snowboard Guide (Level 2 CSGA or ACMG Apprentice Guide) *Level 2 Avalanche Technician (Canadian Ava-lanche Association) *Ad-vanced First Aid Attendant (80+ hours) *2+years experi-enced mechanized ski or snowboard guide (cat skiing preferred) Compensation: $225+ per day depending on qualifi cations and experience plus food and accommoda-tions for 7 day shifts at the lodge Please send resume and cover letter to [email protected] and use “Assistant Ski Guide” as sub-ject line. www.baldface.net

Employment

Trades, TechnicalCEDA is Hiring!

Shutdown Labourers & Operators

Qualifi cations include:• Physically demanding• Clean driver’s abstract• Travel within Alberta• Class 1/3 driver’s license• MED 3 boating license

To submit resumeplease visit online:

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Employment

Trades, TechnicalJOURNEYMAN HEAVY

DUTY MECHANICSFort McMurray & Leduc AlbertaGladiator Equipment Ltd. has immediate positions for Journeyman Heavy Duty, off road Certifi ed Mechanics for work in Fort McMurray and Le-duc, Alberta. Excellent wages and benefi ts.

www.gladiatorequipment.comfax 1-780-986-7051.

[email protected]

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HairstylistsThe Cutting Edge Hairand Tanning Studio in

Creston BC is now offering Hot Head hair extensions. A full set, cut to shape your new look and styled $450. Every 8 weeks extension

replacement $70. Call us at 250-428-3488 to book your

consultation.It’s worth the drive

Merchandise for Sale

Misc. for Sale1 FULL-EVENT Pass to Tim Horton Brier in Kamloops, March 1-9. 250-367-6679

Misc. WantedCoin Collector Looking to Buy Collections, Estates, Gold & Silver Coins + 499-0251

Real Estate

Houses For Sale2005 SRI Double Wide

MODULAR HOME24x44 in Triangle Gardens. 45 years and up. Vaulted

ceiling, open plan, bay win-dow, 3 bdrm, 2 bath, pantry, low maintenance, gas heat,

air conditioning, 5 appl’s, UGS, landscaped, covered

deck & carport, other features, must see.

250-442-8676

Mobile Homes & Parks

WANTED: Trailer Park inNelson area. Have 18 suite apartment best location inRegina or will buy you park

outright. Perry1 306 525-2215

Rentals

Apt/Condo for RentBella Vista, Shavers Bench Townhomes. N/S, N/P. 2-3 bdrms. Phone 250.364.1822

Ermalinda Apartments, Glen-merry. Adults only. N/P, N/S. 1-2 bdrms. Ph. 250.364.1922E.TRAIL, 2BDRM Gyro park, heat, hot water & cable incl. $650/mo. 250-362-3316Francesco Estates, Glenmer-ry. Adults only. N/P, N/S, 1-3 bdrms. Phone 250.368.6761.Glenmerry 3bdrm. F/S $850/mo. Heat included. 250-368-5908Grand Forks: Lg 2 bdrm, 1.5 bath, 5 app’s, private 400 sq ft deck. N/S, N/P. $750/m + util. Avail March 1st.250-442-7808.ROSSLAND, 2BDRM., park-ing, laundry, np, ns. 250-362-5893SUNNINGDALE, 1bdrm. bachelor, partly furnished, TV cable included, free use of washer and dryer. Private en-trance. NS. NP. $500./mo. 250-368-3055Sunningdale:2bdrm corner unit,TV cable & heat included & free use of washer and dry-er. Avail. Mar.1. 250-368-3055TRAIL, spacious 1&2bdrm. apartment. Adult building, per-fect for seniors/ professionals. Cozy, clean, quiet, com-fortable. Must See. 250-368-1312TRAIL, well-kept, quiet adult building, walk to Downtown, coin-op laundry, non-smoking. 2Bdrm. available immediately, 1Bdrm. available March 1st. 250-226-6886

Homes for RentEAST Trail 1448 Park st, 3 bed, street parking, $900 + utilities. 250-231-3343

Grand Forks. 2 bdrm, 1 bath, 5 appl’s. NS, complete reno. Rural, quiet, 1km from down-town. References required. $750/m+utils. 250-442-7476.

Rentals

Homes for RentGrand Forks rural trailer, val-ley view, mature couple, N/S, no partying. $500/m 250-512-1268.

Shared Accommodation

YOUNGISH SENIOR, keeps very clean house, East Trail area preferred. 250-443-4138

TownhousesEdgewater Townhouse in Glenmerry, 3bd, 1.5Bth.,f/s, $850./mo. 250-368-5908

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The Local Experts™

Tonnie Stewart ext 33Cell: [email protected]

Deanne Lockhart ext 41Cell: [email protected]

Mark Wilson ext 30Cell: [email protected]

Mary Martin ext 28Cell: [email protected]

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WE CAN SELL YOUR HOME. NOBODY HAS THE RESOURCES WE DO!

Jodi Beamish ext 51Cell: [email protected]

9480 Station Road, Trail $599,000

Excellent spacious home situated in a park like surrounding with gardens and fruit trees. The shop, barn, fenced dog run with kennel, provide numerous opportunities to get away from the

everyday challenges. There is ample space to handle several horses as well. Call today!Call Richard (250) 368-7897

710 Redstone Drive, Rossland $425,000

Brand new spacious home a few steps from walking and x-country trails and Redstone golf course. This 4 bdrm, 3 bath home features 2 car garage with ample storage area, rec room spacious

living area. Call your REALTOR® for more information or a personal tour.

Call Richard (250) 368-7897

112 - 4th Street, Salmo $109,000

Excellent investment opportunity as a rental property, or locate your business here and live upstairs. Each level has its own energy effi cient Heat Pump. Retail

and Residential space in a great location. This is an opportunity you don’t want to

miss. Call your REALTOR® today for your personal viewing.

Call Art (250) 368-8818

439 Rossland Avenue, Trail $69,900

Cozy 1 bdrm/2 bath home with newer appliances, laminate fl ooring, new hot water tank, and fresh paint. With 5%

down, your mortgage payment could be $350 (3.59% 25 yr amort interest and

terms subject to change).Call Tonnie (250) 365-9665

NEW LISTING

1205 Green Avenue, Trail

$145,0005 bedroom/2 bath home with new kitchen and

awesome views!Call Jodi 250-231-2331

2290 LeRoi Avenue, Rossland $289,000

Fabulous opportunity for this licensed guesthouse. Or, turn it back into a single

family home with mortgage helpers. A very unique property with loads of

upgrades.Call Tonnie (250) 365-9665

3554 Mayfl ower Road, Krestova $339,000

Well cared-for mobile home with several upgrades including roof, laminate fl ooring

and a cozy pellet stove. The 2.51 acre level parcel is mostly fenced with a guest

cottage, a garden with greenhouse, chicken coop and storage shed. 40’ x 24’

shop with new woodstove. Call today.Call Terry A. (250) 231-1101

1922 Meadowlark Drive, Fruitvale $265,000

5 bdrms & 2.5 baths. This wonderful family home features many recent upgrades. The large back deck is great for entertaining right off the

newly updated kitchen. Family friendly neighborhood and just minutes to

downtown Fruitvale.Call Jodi (250) 231-2331

1285 Birch Avenue, Trail $99,000

High ceilings, original wood fl oors, covered parking a sweet little yard and a wonderful view. Upgrades such as a 200 amp panel and some plumbing etc have been done. With current interest rates this home is cheaper than rent(OAC)!

Call Deanne (250) 231-0153

NEW LISTING

2266 - 6th Avenue, Trail $159,000

4 bdrm home on a quiet street! Home offers good sized kitchen, large shop (20 x 22), low maintenance exterior and fl at fenced lot. Quick possession possible.

Call today!Call Mary M (250) 231-0264

#7-2044 Washington Street, Rossland

$112,0001 bdrm condo located in the heart of

downtown Rossland. Stunning views and large living room and kitchen. Shared

laundry, parking for 1 vehicle and storage locker in the basement. Call today!Call Christine (250) 512-7653

NEW LISTING

948 Warren Lane, Trail $179,000

Affordable home with room for the whole family, quality construction, large rooms and great view! Lovingly maintained and

tastefully decorated, this home offers excellent value! 3 bdrms/ 1.5 baths.

Move in and enjoy!Call Deanne (250) 231-0153

NEW LISTING

8327 Highway 3B, Trail $519,000

Stunning package! This home features Brazilian Cherry hardwood

fl oors, a great fl oor plan, and amazing mountain views. The home is well

maintained and fi lled with light. The yard is completely private and features an

inground swimming pool!Call Mary M (250) 231-0264

2183 St. Paul Street, Rossland $210,000

Updated 3 bdrm home with bright open kitchen and living room. Brand new bath

and double garage/shop. Call today! Call Christine (250) 512-7653

SOLD

Mark Wilson ext 30Cell: [email protected]

Looking for that perfect home? I can help!

Spring is Just Around The Corner!

Call me today for a free market evaluation

For additional information

and photos on all of our listings,

please visitwww.kootenayhomes.com

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