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When Scott Duke decided to build a sec-ond home on his CPR Hill property, the only way he could see it as feasible was to run it as a vacation rental.

“The only way we could do it is rent it long-term in the summer and then rent it short-term to skiers in the winter,” he told the Review. “That way we could get some money to build a house.”

Duke, a city councillor, just legalized one of his homes as a vacation rental and an application to zone his other home for the purpose is set for a public hearing and vote on Tuesday.

For him, it’s the way to recoup the invest-

ment he made building the one home and renovating the other. Vacation rentals are an economic contributor to the community, he says, both in terms of the rental income from tourists, as well as the money spent on construction, renovations, and house-hold products. They also increase the num-ber of beds available in a town who’s hotels are fully booked at peak season.

“It brings investment dollars in,” he said. “People are doing renovations and building houses. It’s a positive thing for the commu-nity.”

On the other side of the argument are those who express concern about unfair competition, the impact vacation rentals have on neighbourhoods, and the availabil-ity of long-term rental housing. Every vaca-

tion rental on the market means one less house available to renters, which drives up the cost of rent in town, the argument goes.

The Revelstoke Accommodation Asso-ciation has twice argued in front of council that vacation rentals operate on an uneven playing field because they don’t have to pay the same taxes that hotels do.

The City of Revelstoke passed a bylaw in 2014 governing vacation rentals, but Mayor Mark McKee has said several times that it’s an issue council will have to re-visit. The is-sues raised, like taxation, enforcement, and the impact on housing and neighbourhoods have come up repeatedly, and will surely continue to be raised.

In this multi-part series, the Review looks at all the issues surrounding vacation rent-

als, including the tourism impacts, hous-ing issues, regulation, enforcement, and taxation. This feature is part of an in-depth series of articles by the Review, Current and Mountaineer on housing and development in Revelstoke. Look for more stories under the banner Development Matters over the coming weeks.

***Vacation rentals have existed for ages in

tourism destinations, whether they were slopeside, lakeside or beachside. They’ve taken off with the advent of sites like VRBO, HomeAway and, most significantly, AirBnB. Depending on how you count the numbers, the latter is considered the larg-

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Development Matters: The vacation rental story

There’s an estimated 60 vacation rentals in Revelstoke, with less than 10 operating legally. They range from small basement suites to luxury homes. ~ Screenshots from AirBnB.ca

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The B.C. government's 14-year legal bat-tle with the B.C. Teachers' Federation over staffing levels will go one last round at the Supreme Court of Canada.

The top court announced Thursday it will hear the union's appeal of last year's deci-

sion by the B.C. Court of Appeal that the province didn't violate bargaining rights with its 2002 legislation setting class size and special needs support.

Education Minister Mike Bernier said the long-running dispute won't disrupt efforts to continue cooperation with teachers, and the latest five-year negotiated settlement shows "government's relationship with the

BCTF has never been better."The agreement came in 2014, after a

long, bitter strike that saw the government send out $40-a-day child care payments to 230,000 families for 13 school days lost due to strike action in the fall.

BCTF president Jim Iker said the latest appeal offers a chance to restore the 2002 class size limits and specialty teacher ratios,

but the union won't wait for another court proceeding to press its demands.

"A month from now, the B.C. Liberal gov-ernment will deliver its 2016 budget," Iker said. "Enrolment is starting to increase af-ter years of decline and we know that there are more students with special needs, refu-gee students and others with unique needs entering the system."

Bernier declined to comment on the de-tails of the case.

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Revelstoke bylaw enforcement officers handled more than twice as many files in 2015 as in the previous year.

In fact, the 785 files handled last year was more than the previous two years com-bined, with the spike largely driven by a huge increase in traffic and parking files.

Bylaw Enforcemebt Officers Joe Marcof-fio, Blaine Schraeder and Darryl Cancelliere went in front of Revelstoke council on Tues-day to talk about their work. The city con-tracts with BC Commissionaires to perform bylaw enforcement and animal control.

The most notable aspect of their presen-tation was the fact they responded to 785 files in 2015, compared to 300 in 2014 and 320 in 2013. Those numbers don't include animal control calls.

The spike was largely due to increased response to traffic and parking issues. BC Commissionaires dealt with 498 such files in 2015, up front 142 in 2014 and 51 in 2013. They also dealt with more garbage issues (43 in 2015, up from 16 in 2014), il-legal camping (34 in 2015, up from five in 2014) and unsightly premises (50 in 2015 compared to 23 in 2014).

Why the increase?Officer Joe Marcoffio told council it was

due to more proactive enforcement, better use of time and the changing demographics of Revelstoke.

"I think these calls for service, these is-sues, have always been here, it’s just that

we’ve been a little bit more proactive, and more out on the street and involved in en-forcing these," he said.

Dawn Levesque, the city's director of cor-porate administration, said the increase was also due to a restructuring of bylaw enforce-ment in 2014. Responsibility for bylaw en-forcement was moved to the administration department from the planning department, and all bylaw enforcement was brought un-der the auspices of the Commissionaires. Previously, municipal bylaws were also en-forced by public works and building inspec-tion.

"Consolidation into one department has allowed for improved record keeping and more effective complaint management," she wrote in an e-mail. "The Commission-aires have also increased their active en-forcement operations."

The city is proposing to increasie its budget for bylaw enforcement and animal control in 2016, increasing the number of hours to 40 from 30. The draft budget pro-poses an increase in spending to $150,050 in 2016, from $132,550 in 2015. The city spent an average of $112,661 per year on bylaw enforcement from 2012–2014.

Councillor Trevor English, the chair of the city's security committee, said the pro-posed increase was due to the officers' extra workload. "They're just so busy. For them to be able to get through everything, they need more hours," he said. "The calls for service can't go unanswered. We have to be addressing complaints."

Like most delegations to council at this

time of year, Marcoffio was there to argue the case for the increased budget.

"We really feel as an enforcement unit our number one priority is public safety and quality of living," he said. "We see them as separate but they work together. We are community ambassadors but we also do en-forcement.”

The Commissionaires enforce munici-pal bylaws from parking violations to ille-gal camping to watering restrictions. They seek out voluntary compliance, but can also hand out tickets and take someone to court if necessary. The city collects about $4,700 in fines per year. Marcoffio said they could be more effective with more resources.

"Some of the files we’re getting are be-

coming more complex," he said. "They take more time, more effort, and that takes us off the road.”

Marcoffio said they have been trying to in-crease their presence in the community, but that confrontation by the public is on the rise — something he called "unacceptable."

"It destroys the perception of enforce-ment officers and the city involved, and it makes us less effective," he told council. "It undermines authority of us and places us in more harm by having individuals challenge us further if they see there are no conse-quences to that."

English said the security committee would be having further discussion on the role of bylaw enforcement this month.

Changes result in spike in bylaw enforcement in 2015ALEX COOPER

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Bylaw enforcement officers Blaine Schraeder (left) and Joe Marcoffio present to council last Tuesday, Jan. 12. ~Photo by Alex Cooper, Revelstoke Review

An initiative to bring chartered air ser-vice to Revelstoke this winter has failed to get off the ground.

"I think we got out the gate a little too late on it," said Alan Mason, the City of Revelstoke's director of economic devel-opment. "I think people are keen for next year, but we have to make sure all our ducks in a row."

The plan was to have charter air service land at the Revelstoke airport every week in February and March this year. Several

local tourism stakeholders, including the Revelstoke Accommodation Association and Revelstoke Mountain Resort, were planning a partnership in which they would guarantee the cost of reserving the plane for eight weekends, estimated at about $50,000. "To be sure that we can ac-cess the planes, we would have to essen-tially guarantee the charter company that they would have these funds to book the flights," wrote Mason in a letter to the Co-lumbia Shuswap Regional District.

Tourism Revelstoke applied for $25,000 from the Economic Opportunity Fund to cover part of the cost, and the matter was

set to go before the board of the Columbia Shuswap Regional District this Thursday.

However, when the Review contacted Mason for more information, he said the proposal was off the table for this winter because of the delay in getting started.

Mason explained they would have used the money to guarantee the plane's avail-ability, and that the funds would be re-couped through ticket sales.

"The idea would be we'd set up a charter company to fly in here on weekends for a couple of months to demonstrate it's a via-ble service, with the hope somebody would pick it up in future years," he said. "Our in-

tent would not be to run it on a full-time basis. It would be to try and demonstrate there's a market for the service and then hopefully someone in the private sector would be interested in taking it on."

However, because they didn't start look-ing at this until last month, it was decided there wasn't enough time to market the flights and it would be better to wait until next year. They also have to address issues, like what happens if the plan can't land in Revelstoke due to weather, and has to be di-verted to Salmon Arm or Kelowna. "If you go to start something like this you want to make sure it's a good service," said Mason.

Flight delay: Revelstoke charter air proposal put off to 2017ALEX COOPER

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

Please be advised that a Public Hearing will be held in Council Chambers located in Suite 102 – 103 Second Street East, Revelstoke, B.C. on Tuesday, January 13, 2015 at 2:00 p.m. for each of the following three Zoning Amendment Bylaws:

Zoning Amendment Bylaw No. 2061The purpose of the Bylaw is to add a High Density Residential Vacation Rental District (R4v) subzone to the existing High Density Residential District (R4) to permit vacation rental use for single family dwellings only. This will permit existing single family dwellings zoned High Density Residential District (R4) to apply to rezone to the subzone to allow for vacation rental use.

Zoning Amendment Bylaw No. 2060The purpose of the Bylaw is to rezone the subject property located at 2077 Mountain Gate Road from Single Family Residential District (R1) to Single Family Residential Vacation Rental District (R1v) subzone in order to allow for the Vacation Rental use of an existing single family dwelling.

Zoning Amendment Bylaw No. 2062The purpose of the Bylaw is to rezone the subject property located at 412 Fourth Street West from High Density Residential District (R4) to High Density Residential Vacation Rental District (R4v) subzone in order to allow for the Vacation Rental use of an existing single family dwelling.

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Effective February 1, 2016, residential garbage pickup changes: • one 77litre/17gallon garbage container weighing 25kg or less will be permitted per • residential address. • Garbage pick up has changed to a 4 day schedule where your garbage pick up date will • remain the same all year.

For more information please visit the City of Revelstoke Web site and refer to the 2016 garbage calendar or call Public Works Department at 250-837-2001.

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Local clubs and organizations interested in applying for a Beer Garden License for 2016 are invited to pick up their application forms in person at the Revelstoke Community Centre @ 600 Campbell Avenue or on-line at www.revelstoke.ca under the Parks, Recreation & Culture tab.

Completed forms are to be returned to the Community Centre by February 12th, 2016.

A CP Rail superintendent who is under investi-gation by Transport Canada in no longer with the company, the Review has learned.

Mark Jackson, who is being investigated for al-legedly ordering a train carrying dangerous goods be parked without handbrakes east of Revelstoke on Feb. 14, 2015, is "no longer at CP", confirmed a company spokesperson, adding his departure was not due to the ongoing investigation.

"While we don’t comment on individual per-sonnel matters, I can tell you that this is not in relation to the Greeley incident," wrote Jeremy Berry, in response to questions. He did not say if Jackson was dismissed or if he left on his own accord.

Jackson, CP Rail and at least one rail traffic con-troller are being investigated for allegedly order-

ing a train carrying dangerous goods be parked at Greeley, about 10 kilometres east and uphill of Revelstoke, without handbrakes.

The incident happened on Feb. 14, the night running trades went on strike. According to a search warrant obtained by the CBC, the train operators said they didn't have time to apply the handbrakes. That's when Jackson allegedly or-dered the train be parked without handbrakes in place, in contravention of Transport Canada regu-lations.

The rail traffic controller is also being investi-gated for allegedly relaying the command.

The train was moved the following day without incident.

According to his LinkedIn profile, Jackson was the superintendent of the Revelstoke-based Mountain Division from September 2013 to March 2015, when he was transferred to the Koo-tenay Division, which is based in Cranbrook.


CP Rail superintendent under investigation by Transport Canada no longer with company

Former CP Rail superintendent Mark Jackson is pictured trying out the train simulator at the Revel-stoke Railway Museum during Homecoming weekend in August 2014. ~ Revelstoke Review file photo

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Revelstoke council gave its formal support to the splash park proposal, but they've held off on on a decision on the tough questions.

Council voted to give support in-principle to the efforts by the Revelstoke Splash Park group to build a facility in the community, with the condi-tion they hold an open house and seek public in-put first.

“With an approval the ball then is in their court to see what level of support there is," said Mayor Mark McKee. "I think it’s a good project. I've sup-ported it from the start."

Amanda Hathorn-Geary, who is leading the Rev-elstoke Splash Park group's efforts to build the fa-cility, told council they're goal is to bring back an outdoor water facility to Farwell Park.

“We’re a group of community members that want to see the unused wading pool space that was in Farwell Park used to benefit the children of Revelstoke," she said. “The loss of the wading pool has been a hot topic for parents in Revelstoke for quite a few years."

Council's support was expected. The biggest decision — what kind of water system the splash park will use – was put off until after an open house is held. Council will have to decide if they go with a flow-through system, which is cheaper to install, but uses more water and is costlier to oper-ate; or a recycled system, which would cost more to install but would use less water and be cheaper to run.

Hathorn-Geary argued in favour of the flow-through system. She told council the system was cheaper to install, required less maintenance, and didn't use chemicals.

“With over 100 splash parks in BC, only five per cent use a recycled system, and that is primarily because of the prohibitive cost of install," she said.

A report by Laurie Donato, the city's director of parks, recreation and culture, says the flow-through system would cost $378,000 to install and $22,000 per year to operate. A recycled system would cost $615,000 to install and $8,000 per year to run. The latter would be cheaper over a 25-year life cycle.

The splash park group will be expected to raise the money to install the park, while the city would be responsible for ongoing operation and mainte-nance.

Hathorn-Geary told council the group's goal is to build a park that would cater to ages 0–9. It would include a toddler area, water cannons, an archway, a water dumping feature and more. The features would be on push-button timers, so they would only spray water while in use.

She said the timers would limit water use.Alan Chabot, the city's Chief Administrative Of-

ficer, said council should consider water use when it makes a final decision on the park.

She also hopes the park will be built in Farwell Park, where the wading pool was located until it was closed down in June 2013.

The location of the park would be part of the discussion at the open house.

"It does make sense because there’s infrastruc-ture in place," said Donato, when asked about Far-well Park. “The parks are all serviced but to accom-modate this type of development, there would be additional infrastructure that would be required.”

Council will likely make its decision on the loca-tion and water system after the public open house. The date for the open house has not been set.

Council gives support for splash park, but puts off tough decisions


COUNCIL DECIDES TO WAIT UNTIL AFTER OPEN HOUSE BEFORE DECIDING ON LOCATION OF SPLASH PARK AND WATER SYSTEM

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Trans-Canada is better investment than Site C

The New Year is always a time to reflect and re-evaluate, and as your representa-tive to the Legislature, I’ve been think-ing a lot about public policy and public spending.

The BC Liberals promised a Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) industry that would create 100,000 jobs, an end to sales tax in B.C., a trillion dollars in economic activ-ity, the elimination of the provincial debt and a $100 billion prosperity fund, with up to 17 LNG plants, the first to be up

and running in 2015.Turns out that none of those promises

were real; the BC Liberals have failed to deliver on every count.

Instead of debt elimination, or even reduction, our debt under the BC Liber-als has grown from $30 billion up to $165 billion, with more debt to be accrued.

And now with LNG stalled, Premier Christy Clark is placing all our economic hopes on the Site C dam project, which likely will cost more than $10 billion to build.

I disagree with this choice. The BC Util-ities Commission, which is the indepen-dent body of experts that is supposed to review BC Hydro expenditures, was spe-cifically denied the ability to review the viability of Site C. One can safely assume that the government does not want to be told that Site C is an unnecessary and ex-pensive project.

Having failed to create jobs through LNG, Premier Clark is now using Site C as the cornerstone of her job creation plan. But I think that a far better publicly-

funded job creation project would be to complete the dividing and four-laning of the Trans-Canada Highway between the Kamloops and the Alberta border. It is a massive project that would create sig-nificant benefit to the rural economy. It would create opportunities through ap-prenticeships to train our next genera-tion of tradespeople and it would mod-ernize our main national transportation corridor which is far too congested, un-safe and unreliable.

A four-laned, divided highway across our Province would have us join Mani-toba, Saskatchewan and Alberta in hav-ing a proper modern highway from east to west, and would provide real ongoing economic benefits for decades to come.

It’s time for government to make a bet-ter choice. Let’s put people to work on a project that actually makes sense for the citizens of British Columbia.

Norm Macdonald is the MLA for Colum-bia River–Revelstoke. He can be reached at [email protected] or 1-866-870-4188.

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Editor,I find it egregious the City of Revel-

stoke appears to have no plan or policy of how the city will oversee, police or regulate vacation rentals.

I urge council to consider, before ap-proving any further vacation rentals, the following issues:

1) There are no designated areas of the city where vacation rentals may or may not be in residential areas.

2) There are no guidelines regarding the density of vacation rentals in any given residential area.

3) There is no formalized procedure for rescinding a vacation rental licence. I don’t believe any licence should be is-sued without a clear process in place for the withdrawal of the licence.

The present approach of the city ap-pears to be to review each application

without any consideration of appropri-ateness for the residential area in ques-tion, density, or proximity to other types of housing such as B&B’s or secondary suites. The result is a higgledy-piggledy mish-mash that could lead to a serious decline in the given neighbourhood.

Recent experience in Arrow Heights with both legal and illegal vacation rent-als on Cashato Crescent and McCarty Crescent has demonstrated the city’s lack of preparedness and inability to deal with issues which arise with vacation rentals.

Issues arising in the evening (which is when they tend to arise) leave con-cerned neighbours with no options. A call to fire department (multiple trucks parked blocking access to a fire hydrant) resulted in the direction to call the po-lice. The police referred callers on to the

Commissionaires. The Commissionaires are not available at night. Follow-up in the morning by the latter came after the parties in question had moved on. The proverbial horse was out of the barn!

Short of a 9-1-1 call (which would not be appropriate) nothing is done until the next day. Neighbours are left with no number to call the house owner and a feeling their residential neighbourhood is deteriorating.

Inquiries to the city lead to the infor-mation that the city’s response is only “complaint driven,” with no process for compiling or cataloguing complaints. There appears to be no policy and pro-cedure established to attend to matters regarding vacation rentals.

Is giving carte blanch approval to va-

Council needs to re-visit vacation rental policy

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cation rental applications the best way to address the deficiency of short-term rental accommodation in Revelstoke? I don’t think so!

To my knowledge, only councillor Aar-

on Orlando has raised these issues when applications for vacation rentals have ap-peared before council. Nothing has been instituted to address these issues.

I strongly suggest council place a mora-torium on future vacation rental applica-tions until the city has fully worked out a

policy and procedure regarding the loca-tion, density, and supervision of vacation rentals.

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est hotelier in the world, even though it doesn’t own a sin-gle property. It lists more than a million rooms for rent and has a market valuation of about $25 billion — more than Marriott International, the world’s biggest hotel chain.

In Revelstoke, there’s about 60 vacation rentals in city limits and another 40 or so in the rural area. The numbers have more than doubled in recent years. A staff report by Dean Strachan, the city’s manager of development services, says they represent about two per cent of all accommoda-tion beds in the city.

“From a tourism perspective, there’s definitely a need for this style of accommodation for some travellers,” said Meghan Tabor, the marketing coordinator for Revelstoke Tourism. “Some prefer home-based type of traveling, hav-ing access to the full kitchen and different types of rooms.

“It just needs to be regulated,” she added.Duke, on top of owning two vacation rentals, manages

another 15 through his company Revelstoke Property Ser-vices. The average price to rent out a four-bedroom house for a night in peak season is $500, he said. Most renters are men in their 40s, here to ski for a few days. “We’re the budget option for heli-skiing,” he said.

Another vacation rental owner I spoke to, who asked not to be named because her property isn’t legal, said they get lots of families who want more space and a place to cook. “Not everybody is into doing hotels,” she said. “Some of them want to have a little more ease for cooking… Maybe they have their kids, but not everybody wants to be in the same room.

“With vacation rentals throughout the community, it gives the vacationer a variety of different places to stay,” she said.

***Under the City of Revelstoke’s vacation rental bylaw,

short-term rentals are allowed in all single-family residen-tial zones. Home owners apply to the city and the neigh-

bours are notified so they can have their say at a public hearing. Once approved, a home can be operated as a vaca-tion rental for only 120 nights per year.

Uptake has been slow. After the bylaw was passed in July 2014, the city sent out letters to all known vacation rental owners asking them to legalize. Only eight applica-tions came forward and six were approved. One was turned down after unanimous opposition by the neighbours, and another was withdrawn.

Two more were approved just before Christmas and an-other, Duke’s second, is set for public hearing and a council vote this Tuesday, Jan. 26.

One of the big questions has been how to entice more people to legalize. The city has taken a hands-off approach to enforcement, only going after illegal rentals if there’s a complaint. There’s the carrot of being legitimized, but no stick of active enforcement.

A staff report says there was only one complaint about vacation rentals last winter, down from 10 in 2013-14. De-

spite that, the council is feeling pressure to engage in active enforcement. At the public hearing before Christmas for a rental on Cashato Crescent, neigh-bours expressed concerns about noise and parking, and asked questions about who to call if there were issues.

More vocal is the Revelstoke Accommodation As-sociation, who approached council twice last year asking them to take a more active approach. They want a crack down on illegal rentals.

“We believe illegal vacation rentals affect every person in our community, if not directly, then indi-rectly,” Norm Langlois, the president of RAA, told council in November.

It’s an issue facing communities across the world. Next week, we will look at what other communities have done to regulate vacation rentals.

Look for more stories under the banner Development Matters in the Review, Current and Mountaineer.

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When Rana Nelson watched the intensifying media coverage of the plight of Syrian refugees last summer, she knew she had to help. As a remote edi-tor of academic papers at Bilkent University in Ankara, the capital of Turkey, Nelson was hearing first hand accounts of how the country was coping with the surge of newcomers escaping conflict.

A mother herself, Nelson empathized with the refugees. “I kept thinking, ‘What If I was in a refugee camp with my children? What would that be like? What if everything changed in Revelstoke but someone offered you a chance to start over?’” she said.

It was time to do more than make a donation to a worthy charity, she de-cided. “I wanted to do something tangible and see the difference being made,” she said.

Nelson reached out to people in Revelstoke and found other like minded individuals. Soon a new group was formed, Revelstoke for Refugees, of which Nelson is the chair. The group hopes, with community and business support, to fund-raise the $60,000 needed to sponsor a refugee family in Revelstoke.

The group has currently raised just over $19,000 since mid November. The donations have come mostly from individuals and local churches, including the Anglican and Alliance church, the latter of which donated its Christmas Eve offerings as well as other funds.

For Revelstokian Laura Stovel, jumping on board with Revelstoke for Refu-gees was an easy decision. Stovel has long been active in the community, sup-porting local environmental and food initiative projects. Last year she orga-nized a fundraiser during the Ebola outbreak.

Modelled after that event, Stovel ramped up Revelstoke for Refugees' fund-raising by organizing an educational night about the Syrian crisis at the Rev-elstoke Performing Art Centre on Thursday, January 21. Doors open at 6:30 p.m., with Revelstoke students in the Me to We group hosting an activity in the lobby. The evening gets underway at 7 p.m.

There will be six short films screened depicting different aspects of the crisis, including life in refugee camps.

“The media depicts most refugees going to Europe but actually the largest influx is occurring in the countries bordering Syria, like Jordan and Lebanon,” Stovel said.

Other films will deal with the ocean crossing to Greece, and will be moderated by Revelstokian Amanda Hathorn-Geary. Hathorn-Geary spent the past summer climbing on the Greek island Kalym-nos. After witnessing the horror and danger refu-gees undertake first hand, she and her husband Alex Geary raised thousands of dollars to buy items and deliver them straight to the refugee processing centre.

Dr. Brian Ayotte, a retired physician who has been instrumental in bringing nine refugee fami-lies to Salmon Arm, will be speaking at the event. The last speaker is Gudrun Malmqvist, who works for Settlement Services Shuswap, a group that sup-ports refugees within the community.

“Part of the reason we are hosting this event is for our committee to learn from others’ experienc-es in sponsoring refugees.” said Stovel. "As such, there will be a question and answer period. There will also be a 15 minute intermission. “Families are very welcome and people can leave at the half way mark so kids can go to bed if need be,” Stovel said.

The recommended donation is $5. For anyone interested in donating more, donations can be made online at revelstokecommunityfoundation.com or through the Revelstoke Credit Union.

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"I knew I wanted to keep playing hockey and eventually move on to Junior," he said. "The only option was going to Salmon Arm."

Grimm is one of several Revelstoke minor hockey players who have had to try out for Salmon Arm teams because of the lack of a midget team in town. Others include for-mer members of the Revelstoke Grizzlies, Josh Pilon and Nii Noi Tetteh, and current player Ullar Wiatzka — all of whom played for the Thompson Blazers of the BC Major Midget Hockey League.

There's at five other Revelstoke youth in a similar boat, playing various levels of hockey for teams in Salmon Arm.

For Grimm and his parents, it meant traveling to Salmon Arm twice a week for practices, and then hitting the road every weekend to go to games and tournaments. He played two years in Salmon Arm, start-ing when he was 15, but this year, he made the jump to Major Midget. He is living with a family in Kamloops while he plays for the Thompson Blazers.

"For us, to make the decision to commit to play in Salmon Arm was a commitment to Peter," said his father Kevin Grimm. "He was working out in the gym and on the ice, and doing well in school."

Kevin said there was never a doubt for him and his wife Stacey to reciprocate Pe-ter's commitment by driving him to Salmon Arm for games and practices, and putting in volunteer hours with the Salmon Arm Mi-nor Hockey Association.

"Because he was so committed to it, how do we say no to him," he said. "You can't tell him you're not going to do it. We just had to find a way to make it work."

It wasn't an easy road. This year, Peter failed to make Junior B and was cut from the Blazers at training camp. His hard work paid off when he was brought re-called partway through the season.

It's not just midget players that have to

play away from Revelstoke this year. Due to a quirk in age groups, there's no local pee-wee team this year. This has meant a few players are playing up in Bantam, while oth-ers are playing down in Atom.

Carlos Serrouya, 12, found himself with-out a team, but when he made the Salmon Arm peewee tier two squad, his parents agreed to let him play there.

"The unusual thing is he's young to have to do this — younger than other Revelstoke players," said his father Rob.

He said they talked about the move at length. "He was really keen on hockey," said Serrouya. "When he made their Tier 2 team we thought it would be a unique opportu-nity to try out that kind of hockey."

The Serrouya's made the drive to Salmon Arm twice a week for practices in the fall. For the practice Thursday at 6:30 a.m., that meant heading down the highway the pre-vious night and staying with a local family. For the winter, they have billeted Carlos with one of his teammates.

"He was super keen at first and now he's still super keen on hockey, but he now ad-mits he misses his parents," said Rob. "And maybe even his sister."

Peter Grimm is in his third year of midg-et. He hopes to land on a junior team next year and eventually play hockey while in college of university.

"I know at some point it's going to have to come to an end," he said. "I definitely would miss it though."

PRE-NOVICE TEAM Coaches, from left: Clark Traverse, Daniel Jean, and Martin Hajek. Back row, from left: Colton O'Neill, Maya Howe, Jett Roche, Cecilia Hobgood, Mason Pehowich, Me-gan Norrie, and Oliver Barras. Front row, from left: Nash McStay, Cooper Bostock, David Lee, Presley Jean, Conner Ayotte, Walsh Pauls, Luke Traverse, and Begbie Sabiston. Missing: Taiko Hajek, Maddox Lovett, and Cli� ord Beisel. Missing: Jamie Hobgood Manager: Kendra O'Neill

Even though the Revelstoke Minor Hockey Association did not field a Pee Wee or Midget team this year, other age groups are increasing in numbers. Most notable are the youngest two age groups (pre-novice and novice), where numbers have increased to 33, up from 23 last year.

“Building our association from the bot-tom up is critical,” says RMHA president Kevin Grimm.

RMHA borrowed from the Revelstoke Judo Club model, where a fee reduction in 2013 resulted in a doubling of num-bers to more than 60 by 2015. In the case of RMHA, fees were reduced from about $500 to $150 for the youngest age groups, and reduced commitment by go-ing to two from three practices per week. This allowed families to pursue other ac-tivities on weekends.

Atom and bantam numbers have also increased this year. For next year, there will be a "tykes" group for four year olds — $75 is the target fee.

RMHA would like to thank Columbia Basin Trust and the City of Revelstoke for continued support.

Lower costs boost RMHA

numbersROB SERROUYA & KEVIN GRIMM

Revelstoke Minor Hockey

Going away to playTHE LACK OF PEEWEE AND MIDGET TEAMS IN REVELSTOKE MEANS

LOCAL YOUTH HAVE TO LEAVE TOWN TO KEEP PLAYING HOCKEYALEX COOPER

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Peter Grimm is one of several Revelstoke minor hockey players playing out of town this year. ~ Photo from Twitter.


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The Revelstoke Grizzlies salvaged a disap-pointing week with a 10-0 thumping of the Sicamous Eagles in a fight-filled game on Saturday.

The Grizzlies lost 5-3 to the Kamloops Storm last Tuesday and 3-1 to the Princeton Posse on Friday before mauling the Eagles in Sicamous on Saturday.

Against Kamloops, a terrible six-minute span midway through the second period led to the Grizzlies loss. Reed Cashato put Revel-stoke up 1-0 two minutes into the game and Wyatt Gottschalk made it 2-0 two minutes after that. Zackari Andrusiak scored with 2:54 left in the period to bring Kamloops within one.

It all fell apart for Revelstoke in the sec-ond, when the Storm capitalized on a series of unlucky bounces and sloppy defensive play to score three goals in a six minute span to go up 4-2.

Brady Mende got Revelstoke back within one with 11 seconds left in the second, but the Grizzlies were unable to get the puck past Storm netminder Aris Anagnostopou-

los in the third. Kamloops added an empty net goal with eight seconds left to seal the victory.

On Friday, the Grizzlies homestand contin-ued when the Princeton Posse visited the Fo-rum. Mende set up Steven Fiust to give Revel-stoke the only goal of the first. The Grizzlies were shut down after that as the Posse's goal-tender Adam Jones stood on his head, mak-ing 47 saves in the final two periods, while his teammates got three past Grizzlies goaltender Trevor Dilauro for a 3-1 final.

Where on Friday, the Grizzlies couldn't buy a goal, on Saturday against Sicamous they couldn't not score. Revelstoke fired home 10 goals against the Eagles for their biggest win of the season. Ryan Pereverzoff and Aaron Aragorn both scored twice, while Mende had a goal and three assists in the victory. Every single Grizzlies skater, with the exceptions of Jeff Bochon and Nicholas Higgs, recorded a point in the game. Dilauro, who is the Griz-zlies starting goalie following Aidan Doak's call-up to Junior A, recorded the shutout.

The Grizzlies play three home games this week. On Tuesday, the Chase Heat are in town. Then the 100 Mile House Wranglers visit for a Friday-Saturday double-header.

Revelstoke Grizzlies win one, lose twice last weekALEX COOPER

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Brady Mende, the Revelstoke Grizzlies leading scorer, misses on a pen-alty shot against the Kamloops Storm last Tuesday, Jan. 12. ~ Photo by Alex Cooper,Revelstoke Review


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Four winners were declared after only one day of competition at the Revelstoke Mountain Resort Freeride Open last week.

120 skiers and snowboarders were in Revelstoke for the two-day event, however the final day had to be called off due to poor visibility at the resort, meaning judges couldn't see the venue in North Bowl.

Only the women's snowboarders were able to complete both runs, meaning that only the runs for day one counted for the other three categories.

Day one took place in the Separate Reality bowl. Louis Panning-Osendarg won the crowded men's ski field, beating out 39 others with a score of 32.7 — more than a point ahead of his nearest rival.

Kylie Sivell took the women's ski competition with a score of 29.9, only two-tenths of a point ahead of Jacqueline Pollard.

Kai White won the men's snowboard event with a score of 33.5.

Camila Brown won the women's snowboard event with a two-day score of 58.73, less than half a point ahead of second place Randa Shahin.

The event was a three-star qualifier for the Fre-eride World Tour.


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A skier performs a backflip during the RMR Freeride Open on Thursday. ~ Photo by Hywell Wil-liams

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Irene Norberg

Nellie “Irene” Norberg passed away at Queen Victoria Hospital, Revelstoke on January 5, 2016 at the age of 94 years. A Celebration of Life was held at the Revelstoke United Church on Saturday, January 16th, 2016

with Mr. Gary Sulz officiating. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Revelstoke Hospice Society, Box 3133, Revelstoke, B.C. V0E 2S0 or the Mount Revelstoke Quilters’ Guild, in memory of Irene. Interment of Irene’s cremated remains will follow in the family plot of Mountain View Cemetery.

Irene was born in Barrie, Ontario on January 20, 1921 and had been a resident of Revelstoke since 1922.

Irene was predeceased by her parents Harry and Lily Stephenson, husband Harry, son-in-law Alwyn LeLievre and brother-in-law John McGaughey. She is survived by five daughters: Charlene (Leroy) Mason of Cochrane, Margaret LeLievre of Qualicum Beach, Judy (Ralph) Edgett of Cochrane, Alberta, Mary (Fred) Neale of Revelstoke and Dianne (John) Thackray of Revelstoke; eight grandchildren: Kirsten Mason, Sheri (Wade) Waters, Terry (Leona) LeLievre, Niki (Gerald) Hills, Caroline (Brandon) Thomas, Heather (John) Aspden, Traci (Marc) Planden and Kimberly (Todd) Millar; 14 great grandchildren: Danielle and Michelle Waters, Avery LeLievre, Connor, Angus, Emily and Megan Hills, Jake and Austin Thomas, Nicola Aspden, Paige Planden, Mason Millar, Alexa and Kyle Antochow; sister Mary McGaughey of Miami, Arizona and her children John, Linda, Mary Anne and Diana, as well as numerous nieces and nephews.

Messages of sympathy may be sent toIrene’s family by viewing her obituary atwww.brandonbowersfuneralhome.com

Cremation arrangements are in the care of Brandon Bowers Funeral Home, Revelstoke.

Elsie Knoblauch

Elsie Knoblauch passed away peacefully, with her family by her side in Mt. Cartier Court, Revelstoke on January 7, 2016 at the age of 92 years. There will be no formal funeral service by Elsie’s own request. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Mt. Cartier Court Foundation, Bag 5000, Revelstoke, B.C. V0E 2S0, in memory of Elsie.

Elsie was born in Hameln, Germany on October 14, 1923 and had been a resident of Revelstoke since 1949. She will be well remembered for owning and operating Ritz Gift Shop from 1971 to 1978. Elsie loved crocheting, having coffee with her friends and spending time with her family. She loved life and people.

Elsie was predeceased by her husband Oscar in 2005 and her 12 siblings. She is survived by two children: Dianne (Ron) McKay and Bryon (Annette) Knoblauch, all of Revelstoke; five grandchildren: Dan (Anna) of Tsawassen, B.C., Eloise (Darcy) of Vernon, Pam (Mike) of Revelstoke, Jason (Asia) of Vancouver and Dean (Jill) of Nanaimo, and five great grandchildren: Bennett, Kade, Makenna, Colt and Garrett.

Thanks mom for all your unconditional love. You will be truly missed and will be kept in our hearts forever.

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Bryan WatlingJuly 17, 1949 - Jan. 12, 2016

Bryan Robert Watling passed away peacefully at Mount Cartier Court Hospice. Bryan was predeceased by his infant son Kristopher Ryan on February 10, 1981. He leaves his loving wife Marcia

and their dog Jack; his children: Michelle Turner (Eric), Rob Gardner (Teresa), Tara (Patrick), A.J. (Katherine), Kristina (Johnny); twelve young grandchildren and many wonderful friends.

Bryan was well known in the community for his 18 years of loyalty to the Southside Market, where his enthusiastic and spunky attitude will be remembered for years to come. Words cannot express the family’s sadness at this time. Bryan was an amazing man, friend, father and husband who will be greatly missed by all he left behind.

Many thanks to the nurses and doctors who helped care for him at the Mount Cartier Court Hospice and Queen Victoria Hospital.

There will be no service by Bryan’s own request. There was a private family gathering with a graveside burial on January 15, 2016 at Mountain View Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Revelstoke Humane Society or the Food Bank, in memory of Bryan.

Messages of sympathy may be sent to Bryan’s family by viewing his obituary at

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Harvey Eldon Wiege

Harvey Eldon Wiege passed away peacefully at Mt. Cartier Court Extended Care in Revelstoke, B.C. on Saturday, January 9th 2016 with Bev, Ashley and Carmen at his side. He was 81 years.

Harvey was born in Hatton, Saskatchewan on December 6, 1934 to Fred and Lanore Wiege. Sister Daphne was there to welcome him, and they were later joined by brother Gilbert, sister LaRue, and brother Garry. The family moved to Kelowna, B.C. in 1945

where they lived on a vineyard until they moved to Notch Hill, B.C. in the fall of 1950. While living in Notch Hill, Harvey was hired by the CPR to keep the fires going in the steam locomotives. He later moved to Revelstoke to continue working for the CPR in the shops, then as a fireman, and finally as an engineer, mainly in Revelstoke but at times in Field and in the Kootenays. He enjoyed his time with the CPR - not necessarily the long cold winter hours - but certainly the men he worked with, many of whom became long- time friends.

Harvey was seldom idle - he enjoyed collecting stamps and coins, working with and repairing watches and clocks, carpentry, gardening, even snow-blowing!, attending auctions, getting in his vehicle to explore near and far, grooming dogs with Bev, hunting and fishing with family and friends, and, of course, the morning problem- solving coffee group. The times he enjoyed the most, though, were those spent in Sicamous, at the cabin on Mara, puttering, visiting, and fishing, especially when he could be with family and friends. Harv was an active member of the Masonic Lodge, the Shriners, and the Order of the Eastern Star, and he was always interested in their activities even when he could no longer attend their meetings. Harv was a kind, patient, and gentle man, with a bit of a sly and mischievous side. Even when the physical limitations of the last few years prevented him from doing much of what he enjoyed, he usually had a smile on his face, and an appreciation of the people who worked with him and those who took time to visit with him.

Harvey was predeceased by his parents, sisters LaRue and Daphne, brother Gilbert and his daughter Barbara. He is survived by Bev, son Randy (Deb) MacLeod of Kamloops, daughter Karen (Raul) Sanchez of Vernon, brother Garry (Dianne) of Revelstoke, step-children David and Betty, 9 grandchildren: Ashley, Logan, Taryn, Kim, Lacey, Samuel, Aaron, Carmen and Joshua; two great grandchildren: Carmen and Maverick, as well as many cousins, nieces and nephews.

There will be a Celebration of Harv’s Life in the spring, with his Masonic Brethren presiding. The family has requested no flowers, but donations to the Revelstoke Community Foundation, if friends so choose.

Messages of sympathy may be sent to Harvey’s family by viewing his obituary at www.brandonbowersfuneralhome.com.


THANK YOUWe would like to offer our sincere thanks and gratitude for the amazing care and love shown to our mom by the staff and nurses, the care aides, cleaning staff, the cooks for all the great meals, the entertainment committee for all the wonderful music, bingo, pet day, flower arranging, birthday parties and special events.

A thank you to Pauline Baird for all the great hair-dos and conversations. You are truly the very best Mt. Cartier Court Cottages. A very special thanks to Dr. V. Haines and Dr. Leslie. Thank you to the community care nurses Anne Marie and Sam and staff. Thank you also to Vivian, Joanne and Sharon from the Revelstoke Hospice Society and all our family and friends for your support. Thanks Gary & Chrissie Sulz for all your help. Revelstoke is very fortunate to have you all.

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Thank YouThe Holoday family would like to express their gratitude and thank all the wonderful family and friends that have helped us thru our hard time of losing our wonderful Husband, Father, Grandfather, Great grandfather, Ron Holoday.

Our wonderful neighbours, Ross & Phyllis Lang, Shendra & Chris Kelly, Melanie & Richard Behncke. Jack Bowers, from Bowers funeral home. He did an amazing job helping us with all the decisions and planning the service. Father Aaron de Dios and the choir for the beautiful service. The Catholic Church lady's for putting on a wonderful lunch. Revelstoke Florist for the wonderful work you did on all the arrangements. All the wonderful family and friends for their thoughts and prayers. All the beautiful cards and letters and food we have received.

We all feel so blessed and loved in this wonderful little community.

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HEALTHCARE DOCUMEN-TATION Specialists in huge demand. Employers prefer CanScribe graduates. A great work-from-home career! Con-tact us now to start your train-ing day. www.canscribe.com. 1-800-466-1535. [email protected].

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MEDICAL TRANSCRIPTION! In-demand career! Employers have work-at-home positions available. Get online training you need from an employer-trusted program. Visit today: CareerStep.ca/MT or 1-855-768-3362 to start training for your work-at-home career!

START A new career in Graphic Arts, Healthcare, Business, Education or Infor-mation Tech. If you have a GED, call: 855-670-9765.

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Box 600Golden, BC

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address above.

Certifi ed Hand Faller

ExperiencedSkidder Operator

2 High Lead Chokermen

required by busy logging and hauling company.

Competitive wages based on experience.

Health insurance benefi ts included.

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Trades, TechnicalFULL-TIME LICENSED Auto-body Technician required im-mediately by busy Import deal-ership in the sunny Okanagan. Candidate must hold a valid Autobody ticket. This is a full time, permanent position. In-cludes benefi ts and an aggres-sive wage package. Resumes to Bodyshop Manager:[email protected] http://www.hilltopsubaru.com/ employment-opportunities.htm

Services

Financial ServicesGET BACK ON TRACK! Bad credit? Bills? Unemployed? Need Money? We Lend! If you own your own home - you qualify. Pioneer Acceptance Corp. Member BBB.

1-877-987-1420 www.pioneerwest.com

INCOME TAX PROBLEMS? Have you been audited, reas-sessed or disallowed certain claims by Canada Revenue Agency? Call Bob Allen @ 1-250-542-0295 35yrs. Income Tax experience, 8.5yrs. with Revenue Canada. Email: [email protected] C- 250-938-1944 THE CRA now has A DUTY OF CARE and is ACCOUNTABLE to CANADIAN TAX PAYERS.

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Start saving hundreds of dollars today! We can easily approve you by phone. 1st, 2nd or 3rd mortgage money is available right now. Rates start at Prime. Equity counts. We don’t rely on credit, age or income.

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Household Services

KOOTENAY DUCT CLEANERS

Locally owned & operated.Affordable, professional, & insured Duct Cleaning

Services & System Sterilizations.

Toll free 1.844.428.0522FREE Estimates

PlumbingFULL SERVICE Plumbing from Parker Dean. Fast, re-liable, 24/7 service. Take $50 off your next job if you present this ad. Vancouver area. 1-800-573-2928.

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Merchandise for Sale

Heavy Duty Machinery

A-Steel Shipping Storage Containers. Used 20’40’45’53’insulated containers. All sizes in stock. Prices starting under $2,000. Modifi cations possible doors, windows, walls etc., as offi ce or living workshop etc., Ph Toll free 24 hours 1-866-528-7108 or 1-778-298-3192 8am-5pm. Delivery BC and AB www.rtccontainer.com

Misc. for SaleFlame woodstove - up to 18” wood, 6” stovepipe. $400. obo. 250 837-3003.

REFORESTATION NUR-SERY Seedlings of hardy trees, shrubs, and berries for shelterbelts or landscaping. Spruce and pine from $0.99/ tree. Free shipping. Replace-ment guarantee. 1-866-873-3846 or www.treetime.ca

SAWMILLS FROM only $4,397. Make money and save money with your own bandmill. Cut lumber any dimension. In stock ready to ship. Free info and DVD: www.NorwoodSawmills.com/400OT 1-800-566-6899 Ext:400OT.

Misc. WantedCoin Collector Looking to BuyCollections, Olympic Gold &Silver Coins, Loose, Sets, etcChad: 1-778-281-0030 Local

Apt/Condo for Rent1949 Laforme Boulevard

Under Renovations

1,2, 2 bdrm with den apts, furnished & unfurnished,

elevator, balconies. 2 & 3 bdrm townhouses

furnished & unfurnished, some with 4 appls. U/G covered parking, coin laundry. Flexible leases.

Short & long term.

1211 Front Street- Under Renovation

1 and 2 bedroom, balconies,secure underground

parking, elevator, sauna.Some units have

Columbia River view.Long term leases avail.

250 837-3361 or 250 837-8850

Bright and spacious 2 bdrm apartment, centrally located. This suite has 3 appliances. Heat and hot water included in rent. Non smokers only, no short term renters. For more info phone 250 837-4139.

Offi ce/RetailRetail or offi ce space, 1000 sq ft at 2nd St. and Mackenzie Ave - opposite City Hall. 250 837-7003 or 604 874-6866.

Transportation

SnowmobilesSkiDoo Everest Snowmobile for sale. 2004 800cc, 144” track, 5500km. One owner. Excellent condition. Never raced. Asking $3500.? 250 837-3541.

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