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You know it’s going to be an interesting election when people are angry before the votes are even counted.

An unspecified number of voters from Princeton were directed Monday to Tulameen in order to cast their ballots.

Barb Roccamatis, 66, called the experience “pathetic.”

Roccamatis describes herself as “a religious voter” who has never missed her chance to exercise the franchise. And she’s always voted in the com-munity where she lives.

“I have lived here for 45 years and I’ve always voted at the Legion, or wherever downtown…we live behind the airport in city limits.”

After standing in line, and using a walker to negotiate a path into the Princeton Legion Monday morning, she was told she had to drive more than 26 kilometers to Tulameen.

The journey would take her and her husband along Coalmont Road, a steep and narrow incline. According to Google Maps the one-way drive from Princeton to Tulameen takes 31 minutes.

“I hate that road and it’s not like it’s a hop, skip and a jump,” she said.

Roccamatis said she made the journey with some misgivings, but was determined to mark her X.

“I vote every election. I know one year I was so sick but I still voted.”

She wants someone held accountable for an elec-tion day gone sideways. “I want to know what group of people sat down and said ‘all the people who live behind the airport have to go Tulameen’…did they get a map or go through the phone book and pick and choose?”

Returning Officer for the newly-drawn riding of Central Okanagan Similkameen-Nicola, Basil

continued page nine

New riding bucks national trend - barely

Long drive to cast a

ballot

Town makes progress in zoning con� ict page 2

Tara BowieSpotlight Staff

The majority of the country may be red, but the new riding of Central Okanagan Similkameen-Nicola is blue – barely.

Conservative Dan Albas earned his seat by a slim margin last night, bucking a national trend that saw the Liberals captur-ing 184 seats. Conservatives were elected in 100 ridings, NDP 42, Bloc Quebecois

10, the Green Party 1.“It was a lot tighter than we expected it

to be,” Albas said about his fight to return to Ottawa.

Early in the night Albas had a more than 15 per cent lead on his closest rival Liberal Karley Scott. Media outlets called the elec-tion within the first 90 minutes of the polls closing but in the remaining hours the gap narrowed to a mere 2.2 per cent difference.

The final result was Albas with 24,425 votes; Scott 23,028; NDP Angelique Wood 11,939 and Green Robert Mellalieu 2,428.

Because results were so close, Albas put off interviews with the press until counting was almost complete. He spoke with The Spotlight only after 230 of the 231 ridings were counted.

“We knew it was going to be a close continued page nine

While the majority of the country was painted Liberal red Monday night, Conservative Dan Albas, running in his newly-created local riding, squeaked out a victory.

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Town mends zoning fences with business community


Princeton council is a couple of steps closer to easing the pain felt by local businesses resulting from past zoning changes after a meeting Monday night.

Three bylaws to amend the town’s Official Community Plan and zoning regulations were endorsed unanimous-ly by councillors. The bylaws received first and second readings. A third read-ing is pending following a public hear-ing scheduled for November 16.

In a related move, council also approved a $42,500 allocation for the 2016 budget to review the contentious OCP, and voted to award the contract to Urban Planners.

“I think it’s great that we’re through this first step,” said Susan Robinson, co-owner of the Ace Hardware/Fletcher group, one of the applicants. “Town council is putting its money where its mouth is. They said they wanted to work with businesses and they are doing it.”

If a third reading is approved after the public hearing, four properties on Burton Avenue will be re-classed as Highway Commercial under the OCP, and their zoning changed from Single Family Residential use to Service Commercial.

A second bylaw would change OCP classification for a property on Jacobson Road from Country Residential to Business Transition, with zoning in place to also allow Service Commercial use. The third bylaw affects two properties on Old Hedley Road, and would also re-des-ignate them as Business Transition

with Service Commercial use permit-ted.

The bylaws include conditions for urban landscaping and residential buffering.

“There was a lot of discord with the last OCP,” said Mayor Frank Armitage. “We wanted to work towards an acceptable solution to all parties. That’s why we want to move forward on this. We did not want to draw the issue out.”

Twenty-two business property owners found their holdings down-graded from various business uses to residential through zoning amend-ments in 2013 that fell out of the five year old OCP.

The allocation for next year’s OCP review was approved by three council-ors, with Jermoe Tjerkstra dissenting.

Tjerkstra questioned both the cost of the consultants – which were used during the last OCP review in 2008 – as well as the scope of their proposal.

“Forty-two thousand dollars is a lot of money. I’d like to think we could find a different way of doing this,” he said before the vote. “This is an oppor-tunity to engage the community. A lot of people don’t even know what’s in the OCP.”

Tjerkstra said he felt the issue deserves greater consultation than the two meeting dates proposed by Urban Planners.

CAO Rick Zerr countered “it’s a lot of money but if we didn’t do it this way it would cost $142,000.”

Armitage noted while $42,500 is allocated for the budget, the town hopes to recoup about $20,000 of that through provincial grants.

Spotlight StaffLocal police officers have yet to encoun-

ter fentanyl on the streets of Princeton.Unfortunately “chances are” it will

get here eventually, said RCMP Sergeant Barry Kennedy.

“Right now it’s more in the South Okanagan - Oliver, Osoyoos and it’s pos-sibly, moved into Ollala.

Last week two people died in Ollala, east of Keremeos, from suspected drug overdoses.

Kennedy has one message for drug users, and particularly young people in town.

“It will kill you, plain and simple. You might as well go out and drink antifreeze because the antifreeze will kill you, fen-tanyl will kill you.”

Kennedy said the local detachment has received directives about how to investi-gate suspected fentanyl cases, including the need for officers to wear protective cloth-ing to avoid inhaling the drug or absorbing

it through the skin.“It’s that lethal, and in such small

doses.”Two deaths that occurred in Ollala last

week are suspected to be related to the recent spike in drug overdoses in the South Okanagan, according to police there.

Cpl. Sean Hall in charge of the Serious Crime Unit based out of the South Okanagan said the coroner is currently investigating the deaths, however until the toxicology results come back nothing is for certain.

Police aren’t ruling out fentanyl as a possibility.

“We don’t know for sure yet because the toxicology and the autopsies haven’t been done, but it’s suspected,” Hall said.

“Anytime you have overdoses like this fentanyl is always suspected because we’ve had a spike in North America over the last few months,” Hall said. “It’s suspected, but until we confirm, we can’t say.”

Hall said that the suspected drugs may be opiates, though that hasn’t been con-firmed either.

“Anytime you get an overdose like this you suspect it’s opiate related, but right now it’s like anything else until we get the (toxicology results) back there’s no way we can confirm,” Hall said.

Interior Health is investigating the matter with co-operation from the B.C. Coroners Service and the RCMP.

“Any information about someone sell-ing dope, especially heroin or anything like that, call CrimeStoppers,” Hall said. “Any amount of heroin could be fatal, any amount of ecstasy or MDMA could be fatal just because somebody thinks they are doing a pure version of whatever they’re getting doesn’t mean it’s not dangerous to begin with.”

“There’s no safe way to do this stuff,” Hall said.

Police issue warnings as drug overdoses spike in valley


Rhonda Harrison was enjoy-ing herself at a Halloween Party Saturday night when she received an urgent message.

Odin is at the bar. Come get him before he hurts himself.

While at first blush this may sound like a woman being called to retrieve a recalcitrant teenag-er or another errant male fam-ily member, Rhonda was out the door to rescue a five-month-old Magpie who delights in his posi-tion as Princeton’s unofficial mas-cot.

Odin – possibly the world’s only Magpie with his own FaceBook page – had found his way into Vermilion Fork Restaurant where he quickly became the life of the party.

“I went there and brought him out and eventually got him into the truck. I took him to my friend’s place in town,” said Harrison. “He slept there in a tree. It was an experience for him.”

Harrison adopted Odin June 10th, when he was a featherless baby bird she found trapped in the mesh of her chicken coup. She believes he was ousted from his nest by a raven and attacked.

“He had indents on both sides of his head from the raven’s beak, and bruising on both sides of his face. I didn’t know if he would make it through the first night.”

Initially caring for Odin was as taxing as nurturing a newborn human child. He demanded to be fed every hour on the hour, and after researching the best foods for young magpies Harrison kept him on a steady diet of softened dog food, scrambled eggs and baked, crushed egg shells.

“There were a lot of late nights,” said Harrison.

With the help of a neighbor who became Odin’s “godmother” Harrison taught the tenacious bird

to fly, and forge for his own food. He became a familiar visitor

around her Taylor Mill’s neigh-borhood, and she attached an orange band to his leg so that others would recognize him as a quasi-domestic creature.

In August Harrison started the Life of Odin Facebook page, and the group has 294 members. The page is filled with stories of Odin encounters and pictures of Odin hamming it for the camera at Princeton Secondary School, local gas stations, garages, lum-ber yards, almost always perched on someone’s hand or shoulder.

Harrison said she started the Facebook group so people can follow Odin’s journeys, as well as understand that he likes people and would not try to attack them.

“When people first meet him it’s kind of a shock because all of a sudden there is a bird on your shoulder. I needed people to know he’s friendly and he’s not going to hurt you.”

Like most birds Odin eventu-ally left the nest. While Harrison was vacationing in September he followed her son into Princeton and has definitely developed a taste for town living.

He still recognizes Harrison, however, and when they meet never fails to greet her with a kiss and a special noise.

“This is kind of what I want-ed,” said Harrison. “I wanted him to actually fly away with other magpies but he just loves people.

“He doesn’t come home. He’s Princeton’s bird now.”

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Spotlight StaffDig out that creepy costume and

prepare for a fright.Princeton’s annual Halloween

Family Fun Night will take place Saturday October 24 at Sunflower Downs, with gates open at 5 p.m.

According to organizer Jen Bernard the success of the event can be attrib-uted to the old fashioned flavor of the displays and activities.

“It’s something that reminds me of the old days,” she said. “You know, back when your doors were open and there was caramel apples and popcorn balls and you’d go trick or treating. It’s just honest to good fun.”

Spook houses and Halloween carnivals have a long tradition in Princeton and have been organized by a variety of groups at different ven-ues. When Bernard began directing the Halloween Family Fun Night in 2011 it attracted between 500 and 600 people. This year 1,200 thrill seekers are expected to pass through the gates.

“It’s fun and it’s free,” said Bernard, who added a large bonfire and fire works display are two of the event’s main draws.

“We have a massive fireworks dis-play, easily 20 minutes to half an hour. That’s probably the number one attrac-tion because you just don’t get that in this area anymore.”

The Fun Night also offers two spook houses, one for children and one for adults and teens, a kids’ craft corner and games including darts and a three-legged race.

“Those are still hugely popular and

they will be back this year,” said Bernard.

She added the spook houses are not for the faint of heart. “Two years ago one of my friends was a troll under the bridge in the adult spook house. She came bounding out and she scared one woman so badly the woman landed on her butt.”

The most frightening thing about Halloween Family Fun Night this year, however, is that it almost didn’t happen.

An initial organizational meet-ing attracted only one person, and regular volunteers found themselves overwhelmed with trying to meet the workload.

A second meeting attracted a larger group of helpers. “I wound up getting phone calls and emails and people took on sections of jobs that needed to be done so with that kind of com-munication we got a little added help.”

The Princeton Junior Posse and Camp Tulahead stepped forward to run some of the activities, and those attending the event are encouraged to donate to those groups or bring a non-perishable food item as a donation to the Christmas Hamper Drive.

Princeton prepares for another night of fright and fireworks

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Let’s get real about trade deals

New ideas on getting old

As the dust settles from Monday’s federal election, to paraphrase former prime min-ister Kim Campbell, it’s time to talk about serious issues again.

The Conservatives were hoping to make 2015 a free trade election, by signing onto the world’s largest trade deal at the end of July. But things didn’t go as planned at the talks in Maui, and Canada was among the players that walked away from the Trans-Pacific Partnership table at that time.

Then came five days of round-the-clock negotiations in Atlanta, with the U.S. pushing for a deal with Japan, Korea, Australia and other Pacific Rim powerhouses to normal-ize trade in 40 per cent of the world’s economy. And the TPP came together at the end of September.

Canada and B.C. essentially got what our governments were demanding, which was broad access to Pacific Rim markets and continued protection for nearly all of domestic dairy, poultry and egg markets. Also preserved was B.C.’s regulated market for logs and U.S. lum-ber sales.

The 200-kg gorilla of the

TPP burst out in the heat of the election cam-paign, and the Kim Campbell rule was dem-onstrated again. Much of the d i s c u s s i o n revolved around alleged secrecy, as the legal text of the deal won’t be out for some time to come. Protected farmers downed their pitch-forks, counting their blessings, and their guaranteed compen-sation.

The NDP was forced to come out against the TPP, as it was against trade deals with the U.S., Mexico, Europe and others. But it’s getting lonely for them as the rest of the world moves on.

Within days of the TPP deal, the World Bank issued one of its periodic reports on “extreme poverty,” which it defines as an income of less than $1.90 U.S. a day. And 2015 is the first year when fewer than 10 per cent of the world’s people remain below this global poverty line, down from 12.8 per cent in

2012.It’s easy for

comfortable First World folks to pro-test conditions in running shoe and cell phone factories in India or China, but the graph of extreme poverty in those coun-tries shows steep decline since 1990. Trade and technol-

ogy are lifting up the poorest of the world.

For B.C., withdrawing from Pacific Rim trade is unthink-able. We worry a lot about lumber and copper and natural gas, but the TPP also opens up huge markets for services, where much of our economic future awaits.

The question for us is sim-ple. Can we compete in health sciences, engineering, architec-ture, digital media, and infor-mation technology? Do we want to?

The TPP doesn’t change B.C.’s dependency on the United States. As with NAFTA, our vital lumber trade remains under a separate agreement, which expired on Oct. 1.

I’m told by federal and provincial officials that at this stage, the U.S. isn’t even tak-ing our calls on the softwood lumber agreement, which Canada and B.C. want extend-ed. Americans are preoccupied with the TPP and domestic politics.

After decades of bitter legal actions from the American industry, the latest softwood deal has provided a rough peace. It set a floor price for B.C.’s allegedly subsidized lumber exports, with an export tax collected by Canada when the price went below the floor of $355 per thousand board feet. That money went back into our government general revenue.

Higher prices meant no export tax was collected through 2014 and early 2015, and only five per cent as of September. Now that the agree-ment is expired, by default we have actual free trade in lumber for up to the next year.

Tom Fletcher is legislature reporter and columnist for Black Press. Twitter: @tom-fletcherbc Email: [email protected]

The best ideas are generally stolen.And there are some pretty fantastic ideas coming out

of Okanagan Falls as a result of that community’s Age Friendly Plan that deserve a hard look from other areas in the valley.

After all, getting old in Okanagan Falls can’t be substantially different from getting old in Princeton and Keremeos, and there is no point to re-creating the wagon wheel.

Fifty-six percent of people living in the Falls are either seniors or near-seniors. British Columbia has a median age of 41.9 while Princeton and Keremeos register signifi-cantly higher at 52.5 and 60.8 respectively.

A lot of people in the Similkameen are floating on the same creaky boat.

A committee in Okanagan Falls has used provincial grant money to study in-depth the issues facing its aging population and form ideas about how to meet its needs. They run the gambit from health care access to transpor-tation, housing, mobility, personal development, informa-tion sharing, recreation and socialization.

A 104-page report recently presented to the RDOS by Okanagan Falls representatives outlines 48 recommenda-tions for an age friendly community as well as thought provoking research.

Some of the observations and suggestions are espe-cially timely from Princeton’s point of view. As the town is posed to launch a serious bid at building a health, well-ness and aquatic center the needs of an aging population demand particular attention.

In any case, viewing a community specifically through the eyes of its senior population is a worthwhile exercise.

Chosen at random – consider it cherry picking and food for thought– is a selection of recommendations fall-ing out of the Okanagan Falls research.

• Encourage nearby distributors of mobility devices to come to the community once a year or as needed to teach people how to use a variety of mobility devises, especially mobility scooters, and allow people to try them out.

• Explore funding options to install age friendly outdoor exercise equipment at one of the parks in the community.

•Develop an age friendly assistance organization that would include a list of people willing to help out seniors in need with a variety of tasks who cannot afford to obtain hired help. The organization would assist with tasks like driveway shoveling, lawn mowing, and providing emer-gency transportation.

• Consider the creation of an intergenerational knowl-edge transfer program that would engage people of all ages (with a focus on seniors and youth) in knowledge exchange activities. The program would consist of both units and workshops and topics could including local his-tory, farming, computers and tablet use, internet searches, gardening and food preservation.

•Develop or reformat an age friendly exercise class that would guide older adults through different sets of low impact balance and strengthening exercises. The class should provide participants with two levels of difficulty and this feature should be well advertised in the class description.

• Develop an age friendly online and print directory that older adults can use to find answers to their general questions, from “how do I receive a handicapped parking pass?” to “what kinds of exercise classes could I take in the community?”

And so on. And so on.Implementing even one the considerations above, to

say nothing of forming a comprehensive strategy for an age friendly community, is not necessarily the job of town council.

While the municipality could play a leadership role in this direction there are dozens of key stakeholders – the seniors center, Legion, school district, social services, service clubs and health organizations – who all have something to contribute.

And they might want to think about it. ‘Cause nobody is getting any younger. – AD

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At the risk of being labeled facetious and terribly irresponsible – and recognizing at time of writing there are three excruciating days to endure before Canadians go to the polls – it needs to be said.

I barely care for the outcome. I just want it to be over.

The campaign has dragged on so long it’s hard to remember what Canada was like when we weren’t in election throes. It’s hard to remember what the news what like and what television commercials were like.

Didn’t we report on nice clean train wrecks and isn’t it time for marketers to be stuffing Christmas down our unprepared throats?

If election stories were Oreos, everyone would weigh three hundred pounds.

Following the campaign news is a little like watching CNN cover unrest in some far-off and war torn habitat. There isn’t enough unspun information or context to understand what actually is going on, it is impossible to tell the bad guys from the really bad guys and you look at the videos long enough you don’t care who wins. You just want it to stop.

It was with this frame of mind I approached news consumption in the past week, diving into pages and clicking on headlines looking for good, healthy distraction that has nothing to do with economic plans, the definition of the middle class or foreign policy.

There were the Blue Jays of course. Make no mistake I also don’t give a fig for who wins the World Series but there sure was an entertaining story coming out of game five against the Texas Rangers.

Numerous Jays fans, react-ing to a controversial call by officials, rose up and pelted the playing field with garbage. One man, who was later charged by police, threw a can of beer and the spray from that beverage hit a small baby, being held on her mother’s lap.

So it’s not nice to throw things and it’s unwarranted and embarrassing behavior (see notes on election advertising above) but it also is not as if the child was struck by the actual can. The child was hit by beer foam. Newspapers carried photos of a sobbing mother clutching her infant the same as if it had been showered in battery acid.

Squirmed in my chair a little, reading about that. The DeMeers have committed parenting four times and in total I breastfed children for seven years. (That’s a consecu-tive motherhood sentence by the way, not served concurrently.)

While no particular incident springs to mind the law of large averages suggests that

on more than one occasion, while nursing at the dinner table, I dumped wine on the head of an offspring.

Not a big deal. Unlatch the child, lick the Pinot Grigio from between the rolls of fat on his neck, and everybody resumes with their meal. No one gets charged and no one makes the front page.

Another compelling story to emerge last week was the case of a Hamilton, Ontario

woman who opened a can of cranberry sauce for Thanksgiving dinner and found a snake.

It wasn’t one of those trick cans you can buy at the joke shop, when you open the top and paper snakes fly out. It was a legitimate genuine garter snake soaked in berries and jelly sauce.

Ah.….dinner will be a little late while the cook receives CPR on the kitchen floor.

The woman eventually recovered enough to call the Ocean Spray customer service line and was told the company could send her vouchers for free cans of cranberry sauce. Surprisingly she declined this generous offer, and her next call was to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, followed no doubt by one to her attorney.

Stories about icky things appearing in processed foods are not all that uncommon. There are famous ones, like the Texas woman who bit into a human tooth (not her own) in a brand name candy bar, and the man who drank half a decomposed frog in a can of popular soda beverage.

But everyone probably has a version. Years ago I purchased a half-case of Sleeman Cream Ale that contained a bottle awash with brown slime. (Good job that didn’t hit one of the kids.)

The woman from Sleeman customer ser-vice said the slime was an unfortunate by-product of a failed pasteurization process and offered vouchers for free cases of Sleeman beer.

No need, then, to involve lawyers.In another life Mr. DeMeer worked part-

time in the produce department of a large grocery store and had to deal with a customer who found half a lizard inside a package of premixed Caesar salad.

How do you respond to that except to wonder aloud what happened to the OTHER half of the lizard?

We could dwell more on this subject. It would only serve to unsettle, and make the reader feel nauseas.

See notes on federal election campaign above.

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For the past two months hun-dreds of decent, well intentioned individuals all over Canada have worked unstintingly to win the right to represent their constituency.

Because my neighbour Angelique Wood was one of these dedicated ones, I have some com-prehension of the energy and focus required to campaign effectively.

Particularly in the last month, her car was rarely at home. Undoubtedly, she and most candi-dates entered the race motivated by a desire to make a positive dif-ference. They have laudable intent, but in time the winners may con-clude politics is a fickle and frivo-lous mistress.

Increasingly over the past four years, there has been a growing sense on the part of Canadians that our democracy has become con-foundingly undemocratic.

The Prime Minister controls the appointment of many key figures in our system of government, includ-ing the Governor General, mem-bers of the cabinet, justices of the

Supreme Court, senators, heads of crown corporations, ambassadors to foreign countries, provincial lieutenant governors, and approxi-mately 3,100 others. The appoin-tees feel beholden to the PM and most do not dare voice disagree-ment with government policy.

The National Post’s Andrew Coyne recently wrote, “cabinet does not matter. It does not gov-ern. That is the job of the Prime Minister and the group of political staff he has around him.” This is not new. Several Prime Ministers in recent decades have chosen to govern almost as dictators.

Some pundits contend it was Pierre Trudeau who first began seri-ously consolidating power in the Prime Minister’s office.

Certainly his charisma gener-ated a dizzying excitement in the electorate and people anticipated positive change. By the 1972 elec-tion though, the “halo effect” had run its course.

Peter C Newman said being reduced to a minority government “was due to one central fact. He had lost touch with his constituency.

He functioned the first 54 months in office as head of a government, not the leader of a nation. He didn’t understand Canadians and their concerns. What was worse, he didn’t appear to care.”

Although our democracy doesn’t prevent leaders with dic-tatorial inclinations from rising to the top, it does possess the means to push them ignominiously from “the throne.” Trudeau managed to hold onto power but, prior to the 1984 election, polls indicated the Liberals would not win with him at the helm. Chastened, he stepped down.

Voters then gave the Liberals a political spanking, allotting them only 40 seats. Brian Mulroney and the Conservatives snatched 211, the largest majority in Canadian histo-

ry. Unfortunately, Mulroney didn’t learn the lesson of the Liberal deba-cle. He greatly irritated Canadians with the detested GST. When polls indicated he had lost support of vot-ers, he retired just prior to the 1993 election.

We replaced Mulroney with Jean Chretien, who did not keep his famous “Red Book” promises.

He also allowed the “Sponsorship Scandal” in which some two hundred million dollars were squandered. In time, voters wearied of the Liberals’ evident sense of entitlement and Chretien, under extreme duress, agreed to retire.

More recently, Stephen Harper, like Trudeau, Mulroney and Chretien, has ruled with a heavy hand and alienated large numbers of Canadians. MPs, and even most cabinet ministers, received instruc-tions as to what they were permit-ted to say in public. Scientists and others were also muzzled.

The problem of party leaders gripping the reins of power too tightly isn’t confined to the party in government. Writing in “Tragedy

in the Commons,” Alison Loat and Michael MacMillan suggest “Canadian party leaders today enjoy a remarkable amount of power when measured against peers in Canadian history, or against leaders in similar parliamentary systems around the world.”

There is one possible glimmer of hope. Conservative MP Michael Chong has stickhandled a bill through Parliament that gives MP’s the power to trigger a leadership review and subsequently vote to oust the leader of their party.

In a watered down version, the bill was approved by a majority of government MPs. Very likely they realized many constituents longed to give them the heave ho for the PM’s undemocratic rule. In spite of some resistance in the Senate, the bill was passed and the Reform Act received Royal Assent this summer.

In politics there are few guaran-tees of course, but this could be a small step toward change. In time, newly elected MPs could have a more substantive role.

Canadian democracy may yet smile.

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“I don’t have a lot to say when you lose 8-0,” said coach Geoff Goodman. “That pretty much says it all.”

However, the coaching staff is maintaining a positive attitude, and focusing on transferring that energy to the team.

“Losing can become habitual,” said Goodman. “We have to get the negative out. We have to be pos-itive and understand that it’s a game and a process and you are not going to perfect every night. You have to go over some of the things that you do well.”

Goodman described the team as definitely “on edge” and said the players need to focus on coming to games with “the right physical and mental readi-ness.”

He predicted no immediate changes in the line up.

“Everything that’s available wouldn’t be an upgrade. Our changes that have to be made are mental.”

Goodman said he has plenty of experience as a player and a coach breaking losing streaks.

“I’ve been on a team, when we were young like these guys, and all our vets graduated and we were a young team. We struggled and struggled and struggled, finished less than 500 and all of a sudden it clicked in the playoffs. We did enough to make the play offs and we ended up winning a national championship.

“Those are the things that can happen when you believe in yourself and believe in each other.”

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Bob MarshPrinceton’s Craig Thompson goes into the boards in a 4-1 loss to the Kamloops Storm Saturday night.

Don’t be alarmed this Saturday when zombies invade downtown Princeton.

The Crimson Tine Players is holding a Zombie Walk on Bridge Street at 2 p.m., while collecting donations for the food bank, giving out candy and two-for-one vouchers for the group’s winter play “1001 Arabian Nights and a Matinee.”

The local theatre group is also holding its final murder mystery dinner theatre of the year October 30, at Vermilion Fork Restaurant. The title is Chaos At The Count’s Castle and will be about what hap-pens when Dracula throws the biggest Hallowe’en Eve party of the year.

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Albas takes seat after nail biting count

continued page nineelection. It’s good to

see that the people want to have an experienced member of parliament.... someone who can work with anyone. I think the people are always right,” he said during a phone interview from his celebration party in West Kelowna.

Albas was first elected in 2011 as

Conservative MP for Okanagan Coquihalla. Electoral boundar-ies were adjusted in 2012 to reflect current population trends. The new boundary includes Princeton, Keremeos, and stretches north to Logan Lake, Merritt and east to West Kelowna.

Albas, a former Penticton city coun-cillor, moved to West Kelowna in 2012.

During his time as MP, he served a major-ity Conservative gov-ernment.

He is now part of the official opposition and said he looks forward to the challenge.

When asked to com-ment about the over-all showing of the Conservative Party fol-lowing the election he

expressed sympathy for all MPs who were not re-elected.

“So many good peo-ple from all sides of the house aren’t returning to Ottawa in what will be the 41st session of parliament... there were many great candidates all across Canada,” he said.

He expressed appre-ciation for his fellow candidates in Central Okanagan Similkameen-Nicola adding they ran “very honourable cam-paigns.”

Liberal Karley Scott

came in a close second only losing by 1,397 votes.

Scott did not con-duct interviews with the media until the final polling station results were filed.

Although disappoint-ed she did not win, she was also optimistic.

“We’ve been knock-ing on doors since March. We knew we would perform well in this riding and I think it is a testament to the amazing campaign run nationally on hope, opti-mism and sunny ways,”

she said. “Of course I would have liked to have won. We worked hard for a win but I’m optimistic that there will be a Liberal majority for the next four years.”

Angelique Wood, who ran for the NDP and the only candi-date to live in the Similkameen, received about 20 per cent of the vote. Wood, who was in West Kelowna dur-ing election night, did not return phone calls by press time.

Green Party candi-date Robert Mellalieu

said he was disappoint-ed his party only man-aged to secure one seat – that of party leader Elizabeth May who was re-elected in the riding of Saanich-Gulf Islands.

“I expected more. I thought there was going to be a few seats in Vancouver,” he said from West Kelowna.

Mellalieu said he plans to run Green again in the 2019 election and expects his party to do better if the Liberals live up to their promises.

“(Liberals) said they would take care of elec-

toral reform. This will be the last past the post election so we’ll see how we make out next election,” he said.

Unofficially voter turnout was estimated at 71.8 per cent in Central Okanagan Similkameen-Nicola. No comparisons from previous elections are available as it is a new riding.

Voter turnout nation-ally was estimated at about 67 per cent well over the 2011 turnout of 61 per cent.

Dan Albas

continued page nineSkodyn, was unavailable to comment. A media

spokesperson for Elections Canada did not return calls to The Spotlight Monday.

Several people from Princeton reported expe-riences similar to Roccamatis’ on social media Monday and there were problems in other areas of the riding. Some voters in Keremeos, for example, were required to vote in Hedley.

Roccamatis admits she and her husband didn’t carefully read their voters’ registration cards, which had been stuck on the fridge for weeks. The cards said that polling for her address was located in Tulameen while advanced polls were held at the Princeton Legion.

“What about people who can’t get to Tulameen. They don’t get to vote, is that right?”

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Thanks to area residents, Nelson man and dog reunited after eighteen days

To the editorIf you don’t want to see your cat die before your

very eyes pay attention to the following advice.Your beautiful pet has been the joy of your life

for many years. You known by now most of his habits and then some.

But now, slowly, almost undetected, over the last days and weeks, your cat acquires some dif-ferent habits. He drinks more. He urinates more. These are the first signs of diabetes.

Take him to the vet. If you don’t, he might stop peeing, drinking or eating altogether and drag himself across the floor. Before you know it, he’ll fall into a coma. Then it’s too late to bring him to the vet where he will be diagnosed with high blood sugar and a defective liver. Your only recourse will be to put him to sleep permanently.

That’s when you realize that in the past weeks, you have watched your cat expire.

Don’t be like me. Take action before this hap-pens so that the nicest and most beautiful cat you’ve ever seen in your life may continue to have a happy life.

His last day was on October 9, 2015. So long Moca, you will always be on my mind.

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beloved dog Boris and a group of friends went from Nelson, BC to the Princeton area to go 4x4ing and camping on the Whipsaw loop.

On the last night camping at Lodestone Lake Logan’s dog Boris got spooked and ran off. Since he wasn’t in the area he knew he got lost.

Logan and friends searched and searched for Boris and after staying two extra days, Logan eventually had to end his search and go home and back to his job in Nelson.

He and our entire family was devas-tated. He shared the news with me and I informed the Princeton bylaw officer, the SPCA and made a few posters which were emailed to the various organizations in the Princeton, Coalmont and Tulameen area for posting.

We also began posting the informa-tion about Boris’s disappearance on every Facebook page we could find in these com-munities.

On the Wednesday after Boris went missing, a wonderful woman Candace at the Tulameen store called to say she had seen Boris on Monday, and had just seen the poster which was put up at the store by the Tulameen Fire Chief.

This was amazing news, so Logan went back to Tulameen and spent four days searching for Boris, and finally on the Sunday had to go home and back to work. Another devastating blow, going home

without his beloved dog. Another week went by with no informa-

tion, until the Friday before Thanksgiving when a hunter in the area called to say he had seen Boris.

Logan went back again, to the exact GPS coordinates of where the hunter had seen him. And again after three days of searching and many difficulties like blow-ing two tires Logan had to go home to Nelson on Thanksgiving Monday with no Boris.

We were all beginning to lose hope, and were feeling defeated. Then on Tuesday morning we got a phone call about a post-ing on one of the Princeton Facebook

pages that Boris had been seen again on Thanksgiving Monday.

Logan was able to talk to the person who saw Boris and to get some tips on the area where he was seen and turned around again and went back to Princeton to that exact area of Wells Lake. He drove back to Princeton and this time took an ATV with him so he was able to get to remote Wells Lake.

When he arrived at the lake he called and called and then noticed something moving. It was Boris! Once Boris knew it was Logan the two were reunited. Logan rode all the way back to Lodestone Lake on the ATV with Boris on his lap. Both were thrilled to be together again. Boris was skinny, but seemed amazingly healthy other than that.

If it wasn’t for the ability to spread the word through social media and wonderful citizens in the Princeton, Coalmont and Tulameen areas putting up posters and keeping the word out and informing us when they saw Boris, Logan and Boris never would have been reunited after 18 days.

Our family would like to thank all of the wonderful, animal loving citizens in Princeton, Tulameen and Coalmont who helped us so that we were able to find Boris.

If you ever loose your pet, don’t give up hope! It’s amazing how the will to live can keep a pet going and the love for pets by people can bring them together again.

Thank you, Nona Lynn

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Let’s Talk Turkey!Congratulations to this

years winners:

• Jack Becle - The Hut Office & Tax Service• Marilyn Zerr - The Winking Pedlar

• Jan Ducharme - Fletcher Building Supplies • Bob Wicks - Princeton Paint

• John McCutcheon - Coopers Foods• Carol Gilham - Everything Pets

•Michelle Johnson - The Hut Bottle Depot• Maureen White - Second Chance Winner

(Donated back to non profit)

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ArtsSHIRLEY’S ART CLASSES:Wednesday & Thursday @ Riverside Center Call Shirley at 250-295-4076

GARDEN CLUB: Meets third Tuesday of every month, 1 PM, Seniors Branch 30. Call Doreen @ 250-295-1577

ARTS COUNCIL: Meets at Noon on the third Wednesday of the month. Everyone Welcome! Contact Marjorie Holland, Pres., 250-295-6718 or Joann Gabriel, Sec., 250-295-3361 for location. General meetings quarterly as announced.

BUNCHGRASS QUILTERSMeet 1st & 3rd Thursday of each month at the Riverside Centre from 10 - 3 p.m.. Everyone Welcome! Contact Sharon 250-295-4194 or Rosemary 250-295-6511

PRINCETON POTTERS GUILD, RIVERSIDE POTTERY STUDIO:Access to the potter’s wheel or hardwork, workshop op-portunities, group projects. Call Sue for more info or to join. 250-295-0527

PRINCETON TRADITIONAL MUSIC SOCIETY:The Princeton Traditional Music Society puts on the Traditional Music Festival each year in August, featur-ing traditional music from many places. The three-day festival is free and run entirely by volunteers. The 100+ musicians and dancers also offer their talents for free. If you would like to help out with the festival, please con-tact Jon or Rika @ 250-295-6010

Community:INTERESTED IN CHRISTIAN MEDITATION?For people who want to learn to pray with great sim-plicity, for people who would be willing to get to know Jesus who loves each of us immensely, for people who are at a dead end, for people who want to get to know them-selves, for people who want to make a new beginning! We can go to God together and it’s free! Call me: Fr. Harry Clarke at 250-295-3541.

ORL- PRINCETON BRANCH:Tuesdays: 12 p.m. - 5 p.m./ 6 p.m. - 8 p.m.Wednesdays: 12 p.m. - 5 p.m.Fridays: 12 p.m. - 5 p.m.Saturdays: 10 a.m. - 1 p.m.

PRINCETON MUSEUM AND ARCHIVES: 167 Vermilion Avenue [email protected]

WELCOME WAGON! Are you a new to Princeton? If so, we have information regarding local, civic, community services and facilities. We also have gifts for you from local merchants and busi-nesses. Call 1-866-856-8442

HOSPITAL AUXILIARY: Meets second Monday of every month, 1:00 p.m. Hos-pital Board Room. For info., Call Doreen @ 250-295-1577

PRINCETON and DISTRICT COMMUNITY SKILLS CENTRE SOCIETY:Meetings are held quarterly on Tuesdays at 7:00 p.m.

HEDLEY LIBRARY HOURS: A reminder that the Library is open every Thurs. from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. and is located at the OAPO Hall on Scott Ave.

Community:HEDLEY SENIORS’ CENTRE: 3rd Monday of every month regular general meetings - Everyone welcome. 2nd Sunday Pancake Breakfast, 8 am - 10 am. Daily Coffee & conversation 6:30 am to 8 am. Every Tuesday & Thursday exercise at 9 am.

SENIORS BRANCH #30 POT LUCK SUPPER: Last Friday of every month, 5:30 p.m. Seniors Centre. Members can invite a guest.

MEMBERS ONLY POOL TOURNAMENT: Last Tuesday of every month at the Senior’s Centre. 10:00 am

WHIST & CRIB: (Seniors Branch #30) First Saturday of each month at 1 PM. Coffee & refreshments included. Everyone welcome.

VERMILION FORKS PRINCETON O.A.P.O. BR. #185: Regular meetings second Friday of every month at 2 p.m.. Pot luck supper every third Friday at 5:00 p.m.

SEARCH AND RESCUE TRAINING SESSIONS: Meetings will be held on the � rst and third Tuesday of every month. Call Arnie Powell at 250-295-6759 for more information.

LITTLE FOLKS NURSERY SCHOOL: Meetings are every third Wednesday at 7:00 p.m. at LFNS. 250-295-3083

PRINCETON LEGION BRANCH #56: Reminds all veterans that the D.V.A. Now makes home visits. For more info. Phone 250-295-6060

JA SCHOOL & COMMUNITY GARDEN:New members invited to volunteer as “garden angels” attend committee meetings and garden their own plots. Phone Sandra 250-295-3779, Sharon 250-295-4080 or JAE School 250-295-6727

CINDY PAROLIN SAFE HOMES PROGRAM: Princeton and area, crisis intervention, emotional sup-port, information, legal strategies and safe shelter in cases of abuse against women in relationships. Call the 24 hour women’s crisis line at 250-295-8211 for con� -dential services.

MONDAY NIGHT BRIDGE:@ Riverside Centre 7 - 9:30. Knowledge of bridge nec-essary. Call Gail @ 250-295-0171

DUPLICATE BRIDGE CLUB:Wednesdays @ Riverside Centre 10:30-3. Call Arlen @ 250-295-6157

Health

CANCER SUPPORT GROUP FOR WOMEN:If interested in attending, please call: Barb 250-295-4050 or Del 250-295-3266TOPS: (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) chapter meets at Riverside Wellness Centre every Thursday. Weigh-in-Time 8:30 AM Meeting 9:00–10:00 AM. For more information please contact Lynda 250- 295-3658 or Myrna 250-295-7272 Visit www.tops.org

HealthCOMPASSIONATE FRIENDS: Group helps bereaved parents. Will meet as needed. Call Shirley Haker at 250-295-3607. [email protected]

CRISIS LINE: You can call us 24 hours a day, everyday, and your call is con� dential and anonymous. The crisis line is 250-493-6622. Or call collect from locations within the South Okanagan Similkameen: 250-493-6622.

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS:Meet Friday & Saturday In Tulameen at 7:30 p.m. at Li-brary call 250-295-7005

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS: Tuesdays @ 7:30 p.m. United Church. Contacts: Fred 250-295-7272 or Marena 250-295-7663 AL-ANON:Are you concerned about someone’s drinking? Contact Central Referral @1-604-688-1716

NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS: Meets every Wednesday & Sunday at the Info Centre in Chamber Basement 7:00 P.M. Phone 1-877-234-5809

Club Notes:FREEMASONRY: FOR MEN OF GOOD CHARACTER:Freemasonry has been active in B.C. for over 130 years. It is a fraternity open to men of all races and religions. If you are of good character and want more information, please contact: The Secretary Similkameen Lodge #95A.F. & A.M. C/O Box 174Princeton, BC V0X 1W0

ROYAL PURPLE:Meetings � rst and third Tuesdays 7:30 PM, Princeton.

ELKS: Contact Chris at 250-295-3949.

PRINCETON PERFORMING ARTS: Meet � rst Tuesday of each month @ 7 p.m. in Riverside Theatre. Contact Derek @ 250-295-3037

ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION: General meeting held on the third Sunday of each month at 1:00 PM.

GRANITE CREEK PRESERVATION SOCIETY: Meet the third Thursday of every month at 1:00 p.m. in the Princeton Museum Archive Room (upstairs). Every-one is welcome! There will be no meetings in July & Aug.

PRINCETON LADIES AUXILIARY LEGION BRANCH 56: Meet 2nd Tuesday of the month @ Legion Hall at 7:00 p.m.

HEDLEY MUSEUM:General Meeting, meets the 2nd Monday of each month. 6 p.m. @ The Hedley Museum

THE PRINCETON RIFLE AND REVOLVER CLUB: INDOOR SHOOTING RANGE Juniors & Seniors meet at 7 p.m. every Wednesday at the Family Centre (behind the legion). Phone 250-295-6150.

VERMILION FORKS FIELD NATURALISTS:Group meets second Tuesday of every month, 7 p.m. at the Riverside Centre. Public welcome.

OTTER VALLEY FISH & GAME:Meetings 3rd Thursday of each month at 7 p.m. in the Club House.

Club Notes:

VERMILION TRAILS SOCIETY:Meets at the Chamber Basement on the 2nd Tuesday of each month at 7:00 p.m. For more info: Contact [email protected] New Members welcome!

PXA MEETING: Held on the third Tuesday of each month. 7 p.m., at the Princeton PXA Grounds. New Members welcome!

PRINCETON FISH & GAME:Princeton Fish and Game Association, meet the second Wednesday of the Month at the Princeton Library, con-tact Al Lay 250-295-0250.

PRINCETON & DISTRICT FALL FAIR ASSOCIATION:Meets on the fourth Tuesday of each month in the of� ce at the PXA Grounds at 6:30 p.m.

PRINCETON ROTARY CLUB:Meets every Wednesday @ 6 p.m. Heartland Restaurant (dining room). For more info. Call Judy @ 250-295-0217. New members welcome!

COPPERHILL LANES:YBC Bowling Saturday 10 AM. Club 55. Mens, Ladies and Mixed bowling leagues. Call 250-295-6500 for more information.

SPECIAL “O” BOARD;Meets 3rd Tuesday of the month. Contact 250-295-7218 for meeting place & time.

LAPIDARY PRINCETON’S ROCK & FOSSIL CLUB:Meetings held third Tuesday of the month. 7:00 p.m. Riverside Centre. Call Franz Hofer @ 250-295-3896 for more info. New members welcome!

PRINCETON COMMUNITY BAND:Meets Mondays and Thursdays 6 p.m. in the PSS Band Room. New musicians welcome!

PRINCETON CURLING CLUB:Leagues start Oct. 20th. Mon - mixed, Wed - Ladies, Thurs - Day League. www.princetoncurlingclub.com or 250-295-6400

RECREATIONAL BADMINTON:Mondays at 8:00 pm at PSS gym, beginners welcome. Adult & Juniors (age 12+)

YouthGIRL GUIDES OF CANADA:Contact: Carol Mack 250-295-7085

PRINCETON MINOR HOCKEY:Lori Gullison 250-295-3977

SIMILKAMEEN (JKA) SHOTOKAN KARATE CLUB: 250-295-3909 or 250-295-7374

PRINCETON POSSE JR. HOCKEY CLUB: 250-295-6544

PRINCETON FIGURE SKATING CLUB:Lynette Boyd: 250-295-7113

KOKANEE SUMMER SWIM CLUB:Lindsay: 250-295-0759

PRINCETON FAMILY SERVICES SOCIETY : FAMILY PLACE 120 Kenley Ave. open Tues., Wed., and Thurs. 11- 2. (Pre-natal) 11 -12 Moms help prepare and enjoy lunch together.

THE SPOTLIGHT COMMUNITY CALENDAR

HELP US KEEP THE COMMUNITY CALENDAR

UP TO DATE.Please remember to check your listing in the

Spotlight Community Calendar.If changes to your listing are needed,

please call us at 250-295-3535 or email [email protected]

Princeton Pentecostal Church

165 Vermilion Avenueinvites you to join us in

Sunday Worship10:30 am

Pastor Jack McNeil250-295-7951

Princeton Baptist Church

Across from Arena - Old Hedley Road Family Worship

10:00 am

250-295-7752

St. Paul’s United Anglican Church

O� ce: 250-295-7714

WORSHIP - 10:00 AM

190 - 1st AvenueEveryone Welcome

Living Water Community Church

Invites You to38 Kenley Avenue

10:30 AM Morning WorshipPastor Jason Neu� eld

Tel: 250-295-7733Cell: 250-293-6224

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Putting you in touch with the right business. Keep these

numbers for all of your service and shopping needs!

4 LICENSED MEChaNICS 2 with Extensive GM Training / 2 with 30 years experienceall mechanics take ongoing training & updating. We have the Best Diagnostic equipment availaBle•A/C Work •Transmissions • Specialize in Computers & Computerized Fuel Injectionnow offering: •Flat Repairs •New Tire Sales •Wheel BalancingCan inspect motorcycles to greyhounD Buses

Huffy’s Auto Repair

Ph: 250-295-6458

* now open 6 days a week! Huffy’s Auto Repair

331 Old Hedley Road

PO Box 948Princeton, B.C. V0X 1W0

Ph: 250-295-0606Fax: 250-295-6588

Brian CoyneOwner

Old Style

Sales & DeliveryBedding & Pellet

Reichert Sales & Service Ltdski-doo & can-am Sales & Service

[email protected] & Ed ReichertPh: 250-295-6489Fax: 250-295-7768

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Mark Riegling Owner /Operator

250-295-4191

331 Old Hedley RoadPO Box 948Princeton, B.C. V0X 1W0

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Ph: 250-295-0606Fax: 250-295-6588

Old Style

Sales & Delivery

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email: [email protected]

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email: [email protected]


Farm Feed and Pet

Food

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516 7th Ave. P.O. Box 128, Keremeos, BC V0X 1N0

Tel: 250-499-2561 Cell: 604-649-9908

Email: [email protected]

Website: www.benjathairestaurant.com

TOOL & EQUIPMENT RENTALSGord McEwenRentals

[email protected]

Aladdin Flooring Carpet One1505 Main Street, Penticton250-492-8221Aladdincarpetonepenticton.com

We come to Princeton/Keremeos Areas to do measures & we bring sample boards of fl ooring as well.

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MAC’S AUTO PARTS193 Vermilion Ave.Ph: 250-295-6944HONDAWATER PUMPS, TILLERS, LAWN MOWERS, GENERATORS, SNOW BLOWERS

3 Licenced Mechanics 250-295-0005TIRES

TOWING

N & L SERVICESPROFESSIONAL SERVICE,

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SERVICES

THE HUT Bottle Depot

367 Hwy. 3 250-295-3835

WE ACCEPT MOST BEVERAGE CONTAINERSHOURS: 11 AM - 4 PM DAILY

CLOSED TUESDAYS AND STAT HOLIDAYS

• Electronics• Household Fire Alarms

• C02 Alarms• Light Bulbs

Drop off only during regular hours.

THE HUT

331 Old Hedley RoadPO Box 948Princeton, B.C. V0X 1W0

Brian CoyneOwner

Ph: 250-295-0606Fax: 250-295-6588

Brian Coyne

Phone: 250-295-7381 Princeton Plaza

Quality Foods,

Toys and Supplies for your

Dogs & Cats.

Aquarium Supplies Aviary Supplies

Herp SuppliesLive Fish

PRESSURE WASHING SERVICES AVAILABLE

•Commercial •Residential •Industrial

OTTER VALLEY

Rentals, Supplies & Services

250-295-6449

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Fully LicensedEmergency Service

250-295-7085Dave Mack or Nigel Mack

HANDYMANPainting, Home Repairs

FALL CLEAN UPAny job - big or small.

Great Rates! Call Ed: 250-295-4038

COMMERCIAL & RESIDENTIAL

MAINTENANCE

New in Town

34 years in business since 1981!

Laska’s Floor Service•Supply •Sales •Installation

Phone: 250-295-0454 / Fax: 250-295-0474 Email: [email protected]

www.laskasflooring.com

Carpet ~ Hardwood ~ Lino ~ VC TilesLaminates ~ Engineered Wood ~ Cork~ Area/Throw rugs

Email: [email protected]

Open 7 days/weekSun 10-3, Mon 9-5, Tues-Sat. 8-5

295 Culbertson Way

250-295-7155 250-295-6668 after hours

• New Wash Systems

• New Vacuums

• Wash Bays Open 24/7

• Auto & Bottle Propane

• Showers & Ice

• Year round RV spaces available.

• Propane available during offi ce hours.

Pellets Available $3/bag

Spit n’ Polish

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PLOW TRUCK

OPERATORSArgo is accepting Resumes for drivers experienced in the operation of tandem axle trucks for the Princeton Area. Positions are seasonal. Exp. operating snow re-moval equipment would be an asset. Must hold a valid BCDL, minimum Class 3 with air. Submit your Re-sume with a current National driver abstract by email to [email protected] or by fax to 250-295-7983.

TRADE JOURNEYMAN

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Misc. for Sale24” Snow thrower, MTD, works well. Excellent condi-tions. 250-295-6137. If no an-swer, please leave message.

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STEEL BUILDINGS. “Mad-ness sale!” All buildings, all models. You’ll think we’ve gone mad deals. Call now and get your deal. Pioneer Steel 1-800-668-5422 or visit online: www.pioneersteel.ca

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FIREARMS. ALL types want-ed, estates, collections, single items, military. We handle all paperwork and transportation. Licensed Dealer. 1-866-960-0045. www.dollars4guns.com.

NEEDED: Child caregiver to assist with young children in my home for scheduled and on-call work in afternoons and evenings. 250-438-3030

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Financial Services Misc. Wanted Homes for Rent3 bdrm home with all applianc-es, big yard, auxiliary wood heat. Available Dec. 10th. Call 250-295-7827. Please ring at supper time. $950/month.

For LeaseCommercial space for lease. 1500 square feet. 20ft ceilings, overhead door, small offi ce. $800.00/month. Day time call 604-877-1599 & Night time call 604-298-1948.

Offi ce/RetailCOMMERCIAL SPACE

FOR LEASE1292 Main St., Smithers. 5920 sq. ft. Available Jan. 2016. Please email [email protected] for more information.

Rooms for RentRooms for rent in private home for workers needing part-time or temporary accom-modation. Everything is includ-ed with use of kitchenette and large family room. Very clean, quiet & comfortable. Rea-sonable rates. Must have ref-erences. 250-295-6408

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4 snow tires, size 225/60R16 $100. 250-295-6039

4 tires for sale, 265R7017, load rading E. Asking $300. 250-295-6033

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