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“Who are you? And why do you think it's okay to dump garbage on someone else's land?” asks a Sunningdale grandmother.
We all have a responsibility to protect our environment for future generations, says Heidi McLachlan, a longtime Trail resident who called the Trail Times after seeing the shameful messes dumped near the Sunningdale water tower.
She and husband Bob McLachlan returned to Trail after a holiday south of the border, only to find garbage-strewn trails beyond the gateway and piles of discarded bags full of dog feces left at the road entrance.
The couple, along with daughter-in-law Krista Ferraby, begin each day by walking their dogs on the numerous dirt pathways in the rural Sunningdale benches.
“We usually pick up garbage on the way,” said Heidi. “But when we got back and saw what was up there now, I am appalled. Something has to be done, we are getting tired of cleaning up other people's garbage.”
After working in Trail's public works for 20 years, Larry Abenante says illegal dumping is an ongoing
issue that directly impacts all city taxpayers.
He said last year his crews hauled four metric tonnes of illegally dumped materials, which quantifies to nearly 9,000 pounds of garbage, to the regional landfill for proper disposal.
“People think they are saving money by illegally dumping in secluded areas,” explained Abenante. “Not realizing that tax dollars need to be spent to clean up the illegally dumped garbage.”
A morning stroll through the Sunningdale water tower area, reveals everything from tires, car parts, household waste, old appli-ances, and bag upon bag spilling contents of garden waste mixed with other mostly plastic contaminants.
“That's a health hazard,” said Krista, pointing to a gulley full of used diapers extruding from a large black bag. “Who knows what kind of
diseases can be spread when some-thing like that is left in the open.”
Further down the pathway, Heidi pointed down a bank, showing the spot where a very large bag filled with smaller bags of dog feces was thrown.
“What's the point in that,” she said. “You're just adding to the problem doing something like that.”
On everyone's mind is, how can dumping in the area's natural envi-ronment be stopped?
In Sunningdale's high bench, the matter is complex because while the city owns the road leading to the water tower and controls the gate, affected properties are privately owned by individuals, Teck and the regional district.
“I wouldn't mind if they would lock the gates so no one but the city and property owners could drive up there,” said Heidi.
See DUMPING, Page 3
Illegal dumping comes with costs to environment and taxpayers
SHERI REGNIER PHOTOS
Strewn down a Sunningdale bank, amidst fauna and flora ready to blossom for spring, is a mass of garbage that someone recently dumped before driv-ing away scot-free. Illegal dumping is an ongoing problem throughout Trail and the surrounding area. People who dump and run may think their actions save money, but in the end, it causes distress in the community and clean-up costs impact all taxpayers. Below; Bob McLachlan lifts an old coffee maker mixed in with piles of dumped garden waste near the Sunningdale water tower.
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Today is the first day for BC Liquor Stores to lift restric-tions, making way for longer hours, includ-ing Sundays, plus the choice to sell chilled beer and wine.
An immediate change, which isn’t April Fool’s fodder, is that prices of beer, wine and spirits are marked at a lower price on the shelves.
It isn’t cheap-er liquor, however, because the new pricing doesn’t include taxes. Those charges will now be added at the point-of-sale along with the recycle fee – so products will cost about the same as before April 1.
Trail is listed as one of 169 provin-cial stores with long-er hours, now open from 9:30 a.m. until 7 p.m. Monday through Thursday, Friday and Saturday 9:30 a.m. until 9 p.m. and Sundays, from 11 a.m. until 6 p.m.
Also effective today, grocery stores will be allowed to sell liquor through the store-within-a-store model; and grocers will be able to stock B.C. wines on their shelves.
The latest changes follow B.C.’s liquor board review complet-ed last fall, that the province states will level the playing field for all liquor retailers.
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W e s t opens a weak Two Hearts with a six-card suit having
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North has an open-
ing hand but does not have enough points to take action in direct seat. North passes. East could further the pre-empt by bidding Three Hearts but according to the law of total tricks, he should have three-card support. With only two-card support and a quacky hand (A Queen and two Jacks) and no aces, East’s hand is better on defense so he passes.
South has the correct shape to balance with a Two-Spade bid, namely a five-card suit and shortness in oppon-ent’s suit. North must make a raise with four-card support, but does not jump to game in case partner is just balan-cing. If South had legitimate values, he would accept the invite.
The Opening Lead: West cannot lead a heart in case declarer has the King. South took action not East so the
King of Hearts could be with South. A trump lead could be bad if partner has Qxx. A Club lead is marginally better than a lead of the double-ton Diamond without trump control.
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Fruitvale Fire Fighters society hosting annual easter egg hunt on Friday
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The Fruitvale Fire Fighters Non-Profit Society (pictured with Easter Bunny are firefighters Lindsey Partridge (left) and Bryan Mahon) is hosting the sixth annual Beaver Valley Easter Egg Hunt being held at Haines Park in Fruitvale on Friday at 11 a.m. There will be hot dogs, juice, and hot chocolate by donation and over 7,000 chocolate eggs will cover the field for three dif-ferent age categories. There will be allergy friendly chocolate eggs for hunters who can exchange their gathered eggs for peanut-free chocolate and treats at one of the fire trucks. All items for the sixth annual Beaver Valley Easter Egg Hunt have been donated by local businesses. Check out our Facebook group page, “Fruitvale Fire Fighters Society” for more details and information. The Fruitvale Fire Fighters Society is a non-profit that has been actively fundraising and supporting individuals and families throughout the Beaver Valley who are experiencing a crisis by donating close to $21,000 to help cover costs of such things as hotel, food, and transportation to Children’s Hospital in Vancouver or medical treatments in Kelowna or other medical facilities.
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There could be another adventurous activity near Nelson next winter if every-thing goes as planned for Kootenay Heli-Ski. Owner Wendell Maki has applied for crown land to offer day heli-skiing 30 km north of Nelson, hugging the boundaries of Kokanee Glacier Provincial Park.
Maki submitted a management plan with the application to the Ministry of Forest, Lands, and Natural Resource Operations on March 5. Maki owns Kootenay Valley Helicopters, based at the Nelson airport.
The plan outlines inten-tions to be operating by the
2015-16 season with more than 70 proposed helicop-ter landing sites to access ski and snowboard runs over 14,666 hectares, with flight paths mapped out to travel around the provin-cial park air space.
Touted as the cat ski-ing capital of BC, there are five operators in the West Kootenay and a smatter-ing of alpine backcountry lodges for self-propelled skiers and boarders. Stellar Heliskiing and Snowwater Heliskiing and Boarding are two existing operators.
Based out of Kaslo, Stellar holds 80,000 hectares of terrain in the Selkirk and Purcell Mountains. Many people book a day or two of heli-
skiing or boarding to com-plement a multi-day stay at cat-skiing lodges like Retallack, Baldface Lodge or Selkirk Wilderness Skiing.
According to Nelson Kootenay Lake executive director Dianna Ducs cat skiing is a “big economic booster” for the region January through April. “People come to cat ski, but also spend time in the communities and at the neighbouring ski hills - Red and White.”
Economic benefits to Nelson could come from more hotel and restaurant visits as the proposal does not include accommoda-tions. Kootenay Heli-Ski projects 320 client days in
2015-16 season, more than doubling to 700 in year two, and 900 in year three. The management report also estimates its full cap-acity would be 1,300 client days by 2019.
A wildlife impact assess-ment and aerial mountain goat survey with recom-mendations to reduce human-wildlife interaction were included with the application.
According to the report, the proponent is aware of the potential effects on mountain goat habitat use and distributions dur-ing the winter, and hired biologist Doris Hausleitner of Seepanee Ecological Consulting, to prepare operational strategies
to minimize impacts on mountain goats near the company’s operating area. The proponent has amend-ed the proposed zones in the tenured area, eliminat-ing all goat habitats.
A commitment “to implement a monitor-ing plan which includes annual training of pilots and guides in the mitiga-tion strategies as well as maintaining records of all wildlife habitat use and proximity to heli-ski runs” was also identified within the document.
The application acknow-ledges the tenure area “will not be exclusive” and over-laps may occur for other uses and authorizations.
“Kootenay Heli-Ski will
have enough flexibility to manage potential resource-based activities that may occur from time to time,” it read.
It’s too early to know if the proposed application will be approved.
Natural resource spe-cialist Erin Keith from FrontCounter BC in Cranbrook said the appli-cation will now be referred to government agencies including the ministries of environment and transpor-tation, plus general stake-holders.
The ministry is accepting public comments until May 2 at FrontCounter BC in Cranbrook or by email: AuthorizingAgency.Cranbrook(at)gov.bc.ca.
FROM PAGE 1“And I think they should be
using security cameras to watch who goes up with a full load and comes back empty.”
Controlling vehicle access to the various sites isn’t so simple, says Abenante, adding the gates were originally installed as a safety feature when fewer peo-ple used the area for recreation.
“They are promoting trails (Trans Canada Trail) and there is a new house being built up there this year,” he explained. “So the guy building doesn’t want gates at all. And there’s trucks (permitted) going up and down at least half a dozen times a day so locking the gates could become a big hassle.”
Installing surveillance would be a capital investment if the city went that route, Abenante added, estimating security device costs would exceed $5,000.
“To get a proper camera we’d need to also set up power to the site,” he said. “And we’d need to install more than one.”
The only way to stop the problem is to have more people reporting on illegal dumping, he continued. “If more houses are built up there maybe in time it will get better. And we need more people watching, because it’s everyone’s job to keep an eye out.”
Abenante mentioned the increasing problem the city faces with its bear bins, which are scattered throughout neigh-bourhoods.
The containers were installed
to prevent bruins and other wildlife from seeking garbage, but two-legged mammals are benefitting another way.
“Even today I went around Gyro on my way to work and the bear bins are loaded to the hilt,” explained Abenante, not-ing the receptacles were stuffed primarily with household waste.
“There was up to six big garbage bags left all around the bins so dogs or raccoons can get in. It goes on and on, which is why I was never in favour of the bins in the first place because people dump garbage there.”
Another ongoing matter
around Trail is littering, which is considered a form of illegal dumping. Refuse has become such a bane in downtown Trail that city crews need to sweep the streets weekly to gather debris like cigarette butts, food wrappers and coffee cups.
The biggest dumping prob-lem however, is the unlawful disposal of recyclable materials like garden waste.
Grass clippings, branches, compost and other organics, often mixed with non-recy-clable debris, can be found scattered down most banks throughout the city including the Sunningdale area.
“Just to be clear, it is illegal to dump garden waste,” said Abenante. “We’d like to remind everyone that scheduled spring and fall clean-ups allow for citi-zens to dispose of this properly.”
For the bigger jobs, city resources don’t allow the time for illegal dump pick ups, Abenante added.
“Therefore contractors are hired to clean up and take the debris to the landfill. Some weeks no clean up is required, whereas some weeks we will call contractors one or two times.”
According to Abenante, the best way to combat the issue is education and community pride – respect for the city, its citizens and our environment.
“Eventually this garbage and debris makes its way into catch basins and then into the Columbia River,” he said. “What we need is more eyes watch-ing.”
Liz Bevan Photo
On-call paid firefighters from Montrose and Trail were on scene on Station Rd, overlooking the Trail Airport, to get some practice fighting fires. The owner of the building wanted it gone and called the Kootenay Boundary Regional Fire Rescue team to ask if they wanted to burn it down as prac-tice. For more photos and information about the process, see Thursday’s edition of the Trail Times.
Proposed heli-ski tenure application borders Kokanee Glacier Park
Dumping garden waste a big problem Fire drills
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Krista Ferraby shows a toaster oven hidden beneath piles of debris left near the Sunningdale water tower.
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Night fishing is being banned on the lower Fraser River and some tributaries in an attempt to stop the continued poaching of white sturgeon.
The recreational angling regu-lation change takes effect April 1 and applies on non-tidal sections of the Fraser, Pitt and Harrison rivers.
Conservation officers will be out in force on the water and a ban on legal fishing at night should make it easier to detect poachers who typically take wild sturgeon after dark, Sgt. Todd Hunter said.
“That’s when the poaching is going on and people are taking them,” Hunter said. “So we’re going to be actively patrolling.”
Sturgeon are a catch-and-release-only fish but a lucrative black market exists for their eggs for caviar.
Hunter doubts the night fish-ing closure will be too much of an inconvenience to other anglers, such as salmon fishermen.
He said the regulation, which will be in effect for two years, is
essential.“This is a threatened species
that has been around since the dinosaurs,” Hunter said of the river’s monstrous armoured bot-tom feeders.
“These things are very old. They’ll get up to 100 years old or more. So they’re very important to British Columbians and we’re going to do as much as we can on the enforcement side.”
White sturgeon are the largest freshwater fish in North America, with the largest believed to reach sizes of 1,800 pounds and 20 feet in length. The biggest one caught and released on record was a 12-foot 1,100-pound sturgeon reeled in by an English tourist in 2002 near Chilliwack.
Hunter urged anglers who legally catch and release sturgeon to do so with the utmost cau-tion when posing with them for photos.
“If you do it wrong you can actually kill that fish,” he said, adding the loss of any of the large old sturgeon that are repro-ducing could significantly harm the already low population in the future.
Sturgeon poaching prompts night fishing ban
T H e C a N a D I a N P R e S SVICTORIA - The B.C. government has spent
seven years and $182 million trying to mod-ernize aging computer systems in the social services ministries, but the province’s auditor general says only one-third of that goal has been achieved.
Carol Bellringer also says personal infor-mation in the province’s Integrated Case Management system wasn’t fully safeguarded and wasn’t monitored for inappropriate activ-ity.
Bellringer’s latest report says the system that was intended to improve delivery of social
programs and supports hasn’t met expecta-tions within several government ministries.
The project dates back to 2008 with a plan to replace outdated government computer sys-tems used to deliver social programs, includ-ing child protection, child-care subsidies and income assistance.
A report emerged last May that the system was prone to regular crashes, but the govern-ment said it was meeting the needs of social services clients.
The Opposition New Democrats say Bellringer’s report shows that the system is an unfinished, dysfunctional mess.
B.C. MP quits Tory caucus to defend his views on evolution
T H e C a N a D I a N P R e S SOTTAWA - British
Columbia MP James Lunney quit the Conservative caucus Tuesday so that he can more freely defend his religious beliefs.
In a statement, Lunney said he’s leav-ing voluntarily so as not to entangle his Tory colleagues in controversy over his beliefs regarding evo-lution.
He will sit as an Independent but con-tinue to vote with the
ruling Conservatives, he said.
Lunney’s deci-sion was sparked by reaction to remarks he made last month, which he says were inflated by the media and became part of a “firestorm of criti-cism and condemna-tion” surrounding two Ontario politicians who do not believe in the theory of evolu-tion.
“In a society nor-mally proud of embra-cing difference, the
role of the media and partisan politics in inciting social bigotry and intolerance should be questioned,” he said.
Late last month, Lunney defended two Progressive Conservative members of the Ontario legis-lature, tweeting that he has no problem describing evolution as “scientific theory” but that people should stop calling it fact.
“(Beyond) realm of current science 2 observe or (reproduce) origins,” he tweeted, echoing views he’s previously expressed in the House of Commons that scientific fact can only be established “through the study of things observable and reproducible.”
In Tuesday’s state-ment, Lunney said he agrees with Christian groups who held a news conference last week to warn of “deliberate attempts to suppress a Christian world-view from professional and economic opportunity in law, medicine and academia.”
“I share these con-cerns,” Lunney said. “I believe the same is true in the realm of politics at senior lev-els.”
Auditor rips performance of government’s $182 million computer system
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B y K e v I N P a R N e l lKelowna Capital NewsThe Okanagan Rail
Trail Initiative has committed to raising
$5 million towards construction along the CN Rail corridor should the municipal-ities be able to com-
plete the purchase of the 47 kilometre long rail bed.
The rail trail group based in Vernon made the announcement Tuesday morning at the opening of the yes campaign headquar-ters in Lake Country and says taxpayers won’t be asked to sub-sidize construction or maintenance of the trail if it is purchased by the inter-jurisdic-tional group.
Rail trail director Brad Clements says his group will have no problem raising the $5 million from indi-viduals or businesses and added they could leverage that amount for another $5 mil-lion in grants towards developing a transpor-tation corridor.
“We’ve always said we are willing to raise money for the con-struction costs of the
trail but there seems to be some uncer-tainty about where that money is going to come from,” said Clements.
“Absolutely, there will be no additional costs to the taxpayers. We are very confident we can raise that ($5 million). There are all kinds of companies and individuals saying we want this and want to provide money for it.”
Clements said his group already has financial commit-ments of $350,000 from two individual property owners in the area and adds there are many more individuals and companies that have come forward.
A study done by the Okanagan Rail Trail Initiative estimated it would take $7.3 mil-lion to develop the trail after it is purchased.
Rail Trail group says it can raise $10 million
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T H E C A N A D I A N P R E S SOTTAWA - Canadian fight-
er jets will soon be launching airstrikes in Syria now that the House of Commons has approved the federal govern-ment’s plan to expand and extend its military mission in Iraq.
Federal MPs voted 142-129 Monday night in favour of a motion extending the mission for up to a full year and authorizing bombing runs in Syria against targets belonging to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.
“While the coalition has succeeded in stopping ISIL’s territorial spread, the global threat that ISIL poses remains,” Prime Minister Stephen Harper said in a statement after the vote.
“In particular, we cannot stand on the sidelines while ISIL continues to promote terrorism in Canada as well as against our allies and part-ners, nor can we allow ISIL
to have a safe haven in Syria,” Harper said.
The original mission deployed six CF-18 fighter jets, one CC-150 Polaris air-to-air refuelling aircraft, two CP-140 Aurora surveillance aircraft along with 600 air-crew and other personnel.
Up to 69 special forces advisers will also remain in the region to advise and assist Kurdish peshmerga forces in their efforts to beat back the advance of ISIL militants.
Neither the NDP nor the Liberals supported the origin-al mission, nor its extension, arguing the government had not adequately made the case for going to war in the first place and in the six months since, haven’t been honest with Canadians about the mission’s true scope.
The New Democrats had sought to amend the motion to remove Canadians from combat and refocus all the government’s efforts on
humanitarian work. Their amendments failed to pass.
On Tuesday, diplomats from around the world are set to meet in Kuwait to focus on collecting the billions the UN says it needs to ease the humanitarian crisis in Syria alone, where 200,000 people have been killed and millions displaced by the ongoing civil war under President Bashar Assad.
The Conservatives say allowing Canadian fighter jets to bomb ISIL targets within Syria would not prop up Assad. Islamic State fight-ers are using the eastern part of that country as a base and cannot be allowed to do so, they argue.
The government’s premise that those strikes are legal because they are in Canada’s self-defence does not hold water, the opposition says - an argument supported by the fact no other Western nation besides the U.S. is
involved there.“This is a serious eth-
ical problem for Canada. Dismissing it betrays the gov-ernment’s lack of knowledge about a region that could suck Canada into decades of conflict,” said NDP Leader Tom Mulcair during the debate Monday.
“The prime minister tells Canadians that we can either bomb Iraq and Syria, or sit on the sidelines. That’s a false choice.”
Liberal MP Irwin Cotler, well-respected by all MPs on matters of international law and human rights, abstained from the vote in part because of the government’s Syrian approach, as he did this past fall.
“I remain unable to sup-port the government in this matter because its proposed expansion of Canada’s mis-sion continues to allow Assad to assault Syrian civilians with impunity,” he said.
T H E C A N A D I A N P R E S SFREDERICTON - New Brunswick’s Liberal
government has introduced an $8.6-billion budget that increases taxes for the wealthy, bumps up the price of fuel, promises to close some courthouses and cut nearly 250 teach-ing jobs.
In his first budget since the Liberals won the election in September, Finance Minister Roger Melanson is forecasting a deficit of $476.8 million for 2015-16.
Effective Wednesday, fuel taxes on gaso-line will increase by 1.9 cents per litre and the cost of diesel will rise by 2.3 cents per litre. The government said there was room to hike those fuels with prices expected to remain low and the increases will bring the province in line with neighbouring Nova Scotia.
The budget also increases taxes for the richest one per cent of New Brunswickers, creating two new tax brackets. Those earning between $150,000 and $250,000 will see their income taxes rises to 21 per cent from 17.8 per cent, while those earning over $250,000 annually will pay 25 per cent, up from 17.8 per cent.
Those measures are expected to add $30 million annually to government coffers.
The government also plans to eliminate 249 teaching positions through attrition, close unused courthouses and increase pre-miums for seniors who use the Medavie Blue Cross prescription drug program.
In his budget speech, Melanson said the province has faced many challenges in recent years, including weak economic growth, a declining and aging population, persistent job losses and rising government debt.
“We still find ourselves in an unsustain-able fiscal situation,” he said in a prepared text of his speech. “It would be easy to avoid making difficult decisions and leave the prob-lems we face to the next generation. We are not going to do that.”
The deficit includes a new, $150 million contingency fund that was announced earlier this week. If the reserve fund is not used this fiscal year, the deficit is projected to drop to $326.8 million, which would still be $71 million higher than the projected deficit for 2014-15.
T H E C A N A D I A N P R E S STORONTO - A police
officer who gained widespread notoriety for telling a protester at the infamous G20 summit that “this ain’t Canada right now” committed battery when he manhandled him, Ontario’s top court has concluded.
The ruling by the Ontario Court of Appeal overturns a lower court finding.
Charlebois was authorized to stop Mr. Figueiras and demand that he submit to a search, I do not accept that the grabbing and pushing that occurred here were ‘neces-sary’ to achieve this
purpose,” the Appeal Court found.
The particular inci-dent occurred when a group of York Regional police officers stopped Figueiras and his friends and told them to submit to a search if they wished to carry on walking down the street.
Figueiras refused, arguing the request violated his rights.
C h a r l e b o i s ’ s response - caught on widely viewed video - was to grab Figueiras.
“There’s no civil rights here in this area,” Charlebois told him. “This ain’t Canada right now.”
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Military extension in Syria is not the answerWith the expan-
sion of our combat role in Iraq and now
Syria, there is little doubt that we are being drawn into what will inevitably be a costly and prolonged conflict.
The Prime Minister warns us our country is under grave threat from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). Our Minister of Defence postu-lates that only by military strikes can we prevent this organization from metas-tasizing into a state that will recruit and radical-ize people from all over the world to implement attacks here in Canada.
Does the government seriously believe that only by bombing the hell out this region will ISIL cease their recruitment cam-paign?
Whether we agree or disagree with expanding the war mission, we can legitimately state that Canada has done enough.
Given our limited resources, it would be wiser to reinforce protec-tions here in Canada and work on a strategy to pre-vent the radicalization of our youth by the siren song of fundamentalist propaganda.
We could also take some of the millions of dollars earmarked for combat and increase our contribution to desperate-ly needed foreign aid.
Why not use some of the millions we will spend in this futile endeavor to ensure our veterans receive the support they are entitled to?
Let us take a moment to reflect on what we have learned as a result of our engagement in Afghanistan.
In 2005, the Liberal government was pres-sured by the then Chief of Staff, General Hillier to send our troops into combat. Most other NATO allies, however, stayed on the sidelines.
This tragic conflict cost us 160 lives, 170 deaths by suicide and left hundreds of veterans with perma-nent physical and mental disabilities.
Even with those costs, the tragedy is that we cannot say that today Afghanistan is a safe and secure country grounded in the democratic princi-ples we were fighting for.
The United States and its coalition of the will-ing, which we refused to join, illegally invaded Iraq under false premises in 2003.
As a result, hundreds of thousands Iraqi civilians were killed, their country was turned into chaos and their army dismantled. What we are seeing today with ISIL is a direct result of the destabilization of Iraq by the George Bush regime.
Canada has now entered the fray to clean up a horrible mess we had no part in creating and have no business dropping further bombs into.
If Canada were to with-draw from this conflict right now I suspect very little would change. The region would undoubt-edly continue its slide into chaos until condi-tions were created that might begin to stabilize the region.
A leading Iraqi researcher, Munqith al-Dagher believes that as long as the political and social grievances of Iraq’s Sunni community go unaddressed and there is no hope for the future,
Canadian airstrikes will not defeat ISIL.
“ISIL is not the dis-ease, (it) is just the symp-tom. If we want to (push Islamic State) out of Iraq and the region, we should deal with the real rea-sons behind this disease. (Canada’s) prime min-ister, and US politicians and other politicians in the world…all they think about is sending troops and aircraft…no mat-ter how strong the army is, there will not be any victory without a full co-operation from the people who are living there,” states al-Dagher.
We have no business taking part militarily in this tragic quagmire.
Let us be involved in peacekeeping and humanitarian efforts in a region that desperately needs our tremendous expertise on both these fronts.
Alex Atamanenko is the MP for BC Southern Interior
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That gig will be part of the outdoor Festival d’ete de Quebec. Tickets go on sale April 11.
The “Zip Code” tour will once again reunite singer Mick Jagger, drummer Charlie Watts and guitarists Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood.
The “Zip Code” tour will coincide with the re-release of their seminal album “Sticky Fingers” on May 26.
The 1971 recording features such Stones clas-sics as “Brown Sugar,” ”Wild Horses“ and ”Dead Flowers.“
“We love being out on the road and it is great to come back to North America,” said Keith Richards in a statement. “I can’t wait to get back on the stage!”
And quite the stage it will be, including a section that juts far into the crowd, allowing the Stones to interact with fans. As is the band’s practice, the stage design will employ cutting-edge technology to enhance the performance, including video screens and special effects.
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Nelson’s Donna Macdonald is among 35 British Columbians to receive the 2015 BC Community Achievement Award.
The BC Achievement Foundation’s website states: “Having served 19 years on Nelson city council, Macdonald has spearheaded many signifi-cant city initiatives includ-ing the cultural development committee, affordable hous-ing, social planning, recreation facilities and the development of Nelson’s waterfront pathway. She was a leader and champion for the Osprey Community Foundation and Nelson CARES Society.”
“I was completely surprised, and as the news sank in I start-ed to feel excited and pleased,” said Macdonald in an interview with the Star.
Asked which of her achieve-ments she is most proud of, she said “I am proud of all of them but the Osprey Community Foundation and Nelson CARES are such important foundation-al pieces of our community and that work was very gratifying. None of the things listed did I do myself — they were a part of efforts that involved other people.”
The accomplishments Macdonald was recognized for are all relatively recent. However, even in her early days in Nelson in the 1970s and ‘80s, before she became a politician, Macdonald was very active in the community. She was a safe home volunteer, and under her editorship the weekly news-paper What’s On became The Express. She was a founder of the women’s centre, Nelson Family Place, and a local chap-ter of the Sierra Club.
“I guess the theme that cuts across it all is the effort to build a vibrant and resilient com-munity,” she said. “Much of the work I have done has been focussed on building a better community.”
Macdonald is working on a book, “about my experience on city council and how local gov-ernments are structured and how they work. It is funda-mentally a desire to have more people more engaged in local government from an informed position, in the hope that we can build community together in civil and productive ways.”
Having been involved in library boards at the local and provincial level for several years, in May Macdonald will become president of the BC Library Trustees Association.
Each BC Achievement Awards recipient will receive a certificate and a medallion designed by BC artist Robert Davidson. Recipients are chosen by an independent panel consisting partly of past recipients.
The BC Achievement Foundation is an independent foundation established with an $8 million one-time endow-ment from the provincial gov-ernment in 2003. The founda-tion also sponsors awards for aboriginal business, applied art and design, aboriginal art, and non-fiction.
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Trail Creek county is, of course, its
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News. “Our interests at present
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write,” noted the paper's writer and
editor W.F. Thompson on the inau-
gural front page.
The day was Saturday, Oct. 19,
1895 when Volume No. 1 of The
Trail Creek News was hot off the
presses. Under the headline, “This Means
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writes that it is now in order for
every citizen of Trail to subscribe
for the home newspaper, The Trail
Creek News, and “the times are
right for such a movement, the
price is right and if the News of
today is not all right, we will make
it right in future issues.”
The price was said to be “cheap”
at $2 per year, and the News office
would be found open all day long
and far into the night, and future
readers were expected to hand in
their subscription at once, so they
would not miss one issue of the
Trail newspaper. “If you want the
news, you must read the News,”
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decades ago.While there's no silver or gold
commemoration for more than a
century of news reporting, the Trail
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on the back is deserving to all the
people who have typed, pressed,
written, delivered, or simply read
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nity such as long time subscribers,
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Last week, Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway added Kraft to its stable of storied
brands, which already includes Dairy Queen, Mars, Coca-Cola, Burger King, Heinz and Tim Horton’s.
Buffett’ latest blockbuster transaction cre-ates the fifth largest agrifood company in the world, with more than US$28 bil-lion in sales.
Thanks per-haps to the mul t i -b i l l i on-aire’s legend-ary sweet tooth, some observers have suggested that Buffett aims to build the perfect snack foods portfolio. While this may be so, what is certain is his acu-men concerning the business of food. And his timing could not have been better.
First and foremost, Buffett admires strong American brands. In his own charming, idiosyncratic way, he only pur-chases a food company if he genuinely likes the product as a consumer. Of course, he is also always looking for a bargain.
However, his deal with Kraft is hardly a giveaway: Berkshire will own a quarter of the new company by paying a hefty price of 25 times expected 2015 earn-ings which, by Buffett’s stan-dards, is far from dirt cheap.
This deal, though, is first and foremost about cost cut-ting: Buffett once quipped that costs are like fingernails – they need to be trimmed regularly. His approach with large brand-managing conglomerates seems work, at least for his sharehold-ers. Kraft is now expected to suffer the same fate as other companies he has acquired: lay-offs, plant closures, and com-plete strategic overalls.
With four facilities in Canada, some communities are about to live through what Leamington Ont. experienced a few years ago with the closure of its Heinz’s plant.
Brand-centric compan-ies business model has long reached its tipping point. In the
case of Kraft, brands like Velveeta, Cheez-Whiz and Jell-O have not evolved along with the needs of con-sumers, but not for the lack of ideas and marketing ingenuity. It is restructuring, as Buffett well knows, that often leads the way to food innova-tion.
In his world, operating budgets to support brands must be earned every single year, not granted as entitlements based on past glories. Buffet’s approach runs radically counter to the methods of the so-called traditional food industry, but it has worked with many of the food companies he has purchased in the past, so it wouldn’t be surprising if Kraft experiences the shift in culture.
Despite the strength of the American Greenback, the new company may still go ahead with a major global reshap-ing of its assets. 3G Capital, Buffett’s sidekick in these deals, fully supports this approach.
Most importantly, however, Buffett’s strategic purchases of food companies have a lot to do with predictability: snack food brands aren’t impacted by recessions, wars or any other undesirable market failures. They are addictive, and can rely on a loyal customer base as consumers continue to eat their favourite snacks regard-less of national or internation-al conditions. Cash flow then becomes as reliable as Kraft Peanut Butter on toast is tasty.
With scale, which is exactly what Buffet is getting out of the Heinz-Kraft acquisition, cost cutting measures can leverage better returns and deliver high-er dividends. Dividend income is, of course, Buffett’s proverb-ial Kool-Aid.
Those weaving conspiracies that Buffett is taking over the entire food industry can relax. These mergers may actually allow regional, local products a chance at precious shelf space in grocery stores because cost cutting at Kraft may give way to brand offloading, leaving more space for other labels.
In Canada, there has been a palpable increase in local pro-curement by major food retail-ers seeking to cater to consum-ers looking for unique prod-ucts. As there seems to be a collective effort to recognize the heterogonous nature of our food marketplace, more con-solidation in processing may actually represent a silver lining for smaller players.
Buffett’s influence on what and how we eat will intensi-fy, but national food retailers like Loblaw, Sobeys and Metro, which have arguably aged bet-ter than many Kraft brands, are clearly winning the battle on market relevancy.
That, of course, is not going to stop Buffett any time soon, however. He may not appear to be the ideal role model for adopting healthy eating habits, but he is undoubtedly a signifi-cant investor in the food busi-ness, and many consider his taste for snack food companies far from satiated.
Count on more deals involv-ing this hungry tycoon.
Dr. Sylvain Charlebois has joined Troy Media’s grow-ing roster of Business colum-nists. He is Professor of Food Distribution and Policy at the University of Guelph’s College of Business and Economics.
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This is all boiling down to a political game of cat and mouse. And not likely is it soon to change. The prospect of a coalition between the federal Liberals and NDP comes up from time to time. Both parties raise the possibility but, oddly, never at the same time.
On the face of it, that sug-gests the double-team tactic to take down the Conservatives is never likely to happen. Even so, the two opposition parties might want to take an hon-est appraisal of the now hot-to-trot, now hard-to-get tango they’ve got going.
Recently NDP Leader Tom Mulcair expressed a willing-ness to co-operate with the Liberals if that’s what it would take to topple Stephen Harper’s Conservatives. But Liberal
Leader Justin Trudeau is for the time being saying he’s not interested in such a deal.
This reflects a bit of a turn of fortune. Just a couple of years ago, after the Liberal perform-ance plummeted in the last fed-eral election with many of the party’s lost seats picked up by the NDP, it was Mulcair who said he had no interest in a partnership with the Liberals.
Mulcair, despite his recent outreach, is still maintaining he believes he is the most likely to form the next government. But polling trends don’t bear that out, and it’s highly suspi-cious that the gradual loss of favour his party is experiencing has much to do with a will-ingness to co-operate with the Liberals.
We will recall from recent history a similar exercise on the other side of the political
spectrum. The two conservative parties were in standoff mode for some years before finally achieving the merger, a bit over a decade ago, required to ultim-ately defeat the Liberals.
Will the same kind of effort eventually be the only solution for the left-centre left? Short of one of the two parties serious-ly losing ground, it’s hard to envision either of them single-handedly coming up with the numbers for a majority gov-ernment. The current standoff appears to be each party betting on its own chances.
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Golf is now a full-time job for Greater Trail native Garrett Kucher.
The 21-year-old scratch-golfer is taking his golf game to the next level, joining the Vancouver Pro Golf Tour a week ago in Tsawwassen after playing on a professional golf tour in Spain this winter.
“It’s cool, now I’m in a really good spot, my sponsor he’s given me the chance (to play),” said Kucher. “We signed a deal, and I just practice all day, and on weekends I play events, so it’s my job now.”
Kucher was born in Trail, but honed his golf game when he moved to West Kelowna and played for his middle school and high school golf teams. After
graduation, the multi-sport ath-lete also played baseball with the Trail AM Ford Orioles, and attended Selkirk College, playing hockey for the Saints until he decided to concentrate full-time on golf.
“I went back to Osoyoos and worked at the golf course there again, and I won some money in a pro event in the summer and then became pro in July.”
Kucher worked at the Sandpiper Golf Club and follow-ing success in local tournaments was offered a sponsorship from First Class Waste Management, whose owner convinced the young ball-striker to turn pro and test his mettle against the best.
Following strong perform-ances at Pro-Am tournaments in Osoyoos where he finished third and then placed fourth in
a Vancouver Golf Tour event in Chilliwack last summer, as well as qualifying for the B.C. Amateur, Kucher’s sponsor set him up to play in Europe.
He joined the Evolve Tour in Murcia, Spain in January playing in seven tournaments on some of the most difficult golf courses and adverse conditions he has ever played.
“The courses (in Spain) are so much different and they are long, but they are set up to play under good conditions,” said Kucher. “But we’re still playing them in like 40-kilometre winds, and back home I’ve never seen 40-k winds. It’s right off the ocean, so when it’s windy there is nothing like it.”
Murcia, located on the Mediterranean Sea in eastern Spain, can be unforgiving and during one of the worst winters
the European country has seen in years, the tour proved a challenge for the Okanagan golfer.
“The first couple events I was kind of worried because I wasn’t playing very well, and I was getting pretty down on myself because I didn’t know what was going to happen back home,” said Kucher. “You learn a whole differ-ent bag of shots over here . . . it’s all around the green. If you can’t chip or hit 50-yard shots or putt, if you don’t have a good short game you’re done. It’s a different game over there (Spain).”
Kucher’s best finish was a 16th place 7-over par 79 at La Serena, but his all-round game improved and the challenge of playing in Spain proved a valuable learning experience.
“I wasn’t really going over there to put my name on the board,” said Kucher. “I was com-ing over to learn some shots and get my feet wet, and learn how to play with the big guys, and put myself into different scenarios.
“Golf doesn’t happen over-night and it doesn’t happen in one year either . . . It’s my first four months being a golf pro, so I am taking everything with a grain of salt, and just learn from all my experiences.”
Recognizing his efforts and hard work, Kucher’s sponsor extended its commitment and booked him on this summer’s Vancouver Golf Tour.
“It’s taken a lot of weight off my shoulders . . . I have an excit-ing year coming up, and signed with my sponsor for a full year, so I’m playing on the Vancouver Golf Tour until October then I will either go to Phoenix or back to Spain.”
Kucher showed he belongs with the best when he returned to B.C. He shot a 3-over-par 75 at his first VGT stop last week at the Brad Garside Open at the Beach Grove Golf Club in Tsawwassen,
finishing in 22nd in a field of 112. He then shot an even-par 72 and gross 69 with partner Sean Ko to finish in a tie for seventh on Friday at the Canada Bread B.C. match-play qualifier.
“I knew when I came back home I’d be way more developed, and that everything will be that much easier,” said Kucher. “Any weather that’s tossed at me, it will be nothing (compared to Spain).”
His experience overseas has given Kucher a fresh outlook on the sport, reminding him why the game of golf is one of the most challenging and mentally demanding of all sports.
“It more or less humbled me, because I didn’t know the differ-ent types of the game you have to understand, because the weather and courses in Spain are so much different . . . It’s been a long road, and at the end of the day you’re totally out of your comfort zone - I’m just wrapping my head around that this is my life now.”
Kucher continues his VGT play on Thursday at the Ledgeview Golf Course in Abbotsford, and will tee off in a dozen tourna-ments on the tour this year.
Follow Kucher on the VGT at vancouvergolftour.com.
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Trail native Garrett Kucher tees off at La Serena in Murcia, Spain where he played on the Evolve Golf Tour over the winter (above) and returned home to join the Vancouver Golf Tour starting with the Brad Garside Open at Beach Grove Golf Club in Tsawwassen Mar. 21 (right).
By Times sTaffThe NCAA decided its
finalists in the Frozen Four championship on the week-end with a colourful mix of usual contenders and upstart newbies.
One side of the Frozen Four bracket features teams that have combined for 12 national champion-ships and 43 Frozen Four appearances. On the other side, the national cham-
pionships column is empty and Frozen Four experi-ence is slight.
Boston University will play North Dakota in a semifinal matchup of two of the most accomplished programs in college hockey history.
Providence and University of Nebraska-Omaha are matched in the other semi, with the Providence Friars mak-ing their first Frozen Four appearance in 30 years and the UNO Mavericks their first ever.
Omaha beat Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT), with former Trail Smoke Eater Garrett
McMullen, 4-0 on Sunday to win a spot in the final four. The unranked RIT Tigers had just competed the upset of the tournament by knocking out the num-ber-1 ranked Minnesota State 2-1 Saturday.
An unlikely 17th ranked Providence team beat num-ber-4 Miami 7-5 Saturday and then sixth ranked Denver 4-1 on Sunday to advance to the dance, while number-3 North Dakota dispatched St. Cloud State 4-1, and number-2 Boston University beat Minnesota-Duluth 3-2.
The BU Terriers and UND are both No. 1 seeds; Providence emerged from
the East Regional as a No. 4 seed, while University of Nebraska-Omaha was the No. 2 seed in the Midwest.
North Dakota leads the field with 48 NCAA tour-nament wins and seven national titles but hasn’t won since 2000 despite seven Frozen Four appear-ances since. This is UND’s 21st time in the national semifinals overall.
Boston University won the 2009 national cham-pionship, its fifth, and is making its 22nd Frozen Four appearance. That’s third behind Michigan and Boston College.
Providence has made it to three Frozen Fours
in the past, but the most recent was in 1985 when goaltender Chris Terreri led the Friars to the national title game, where they fell to Rensselaer.
Omaha was 0-for-2 in NCAA appearances before this weekend’s West Regional, but coach Dean Blais is a Frozen Four vet-eran, having led North Dakota to titles in 1997 and 2000 and a runner-up finish in 2001.
The quest for the Frozen Four began last Friday with 16 teams playing. Trail native Travis St. Denis and the Quinnipiac Bobcats were in the mix but lost to North Dakota 4-1 in the
NCAA West Regional semi-final Friday night.
The Michigan Tech Huskies with former Smoke Eater, Brent Baltus, and Dane Birks, son of Bill Birks the Smokies coach from 2011-13, were bounced from the tourna-ment in a 3-2 loss to St. Cloud State on Friday.
In all, 72 former BCHL players laced up for hock-ey’s version of the Sweet 16.
The Providence-Omaha game is scheduled for 5 p.m. EDT on April 9, with North Dakota-Boston University following at 8:30. The championship game is at 7:30 p.m. on April 11.
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T H E C A N A D I A N P R E S SCorey Conners is getting
ready for the biggest golf tour-nament of his life. But, the Canadian is trying to treat it like any other.
As a youngster, Conners said he got a VHS tape of the 1997 Masters when Tiger Woods won by 12 strokes. He watched that video “one or two hundred times.” He also remembered watching on television as Mike Weir sank the final putt to win his own green jacket in 2003.
Now, Conners will be play-ing in the tournament he’s only seen on a screen.
The 23-year-old from Listowel, Ont., will be in the field for next week’s Masters Tournament in Augusta, Ga., thanks to a runner-up finish at the U.S. Amateur Championship in 2014. The two finalists are invited to participate in the Masters each year.
He’ll become the 13th Canadian amateur to play in the tournament, joining names like Sandy Somerville - who played
in the first Masters in 1934 - and Moe Norman. He’ll be the 29th Canadian ever.
And, unless Graham DeLaet wins on the PGA Tour this week at the Shell Houston Open, Conners and Weir will be the lone Canadian representatives in the field this year.
Conners hasn’t allowed the big stage to get to him yet. Augusta, although historical, is “pretty cool.” He admits he is “really looking forward to the experience,” but he just wants to play golf.
“I’m really excited for next week,” he said Tuesday. “I’m really looking forward to the experience.”
No amateur has ever won the Masters, but American Ken Venturi came close. He finished one shot back of the eventu-al champion Jack Burke Jr. in 1956.
Conners doesn’t shy away from saying how Augusta National fits his game.
“Overall the course is beauti-ful, and it sets up well for my
game,” he explained. “It’s a real-ly great course and I think I can do really well.”
He’s not alone in thinking this.
Besides a group of fans from his hometown - Conners says his father will likely caddie for him in the par-3 compe-tition next Wednesday, before the tournament begins - Golf Canada’s men’s national team head coach Derek Ingram will also be in Augusta.
Conners has been part of Golf Canada’s program off-and-on since 2010, and Ingram has watched him grow as both a player and a young man.
“If he plays his game, I really think he can (finish in the) top 20,” Ingram stated. “The course at Augusta suits his game really well.”
Conners has played a handful of practice rounds at Augusta National, including one where Ingram was present. He says they’ve tried to work on hitting shots to the best spot possible on Augusta’s notorious greens.
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Produced by Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations and Black Press, the Freshwater Fishing Regulations Synopsis is now available both online and in print.
Published every two years as the go-to guide for all non-salmon sport fishing regulations in effect in freshwater in British Columbia, the synopsis is a valuable resource for anglers throughout the province.
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Inside the 100-page publication, find provincial and regional regulations, boating information and informative feature articles, plus fish identification photos, definitions and more.
Also included is a list of major regulation chan-ges for 2015-17, vital information for a province that boasts more than 20,000 lakes and 750,000 kilometres of streams, not to mention many thou-sands of avid anglers.
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Dear Annie: My son lives in California and is going to marry a local girl in the fall. Our entire family lives in the Midwest. My husband and I, along with our daughter’s family, will attend. But I know it is far too expensive for any of my relatives to be there.
Should they receive invitations even though we know they can’t come? I don’t want it to seem like a gift grab. Do I have a “meet the bride and groom” party in our hometown after the wedding? What is the prop-er procedure?
I have another question, too. My husband and I are retired, but are giving our son and future daughter-in-law a large sum of money to help with wedding costs. As the parents of the groom, we will pay for the rehearsal dinner, but what about the rest? What are our respon-sibilities when it comes to out-of-state guests? -- Don’t Want To Get Another Job
Dear Don’t Want: If these are close relatives, they probably would be hurt or offended to be excluded. Please invite them. They may wish to send a gift
whether they attend or not. But you can skip more dis-tant acquaintances, such as business associates or people you rarely contact. And should you decide to have an informal reception of your own after the wed-ding, that would be lovely and much appreciated.
As for expenses, your son should be covering most of them without your assist-ance. These days, most couples split the costs, perhaps with help from their parents. Traditionally, the groom or his parents would be responsible for his attendants’ accommo-dations, along with the offi-ciant’s fee and travel costs. Other out-of-town guests, however, are on their own. They should be given infor-mation about available
hotels in the area, and you can supply a gift basket to each room so the guests have something to nibble on should they arrive too late to find an open res-taurant. (Some hosts pro-vide a hospitality suite or include all out-of-towners at the rehearsal dinner, but this is optional and certain-ly not a requirement.) Our congratulations on your upcoming special event.
Dear Annie: I want to respond to the letters you’ve printed about rela-tionships between mothers-in-law and their son’s wives.
When I first married my husband, my MIL was great -- shopping, vaca-tions and activities with the grandchildren. When her parents experienced health problems, I helped care for them, including trips to the ER in the middle of the night, checking in on them daily and managing their health care needs for 15 years. Meanwhile, my mother-in-law continued her traveling and active social life.
When her parents died, they left me an inherit-ance that ticked off my
MIL. (Mind you, had she paid someone for the care I was giving, there would have been no money left.) My MIL never calls any-more, and I only see her on holidays, and she barely acknowledges me. She has given her daughter a trip to Europe and her other son a home makeover, but
my husband receives noth-ing. I am cordial and polite, but things will never be the same. -- Fed-Up Daughter-in-Law
Dear Fed Up: You became the daughter her parents needed. When you were rewarded, it underscored her guilt, and that made her angry. We’re so sorry.
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PENTICTON101-2601 Skaha Lake Rd.
493-3800(250)
VERNON200-3107 - 48th Ave.
542-3000(250)
ANDRES WIRELESSCherry Lane Mall
(250) 493-4566
KELOWNA2153 Springfield Road
860-2600(250)
WEST KELOWNA#200 - 2180 Elk Rd.
707-2600(250)
CASTLEGAR200-1965 Columbia Ave.
365-6455(250)
NELSONChahko Mika Mall
352-7258(250)
CRANBROOK101 Kootenay St. North
426-8927(250)
TELUS KIOSK
KELOWNA2153 Springfield Road
860-2600(250)
WEST KELOWNA#200 - 2180 Elk Rd.
707-2600(250)
100 MileHouse
KELOWNA2153 Springfield Road
860-2600(250)
PENTICTON101-2601 Skaha Lake Rd.
493-3800(250)
VERNON200-3107 - 48th Ave.
542-3000(250)
WEST KELOWNA#200 - 2180 Elk Rd.
707-2600(250)
ANDRES CAR AUDIO1881 Harvey Avenue
(250) 860-1975
KELOWNA CAR AUDIO1881 Harvey Avenue
(250) 860-1975
KAMLOOPS CAR AUDIO154 Victoria Str
(250) 314-9944
WEST KELOWNA#200 - 2180 Elk Rd.
707-2600(250)
PENTICTON101-2601 Skaha Lake Rd.
493-3800(250)
VERNON200-3107 - 48th Ave.
542-3000(250)
WilliamsLake KELOWNA
2153 Springfield Road860-2600(250)
KAMLOOPS745 Notre Dame Drive
851-8700(250)
PRINCE GEORGE2591A Vance Rd.
563-4447(250)
WILLIAMS AKE299 Oliver Str.
398-8522(250)
L 100 MILE OUSE916 Alpine Ave.
395-4015(250)
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KAMLOOPS745 Notre Dame Drive
851-8700(250)
ANDRES WIRELESSAberdeen Mall(250) 377-8880
ANDRES WIRELESS215 - 450 Lansdowne Mall
(250) 377-8007
ANDRES CAR AUDIO154 Victoria Str
(250) 314-9944
ANDRES BUSINESS300 St. Paul Str.
(250) 377-3773
PRINCE GEORGE2591A Vance Rd.
563-4447(250)
KAMLOOPS745 Notre Dame Drive
851-8700(250)
VERNON200-3107 - 48th Ave.
542-3000(250)
WILLIAMS AKE299 Oliver Str.
398-8522(250)
L 100 MILE OUSE916 Alpine Ave.
395-4015(250)
H
KAMLOOPS745 Notre Dame Drive
851-8700(250)
PRINCE GEORGE2591A Vance Rd.
563-4447(250)
100 MILE OUSE916 Alpine Ave.
395-4015(250)
H WILLIAMS AKE299 Oliver Str.
398-8522(250)
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VERNON200-3107 - 48th Ave.
542-3000(250)
ANDRES WIRELESSVilliage Green Mall
(250) 542-1496
KELOWNA2153 Springfield Road
860-2600(250)
WEST KELOWNA#200 - 2180 Elk Rd.
707-2600(250)
KAMLOOPS745 Notre Dame Drive
851-8700(250)
VERNON200-3107 - 48th Ave.
542-3000(250)
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Trail 2 bdrm ....$750/mo plus utilities, NS NP
Rossland 4 bdrm $1050/mo plus utilities, NS NP
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We have excellent tenants waiting for rentals in
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Call today if you need your property professionally
managed! Terry Alton 250-231-1101
Tonnie Stewart (250) 365-9665
RENTALS
817 Whitetail Dr., Rossland$1,100,000
Custom-built, high-end timber frame home at Redstone. Features
high ceilings, timber frame accents, huge windows, and
amazing views. The kitchen is gorgeous, the decks are amazing
and the bathrooms are deluxe! Call your REALTOR® for your personal
viewing.
Call Richard (250) 368-7897
1533 - 4th Avenue, Trail
$149,9002 bedroom home
in excellent East Trail Location!
Call Terry 250-231-1101
1210 Primrose Street, Trail$178,000
Enjoy the carefree life in this low maintenance town home. Tastefully
decorated, well maintained, featuring 3 bdrms, 1.5 baths, with newer windows, air conditioning, fenced yard and carport. Excellent
value! Call now to view!
Call Deanne (250) 231-0153
NEW LISTING
NEW LISTING
1180 - 3rd Avenue, Trail$199,000
Fantastic family home! This home is located on very large, fl at lot on quiet cul-de-sac. Tons of charm and plenty of extras like central vac, u/g sprinkling and central
air. Call your REALTOR® for your personal viewing.
Call Mary M (250) 231-0264
138 Reservoir Road, Trail$125,000
Exceptional value in a great starter home or revenue property with
2 bdrms up and a basement suite down. Hardwood fl oors, new
carpets, kitchen and bath, doors & windows. You need to check
this one out!
Call Terry 250-231-1101
NEW LISTING
NEW LISTING
430 Wellington Ave., Warfi eld
$189,000Beautiful property on Trail Creek.
This warm and cozy homefeatures 3 bdrms, hardwood
fl oors and large workshop. Lotsof parking too. Bring an offer!
Call Mary M (250) 231-0264
3621 Rosewood Dr., Trail$285,000
Immaculate 4 bdrm, 2 bath familyhome with a large rec room,2 replaces, sh pond, tons of
perennials, underground sprinklers,outside deck and a very private backyard. Ideal starter or family
home with plenty of room to grow.
Call Christine (250) 512-7653
640 Shelley St., Warfi eld$213,000
Well maintained 3 bdrm family home with lots of upgrades!
Bright sun room, amazing views, new fl ooring, paint, trim, railing, electrical and windows. Call your
realtor today to view!
Call Christine (250) 512-7653
1101 Christie Road, Montrose
$479,000Hideaway in your timber style
executive home. Quality abounds in this 3 bed/3 bath home. Hydronic heated concrete fl oors, cathedral ceilings, recess lighting, gourmet
kitchen and open fl oor plan. Too many extras to list. Come see for yourself!
Call Deanne (250) 231-0153
NEW LISTING
572 Spokane Street, Trail
$45,000Good rental or starter home with
4 bdrms, country kitchen, rec. room, single carport, and view deck. Plumbing in basement for a
second bathroom. Located an easy fi ve minute walk to town.
Call Art (250) 368-8818
OPEN HOUSESat, April 4th 1-3pm
#313 - 880 Wordsworth Avenue, Warfi eld$71,500
Great top fl oor corner unit. This 2 bdrm condo is gorgeous - great updates done here - fl ooring and paint - owner will pay to have new windows
and sliding door replaced with new effi cient glass. The price is right and mortgage rates are very good.
Call Mark (250) 231-5591
NEW LISTING 441 Whitman Way, Warfi eld$575,000
Gorgeous custom built home with high quality fi nishings, fantastic kitchen, open
fl oor plan and beautifully landscaped yard. Great parking with huge garage and workshop area. An excellent family
home with room for everyone. Come see it today!
Call Mary M (250) 231-0264
Did you know that if a taxpayer fails to report on their tax return a source of income that is reported on a “T” slip
in one year and then within the next three years fails to report another source of “T” slip income, Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) can assess a 20per cent penalty.
And not 20per cent of the tax liability, but 20per cent of the actual income – no April Fools on this one.
Let’s say it’s $10,000 worth of T5 investment income or T4 wages. The penalty is $2,000 plus the taxes due. And this pen-alty applies even if taxes had been withheld at source and for-warded to CRA. In other words, CRA may already have the taxes due and the penalty could still be assessed by CRA.
And CRA is assessing these days – again, no April Fools.
And it doesn’t have to be the same source of income missed twice in that four year period. Any two “T” sources trigger this penalty, and the second
offence is the defining income in terms of the penalty amount assessed.
For example, missing a $500 T5 in year 1 and then a $7,500 T4 in any of the following 3 years, the 20per cent penalty is assessed on the last offence. That’s a $1,500 penalty on the $7,500.
If the offences were reversed in timing, the penalty would be $100 on the $500.
This April Fools joke just keeps getting worse.
And if you’re think-ing CRA won’t catch a missed “T” slip, remem-ber that every “T” slip issued is matched by CRA’s super computer to the applicable tax-
payer’s tax return.Avoiding this penalty involves dili-
gence by the taxpayer. That is, be aware of all the “T” slips due to you. Reviewing the prior year’s return is a good start. Professional software actually alerts the preparer about slips not input this year that were last year, but not all do-it-yourself programs offer this feature.
Track down the “T” slips regardless of value, and ensure they get entered on your tax return. And if you can’t get the official “T” slip, estimate the value and enter it, at least then you can say you tried.
And proving you tried is import-ant. The diligence put forward by a taxpayer is key to challenging such a penalty imposed by CRA.
The Tax Court of Canada has estab-lished that a taxpayer who makes the effort to report income when a “T” slip is missing, or if not reported, attempts to report it after the fact, and/or makes the effort to prevent such a miss in the future such as correcting their address on file, may be exempted from the penalty.
To this point, if a “T” slip arrives after you have filed, it might be best to do a T1 adjustment to catch that slip up to your return. If you ignore it, it could lead to a very costly penalty, and that’s no joke.
Ron Clarke has his MBA and is a business owner in Trail, providing accounting and tax services. Email him at [email protected]. To read previous Tax Tips & Pits columns visit www.JBSbiz.net.
Little known tax penalty is no joke
Ron ClaRke
Tax Tips & Pits
T H e C a n a D I a n P R e S SOTTAWA - A new report says families who
pay to put young children in daycare won’t benefit as much from the Conservative gov-ernment’s proposed family tax-and-benefit package as families with older kids or those who don’t need child care.
The parliamentary budget officer says that in 2015-16, families with children under 13 who pay for child care will receive 49 per cent of the benefits from a boost to the universal child care benefit and a tax deduction for child care expenses. The report says that’s down from about 66 per cent in 2013-14.
But the PBO says families with older kids or those who don’t pay for child care will see their share of the benefits rise to 51 per cent in 2015-16 from 34 per cent in 2013-14.
That’s because the new monthly benefit of $60 for children aged six through 17 now covers more families - those with older kids who don’t require daycare - than when it only applied to families with kids under six.
Tthe government said it would replace the child tax credit with the monthly universal child care benefit, adding $60 to the monthly $100 cheque for kids under six and creating a new $60 benefit for children ages six to 17.
Child-care benefits shifting away from families with
kids in daycare: PBO
