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While it was only -2 degrees last year on New Year’s Day when everyone took the plunge, it may be somewhat colder this year when the 44th Field Engineer Squadron leads the charge into the chilly waters of the Columbia at Gyro Park.

Polar Bear Swim organizer, Cpl. Chris Buckley, proposes to warm things up for the swim this year by getting even more people into the water.

“Our theme is ‘Bring a Friend’ for the swim this year,” said Buckley. “We want to grow every year and this may warm things up a bit as well. ”

This year will be the 28th year for the annual event that has grown from a handful of 44th members jumping into the water at 5 a.m. to over 170 participants taking part last year.

The fun starts at Gyro with registration at 10:15 a.m. New Year’s Day and the official “jump off” at noon.

There will be the much

appreciated bonfire and the concession, this year sponsored by the Navy League of Canada and the Trail Sea Cadets, will be offering hot chocolate, coffee, and hot dogs.

Registered swimmers will be entered into prize draws after the swim for prizes and gift cer-tificates from local businesses and a grand prize of two tickets to Vancouver courtesy of Pacific Coastal airlines.

“This has turned into a really enjoyable family oriented com-munity event,” said Buckley. “We have whole families that take part, different charity groups, some groups do some fund raising, it’s just an all round good time.

“Even if you’re not going to swim come for the show, we get all sorts of crazy costumes and a lot of spectators. Last year there was around 500 people watching.”

Buckley reminds swimmers to bring a blanket or robe to wrap around yourself after get-ting out of the water and to bring warm clothes to change

into.Safety for the event is

important and the organ-izing crew will have bound-aries around the shore clearly marked to keep participants in the monitored swim area and Kootenay Boundary Fire and Rescue will have their rescue boat at the ready. There will also be a certified swift-water rescue swimmer waiting on the shore just in case anyone runs into trouble.

Buckley says the swim even has its own Facebook page for people to get information on the event beforehand and to post their photos of the event afterwards.

Although Buckley himself won’t be taking the plunge this year because of work commit-ments he is still encouraging everyone to come and give it a try.

“Hey, if you can swim in Kootenay Lake in the summer you can swim here, there’s not that much difference,” he said. “It’s always good to remember, too, that the colder it is outside,

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The 44th Field Engineers, Cpl. Chris Buckley, may not have his floaty toy with him to paddle around the bay at Gyro Park for the annual polar bear swim this year.

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Trail buys airport, looks to grow city limitsThe Trail Times is reviewing

some of the top stories of 2013 as it closes the book on a busy year.

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Big moves in the political arena and big changes outside the sports arena prevailed in Silver City news this year.

After the fallout from an airport service review left Trail’s vision of expanding the regional service at odds with the seven-person East End Services (EES) committee, the city threw future flight plans into a tailspin by formally requesting to purchase the airport Jan. 15.

Fast forward 11 months to Dec. 19 when Trail released the news that the city reached an agreement to purchase the Trail Regional Airport for S1.28 million from the Regional District of Kootenay Boundary (RDKB) with a transi-

tion plan expected to be secured within the next six months.

To maintain the 4,000-foot airstrip running on a break-even basis, the city is considering increasing the $7 fee affixed to the purchase of a ticket to $12, which will avoid a hike in property taxes related to the acquisition and daily operations of the service.

Under the RDKB ownership the airport was volunteer-run, how-ever, the city is currently recruit-ing an airport manager during this initial phase of transition.

In April, the future of regional economic development took a hit when 12 of 13 RDKB directors agreed to end an agreement to fund the Lower Columbia Initiatives Corporation (LCIC), located on Pine Avenue in downtown Trail, after six of the seven EES partners did not wish to continue with the service.

The reason given, after an LCIC service review, was the cost of the service and the ability to sustain it. Meaning the three-year con-tract to provide $224,000 per year would no longer buoy the eco-nomic development program after December 2013.

The following month, Trail rebounded with the announce-ment that the city would pursue a boundary expansion into Teck-owned land in Area A, with a pro-posal to absorb 66 parcels of land and the property taxes within the area that includes the Waneta Dam the Teck Reload Facility.

The proposed deal secures Teck Trail Operations a long term tax certainty of a reduction in muni-cipal taxes over time, and for Trail, a one-time community investment of $1 million to focus on eco-nomic development and a 20-year

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The Trail Historical Society has kindly shared stories and photos of Greater Trail’s history.

After the opening of the Cominco Arena in 1949, the Trail & District Recreational Projects Society con-tinued its tireless efforts to outfit the Greater Trail region with state-of-the-art recreational facilities and amenities. Sixty years ago this month, the Cominco Arena saw the completion of the kids’ rink addition. The Society’s hope to complete the pro-ject within 1953 was realized with a single day to spare, officially opening on December 30th. A long list of projects preceded this one, included the arena itself, the curl-ing sheets within it, a breakwater on the Columbia River for summertime swim-mers, lighting at Butler Park, and ten-nis courts. The Kids’ Rink project served to add an additional ice sheet for the growing youth hockey move-ment in Greater Trail and figure skaters.

Artificial ice was

installed to a much higher cost than was initially anticipated. The society required a nominal loan to complete the pro-ject, which totaled $130,000. Setting themselves a comple-tion date of Christmas 1953, the month of December that year produced mild tem-peratures and an onslaught of rain, which quickly seeped

through the tempor-ary roofing erected during construc-tion. Many finishing features and lighting were put on hold until the following year as a result.

Several volunteers were responsible not only for fundrais-ing, but also hours of labour. Mr. C.H. Wright, president of the Trail & District Recreational Projects

Society thanked those people at the open-ing ceremony on December 30, 1953, subsequently handing the key to Mayor E.G. Fletcher.

The Trail Pipe Band serenaded the 500 attendees, fol-lowed by exhibitions from the Trail Figure Skating Club and the Trail Booster Hockey League. Finally, near-ly 150 children laced

up to try evaluate their newest facility.

Still used exten-sively to this day, the Cominco Arena con-tinues to prove a valu-able and necessary amenity to the region.

Pick up a copy of the Trail Journal of Local History at the Trail Historical Society’s office in Trail City Hall or visit the website www.trailhist-ory. com.

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The Kids’ Rink celebrates 60th anniversary on Dec. 30

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The opening ceremonies of the newly built Kids’ Rink on Dec. 30, 1953, attracted over 500 spectators, the pipe band and digni-taries. Below, the on-going construction of the Kids’ Rink in October, 1953.

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The Trail Times continues its review of the top stories and moments from 2013 in Greater Trail. This edi-tion will review April to June.

APRIL1 – B.C. busi-

nesses and consum-ers adjusted to the elimination of the Harmonized Sales Tax and the return of the Provincial Sales Tax and the Goods and Services Tax.

2- The Glenmerry Citizens Group pre-sents a petition to the city, with over 900 sig-natures, which eventu-ally halts plans to sell an empty lot in the city’s subdivision.

4 – Thanks to a groundswell of support and online voting, the Rossland-Trail Minor Hockey Association is $20,000 richer in the Kraft Hockey Goes On promotion. Volunteers across Canada were nominated and Trail’s Ken Koshey received enough votes to place him among the 25 winners. A volunteer from Golden was one of five in Canada to earn their association $100,000.

10 – A CBC online survey, which ranked hospitals in Canada, gave the Kootenay Regional Boundary Hospital a “B” grade. While the grade was

good, Interior Health CEO Robert Halpenny dismissed the survey as “subjective.”

19 – A retirement party was held for Local 480 president Doug Jones, who retired after serving four terms as the local union leader.

15 – Fruitvale ath-lete Heather Johnson was safe following a tragic bombing at the Boston Marathon. Johnson crossed the finish line about two hours before terror-ists detonated bombs that killed three and injured over 100.

15 – The Village of Fruitvale received almost $500,000 from the Gas Tax Fund to continue upgrades to its Water Treatment Plant.

15 – School District 20 rejects an offer from the City of Rossland to keep K-12 classes in its city. The city offered a grant-in-aid of $140,000 per year for three years to keep the grades.

16 – The writ was dropped on the 40th provincial election in British Columbia, which was held on May 14.

19 – Trail’s Don Nutini, a tireless com-munity volunteer and promoter, is selected at the 2012 Trail-Warfield Citizen of the Year. The Knights of Columbus bestowed the honour on him at a ceremony at St. Michael’s School prior to the start of Silver City Days.

24 – A new sponsor for the annual Rivers Day festival is sought after the Skills Centre drops from its spear-heading role. The day features a cleanup along the Columbia River banks as well as a celebration at Gyro

Park.25 – The Trail food

banks are in crisis mode as demand increases while dona-tions drop due to the slow economic condi-tions in the region.

26 – The deadline for candidates to regis-ter for the May 14 elec-tion arrives with four people running in the Kootenay West riding – incumbent Katrine Conroy of the NDP, Jim Postnikoff of the BC Liberals and two Independent candi-dates – Joe Hughes of Nakusp and Glen Byle of Trail.

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ponders opening a pri-vate franchise in Trail. Union opposes move citing potential job losses.

3 – An Ontario man was killed when the tractor trailer he was driving flipped at the bottom of the Rossland Hill. The RCMP have concluded that the fully loaded commer-cial semi trailer unit carrying bricks suf-fered a mechanical failure when it lost its brakes while des-cending Highway 3B between Rossland and Trail and rolled near

the intersection of the highway and Tennyson Avenue in Warfield, killing the driver. A summer student work-ing for the Village of Warfield nearby suf-fered injuries from the truck’s debris.

6 – Heroes come in all shapes and sizes and at the 2013 Purina Animal Hall of Fame ceremony the four-legged variety were honoured includ-

ing one from Trail. Angie Prime and her dog Vicious were in Toronto for the cere-mony on Monday after Vicious came to her rescue when a cougar invaded their Sunningdale home last August.

7 – After months of heated debate, announcement of school closure and staff cuts, School District 20 finally passes its balanced budget in front of a sparse crowd at the Trail Middle School.

10 – Cheyanne Friess, Miss Italo Canadese, was crowned Miss Trail 2013 while Emily Dawson, Miss Trail Legion, was selected as Trail Princess.

14 – The election drama that unfolded across the province last night barely made a ripple in the Kootenay West riding. An hour after the polling sta-tions had closed and 45 of the 115 ballot boxes reporting, NDP incumbent Katrine Conroy was already declared the winner. On a night when the B.C. Liberal Party

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April 19 – The Knights of Columbus Trail-Warfield Citizen of the Year for 2012 Don Nutini (top left) is a regular fixture as a volunteer at the Trail Regional Airport.May 24 – The many people involved in the Beaver Valley Blooming Society (top right) were a perfect selection for the 2013 Beaver Valley Citizen of the Year Award. “If you look at the Fruitvale area, you can see the beautification that has happened over the years,” said Grace Terness, Beaver Valley Citizen of the Year committee member.

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May 3 – A crash at the bottom of the Rossland Hill in Warfield left the driver of this fully-loaded semi truck dead. An investiga-tion into the cause of the accident was attributed to driver error and equipment malfunction.

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June 26 – John Howell and his family parked a 53-foot trailer outside their home to fill with donated items to send to flood-affected areas of Alberta.


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FROM PAGE 1commitment of $225,000 per year, indexed for inflation, to focus on the econ-omy and diversifica-tion.

The city received a mitigation proposal

from the RDKB ear-lier this month per-taining to the loss of revenue for various regional services and a compensation pack-age should the bound-ary expansion pro-ceed, confirmed David

Perehudoff, Trail’s chief administrative officer.

“The city will now work to develop a response to this and will complete a bound-ary extension report that will be submitted to the province,” he said. “The city would hope to have a response back from the province in the first quarter of 2014 and then assess next steps in the pro-cess.”

As late spring rolled in to summer, the first stage of Trail’s down-town revitalization plan, called the Victoria Street Corridor pro-ject, began at the bot-tom of Glover Road.

From July to October, the major artery through town was a zone of heavy construction while the city’s old bones (sewer and drainage systems) were dug up and replaced with modern

infrastructure.During this time,

many drivers became hot under the collar as long waits in traf-fic congestion led to numerous phone calls and letters of com-plaint to the city.

The 2013 construc-tion affected more than just peak hours of traffic demand and the high level of traffic dis-ruption was not antici-pated, explained John Howes, engineering technician for Trail.

All future works within the Victoria Street corridor require a much higher level of traffic management planning, including a more accommodating construction schedule, in order to minimize the disruption of the normal traffic flow, Howes concluded in a December report to council.

That observation will be taken into account during Phase 2 of the downtown plan set to resume in the new year.

Upcoming improve-ments include the “pretty” of the plan, such as planting trees and improving upon current greenery; site amenities such as benches and bike racks; and further sidewalk and parking upgrades.

November saw the re-emergence of the proposed pedestrian pipe bridge plan when council approved the location of the 300-metre walking bridge.

The $6.5 mil-lion foot-traffic only crossing will start at the west end of Rotary Park, near the Groutage Avenue park-ing lot, and cross over the Columbia River to

end at the intersection of McQuarrie Street and Columbia Avenue in East Trail.

Earlier in December, council advanced a design which incor-porates a single sup-port tower on each end of the river and the city is now approaching the RDKB and the regional sewer service to deter-mine the level of fund-ing it will provide as part of the regional sewer line being con-nected to the bridge.

“If everything comes together as planned, the city should be in a pos-ition to advance a loan authorization bylaw early in 2014 for the city share of the pro-ject,” said Perehudoff.

The final month of the year saw the end of regional cost-sharing for recreation users in Beaver Valley com-munities under the Trail Resident Program (TRP).

Fruitvale, Area A and Montrose citizens who use Trail’s facili-ties including the pool, programs and gym at the aquatic centre, Willi Krause Field

house and Haley Park will be paying more for those services begin-ning Jan. 1.

As the new year rings in, another pro-ject Trail residents can expect to hear about is the concept plan, budget and potential property tax impacts related to the pro-posed construction of a new Library/Museum on the former Eagles property at the south end of downtown.

The city is work-ing towards the plan’s completion in January, explained Perehudoff, and a public consul-tation will follow to advise taxpayers about the estimated property tax impacts.

“The city will also work with other bod-ies to identify potential grant opportunities in hopes of securing moneys to lessen the overall cost of the pro-ject,” he added.

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Downtown traffic was slowed to a crawl as the revitalization plan kicked into high gear.


A proposed foot bridge will link downtown’s Rotary Park to East Trail’s McQuarrie St. Construction could begin in the summer of 2014 pending agreements from all involved parties.


The City of Trail closed out 2013 by announcing it had crafted a deal to purchase the Trail Regional Airport.


The new year will bring a plan for the relocation of the library to a lot downtown.

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FROM PAGE 3shocked the experts with its majority win, it was all too predictable in Kootenay West. The final results, released two weeks later showed Conroy with 11,349 votes, Liberal Jim Postnikoff with 3,831, independent Joseph Hughes with 2,391 and independent Glen Byle with 431.

23 – The City of Trail released details on a mutual agree-ment that outlines the Silver City’s intent to expand its boundary into Teck-owned land in Area A. The deal involves 66 parcels of land including Teck’s Waneta Reload Facility and the Waneta Dam. The regional district expressed concerns over the deal pointing to the potential nega-tive impacts and tax-sharing formulas for the Waneta Dam will have to be worked out between the Beaver Valley and Trail.

25 – A fishing trip to Little Wilson Lake near Rosebery has left one Trail man pre-sumed drowned. RCMP searched for 32-year-old Michael Guthrie for two weeks follow-ing his disappearance after the boat he was in capsized. One man made it to shore but Guthrie was never found. RCMP brought in sonar equipment to search the deep, fri-gid lake but did not recover the body.

26 – The last two Catholic parishes in Trail, St. Anthony’s Church, and Our Lady of Perpetual Help (OLPH), were canon-ically suppressed to create the Holy Trinity Parish. Canonical sup-pression refers to the dissolution of a parish. The church is being renamed Holy Trinity (Trinity defines God as three divine per-sons) to encompass displaced parishion-ers from St. Francis Xavier Church in downtown Trail, which closed some time ago.

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Trail RCMP detach-ment Staff Sergeant, Nick Romanchuk, has been promoted to the position of Officer in Charge of the Kelowna RCMP. Romanchuk was stationed in Trail from 2004 to 2008,

when he was pro-moted to the rank of Inspector as the first Officer in Charge of the Kootenay Boundary RCMP and stationed in Nelson.

14 – The Columbia River has a new watch-dog to guard the future of its southerly flow. Kootenay West MLA Katrine Conroy has been appointed oppos-

ition critic for the Columbia River Treaty (CRT) review after an NDP post-election reshuffle of duties.

16 – The City of Trail has been saving for a rainy day, and this year it’s time to spend some of the nest egg. A memorandum of the city’s 2012 financial audit was reviewed at council and the report

revealed a surplus of cash and a hefty sav-ings account. “The city is in a healthy position,” said Craig

Teindl, City of Trail auditor from L. Soligo & Associates Ltd. “This refers to the fact that as of Dec. 31, 2012,

the city had enough cash and investments to pay off all the debt and still have some cash left over.” Teindl said that in 2012, the total revenue of the city was almost $20 million, and of that total almost $12.5 mil-lion, or 62 per cent came from property taxes. Another eye-catching figure noted in the report is the city’s $10 million in cash and short term investments.

18 – As the final graduating class of Rossland Secondary School (RSS) made its exit, the N e i g h b o u r h o o d s of Learning (NOL) committee and Red Mountain Academy confirmed its plans to open an independent school in Rossland this fall. The Red Mountain Academy has commit-ted to enrolling its nine international stu-

dents, but to move for-ward, the independent school needs to have a minimum of 33 stu-dents from grades 8-12 enrolled by June 25.

22 – The Arlington Bar and Grill got approval from Trail City Council to open at 9 a.m. for breakfast service and close ear-lier, at 12:30 a.m. The final approval must come from the B.C. Liquor License Board.

26 – A Trail family is trying to help vic-tims of the flooding in Alberta. The Howell family is accepting donations, which will be loaded into a trailer and taken to Calgary to help victims of the devastating floods.

27 – Fortis BC locks out members of Local 213 of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers. The moves affects 225 employees in B.C.’s Southern Interior.

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June 26 – Above; Fortis BC locked out 225 electrical workers in the Southern Interior including those at the Warfield System Control Centre.

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May 14 – Above left; The smiles at Katrine Conroy’s headquarters following her victory in Kootenay West were masking some of the shock felt by many NDP supporters following the B.C. Liberal Party’s return to power in the province.

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April 3 – Above right; Joanne Crossman (right), from the Glenmerry Citizens Group, handed a peti-tion with 905 voter signatures to Sandy Lucchini,Trail’s deputy corporate administrator.


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A Northern Gateway to more conflictThe National Energy

Board (NEB) released its report on the Enbridge

Northern Gateway pipe-line proposal December 19, finding that plans for building the pipeline are sufficient for its approval. The report states “We have concluded that the pro-ject would be in the public interest. We find that the project’s potential benefits for Canada and Canadians outweigh the potential burdens and risks.”

The NEB did have a few conditions – 209 of them in fact – but assuming they are all met by Enbridge, the NEB says the pipeline project is good to go.

But this does not mark the end of the process. It is merely a first step in what is shaping up to be an extremely adversarial process driven by environ-mental extremists. A group called ForestEthics, which claims to have organized the largest act of civil dis-obedience in Canada “in the history of the pipeline fight,” has pledged, that regardless of law, regard-less of public opinion, regardless of the fact that Canada stands to benefit from energy production in Alberta, Northern Gateway

will “never be completed.”Ben West, who cam-

paigns against the oil sands for ForestEthics, frames the issue as one of the fed-eral government overrid-ing the will of the province of British Columbia and pledges that their “many thousands” in the anti-oil sand social movement will never relent on the pipe-line. Other environmental groups such as 350.org, the Suzuki Foundation, and Greenpeace will no doubt join them in the ongoing campaign against Northern Gateway. In an e-mail sent the day of the decision, the Suzuki Foundation encouraged its followers to send notes to persuade First Nations bands to disapprove con-struction of the pipeline.

This is a deeply troub-ling situation for several reasons. First, it over-turns an expectation that has prevailed throughout Canada’s history, which is that people can engage in lawful commerce without threats of intimidation, violent protests, political sabotage, and slander or disinformation campaigns. The expectation that one will be allowed to engage in legal commerce is vital to our economy because

investments are made in businesses on that expectation. Without the expectation that one will be able to engage in law-ful commerce, business investments become high-er in risk, and ultimately become more scarce, to the detriment of a healthy economy. Indeed, Fraser Institute’s annual Global Petroleum Survey consist-ently finds that percep-tions of unfairness in a jurisdiction’s legal system is a significant deterrent to investment in petroleum exploration and develop-ment.

Enbridge is a big com-pany and can defend itself. But one has to assume that they’ve spent many millions in the process of applying to build the Northern Gateway pipe-

line and they would not have done so without the expectation that if they fol-low the laws of the land, they would be allowed to build the pipeline. It’s just common sense to expect companies to avoid pro-posing any controversial projects that might be completely legal but still die a political death.

The situation is troub-ling for another reason, which is that ForestEthics, and other pipeline-protest groups, are actively work-ing to undermine a duly-established process and fairly-arrived at outcomes, that can then be imple-mented (or not) depending on the recommendations received. The consulta-tion and comment process undertaken by the NEB cost over $500 million to complete and took four years. If activist groups can negate the outcomes of such consultation and public comment processes, why would anyone expend the effort to do them?

The federal government has six months to decide on the pipeline. Prime Minister Stephen Harper faces an ugly situation regardless of how the fed-eral government acts on the Northern Gateway or

other energy transporta-tion infrastructure. He is literally in a “damned if you do, damned if you don’t” situation. If he lets the pipeline proceed he will infuriate a swath of Canadians. If he turns the project down, he’ll infuri-ate a different swath of Canadians, mostly in his home province, but across Canada as well.

But despite the political risk, there is one thing the federal government might wish to consider with regard to the message it would send by failing to uphold Enbridge’s right to conduct lawful business in Canada, as approved by the National Energy Board, after extensive consulta-tion and public involve-ment.

A failure to allow the pipeline will essentially send the message that Canada’s political process is nearly as dysfunctional of that of the U.S., and Canada can no longer deliver on critical energy infrastructure.

That’s not a happy mes-sage for the holiday sea-son.

Kenneth Green is Senior Director, Natural Resource Studies at the Fraser Institute.

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We put the news on and,

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T H E C A N A D I A N P R E S SOTTAWA - Wait

until next year.It’s a familiar refrain

for sports teams, but the premise is get-ting old for Canadians awaiting the return of an economy that can be counted on for jobs, solid incomes and financial security.

As far back as 2010, the Bank of Canada held out the prospect of better times in the year ahead. But unexpected events - whether it was a tsunami in Japan, a debt crisis in Europe, or political shenani-gans in Washington - always took the shine off the optimism.

“If you were look-ing for a theme song for the Canadian econ-omy, it would either be ‘With a Little Help from my Friends,’ or, alternatively, Led Zeppelin’s ‘The Song Remains the Same,’ ” says Craig Alexander, TD Bank’s chief econo-mist.

He says we’re still waiting for a hand-off from consumer-driven growth.

“We are going to eventually get this rotation toward exports and business investment and away from real estate and consumer spending. We said that would happen in 2013. It didn’t happen. Now we’re saying it is going to start next year,” Alexander said.

Snatch away the stimulus measures and Canada, some say, would most likely still be in recession.

CIBC chief econo-mist Avery Shenfeld there was nothing fundamentally amiss about Canada’s domes-tic economy before 2008 when the world’s financial system was dealt a severe blow by a meltdown in the U.S. real estate, which spread to banking and other industries.

While Canada’s

economy initially emerged from the 2008-9 global reces-sion in relatively good shape, it has limped along more recent-ly amid weakened demand for many of the country’s major exports.

“Part of the reason Canada hasn’t seen the lift in capital business spending is because the rest of the world has disappointed us,” Shenfeld said.

Optimism for 2014 is tied to how quickly the U.S. recovers and how much that boosts Canadian exports. The Royal Bank is among the most optimistic, pencilling in a 2.6 per cent expansion next year, and 2.7 the year after that, which will more quickly close the output gap and get the Bank of Canada to raise interest rates in 2015.

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ord levels - 164 per cent of annual after-tax income - David Madani, the chief analyst at Capital Economics, expects a bad year for the con-struction industry and a slowdown in con-sumer spending, which makes up the majority of the economy.

Rather than improving, Madani thinks the economy will deteriorate further to 1.5 per cent growth, which may cause the Bank of Canada to cut interest rates further and even push Finance Minister Jim Flaherty off his austerity drive - although he admits that’s a long shot.

Madani’s advice. Wait till next year and, by next year, he means 2015 or even 2016. By then there will have been a correction in housing and global demand may be strong enough to make more of a difference to Canada.

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It is with heavy hearts that we announce the sudden passing of our dearest Papa on Decem-ber 11, 2013. Jim came to Trail, with his family, at the age of fourteen. In 1962 he joined the Canadian Army where he served as a medic. He returned to Trail in March 1964 to marry Glenda. They trav-elled to many places; his daughters were both born in Germany. The family returned to the Kootenays in 1972, where they lived and worked ever since. Jim retired from the Ministry of Health, as an audiometric tech-nician, after 23 years. Jim had a special way with older folks and children. He had a kind heart and was generous to a fault.

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three grandchildren until school age. He also enjoyed gol� ng, traveling, and hit-ting the casinos. His many talents included painting, music and dancing. Jim will be sadly missed but never forgotten by his lov-ing family.

Jim is survived by his wife Glenda, of 49 years, two daughters; Maggie (Elliot) Roach and Rhonda (Mike) Barisoff, three grand-children; Carli (David) Volpatti, Mason Roach, Misha Barisoff and great-grandson Benjamin Volpatti.

Jim also leaves behind his brother Bob (Chris) Paterson, his sisters; Isabelle (Mel), Irene (Gerry), and May. He was predeceased by his parents Margaret and James Paterson and his brother Joseph.

Jim will also be missed and remembered by his mother-in-law Bernice Swanson, sis-ters-in-law Charlene (David) Davidow, Les-lie (Rick) Morris and brother-in-law Murray (Gaylene) Walsh and many special nieces and nephews and their children. Jim adored all the little ones.

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Alberta to James and Annie Krest. He was the eldest of three brothers.Albert married Violet Molnar at Leslieville, Alberta on June 16, 1955. He worked many construction jobs with the highway department. In 1956 he moved to Trail and started employment with C.M.&S. (Teck), he retired in 1986.Albert and Violet were blessed with their fi rst child Doris in 1956 and a double blessing of Donald and Dorothy in 1958 and blessed again with Darcy in 1959.Albert was predeceased by his son Donald, his parent, his two brothers George and Robert and his mother-in-law Anna Molnar.He cherished his family and all his friends and always looked forward to his summer vacations at Christina Lake. He enjoyed the ‘humorous” title of “� e Mayor of Christina Sands”Alberta enjoyed collecting many items through out his life such as tobacco cans, insulators and bottles. He also loved to tell a story about each one.Many called Albert the friendly giant. He could start a conversation with anyone any place.He was a member of the Independent Order of Odd-fellows since 1963, Corinthian Lodge #27 of the Masons since 1978 and the Royal Canadian Legion Branch #14, Rossland 1978.Left to mourn his loss is his loving wife Violet of 58 years, his daughter Doris (Elmo) Denney, Dorothy (Doug) Hidlebaugh, Darcy (Erika) Krest and granddaughter Rebeka Krest.Memorial Services were held December 20, 2013 at the Castlegar Canadian Legion #170. A private family internment at Mountain View will be done at a later date.� e family wishes to thank the First Responders, Ambulance Attendants, RCMP and all others for their quick response and professional care given at our home.We especially like to thank Bill Strilaeff , Bill Clark and the staff at Castlegar Funeral Chapel which has been entrusted with arrangements.Donations in Albert’s name may be made to the Heart and Stroke Foundations, 1212 West Broadway, Vancouver, BC V6H 2V2

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MONTREAL - Vito Rizzuto, the reputed head of the Montreal Mafia who built a powerful criminal organization with international ten-tacles, died in hospital Monday.

Rizzuto, 67, passed away of natural causes,

said Maude Hebert-Chaput of Montreal’s Sacre-Coeur Hospital.

His death raises questions about the future of the Rizzuto clan’s decades-old empire, which was crippled by his 2006 extradition to the United States.

Rizzuto was arrested

by Canadian author-ities in 2004 and extra-dited two years later to the U.S., where he was convicted for his role in the 1981 mur-der of three Bonanno crime-family members in New York City.

Following his October 2012 release, Rizzuto returned to

Canada to a group of family and friends whose ranks had thinned considerably.

The Rizzuto family had sustained dam-age in 2006 following Operation Colisee, a five-year police investi-gation that culminated in mass arrests in the largest sweep against

the Italian Mafia in Canadian history.

Rizzuto’s eldest son, Nicolo Jr., was killed in broad daylight in December 2009. That brazen daytime shoot-ing would set off a spate of killings and disappearances target-ing some of Rizzuto’s closest allies and asso-ciates.

Paolo Renda, Rizzuto’s brother-in-law and the con-sigliere of the clan, disappeared in May 2010, vanishing from near his luxury home in north-end Montreal. Family members found his car but no trace of Renda, who has not been heard from since.

Rizzuto’s crim-inal empire stretched from South America to Europe.

In 2005, Italian prosecutors filed char-ges against Rizzuto over allegations that the Mafia was involved in the building of a mult ibi l l ion-dol lar bridge linking main-land Italy to Sicily.

That bridge was to be one of that coun-try’s largest-ever pub-lic works projects - a dream of myriad people in that region that had gone unfulfilled since the early days of the Roman Empire.

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was a year for pixie haircuts, chunky flat shoes, bangs on our first lady and bare skin ... lots of it, on movie actresses and pop stars. Fashion always has its royalty, and this year, Kerry Washington was a queen.

For real royalty, we had Kate Middleton, making the rest of us mortals feel a little better by flashing her mommy tummy.

If Kate made us feel good, Lululemon didn’t, when its chair-man appeared to blame women’s own bodies for problems with those popular yoga pants.

A look back at these and other key fashion moments throughout 2013:

MICHELLE’S BANGS:

Nobody would call bangs a new trend, but when the first lady’s involved, things take on more significance. In fact, President Barack Obama actually called his wife Michelle’s new hairdo the most significant event of his second inaugura-tion. Unveiled just in time for the festiv-ities, the new hairdo made enough news to have its own (unoffi-cial) Twitter account, F i r s t L a d y ’s B a n g s , which issued alerts

like “Just got a text from Hillary Clinton’s side-part.”

QUEEN OF THE RUNWAY, AIRWAVES AND EVERYWHERE

ELSE:By the time she

appeared in a lovely Stella McCartney floral frock and high red leather pumps as a judge on “Project Runway,” it was clear: In the realm where Hollywood meets fash-ion, Kerry Washington is royalty. On her hit show, “Scandal,” playing professional fixer Olivia Pope, she was all profes-sional Washington - Washington, D.C., that is - but on the red car-pet, she was glamour

personified. KATE MAKES US FEEL GREAT:

Much has been said about the fashion sense of the Duchess of Cambridge, aka Kate Middleton, but in 2013, it was some-thing a bit different that caught our eye. Peeking out under her blue-and-white polka dot dress as she emerged from the hos-pital post-childbirth was a pronounced “mommy tummy,” a normal development but something most celebrities keep under wraps, until their per-sonal trainers have whipped them back into magazine-cover shape. Thanks, Kate!

LULULEMON, NOT SO MUCH:Remember those

popular yoga pants that had the unintend-ed effect of being see-through? Well, ladies, turns out the ongoing fabric prob-lems with those pants, including pilling, was YOUR fault. Or rath-er: the fault of YOUR THIGHS. Founder and chairman Chip Wilson of Lululemon Athletica noted in a TV inter-view that “Frankly, some women’s bod-ies just actually don’t work” for the pants, because of thighs rubbing against fab-ric. Now Wilson just actually won’t be working as chairman of Lululemon; the company announced his resignation from the post in December.

TAKING IT ALL OFF:

No thigh-rubbing problem for Gwyneth Paltrow, who was

happy to show just how little cellulite she has when she appeared at the “Iron Man 3” premiere in a dress with sheer mesh pan-els on the sides, leav-ing little of her lower body and, er, posterior to the imagination. But we all nearly for-got about Gwyneth when we saw actress Jaimie Alexander at the “Thor” premiere, her black gown expanding the see-through effect to the midriff and upper regions.

THE FLAT SHOE, THE PIXIE CUT:Think short, ladies!

In shoe stores this year, you could see a trend toward flats, includ-ing a notable reinter-

pretation of those chunky Birkenstocks. The first ripple effect would be comfort, of course, but the chan-ges are more pro-found, notes Virginia Smith, Vogue’s fashion market and accessor-ies director: “Every woman wants a flat right now, and that has a big impact on fashion because it changes proportion.” Another trend: pixie hair, on everyone from Michelle Williams to Anne Hathaway to Jennifer Lawrence. “It will have an effect beyond celebrity and the runway,” Smith says.

TRENDSETTER MILEY?

Speaking of influ-ence, dare we call Miley Cyrus a trendsetter? She was already a trail-blazer with her pixie cut from 2012, but hey, you probably were too busy watching the stuck-out tongue, teddy-bear leotard and nude bikini (which falls into the baring-it-all trend at the MTV Video Music Awards). Only weeks later, she was all elegance in sequined Marc Jacobs at the Night of Stars gala. Miley the fashion icon? Not by the stan-dard definition. But heading into 2014 she was one of the most-watched people on the planet. “Blurred Lines,” indeed.

From bangs to flats: Key moments in fashion during 2013

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The first day of winter last Saturday provided a panoramic view from Grey Mountain as a new chapter at Red Resort began with a new chairlift and access to over 1,000 acres of skiing. Red Mountain’s main lodge can be seen between the first two towers.

B y T i m e s s T a f fThe Trail Smoke Eaters are hoping a

rare week-night matchup and deserving community cause will inspire the team to close out the 2013 calendar on a winning note.

The team hosts the West Kelowna Warriors at the Cominco Arena in Trail’s only Monday night game of the regular season.

The game will also be in support of Cadance Brace, a local five-year-old girl currently undergoing chemotherapy at the B.C. Children’s Hospital in Vancouver where she is battling Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia, cancer of the white blood cells. A portions of the gate receipts, puck toss and 50-50 draws will be donated to support the Trail family.

The community-minded deed and the rare Monday game could combine to wash away the Smokies’ forgettable finish prior to the BCHL’s Christmas break last week-end.

The Smokies had a 3-2 lead on the Victoria Grizzlies last Friday night before giving up three goals in the final 20 min-utes of a 5-3 loss in the B.C. capital. The

Grizzlies scored three goals in an eight-minute span to start the third and turned the game around.

The next night in Chilliwack, the Chiefs blew away their 11-game losing streak and Smokies in one fell swoop with a record-tying output in a 13-5 shellacking. Sean Davies had a two-goal effort for Trail.

Meanwhile, the Warriors are looking to close out a strong month of December where they’ve won five of seven games.

Since the start of the month, the Warriors have inched up the Interior Conference standings and currently sit third, just four points behind the second-place Vernon Vipers with two games in hand. However, in the bunched up stand-ings, the

Warriors also have to look over their shoulder with Salmon Arm, in fourth, and Merritt, in fifth, only one and two points behind respectively.

That means even though the struggling Smokies’ playoff hopes continue to dim, the squad can still play a pivotal role in the playoff fortunes of other teams.

And Trail has found success against the Warriors. The Smokies won the last meet-ing, 5-1 in West Kelowna back on Nov. 2. The Warriors won the first matchup between the two teams with a 5-3 victory in Trail on Sept. 28.

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Game doubles as fundraiser for Cadance Brace

The Trail Times is reviewing the memorable moments from 2013. In this issue we’ll look back on April to June:

April 2 - Julien Locke wins silver in

the 1.6 km. Sprint at the Haywood ski nationals at the Callaghan Valley training centre in Whistler.

3 – Warfield’s Tom Pitman three-peated as the Canadian Junior Men’s champion capturing the title at the Sport Chek Canadian Snowboardcross championship.

5 – Trail minor hockey coach Ken Koshey is one of 20 volunteers to win the Kraft Hockey Goes On promo-tion, netting the Greater Trail Minor Hockey Association $20,000.

9 - The Quinnipiac Bobcats with Greater Trail forwards Connor and Kellen Jones, and Travis St. Denis made the Frozen Four, the finals for the NCAA championship ice hockey tournament, by beating Union 5-1.

10 – Red Mountain Racer Jane Andison claims the U14 B.C. girls downhill title for combined Giant Slalom and slalom races in Vernon.

Darren Rich led his Kootenay-Okanagan team of five-pin bowlers to the provincial championship and a

berth in the Canadian national cham-pionship in Newfoundland, while Trail’s Glenmerry Bowl doubles team of Devon Fulton and Joshua Mack won the senior division in the youth provincial final.

11 – Black Jack skier Julien Locke is the top junior in the 3.3 km skate at the U.S. SuperTour finals in Tahoe, Calif.

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FROM PAGE 1016 - Heather

Johnson competes in Boston Marathon and fortunately misses bombings that kill three and injure over 250.

17 – Riley Brandt of Trail and Fruitvale’s Lindsay Swanson both make the line up for Team B.C. for the National Aboriginal Hockey championship in Kahnawak, Que.

AAA Jays are uan-able to field a team for Trail American Legion Baseball due to lack of bodies.

23 – Pat Iannone is named MVP as he helps his Team Italy advance to the elite division of the World Hockey Championship to be held in Sweden in 2014.

The Canadian Sledge Hockey team coached by Mike Mondin wins the 2013 IPA World Sledge Hockey championship in South Korea beating the Americans 1-0 in the final.

24 – Rossland Secondary School golf team wins two tour-naments south of the border in Chewelah and Colville, while the RSS senior girls soccer team capture

the Kootenay Cup in Creston.

30 – Kootenay Chrysler Bull-a-Rama delivers another wild ride with plenty of spills and thrills that eventually saw with rookie Corey Waterson of Australia winning the golden spurs. Photo

MAY2 – Trail’s Travis St.

Denis receives Rookie of the Year honours for the Quinnipiac Bobcats of the NCAA.

Montrose native

Luke Bertolucci’s Edmonton Oil Kings gets set to face off against Trail’s Joey Baker and his Portland Winterhawks for the WHL championship, the Ed Chynoweth Cup. The Winterhawks were also coached by Castlegar native Travis Green.

3 – Trail Martial Arts brings home 17 medals from the Tae Kwon-Do International Canadian championship in Kelowna, qualifying nine competitors for

the World champion-ship in England.

6 – The Home of Champions monu-ment receives not just a face lift but four more names to its ven-erable list. Kickboxer Terry Yuris, ski coach Grant Rutherglen, hockey player Trevor Johnson, and actor Kevin McNulty join 117 other Greater Trail luminaries.

8 – Trail native Riley Brandt helps Team B.C. to a gold medal at the 12th annual National Aboriginal Hockey championship in Kahnawake, Que. With a 5-3 final win over Ontario.

12 – The Allen Americans of the Central Hockey League win the President’s Cup championship thanks to Trail native Todd Robinson’s over-time goal in Game 7 to lift the Americans to a 3-2 victory over the Wichita Thunder. Robinson led all playoff scorers with 22 points.

15 – The Rossland Secondary School Royals senior girls soccer team wins the Public School ‘A’ championship by rout-ing its rivals in four games in Osoyoos.

16 – Trail Smoke Eaters report losses of over $60,000 at their Annual General Meeting after a major decline in season-tick-et sales, and a shortfall in fundraising.

29 – Birchbank golf-er Tyler McKay places third in the individual event at the Single A provincial high school golf championship

at Birchbank while helping his Rossland Secondary School to a bronze medal.

31- Ten-year-old Macy Verigin wins bronze at the Karate B.C. Spring Provincial in Richmond, just missing silver in a tie-breaking kata.

JUNE4 – The Rossland

Secondary School Royals come up short in its bid for a medal at the BC Single-A

High School senior girls soccer cham-pionships, losing to Glenlyon Norfolk 5-3 in the bronze medal game. It was the last provincial event to be held at RSS.

- Rossland golf-er Tyler McKay, 17, wins the Johnny Bucyk championship in Creston receiv-ing exemptions into the Canadian Junior championship, and the Mizuno National jun-

ior gold championship.5 – Sport BC with

Teck operations pre-sents the community Sports Hero award to nine deserving Greater Trail residents includ-ing Brian Pipes, Brad Eliot, Dale and Wendy Glover, Liz Iannone, John D’Arcangelo, Dan Horan, Sheila Hawton, and Sandra Rothwell.

11 – Ken Koshey is named Coach of the Year by B.C. Hockey

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Home of Champions monument adds four more names

Everyone was getting their kicks during 2013. Above and clock-wise; Youngsters had plenty of energy to chase the soccer ball while new heights were cleared at Haley Park and down low at Butler Park. Meanwhile, the local trio of Travis St. Denis, Kellen and Connor Jones led Quinnipiac University to the finals of the U.S. college hockey championship.

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FROM PAGE 11Birchbank’s Brad Harding and Creston golfer

Kowan O’Keefe capture top spots in their respect-ive B.C. Golf provincial qualifiers at Christina Lake and Redstone Resort. Harding topped the senior’s event while O’Keefe took the amateur side.

13 – The Kootenay South Youth Soccer Association selects U-15 Big Horns won the regional playdowns in Creston with a 5-0 win over Cranbrook in the final to advance to the provincials.

15 – Tyler McKay takes home the cham-pionship medal for winning the Zone 1 West Kootenay Junior Golf Tour championship at Balfour Golf Course.

20 – Trail native Theresa Hanson leads Team Canada as Chef de Mission into the 2013 University Summer Games in Kazan, Russia.

23 – The Trail Steelers go undefeated and win the U12C Regional Fastpitch tournament with a convincing 10-2 victory over the Prince George Jr. Panthers.

23 – Jackson Konkin, 13, takes top spot in the Christina Lake Triathlon.

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T H E C A N A D I A N P R E S SPlayers to watch at

the 2014 World Junior Championship in Malmo, Sweden

Jonathan Drouin, Canada - The flashy scorer and play-maker for the Halifax Mooseheads was one of Canada’s best forwards at last year’s world juniors and likely will be again. Tampa Bay’s third overall pick in the 2013 NHL draft.

Mikhail Grigorenko, Russia - The six-foot-three playmaking

centre already has 43 games of NHL experi-ence with Buffalo after a stellar junior career with the Quebec Remparts. The Sabres opted to send the 19-year-old back for a third world junior tournament.

Sam Reinhart, Canada - The offensive motor of the Kootenay Ice, a possible first overall pick in the 2014 draft, was twice captain of Canadian under-18 teams.

William Nylander,

Sweden - Born in Calgary, where his father Michael Nylander played for the Flames, he is expected to go high in the 2014 NHL draft. The five-foot-11 centre is only 17, but plays for Modo in Sweden’s top pro league.

Kaspari Kapanen, Finland - The son of former NHL for-ward Sami Kapanen is another with hock-ey in the family who should go high in the next NHL draft. He’s on the small side at five-foot-10, but is a tricky playmaker who can beat opponents one-on-one.

Zach Fucale, Canada - The Montreal

Canadiens’ second-rounder was the first goalie picked in the 2013 draft. He’s used to playing behind top talent in big events with the Memorial Cup champion Halifax Mooseheads, so shouldn’t be fazed by the world juniors.

Connor McDavid, Canada - Many con-sider the Erie Otters’ young star the best prospect since Sidney Crosby. How much he will play depends on how ready he is to take on the world’s best under-20 players. The supremely skilled for-ward is only 16 and is the early favourite to go first in the 2015 draft.

Interior DivisionGP W L T OTL GF GA Pt

Penticton 37 24 9 1 3 137 93 52 Vernon 37 20 10 3 4 125 112 47 Salmon Arm 37 19 12 1 5 130 112 44 West Kelowna 35 20 12 1 2 119 97 43 Merritt 36 19 14 2 1 109 100 41 Trail 38 7 28 2 1 93 169 17

Island DivisionGP W L T OTL GF GA Pt

Victoria 38 24 9 3 2 133 99 53 Powell River 36 24 8 2 2 137 92 52 Nanaimo 38 19 18 0 1 121 110 39 Cowichan Valley 38 14 23 0 1 101 130 29 Alberni Valley 37 10 21 2 4 104 147 26

Mainland DivisionGP W L T OTL GF GA Pt

Langley 37 22 11 1 3 118 102 48 Prince George 36 21 11 2 2 120 94 46 Coquitlam 35 16 16 0 3 138 147 35 Surrey 36 16 19 1 0 124 145 33 Chilliwack 37 8 26 1 2 114 174 19

Saturday, December 28Chilliwack at Surrey, 7 p.m.

Coquitlam at Langley, 7:15 p.m.Sunday, December 29

Langley at Coquitlam, 2 p.m.Surrey at Chilliwack, 5 p.m.

Monday, December 30West Kelowna at Trail, 7:30 p.m.

BCHLMALMO, Sweden - 2014 IIHF world junior hockey champion-ship (all times Eastern):Friday, Dec. 27Slovakia vs. Germany, 9 a.m.Finland vs. Norway, 11:30 a.m.Saturday, Dec. 28U.S. vs. Slovakia, 7:30 a.m.Sweden vs. Finland, 9 a.m.Canada vs. Czech Republic, 11:30 a.m.Russia vs. Switzerland, 1 p.m.Sunday, Dec. 29Germany vs. U.S., 9 a.m.Norway vs. Sweden, 11:30 a.m.Monday, Dec. 30Czech Republic vs. Germany, 7:30 a.m.Russia vs. Finland, 9 a.m.Canada vs. Slovakia, 11:30 a.m.Switzerland vs. Norway, 1 p.m.Tuesday, Dec. 31Slovakia vs. Czech Republic, 7:30 a.m.Sweden vs. Russia, 8 a.m.U.S. vs. Canada, 11:30 a.m.Finland vs. Switzerland, 12 p.m.

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East W L T Pct PF PA y-New England 11 4 0 .733 410 318 Miami 8 7 0 .533 310 315 N.Y. Jets 7 8 0 .467 270 380 Buffalo 6 9 0 .400 319 354 South W L T Pct PF PA y-Indianapolis 10 5 0 .667 361 326 Tennessee 6 9 0 .400 346 371 Jacksonville 4 11 0 .267 237 419 Houston 2 13 0 .133 266 412 North W L T Pct PF PA y-Cincinnati 10 5 0 .667 396 288 Baltimore 8 7 0 .533 303 318 Pittsburgh 7 8 0 .467 359 363 Cleveland 4 11 0 .267 301 386 West W L T Pct PF PA y-Denver 12 3 0 .800 572 385 x-Kansas City 11 4 0 .733 406 278 San Diego 8 7 0 .533 369 324 Oakland 4 11 0 .267 308 419

NATIONAL CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF PA Philadelphia 9 6 0 .600 418 360 Dallas 8 7 0 .533 417 408

N.Y. Giants 6 9 0 .400 274 377 Washington 3 12 0 .200 328 458 South W L T Pct PF PA x-Carolina 11 4 0 .733 345 221 New Orleans 10 5 0 .667 372 287 Atlanta 4 10 0 .286 309 388 Tampa Bay 4 11 0 .267 271 347 North W L T Pct PF PA Chicago 8 7 0 .533 417 445 Green Bay 7 7 1 .500 384 400 Detroit 7 8 0 .467 382 362 Minnesota 4 10 1 .300 377 467 West W L T Pct PF PA x-Seattle 12 3 0 .800 390 222 San Francisco 10 4 0 .714 349 228 Arizona 10 5 0 .667 359 301 St. Louis 7 8 0 .467 339 337 x-clinched playoff spoty-clinched division

Sunday, Dec. 29Houston at Tennessee, 1 p.m.Detroit at Minnesota, 1 p.m.

Carolina at Atlanta, 1 p.m.Cleveland at Pittsburgh, 1 p.m.

Washington at N.Y. Giants, 1 p.m.Baltimore at Cincinnati, 1 p.m.

Jacksonville at Indianapolis, 1 p.m.N.Y. Jets at Miami, 1 p.m.

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San Francisco at Arizona, 4:25 p.m.

Green Bay at Chicago, 4:25 p.m.Tampa Bay at New Orleans,

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How many of us live in prisons of our own making? If you feel constrained by the circumstances of your life and yet those circumstances are largely your own creations, then you have indeed built yourself a prison.

Henry David Thoreau writes about those who have “forged their own golden or silver fetters,” accumulating wealth and property to the point where they are literally enslaved to it. He reminds us that “A man is rich in proportion to the number of things he can afford to let alone.” And a man is free in the same proportion. The ultimate freedom is to have the liberty of mind and spirit to do as one would choose, free of duress or external control. Most adults live life free of external control, and yet we feel constrained by the circumstances of our lives. We must toil and work like slaves because we have allowed materialism to become our master. We are slaves to our appetites and desires because we have allowed hedonism to become our master. And we are imprisoned by our own minds because we fail to see that there are other ways to think and live. The Su� poet Rumi asks “Why do you stay in prison when the door is so wide open?” The answer can only be that it is a prison of our own choosing.

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After a mere nine months on the job, Time Magazine has named Pope Francis its Person of the Year for 2013. The editors at Time award the annual distinction to

the individual whom they consider the most influential global newsmaker of the year. What is it about Francis that makes him such a sensa-tion?

Francis became pope at a time when all the news streaming out from the Vatican was nega-tive. The clerical sexual abuse scandal, Vatileaks, the Vatican’s paternalistic attitude towards women religious in the United States, the refusal to dis-cuss the ordination of women, and the endless focus on sexual morality had disheartened many faithful Catholics. While many were wondering how much longer they could remain part of the church, others had already left.

Into this milieu, a relatively unknown car-dinal, José Bergoglio, burst onto the world stage and captured the hearts of Catholics and non-Catholics alike with lightning speed. Choosing the name Francis, after the saint known for the renunciation of his wealth, his embrace of poverty and his radical commitment to the gos-pel, Pope Francis signaled that change was afoot.

At the institutional level, Pope Francis is initiating change. He has set up committees to address the church’s dismal record on child sex abuse and to restructure the Vatican Bank. On a pastoral level, he has called a synod to discuss the issues facing families. While there is nothing unusual about a pope calling a synod, Francis is asking ordinary Catholics for input in advance of the synod through the circulation of a question-naire that is available online in most dioceses.

Since his election as pope, Francis has sur-prised the world with his spontaneity and humil-ity. He is a man who eschews both the trappings and protocols of the highest clerical office in the church. He drives around the Vatican in a 1984 Renault, a gift from a priest who served the poor, instead of the papal Mercedes. He acknowledges the institutional sinfulness of the church, as well as his personal failure to perfectly follow Christ and receives the sacrament of reconciliation bi-weekly. He reaches out to the disadvantaged and wounded, not only caressing a man disfigured with neurofibromatosis, but also by walking among the poor at night in order to feed them. He meets the temporal and spiritual needs of those with whom he comes into contact.

This man, who is the subject of so many photos, is not about the photo-op. This man, whom some call “Francis, the Frugal”, and who promotes a “culture of encounter” between the church and the world, is about following Christ. Francis brings the Gospel message of hope into lives that are broken, and into a world where the news is generally negative.

In my view, Pope Francis has an extraordin-ary ability to make God present to people. He reminds the world that the message of Christmas is a message for everyday: God is with us. He shows the church and the world that God is not an abstract theological concept wrapped up in dogma and doctrine, nor a far off deity uncon-cerned with the affairs of humans. Francis car-ries the healing mission of the church into the world.

This global newsmaker is about much more than headlines, good public relations and snappy photos. He is about the compassionate mercy of God, and that attracts attention.

Trail resident Louise McEwan is a catechist and former teacher, with degrees in English and Theology. She blogs at www.faithcoloured-glasses.blogspot.com.

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1. When Premier Christy Clark took the stage after her upset election win May 14, the first thing she said was:

A: I’m going to Disneyland!

B: Well, that was easy!

C: Oh no, now I have to pay off the debt!

D: Socialism is dead!

2. How many pro-posed liquefied natural gas export proposals are there on the B.C. coast, according to the premier’s latest esti-mate?

A: fourB: sixC: eightD: ten

3. After winning $25 million in the lot-tery, Terrace construc-tion worker Bob Erb gave six-figure dona-tions to:

A. Local anti-poverty and other community groups

B. Pay for $300,000 in dental work for locals who couldn’t afford it.

C. Provide cars and trucks for people he considered needy.

D. Sensible BC marijuana legalization campaign

E. All of the above

4. How has the province said it would raise money to pay for a promised new bridge to replace the Massey Tunnel?

A. Tax increasesB. Toll like the Port

Mann Bridge.C. Small tolls on

all Metro Vancouver bridges and major roads

D. It hasn’t

5. What admis-sion to U.S. border guards did some B.C. residents find can be deemed a “crime of moral turpitude” and result in America bar-ring your entry?

A. AtheismB. Past use of mari-

juanaC. Past conviction

for impaired drivingC. Past or present

membership in the NDP

6. Which of the following wasn’t pro-posed in B.C.’s liquor law review?

A: Licensing alcohol sales at farmers’ mar-kets

B: Letting children into pubs with their parents

C: Serving alcohol for slot players on BC Ferries

D: Selling hard liquor in grocery stores

7. Burnaby’s Tung Sheng (David) Wu was convicted and jailed for performing illegal:

A. ProctologyB. TaxidermyC. Electronic waste

recyclingD. Dentistry

8. Since his tri-umph in the HST referendum, former premier Bill Vander Zalm has campaigned against:

A: An alleged secret global surveillance system using smart meters

B: An alleged secret global climate control scheme using “chem-trails”

C: An alleged secret European Union plot to control world finance through consumption taxes

D: All of the above

9. What’s the trans-portation ministry’s solution to prevent the new Port Mann Bridge from dropping more ice bombs onto cars?

A. A system of scrap-ers and brushes along each cable to remove ice

B. Aerial drones that spray the cables with de-icing solution

C. A flock of sea-gulls trained to peck loose ice chunks

D. Closing the bridge and waiting for ice to melt

10. What did Metro Vancouver mayors pro-pose in 2013 as a new way to raise money for cash-strapped TransLink?

A. $5 toll at the border on all vehicles heading south to the USA

B. Regional sales tax of up to 0.5 per cent

C. Adding magnets

to new SkyTrain fare gates to suck loose change out of pockets

D. Forcing SeaBus passengers to row to help save on fuel costs

E. Installing slot machines in SkyTrain stations

11. The govern-ment is considering spending $6 million to stop the B.C. legis-lature dome from:

A: CrackingB: PeelingC: TwistingD: Sinking

12. Which was not a 911 call received by E-Comm operators who begged cellphone users to be more care-ful about declaring emergencies?

A. Asking who won the hockey game

B. Broken TV setC. Big spider in liv-

ing roomD. Politician break-

ing election promise

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A: Offering wine

tastings at the phar-macy counter

B: Issuing reward points or other “kick-backs” to customers buying prescription drugs

C: Refusing to sell prescribed medical marijuana

D: Refusing to act as supervised injection sites

14. In 2013, the B.C. government approved:

A: Enbridge’s Northern Gateway oil pipeline to Kitimat

B: Twinning Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain oil pipeline to Burnaby

C: A pipeline to carry fuel from tankers on the Fraser River to Vancouver airport

D: A pipeline to transport glacial water from Garibaldi Park to Squamish for export

15. The poach-ing of what prompt-ed Vancouver Island aboriginal groups to post a $25,000 reward?

A: Roosevelt elkB: AbaloneC: SealsD: Easter eggs

16. Which B.C. municipal council fended off a court challenge (and death threats) over its deer cull program?

A: Oak BayB: CranbrookC: InvermereD: Penticton

Pot and pipelines: 2013 B.C. news quiz

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Premier Christy Clark and her son Hamish make a campaign stop at a Vancouver Island seniors home, May 2013.

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Dear Annie: One of my sisters has a lovely cat, but when we go somewhere with her, the kitty litter odor is overwhelming. It clings to her clothing and fol-lows her everywhere. My sister is highly sen-sitive to criticism, so we haven’t approached her about this. She prob-ably doesn’t notice the smell because she lives with the odor every day.

We think she might be storing the sacks of unused litter in her closet with her coats, etc., and this is why it is so noticeable. She is an avid reader of your column, so we are hop-ing she will see this and realize the odor can be controlled if she simply keeps the litter stored in her garage. -- Concerned Sister

Dear Concerned: Most unused kitty lit-ter doesn’t have such a distinctive odor that it would be terribly noticeable, but none-theless, it should not be stored near cloth-ing, because clothes

can absorb the odor of whatever is nearby. It’s also possible your sister keeps the actual litter box in her bedroom or closet, or perhaps she doesn’t clean it as often as she should.

We understand that she is sensitive to criti-cism, but don’t you think she would want to know that other people can smell her? Please bite the bullet and speak up. Tell her you are sure she’d want to know.

Dear Annie: I was married for 20 years when my husband left me for another woman. At first, I was upset, but in the intervening years, I have changed my mind. Please print

this for her:Dear Other Woman:

I bet you thought you were the winner when my husband left to be with you. You have dealt with his drink-ing, pot smoking, heart disease, emphysema, baldness, toothless smile, erectile dysfunc-tion and bad moods. You had to support him because he was chroni-cally unemployed, and now you are his nurse-maid 24/7.

Because of you, I have had the freedom to love, live and travel. I also drive a new car and paid off a home he didn’t want. I have enjoyed children and grandchildren. I thank you. You may have saved my life.

Women, if you think that man you want who belongs to someone else is a real prize, you haven’t seen the whole picture. -- Grateful Granny

Dear Granny: We appreciate your voice of experience. More importantly, you have

underscored that hav-ing a man in your life does not determine your level of happi-ness. Too many women believe otherwise.

Dear Annie: I am responding to “Not Unsympathetic,” whose granddaughter’s birth-day parties are “ruined” by a 6-year-old autistic stepgrandson.

I am the mother of a child on the autism spectrum. While his autism is very mild and would not ruin family gatherings, I am sensi-tive to his issues. Many times, autistic chil-dren have a meltdown because the stimula-tion is too much for them. The sounds, smells and noise pro-duce a fight-or-flight response. That is not the same thing as a tantrum, in which chil-dren become unruly because they aren’t get-ting their way.

The stepgrandson isn’t going to the party with the intent of ruin-ing it. Try to imagine a situation in which

the noise is too much, the colors too bright, the smells overwhelm-ing, and there are some alien rules of behavior that you don’t under-stand. Try to hold it together under those circumstances at the age of 6.

When we’re out

with our son, we do our best to anticipate what might cause a meltdown and try to avoid it. But some-times we don’t know what’s going to trig-ger it. Your advice to have a separate fam-ily party sounds like a good start. -- Not

Unsympathetic to the Child

Annie’s Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime edi-tors of the Ann Landers column. Please email your questions to [email protected]

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SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 to Dec. 21) Today you run the gamut of completely believing in yourself and then believing you are crazy to be optimis-tic. It’s just one of those days. We all do this from time to time. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 to Jan. 19) Enjoy groups and meetings with people today (small or large) because you are eager to socialize. However, by eve-

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