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Blue River celebrates its 100th anniversary on Canada Day late Lolly Fehr would have been proud of. A water balloon toss and a nail-pounding contest provided fun for the younger set as well as some very artistic sandcastle building. Canoe races provided a combination of observed expertise and comic relief for the onlookers. All canoeists should be commended for their good sportsmanship.

Becca West Beaton Canada Day was particularly memorable in Blue River this year. We celebrated the birth of our country and the fact that Blue River itself was founded in 1912. A 100-year history includes major changes in technology and society. Our town has survived the varied tides of fortune. A display of photos and memorabilia made our Community Hall a very interesting place to visit. The exhibits included items that had been placed in a time capsule in 1993 and buried beneath a cairn at the corner of our Millennium walkway to the beach. The capsule was unearthed in time for our 100th birthday party. Rain drenches parade start The folks who participated in our annual Ruthie MacDonald sports a pair of Canadian ﬂags as she sits in front of a sign commemorating Blue River’s 100th anniversary. Over 100 people celebrated the event on Canada Day with a dinner and dance at the Blue River Community Hall. More photos are on page A24. Photo by Keith McNeill Canada Day parade needed an extra degree of dedication this year, as a torrential downpour soaked everyone

thoroughly just before the parade was to start. Our stalwart parade participants started off on cue and still cheered

Willow MacDonald, TNRD director for the Blue River-Avola area, accepts a plaque commemorating Blue River’s 100th anniversary from MLA Terry Lake. The presentation was made during a dinner at the Blue River Community Hall on Canada Day. Photo by Keith McNeill

and waved despite their sodden state. Townsfolk and visitors gathered along the route to cheer them on, and the younger ones flung themselves into the task of retrieving thrown candy. Following the parade, an enthusiastic crowd gathered at Lake Eleanor beach to sing

O’ Canada, led by Barb Quinn. As usual, a delicious Canada birthday cake, donated by Mike Wiegele Helicopter Skiing, was joyfully consumed in combination with chocolate ice cream donated by Oakman’s Store. At the beach house concession, the menu included mouthwatering burgers that the

Dinner winds up Canada Day In the evening, a tasty meal of ham, scalloped potatoes, salads and vegetables was enjoyed by a good crowd. Dessert was another Canada birthday cake and tasty squares. It was a treat to see the community hall well filled for the celebration. Our TNRD director Willow Macdonald was the emcee for the evening and had also served as chief cook for the meal. MLA Terry Lake made a short speech and presented a commemorative plaque to the community. Many door prizes had been donated by local businesses for the occasion and added to the enjoyment of the evening. A dance and a colorful fireworks display rounded out the dual birthday celebration. Many folk who had made Blue River their home in years past returned to have a part in this special day. The warm homecoming spirit added to the joy of the occasion.

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baking, jellies and jams, and beautifully constructed arts and crafts are available on a weekly basis. People are increasingly becoming aware that eating locally produced foods, in season is the healthy choice. Plus, it not only minimizes the environmental impact of food and increases food security, but it just tastes so good! People like to

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349 HELMCKEN STREET $229,900 Newly reno’d open plan w/new kitchen baths & many other features. Recently painted, partly fin. bsmnt. Backs on to park, fully fenced. 145 NORFOLK RD $199,900 3 bedroom. featuring oak cabinets, large dining. Private deck and gardens. Near amenities. Laminate flooring and fresh paint. Mountain view, motivated seller 1405 DAVY ROAD $179,900 Revenue property, w/2 full suites & lrg yard, deck & views of the mountains. Back alley access. Newer septic, pellet stove, electric heat & sep. laundry. Vendor ready to sell reasonable offers. 1204 Hern Road $159,000 Well maintained Double Wide modular on .5 acre landscaped. Great layout w/galley kitchen open to dining. Lrg living rm & entrance. Master w/ensuite + 2 bdrms, other bath w/skylight. Lrg garden w/great mountain view 424 Riverside Road $145,000 In Vavenby w/tons to offer. Solid home w/2bdrs up & 1 down, lrg family rm & great heating. Walking distance to the store and post office and has a view. 2354 Petrol Road $129,000 Lot w/mnt view, private w/little traffic. New shingles & paint. Open plan w/wood features, tile & lam. flooring. WStove. Lrg studio 9x23. Great for a young family. Garden space & boxes. Bareland strata $100/mnth. 169 Wood Road $129,900 Vavenby, close to amenities. Private yrd w/mntain view. Recent metal roof & vinyl siding. Updates incld countertops, laminate, paint, elect. & heating. Vendor is a Realtor. 352 Ruby Road &124,900 .5+ acre overlooking the NT River. Quiet area on CDS. 12x20 workshop, 24x30 2 bay RV storage & more. Great starter or retirement in Vavenby. 19-561 Ridge Road $99,000 MHP on Dutch Lake. 2 yrs old, lived in for less than a year. Modern w/dark cupboards, 2 baths. Near amenities. 10x12 covered deck & 8x10 shed. 761 Hoirup Road $94,500 15+acres of private land North of Vavenby. Partial foundation approved w/water & hydro in place. Nice acreage with lots of potential. 68 Blanchard Road $80,000 Lrg lot. Metal roof over the home, deck & storage. Newer cabinets, counter & appl. Recent paint, laminate & HE wood stove. .41 acres. 289 Vavenby Bridge Road $60,000 Vavenby, this 4 bdrm home is close to amenities & recreation. Court Order: 46069, being sold “AS IS” and Schedule “A” applies.

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into a chocolate. Now that the community knows where to find us, we are looking forward to a bigger and better market this season and encourage everyone to come and check it out. We are actively looking for interested new vendors. Call 250-674-3444 to speak to Anne Baker about setting up a booth of your own.

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know where their food comes from and it is apparent by the regular customers who show up weekly to buy direct from the vendors. We hear this over and over as customers walk around socializing, making new friends and sometime listening to a reading or music, fresh baking in hand or munching on a bag of freshly picked snow peas or biting

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Dog sniffs out escaped python at Clearwater Secondary School Keith McNeill Clearwater Secondary School principal Alan Stel had one more crisis to deal with during his final days of being in charge at the local high school - a snake got loose and was missing inside the building for several days. “A three or four-foot ball python escaped from its cage last Thursday during a move,” Stel said. “He was found yesterday (Tuesday) by our intrepid serpent whisperer Monika Menard in the very room in which he was lost. She and her dog sniffed it out and gently returned him to his home. In the meantime he caused quite a sensation simply by being on the lam.” The snake, which goes by the name of Reginald, has been a fixture in one of the

science labs at the school for several years, Stel said. It is non-poisonous, has quite a docile temperament, and was often handled by students. Following the end of the school year the aquarium it was in was apparently moved and the lid left ajar. The heat source was turned off and, at the same time, the carpets in the science lab were being cleaned. It is believed the combination of lack of heat plus noise caused the snake to seek more comfortable accommodations. Several staff members did an extensive search once it was noticed that the snake was missing, said Stel. When it was not found there was considerable consternation, particularly among those working in the school

who have a phobia of snakes. Consultations with various wildlife experts did not result in any useable suggestions. The snake went missing on Thursday, June 28. On the following Tuesday, custodian Monika Menard brought in her dog, Ellie, a lab-husky cross, to aid in the search. Her son, Cedrik, also took part. “He’s quite a hunter,” she said of her dog. “He alerted as soon as he went into the room.” After a few minutes Cedrik and the dog located the snake next to a desk across the room from its aquarium. Menard speculated it had been hiding in or behind a drawer in the desk. It was put back into its aquarium, apparently none the worse for its adventure.

Stel praised Menard for her initiative. “There were a lot of very relieved people,” he said. “Some members of staff were having very strong reactions to the knowledge that a snake was somewhere in the school.” Now that the crisis is over, Stel has gone back to preparing to take over at Penticton Secondary. As for Reginald the ball python, he will go into retirement and be given a home elsewhere, the principal said. Clearwater Secondary School custodian Monika Menard holds Reginald, a ball python that was loose in the school for several days. She found it close to where it went missing with the help of her dog. Photo by Keith McNeill

Vice-principal to replace Persad Keith McNeill Clearwater Secondary School will have a new vice-principal next fall. Linda Zieffle will be taking the place of Peter Persad, who is leaving to take up the vice-principalship at Sahali in Kamloops. “I’ve been very impressed with what is offered the students at Clearwater,” she said, “such as the videoconferencing, the trades program, the video production program and the award-winning music program.” Zieffle comes to CSS from the Mission School District, where she was a vice-principal for four years. She has taught for 23 years. Her husband is a firefighter in Mission. They have three children: one in university, one in Grade 12 and one in Grade 9. Principal Alan Stel is leaving CSS as well this year and will take over as principal at Penticton Secondary. Darren Coates, who is moving here from Merritt, will take his place.

What’s Happening Peewee/Midget Provincial Championship On July 12-15th Clearwater is expecting 18 teams for the Peewee and Midget Provincial Championships. The Peewee Tournament is for the Reps and “C” divisions of 13-14 year olds with our Clearwater boys playing in the Rep division. The Midget tournament is for 16-18 year olds in the “B” and “C” division, the Clearwater team will be playing in the “C” division. COME OUT AND CHECK OUT SOME AWESOME BALL PLAYING. Clearwater will see a decent of an additional 800 + visitors to our community. The scheduling for the games includes games over the 3 days at Capostinsky Ball Park and Clearwater Secondary School ball field starting at 7:30am and finishing approximately at 9:00pm. A skills competition will be held on Friday, July 13th at the Clearwater Secondary School from 1:00pm – 4:00pm with a banquet to follow for ball players and their coaches at the North Thompson Sportsplex. There will be a concession stand at both locations, with Capostinsky Park also having some retail. Volunteers are needed for this very busy weekend. Duties include working in the concession, field maintenance, 50/50 draws and experienced score keepers. If you are interested in helping out in any of these areas call Melody at 250.674.8009. Let’s get ready Clearwater to welcome these teams to our community and let’s PLAY BALL!

Linda Ziefﬂe will be the new vice-principal at Clearwater Secondary School this fall. Photo by Keith McNeill

Park naturalist provides varied program Times Staff Wells Gray Park naturalist Brie (Early) Nelson has clarified the schedule of presentations she gives at the Nature House in Clearwater Lake Campground during the summer. On Wednesdays she talks about Bogs, Bugs, and Bats. This show looks at these three topics both specific to Wells Gray Park as well as interesting related facts from other regions or species. Thursdays the topic is Wildlife. This show discusses some of the major groups and

species of plants and animals found in Wells Gray. On Fridays Nelson gives a presentation called Introduction to Wells Gray Provincial Park. This show covers the founding of the park, the geological history, some of the attractions

and landforms, as well as human history in the area. Bears are always of interest and are the topic on Saturdays. This show covers black bears and grizzly bears, their biology and social habits, as well as bear safety and conservation.

Sundays are a day of rotating shows. They may be on topics including animal scat and footprints, caribou/moose/ wolves and food chain connections, medicinal plants and First Nations in Wells Gray region, etc. All the shows begin at 7:30 p.m.

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Saturday Community Bus The District of Clearwater is sponsoring a Saturday Community Bus pilot project from July 7th to August 25th. This bus is intended to enable residents the opportunity to attend local summer events such as the Farmers’ Market, spending a day at Dutch Lake beach or other summer activities. The Saturday Community Bus is for anyone in the community to use and is FREE of Charge. Bike Racks Have you noticed the bike racks at the Brookfield Shopping Centre? What a treat for the local bikers to have a place to park and lock their bikes. The District of Clearwater would like to thank the Clearwater Secondary Metal Work Shop for building these bike racks for the community. 2012 Dutch Lake Park Design Competition The 2012 Dutch Lake Park Site Design Competition is now on! There is a Youth (6-18) and Adult (19-99) category. The winning designer (or design team) will be awarded a prize of $500 for each category. The contest will run until August 17th, 2012 and all participants will meet with Council on August 21st to present their proposed concept and model. The winners will be announced at the Clearwater Canoe Regatta on September 8th, 2012. You can pick up the contest package that includes the Entry Form, Rules and Regulations, Declaration and Release Form and maps of the property at Dutch Lake at the District office or on the District website at www.districtofclearwater.com. Bike to Work Week Participants The District of Clearwater would like to congratulate the BC Government Liquor Store, Fisheries and Oceans, Interior Savings Credit Union, Pharmasave, Royal Bank of Canada and Wadleggers Logging and Construction on participating in the BC Bike to Work Week. The final tally showed Wadlegger Logging and Construction as the winning business with 104 kms logged in. Congratulations! Upcoming Events July 12-15, 2012 – Peewee/Midget Provincial Softball Championships July 3-27, 2012 – Kids Summer Fun Days August 7-24, 2012 – Kids Summer Fun Days Upcoming Meetings of Council July 10, 2012 – Parks and Recreation Committee meeting – 5:00pm July 10, 2012 – Regular Council meeting – 7:00pm.

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“ Adversities do not make a man frail. They show what sort of man he is.” - Thomas A Kempis, mystic

editorial by keith mcNeill

Theatre group provides entertainment For those who missed them, last week’s performances by our local After Hours Theatre group at Serenity Center for the Performing Arts were definitely worthwhile. The group presented “It’s All An Act,” a set of three short plays by American playwright Carl L. Williams. Your editor went for the first performance on Wednesday evening and everything was done at an extremely high caliber. The plays took place at Serenity Center’s Dessert Deck, otherwise known as Shirley DeVooght’s back porch. Musical interludes were courtesy of Erin Dawson, Colleen Rothwell, Val Gerber and John Gerber. They called their band Contender.

It all seemed unlikely and improbable, but with a group of determined and dedicated amateur actors, hardworking backstage staff, a pleasant venue, and delicious desserts, it all came together somehow. This is the sort of thing you won’t see in the city. There, people don’t get together and provide their own entertainment. Things have to be professionally done (and at great cost) or they don’t get done at all. After Hours Theatre is a good example of how rural communities work. We know, ultimately, that we need to rely on ourselves to survive. Everyone involved should be congratulated on a job well done.

Assisted suicide fails to meet God’s commandments Editor, The Times:

Re: the article “Winning the right to die," National Post Weekend Review, Saturday, June 16, 2012. “B.C. Supreme Court Justice Lynne Smith ruled that the Criminal Code provisions making physician-assisted death illegal are invalid.” Gloria Taylor has ALS. As a “... devout member of the United church of Canada (she) believes the strongest opposition to assisted suicide comes from conservative Christians. But she has the support of her

West Kelowna pastor as she seeks a physician to help her commit suicide.” God’s word, the Holy Bible, tells us that after death “... we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ.” (Romans 14:10). The question for people in Gloria Taylor’s position is, “How will God judge me after I have committed suicide?” The assisting physician should also ask, “When I die, how will God judge me if I facilitate the suicide of Mrs. Taylor and perhaps others like her?” (Revelation 21:8) And is Mrs. Taylor’s pastor correct to support her decision to perhaps jump from “the frying pan into the fire?”

How will God judge such a pastor? The Lord tells us that we will spend eternity - which is a very, very, very long time - either with Him or with Satan. (Matthew 12:30). Anyone contemplating, supporting or advocating suicide - assisted or otherwise - should read the Bible for him or herself. God says, “If you love me, keep my commandments. (John 14:15). He also says “... choose life ...” (Deuteronomy 30:19) Do you believe that committing your own deliberately planned death keeps God’s commandment?

And what about B.C. Supreme Court Justice Lynne Smith’s eternal destination? She will also stand for sentencing before the Judge of all the earth. Perhaps the strongest opposition to assisted suicide does not come from conservative Christians. Maybe the “strongest opposition” to suicide comes from the Creator of life Himself.

God bless you Ursula Bond East Blackpool, B.C.

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direction for Wells Gray Provincial Park included input from the Wells Gray Public Advisory Committee, Friends of Wells Gray Park and the broader citizenry. Today decisions affecting the management of Wells Gray Park are being made from a very narrow scope of input and outside of an adequate and informed public and stakeholder consultation process. Overall, land use plans outside of BC’s protected areas are also severely out of date and decisions that are made today are

based on realities from well over a decade prior. Needless to say much has since changed. One prime issue that has emerged recently includes the lack of accurate information about forest inventories which has triggered a special review committee to look at considering opening up B.C.’s protected areas, visual landscapes, endangered species habitat, sensitive riparian zones and tourism resource areas for timber harvesting. Many issues have arisen in both B.C.’s

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protected areas and on Crown land including land use conflicts that are putting public safety at risk, jeopardizing the recovery of endangered and threatened species and associated ecosystems as well as having profoundly negative impacts on tourism operator confidence when conflicting uses put one operator or user group at a great disadvantage. Clearly established designated use areas are especially important in regards to the necessary separation of motorized and nonmotorized recreation.

As with other regions of the province, the North Thompson clearly needs to implement designated use areas to ensure that the desired experience for each activity is optimized. This overriding policy to limit information to the public creates conflict, creates misinformation and it soaks up valuable time and resources that would otherwise be used for production and a healthy sustainable economy and community. This letter is to urge voters to question

their current MLA and the opposition candidates on how they would move forward to re-instate public advisory bodies, land use planning groups and much needed public and stakeholder processes to update land and recreational use plans prior to the next provincial election in May 2013. Everyone deserves to be informed and to be given adequate opportunity for input on land use decisions - it is a right, not a privilege.

Dana Foster Clearwater, B.C.

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Question of the Week

Do you think the government should privatize the liquor stores?

Anita Bazleg: I just moved from Alberta and they're privatized there. I think it would be a good idea.

Crystal Cosmano: No, they deÀnitely shouldn't. If they privatize they'd just get more of our money.

Some Canadian junior mining companies have bad reputations Editor, The Times:

Drive-by shootings in Mexico, rapes and murders in New Guinea, the disappearance and murder of citizen-activists in Guatemala, heavy metal and cyanide poisoning in Honduras, the killing of 70 unarmed people in the Congo, eviction without compensation, sweetheart deals with paramilitary groups and widespread corruption and environmental degradation nearly everywhere. What do these events have in common ? They’re not the activities of Al Qaeda but business-as-usual for Canadian mining companies operating abroad. Moving under the cover of trade deals that allow companies to sue governments, often in countries where human rights and environmental safeguards are weak, these companies often enlist the support of despotic regimes to push back on their own peoples, in the name of corporate “rights”. Last year, 10,000 protestors opposed a Canadian junior mining company when it wanted to open a silver mine near Lake Titicaca in Peru. Before the government had pulled the company’s tenure, five protestors lay dead, courtesy of the Peruvian army. That company claims to have spent $25 million and is now seeking redress for its lost “rights”. You may ask yourself why you haven’t heard anything about this before. Because it is disturbing, you may even want to dismiss it as pure fabrication. A number of SLAPPs (strategic lawsuit against public participation) have taken place and, when the word gets out, voices are effectively silenced. Only one province, Quebec, has anti-SLAPP legislation. Nevertheless, the issue of mining accountability has been brought up in Parliament, through a private mem-

ber’s bill (C-300) which surfaced in 2009 and which was narrowly defeated. All of the Conservatives, including Kamloops MP Cathy MacLeod, voted against it. A number of Liberals curiously, were absent for the vote notwithstanding the Liberal origins of C-300. Unfortunately, ordinary Canadians have been made into unknowing, and hopefully disapproving, investors, and partners, in these acts of terror that are being perpetrated on virtually every continent by Canadian mining companies. The CPP administers over $150 billion on behalf of Canadian workers and it, as well as the Quebec Pension Fund and BCMC, which manages the pension funds of British Columbians, invests billions in the activities of these mining giants. Investment houses and Canadian banks also invest heavily. Those less transparent investment vehicles, like mutual funds, trust funds, RRSPs, and the like, form the conduits for cash used to prop up the culpable corporations. When political efforts fail, there’s just one way for disapproving individuals to signal their distaste for this incredible race-to-the-bottom. We need to follow the lead of Norway. In ‘09, Norway pulled its pension plan investments from one prominent, arguably the most shameful, Canadian mining giant. When our paper ballots fail, voting with our personal investment dollars might impact the share prices enough to cause institutional investors to rethink what they’re doing with our money. Canada Day has just passed, and we may want to ask ourselves what we were celebrating. I was not celebrating the activities of Canadian mining companies.

Dave Simms Blackpool, B.C.

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Mike Smith:

Steve Borrow:

Yes, because then you could shop for better deals. It would be competitive. With a monopoly, you don't have a choice.

No, keep the jobs. It just seems they want to sell everything off and they shouldn't.

They've done it in Alberta and they seem to be doing just as well private as they were government run.

Kittens dumped in Blackpool Editor, The Times:

Four tiny kittens were dumped like garbage in Blackpool late on June 24. Weather was storming, but against all odds these wee things crawled off the road into someone’s yard. Three were found Monday - the fourth on Tuesday. All were hypothermic, hungry and frightened. Whoever did this - think about the message you are sending your children, not to mention the whole moral issue. Take responsibility as a pet owner. Yes, spaying or neutering is expensive, but if it’s not in your budget maybe you shouldn’t have pets that require this much care. Taking them to the vet to be put to sleep is far more humane than dumping them for predators or vehicles to kill. Note: At present the kittens are being bottle-fed and will be ready for adoption around Aug. 1. Hand raised kittens are extremely loving and bond close-

ly with their owners, making unique pets. For an appointment to view call 250-587-2366.

Andrea Lenny Blackpool, B.C.

One of four kittens recently abandoned in Blackpool cuddles with its siblings. Photo submitted

Change is difﬁcult but necessary Editor, The Times: We seem to be having a difficult time dealing with our addiction to fossil fuel, but is this really surprising? What must have it been like 150 years ago for generations of people addicted to horse power of the four-legged, hayburning type, to face the change to a series of machines burning fossil fuel? Perhaps the prospect of walking knee deep in horse exhaust, of the solid and liquid kind, in our ever growing

cities may have been part of the incentive to change. We, who are privileged to live in the uncrowded countryside, sometimes forget that the necessity for change usually occurs first in high-density cities. That, combined with the nearly 90 per cent of Canadians who live in cities where most functions are concentrated, may explain the pressure to change. Not that we country folks don’t do are part to foul our environment, but it is not as noticeable

because of our lower numbers of people. At some point we are going to have to make serious change to the way we power and develop our planet Earth or we might just as well bow out and leave it to the insects to fix, because they are the only living species that can tolerate the mess we have created. Is the best way to alter human behaviour the stick or the carrot? Do we hit mankind with a stick, as in Mr. McNeill’s case the uni-

versal tax, or will it be the carrot in the form of affordable alternatives that are less polluting? Or will it be a combination of both approaches? In conclusion, to do nothing and continue on our present course is to commit progressive suicide. That we need to change is not in doubt - we need to be openly engaged in discussion and debate on possible solutions.

Wes Morden Blackpool, B.C.

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Truckin’ the trout to Clearwater hatchery Grant Gale A Cranbrook area truck driver is a familiar face at Clearwater Trout Hatchery and in the North Thompson Valley. Larry Fox has put in more than 35 years hauling trout for the provincial fish culture and lake-stocking program. He has been hauling specially equipped trailers since the mid-1970s for the B.C. government’s Fish and Wildlife program and its successor, the Freshwater Fisheries Society of BC. A fish culturist always accompanied Fox, but the truck driver gained a lot of experience transporting fish. There were times when his resourcefulness and experience helped with some potentially serious situations. Fox was always more than just “the driver.” One of his more memorable trips occurred recently when the truck broke down on Roger’s Pass. He worked with the fish culturist from KTH, who monitored the fish while a replacement truck was provided. The run took an extra six hours, but the fish arrived in excellent condition. As angler demands on lakes increased in the Cariboo and northern part of the province, the lack of a major trout production facility in the area required fish to be produced and transferred from Kootenay Trout Hatchery (KTH) near Cranbrook. Prior to the purchase of the Clearwater facility in 1997, the fish were transferred into the much smaller Loon Creek Hatchery (LCH) south

of Clinton. These fish are reloaded into smaller trucks for delivery to the various lakes. LCH used to receive 15 or more semi-trailer loads of fish. The first trailer used for these transfers was a refitted milk tanker. In the mid-1980s, a specially designed trailer replaced the original tanker. The new unit had updated oxygen delivery equipment and more compartments. This trailer can hold up to 175,000 fish depending on the size and species of fish. The contract is always more than showing up with the truck to hook on and drive. Fox goes to the hatchery to move the trailer from its storage location to the pond building, and then has to be on hand while the fish are being loaded to move it between containers. One truck had to be fitted with modified

exhaust stacks when the doors in the new pond building at KTH were found to be too low. But as Larry approaches retirement, he reflects back on his involvement with the program. This has always been his favorite contract, and he smiles every time he gets to talk about it. Recent water and energy conservation measures adopted by the FFSBC means more fish are produced at Clearwater Hatchery, requiring fewer transfers. The transfer program will continue for some years yet, but Larry will be putting in fewer hours behind the wheel. “That’s okay” he says, “lots of other things to do.” But you can bet that when the hatchery calls, he will pretty much drop whatever he’s doing.

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Beekeepers collect the swarm from the tree at Clearwater Trailer Park. Bees in swarms are usually non-aggressive as they are full of honey and do not have any brood to protect. Photos by Lorne Nelson

A swarm of bees cluster under a branch near Clearwater Trailer Park on Thursday afternoon, June 21. Swarms usually form in the spring when the queen leaves the hive, taking several thousand workers with her. The remaining workers in the hive then raise a new queen to replace her. The swarm site is a temporary location used while scout bees locate a permanent site for a new hive.

Canfor suing ministry over ďŹ re response Canfor is suing the province over what it alleges was a negligent and inadequate firefighting response to a 2010 wildfire near Vanderhoof. A statement of claim filed June 15 in BC Supreme Court claims that the fire occurred on June 18, 2010, approximately 30 km southwest of Vanderhoof. The statement of claim alleges that the ministry "caused or contributed" to the spread of the fire by failing: â&#x20AC;˘ to provide a timely fire response, control and/or suppression efforts; â&#x20AC;˘ to use adequate care in its fire response, control and/or suppression efforts; â&#x20AC;˘ to marshal and deploy sufficient resources, in terms of personnel and/or equipment, in a timely manner in order to fight the fire; â&#x20AC;˘ to provide timely and/or adequate aerial water bombing to control and/or suppress the fire; and â&#x20AC;˘ to provide the necessary personnel to control and/or suppress the fire. Contractors will

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The former head of the Clearwater RCMP is undergoing drug treatment, court in Merritt heard Tuesday as the manâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s arraignment hearing was pushed to Sept. 4. Former Staff Sgt. Stuart Seib was charged in January with stealing and using cocaine from a police evidence locker. He is also charged with breach of trust, dating back to June 2010. â&#x20AC;&#x153;My understanding is that Seib is currently attending a treatment centre,â&#x20AC;? said Crown Council William Burrows. Defense lawyer Shawn Buckley, acting as Tim Pennell agent for Port CoquitlamDIRECTOR, ELECTORAL AREA â&#x20AC;&#x153;Aâ&#x20AC;? based attorney Neville (WELLS GRAY COUNTRY) McDougal, said negoRes: 250-676-9485 tiations are underway to www.wellsgraycountry.ca resolve the case without a trial. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Mr. McDougall is waiting for Crown to 300- 465 Victoria Street, Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada V2C 2A9 make a decision on that,â&#x20AC;? Tel: 250-377-8673 Email: tnrd.director@gmail.com Fax: 250-372-5048 www.tnrd.bc.ca Buckley said. Toll Free in BC: 1-877-377-8673 Progress isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t expect-

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$2-million investment increases access to farm-fresh produce Ministry of Health SURREY - Lower-income seniors and families in communities throughout B.C. will have increased access to locally grown produce and food products as the result of a $2-million, one-time grant to the BC Association of Farmers’ Markets. Funding supports the Farmers’ Market Nutrition and Coupon Program, which provides coupons each week for participants to spend at their local farmers’ market. Running for 14 weeks this year, the program is targeted at lower-income seniors and families, including pregnant women, who are participating in cooking and skill-building programs. These programs teach participants how to cook healthy, nutritious meals including using locally produced farm products. Families will receive $15 worth of coupons each week, while seniors

will receive $12 worth. Coupons are treated like cash and can be used to purchase a variety of B.C. food products including fruit, vegetables, meat, fish, nuts, dairy and fresh cut herbs. The program matches BC Association of Farmers’ Markets member farmers’ markets with one or more community agencies that operate a cooking and skill-building program. The program will support up to 50 families and pregnant women and up to 10 seniors per community. The intent is to expand the program to support more individuals and B.C. communities each year. The BC Association of Farmers’ Markets is a provincially registered, non-profit association, which represents farmers’ markets throughout the province. At member markets, the focus is on selling locally grown or processed farm-fresh foods and vendors must either make, bake or grow the products they sell.

Going back to school to increase employability skills? -Authorization to Quit Employment - Under the EI Act a person is disqualified from receiving benefits if they quit their employment without ‘just cause.’ However, persons who leave their employment in order to take a course or program of training for an employment goal may be eligible for Authorization to Quit Employment. Clearwater Employment Services Centre is available to assist you with this application. Please call to set up an appointment with one of our councellors for more information.

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Building Blocks Daycare graduation class of 2012 pose for a photograph. Pictured are (l-r) Vayda, Ryleigh, Brook-Lynn, Marcy, Soren, Reyna, Michael, Alexander, Jesslynn and Ellyse. Missing from the photo are Brayden and Kileigh. Photo submitted

Building Blocks Daycare holds graduation ceremony Submitted Family members and friends visited on Friday, June 22as the graduating children of Building Blocks Daycare celebrated their upcoming transition into Kindergarten. The children wore handmade graduation caps and happy smiles! The fun began with the whole class singing two songs, “I’m a little graduate,” and “Zippedy doo dah,” to entertain the audience. Then, as the graduates received their certificate from early childhood educator

Georgina Leppky, they were awarded a ‘Star of the Day’ necklace in order that the children may continue with their excellent community spirit and help their families at home as that is the role of the individual chosen as star of the day in daycare. The children who will be returning for another year at daycare sat with their big friends and cheered for them. When all ceremonies were complete the children, families and staff enjoyed a delicious potluck together. Building Blocks Daycare is a licensed

group care facility providing care for children from two months to five years old. Our childcare philosophy is a holistic one where each child is seen as an individual and the care they receive is tailored to meet the child’s needs. Lots of our time is spent on the floor playing with the children, helping them problem solve, compromise, be respectful, develop their imagination and sense of self, take turns and gain confidence in a social setting; modeling is after all, how children learn best.

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However, we notice that many of our children are ready to take the next step and begin blending letters to read simple words, emergent writing takes shape and simple words are added to pictures and numbers have meaning. Extended program in September In September families will be offered an extended program that focuses on the preschool curriculum. We will blend a preschool theme with our morning sessions that will focus on developing preschool skills in all domains. Children who are ready and whose parents would like them to join in, will be able to participate in small group learning centres with an early childhood educator, although we wish to stress that all learning will be in a ‘fun’ format. This program will be open to children over three years old only and will operate in the morning between 8 a.m. and 12.30 p.m. Places will be allocated on a first come, first serve basis. For more information please contact either Georgina Leppky or Susanne Butcher at 250-6742600.

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Province announces small community grants Times Staff Clearwater is to receive $342,000 from the province’s Strategic Community Investment Fund. The money comes from the Traffic Fine Revenue Sharing program (TFRS) and Small Community and Regional District Grants (SCG). Barriere ($330,000), Chase ($340,000), Kamloops ($950,000), Sun Peaks ($194,000), and Thompson-Nicola ($119,000) also will be receiving SCIF grants. “For smaller communities like Barriere, Sun Peaks and Clearwater, small community grants can mean the difference between maintaining some of their priority projects and dropping them. It’s great to see them receive this funding,” commented

Kamloops-North Thompson MLA Terry Lake. With this installment, the province has invested over $975 million in the Traffic Fine Revenue Sharing program and Small Community Regional District Grants since 2001. SCIF grants allow communities to invest in their own priority projects. Small Community and Regional District Grants assist local governments in providing basic services. The Small Community and Regional District Grant allocation is based on population and assessment. The Traffic Fine Revenue Sharing program helps municipalities that directly pay for police enforcement costs (District of Clearwater’s population is too small to pay for its own direct policing costs).

Community Forest setting course for next ﬁve years Submitted Five years ago, Wells Gray Community Forest Corporation (WGCF) was awarded a provisional forest licence and began to lay the foundation for managing the community forest landbase. During its first five years the corporation has harvested 167,000 cubic meters of wood, creating significant local employment and opportunities for local business during a very difficult economic period for the forestry sector. Thus far, WGCF has been involved in many challenging and interesting projects. We have completed salvaging beetle-killed pine, conducted a thorough Watershed Risk Analysis for District of Clearwater’s drinking water supply, supported Non Timber Forest Product studies and completed a detailed re-inventory of the community forest area. In addition, to date the forest community has provided local groups and organiza-

tion funding to an amount of $215,000 Our accomplishments are well recognized and resulted in the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations awarding a 25-year renewable forest license on July 2, 2011. This decision enables the corporation now to undertake long term planning exercise to set new goals and directions. Wells Gray Community Forest is now planning for the next five-year operational period, for which we require a new Management Plan and a Forest Stewardship Plan. In order to receive public input the CF will hold a public meeting to provide an opportunity for the general public to review our draft Management Plan and the draft Forest Stewardship Plan. The meeting will be organized in conjunction with the Community Forest Advisory Committee. Representatives from the Wells Gray Community Forest Corporation and CFAC will be present

One million hectares of B.C. forest land may need to be replanted to help them recover from widespread fire and bark beetle problems, according to a new report from the B.C. government’s Forest Practices Board. The report estimates the entire area that may need replanting at two million hectares, out of the 95 million hectares of total forest land in B.C. But about 500,000 hectares of that is the legal responsibility of the forest companies that logged it, and the government has plans in place to replant another 250,000 hectares. “Decisions about whether to replant areas where mountain pine beetle and fires have killed most of the trees will have an impact on the future timber supply,” board chair Al Gorley said. “At a minimum, if nature is left to take its course, the eventual crop of timber in those areas will be delayed.” The board, an independent watchdog of the B.C. government, is critical of the way the government defines “not satisfactorily restocked” forest land. The definition only applies to areas designated for timber harvest. Even within this 22 million-hectare timber supply area, there are large areas affected by fire or pests, but the report notes that the ministry’s survey data on these areas are not sufficient to be certain of their tree survival or recovery. “There has been only a limited amount of reforestation effort directed at mature beetle-affected forests because those areas might still be harvested by the forest industry,” the report says. The ministry announced regulatory changes Tuesday to promote salvage of wood waste for producing wood pellets and other “bio-products,” including electricity, fuels, plastics, solvents, lubri-

Keith McNeill If the month of June seemed wetter than usual, it’s because it was, according to Ian Moilliet. His family has been keeping weather records at their Vavenby sheep ranch since 1913 and rainfall last month was definitely above average, he said. The long-term average precipitation during June is about 80 mm, he said. This year it was 112.4 mm, a 40 per cent increase. Moilliet noted that rainfall last year in June was 90.4 mm, also above average. The rain continued on into July in 2011, with a total of 70.8 mm, about twice the long-term average of 35 mm. Last year, after an unusually wet June and July, August and September were dry, he said.

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YEARS AGO: Jimmy Small, age eight, fell into an old cesspool while riding a horse behind an old house near Camp Two. His father, Glen Small, took him to the doctor in Kamloops. He had been riding with Spencer Mackenzie, age 12. Ted Mackenzie got the horse out with help from a few men and a block-and-tackle.

YEARS AGO: A contract for completion of the Raft River Bridge on Yellowhead Highway 5 was approved. Between 300 and 400 people attended the opening day at Maxwell’s Fabric and Sewing Center in Brookfield Mall, according to manager E.C. Maxwell. There had been even more present than at the opening of Clearwater Pharmacy (his son’s

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operation) one year earlier. Clearwater had a second physician as Dr. Bruce Anderson joined Dr. Regehr as a partner in the Clearwater Medical Center in Brookfield Plaza. Canadian National Railroad presented Blue River Waterworks District with a mobile fire pump unit and a building to house it. The equipment had been used to protect CNR property. It was given with the understanding that the Blue River Volunteer Fire Department would extend fire protection to CNR properties.

YEARS AGO: Yellowhead Ecological Association called for a public inquiry into a uranium mine proposed for near Birch Island, and uranium mining in B.C. in general. A report conducted on behalf of

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BACK IN TIME Dennison Mines said construction would start in the spring of 1978. Blackpool Fire Department received the go-ahead to build a fire hall on Old No. 5 Highway, north of Blackpool Hall. TNRD would take a poll in mid-August to ask Blue River and area residents if they wanted a television repeater system.

YEARS AGO: Two RCMP officers suffered whiplash and other injuries after their police car was struck in the rear near Brookfield Shopping Center. The two policemen pursued the hit and run vehicle,

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colliding with it a second time, then chasing the driver on foot. A Clearwater man was charged with impaired driving, dangerous driving and leaving the scene of an accident. Clearwater’s dump on the road to Wells Gray Park was the most expensive of the 30 disposal sites in the TNRD, said works coordinator Fred Hart. The reason was that many local residents didn’t bother to throw their garbage over the bank, he said. Signs asking them to do so had been stolen.

YEARS AGO: MLA Claude Richmond was to officially open the new Clearwater community tennis courts, built on school district property next to an older court. Over 1,800 volunteer hours had been spent on the project, spearheaded by Dave Meehan.

Vavenby Lions Club offered one dollar to purchase the Vavenby school annex and property, secretary-treasurer Tim Klotz reported to the North Thompson School District 26 board. Wells Gray Infocenter manager Vi Mayer reported that 2,767 visitors had passed through the center in June, up from 880 the previous year.

YEARS AGO: Clearwater RCMP, Barriere RCMP, a Kamloops police service dog and an airplane from Kamloops air division took part in a manhunt for four Alberta youths in Sunshine Valley. Police had attempted to stop their stolen 4x4 with a spike belt. The four were eventually apprehended near Foote Road. In a move to provide more stable employ-

ment to silviculture workers, Clearwater Forest District awarded two longer term, multiphase contracts to local contractors Warren MacLennan and Chuck Emery.

YEARS AGO: Hundreds of tourists and local residents in Wells Gray Park and Upper Clearwater were trapped when 100 feet of Clearwater Valley Road washed out at First Canyon. “By 2 p.m. we were concerned about the road, by 3 p.m. it was gone,” said RCMP Sgt. Bryon Hodgkin. The culvert at Second Canyon was three-quarters plugged, said highways area manager Vern Goodwin. Floodwaters also hit Ida Dekelver’s Yellowhead Museum by Candle Creek.

YEARS AGO: Clearwater’s office of the Ministry of Children and Family Development moved from its former quarters at the corner of Taren Drive to the Clearwater Health Center, located next to the old hospital. The North Thompson’s softball

team, the Tru Market Rebels, showed great sportsmanship in hosting a tough match with softball world champions, the New Zealand Black Sox. The Black Sox were on a three-week tour across Canada.

YEARS AGO: The ThompsonNicola Regional District board approved the first reading of a rezoning bylaw to allow a service station and convenience store to be built on the Yellowhead Highway near the intersection of Clearwater Valley Road. Kamloops MLA and Blue River’s most famous son, Claude Richmond was in his hometown to celebrate Canada Day.

YEAR AGO: Local residents Cheryl Thomas, Carol Fraser and Cindy Wilgosh walked 10 km along Highway 5 as they took part in the fourth annual Walk4Justice. The 4,700 km trek from Vancouver to Ottawa sought to raise awareness about murdered and missing Indigenous women.

North Thompson pioneer celebrates her 85th year Robyn Rexin Vavenby resident Mary Johnson celebrated her 85th birthday on July 4. She has been ill for some time and not up to going out so Fay Jones, who helps Johnson out in her home, organized a surprise birthday party for her to be held on her deck. It was a beautiful day and nine friends stayed from for the full two hours. Others dropped in for a short while to say hello and wish her a happy birthday. It was a tea party with guests supplying the ample finger food and Jones baking the delicious birthday cake. Johnson was very surprised by the party for her. She said, "It was the last thing I expected." Johnson was born and raised in New Westminster. She had only one sister who died at 48 due to cancer. Johnson moved to Blue River

where she met her husband, Villy Johnson. They moved to Vavenby in 1978 where Mary has been an active member in the community until she became ill. Her friends are hoping she will soon feel well enough to take part in the varied organizations she enjoyed. Happy birthday, Mary, from all your friends and may this year be a healthier one.

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Fair candidates show poise and conﬁdence Elli Kohnert, North Thompson Star/Journal Some of the six North Thompson Fall Fair and Rodeo Ambassador Program candidates may have been a little nervous for the Speech, Talent and Fashion Show held on June 16 at the Lion’s Hall in Barriere; but once the girls were on stage they showed an amazing amount of self-confidence. Hannah Allen, the 2011/2012 Fall Fair Queen, was the MC for the first part of the evening’s performance, telling the audience, “The candidates have been working very hard for the past few months to reach this point in the program where they deliver their speeches. They went to many speechcraft classes as well as preparing their own unique talents. Since our Banner Night in March, our candidates have been busy with a full schedule of educational programs and beneficial events.” The candidates have also participated in community events such as the Lion’s Easter Egg Hunt and the Seniors Society Mothers Day Tea. The girls have participated in ballroom dancing, self-defense and etiquette classes. During visits to the Wittner Sheep Farm and Rainer Dairy Farm, they have been introduced to some of the agriculture that takes place in the North Thompson Valley. All these activities give the candidates a

well-rounded preparation to become an Ambassador. As the candidates delivered the speech they had chosen for themselves, all displayed the confidence and expertise learned over the past few months. They showed courage in addressing difficult topics with confidence, and poise. Committee member Diane Metz said, “It is amazing how the girls have improved since March. They show more confidence and greater ease in being the focus in public. We are certainly proud of them.” The speech topics were intermingled with talent presentations from each candidate. These proved to be a real crowd pleaser; with each presentation demonstrating the individual’s imagination, skill, and a passion for their special aptitude. The talents offered a variety of art forms, as well as a well-choreographed dance performance that was a hit with the audience. A fun-filled final staging was an imaginative Fashion Show, with the candidates appearing in the first round wearing their favorite western outfit, thus showing the audience their connection to western life. The second part of the fashion show involved a play on words. The candidates had been asked to come up with a costume depicting a certain play on words. Amazingly they created apparel depicting sayings

(L to r) Queen Hannah Allen and Princess Cassandra Brown joined with Fall Fair Ambassador 2012 candidates in a recent Fashion Show: Alesha Kaduk - Miss Barriere Lions Club, Kennedy Ash - Miss Jim’s Food Market, Aliya Bieber - Miss Wells Gray Info Center, Alisha Gotro - Miss Baillie’s Towing, Kaitlain Chantler Miss Sam’s Pizza and Rib House, and Kaylee Patterson - Miss Fraser Ventures Ltd. Photo by Elli Kohnert such as “moneybags”, and “hold your horses”. This concluded the evening’s pre-

sentations, with both the audience and the participants commenting, “The event was a success on all counts.”

District of Clearwater is undertaking a number of initiatives in regards to its water supply. That’s according to information distributed during a meeting held June 21 to discuss the municipality’s annual report. The major project is a $385,000 investment to install an ultraviolet disinfection system to the Russell Creek source. The project design is complete and construction should be done by this fall. Major funding for the project is coming from a Towns for Tomorrow grant. The UV treatment should give improved health and safety plus help meet the requirements of the BC Drinking Water Protection Act. Presently the municipality only makes use of chlorination at its gravityfed intake at Russell

Creek and at its two wells. Also ongoing is a infrastructure master plan, budgeted to cost $140,000. This will be an overall plan for Clearwater’s infrastructure, including water, sewer, drainage, buildings and facilities, as well as roads and other transportation infrastructure. A public open house will be held in the fall for this project. Expected outcomes include cost savings, environmental benefits, improved health and safety, plus helping to meet drinking water regulations. A water conservation plan is to be finalized this month. The plan is intended to reduce water use, defer infrastructure expansions and contribute to longterm sustainability. Major funding for the $15,000 project is coming through a Towns for Tomorrow grant. The water conser-

vation plan should save the town money, save water, and benefit the environment. An emergency response plan for the water system has been completed. It will provide a proactive responses to emergency situations related to the water system, such a forest fire in the watershed or pump failure. The $10,000 investment is expected to result in cost savings, environmental benefits, and improved health and safety, plus help meet Interior Health’s conditions of permit. An operation and maintenance plan is providing an organized and systematic tool to plan for routine functions and regular maintenance activities. Expected outcomes from the $15,000 investment include cost savings, water savings, improved health and safety, as well as better compliance with Interior Health conditions of permit and Municipal Insurance

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Association recommendations. A water qualitymonitoring program also is now complete. It ensures that the correct parameters are being monitored at the appropriate frequency. Cost is $12,000 per year and it should result in improved health and safety, better compliance with Interior Health conditions and BC Drinking Water Protection Act. The first phases of a leak detection program will assess how much leakage the system has and identify next steps. Losses in water systems can account for up to 20 per cent of all community water use. Despite having a wetter climate, Clearwater uses considerably more water than Kamloops on a per capita basis. Leaks might be one reason why. The $10,000 invested in the leak detection program is expected to result in cost savings, water

savings, environmental benefits plus improved health and safety. Finally, $25,000 is being invested in SCADA (supervisory control and data acquisition) upgrades. The project will result in better system monitor-

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Some people feel that an alcoholic drink at night helps them sleep. However, alcohol’s effect on sleep has been studied well, and although it can help initiate sleep, it doesn’t result in sleeping through the night. Generally, sleep quality was poorer in women who had a pre-bedtime drink. A new type of hearing aid is now being marketed in Europe and the U.S. Called SoundBite, it directs sound through the jawbone and into the inner ear. The device is custome-made for each patient and is positioned onto the upper left or right molars. Sound is conducted right to the inner ear - bypassing the middle and outer ear. Not yet available in Canada, however. We are taught as youngsters that sharing is a good thing, and it is. But sharing medications is not so good. What may work for your, could be very bad for the person with whome you are sharing. Speaking of sharing, if you are using an insulin pen to administer your insulin, do not share it with another diabetic. Even though these pens are multiple-use syringes, and the needle is changed each time, they are meant for only one person. There is a risk of passing blood pathogens from oner person to another. Are you able to look at each of your medication bottles and know what each drug is used for? It is important to know this information. If you don’t, check with our pharmacists. We are here to help.

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North Thompson Drill Team begins Canada Day festivities Members of Clearwater and area's new drill team wave to the crowd as they open Canada Day festivities across from Dutch Lake beach. Pictured are (l-r) (Hazel Dowds, Ursula Johnston, Shaye Turcotte, Elysia McClennon, Michelle Hauser, Candus Graffunder, Tammy Harbidge, Caitlyn Harbidge, Jenny Jim, and Yvonne Woedlinger. Photo by Margot Venema

Family opens Bampton Recreation Area Margot Venema Thanks to the Bampton family, Clearwater citizens now have the Bampton Recreation Area to enjoy! On Canada Day, Penny and Barry Bampton along with their daughter Alyssa and her husband Paul Cook, officially unveiled the sign marking the entrance to the area. Unfortunately, their other daughter Nicole couldn’t be there for this official event. “It was an emotional decision to donate the property to the citizens of Clearwater,” Mr. Bampton said in his speech. “Our family wants this area to serve as a lasting memory to our Bampton and Australian lineages, as well as a thank you to all those people in Clearwater who helped us get our start, back in 1974.” “The family has only one condition,” he emphasized. “We ask to respect the covenant that it will never be developed.” The Bampton’s and Clearwater share a long history. The family landed here in 1974 after purchasing the Dutch Lake Motel. They didn’t know anything about running a business and Barry Bampton often describes this period of his life as “six years with our hands in a toilet and our heads in a septic tank.” However, with the help

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(L-r) Alyssa Bampton, Penny Bampton and Barry Bampton unveil a sign for the Bampton Recreation Area next to Dutch Lake beach on Canada Day. Photo by Margot Venema of many wonderful people in town such as Charlie and Una Burman, Shorty Blair, Albert Braaten, Bob Miller, Ray and Joyce Grahn, John and Edwina Kurta, Sylvia and Paul Arduini, Angie and Al Miller, and many others they were able to build a successful business. They became close friends with the Helmcken Lodge owners at the time, Barry and Liz Clarke. “Together we produced the first brochures to promote the region for the off-season, highlighting the amazing crosscountry skiing and snowmobiling opportunities,” Barry Clarke told the audience. “Some of you may have skated on the huge ice skating rink we cleared on the

lake each year or skied on the many trails, we created around the lake.” In 1975, the Bamptons purchased this wonderful piece of property and developed nature trails on it. They were successful in trying to motivate tourists to extend their stay to visit the real wilderness offered by Wells Gray Park. At age six, Alyssa toured people around on the trails while she talked in her cute Australian accent about the wilderness. “It goes without saying how much Penny and I love B.C. and we will always fondly remember this community,” Barry said. “Thank you so much for treating us so well and we wish you all the best of good health and happiness.”

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Clearwater celebrates a happy Canada Day Margot Venema After a night of torrential rain, Canada Day started out with the sun carefully peeking out. This boded well for a full day of fun activities around Clearwater. The District of Clearwater hosted Canada celebrations at Dutch Lake beach. The day began at 11 a.m. with Lisalee Campbell singing O' Canada, followed by an impressive horseback riding demonstration from the North Thompson Drill Team in the field opposite the Dutch Lake beach parking lot. The team was cheered on by an enthusiastic crowd that had gathered on the side of the road. At noon Barry, Penny, and their daughter Alyssa Bampton officially unveiled the Bampton Recreation Area sign. Following the unveiling, different activities could be

enjoyed on the beach. There was drumming, face painting, Zumba on the Beach, and storytelling. Kathleen Cook Waldron read to the children from her book “Round Up at the Palace”. Then the afternoon was interrupted by another big downpour with thunder and lightning but that didn’t deter people and they cozily huddled together under the food tent in the parking lot. At the same time, the Raft River Rockhounds had organized a fun afternoon for the whole family on the Clearwater Country Inn/Blue Loon Grill Grounds. Jewelry, craft, and food vendors had set up their gazeboes around the field. Daryll Laboucan from Kamloops did drumming sessions with kids on beautifully decorated First Nations drums at the Spirit Bear Village. At 2:30 p.m. the live music began

Art images dominate our lives, they tell us how to behave, what to think, even how to feel, they mold and deﬁne us. But why do these images in Art hold such an appeal for us? Are we “hard wired” down to the cellular level to react to them? I think so. What is creativity? Why do some people have the constant urge to create and others don’t? Why are visual images so exciting for me? Why do I always want to draw, paint or sculpt? For me, creating Art from seemingly nothing is a great accomplishment. I live for the creative experience... all else is waiting. Where I live has a profound affect on my work. I live in central British Columbia Canada, in a small town nestled between two river valleys and surrounded by near wilderness, which is again surrounded by the complete wilderness of Wells Gray Park, soon to be a world heritage site for its superb natural beauty. I am surrounded by natural forms so its easy for me to pick from this abundance. But why abstract the forms? Why push and pull, stretch and shrink the forms? I think we humans are “hard wired” genetically (some more than others) to enjoy distortion in portraying natural forms. The tiny ﬁgure of the “Venus of Willendorf” from the prehistory of 30,000 B.C. begins to explain my theory. With no face and no

Sandy Mackenzie (l) and Merlin Blackwell go Canadian as they hand out mufﬁns at Dutch Lake beach.

Lisalee Campbell models a bright red hat after singing O' Canada to open the Canada Day festivities at Dutch Lake beach. All photos by Margot Venema which lasted well into the late afternoon. The day ended with

arms only the sexual aspects greatly enhanced are evident. As in the fashion industry of the past and today certain aspects have been cherished while others bidden. We humans seem to take comfort in exaggerated human depiction. For 3000 years the Egyptians strict society would only allow one style of abstracted human depiction. Head, in proﬁle, eyes from front view, torso straight on, arms bent sideways palms out with the ﬁngers on the hands all the same length, rooted on both feet in a straight line. It’s like describing a Picasso painting that shows many points of view at once. This became their world view and no doubt helped the population to focus their attention on the enormous public sculptures created during that time. The Greeks of antiquity also loved abstraction. They developed various art forms most notably Mathematics, Philosophy and sculpture. But it wasn’t till the fortunes of war brought them highly skilled stone masons from captured Egyptian enclaves that they were able to fully develop their depiction of abstracted human forms. In their pursuit of the perfect human depiction came the sculpture of “Krition Boy” and it was as near to a perfect copy of a human possible. But for some reason this approach to sculpture was quickly abandoned for the more

a dinner and a dance at the community hall and when darkness set

stylized and abstracted had gained popularity. Why is it more engaging to view a natural form (like the human body) in an exaggerated state? Perhaps its because regular waking reality is dull and we require a notion of the unknown or the abstract to fully engage our attention. And so, like some artists that came before me, I too appear to be “hard wired” to enjoy distorted natural forms. This is, I think, why I paint the way I do. This is why I get so excited about the dialogue which appears between myself and the work of Art. I am very concerned and spend all my time trying to capture the essence of the creative moment and record it on canvas. I am dedicated to creating authentic personal imagery with intuitive answers to my questions. Like, “what should I do next?” I get a feeling of what to do next. So, as I paint I have to trust this feeling and act boldly with my tools. My paintings have to stand on their own. I’m not there to help you with your understanding. When you buy a painting from me you learn to view the painting over time. Over time the story the image has to tell will become clear. The music in the story (I listen to jazz as I work) will echo in the corners of your understanding, like it does in mine. As a person, your point of view changes daily and as a collector your point of view toward the Art work also changes. So as the Art Work must stand on its own, it must also go with you and over time the story will mature as you learn to see what it is you are looking at. Art has magic in it. A good piece will give off its magic to the observer forever. Robert R. Cuming | Clearwater, B.C.

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(L-r) Daryll Laboucan, Tyler and Hannah MacDonald drum as they sing a Cree song at the Great Bear Village – located next to the Raft River Rockhounds fair.

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Sports Raft River students excel in track and ﬁeld Submitted

Raft River Elementary School just finished a very successful track and field season. It is with the continued support of our teachers, parents and coach Dan Coleman that makes the program so successful. The school had over 100 participants attend the intermediate (Grades 4-7) elementary track meet at Clearwater Secondary School. Of those 100, 61 students qualified to move onto the Zones track and field meet in Kamloops and of those 61, 24 advanced to the District track meet. Many Raft River students qualified in more than one event for Districts. In addition to the intermediate track and field program, Raft River held a primary track and field meet. It was a fabulous event, masterfully planned by Skye Buck. Teachers, parents, college students, high school students and the school’s intermediate track and field students volunteered to make the track meet a success. Aggregate winner for the Zones for a second year in a row was Mason Wadlegger.

Raft River Elementary School student Bay-Lea Hedlund gets ready to put the shot. A first-time competitor, she placed first in the Zones and first in the Districts in the event. Photo submitted

Raft River Elementary School Track and Field Meet - Zones: Tyke Girls: 100 m Juniper Wadlegger 8th; 200 m Juniper Wadlegger 4th; 200 m Nicole Andrews 6th; 400 m Nicole Andrews 2nd; Long Jump Juniper Wadlegger 1st; Shotput Bay-Lea Hedlund 1st; Shotput Nicole Andrews 2nd; Shotput Jasmine Carr 5th. Tyke Boys: 400 m Jayden Kjenstad 2nd; 400 m Eric Wiunig 7th; 800 m Jayden Kjenstad 2nd; 800 m Carter McLellan 5th; Shotput Dallas Tucker 6th. Peewee 1 Girls: 100 m Savannah Dee 4th; 200 m Ali Walker 7th; 400 m Haliya Arduini 3rd; 400 m Ashley Stephenson 8th; 800 m Haliya Arduini 2nd; Long Jump Savannah Dee 3rd; Triple Jump Savannah Dee 1st; Shotput Georgia Wesnoski 4th. Peewee 1 Boys: 100 m Lochlan Wilson 1st; 200 m Lochlan Wilson 2nd; 400 m Mitchell Chayer 7th; 800 m Cedrik Menard 6th; High Jump Lochlan Wilson 3rd; High Jump Colby Rhodes 7th; Long Jump Cedrik Menard 2nd; Long Jump Ben Butcher 6th; Triple Jump Cedrik Menard 1st; Triple Jump Ben

Butcher 6th; Shotput Colby Rhodes 3rd. Peewee 2 Girls: 200 m Keltie Arndt 5th; 400 m Natalia Biagioni 4th; 800 m Annie Whelen 5th; High Jump Keltie Arndt 5th; Long Jump Annie Whelen 8th; Triple Jump Annie Whelen 6th; Shotput Emily Giesbrecht 4th. Peewee 2 Boys: 200 m Keanen Bromley 3rd; 200 m Jaxon Kjenstad 7th; 400 m Mason Wadlegger 3rd; 800 m Mason Wadlegger 1st; 1500 m Mason Wadlegger 1st. Bantam 1 Girls: 100 m Ashlyn Sunderman 5th; 100 m Catelynn Johnson 7th; 200 m Catelynn Johnson 4th; 200 m Sam Stein 6th; 400 m Ashlyn Sunderman 3rd; High Jump Ashleah Christian 1st; Long Jump Megan Benbow 6th; Shotput Megan Benbow 3rd. Bantam 1 Boys: 200 m Patrick Walker 1st; 400 m Patrick Walker 3rd; 400 m Dylan Sharein 7th; High Jump Connor Dee 8th; Long Jump Patrick Walker 3rd. 4 x 100 m Relay, Tyke Girls 5th; Peewee 1 Girls 7th; Peewee 2 Girls 5th; Bantam 1 Girls 3rd; Tyke Boys 6th; Peewee 1 Boys 3rd; Bantam 1 Boys 5th.

Coed Medley Peewee 1 & 2: Clayton Sollows, Annie Whelen, Ashley Stephenson and Nathan Jensen 3rd. Aggregate Peewee 2 Boys Mason Wadlegger. District Track and Field Meet Results Tyke Girl: Shotput Bay-Lea Hedlund 1st; Long Jump Juniper Wadlegger 6th; 400m Nicole Andrews 7th. Tyke Boys: 800 m Jayden Kjenstad 5th. Peewee 1 Girls: 800 m Haliya Arduini 3rd; Triple Jump Savannah Dee 1st; Long Jump Savannah Dee 6th. Peewee 1 Boys: 100 m Lochlan Wilson 2nd; 200 m Lochlan Wilson 2nd; Long Jump Cedrik Menard 7th; Triple Jump Cedrik Menard 7th; High Jump Lochlan Wilson 7th. Peewee 2 Boys: 800 m Mason Wadlegger 5th; 1500 m Mason Wadlegger 3rd; Coed Medley Peewee 1 & 2 Haliya Arduini, Annie Whelen, Clayton Sollows and Nathan Jensen 8th. Bantam 1 Boys: 200 m Patrick Walker 7th.

Cory wins bronze at X Games Times Staff Vavenby’s Cory Graffunder has become the first Canadian to win a medal in men’s Enduro X. He took third place during X Games 18 in Los Angeles on July 1. Graffunder is described as “Canada’s best off road racer” in his ESPN biography. Last year he watched the X Games from the stands after breaking his wrist in a practice crash a few days earlier. “It was probably the biggest disappointment of my life, getting injured right before X Games,” Graffunder said. “To follow it up with the bronze the next year is the biggest achievement of my life.” Graffunder came through in the last chance qualifier to make the final. First place went to American Mike Brown while second went to Cody Webb, also of the U.S. Close behind Graffunder in fourth spot was 2011 Enduro X winner Taddy Blazusiak. Last year’s winner made a late race charge but was unable to catch the young man from Vavenby. In addition to being the first Canadian to win a medal in men’s Enduro X, Graffunder was also the first Husqvarna racer to earn an X Games medal since 2004.

Cory Graffunder “I can’t even describe how it feels,” Graffunder said. “I really never thought I would ever hold an X Games medal. On that last lap I could hear him (Taddy) in the tunnel; it’s like he wanted me to know he was there. I kept my head down and cleaned the matrix and knew that I had won a medal for Husqvarna and Canada. Happy Canada Day, everybody!” With his podium finish at X Games, round three of the GEICO AMA EnduroCross Series, Graffunder moves into fifth in points. Graffunder started his career in Canadian enduro-style rac-

ing. After winning everything there was to win in Canada, he switched to motocross for a new challenge. After that he discovered Enduro-Cross. According to Wikipedia, Enduro-cross events are typically held in hockey or downsized basketball arenas. It is different from super-cross mainly in that there are “hard rock sections” and wooden parts (resembling fallen trees) akin to enduro and technical ‘trials’ courses, rather than tarmac in between jumps. Tracks incorporate various elements of off-road riding, including rocks, boulders, logs, sand, mud, a water-hole and special obstacles (like giant tires). An enduro-cross course is much faster than a trials course and much slower than a super-cross course. Recently a ESPN sport science team wired up some of the best riders from enduro-cross with accelerometers and heart rate monitors during an event. The findings confirmed that their heart rates nearly maxed out the entire time and the impacts from some of the obstacles were similar to taking a hit from an NFL defensive back. Over the course of a main event, they experienced accelerations of at least five Gs 115 times, which is similar to 15 rounds of a heavyweight boxing match.

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Upper Thompson Cadets hold annual Ceremonial Review in marching practice and marksmanship for family and friends. They had prepared poster boards explaining the history of the Royal Canadian Army Cadets and the meaning of different badges that can be earned. And so ended a great afternoon for these proud Cadets.

Margot Venema Twenty members of 2941 Upper Thompson Cadet Corps gathered on Sunday, June 3, at the Legion in Clearwater for their biggest event of the year - the first annual Ceremonial Review. Over the last year, the Cadet Corps membership has grown significantly, so much so that it was possible to hold this event for the very first time. The annual Ceremonial Review can be seen as Cadet graduation. “It is a big thing, because the review shows what the Cadets have achieved over the last year and they are being rewarded for it,” says Captain Angelle Grenier. At 1:30 p.m. sharp the ceremony began. After a welcoming word to the proud families of the Cadets and the introduction of the Inspection by MC 2nd Lieutenant Mark Tremblay, the Cadets marched onto the stage. The Cadets brought the general salute to Charlotte Cederholm, who served as the reviewing officer. Cederholm then proceeded to inspect the parade exchanging a few personal words with every Cadet. Commanding Officer 2941 Hethar Macintosh, Land Staff Officer Major Steve Martens, Army Cadet League representative Mike Young, and Legion # 259 representative Joe Short joined her

Below: LCpl Stacy Walsh receives her trophy from Major Steve Martens of the Regional Cadet Support Unit - Paciﬁc Region. Photos by Margot Venema

Legion Zone Commander Charlotte Cederholm of Vavenby talks to LCpl Lee Dionne. On Dionne’s left is LCpl Elnora Jamerson-Crier and on Dionne’s right is Cadet Shailee McMartin. Photo by Margot Venema in this inspection. Trophies were handed out for Top Red Star Cadet, Top Silver Star Cadet, Top Green Star Cadet, Top Marksmanship, Commanding Officer, Best Attendance, and Most

more informal part of the event began with the Cadets giving explanations of and demonstrations

Improved Cadet. The reviewing officer and commanding officer concluded the official part of the review by addressing the Cadets with words of pride. Following the ceremony, the

Summertime: A season about changing attitudes and perceptions “Summer time, / and the living is easy ... / one of these mornings / you’re going to rise up singing / then you’ll spread your wings / and you’ll take to the sky.” (“Summertime” by George Gershwin) It may officially be summer, but we here in the North Thompson are definitely trying to see the easy living of summertime - the weather is not quite as many of us want or expect it. But summertime is not just about going to the beach, getting a suntan, hanging out with friends and visitors (although those are mighty fun things to do!), to me, summertime is about change. Summertime is about changing attitudes and changing perceptions and changing lives; some people find that during the summer they are able to rest and relax a bit more and get some of the neglected household chores done; others find that they spend time connecting at a deeper level with people they haven’t

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This season of change is especially real in my own life this year, and the life of the churches with whom I am honored to serve. I have accepted a call away from the North Thompson to another church in New

Westminster. This change is one that is both sad and exciting; this summertime is one in which I get to continue rising, and continue taking to the sky supported by a whole host of witnesses: those I have

met and those I have yet to meet. Clearwater United Church and the Church of St Paul (Barriere) will also get to spread their wings (once again) and welcome someone new into leadership and servantship and the gra-

cious towns of Barriere and Clearwater will open their arms and say ‘welcome.’ Summertime easy living is just beginning, but the changes that we get to experience will be with us for a lifetime. The goodbyes are just

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seen for a while. I wonder what this ‘summer’ of ours is teaching us at this point. Perhaps it is teaching us to take on an ‘attitude of gratitude’ and be thankful for the rain that nurtures and sustains and protects. Perhaps it is reminding us that there are other things in the world to be more worried about than how upset we are with the weather. Perhaps it is a reminder that the One who Creates, creates all things.

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A local teen was forced to defend himself after being set up by others. The teen responded to an invitation to the beach. When he arrived he was jumped by another person who started to fight him while others watched and one even videotaped the event. Police have identified those involved and encourage those people with other information to step forward. This sort of behavior is something more often seen with youth gangs that plague city centers, as opposed to more rural communities. If there is information about youth gang activity in the area, please report it to police.

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A change of hands New owners of the historic Janie’s General Store in Blue River are Gerry and Jennifer Sutherland. A carpenter by trade, he lived in the community for several years a little over 20 years ago while this is her ﬁrst time there. They took over the business in May. Former owners Glen and Willow MacDonald plan to continue living in Blue River. Photo by Keith McNeill

New member joins Yellowhead board Dr. Morgan (Gongbo) Li resigned from Yellowhead's board of directors, effective June 29, to pursue other endeavors. Li is the chief operating Yellowhead Mining announced Tuesday that. officer of Anthill Resources. He also has responMing An Fu has been appointed to the company's sibility for overseas investment with Zijin Mining board of directors, subject to Toronto Stock Group, a leading Chinese gold, copper and nonExchange approval. ferrous metals producer and refiner in Fu is the president Mainland China. of Anthill Resources We would also like to welcome Mr. Yellowhead chairman T. Gregory Ltd., a mining investHawkins, commented: "I would like to ment group that he Fu who,... has been a loyal and thank Dr. Li for his contribution to the founded in 2009 and supportive shareholder since 2010 board and to the growth of Yellowhead, that is a major shareand wish him the very best in the holder of Yellowhead. and a key conduit to the Chinese future. We would also like to welcome Prior to 2009, Fu Mr. Fu who, through Anthill Resources, investment community. was chairman and has been a loyal and supportive sharefounder of Jiangyuan T. Gregory Hawkins holder since 2010 and a key conduit to Mining Investment the Chinese investment community. We Corp. in Beijing. In look forward to having the direct ben2004, he identified efit of his mine building and financing experience and acquired three iron ore and gold properties in at the boardroom table." Inner Mongolia and established Meng Yuan Ore Yellowhead's major project is the proposed copProcessing Company, which performed mineral per, gold and silver mine at Harper Creek, which is exploration, mine development/construction, minabout 20 km southwest of Vavenby. ing and processing activities.

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Sometime between June 25 and July 1 a mountain bike was taken from a residence in Clearwater. Although the youth who took the bike was arrested, the bike itself has not been recovered. The bike is a yellow Rocky Mountain Race with blue Marzocchi suspension forks on it. It was stashed near the area around Raft River School. If it has been located, the RCMP ask that it be brought to the police station where it can then be returned to the owner. As it is, the bike is stolen and a person found riding it could face charges of possession of stolen property.

Careless use of a firearm

A man was arrested after a report that he was shooting at cats in a Clearwater neighborhood. Police received a report from a person who heard a gunshot and then their cat came home bleeding from a wound that appeared to be from a bullet. The man has been charged with Careless Use of a Firearm and Cruelty to Animals with a court date in September.

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for Public Comment on Draft Forest Management Plan and Draft Forest Stewardship Plan Thursday, July 19, 2012, 2:00-4:00 PM and 7:00-9:00PM Community Resource Center A draft Forest Management Plan#2 has been prepared for the Wells Gray Community Forest Corporation Community Forest Agreement area. This plan describes the resource management goals and objectives for the operational area. The document proposes a level of harvesting (annual allowable cut) with a supporting rationale, which will be considered by government for approval. The plan also commits to communicate with other tenure holders, resources users and citizens. Also the draft Forest Stewardship Plan has been prepared to replace the currently approved plan that expires in 2012. This plan describes Results and Strategies that will be followed to meet objectives for resource management that have been determined by Government and identi¿es the measures to ensure the desired results are attained. A copy of the two draft planning documents including the Timber Supply Analysis Report will be available at the Public meeting. These documents are also available on the Community Forest website: www:wgcf.ca. To access the documents click on the forest management tab on end of the home page. If you wish to make a comment on the documents, a contact address is on the website. If you are unable to access the electronic documents, contact George Brcko, General Manager, at the address above or phone number to make an appointment to view the documents at the Community Resource Center. Comments are welcomed during the review period ending Aug 31, 2012. The Open House will also have information on the Community Forest grant/funding available to community groups and organizations. If you would like to know more about this aspect of the Community Forest and how to make an application, drop by the open house.

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Barriere Art celebrated amidst rain and windstorms Barriere Star/Journal By Thursday, June 21, all the signs were put up advertising the fact that fifth annual Barriere Celebration of the Arts was fast approaching. Friday, June 22, the grounds at Sam’s Pizza and Rib House were busy with vendors arriving and putting up their tents and canopies in preparation for the weekend’s event. Unfortunately though, at around 8 p.m., Mother Nature decided to stir things up, sending a wicked, steady and very strong wind that uprooted the stakes holding down canopies, and tossed everything all over the place. Many canopies sustained some damage, a few were destroyed, and a fortunate few managed to escape relatively unharmed. By 8:15 p.m. it was over, and everyone did their best to tidy up and salvage what they could. All was quiet ... during the night, there was one more ‘big blow’ from Mother Nature, at about 1:30 a.m., causing those who were camping out to go around and check for any further damage, which included a few more canopies biting the dust.

However, Saturday morning saw most of the vendors on site. They’d finished setting up their displays and were ready for the public. Most did a brisk business during the morning, which was a good thing, as just after noon it started to pour - not drizzle, not sprinkle - pour. By 2 p.m. the wind kicked in again, resulting in most of the vendors calling it a day. Sunday morning, despite an on-and-off-again drizzle, everyone set up and got ready for another day of displaying their wares. This time, as the day progressed, it got nicer, warmer, and sunnier - yay! Despite the weather issues, everyone appeared to be pretty happy with the 2012 event, many of the vendors stating they would be back next year. North Thompson Arts Council would like to remind everyone that anyone can become a member. They accept any age, any medium (whether wood carvers, potters, painter, etc.), and even those who just want to support the arts. Membership is only $10 per year. The next meeting of the Arts Council will be at Blackpool Hall, Clearwater, on Sept. 23 at 2 p.m. All will be welcome.

Barriere artist Sam Traes (left) offered unique jewelry (some crafted from Indian bone beads and leather) to customers at the ﬁfth annual Celebration of the Arts in Barriere June 23 and 24. Photo by Jill Hayward

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ONGOING EVENTS ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT • Crafts & Conversations with Cheryl. Tuesdays 11:00 am to 2:00 pm at the North Thompson Aboriginal Sharing Center. Phone 674-3703 for more info. • Clearwater Farmer’s Market every Saturday from 9:00 am – Noon. For more information please call Anne at 250-674-3444. • Clearwater-Vavenby Lions Bingo: Every 2nd Tues. Elks Hall. 250-587-6269 • M&M (Mrs. & Ms.) Social. Last Sun of the mth Wells Gray Inn. 1pm: 587-6503 • Blackpool Community Hall Coffee House; Local musicians – every 2nd Fri. of the month watch for posters. Doors open 6:30 pm. Concession, $3 or 2 for $5. • Clearwater Elks Bingo - every 2nd Thurs. Elks Hall. open 5pm • Cribbage Wed. at the Royal Canadian Legion. 12:30 pm. • Little Fort Coffee House 7pm Little Fort Hall. 1st Fri of the mth Oct. - May except Nov. Bill 672-5116 • Fun Darts Fri. at the Royal Canadian Legion. 6 pm. CHILDREN & FAMILIES • Raccoon StrongStart at Raft River Elem school days Mon, Tues, Thurs & Fri from 8:45-11:45am • Raccoon StrongStart at Vavenby Elem school days Wed 8:5011:50am • Clearwater Breastfeeding Group: 3rd Wed. of every month 7:30pm @ YCS • Mother Goose - Mornings, To register call Kerry at 250-674-2600 ext 227 • Community Baptist Jr. Youth Gr. 5, 6, 7 - 7-8:30pm • Community Baptist Sr. Youth Gr. 8-10 - 7-9:30pm HEALTH & HEALING • Shambhala Meditation Group: meets every Tuesday at Forest House 6:30-8:00 pm. Info: 250-587-6373.

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HELP WANTED Permanent full-time Cook (Pakistani/Indian style food) needed (1 vacancy) in a busy Clearwater, B.C. restaurant. Salary: $17.00 CD per hour. Duties include: Prepare and cook fullcourse meals, prepare and cook individual dishes and foods, plan menus, work with minimal supervision, estimate food requirements and costs, maintain inventory and records of food, supplies and equipment, clean kitchen and work areas. No education and 1-3 years experience is required. Credentials: not required. Contact: Mr. Mohammad Chaudhary (Old Caboose Pub & Restaurant Ltd.) Languages: English and other languages (Punjabi and/or Urdu) would be an asset. Fax resume: 250-674-0018.

HELP WANTED Permanent full-time kitchen helper (afternoon shift: 3:30pm – 11:30pm) needed (1 vacancy) in a busy Clearwater, B.C. restaurant. Salary $13.00 CD per hour. Duties include: Wash, peel and cut vegetables and fruit, clean and sanitize kitchen including work surfaces, cupboards, storage areas, appliances and equipment, receive, unpack and store supplies in refrigerators, freezers, cupboards and other storage areas, remove kitchen garbage and trash, handle and store cleaning products, sharpen kitchen knives, sweep and mop ﬂoors. No education and no experience is required. Credentials: not required. Contact: Mr. Mohammad Chaudhary (Old Caboose Pub & Restaurant Ltd.) Languages: English and other languages (Punjabi and/or Urdu) would be an asset. Fax resume: 250-674-0018.

We are seeking candidates who wish to expand their horizons, while sharing our commitment to pipeline safety, environmental responsibility and operational excellence.

Maintenance Technician-Instrumentation

North Thompson District

Information Safe Home Response Providing a safe place to escape for women and their children. Volunteers always needed. Call 250-674-2135.

HOSPITAL AUXILIARY THRIFT SHOP Located across the railway tracks in Vavenby, B.C. Wednesday 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Sunday 11a.m. - 3 p.m.

As a Maintenance Technician on the Trans Mountain pipeline you will install, troubleshoot, repair and maintain process control instruments, protective devices and auxiliary equipment at remote pump stations. Maintenance of system pressure transmitters, gas detectors and environmental monitoring is key as you perform all work to company standards. You will provide training on proper operation of instrumentation equipment, take a lead role in minor capital projects, and supervise the construction activities of third parties. Maintaining a high regard for the environment, and personal safety of employees, is paramount in this position. You hold an Inter-provincial Red Seal Trades Certiﬁcation (Industrial Instrument Mechanic) and a valid driver’s license with satisfactory driving record. Functional knowledge of Microsoft Ofﬁce programs and the ability to communicate effectively in a team and independently is required.

Great deals - low prices

Wanted: Vendors of local foodstuffs and products at the Clearwater Farmers Market. 250-674-3444

If you are ready to join the team, please apply online by July 23, 2012, at www.kindermorgan.com to position #5107 or send it to: Human Resources, Kinder Morgan, #2700, 300-5 Avenue SW, Calgary, Alberta T2P 5J2. Fax: (403) 514-6580

Alcoholics Anonymous Phone 250-674-3838 or

250-587-0026 Anytime Barriere Alcoholics Anonymous Call: 250-672-9643 For Al Anon Call: 250-672-9643, 250-819-5361, 250-308-5139 or 778-220-6269

Looking for new ways to make money? Want to deliver Sunday ﬂyers?

DUTCH LAKE SUBDIVISION Ph 250-674-3343 for more information

NORTH THOMPSON JOBS BARRIERE EMPLOYMENT SERVICES 629 Barriere Town Rd. Barriere, BC V0E 1E0 Phone: 250-672-0036 / Fax: 250-672-2159

E-mail: mail@barriere-employment.ca • Website: www.barriere-employment.ca

CUSTOMER SERVICE: Jim’s Food Market & Subway A0212A CASHIER: Part time Barriere Petro Can J1212C BREAKFAST COOK: summer, Mike Wiegele J2212 SOUS CHEF: summer, Mike Wiegele J2212A BUS PERSON: summer, Mike Wiegele J2212B HOUSEKEEPER: summer, Mike Wiegele J2212C LINE COOK EVENINGS: summer, Mike Wiegele J2212D PREP COOK: summer, Mike Wiegele J2212E SERVER: summer, Mike Wiegele J2212F COOK: Knight’s Inn J2312 BAR SERVER: Knight’s Inn J2312A VOLUNTEERS ARE NEEDED FOR THE FOLLOWING: North Thompson Fall Fair: Donna Kibble 250-672-5672

Monument Society: Contact-Jill Hayward 250-672-5611 SKILL DEVELOPMENT: If you have been on Employment Insurance in the past 3 years (5 years maternity) and are currently unemployed, you may be eligible for re-training dollars. Book an appointment to see one of our counselors for more information. We look forward to seeing you – come in and we’ll personally see that you get the information you’re seeking or call and make an appointment. • Free computer and Internet access • Free resume help • Free information on many services.

“The Employment Program of British Columbia is funded by the Government of Canada and the Province of British Columbia” In Partnership with Barriere & District Chamber of Commerce and Yellowhead Community Services

CLEARWATER EMPLOYMENT SERVICES 58A Young Road, Clearwater BC V0E 1N2 250-674-2928 Fax 250-674-2938

E-mail: info@clearwateremployment.ca • Web Page: www.clearwateremployment.ca Customer Service: FT/Clw #0625 Housekeeper: PT/Seasonal/Clw #0624 Customer Service Employee: 3 pos. FT/PT Little Fort #0623 Room Attendants: 2 pos. FT/PT Blue River #0622 Babysitter: Casual/Clw #0621 General Farm Worker: FT/Clw #0620 Accounts Payable & Accounting Clerk: FT/Blue River #0618 Human Resources Coordinator & Payroll Admin: FT/Blue River #0617 Front Desk Attendant: Seasonal/Blue River #0616 Administrative Assistant: FT/Blue River BC #0615 Line Cook: FT/PT Little Fort #0614 Server: PT/Clw #0613 Chambermaid: PT/Clw #0612 Live In Motel Manager: FT/Clw #0611 Housekeeper: Seasonal/Clw #0610 Labourer: 3-pos. Casual/Clw #0609 Janitor: Casual/Clw #0608 Cashier: 2 pos. FT/PT/Blue River #0607 Sales/Marketing: FT/Clw #0603 Custom Wood Furniture Maker: FT/Blue River #0602 Sales/Service: FT/Barriere #0601 Housekeeper: PT/Little Fort #0527 Café Cook: PT/Little Fort #0526 Waitress/Waiter: FT/Clw #0519 Housekeeper: Seasonal/Clw #0517 Restaurant Server: Seasonal/Clw #0516 Home Share Provider/Roommate: FT/Clw #0509 Reservations Coordinator: FT/Blue River #0507 Server: FT/Seasonal/Blue River #0505 Prep Cook: FT/Seasonal/Blue River #0504 Line Cook: FT/Seasonal/Blue River #0503

Bus Person: FT/Seasonal/Blue River #0502 Breakfast Cook: 2-FT/Seasonal/Blue River #0501 Customer Service: 4 pos./Seas./Clw #0414 Barista: 2 pos./Seasonal/Clw #0412 Controller: FT/Blue River #0411 Housekeeper: Summer Season/Blue River #0407 Housekeeper: PT/Seasonal/3pos./Clw #0403 Line Cooks: 2 F/T, 1 P/T position/Blue River #0305 Volunteer Fireﬁghter: 7 pos./Clw #0205 Class 1 Driving Instructor: FT/Clw #0201 GENERAL INFORMATION • Free Workshops: Call 250-674-2928 to register • Resumes & Interviews: Go hand in hand, so the better prepared you are the greater the impression you will make to your future employer. Please drop in and our friendly staff will assist you. • Targeted Wage Subsidy (TWS): Are you currently on Employment Insurance or have you been in the last 3-5 years? If you have, you may be eligible for wage subsidy. Ask us for further info. • Funding for Skill Enhancement: Recent or active EI clients with a career plan in mind seeking assistance through Service Canada are required to book an appointment with one of our Employment Counsellors. • Blue River Itinerant: An employment consultant comes to town once per month for the summer months to the Blue River Library. Next visit is Tuesday July 10th. If a one on one appointment is required, please call to set up a time prior to the drop in.

For more information drop in to 58 Young Road (above Raft River Fitness), phone 250-674-2928 or fax 250-674-2938

Personals AA meetings every Wed. #11 Lodge Dr., side door. Roll call 8 p.m. 250-674-7155 or 250674-7313

Attention: Service Clubs Non-Proﬁt Groups Students Seniors

Routes available:

Cook wanted for small camp. Ph. 250-672-1025

Help Wanted

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An equal opportunity employer, Kinder Morgan Canada encourages applications from all qualiﬁed persons.

Operate by Yellowhead Community Services The Employment Program of BC is funded by the Government of Canada & the Province of British Columbia

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CABLE PLOW and Drill Operator. Well-established company provides underground telecommunication installations throughout Alberta. Experience required. Accommodation and meal per diem provided. Email resume; catearmstrong@ grahamsbackhoe.com

Need a professional

LIVE THE Dream. Harbours End Marine, 27 year history on beautiful Salt Spring Island, BC “the best place on earth!” Owner retiring, well-established business only $129,000 email: bjg_cormorant@shaw.ca

photographer? Portraits, weddings, special events, pet portraits, commercial. Affordable memories that last a lifetime. Seniors rates. Book now avoid & disappointment. Sorry no passport photos Jill Hayward 250-319-8023/250-672-0055

Work Wanted

Computer Services

Clearwater: Attn low income seniors & persons w/handicaps. New HAFI program by BC Housing funds up to $20,000 to make modiﬁcations to your home. (Replaces the RRAP program). Call building contractor Hans Ounpuu for more info. 250-674-3875 Need some help with those odd jobs you don’t have time for? Call Keiran Jones at 250-674-3051

Clearwater Computers is your neighborhood computer store & repair outlet; all makes & models. We offer new and used computers. Other services incl: 15Mb unlimited ADSL, unlimited dial-up internet, 2.9 cents a minute long distance, unlimited webhosting, online backup, domain management, color photocopying, faxing and more. Located at #6 W Old NT Hwy (beside Supersave Gas). Ph. 250-674-1032

Clearwater: 3 bdrm home, 1000 sq.ft, detached shop, 1/2 acre, fenced yd. Trutch Rd. Quiet St. $140k 250-674-1643

Services

Misc Services

Apt/Condo for Rent

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Fitness/Exercise Elliptical Trainer Canadian Tire Cardio Style ET150 in very good condition. Will trade for treadmill in good condition. Call 250-319-8023.

Hairstylists New Walk-in Barber Shop. Hot shaves. Located at Barry’s Treasures - side door. 778-208-9432

Legal Services CRIMINAL RECORD? Don’t let it block employment, travel, education, professional, certiﬁcation, adoption property rental opportunities. For peace of mind & a free consultation call 1-800-347-2540.

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Sue’s Jewellery Repairs Since 1975 - We do it all, Retipping, Sizing, Soldering. Sue Ludtke - 250-587-6357

Merchandise for Sale

Appliances Looking for broken washers, dryers, fridges, and stoves. Reconditioned appliances in good working order available at North River Appliance. Call Doug at 250-674-0079.

Food Products MacLennan Farms has young grass ﬁnished beef & lean grass ﬁnished hamburger. 250-6742449. Please leave a message.

Heavy Duty Machinery A- STEEL SHIPPING STORAGE CONTAINERS / Bridges / Equipment Wheel loaders JD 644E & 544A / 63’ & 90’ Stiff boom 5th wheel crane trucks/Excavators EX200-5 & 892D-LC / Small forklifts / F350 C/C “Cabs”20’40’45’53’ New/ Used/ Damaged /Containers Semi Trailers for Hiway & StorageCall 24 Hrs 1-866-528-7108 Delivery BC and AB www.rtccontainer.com

Barriere: fully self contained recent reno. 1bdrm app 4 rent. 10 min from town. Incl sundeck, heat, hydro , satelite tv, washer. NS/NP/Ref. $525/mo. Avail immed. (250)672-9241

Mobile Homes & Pads

DreamCatcher Auto Loans “0” Down, Bankruptcy OK Cash Back ! 15 min Approvals

Barriere: 2 bdrm, 2 bath, on acreage. All appl. Close to town. NS/RR. $700/mo. 250672-0063

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Barriere: 2bdrm mobile home for sale. New stove. Some recent updates. #2 Riva Ridge Trailer Park. $16,000.00 obo. 250-672-2162

Auto Loans or

Barriere: 3 bdrm, 2 bath Rancher. No indoor pets, NS. Near amenities. $1200.00/mo 604-392-9016

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Recreational/Sale

Clearwater 4-bdrm 2-bath house, one acre fenced yd. Avail July 15. DD & Ref. req. $950/mo. 250-587-6317.

2010 Hidout RV, 23’, beautiful shape, comes w/TV, air, 8’ slide. Comes w/hitch. 250672-5767

Clearwater: 4 bdrm home, Weyerhaeuser sub, N/S, N/P, $900/mo. Ph. 250-674-3772 Lvg msg.

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Transportation

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Misc. Wanted

“litter-less”

12’ boat w/motor, oars, etc. Antique agri-collection: 4 steel wagon wheels, 1 combine wheel, 1 plow & other misc. items.Best offer 250-672-9627 950 Western Rugged 2-cycle generator, $120.00; 1500 W Honda 4-cycle generator, $400.00. Ph. 250-674-3517 Addition for sale. 10’ x 36’. Vinyl siding exterior, drywall interior. As is, where is. First $1000 takes it. 250-587-6151. Electric Wheelchair, comes w/battery charger & new batteries. $1,000. 250-672-5537 HOT TUB (SPA) COVERS. Best price. Best quality. All shapes & colours available. 1-866-652-6837 www.thecoverguy.com/newspaper? STEEL BUILDING - Huge clearance sale! 20x24 $4,658. 25x28 $5,295. 30x40 $7,790. 32x54 $10,600. 40x58 $14,895. 47x78 $19,838. One end wall included. Pioneer Steel 1-800-668-5422. www.pioneersteel.ca.

Photography / Video

Real Estate

by Keith McNeill

Rentals

I Buy Old Coins & Collections Olympic, Gold Silver Coins etc Call Chad 250-863-3082 Local Used Postage Stamps

Misc. for Sale

PARDON/WAIVER For work and/or travel? Guaranteed fast, affordable, criminal record removal. Call for free consultation. Qualify today & save $250 (limited time offer). BBB Accredited. 1-800-7361209, www.pardonsandwaivers.ca

Digital and ﬁlm photographs. Phone 250-674-3252 or email:kmcneill@mercuryspeed.com

Clearwater. Log house for sale. 1900 sq.ft. rancher. 3bdrm 1.5 baths. single det gar. 1/2 acre. Paved dr. Fenced yd. Above-grnd pool. Furnished. $419,000. 778-208-0144.

I hereby give notice to Rene Edward Hemming and Jayne Marie Hemming ne Chalmers that an abandoned manufactured home, 1970 Bon Prix Serial #0WS757B, MHR #024960, registered in your names and located at #6-37 Vavenby Bridge Road, Vavenby, BC will be sold August 31st, 2012 Disposal of the property will occur unless you take possession of the property, establish a right to possession or make application to the court to establish such a right prior to August 31st, 2012 in order to pay accumulated debt totalling $3065.00 plus costs. Landlord Tim Pennell, Box 161, Vavenby, BC, V0E3A0

Support International Scouting by donating used stamps which are sorted & sold to raise money for the International Development Fund of the International Scout & Guide Fellowship. This fund pays for training for Scouters in the third world. Drop stamps off at front counter of the Star/Journal in Barriere, or call Margaret at (250)672-9330.

PHOTOS

IN LOVING MEMORY

C. R. Dwight Johnson August 30, 1945 - June 20, 2012

For Sale By Owner

Homes for Rent

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Barriere: 10 acres on Glengrove. Paved Rd., power, phone, water @ lot line. $149,000. 250-690-7244

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With deep sadness we announce the sudden passing of Dwight Johnson on June 20, 2012, at his home on Lemieux Creek Road in Little Fort, B.C. Dwight was born at Kelowna, B.C. on August 30, 1945 and married Cheryl Joanne Zado at Armstrong, B.C. on September 8, 1968. Dwight and Cheryl moved to their mountain home on Lemieux Creek Road, in Little Fort, B.C. in August 1970. He was a good neighbour, a caring friend, and always lived his religion with his many acts of kindness in the community. Dwight was an energetic person and always up to a challenge. Dwight and Cheryl spent six years in the Islands of Micronesia, and one year in The Gambia, West Africa, as missionaries for the Seventh-day Adventist Church. Dwight taught grades 5 to 10 (general education), Adult Education, Poultry Management, and the Mittleider method of gardening. He also did maintenance on various mission schools throughout the Islands. Dwight was a ham radio operator and spent many hours communicating with people around the world. A highlight of Dwight’s life was the publication of his book “Journey Into Time” in 2007, which was the

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culmination of his in-depth study of the Biblical book of Revelation. Over the past year Dwight had been researching for a second book. Dwight and Cheryl home schooled their children, Chad and Ewanah, through grades 1 to 9. Chad went on to become a Nurse Practitioner, currently employed in the state of Texas; Ewanah a Medical Doctor specializing in Internal Medicine, currently employed as a Hospitalist in the state of Michigan. Dwight leaves to mourn his beloved wife Cheryl, son Chad (Landy), daughter Ewanah (Rafal), and his grandchildren Lindsey, Kelsey, Julian, Adrian, and Anna, as well as his niece Marlayna (Nathan), who shared their home for seven years. The family looks forward to being reunited with Dwight on that glorious resurrection morning. The family would like to thank the Paramedics, RCMP officer, and Drake Smith for their compassionate assistance. A Celebration of Dwight’s Life will be held in the Little Fort Hall on August 6, 2012, at 3 p.m. Arrangements entrusted to North Thompson Funeral Services, Barriere, BC, 250-672-1999, www. NorthThompsonFuneral.com

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TNRD offers 24-hour Mosquito Hotline Barriere Star/Journal The North Thompson River is currently dropping from its highest levels since 1999 after cresting recently. Thompson Nicola Regional District (TNRD) says the high water levels have created seepage sites in fields and properties next to the river that are only activated once or twice every 10 to 20 years as mosquito breeding grounds. Because these sites are activated so rarely, mosquito egg density is extremely high due to generation upon generation of mosquitoes laying their eggs on these sites. These breeding sites are characteristically shallow and will warm up quickly,

thereby accelerating larval development. TNRD encourages property owners in areas adjacent to the river to contact the 24-hour Mosquito Advisory Line at 250-372-5700 if they have any concerns about breeding sites. Field staff will respond to these reports as soon as they can. They also note, that if property owners have noticed seepage ponds forming in new areas that they have not seen in the past 10 years, they should call the Advisory Line to make sure that these new habitat sites are inspected, catalogued and treated for larvae. With the increased rainfall, they advise property owners to be watchful for standing water around their homes. This

water can be capable of supporting thousands of mosquito larvae. Swimming pool covers, potting plant saucers, birdbaths and eavestroughs are viable breeding sites and should be cleaned regularly. TNRD also reminds residents in areas near the North Thompson River to protect themselves when outdoors. Make sure you wear light-colored, tightly woven, long-sleeved shirts and long pants during the peak mosquito biting hours of dusk and dawn, and if necessary apply an approved insect repellent such as those containing DEET (30 per cent strength for adults, seven per cent for children over six months) or Lemon Oil of Eucalyptus (Off! Botanicals).

Current rules impede Chinese investment in resource sector OTTAWA /CNW/ - Canada's current review process for foreign direct investment (FDI) dissuades Chinese investments in Canadian resource industries. While some Canadians are skeptical of foreign investment from China, a Conference Board of Canada report concludes that a better approach would be to clarify the Investment Canada Act to set clearly-stated conditions for Chinese investment. "In our view, Chinese investments are in the Canadian national interest. China is seeking to invest in countries that can meet its growing demand for resources. Canada is looking to diversify the export markets for these same resources," said Glen Hodgson, senior vicepresident and chief economist.

The report, Fear the Dragon? Chinese Foreign Direct Investment in Canada, explores how Canada's FDI rules can be modified to encourage additional Chinese investment, while addressing domestic political concerns. "Two characteristics of Chinese foreign investment make them among the most politically sensitive in Canada. One is the focus on natural resources and the other is the involvement of stateowned enterprises. A more explicit regime that reduced arbitrary political intervention would be better for these investments." Previous Conference Board of Canada research showed that the Canadian share of global inward foreign direct investment flows dropped from

16 per cent in 1970 to three per cent in 2009. Chinese FDI would help Canada regain a portion of its falling share, which would contribute to the growth of employment and productivity gains. China has the potential to be the third largest FDI investor in Canada by 2015, and could rank second only to the United States by 2020. About half of China's $14 billion in current investment are in resources, specifically energy. The current regime calls on the investor to demonstrate a net benefit to Canada. This unclear test creates political risk and makes Chinese invest-

ments more costly. As a result, some investments may be dissuaded. However, the opaqueness of the existing Investment Canada Act process makes it impossible to say how many investors refrain from investing in Canada because of these concerns. The Australian review process serves as a potential model. Australia attracts about three times as much Chinese FDI as Canada. The Australian regime assesses Chinese investments on the basis of clearly stated conditions related to ownership and governance of newly-

acquired resource companies. The Conference Board recommends reforms to the Investment Canada Act that would facilitate Chinese FDI and address political concerns. For example, an explicit foreign direct investment review regime would be organized around two tests: a national interest test and a national security test. Under the national interest test, the federal government would need to show how an investment is contrary to the national interest. For the security test, specific security risks should be identified and clarified for Chinese investments.

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Above: Tracy Kellough and Christy Hiebert lean on their paddles as they take part in a canoe race across Lake Eleanor. Right: John Beaton and Kendra Staruiala ride horses as they take part in Blue River's Canada Day parade. Aidan Beaton stretches his jaws as he takes part in the watermelon-eating contest during Canada Day festivities at Lake Eleanor beach in Blue River. As reported in the story on page one, the community also celebrated its 100th anniversary on July 1.

Photos by Keith McNeill

Blue River celebrates centenary on Canada Day