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Bullseye: Royal Canadian Legion Branch #99 Sicamous hosted the legion’s Provincial Dart Playdown over the weekend. About 100 players participated in the event. Left – Zone Commander Glen Hill and Branch #99 president Cyril Gosse stand with playdown champs Stanley Anderson, Mike Brenton, Stuart Gourlay and Alfred Brenton. The team will be heading to Chester, NS in May for the Dominion Darts Championships. Above – Barry Davies of Vancouver Island looks on as Fraser Valley’s Brad Laffin takes a warm-up shot. Davies and Laffin came in first and second in the Singles category. Photos by Judith Gosse and James Murray
District pushing for disaster coverage for seasonal residents By Lachlan Labere Eagle Valley News
The District of Sicamous will be going to bat for seasonal property owners unable to claim disaster aid from the B.C. government. At the May 1 Southern Interior Local Government Association meeting in Salmon Arm, Sicamous council will be seeking support for a resolution urging the province to review its Disaster Financial Assistance (DFA) program, with a “view to allow all property owners, regardless of principal or secondary occupancy, to qualify.” Sicamous Mayor Darrell Trouton became well aware of the discrepancy after the destructive June 23 debris flows in the Two Mile subdivision as well as Swansea Point, both of which have a large number of properties owned by seasonal residents. “They probably pay three times more taxes in the community than any of the other residences, and yet they’re not recognized,” says Trouton. “My thought is you’re punishing somebody for having a second home or
and investment home, an investment in our mit application to confirm proposed mining community, because they live somewhere activity is within an “area designated by a else.” local official community plan and zoning Trouton recognizes Alberta – from bylaw permitting such mining activity.” where many of Sicamous’ seasonal resi“We just have to nip that in the bud and dents hail – has a similar policy. But he says say that in a residential area, or near a resihe still doesn’t dential or a reagree with it. sort community, Another resothat somebody lution Sicamous can’t come along They probably pay three and excavate the council will be times more taxes in the side of a mounraising at SILGA community than any of the tain for gravel,” relates to the perother residences, and yet says Trouton. mitting process they’re not recognized. under the Mines Two other Act, and how Darrell Trouton resolutions bethere is currently Mayor ing forwarded nothing requirto SILGA are ing applicants to aimed at making seek local government support in advance, life easier for municipal staff, and saving and how applications can be issued without the taxpayers some money. One relates to respect to a municipality’s official commu- the provincial government’s penchant for nity plan or zoning. At SILGA, council will ministry name changes. be asking for the support from fellow local With these changes comes a change in governments to have the province to amend staffing. This, says district administrator the Mines Act to first require a mines per- Heidi Frank, makes it time consuming and
difficult to bring new staff up to speed on certain files. “When the ministry names continuously change, it creates confusion on who the appropriate contact is, not to mention the taxpayers’ expense of all the business card and letterhead changes,” says Frank. “Every municipality across the province then has to update its files. On a provincial level this is a huge soft cost.” Sicamous will be asking for SILGA’s support in calling on the province to develop a policy restricting the change of ministry names to within four months of a provincial election. The fourth resolution relates to reporting requirements for federal and provincial funding grants which, in the eyes of Frank and council, tend to be onerous. “With the limited staffing numbers in municipalities such as Sicamous, we often struggle to complete the reporting requirements in order to receive the funding,” says Frank. “It requires financial, status, and genSee Ministry name on page 2
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Police seek tips in theft of unique motor Sometime during this past winter, unknown person(s) entered the yard of a Mara Lake cabin and stole the motor off a Lund fishing boat. The motor is a Honda 20hp, platinum in colour. Police say this particular motor is unique in that it is only available in the US. Anyone with information regarding this theft is encouraged to contact the Sicamous RCMP detachment at 250-836-2878, or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222TIPS (8477). • March 12, 6:57 p.m., officers requested to attend a residence and keep the peace while the subject removes belongings. • March 13, 2:12 p.m., theft of fuel from a business truck occurred
sometime overnight. • March 13, 8:10 p.m., suspicious vehicle on Sherlock Road. • March 13, 10:39 p.m., police are requested to remove an intoxicated man. • March 14, 1:58 p.m., report of threats. • March 14, 4:05 p.m., attempted break and enter into building being used as storage on Shuswap Avenue. • March 16, 1:02 a.m., report of loud party on Riverside Avenue. • March 17, 10:07 p.m., vehicle stolen from local business sometime overnight. Vehicle described as a 2003 Ford F150, green fading to black, with matching canopy. • March 17, 9:02 p.m., patrolling officer pulled over vehicle to
find the driver already prohibited from driving. The driver was charged and his vehicle impounded. • March 19, 8:22 p.m., suspicious vehicle reported on Rauma Crescent. • March 20, 11:12 p.m., semi tractor-trailer with Alberta plates passing double solid lines and speeding. • March 21, 11:03 a.m., white Kia with Alberta plates speeding and passing unsafely. • March 21, 11:20 am., silver Dodge Caravan with B.C. plates passing double solid lines, causing complainant to pull onto shoulder. • March 21, 1:37 p.m., report of possibly impaired driver in a red Dodge, driving at vary-
ing speeds, having difficulty staying in the lane. • March 21, 2:52, p.m., found wallet turned in. • March 21, 3:38 p.m., single-vehicle accident in the Malakwa area. Driver drove off road into the trees, no injuries. • March 21, 8 p.m., request from Ottawa police to locate and notify next of kin regarding death in the family. • March 23, 10:59 a.m., report of somebody attempting to scratch off a vehicle’s licence plate decal. • 11:20 a.m., report of a dark blue GMC pickup, no plate obtained, speeding and driving erratically. • March 23, 4:51, p.m., report of break and enter in the 5400
block of the TransCanada Highway, in the Malakwa area. Incident occurred sometime over the past 10 days. Front door glass smashed out, but nothing appeared to have been stolen. • March 24, 7 a.m., report of suspicious person walking along shoulder of the highway. Police say the subject made it into one of the local businesses, rambling and making employees feel uncomfortable. Officers dealt with the matter. • March 24, 6:05 p.m., burgundy pickup truck with a white canopy driving all over the road. No plate obtained. • March 24, 8:04 p.m., four teens drinking in public on Riverside Avenue.
Eight hospitalized in multiple vehicle collision By Alex Cooper Black Press
Eight people were taken to hospital with minor injuries following a series of crashes on the Trans-Canada Highway west of Revelstoke Thursday morning, RCMP said. It appears the first crash happened near the Enchanted Forest some-
time around 8 a.m. Two people were involved in that and taken to Queen Victoria Hospital as a precaution. Most of the chaos happened at Three Valley Gap. First, a westbound semi-truck lost control and flipped onto its passenger side on the westbound shoulder of the highway. The
trailer broke loose, slid down the embankment and crashed into a car that had pulled onto the Three Valley Gap Frontage Road before the crash. The driver of the semi was injured and taken to Queen Victoria Hospital. The father and his two young children in the car were not in-
jured but were taken to hospital as a precaution. Meanwhile, an ambulance that was on the way to the first crash at the Enchanted Forest stopped at the scene at Three Valley Gap, where it was clipped by another westbound semi-truck. A paramedic and the driver of the semi both
suffered minor injuries and were taken to Queen Victoria Hospital. The crashes closed the highway eight kilometres west of Revelstoke to 40 kilometres west of Revelstoke. It re-opened at around 9:45 a.m. The RCMP continue to investigate the crashes.
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staffing levels or expertise as a large city. So Sicamous, through a resolution to SILGA, will be calling on the provincial and federal
Saturday, March 30- $2 Bag Sale at Sicamous United Church Thrift Shop. Saturday ONLY. Clothing & Shoes. 10 am - 3 pm. 250836-4390. Closed Good Friday Friday. April 5- The Seniors Activity Centre is hosting a FREE “Fraud and Scams” workshop sponsored by Council of Senior Citizens Org. Everyone is Welcome. Workshop starts at 11 am (follows AGM). Every 1st & 3rd Tuesday- Sicamous Lions Club meets at the Sicamous Seniors Activity Centre, 1090 Shuswap Ave, Sicamous. Doors open at 6:30 pm. Meeting starts at 7:00 pm. Everyone Welcome. For info contact Joan at 250-836-4876 or Kathy at 250-836-3267
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Resolutions passed at the SILGA convention are then forwarded to the larger Union of BC Municipalities Convention for support.
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Leadership question key for premier By Lachlan Labere Eagle Valley News
Even though the Shuswap has voted Liberal since the ’96 provincial election, B.C. Christy Clark isn’t taking anything for granted. While the writ has yet to drop, the premier made a brief stop by the newspaper’s office Thursday morning to promote Shuswap BC Liberal candidate Greg Kyllo. “This is a riding where it’s always been a close fight,” said Clark, noting how current MLA George Abbott has put the area on the map with millions in hospital, school and college improvements. “But more important, I think, what we’ve done is we’ve really worked hard to secure the economy here,” said Clark, who brought Kyllo along for the interview. “With Greg, as someone who is a really prominent, well known, very successful business person, I think we’ve got a real opportunity to communicate how important growing our economy is to the province. “I’m a passionate supporter of Greg Kyllo and I absolutely want him to get elected.” Asked about the importance of bringing new faces into the Liberal fold, Clark said every party going into an election benefits from new eyes and fresh thinking, particularly of
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Team Liberal: B.C. Premier Christy Clark was in the Shuswap last week to lend a hand in the campaign of BC Liberal Party “star” candidate Greg Kyllo. Photo by Lachlan Labere those “engaged in the economy.” “What often happens is you get causative in Victoria and you’re not dealing in economy… You’re not putting people to work on a daily basis and meeting a bottom line and trying to balance a budget and those kinds of things,” said Clark. “So it’s really important to bring some new faces in and Greg is one of our star candidates.” Regarding the challenges the premier has been facing of late, scandals involving government interference or use of the public purse for partisan affairs, the premier’s message stayed positive, citing what the government has accomplished in terms of job creation
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and economic growth, and moving back to a balanced budget. “Not everything has been perfect for 12 years, for heaven’s sake, government’s made mistakes,” said Clark. “But we’ve sure gotten the big things right in growing the economy across the province, keeping taxes low, balancing our budget, which wasn’t easy to do. It took a lot of tough decisions to get there.” Another point stressed by the premier is that voters will know exactly who she is and what she stands for when they go to the
polls in May. “This election is going to be about leadership… And leadership is about telling people where you stand and I am very clear with people where I stand and not everybody agrees with me. I get that and I accept it,” said Clark. Kyllo, who takes leave of his duties as a District of Sicamous councillor on April 18, says he is confident in both the B.C. government and Clark, who played a big part in his decision to transition from municipal to political politics. “We were down in Vancouver a few weeks
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ago for some campaign training and all the returning MLAs were there and all the new candidates, and there’s a great group of new strong candidates. I’m extremely excited about working under Christy’s leadership in the next government,” says Kyllo.
The District of Sicamous will be commencing a water main flushing program on the Mara Water System beginning April 8th, 2013 until April 12th, 2013 between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. The District of Sicamous apologizes for any inconvenience this may cause but water main flushing is very necessary work to maintain water quality within the distribution system. Water main flushing may create pressure fluctuations and turbidity events within the system. High turbidity levels may impair the effectiveness of the disinfection treatment system. If disinfection is impaired, disease causing micro-organisms may escape disinfection resulting in an increased risk of intestinal illness. People with undeveloped or compromised immune systems are at greatest risk, i.e. the elderly, newborn babies, pregnant women and their unborn and people undergoing immune suppressing medical treatment. Due to the above concerns, the District of Sicamous recommends that those water users with underdeveloped or compromised immune systems and those wishing to take extra precautions, boil all water (a rolling boil for one minute) or use bottled water. Boiled or bottled water should be used for drinking, brushing teeth, making ice and for food preparation. If you are experiencing discoloration or cloudiness in your water, run your taps until the water clears. Any questions or concerns regarding these works may be directed to the District of Sicamous Public Works Department at 250-836-4105 or the Municipal Office at 250-836-2477. M. McLean, Public Works Foreman District of Sicamous
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Registration for our French Immersion Programs: On Wednesday, April 3, 2013, from 7 a.m. to 10 a.m., School District #83 (North Okanagan-Shuswap) will be accepting registrations for the Early Immersion Program. Registration will take place at the District Education Centre located at #110 - 2960 Okanagan Avenue S.E., Salmon Arm on a first come first served basis. Parents or immediate relative must register child. A maximum of 44 Kindergarten registrations will be accepted for the Early Immersion Program. Late French Immersion Program – after the Parent Information Meeting on March 5, there are currently nine spots remaining in Grade 6 late French Immersion. If you are interested in signing up your child for late Immersion contact Shuswap Middle School at (250) 832-6031 at your earliest convenience. For further information regarding these programs please contact: Alan Harrison, Principal, Bastion Elementary at (250) 832-3741 or Shane Corston, Principal, Shuswap Middle School at (250) 832-6031.
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f BC NDP leaders hope to capitalize on the BC Liberals’ missteps, they need to step up their game and prove to voters there are good reasons to vote for their party. The notion that a vote for one is a vote against the other is simply not good enough reason – by itself – to return to power a party that has had its own shortcomings in the past in the transparency department. In the political game, the NDP’s release of leaked memos concerning Liberal tactics in wooing ethnic voters was a bona fide win. But the NDP’s reluctance – to this date – to follow up such gains by presenting a detailed platform of its own is more than a little troubling, particularly when the BC Conservatives seem to be firing off platform statements every other day. If New Democrats think the best strategy is to hang fire and keep quiet in the expectation that the Conservatives’ sabre-rattling will be sufficient to split the right-wing vote, it smacks of a cynicism equal to anything Liberal strategists have promulgated. The NDP must stand for something, not just against something. Presenting a convincing vision is what it will take for NDP leader Adrian Dix to ultimately put to rest a horrible past blunder in which he falsified the date of a memo to provide an alibi for former premier Glen Clark, who was feeling the heat in a probe into alleged corruption. Dix has apologized and acknowledged he “owns” his past mistakes. He has also refused to take the bait of campaigning by the Liberals, who are determined to prove that the 14 years since the scandal is not too long for the short memory of the electorate. Dix may have learned some hard lessons about honesty since he was Clark’s chief of staff. And his refusal to fight “dirty” in a mud-slinging battle with his political foes may reflect a genuine desire to focus on issues. If that’s the case, the time is more than nigh to present these issues in a cohesive campaign, rather than a series of statements by Dix and NDP critics hewing to a general philosophy. In contrast to the stumbles of others, the NDP has said it will provide a platform of promises that can be kept. So far, we are still waiting. -Peace Arch News
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Ottawa takes lead on skills training funding By Tom Fletcher News columnist
VICTORIA – The B.C. election campaign that’s about to get underway will feature lots of talk about skills training. It will be everyone’s top priority, along with a dozen other top priorities. But since elections are no time to deal with serious issues, don’t expect much frank discussion about ways to redirect our increasingly soft, urban society toward useful work. Somebody might be offended. The B.C. Liberals see lots of skilled, technical jobs on the horizon, but they cut their skills training budget and many of their MLAs are also looking at a career change. The B.C. school system, like that of other provinces, still pushes kids to university programs that lead to coffee-serving jobs and the need for another round of training. This has been going on since the 1970s, and it’s not
confined to B.C. The B.C. NDP apparently expects to coast to victory with the same empty rhetoric about “income inequality” and student debt that they’ve been using for years. Their only discernible intent is to return control over how many apprentices can be on a job site to industrial unions, which severely restrict it, squeezing out small business. This team’s ideas are mostly left over from the last industrial revolution. Fortunately there is a mid-term federal government that has acted. Last week’s federal budget launches new programs that the next B.C. government will have to go along with. Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s government didn’t claw back post-secondary funds from B.C. and other inept provinces, as some had feared. What we got from Ottawa was social engineering, Conservative style. The centerpiece is the
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“Canada Job Grant,” a $5,000 grant to employers willing to match it and train an unemployed person. To qualify, the province has to match as well, for a total $15,000 commitment to one worker who will have a job to go to. Delta-Richmond East MP Kerry-Lynne Findlay was one of the Conservatives out to promote the budget. She said when the Canada Job Grant is fully rolled out, it will fund training for 130,000 people a year. Some will be young people, but there will also be older workers whose skills need upgrading. “If they’re willing to look at the jobs that are available and understand that that’s their best shot at making a living and being able to support their own families some day, we want to be sure that the opportunities are there,” Findlay said. The difference is that it has to be what an employer needs, not what the student might prefer. It’s a public-
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private partnership, as we have seen with modern public works. Findlay acknowledged that even with a big push on training, Canada will still need to import foreign workers. In B.C. we are bracing for an unprecedented resource boom, much of it in the B.C. Interior and north. That’s one reason for a $241 million increase over five years to the federal Income Assistance Program for aboriginal reserves. The new money is available only if the community leadership commits to a mandatory training component. Of course, no worker or province or band council is required to participate. They have the option to leave the federal money on the table. Whatever grand promises the B.C. Liberals and NDP have written into their yet-to-be-released election platforms, they will need to find the money to participate.
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Skills training a focus of federal budget By Richard Rolke
The budget calls for a maximum $5,000 in federal funding per person for training That money will be matched by the provinces and employers. There is also $241 million over five years for First Nations Canadians to pursue skills training. Mayes defends funding for training when there are concerns about First Nations communities not having basic infrastructure. “We have been addressing those things. We have built 30 schools and addressed water issues,” he said. “We have spent billions on reserve and off-reserve housing. We
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There’s a hope that Ottawa’s financial plan will put Canadians to work. Finance Minister Jim Flaherty revealed his new federal budget Thursday and it includes a focus on skills training to bolster the workforce and economy. “There are challenges with skills training. It wasn’t seamless and there was a lack of money for people needing those skills,” said Colin Mayes, Okanagan-Shuswap MP. “Businesses have work but they are unable to find skilled people.”
are looking to the future an we must make First Nations communities viable. We must engage aboriginal youth in the economy.” The $5,000 in federal money an individual wanting to pursue skills training must be matched by the province and employer. Nick Hodge, Okanagan-Shuswap NDP president, isn’t sure if that will be possible. “It’s difficult to get three parties organized,” he said, adding that employers and provinces may not have the money to participate in the new program. “Personally, I am pleased that the jobs strategy is so successful. I have three of them.”
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The Liberals are also not impressed with the budget. “There’s some shifts of training from the federal government to the provinces,” said Janna Francis, riding association spokesperson. “It’s a business-asusual budget. There is nothing concrete and no details. The devil will be in the details.”
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Digging through the vital litter layer In the world of soil science, nature’s gardens are classified into three layers: the ‘L’ litter layer, (aka detritus, litterfall or duff) is the top, undecayed layer of dead plant material (my mulch), such as leaves, bark, needles, as well as animal poop, skin and carcasses, feathers and whatever else happens to land on the surface; the ‘F’ layer, the partially decomposed organic matter (my compost) and the ‘H’ layer, which is the fully decomposed organic matter, (aka stabilized dark soil, humus, or basically – nothing much left to eat). The litter layer is broken down or decomposed into humus by the micro critters (bacteria, fungus) and macro critters (worms and insects) as well as by light and weather conditions. The surface layers can vary in thickness, decomposition rate, nutrient content and diversity and this biomass provides a continuous energy source for these micro and macro organisms to break down organic matter into the soil food web as well as making food more bio-available for plants to take up. These layers also capture and store moisture, prevent water loss via evaporation, prevent erosion due to runoff from harsh rains
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plant from it or weed from it. In order to reap the same benefits as nature’s gardens, mulch your garden and landscape beds with a two to four inch layer of a nutrient-rich variety of organic matter. This will create the right conditions for a healthy ecosystem, which has its own natural mechanisms for combating pest and disease problems. Wait until the frost has left the ground in the spring before spreading it on your beds and then once again in the fall. What I do is spread a layer of rich, nutrientdiverse compost over the beds, then top it off
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Hockey icons give back to community Minor hockey: Weber and Franson arrange for donation of gear. By Lachlan Labere Eagle Valley News
Sicamous Minor Hockey has received an unusual donation that will help local youth pursue their dreams of becoming the next Shea Weber or Cody Franson. The minor hockey association recently received 25 sets of gear, from helmets to skates and everything in between, estimated to be worth about $15,000. The gear was donated through the National Hockey League Players Association (NHLPA), with Weber and Franson doing the footwork behind the scenes to make it happen. Minor Hockey president Samantha Dunnett says Weber and Franson
began making arrangements for the donation in July 2012 when the d-men hosted their inaugural Sicamous Shootout - Franson/Weber Annual Golf Classic at Hyde Mountain Golf Course. The gear, says Dunnett, will go to kids who might otherwise find taking part in the sport cost-prohibitive. “It’s going to go to help kids whose parents can’t afford both fees and gear. It’s going to go to help kids who can’t get good gear, kids who are playing hockey but their helmets are out of date and they shouldn’t be wearing them, things like that. So hopefully, it’s going to get a lot more kids out into hockey.”
Dunnett says the donation was made through the NHLPA’s goals and dreams fund, which normally would have required going through an application process based on need. “We didn’t really have to do all of that because of Shea and Cody, who decided to donate it anyway,” says Dunnett. “We didn’t go through a lot of the hoops that most communities would have to.” While minor hockey in Sicamous has seen some challenges in recent years, Dunnett says this past season was a good one. “We had the older midget team, we had a peewee team, an atom team and a pre-nov-
ice team,” says Dunnett. “Next year I’m not sure how many of those teams we’ll have. I’m pretty sure we’ll have the midget and a novice team, and possibly a peewee team. So we still should do
pretty good.” Regarding the cost of minor hockey, Dunnett says the organization has tried to keep the fees low for the past few years, and that the donated gear is going to help a lot.
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Grizzlies earn Fair Play Award Revelstoke’s Bantam hockey team made the long trek to Dawson Creek, B.C. for the provincial championships March 17-21. Continuing with the style of play that got them to the provincials, the boys competed hard and maintained their team-first attitude. Teams representing all areas of the province were split into two pools for tournament play: Dawson Creek Canucks, Langley Eagles, Port Moody Panthers, Smithers Storm and Whitehorse Mustangs and then the Revelstoke Grizzlies, Castlegar Rebels, Cranbrook Ice, Juan de Fuca Grizzlies, and Quesnel Thunder. Revelstoke’s first game against Juan de Fuca was a 4-2 victory; Taylor de Groot opened scoring with Ullar Wiatzka following up with goals in the second and third periods. The second day was a challenging day for Revelstoke, playing the top two seeded teams of
Winners: Revelstoke Bantam Grizzlies coach Mike Bafaro accepts the Fair Play trophy for the team at the recent provincial championship in Dawson Creek. Photo submitted the tournament. Revelstoke played an organized team system against Quesnel with goals by Nii Noi Tetteh, Taylor de Groot and Peter Grimm. Quesnel played a tough game, and with Mac Reynolds’ excellent goal tending, the game ended in a 3-3 tie. This tie against Revelstoke was the only point that Quesnel gave up on their way to becoming provincial champions.
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