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Kalan Priede tells Santa Claus what he wants for Christmas during the annual Skate with Santa event at the Sportsplex on Sunday evening, Dec. 22. Sitting in are Santa's helpers (l-r) Hanna Bromley, Emma Collins and Juniper Wadlegger.

District of Clearwater, Thompson Nicola Regional District and BC Transit announced recently that the Valley Connector bus service to Kamloops will double in 2014 – up from one round trip a week to two. Starting Jan. 7, 2014 transit service between Clearwater and Kamloops will be available on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Previously, the bus service to Kamloops and back was available on Thursdays only. Having two trips per week will make making medical appointments much easier, Mayor John Harwood noted during Clearwater town council's Dec. 17 meeting. Local residents will now be able to take the bus to

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Kamloops on Tuesday, stay over Wednesday, and then return on Thursday. Many motels near Royal Inland Hospital offer inexpensive accommodation, he said. Harwood noted that many residents of Blue River also appreciate the Valley Connector service. They do not necessarily use it to travel to Kamloops, he said. Often they only go as far as Clearwater for shopping or medical appointments. The bus makes the trip from Blue River to Kamloops and back once a month. Customers must book their trips at least 24 hours in advance. For more information on transit schedules, fares and routes in Clearwater, please consult www.bctransit.com/regions/ clr or call customer service at 250.674.3935.

Clearwater webcams overlook roundabout Times Staff Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure recently installed two new DriveBC webcams near the roundabout on Highway 5 in Clearwater. The cameras became active on or before Dec. 20. The first faces west (south) towards the roundabout on

Highway 5 while the second faces east (north) towards Kal Tire. The new webcams at the Clearwater roundabout join other DriveBC webcams already in place along Yellowhead Highway 5 at Lempriere, Blue River, Messiter Summit, Wire Cache, Little Fort and Barriere. The DriveBC website was launched in 2005

and is now the government of B.C.’s most popular website. It receives an average of 2.9 million visits per month. The website offers a number of other online tools that provide upto-date information on traffic, weather and road conditions. There are more than 250 B.C. highway webcams on the DriveBC network.

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Blackpool Park to move ahead this spring Keith McNeill Land clearing for a proposed park to be located just east of the Blackpool Hall should get underway as soon as the snow clears next spring, according to Tim Pennell, Thompson-Nicola Regional District director for Wells Gray Country (Area A). “Kinder Morgan is providing its local crew to do the work,” Pennell said. “They also have contributed $1,000 to the project.” Plans for the proposed park were brought to a public meeting at Blackpool Hall one year ago. It was hoped at the time that the project would get underway last spring but that did not prove possible. Progress made on the park project includes entering into an agreement with Star Lake Women’s Institute for use of the property. The regional district has received a $25,000 grant from Wells Gray Community Forest (2010) Society towards the project.

Staff from the TNRD have modified the plans with input from Kinder-Morgan to accommodate the pipeline right-of-way. Pennell and TNRD staff say they will be moving forward with Phase 1 in the spring, as budget allows. They also continue to seek applicable funding opportunities to support the project completion. As outlined in the plans brought forward last year, the project would include a “rock and ropes” play area for youngsters. Features would include a spiral slide and swing set, while a safety surface would help prevent injuries after falls. A post and beam picnic shelter similar to one in the Birch Island community park would allow mothers to stay out of the sun while keeping an eye on their youngsters. There would be a series of exercise stations along a 250-meter walkway that would loop around the park.

A drawing show the layout of a park proposed for land on Ferry Road next to Blackpool Hall. TNRD graphic

Kamloops city council buries Smith's funeral plan Andrea Klassen, Kamloops This Week Neighbours on Seymour Street would never have seen the bodies. Had Drake Smith’s plan proceeded, deceased people would have been driven to the property at 905 Seymour St. in an unmarked van and unloaded in a closed garage. For the most part,

they would have stayed not much more than 48 hours before being taken to Sahali for cremation. But, for those living in the houses close to the site where Smith hoped to open his funeralarrangement office, even the thought of living next door to the dead proved too much. “This is not a happy occasion, facing dead people or being reminded of everything that comes

with it — crying, distraught people coming in and out,” said Effat Faridi, who owns a rental property across the street, at a public hearing on Tuesday, Dec. 17 at City Hall. “It’s not fair for anyone to be subjected to it.” Smith, president of North Thompson Funeral Services Ltd., was applying to have the property rezoned to

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permit a funeral service that doesn’t quite follow the typical funeral-home model. Instead of hosting memorials or offering embalming on-site, the office would be a place for family and friends of the deceased to make arrangements. Funerals would be held at churches or community halls. Smith has a similar setup in Barriere and a full funeral home in Clearwater, where bodies would be trans-

ported if embalming was requested. Under B.C. law, a dead body must be held for 48 hours prior to cremation, Smith said, a service the centre would also provide. That was a major sticking point for Dick Nguyen, whose home is directly behind the proposed site. “When you’re of an Asian descent, it’s considered potentially bad fortune when you’re living across from a cemetery or living close to the deceased,” Nguyen said. Frank Sirianni, who lives next door, said his Italian background and religious beliefs also Serious Issues require made the idea of Serious Lawyers living next to the dead unpalatable. • ICBC Claims “I understand • Family Law business and I • Real Estate know progression has to happen. “But, this 250-674-2255 or is almost too much,” said 1-888-374-3161 Sirianni, who Jim McCreight is argued his elderly on location in the mother would Interior Savings be upset seeing Insurance office the business next door. every Wednesday. He also expressed conwww.mjblaw.com cerns about the effect of the business on the already busy laneway behind the property.

Smith said he didn’t think traffic would be a problem at the site. “Most funeral-arrangement offices, if we have, for example, one client per week come into the funeral home, that’s a normal week,” he said. “You might have two cars come at a time and they park in those parking spaces the architect has drawn up and they come inside and we talk, then they go away.” Coun. Pat Wallace said she has concerns about the alley, which she said is “very, very busy.” Other councillors felt it was important to be sensitive to the neighbours’ concerns surrounding the deceased. “When the two neighbours on either side are expressing cultural, religious issues with this — while I would not have those concerns — I don’t want to impose on somebody,” said Arjun Sigh. “I think it would offend too many people,” added Marg Spina. The rezoning application failed by a margin of 5-3, with councillors Singh, Spina, Wallace, Ken Christian and Nelly Dever voting against it. Mayor Peter Milobar and councillors Donovan Cavers and Nancy Bepple voted in favour. Coun. Tina Lange was absent with an illness.

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BC Hydro studying power upgrades Times Staff Although electric power reliability in the North Thompson is below the provincial average, it is comparable other areas of the province similarly situated away from major load center, BC Hydro spokesperson Dag Sharman said in a recent letter to MLA Terry Lake. The provincial power utility therefore has no plans regarding a back-up diesel power supply for the area, he said. “We must balance the needs of all BC Hydro customers in determining the allocation of capital resources and the resultant impact on customer rates,” he said.

BC Hydro is considering options such as increased clearing of vegetation and sustainment of the existing transmission and distribution system. This would be part of an evaluation of the Valley's power supply reliability and identifying any potential remedies. The spokesperson pointed out that options such as these can improve reliability without necessarily adding to the infrastructure and do not require major capital costs. BC Hydro is currently conducting a system impact study into Kinder Morgan's request for increased load in the North Thompson, Sharman said.

The increased capacity would be need for Kinder Morgan's proposed Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project. “While it is too early to confirm requirements or specific plans, one of the alternatives being studied is a new 138 kV transmission line reinforcement for the area,” the spokesperson said. Details of any new power line, including where it would connect to the existing North Thompson transmission line, have not been finalized. A copy of Sharman's letter was released during the Dec. 17 Clearwater town council meeting.

New backdrop curtains for Sportsplex on the way

Keith McNeill A request from Raft Mountain Skating Club for new backdrop curtains for the North Thompson Sportsplex got the nod Dec. 17 from Clearwater town council. Council voted to support spending up to $10,000 to purchase the curtains. Of this, $1,000 would come from the skate club, while another $5,000 possibly would be provided by a grant from Wells Gray Community Forest. The recommendation to go ahead with the purchase came from the Joint Services Committee, which looks after services, such as the Sportsplex, that are jointly provided by

the municipality and Wells Gray Country (Area A) of the Thompson-Nicola Regional District. As such, the $10,000 would be shared between District of Clearwater and Area A. Council approves new dehumidifier A recommendation from the Joint Services Committee that a new dehumidifier be purchased for the curling rink also received approval. There was some discussion about how viable the Wells Gray Curling Club will be in the long term, because of declining membership. However, chief administra-

Councillor Ken Kjenstad tive officer Leslie Groulx pointfier system would cost about spoke in favor of buying a new ed out that the dehumidifier $140,000, Groulx said. unit also would be usable for A maintenance company has unit for the curling club. “It might or might not be a the hockey arena. offered to look at the existing dying club but if they don't have The two units in arena are dehumidifier in the curling rink already past their expected life and see if it can be repaired, she good ice it will die for sure,” he said. spans. noted. “If we don’t use it in the curling rink, we could use it in the hockey arena,” she said. Lack of a working dehumidifier means staff must shave the ice once a week, sometimes working overtime. DISTRICT OF CLEARWATER This costs about $80 www.districtofclearwater.com per week. Cost of a new WHAT’S HAPPENING dehumidifier would be between $10,000 and $17,000. Clearwater Transit Bus A central dehumidiClearwater Transit Bus will be offering a second run to Kamloops every week. Starting on January

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7th, 2014 the Clearwater Transit Kamloops Bus will be running Tuesday’s and Thursday’s of every week. For more information call 250.674.3935. Community Recreation Brochure The Community Recreation Brochure has been mailed out with new programming for the winter. You can register at the District office for a program you are interested in. If you did not receive a brochure in your mail box there are copies available at the District office.

Seniors Mobility Workshop - YOU ARE INVITED! Are you interested in learning about the mobility challenges identified by seniors and older adults in Clearwater? Join us for a 1 day workshop on January 17th, 2014 from 10am to 2.30pm at the CRC and hear what’s been learned and give your input on what you see as important as the community “moves” forward into better mobility! RSVP by January 10th to Shelley Sim. FMI> shelleysim@telus.net or 250 674 3286. Limited to 35 participants so RSVP early! Road Maintenance Contacts District of Clearwater Municipal Roads The areas within the boundaries are the responsibility of the District of Clearwater and the contractor Borrow Enterprises Ltd. - Please call 250.674.8776 for road maintenance. The area outside the boundaries are the responsibility of Argo Maintenance including Yellowhead Highway #5 and Clearwater Valley Road – Please call Argo Road Maintenance at 1.800.661.2025 District office news  If you are in need of a “Snow Angel” or wish to be a “Snow Angel” call or drop in to the District office, phone 250.674.2257 or email: admin@docbc.ca .  The District has begun to prepare the 2014-2018 Five Year Financial Plan and is looking for public input. Please forward any suggestions or comments to Sheila Thiessen, Director of Finance at sthiessen@docbc.ca.

Christmas Carols Through the Ages Members of the North Thompson Community Chorus perform during a presentation called Christmas Carols Through the Ages in the Clearwater ski hill lodge on Dec. 20. The presentation included the Hallelujah Chorus from Handel's Messiah. Photo by Keith McNeill

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Opinion

“ Plunge into the deep without fear, with the gladness of April in your heart.” - Rabindranath Tagore, writer and philosopher editorial by keith mcNeill

It's time for the Wells Gray TRU Wilderness Center

Legion plans monthly breakfasts Editor, The Times:

Clearwater Royal Canadian Legion Branch 259 decided at its meeting on Dec. 16 to hold a pancake and sausage breakfast. Breakfasts will be once a month beginning on Saturday Jan. 25, 8:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. at the Legion building. Proceeds will be shared with the Legion and Food Bank. The price for the sausage breakfast will be

announced in an ad in the Times and on posters around town. We also ask that you bring a donation for the Food Bank of canned goods or a cash donation to help them fill up their shelves after the Christmas rush. The needs of the Food Bank don't end at Christmas. For more info call 250-587-6463.

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Local woman rejects smart meter Editor, The Times:

We have been hounded by BC Hydro to get a smart meter. We do not want it but I get repeated phone calls and letters from Hydro! I am not willing to pay $35 a month when my meter is not going to be read every month. I am willing to pay a $35 for the one time it is going to be read every two months.

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I can and have over the years read my own meter when good old Hydro has screwed up the reading. I do not take kindly to be threatened. The old couple I look after have also been threatened that they would have their power shut off.

Fay Jones Vavenby, B.C.

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Thompson Rivers University president Alan Shavers was in Clearwater recently, seeking input for the university's five-year strategic plan. One element of that plan that we would like to see go ahead would be the proposed education and research center for Wells Gray Park. The structure was to have been built in 2013 but delays in getting permits plus other problems caused it to be put back until next year. For the Wells Gray TRU Wilderness Center not to be constructed in 2014, the 75th anniversary year of Wells Gray Park, would be a shame and a waste. The proposed education and research center would be a benefit to TRU in a number of ways. The park is essentially a very large and unspoiled watershed. It contains a wide variety of ecosystems, all largely untouched by human beings. There are animals such as wolves and wolverines that do not do well anywhere close to people. There are a number of unusual volcanic features as well. There is also a tradition of research in the park, perhaps most notably the work done on moose and other ungulates by Ralph Ritcey in the 1950s. This tradition has been carried on by people such as Trevor Goward with lichens and Cathie Hickson with volcanoes. All the research work done to date in Wells Gray Park is presently being collected and made accessible electronically. TRU (formerly Caribou College) has operated a small education and research center for the park in the former Upper Clearwater schoolhouse since 1992.

Despite the primitive nature of the facilities, the college and now TRU has documented about 15,000 user-days by over 1,200 different users. The Wells Gray TRU Wilderness Center would benefit the residents of the Wells Gray/Clearwater area as well as the university. The viability and success of any community these days is largely dependent on the education and training level of its inhabitants. We don't all have to be academics or intellectuals, but we do all need to be very good at whatever it is we do for a living – and we need to be constantly improving. The proposed education and research center would attract world class scientists to this area – and those people would be working on problems with direct connections to where we live. There seems to be an unfortunate perception by some that the proposed Wells Gray TRU Wilderness Center would be in opposition to the local forest industry. This perception is in contrast to that of a former provincial politician a number of years ago. He favored upgrading the existing education and research center as the first step to converting Wells Gray Park into a research forest – a forest that could be logged to test various harvesting techniques. We don't favor either the log-it-all or the preservationist lock-it-up approach. The proposed Wells Gray TRU Wilderness Center would be an asset to the university and to the people of this area. Let's make it happen in 2014.

Smart meters are a local issue Editor, The Times:

The BC Hydro Smart Meter debacle is a local issue. I have opted out of the Smart Meter program and it has been a fight to keep my analog meter. Now we are being bullied as the last of us hold out. We are being told that we will have to pay an additional $35 per month to keep our old meter. I will not enter into a contact with BC Hydro for this. We have been sent letters on 4 different occasions and told we must submit to their demands. There have also been phone calls. Here is a photo I took this morning of our analog meter. The BC Utilities Commission has issued an interim agreement to allow the $35 fee increase. This is a form of manipulation as many people will just give in for fear of having this cost added to their already stretched budgets. I am not sure what the Clearwater Times can

do but it would be good to open the dialog on this so people can see that there are options to being forced to accept the new meters against their wishes! Another good person to speak with about this is Cathy Thomson in Kamloops. She is my dentist's wife and is a vocal opponent and advocate for better health and wellbeing via non-electromagnetic radiation. Thanks and Merry Photo shows letter writer's analog electric meter Christmas! with a Christmas Suzanne Foster decorated wreath. Photo submitted

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Question of the Week

Do you think 2014 will be a good year for the North Thompson Valley?

Bob Anderson:

I do. There's a good energy in the people and the area. It makes me feel confident that it'll be a good year.

Pam Astley:

It's hard to say. It couldn't get any worse.

Trevor Harder:

I'm not sure. Unemployment is still high. Taxes keep going up. I hope it's a good year..

Jim Biagioni:

Yes, I think that it will be. The logging industry seems to be stabilizing a bit.

Gerry Martinello:

I think that the progress since incorporation has shown the possibility of a light at the end of the tunnel ... there's just a curve in the tunnel.

B.C. will thrive if it's governed for the middle Editor, The Times:

I once had a boss who was fond of saying, "All you find in the middle of the road are yellow lines and dead skunks." I disagree. There's a lot of common sense in the middle of the road, which is where you will find the majority of small businesses – and many, many voters, too. The middle wants budget deficits eliminated as soon as possible. The middle likes the idea of paying off debt. The middle thinks taxes are high enough. The middle knows regulations should focus on the most important health and safety issues. Red tape, including unfriendly and unhelpful government service, should be minimized. When the small business "middle" thrives, the entire middle class thrives. So where is the middle when it comes to the B.C. government's current policy prior-

ities? Preliminary results from a pre-budget small business survey show strong support for the overall government vision of "a strong economy and a secure tomorrow." Not surprisingly, balancing the budget and paying down debt receive strong support. The middle knows today's deficits are tomorrow's taxes and tomorrow's taxes eat away their children's standard of living. Reducing red tape is on the minds of many business owners, with concern running high over the administrative problems with returning to the PST. Business owners need answers to how they are expected to apply sales-tax rules and they need those answers to be in plain English rather than bureaucratese. Beyond the problems with administering the PST, we will be recommending that Finance Minister Mike de Jong develop a plan to remove PST from machinery,

equipment, software and other business inputs that are important for increasing the productivity of a business. Taxing these inputs makes no sense and goes against the vision of a strong economy. Business owners tell us they would do three things if these taxes were lower – invest in new equipment, pay down debt and increase employee compensation. Looming on the horizon are some big questions about natural resource development in this province. Where is the middle? They are squarely in support of further developing B.C.'s resources as long as appropriate environmental protection is in place. As far as pipelines go, support is strong as long as Premier Christy Clark's five conditions, which include world-leading water and spill response, are met. There is also majority support for increasing the exports

of liquefied natural gas. As debates over pipelines heat up, it will be important that the middle is included. These aren't just big-business, big government, big-environment policy decisions. The middle wants its voice heard. The B.C. election was won earlier this year by the party that talked best to the middle. Now it is getting into the business of governing – where it's easy to lose track of important priorities as they get drowned out by a cacophony from the fringes. But unlike my old boss, I think all we find on the side of the road is broken down cars and overgrown bushes. Govern for the middle and the province will thrive.

Laura Jones, executive vice-president of the Canadian Federation of Independent Business.

Time to put rural girls on the social map in Canada Editor, The Times:

MONTREAL, QC/ Troy Media/ - Adapt or leave: the stakes of fitting in are high if you`re a girl in rural Canada. With urbanization rates continuing to rise, the need to create thriving rural communities in Canada has never been greater. Rural girls need reasons to stay. But according to newly released research on rural girls' and young women`s issues in Canada, being a rural girl often means facing challenges that are off the radar for those living in cities. It can mean having few female role models to inspire dreams. It can mean increased social pressures like staying quiet, not seeking help for depression because news spreads fast in a rural community, or not telling

anyone that you've been raped. Growing up rural can also have many benefits for girls, like tight knit communities, extended families, the chance to learn hands-on skills, a less stressful lifestyle and opportunities to make deep connections with people and the land. These are good reasons to stay. In fact, one in five Canadian women lives in rural areas, although these numbers are a far cry from a century ago. Today, however, living in one of Canada's geographically isolated communities means fewer services that are harder to access. Think lack of transportation from one location to another, or having access to only one nurse and one social worker for an entire community. Lack of services

has an especially huge impact on girls. According to Justice Canada, violence is one of the biggest issues for girls and young women in rural settings. Because of their isolated or remote locations, girls often lack access to rides, rely on hitchhiking as a means of transportation, or stay out all night – all of which puts them at risk. If violence occurs, by peers or in the family setting, girls rarely have access to a shelter and too often face shaming and community silence. Health is a concern for rural girls. According to Statistics Canada and the Canadian Institute for Health Information, rural and northern girls are more likely to smoke and drink, have higher rates of suicide, and have poorer men-

tal health made worse by the remoteness of their location. The mortality rate for rural girls is double the rate for those in urban areas. With such overwhelming challenges, it's no wonder youth are deciding or feel forced to leave rural areas. At the same time, newly gathered research and case studies show that many rural girls are transforming challenges into creative opportunities.

Gender-specific programs are supporting the development of rural girls' and young women's empowerment, wellbeing and leadership. Take Girls Night Out, a volunteer-led initiative in Faro, Yukon, a remote community of 400 people. Every single girl in town takes part in the weekly program where they meet role models, do cultural activities, and talk about important subjects like sexual health. Programs like these

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YEARS AGO:

Mr. and Mrs. A. Schmitz narrowly escaped drowning after he fell in the river while getting a pail of water from the ice's edge. She went to help and also fell in. They were rescued by Casimir Eustache, who heard the screams and got them out with a rope and board. Twenty-seven cars in the middle of a freight train derailed near the Clearwater railway station, blocking the CNR mainline. Two houses and their contents were totally destroyed by fire. On Dec. 31, the residence of Mr. and Mrs. George Heustis burned beside their laundromat. The family was visiting in Seattle at the time. About 30 men from the new volunteer fire department shovelled snow and used garden hoses to save the laundromat

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and pool room buildings. Then on Jan. 3 the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ove Simonsen burned down. It was located between the Golden Spur store and the Blackpool ferry. The couple had been married the previous August. "Sno-Drifters" was to be the official name of a snowmobile club recently organized in Clearwater. The name was chosen during a meeting of 16 interested persons at Ted Mackenzie's on Jan. 5.

YEARS AGO: B.C. was to revert to Daylight Saving Time three months early. The move was blamed on an apparent energy crisis. Over 230 contestants came from as far away as Fort St. James, Grande Prairie, Edmonton and Calgary to take part in two days of racing hosted by Clearwater Sno-Drifters

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YEARS AGO: A television special about Clearwater resident Ida Dekelver's proposal to have Trophy Mountains declared an ecological reserve was creating some local interest and controversy. The Dekelvers had raised sheep and trapped on the mountain. A letter to the editor from Mergle Smergle, director of public relations for the Society for the Protection of Domestic Vegetables, was asking readers to consider the fate of the poor potato, torn relentlessly from the nurturing earth and

then plunged into boiling water until its skin splits from its body.

YEARS AGO: Little remained of a house on Webber Road in Clearwater after it had suddenly been engulfed in flame the evening of Dec. 20. Firemen had responded to a chimney and house-fire at the residence the night before.

YEARS AGO: Police reported that a moose left the scene with the word "Toyota" written across its backside after it ran in front of a vehicle near Avola on Highway 5. Damage to the vehicle, driven by

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an Edmonton man, was estimated at $2,000. Darfield Building Products, owned by partners Gary Burkholder and Paul Schilling, was featured in a special article. Small sawmills produce more value and employment than the larger mills, but timber supply was a problem, said Burkholder. Clearwater ski hill averaged over 200 tickets sold per day over the holiday season, said hill manager Bruce Macintosh.

YEARS AGO: Traveling too fast for road conditions resulted in injuries to eight persons when a van carrying 10 members of two Edmonton families left Highway 5 just north of Vavenby. Police said the accident was a vivid reminder of an accident the previous November in which three young boys had been killed when the van their father was

driving left the highway at Vavenby. Other accidents occurred south of Little Fort, south of Vavenby, at the bottom of Birch Island hill, Messiter summit, and north of Avola.

YEARS AGO: Due to a limited debarker, only about 10 per cent of WeyerhaeuserVavenby’s sawmill production was burned wood from the Elevator Fire, said division manager Dave Hay. This compared to 100 per cent burned wood at Kamloops.

YEARS AGO: A carload of participants from Clearwater brought home more than its share of prizes from Little Fort's Polar Bear Swim. Angelica Monge, a Rotary exchange student from Mexico, won the prize for youngest female swimmer, only to find that another rider in the car, Janel Radmacher, was younger. “They settled it on the ride home,” said Frank Ritcey, winner of the oldest male participant award.

YEARS AGO: A propane leak caused the evacuation of Brookfield Mall on Saturday, Dec. 27. According to Clearwater Volunteer Fire Department spokesperson Guy Holland, an overhanging roof collapsed, damaging a nearby propane line. Clearwater residents experienced unusually extreme weather conditions during December, including heavier snowfall and lower than average temperatures.

YEAR AGO: Vancouver Foundation approved a $230,000 grant for a project in Clearwater to be called From Front Door to Grocery Store: Getting Seniors Where They Want To Be. District of Clearwater had worked with UNBC to develop the grant application. A letter to the editor from Laura Soles, wife of Dr. John Soles, commented on remarks by former Clearwater physician Dr. Bob Woollard that being the spouse of a rural doctor was the worst job in the world. “I consider it a privilege to be the spouse of a rural doctor,” she wrote.

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Memories of Upper Clearwater Upper Clearwater pioneer Mary Johnson listens to the North Thompson Choir directed by Leah Jones at the Upper Clearwater Hall on Saturday, Dec. 21. Johnson recalls many events she had taken part in over the years at the hall. At one time children were put to bed in bunk beds in the back while parents enjoyed dancing. She said her favorite dance was the heel and toe polka, which was the first dance she learned. Wells Gray Country Seniors Society sponsored a bus to the festive event. Photo by Sandra Holmes

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Teacher Doreen Allan (centre) directs students as they form a chain to transfer items for Christmas hampers from Clearwater Food Bank to Raft River Elementary School on Friday afternoon, Dec. 19. The hampers were assembled on Friday for pick up on Saturday. Allan's grade 4/5 class also had a sub sandwich sale on Thursday to raise money for the food bank. Teacher Sheila McQuarrie's social justice group painted and sold bird houses to raise money for the hospice society.

Students from Raft River Elementary School form a human chain to transfer items for Christmas hampers from Clearwater Food Bank to the school on Dec. 19. Photos by Keith McNeill

District of Clearwater reviewing parcel taxes Keith McNeill Until now, Clearwater Improvement District and then District of Clearwater has had nine separate rolls for its water parcel taxes. As each stage as the community’s water system was expanded,

a new tax roll was established so the residents benefiting could pay down the debt incurred. As of 2013 all the outstanding debt related to the water system has been retired, director of finance Sheila Thiessen reported to town council on Dec. 17. On her recommendation, coun-

cil decided to direct staff to draft two bylaws for levying parcel taxes for the water and sewer systems. “Parcel taxes enable the District to collect from all the potential users of the utility,” she said, “as opposed to user fees, which can only be collected from those properties that are actually

connected to the system.” This helps the municipality maintain and improve the system so that it is sustainable and ready for property owners when they chose to connect. That portion of parcel taxes that are currently being paid but not related to debt servicing are

presently $80 per parcel for the water system and $30 per parcel for the sewer system. More than 100 properties are currently exempt from parcel taxes. Changes to the parcel taxes would require the establishment of a three-person review panel.

Fees persuade most smart meter holdouts By Tom Fletcher, Black Press BC Hydro's imposition of manual meter reading fees has persuaded most holdouts to accept a wireless smart meter. BC Hydro imposed a $35 monthly fee starting Dec. 1 for customers who refuse to part with their mechanical electricity meters, after offering the 68,000 customers who still had them the option of accepting the new meter with the radio trans-

mission function on or off. BC Hydro reported the results recently to the B.C. Utilities Commission (BCUC), which is reviewing the fees. More than 48,000 customers chose the smart meter to avoid the meter reading fee. Another 450 chose the radio-off meter, which comes with a $100 setup fee and $20 a month starting April 1 to cover costs of collecting readings. Another 6,270 customers chose to

keep their mechanical meters, and 13,110 more did not respond to BC Hydro's letters, so they will have the $35 fee added to their bills until they choose another option. BC Hydro reports that 99 per cent of its customers now have the wireless meter. Most of those have been switched to automated billing, and have their daily electricity use displayed on their online account pages. Claims of health effects from wireless

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Knowing how many calories create an extra pound of weight will sometimes help us to be more discipline in our holiday eating. if you eat an extra 500 calories per day in addition to your regular diet, you will gain an extra pound. With all the good food around at this time of year, it’s easy to see how we gain weight. We’ve just passed the shortest day of the year. Lack of sufficient sunlight during the long winter months can affect our moods, our ability to get a good night’s sleep, our energy levels and general well-being. These are symptoms of Seasonal Affective Disorder and can be relieved by sitting under a special light for about 20 minutes per day. We have information about this. If you are still a smoker, do yourself a favour and quit. Smoking is the number one cause of preventable death. The benefits of stopping begin in the first week. Your doctor will congratulate you, your spouse and friends will thank you, but most of all, your body will thank you. If you want to stop, we can help. A big thank you to all the doctors, nurses and receptionists and you, our customers, for your help and cooperation throughout 2013. Your positive attitude toward our pharmacy and our profession is much appreciated. Thanks, to you, our readres, for all your kind comments about the column through the year. We look forward to serving you throughout the coming year with great service from our wonderful staff. From us to you... a happy and healthy 2014.

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Forest industry lauds another world first for Canada's innovative forest research sector OTTAWA/CNW/ - The Forest Products Association of Canada (FPAC) applauds the announcement of funding for a new strategic partnership to build and operate the first cellulose filament (CF) commercial demonstration plant. The announcement was made by the federal and Quebec governments at a Kruger plant in Trois-Rivières recently. CF is a novel and high value wood-fibre based material that could be used in new "superpulps", and for high-performance

tissue, towel, paper and packaging materials. It could also be used as a bio-material in a wide range of non-traditional applications such as reinforced plastics, non-structural panels in building construction and non-woven fabric. The demonstration project is possible because of research and development by FPInnovations. "This is another great example of Canada leading the way in new innovations that will transform the forest products industry to extract more value from every

tree," says the president and CEO of FPAC, David Lindsay. "This type of ground-breaking innovation is supporting jobs and economic growth, especially in rural Canada." The demonstration project is made possible with the support of $15 million from the federal Investments in Forest Industry Transformation (IFIT) program. FPAC has asked the government to replenish this strategic fund with $500 million over the next six years to continue to drive forward

world leading innovations that maximize jobs and value creation from Canada's forests. "We welcome this continued support for transformation from governments. They remain a vital partner in providing the risk capital needed to ensure Canada is developing world-first technologies and flourishing in worldmarkets over the long term," says Lindsay. FPAC's Vision2020 for the Canadian forest products industry has set the goal of generating

an additional $20 billion in new products and markets by the end of the decade. FPAC provides a voice for Canada's wood, pulp, and paper producers nationally and internationally in government, trade, and environmental affairs. The $57-billion-a-year forest products industry represents two per cent of Canada's GDP and is one of Canada's largest employers operating in hundreds of communities and providing 230,000 direct jobs across the country.

Pot and pipelines: 2013 B.C. news quiz Tom Fletcher/ Black Press 1. When Premier Christy Clark took the stage after her upset election win May 14, the first

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A: four B: six C: eight D: ten 3. After winning $25 million in the lottery, Terrace construction worker Bob Erb gave six-figure donations to: A. Local anti-poverty and other community groups B. Pay for $300,000 in dental work for locals who couldn't afford it. C. Provide cars and trucks for people he considered needy. D. Sensible BC marijuana legalization campaign E. All of the above 4. How has the province said it would raise money to pay for a promised new bridge to replace the Massey Tunnel? A. Tax increases B. Toll like the Port Mann Bridge. C. Small tolls on all Metro Vancouver bridges and major roads D. It hasn't 5. What admission to U.S. border guards did some B.C. residents find can be deemed a "crime of moral turpitude" and result in America barring your entry? A. Atheism B. Past use of marijuana C. Past conviction for impaired driving C. Past or present membership in the NDP 6. Which of the following wasn't pro-

posed in B.C.'s liquor law review? A: Licensing alcohol sales at farmers' markets B: Letting children into pubs with their parents C: Serving alcohol for slot players on BC Ferries D: Selling hard liquor in grocery stores 7. Burnaby's Tung Sheng (David) Wu was convicted and jailed for performing illegal: A. Proctology B. Taxidermy C. Electronic waste recycling D. Dentistry 8. Since his triumph in the HST referendum, former premier Bill Vander Zalm has campaigned against: A: An alleged secret global surveillance system using smart meters B: An alleged secret global climate control scheme using "chemtrails" C: An alleged secret European Union plot to control world finance through consumption taxes D: All of the above 9. What's the transportation ministry's solution to prevent the new Port Mann Bridge from dropping more ice bombs onto cars? A. A system of scrapers and brushes along each cable to remove ice B. Aerial drones that spray the cables with de-icing solution C. A flock of seagulls trained to peck loose

ice chunks D. Closing the bridge and waiting for ice to melt 10. What did Metro Vancouver mayors propose in 2013 as a new way to raise money for cashstrapped TransLink? A. $5 toll at the border on all vehicles heading south to the USA B. Regional sales tax of up to 0.5 per cent C. Adding magnets to new SkyTrain fare gates to suck loose change out of pockets D. Forcing SeaBus passengers to row to help save on fuel costs E. Installing slot machines in SkyTrain stations 11. The government is considering spending $6 million to stop the B.C. legislature dome from: A: Cracking B: Peeling C: Twisting D: Sinking 12. Which was not a 911 call received by E-Comm operators who begged cellphone users to be more careful about declaring emergencies? A. Asking who won the hockey game B. Broken TV set C. Big spider in living room D. Politician breaking election promise 13. B.C. pharmacies were ordered by their regulating body to stop doing what? A: Offering wine tastings at the pharmacy counter

B: Issuing reward points or other "kickbacks" to customers buying prescription drugs C: Refusing to sell prescribed medical marijuana D: Refusing to act as supervised injection sites 14. In 2013, the B.C. government approved: A: Enbridge's Northern Gateway oil pipeline to Kitimat B: Twinning Kinder Morgan's Trans Mountain oil pipeline to Burnaby C: A pipeline to carry fuel from tankers on the Fraser River to Vancouver airport D: A pipeline to transport glacial water from Garibaldi Park to Squamish for export 15. The poaching of what prompted Vancouver Island aboriginal groups to post a $25,000 reward? A: Roosevelt elk B: Abalone C: Seals D: Easter eggs 16. Which B.C. municipal council fended off a court challenge (and death threats) over its deer cull program? A: Oak Bay B: Cranbrook C: Invermere D: Penticton

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Premier Christy Clark looks back on 2013 After a whirlwind year that started with a come-from-behind election win, Premier Christy Clark sat down with me for the traditional year-end interview in her Victoria office. Here are excerpts from that discussion. A longer version with video can be found under the Opinion tab of this newspaper’s website. TF: Premier, you surprised a few people this year. What surprised you the most about 2013? PCC: I guess it was the disconnect between the pollsters and the pundits, and the public. I did have a sense all the time that the citizens were thinking something different in the run-up to the election campaign. I wondered, am I missing something here, or are they missing something? And I guess it turned out that it wasn’t me that was missing something. TF: The liquefied natural gas export

project is going to use a lot of natural gas, especially in the early years. Will B.C.’s greenhouse gas reduction targets [20 per cent reduction by 2020, 80 per cent by 2050] have to be changed? PCC: I don’t have a clear answer on that yet. We are working with the companies on exactly how we are going to structure their environmental commitments and costs, and their electricity costs versus using gas, the total royalty tax regime. We're looking at that as one package. However that turns out, though, this opportunity to export natural gas to Asia is the single biggest opportunity we have ever had as a province to reduce greenhouse gas emissions around the world. In shipping this to China, we are going to help them wean themselves off some of the dirtiest coal anybody's burning anywhere in the world. TF: If B.C. is going to get credit for displacing coal use in Asia, shouldn’t B.C.’s coal exports, even though it’s metallurgical

coal, count in our greenhouse gas total as well? PCC: I know that the academics and pundits are going to get all mired in competing sets of numbers and studies. For me, we have a chance to do good for the world, and we’re going to take it. TF: On oil pipelines, your agreement in November with Alberta Premier Alison Redford involves B.C. supporting her effort for a national energy strategy. What do you see it doing in the future? PCC: The big idea that she’s trying to pursue with that is a strategy that will connect us east to west in energy. Energy grids are much better connected north to south than they are east to west. So she’s trying to pursue a pan-Canadian strategy for the exchange of energy, whether that’s hydroelectricity or natural gas or whatever it is. We haven’t been intimately involved with it until recently, so we’ll see where it goes.

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of ways they can reduce and reuse in addition to recycling this holiday season.” A good way to help cut down on waste this holiday season is to give an experience- or service-based gift instead of a material object. Another waste-saving idea is to simply reuse old wrapping paper or bags when gift-giving.

TF: There’s a perception out there, fuelled by the opposition, that you campaigned against oil pipelines and now you’re turning the tanker around, as it were, to be in support of them. What do you say to that? PCC: It’s typical of the other guys to reinterpret and misquote. That’s what they do. They’re in opposition. What I said was, we have five conditions that must be met in order for heavy oil to be considered to go ahead in British Columbia. That has not changed. The five conditions remain in place. As of today, none of them have been met. The only thing that is different today, from before the election, is that now I no longer stand alone in supporting the five conditions. I have one other premier supporting me, and that’s Alison Redford. – Tom Fletcher is legislature reporter and columnist for Black Press. Twitter: @ tomfletcherbc Email: tfletcher@blackpress. ca

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Santa checks out new career in the NHL during Christmas presentation at Raft River Elementary School

Santa plays floor hockey with Wayne Gretsky, played by Brent Settle. After trying his hand against the Great One, he decided that maybe delivering presents isn't so bad after all.

If there's NHL hockey, there has to be a Don Cherry, played here by Zephram Tino. Operating the camera is Joshua Foss and interviewing Cherry is Hannah Foisy.

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