Rossland News, January 30, 2014 by Black Press Media Group

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There will be another Rosslander carrying the nation’s colours to the 2014 Paralympic Winter Games in Sochi, Russia in March. Kimberly Joines was nominated last week to the Canadian Para-Alpine Ski Team, punching her ticket to Russia to try and nail down a Paralympic medal compete in alpine sit skiing. Late last year Rossland’s Ian Lockey was named to the Canadian Paralympic Snowboard Team. Kimberly Joines For Joines, the opportunity to compete at the highest level comes with some relish. It’s been two years since she returned to competition after recovering from a serious injury that ruled her out of the 2010 Vancouver Paralympic Winter Games in Vancouver.

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Battle of the bulge City council is trying to cut $300,000 out of the budget and some community groups are going to find the cupboard leaner this year

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Oona Williams, 5, focuses her attention and strength on carrying a block of snow at the children’s snow-ground outside of the Rossland Public Library during the 117th Rossland Winter Carnival on Saturday. For more photos, results, see pages 6-7.

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Columbia Basin Trust’s (CBT) Community Initiatives Program—CBT’s oldest program—supports projects identified as priorities within individual communities. The program is designed to help address the needs of Basin communities like Rossland with flexible and communitybased funding decisions to better meet local priorities. The Regional District of Kootenay Boundary administers this program. Rossland city council will be evaluating proposals for the program at the committee of the whole meeting on Monday, April 7 at 7 p.m. in city council chambers. Programs in Rossland will vie for a total of $44,700 in new funding, with $742.22 left unallocated from previous years. The total grant allocation up for grabs in the region around Rossland will be $315,980.25, including Warfield, Montrose, Fruitvale, Trail, the Beaver Valley and electoral areas A and B. Proposals are accepted and considered once per year. Proposals must be submitted on the RDKB’s Project Proposal Application form, either typed or neatly printed. Proposals may be submitted to the RDKB by hand delivery, courier, mail, facsimile or email to: Regional District of Kootenay Boundary, 202 – 843 Rossland Ave., Trail, V1R 4S8 or email to stoupin@rdkb.com Attention: Sharon Toupin, accounting clerk/CBT liaison. People can find out more, or download an application form, at http://www.rdkb.com/Services/EconomicDevelopment/ColumbiaBasinTrustInitiatives.aspx.

Arts, culture and heritage grant applications available Artists in all disciplines—as well as arts, culture and heritage organizations—are invited to apply for funding through the Columbia Kootenay Cultural Alliance (CKCA), which delivers the Columbia Basin Trust’s Arts, Culture and Heritage Program. “This is the 17th year that CKCA has been able to provide financial support for arts and heritage projects across the Basin,” said Jacquie Hamilton, CKCA chair. For 2014/15, CKCA is receiving $706,000 from the Trust. Funding is available for: individuals and groups through community arts councils; minor capital projects; touring; arts and heritage mentoring/master classes; organizational development; major projects; artists in education; major exhibitions; major heritage capital projects; and new heritage projects. Applications are adjudicated once a year by local arts councils and the CKCA steering committee. Find out more and get application forms by visiting www. basinculture.com or phoning CKCA at 250-505-5505 or 1-877505-7355. Applications must be received by March 7 or March 21, depending on the program. Rossland Public Library Check out the Library’s website for a complete listing of the programs they’re running. Lego Club, Teen Night, Storytime, French Club, Movies and Munchies, NFB Film Club, Book Club, and Cocoa and Movies during Winter Carnival are some of the great programs running in January. On Sunday, Feb. 9 there’s a wet felting workshop with Tricia Rasku that will have participants making a scarf. Rossland Seniors The Rossland Seniors Hall has lots of great activities running through the week. On Mondays at 1:30 p.m. the Rossland Seniors Art Club meets. Contact Edith Harasin at 250-362-5477 for more information. On Monday evenings, the Rossland Quilters Guild gets together at 7 p.m. Contact Deyanne Davies at 250-362-7727 for more information. On Wednesday evenings at 7 p.m. the Rossland Golden City Old Time Fiddlers practice and play. The public are welcome to sit in and listen to the old time fiddlers play their music. Visitors should contact Richie Mann before going to the Hall. Contact Richie or Audrey at 250-362-9465. On Thursdays between 9:30-11 a.m. join the seniors for stretching exercises and morning tea and snacks.

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Despite winning overall titles and many IPC World Cup podiums, she wanted to add to the Paralympic bronze medal she won in Turin in 2006. “I was injured during the 2010 Whistler Games and unable to compete, so I have a two-part Paralympic dream: first, to be healthy for the next Games, and secondly, to earn better than a bronze,” she said. This time around she will join 12 of the nation’s best para-alpine skiers on the Canadian team March 7-16 in Sochi, Russia. The group has collectively racked up nearly 200 World Cup podiums and claimed 14 medals at the 2013 world championships—more than any other country in attendance.

Although nothing is a sure thing, it wasn’t a surprise Joines would be selected to the team for Sochi, considering she had podium results in all of the races (both Noram and World Cup) that she has competed in this season. As a result, she will be looking for continued success in Sochi. “I have a very good chance of bringing home a medal from Sochi,” she said. Currently considered one of the world’s best female sitskiers, Joines will be going after her second Paralympic medal, having won bronze at the Turin 2006 Paralympic Games. Even so, she felt she brought more to the table in this Games experience than she did in Turin. “In slalom, if I ski anywhere near my potential, I

Budget

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However, with operation and public works budgets not having been raised since 2009—absorbing rising costs such as fuel and labour— the real operation is to try and cut from the $370,000 the city provides to community groups (library, pool), and not severe any services the city provides.

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top results • IPC World Cup super-G champion (2009) • IPC World Cup overall champion (2008) • Bronze – Super-G – Paralympic Winter Games – Turin, Italy (2006) • IPC World Cup rankings • (2012-13) Overall: sixth; Slalom: fifth; Giant slalom: sixth You can check out Kimberly Joines’ story at http:// www.kimberlyjoines.com/my-story.html.

feel very confident that I can make the podium in that one sport,” she said. She will compete March 14 and again on March 16. Joines is also twotime IPC world cham-

Mayor Greg Granstrom said after the committee of the whole meeting Monday council is now bringing their philosophies of what a municipality should provide to the table to determine where, and how deep, the cuts are made. “What are our core services? What are the services the people of Rossland value? Why do they pay taxes for?” he said. “The trick is going to be to find any efficiencies we can and still

pion and a 22-time IPC World Cup winner. You can follow Joines’ progress on Twitter @9LivesJoines or on her website at www.kimberlyjoines. com. editor@rosslandnews.com

maintain services, because the next step would be service cuts.” Some of the cuts to the community groups budgets have been approved, but the rest will be passed at the next council meeting (committee of the whole) on Monday, Feb. 3. The details of those cuts can be found online on Friday, with projected cuts, at www.rosslandnews. com. editor@rosslandnews.com

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A short list of names for the city’s former high school has been drawn up and there aren’t many surprises. The names Rossland School, Rossland Public School and the Golden City School have joined Alpine City School and Ross Thompson School as five of the 10 names on the short list compiled by the School Renaming Committee. The former Rossland Secondary School—which now houses kindergarten to Grade 9 students—was in need of a new moniker after School District 20 chose to severe the senior grades from the facility and ship the students to Trail last year. When the committee of eight was formed in October the call went out to the public for some ideas on what to call the school. Several hundred submissions were collected through ballot boxes at the library, the credit union and other places downtown, as well as online. A total of 48 unique names were collected by the committee from Dec. 1 to Jan. 15. One committee member said the process—and the two committee meetings—have met with mixed feelings by the community. “It was such a long process of potentially losing K-12 in Rossland … that some people are still reeling a little from that,” she said. “So some people lost a little interest in the (renaming process), while others are excited.” Most people seemed keen to make a new name and a new start for the school, she said, and have been forthcoming in their input. The committee has now shortlisted the name ideas submitted and is asking the community for input by Tuesday, Feb. 4 (3 p.m.). People are asked to ‘vote’ for their preferred name or names via a brief survey provided through the ThoughtStream website. If people did not participate in the first step, they may still

The names on the shortlist include: - Rossland Royals School - Rossland School - Rossland School for Sustainability

- Alpine City School - Rossland Public School - Ross Thompson School - Golden City School - Rossland Thompson School - Monashee Mountain School

take part in this prioritization. The committee requests that people only complete this survey once per household. People may get a link twice in the effort to reach as many community members as possible. The criteria for the new name were as follows: Reflects the current grade configuration; reflects that the school is a public school; allows for future configurations changes (kindergarten to Grade 7, kindergarten to Grade 12); has similar ring/familiarity to RSS; is realistic for the community (all segments of the community are comfortable with the name); is connected to the Rossland community culture (history, arts, outdoor, etc); and is easy for people of all ages to say. Once the committee has further input it will reconvene to make a final list of five names to take to the board of education on Feb. 17. Here is the link to give thoughts on the names: http:// thotstr.ca/sd20/TnC. This process will take about five minutes.

Phone scam alert in Rossland submitted Rossland News

Note: This article was submitted by a reader who wished to remain anonymous. Did you ever think you were too clever to be duped by a phone scam? Think again. I thought I was, until last week. Here’s what happened: I live in Rossland, where I recently received a phone call from a sobbing male. It took me totally off guard. I asked him who he was. He gave me the name of my nephew, who resides in Trail. The gist of the phone call (along with the continued sobbing throughout— they weren’t crocodile tears—these are professionals) was that he had taken a friend who was going through a rough time out to dinner where they had a few drinks the night before. My nephew decided to drive his friend home because he was drunk. They were cut off by a van rented in Calgary by two girls who were employed by Google Earth and rear ended them. My “nephew” sustained a broken nose and stitches to his lip and, after being in emergency for an hour, had his blood alcohol level tested to be 0.081. This call was supposedly coming from the courthouse where he had just appeared before a judge the following morning. He continued to tell me that these girls had come to the courthouse and told the judge the accident was their fault because they had cut him off. Because of his exemplary record and the girl’s testimony, the judge ruled that if he made restitution to the car rental agency for the damages he would let

him off the drunk driving charge with only a warning, but he would be detained until the money was sent. I then got a call from his “legal-aid lawyer” who sounded very credible. He relayed the story again and said my nephew would be released as soon as it was confirmed the money had been sent to the car rental agency and asked when that could be done. He instructed me to send the money via money gram at the Post Office to James Johnston of Calgary. He told me there would be an additional service charge from the Post Office over and above the amount needed for the van repairs. He also said that if the Post Office questioned me as to the identity of this person that I was to tell them he was a good friend because if I didn’t verify I knew him, there would be an additional $124 charge to send the money. Not being familiar with sending money grams, I had no clue. Wanting to help out my “nephew,” I sent the money as they asked, thinking I was doing a good deed. The “lawyer” then called me back to get the information he needed to pick up the money gram. He said that my nephew and he would be calling after he was released. Of course, that call never came. That was when I clicked in to phone my real nephew directly. He told me he was perfectly fine. The whole thing seems unbelievable to me now, but I was caught in a perfect storm. The caller sounded like my nephew and used his name. My nephew’s parents were out of the country, so it made sense that he would ask us for help because of their absence.

Plus, he wouldn’t want them to know how careless his actions had been. I was told this was just between him and me. Finally, I am generally a trusting person, like most of us, who wanted to help a family member in what seemed a rather difficult situation. This has been a hard lesson to learn both emotionally, financially and from an embarrassment point of view. I’m sure there are a lot of unreported incidents because of that alone, although I understand I am not the only victim of this scam. Don’t let this happen to you. If you get a call such as this, take a breath and ask the supposed relative some personal questions that only you and they would know. That will usually get them to hang up. If you are totally sucked in like I was, the next thing is to pause and phone the person or relative whom you thought you were helping. That will obviously stop you from foolishly rushing to the Post Office to send the money. This incident was reported to the RCMP, the local and head office of Canada Post as well as the Canada Anti-Fraud Centre at 1-888-4958501. The Post Office is the third line of defence. At least they are aware and, hopefully, will ask any further patrons who are sending money grams whether they really know the identity of the person they are sending money to so they can alert them to these particular scams and possibly save another victim. If we had followed these steps, maybe these scumbags would be put out of business, or at least their stolen income would be considerably diminished.

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t’s all downhill from here. The arrival and too-soon departure of the Winter Carnival from Rossland’s snowy shores marks the midway point of winter in the Golden City. For many, the downward slope towards warmer climes and sunnier times is embraced, but most in the city greet the time with some apprehension and panic. But any tension towards the time was lost when the Winter Carnival committee staged was is becoming a major regional event last weekend. More than a tip of the hat has to be given to the organizing committee of the carnival, and the army of volunteers who flocked out to assemble the snowscape wonderland, and then return it to city streets soon after. The volunteer hours necessary to stage a four-day show as big as the carnival as inestimable, but Rosslanders continually rise to the challenge, exceeding the call, and have done so for 117 years.

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eil Young’s anti-oilsands concert tour was the perfect distillation of the American enviro-assault on its dependent northern neighbour that’s been going on for a decade or more. After touring Fort McMurray in his electric car with actor-turned-protester Daryl Hannah, the 68-year-old Young covered all the big propaganda hits and added his own fantasy facts. It looks like a war zone up there! Hiroshima! If it keeps going it will be like the Moon! There’s no reclamation! Tar sands oil is all going to China, and that’s why their air is so bad! All of those statements are false. And then Young dropped his own nuclear bomb, claiming cancer rates in Fort Chipewyan are 30 per cent higher than, well, somewhere else. Chief Allan Adam of the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation has cited a discredited study by former community doctor John O’Connor to press the same claim. The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta reviewed O’Connor’s claims in 2009. It concluded that “Dr. O’Connor made a number of inaccurate or untruthful claims” about cancer patients, and then refused to pro-

vide patient information after his claims made international news. Retired professor David Schindler toured with Young and continued to push the health scare, referring darkly to newer research showing increased mercury and PAH (polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon) contamination. When you peel back the propaganda and journalistic hype, these studies mainly reveal that such toxins are on the rise, but are found in much higher concentrations around large cities where fuel is consumed. The cancer claims were then debunked by a Royal Society of Canada expert panel in 2010. This cancer scare is the most damaging and dishonest part of the selective attack on Alberta. The oil industry, politicians and most of the media seem unwilling to examine it critically. Climate scientist-turned-politician Andrew Weaver was at Young’s Toronto news conference. He says there were no questions for him, Adam or Young’s other validator, David Suzuki, who previously worked with Schindler on a slanted oilsands documentary for the CBC. Weaver calculates that Young’s claim about greenhouse gas emissions is substantially correct, if you include emissions from the finished fuels. Weaver refused any comment on the cancer claims. Young included the obligatory sneering comparison between Stephen Harper and George W. Bush, which is

another sign he’s lived in California too long. He seemed unaware that the NDP’s Thomas Mulcair and Liberal leader Justin Trudeau support continued oilsands development. As for moonscapes, Young could have driven his famous electric Lincoln from his Redwood City mansion on a hill to nearby Bakersfield, to view the greasy expanses of closely packed pumpjacks reaching to the horizon, still expanding due to hydraulic fracturing. Young could have visited North Dakota, where the second shale oil train explosion luckily didn’t kill anyone. It seems there will be no remake of Young’s classic Kent State lament dedicated to 47 Dead in Old Quebec. That’s American oil, so no protests. Chief Adam was frank in an interview on CTV about using the “Honour the Treaties” tour to strengthen his legal position. Young’s concert tour put $75,000 in his fund to pay lawyers. Oil isn’t the only thing being extracted here. By the end of the tour Sunday, Young and Adam conceded they weren’t trying to shut the Athabasca oilsands down, just start a dialogue. Thanks to uncritical media coverage, there will no doubt be discussions at dinner tables and in classrooms all over the world about the terrible Alberta tar sands and the cancer they don’t actually cause. Tom Fletcher is legislature reporter and columnist for Black Press. Twitter: @tomfletcherbc Email: tfletcher@blackpress.ca.

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The province dropped another chunk of change into the Golden City through Resort Municipality Funding (RMI). The province has given $14,181 to Tourism Rossland to help support free bus shuttle services in the city from the downtown to Red Mountain Resort. The RMI funding is designated to support programs or projects which add resort amenities, provide a better tourism experience for visitors and help to increase the tourism component of the local economy, like the free shuttle. “This is a priority not just for tourism but for the entire community,” said Tourism Rossland executive director Deanne Steven in late fall. The money was one of the biannual transfer payments made by the province to resort municipalities. Projects for funding are selected by working with stakeholders and government to identify opportunities that meet the goal of encouraging visitors to stay longer and visit more often. Current RMI projects for

Rossland include the development of signage, a shuttle service, and funding to develop a strategy to relocate two visitor information centres to one location. In 2012, the province signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the resort municipalities outlining eligibility criteria for projects to receive funding. The MOU follows an established funding formula that sets each community’s funding, based on previous years municipal and regional tax. In all, the province invested $5.97 million in 14 resort-oriented municipalities—including Rossland—throughout the province to support and promote local tourism economies. Since Rossland started to receive RMI funding in 2007, the community has received $169,116 in provincial funding to support and promote local tourism. Other communities will use the money to enhance services and infrastructure geared at attracting more tourists and encouraging longer stays. Projects include: Trail improvements in Ucluelet, Valemount and Harrison Hot Springs; signage and tourism information

services in Golden, Revelstoke and Osoyoos; and shuttle services in Fernie, Invermere, Kimberley and Tofino. The 14 municipalities participating in the RMI program are: Fernie, Golden, Harrison Hot Springs, Invermere, Kimberley, Osoyoos, Radium Hot Springs, Revelstoke, Rossland, Sun Peaks, Tofino, Ucluelet, Valemount and Whistler. Shirley Bond, Minister of Jobs, Tourism and Skills Training and Minister Responsible for Labour, said tourism hot spots like Rossland generate jobs and investment. “Providing our resort municipalities with financial support helps them to focus on providing a memorable experience for visitors, ensuring they return to British Columbia and our resort municipalities in the future,” she said in a statement. Since 2007, through RMI, more than $72.5 million has been invested in tourism infrastructure and programs to support local and regional tourism economies. In 2012, the tourism sector employed 127,300 British Columbians, generated over $13.5 billion in revenue. editor@rosslandnews.com

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Vogelaar’s massive snow sculptures and snow wall adorned the entrance to the Ice Palace, complete with a bar made out of ice.

Slippery Slope Sled The Sonny Samuelson Bobsled race on Spokane Street Saturday morning drew over 1,000 people to watch 28 teams slide six blocks on home-made sleds at up to 70 kilometres per hour. Rossland’s Alboholics—the Albo family trio of Darrin, Riley and Sara with Keenan Pasturshuk—won overall with combined two-run time of 73.44 seconds. At 73.47 seconds were the S.S. Instigators of Rossland—making the fastest run of the day at 36.47 seconds. In third with a time of 75.13 seconds was Woody’s Tire and Auto.

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Several costumed creatures came out for the event.

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The Rossland Figure Skating Club fared well at the West Kootenay Invitational Figure Skating Competition Jan.17-19, 2014 in Rossland.

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Successful high tests passed: • Ella Knight - Rocker Foxtrot • Sianna Tomich - Argentine Tango, which completes the Gold Dances for Sianna. Competition results included: • Elle Ballendine - Silver Evaluation in Star 1 • Maya Maturo - First Competition, Bronze Evaluation in Star 1 • Tatyanna Fontaine - Bronze Evaluation in Star 2, fourth place in Elements 1 • Jade Gaudet - Silver Evaluation in Star 2, fifth place in pre introductory interpretive • Morgan Corkill - Silver Evaluation in Star 2 • Desiree Cassidy - First place in Star 4 over 13, first place in Elements 1 and sixth place in pre introductory interpretive • Payton Reed - Silver Evaluation in Star 3, sixth place in bronze interpretive • Sianna Tomich - first place in Juvenile U14 Competitive Freeskate, first place in silver interpretive, second place in gold solo dance • Ella Knight - Second place in Star 4 over 13, seventh place in pre introductory interpretive

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Rossland’s MacKenzie Flood, Simon Hillis and Samantha Kuhn took top honours in the 16th annual North Face Canadian Open Freeskiing Championships (COFSC) at Red Mountain Resort Jan. 16-18. Flood won the female 15-18-year-old category while Hillis fended off fellow Rosslander Bohdi Ellis-Kusy to win the male 7-11-year-old category. Ellis-Kusy finished second. Kuhn took the top spot in the female 7-11-year-old category, but Rossland’s Erin Flood was close behind in second. Sunny skies and packed powder greeted more than 136 competitors from all over North America for the three days at Red, with a reliable snowpack allowing for topnotch ski action as the best junior skiers attacked Granite

Mountain. The competition venue was located on the east side of Granite Mountain on Papoose Bowl and Link’s Line. Both are black runs with jumps, cliffs and rocks to maneuver around or boost off. Red Mountain Resort was the first National Stop in North America and one of only four national events in Canada on the International Freeskiers and Snowboarders Association (IFSA) Junior Event Series. The COFSC showcased some of the best junior freeskiers in North America. Freeski clubs were represented from as far as Winter Park, CO, Sparks, NV and Seattle, WA. There was regional and local representation from Whistler, Calgary, Vernon, Nelson, Fernie and approximately one third of the field was from Rossland. “The athletes displayed awesome athleticism amongst fast and chalky conditions,” said technical delegate and

head judge Jeff Holden. “Excellent energy and camaraderie was felt amongst the community creating one of the most memorable junior events ever.” Athletes were competing in this IFSA freeski event as part of a series of other events with the hope to be crowned North America’s Best Freeskier in their respective age and gender categories. In addition, it brought together the freeriding competition community, emphasizing personal growth and development through healthy decision making and creative expression. The IFSA, now the International Freeskiers and Snowboarders Association, is working to enhance the sport of competitive big mountain freeriding by creating a uniform set of guidelines to ensure consistent and credible competition. For more info go to: www. canadianopenfreeskiing.com.

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CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF ROSSLAND NOTICE OF PROPERTY DISPOSITION Community Charter Section 26 Take notice that the Council of the City of Rossland intends to transfer ownership of a portion of Lots 14, 15, 16, 17, Block 36, Plan 616B on Plan R/ W1450, Section 25, Township 9A, Kootenay Land District (101.1m 2) owned by the City to P. A Miller in exchange for Lot 17, Except Part included in R/ W1450, Block 36, Section 35, Township 9A, Plan 616B (101.1m 2) owned by P. A Miller and located at 2472 Railway Street. The portion of Lots 14, 15, 16, 17, Block 36, Plan 616B on Plan R/W1450, currently owned by the City houses most of the garage for the residence located at 2472 Railway St. The land exchange will ensure that the garage for 2472 Railway will be completely enclosed within property boundaries for the residence. Lot 17, Except Part included in R/W1450, Block 36, Section 35, Township 9A, Plan 616B currently owned by P. A Miller will be dedicated as road. Stacey Lightbourne Planning Assistant January 23, 2014

There are other telephone scams circulating in the area with greater frequency. Fraud artists are trying to trick Telus phone customers out of personal information by posing as representatives of Telus, or other wellknown companies, offering free trips or other prizes. The fraudsters ‘spoof’ their caller IDs, using specialized Internet services to create false phone numbers to make it appear they are calling from a local number, when they are likely calling from offshore. Unfortunately, people who provide personal information to fraudsters could suffer identity theft or other fraud. Personal information includes names, addresses, birthdates, account numbers, passwords, credit card numbers, etc. People are being asked by the RCMP and Telus not give out personal information—simply hang up when scammers call. If you are unsure about the legitimacy of an email or phone call and believe you may have given personal information to a scam artist and need assistance securing your Telus account, please call Telus fraud management at 1-877567-2062. For additional information about email and phone fraud, please visit www.telus.com/ scams or the RCMP at http://www.rcmp-grc. gc.ca/scams-fraudes/index-eng.htm. To lodge a complaint or request more information, please contact the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre toll-free at 1-888-495-8501 or the Competition Bureau toll-free at 1-800-348-5358.

Leadership clinic goes Kootenay The Columbia Basin Environmental Education Network (CBEEN) is teaming up with its national counterpart, the Canadian Network for Environmental Education and Communication (EECOM), to offer an environmental education opportunity in the Kootenay region. This spring, eight teams of four will have the opportunity to participate in the Kootenay’s first Environmental Education Leadership Clinic, to be held April 26 -29. Taking place adjacent to Kootenay National Park at Nipika Mountain Resort, the leadership clinic will give regional organizations the opportunity to team build, action plan and work with others who are doing similar work across the country. CBEEN is looking at this clinic being used as the scaffolding to host a much larger national conference in the Kootenays in 2017. To apply to attend: www. cbeen.org/leadership_clinic.

Districts review medical pot rules sheri regnier Trail Times

When the federal government rolls out new legislation that will end mom-and-pop pot farms and grow the medical marijuana industry into a commercially licensed business, local jurisdictions won’t have much say in the matter if the plants are rooted in B.C.’s Agricultural Land Reserve (ALR). The current system of personal use licences and designated licences will be phased out in a few months, and new federal licences geared to large scale production and distribution facilities will be established under Health Canada’s Marijuana for Medical Purposes Regulation. “Most of the lands that are zoned agricultural in the RDKB 04 6:20 AM Page 1 are within the ALR,” explained Mark Andison, general manager of operations for the Regional District of Kootenay Boundary (RDKB). “Local governments are not permitted to prohibit “farm use” in the ALR through their zoning regulations.” Beginning April 1, medical marijuana production will be considered a farming crop, and along with related accessory uses such as the drying, processing and packaging of the product, permitted in the ALR. Locally, the Central Kootenay’s regional district was first on board to endorse the changes when its board passed a resolution last May, confirming medical pot operations would be allowed in areas zoned agricultural or fall within the ALR. But, according to Andison, no official resolution is required, because licensed medical pot production is permitted by the province’s land statute under the Agricultural Land Commission Act, and local governments do not have any discretion to prohibit that use even if they wanted to. “There is no reason for the RDKB board to pass a resolution,” he said. “In the RDKB, medical marijuana production is permitted as a form of agriculture and in various agricultural zones within in the region.” However, part of the regional district’s ongoing review of its long range plans includes consulting with various rural communities to determine whether specific restrictions should be imposed upon this form of agriculture. Those restrictions may include regulatory provisions such as minimum setbacks from property lines, fencing requirements, or requiring production to move indoors. “While local governments may impose such restrictions, they may not prohibit the use outright,” he explained. “It is considered to be a bona fide farm use.” Before applicants can advance a request to Health Canada for a commercial grower’s licence, they must first notify the local government about their intent to submit an application to the federal regulating body. “We have no way of knowing whether these will be considered viable applications in the eyes of Health Canada,” added Andison. To date, there are two applicants within the RDKB with high hopes of using the ALR to commercially farm medical marijuana. One is from the Rock Creek area and the other, from a rural area near Grand Forks. Although, Trail hasn’t discussed the new Health Canada regulations, the city may have to in the future, because an area on the outskirts of the city is zoned ALR.

RDKB legislation to curb director salary costs due to illness Craig lindsay Grand Forks Gazette

The regional district is looking at new legislation that will avoid having to pay a salary to regional district directors and their alternates simultaneously in the case of illness. The legislation is expected to avoid additional costs when an elected director (who is paid) falls ill and requires an appointed alternate director to step in for a length of time, during which time the alternate would be paid. Regional District of Kootenay Boundary chief administrative officer John MacLean said the board is enacting new legislation which will prevent the doubling up of salaries in the future. That legislation won’t affect rural

Grand Forks Area D director Irene Perepolkin, who suffered a stroke in January 2013, and her alternate Roly Russell. MacLean said that Perepolkin is on sick leave and it is up to her to decide when she returns, but her illness happened before the legislation was enacted, leaving her exempt. “As soon as she feels she can assume all of the duties, she can come back to work. We can’t prevent her,” he said. MacLean said the previous legislation was clear, stating that a director is removed from office if they miss four consecutive meetings without the permission of the board, except in the case of illness or injury. “Since director Perepolkin has been ill, it doesn’t apply,” he said.

Since Perepolkin is on leave and could return, she is being paid fully by the RDKB for the position, along with Russell. RDKB board chair Grace McGregor said Perepolkin can come back at anytime. McGregor said they will be asking the province for help and some guidelines to help regional districts through future situations that might come up. “With no rules whatsoever, we were wondering what do we do with this,” she said. Perepolkin was re-elected to the Area D director position in 2011 to a threeyear term. Every elected director must name an alternate who fills in case of illness or other absence. The appointed alternate must be approved by the RDKB board.

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Daisy isisthisa weeks beautiful Callie beautiful pet of the week. Daisy is 11 year old spayed a two year old Husky female long cross. Shewith is allawhite tortoiseshell coat. with stunning blue eyes. She Daisy came showedinto up to the Trail Regional the shelter one night tied to our fence, BCSPCA on so we do not6,know February 2013 Daisy’s as an background owner information. What we surrender. do know, since being Callie doesn’t here at the shelter, need much, is that Daisy is a warm loving the sweetest gal home where you’ll ever meet. she can the get She loves company of attention people and other dogs, throughout and doesn’t seemsoft to mind Daisy doesn’t the day, and bedcats. to sleep to be Her used long to toddlers but with constant supervision atseem night. coatyet,does require regular or older kids she would be just fine. Daisy is a high energy dog and needs a lot of brushing, but she doesn’t mind that at all. She is fed both dry exercise and activities to keep her mind stimulated. Daisy is kennel trained and is and wet about food,doing but her defibusiness nitely prefers the wet! wouldanxiety be very very good outside. Daisy has a bitCallie of separation and happy be thethings onlyif left catalone in the household, as she all ofhome, the can starttochewing for long periods of time. In a likes past foster attention for herself! contact theinTrail BCSPCA 250-368Daisy did wellPlease off leash snow shoeing the bush. If you areatlooking for 5910 ordog, trail@spca.bc.ca for morecome information on Callie! an active to take with you everywhere, meet this wonderful girl.

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Thursday, January 30, 2014 Rossland News

Community

Adult co-ed rec. hockey on tap Recreation, Education, Community Rossland Rec Department Spring brochure The REC Department will start working on the Spring Brochure and if you’re interested in submitting a program or course, the deadline for the Spring Brochure is March 1. The brochure will hopefully be available to the public online, by the third week of March. Typically the Spring Brochure covers the months of April, May and June with many Rossland Pool details included. Spring break will run March 17-28. If you are interested in running a spring break camp let us know as soon as possible so we can work out details and start advertising right away. We are always happy to add information regarding community groups and resources in the Community Events and Info pages. Hip Hop and Jazz The Hip Hop classes have started, with classes for children from three years to teens. Classes will run in the Miners’ Union Hall on Tuesdays. These fun, high energy, choreography-based classes start with a fast paced warm-up and then dancers get down with the latest in contemporary hip-hop moves. The pace is fast and the energy is high. Please contact our office to register. Public skating schedule, Jan. 27-Feb. 2 Public skating this week is on Wednesday, Jan. 29 from 6:30-7:45 p.m. and on Sunday, Feb. 2 from 2:30-4 p.m. and again from 6-7:30 p.m. For more information about admission prices, skate rentals and more, please log onto the city’s website, at www.rossland.ca, then arena page.

Available ice at the Rossland Arena Lots of ice available this weekend if you’d like to put together a family reunion, a fun hockey game, a birthday party or a neighborhood block party on ice. Any reason is a good reason. Ice times available include; Friday, Jan. 31 from 3-6:45 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 1 from 4-10:30 p.m. and Sunday, Feb. 2, 8 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. Please give the Recreation Department a call to discuss costs and availability. We can be reached at 250-362-2327 or by email at recreation@rossland.ca. International Development Symposium for Youth On Friday, Feb. 7 at the Prestige Lakeside Resort in Nelson, there’s an all-day symposium (www.nelsonglobalawareness.net) for Youth in Grades 9-12. Youth will learn about critical global issues that have local implications like food security, poverty, vulnerable people, education and health. The all-day symposium is from 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. and costs $15, including lunch. The Rossland Youth Action Network is covering the cost of transporting Rossland Youth by van for the day. To register for the program, please contact George Chandler at 250-352-7600 or nelsonsymposium@gmail.com. To register for transportation for the day, please contact Mike Kent at yancoordinator@gmail.com. Adult co-ed rec. hockey Adult co-ed recreation hockey is at the Rossland Arena on Tuesday nights from 9:45-11 p.m. and on Sunday nights from 9:15-10:30 p.m. Join a great group of people for fun, co-ed hockey. Full equipment is

required and some experience is necessary. A waiver must be signed prior to getting on the ice. Drop-in is $10 and 10x passes are available from the REC Department. Girls softball development Are you interested in starting a Rossland girls’ softball team? Rossland is the only community in our area that doesn’t have a girls’ softball team. The Recreation Department will be working on that over the next two months, but in the meantime, you should take advantage of the development program offered through Trail Parks and REC. This is a great opportunity for girls in the Kootenays to learn the sport and get some amazing coaching from two retired, high caliber, Thunder Fastpitch Coaches. Trail REC Development Program for Girls 8-14 years. Instruction will be delivered in a positive, structured environment designed to provide girls with the opportunity to become better ball players. All aspects of the game will be reviewed and taught to all levels. Concentration will be on the basics with emphasis on throwing, catching, running and batting mechanics, progressing to more advanced skills. The program runs from Jan. 26— April 13 (omit Feb. 9, March 23, 30)on Sundays from 2-4 p.m. in the Willi Krause Fieldhouse. Cost is $74.25. To register, contact Trail REC at 250368-6484. Car pooling may be an option. Contact the Rossland REC Department for more info at 250-3622327.

Cannings seeks NDP nomination in riding staff Rossland News

Biologist and author Richard Cannings will be seeking the nomination for the NDP in the new federal riding of South OkanaganWest Kootenay. Alex Atamanenko, who has served as MP in the riding of BC Southern Interior since 2006, announced in October that he would not be seeking re-election in the 2015 federal election.

Cannings was the NDP candidate in Penticton during the recent B.C. provincial election. “When I was knocking on doors last spring, people kept telling me how disappointed they were in the Harper government, and I had to agree whole-heartedly with them,” said Cannings. “This government has demeaned Canada’s reputation at home and throughout the world—on foreign policy, on climate change and with a

shameless disregard for democratic principles,” he pointed out. A resident of Penticton, Cannings has his own consulting business and is a wellknown author of over a dozen books on British Columbia. He has served on the BC Environmental Appeal Board, the BC Forest Appeals Commission and the national board of the Nature Conservancy of Canada. He can be found online at http://richardcannings.net.

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