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Sochi Paralympian and bronze medal winner (alpine sit skiing) Kimberly Joines was finally back at home (for a whole month) and was skiing at Red Mountain on Sally’s Alley—as Rossland greens up in the background.

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Another $2 million will be added to a capital reserve this year for major health care MARIE- upgrades in the West Kootenay CLAUDE Boundary, even as hospital taxes 250-512-1153 drop. The regional hospital district board, which pays 40 per cent of 1st Trail Real Estate capital improvements, chose 1993 Columbia Ave. Rossland that amount last week over three other options presented by treasurer Stuart Horn: zero, $500,000, Your Horoscope For the Week $1 O’Connor million, withor Michael insideeach of which result in a tax decrease Horoscope the would West Kootenay Advertiser For the Week because Interior Health is askwith Michael O’Connor ing for about $900,000 less this

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year. The option endorsed by the board will mean a 16.4 per cent tax break. The reserve is revisited annually. The board also set aside $2 million last year, bringing the total to $5.7 million. East Shore director Garry Jackman, who made both the original motion to create the reserve three years ago and the motion last week to maintain the same contribution, said it’s intended to “respond to any unexpected requests to partner in a major planning process for the future of acute care in this hospital district. It’s a message to the province: if they want to

put up money and do something for us in the long term, we’re ready.” Interior Health says such a planning process is at least two to three years away. But Jackman said he also wants to look at paying down debt, as the East Kootenay hospital district has done. Its tax base is now able to support major renovations and expansions without needing to borrow, he said. He added that while they could reduce taxes even more by placing less in reserves, the hospital district has a responsibility to consider long-term needs.

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The Agricultural Land Reserve is being divided into two zones, with regulations to come to allow non-farm home-based businesses outside the southwest regions of high productivity. The changes affect three of the six regional panels of the Agricultural Land Commission, for the Interior, Kootenay and North regions. Details will be worked out in consultation with industry and placed in regulations, said Bill Bennett, the cabinet minister in charge of the government’s core review of programs. Non-farm uses will not be considered in the Island, South Coast and Okanagan regions, but “value added” activities such as food processing on farmland are being considered across the province, Bennett said. Bennett and Steve Thomson, acting agriculture minister, reiterated their assurances that the ALC will continue to operate independently. Commissioners are appointed by cabinet, two or three per region, and decisions can be appealed to the regional chairs who act as an executive. Delta South independent MLA Vicki Huntington called the Interior zone change “deceitful and a betrayal of the public trust,” and accused the government of removing its obligation to consult with the ALC chair on new panel appointments. NDP agriculture critic Nicolas Simons was forced by the speaker to withdraw the term “deceitful” from his remarks in the legislature, as he accused Bennett of keeping the changes secret until after last year’s election. “The fundamental principle is that the reserve was set up for the entire province, not for zones here and zones there,” Simons said.

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Community easter hunt

The Rossland Museum is hosting the First Annual Community Easter Hunt on Sunday April 20 from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. This is a BYOB-(Bring Your Own Basket) event. The Hunt will be outside (weather permitting!) on the lower Museum grounds. In the event of rain, the event will move inside. The Easter Hunt is by donation.

Pottery Classes starting soon! Make a Mother’s Day Gift – Pottery Workshop Children will create a Mother’s Day gift at this creative, fun workshop! The class is being held on Wednesday, April 16 from 4:00-5:30pm in the Miners Hall Pottery Studio for youth ages 7-14 years. Kids Clay Arts The Kids Clay Arts class has children creating three projects using slab, coil and pinch pot techniques. Kids need to come to class to get messy! Classes are being held on Mondays from 5:00-6:00pm on April 28, May 5, 12, and June 2. Name Plate Pottery Class, Piggy Banks, Wall Bears and Pottery for Preschoolers! Lots of pottery classes for youth coming up in April. For more information, please look at the specific course options in the Spring Brochure. You can view the Brochure online or pick up a hard copy at the Public Library or at the Credit Union. The Itty Bitty FUNdamentals Acting classes start this week! This FUN filled program is all about growing your imagination through the skillful use of theatre games, movement and vocal work. Young people will explore the art of story telling with Alicia Gray while creating a strong foundation in the theatre. Preschool children ages 3-5 years are on Wednesdays from 1:30-2:15pm in the Miners Hall starting April 9 and running until June 4. REDroc modern jive for beginners Check out the Tuesday beginner dance class at the Miners’ Union Hall. Discover modern jive, a creative, stylish and constantly evolving style of dance that doesn’t require tricky footwork or a partner. Loved by people of all ages, abilities and musical tastes. Every Tuesday night at the Miners’ Union Hall at 7 p.m. Cost is $5 for adults and $3 for students. Mountain Bike Academy Program Seven Summits Centre for Learning is working on a Mountain Bike Academy program for local youth. The program will start in April and run until June. Program details include; trail building, bike maintenance, instruction and coaching and a trip or two out of town to check out the trails and Bike Parks in B.C. More information will be available soon. Lacrosse Development Program for youth Learn the fundamentals of Canada’s oldest sport and get fit doing it. Your child will be learning in a controlled environment from a certified coach and long time player. Players will need a helmet with face cage (a hockey or lacrosse helmet is preferred), padded gloves (hockey style or lacrosse designated), a lacrosse stick (some will be provided and they are available at Canadian Tire). Although this will be a skills training and conditioning program, lacrosse is a physically demanding sport. The program begins in April and runs on Wednesdays, from 6-8 p.m. in the Rossland Arena. BC Senior’s Games The BC Senior’s Games is being held in Langley from September 9-13 for Seniors 55+. The Games promote the active participation in fitness and wellness in sports, recreation and education for B.C. Seniors. The annual four-day celebration attracts about 3500 seniors participating in up to 26 events. For more information, please contact Kathy Gregory at 250365-2386. All the details can be found on the Game’s website, at www.b.c.seniorsgames.org.

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Elliott brings nationallyknown one-man show to city staff Rossland News

Nationally known comedian Lorne Elliott is being presented in Rossland Thursday, April 10 as part of the Rossland Council of Arts and Culture’s 2013/2014 Performance Series. His ever-changing, one-man concert performance of humorous stories, funny songs and 26 years of professional stage experience has garnered a loyal audience. Elliott has surprising ways of looking at the world around him, creating lasting images in the mind’s eye with his clever use of the language and his unique stage presentation. His musical talents are also displayed through a variety of instruments which he plays in often surprising fashions: from J.S. Bach on the electric guitar to Jimmy Hendrix on the ukulele. Canadian born Elliott has performed from Newfoundland to New York City, from Los Angeles to Australia and points in between. He started performing in 1974 as a folk musician in East Coast Canada. At the same time he kept writing fiction as well as songs, monologues and one-liners. The outcome of such training is a very special show of comedy and music, totally original, entertaining, foolish and uplifting. As well as being a humorist, storyteller and musician, Elliott is also a playwright. He has received numerous awards throughout the years for his plays including “Best New Play Award” at the Quebec Drama Festival in 1983 and his first novel titled Beach Reading has been selected as a finalist for the Hugh MacLennan fiction prize in the Quebec Writers Federation 2013 Awards. Elliott is well known to the audience for starring in his own CBC Radio Comedy Series Madly off in All Directions which went on for 11 seasons. His latest project for CBC is called Chasing the Big Silly and is currently on tour with The Collected Mistakes throughout stages in North American theatres. Lorne Elliott will be in Rossland on Thursday, April 10 at the Miners’ Union Hall. Tickets are sold in Rossland at Out of the Cellar and in Trail at the Charles Bailey Theatre for $20, or at the door for $25.

Girls Softball - starts April 16 This is a great opportunity for Rossland girls to learn how to play softball, with retired Thurnderpitch Coaches, Brian Pipes and Richard Rhodes. Instruction will be delivered in a positive, structured environment designed to provide girls with the opportunity to become better ball players. The program starts on Wednesday, April 16 with two sessions for different ages – girls 12-15 years from 3:30-5 pm and girls 8-11 years from 5-6 pm. Library Open House and AGM You are cordially invited to attend an open house and annual general meeting at the Rossland Public Library on April 10. There will be an opportunity to meet the board and see a presentation about the Library Renewal Project from 6:30 7:30 p.m. The AGM will follow. The Yes Leadership Camp The YES leadership camp is a summer camp that provides week long leadership retreats for youth from all over British Columbia. More information and a brochure are available at the Rossland branch of the Nelson and District Credit Union. Skills training is offered for 14-18 year-olds in the areas of self-awareness, co-operation, communication, global awareness, environmental sustainability and leadership. More information is available @ www.theyes.ca.

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Lacrosse development program Learn the fundamentals of Canada’s oldest sport and get fit doing it. Your child will be learning in a controlled environment from a certified coach and longtime player. Players will need a helmet with face cage (a hockey or lacrosse helmet is preferred), padded gloves (hockey style or lacrosse designated), a lacrosse stick (some will be provided and they are available at Canadian Tire). Although this will be a skills training and conditioning program, lacrosse is a physically demanding sport. The program begins in April and runs on Wednesdays, from 6-8 p.m. in the Rossland Arena.

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Dig into spring with appropriate technology staff Rossland News

The Kootenay Local Agricultural Society (KLAS) is presenting “A Free Field Day with the BCS 853 Walking Tractor,” the first in a series of spring workshops to showcase KLAS’s extensive tool library and to teach people how to use it. As the snow melts, perhaps your green thumb is itching to sink into that fresh, spring dirt? Maybe you want to refresh some raised beds, or build some from scratch? Perhaps you’d like to build terraces into

your slope? Do you have lawn you want to renovate and reseed? Or maybe you want to dig a waterharvesting swale or drainage ditch? A BCS 853 walking tractor— replete with tougher-than-nails tillers, plows, and more that attach to the PTO (power take off) on its 13 horsepower engine and two beefy wheels—can fill all these needs. Best of all, for all the tremendous power of the Italian-made two-wheel tractor, it uses very little gas. This is the tool of choice for market gardeners around the

world, including Quebec’s Jean-Martin Fortier who sells $140,000 of vegetables each year, all grown on 1.5 acres using his BCS tractor and only $230 in gasoline. Other well-known users include author Eliot Coleman— ”The Four Season Harvest”— and Kelowna’s own radical bicycle farmer Curtis Stone who earns six-figures on eight small parcels of borrowed land smack-dab in the middle of town. Very few local gardeners may recognize how easily they can access this, the tool of their dreams.

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B.C. firefighters say a downgrade in response priority for less urgent medical calls by the B.C. Ambulance Service has resulted in much longer waits for paramedics to arrive. A reallocation of ambulance service last fall shifted dozens of call types – often for broken bones and other incidents where the patient is medically stable – so that those ambulances now roll at posted speed limits without lights and siren, rather than code 3 at high speed. Officials say it’s meant an average of six minutes slower arrival times to those calls, but allowed one minute faster average responses to urgent life-ordeath emergencies like heart attacks, while reducing the risk of high-speed crashes between ambulances and other vehicles. B.C. Professional Fire Fighters Association president Mike Hurley said that doesn’t match what fire department first responders are seeing. “Our experience in the field is it’s anywhere from 30 to 45 minutes and longer for an ambulance to show up,” Hurley said of the downgraded

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calls. “They’ve lessened the service to the citizens of each community.” He said the types of calls that are no longer dispatched at high speed include serious falls, serious hemorrhages and certain pregnancy calls. They make up about nine per cent of overall ambulance calls, according to a report on the reallocation plan, and mean 800,000 fewer kilometres of lights-and-siren driving each year. Dr. William Dick, vicepresident of medical programs at B.C. Emergency Health Services, said the changes flow from a rigorous two-year expert review that assessed outcomes for patients and the risks of high-speed ambulance driving. “It’s safer to the driving public, it’s safer for our paramedics and it’s safer for our patients,” Dick said Wednesday. He likened the change to hospital triage policies that give the most urgent cases priority ahead of patients who can safely wait longer. “We’re doing the same thing they’re doing in the emergency department but we’re doing it on the street or in people’s homes.” Dick said a rolling analysis

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of the changes has so far found no change in medical outcomes for patients whose call priority was reduced. Several fire departments and municipalities have criticized the change. A report by the Vancouver Fire Department estimates ambulance response times there are an average of 21 minutes slower and Burnaby has also reported a jump in long ambulance waits. Dick said he believes reports of extreme waits are anomalies and none of the cases involve people in medical danger. Several Metro Vancouver mayors say the service change amounts to downloading of costs by the province because firefighters who respond first end up waiting longer with patients, sometimes incurring more overtime as well. BCEHS maintains the changes are not a money-saving measure but are strictly to improve care by speeding response to those in most urgent need. And it contends municipalities could make smarter use of their own resources by redeploying firefighters to other services if they didn’t opt to dispatch them to calls where first responders aren’t required.

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Have you got one of the new B.C. driver’s licences yet? By now most drivers have the one with the unsmiling black and white mug shot, to conform to passport standards so it could be used for border identification with the magnetic swipe strip on the back. About one million of us now have the newest version, with a credit-card style digital chip that proves your residence and eligibility for our famously “free” medical care. The motor vehicle office started issuing them about a year ago, as five-year licences expire. They replace the old “CareCard” that has no expiry date. Over the years there were more than nine million CareCards issued, twice the population of B.C., as people held onto their access to our defenseless, overworked medical system from wherever they moved to. Positive identification is only the start for this card. Each will be assigned a password that gives access to

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online medical records, so when patients show up at an ER, their eligibility is confirmed and any previous conditions or medications are accurately matched. (Note that medical information is not stored on the card, just an access code that goes with the password.) Patients will be able to call up their own files at home, book medical appointments and even renew prescriptions, which is where the efficiency comes in. In-person visits for routine prescription renewals are a cash cow for today’s doctors, generating guaranteed billings but often little or no health benefit. Most people will still think of it as a driver’s licence, but it’s intended as an all-purpose government ID. If you don’t drive, you are spared the $75 licence renewal fee, and within a couple of years the cards will start providing online access to a wide range of government services. Andrew Wilkinson, minister of technology, innovation and citizens’ services, says a

public consultation has shown most people are comfortable using a system they already trust for their banking. By the end of 2015, Wilkinson says about two million people will have the new cards, roughly half of B.C.’s population. Application forms converted to online access will include student loans, birth, death and marriage certificates, voter registration and even criminal record checks. All this will be costly to set up, but the savings from having customers do their own data entry are well known, as any banker or supermarket owner can tell you. “You can understand that if you’re in the vital statistics office and this can all be done from places like Telegraph Creek and Horsefly remotely, that actually saves them a lot of money,” Wilkinson said. “There will be conversion of existing services where you have to go into an office and wait around and fill out

forms. Those will be converted to online services.” It also means a decline in the number of government office jobs, and the potential for further outsourcing of services, as we have seen with Medical Services Plan administration and the backoffice functions of BC Hydro. Some older readers won’t be thrilled to hear about this. They don’t want a “smart phone,” just a phone. But they will also see their greatgrandchildren becoming adept with tablet computers before they can even speak. Seniors will get the hang of it pretty quickly, and their lives will become easier. • A correction to last week’s column on the Agricultural Land Commission. I erroneously said regional panel members were appointed from outside the region. They are local residents, and the new legislation formalizes a cabinet appointment process for them. Tom Fletcher is legislature reporter and columnist for Black Press.

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Texting is the new drunk driving TOM fleTcher Black Press

More people are dying from distracted driving than drinking and driving, and that has caused Attorney General Suzanne Anton to reconsider whether B.C.’s penalties for using smart phones behind the wheel are tough enough. Anton said the latest statistics from 2012 show 81 deaths from distracted driving in the year, compared to 55 related to impaired driving. “People seem to know that they must not drink and drive, but distracted driving, people don’t seem to have the same level of awareness,” Anton said. B.C.’s Motor Vehicle Act currently sets a $167 fine for talking on a hand-held mobile phone, and $167 plus three demerit points for emailing or texting while driving. Ontario recently raised its fine from $155 to $280, with a maximum of $500 for those who contest the fine and are convicted. A few weeks ago Anton wasn’t convinced higher penalties would help change driver behaviour, but she said Wednesday she was disturbed to discover that B.C. has more distracted driving deaths than Ontario, which has three times the population. “Should there be points attached to holding the handheld device and talking? Probably,” Anton said. “Should the fines be higher? Probably, so I’m having a look at both of those.” Another statistic that caught Anton’s attention was the 51,000 distracted driving tickets handed out in B.C. in 2013. She said that’s a “huge number” that suggests the message of distracted driving is not getting through, and a reminder that seatbelt use and impaired driving also took time to impress on the public. The Superintendent of Motor Vehicles is analyzing B.C. driving habits and will report to Anton, who is considering changing penalties later this year.

New uses for driver’s licence ahead TOM fleTcher Black Press

With one million of its new high-tech drivers’ licences in use, the B.C. government is preparing to use them for access to medical records, applying for student loans and a range of other uses. The new driver’s licence was introduced a year ago, with a digital chip that replaces the existing medical CareCard system. The health ministry estimated that there were more than nine million CareCards in circulation, about twice as many as there are residents of B.C. Andrew Wilkinson, minister of technology, innovation and citizens’ services, released results of a public consultation on the new cards this week. With digital security similar to bank cards, he said the public appears prepared to use them to apply for

prescription renewals, birth, death and marriage certificates, voter registration and criminal records checks. Secure online access to such government services would require passwords to be issued, “robust” computer programs to be

completed and at least half of B.C. residents to have the new cards, Wilkinson said. They are being issued as current drivers’ licences expire, and the new services could be available by the end of 2015. Proof of identity for medical care may

also be used for online booking of medical appointments. The cards are issued to replace the current driver’s licences, for the same $75 fee. For people who don’t drive, a similar card with only medical identity is available.

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Some of the changes proposed by Canada Post, both those underway and those being considered, are raising red flags for B.C. Southern Interior MP, Alex Atamanenko, and Ed Evans, president of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW), Local 842. Atamanenko recently wrote a letter to Lisa Raitt, Minister of Transport and the minister responsible for Canada Post, outlining his concerns with the opening of a franchise postal outlet in Osoyoos directly across the street from an existing post office. In the letter he also raises concerns about a similar “high traffic dealership outlet” proposed for Rossland that would also see 1.5 full-time positions eliminated at the existing post office installation in the Golden City. “I think they’re on the road to privatization,” said Atamanenko. However, Canada Post has a somewhat different perspective on the process and says that any changes to service in Rossland are only in the investigative phase at this point. “We have a whole process which begins with union notification. “It’s a process of consultation with the union and they have the opportunity to respond.” said Anick Losier, spokesperson for Canada Post. “We have to do a business assessment, look at the transactions that take place. Sometimes it’s about the hours of service, we need to see if the existing service is meeting the public’s needs. If necessary we can add to our network through a franchise. It can be an extra convenience.” Nevertheless, Atamanenko is alarmed at what he sees as a reduction of service at existing postal outlets, with a cut in hours at the Trail post office and the elimination of Saturday service at a number of smaller, rural outlets in the area, and the potential for elimination of reasonably high wage union positions. “I met with the executive directors of four chambers of commerce and there is some concern in the business community,” he said. “If we pull out a dozen or even half a dozen high paying jobs it’s a hit on a small community.”

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Columbia Basin Trust’s new Environment Strategic Plan is now completed and will guide the Trust’s water and environment initiatives from 2014 to 2019. It sets goals in five areas: water, ecosystems, climate change, environmental education, and helping to strengthen organizations that focus on the environment. The plan is now available online at cbt. org/environmentplan. To shape the plan, the Trust connected with Basin residents in 2013 through workshops, meetings and an online survey. Environmental experts and a range of organizations also provided their input. “I would like to extend my gratitude

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“While I’d like to leave as much money in the public’s pocket, we are so far behind on the big picture that this is a decision we need to take. We’re telling people you will pay now or you will pay much more later.” The lone voice of opposition came from Trail director Robert Cacchioni, who argued the reserve has grown large enough. However, others including rural Slocan Valley director Walter Popoff and New Denver’s Henning Von Krogh said they wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to maximize reserves without increasing taxes. The reserve is capped at $10 million. Once it reaches that point, the board would have to pass a resolution if it wanted to add more. The hospital district’s annual budget is about $7 million.

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to the many people who contributed to this plan,” said Neil Muth, Trust president and CEO. “It will guide significant contributions to preserving our region’s natural environment, for the benefit of Basin ecosystems, species and residents alike.” The Trust’s role in achieving plan objectives includes providing resources and funding, bringing people together around key issues, providing information, and supporting collaboration on environmental initiatives or projects. Columbia Basin Trust supports efforts to deliver social, economic and environmental benefits to the residents of the Columbia Basin. To learn more about the Trust’s programs and initiatives, visit www.cbt.org or call 1.800.505.8998.

Regional hospital planning on hold Interior Health says a regional planning process to refurbish or replace old hospitals in West Kootenay Boundary remains two to three years away but in the meantime it’s considering improvements to the layout of the regional hospital in Trail. Todd Mastel, the health authority’s business support director, and Ingrid Hampf, acute health services administrator, delivered the news to the regional hospital district last week. “We’re not in a position to start regional planning based on the availability of capital dollars,” Mastel said. “But we do need to look at current pressures and challenges at Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital, especially in ambulatory care, pharmacy, and emergency services.”

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Changes to ALR a ‘slippery slope,’ says region’s MLA Changes to the B.C. Agricultural Land Reserve (ALR) will result in the loss of much needed farmland and will eventually do away with the 100 Mile Diet, according to Kootenay West MLA Katrine Conroy. The NDP MLA is not keen on the Liberals’ announcement of dividing the land reserve into two zones, which could open up her riding’s farmland to development. The change would see the land reserve divided into two Agricultural Land Commission (ALC) zones - opening up much of the Interior’s farmland to more development - under changes introduced by the provincial government last week. Under the new system, Zone 1, which covers prime farmland in the Lower Mainland, Fraser Valley, the Okanagan Valley and Vancouver Island, will see very few changes. While Zone 2, covering farmland in the North, the Kootenays and the rest of the Interior, will see farmland protection rules loosened to allow for more nonfarming activities. Conroy lives in Pass Creek, where she raises cattle on ALR land. She, along with the opposition caucus, doesn’t want this to pass and has an online petition that has gained much attention from like-minded folks. “I think it’s the start of a slippery slope of taking out agricultural land from the reserve so that people can make money off of it,” she said from her office in Victoria. “The agricultural land reserve has been here since 1973 and the whole goal around it was to protect land permanently and we think that this is the start of removing it, to ensure that friends and insiders have the accessibility to a commission where they can say ‘I want to subdivide it.’” This is not how the prov-

Farmland Bennett said the only change to the Interior zones is the addition of “social and economic” factors in considering permitted uses. He gave the example from his Kootenay constituency of a market garden operator who was refused permission to build a second home on an unproductive part of the property so the next generation could take over the business.

ince has presented the news. The changes, resulting from the government’s core review of the commission, will help farmers and farm families get ahead by recognizing regional differences, strengthening regional decision making and enhancing the ALC’s service to the public, it was noted in a news release from the Ministry of Agriculture. The introduction of two ALC administered zones is designed to better recognize the province’s regional differences, it is also noted. In Zone 1, where land is in greater demand and there are development and population pressures, decisions will continue to be made on the basis of the original principle of preserving agricultural land. But in Zone 2, where growing seasons are shorter and there are lower value crops, decisions will now, in addition to the original principle, include additional considerations to provide farmers more flexibility to support their farming operations. But this is not how Conroy sees it. “The concern is how much land do we remove?” she asked. “We all need to eat, we all need to grow food, and we need to have land to do this on and you think ‘My gosh what’s next?’” The Regional District of Kootenay Boundary sent a letter to the Ministry of Agriculture asking to maintain the commission as a single provincewide zone and if there are any changes proposed to the commission or the ALR, that full consultation with local governments and stakeholders be undertaken, according to Mark Andison, RDKB general manager of operations. The Agricultural Land Commission is an independent, administrative tribunal. The ALC makes land use decisions within the Agriculture Land Reserve.

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Rhonda Driediger, chair of the B.C. Agricultural Council and operator of Driediger Farms in Langley, said she is looking forward to the changes that will allow development of new revenue. “The ALC is old and it hasn’t been updated in a long time,” Driediger said. “On a day-to-day basis it makes it very difficult in farming, especially when you’re looking to be progressive.”

Faye Street, general manager of Kootenay Livestock Association, congratulated the ministers “for having the three Bs in the male anatomy to get this done – starting at the brain, backbone and work your way down.” Street said young farmers are not entering the industry under the current conditions, and allowing them supplementary income will help maintain the farmers.

IN BRIEF Recycling fallout B.C.’s small business minister defended the province’s shift to a new recycling system Wednesday after a continuing attack in the Legislature by the Official Opposition. Naomi Yamamoto said the Multi Material BC program transfers recycling costs from taxpayers to the producers who generate packaging and printed paper and challenged New Democrats to state whether or not they oppose that principle. “How many of us have come home after purchasing a relatively small item, struggled to unpackage the item and then found yourself with a mountain of waste material that we have no control over?” Yamamoto responded in Question Period. “This program actually provides an incentive to producers to reduce their packaging.” The new system led by Multi Material BC is being resisted as too costly by various business sectors, including the newspaper industry and Black Press, the company that owns this newspaper. Yamamoto said the province asked MMBC to work with the small business community and the B.C. Chamber of Commerce, adding that led to a series of exemptions that absolve 99 per cent of small businesses of requirements to report and pay recycling fees under the new program. NDP small business critic Lana Popham cited severe business impacts and demanded to know if the province will halt the scheduled May 19 rollout pending better consultation with businesses, municipalities and environmental organizations. “The premier is chucking B.C.’s recycling system into a giant dumpster by completely botching the implementation,” Popham said. “British Columbia deserves to get our recycling right.” Popham earlier in the week denounced MMBC as a “red tape monster” controlled by Ontariobased corporations and multinational firms that aren’t sufficiently accountable to B.C. stakeholders. Newspaper industry representatives have warned newspaper closures and large-scale job losses are likely if the MMBC rollout continues unchanged.

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Rent to Own If you have a small down payment I have a nice home for you. Less then perfect credit OK call Jessica @ 250 505-7420

Homes for Rent WARFIELD, 3BD. 250-512-1814

$925.mo.

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Auto Accessories/Parts autocredit

STEEL BUILDINGS/metal buildings 60% off! 20x28, 30x40, 40x62, 45x90, 50x120, 60x150, 80x100 sell for balance owed! Call 1-800-4572206 or visit us online: www.crownsteelbuildings.ca.

Rossland 124,900

Cars - Sports & Imports 2002 Nissans, 4cyl 2.5 & 1.8, Altima 187,000km & Sentra, auto & 5 speed, both 4dr and new snow tires. $3,100 & $4,900. 250-442-0122 or 250493-1807. Run and look excellent. Sentra one owner, non smoker, 5 speed. Grand Forks

Boats www.one4tacht.com

Marie-Claude

Trucks & Vans

We currently have an opening for a sales person to help us with our paid distribution newspapers across B.C. This position means getting out in the community and talking to subscribers about our newspapers and working to build stronger relationships with existing readers of our newspapers. It also includes finding new subscribers for our newspapers and helping introduce them our award winning host of community newspapers. This is not a year-around position and will run from March to October each year. We offer a spectacular compensation package and bonus incentives. Your own vehicle is required, but we cover all travel expenses. This is really a great opportunity for the right person. It is a different type of job, but definitely has different types of rewards. If you feel this position would be the perfect fit for you, then we would love to hear from you. Please email all enquiries to Michelle Bedford at circulation@trailtimes.ca.

MLS#

2395423

Rossland $ 59,900

MLS#

2393621

Marie-Claude

MLS#

2395154

Rossland 179,900

MLS#

2395816

Marie-Claude

MLS#

2390913

Nathan

New Listin

Warfield 149,000

Great Hom

MLS#

2395554

Executive

1987 Dodge Dakota, reg cab, long box, auto, V6, one owner, 169,000km, very clean, canopy, 2 wheel drive, $1,800/obo. 250-442-0122 or 250-4931807. Grand Forks

Help Wanted Nathan

Black Press has a very unique opportunity for the right person.

Marie-Claude

Unique Opportunity

2393618

Marie-Claude

2 Bed Hom + Suite

Rossland 279,900

2002 24.5’ Cougar Fifth Wheel with slide. Great Shape. $9,500. OBO. 250.367.9175.

Help Wanted

MLS#

G NEW LISTIN lex Dup Renovated

Recreational/Sale

Part-time Reporter Help Wanted

Marie-Claude

Rossland 349,900

1 Bdrm Furnished

Rossland $ 69,900

eage Home & Acr & Barn

The Rossland News, a Black Press weekly publication in beautiful Rossland BC, is seeking an exceptional, part-time multimedia journalist/ photographer to join our editorial team. We are seeking a candidate who will find and capture compelling stories and features and who will thrive in a deadline-driven environment to produce stories for our newspaper and online products. The successful candidate will be able to write stories, take photos and assist with online and social media responsibilities. Qualifications • Superior writing skills, news judgment; • Ability to write on a variety of topics, including civic affairs, arts and sports; • Proficiency in photography and knowledge of multimedia reporting; • A degree or diploma in journalism or related experience; • Experience in posting content to the Internet an asset; • Ability to adapt to emerging trends in multimedia reporting, including video, blogging and social networking. • Knowledge of and experience with InDesign. Applicants must own a reliable vehicle. This position will require the applicant to work evenings and weekends. All applicants please send resume, cover letter, as well as writing and photo samples to Karen Bennett, publisher@nelsonstar.com. Only those candidates under consideration will be contacted.

Black Press C O M M U N I T Y

N E W S

M E D I A

Trail 109,900 MLS#

2214582

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Rhonda

MLS#

Rhonda

2394479

Rhonda

MLS#

2393112

New Price

Fruitvale 139,900

1 Acre

Rob

2396380

ucer

Trail 49,900

MLS#

Montrose 495,000

Income Prod

Rhonda

Salmo 294,000

MLS#

Fruitvale 204,000

2393772

Rhonda

MLS#

2392778

5.1 Acres

Renata 249,000 MLS#

2215536

Rob

Renata 235,500 MLS#

2215924

Rob

Trail 135,000 MLS#

2393731

Gorgeous Ya

Rob

Genelle 319,900 MLS#

Fruitvale 164,900

2393958

Rob

MLS#

Rossland 399,000

2393806

Rob

MLS#

2392108

Nathan Kotyk 250-231-9484

Rob Burrus 250-231-4420

Rhonda van Tent 250-231-7575

Marie Claude Germain 250-512-1153

Jack McConnachie 250-368-5222

Thursday, April 10, 2014 Rossland News

A12 www.rosslandnews.com

HAVE YOUR SAY

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PUBLIC HEARING

City of Rossland OCP Amendment Bylaw No. 2564 What is OCP Amendment Bylaw No. 2564 about?

We’re Listening

To remove a proposed collector road at Red Mountain from Schedule D – Transportation Plan of the OCP.

PUBLIC HEARING

Monday April 14, 2014 7:00pm Council Chambers 1899 Columbia Ave

Phone (250)362 7396

How will this affect me? PO Box 1179 Rossland, BC V0G 1Y0

Email: stacey@ rossland.ca

Website: www.rossland.ca

The OCP Amendment is required to remove the proposed collector road from the Transportation Plan because a road cannot be built in that location due to the steep terrain. A Collector Road means a street which carries traffic from local streets and includes the principal entrance streets for circulation of traffic within a subdivision. The attached maps show the road to be removed. It will not affect development potential on adjacent properties as development can be handled on local roads and any application for subdivision on a property adjoining another must provide access to lands beyond.

How do I get more information? A copy of the proposed bylaw and relevant background documents may be inspected at the City of Rossland Office, 1899 Columbia Ave on regular working days from 9 am to 4pm, and also online at www.rossland.ca. Tracey Butler - Deputy CAO/Corporate Officer

Confessions of a Curber Thank goodness, the stolen vehicle was behind me. Did I feel bad? Yes. Does it make me a bad person for selling a stolen vehicle? Probably. But to outsiders, my life hasn’t changed. I’m still the same old Walt. Oh, if they only knew. I was on a roll. To my disbelief, I’d sold seven cars already. I guess you could say it was a part of me now – I “flip” cars on the side. And, I was branching out – with a truck and camper. The truck had been rebuilt. It was roadworthy again. I even had the inspection records to prove it. And the camper? That was marketing genius. When I put it up for sale, I fibbed. But only a little bit. “Truck for sale. Fixed after fender bender, looks new. Includes camper. It’s been in an accident, so I’m selling both for a low price. Great for family adventures. Call if interested.” Shortly after, I got a call. The man had a distinct, charming accent. He asked me what a “fender bender” was. I explained that it was a small accident. He seemed pleased and asked to meet me the next day. I assumed he was relatively new to the country, so I thought this would be an easy sale. Boy was I wrong! He’d gone to “new immigrant” welcome classes, where they shared information about life in Canada. I think this was where he developed an interest in camping Canadian style. He knew all the right questions to ask. But, I

gave him all the wrong answers. And, I didn’t tell him the camper was way too heavy for the truck to be safe. He also asked for a vehicle history report. I pulled the CarProof report out. I mean, I had nothing to hide. He asked me what “rebuilt*” meant. I told him that, because of the small accident, the transmission needed to be rebuilt. Oh, but I’d altered the sections detailing the amount of damage. Judging from his English skills, I’m sure he didn’t understand the difference. At least he was trying. He got an “A” for effort. I hope he figures out that the truck and camper would be unsafe on the road when he gets it fully loaded with passengers, fuel and gear. Good thing I have my “no returns” policy! Yes, I know what you’re all thinking. This is the lowest of the low. But you have to understand. I was slightly manic about this whole thing. At this point, I would do anything to make a sale and get myself another wallet full of cash.

*Rebuilt - This status is assigned to

“salvage” vehicles after they have been repaired and have passed inspection. Vehicle status alone does not fully describe a vehicle’s mechanical condition or damage history. This applies to RVs, motorcycles, cars and trucks.

“I didn’t tell him the camper was way too heavy to be safe.”

Pick of the Week: Kia plans to get ahead of the pack Kia will unveil an all-new midsize multi-purpose vehicle at the 2014 New York International Auto Show next week. Kia believes its new offering will pose a big challenge to its competitors in the segment. It will be big enough to transport as

many as eight passengers and their belongings. The Driveway team will be at the show to report on the latest launches. keith.morgan@drivewaybc.ca

ICBC Safety Tip

Drives-U-Crazy

Distracted driving is the top factor in youth crashes in B.C. It’s one of the top factors for experienced drivers, too. If you’re an experienced road user, be a role model for the next generation of drivers by limiting your use of all electronic devices behind the wheel.

PUBLIC NOTICE

ARE MENTAL HEALTH OR sUBsTANCE UsE IssUEs A CONCERN FOR YOU OR YOUR FAMILY? The Mental Health & Substance Use Consumer, Family and Peer Support Program, on behalf of Interior Health Authority, is looking for citizens to participate in local Mental Health and Substance Use Advisory Councils.

Drives-U-Crazy . . . Dip don’t dazzle, buddy!

Reader Yvonne Logan thinks there should be a universal hand signal that would alert a following car’s driver that they have left on their high beams. “I’ve tried sticking my hand out the window and waving and even hitting my brake lights three times as some sort of signal,” Logan writes. “Never any luck with that, so I end up just praying that an oncoming car will flash their lights.It’s blinding and obviously dangerous . . . I feel like I’m being chased by a jet!” What drives-u-crazy? keith.morgan@drivewaybc.ca

The Councils represent the interests of mental health and substance use service consumers and their families. Working in collaboration with the health system, Council members promote an equitable, accountable, effective and efficient system of mental health and substance use care and mental health wellness. Interested applicants can contact the Consumer, Family and Peer Support Program Coordinator at 1-877-364-2326 ext 242. OR Contact local Mental Health and Substance Use office directly: Arrow & Slocan Lakes: (250) 265-5253 Boundary: (250) 442-0330 Castlegar: (250) 304-1846 Nelson: (250) 505-7248 Trail: (250) 364-6262 DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS IS THURSDAY, MAY 16, 2014 The Mental Health & Substance Use Consumer, Family and Peer Support Program Funded by Interior Health Authority Kootenay Boundary Health Service Area Mental Health and Substance Use Services TRAIL FAMILY AND INDIVIDUAL RESOURCE CENTRE SOCIETY

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