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Rossland Mourns BY VALERIE ROSSI Black Press
Police are seeking the public’s assistance in tracking down the individual(s) responsible for the death OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK of Rossland resident 2104 COLUMBIA AVENUE, Thomas Feeney. ROSSLAND ✩ 250-362-2280 Preliminary findings from an ongoing investigation leads investigators to believe that this is a “random incident” or a “crime of opporCheck out tunity” against the our new 75-year-old man who was recently killed Summer at his residence on Menu! Feeney Road. Supt. Ocean Wise Tim Head, district seafood, operations officer for organic, the Southeast Disfree range, and trict RCMP ‘E’ Divigluten free sion confirmed this options! at a press conference Monday. Your Horoscope For the Week “While will not with Michael O’ConnorI inside Horoscope the West Kootenay Advertiser be providing specifics For the Week with respect to what with Michael O’Connor we know to date about inside the West Kootenay Advertiser
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the homicide, I can say that this appears to be a break-and-enter type incident that ended in a violent and disturbing homicide,” said Head, who expressed his condolences to family members, son Tom Feeney, and sonin-law Colin Lohrer
who sat in the crowd of about 30 people. Lohrer expressed the family’s devastation in a statement to the press, pleading the public to come forward with any details that could pertain to the tragedy. “We are all in shock
to know he has been taken from us in such a tragic way,” he paused. “It has been a devastating blow to our family.” The late Feeney was born and raised in Rossland. He was a father, grandfather and great grandfather
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who loved to hunt and fish and enjoy the outdoors. His family immigrated from Ireland and made Rossland and its surrounding area their home for generations, according to Peter Corrado, nephew of the deceased.
“He was an Irishman in a very social sense so people would stop by and visit and he welcomed them in and unfortunately it seems that someone who came took advantage of him and killed him,”
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UPCOMING WEST KOOTENAY CA.m.ERA CLUB PHOTO SHOW EXTRAVAGANZA June 12, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. @ the Kootenay Gallery, Castlegar 40 local photographers, 189 entries, critiques by 4 professional judges. Meet the artists while indulging in homed baked goodies and beverages. The show is free. RED HAVEN June 12, 2014 9:00 to 11:55 p.m. @ The Flying Stea.m.shovel From East Vancouver. $5 cover at the door. THE NO FRETS VIOLIN YEAR END CONCERT Friday, June 13 at 5:00 p.m. in the Rossland Rouge Gallery. Featuring violin students of all ages, performances from several piano students of local teacher, Christine Clarke and the soon to be fa.m.ous No Frets String Orchestra, who will perform four short and fabulous pieces. Admission is by donation. ROSSLAND CHA.m.BER OF COMMERCE MEMBERS REDSTONE SUMMER CLASSIC Friday July 11 @ Redstone Resort, Rossland BC 1st Annual Cha.m.ber Members Classic. 18 hole shotgun. $79 cash or cheque at the Rossland Cha.m.ber of Commerce 250-362-5666.
ONGOING ROSSLAND MAKERLAB Wednesdays June 4 to 25, 2014 7:00 to 8:30 p.m. @ Seven Summits Centre for Learning The Rossland Makerlab is a drop in group for youth 12-18yrs old that supports learning about 3D modeling and printing your creations on the Youth Action Network’s 3D printer. ROSSLAND MOUNTAIN MARKET Thursdays June 5 to October 2, 2014 3:00 to 6:00 p.m. Downtown between NDCU and Ross Vegas. Your weekly dose of fresh, local food....and plenty of arts and culture! Live music every week. PARKOUR/FREE RUNNING Mondays and Thursdays, June 2 to 19, 7:00 to 8:30 p.m. @ Rossland Curling Rink, 3rd Street entrance. Come learn basic Parkour, the “Art of Movement” and Free Running skills. For youth 8-18 yrs old. $5 drop in. TEXAS HOLD’EM Sundays Jun 1 to Jul 27, 8:30 to 10:00 p.m. @ The Flying Stea.m.shovel Hosted by Tim van den Nieuwenhof. Sign up on the events board at the Flying Shovel. ROSSLAND YOUTH MAKER LABS Wednesdays 7:00 - 8:30 p.m. May 14 – June 25 @ The Seven Summits Centre for Learning For youth who want to create 3D models and print them on the Makerbot Replicator 2. Check out their new website, at www.rosslandyan.ca ULTIMATE FRISBEE Saturdays May 24 to Oct 18, 2014 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. @ Jubilee Field (RSS school) in Rossland. Tuesdays 5 p.m. @ Trail Middle School fields Ultimate is a tea.m. frisbee ga.m.e. Beginners welcome! Pick up ga.m.es are FREE! OPEN MIC NIGHT Tuesdays 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. Join us every Tuesday and strut your stuff up on stage! With a new host every two weeks its gearing up to be a season of fantastic new talent and great music. Sign up sheet located in the foyer of The Flying Stea.m.shovel TEEN NIGHT Tuesdays 6-8 p.m. @ the Rossland Public Library BABY STORYTIME Fridays 10 a.m. - 11 a.m. @ the Rossland Public Library Stories and songs for 0-3 year olds with their grown-ups. Finishes June 27. JIVE FOR BEGINNERS Tuesdays 7 p.m. @ the Miners’ Hall Every Tuesday night at the Miners’ Hall at 7 p.m. Cost is $5 for adults and $3 for students. CHURCH of DIRT Mondays May 12 to Sep 29, 5:30 p.m. Come out and get dirty, meet great folks young and old, and add to our fantastic trail system. No experience needed - just a passion for our local trails. Contact Scott at scotfor@gmail.com for more information. ROSSLAND SENIORS Monday 1:30 p.m. Seniors Art Club meets, contact Edith at 250-362-4477. Monday 7:00 p.m. Rossland Quilters Guild meets, contact Dayanne at 250-362-7727. Wednesday 7:00 p.m. Rossland Old Time Fiddlers play. Visitors should contact Richie or Audrey at 250-362-9465. Thursday 9:30 - 11 a.m. Seniors stretching exercises and morning tea and snacks SENIORS SING-A-LONG TO THE OLD SONGS Wednesdays until June 18 1:30 to 3:00 p.m. Tea and/or coffee will be provided along with a snack. Contact Les Anderson at 250-362-5532
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This coming Sunday, June 15, Joe Hill Coffee House, Rossland’s community venue for talent from throughout the Kootenays, presents our sixtieth show at the Rossland Miner’s Hall. To wrap up the season in style for us, we have: • No Frets - Rossland’s fa.m.ous little fiddlers • Ray Boulaine - A (very experienced) guy and his guitar, playing old favorites • Stew Ford – Local talent going solo. • Bert Kniss playing harmonica, backed by Karl Michallik on guitar and Rhonda Michallik providing percussion with her tap shoes. Fun! • Maverick Blue – On stage – Keyboards, voice, great effects
• Selected members of the Gold Fever Follies cast, showcasing their individual talents • Tim Bourchier and crew – Great rhythm and harmonies. The last word for Spring of 2014! As always, there will be delicious goodies, coffee, tea and pop, and a friendly atmosphere in a venue that really does justice to the music. It’s a mere $3, kids and students free. Doors open at 6 p.m., show at 7 p.m. We’ll be back after the summer. The first Joe Hill Coffee House of the fall season is on September 21. Contact Les at 250-362-5677 or retrac01@telus.net for more information.
Classic with a simple twist Laura Landsberg, accomplished vocalist living in Nelson will perform with the help of her band of jazz musicians tonight in the Gallery. Landsberg is excited to play in Rossland and says “it is a beautiful place, I loved it there”, and the Gallery will be an exciting new venue. “It is a beautiful space”, she added. Lansberg used to play at the Firehall and remembers Rossland as having “a very appreciative audience”. The show is part of a tour that got realized with help of a tour grant from Columbia Basin Trust and Kootenay Columbia Cultural Alliance. She played in Kaslo and Silverton before the show in Rossland. The tour is to promote her latest album called A Simple Twist where Landsberg branched out from her normal comfort zone to celebrate the music from her upbringing. She is flirting with great artists like Bob Dylan, Led Zeppelin and Van Morrison and performs their songs in a completely different way. Landsberg and her band have a strong foundation in jazz standard so she promises a night of creativity and improvisation. “It will be jazzy, country, rootsy and popsy” she laughs. Her music is accessible to a wide audience and she explains her music as “chill” and “hard to set a label on”, something that has to be heard. Two of her band members are flown in from
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Vancouver but she is a local talent. She grew up in the Slocan Valley, is a contemporary music and technology instructor at Selkirk College and just saw her sixth daughter graduate in the area. The opening act is the talented singer/songwriter Ja.m.es La.m.b from Nelson who Landsberg is happy to work with. The doors will open at 7:30 p.m. and tickets are $15 at the door. Landsberg is excited to play in Rossland and meeting “the warm and friendly people” who live here. She wraps up by saying “I think it will be a very good night!”.
Correction In the June 4 edition of the Rossland News regarding Labours of Love: A Gathering of the Selfless article, it was stated that Deanne Stevens of the Sustainability Commission ex-
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POLICE HOLD PRESS CONFERENCE IN RELATION TO ROSSLAND HOMICIDE
• Continued From page 1 he said after the scrum. “We really need the public to rally around this and we need to get this person off the street because if they can do it to Tom, they’ll do it to someone else.” Last Thursday at about 11 a.m. the Trail and Greater District RCMP responded to a call regarding the discovery of a body, who was later identified as Feeney. The investigation has determined that specific items are now missing from the property such as an Emerson 40 1080 LCD television; five firearms, including a unique rifle described as a Pedersoli/Cimarron Arms 1874 Sharps 45-70 (an extremely unique weapon with an octagon-shaped barrel and a distinctive firing mechanism and sight); and ammunition reloading equipment (including a distinctive 45 calibre
Cst. Kris Clark of the Kelowna RCMP detachment speaks at Monday’s press conference regarding the investigation of Rossland homicide. In the foreground, the deceased’s son-in-law Colin Lohrer listens on. Valerie Rossi photo
projectile). Police have posted detailed information and images to the provincial RCMP website in hopes of connecting these items with a suspect. “We are also reviewing any other break-ins in the area as we have not been able to eliminate the possibility that there is a connection with the homicide investigation,” added Head. “We therefore ask any local residents to ensure that if you have been the target of an attempted breakin, or the victim of a break-in, to please
contact police and report the details.” Sgt. Darren Oelke of the Trail detachment arrived from Prince George about five weeks ago but rather than transitioning into a quieter detachment, the new sergeant in command has been dealing with some heavy crime. “Typically, I hate to call it sleepy hollow, but Rossland is a very good community . . . and has a very low crime rate compared to Prince George,” he said. The BC RCMP Southeast District Major Crime Unit,
with the assistance from the Vancouver Island Integrated Major Crime Unit and the Kootenay Boundary Regional General Investigation Section, are investigating this death. The area was cordoned off; the scene has undergone an extensive review by the Forensic Identification Section and the neighbourhood has been canvassed, assured Head. The BC Coroner Service was notified and an autopsy was scheduled for Monday in order to confirm the exact cause of death.
Statment by Tom Feeney’s family My name is Colin Lohrer (Son-in-law) I am here today, on behalf of my family, to support the RCMP’s efforts in determining who is responsible for this unthinkable crime. Dad was born and raised in Rossland. He was a father, grandfather and great grandfather who loved to hunt and fish
and enjoy the outdoors. In his younger years he loved to curl and had the opportunity to curl at the Brier. More than anything he loved to sit and tell a good story. We are all in shock to know he has been taken away from us in such a tragic way. It has been a devastating blow to our family.
We need to know why this happened and we need the individual or individuals responsible to be identified and charged. On behalf of the Feeney family, I would like to express that we need your help. Please have a look at the photos of the items missing from Dad’s place. If
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As the Rossland community mourns one of its own lost through a violent act, the Southeast District RCMP continue to actively seek and follow up tips into the murder of Thomas Feeney. The body of Mr. Feeney was found in his home on Feeney Road in Rossland last Thursday following what Mounties have said is a violent homicide during a robbery. “I cannot speak to what stage the investigation is at other than to say this is a very active and ongoing investigation,” Cst. Kris Clark from the Kelowna detachment told the Trail Times Wednesday. Public safety is paramount, and this is a priority investigation, he added. “Any and all resources needed to identify the individual or individuals are in place. “Autopsy results are being withheld pending the course of a trial,” said Clark. “This is necessary to protect the integrity of the investigation.” Preliminary findings from the ongoing investigation lead investigators to believe that this was a random incident or a crime-of-opportunity against the 75-year-old man. Tips are being received from the public but the RCMP ask anyone with information to contact the tipline at 1.877.987.8477.
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With time left to get a deal done and put the current teachers’ job action to rest before the end of June, we can expect more of everything now that the option of a full strike has been chosen by the BC Teachers Federation. As of yesterday, a fresh arsenal of rhetoric is ready to be unleashed on the public as both sides will make the most of every opportunity to discredit the position and tactics of the other. Watching from the middle of the labour battleground are the thousands of students who would far rather be thinking about their futures and how big a role education plays. Parents and guardians are naturally directly involved and rightfully concerned... but so should everyone, to some degree, be. The health and effectiveness of our education system, and the climate in which it’s run have a huge impact on our economic and social future. As we struggle with continual labour management strife, not just between teachers and their employers, our economic competitors in other countries and provinces move ahead with the pedal to the metal. Our educational system may not be the best in the world but it’s crucial that it keeps operating while improvements are considered and implemented. There may be worse times of year for a teachers strike, but there isn’t a good time for one, and the best time for a negotiated settlement to the current impasse... without question, is soon.
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School support staff reaches tentative deal Sheri Regnier Black Press
Education support staff could have a five year reprieve from bargaining for wage increases after a tentative contract was reached with the province late last week. Seventeen Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) presidents from across the province met with the BC Public School Employers’ Association (BCPSEA), the bargaining arm for the board of education, hoping to negotiate a new contract for the 34,000 union members. Although details of the agreement won’t be released until after all CUPE presidents reconvene next Monday in Vancouver, the local union leader is feeling hopeful and looking forward to some stability for the 230 members in School District 20 once the deal is ratified this fall. “What I can say is that it is in line with what all the other public sectors have ratified,” said Roger Smith, Lo-
cal 1285 CUPE president. “I am hoping everyone thinks this is a good deal and it gets ratified throughout the province,” he explained. “I’ve been involved for four years and it seems that for at least 3.5 years of that time, it’s all been bargaining.” The new deal runs through until June 19, but first all CUPE members must vote on the five-year framework agreement, and Smith said some of the terms have yet to be ironed out. He was referring to the province’s new Economic Stability Mandate that applies to all public sector employers with unionized employees with collective agreements that expired on or after Dec. 31 last year. The mandate includes two components, a modest wage increase to be negotiated within the government’s budget without creating a deficit or by raising taxes; and growth sharing increases equal to half of any percentage point gain in real GDP growth above predicted GDP gains. “We touched on some of it in a
conference call last night,” he noted, “because a lot of questions have been raised about how this works and is based on GDP predictions,” he continued. “It sort of threw me because do we get half of what is predicted or half of what the growth goes above.” Support staff bargaining began one week ago and over five days, both sides were able to successfully negotiate a five-year deal that secures wages, however outstanding issues such as staffing and job security must be worked out between the local union and school district. “What we agreed upon is a provincial issue,” said Smith. “But every local still has to bargain with their district and we have issues to work out. “ CUPE represents education support workers in 59 locals and 53 school districts throughout the province, including: school bus drivers, custodians, clericals, maintenance, tech and trades, education assistants, child and youth care workers and aboriginal education employees.
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Silver miners and shipwreck survivors A CENTURY AGO THIS WEEK, A SILVERTON GIRL LIVED THROUGH CANADA’S WORST MARITIME DISASTER — THANKS TO HER HEROIC NEIGHBOUR PART TWO OF TWO PART SERIES
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ADOPTION OFFERS A news agency took photos of Florence hanging on to Bob Crellin after their rescue, which appeared in papers across North America. One survives in the Library of Congress, showing Crellin in the vest and trousers he swam in. (He was astonished to find his watch still in his pocket.) Yet their story isn’t known at all today in Silverton, perhaps partly due to newspaper dispatches that erroneously said Crellin was from “Silverstone.” The Canadian Pacific Railway was inundated with letters and telegrams offering to adopt Florence. Many assumed Crellin, whom news reports described as a “wealthy farmer,” would become her guardian, but it wasn’t to be — despite the fact he was Florence’s godparent, wanted to take care of her, and she wanted to stay with him. Both sets of grandparents claimed custody and eventually her father’s side won. She was sent to England to be raised. In 1930, Florence married Leonard Harker of Whitehaven. She managed a friend’s sweet shop and lived a meagre existence until her husband was hired at the Sellafield atomic energy plant that was the town’s major industry. Bob Crellin also continued on to England following the Empress disaster. When the First World War broke out soon after, he joined an imperial unit, and spent a few years as a prisoner of war. In 1916, he married Margaret May Ellison in Whitehaven and was presumably reunited with Florence. He returned to New Denver with his bride after the war. “No one will ever know how much I wanted to go back with him, to where I had so many happy memories,” Florence said. Crellin died in Trail in 1944 at 64 and was buried in New Denver. He was survived by his wife and three children. An obituary remembered him as a “highly
Robert Crellin of Silverton with Florence Barbour, whom he rescued from the sinking of the Empress of Ireland on the St. Lawrence River on May 29, 1914. Bottom photo; Empress of Ireland. Bain News Service/Library of Congress
esteemed citizen” but didn’t mention his heroics on the Empress. RETURN TO SILVERTON In 1964, 50 years after the Empress sank, divers located its wreck — and Florence coincidentally returned to Canada. She always wanted to go, but never had the opportunity. In advance of her visit, she wrote old friends and was thrilled when they replied and welcomed her. She found little remained of Three Forks, but her house in Silverton was still standing and Mr. Wilson, a storekeeper from her youth, was still there at 91. It’s unclear if Florence kept in touch with Bob Crellin, but she met his sisters and sons, one of whom showed her the watch his father had in his pocket the night of the shipwreck. Soon after, Florence penned a poignant memoir — 24 handwritten pages in a school scribbler in which she described her childhood memories and expressed her “dearest wish” to retire to Silverton, “and when I die I want to be buried in the lovely little cemetery underneath the mountains with my dear Dad and Uncle Bob.”
She added that if her memoir was published, she would dedicate it to “Robert Crellin, who saved a little girl, eight years of age, of the Empress of Ireland on May 29, 1914.” MEMOIR PART OF EXHIBIT None of her wishes came true. Florence Harker died in Whitehaven in 1978 at 73. Her memoir, written five decades ago, received no public attention — until now. It’s in the Canadian Museum of History’s exhibit marking the centennial of the Empress of Ireland disaster, which opens Saturday in Gatineau, Que. The museum acquired it in 2012 from diver/collector Philippe Beaudry, along with several studio portraits of the Barbour family, probably taken not long before their fateful trip. (Where Beaudry found them isn’t clear.) Dr. John Willis, the exhibit curator, says Florence is one of several individuals profiled to show the disaster’s human side and especially from a child’s perspective. “There were a thousand passengers and a thousand stories but Florence is one character we focus on,” he says. “She’s very fortunate because she survives.”
The Empress’ Kootenay connections Robert Crellin and the Barbour family weren’t the only Kootenaians, or even the only Silvertonians, aboard the ill-fated Empress of Ireland on May 29, 1914, though there was much confusion over their fates. • William Simpson (Billy) Barrie, 29, of Silverton, was travelling with the Barbours. He was engaged to a woman from Hensingham and was en route to marry her but didn’t survive. • Another Silverton man, John Wise Langley, 26, escaped through a porthole. He had a habit of cheating death. In addition to surviving the sinking ship, he was badly injured in a motorcycle accident, shot at twice during a religious uprising in Ireland, and kicked in the head by a horse. • Martin Gill, 30, of Nelson, was rescued. He was employed at the No. 1 mine at Ainsworth for two years, and before that worked at Moyie with his father, whom he was on his way to visit. • Charles Malloch, 38, of Howser was rescued. A rancher for about eight years, he had sold part of his property and was on his way to visit his parents in Glasgow, unsure if he would return. Another Howser man, John H. Stavey, would have accompanied Malloch on the trip but for an “unavoidable delay” in getting away. • George and Mary Ann Dowker of Nelson, 52 and 45 respectively, were reported lost, but actually survived — it’s unclear if they ever boarded. Mrs. Dowker died in Winnipeg in 1938 and Mr. Dowker still lived there as of 1947. At that time their son Thomas lived near Nelson. • Eric J. Erickson, 27, a timber man at the LeRoi No. 2 mine in Rossland, was on his way to Sweden to meet family and bring them back. He was officially listed as lost, but a relative says he survived and lived in Ludvika, Sweden. — Greg Nesteroff
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Multiple-Family Design Guidelines With the passing of amended bylaw 2566, Rossland now has a consistent guideline for developers looking to build multi-unit living spaces within city limits. The potential Cook Avenue development was a catalyst for these guidelines, as concerned citizens started a dialogue for what is and is not preferable for large-scale structures in residential areas. The original bylaw amendment under discussion was the Official Community Plan, with the addition of “Schedule K” (regarding multi-family units) tabled for final reading on Monday night. The guidelines include con-
siderations of aesthetics, environmental impact and effects on surrounding infrastructure. Such things as land grading and drainage, vehicle access and parking, preservation of existing landscaping, consideration of solar energy, visually-appealing facades, snow-load management and building material options are all covered within the document. The complete document can be accessed on the City of Rossland website. Women Creating Change Presentation Representatives from Women Creating Change (WCC) presented council with a project undertaken by a number of local
women living in low-income or income-assisted situations in our area. The project consisted of a series of photographs that these women took regarding their dayto-day lives, with voice-overs that explained the challenges they frequently faced. The short film was followed by a presentation about the WCC’s ongoing mission to empower local women by addressing some of the varied obstacles they face in attempting to improve their lives and the lives of their families. The women’s initiative is a collaborative effort between Greater Trail Community Skills Centre and the Trail Family and Indi-
vidual Resource Centre Society (Trail FAIR) which has received three years of funding by the Status of Women Canada. Their current focus includes supplying bursaries for women who would like to undertake short-term training or skill expansion, and to develop a mentorship program to help bridge the difficult transition from trades education to sustainable employment. The WCC’s goal for the evening was three-fold: shedding light on the continued disparity between women and men in the workplace; requesting Council to add their names to the Lower Columbia Community Accord; and to encourage Council to take on
issues affecting low-income families, such as affordable housing, nutrition and access to recreation. The Lower Columbia Community Accord asks participants to recognize that 51 per cent of the population in our region is comprised of women, and that these women still struggle to find pay-equity and skilled labour in a still male-dominated economic climate. The Accord represents a philosophy focused on the respect and understanding of women in the community. By signing it, council would pledge to keep the women of the Columbia basin in mind with each important decision brought before them.
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Teachers vote for full-scale strike BCTF HOLDS OFF ON ISSUING STRIKE NOTICE BY JEFF NAGEL Black Press
B.C. teachers have voted in favour of a full walkout to put maximum pressure on the provincial government, but their union did not immediately move to issue 72-hour strike notice. The result of the vote, conducted Monday and Tuesday, was 86 per cent in favour, or 28,809 out of 33,387 ballots cast. B.C. Teachers Federation president Jim Iker called it a “very
strong message” to the province. “So far, this government has come to the table empty-handed - it’s time to change that,” Iker said Tuesday night. He said while teachers are prepared to go to a full-scale strike, that’s “a decision we never take lightly” and would depend on how talks proceed with the provincial government. “You’ve got to remain hopeful that government has
learned from the past mistakes they’ve made,” Iker said, who referred to the union’s legal battle with the province over class size and composition and “the government’s chaotic lockout.” The earliest a fullscale strike could begin is Monday and with no strike notice issued as of Wednesday it appeared the strike start could shift to next Tuesday or later. A full strike would close elementary and
middle schools – parents will be advised to make child care arrangements if necessary – while secondary schools would be open only to conduct exams for Grades 10 to 12 students. The lack of $50-aday strike pay – the BCTF’s strike fund was expected to be exhausted at the end of this week – was apparently a non-issue for most teachers. Sooke Teachers Association president Ian Johnston said the
strike vote was held mainly to increase pressure on the government. “It’s more the signal it sends to government; how strong is our resolve. That’s really what it’s all about,” he said. The Labour Relations Board was to hear arguments Wednesday on the province’s application to declare exams and final grades an essential service in the event of a full strike. The province has
also pledged to end its partial lockout of teachers at the end of the school year to enable summer school operations. The government has saved $12 million in salaries in each week of the teachers’ rotating strike, plus nearly $5 million more by cutting wage 10 per cent based on lo ckout-restric ted teaching hours. Education Minister Peter Fassbender said the result was not unexpected.
“While the BCTF leadership received the mandate they sought, no one should interpret this as any kind of enthusiasm on the part of teachers to shut down schools,” he said. He said teachers, parents and students would all rather finish the school year on a positive note, adding it took just five days of hard bargaining to secure a new contract for school support staff.
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Les dernières semaines dans notre classe de français 10 à LVR ont été passées à préparer les projets pour « le musée de l’invention. » Le thème principal était « les inventions qui servent à aider la communication entre les gens. » À la fin de nos préparations, on a présenté nos projets à une classe de l’immersion 7 qui est venue de Trafalgar pour rendre visite à notre musée de l’invention. Il y avait une variété de tout sorte de présentations, par exemple le sujet de quelques projets était le Service de Postes, un bras
robotique, un talkiewalkie, un télégraphe et aussi plein d'autres! On a passé beaucoup de temps à écrire, corriger et construire les projets. Aussi on a pratiqué nos présentations parce qu’on a voulu que tout sera parfait quand les 7ièmes sont arrivés. Le jour que les 7ièmes sont arrivés, tout le monde de notre classe a porté les maillots bleus d’une équipe de basket de LVR. Finalement on a eu la chance pour présenter tout notre travail! Nous étions très impressionnés par la compréhension que les 7ièmes avaient démontré. La plupart du temps ils pouvaient nous parler en français et répondre aux questions. Aussi on a joué un jeu de téléphone qui était très amusant et on a ri beaucoup! Après les présentations chaque 10ième a été mis en groupes avec deux ou trois 7ièmes pour leur montrer l’école. Selon moi c’était ma partie préféré du jour. Les gens ont aimé la cour le plus, peut-être parce que Monsieur Francis à jouer de la guitare et aussi il a chanté une très belle chanson pour nous. Quand nous avons terminé, on a mangé les biscuits dans la classe et puis les 7ièmes sont retournés à Trafalgar. Nous avons besoin de remercier Mme Robertson et Christophe pour nous aider et aussi les 7ièmes pour nous écouter! C’était un jour très amusant pour les deux classes et une façon différente de pratiquer notre français.
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Je m’appelle David Bérubé et je suis tout nouvellement employé par l’Association des francophones des Kootenays Ouest. C’est moi qui occuperai le poste de moniteur pour le camp de jour cet été. Avant de venir travailler en Colombie-Britannique, j’habitais à Rivière-du-Loup. Je suis natif de Montréal, mais j’ai grandi au Bas-Saint-Laurent. Peut-être noterezvous quelque chose dans mon accent! J’ai maintenant 21 ans et mes aspirations, jusqu’à maintenant, sont de devenir enseignant du français au niveau secondaire. J’arrive tout juste d’un séjour de neuf mois à Penticton, où j’y ai travaillé en tant que moniteur de langues, à l’école francophone Entre-Lacs. Mon rôle était de promouvoir la langue et la culture francophone par des activités de toutes sortes. Je travaillais dans les classes de la maternelle jusqu’à la 8e année pour faire de l’animation. Par ce contrat, j’ai pu mettre sur pieds un conseil étudiant et une radio-étudiante. Le Conseil Jeunesse francophone de la Colombie-Britannique a aussi inclut notre école dans
un de ses projets (École en Santé) que j’ai pu prendre en charge. Ce fut une expérience enrichissante, tant au plan personnel que professionnel et je suis ravi de pouvoir continuer à travailler dans le domaine de la francophonie. Je vous laisse en vous proposant une activité que vous pouvez faire avec vos enfants : Vous connaissez sans doute le jeu: bataille navale. Je vous propose une version adaptée afin de pratiquer, avec les enfants ayant le français comme langue seconde, des constructions de phrases correctes. Le jeu, au lieu d’avoir des rangées de lettres et d’autres de chiffres, comporte des pronoms et de très courtes phrases. Par exemple : au lieu de «E-4», on dirait «J’ai - 9 ans» (non pas je suis 9 ans). Donc, j’ai deux versions disponibles pour vous, soit une avec le verbe avoir et l’autre avec le verbe être. Si vous êtes intéressés, je peux vous remettre des copies préparées. En attendant, je vous invite à passer me dire bonjour à l’AFKO. Il me fera plaisir de vous rencontrer!
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We have another group of dancers from Kootenay Dance Works heading out across North America to further their dance training this summer. Shown in the group photo from left to right are: Brynn Streadwick, age 11, who has been accepted into the National Ballet of Canada’s Professional Division (PD) Summer Program and Alberta Ballet’s PD Summer Program; Marit Kassels, age 10 who has been accepted into Alberta Ballet’s PD Summer Program; Emilia Hoffman, age 11, who has been accepted into the Royal Winnipeg Ballet’s PD Summer Program and Alberta Ballet’s PD Summer Program; Ava JinJoe, age 11 who has been accepted into the Alberta Ballet’s PD Summer Program and Tatum Clement, age 11, who has been accepted into the Alberta Ballet’s PD Summer Program. In the single photos we have Brooklyn Donovan in pink, age 12, who has been accepted into the Royal Winnipeg Ballet’s PD Summer Program and Sally Turnbull, age 16, who has been accepted into Alvin Ailey’s American Dance Theatre’s Summer Program and Alberta Ballet’s PD Summer Program. Renee Salsiccioli, Artistic Director of Kootenay Danceworks states “I am so incredibly proud of All of my dancers!” Congratulations Dancers, what an achievement!
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The province has offered a $1,200 signing bonus if teachers accept its proposal of 7.25 per cent in wage increases over six years by June 30. The BCTF’s latest proposal is for increases totaling 9.75 per cent over four
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years, plus cost-ofliving adjustments in each year tied to inflation. The two sides have differing estimates of the compounded grand total of the union’s wage demand – the BCTF estimates it at 12.75 per cent
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over four years, while BCPSEA pegs it at 14.7 per cent and says other non-wage compensation costs will further increase the bill, perhaps beyond 19 per cent. “The BCTF leadership needs to come to the table with realistic
expectations and a willingness to engage in meaningful bargaining,” Fassbender said. “Teachers deserve a raise but their total compensation demands are about four times more than other recent settlements.”
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