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Riding for Canada Day Rhythm Riders drill team members Shannon Cameron of McLure (l) and Mitch Miller of Birch Island rehearse their performance in preparation for Canada Day activities at Dutch Lake beach. For more about what happened on July 1 in Clearwater and Blue River, see next week's issue. Photo by Keith McNeill
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Tourism business operator and former Weyerhaeuser forester Tay Briggs speaks about the need to preserve wilderness values during a tour of the Upper Clearwater held on Saturday. Photo by Keith McNeill
Upper Clearwater tour looks at logging debate Keith McNeill More than 60 people took part in a tour of Upper Clearwater on Saturday morning to learn more about concerns that logging might have on the region’s economy and other values. The tour was organized by the Wells Gray Action Committee, a group of Upper Clearwater, Clearwater, Barriere, Kamloops and Vancouver residents who are concerned about plans by Canfor to log in the First, Second and Third canyons area. They also have become concerned by road-building and/or logging underway now on the west side of the Clearwater River. Those who took part included MLA Terry Lake. “It’s all about listening,” he said. “The message is that this is part of a process. There has been lots of good input and I appreciate that.” The tour began at the Spahats lookout, then Third Canyon, and finished up at Upper Clearwater Hall.
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First to speak was Tay Briggs, a registered professional forester (RPF) who formerly worked for Weyerhaeuser and who now operates a hut-to-hut tour guiding business with her husband, Ian Eakins. Briggs recalled that, when she was working for Weyerhaeuser, her supervisor advised her not to buy a house in Clearwater because the forest company was only planning to stay in the area for a limited time. She and her husband did stay, however. When they started their business, there were only two bed-and-breakfasts in Clearwater. Now there are 27 plus more hotels, motels and other tourist-based businesses. Only four per cent of the visitors coming to Canada are from Europe but 48 per cent of those coming to Clearwater and Wells Gray Park are European. “Why? Because it’s wilderness. There’s a feeling that it is as it was,” Briggs said. Continued on page A10
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Kayak Festival coming up Keith McNeill “Many local people don't realize how great the Clearwater River is. That's why I want to keep the Kayak Festival going – to expose the people of Clearwater to how amazing it is.” That's the testimony from Mat Kasunick, one of the organizers of this year's Clearwater Kayak Festival. The three-day festival will be held July 25, 26 and 27. Activities will begin on the Friday evening with registration for participants at Interior Whitewater. Registrations will continue Saturday morning as the downriver races begin. The downriver races will take place in fun Class 3 rapids in the mid-canyon. There are several good spots to watch from, Kasunick said. That evening there will be a music concert at Serenity Center, which is located between Birch Island and Vavenby on Lost Creek Road. Sunday will see the freestyle rodeo event, which is usually held at Pink Mountain or Little Pink, two standing waves on the lower part of the river. Spectators can park on the road and then walk to the river. “It's a great spot for people to see what the kayakers can do with their boats – a lot of cool
Canfor hosts barbeque lunch MLA Terry Lake (l) talks with Canfor-Vavenby plant manager Steve Planeta about what he had seen and heard during a tour of Upper Clearwater that morning. The pair were taking part in Canfor's annual community barbeque luncheon on Saturday on the field at Clearwater Secondary School. North Thompson Fall Fair ambassador program, Clearwater Rotary Club and others helped with the event. Photo by Keith McNeill
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Exploring mountain biking's potential Wells Gray Outdoor Club plans to build 12 km of mountain bike trails at its Candle Creek ski trails this summer, club member Sabine Cooperman told Clearwater town council. Once completed, the club hopes to have a network of 30 km of trails developed. Wells Gray Community Forest is working in partnership with the club in how it logs nearby, she said. Mountain biking is a fast growing sport, Cooperman said. One town in Colorado now derives a large portion of its income from mountain bike tourism. Councillor Jon Kreke noted that the District recently set up a trails committee to plan and develop a network of walking, biking and riding trails within Clearwater. He invited Cooperman to speak with the committee as well.
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On Thursday, the chiefs of the Shuswap Nation Tribal Council were celebrating the decision of the Supreme Court of Canada declaring aboriginal title for the Tsilhqot'in Nation. "Our First Nations people in British Columbia have worked so hard and waited so long for this day to arrive. We can put the history of denial to bed and move forward knowing that we have finally been acknowledged as the rightful owners of these lands." stated Chief Shane Gottfriedson, chief of Tk'emlups Indian Band and
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of the Shuswap Nation Tribal Council. The highest court in Canada has declared that title exists and that title is not confined to village sites or small tracts of land. “We believe that the high Court has applied common sense and the law to reach this long overdue conclusion, we do have title, it's not extinguished and extends across our traditional territories." the chief said. The Shuswap Nation Tribal Council would like to recognize the people of the Tsilhqot'in Nation and their legal team
for their unrelenting efforts to bring the title issue to a successful conclusion. Chief Gottfriedson said, "The Tsilhqot'in Nation has sacrificed so much time, effort, and money to finally have this victory; we are proud to be here to witness this historic and life changing event and proud of the Tsilhqot'in leadership, past and present, for never giving up this fight. We know that some of the Elder witnesses at the original trial did not live long enough to be here today for this victory. To those Elders and their families we are forever grateful."
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District of Clearwater reports on salaries and expenses Keith McNeill Total remuneration and expenses paid last year by District of Clearwater is up from the previous year, but not by as much as it might appear, according to chief administrative officer Leslie Groulx. "It looks like a big increase but actually we didn't report the taxable benefits last year," she said. Also what has happened was CUPE workers got a two per cent increase, retroactive to 2012. This occurred when the contracts for the union members at the Sportsplex and the former Clearwater Improvement District were merged. Negotiating the merged contract took a fair amount of time and effort as the two former contracts each had different sets of benefits. "We couldn't give them the best of both worlds," Groulx said. According to the Statement of Financial Information released during the June 17 town council meeting, as CAO, Groulx was the top paid employee at the District of Clearwater, with $104,000 in remuneration and $11,000 in expenses. Director of finance Sheila Thiessen came second, with $91,000 in remuneration and $9,000 in expenses.
Third spot went to Jared Brounstein, the public works superintendent, who collected $84,000 in remuneration and $5,000 in expenses. Public works foreman Rob Griffiths was paid $82,000 in remuneration and collected $3,000 in expenses. The other District employees made less than the $75,000 cutoff and so were not listed in the report. Total remuneration paid to the employees was $1,029,000, plus $55,000 in expenses. Mayor John Harwood topped the list for remuneration for elected officials at $17,000. He also received $5,000 for expenses. The other six council members each received $8,900 in remuneration. Shelley Sim collected the most for expenses among the councillors, at $6,400. The other council members' expenses were in the $4,000 to $5,000 range, except for Merlin Blackwell, who put in for $72.74 in expenses. Total remuneration for elected officials was $70,900, plus another $31,000 in expenses. Grand total for employees plus elected officials in 2013 was $1,100,000. In 2012 the grand total for employees plus elected officials was reported at $974,000. The year before it was $1,064,000. In 2010 the grand total was $1,130,000.
Aboriginal title impacting B.C.'s consultation of forest policy alternatives The Supreme Court of Canada's decision upholding aboriginal title in the Nemiah Valley in B.C.'s Southern Interior has major implications for provincial government policy, and the most immediate may be to forest licences. The ruling comes as the B.C. government considers the results of a province-wide consultation on converting volume-based timber cutting permits to area-based permits, to encourage longer-term forest stewardship by licence holders on Crown land. About 40 per cent of B.C.'s timber is harvested under 180 volume-based forests licences on Crown land. Private land is not subject to these licences, and was also excluded from the Tsilhqot'in Nation aboriginal title case that struck down a forest harvest licence issued in 1983. B.C. Attorney General Suzanne Anton said it will take some time for the province to consider amending the Forest Act and other legislation that has been affected by the decision. More than 90% of B.C. is Crown land, and much of that is subject to forest licences as well as unresolved aboriginal land claims. In the Tsilhqot'in territory west of Williams Lake, the high court's landmark ruling clarified the effect of aboriginal title.
"Now that title has been established [in the Tsilhqot'in claim area], the timber on it no longer falls within the definition of 'Crown timber' and the Forest Act no longer applies," wrote Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin in the unanimous judgment released June 26. McLachlin wrote that the B.C. government can still enforce "general regulatory legislation" such as that dealing with pest invasions or forest fire control in areas of proven aboriginal title. But a timber licence in such an area is "a direct transfer of aboriginal property rights to a third party" that would have to be agreed to by aboriginal title holders or justified as an intrusion of their constitutional rights. The judgment left it open to the B.C. government to amend the Forest Act so it conforms with aboriginal title as it is declared. In recent years the province has begun negotiating resource sharing agreements with aboriginal communities, including forest tenures and shares of provincial royalties from mines. Two weeks before the Tsilhqot'in judgment, the B.C. government announced a three-year "stewardship agreement" with five Tsilhqot'in member communities. The province is providing $670,000 per year for projects to address forest and wildlife effects from the mountain pine beetle epidemic in the region.
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Thanks Canada should double its commitment MOTI for to international education worse: due to the efforts of highway Editor, The Times: the Global Partnership for There is an ugly and Education (GPE) and donors battle going on barriers protracted like Canada, since 1999 the between B.C.’s teachers and Editor, The Times:
number of uneducated children worldwide has been halved. A good example is Afghanistan: the number of children attending school has gone from one to 11.5 million, and almost half are girls. But the need is enormous, and later this month the GPE is slated for renewed funding, and is facing an annual shortfall of $26 billion. Canada needs to double its current commitment of $60 million if the GPE is to Bob Mumford, achieve its goal. Clearwater, B.C. Compared to B.C., the challenges facing education in the rest BC Press Council of the world are far The Times is a member of the British Columbia Press Council, more dire. But while a self-regulatory body governing the province’s newspaper B.C.’s education issues industry. The council considers complaints from the public are complex, this one about the conduct of member newspapers. Directors oversee the is very simple – the mediation of complaints, with input from both the newspaper and Harper government the complaint holder. If talking with the editor or publisher does not resolve your complaint about coverage or story treatment, you doubling it’s commitmay contact the BC Press Council. ment will help ensure Your written concern, with documentation, should be sent to that the GPE reaches BC Press Council, those final 57 million PO Box 1356, Ladysmith, B.C. V9G 1A9 kids. For information, phone 888-687-2213 or go to Nathaniel Poole www.bcpresscouncil.org
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provincial government and as predictable as those conflicts are, so must follow endless public hand-wringing about the fate of the children, and the potential dire impacts of a disrupted education. The majority of the world can only look at our situation and think: “We should be so lucky.” Currently, 57 million primary-grade kids are out of school. Barely half of all countries are expected to provide primary education by next year. Yet it used to be much
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A few weeks ago your editor wrote an editorial about the Upper Clearwater logging controversy. A number of the residents of the Upper Clearwater are concerned about Canfor's announced plans to log in the First, Second and Third canyons area. Rather than see some local residents throw themselves in front of bulldozers being driven by other local residents, we proposed a compromise solution: have Wells Gray Community Forest do the logging, rather than Canfor. We pointed out that maybe logging wouldn’t be the end of the world and it might even have some benefits, if done properly. As witnessed by several letters to the editor, reaction from some Upper Clearwater residents has been negative. Those that opposed to logging seem to be opposed no matter who is doing it. Spies tell us Canfor needs every stick of wood it can get to keep its Vavenby sawmill competitive and does not want to lose important timber rights. And we have been told that the community forest does not want to get involved in something so controversial. Otherwise, nearly everyone spoken to thinks it’s worth looking into. In a letter to the editor last week, Upper Clearwater resident Erik Milton asked why I questioned his motives in the editorial of the previous week. The only mention of him was to ask why, if he says they only want a dialog on the situation, his response to community forest compromise option was to say that your editor must have a headache and should take two Tylenol. In Trevor Goward’s letter of last week he wrote of the community forest compromise suggestion, “Your suggestion that we find alternative ways to log in Upper Clearwater make a mockery of our call for a broadly based public discussion – one that doesn’t focus exclusively on fiber.” Trevor, if you are calling for a broadly based discussion, that implies that people can present other points of view. Although it didn’t directly address the community forest proposal, a letter from Susan Dalby did mention a number of points, including mountain caribou. “Who speaks for them?” she asked. In our June 19 editorial we pointed
out that in Revelstoke, Chetwynd and elsewhere, forest companies, environmentalists and First Nations work together on active corral programs to capture pregnant female caribou and then protecting their calves until they are old enough to take care of themselves. During last Saturday's tour held to look at the Upper Clearwater controversy, Trevor Goward said the corral technique puts too much stress on the animals as it involves chasing them with a helicopter. This might be true, but it appears to us that Goward's suggestion that the forest re-growing after the 1926 fire are about to produce lichen that will provide critical winter range might involve some wishful thinking as well. The reason is climate change – the elephant in the room that makes most of our other concerns seem trivial. According to a map used by Ministry of Forests to develop its future forests plan for the Kamloops Timber Supply Area, by the year 2080 the bunchgrass biogeoclimatic zone, which presently is found only around Kamloops, will extend past the north end of Clearwater Lake (see the map on page A20). The ESSF (Engelmann spruce/subalpine fir) zone in Wells Gray Park, which makes up most of the park today and which caribou rely on for lichen, would be replaced by ICH (Interior cedar/hemlock) and IDF (Interior Douglas fir). These changes would have profound implications not just for mountain caribou, but for forest fire danger, tourism and even the survival of the North Thompson community as we know it. Global problems such as climate change are going to present major challenges locally over the coming years. We believe that a mixed economy, one that combines forestry, tourism, agriculture and other industries, offers our best chance of sustainability. The recent Supreme Court of Canada decision in the Tsilhqot'in land claim means more land use decisions will be made here in the North Thompson by Simpcw First Nation, rather than in Victoria. What it all means is too early to tell. What is clear, however, is that above all we need to work together, be prepared to compromise, and listen to each other.
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Caribou endangered species, ‘declining at alarming rate’ Editor, The Times:
An open letter to Don Kayne, CEO of Canfor and Mary Polak, minister of environment for B.C: We teach at Thompson Rivers University, where we have told hundreds of students, in many courses, about mountain caribou. They provide a classic example of a species endangered by human activity and are the focus of lectures on the effects of habitat fragmentation, among other topics. We are now writing on their behalf. They have declined at an alarming rate — 30 per cent since 2002 — and are now an endangered species. In a letter to the Vancouver Sun (July16, 2012), Kayne portrayed Canfor as a progressive corporation, dedicated to upholding its social contract with British Columbians: “Canfor will not support actions that overturn landscape objectives set
through public-planning processes unless there is full public consultation and support. “We will not support actions that impact parks or critical habitat for species at risk.” These words are difficult to reconcile with plans by Canfor-Vavenby to conduct extensive salvage logging beside Wells Gray Park this summer. These plans bring Canfor directly into conflict with Kayne’s stated commitments to public process, parks and to species at risk — especially mountain caribou. Mountain caribou need old-growth forests. Since the 1960s, clear-cutting has reduced their winter forage and increased predation by wolves and cougars. Despite this, some biologists are cautiously optimistic that regenerated, aging forests in southern Wells Gray may trigger recovery of the park’s dwindling caribou population — which is unlikely
to occur elsewhere. In these times of economic uncertainty and deepening climate change, it seems reasonable to expect decision-makers to think hard about cause and effect. Given Canfor’s pledge not to act in ways likely to adversely affect endangered species, we must assume that Kayne is unaware of the Vavenby planner’s proposal — or of its impact on caribou. The area planned for logging should be added to Wells Gray Park, not logged. We call upon Polak to establish a moratorium on industrial timber extraction in the southern Clearwater Valley, north of Spahats Creek, until a comprehensive, province-wide discussion on best use can be undertaken.
Nancy Flood and Lyn Baldwin TRU faculty, Kamloops
Leaders making bad decisions can have serious repercussions Editor, The Times
After France lost an entire army in Russia in 1812 and an equally disastrous performance in Spain, the wily Austrian minister Metternich visited Napoleon offering to come to terms with this would-be world conqueror. France could still be France but all other possessions must be given up. Napoleon tried to con Metternich by giving a military parade demonstrating how he'd recovered militarily after all his losses. Metternich saw through the con: “I see nothing but young boys playing soldiers.” Napoleon then flew into a rage spurning Metternich terms. He raged that he had beaten the Austrians in the past and would do so in the future. Bad decision? You bet! It led Napoleon to Elba (temporarily)
and then to St. Helena – permanently. Bad decisions – they happen all the time. Let's start domestically – approve the Northern Gateway pipeline? This is the worst of the three proposal. The David Black proposal and the Aguilini thing, though seriously flawed, would require the building of a refinery, or at least an upgrade, providing a number of permanent jobs. Northern Gateway, already beset with fierce opposition, would give some temporary jobs, then virtually nothing. Bad, bad, bad decisions by the Harper government. Another dubious decision – the Obama government's financing of arms for 'moderate Syrians' fighting Assad's regime. This might have made sense a couple of years ago. However, with the Syrian military now involved in the
fight against ICSIS in Iraq (perhaps the most vicious manifestation of religious cruelty yet) this trying to arm some 'moderate Syrians' is, at this moment, the height of folly. Though not on par with George Bush's war on weapons of mass destruction, this stumbling gesture is par for course in U.S. policy on the Middle East. The third dubious decision is that of the Ukraine signing an agreement with European Union. Ten years ago this would have made sense.
However, the European Union now is mired in recession plus the Ukraine is already torn apart over all of this. The reason Yanukovych (the deposed prime minister) originally turned this agreement down was it wasn't very good. Beside that, with a powerful country complete with atomic weapons and a completely refurbished army resting on your border, isn't it a good idea to maintain good relations? Yes, I know this is
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A Roaring 20's theme was used for the decorations during commencement ceremonies for graduates of the school in Clearwater. The academic award was won by Gordon Worthing. Walter Bukauskas received the athletic award, and Meredythe Dunford was presented with the all-round achievement trophy.
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About $1,300 was raised at the Clearwater Fire Department's Egg-athon event. The brother of CFD fireman Bernie Richardson, Bill Richardson from Kamloops, took top
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prize for eating 66 eggs in one hour. The money was to go towards the department's new rescue truck.
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Advertisements for meat, produce and other goods sold by weight in the Times were to change to metric. Ken Kjenstad of Safety Mart No. 5 in Clearwater said the move to metric had cost the supermarket about $16,000 for new scales. Conversion of the scales at Raft River General Store had already taken place, according to owner Orin Robinson. Three local fastball teams, the Birch Island Bantams, the Sunshine Valley "B" Squirts, and the Star Lake Intermediate Squirts, were to compete in the provincial play-downs in Richmond and Port Alberni. Birch Island coach Vic Radmacher predicted his team would face stiff competition. In a joint installation ceremony, three presidents were sworn in for local Lions clubs – Dennis Brown for Clearwater, Mac
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ways spokesperson. Staff were beginning an evaluation to decide whether to upgrade the bridge (built in 1939) or replace it. Voters from the valley helped M.P. Betty Hinton retain her seat in the House of Commons in Ottawa. The percentage of ballots cast in her favor was higher in Clearwater and Barriere than the average across the constituency.
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Clearwater resident Ross Cloutier was one of 10 Canadians who were to attempt to climb Mt. Everest in the fall of 1991. The mountain guide had called Clearwater his home for the previous five years. A second local resident, Ian Eakins, was to organize trekking tours in conjunction with the summit attempt. Area A representative Paul Caissie made a motion to the TNRD board in support of Wells Gray Tourism Consortium's application for two federal grants for tourism training and trail building totalling over $300,000. The motion was passed unanimously. The area has tremendous potential for outdoor recreation, said consortium vice-president George Marcyniuk. The problem was the lack of infrastructure, trails, signs and so on, he said.
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District of Clearwater PUBLIC INFORMATION MEETING Presentation of the District’s 2013 Annual Report Please be advised that the Council of the District of Clearwater will be holding a Public Information meeting to review the 2013 ANNUAL REPORT: Tuesday, July 8th, 2014 at 6:30pm In the Council Chambers 132 Station Road, Clearwater, BC Copies of the 2013 ANNUAL REPORT will be available for public inspection during regular office hours (8:30am-4:30pm) at the District office, 132 Station Road, Clearwater, BC. A copy will be available on the District’s website at www.districtofclearwater.com by June 30th, 2014. This notice is given in accordance with Section 99 of the Community Charter. Leslie Groulx Chief Administrative Officer
vandalism at Dutch Lake Park, the Parks Committee was considering the installation of a second hidden camera within the area. As the result of such a camera, two persons had recently been made to perform community service, said a committee spokesperson. Barriere's Tracey Rae Bagley was named all-round cowgirl for B.C. in her final year at high school rodeo. After winning two firsts at the B.C. High School Finals, she was off to the national High School Finals in Wyoming. Local seniors counsellor Bill Morse was elected second vicepresident of the B.C. Old Age Pensioners Organization at the annual convention held in Chilliwack. Morse had gone to the convention as a representative of the Clearwater Friendly Club.
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Officials reassured some of the 48 people who had been forced from their homes by flooding that they would receive assistance. The province would cover 80 per cent of their costs, over a $1,000 minimum, said a PEP
spokesperson. Owners of a home near the Clearwater River bridge used a two-way radio to call for help when they heard a “foom” from their basement and their house caught fire. Clearwater Answering Service relayed their call for help.
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As usual, a good percentage of Blue River's population turned out for the community's Canada Day parade and other events. For the first time in several years, Canada Day festivities were held in Clearwater as well. A local firefighter complained that private contractor crews from the North Thompson were not being called despite an increasing provincial forest fire emergency. A similar situation had occurred the previous year, he said, when 40 to 60 firefighters from Clearwater and area waited six days for a call while the McLure Fire went out of control. The Birch Island bridge was to be closed for several days to replace a rotten horizontal structural member, said a high-
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Using funding obtained from Thompson-Nicola Regional District (50 per cent) and a B.C. Lotteries Direct Access grant, Wells Gray Search and Rescue was able to purchase and equip a new primary response vehicle. The truck would be capable of carrying five SAR team members and their equipment to a search scene in a timely manner and deploy their resources to commence search activities. Thompson-Nicola Regional District directors gave the go-ahead to staff to develop agreements with the Blue River improvement district for curbside collection of garage and recyclables from Avola. Society for Creative Anachronism’s get-together at the Buffalo Ranch in Upper Clearwater saw approximately 400 participants, a big increase from the previous year when 60 – 100 knights,
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CSS student Cody Gunn won the top senior all-round student award during the school's awards night. A small group of Avola residents blocked access to the Avola log schoolhouse, preventing a contractor from starting repairs to the 70-year-old building. “Research the Avola group has done has convinced them that this pressure treatment will irreparably damage the wood,” said Eleanor Deckert, one of the organizers. “The important thing to stress is that the regional district is willing to listen but we have to do what the majority of residents want,” said Ron Storie, TNRD manager of community services.
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Colleagues congratulate Heather MacLennan (fifth from left) as she is presented with the 2014 Stephanie Wilkie Peer Award recently. Pictured are (l-r) Ron Van der Zwan, stewardship officer; Rob Schweitzer, resource manager; Craig Shook, stewardship tech; John Hanemaayer, stewardship tech; Heather MacLennan, senior stewardship tech; Nina Sigloch, stewardship forester, and Rick Sommer, district manager. All work for the Thompson Rivers District. Photo submitted
MacLennan wins provincial forest and range award Times Staff Heather MacLennan, a Clearwater-based forest health technician with the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resources, has been named the winner of the 2014 Stephanie Wilkie FREP Peer Award. The province-wide award is named after Stephanie Wilkie, an employee of the Fort Nelson Forest District who passed away from natural causes in 2011. Wilkie was heavily involved in FREP (forest and range evaluation program). The award
recognizes those who have similar values to hers when they carry out FREP work – leadership, team player, enthusiasm, ethics and environmental awareness. MacLennan was nominated for the award by Nina Sigloch, stewardship forester with the Thompson Rivers Forest District. According to Sigloch, “Heather is every District’s FREP dream ... as a matter of fact ... any program's dream. She is a devoted stewardship practitioner and FREP’er, with eight(ish) years of FREP experience, perseverance and love.”
VICTORIA - The Ministry of Environment is introducing a new administrative penalty program to encourage compliance with the Environmental Management Act (EMA) and the Integrated Pest Management Act (IPMA). The new program makes it possible to give out financial penalties to violators who fail to comply with an Act or regulation, or with orders, licences or permits issued by ministry officials. The goal is to encourage compliance and discourage potential violators. Administrative penalties are to be used when non-compliance has a direct environmental impact or interferes with the protection of the environment. This new program fills a gap between warnings and violation tickets for minor offences and criminal prosecutions for more serious offences. Examples of violations include: * Discharging waste without a required authorization; * Releasing a substance into the environment that exceeds what is permitted under an authorization or regulation; or
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Library system marks 40 years The TNRD Library System is celebrating its 40th anniversary by asking residents across the Thompson Nicola Regional District to “Check It Out!” and have their say on the future of library services, programs and facilities. To better gauge how to meet the changing needs of regional district residents, this thorough and forward-looking strategic planning process offers a series of interactive events as well as a public survey focused on four themes: Collections; Programs and Partnerships; Space and Service Delivery; and Community and the Social Role of Libraries. The interactive
events will be open to the public and will take place at all 13 library branches across the TNRD. They will feature refreshments, light snacks as well as random draws for prizes big and small, including an Apple iPad Mini. The public survey will be hosted on the library system’s website (www.tnrdlib.ca) from Monday, June 23, to Wednesday, July 30, to make sure everyone can participate. The first round of interactive events will take place as follows: • Wednesday, July 2, 5 to 7 p.m., at the Ashcroft Library • Thursday, July 3, 5 to 7 p.m., at the Blue River Library
• Tuesday, July 8, 4 to 8 p.m., at the Merritt Library • Wednesday, July 9, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., at the Kamloops Library (Farmers Market) • Wednesday, July 9, 6 to 9 p.m., at the
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Tsilhqot’in win Aboriginal title case
“I am elated,” William said.”We’re going to celebrate on July 4 in Xeni and take it from there.” William, who has been a part of the rights and title case for the last 24 years, left the annual week-long Xeni The persistence of a small group of First Nations in Gwet’in Wagon Journey to the Williams Lake Stampede the Cariboo-Chilcotin has paved the way for rights and early Tuesday to attend the decision in Vancouver. title for all First Nations in Canada. He expressed gratitude to the many First Nations On Thursday, June 26, the Supreme Court of Canada and Non-First Nations people and organizations who handed down a unanimous precedent-setting decision intervened on the Tsilhqot’ins’ behalf over the years. in favour of the Xeni Gwet’in of the Tsilhqot’in Nation, In its decision, the Supreme Court ruled aboriginal declaring Aboriginal title to approximately 1,700 square title should not be restricted to settlement sites and kilometres in the Cariboo-Chilcotin region of B.C. other places frequently occupied by semi-nomadic On a grander scale, many expect the case will have aboriginal people, but extended to areas used traditionmuch farther reaching implications on how provincial ally. and federal governments work with First Nations. The fight for rights and title was born in 1983 out of “It’s a game changer,” said Grand Chief Stewart Phillip, President of the Union of BC Indian Chiefs, dur- a dispute between Xeni Gwet’in and a logging company ing a national press conference held Thursday morning in who was set to log on the north end of the band’s trapline. Vancouver. After the community successfully protected the All six Tsilhqot’in chiefs were on hand for the historic trapline, the logging company then planned to log the decision, including Xeni Gwet’in Chief Roger William Brittany Triangle, near Xeni Gwet’in, at which point who is named in the case. members of the Xeni Gwet’in, with support of the Tsilhqot’in Nation blockaded. The bid to stop the logging and protect the trapline was combined by the community’s legal team and Xeni Gwet'in (Nemiah Indian Band) Chief Roger William. became the historic William Rights Williams Lake Tribune file photo and Title Case that it is today. “Today I am thinking of the chiefs decision is a relief and vindication the Tsilhqot’in have and elders who told me long ago been on the right track. the title case might have to go to the “We still have to look through the details of the deciSupreme Court of Canada,” William sion, but there are cases where industry and government said. “Many of those people who tes- will have to apply consent to a lot more of the laws that tified are no longer with us.” th th may be applicable to title but also re-looking at some The ruling is a gigantic win for the of the infringements of Aboriginal rights,” Myers Ross Tsilhqot’in and a new day for B.C. said, adding it’s been a 150-year-old battle questioning and Canada, said Anaham Chief who has jurisdiction and title over the land. Joe Alphonse, Tsilhqot’in National “We’re finally moving from the political environment Government Tribal Chairman. of denial to acknowledgement of fact that we do have “We couldn’t have asked for a title and it means engagement will have to be a little bit th th better decision,” he said. “No First Tues. July 8 Wed. July 9 Thurs. July different.” Nation has ever got title anywhere in William said economic development is a part of the 10th Canada.” future, but will have to be environmentally and eco9:00am- Communication Budgeting & Networking, The ruling forces government and nomically sound. The decision provides certainty for all industry to deal with First Nations Noon Skills Workshop Personal Cold Calls & Canadians, he added. in a meaningful way, meaning they Finance Dress for Grand Chief Stewart Phillip said parties supporting will need approval of First Nations to the Tsilhqot’in in this case worked collectively to ensure Success move forward, Alphonse said. the Supreme Court of Canada would understand that 12:30pm Building Accepting, Yunesit’in (Stone Indian Band) recognizing Indigenous Title and Rights does not diminChief Russell Myers Ross said the -3:00pm Positive Starting & ish Canadian society but enriches it.
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Birch Island rejects fire protection scheme Keith McNeill A public meeting held Monday, June 23, at Birch Island Community Park to discuss a proposed fire protection service for Birch Island overwhelmingly rejected the proposal, according to Tim Pennell, Thompson-Nicola Regional District director for Wells Gray Country (Area A). The voting was 34 No, two Yes if grant funds could be utilized, four Yes with or without grant funds, and two spoiled ballots. “With the input received from the community I will not be bringing this potential service to referendum,” Pennell said. Under the proposal, the fire
departments of Clearwater and Vavenby would have provided fire protection to Birch Island on a contract basis. The department closest to the blaze would have been the primary responder, while the other department would provide backup. The residents of Birch Island would have had to pay for the installation of two “dry hydrants” (underground water storage tanks) plus would have had to pay for the departments' responses on an hourly basis. The proposal was a scaledback version of a valley-wide fire protection service that failed to get adequate support in a petition last year. If there had been sufficient community interest shown
during the June 23 meeting then the proposal would have gone to referendum during next fall's civic elections. The TNRD director said that some of the concerns raised were: • Potentially no break on homeowner insurance; • Risk of both departments busy elsewhere; • Response times too long; • Paying for highway incidents; and • Lack of fire incidents in the Birch Island area. “I do thank the community for their input, TNRD staff for their work on the project as well as Vavenby and Clearwater fire departments for their support and assistance,” Pennell said.
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Broswick wins provincial health care award Times Staff Pearl Broswick, a diagnostic imaging technician at Dr. Helmcken Memorial Hospital in Clearwater for 38 years, has been named the 2014 provincial Health Care Hero for B.C. According to Health Employers Association of British Columbia (HEABC), Broswick was known as the hospital’s “most valuable asset” until her recent retirement. She was the go-to person for all staff, as she would have an answer to every question and a solution for every problem. Broswick devoted herself wholly to enhancing health and community services for rural patrons, taking the term “above and beyond” to stratospheric levels. The winners of the eighth annual Excellence in BC Health Care Awards were announced June 12 at a gala luncheon in Vancouver. Twelve Gold Apple winners and eight Award of Merit recipients were honoured. “Over the past year, I’ve had the chance to personally witness many of our province’s amazing and dedicated health employees in action,” said Health Minister Terry Lake. “The Excellence in
BC Health Care Awards showcase the best in B.C. health care and celebrate the accomplishments of just a few of the incredible people working in our health system. I congratulate this year’s winners and thank them for their service to the people of British Columbia.” Recipients are remarkable health employees who are making a positive impact on BC’s health system. Presented by HEABC, the Excellence in BC Health Care Awards recognize outstanding health care employees and reward innovation and best practices within B.C.’s publicly funded health care providers. The awards shine a spotlight on health employees who are improving the provincial health care system and delivering outstanding care – both on the frontlines and behind the scenes. “This year’s winners are an inspiring group, who truly go the distance to provide excellent care to British Columbians,” said HEABC President & CEO Michael Marchbank. “They are people we can all look up to and I’m proud to be able to share their successes and accomplishClearwater resident Pearl Broswick (center) receives the 2014 provincial Health Care Hero award ments, and thank them for being outfrom HEABC president and CEO Michael Marchbank and HEABC board chair Betsy Gibbons during standing health care employees.” a gala luncheon held recently in Vancouver. Photo submitted
Health minister details challenges, successes of the system Dale Bass – Kamloops This Week One of the last places a person wants to be when they are sick is in a hospital, the province’s health minister told a gathering of Kamloops business people on Friday, June 13. He was not denigrating the quality of treatment in the facilities, Terry Lake said, but acknowledging hospitals are home to many virus and bacteria, not all of which are under the control of staff. It’s why his ministry works with the many partners in health care in B.C., all with an eye to keeping costs down, wait lists short, diagnoses and care fluid and minimizing the amount of time people must spend in a hospital or care facility. Lake told the lunch meeting of Kamloops Chamber of Commerce members at Hotel 540 he is stick-handling through a patchwork system that has evolved over time, one that includes private clinics, thirdparty insurers, medical professionals using various billing processes, wait lists that never seem to shorten and
an aging population relying more on health care than ever before. The Ministry of Health has a $17 billion budget, with the bulk of services (40 per cent) being used by a demographic (75 years of age and older) that comprises just seven per cent of the province’s population. He said spending in the mid-200s was becoming unsustainable, with increases up to 8.1 per cent in the 2011-2012 fiscal year. He said his ministry has worked to “bend the curve down” so that health-care cost increases are now in the two to three per cent range annually. That’s been accomplished through various ways, including what Lake called a “hard-line approach” with drug companies that has saved more than $100 million for the health-care system and which he predicted will decrease by another eight per cent next year. The savings have come via the government’s decision to opt for cheaper generic drugs for patients. Lake said another $200 million has been saved in a four-year period by employing a shared-purchase plan
among government agencies. Savings are also being realized, Lake said, by moving some health-care delivery out of hospitals and into clinics, like the North Kamloops clinic providing dialysis to Kamloopsians, through outpatient services and through at-home visits, such as those Lake’s 82-yearold father receives from an occupational therapist in his Kelowna apartment. There’s still work to be done, Lake said, noting rural and remote regions continue to provide a challenge, despite the fact there are now 1,605 doctors in those areas, a seven per cent increase from 20092010. Emergency rooms remain congested despite more money being put into the health system, Lake said, and health care itself is more about processes and bureaucracy than about patients and their care. “We don’t need more [hospital] beds. We need to shift to a community-based deliver of service. We need to use the beds we have more effectively.”
Lake said perhaps a conversation is needed with private clinics to determine how they can work within the public health-care system to help it run more smoothly. Earlier in the day, Lake announced an infusion of cash into a program that provides non-medical supports to seniors, ideally helping them remain independent in their own homes longer. The Better at Home program, run by United Way organizations throughout the province, will receive an additional $2 million to the $22 million it has already received to run the program in 60 communities, including Kamloops. The province’s new seniors’ advocate, Isobel Mackenzie, said the money is welcome because “most seniors want to help themselves and others. “It is all of our responsibility to ensure they have the tools, supports and services to realize their full potential.” Mackenzie was in Kamloops to take part in a seniors symposium hosted by
Oncore, a Kamloops seniors’ support and advocacy group. Its executive direc-
tor, Suzan Goguen, also thanked Lake for the money, noting her agency sees first-
hand the difference the Better at Home program makes in people’s lives.
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Wells Gray Action Committee calls for logging moratorium Continued from page A1 The corridor from Clearwater to the gateway to Wells Gray Park near Hemp Creek contains only a small portion of this area’s wood basket, she said. However, it is critical to the area’s tourist industry and needs to be protected. Trevor Goward, a longtime Upper Clearwater resident and one of the world’s leading lichenologists, began his talk with a brief history of Wells Gray Park, starting with its founding 75 years ago. In 1955 the W.A.C. Bennett government extended the park southwards to include Battle Mountain, (L-r) Roland Neave, owner of Clearwater River Chalet and author of Exploring Wells Gray Park, listens as MLA which was important Terry Lake talks with geologist Dr. Cathie Hickson and Ian Eakins, owner of Wells Gray Backcountry Chalets at the winter range for cariSpahats viewpoint during a tour of Upper Clearwater on Saturday. Photo by Keith McNeill bou. The Bill Bennett tourist destination corridor between Harcourt governThat was a hard government while Clearwater itself Clearwater and the ment set up Caribou fight but most now established the would simply be a park gateway would Mountain Provincial recognize it was Trophy Mountain road junction. sever the connection Park, which forms a a good decisions, Recreational Area in That would be between the town and connection between Goward said. 1986. (MJHP TZY \JJPQ^ Ć^JWX something that neither the park. Wells Gray and the residents of Upper If that happens, Bowron Lakes parks, Clearwater nor those creating a huge nature Goward predicted of Clearwater would that Upper Clearwater reserve. Check weekly flyers Browse flyers fromout your favourite national and local retailers (MJHP TZY \JJPQ^ Ć^JWX Check out weekly flyers like, he felt. would become the Logging in the (MJHP TZY \JJPQ^ Ć^JWX and Biologists do not and Browse nationaland andlocal local retailers Browseflyers flyersfrom from your your favourite favourite national retailers agree on what is causBrowse flyers from your favourite national and local retailers ing the decline in the mountain caribou. Browse flyers from your favourite national and local retailers Some feel it is not enough food, others blame predation. The truth is likely more complex, he said. Capturing pregnant female caribou to protect them during and after they give birth has no science behind it, he said. Featured Retailers “They’re doing this Featured Retailers as a desperation meaFeatured Retailers sure,” Goward said. Other approaches, Featured Retailers such as caribou transFeatured Retailers plants and eliminating wolves, are similarly flawed. Battle Mountain, the Trophies and even Lichen expert and former park naturalist Trevor Visit Visit Raft Mountain were Goward talks about the recovery of mountain caribou flyers. deals.savings savings tips. formerly important flyers.coupons. coupons. deals. tips. Visit and forest preservation. Photo by Keith McNeill winter caribou range. In 1995 the Mike
This no longer the case, probably because nearby logging increased the deer and moose populations, which in turn brought in more predators. The caribou are now mostly using the northern end of the park. The trees in some of the areas that burned in the 1926 fire (which burned most of the Clearwater River Valley) are now getting old enough that they are beginning to have some lichen on them – the caribou’s favorite foot – and some caribou are returning. Goward noted that the fire before the 1926 fire was probably 500600 years ago, and another major fire is therefore not likely soon. Cathie Hickson gave her talk at Third Canyon. Formerly with the Geological Survey of Canada, she
did her Ph.D. thesis on the volcanoes of Wells Gray Park and area. “From a geological perspective, this is quite an interesting place,” she said. The lava people had been standing on at the Spahats lookout was about 500,000 years old, Hickson said, while that that makes up the Sheep Track Bench that the First, Second and Third Canyon creeks drain is about 300,000 years old. Buck Hill, a small volcanic cone next to the bench, is about 10,000 years old. “We are here for only a short period of time, but this area gives a window into a far longer period of time,” she said. “It has incredible potential. We need to unleash that.” Continued on page A11
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Upper Clearwater tour looks at land use planning controversy in valley Continued from page A10 The geologist noted that the area is steep and the soils are an unstable mix of volcanic and glacial types. “Any change will increase the probability of debris flows,” she said. Tay Briggs spoke for a second time when the tour met at the Upper Clearwater Hall. She had sat at the table when the Local Resource Management Plan (LRMP) for the Kamloops region was implemented, she said. She was also involved in developing a local use plan for the Upper Clearwater, now called the Guiding Principles. Both processes took about 2 1/2 years, she recalled. Two woodlots were set up as a result of the Guiding Principles,
Upper Clearwater rancher George Briggs, a former forest manager in the United States, explains his concerns about water quality, quantity and reliability during a presentation at Upper Clearwater Hall. Photo by Keith McNeill
plus a liaison committee to keep communications open. About two years
ago Canfor came to the committee with its logging plans. “We had some con-
cerns,” Briggs said. These included water quality, quantity and reliability, slope
A new clear-cut on the west side of the Clearwater River (l) is across from Whitehorse Bluff in Wells Gray Park. Recent logging activity on the west side of the river has residents concerned about the visual quality and its impact on tourism. Photo submitted
stability, caribou, and tourism. The forest company has since come back with new logging plans that include a 20 per cent increase and a clear-cut near the turnoff to the Trophy Mountain flower meadows. The plans as presented did not include a hydro-geological report, she said. “Maybe we need to step back from industrial scale logging and look at other processes,” she said. Tay Briggs’ father, George Briggs, spoke about the possible impacts of logging. A RPF like his daughter, he formerly managed two National Forests in the U.S. before moving to a ranch in Upper Clearwater in 1976. Canfor’s new plans show big logging blocks extending over the escarpment where
they will be visible and more likely to cause debris flows, he said. “It’s inevitable that there’s going to be serious repercussions from this logging,” Briggs said. Biologist Nancy Flood, a senior lecturer at Thompson Rivers University, said she has been involved with the research and education center in Upper Clearwater since before it began. Over the past 15 years the center has averaged about 6,000 users per year. The university is presently in the process of developing a new research and education center to replace the existing building (a former schoolhouse), which Flood described as “rustic.” When a washout at First Canyon stranded travellers and residents for several days a few years ago, the centre served as an emergency headquarters where food and water were distributed.
The university is not opposed to logging, she pointed out. Many of the students who use the center are in natural resource management and so cut down trees as part of their education. “We are here for the longterm. We’ve been here for the longterm. This is TRU’s place,” Flood said. Trevor Goward wound up the tour by saying that if Wells Gray Park could achieve UNESCO World Heritage or GeoPark status, it would benefit the whole region. Residents of the Upper Clearwater had felt honored to be involved in the process that led to the development of the Guiding Principles, he said. Since then two areas have been arbitrarily taken out of the area covered by the Principles without consultation, he said. “When there’s duplicity like that, people feel angry,” Goward said.
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Sports Hot sun and clear skies for Ladies Night Golf Submitted Another day in paradise – sun, heat and beautiful green grass. It was so good to see the sun and know it would not begin raining for the rest of the day on June 26. Although by the end of the front nine with sweat gleaming on everyone’s brow and the need to drink at least a gallon of water before heading out for the back nine it may have felt more like the devil’s domain than paradise. However, even though a few biting bugs came with the wonderful weather it did not stop the 17 golfers from having a good game of golf. The winners on the June 26 Lacarya Ladies Golf Night were: Low Gross – Carol Hindle, Bev Leinweber, Stephanie Turner; Low Net – Karen Peterson, Joan Slingsby, Abbey Bates; Long drive – Carol H., Cleo Schwartz, Reita Vandenborre and Eileen Sedgwick shared the prize; Long
putt – Carol H., Bev L., Stephanie T.; Closest to Pin – Debbie Pearce, Joan S.; Longest putt for all flights – Madeline Klassen; Least Putts – Debbie P.; Most putts – Stephanie T.; Closest to windmill – Marg Anderson; RIP (balls in water) – Terri Pelton, Madeline K.; Hidden Game – Karen Peterson. Carol sure was on her game tonight. She must be practicing a lot for the upcoming tournament in Merritt. Our sponsors for the week were: The Caboose, Home Hardware, Century 21 Realty, The Painted Turtle, Pharmasave, Rona, Absolute Hair, O’Bryans Café, TNT, Clearwater Computers, Safety Mart, and Wells Gray Inn. Thank you. Thank you Heinz and Linda for continuing to make golfing at Lacarya a great time. There is still most of the golf season ahead of us so to all those who are thinking of coming out for Ladies Night we would love to see you every Thursday. See you next week.
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Picked for provincial volleyball camp Emily Giesbrecht spikes the ball during a tryout camp for the Okanagan volleyball team held in late May. She was one of 15 picked from the region to take part in the U14 Baden Cup camp in Richmond July 7 to 10. A total of 140 from all over B.C. will attend. The Clearwater Secondary School student has been playing club volleyball in Kamloops and has gone to the provincials and nationals. Photos submitted.
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Father’s Day Fish Derby well done Barriere Star/Journal The fifth annual North Thompson Fish and Game Club’s Father’s Day Fishing Derby was once again a great success. Sixty-six fish were brought in for weighing on Sunday afternoon at the Bandshell in Barriere, where anglers and attendees could get out of the rain, have a hot or cold refreshment, and warm up by a portable heater. Tents were provided by club members George, Ben and Kathy; while the propane heater came courtesy of Bryan Smith. The rain and inclement weather didn’t deter anyone from the event, and the sun even managed to pop out for a few minutes during the presentations. Thanks to Kathy Campbell for keeping track of the weights and compiling the list of those who got to take home a prize. Winners of the Derby were: 1st - Severen Roberge 2nd - went to the parent and child combo of Rob Wittner Junior, and Nick 3rd - Donna Krum 4th - Rob Wittner Sr. Largest non- rainbow - Mel Schmidt Everyone who participated received a prize. Their names were called from a draw, and they were able to choose the prize of their choice from a table loaded with angler merchandise. Mayor Humphreys drew the three winners of the club’s annual raffle. First prize of an outboard motor went to Ryan Zrinski of Salmon
North Thompson Fish and Game Club's Father's Day Fishing Derby first prize winner Severen Roberge receives a fish smoker for his effort. Photo by Kathy Campbell
Arm; second prize of a block carving set went to Bill Nelson of 100 Mile House, and third prize of a Stihl chainsaw goes to Stephen Leonard of Clearwater. “Rain or shine we all had an awesome time,” said Kathy Campbell.
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Orienteering adventure I should have known I was in trouble from the way she said it – something to the effect of, “Are you sure you don’t want someone to go with you?” Jackie Bonn, president of the Sage Orienteering and Rogaining Club, had a look on her face I should have picked up on, a blend of amusement and concern. I was unfazed, though, standing in front of her with my clean and shiny Nike shoes, my Lululemon track pants and a confused look on my face as I held a map and compass in my hands. She kept referring to me as “the reporter,” which should have been an indication I might be in over my head. “I’ll be fine!” I said, looking around at the 20 other people who showed up for the event on a chilly Sunday morning. After all, I’m an athlete, I thought. Doesn’t she know I just ran the 10K in the CFJC Boogie? I can do anything! I grabbed some tips on the whole orienteering thing from a few of the others milling around the Kenna Cartwright Park parking lot – use the map and the compass, find the checkpoints, insert your little tracking button into the station to record your time and follow along to the finish line. One man described orienteering as “cunning running.” Great! I thought. It’s like a big Easter egg hunt! I rock at Easter egg hunts! (My eight-year-old cousins learned that lesson on the holiday in April. Though they had tears streaming down their faces at the end, they knew my basketful of eggs just meant I was a superior talent. Better luck next year, kids.) Bonn sent me with another orienteer (yes, I already considered myself part of the family) to find the start line. Before I knew it, I was out on my own. I was orienteering! It sounded so exciting. I was doing the short map, a 2.3-kilometre course with eight checkpoints, which I was told should take between 30 and 45 minutes to complete. “I was a scout as a kid. I’ve been camping before. This is going to be a piece of cake,” I said to myself as I plugged my tracking button into the station labelled “Start.” I set off at a light jog en route to the first station, which the map and compass said was due north, about 250 metres away. I climbed a hill, ran around a corner and there, right in front of me, was the first station, a white and orange marker to the left of the path. Piece of cake. It took me just two minutes and 43 seconds to find the first of eight stations. I imagined myself running into the parking lot a short while later to shocked looks from club members. I headed east, as the map indicated the next station was in that direction, and soon veered south into the trees to find the next marker. Maybe it was my growing ego, or the fact I learned how to use a compass all of 10 minutes before, but that’s when my expert orienteering skills began to unravel. “The next marker should be around this hill here, just a little bit farther,” I said aloud, my breath growing ragged as I climbed ever-steeper hills. “Yes, just by this tree here.” Wait. There isn’t supposed to be a power line over my head. Where did that thing come from? I kept walking and found myself on a path 300 metres past where the checkpoint should have been. I backtracked and tried again. And again. And again. I fell down, was assaulted by tree branches and was soon covered in mud from head to toe. My brand-new camera, which I had brought along to keep a visual record of my excursion, hung around my neck like a noose each time I fell. Along with my pride, the park claimed a new lens cap from me in those first few minutes.
After what felt like an eternity, I saw another white and orange marker at the crest of a hill I’d walked by at least 10 times in my period of disorientation. I climbed up to it, ready to plug in my button and move on to a new area of the park, one that I might actually be able to find on the map. The number on the checkpoint was wrong. My frustration boiled over as I looked again at my map, not that it was doing me any good at this point. I had inadvertently stumbled on one of the other courses at Kenna that day and stood there looking like a fool as other competitors ran by me. I backtracked and tried again. On what felt like my 15th attempt of the afternoon – because yes, it was now afternoon – I found the second station. I plugged in my tracking button and moved on to No. 3. It had taken me 43 minutes to find that second checkpoint. With my ego handily in check, I continued. After walking past it a few times, I found checkpoint No. 3 – 10 minutes. I moved on to checkpoints four, five and six and started to figure the whole thing out – apparently, checking the map regularly helps. Using the compass more than once every 20 minutes is also key. My times between stations improved, I felt less disoriented and, dare I say it, I was even having fun. Before I knew it, I was strolling into the parking lot, having just checked into stations seven (which some smart aleck put at the top of what felt like Mount Everest) and eight. It was time learn the outcome of my first experience orienteering. Seventy-nine minutes and 32 seconds – so much for impressing all the competition. Despite walking in circles for nearly 40 minutes that day, along with the crushing realization I would have failed miserably as a contestant on the show Mantracker, orienteering was a hell of a lot of fun. I came out of the forest that Sunday, filthy from head to toe and sore, but with a giant smile on my face. I had done it! I found the eight markers! It was the joy of the Easter egg hunt all over again – without the crying children. As I got into my car, I thought about taking part in the next event – the Sage Stomp, this Victoria Day long weekend, on Saturday, May 17, and Sunday, May 18. After all, I’m practically an expert now. However, if my foray into orienteering is any indication, maybe taking a partner wouldn’t be such a bad idea next time.
Ride for life Larry Farmer, chair of the 12th annual Kids Cancer Care Foundation ride, stands next to his Harley Road King at Dutch Lake Resort on Saturday, June 21. A total of 54 riders stopped for lunch at the Painted Turtle Restaurant. Over the past 11 years the ride has raised $2.3 million for cancer research and to send young cancer patients and their siblings to camp. This year they hope to raise another $200,000. The three-day ride started in Calgary, went to Jasper overnight, then was to spend another night at Sun Peaks before returning to Calgary. Photo by Keith McNeill
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Robyn Rexin On Sunday, June 22, Vavenby’s ThompsonNicola Regional District water maintenance operator Tighe Hewlitt discovered a leak under the pump house. This was caused by a rock rubbing over time against an underground pipe and creating a hole. Due to the area of the leak the pumps were shut off. Residents were notified of the break and advised to use extreme water conservation. The amount of water in the reservoir was all that was left to feed the town until the hole was fixed. Residents were phoned again and advised to use very extreme water conservation. “Use only for necessities of life,” said TNRD utilities manager Arden Bolten. Necessities would include short showers, flushing toilets, food preparation, etc. Water should not be used at all for irrigation such as watering lawns and gardens or for washing vehicles. Ken Nystoruk and Dale Stachoski – both TNRD utility technicians – and Bolten came from Kamloops the next morning and started repairing the pipe at 11 a.m. They were completed by 2:30 p.m. Hewlitt was also present to help. A third phone call had gone out to the community to really encourage residents to put into practice the water conservation methods in the hopes of not losing the town’s water supply. However not everyone followed these methods and Vavenby emptied its res-
Water maintenance operator Tighe Hewlitt attaches a patch to stop a leak next to Vavenby's pump house. The community ran out of water briefly while the pumps were shut off recently. Photo by Robyn Rexin
ervoir in 12 hours, leaving the town without any water for four hours. This did not need to happen. Some people might not have been conserving water because they did not receive the phone calls. Maybe they do not have an answering machine or perhaps they are not on the call list. If you would like your name and number added to the list phone the TNRD (no charge) at 1-877-377-8673 and ask for Monica.
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A large and a small front-end loader distribute pea gravel around Avola's new playground recently. Insurance concerns led to the old equipment being replaced. The new playground equipment includes a climbing wall with the slide. The playground is located down the hill and across a road from the schoolhouse. Photos by Eleanor Deckert
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Health Minister Terry Lake recently announced an additional $2 million in funding for United Way’s Better at Home program, which provides nonmedical supports to help seniors remain independent in their homes for as long as possible. “Seniors have given so much to our lives and our communities and government is committed to supporting them to remain in their homes and out of hospital as long as possible,” said Lake, who made the announcement at a symposium for seniors organized by ONCORE, a Better at Home service provider. “The services provided by the Better at Home program reflect the ministry’s strategic focus on strengthening home and community care.” To date, government has provided $22 million in funding to enhance and support the operations of the Better at Home program, which now operates in 60 communities throughout B.C. “Most seniors want to help themselves and others,” said seniors advocate Isobel Mackenzie. “It is all of our responsibility to ensure they have the tools, supports and services to realize their full potential.” Managed by United Way of the Lower Mainland, the Better at Home program services vary from community to community and are selected,
along with service providers, through an engagement process that includes local seniors. Examples of Better at Home services include friendly visits, light yard work, minor home repair, grocery shopping, light housekeeping and transportation to appointments. “Our mandate is to help seniors remain independent and active in their communities,” said United Way of the Lower Mainland president Michael McKnight. “We look forward to continuing to expand the Better at Home program.” Better at Home is a key component of B.C.’s Seniors Action Plan, which commits to ensuring improved access to non-medical supports to help seniors stay in their own homes. “The focus of today’s senior symposium is on age-friendly cities and rural communities and how we can all better support seniors where they live,” said ONCORE executive director Suzan Goguen. “As a service provider, we see first-hand the difference the Better at Home program makes in people’s lives and with this increase in funding, it is evident that government understands the importance of allowing seniors to maintain their independence.” To learn more about Better at Home and programs and for a full listing of participating communities, please visit: www.betterathome.ca
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BENNEWITH Betty Joyce (nee Muirhead) Dec. 14, 1930 - June 12, 2014
Flower power A buck eats petunias from a flower pot in the backyard of a residence in the Candle Creek area of Clearwater. Photo by Chuck Emery
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It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Betty Joyce Bennewith in her 83rd year at Ridge View Lodge in Kamloops, B.C. Betty will be lovingly missed by her devoted husband of 63 years, Gerry; her children: Joanne (Steve), Doug, Terry (Deb), Debbie (Roger), David (Jan), Nancy (Reg), and Robin; her one brother Ralph, 11 grandchildren, 12 great-grandchildren, many relatives as well as numerous lifelong friends. She was predeceased by her father Jim, mother Lottie, sisters: Teen and Gug as well as her grandson Gordon. Betty will be remembered for always having fresh buns, bread and cookies on hand, customknitted sweaters, mitts and socks for all the kids and grandkids. She had a love for gardening, camping and fishing with Gerry. Betty's
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Audrey Bohn Jan. 8, 1931 - June 25, 2014
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munity's title claim, which is being prepared for court. The Haida claim includes the surrounding ocean off B.C.'s North Coast, which Lantin expects to use against plans for oil tankers from the Enbridge Northern Gateway proposal. Despite the long-running dispute and the Tsilhqot'in Nation's refusal to take part in treaty talks, the B.C. aboriginal relations ministry signed a three-year "stewardship agreement" with the group June 10. The agreement gives the Tsilhqot'in $670,000 per year to implement a forestry strategy and other resource development. B.C. Attorney General Suzanne Anton said the Tsilhqot'in ruling, like other aboriginal title cases, emphasizes that negotiated settlements are preferable to court action to settle claims in the majority of the province that are not covered by treaties. NDP leader John Horgan said the decision shows the B.C. government should have accepted the 2007 decision by B.C. Supreme Court Justice David Vickers. "Instead, the B.C. Liberal government wasted millions of scarce tax dollars and created seven more years of uncertainty for investors and communities, by blindly pursuing a legal theory that was unanimously and soundly rejected today by the Supreme Court of Canada," Horgan said.
Born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Audrey moved to Victoria in 1957 and was a seamstress all her life. She enjoyed oil painting, making quilts and various crafts. Audrey was predeceased by her loving husband Laslo, mother Lillian, father Arthur, son Leslie, sisters Ruth and Dorthy, brother-inlaw George, niece Susan and grandson Jason. Audrey is survived by her son Gary (Therese), son Ken (Anaita), sister Lee (Arnie), granddaughters Crystal, Adrianne, Laura, Sarah and Michelle; grandsons Gary and Aaron; great-granddaughters Haileigh, Hannah, Emma, Tynesha and Ali; great-grandsons Cobie, Isaiah, Lucas, Ethan and Aiden; loving nieces Barb, Diane, Cindy; nephews George, Brian, Stephen and Raymond. And many more
loving relatives that she always kept contact with. A memorial will be held at the Kingdom Hall on Hydro Road in Clearwater, B.C. on July 5, 1:00.
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Aboriginal communities across B.C. are celebrating a court ruling that redefines ownership of their traditional territory outside reserves. The Supreme Court of Canada has upheld the Tsilhqot'in Nation's claim to aboriginal title over 1,700 square km in the Nemiah Valley west of Williams Lake, in a landmark ruling with effects on land claims across the province. In a unanimous decision, the country's highest court rejected the B.C. government's argument that aboriginal title should be restricted to settlement sites and other places frequently occupied by semi-nomadic aboriginal people before European contact. Joe Alphonse, tribal chief of the Tsilhqot'in Nation, said the ruling is a victory in a struggle that had its roots in deadly conflict with a wave of gold seekers during the 1860s. He said the communities need more control over resources to support more people living on reserves. "We didn't fight in this case to separate from Canada," Alphonse told a news conference in Vancouver Thursday. "We fought in this case to get recognized, to be treated as equals in a meaningful way." Settlement sites and others used for hunting and fishing were exhaustively studied in a 2003 B.C. trial that granted broad title but was later overturned by the B.C. Court of Appeal. "The Province's criticisms of the trial judge's findings on the facts are primarily rooted in the erroneous thesis that only specific, intensively occupied areas can support Aboriginal title," the eight Supreme Court of Canada justices agreed in a unanimous ruling released Thursday. The Tsilhqot'in case was strengthened by evidence that "prior to the assertion of sovereignty the Tsilhqot'in people repelled other people from their land and demanded permission from outsiders who wished to pass over it," the judges wrote. The case began in 1983 when the B.C. government issued timber permits for the region and the Xeni Gwet'in, one of six Tsilhqot'in communities, went to court to stop the logging. Haida Nation president Peter Lantin said the Tsilhqot'in case strengthens his island com-
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Waiting for the chicks to hatch, one day at a time First I was happy Then I was sad. Now I am waiting with a disturbing combination of eager anticipation and gloomy dread. Let me explain: I have another hen setting. Previously, we have purchased fluffy, yellow, cheeping, adorable chicks in a box. Is there anything that rates higher on the “Cuteness Scale”? But now, we are participating in the life cycle here in our own chicken barn.
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First: the red hen walked off the nest with five chicks. Chirping, pecking, scratching, learning from their mother, exploring the little
pen in the fresh spring grass, the family is a picture of domestic bliss. O happy day! Next: the white hen set in the barn with
the other chickens. They added eggs to her clutch totalling 17 eggs! We moved her into the smaller chicken maternity ward, leaving her with eight eggs and putting ten into the incubator under the kitchen table. On Thursday, two yellow heads peeked out from under Mama’s wing. Happy Dance! On Saturday, a chilling find. The next chick had pecked half way around, but it
A mother hen checks out her chicks.
Young chicks gather around their mother soon after hatching.
died before the task was complete. Oh, so sad. Poor little unborn precious creature! Then I heard cheeping and pecking within another egg! Shall I bring it into the incubator? Leave it with the mother and let Nature take its course? It felt like such a heavy weight to wait
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through the night. By morning, there was one peck through. But it died in the shell, too. “OK,” I tell myself, “It is ‘only’ a baby chicken. But still. Some live and some die.” The mind begins to tumble.... “Why?” and the ever painful, “What could I have
done differently?” No one can ever answer these questions. Now I wait. Ten eggs inside. Four with the Mama. It seems to me that Doris Day got it about right. “Que sera sera." What ever will be, will be. The future’s not ours to see.
Maps show climate change impacts Maps from the Forests ministry show the biogeoclimatic zones of the Kamloops Timber Supply Area today (l) and in 2080. The predictive model used for the 2080 map is an extreme one that assumes nothing will be done to control climate change. Global warming is expected to continue for hundreds of years and the climate will not return to present conditions for tens of thousands of years. The maps comes from the Kamloops Future Forest Strategy final report. BC Forests Ministry graphic