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Battling for the ball Megan Sim battles Josh Kiewitt for the ball during a community drop-in soccer session at the Clearwater Secondary School field on Thursday, July 31. Sessions are every Tuesday and Thursday, May to September, starting at 7 p.m. Everyone is welcome. For another soccer picture, see page A12 inside. Photo by Keith McNeill

Campfires cause forest fire near Spahats Falls Keith McNeill Human foolishness was the cause of a potentially serious fire that started on the weekend near Spahats Falls, according to Jim Jones, manager of Clearwater Fire Zone. Two campfires were left that were not put out properly, as well as two debris piles were lit, Jones said. The fire likely started late Saturday afternoon and burned all night before being actioned. As of Monday a crew from Kurt Dodd Contracting plus an excavator belonging to Larry Tucker were trying to put it out. “The local rain cells that moved through likely saved our bacon with

Spahats. There was a lot of dead grass there,” the fire zone manager said. Continued if sporadic showers have allowed Clearwater Fire Zone to avoid the major forest fire challenges that are emerging in the rest of the Kamloops Fire Center as well as across the province, Jones added. Compared with the rest of the fire center plus the Valemount area, there has been little lightning activity locally. A lightning storm that moved through Saturday evening caused a large number

of strikes, particularly south of Birch Island, but no fires were found on the ground. As of Monday, Clearwater's three-person Initial Attack crew was fighting one of two new fires in the Raft River Valley. A contract crew provided by Claude Poulin of Vavenby was to relieve the IA crew so they could move to the second fire in the Raft. Because the road to the second fire had been deactivated, the IA crew likely would fly to the second fire. A single tree was reported to be on fire on the Hydro line next to the highway at Moonbeam Creek north of Blue River.

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BC Hydro had been advised and a forest technician was on his way to assess. Also north of Blue River, there was a fire between Hellroar Creek and Foam Creek that had no crew on it. A rap attack crew was actioning a fire in the North Thompson headwaters, however. Jones noted that, with so many forest fires burning in the United States and the rest of Canada, B.C. is running out of places it can get resources from. He said the next step likely would be to bring in overhead management teams from Australia, where it is now winter. Jones served in Australia several years ago when wildfires there grew to extreme levels.

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New Democrats set Workshop looks at how to manage chronic pain nomination meetings Keith McNeill Pain management can Submitted KAMLOOPS: Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo NDP president Garry Worth announced that the party has set Saturday, Aug. 9, for nomination meetings to be held in 100 Mile House, Clearwater, and Kamloops. New Democrats will select their candidate for the federal election set for October 19, 2015. The Aug. 9 meetings will be held as follows: • 100 Mile House nomination meeting - 10 – 11 a.m., United Church, 49 Dogwood Crescent, 100 Mile House. Guest speaker – Barb Matfin, chair, HEU 100 Mile House. • Clearwater nomination meeting – 1:30 – 2:30 p.m., Monroe's Lounge at the Wells Gray Inn, Yellowhead Highway #5, Clearwater. Guest speaker – Kathy Kendall, BCNDP candidate 2013. • Kamloops nomination meeting – 5 – 6 p.m., BCGEU Office, 158 Oriole Road, Kamloops. Guest speaker – Peter Julian, MP for BurnabyNew Westminster and NDP House Leader. Non-members will be welcome as guests. DINNER IS ON ME I will buy you a $100 meal when you buy a car from me!

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There's a lot of pain in Clearwater. About 15 people attended a workshop on how to manage chronic pain put on by the Arthritis Society at Dr. Helmcken Memorial Hospital on Thursday evening, July 31. Most, if not all, appeared to be suffering from some kind of chronic pain. “There are almost always options. You are not alone,” said June Vyner, the society's education and services director for its B.C. and Yukon division. Pain is a big part of disease for people with arthritis, but also for those suffering from other diseases, she said. Osteoarthritis, for example, is the most common form of arthritis. It is caused when the joint “degenerates” - the cartilage becomes rough and wears away, and the bone underneath becomes thicker. Joints most affected include the base of the thumb, the end joints or middle joints of the fingers, the hips, the knees, and the joint at the base of the big toe (bunion).

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Rebecca Britton (l), the X-ray technician at Dr. Helmcken Memorial Hospital, discusses brochures with Joan Vyner, education and services director at the Arthritis Society's B.C. and Yukon division during a workshop on chronic pain held at the hospital on Thursday evening, July 31. Photo by Keith McNeill

Vyner was in Clearwater to do some hut-to-hut hiking in Wells Gray Park and took some time out from her vacation to put on the workshop. “This is like a holiday for me. I love doing this,” she said. Often the real value of the workshops is not so much the information passed on as the

realization for those suffering from chronic pain that they are not alone, she felt. That feeling seemed to be confirmed by some of the comments by workshop participants. “The harder you are on yourself, the worse it gets,” one said. “Never give up.”

Tom Coles announces his debut novel, ‘Spirit Talker –The Legend of Nakosis.’

During allergy season, it’s good to remember that pollen is very sticky. It adheres to eyelashes and hair on our bodies. Taking a shower at night is a good way to wash away the pollen. The hairs in our noses also has pollen stuck to it so rinsing you nasal passages is also a good idea.

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include exercise, heat and cold, relaxation and coping skills, diet, massage, and medications. Non-prescription medications include acetaminophen, ibuprofen, acetylsalicylic acid (aspirin) and topical medications. There are also a number of prescription medications available. Even with non-prescription medications, it is important to take them properly, Vyner said. “Don't mix different pills on one bottle,” she advised. “No one ever remembers what the yellow one is for.” Even acetaminophen can be dangerous, she said. Too much can damage your liver. Many over-the-counter medications, such as cold remedies, contain acetaminophen. If a person is already taking high levels of the drug, adding more could result in an overdose, so it pays to read labels carefully. The Arthritis Society puts on free two-hour pain clinics at various locations across the province, although it has been some time since they offered one in Clearwater.

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dant and primordial wilds of pre-contact era North America, Spirit Talker –the legend of Nakosis tells the fantastical story of one young man’s induction into the mystique and magical world of the shaman. Possessing an acute sensitivity to the spirit realms, the young man is taken under the tutelage of the old village shaman and initiated in the ways and wonders of a ‘spirit talker,” he said. It soon becomes apparent, however, that Nakosis is the medium of a very ancient and powerful spirit whose beckoning urges him upon a quest of legendary proportions whose unfolding will test the young man beyond his wildest imagining. His journey will traverse strange lands of both stunning beauty and unforgiving hardships. Along the way he will know the deepest grief and loss and yet come to embrace the fullness of love and the revelation of sacred

wisdom as he finds his place within the Great Mystery. What Nakosis discovers is not the archaic myths of a time and people long forgotten; it is the timeless thread of spiritual inter-connectedness that weaves throughout all of creation, inexorably binding all things within the warp and weft of the sacred circle of life. This 600 page epic was the culmination of two years of part-time writing when Coles was not busy pursuing other vocations as a well known local tattoo artist, singer/songwriter/musician and artist blacksmith or working with his wife, Sandy on their 60 acre homestead and retreat, ‘Ravenwoods.’ ‘Spirit Talker – The legend of Nakosis‘ is available to purchase through the publishers, direct on-line bookstore at www.friesenpress. com/bookstore/title/ 119734000013931267 or it can soon be ordered through out-

Tom Coles, author of ‘Spirit Talker – The legend of Nakosis‘, sings during a recent concert in Clearwater. Times file photo

lets such as Chapters, Amazon, Indigo or Barnes and Noble. The book will also be available in hard cover and e-book format. You will also soon find it available at numerous local retailers. For more information visit the authors' website at www.tomcoles.ca. An official book launch is to take place Saturday, Aug. 23, at

the North Thompson Aboriginal Cultural Center in Clearwater at 1 p.m. The public is invited to attend, meet and talk to the author, take home a signed copy of the book and partake of food and festivities. During the event a portion of all sales will be donated to the Center. This event is free of charge and open to all.

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A small audience listens as Trevor Goward talks about lichen during a session held at his home in Upper Clearwater on Friday evening. Photo by Keith McNeill

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Negotiators for school districts and the B.C. Teachers' Federation are getting together Aug. 8 to seek a settlement in their long-running dispute before school starts up in September. A brief statement from the BCTF announced the resumption of talks Friday afternoon, a day after the B.C. government announced a contingency plan to pay strike savings to parents of younger students if the strike keeps schools shut in September. The government saves an estimated $12 million a day when teachers go without paycheques, enough to pay parents $40 per missed school day for each child under 13 in public school. Recreation centres are prepar-

ing to extend summer camp and activity programs into the fall. Finance Minister Mike de Jong announced the contingency plan Thursday after several weeks without movement in the long-running dispute that shut schools for the last two weeks of June. Education Minister Peter Fassbender has said the union's demands are far beyond settlements with other public sector unions, particularly on benefit improvements. The B.C. Public School Employers' Association estimates the union's benefit demands alone represent an additional $225 million a year. Those include increases to preparation time, pregnancy and parental leave, extended health and dental and substitute teacher compensation.

Keith McNeill “This household supported by lichen dollars.” That's the bumper sticker that Trevor Goward would like to have. The curator of lichens for the UBC Herbarium and a former longtime Wells Gray Park naturalist, Goward gave a presentation on lichens to an audience of close to 20 people at his Upper Clearwater home, Edgewood Blue, on Friday evening, Aug. 1. The talk was part of the Wells Gray Rocks series of events being held this summer to celebrate the 75th anniversary of Wells Gray Park. Some of those attending were also taking part in a workshop on lichens over the weekend. “Some people are astounded that other people will pay money to learn about lichens,” Goward said. In fact, lichens are important factors in many ecosystems and are often sensitive if anything is wrong in those ecosystems. “Lichens are good indicators of certain kinds of pollution but not others,” Goward said. Radioactivity is one example of pollution that lichens are not sensitive to. Studies have shown that radioactivity strong enough to kill just about everything, including trees, will not affect lichens. Some sulphur compounds, on the other hand, will “change the world” for lichens, because they can change the acidity of the environment. Goward noted that the largest literature in lichenology is about pollution. He suggested that this was because most lichenologists work in universities, which are in cities, and so studying pollution is easy to do. Lung lichens, for example, are still common here but have disappeared from many parts of Europe because of acidification and eutrophication. Lichens live by absorbing things from the air, including metals. During the time when the United States and the USSR tested nuclear weapons in the atmosphere, the Inuit in the Arctic were the people most affected by radioactive fallout. This was because the lichen concentrated the radioactive particles from the air and then were eaten by caribou, which were then eaten by the Inuit. During the mid-1980s Goward did a major survey of metal concentrations in lichen near Kamloops to measure the effect of open pit mines in the area.

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Trevor Goward holds a sample of hair lichen, an important food for mountain caribou that requires mature forests to live. Photo by Keith McNeill

More recently, a controversy has developed about a proposal to build a new mine within city boundaries. Goward wanted to do a comparison but someone in the Ministry of Environment had thrown away all the samples from his earlier survey. Hair lichens in this area are an important source of food for mountain caribou, he said. They require an acidic habitat to grow, which they usually find on conifers. “People see lichens growing on dying trees and they assume they are killing them. Actually, it's the other way around,” Goward said. “First the trees have to start dying, then the lichen can grow on them.” “As the forest ages, lichen become more abundant,” he said. “That's why mountain caribou need old forest. By the time you get to 150-yearold spruce ... now you're talking.”

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“ You can overcome anything if you don't bellyache.” — Bernard Baruch, financier editorial by keith mcNeill

Enlichenment lecture contains lessons about community

New voice for seniors in the B.C. Interior Editor, The Times:

The widening gap between what government thinks seniors need and want, and the services actually being delivered is the motivation behind a group of community minded individuals who are primarily seniors themselves. This enthused and knowledgeable group will work towards the strategic development of strengthening the communication between all levels of government through a strong and united voice for seniors. “We need a nonpartisan voice that will go above grass roots organizations,” says Isabelle

Allen, president of the newly formed Interior BC Council on Aging Society. Governments often take a condescending approach when it comes to the realistic needs of our aging population. Despite the volumes of research focused on what type of community services and programs can best support our senior population there has been little action reflecting the recommendations contained therein. What has developed is a large percentage of primarily volunteer based organizations struggling to deliver services and meet needs. Services are often

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Agree with him or not, if Clearwater-Wells Gray were an independent state, then Trevor Goward would be one of our national treasures. Your editor was reminded of this when listening to Goward's “enlichenment” lecture on Friday evening at his home in Upper Clearwater (see story on page A2). Goward is one of the world's leading lichenologists and he has a long list of published scientific papers to prove it. According to Goward, the Clearwater River Valley has the world's largest assemblage of lichens. He and people working with him have identified 430 species. He says it isn't the “Trevor Goward Effect” and that there are reasons why, other than having one of the world's leading lichenologists working full-time for decades, to explain the abundance of species found here. Maybe so, but the Trevor Goward Effect has got to have been a factor, not just in documenting how many types of lichen there are in the area, but a host of other natural phenomena and features of interest as well. During his talk Goward made the point that lichens are unusual in that they combinations of two (or more) lifeforms – alga and fungus. Apparently the alga cells can live on their own, and the fungus as well. However, when they get together and form a lichen – a community if you will – they are able to live through stresses that would easily kill the alga or the fungus on its own. Our understanding is that, basically, the alga provides food through photosynthesis, while the fungus provides protection.

One hates to turn other people's words back on themselves (well okay, your editor likes few things better) but it seems to us that Goward's words about lichens might have some relevance to the ongoing Upper Clearwater logging controversy. A number of residents of the Upper Clearwater and elsewhere, including Goward, are strongly opposed to Canfor's plans to log in the Clearwater River Valley. Taken to the extreme, those arguments say we should abandon the forest industry and rely exclusively on tourism. It seems to us that approach is similar to the alga or the fungus saying it would be better off on its own and not part of a lichen community. Those opposing the logging plans have a number of strong arguments in their favor, in particular, concerns about soil stability in the First, Second and Third canyons area. On the other hand, this community struggled hard and services declined noticeably during the two years that Canfor had its Vavenby sawmill closed. The tendency nowadays is for sawmills to get larger and larger. That means the Vavenby sawmill needs every log it can get to remain competitive. Lichens can grow in the Atacama Desert and in the rocks of Antarctica. They can even survive exposed for weeks in Outer Space. As a community, we need a mixed economy to survive. We should be thinking of ways to attract new and different industries, not how we can sacrifice one industry for a questionable benefit to another.

Community Gaming Grants make good things happen in British Columbia Editor, The Times :

VICTORIA - Every year, gaming revenues generate hundreds of millions of dollars that the Government of British Columbia invests in providing key services, including health care and education, for all citizens and communities throughout the province. The Government of British Columbia dedicates a $135-million portion of the total annual gaming revenues to communities as gaming

grants for non-profit organizations. These organizations provide invaluable services in most B.C. communities. Eligible organizations apply to the Gaming Policy and Enforcement Branch for gaming grant funding distributed by sectors, including Arts and Culture, Sport, Environment, Public Safety, Human and Social Services, Parent Advisory Councils and District Parent Advisory Councils. In 2012, Premier Christy

Clark increased the annual base budget for community gaming grants by $15 million, from $120 million to $135 million per year into the future. Every year, over 5,000 local organizations representing virtually every community in British Columbia benefit from this funding. These organizations accomplish amazing things for British Columbia's communities. The diversity of their work is astonishing: Continued on page A6

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Question of the Week

Do you think BC Day (Aug. 1) should be re-named Terry Fox Day?

Adara Giesbrecht (with Rhiannon):

Brenda Mirasty (Vavenby):

No, I think Terry Fox should have his own day. I think we should celebrate B.C. on its own day as well.

Yes, Terry Fox is very well known and he did a lot with his Marathon of Hope. He came from B.C. and I think it would be a great way to honor him.

Cheryl MacHale: Yes, because Terry Fox was a hero. He was an amazing man.

Diane Dekelver:

No, we should have a day for Terry Fox but BC Day is BC Day.

Pearl Erickson:

I think there should be a Terry Fox Day, at least as far as I'm concerned. I was very fond of Terry Fox.

Lower Nicola Band calls for sustainable energy strategy Editor, The Times: Editor's Note: The following is an open letter to Prime Minister Stephen Harper sent by Aaron Sam, chief of the Lower Nicola Indian Band. Prime Minister, My name is Aaron Sam and I am the elected Chief of the Lower Nicola Indian Band, part of the Nlaka’pamux Nation. We are located outside of Merritt, B.C. in the heart of our traditional territory in the southern interior of British Columbia. As you may know, the Kinder Morgan pipeline currently runs through our Lower Nicola Indian Band reserve. One of the decisions our community has to make this next year is whether we will agree to the expansion of the Kinder Morgan pipeline through our Indian reserve and traditional territory. I am addressing this open letter to you because many in our community have serious reservations about the Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain pipeline proposal. In this letter, I am not addressing specific impacts or concerns on LNIB lands and our traditional territory; I am addressing broader impacts that affect Canadians and the natural environment. Many of us at

Lower Nicola Indian Band are very much concerned that your government hasn't taken any real steps to address climate change. For us to even consider approving the expansion of the Kinder Morgan pipeline through our territory, it is imperative that the Government of Canada take immediate, real steps to attack climate change in a meaningful way. In addition, we do not support the expansion of the Kinder Morgan pipeline because your government has not done enough to regulate the oil sands and extract resources in an environmentally sustainable way. We believe that your government should initiate a meaningful dialogue with the First Nations and others who are affected by the extracting, processing and transportation of bitumen from oil sands across Alberta and British Columbia. We also do not support the proposed project because of the possibility of an oil spill in the Salish Sea. While we know the likelihood of a bitumen spill could be relatively low, we believe it is still a risk not worth taking. Many Canadians, including Nlaka’pamux people, are dependent on a healthy ocean and healthy salmon. If there ever was a large oil spill in the Salish

Sea, it could decimate our salmon and our healthy ocean waters for generations. Although our traditional territory is located in the interior of British Columbia, our members and families still rely significantly on wild salmon as their main food source. We see our interests being compromised by such an oil spill. In addition, such potential decimation of salmon population would have a devastating cascading effect on most other living things in our traditional territory. If the Government of Canada doesn’t take serious steps to address the above mentioned issues while engaging First Nations in a meaningful way, we will find it very difficult, if not impossible, to support the proposed pipeline expansion through our traditional territory. Since 2006, your government has revised and weakened many environmental laws and policies dealing with pollution, biodiversity degradation, greenhouse effect of gas emissions and climate change. You have also made significant budget cuts at Environment Canada and other Federal government departments, leading to criticism that undermines their ability to enforce remaining and weaker environmental laws in any credible way.

The restrictions placed upon the ability of government scientists to speak to the public and the media also strengthens criticism that you are trying to limit the debate on environmental issues. As you have seen in the Supreme Court of Canada Tsilhqot’in decision, it is vital that First Nations are sitting at the table when there is any dialogue about natural resource development in this country. As you know, a genuine process of consultation and accommodation must take place before First Nations can consent to natural resource development projects. We believe that Canada needs to develop a National Energy Strategy to move forward in a way that benefits everyone (not just a few). In order to accomplish this, I suggest that the Government of Canada spearheads a collaborative initiative where First Nations, communities affected by energy development, those concerned about the environment, academics, energy industry, business leaders, and representatives from the three levels of government engage in the development of this strategy. In order to be effective, the contribution of all involved must be recognized and valued. A National Energy Strategy will help us find creative

and effective ways to have a more sustainable and diverse economy, socially relevant for all Canadians today and in the future, and mindful of the impact that the production, transportation and consumption of energy (especially from fossil

fuel sources) has on the environment. In spite of the reservations above mentioned, we are prepared to meaningfully engage in a genuine national conversation with other stakeholders in shaping Canada’s National Energy Strategy.

Accordingly, I hereby volunteer my energy and commitment to work with you on such important initiative. Please let me know how I can help.

Chief Aaron L. Sam Lower Nicola Indian Band

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YEARS AGO:

The corporal, the bank manager, the principal, the constable and the politicians all got dunked in Dutch Lake during the Lions' annual Regatta. Bev and Barry Buck took the high aggregate trophies in the swimming races.

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Twenty members of Kamloops B.C. Federation of Naturalists spent a weekend on Trophy Mountain with Mrs. Ida Dekelver, Dianne and Tina. They hiked up Third Canyon Creek trail with two horses to pack supplies. Dwaine Bridge and Dave May took over Clearwater Service Ltd. from the Jim MacLennan family. Chuck Dee got the best pitcher award at the two-day Birch Island softball tournament.

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Clearwater Swim Club for the Dutch Lake Regatta included parachute jumping into the lake, swim races, an island swim, greasepole climb, toddlers' sandbox money hunt, and bingo. Frank Baruta came from Vernon to take over as Clearwater RCMP sergeant from Jim Switzer, who had been transferred to Prince George. The detachment had eight officers — three on highway patrol and five on in-town duty. Birch Island landmark McCracken's General Store was being taken down piece by piece. It had closed in mid-July.

YEARS AGO: Strong winds knocked out the power and telephone lines to Clearwater Forest District office as staff fought 81 fires in the area. Radios were used to keep in touch, and oil lamps for light. Numerous trees were knocked down by the winds throughout the

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BACK IN TIME North Thompson, and B.C. Hydro workers put in a 16 hour day to restore power to Blackpool. A tourist found the body of a Bear Creek Camp inmate who had been knocked into Falls Creek in Wells Gray Park while working on a bridge. The 41-year-old man's body was found near North Thompson Provincial Park campsite six days after the accident.

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Wheelchair athlete Rick Hansen was in Blue River to help open a wheelchair-accessible trail to Murtle Lake. Hansen said he looked forward to kayaking on the lake.

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YEARS AGO: One 24-hour period brought 59 new fires to Clearwater Forest District, said fire control officer Leon O'Dette. The largest fire in the district was at Jones Creek near Vavenby. “That one is really nasty,” said district manager Jim Munn. An application by Steve Wallace to establish a second taxi service in Clearwater was turned down by the Motor Carrier Commission. Margaret Wilkie, who was doing business as Clearwater Taxi, objected that a taxi service in the area faced a meagre prospect at best.

YEARS AGO:

A fire in Raft River valley was the largest of 32 spot fires started by lightning in the area. It was 17 per cent continued, and was being fought by 91 firefighters and 13 pieces of heavy equipment. One week later, the fire in Raft River valley (over 20 km from Clearwater)

had grown quickly but was being contained at 234 hectares. There were 60 local contract firefighters under the control of incident commander Sherri Madden. Sam Saul and Ida Matthew, elders of the North Thompson Indian Band, taught Lehal, an ancient guessing game of the Secwepemc people, to teen members of the band, tourists and interested locals. The lessons were part of a summer program at Raft River salmon viewing platform. Trevor Yeomans of Vavenby, age 15, placed 10th in shot-put at the B.C. Summer Games.

YEARS AGO: Clearwater Peewee Crushers softball team was on its way to Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan to take part in the Western Canadian Championships. Minister of Forests and Range Pat Bell announced the ministry would take a zerotolerance approach to people defying the open fire ban. “There will be

no warnings,” Bell said. “We’ll have a total of 340 staff on the ground, in the air and on the water enforcing this.” On Aug. 5 members of Central Interior Traffic Services in Clearwater seized more than 11 kg (24 pounds) of marijuana from a van during a road check on Highway 5 in Clearwater. The van had been modified with false walls to create gaps on both sides. The new inside wall had been covered with spray-on insulation. A 36-year-old male from Edmonton faced charges of possession for the purpose of trafficking. Run-of-the-river hydro projects had become a hot issue in the province but three such projects north of Blue River were still going ahead. According to Canadian Hydro Developers Inc. of Calgary, the proposed Bone Creek, Clemina Creek, and Serpentine Creek hydroelectric projects together would generate enough electricity to power 21,000 homes. “We are currently proceeding with the Blue River projects, with a construction work focus presently on Bone Creek,” said Kelly Matheson, manager of environmental affairs with Canadian Hydro. Cory Graffunder found that the motorbiking in the hills around Vavenby he did as a youth was good practice for one

of the toughest enduro races in the world – the Erzberg rodeo in Austria. “It takes place in an old iron mine,” said Graffunder. “The man who designs the course goes out and finds the nastiest stuff he can. The idea is that only one bike will finish and be the winner.” In the previous year’s race, only 21 out of the 500 motorcyclists who started actually completed the course. Graffunder was among those 21 and placed fifth.

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Some of Canada's most outstanding thinkers and writers had been invited to the upcoming Speak to the Wild – a Wells Gray World Heritage Year event. “It will be a four-day event with an internationally renowned set of authors,” TRU dean of science Tom Dickinson told Clearwater Rotary Club. More than a dozen Clearwater and area youngsters took part in the EUReKA! Science Camp put on annually by TRU. About 150 people, many of them former residents, attended a barbeque held as part of a Blue River reunion during the August long weekend. The event was hosted by TNRD Area B (Thompson Headwaters) services committee and director Willow MacDonald.

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Groups partner to develop North Thompson Valley tourism branding and marketing Times Staff Major stakeholders in the rugged, scenic North Thompson Valley are partnering to create a compelling new tourism brand, website and mobile digital strategy aimed at increasing the number of visitors from Europe, Australia and across Canada to this world-class destination. The five stakeholders – spanning the beautiful North Thompson Valley and Highway 5 corridor from just north of Kamloops all the way to the Alberta border near Jasper – have joined in a pilot project with Thompson Okanagan Tourism Association (TOTA) to have expert resource people create brand messaging and a strong online presence that will attract more travellers to visit and stay in the area. The project will be funded by the five stakeholder groups, with matching support from the provincial government’s tourism agency, Destination BC, through its Community Tourism Opportunities program. The stakeholders are Tourism Sun Peaks, the Lower North Thompson Tourism Society, Tourism Wells Gray, the ThompsonNicola Regional District, and Tourism Valemount. “This initiative aims to unify the North Thompson valley and the Valemount area into a distinct, destination experience for both Canadian and international visitors,” commented Gy Ovenden, president of Tourism Wells Gray. “The benefit to local tourism is to build greater awareness of the North Thompson Valley as a multi-day destination in itself for people touring or travelling through the interior of British Columbia, and of course Wells Gray Park will always be the showpiece natural attraction at the heart

Helmcken Falls in Wells Gray Park is one of the major tourist attractions in the North Thompson watershed. A consortium of five tourism-related organizations is getting ready to implement a plan to bring more visitors to the valley. Times file photo

of the valley.” Ovenden pointed out that the initiative could especially benefit sectors such as agritourism and recreational fishing that are better packaged in terms of what the entire valley has to offer. “Tourism Wells Gray is a partner in this program because we believe it is important to ensure that it complements our existing tourism marketing strategy, whilst leveraging greater promotion of the area,” Ovenden said. Project leader Simone Carlysle-Smith, TOTA’s community development specialist, said the project flows from a tourism plan prepared for the North Thompson Valley more than a year ago. She noted that document was the first area plan within the Thompson Okanagan to align with the 10-year Thompson Okanagan Regional Tourism Strategy, which had been finalized in November 2012. Carlysle-Smith added that this branding and digital-strategy

project is the latest in a series of community tourism pilot projects carried out in the Thompson Okanagan region in recent years which have incorporated the principles of the Regional Tourism Strategy and have included the Canadian Tourism Commission’s sophisticated research-

based tourism marketing program, EQ (Explorer Quotient) – which develops marketing based on the potential visitor’s social values and travel motivations. These projects have been undertaken by TOTA and stakeholders in the Similkameen Valley, Enderby, Summerland, and Boundary Country. "Each of these projects has had a somewhat different mix of goals, but each has incorporated the Regional Strategy and EQ," Carlysle-Smith said. "We’re so excited to have had such a

diverse range of projects. Each one helped us gain valuable experience in how to roll out the Strategy for different communities and areas, and helped our resource people build their expertise in developing powerful tourism branding and digital marketing that aligns with the Regional Strategy and EQ. We now have a robust toolkit that can help almost any type of community in our region to take their tourism branding and marketing to the next level." The North Thompson Valley encompasses ranchlands, hundreds of lakes, wilderness areas and soaring mountains. It contains the communities of Avola, Barriere, Birch Island, Blackpool, Blue River, Clearwater/Wells Gray, Darfield, Little Fort, Louis Creek, Sun Peaks, Valemount and Vavenby. The area includes stunning natural wonders perfect for backcountry adventure tourism. The goal of the branding and website/ digital project is to attract more visitors from overseas, primarily Europe and Australia, and from Canada, who until now have viewed the North Thompson Valley more as a travel corridor between Southern B.C. and Alberta, rather than as an area rich with its own amazing destinations that deserve an extended stay. The project will develop a brand, a website and a digital strategy that will focus on outstanding destinations and activities that exemplify the authentic Canadian outdoors summer and winter experiences that visitors can have in the North Thompson Valley. The website will tell the North Thompson Valley story through the profile of key destination experiences and the unique ecosystem. The site will

provide direct links to the main tourism website of each of the five groups sponsoring this joint marketing project. Christopher Nicolson, president of Tourism Sun Peaks and chair of the North

Thompson Valley Marketing Committee, said the five stakeholder groups in the area recently signed a memorandum of understanding to form the marketing committee and work together on initiatives like this branding and website project. "The North Thompson is a dis-

tinct part of British Columbia, defined by pillars such as Wells Gray Park, Murtle Lake and Mt. Robson," Nicolson noted. "These are iconic to adventure seekers and place the region on a global stage with New Zealand and Patagonia." TOTA president and CEO Glenn Mandziuk said this project demonstrates how five groups, which market their own destinations separately, can come together and enhance their own efforts by developing an area tourism brand that is supported by the Regional Tourism Strategy and EQ marketing techniques. "I commend everyone involved in this project because it shows the strength and value of partnerships in our industry, and because it takes

us much further along the road of developing world-class best practices in how we brand and market our tourism destinations," Mandziuk said. The project team includes Simone Carlysle-Smith (project leader), Christopher Nicolson (president of Tourism Sun Peaks and chair of the North Thompson Valley Marketing Committee), Roger Handling (Terra Firma Digital Arts – for branding and web design), Teresa Nightingale (Attention Web and Graphic Design – for website production), A Couple of Chicks E-Marketing (for digital strategy), Kim Cameron and Kathleen Head (EQ content writers), and Kelly Funk (imagery). The project will be completed this fall.

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Trades funding for university Kamloops This Week Thompson Rivers University will receive $265,000 to help reduce its wait lists for trades deemed vital to the liquified naturalgas industry. The money will allow 52 more students into the programs, 18 each in welder and electrician foundation level and 16 in the carpenter foundation level. The money is part of $6.6 million the government is putting into seats for critical trades-education in post-secondary institutions as part of its Skills for Jobs Blueprint.

Drinking in public

A report was made this past week of liquor consumption and loud music at the Dutch Lake boat launch. Please be reminded that while a cold beer on a hot day can be a wonderful thing, there is a time and, more importantly, a place. Consumption of liquor (beer or otherwise) in a public place can cost $230 dollars to start, and your remaining alcohol poured out. Please, drink responsibly – and drink where it is legal.

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A concert and campout that was part of Clearwater Kayak Festival was held in Birch Island during the last weekend of July. RCMP are very happy to report that there were no reports made that could be

directly related to the festival. It appears the shuttle service and camp facilities provided ample incentive for festival goers to avoid the temptation of drinking and driving. The festival organizers should be commended for what appears to have been a very successful event all around.

Traffic is the most predominant issue

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A woman is dead and a man has suffered non-life threatening injuries following a single vehicle crash five km south of Blue River early Saturday morning. Both are residents of the central Vancouver Island area. According to Cpl. Bart Doerr of Clearwater RCMP's Traffic Services division, police received a report about the crash at approximately 3:57 a.m. on Saturday, Aug. 2. Upon the arrival of the police at the scene, members ascertained that a northbound vehicle had left the travel portion of the highway and entered into the right

hand ditch. The vehicle then flipped before coming to rest a short distance away on its roof. There were two occupants in the vehicle at the time. During the crash, the female passenger appeared to not have been seat-belted into the vehicle. Unfortunately, the female passenger died at the scene from the injuries she sustained. The male driver was removed from the vehicle and was transported to the Clearwater hospital for non-life threatening injuries, including mid-body injuries. The RCMP are in the preliminary stages of this investigation and have not made any

definite determinations as to the cause or relative factors leading to this incident. At this point in time, drugs and alcohol are not suspected as contributing factors in this crash. During the time of the crash, weather and road conditions were considered good. A Southeast District RCMP collision reconstructionist attended the scene to assist the investigation. The local coroner also attended and is assisting with this investigation. The investigation will continue into the cause of this tragic incident. Police are not releasing the names of those involved as next-of-kin have yet to be notified.

B.C. forest fire bills piling up Tom Fletcher, Black Press VICTORIA – The B.C. government is spending $3.5 million a day to fight forest fires around the province, with the total for the year past $106 million and headed higher. The government is bracing for bills that could reach $250 million by the end of the summer, depending on weather and the number of fires that threaten homes. B.C. has brought in firefighters from Ontario, Alberta and New Brunswick, and issued several evacuation orders by the midpoint of the summer season. Finance Minister Mike de Jong asked

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is already approaching totals for the last two years. Highs in the past decade are $382 million in 2009 and $371 million in 2003, when fires damaged Kelowna and Barriere. "The possibility of the fire season consuming a quarter

billion tax dollars is real," de Jong said. "Whilst there is no issue about spending the money, it has to come from somewhere, so that's a cost item that's looking like it will be considerably more than what had been hoped for."

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Avola Reunion 2014: So many stories, so little time Eleanor Deckert A guest book collected signatures. A camera collected faces. A digital recorder collected voices. A journal collected stories. A chart collected five generations of family names. A time line collected dates. A map collected locations of homes, businesses, farms and events. That was just some of what happened during the fourth Avola Reunion, held during the August long weekend. Samples of stories overheard: “She killed the grizzly with her axe.” “He thought he’d be called overseas to battle so he went to town to find the prettiest girl and have a good time.” “The cop and us kids had street races on the straight stretch.” “We were just kids running down to wave at the train and we saw this guy in his truck get hit.” “Mom worked and Dad travelled so my big sister made the meals. We ate a lot of burnt potatoes.” “This is my Mom’s doll which was second hand in the 1930’s.” “I pulled the spark plug wires off the school bus.” Women from the city arrived to primitive conditions. Other wilderness women had never been to a city. Children moved from school to school while parents searched for stability. Mental

Avola Reunion 2014 Committee take a break. Colleen Herns-Jensen with grandson Alexander, Bob Jensen (the only Avola resident who has lived his whole life in the area), and Times freelancer Eleanor Deckert. Former Avola resident Cathy Tucker brings a “show and tell” to the Avola Reunion held last weekend. This model of Avola’s one room log school house (built in 1939) was part of her granddaughter, Cassidy Tucker's, Heritage Fair project at Raft River School this year. Cassidy was interested in the place her Dad, Travis Tucker, went to school. She visited the school house this spring, interviewed former teacher Jane Olson, and made a timeline about the building. Photo by Eleanor Deckert

health, still birth, suicide, gender issues, racial issues, religious divisions, alcoholics, violence in the home – these shadows are in the memories of our former Avola residents. Pranks and costumes, feasts and camaraderie, weddings and dances, games and movie night, children picking berries: these, too, are part of the early days in Avola. Committee heads Bob and Colleen Jensen noted that many contributed in many ways. The Log Inn Pub provided excellent meals and hosted overnight guests, musicians and Kevin Deckert’s “Then and Now” slide show. Denis Graffunder provided for great rates on the outdoor facilities. Larry Tucker and

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James and Linda Walford from Revelstoke attend the reunion. James was in the 1958 class as a five-year-old. Although his family moved that winter, he has vivid memories of his time in Avola. Photo by Eleanor Deckert

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vided the welcome tent with interviews and data collection. Outof-town guests came from near and far (between 60-80 people attended). Many put cash donations in the

jar. Geocachers and other tourists popped in. The Times promoted interest in the history of our valley. Present residents of Avola worked together to present the event.

Oldtimer Bob Jensen (r) explains historical details to Kevin Deckert. Valuing the old by preserving it through new technology, Deckert scanned many of Jensen’s photos to make a 30-minute digital slide show which ran continuously at the Log Inn during the festivities. Photo by Eleanor Deckert

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Bonjour à tous! Wow! It’s difficult to believe that 10 1/2 months have just flown by. It seems like yesterday I was packing my bags and getting ready to leave for my Rotary youth exchange in La Rochelle, France. At the end of April, my parents came to visit me for my two week spring vacation. It was so nice to see them after eight months! We visited La Rochelle and Surgères, being wined and dined by each of my host families, visiting the two islands, the Ile de Ré and the Ile d’Oléron that are near La Rochelle, Bordeaux and Saint Emilion, a historic town near Bordeaux. I was proud to be the “tour guide” showing them my life in France and taking them to places that I had visited, especially La Rochelle and Surgères, where I spent the majority of my time during my exchange. We also drove down and spent six days in Spain in the Basque Country. It’s like a mini country but it’s in the very northwest part of Spain and the southwest part of France. The people speak Basque, a language that has words that use so many letters, it was impossible for me to decipher. We visited the Guggenheim Modern Art Museum in Bilbao, the Vizcaya Bridge, which is an UNESCO Historic Site, and we went on a funicular in San Sebastian. We joined the lunch crowd at many Tapas bars, enjoying the local delicacies, and we walked and walked and walked. When it was time for them to leave, it wasn’t as hard because I knew that I would see them again in only 2 1/2 months. In May I was invited by my host Rotary club in France to go to Falmouth in Cornwall, England for an annual get together with its twin Rotary club. Falmouth Rotary Club showed us some sights in Cornwall, including

Katie Bieber poses for a picture with her father, Wes Bieber, in front of the towers at La Rochelle in France as she approaches the end of her nearly-one year long stay in France on a Rotary Club exchange. Photos submitted

Buckland Abbey (the house of Francis Drake, the first Englishman to go around the world), an old mine, a historic house, and we took a little train on “The Bodmin and Wenford Railway.” I tried “Cornish Cream Tea,” which is basically normal black tea with scones with jam and clotted cream. Cornwall is famous for this clotted cream and I must say that it is delicious! I stayed with a really nice English host family and I had a great time getting to know the Falmouth Rotary Club. I attended my Rotary District’s “Fête de Student” (Student Party) in Bordeaux. It was our last day together as a group. We spent the day together planning a show for the evening. Everyone had to assemble by country and prepare something for the show. My fellow Canadians and I teamed up with the Finnish girl and we made a dance using Canadian/northern countries’ stereotypes, such as hockey, scraping windows, curling, and shovelling snow. At the end of the evening, when we all had to say good-

Cleawater's Katie Bieber encourages any students thinking of going on a Rotary youth exchange to contact her.

bye, it was really hard as it was the last time that most of us would see each other. The end of May and early June passed by quickly as the end of every school year normally does. On June 16 I left for Paris where I met up with 45 other Rotary exchange students to go on our Eurotour bus trip. We spent 12 days visiting Paris and Strasbourg (France), Munich (Germany), Prague (Czech Republic), Vienna (Austria)

where I celebrated my 19th birthday, Venice and Milan (Italy), Chamonix (France), and Geneva (Switzerland). I had an amazing time on this trip visiting wonderful places while making lifelong friends. After the bus trip I had one week to say goodbye to all of my families and friends in La Rochelle/ Surgères before I came home. I would just like to thank my home club, the Clearwater Rotary Club as well as my host club, le Rotary Club La Rochelle Aunis, for my wonderful exchange! I am very proud and thankful that I was chosen to represent Clearwater and Canada in La Rochelle, France. It was a once in a lifetime experience! This fall, Clearwater Rotary Club will be interviewing interested students for the 2015/2016 Rotary youth exchange, departure in August, 2015. If anyone is interested and would like to hear more about my experiences and my perspective on this incredible program, feel free to contact me.

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Looking at first CVFD firetruck Members of Clearwater Volunteer Fire Department stand in front of the departmentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first firetruck, a 1958 Chevy 1000 gallon tanker, during a May Day parade in 1971. Pictured are (l-r) Lloyd Romeo, fire chief Ray Donnelly, Fergie Musselman, Stan Walsh and Bert Sedor. Behind the tanker is a 1965 Dodge equipment van. Photo by Reg Small

A river raft piloted by Robert Beaudry of Riverside Adventures brings a load of Japanese and local Girl Guides down the Clearwater River during the last week of July. The girls also took part in the provincial SOAR camp in Enderby the week before. Photo by Kay Knox

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Ivan Reggadas (r) shows Jared Walker that sometimes the old guys can teach the young guys a thing or two. The two were taking part in drop-in community soccer at Clearwater Secondary School on July 31. Sessions are held every Tuesday and Thursday evening during the season. Reggadas, who is from Chile and has played soccer since he was five, helps coordinate the program. Photo by Keith McNeill

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Consultation sheds light on farmland changes Tom Fletcher BC Local News VICTORIA – Since commercial production of wine or cider is allowed on farmland, why not a brewery, distillery or meadery? Should energy cogeneration be allowed on farms, using manure or other biodegradable waste to produce methane gas and carbon dioxide? These are some of the questions included in the B.C. government's consultation on changes to Agricultural Land Reserve regulations, released this week. Others deal with controversial proposals to allow specified non-farm uses, secondary residences and subdivisions without permission from the Agricultural Land Commission. Developed after consultation with the B.C. Agriculture Council, local governments and the commission, the 11 questions offer more detail on changes the government is considering under legislation passed despite protests this spring. The legislation divided the ALR into two zones, to permit more flexibility in the Interior, Kootenay and North regions (Zone 2) where both agriculture revenue and development pressure are lower. One question asks whether farmland in all of Zone 2 should be able to be subdivided down to a minimum of a quarter section (65 hectares) without application to the ALC, as is now allowed in the Peace

The B.C. government allows wine and cider making on farmland, and is seeking public input on whether distilleries or breweries should also be permitted. — image credit: Black Press files

River and Northern Rockies Regional Districts in northeast B.C. Another proposal is to allow subdivision without ALC approval where farmland is divided by a major waterway or highway, subject to a minimum size. The province is also considering relaxing lease rules, which currently permit leasing of an entire farm property without ALC approval. The consultation asks if a portion of property should be allowed for lease to permit "intergenerational transfer," where farmers retire on a portion of their land so their children can continue to farm the rest. Another proposal for partial lease without ALC approval would allow unfarmed land to be brought into production. The partial leases would not require a formal subdivision. Agriculture Minister Norm Letnick has emphasized that changes to the ALR are designed to support farming, not erode the protected agricultural land base.

Public input is being accepted until Aug. 22. The questions and a background paper are available here, where submissions can be made. Comments can also be made by email to ALCA_feedback@gov.bc.ca or by Canada Post to ALR Regulation Consultation, P.O. Box 9120, Stn. Provincial Government, Victoria B.C. V8W 9B4.

When I was growing up my family would regularly go to my grandparent’s house for lunch on Sundays. My grandmother always had a big spread – roast beef, roast chicken, pork chops with potatoes and vegetables and salad and always two or more kinds of dessert (my grandmother had a real sweet tooth!). It got to be such a routine that I hardly knew anything different. About the same time as my grandmother’s health was beginning to affect her ability to continue this tradition, our lives were getting more complicated and we were less able to make the weekly commitment. But I remember those Sunday meals with great fondness. It was more than just a meal. Oh sure, the food was always good, but it was the company and the conversation that was the most rewarding. I was too young to fully appreciate it at the time, but time spent sitting around that table or in the living room afterwards was formative. It was there that I heard stories of my parents' and grandparents' lives; it was there that I heard about people who had passed away and people who passed through our family; it was there that I learned what being a part of this family meant; it was there I learned who I am. Some of the stories I first heard around that table have become legends in our family, they are a part of the family lore, full of strange names that I don’t recognize and places that I would have difficulty finding on a map. Over time, some of the details were forgotten and others have morphed, but the stories still remain and so does the reason for telling the sto-

ries – to remind us of who we are. Whether they happened exactly as they are re-told is unimportant, the point of the story is much By Rev. bigger than the details Brian Krushel of story. North Thompson I find it quite fasPastoral Charge cinating that there have been a number of recent major motion pictures based on Biblical stories. This year alone there was “Noah”, starring Russell Crowe, and “Son of God” produced by Mark Burnett. Ten years ago it was Mel Gibson’s “The Passion of the Christ” and there is talk of at least two more coming down the pike, both by director Ridley Scott, one based on the story of the Exodus and one based on the story of David. Why the sudden interest in bringing Bible stories to the big screen? Has there been a sudden rise in the level of religious devotion among North American audiences (or movie directors and producers)? I don’t think so. I suspect it has to do with the nature of these stories – these are stories that remind us of who we are. And they are stories that are much larger than any of the details of the story. The stories found in the Bible are about more than just historical people and events. At their core, these are stories that are about the nature of human beings and the world we live in. They are about the way things are, not about the way things were. Noah, David, Moses, Esther, Mary, all of them are all of us, their stories are our stories. Reading these stories (or watching them) is like spending time with family, sitting around the dining room table or the living room, hearing about who we are. There’s a little of us in each one of them. And a little of them in each one of us.

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VICTORIA – The Forest Practices Board will investigate how much progress communities have made in reducing forest fuels in the wildland-urban interface. The investigation is a follow-up to a report the Board published in February 2010. "We decided earlier this year that it was time to take a look and see what has happened since our first report came out," said board chair Tim Ryan. "The number of fires so far this summer has shown this is an urgent topic for the board to revisit and report on to the public." The earlier report examined fuel reduction treatments at 50 sites across the province, and included interviews with local governments, the First Nations Emergency Services Society, the B.C. Wildfire Management Branch,

and consultants working on fuel treatment projects. It noted that good progress had been made, but much work remains to be done. This investigation will revisit some of those same sites to assess how effective the fuel treatments were. More recent treatment sites will also be examined and interviews with communities, government staff and fire experts will be conducted to assess fuel reduction progress over the last five years. "Preventive treatments to reduce wildfire risk and severity are one of the best things we can do to protect communities," said Ryan. "We previously identified best practices for local governments, consultants and citizens and we are hoping to find that they are being followed."

The board will be seeking input from communities as part of the project. However, given the current fire situation in the province, most field work likely won't proceed until the fall, when more staff and experts are available to provide input to the project. The Forest Practices Board is B.C.'s independent watchdog for sound forest and range practices, reporting its findings and recommendations directly to the public and government. The board can investigate and report on current forestry and range issues and make recommendations for improvement to practices and legislation. For more information: www.fpb.gov. bc.ca/managing_forest_ fuels_in_the_wui_2014_ update_special_investigation_tor.pdf

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Cathy McLeod, Member of Parliament for KamloopsThompson-Cariboo, recently announced the launch of Connecting Canadians, a new Government of Canada program that will bring high-speed Internet to 280,000 Canadian households that currently do not have Internet or have

slower access. Between now and 2017, the Government will invest up to $305 million to extend access to broadband Internet at 5 megabits per second (Mbps) to 98 percent of Canadian households, mainly in rural and remote communities across Canada. In the weeks ahead, constituents of Kamloops-ThompsonCariboo are invited

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been developed to obtain feedback from Canadians, ISPs, and provincial and territorial governments across the country to identify those communities that are most in need of investment for greater access to high-speed Internet. Information about communities considered in need and eligible for funding will be made public this fall, followed by a call for applications from ISPs. Companies interested in participating in Connecting Canadians will be invited to submit applications for projects this fall. The first projects are expected to be announced in spring 2015. “For all Canadians, especially those living in rural and remote areas, having access to high-speed Internet helps create new jobs as well as new innovative products and businesses,” stated MP McLeod. “As more and more Canadians work and engage online, ensuring those in rural and remote areas have high-speed Internet access will enable them to fully take advantage of the digital economy.” Connecting Canadians delivers the federal government’s commitment

in Economic Action Plan 2014 to bring high-speed Internet to an additional 280,000 Canadian households in rural and remote regions of the country. This program follows the successful Broadband Canada program, which ran from 2009–12, and connected nearly 220,000 Canadian households in rural regions to 1.5 Mbps Internet for the first time. Today, as a result, more than 99 percent of Canadian households in communities large and small have access to this 1.5Mbps level of service. “The launch of Connecting Canadians is great news for KamloopsThompson-Cariboo. It will bring the benefits of high-speed Internet to even more people in our area, ensuring they can take advantage of the opportunities of the digital age. Through programs like Connecting Canadians, our Government is working to help Canadian businesses and individuals get access to the Internet speeds necessary for them to interact and work online while remaining in their communities,” concluded MP McLeod.

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'Confidential informant’ alerted authorities to cross-border poacher, court told Tim Petruk – Kamloops This Week The ongoing trial of a Kamloops man accused in the 1999 cross-border poaching of a record-setting Dall sheep underscores an issue plaguing our territorial neighbours to the north — B.C. hunters illegally killing Yukon animals. That’s according to a man who’s spent the last 35 years patrolling the Yukon wilds for illegal hunting. The top photo shows Kamloops hunter Abe Dougan and his record-setting Dall sheep in 1999. He said the animal was killed in northwestern B.C. The mountain depicted in the photo below is in the Yukon — 18 kilometres north of the B.C./Yukon border. Both photos were entered as evidence by the Crown during Dougan’s poaching trial in Kamloops. Kris Gustafson, a conservation officer based in Whitehorse, was the lead investigator in putting together the case against Abe Dougan, the Kamloops man facing a dozen federal wildlife charges alleging he illegally killed a record-setting Dall sheep in the Yukon 15 years ago. He said B.C. hunters authorized to hunt big game in parts of B.C. adjacent to the Yukon routinely cross the territorial border and kill animals in the Yukon. “It’s a concern for us,” Gustafson, who is now director of Conservation Officer Services for Environment Yukon, told KTW outside court. “We have concerns respecting any illegal harvesting of wildlife — and that’s a big one.” Gustafson told court he was the driving force behind a Yukon conservation campaign in the 1980s to keep B.C. hunters in their own province. That included a program that set up signs along the border and on the shores of float-plane-friendly lakes warning hunters they were no longer in B.C. That program, Gustafson said, is still in operation. Court has heard Dougan in 1999 received special authorization via lottery to hunt sheep — a limited-

entry hunt — in a specific part of northwestern B.C. between the Yukon and Alaska borders. He bagged a record-setting Dall sheep, which was the second-largest ever recorded in B.C. The score made its way into the pages of the fifth edition of Big Game Records of British Columbia when it was published in 2003. In 2011, conservation officials in the Yukon received a tip from a confidential informant telling them to look closely at the B.C. record book — specifically at the picture of Dougan with his record sheep. The tipster said the photo was taken in the Yukon. A mapping specialist with Environment Yukon then created a three-dimensional computer model of the Yukon mountains and searched until he found what looked like the matching spot. In July 2011, a team of three investigators, including Gustafson, flew by helicopter to the site, 18 kilometres north of the B.C./Yukon border. They took photos from what the Crown says is the exact location the photographer who shot Dougan’s picture would have been standing. The Crown contends the mountains depicted in the backgrounds are identical and prosecutor Lesley Ann Kilgore called the area “unique” geographically. Court has heard Dougan, after killing the sheep, was required to tell B.C. officials where it was killed. He gave them a location in the section of northwestern B.C. where he was authorized to hunt. Defence lawyer Kevin Church has questioned the authenticity of the photos and the fact investigators failed to visit the location where Dougan claimed to have killed the sheep. “They don’t ever go to where Mr. Dougan says he shot this sheep,” he said. “They never even try.” Lawyers will meet this week to set a date for the trial to resume.

The top photo shows Kamloops hunter Abe Dougan and his record-setting Dall sheep in 1999. He said the animal was killed in northwestern B.C., where he was licensed to hunt sheep. The mountain depicted in the photo below is in the Yukon — 18 kilometres north of the B.C./Yukon border. Both photos were entered as evidence by the Crown during Dougan’s poaching trial in Kamloops. — image credit: Submitted Photo:

Lots out there to enchant even a gimpy hiker Trekking Tales By Kay Knox of us sallies forth after assessing each one’s time constraints, stamina, and capabilities. Occasionally, like Molly the dog, we admit to getting older, but laugh that thought away immediately. When we could finally stow our snowshoes in the spring, our group re-visited favourite trails close to town, around the airstrip, Road 1, and many nearby lanes inviting us to loop the loop. We got misplaced less often if I didn’t

lead. Nearby Gates Creek trail took two mornings and we used two vehicles to shorten the hiking distance, though not the time it took, on the “back” section. Coral root orchids, blooming in pink and white beside the trail, did not seem to miss the leaves or chlorophyll which these tall, slim fungi lack. On another Friday we parked near Third Canyon Bridge and hiked on an old road not far below the present paved road, to

Second Canyon. The old bridge has deteriorated, even in the five or so years since I last saw it. The creek was just a trickle that we could have stepped over, but didn’t. We must visit again soon to see what changes happened as a result of the blockage of the culvert beneath the newest highway a few weeks later. A drive partway up Candle Creek Road took us to the power line on a particularly bright, blue-sky day. Red Indian Paintbrush, yellow, blue and white flowers lined our route, and the crop of delicious wild strawberries had us stopping for refreshments often. It wasn’t until the beginning of July, that the trail up to the Trophy Mountain Meadows was almost snow free, and by then the glacier lilies

in the lower section were already starting to fade. However, at the Shepherd’s Hut we were surrounded by a host of those golden flowers. When driving back down, the people in our car saw a mama grouse with one chick; near the former prison, a sleek black bear crossed the road in front of us. Being the gadding person that I am, I missed many Friday hikes like recent ones to Placid Lake and the loop joining Spahats Falls and the Clearwater River Valley overlook. North Thompson Provincial Park, the gravel road that takes in the confluence of North Thompson and Clearwater rivers, walking the Clearwater River Road section by section, with loops down to the Kettle, parts

of Clearwater River Trail and more keep us entertained and active all year long. In summer months, hikes may start earlier when they are longer, more challenging, or higher; winter has us dusting off those snow shoes once more. Doggie

companions don’t care what time of year it is as long as they are with us. Hiking anyone? Meet the group at 9 a.m. every Friday morning at the Information Centre. Got a new place to take us? Let’s go! Your Hometown Homepage

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Once upon a time I was a real hiker, swinging along with a loaded backpack for overnight or weeklong camps. Nowadays it’s a day pack, water bottle, mosquito dope and hiking poles. With bionic hip and “arthroscopically-notquite-mended” knee, I am now an aging gimp! Some days making it up or down our six steps is even a challenge. And let’s not mention the toosmall zipper-off hiking pants.... But I am still out there appreciating the trails around Clearwater and in Wells Gray Park that are easy enough for me to hike, and always different to match the time of year, the weather, and company sharing the adventure. On our long-standing regular Friday morning hikes, a small group

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