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and March 15 to hear formal complaints. The East Kootenay assessment office is located at Suite 200, 117 Cranbrook St North in Cranbrook. During the month of January, office hours are 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday to Friday. Property owners can contact BC Assessment toll-free at 1-866-valueBC (1-866-8258322) or online by clicking “CONNECT” at www.bcassessment.ca.

The New Year kicked off with a bang for local RCMP members, who had their hands full throughout the evening as they responded to a number of calls from the serious to the humorous. The most serious was an incident up in the Park Royal neighbourhood at 2:45 a.m. where two groups of people were involved in a fight. RCMP responded and quickly learned that knives and pool cue balls were used as weapons. Four individuals suffered significant injuries such as slash wounds, knocked-out teeth and bite marks, however, all received medical attention and are not suffering from any life-threatening injuries. Four subjects were taken into custody without incident at the scene. Three were found in a vehicle attempting to leave the area while the fourth was tracked by the police dog and found hiding in a shed. A pool cue ball and knife believed to be used in the assault were also located and seized. “This is not a random act,” said S/Sgt. Dave Dubnyk, the Cranbrook RCMP detachment commander. “The subjects knew each other and are known to police.”

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Welcome Mason Wright, the first baby born at the East Kootenay Regional Hospital in 2015. Mason was born at 1:22 p.m. on Jan. 1, 2015, to parents Dave and Alyssa Wright, from Kimberley B.C. Mason weighed in at nine pounds, seven ounces.

Property values increasing in 2015 Assessment notices being sent out to Cranbrook area residents

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Owners of more than 14,000 properties in the City of Cranbrook and the surrounding area can expect to receive their 2015 assessment notices in the next few days. “Most homes in Cranbrook are worth more in value compared to last year’s Assessment Roll,” said Rod Ravenstein, Kootenay Region Deputy Assessor. “Most home owners in the City of Cranbrook will see modest increases depending on their location. For example, a typi-

cal single family home in Cranbrook that was previously assessed at $252,000 was valued at $257,000 in the summer of 2014.” Overall, Cranbrook’s Assessment Roll increased from $2.66 billion last year to $2.71 billion this year. This value reflects a change due to market movement as well as $30.1 million in growth due to subdivisions, rezoning and new construction. The examples below demonstrate local market trends for residential proper-

ties by geographic area. In addition, owners of commercial and industrial properties in Cranbrook will typically see changes ranging from +/- 5%. “Property owners who feel that their property assessment does not reflect market value as of July 1, 2014, or see incorrect information on their notice, should contact BC Assessment as indicated on their notice as soon as possible in January,” said Ravenstein. “If a property owner is still

concerned about their assessment after speaking to one of our appraisers, they may submit a Notice of Complaint (Appeal) by February 2, for an independent review by a Property Assessment Review Panel,” added Ravenstein.www.bcassessment.ca We Value BC The Property Assessment Review Panels, independent of BC Assessment, are appointed annually by the Ministry of Community, Sport and Cultural Development, and typically meet between February 1

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time skiing. It also has some of the highest snow records in the region. The village also offers ski-in, ski-out accommodations. Whistler Blackcomb took the top of the list. The Active Times noted that the popularity helped in the decision, as did the two side-byside mountains that give the resort the most skiable acres on the continent, with 8,172 acres. The mountains offer vertical drops, 16 alpine bowls, more than 200 marked trails and six terrain parks. The resort also receives on average 11.74 metres of snow a year. For the full list, check out The Active Times‚Äò 50 Best Ski Resorts for 2014-2015 in North America.

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Visit www.bcassessment.ca for more information about the 2015 Assessment Roll including lists of 2015’s top 100 most valuable residential properties across the province. Of note, BC Assess-

ment has launched a newly-enhanced version of its free e-valueBC service that allows the general public to search, check and compare properties online from across the province. Improved

navigation, an interactive map and inclusion of property street-front imagery are among the new features. Also new for 2015, BC Assessment has updated its Customer Service Standards which include commitments to

be open & transparent, fair & accurate, timely & accessible, knowledgeable & respectful, and innovative & collaborative. “Our service commitments and standards clearly indicate the level of service that

you can expect from BC Assessment and ensure we focus on customer needs as we continue to deliver excellent service,” said Ravenstein. Follow BC Assessment on Twitter, YouTube, Facebook,

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Two of the four accused were released on a Promise to Appear for a future court date. The other two were taken before a Judicial Justice of the Peace and remanded in custody. Police are recommending various charges ranging from assault with a weapon, assault causing bodily harm, uttering threats, obstruction of justice and breach of a court order. Police have done a number of interviews in relation to the investigation, but ask anyone who witnessed the altercation to call the detachment. That particular incident was the most serious call of the night, but there were other altercations that required an RCMP presence as well, according to Dubnyk. “It actually ended up being a very busy night there in spite of my hopes and historically, but anytime you get that many people out and add alcohol, you’re rolling the dice,” he said. After the bell struck for midnight, the RCMP were called out a few times throughout the night of Jan 1, 2015 to deal with the following: • 1:09 a.m. — Police received a call of an individual laying in a snowbank on Cobham Ave. Police attended and located a very intoxicated individual. The subject was close to home and given a ride back to his house where he was taken into custody by his parents. • 2:11 a.m. — Police responded to the report of a domestic dispute. Subsequent investigation resulted in a male being taken into custody and has since been released on a Promise to Appear for first court date. • 2:30 a.m. — Police responded to a report of two females in a fistfight at a local liquor establishment. One was arrested as she was also fighting with bar staff. • 2:41 a.m. — Police received a call requesting a well-being check be done on an individual as the caller was concerned for personal safety. Police attended and located the subject, who was home in bed and asleep. • 3:52 a.m. — Police responded to reports of two people fighting at a residence. Upon arrival, one of the combatants had left the party and RCMP determined there were no concerns with him returning and causing further problems. • 5:14 a.m. — Police received a report of a possible impaired driver. The vehicle was located but the driver was not over the legal alcohol limit. However, it was determined he did not have a valid driver’s license and was issued a violation ticket. • 5:30 a.m. — Police responded to the report of a vehicle that had driven into a house at the 2200 block of 5th St. South. Upon arrival, RCMP arrested the female driver of the vehicle and started an impaired driving investigation. The female driver provided two breath samples indicating blood-alcohol content three times over the legal limit after being taken down to the RCMP detachment. She was issued a 24-hour and a 90-day prohibition with a Promise to Appear for a court appearance. • 5:39 a.m. — Police responded to a report of two roommates fighting at a residence. Upon arrival, one of the combatants had left. He was later located and spent the night at another residence and caused no further problems. • 7:18 a.m. — Police responded to a report of a domestic assault. Police attended and arrested a female, who has since been released from custody for a Promise to Appear for a future court appearance.

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FEATURES Looking back on 2014: Our year in review concludes Continued from Friday, January 2

November 1 On Saturday, Nov. 1, Gord Johnston, Project Leader for Cranbrook’s Habitat for Humanity build, is pictured presenting the keys for Cranbrook’s first Habitat For Humanity home to David and Coreena Berry and their children Hana, Jordan, Alysha and Samantha. Events took place at a special ceremony on Saturday morning, Nov. 1, and the homesite in Slaterville. November 3 Friday, Oct. 31, was the grand opening ceremony for the newly constructed Aboriginal Gathering Place at the College of the Rockies. November 4 On Sunday, November 2, Kimberley Search and Rescue (SAR) successfully performed a technical rope rescue of a woman who had fallen into the creek while hiking near Meachen Falls.

November 5 For three city councillors not running in the Nov. 15 municipal election, it was an emotional farewell meeting on Monday at the City of Cranbrook council chambers. Councillors Bob Whetham, Denise Pallesen and Angus Davis sat in their last public meeting before the election. November 7 It was reported that 713 registered and first time voters cast their ballots at the first advance poll in the 2014 Municipal Election in Cranbrook on Wednesday — a new record. The previous record was 286 voters casting ballots at the first advance poll in the 2011 municipal election. November 10 Cranbrook’s Bud Abbott told the story of his involvement in the attack on the German bat-

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tleship Tirpitz in 1944. November 12 It was reported that the Cranbrook Women’s Centre is seeing a small uptake in community awareness since it sent a letter to council back in October asking for support. At that time, council agreed on a $300 grant to the centre for food. November 13 It was reported that Cranbrook’s notable hard-rock guitar legend Jacen Dean (“JD”) Ekstrom had died suddenly. Ekstrom, 42, was suddenly struck with a ruptured aorta on October 28th while in Calgary.n Most recently, Ekstrom had been guitarist for Vancouver rocker Bif Naked. November 14 The smell of smoke caused a Pacific Coastal flight to return to the Canadian Rockies Internaquotes as of tionalStock Airport Thursday closing 01/01/15

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November 27 A Cranbrook police officer was honoured for valour and meritorious service by the province on Nov. 20. Corporal Phillip Sullivan is a member of the Southeast District Police Dog Service in Cranbrook. Sullivan tracked and rescued a traveller lost in the wilderness and at risk of hypothermia. December 2 A pathologist and another RCMP officer testified in Cranbrook Supreme Court as the trial for Chyenne Learn resumed on Monday. In front of Justice Dev Dley, Dr. Gilles Molgat reported his findings on the autopsy of Tammy Ellis, while Cpl. Eric Barnes testified about his actions the day of, and the day after, the shooting. December 4 Two local students got the trip of a lifetime this past weekend where they took in the Grey Cup in Vancouver and spent time with the B.C. Lions as part of a Skills for Life youth summit. Ty Arscott and Brandon Archibald, both Grade 8 students at Laurie Middle School, were the chosen recipients out of the entire Southeast Kootenay school district to attend the two events, along with just over a hundred other students from across B.C. December 8 Crown and defence counsel made their final submissions to the court in the trial of Cheyenne Learn on Friday in Cranbrook Supreme Court. In front of Justice Dev Dley, Crown counsel Lianna Swanson and defence counsel Brent Bagnall both painted two very distinct narratives for the events leading up to Dec. 17, 2007, where Tammy Ellis died after being shot by Learn inside a residence. December 9 Trying to find a family doctor isn’t a new challenge for people living in rural communities, but for Ingrid Steppan, it is the ticket for coming home. Steppan is currently in Ottawa recovering from a stemcell transplant after a

four-year battle with an extremely rare disease. Though she needed specialized treatment that required her to seek care in Ottawa, she hopes to return home to continue her recovery. December 10 The new mayor and council spoke about their new positions and their hopes for the next four years during the inaugural city council meeting on Monday, Dec. 8. The members of council also took the time to thank supporters, families and those who took the time to vote in the municipal election. December 11 Cheyenne Learn was found guilty of second-degree murder by Justice Dev Dley to conclude his trial in the shooting death of Tammy Ellis in December 2007. Learn was previously convicted of second degree murder in his first trial in 2009, but that was overturned on appeal in 2013 and he was awarded a new trial. December 15 Every year, the Cranbrook and District Chamber of Commerce chooses one outstanding resident for Citizen of the Year. This year that recognition goes to Derek Kortschaga. Kortschaga’s nomination was endorsed by several letters of support from organizations and residents of the community. The letters note Kortschaga’s ongoing support for charity initiatives and the creating new events every year. December 16 Cranbrook ice climber Gord McArthur won the North American championship at an ice climbing competition in Bozeman, Montana this past weekend. McArthur also took fourth in the UIAA Ice Climbing World Cup, and currently sits in fourth place on the UIAA world cup circuit. December 17 The Cranbrook Banker’s Association held it’s annual Food Bank Auction on Dec. 5. The fundraiser lunch included a live and silent auction held at at the Heritage Inn. It is the

biggest fundraiser for the food bank, and this year money also went to the Salvation Army. December 18 Kathy’s Kitchen will close its doors at the end of the month. Owner Kathy Simon has been in business for 30 years and decided it was a good time to retire. Kathy said she’s going to miss the business and the community that revolves around it. December 19 The local SPCA branch was busy in the past few weeks, with upgrades and renovations, donation gathering for new kennels and most recently dealing with a quarantine due to a sick cat. Brenna Baker, manager at the East Kootenay SPCA branch, said they haven’t got a lot of donations for the kennel specifically, though some donations have come in recently. December 20 At the end of January there will be a six-week program that teaches people with disabilities how to ski at the Kimberley ski hill. Allan Watson is an instructor with the Canadian Association of Disabled Skiers (CADS) and organized the program. December 23 Only one episode remains in the Extreme Huntress series and Kimberley’s Nikita Dalke put herself in a good position over her fellow competitors following her sweep of a long distance shooting challenge. Dalke competed for the title of Extreme Huntress against five other contestants for a reality show that was filmed over the summer in Hondo, Texas. Episodes began airing late in the fall and the winner will be crowned in January in Dallas. December 29 On the 19th day of December, 2014, the Cranbrook RCMP arrested an adult male on outstanding warrants for Possession of a Controlled Substance for the Purpose of Trafficking. These warrants stemmed from charges out of Dawson Creek from 2010.

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Courage gets B.C. face in Ebola fighter Patrice Gordon Nurse has no regrets, considering return to West Africa

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B.C. Ebola fighter Patrice Gordon’s hospitalization this week after coming down with a fever has put a B.C. face on the army of medical heroes battling the killer disease in West Africa. The Rossland nurse practitioner was released from an isolation unit at Kelowna General Hospital Thursday after three tests for Ebola came back negative. She returned Christmas Day from four weeks in Sierra Leone and drove to hospital Dec. 29 – part way into her three-week period of self-quarantine at a Kelowna hotel – after developing symptoms now thought to be merely a severe cold. Gordon spoke out Friday after finding herself in a media spotlight, saying she hopes more B.C. volunteers help fight the epidemic and that they can return home to face less stigma and fear than she did. “Don’t be afraid of us when we come home,” she told reporters by phone, insisting medical workers like herself and designated hospitals are well prepared to prevent spread of the disease. “If I had it, it would have ended with me.” Gordon’s Christmas Day arrival was a lonely one – nobody met her at the airport and she went straight to a hotel room to begin her isolation. “I would have loved to have somebody come and give me a hug. But I certainly wasn’t about to broadcast that I had just been in one of the countries affected by Ebola because I didn’t know what kind of reaction I was going to get.”

ished. “I would not change a thing, except to make Ebola go away,” she said. “This is how we make the world a better place – we go and do what we can.” Seven others from B.C. are now self-monitoring for symptoms during their own 21-day Ebola incubation periods and nine previous volunteers have undergone the three-week wait and been cleared. All shared in an unexpected honour – Time Magazine’s declaration of Ebola fighters as its Person of the Year. “They risked and persisted, sacrificed and saved,” Time’s Nancy Gibbs wrote, citing their “tireless acts of courage and mercy” that helped buy the world time to boost its defenses. “The rest of the world can sleep at night because a group of men and women are willing to stand and fight.” Gordon and other Red Cross workers celebrated in Sierra Leone when they heard the news but she immediately used it the next day to try to boost the spirits of their Ebola patients. Black Press “The entire world is pulling Rossland nurse practitioner Patrice Gordon spoke out Friday for you guys,” she recounted after finding herself in a media spotlight, saying she hopes telling the stricken Africans, who she insists are the “real more B.C. volunteers help fight ebola. heroes” fighting the disease. Gordon previously worked huge,” she said. A possible return to the Her three adult sons were Ebola battlefield of West Africa overseas in Afghanistan and signed up with the Canadian “not impressed” with her deci- has already crossed her mind, Red Cross prior to the Ebola sion to go on the mission in the even though the B.C. nurse reoutbreak. She trained on pro- first place and were “very wor- mains under hotel room lockcedures in Spain before going ried” to learn she was in hospi- down until she’s deemed safe to an Ebola treatment centre in tal being tested for Ebola. from the disease on Jan. 14. But Gordon says she has no Kenema, Sierra Leone on Nov. “My family’s going to kill regrets, despite sweat-soaked me,” Gordon said. “But they 21. “The pull for me to be able work and having her “heart know me well enough to know to go and use my skills and try broken 10 million times” as that I would already be conto make a difference there was victims young and old per- templating going back.”

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id you know there’s an oil war? And the war has an objective: to destroy Russia,” said Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro in a live television speech last week. “It’s a strategically planned war … also aimed at Venezuela, to try and destroy our revolution and cause an economic collapse.” It’s the United States that has started the war, Maduro said, and its strategy was to flood the market with shale oil and collapse the price. Russia’s President Vladimir Putin agrees. “We all see the lowering of oil prices.” he said recently. “There’s lots of talk about what’s causing it. Could it be an agreement between the U.S. and Saudi Arabia to punish Iran and affect the economies of Russia and Venezuela? It could.” The evil Americans are at it again. They’re fiendishly clever, you know. We are hearing this kind of talk a lot these days, especially from countries that have been hit hard by the crash in the oil price. Last Thursday Brent crude hit $55 per barrel, precisely half the price it was selling for last June. The Obama administration’s announcement last week that it is preparing to allow the export of some US oil to foreign markets may send it even lower. (US crude oil exports have been banned since 1973.) When the oil price collapses, countries that depend very heavily on oil exports to make ends meet are obviously going to get hurt. President Putin, who has let Russia get itself into a position where more than half its budget revenue comes from oil and gas sales (some estimates go as high as 80 percent) is in deep trouble: the value of the rouble has halved, and the economy has already slipped into recession. Venezuela, where government spending is certainly more than 50 percent de-

pendent on oil exports, is in even deeper trouble — and, like Putin in Russia, President Maduro of Venezuela sees this as the result of an American plot. Various commentators in the West have taken up the chorus, and the conspiracy theory is taking root all over the developing world. So let us consider whether there really is an “oil war”. The accusation is that the United States is deliberately “flooding the market” with shale oil, that is, with oil that has only become available because of the fracking techniques that have become widespread, especially in US, over the past deGwynne the cade. Moreover, Washington is doing this for political Dyer purposes, not just because it makes economic sense for the United States to behave like this. In order to believe this conspiracy theory, however, you really have to think that a rational US government, acting in its own best economic interests, would do the opposite: suppress the fracking techniques and keep American oil production low, in order to keep its imports up and the oil price high. But why on earth would it want to do that? You will note that I am going along with the notion (a necessary part of the conspiracy theory) that all important business decisions in the United States are ultimately made by the US government. That is ridiculous, of course, but we don’t need to refute this delusion in order to settle the question at hand, so let it pass. Hydraulic fracturing (“fracking”) as a means of recovering gas and oil, particularly from shale formations, has its roots in early attempts dating back as far as 1947, but it was the development of cheap and reliable techniques for horizontal drilling in the late 1980s that slowly began to transform the US oil industry. By 2012, over a million fracking opera-

tions had been performed in US wells — but in 2012, last year’s events in Ukraine were unforeseen and the United States and Russia were still on relatively good terms. Many oil-exporting countries were worried by the prospect that rising US oil and gas production would shrink American imports and thereby cut their own profits, but it was still seen as a supply-and-demand problem, not a strategic manoeuvre. The operators wanted to make a profit, and Washington liked the idea that rising US domestic oil production might end the country’s dependence on imported oil from unstable places so much that it gave tax breaks and even some direct subsidies to the companies developing the fracking techniques. But that’s no more than what any other government of an oil-producing country would have done. So did the US develop fracking to hurt its enemies? The dates just don’t work for Russia: fracking was already making US production soar years before Washington started to see Moscow as an enemy. As for Venezuela, it continues to be the fourth-largest exporter of oil to the United States, at a time when the glut of oil on the market would let Washington cut Venezuela out of the supply chain entirely. And Barack Obama is not opening the flood-gates for massive American oil exports that will make the oil price fall even lower. The US still imports a lot of oil, and will go on doing so for years. He has only authorised the export of a particular kind of ultra-light oil that is in over-supply on the domestic market: only about one million barrels of it, with actual exports not starting until next August. If this is a conspiracy, it’s a remarkably slow-moving one. Gwynne Dyer is an independent journalist whose articles are published in 45 countries.

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TORONTO - Canada didn’t roll over Slovakia, and that might be the best thing to happen to this team at the world junior championship. Facing adversity and nervous tension for the first time all tournament, Canada gutted through a tough game and eventually pulled away for a 5-1 victory Sunday night. Russia awaits in the gold-medal game. During the third period, chants of “We Want Russia” and “We Want Gold” echoed through Air Canada Centre, and in the waning minutes fans sang a full rendition of “O Canada.” The rivalry with Russia that extends back to the 1972 Summit Series will get another chapter Monday night. “It’s the best thing for all of the hockey community, for business,” Russian coach Valeri Bragin said. “Russia-Canada: hockey classic.” Stunted by their own inconsistent play early and stopped at many turns by Slovak goalten-

der Denis Godla, Canada may be better-prepared for Russia than it would’ve been had it won in a blowout. While Russia had to beat the United States and Sweden in the knockout round, Canada hasn’t trailed in any of its games and took an easy road through Denmark to reach the semifinals. Led by Godla and his 39 saves, Slovakia proved to be a much tougher opponent. But Nic Petan had a hat trick, Shea Theodore and Anthony Duclair each added a goal, Connor McDavid recorded three assists and Zach Fucale made 14 saves to ensure the end of Canada’s world junior medal drought that dated back to 2012. Russia, which beat Sweden 4-1 earlier Sunday, is standing between Canada and its first gold medal since 2009 in Ottawa. “That’s going to be a tough game,” Russia’s Rinat Valiev said. “I saw a couple games, they’re very skilled. But we played against Canada before so I’m not scared

to play against (them).” Canada and Russia last met for gold in 2011 in Buffalo. Russian forward Ivan Barbashev said fans all over that country remember the comeback from down 3-0 for the 5-3 victory, a game Canadians would much rather forget. “It was unreal,” Barbashev said. “We have a pretty good team this year and we can beat anyone.” This was the first time Canada and Slovakia were facing off in the world junior semifinals. Canada’s players understood this wouldn’t be as easy as the first meeting with Slovakia, an 8-0 drubbing on Boxing Day. “They’re a different team and so are we,” winger Max Domi said Sunday morning. “We’ve both come a long way, and we’ve done a lot to get where we are now.” Undefeated, Canada cruised into the semifinals by blowing out Denmark in the quarter-finals. Slovakia got stellar play from Godla to beat the Czech Republic in Montreal.

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Team Canada and Kootenay Ice captain Sam Reinhart, pictured during summer development camp, will take on Team Russia in the gold medal game at the 2015 IIHF World Junior Championship Monday. Canada was an entirely different animal for Slovakia. Godla called it “the game of our lives.” Slovakia played like it, not rolling over despite a drastic talent discrepancy. Forward Martin Reway said one of the goals was not to give up a goal early to give themselves a chance. The Slovaks hung with Canada early, but a penalty opened the door for Canada to make it

Kootenay Ice earn weekend split on Alberta road trip Taylor Rocc a Sports Editor

Before heading out on the road, Kootenay Ice head coach Ryan McGill said his team just needed to get points. Earning a split of the weekend’s Central Division road games ensured the Ice did just that. The Ice defeated the Red Deer Rebels 5-3 Friday night before falling 3-1 to the Edmonton Oil Kings Saturday. “Friday, I thought we were an opportunistic team,” McGill said Sunday. “Our goaltending was excellent. “Our second period -- we get outshot 21-7 -we relied way too much on our goalie. When Red Deer turned the puck over, I thought we took advantage of their mistakes.” After Levi Cable opened the scoring in the first period, the Ice rattled off three goals in the second period, chasing Rebels starting goaltender Rylan Toth and taking a 4-1 advantage

into the dressing room at the second intermission. Ice forward Jon Martin played lights-out against the Rebels, earning a pair of goals in the second period, including the eventual game-winner, as well as an assist. “We need secondary scoring here in the second half [of the season] so it’s good to see,” McGill said of Martin’s play. “Hopefully he can continue to play with a physical presence and those opportunities will keep coming.” Martin’s two tallies pushed him to six goals on the season after missing 15 of his team’s first 22 games due to an upper-body injury. Including a two-goal performance in Kootenay’s season opener Sept. 19 in Red Deer, the 19-year-old native of Winnipeg has scored two-thirds of his goals this season against the Rebels. Ice goaltender Wyatt Hoflin, despite a heavy

workload that has seen him start a franchise-record 28 consecutive games, made 38 saves for the victory. In Edmonton Saturday, things didn’t go quite to plan for the Ice. “It’s our fifth game in eight nights. Your best players have to be your best players,” McGill said. “I didn’t think we put enough pucks to the net against a goaltender that’s world-class like [Tristan] Jarry. We were way too cute. “In saying that, we were still in the game towards the end, but you have to create momentum from the beginning of the game and not at the end of the game. We didn’t really create any kind of momentum or any sort of push in the second half of the game.” Jarry was a difference-maker Saturday, stopping 32 of the 33 shots he faced. Outside the play of the Oil Kings netminder, the Ice let opportunity slip away, going 0-for-7 on the

power play. Including Friday’s win in Red Deer, the Ice were blanked on the man advantage this weekend, finishing 0-for-11. “I attribute that to execution and not being crisp,” McGill said of the power play. “We didn’t move the puck the way we can. We were way too lethargic and way too methodical. When that happens, you’re way too predictable.” With the weekend shaking out as it did, the WHL’s Central Division remains a logjam. The Rebels (21-14-3-2, 47 points) continue to hold down second place while the Calgary Hitmen (21-15-1-2, 45) nip at the heels of their Alberta rival. Hot on the tail of the Hitmen are the fourth-place Ice (2118-0-1, 43) and Oil Kings (19-16-3-2, 43). The Ice get another chance to make up ground on Red Deer as the Rebels visit Western Financial Place Friday.

1-0. Captain Curtis Lazar cut to the net and found Petan, who got the puck on his forehand and beat Godla short side, top corner. Canada’s biggest scare came when Slovakia’s Pavol Skalicky blocked defenceman Madison Bowey’s shot from the blue-line and went the other way for a breakaway. Fucale made arguably his biggest save of the tournament by stretching out to get his

right foot on the shot just inside the post. Shots were 6-6 at the end of the first period, which may have been Canada’s worst 20 minutes in any game. The ice tilted in the second period, but Godla stood tall. Slovakia’s draft-eligible goaltender stopped 19 straight shots from Petan’s first goal until he scored again at 18:06 of the second. McDavid made an absurd pass through traffic to Petan,

who beat Godla clean to give Canada some breathing room. With 28.3 seconds left, Theodore’s goal off a pass from Anthony Duclair made it 3-0 and infused energy into a nervous crowd. But then a blown tire by Bowey led to a three-on-one and a goal for David Soltes to keep Slovakia in it. Petan completed the hat trick at 11:59 of the third to set off celebrations.

Kootenay Ice Scoring Summaries FrIday, Jan. 2

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First Period 1. KTN - L. Cable, (17) (M. Alfaro), 12:39 Second Period 2. KTN - J. Descheneau, (21) (T. Bozon), 8:16 3. KTN - J. Martin, (5) (M. Alfaro), 11:32 4. RDR - B. Maxwell, (11) (unassisted), 12:29 (PP) 5. KTN - J. Martin, (6) (unassisted), 17:29 Third Period 6. KTN - R. Chynoweth, (3) (J. Martin, T. Lishchynsky), 4:44 7. RDR - R. Sheen, (9) (M. Nell, C. Bobyk), 11:34 8. RDR - B. Maxwell, (unassisted), 11:50 Shots 1 2 3 T Kootenay Ice 8 7 9 24 Red Deer Rebels 8 21 12 41 Goaltenders Saves Mins SV% KTN - Wyatt Hoflin 38/41 60:00 0.927 RDR - Rylan Toth 11/15 37:29 0.733 Taz Burman 8/9 20:05 0.889 Power plays Kootenay Ice 0/4 (00.0%) Red Deer Rebels 1/5 (20.0%) Three Stars: 1) J. Martin (KTN); 2) B. Maxwell (RDR); 3) W. Hoflin (KTN) Attendance: 4,845 Saturday, Jan. 3

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First Period 1. EDM - B. Pollock, (17) (D. Mayo, A. Sautner), 10:16 (PP) Second Period 2. KTN - M. Alfaro, (6) (T. King, A. Vetterl), 10:12 3. EDM - D. Koch, (2) (K. Mohr), 14:00 Third Period 4. EDM - L. Bauer, (11) (B. Pollock), 19:18 (EN) Shots 1 2 3 T Kootenay Ice 8 7 9 24 Red Deer Rebels 8 21 12 41 Goaltenders Saves Mins SV% KTN - Wyatt Hoflin 29/31 59:22 0.935 EDM - Tristan Jarry 32/33 60:00 0.970

Power plays Kootenay Ice 0/7 (00.0%) Edmonton Oil Kings 1/3 (33.3%) Three Stars: 1) T. Jarry (EDM); 2) B. Pollock (EDM); 3) D. Mayo (EDM) Attendance: 6,492

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Scoring Statistics

Player GP Jaedon Descheneau 38 Luke Philp 39 Tim Bozon 25 Levi Cable 37 Sam Reinhart 15 Rinat Valiev 23 Zak Zborosky 40 Matt Alfaro 40 Tyler King 36 Jon Martin 25 Austin Vetterl 40 Troy Murray 40 Ryan Chynoweth 40 Cale Fleury 39 Bryan Allbee 37 Tanner Faith 19 Vince Loschiavo 34 River Beattie 34 Dylan Overdyk 24 Tanner Lishchynsky 5 Wyatt Hoflin 38 Austin Wellsby 30

G 21 17 13 17 8 5 11 6 5 6 3 2 3 0 3 1 3 2 0 0 0 0

Goaltending Statistics Player Wyatt Hoflin Keelan Williams

A 28 25 19 12 19 20 12 11 12 9 11 8 6 7 3 5 2 2 3 2 2 0

PTS 49 42 32 29 27 25 23 17 17 15 14 10 9 7 6 6 5 4 3 2 2 0

W L OTL SO GAA 21 15 1 2 3.26 0 3 0 0 5.37

PIM 42 12 8 4 2 31 10 18 27 38 34 18 30 4 10 29 6 21 11 2 2 4 SP 0.902 0.850

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ANNIE’S MAILBOX by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar Dear Annie: I lost my grandmother to suicide when I was 7. The day before Grandma died, she made comments to me about going away where I could not go with her and “going to be with her mother,” who had died. I did not understand what she was saying. Several weeks after the funeral, I told my mother what my grandmother said to me. For years after, it felt as though my mother blamed me for her mother’s death. I grew up feeling this way. Two years ago, I overheard my mother tell a friend on the phone that she did, in fact, blame me for my grandmother’s death. I cannot tell you how much this hurt me. I am now in my 30s, and my mother and I have had other issues in the past, but never as hurtful as this. Since my grandmother’s death, I have been in counseling for depression, my own suicide attempts and the unbearable guilt that I feel. The therapists have told me that Grandma’s death was not my fault, but how can I believe them when my own mother blames me? How do I explain to her that I was only 7 and didn’t understand what Grandma was telling me? I have crying spells and am hurting inside. Please help. -- Abandoned Dear Abandoned: You know your grandmother’s death was not your fault. You understand that at the age of 7, you could not possibly be held responsible for her suicide. Your mother wants to blame you because it is less painful than blaming herself for not noticing how unhappy her mother was. But frankly, there is no reason to blame anyone. The depression you suffer from (and that Grandma apparently suffered from) is likely a form of inherited mental illness. Please discuss this with your counselor, and ask about having your mother come with you. It sounds as though she never fully processed what happened. She could use some help, too. Dear Annie: My wife can’t stop interrupting me while I’m talking. She either finishes my thought for me, or she just moves on to the next thing she wants to say without waiting for me to finish speaking. My wife is aware that there is a problem, and she feels bad when I point it out, but she evidently can’t do anything about it. She doesn’t even realize she’s doing it unless I tell her, “You interrupted me again.” There are times when I don’t feel like talking to her because I know she’s just going to cut me off. What can either of us do? -- Cut Short Dear Cut: If your wife truly wants to stop and you are willing to make the effort, you can train each other. First check your own speech habits. Do you drone on and on? Do you restate the obvious? Do you repeat yourself? Work on shorter sentences, and then help your wife learn to wait until you are finished before speaking. This will require that she make a genuine effort, and you will need to remind her, gently, each time she interrupts. Dear Annie: I am moved to respond to “Unhappy Mother of a Son.” I have been living that life. After getting professional help, I finally came to realize the fault is not mine. My daughter-in-law quite simply does not, for whatever reason, want to share my son’s life with me. And I have to recognize that my son has no appreciation for me or is too lacking in character to stand up for me. If there are grandchildren, I would suggest “Unhappy” cultivate a relationship with them in whatever way possible. They have the right to make their own judgments. The hurt never goes away, but life is more than being a mother. -- Sad but Wiser Annie’s Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers column. Please email your questions to anniesmailbox@comcast.net, or write to: Annie’s Mailbox, c/o Creators Syndicate, 737 3rd Street, Hermosa Beach, CA 90254. To find out more about Annie’s Mailbox and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate Web page at www.creators.com. COPYRIGHT 2015 CREATORS.COM

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forced to have sex with Alan Dershowitz, a high-profile, 76-year-old lawyer who has represented clients including O.J. Simpson. “I categorically and unequivocally, without any reservations, deny that there was any sexual contract of any kind between me and any of the Jane Does connected with Jeffrey Epstein, whether underage or not,” Dershowitz told The Associated Press on Sunday. Dershowitz, professor emeritus at Harvard Law School, said he is filing a disbarment complaint against the attorneys who filed the motion in the lawsuit as well as an affidavit denying the allegations. “I am challenging the woman to come forward and state it publicly and to file criminal charges against me.” He said he has agreed to waive the statute of limitations and to waive immunity, which he said no guilty person would do. “I have no fear. I have noth-

ing to hide,” Dershowitz said. Royal officials on Friday denied “any suggestion of impropriety with underage minors” by Andrew, and strengthened that stance Sunday after two tabloid newspapers published details of interviews with the alleged victim. The controversy has dominated British news coverage since Friday. “It is emphatically denied that the Duke of York had any form of sexual contact or relationship with (the woman),” Buckingham Palace said in a statement. “The allegations made are false and without any foundation.” The statements are unusual because royal spokespeople typically refrain from commenting on most media reports. The woman claims she was forced to have sex with the royal in London, in New York and on a private Caribbean island between 1999 to 2002. Those claims were filed with

a court on Tuesday as part of a lawsuit centring on Epstein. The billionaire financier was sentenced to 18 months in prison in 2008 after pleading guilty to child sex offences, but several women want authorities to reconsider a plea deal that they said allowed Epstein to avoid more serious federal charges. Dershowitz represented Epstein in that case. Dershowitz and Andrew are not named as defendants in that case, and no criminal charges or formal allegations have been made against them. The prince, who is Queen Elizabeth II’s second son and fifth in line to the throne, has been dogged for years over his relationship with Epstein. In July 2011, the royal stepped down from his role as a U.K. trade ambassador following controversy over his links with the billionaire. Sylvia Wingfield in Boston contributed to this report.

U.S. Senate takes moves to protect Flathead watershed S a r a h K u c h a r sk i The Free Press

Last month, the U.S. Senate officially passed the North Fork Watershed Protection Act, which will ban the development of mining, oil and gas in the entire transnational Flathead watershed. The act has been in the works since 2010 when the B.C.-Montana Memorandum of Understanding was signed by former Govenor of Montana Brian Schweitzer and B.C. Premier Gordon Campbell, promising to put an official ban in place.

“We have this beautiful watershed that’s protected from those kinds of activities, however, there is still a loophole in both the Canadian and American legislation which allows those developments to happen in rock quarries. So that’s a piece that still needs to be cleaned up,” noted Wildsight’s Southern Rockies Program Manager Ryland Nelson. “The flathead is one of the most biologically important places in North America. It’s right in our backyard and it’s a place where these kinds of development are just not appropri-

ate.” He went on to say, “It’s been great working with both of our partners in Canada and in the U.S. to make them … commit to legislating an affirmative ban on mining, oil and gas developments.” Nelson noted, however, that there is a loophole in the legislation that allows mining, oil and gas developments to continue in rock quarry areas of the Flathead, which he said Wildsight will continue to work towards adding to the banned legislation. In addition to hosting a

dense population of grizzly bears and a rich diversity of plant species, the Flathead is also home to the Waterton-Glacier National Peace Park. Nelson notes that the B.C. portion of the Flathead is the “missing piece” of the Peace Park that is not officially protected park area, as the portions that cross through Alberta and Montana are. “It’s time for B.C. to match that protection by adding the southeastern one-third of the Waterton-Glacier National Peace Park,” said Nelson.

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