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How much snow fell last week? It depends on who you ask. According to Environment Canada, 55 centimetres fell over the course of 48 hours — the biggest two-day snowfall in Reelstoke since 1990. That number is less than what most people experienced, a result of the weather station’s location at the Revelstoke Airport. The City of Revelstoke reported about 70 centimetres, while HMC Services recorded up to a metre of snow, depending on where you were along the highway. The storm didn’t quite shut down the city, though there were lots of stuck vehicles and transit service was cancelled one day.

Still, schools and businesses stayed open through it all, even if many people played hooky to enjoy the powder, rather than suffer through it.

It took the City of Revelstoke four 20-hour days to remove all the snow, said foreman Ed Wozniak. That involved anywhere from eight to 12 trucks operating at a time, moving snow from the roads to storage areas, or right into the river. Each truck carries 12 to 14 cubic metres of snow.

On the highway, avalanches shut down traffic for the better part of 2.5 days. The first closure started the night of Sunday, Jan. 4, and lasted until the next day at noon. A second closure started Monday just before midnight and didn’t end until Wednesday just before noon. Revelstoke reached capacity for commercial trucks, a Grizzlies game was canceled, court was postponed and the Medicine Hat Tigers got stuck here.

Fortunately for plowers and shovelers, and city coffers, it hasn’t snowed since. ~ Alex Cooper/Revelstoke Times Review

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New recycling system breeds frustration

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BY ALEX COOPER

There's a new recycling system in place in Revelstoke, and so far it's causing some frustration.

Curbside pickup still exists and it's mostly the same as before — you can throw everything in a blue bag (save glass, plastic bags and foam) and leave it on the curb for bi-weekly collection.

It's at the Revelstoke Bottle Depot and the dump that grumbling can be heard. Gone are the big bins you used to be able to throw everything into. Instead, one must go inside the depot and sort everything into six categories.

These categories and some examples of items within each category are: 1. Containers such as: — Aluminum cans, foil wrap, aerosol cans, take-out containers; — Steel-cans;

— Plastic bottles, jugs, clamshells, pails, garden pots and seedling trays; — Paper-milk cartons, beverage cups, soup boxes, frozen juice containers, ice cream boxes; — Microwavable bowls and cups.

2. Fibre such as: — Newspapers, inserts, flyers, magazines, telephone books, boxes, fibre egg cartons, paper bags, corrugated cardboard, gift wrap, greeting cards, paper towel and tissue cores.

3. Plastic bags and overwraps such as: — Plastic bags for groceries, overwrap for dry cleaning or newspapers, produce bags, outer wrapping for paper towels, toilet paper, tissues, and soft drinks.

4.White styrofoam such as: — Food trays, drink cups, packaging materials.

5. Coloured styrofoam such as: — Food trays, drink cups, packaging materials.

6. Glass bottles and jars — Clear and coloured nondeposit glass bottles and jars.

The other change is that you can only recycle when the depot is open — Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

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People sort their recyclables by category at the Revelstoke Bottle Depot last week. The new sorting system has caused some frustration and grumbling.

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last year, but to be honest, they appeared in a short article tucked away at the bottom of the page. It was one of those things where you don't realize the impact until the change takes place.

The first grumbling I heard was when a friend tagged me in a Facebook post essentially asking, "What's the deal?" Then there was more complaints on social media.

On Friday, I went down to the depot and watched as people went through their bags and boxes and ran back and forth putting their recy-

clables into the appropriate bins.

Harman Dhanoa, who runs the depot, said under the old system people were also dumping their garbage in the bins — they found cat litter and diapers in there. Of course, the decision wasn't theirs — it came from Multi-Material BC, the industry group that collects recycling under the new producerpays system implemented throughout B.C. last year.

This is one of those problems that people will probably get used to. Sorting will be done at home, so

when you get to the depot, all you have to do is toss each bag into it's respective box and be on your way.

Still, the changes are odd because the technology has existed for years to automatically sort recyclables. That's why we get to throw everything into one bag at curbside.

The good news is that we're no longer paying for recycling. The cost is borne by industry, though companies may raise prices slightly to make up for the extra expenses.

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Winter maintenance on the Trans-Canada Alex Cooper

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Brian Laurence feels lucky to be alive. While driving back from Salmon Arm last weekend, he hit a patch of black ice, causing his SUV to spin out and flip onto its roof near the Enchanted Forest.

And he blames the highway maintenance contractor for not doing their job.

"There's no sand on that road.

HMC is not doing their job," Laurence told the Times Review. "The guy ahead of me slipped. I slipped.

My traction control took over and I went into the ditch, on my roof.

And I have A1 snow tires."

HMC Services, which as of the start of 2015 is part of Emcon Services, a highway maintenance company based in Merritt, B.C., has been in charge of maintaining the roads around Revelstoke since 2003. Their domain includes about 100 kilometres of the Trans-Canada Highway east and west of Revelstoke, as well as Highway 23 from Mica to just south of the ferry, and an area around Trout Lake.

As accidents and closures have mounted on the Trans-Canada this year, HMC has come under fire for the condition of the roads.

"We have to poke a stick at them because they have to either get on it or get out," said Laurence.

Clint Lenzi, who owns Sure Haul Transportation was also critical about highway maintenance in an interview late last year.

"It seems like it takes an awful long time to get snow off the roads in this area," he told me. "I don't know if it's the contractor or the equipment or just the accumulation of snow we get in this area, it just seems like it takes a ton of time to get our roads back into good shape even after the storm front has left."

The B.C. Ministry of Transportation sets out the winter maintenance standards for the province's highways.

The contractor is expected to monitor the weather and prepare for incoming storms by deploying

resources in advance.

On the Trans-Canada, which is a Class A road, plowing must start when four centimetres of snow accumulates. Plowing of slush and removal of broken, compact snow must be completed within 90 minutes of the storm ending. They have four days to push snow beyond the edge of the shoulder.

Contractors are expected to deal with slippery conditions by applying abrasives or other chemicals either in advance, or immediately after being notified of a problem. The guidelines set out the time frame in which they are expected to fix issues caused by ice and snow.

Derek Thur is the operations manager for HMC. Last Wednesday, after a major storm dumped up to a metre of snow on area highways in 48 hours, I joined him as he drove out west while crews were cleaning up avalanche debris from control work that morning.

We passed a line of trucks parked west of town, waiting for the highway to open; it had been closed for almost 36 hours.

As we made our way to Three Valley Gap, he talked about the challenges of maintaining the highways around Revelstoke.

"We're always monitoring the weather," he told me. A radio room is staffed 24 hours a day through the winter, monitoring the weather and coordinating maintenance activity. When a storm is approaching, they're notified and they begin preparations. The trucks are fuelled up and plow blades changed. The roads are salted or coated in a brine to prevent icing. Plow trucks are sent out to strategic locations so they can begin plowing right away.

HMC has 13 trucks in the Revelstoke area that are responsible for almost 350 kilometres of highway.

They also use loaders to bail out avalanche areas, and they make use of contractors when needed. There's eight people working a standard shift, and workers are called in on their days off during a storm event.

For Thur, the Trans-Canada west of Revelstoke presents the big-

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ger challenge. "It's more shaded, it's more windy, it's more bridges, you have to deal with Three Valley Gap. It's a more challenging highway," he said. "Changing conditions — you can have snow, you can have slush you can have black ice all within 30 miles."

East of Revelstoke, heading towards Rogers Pass, the road is at a higher elevation, so it's more reliably snowy. It's also wider, there are fewer bridges and its on the north side of the valley, so it gets more sun. "It's a challenge. I have to take my hat off to our workers because they put in some long hours some days to keep this road safe," he said.

How good a job does HMC do at maintaing the roads? The Ministry of Transportation monitors the roads and reviews the contractors work. I requested copies of those reports, but instead we only

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drive down a road, it can be bare and wet, all of a sudden you get a clearing at night and it will ice up within 15 minutes of you going by.

"Black ice is a reality and we deal with that as quickly as we can."

The Enchanted Forest area, where Laurence rolled over, is particularly challenging because it's flanked by water to the north and a steep slope to the south. "It's prone to icing up," said Thur.

For Thur, the biggest problem is people don't drive to conditions.

"People have to drive to conditions, but I can tell you they don't," he said.

"There's always going to be times you're going to have slush, you're going to have compact snow and you're going to get slippery sections. It's up to the general public to know that."

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received an e-mail response from Adam Robert, a ministry spokesperson, outlining the government's responsibilities.

Robert wrote the ministry monitors road conditions and maintenance performance during storm events and the contractors performance is audited throughout the winter. The contractor's performance is reviewed annually.

The Times Review made a second request for the audit reports, but it was not followed up on by press time.

How does Thur respond to people like Laurence, who say the highway isn't being adequately maintained?

"I know people would like a bare road at all times but in this country with the heavy snowfall it's impossible to do that," said Thur, who started his highway maintenance career as a plow driver. "You can

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Natural gas plans continue in 2015 despite oil slump Tom Fletcher Black Press

The shakeout of liquefied natural gas proposals for B.C. continues, with ExxonMobil’s largescale project for Prince Rupert moving ahead and smaller projects changing or withdrawing

plans.

ExxonMobil and its Canadian subsidiary Imperial Oil have filed a detailed description with B.C.’s Environmental Assessment Office, planning for a city-owned site on Tuck Inlet north of Prince Rupert Harbour.

One of the larger of 18 B.C.

proposals, West Coast Canada LNG (WCC LNG) proposes up to five floating barges for LNG loading with onshore support facilities, and an estimated capital cost of $15-25 billion. WCC LNG plans to start construction by 2017 and be in service by 2024.

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Finance Second Street East, Revelstoke, B.C. on2015 Tuesday, 13, 2015 at 2:00 for Department each of the of City Hall, Mackenzie Avenue, Revelstoke, BC and on the City of Revelstoke website at following three216 Zoning Amendment Bylaws: revelstoke.ca Zoning Amendment Bylaw No. 2061 If you requireofadditional please contact the Corporate at The purpose the Bylaw information, is to add a High Density Residential VacationAdministration Rental DistrictDepartment (R4v) subzone 250-837-2911. to the existing High Density Residential District (R4) to permit vacation rental use for single family dwellings only.

ThisAdministrative will permit existing Tim Palmer, Chief Officersingle family dwellings zoned High Density Residential District (R4) to apply to rezone to the subzone to allow for vacation rental use.

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Zoning Amendment Bylaw No. 2060 The purpose of the Bylaw is to rezone the subject property located at 2077 Mountain Gate Road NOTICE OFto PUBLIC from Single Family Residential District (R1) Single FamilyHEARING Residential Vacation Rental District (R1v) subzone in order to allow for the Vacation Rental use of an existing single family dwelling.

Please be advised that a Public Hearing will be held in Council Chambers located in Suite 102 – 103 Second Street East, Bylaw Revelstoke, B.C. on Tuesday, January 27, 2015 at 2:30 p.m. for the following Zoning Amendment No. 2062 Zoning Amendment Bylaw: The purpose of the Bylaw is to rezone the subject property located at 412 Fourth Street West from High Density Residential District to High Density Residential Vacation Rental District (R4v) Zoning(R4) Amendment Bylaw No. 2064 subzone in order to allow for the Vacation Rental use of an existing single dwelling.

The purpose of the Bylaw is to rezone the subject property located at 1766 family Biatecki Road from Single Family Residential District (R1) to Single Family Residential Vacation Rental District (R1v) subzone in order to allow for the Vacation Rental use of an existing single family dwelling. revelstoke.ca

Inspection of Documents: Copies of all the relevant documents for the proposed Bylaw Amendments will be available for review in the Engineering and Development Services Department at City Hall, 216 Mackenzie Avenue, between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding statutory holidays up until Tuesday, January 27, 2015.

Public Participation: At the hearing, the public shall be allowed to make representations to the Council respecting matters contained in the proposed bylaw. All persons who believe their interest is affected by the proposed bylaw shall be afforded a reasonable opportunity to be heard, or to present written submissions respecting matters contained in the bylaw.

Written submissions can be submitted to the Corporate Officer until the close of the Public Hearing.

All persons who prefer to have their submissions available to Council members in advance as part of the Public Hearing agenda package, should deliver their submissions to the Administration Department, 216 Mackenzie Ave., P.O. Box 170, Revelstoke, B.C. V0E 2S0 (Fax #: 250-837-4930 or admin@revelstoke.ca) before 12:00 noon on Tuesday January 27, 2015.

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Shoreline on Tuck Inlet where ExxonMobil proposes to locate barge-based marine offloading facility for LNG tankers.

West Coast Canada LNG

WCC LNG sorted through a half dozen sites in the Kitimat and Prince Rupert area, where the larger of B.C.’s 18 current LNG export proposals are also claiming sites. Natural Gas Development Minister Rich Coleman says 2015 is when the LNG industry begins to take shape, despite a slump in oil prices and rising competition from U.S. and other gas producers.

“New drilling activity in our upstream sector demonstrates investors remain confident in B.C.’s longterm natural gas potential,” Coleman said in a New Year commentary released last week. “One of our province’s largest Crown land sales in history occurred near the end of 2014, with industry contributing more than $209 million for exploration right alone.”

Proponents of Aurora LNG Grassy

Point near Prince Rupert withdrew that application to start the year, focusing on another site at Digby Island.

Also withdrawn is the Farrell Creek raw gas processing plant north of Hudson’s Hope, a project taken over

by Chinese-owned Progress Energy.

Progress is a partner with PETRONAS in Pacific Northwest LNG at Lelu Island near Prince Rupert, with its investment decision postponed indefinitely late last year amid changing global energy supply and demand.

Woodfibre LNG near Squamish is another small-scale project moving ahead, with its application for B.C. environmental assessment accepted at the end of 2014.

The public comment period closed for another large-scale proposal, the Shell-led LNG Canada proposal for Kitimat.

Revelstoke man pleads guilty to child sex offences Alex Cooper

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A Revelstoke man pleaded guilty to multiple child sex offences in court last week.

The man, who cannot be named due to a publication ban in place to protect any victims and witnesses, pleaded guilty to accessing child pornography, touching a minor for sexual purposes and production of a controlled substance.

The guilty pleas were entered by his lawyer Melissa Klages in court on Thursday, Jan. 8.

The man was arrested in June as

part of Operation Snapshot III, a province-wide bust of 11 men by the RCMP's National Child Exploitation Coordination Centre.

The circumstances behind his arrest have yet to be made public. They will likely be read out at the man’s sentencing hearing, which has yet to be scheduled.

Klages indicated at a court hearing in August that the man would be pleading guilty, however the plea was delayed while the case was investigated and evidence was disclosed.

Sentencing will follow the preparation of pre-sentencing and psychiatric reports.

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Improvements expected to boost Revelstoke Internet speeds Alex Cooper

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It’s the bane of the Revelstoke Internet user — trying to watch a YouTube in the evening. Speaking as a Revelstoke Cable subscriber, I know it’s next to impossible. For some reason related to streaming technology, Netflix works fine.

An unscientific survey of my Facebook friends produced mixed reviews for Telus, with one person saying it was “so much better”, another calling it “hit and miss” and another writing “Telus is poo’s.”

Our ability to watch streaming video is one that can be easily classified as a “First World Problem” but in a world that is constantly moving online, the overloaded Internet infrastructure in Revelstoke does have an impact.

It can slow down business and hurts the community’s ability to attract skilled IT workers.

The issue of slow Internet in Revelstoke isn’t a new one. I wrote about it two years ago and at the time a Telus spokesperson told me they were installing new technology that “is going to meet that growing demand for some time to come.”

So what happened? Turns out, demand is growing really fast — the amount of bandwidth Canadians use is skyrocketing. According to the Canadian Internet Registration Authority, Canadians spent more than 45 hours per month online in 2013. Liz Sauve, a spokesperson for Telus, said the amount of data Canadians access onlin doubles every 18–24 months.

“What that means is the upgrades that we made in the last few years, while they were

addressing capacity demands at that time and making siginificant improvements, as we continue forward we’re looking at how we meet that continually growing demand,” she said.

Internet comes to Revelstoke through Telus’s broadband line. The maximum speed available to Revelstoke customers is six megabits per second (Mbps), which, according to Netflix, should allow for HD streaming at 720p quality. YouTube tells me I should be able to stream at 360p, but often that isn’t even possible.

(For comparison’s sake, the maximum speed Telus offers throughout their network is 100 mbps.)

The issue is the network in Revelstoke doesn’t have the capacity to meet the demand in winter when powder hounds flock to Revelstoke.

“We do recognize there’s a growing demand for high speed Internet service in Revelstoke, especially in the winter months from the influx of tourists,” said Sauve.

She said upgrades were in the works, but details wouldn’t be announced until the spring. I was unable to speak to the area manager for a more detailed explanation of our Internet issues.

Meanwhile, Revelstoke Cable, which piggybacks off of Telus’ broadband pipe, is also upgrading their system.

“There is an immediate project underway to upgrade our backhaul from our partner Telus, who delivers the Internet to Revelstoke,” said Tracy Buckley, the new manager of Revelstoke Cable. “The result of that will help the congestion that we’re seeing right now.”

The backhaul is what connects

the Revelstoke Cable network to the main Telus pipe. Work is also underway to upgrade the network leading out to homes and businesses.

“We want to build out the system so we can support that winter influx, especially that high-congested time in the evening,” said Buckley.

The improved backhaul is expected to relieve the congestion customers experience.

“The biggest thing we’re waiting on is that Trans-Canada pipeline that comes by Revelstoek,” she said. “If we are able to get better capacity from that and our system that goes out to the houses are in good shape, that will all add together to provide better capacity in the evening.”

The other possibility for improving broadband is tapping into the new pipe that leads into city hall, the community centre and the Revelstoke Credit Union.

Dawn Levesque, the corporate services executive for the City of Revelstoke, said the extra capacity has made a difference for the city.

“We can run more and bigger programs with more ease,” she said.

She said there were no plans to allow other businesses to tap into the pipe. “If they look at that it will be done at the council table,” she said.

Alan Mason, the city’s director of economic development, said he is looking to establish a task force to look at solutions to Revelstoke’s Internet issues.

“There’s a need to improve access so the economic committee of council was recommending we set up a task force to work with the different businesses that are delivering services,” he said.

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U.S. ripping us off on water Need some help

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by Tom Fletcher VICTORIA – The U.S. has Canada over a barrel on water as well as oil these days, but the tide is turning.

Last week I mentioned a new book called The Columbia River Treaty – A Primer by members of Simon Fraser University’s climate adaptation team. This slim volume makes the case that B.C. has ended up with a shockingly bad deal from this 1964 treaty, which concerned itself entirely with flood control and hydroelectric power.

In those days there was little or no environmental assessment.

Agriculture, fish habitat and aboriginal impacts were ignored.

More than a decade after the disastrous flood year of 1948, once Ottawa stopped its bureaucratic delays, U.S. public and private power utilities paid B.C. $254 million to build three dams on the Columbia system.

Those dams (and one at Libby, Montana that mostly floods B.C. land) hold back the huge spring runoff from the Rockies and then dole out water for power production in B.C. and for the 15 hydro

dams previously built downstream in the U.S. The U.S. payment was for half the power over 30 years, which B.C. didn’t need at the time. Then our American cousins cut us another cheque for $64 million, an estimate of the value of flood protection from 1968 all the way to 2024.

Boy, did we get taken. The SFU team calculates the value of that flood control to the U.S. at more like $32 billion.

That’s not even the worst of it. The Kootenays were once the leading fruit and vegetable growing area in B.C., bigger than the Okanagan. Now in the Arrow Lakes and other reservoirs, levels rise and fall dramatically to steady the flow south. In addition to the large areas permanently flooded by the Mica, Duncan and Hugh Keenleyside dams, this renders more of B.C.’s prime bottom land impassable.

B.C. is paid precisely zero for this sacrifice, while Washington state has developed a $5 billiona-year farm economy using our stable irrigation source. That has helped their tree fruit growers push some Okanagan orchardists out of business.

As U.S. billionaires continue to bankroll environmental attacks on B.C. and Alberta energy projects, it’s worth noting that long before the treaty, the U.S. military-industrial complex had wiped out the Columbia River salmon runs. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and its private power partners dammed

everything they could find, exterminating a fishery bigger than the Fraser that had sustained aboriginal people on both sides of today’s border for thousands of years.

B.C. Energy Minister Bill Bennett and SFU’s Jon O’Riordan both described to me their experience at the Columbia River Basin conference, held last October in Spokane.

Their main impression was that Americans, including traditional tribes, want those salmon runs restored. Vast amounts have been spent on hatcheries and habitat to speed recovery below the Grand Coulee dam, which stands like a giant tombstone for migratory fisheries above it.

Should the Americans ever manage to get salmon above their biggest dam, it will largely be up to B.C. to provide sufficient cool water to keep them alive. That service has an increasing value to the U.S. as well as an ongoing cost to B.C. Bennett surprised some in Spokane when he said the U.S. needs to pay more for the benefits from the Columbia River Treaty.

The flood control agreement expires in 2024. The treaty requires 10 years’ notice for either country to exit. Climate shifts are expected to make B.C. water more important than ever.

Your move, Uncle Sam. Tom Fletcher is legislature reporter and columnist for Black Press. Twitter: @tomfletcherbc Email: tfletcher@blackpress.ca

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People point out the fact that the Premier rarely attends the Legislature, the Legislature rarely sits, and so-called consultation by government rarely results in anything meaningful.

As a member of the Legislature for the last 10 years, I have been extremely disappointed by how much our democracy has eroded. I am hopeful that British Columbians will begin to take

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The Opposition has put forward a number of ideas that we believe will make our democratic system work better. We support proportional representation, a method of electing MLAs that is fairer, and more accurately represents the will of the people. We support the removal of all corporate and union donations to political parties and candidates so that political parties are no longer controlled by big donors. And we have put forward legislation that would protect whistleblowers who provide information in the public interest.

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From left to right: Ben Shaw, the lead developer for Avalanche Canada, delivers a presentation about the new Avalanche Canada website and Mountain Information Network during Splitfest on Saturday.; Information can be uploaded to the network on your smart phone.; Reports uploaded to the network can be viewed on your phone and online.

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You're out in backcountry skiing, standing at the top of your line, ready to drop in. The danger rating is considerable so you ease into the slope, placing a big ski cut to see how the snowpack reacts.

Boom! A small slab avalanche releases below you. You watch it slide away, heart pumping, thankful you didn't get caught. A look at the fracture line shows it likely released on that December 17 surface hoar layer the avalanche bulletin warned about.

You whip out your smart phone, turn it on, take a picture, fire up your Avalanche Canada app and within moments you're sending in a report to the new Mountain Information Network — a web-based tool introduced this season by Ava-

lanche Canada to help backcountry users share information.

"We've created a database and mobile app and web app that people can use to input data from the field that they see, very similar to the way professionals do it," said Karl Klassen, the public avalanche warning service manager for Avalanche Canada. "It's not as in depth or as detailed as a pro system, but it's more or less the same idea — try to mine the data from the public that's out in the mountains every day."

The Mountain Information Network has existed in different forms in previous years. You used to be able to submit an incident report through the Canadian Avalanche Centre website (the CAC is now known as Avalanche Canada).

Last year, Avalanche Canada introduced a mobile app that allowed

you to upload a photo and brief text description online.

The new program still allows for users to upload photos and a text description of what they experienced, but it also features dropdown menus that allow users to describe the snow, avalanche and weather conditions they witnessed.

"The platform is much more stable and robust than it was before.

The database is much more complete," said Klassen.

Inputting information to the network is fairly simple. You can do so on your phone using the Avalanche Canada app, or online at avalanche. ca. The program allows you to give a title to the report and set the date and time. If you're inputting from the field, it can find your location, otherwise you can pinpoint it on a map. There's also drop-down menus allowing you to select riding

and avalanche conditions.

Under the former, you can indicate snow quality (powder, heavy, wet, wind affected, etc…), what kind of slopes you rode (alpine, cut blocks, open trees, steep slopes, etc…) and what slopes you avoided. You can also select from several weather options such as cloudy, cold, foggy, stormy, sunny.

A second set of menus lets you describe the avalanche conditions: were their slabs? Did you hear any whumphing? Was there any new snow, wind loading or rising temperatures?

The information is then uploaded to the network, where it is displayed on avalanche.ca. Other users can view your report by clicking on the blue dot.

"Hopefully everybody makes better decisions with that information," said Klassen.

The network is still in its initial stages. There are plans in the future to make it even more robust, so a highly-trained recreationist or professional can input more detailed snowpack information, said Klassen.

Avalanche Canada is currently seeking funding to move into the next phase. About $190,000 was spent developing the current app, said Klassen.

"The long-term plan is to build it out into a much more detailed system that allows people to exchange information right down to temperature and wind, avalanche observations, measurements of avalanche, snowpack information," said Klassen. "Eventually, the long, long term is to build a trip planning tool that allows people to put information together and use the app to make better decisions right in the field where they are."

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Canuck Splitfest proved to be a big draw, with about 200 splitboarders coming to Revelstoke for the annual gathering. The event started in 2011 at the nowclosed Glacier Park Lodge, and is now based out of the Hillcrest Hotel. By day people went riding, and at night they socialized. Saturday night featured a series of talks, including an introduction to the new Avalanche Canada website and app (see page 8) and slideshows by splitboard guides. Douglas Sproule (bottom left) spoke about his Rogers Pass guidebook, which just came out in print form following a successful Kickstarter campaign, while Troy Misseghers (bottom right) gave tribute to his friend and the founder of Splitfest, Wade Galloway, who died in an avalanche in Waterton Lakes National Park last winter.

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Thursday, January 15

JOHN JENKINS Live at the Last Drop.

Friday, January 16

Avalanche Awareness Day

REVELSTOKE GRIZZLIES vs. the Chase Heat.

Junior B hockey, at the Revelstoke Forum at 7 p.m.

MUFFINS FOR GRANNY A documentary by Nadia McLaren, an Ojibway, and the Revelstoke elementary aboriginal support worker. The film combines home movie footage of her grandmother, interviews with six elders, including animated recreations of their stories, archival photos from residential schools, traditional songs, and scenes of the natural beauty of Ontario’s north.

Muffins for Granny is a layered and emotionally complex story of personal and cultural survival.

McLaren tells the story of her own grandmother by combining precious home movie fragments with the stories of seven elders dramatically affected by their experiences in residential school. At the Revelstoke Performing Arts Centre at 7 p.m.

CARDA FUNDRAISER A fundraiser for the Canadian Avalanche Rescue Dog Association, with music by the Funky Snow Monkeys and a raffle with prizes including heli-skiing, cat skiing and more. At the Big Eddy Pub at 7 p.m. $5 suggested donation cover.

DJ SOUP At the Traverse.

A roving team will be on Boulder Mountain promoting avalanche awareness and answering any questions regarding your gear and avalanche safety training.

LNG IN REVELSTOKE: BENEFITS & PITFALLS The North Columbia Environmental

Society Sustainable Living Committee hosts a talk about liquid natural gas, it's future in Revelstoke, and the environmental cost of extracting it from the ground. At the community centre at 6:30 p.m. $5 suggested donation.

REVELSTOKE GRIZZLIES vs. the Sicamous Eagles. Junior B hockey, at the Revelstoke Forum at 7 p.m.

DJ WACKUTT At the Traverse.

Tuesday, January 20

ABORIGINAL EDUCATION OPEN HOUSE

The Revelstoke School District Aboriginal Education Committee hosts an open house to showcase work done in area of aboriginal education, and seek input for the future. At Revelstoke Secondary School from 4–6 p.m.

INCREDIBLE EDIBLES — GMO OMG A film night put on by the North Columbia Environmental Society. At the community centre at 7 p.m.

REVELSTOKE GRIZZLIES vs. the Kamloops Storm. Junior B hockey at the Revelstoke Forum at 7 p.m.

SNOWED IN COMEDY TOUR Featuring Arj Barker, Dan Quinn, Paul Myrehaug and Craig Campbell. At the Roxy Theatre at 7 p.m. Tickets are $35.

Thursday, January 29

HOT ROCKS: THE ROLLING STONES TRIBUTE SHOW Canada’s number one Rolling

Roving teams from Avalanche Canada will be out on Boulder Mountain promoting avalanche awareness and answering questions about gear and avalanche training for Avalanche Awareness Day this Saturday, Jan. 17.

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January 22 to February 2

WES MACKEY Classic traditional blues musician, live at the 112 Lounge.

Thursday, January 22

SKI HISTORY TALK Cathy English of the Revelstoke Museum & Archives gives a talk about Revelstoke's ski history and the museum's First Tracks exhibit. At 7 p.m. $5.

THESE RAVEN SKIES Live at the Last Drop.

January 23–24

DEVON COYOTE BAND Live at the Last Drop.

Friday, January 23

REVELSTOKE GRIZZLIES vs. the Princeton Posse. Junior B hockey, at the Revelstoke Forum at 7 p.m.

January 24–25

NORDIC BC CUP Several hundred of the

province's best Nordic ski racers come to the Mt. Macpherson trails all weekend long.

Saturday, January 24

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Mary I’m in a Gang Now, Pilot Talk, and The Rich, the show also features original songs performed on ukulele, melodica and glockenspiel. The show contains adult material and is not suitable for children. At the Revelstoke Performing Arts Centre at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $15, or $12 for a pass holder, available at the Visitor Information Centre, ArtFirst, or the Revelstoke Arts Council website.

COFFEE HOUSE A night of acoustic music, headlined by The Metro Gnomes, a folk/jazz fuision trio starring guitarist Jacob Verburg, singer Stephanie Clifford and bass fiddler James Clark.

Come enjoy the show, or play a few songs yourself.

At the United Church at 7:30 p.m.

REVY STOMP Get your stompin' shoes on and come out for a country-western party/fundraiser for the Selkirk Saddle Club. At the community centre at 8 p.m. Tickets are $10.

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DJ PRAIZ Live at the Traverse.

a family struggling to stay afloat and together through hard times in Ireland. In this delightful comedy from director Lance Daly a Dublin family races to recover their grandmother’s mattress — and its hidden stash of over a million euros in carefully squirreled-away savings. At the Revelstoke Performing Arts Centre at 7:30 p.m.

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COWPUNCHER LIve at the Last Drop.

DJ TWEEKED Live at the Traverse.

January 30–31

BIG RIVER A Johnny Cash tribute band, live at the Last Drop.

Friday, January 30

REVELSTOKE GRIZZLIES vs. the Summerland Steam. Junior B hockey, at the Revelstoke Forum at 7 p.m.

BILLY BANGERS AND DJANGO Live at the Traverse.

Saturday, January 31

SNOWMOBILE RIDE FOR DAD Guided

scenic tours and rides with funds going towards prostate cancer research and awareness of men’s health issues. At Glacier House Resort.

CAROUSEL OF NATIONS A celebration of Revelstoke's diversity, with food, music, dance, children's activities and more. At the community centre from 4–7 p.m.

FUNKHUNTERS Live at the Traverse.

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Documentary explores life in aboriginal residential schools

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When Nadia McLaren's documentary film Muffins for Granny was screened in Revelstoke on a professional development day by teachers in Revelstoke's School District 19, it was so well received that Ariel McDowell, Principal of Columbia Park Elementary, decided to take it public.

McLaren started teaching in Revelstoke in September of 2014 as an Aboriginal Support worker. McLaren, who is Ojibway and moved from Northern Ontario, is an Ontario College of the Arts and Design alum, a writer, visual artist, and filmmaker.

Muffins for Granny is a documentary made using home movie fragments and interviews with several elders, including her own grandmother, who survived residential schools. The movie is also filled with animated recreations of the elders’ stories, archival photos, traditional songs, and images of the Ontario landscape.

Residential schools originated in 1892, when the Canadian Government decreed all Aboriginal children between the ages of 6–18 would be taken from their families and placed in church run schools in an effort to annihilate their culture and language. This abysmal chapter of Canadian history is often glazed over. Few people know the last school didn't close until 1996.

Muffins for Granny is a complex documentary which explores survival, both of the individual and the culture, and the aftermath and the repercussions that reverberate today for many families and youth throughout Canadian communities, including Revelstoke. McLaren's beautiful and heart wrenching trailer, available on YouTube, exemplifies this.

McLaren's film has been described as raw, emotional, and honest.

“Muffins for Granny emphasizes the legacy of residential schools and their implications for kids nowadays,” McDowell says. “It would be great to raise the profile of aboriginal presence in Revelstoke.

The history is all our history.

“The timing also worked well,” McDowell adds. “This winter the school district is renewing our Aboriginal Enhancement Plan (AEP).”

The AEP in Revelstoke was created five years ago with the aim of supporting children with Aboriginal heritage as well as raising Aboriginal awareness to all children in the school systems. AEPs exist in most school districts and are described as “working agreements between the school district, all local aboriginal communities, and the Ministry of Education.”

With 117 students who identify as First Nations, Inuit or Metis in the Revelstoke school district, the AEP goals encompass Aboriginal academic performance, the link between Aboriginal culture and languages, and Aboriginal student development and success. Additionally, the school curriculum is currently undergoing a major overhaul. Teaching Aboriginal history and culture is being integrated into all subjects.

“It's important to have Aboriginal programs and cultural pride in the school system,” McDowell says, “especially as Revelstoke has no gathering places or local

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land set aside for those of Aboriginal heritage. There are four nomadic tribes who utilized this area, but they were sent to reserves in other parts of their territories.”

Miriam Manley, manager of the Revelstoke Performing Arts Center is excited to see the production.

“I think it's wonderful,” Manley says, “The impact of a film shown to the teachers and staff of the school district was so great, it was decided it must be offered to a wider audience.”

McLaren could not be reached for an interview.

Interestingly, McLaren is not the first Revelstoke aboriginal education teacher to

explore the topic of residential schools.

Jannica Hoskins, who preceeded McLaren, co-produced the 2007 documentary The Fallen Feather about abuses in residential schools.

Muffins for Granny will be offering a free public screening on January 16, with doors opening at 7 pm. There will be a question and answer period with McLaren after the film. Additionally, for those interested in learning more about the AEP and seeing a showcase of Aboriginal programs in Revelstoke schools, there will be an open house January 20 from 4–6 p.m. at Revelstoke Secondary School.

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Revelstoke Ski Club U14 & U12 racers kick off season at Apex Mary Clayton Revelstoke Ski Club

U14 racer Aleks Klassen started the race season strong with a silver in the slalom on Saturday.

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The Revelstoke Ski Club’s U14 and U12 skiers had a successful weekend of slalom racing at Apex Resort near Penticton on Jan 10 – 11.

The conditions were challenging for racing on the Saturday, with soft snow and at times, limited visibility. Sunday was a different story, with near-perfect racing conditions — cold temperatures, blue skies and hard snow.

Although the slow start to the winter has affected early-season training, the Revelstoke team managed to place a number of top-ten finishes.

The Apex slalom race is the first competition of the season and skiers from across the Okanagan, as well as from Hemlock Valley and Prince George were there, eager to be in the start gate. The Revelstoke Ski Club fielded seven athletes out of a total 125 skiers at the race.

Leading the charge for Revelstoke was Aleks Klassen, who earned a sil-

ver medal in the U14 boys on Saturday, and gold on Sunday. Jenna Knight placed fifth and Colm Molder ninth, both of whom are also U14 racers.

Head Coach Ned Lazarevic was very pleased with the team’s performance, especially the younger athletes who all skied well and with confidence.

“Learning how to attack a slalom course is an important part of a ski racer’s education,” explained Coach Lazarevic. “Slalom can be very intimidating but our young skiers did a great job.

It was great to see them getting more aggressive in the gates.”

The team’s FIS racers are currently racing in Schweitzer Basin. The race is a four-day event but at press time, we have had some excellent early results.

Emily Unterberger and Mitch Smith both placed sixth in the slalom held on Sunday. As well, our U16 racers will be at Red Mountain Jan 17 – 18.

Thanks to Revelstoke Mountain Resort for their continued support of our racing program, as well as our many community sponsors.

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Don’t be alarmed by the packs of dogs roaming around Revelstoke Mountain Resort this week — they’re here to help.

Revelstoke is hosting the annual Canadian Avalanche Rescue Dog Association training course this week.

Over the course of five days, 21 dogs and their handlers will be in Revelstoke for either their beginner, intermediate or advanced course. The teams are coming from across B.C., Alberta, the Yukon and the USA. The dogs are being trained to assist in avalanche search and rescue situations.

It takes several years for a dog to be certified by CARDA. New teams attend a course in the spring where they are assessed to see if they have the basic skills to enter the CARDA program.

Handlers must be part of a search and rescue team, be strong skiers,

have their CAA Level 1 for Ski Operations, and 80 hours of First Aid training. Dogs must have basic obedience training and be at least one-year old before their first winter course.

If a team is accepted, they will attend the winter course as part of the beginner group. “The first winter course is when they get introduced to the whole game of playing in the snow — digging holes, master runaways, all kinds of stuff like that,” said Al Roberts, a local CARDA handler who is organizing this week’s course.

Teams that pass the beginner course become a team-in-training and enter the intermediate course the following winter. If they’re successful in that course, they apply to be validated as an avalanche dog team with CARDA. “It takes two years, two winter courses to validate and then you re-validate every year after that,” said Roberts.

The advanced course consists of backcountry situations, such

as glacier travel, winter camping and more complex searches.

The course began Monday and runs until Friday. The beginner course will take place near the Revelation Lodge, while the intermediate course will take place at various locations around the mountain. The advanced course will start at the resort and participants will also get heli-drops into remote backcountry locations.

After it’s all done, CARDA is hosting a fundraiser at the Big Eddy Pub on Friday, Jan. 16, at 7 p.m. The Funky Snow Monkeys will provide the music and there will be a raffle with some big prizes as well.

“We’ve had a lot of good support from local businesses, especially the mechanized world, for our fundraiser,” said Roberts.

Revelstoke currently has six CARDA teams, with a seventh currently working towards certification.

There are 30 CARDA teams in Canada.

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Lieutenant Governor sponsors youth environment program Tom Fletcher Black Press

VICTORIA – Inspired by her holistic ranching background, Lieutenant Governor Judith Guichon has launched a province-wide environmental education program for high school teachers and youth leaders.

Stewards of the Future offers grants of up to $800 per group to cover field trips, fees for programs and guess speakers, equipment and

teacher release time for projects. It is offered for students from grades 9-12, First Nations educators, 4-H, Guide and Scout groups and environment clubs, with an application deadline of Jan. 23 for the spring program.

“Through Stewards of the Future, students will have the opportunity to explore issues that affect the land, water and other natural resources in British Columbia,” Guichon said.

“The goal of this program is not to solve the challenges we face, but

rather to encourage open discussion and gain a better understanding of the issues that affect our natural surroundings.”

Program partners, including the education ministry and B.C. Parks, offer support for projects such as research on invasive species leading to mapping and removal.

The Stewards of the Future toolkit emphasizes hands-on “placebased” experience to appreciate and enhance biodiversity.

Guichon and her late husband Lawrence Guichon are credited with pioneering holistic management in the B.C. cattle industry, emphasizing preservation of natural grassland on their historic Merritt-area ranch.

Holistic management, developed by African biologist and game ranger Allan Savory, overturned the long-held belief that overgrazing is the result of too many animals.

Savory proved that reducing the number of animals doesn’t restore

grasslands, which developed in the presence of large herds that were kept closely bunched and moving to avoid predators. Planned grazing mimics that pattern and gives grasslands time to recover.

Details and application forms for the Stewards of the Future program are available at the Lieutenant Governor’s website, www.ltgov.bc.ca Guichon intends to visit programs in the province and incorporate an awards program for participants.

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Grizzlies blow out Eagles to take weekend split Cassandra Federico

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The Grizzlies continued their playoff run last weekend with a loss at home, and a win on the road.

Friday night the Castlegar Rebels were in town, with a packed house and rowdy beer garden there to greet them.

After a fast-paced and physical game, the Rebels came out on top and beat the Grizzlies 4-2.

Castlegar were first to get on the board at 14:16 in the second period. Only a minute later, they added a second to give themselves a two goal lead. Revelstoke found their way onto the board at 7:22, when the team's newest player, Michael Roberts put one past the Castlegar goalie.

The Rebels scored at 9:23 in the third to restore their two goal lead. Then with less than a minute left in the game, Steven Fiust scored to make it 3-2 on a power play. The Rebels responded with their fourth goal only 10 seconds later after a miscue behind the Grizzlies net.

The Grizzlies couldn't close the gap in the dying seconds, and lost to the Rebels 4-2.

Coach Ryan Parent was content with the Grizzlies' play on Friday, despite the loss. "I thought we played hard enough to win, but we just needed to make a few adjustments," he said.

The Grizzlies were back on the road

on Saturday when they travelled to Sicamous to face off against the Eagles.

The Grizzlies played a solid game, and beat the Eagles 6-3.

Sicamous opened the scoring at 5:23 in the first period, with an unassisted goal from Devyn Myck.

The Grizzlies dominated the second period scoring five consecutive goals.

Fiust was first to put one on the board at 18:16, with help from Tyler Chavez Leech, and Zach Paxman. Roberts added another for the grizzlies at 13:36, with help from Paxman and Chavez Leech.

A minute later, Ethan Waitzner scored to make it 3-1; assists went to Roberts and Jackson Fulton. At 11:25, Kenny Batke put one in on a power play. Then with seven minutes to go, Fiust scored his second of the night on a power play to make it 5-1 in favour of the Grizzlies going into the third.

Roberts added to the Grizzlies lead with his second goal of the game at 15:54 of the third with the Grizzlies a man up; assists went to Zach Morey and Brady Mende.

Sicamous would score twice in the third to prevent a complete blowout.

Darien Blight put a second on the board for the Eagles at 14:25 and Justin Wilde made it 6-3 with 2:34 left in the game. It wasn't nearly enough to close the gap on the Grizzlies and the game ended with a final score of 6-3 for Revelstoke.

Parent was happy to pick up a win against Sicamous on Saturday night, and he liked the way the Grizzlies played.

"I thought we outplayed Sicamous.

We generated thorough offense, along with strong defense," he said.

Michael Roberts, who played for the Grizzlies in 2011-12 as a 16-year-old returned to the team after 2.5 seasons bouncing around the BCHL. He made his mark with six points in his first two games with the team. Parent is happy to have Roberts on the team, and thinks he's going to be an asset as they move forward.

"He slid right in this weekend, which surprised me because he hasn't played for a while," he said. "I can tell that he's going to be a great addition to the team not only on the ice, but he's also a nice guy to have around off the ice."

With the split, the Grizzlies remain in last place in the Doug Birks division, sixs point back of 100 Mile House for the final playoff spot and seven points back of Sicamous and Chase. Revelstoke holds two games in hand on each of those teams.

The Grizzlies have back-to-back home games this weekend against the Chase Heat on Friday, and the Sicamous Eagles on Saturday night. This will be an important weekend for the Grizzlies as they are facing off against two division rivals.

Michael Roberts had a strong return to the Revelstoke Grizzlies, with three goals and three assists in two games.

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Scott was a best friend to many of us. He was strong, funny, knowledgeable and most of all generous. On November 7, 2014 he gave his own life, because of his depression - not to hurt others - but only to help.

We would like to thank everyone who was there for Scott and his family during the difficult times. Hopefully Scott’s legacy will be that we are all more understanding of mental health problems and do what we can to help each other. We all want - mental happiness remember him often - remember him well.

Thanks again, The Gradys: Peter and Sylvia; Ryan and Tera (Olen and Izzy), Williams Lake; Chad and Kari (Hnatiuk), Nelson; and Emily (Micah and Isla), Revelstoke.

We would like to thank the community of Revelstoke for it’s support following the recent fire at our home. We’d also like to thank the numerous friends and family members for their well wishes, prayers and donations. You know who you are!

A special mention to the following: Revelstoke Fire Department and Volunteers Revelstoke Ambulance Service Gary Sulz - Victims Services Clay & Kathy from Smokey Bear Campground Revelstoke Times Review David Rooney - Revelstoke Current Mark McKee • Steven Hui - Pharmasave Whistling Ranch Service • Jacobson Ford Eleanor Byers • The Murray Family Many thanks to everyone who has or will donate to our Fire Fund at the Revelstoke Credit Union. We are truly grateful.

It is hard to mention everyone but you know who you are, so again, thanks! We are not out of the woods yet, but we now have a great start!

Dennis and Margo Goodman

16 n TIMESReview n WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 14, 2015

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