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Invermere adopts mail-in voting bylaw STEVE HUBRECHT steve@invermerevalleyecho.com Invermere council adopted a bylaw amendment allowing mail-in voting and agreed to submit a grant application for upgrades at Paddy Ryan reservoir at its latest council meeting. The election voting bylaw amendment was unanimously passed by council members, with no discussion, during the Tuesday, February 10th council meeting. The issue of a lack of mail-in voting option for local residents had beeb brought to the fore by Invermere residents John and Joan Rouse prior to this past November’s municipal election, but there was not sufficient time for the amendment to be drafted, approved and adopted before the vote took place. As a consequence, Mr. Rouse and his wife, who were away during the election, were unable to vote and all coun-

cillors had previously agreed a mail-in voting bylaw amendment should be adopted as soon as possible. Another item that came up at the meeting had to do with the district requesting financial aid. Councillors also voted unanimously to submit an application under the Build Canada Fund’s small communities program to upgrade and build an ultraviolet disinfection treatment plant at the Paddy Ryan reservoir (one of the district’s main water sources, along with a groundwater source in Athalmer). The total cost of the project would be about $1.3 million, with the grant application being for two-thirds of that amount and the district responsible for the final third. Invermere councillor Paul Denchuk said that having a second method of water treatment (the UV disinfection would be in addition to chlorine treatment) See A2

LOCAL NEWS Kootenay-Columbia candidates not yet confirmed for all federal parties DAN WALTON dan@invermerevalleyecho.com The federal Green and Conservative parties have nominated their candidates to represent the the riding of Kootenay-Columbia, while the NDP and Liberals are still deciding. Bill Green from Kimberley represented the Green Party in the 2011 federal election, and he’ll be taking another shot at the local riding again this year. “I am really excited to be the Green Party candidate for the 2015 federal election and we are going to run a very strong campaign in the upcoming election,” he told The Valley Echo. The Conservative candidate selection process was open to all members and resulted in the re-nomination by acclamation of current Kootenay-Columbia MP David Wilks. “David Wilks is much more than a back-bencher,” said Dave Reeves, president of the Kootenay-Columbia Conservative Association in a press release, “now serving on several parliamentary committees, including Justice, where his RCMP background is so valuable.” A spokesperson for the Liberal Party said that prospective candidates for the local riding are still being screened, but that the party will be ready with a candidate in every riding in the case of an early snap election. See A12

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MAKING THE MOST OF MILD WEATHER... Local photographer Kristin McCauley caught these two young boys in action as they played ball hockey at the outdoor rink in Radium Hot Springs on Saturday, February 14th as part of the village’s annual Winterfest. PHOTO BY KRISTIN MCCAULEY

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at the reservoir is a good idea, since it provides backup in case one method fails. “We’re a tourist town. If somebody visits and drinks several glasses of awful water, it paints us with a certain brush,” he said. The item sparked a good deal of general conversation about Invermere’s water quality, with several councillors and district staff pointing out that the issue of bad tasting or smelling water is quite localized across town. “My neighbour two doors down; he has a problem. I don’t,” said chief administrative officer Chris Prosser, adding that complaints about water taste and odour tend to increase when the water temperature at Paddy Ryan is above 20 C.

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Macdonald and Clovechok spar over Mount Polley findings Dan Walton dan@invermerevalleyecho.com Whether or not the collapsed tailings pond dam at Mount Polley could have been avoided has become a matter of debate here in the Columbia Valley. In a written exchange, Columbia River-Revelstoke MLA Norm Macdonald and former BC Liberal candidate Doug Clovechok have accused each other of spreading misinformation for the benefit of their respective political parties. “The BC Liberals said the failure was completely unpredictable. That is not true,” Macdonald stated in his bi-weekly MLA Report that was published in January 28th issue of The Valley Echo. “This government’s sloppiness made this failure completely predictable.” In a response issued Saturday, February 7th, Clovechock argued that Macdonald’s claims are “completely untrue and are completely refuted by the conclusions found by an independent panel that investigated the incident.” In a rebuttal, Macdonald quotes Vaughn Palmer of the Vancouver Sun, who read the panel’s report in its entirety: “Mount Polley was not a story of one flaw that went undetected for years with nothing to be done about it. Rather, it was characterized by a pattern of dubious behaviour, margins of safety that skirted the edge of the cliff, little thought of worst-case scenarios, all factors in a disaster waiting to happen.” Roughly 150 pages of the panel’s findings have been withheld to prevent interference with ongoing investigations, according to the provincial government. From what was publicly released of the report, the panelists found a number of contributing factors, but state that a flawed design of the tailings pond was a leading contribution, having been situated above a layer of earth weaker than previously thought. The panelists say the straw that broke the camel’s back was the

construction of a steep downstream rockfill zone. The construction of the rockfill zone was on a slope with a grade steep enough to cause the breach, according to a press release. The press release goes on to suggest that current inspection practices were not able to adequately detect the hazard. “Inspections of the tailings storage facility would not have prevented failure. Regulatory staff are well qualified to perform their responsibilities and they performed as expected.” “Basically the weight of the dam was too much for the weak materials in the foundation to bear,” said U.S. consulting engineer Steven Vick, one of the three experts. The report concludes that the concrete-like glacial till material in the base of the dam wasn’t understood in enough detail when the dam was designed and built in 1997. Later raising of the dam to hold more water and tailings weakened the base layer and led to the failure. Vick said the additions to the dam were built with a steeper slope than the original dam, and plans to buttress the area were delayed until it was too late. Seven recommendations were made through the report, which Minister of Energy and Mines Bill Bennett said the province will fully implement. Two more investigations of the mine failure are pending. Bennett said the Chief Inspector of Mines is likely to release his report by this summer, and the Conservation Officer Service will also report when its investigation is complete. Bennett said the government is willing to see the Mount Polley mine reopen, but the other investigations must be complete first. The parent company Imperial Metals has applied to use an existing pit to store tailings and resume operations without using the original tailings pond again. ~With files from Tom Fletcher

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Local community foundation looks back on big year of grants and giving Steve Hubrecht steve@invermerevalleyecho.com

The Columbia Valley Community Foundation has had a busy year. “There’s so much that’s happened,” said foundation chair Roberta Hall. In 2014, the foundation added two new endowment funds, gave out about $100,000 in grants and has hired an interim executive director. The foundation functions as a charitable endowment organization, which gives out grants for various philanthropic initiatives and to which donors can contribute. The two new endowment funds are the Invermere Public Library Fund and the Sherry and Harvey Doerr Fund. The $100,000 in grants includes more than $64,000 in student awards (including the first Arnold Ellis Scholarships, with 39 students receiving $1,800 each to help further their studies or training) as well as more than $32,000 in Community Fund grants. The Community Fund grants went to organizations such as the Columbia Bains Environmental Education Network (CBEEN), the Arts Council, the Greenways Trail Alliance, the Health Arts Society, the Invermere Companion Animal Network (ICAN), the Steamboat Mountain Music Festival, the community garden project in Radium Hot Springs, the Windermere District Historical Society’s digital database project, a Summit Youth Centre project to create a film on philanthropy, and the Wings Over the Rockies festival. “The last four years have seen incredible growth for the foundation,” said Hall. Wendy Rockafellow is the foundation’s interim executive director and the foundation now has office space up at the Lions Hall/Columbia Valley Chamber of Commerce at the Crossroads. Hall attributes the organization’s success to the com-

mitment of its members. “Everybody on the board is there because they want to give back to the community,” she said, adding the organization is always keen to add new directors or members, even those who just have time to help out with one project. The foundation was incorporated in June 2001 and distributed its first grants in June 2002. Besides the two new endowment funds, the foundation also has its Community Fund (including the Lynn A. Miller Bursary Fund, which merged with the Community Fund in 2009), the Children’s Legacy Fund, the Tom Sanders Memorial Fund, the Gordon Wilder Fund, the Kootenay Saving Community Fund, the Fairmont Family Fund, the Ann Tilley Memorial Fund, the Arnold Ellis Scholarship Fund, the Bidder Bursary Fund and the Opportunities for Youth Fund. More than 50 local residents, representing the valley from Spillimacheen to Canal Flats, are members of the foundation, with seven of those members serving on its board of directors. Prior to 2014, the foundation gave out a total of more than $322,000 in grants. The single biggest donation in the fund’s history was from former Canal Flats resident Arnold Ellis in 2012. Ellis donated $1.4 million from his estate to help valley residents get a chance at higher education. The foundation currently has more than $3 million in endowment assets. Its annual general meeting is coming up at the Lions Hall on Monday, April 27th and the organization hopes the Summit Youth Centre’s film on philanthropy (which features the foundation) will be ready to play there. To learn more about the foundation visit valleyfoundation.ca, contact Hall at 250-347-6404 or stop by the annual general meeting.

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Committee debates ongoing directed funds allocation Erin Knutson Special to The Valley Echo

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considering that they’re trying to look for some tangible projects, it might be worth inserting some partial money for 2015,” said Invermere mayor and directed funds committee member Gerry Taft. Because of the approaching deadline to raise the stipulated funds, proposals were made on potential reformations to the existing contract. “I would suggest we amend the contract and if they’ve raised the ten, then we’re willing to give them twenty and if they raise the rest of the money then they get 17. This way they can get some money up front — this way they know they have some money in the bank, but I wouldn’t want to write over the full $37,000. Right now the $10,000 is coming from discretionary aids and other CBT funds,” said Mayor Taft. Other concerns that the funds would not be in synch with valley-wide initiatives were brought to attention. The committee motioned to hold the CCTA to its original contract — raising the full $20,000 — then revisit it upon its expiry

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Fate of Canal Flats village discussed Erin Knutson Special to The Valley Echo

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NICOLE TRIGG nicole@invermerevalleyecho.com It’s been just over two years since the valley community learned that a long-time Canal Flats resident had left a huge amount of money to the Columbia Valley Community Foundation with the intention of helping individuals who require financial assistance to further their education and careers. Mr. Ellis had set up the Arnold Ellis Scholarship Fund with an initial donation in 2004, then after he passed away in January 2012, upon receipt of his estate assets, the fund exceeded $2 million. It was an extraordinaory announcement. The community foundation ensures the gift amounts are kept intact, generating in-

come from the interest that accrues, which is then distributed to community projects, organizations and individuals throughout the year on an application basis. At the time of the Ellis announcement, the foundation told The Valley Echo it had endowment funds totalling $800,000 that could generate about $20,000 in a good year, and that Mr. Ellis’ donation would increase their giving capacity by about $50,000 a year. Since that time, two new endowment funds have been added and the foundation’s endowment assets are now upwards of $3 million. This translates into a lot of giving back to the community. Reading through the list of community

groups that received a combined total of $32,000 in 2014, one is struck by the incredible reach the Columbia Valley Community Foundation is now able to have, with a paid employee and physical office space to boot — objectives from 2012 which the foundation has now achieved. From environmental education to trail building to animal welfare to music, community gardening and local history, the community foundation has got it covered. Furthermore, last year local students collected $64,000 to help them achieve their dreams. What remarkable work thanks to those generous donors whose charitable gifts make it all possible — gifts that truly keep on giving in perpetuity.

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ince the November elecRegional tion, Invermere council has been busy. In early December, we had a strategic planning session to help to set the priorities of council while balancing and allocating the staff and financial capacities in the organization. It should come as no surprise that most of our focus and energy is going into the design and development of the new multi-use facility, which will replace our existing community hall. We were very happy to see the demolition of the old school finish. We have now finalized the hiring of the architectural firm Shape Design, and over the next few months the advisory council to the multi-use facility, made up of Invermere council, several regional district representatives, and non-voting representatives from key user groups, will be meeting regularly with the architects.There will be

several public open houses and information sessions where we will be looking for more input and opinions on draft designs. There was a Meet the Architect meeting on February 17th, and more dates will be announced soon. On Saturday, February 28th, ERRY Invermere and Panorama will be host to the opening ceremonies for the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) World Championship. The opening ceremonies and athlete’s parade will begin at 5 p.m. in downtown Invermere. The IPC Championship races will take place at Panorama from March 1st to 10th. Having had the opportunity to help present medals at the IPC World Cup event at Panorama last year, it was truly impressive and inspirational to see the diversity of athletes and their incredible abilities and how adaptive

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and resilient they are. It is also very exciting to see how many countries are represented. If you have the chance, please attend the opening ceremony and watch some of the racing. Let’s make all of the athletes and their support people feel welcome here! Some new projects are coming forward from a regional perspective for 2015. The RDEK is looking at replacing the roof on the Eddie Mountain Memorial Arena and potentially purchasing a new Zamboni for the Canal Flats Arena. In April, the RDEK will have their strategic planning session, and a few of the things we will be advocating fo include the Columbia Valley economic development service area and help with the Invermere Public Library, preparing for a referendum on raising money for a new facility. Gerry Taft is mayor of the District of Invermere and a Regional District of East Kootenay director for the Columbia Valley. He can be reached at taft.gerry@gmail.com.

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LETTERS Harper the Miser harms Canada’s reputation worldwide Dear Editor: I was shocked to find out that in 2013, funding for the permanent elimination of extreme poverty rose 6.1 per cent worldwide while Canada’s contribution dropped a humiliating 11.4 per cent. This year, the world will complete a global agreement called the SDGs — the Sustainable Development Goals. This is an election year. Please tell your MP and then your candidates that this miserly, penny-pinching is not only disgusting and morally offensive, it is harming our international reputation with all of the repercussions that will arise. LEO YOUNG VERNON

Wolves as scapegoats Dear Editor: The following is an article that appeared in the Kamloops This Week paper on Friday, February 6th, 2015 in the “Guest View” section and was submitted by the Castlegar News. We believe it is right on and we would like to share it with your readers. When a B.C. wolf is a goat What if the way to curb our growing global population

was to poison the food source or round up a variety of people from different age groups and shoot them with a firing squad? This is how ecologists and governments deal with growing populations of one species or another. Humans kill our way out of everything. It seems we always have. Right now, the target is on the back of the wolves living in the South Selkirk range. What is disturbing is the poignant argument both for and against the cull. There are scientists, ecologists, politicians and — more silently but no less involved — business owners. The worst of it is the method being used. It is controversial — involving noisy and invasive helicopters manned with sharpshooters, which, to us, seems like a frightening and traumatic way to die. There are laws around this. In 1993, a set of guidelines was created to regulate animal culling and nowhere does it condone shooting from a chopper. The only humane way to shoot an animal is in the brain, which is tough to do when you’re hovering above them as they run away from you at top speeds. Even if you are a sharpshooter, is there some sort of evaluation between a sharpshooter and a shooter? No matter which side of the argument you are on, the method is flawed and it isn’t getting much air time. Wolf packs will be unnecessarily splintered and the cull will leave scars on the remaining wolves. Why is nobody talking about the fact the wolf is being made into a goat — a scapegoat? The wolf is a convenient patsy for the loss of caribou at the hands of deforestation of their preferred habitat: old-growth forests. But, that is an argument for another day. CLAUDETTE LAFFEY SANDI MIKUSE KAMLOOPS

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rick question: If I asked Beneath the URFACE you where climate was, where would you point? Notice how we tend to think of it as an aboveground phenomenon? A somewhere-over-the-rainbow, atmosphere kind of thing? And, true enough, climate (average weather over time) normally includes EGAN temperature, precipitation, humidity, cloudiness and wind. However, since changes in climate invariably lead to changes in water, it’s worth flipping this perspective on its tail this month, to think about what a balmy February might mean for Lake Windermere, and the Columbia Headwaters watershed, from glacier to groundwater.

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Snow and glacier melt Mountain ecosystems are very sensitive to a changing climate, made apparent by the water cycle. The Columbia River Basin and Peace watershed regions have seen decreasing precipitation during winter over the past five decades. Glacier retreat, along with a decline in winter snowfall and snowpack, lead to reduction in streamflow come spring and summer. Changes in streamflow regimes directly affect water supply and quality, hydroelectric power, and fish and aquatic habitat. Of course, less snow also has major implications for winter recreation and tourism activities in the Columbia Valley. Lake ice and streamflow One of the first changes I noticed this week was the melting of ice cover on the lake. Studies show a fairly consistent trend in Canada towards earlier lake “ice-free” dates. See A9

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Wednesday, February 18, 2015 The Valley Echo

MONEY MATTERS

Getting serious about savings and investing JASON ELFORD, CFP Portfolio Strategies Corp. — CMK Wealth Management We are now well into 2015. If you are like many people, your New Year’s Resolution to do a better job of managing your money has already been long forgotten. With the RRSP contribution deadline of March 2nd fast approaching, many people will reflexively make a deposit to their RRSP. Some may even use online banking to throw money into the RRSP at the last minute vowing to figure out how to invest it later. But life gets in the way and later never happens. The contribution sits in a daily interest account earning little or no interest. So why contribute to an RRSP anyway? Many argue that using a TFSA is better for young people than RRSPs. Others argue that RRSPs are terrible because of the taxes you have to pay on any withdrawals in the future. In certain situations, some of these arguments are valid, but miss the point. The point of making an RRSP contribution is to build your assets over time so that you can use those assets or savings to generate income. This will allow you to stop working, enjoy a passive income and maintain a pre-determined standard of living you choose for yourself! No planning or savings means your financial plan is that you get whatever lifestyle you get with no personal preferences or input. The big picture is to convert your lifetime earning potential (the earlier you start the better), into assets and savings so you don’t need to continue working for your entire life. That is the real definition of financial independence. The tax savings from making an RRSP contribution can be significant but they are the icing on the cake. The true benefit of an RRSP is the tax-deferred growth on your capital as well as the higher savings that are possible by putting pre-tax

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capital into your RRSP. These two factors combined give most Canadians a huge boost towards becoming economically self-sufficient in their retirement years. Even if RRSPs were eliminated or the tax deduction was dropped or modified it would make no difference to your need to build assets and savings over time. It would just become harder. The beauty of an RRSP contribution is there is a deadline associated with it, just like filing income taxes. Please call us today to review your RRSP strategy and to hear about the many new investment ideas that we have to offer you!

Annual health care crisis grips B.C.

B.C. he annual ritual of declaring a criexorably as the health care budget. IEWS sis in health care is upon us, with An emergency physician of my acthe B.C. Liberal government boasting quaintance provided a typical scenario that we have the best system in Canafor night shift at the ER. Where once da, while the NDP and the B.C. Nurses’ nights were quiet, now there are patients Union try to portray it as the worst. waiting for hours, around the clock. The BCNU is the last big public sector Several are drunk, and one has urinatunion still to settle in the latest round ed on the floor. Surveys show as many of contract talks. Feeding horror stories as half of ER visits are alcohol-related, OM to the media is part of its strategy, and from overdoses to fights, falls, car this time it was a patient at Abbotsford crashes and chronic conditions. Hospital assigned a bed in a small showInto this chaos comes a mother with er room for a month due to chronic overcrowding. her young child, who has nasal and chest congesHospital officials said his care wasn’t compromised. tion. The child’s cough led her to throw up, so off to We’ve seen it in Abbotsford, Surrey and elsewhere: ER they went, blithely assuming that this is where a new hospital or expansion is built and is immedi- you bring a kid with a cold. ately overcrowded. We are reminded every winter This week’s B.C. budget brings us a step closer to that influenza season brings a wave of people into the moment when half of all provincial revenues go emergency, expecting treatment for a viral infection to keep the health care system running. that in most cases can only run its course. In the legislature, NDP health critic Judy Darcy Many people still don’t understand what “the flu” blasted Health Minister Terry Lake for the governis, beyond the notion that it sounds serious enough ment’s failure to keep its 2010 promise to find everyto tell the boss you won’t be in to work. And as few- one in B.C. a family doctor. er doctors choose the endless demands of family Lake allowed they’re still working on that, and then practice, the expectation that all problems must be plugged the latest Conference Board of Canada study dealt with quickly and for free seems to grow as in- showing B.C. ranks third in the world in health care

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outcomes, second only to Switzerland and Sweden. Darcy, a former president of the Hospital Employees’ Union, was quick to respond: “This is surely a first in question period, the Minister of Health going back to the record of the NDP government in the 1990s, because we’ve had the best health outcomes in Canada since 1993. The fact is that we exercise more, we smoke less and we drink less, and that’s to the credit of British Columbians.” We also have more elderly people, as Premier Christy Clark argued in 2011 when the federal government changed its financing formula. After years of increasing transfers by six per cent per year, the late federal finance minister Jim Flaherty announced that starting in 2014, increases would be tied to economic growth, but wouldn’t fall below three per cent. This of course was treated as a cut, rather than continued increases above inflation. But there it is, and all provinces have to deal with it. Darcy is quite right that personal responsibility is the key, something to remember as the usual squabbling of special interests continues. Tom Fletcher is legislature reporter and columnist for Black Press. Twitter: @tomfletcherbc Email: tfletcher@blackpress.ca

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Rockies beat Fernie in season finale DAN WALTON dan@invermerevalleyecho.com

Ghostrider Joel Burgess scored two goals and two assists. On Saturday night (February 14th) at the Eddie Mountain Memorial Arena, while the Ghostriders won, the Rockies didn’t let them cruise their way to another victory. The opening period belonged to Columbia Valley. Minutes into the game on the power play, Malcolm Fenelon scored to give the Rockies an early lead. That lead was padded with two more goals by Seth Bjorkman, and the period ended with the Rockies leading 3-0. But Fernie was gassed up in the second period, taking the lead by scoring four consecutive goals. The middle period finished in a tie however, with Rockies player Braydon Barker scoring in the final two minutes. The game was decided by a lone goal in the third, which was scored by Ghostrider Derek Georgopoulos, who earned himself a Gordie Howe Hat Trick — a goal, an assist, and a fight. The Rockies were defeated 5-4.

While the Rockies won’t be competing in the playoffs this year, they demonstrated their ability to overcome one of the leagues’ strongest teams during the regular season’s last weekend. The Kootenay Conference-leading Fernie Ghostriders matched up against Columbia Valley three times in as many nights. On Friday, February 13th in Fernie, the Ghostriders scored just seconds after the opening puck drop, and didn’t wait long to run away with the score, taking a seven-goal lead after two periods. In the third, Braydon Barker and Harrison Davies gave the Rockies a couple of points on the scoreboard, but the Ghostriders’ seven-goal lead was insurmountable. Columbia Valley assists went to Tyson Kapty, Malcolm Fenelon, Randy Teeple, and Braydon Barker.

KIJHL Statistics

EddIE MountaIn dIvISIon TEAM GP W z-Fernie Ghostriders 52 37 x-Kimberley Dynamiters 52 32 x-Creston Valley T. Cats 52 28 x-Golden Rockets 52 23 Col. Valley Rockies 52 12

L 11 15 18 24 34

T OTL PTS 1 3 78 2 3 69 1 5 62 0 5 51 0 6 30

STRK L1 W10 L1 L1 W1

nEIL MurdocH dIvISIon TEAM GP W y-B. Valley Nitehawks 52 35 x-Castlegar Rebels 52 30 x-Spokane Braves 52 25 x-Nelson Leafs 52 23 G. Forks Border Bruins 52 8

L 12 17 23 23 40

T OTL PTS 1 4 75 1 4 65 0 4 54 2 4 52 1 3 20

STRK W1 W2 L2 L1 L17

doug BIrKS dIvISIon TEAM GP y-Kamloops Storm 52 x-Chase Heat 52 x-100 Mile H. Wranglers 52 x-Sicamous Eagles 52 Revelstoke Grizzlies 52

W 33 25 26 26 24

L 17 19 21 23 21

T OTL PTS 0 2 68 2 6 58 0 5 57 1 2 55 2 5 55

STRK L1 L1 W1 L1 W2

oKanagan dIvISIon TEAM GP t-Osoyoos Coyotes 52 x-Summerland Steam 52 x-Kelowna Chiefs 52 x-Princeton Posse 52 N. Okanagan Knights 52

W 42 28 23 22 6

L 7 19 25 25 41

T OTL PTS 2 1 87 2 3 61 2 2 50 3 2 49 1 4 17

STRK W2 L2 W3 W1 L9

Scoring Leaders Player Team 1. Jason Richter KIM 2. Aaron Azevedo OSO 3. Ian Chrystal KAM 4. Doan Smith FER 5. Troy Maclise OSO 6. Carson Cartwright CTC 7. Steven Flust REV 8. Braeden Cyra KEL 9. Mitch Foyle BVN 10. Tyler Chavez Leech REV

GP 52 42 52 46 49 50 52 50 52 51

G 39 25 35 35 28 31 21 15 33 32

A 31 45 29 27 34 30 39 45 26 27

Goaltending Leaders (min. six games played) Player Team GAA W L T 1. Daniel Toews (AP) CHA 1.81 4 2 0 2. Brett Soles OSO 2.03 21 2 3 3. Lawrence Langan OSO 2.29 26 6 1 4. Tyson Brouwer KIM 2.37 25 9 2 5. Brett Huber SUM 2.38 17 11 2 6. Bailey Stephens PRI 2.43 9 9 0 7. Aidan Doak REV 2.48 11 5 0 8. Jeff Orser FER 2.51 24 9 1 9. Mitchell Martell CTC 2.69 13 5 1 10. Olivier Charest SIC 2.76 12 6 1 x = clinched playoff spot y = clinched division

PTS 70 70 64 62 62 61 60 60 59 59 SO 1 3 5 2 3 0 2 1 0 2

z = clinched conferece t = clinched league title

Rockies goaltender Giovanni Sambrielaz made 30 saves. Columbia Valley assists went to Harrison Davies, Kolten Nelson, Damon Raven, Dario Piva, Braydon Barker (2), and Ryan St. Jean. Despite the two back-to-back losses, the Rockies were able to end their season on a high note. In Fernie on Sunday, February 15th, the Ghostriders were first to score after netting a goal midway through the opening period, but the Rockies started the second with a 2-1 lead, after Dario Piva scored twice in three minutes, with help from Kolten Nelson, Braydon Barker, Ryan St. Jean, and Kale Johnston. It wasn’t until a Fernie power play in the third before another goal was scored, with the Ghostriders tying at two. The rest of regulation was a stalemate, and the regular season was extended slightly as the game headed into sudden-death overtime. Less than a minute into extra time, Harrison Davies lit the lamp for the Rockies, finishing his team’s season with a Playoff Schedules (all times MST); * = if necessary big win 3-2. Assists Kootenay ConferenCe - eddie Mountain div. SeMifinalS went to Carter ForFERNIE GHOSTRIDERS (1) vs. GOLDEN ROCKETS (4) Game 1 - Wednesday, Feb. 18 at Fernie Memorial Arena (7:30 p.m.) syth and Braydon Game 2 - Friday, Feb. 20 at Golden Arena (8 p.m.) Barker. The Rockies Game 3 - Sunday, Feb. 22 at Fernie Memorial Arena (7:30 p.m.) Game 4 - Monday, Feb. 23 at Golden Arena (7:30 p.m.) star of the game was *Game 5 - Wednesday, Feb. 25 at Fernie Memorial Arena (7:30 p.m.) *Game 6 - Friday, Feb. 27 at Golden Arena (7:30 p.m.) goaltender Jason *Game 7 - Saturday, Feb. 28 at Fernie Memorial Arena (7:30 p.m.) Sandhu, who made KIMBERLEY DYNAMITERS (2) vs. CRESTON VALLEY T. CATS (3) 38 saves. Game 1 - Friday, Feb. 20 at Kimberley Civic Centre (7 p.m.) Game 2 - Saturday, Feb. 21 at Kimberley Civic Centre (7 p.m.) The Rockies will Game 3 - Monday, Feb. 23 at Johnny Bucyk Arena (7:30 p.m.) Game 4 - Tuesday, Feb. 24 at Johnny Bucyk Arena (7:30 p.m.) soon be active with *Game 5 - Thursday, Feb. 26 at Kimberley Civic Centre (7 p.m.) their summer fund*Game 6 - Friday, Feb. 27 at Johnny Bucyk Arena (7:30 p.m.) *Game 7 - Saturday, Feb. 28 at Kimberley Civic Centre (7 p.m.) raising and recruiting Kootenay ConferenCe - neil MurdoCh div. SeMifinalS initiatives. The vinBEAVER VALLEY NITEHAWKS (1) vs. NELSON LEAFS (4) Game 1 - Friday, Feb. 20 at Beaver Valley Arena (8:30 p.m.) tage car to be raffled Game 2 - Saturday, Feb. 21 at Beaver Valley Arena (8:30 p.m.) this summer will be Game 3 - Monday, Feb. 23 at Nelson Comm. Complex (8 p.m.) Game 4 - Tuesday, Feb. 24 at Nelson Comm. Complex (8 p.m.) a red Chevrolet Cor*Game 5 - Thursday, Feb. 26 at Beaver Valley Arena (8 p.m.) *Game 6 - Friday, Feb. 27 at Nelson Comm. Complex (8 p.m.) vette. And this year’s *Game 7 - Saturday, Feb. 28 at Beaver Valley Arena (8:30 p.m.) spring training camp CASTLEGAR REBELS (2) vs. SPOKANE BRAVES (3) in April is expected Game 1 - Friday, Feb. 20 at Castlegar Complex (8 p.m.) Game 2 - Saturday, Feb. 21 at Castlegar Complex (8 p.m.) to deliver a sizeable Game 3 - Monday, Feb. 23 at Eagles Ice-A-Rena (8 p.m.) Game 4 - Tuesday, Feb. 24 at Eagles Ice-A-Rena (8 p.m.) talent pool, as the *Game 5 - Thursday, Feb. 26 at Castlegar Complex (8 p.m.) BCHL’s Langley River*Game 6 - Friday, Feb. 27 at Eagles Ice-A-Rena (8 p.m.) *Game 7 - Saturday, Feb. 28 at Castlegar Complex (8 p.m.) men will be co-hostoK./ShuSwap ConferenCe - doug birKS div. SeMifinalS ing in Invermere. KAMLOOPS STORM (1) vs. SICAMOUS EAGLES (4) Game 1 - Friday, Feb. 20 at McArthur Park Arena (8 p.m.) Game 2 - Saturday, Feb. 21 at McArthur Park Arena (8 p.m.) Game 3 - Monday, Feb. 23 at Sicamous Recreation Centre (8:30 p.m.) Game 4 - Tuesday, Feb. 24 at Sicamous Recreation Centre (8:30 p.m.) *Game 5 - Thursday, Feb. 26 at McArthur Park Arena (8 p.m.) *Game 6 - Friday, Feb. 27 at Sicamous Recreation Centre (8:30 p.m.) *Game 7 - Saturday, Feb. 28 at McArthur Park Arena (8 p.m.)

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Wednesday, February 18, 2015 The Valley Echo

EMEMBER WHEN? R A look back through The Valley Echo's archives over the last 55 years

years ago (1960): Lake Windermere produced a monster named Oscar. Oscar was raised from the depths of Lake Windermere by skin divers during the annual Ling Derby. Skin divers of the Calgary Sub-Aquatic Club surfaced the purplish eightlegged creature, which turned out to have been a plant, planted to attract spectators.

years ago (1970): An orange ribbon of train threaded past Lake Windermere Station at Athalmer, its gleaming new cars and engines making up the first of the new coal trains to traverse from

Kaiser Steel Operations in the Crow’s Nest to Roberts Bank with coal shipments for Japan. The train was made up of 79 cars laden with an an average of 110 tons of coal per car.

years ago (1975): The Rocky Mountain Boys Camp on Adami Point on the east side of Lake Windermere was purchased by Terra West Investments Ltd. and Meridian Developments Ltd., both B.C. registered companies from Mr. and Mrs. E.J. Zinkan. Planning the new use for the property was underway by AEM Planning and Development Services Ltd. Of Calgary and Stanley Associates Engineering Ltd.

years ago (1995): Pot smokers were no longer safe from the eyes of

2011 — Everyone had a great time learning to salsa and tango at the dance workshop held on February 13th at the Royal Canadian Legion in Invermere. ECHO FILE PHOTO

the law when they lit up on the chair lift at Panorama Resort. Members of the RCMP could be watching from the chair behind. Following a decision in December, Panorama Resort and local police banded their resources together to make the ski hill a safer, more enjoyable place to be, by sending detachment members to patrol the area.

years ago (2000): Three members with the Columbia Valley RCMP Victim Services Program logged a combined milestone total of nearly 2,800 man hours. Nancy Pronk, Siri Tilling and Dusty Weaver were recognized as a huge asset to the program, which offers its services to victims of crime or trauma, said program manager Donna Power. A BALMY from A6

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In British Columbia alone, the duration of ice cover decreased by up to 48 days in some cases over the period of 1976 to 2005. Decline in overall streamflow mixed with warmer temperatures can render sensitive habitat unsuitable for some aquatic and coldwater fish species, including salmon. A warmer lake can also lead to increased nutrient concentrations, potentially quickening the pace of eutrophication or algal growth. The rate at which glaciers and deep winter snow packs melt also has an impact on how catchment areas collect and drain water, whether in streams, wetlands or into the ground to replenish aquifers. Fortunately for us, the Columbia Wetlands help to absorb shocks related to changing climates by acting as sponges simultaneously reducing floods and storing water to protect against drought. Another essential source of water storage is found in underground aquifers. Groundwater The research community still has a lot to learn about how sensitive groundwater infiltration and refresh rates are to climate change. Hoping to help fill this knowledge gap, Living Lakes Canada (LLC) is a network of watershed stewardship groups that works with local communities to better understand their watersheds. LLC Water Stewardship Co-ordinator Raegan Mallinson says the groundwater monitoring project “creates a connection and understanding of the local hydrological cycle and awareness of watershed issues within communities.” “It’s pretty simple” says Buzz Harmsworth, a local volunteer with the program,“Water’s around to go around. Depths are pretty steady until spring, when it goes up… the quality is another question.” Local residents like Buzz actively participate in groundwater testing, sometimes even out of their own household well. Think like a watershed Not unlike the root system of an ancient cedar, or the veins that circulate nutrients through the human body, rivers and streams are vital anatomy to the landscape. Warmer climates serve as a reminder that to safeguard the stability of the Columbia River, we need to think like a watershed by considering how the river functions as a whole. As the Province rolls out new regulations under the Water Sustainability Act, and looks to us to be the experts on our homewaters, what will you do to protect this beautiful place on the Lake? Beneath The Surface is based on the principle that there is often more to know than what is visible from the “surface” of an issue. If there is something that concerns you about the lake and you want to get to the “bottom of it”, call Lake Windermere Ambassadors program co-ordinator Megan Peloso at 250-341-6898 or email info@lakeambassadors.ca and inspire the next column! Sources used for this week’s column include World Watch Magazine, the Union of Concerned Scientists, the Watershed Watch Salmon Society and the Ministry of Forests and Range Research Branch.

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• 9 a.m.: Kootenay Aboriginal Business Development Agency (KABDA) is hosting a Planting the Seed to Entrepreneurship: Fundamentals of Business Ideas and Planning workshop at the College of the Rockies 1305 9th St. S. Golden BC. For more information and to register contact Janice Alpine at 1-888-480-2464 ext 3164 or jalpine@ kabda.org or visit kabda.org • 11:45 a.m.: The Rotary Club of Invermere meets every Wednesday at the Curling Rink. • 4 - 8 p.m.: SYC. Join us for Netflix, Wifi and Rockband. • 6:30 p.m.: Movie with a meal at Earl Grey Lodge. Three course meal and featuring the film The Grand Budapest Hotel. $59.99 + tax, limited seating. Call 250-341-3641 or email info@earlgreylodge.com for more information and to make reservations. • 6:30 - 9:30 p.m.: Columbia Valley Search and Rescue AGM, at Copper Point Golf Course. • 7 p.m.: The Hospice Society of the Columbia Valley is hosting information night at the Radium Seniors Centre. For more information call 250-688-1143.

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• 9 a.m.: KABDA is hosting an Entrepreneurship workshop at EK Employment ofﬁce #2 1313 7th Ave. Invermere BC. For more information and to register contact Janice Alpine at 1-888-480-2464 ext 3164 or jalpine@kabda.org or visit kabda.org • 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.: Invermere’s

Historic main street. Refreshments served. • 4 - 6 p.m.: SYC. Come join us for Graphic Design Training. • 7 p.m.: The Hospice Society of the Columbia Valley is hosting information night at the Invermere Hospice Ofﬁce. For more information call 250-688-1143.

• 6:30 p.m.: Movie with a meal at Earl Grey Lodge. Three course meal and featuring the ﬁlm Birdman. $59.99 + tax, limited seating. Call 250-341-3641 or email info@earlgreylodge.com for more information and to make reservations. • 7 p.m.: The Hospice Society of the Columbia Valley is hosting 20TH : FRIDAY information night at Smoking Water • 9 a.m.: KABDA is hosting an Cafe in Fairmont Hot Springs. For Entrepreneurship workshop at more information call 250-688-1143. Akisqnuk First Nation Band Hall, 3050 Highway 93/95 Windermere, FEB 26TH– MARCH 4TH BC. For more information and to register contact Janice Alpine at 26TH : THURSDAY 1-888-480-2464 ext 3164 or jalpine@ • 3:30 - 4:30 p.m.: Drop-in Lego Club kabda.org or visit kabda.org at the Invermere Public Library. • 2 - 4 p.m.: SYC. Come join us for Visit invermere.bclibrary.ca for snowshoeing. more info. • 5 - 8 p.m.: Climbing wall open • 4 - 6 p.m.: SYC. Come join us for at J.A. Laird School every Friday, Graphic Design Training. Saturday and Sunday. Birthday • 5 - 6 p.m.: Fire & Ice Festival parties by appt. 250-688-5228 weekend at Fairmont Hot Springs. • 7 p.m.: The Hospice Society of Wine tasting in Fairmont Hot the Columbia Valley is hosting an Springs Resort lobby featuring BC information night at the Edgewater Ice Wine. $10, live music with Paul Community Hall. For more Carriere from 6 - 8 p.m. information call 250-688-1143.

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• 10:30 a.m. : Preschool Story Time at the Invermere Public Library. Stories, songs, and crafts! • 12 - 1 p.m.: Ask a Librarian / Dropin tech support at the Invermere Public Library, every Thursday. For more info, go to invermere. bclibrary.ca • 7 p.m.: Texas Hold ‘em Tournament TH : FRIDAY 27 21ST : SATURDAY every Thursday at Invermere • 12 - 4 p.m.: Lion’s Club Garage Sale • 12 p.m.: Lunch at the Edgewater Legion. Legion. Six dollars. Soup, bun, at Fairmont Lions Den. • 7 p.m.: SYC. Come join us for dessert and more. Last Friday of MARCH 6TH : FRIDAY each month. Foosball Tournament. • 2 - 4 p.m.: SYC. Come join us for • 7 - 10 p.m.: Fresh Fridays Open Mic at Pynelogs. Showcasing young swimming at Radium Hot Springs. 23RD : MONDAY talent from the valley. All ages, • 6 p.m.: SYC. Join us for Karaoke • Starlight Challenge Finale at licensed bar. First Friday of every Fairmont Hot Springs Resort ski night. hill. Rockstar Prime Skis contest month. winner announced. 24TH : TUESDAY • 1:30 - 3 p.m.: Play Crib at Columbia Garden Village in the coffee room every Tuesday. • 5 p.m.: SYC. Join us for Pinterest DIY’s. • 6 - 7:30 p.m.: Bereavement Support Group, 12 - week program every Tuesday from January 20th to April 7th, at the Hospice Society Ofﬁce. For more information and to register call 250-688-1143.

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• 12 - 4 p.m.: Lion’s Club Garage Sale at Fairmont Lions Den. • 1 - 4 p.m.: Afternoon festival at Fairmont Hot Springs Resort ski hill (Free to attend), Ice carving demo, campﬁre, DJ Wild Bill, BBQ on deck. • 6 p.m.: SYC. Come join us for movie night and popcorn. • 6 p.m. - 12 a.m.: Dinner and Dance at Fairmont Hot Springs Resort. 25TH : WEDNESDAY Live music by Billy Kulyk & Friends. • 12 - 1 p.m.: Valley Gogo Sisters Silent Auction. Tickets $40, limited African Grandmothers Campaign availability purchase at FHSR or group. Meet at Columbia Garden call 1-800-663-4979. Village Activity room. All new ST : SUNDAY members welcome. Planning time MARCH 1 for our annual St. Patrick’s tea and • 8 a.m. - 12 p.m.: Free pancake breakfast at Smoking Water Cafe. bake sale March 14th. • 1 p.m.: Duplicate Bridge at ND : MONDAY Invermere Senior’s Hall, every MARCH 2 Wednesday and Friday. $2. Everyone • 7 p.m.: Bingo at the Canal Flats Civic Centre, 1st and 3rd Monday of welcome. • 4 p.m.: SYC. Come join us for each month. February Birthday cake.

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• Tuesday - Saturday: 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. • Wednesday: 10 a.m. - 8 p.m.

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BC NEWS

Moose hide symbolizes anti-violence message Tom Fletcher Black Press

Aboriginal men gathered at the B.C. Legislature Feb. 12 to urge personal responsibility to reduce violence against aboriginal women and children. The fourth annual Gathering of Men culminated with a ceremony on the legislature steps, where MLAs joined participants to acknowledge that violence against women and children is not traditional or acceptable. MLAs joined the ceremony and affixed moose hide patches to their lapels to mark the day. Paul Lacerte, founder of the campaign and executive director of the B.C. Association of Aboriginal Friendship Centres, said the goal is to distribute one million moose hide patches to spread the message. Across Canada, aboriginal women aged 15 and older are three times more likely to experience violence and be assaulted by their partners than non-aboriginal women. “Women are bearing the burden of abuse, but they also have to bear the burden of advocacy to affect change, and this is a man’s problem as much as it is a woman’s problem,” Lacerte said. “Violence towards women and children has never been a part of our culture.” Aboriginal Relations Minister John Rustad said the campaign is unique and has the government’s support. “Part of what perpetuates that violence is a culture of silence that suggests acceptance,” he said. Still too many young drivers dying: coroner B.C.’s chief coroner has called on the B.C. government to look for ways to strengthen its graduated licensing system for young drivers and consider a pilot project of electronic speed enforcement in

high-risk areas to reduce the number of young people who die in car crashes. The B.C. Coroners’ Service reviewed all 106 deaths of young drivers between 2004 and 2013, finding that speed, impairment or lack of seatbelt use were contributing factors in most cases. While the death rate for drivers aged 16 to 18 has declined by two thirds since 2008, it remains the leading cause of death for the age group, with teenage boys aged 17 and 18 at greatest risk of death or injury. Attorney General Suzanne Anton said the government has no intention of returning to photo radar for speed enforcement, but she will examine the recommendation to test a “speed on green” function for intersection cameras that could identify excessive speeding in areas of high accident risk. Transportation Minister Todd Stone said the last review of B.C.’s stricter licence system for new drivers showed a 28 per cent reduction in crashes involving young drivers, but that was in 2006. “It hasn’t been reviewed since, so I think it’s a very practical suggestion on the part of the coroner’s office to take a look at the program and see if there are some means to further strengthen it,” Stone said. The coroners’ analysis showed 68 of 106 drivers were at the “novice” stage when they died. Of those, 18 had consumed alcohol and seven were driving with too many passengers who were not family members, and without a supervisor. There were 14 deaths of young drivers with a learner’s licence, the first stage of the graduated system. Of those, 11 were driving with no supervisor, 10 had consumed alcohol, three were driving during restricted hours and two had more than one non-supervisor passenger in the vehicle. Distraction by mobile phone use was found to be a factor in only one case.

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Betty Aitchison, who represented the Liberals in the 2011 and 2008 elections, told The Valley Echo that she would not be running again. The NDP will be holding their nomination event for the KootenayColumbia riding on Sunday, March 15th in Cranbrook. Mark Shmigelsky, who ran for the NDP in 2011 (and the Liberal Party in 1997) said he will not be running again. There is speculation that former Cranbrook mayor Wayne Stetski will earn the nomination. Because of the Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Act, the KootenayColumbia riding will be expanding to include Nelson, Salmo, and Kaslo. Unless an election is called sooner, the 42nd Canadian federal election will be held on Monday, October 19th.

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Millie Marguerite Wiegand (ne Smith) beloved mother, grandmother and great-grandmother passed away peacefully in her sleep on Wednesday February 11, 2015. Millie was born January 31, 1920 in Regina Saskatchewan. A homemaker, an artist, a community activist, and a wonderful story-teller, she lived her life with vibrant enthusiasm, a quick wit and great dignity. Millie was predeceased by her husband Harold Hugo Wiegand and her son Larry Keith Wiegand. Left to mourn are her daughters, Beverly Coulter and Barbara Donovan (Michael), her son Gene (Crista) ten grandchildren, fifteen great grandchildren and many friends. We will all miss her very much. Our family would like to thank Dr. Gooch and the staff at Ivy House and Columbia Garden Village for their excellent care and loving kindness. A memorial service will be held later in the spring. In lieu of flowers a donation may be made to the Invermere Hospice Society, Box 925, Invermere B.C. V0A 1K0. Place of Worship

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Grave G rave D Digger igge er may suffer a Northern Nightmare Kelowna’s Monster Jam driver Cam McQueen hopes his Northern Nightmare truck will give the Grave Digger bad dreams on February 28. That’s when the World Freestyle Champion will steer his Maple Leaf themed truck into a head-to-head battle at BC Place Stadium with the powerhouse of the circuit. “Vancouver is my home show, I have lots of family and friends planning to attend so I want to do well,” says the determined 36-year-old man. “We built a brand new chassis so I can go bigger in freestyle and be a much better contender in racing.” The car-crushing monster truck action featuring 12 trucks gets under way at 7 p.m. Monster Jam royalty Tom Meents, the 11-time World Champion driver of Max-D; will be in the lineup and Scarlet Bandit returns after a 12-year hiatus. Die-hard fans can enjoy the Party in the Pits preshow experience from 2 p.m. Regular tickets range from $25 to $50 and some children’s tickets are available for $10 each at Ticketmaster. All Access Pass packages are $125 and Pit Passes $10. More info at monsterjam.com. .com.

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