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Air rescue: Royal Canadian Marine Search and Rescue Shuswap Station 106 partnered with Vernon Search and Rescue and Wildcat Helicopters Monday morning, April 13, in their first on-water helicopter winch training exercise on Shuswap Lake. Shuswap Station Leader Rob Sutherland captained a barge carrying station members, local politicians and others who wished to watch the training – intended to lift and transport the critically injured directly from Station 106’s rescue vessel by helicopter to hospital. Despite some difficulties on the water, the rescue teams were successful in getting a rescue member to the boat on the water and completed two more landings on shore. More on-water training exercises are planned. Clockwise from top left – Sutherland briefs the crowd of arriving spectators on the day’s training exercise; Vernon Search and Rescue crew member Steve Oliver is about to touch down on the rescue vessel; Station 106 member Dennis Harris and others look on from the barge; Vernon Search and Rescue’s helicopter crew discuss the day’s first outing. Photos by Lachlan Labere
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Change inevitable: K-12 school option preferred over alternatives. By Tracy Hughes
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There was a diversity of opinions on the best way to structure the education system in Sicamous, but one message rang through loud and clear. Sicamous parents do not want the Grade 6 and 7 students moved from Parkview to Eagle River Secondary for the upcoming school year. “I have a Grade 6 student, so this is very close to my heart and I’m not comfortable without a clear plan and right now there is no clear plan and yet this is supposed to happen in September. That really scares me,” says Sonya Rokosh. “I think we need more time for a real plan to be developed.” Approximately 60 people attended an April 7 meeting in the ERS library, along with a majority of the school board trustees. The meeting was designed to gather public input to help the trustees make some decisions about the proposed changes. The board is scheduled to vote on recommendations at the May 12 school board meeting. The current recommendation on the table was to convert Parkview Elementary to a K-5 school, close a portion of Parkview and create a “middle school within a secondary school” at Eagle
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River Secondary. However, the long-term facilities report also indicates a move within the following two years to create a K-12 school at Eagle River Secondary, and that concept dominated discussion at last Tuesday’s meeting. Most in attendance were resigned to the fact there needs to be changes in Sicamous due to a significant decrease in enrolment. An assessment of the capacity of the schools shows that all the students from K-12 could fit into one of the two school buildings currently in use. Enrolment is also projected to continue to decline before levelling off, however, the total number of students in Sicamous is projected to remain below 300 students for the foreseeable future. Between Eagle River Secondary and Parkview Elementary, Sicamous has spaces for 719 students. The opinion of many was also that, rather than put in the stopgap measure of creating a “middle school” within the Eagle River Secondary building, the school district should “rip off the band-aid” and go straight to a K-12 school in a year or two. It was felt this would give the school district time to investigate the options, talk with other K-12 schools, like in Ashcroft, about the ways
they operate and design a plan to best bring together all grades under one roof. This would also give time for proper playground equipment to be installed and renovations to be completed on some classrooms to accommodate the needs of students. It
There were passionate opinions expressed about the need to keep a full K-12 system in place in Sicamous, rather than bus the high school students out of the community to Salmon Arm Secondary. “We are our own
I have a Grade 6 student, so this is very close to my heart and I’m not comfortable without a clear plan and right now there is no clear plan and yet this is supposed to happen in September. That really scares me. Sonya Rokosh was also suggested this would be more financially viable, as closing a portion of Parkview for a few years would not realize a significant financial savings for the school district, who are facing budget cutbacks this year of $1.8 million. “I’ve seen a (K-12) school work,” said Amanda VanDamme, speaking of her experience in Hudson Hope. “The older kids mentored the younger, there were opportunities for kids as young as grade 4 to get involved in programs like carpentry. It was amazing, the students were safe and because of the lower numbers the kids got lots of individual attention.”
community, we are not a neighbourhood of Salmon Arm,” said Peter Schrama, who has two daughters attending school in Sicamous. He added that deciding the future of the education system in Sicamous was going to create a significant impact on the future viability of Sicamous as a whole. “What you decide will have a profound effect on the future. Without K-12 education available here, people are going to question whether to move here, buy a house here or move down the road to Salmon Arm where their kids can go to school all the way through.”
Not everyone, however, felt the K-12 option was the best one for the education of their children, as due to the small size of Eagle River Secondary, there can be fewer course options or specialized programs than at the larger high school in Salmon Arm. Lexi Gossen, along with another small group of parents, spoke in favour of creating a K-8 school in Sicamous and busing the Grade 9-12 students to Salmon Arm. This would put them in contact with a larger peer group, and allow them access to specialized courses or academic classes with a teacher, rather than online courses – which tend to have lower completion rates. “Are we doing our kids the most favours by keeping them here and not giving them the educational opportunities? They deserve more courses.” Others pointed out that a significant number of Sicamous students have already elected to travel to Salmon Arm for high school to access the courses they want for their future career goals. It was also suggested the school district make better use of technology like Skype or conference calling to increase the availability of high school courses at Eagle River Secondary.
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Crime stats show small bump in assaults By Barb Brouwer Eagle Valley News
Sicamous crime stats for February 2015 are up over the same period a year ago. Non-sexual assaults climbed from zero last year to eight this February, and false and abandoned 911 calls increased from eight last year to 20 in February 2015. “The only trend that is concerning in these statistics is that of assault complaints,” RCMP detachment Sgt. Scott West told District of Sicamous mayor and
council at last week’s committee of the whole meeting. “These events are between people who know each other and not strangers victimizing people in the community randomly.” West said total calls for service jumped from 78 to 116, representing a 49 per cent increase over last February. He surmises the increase could be due to the warmer-than-normal winter weather encouraging more people to be out and about. “Overall our crime
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statistics are low at this time of year and increase as our population increases,” West said, noting Sicamous RCMP conducted proactive backcountry and sled patrols to prevent theft of snowmobiles this winter.
“These patrols are conducted using overtime resources from a pool of dedicated local and regional officers,” said West in his report. “All of these patrols were received positively by the public.” At the moment, the detachment is fully staffed and RCMP members and staff are being trained in a number of disciplines, including operation of breath analysis equipment as well as useof-force intervention options. Two members are currently undergo-
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ing avalanche training. West’s report got a positive reception by mayor and council. Mayor Terry Rysz called the report “extensive, well-done and well-spoken.” Alluding to the abandoned and false 911 calls, Rysz said February’s statistics don’t really indicate an increase in crime. “We’re not in that bad a shape in my view,” he said. “The RCMP are responding in a very positive way.”
COUNCIL BRIEFS Parkview PAC to get $10,000 for playground Council approved $10,000 for new playground equipment at Parkview Elementary School. The school’s Parent Advisory Council made a request for funding in a March 31 letter to mayor and council. The request required a council resolution because it was an unbudgeted expenditure. But Rysz says he and council were happy to ante up the money, particularly since the PAC has already raised $40,000 and because the playground will benefit the whole community. As well, he said, even if the school is slated for closure, the equipment will remain in Sicamous.
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Mayor Terry Rysz and Sicamous council members have approved a list of eight infrastructure strategic objectives and organization goals. “We’re putting everything on the table and within the next month we will prioritize and work at them one by one until we tick each one off,” he said last week following the committee of the whole meeting. “We have four years and we’ve got a lot to accomplish.” The strategic plan includes planning for and funding community infrastructure maintenance, encouraging and supporting business and
property development and tourism, attracting families to thrive and grow in Sicamous, taking a proactive approach to the community and natural environment, making sure the district continues to run well, continuing to improve internal and external communication and advocating for such things as improvements to highway infrastructure. “This is a draft based on where we were with the previous council and a lot of things our council wants to accomplish,” said Rysz.
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hen Education Minister Peter Fassbender introduced Bill 11, the Education Statues Amendment Act (2015) in March, he showed British Columbians that major changes to the public education system are coming down the pipe. Without consulting teachers, Fassbender said the Ministry of Education wants to develop a framework for “continuing professional development for teachers.” He noted there are no regulations requiring teachers to pursue ongoing training. He hinted teachers may be required to complete new programs – aimed at improving student achievement – in order to keep their teaching certificates. It has long been a burr in the saddle of provincial governments and many in the general public that there is no system for weeding out ineffective teachers – other than that controlled by the teaching profession itself. While it was noted there would be consultation with teachers on professional development programs, it was also apparent the education ministry would have control of making sure its desired end result is achieved. Provincial school boards have been complaining the education ministry has been forcing individual school districts to pick up costs that were taken care of by the province in the past. Recently, the ministry told trustees to find $29 million in savings by trimming administrative costs. There has been some balking because school districts have already been trimming this area in order to balance their budgets in the past few years. The new amendments order trustees to enter into shared service with other boards or public sectors businesses. The ministry would have the authority to require school boards to participate in specific service delivery programs. If boards fail to comply, the amendments give the education minister the authority to replace school boards with an appointee. There are other issues with Bill 11 that will have to be dealt with as the details are rolled out. However, it’s pretty clear the B.C. Liberal government wants more control of teachers, its union, and the elected representatives on school boards. – 100 Mile House Free Press
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Treaty’s cash cow may well dry up By Tom Fletcher News Columnist
VICTORIA – The B.C. Treaty Commission and its federal and provincial financiers put on a brave show last week, celebrating a “milestone” in negotiations for a treaty with five Vancouver Island First Nations. A regional group representing the Songhees, Beecher Bay, T’Souke, Malahat and Snaw-NawAs (Nanoose) First Nations have reached the “agreement in principle” stage of negotiations with Canada and B.C., after 20 years of treaty talks. Alas, agreement in principle is but the fourth of sixth stages. Now a platoon of lawyers takes over from the roomful of negotiators to produce the final legal text. It will be years before this treaty can be presented to the B.C. legislature and the House of Commons in Ottawa, if it ever is. These elaborate ceremo-
nies will never be viewed the same again after the release of federal treaty advisor Doug Eyford’s report last month. The Te’mexw event seemed to have an extra urgency after Eyford’s observation that much of this costly activity has become a job creation program for those involved. These Vancouver Island communities deserve credit for setting aside their own territorial disputes. It’s more than most have done. Eyford concluded after a long summer of meetings last year that many treaty negotiation teams in this province and across the country show no such inclination. In B.C. and elsewhere in Canada, there is a “conspicuous lack of urgency in negotiations” and “sharp divisions” between parties, most of which have been at the table for a decade or more, Eyford found. This is what has come to be known as the “aboriginal industry,” where
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lawyers and consultants have a seemingly endless supply of lucrative work, much of it of questionable value. For some aboriginal participants, attending treaty meetings year after year is the best paying job they have ever had. Indeed, a common feature of the province’s dealings with aboriginal communities is that their leaders demand meetings, and then demand to be paid to attend them. This latest Vancouver Island treaty, assuming it is ever finalized, would at least in part replace the Douglas Treaties, signed by B.C.’s colonial governor James Douglas in the 1850s. These treaties around Fort Victoria were quickly concluded if nothing else. The Beecher Bay Band was paid 45 pounds, 10 shillings for most of Sooke and another 43 pounds and change for its Metchosin territory. One of the biggest missing pieces in the latest agreement in principle is the share of federally-reg-
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ulated fisheries. This has been a theme of B.C. Treaty Commission reports in recent years, as Ottawa holds up treaties for years because it is unable or unwilling to offer shares of salmon in particular. Hunting and fishing rights are acknowledged even in historic treaties, and reaffirmed by the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Sharing these rights while maintaining conservation of fish stocks has been more than Ottawa, and in some cases neighbouring aboriginal communities, have been able to manage. Eyford’s findings, and the B.C. government’s sudden refusal to keep staffing a B.C. Treaty Commission that shows so little progress, have sent one overdue message. If participants aren’t prepared to make real compromises and show a willingness to conclude agreements rather than drag them out, they should leave and come back when they are ready to do so.
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Mayes should vote against bill C-51 The government’s secret police Bill C-51 is reckless, dangerous, and ineffective. The bill is reckless because it turns CSIS into a ‘secret police’ force with little oversight or accountability. It is dangerous because it opens the door for violations of our charter rights including censorship of free expression online. It is ineffective because it will lead to dragnet surveillance and information sharing on innocent Canadians that even Stephen Harper has admitted is ineffective.
To make matters worse, the government is trying to push this law through Parliament in record time. Before Canadians knew what was in Bill C-51, 17 per cent opposed it. Three weeks later, they found out. Now 50 per cent oppose it. The more Canadians learn about what’s in this bill, the less they like it – that’s why opinion is changing so fast. If the bill passes, your sensitive private information would be shared between no fewer than 17 government agencies and even handed to
foreign governments. This includes sensitive information that can reveal everything from your financial status, to your medical history, your sexual orientation, and even your religious and political beliefs. Victims of these privacy breaches wouldn’t even be informed. That means the government could spy on anyone, at anytime, and we wouldn’t even know when we’ve been a victim. Do we really want the government to create a shadowy and unaccountable secret po-
lice force that will trample on innocent citizens’ freedoms? These new spying powers are highly unpopular: 71 per cent of Canadians don’t want to trade their privacy rights to give spy agencies more power. More than 110,000 people have already spoken out. The government has admitted Bill C-51 is fundamentally flawed, so they must withdraw the legislation, go back to the drawing board and start over. Our MP, Colin Mayes, needs to vote against this bill. Neil Caves
Government neglecting students major changes as the result of government budget cuts. Because of this, School District #83 has made the decision to marginalize the sex ed program. Although sex ed used to be a few weeks of classes every couple of days each year, it would now be a single day in Grades 9 and 11 for high school students. I could not believe that despite rises in teen pregnancy and all of the misconceptions surrounding sexual health thanks to the Internet, the program was cut. Abstinence is promoted greatly in high school, but is ignorant to think all kids will follow that. Students need
to be provided with proper, in-depth information about STDs, contraception, and the realities of teen pregnancy. And, in my opinion, one day every other year is not a sufficient amount of time to do that. Budget cuts hurt everyone in the school district, and they are sometimes unavoidable to the school board. The real responsibility lies in the B.C. government, who should be focusing on the well-being of students. We are the future, and it is their job to provide us with the essential tools to make it a good one.
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Something odd that recently came to me and a few other classmates was that in Grade 12, we had not received a single class on sexual education. Here we are, about to enter colleges, universities and the real world where independence and freedom would become endless, and we had not even brushed up on safe sex in more than a year. Finding this extremely weird and irritating, we decided to ask a favourite teacher why this was. The realities of government budget cuts and what our administration deemed “less important” suddenly became apparent. In the past year, school districts across B.C. have seen
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Critic gets earful about highway safety the estimates debate, going line by line through the budget, where she’ll be asking for timelines and costs regarding Trans-Canada upgrades. She said at this point there’s no sense of when or how much. “That’s a spit in the wind for what needs doing,” she said of the $650 million, noting the billboards about the 10-year transportation plan have been up since 2009 with the same figure. “It’s an important and lofty goal – it should not be wasted by throwing $650 million at it. There’s no question people agree, for safety and for the provincial and national economy, we need to improve this highway,” she said, noting she’s heard the names – ‘nightmare highway,’ ‘killer highway.’ She said although good work has been done in the Kicking
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What, specifically, will the funds be spent on and when will the work take place? These questions are two that NDP MLA and transportation critic Claire Trevena says are unanswered as she travelled from Kamloops to Golden to get input from citizens about the Trans-Canada Highway upgrades promised by the provincial government. She was referring to the $650 million over 10 years the government has proposed for Kamloops to the Alberta border. “I’m interested in hearing what citizens think the priorities are regarding the highway and if they’re being listened to regarding that,” she said Thursday, April 9 during a stop in the Shuswap. When Trevena returns to Victoria, she will be taking part in
Horse Pass, the upgrades are not complete. Delays on improvements from Kamloops to the Alberta border are often blamed on such problems as lack of federal funding, she says, except the province is going ahead and spending $8 billion on the Site C dam.
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Potential membership in the Shuswap Watershed Council is shrinking. Both Enderby and Lumby councils decided Tuesday not to participate in the Salmon Arm-based initiative that would focus on water monitoring and recreational safety and education. “It’s not something we’re prepared to fund at this time,” said Kevin Acton, Lumby mayor.
The Shuswap Watershed Council wants the Regional District of North Okanagan to participate in a fiveyear program starting Jan. 1, 2016. Participation would cost up to $25,000 annually. While the electoral areas were initially asked to contribute, a decision was made to see if there is interest among municipalities in the watershed. “It’s a duplication of service we already have through the regional district,” said
Greg McCune, Enderby mayor. McCune adds that council representatives have been vague when it comes to financial figures and the operational structure. “It’s changed with the wind.” Paul Demenok, council chairperson, recently stated the Columbia-Shuswap Regional District would pick up 70 per cent of the council’s budget, while 20 per cent would come from the Thompson-Nicola Re-
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gional District. Acton says Lumby has limited financial resources and action has been taken to improve water quality through tighter effluent treatment. “We’re doing a lot to make sure it (watershed) is clean and safe.” Spallumcheen has also opted out of the council, so that leaves Armstrong and the electoral areas to determine if they wish to participate in the initiative.
Scammers claim to be targeting tax evaders Police are warning of a phone scam from people claiming to be government tax collectors. In a news release, Revelstoke RCMP say several people have complained about the calls. In the calls, a person purports to be from the government and tells the target they are being charged with tax evasion and the police will show up at their
door and arrest them if they don’t pay. The caller asks for $1,500 to $3,000 to avoid the charge, and that only payment by cash or voucher is accepted. The caller gives out a court document number and tries to get personal information from their targets. They don’t provide a name, nor do they know the name of who they are calling.
“The Revelstoke RCMP are advising that there is no validity to these calls,” writes Staff Sgt. Kurt Grabinsky. “The persons behind these is acting fraudulently. This is similar to many of the current scam e-mails and phone calls being received for such things as free hotels, trips and flights.” The RCMP is advising people not to
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The recent derailment of two grain cars on a train full of tanker cars carrying dangerous goods in downtown Revelstoke has sparked worries of what could have been. “Obviously there is a concern,” said Mayor Mark McKee. “It was just lentils but take lentils out of the picture and put in propane and it becomes a different story.” The CP Rail train derailed across the street from the Visitor Information Centre on Thursday, Apr. 2, at about 2 p.m. George Hopkins witnessed the derailment. A retired railroader, he and his son were watching the train slowly pass by when they heard a bang and it jumped the track. They both rushed to contact CP Rail. Lorraine Beruschi and Marie-Eve Bruchig, who work in the visitor centre, said they didn’t hear anything, but right away people came rushing in to say what happened. The derailed cars were preceded and followed by a long line of black container cars that generally carry oil, gases or dangerous goods.
One car was lying on its side; one set of wheels was completely detached from the car and remained on the tracks with its load of grains spilled. It had rammed into the car in front of it before flipping onto its side. The car behind it was only partially jerked from the tracks. Numerous CP Rail personnel were on scene. Revelstoke RCMP and Fire & Rescue Services also attended the incident. Transportation Safety Board spokesperson Chris Krepski said they were not deployed to the scene but monitored the situation. When asked why the TSB was not investigating a derailment within city limits, Krepski said the TSB would re-consider if there were any new developments. Many people gathered on Victoria Road to watch the scene unfold. A few retired railroaders remarked it had been many years since a train derailed right downtown. Many people speculated what could have happened if one of the tanker cars came off the tracks. It was the second derailment within city limits in the past year. A train derailed in the
Big Eddy last September. While local emergency personnel weren’t notified of the last derailment, this time it couldn’t be hidden. CP Rail crews could be seen replacing the section of tracks following the derailment.
It was just lentils but take lentils out of the picture and put in propane and it becomes a different story. Mark McKee Revelstoke mayor CP spokesperson Salem Woodrow said this was standard procedure following an incident. “Typically when there is an incident like this, there could be some track damage,” she said. “If there is track damage, we will replace a section of the rail and make those repairs before we open it to traffic.” Woodrow would not say what products the train was carrying. Last month, Mike LoVecchio, the CP Rail director for government affairs, was
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in Salmon Arm to address the Columbia Shuswap Regional District board of directors about rail safety. He said CP Rail was leading the pack when it comes to rail safety, but that it was also moving more dangerous goods. LoVecchio said crude oil is one of the more dangerous commodities but assured directors not a lot of it moves through the regional district directly. But other commodities do — including various hydrocarbon liquids, propane and chlorine. “At the end of the day, these are the products you as communities use,” he said. “Society is using it and we are moving it, and under the Railway Safety Act, we are obligated to move it safely.” CP Rail recently held a training session with Revelstoke Fire & Rescue Services to address the possibility of a dangerous goods spill. Kathy Fox, the chair of the Transportation Safety Board, expressed concerns about the safety of some tank cars in an interview with the Financial Post that was published the day of the derailment.
The CPC-1232 cars are supposed to be tougher than the ones that ruptured at Lac Megantic, but Fox called them into question after four separate oil trains derailed and caught fire in less than a month. She also said more train and track inspections were needed. David Wilks, the MP for Kootenay-Columbia, said the government was taking steps to improve rail safety, such as requiring reinforced tanker cars. When asked about a Financial Post article, he said that Lisa Raitt, the Federal Minister of Transport, is putting plans into action to ensure more inspections happen. “We’ve increased the amount of inspectors that will be doing that duty and we put that in the hands of the Transportation Safety Board,” said Wilks. McKee said he was aiming to speak to CP Rail officials and would address the issue at the city’s administration, industry partnerships and communications committee. “It’s a concern for a lot of people in the community and it’s something we have to be vigilant and stay on top of,” he said.
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