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On April 7, Nelson city council went part way toward approving a number of zoning changes for the proposed mixed-use residential development at Nelson Landing.

This was for a different section of the development than the changes to Phase 1 that made the news last year.

Phase 1 of the development, which will consist of eight housing units to be priced at around $400,000, is currently under construction.

Last year council approved, after some public controversy, a number of variances for Phase 1 which essentially allowed the developer to put more units in a smaller space.

Rezoning the rest of the property Now the developer has applied to rezone the rest of the property, and this will also involve some amendments to the Official Community Plan. The city planning department and the developer want to scrap the mix of five zoning designations that were already there and replace them

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with the designation Comprehensive Development 5, and they have divided that into three physical areas: Area V, Area W, and Area W1, each with different requirements.

Nelson Landing is a mixed commercial-residential development of 265 housing units proposed to be build by the Storm Mountain Development Corporation on the old Kootenay Forest Products site on the shore of Kootenay Lake. The development will be phased in over ten years, and if 40 housing units have been built by then, the phase-in period will be extended to 20 years Area V Area V is just west of Phase 1 of the development and it includes a large metal structure left over from the old lumber mill site. That structure will be incorporated into a public marina and dock. The area will also house a 40-unit hotel, office space, and retail space.

“This area is meant to be a village, not a through street,” city manager Kevin Cormack told council.

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Hours before author Naomi Klein took the stage at the Brilliant Cultural Centre on Saturday evening, six Greenpeace activists camped out atop a Seattle-bound Shell drilling rig near Hawaii were forced to climb down after a week-long demonstration.

“Shell has been trying to get them off using the courts, but what brought them down was the weather. The winds were too high and rough and they were worried about safety, which is something they can’t expect from Shell,” said the 44-year-old bestselling author, who recently won the Hilary Weston Writer’s Trust Prize for Nonfiction.

Klein went on to praise the protesters, who are emblematic of the transnational environmental movement she has dubbed Blockadia, and encouraged those present to find their own individual ways to stand up to the current “merger of oil and state”.

“The Obama administration has refused to stop Shell, so people have taken it into their own hands.”

Klein praised 21-year-old activist Zoe Buckley Lennox, one of the six who climbed the rig.

“She’s like a real world action hero. She scaled up this rig and then gave amazing interviews informed by her science education. She pointed out the insanity of taking advantage of melting Arctic ice. It’s only possible to drill because of climate change, and you’re digging it up to cause more climate change,” she said.

“She describes it as psychopathic and she’s right.”

‘This is why we fight’ Klein’s talk, which was brought to the Kootenays as part of the Mir Centre for Peace lecture series, primarily focused on the thesis of her latest book This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs the Climate.

But she also took the opportunity to share her personal reflections on recent events, such as the recent oil spill in Vancouver’s English Bay. She wrote both Everything and The Shock Doctrine while living in the area.

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Barry Nelson celebrated Nelson’s 2014 Citizen of the Year Barry Nelson was honoured at a banquet at St. Joseph School on Friday evening.

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Nelson’s 2014 Citizen of the Year Barry Nelson was honoured at a banquet at St. Joseph School on Friday evening. Nelson was selected by the Knights of Columbus and the Nelson Star for his social justice work and transportation advocacy, including founding the Kootenay Carshare Co-op.

Several speakers took the opportunity to share their sincere gratitude for Barry and Wendy, telling personal stories with more than a touch of humour.

Brian Deon gave a friendly toast and roast, describing his bluegrass friend as a “can-do guy” with “unwavering optimism”.

“It is very hard to discourage Barry,” said Deon. “He manages consistently, simultaneously to see the forest and the trees.”

Deon listed Barry’s many contributions to social justice internationally and local initiatives such as recycling at the hospital, the Kootenay car share program and, more recently, low cost dental care.

“It’s exhausting just to talk about all these things,” exclaimed Deon, adding, “Barry is an exemplary citizen of the world.”

Accompanied by his wife Wendy, the couple were led to the head table by piper Kevin Underwood and guards of the Nelson Knights of Columbus, Armando Savarin and Vito Tummillo.

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2014 Citizen of the Year Barry Nelson (front left) with his wife Wendy Left to right back row: MP Alex Atamanenko, Mayor Deb Kozak and judge chair Bruce Morrison.

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was the emcee for the evening as the Nelson Star is a new co-sponsor of the 51st annual Citizen of the Year.

Barry was presented with a plaque by Peter Defeo, 2013 citizen of the Year, with a long list of activities and accomplishments that led to the 2014 award.

Barry said the award is very humbling as so many people in the community are deserving.

“It’s truly an honour,” he said. “As volunteers, you do it for the immediate reward and then it’s a surprise that there’s a list somewhere.

“People ask me, ‘How do you get involved in all these things?’

“I was asked,” he said. “You have to be open enough to ask. Virtually none of [these projects]

were initiated by me. Without collaboration, the success would be limited. The need is out there.”

Presentations were made by judging committee chair Bruce Morrison, MP Alex Atamanenko and Mayor Deb Kozak.

Barry’s son-in-law, Stuart Minns, gave congratulations on behalf of the family, who are “very proud”. He pointed out the “tireless volunteerism” of a “tireless worker”, who is always involved in family matters.

The Knights of Columbus have been presenting the Citizen of the Year award for over 50 years, recognizing individuals who have made all-round volunteer contributions to the community in recreation, civic service, youth work and/or religious activities.

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For the next four weeks, Nelson residents can sample the culinary excellence of the city at reduced prices.

Indulge Nelson will offer a three-course restaurant meal for the price of one course at Louie’s Steakhouse, Uptown Sports Bar, the Hume Hotel, Cantina del Centro, Rel-ish, Jackson’s Hole, and Sage Tapas and Wine Bar. The event runs Sunday through Wednesday for four weeks starting on April 19.

Once diners have collected at least three

receipts for Indulge meals, they can drop them in to the Nelson Star office for a chance to win a draw for a gift certificate to any of the participating restaurants.

Ryan Martin of the Hume Hotel says the event is timed to coincide with the shoulder season, “when tourists have stopped coming, ski season is over, and we are all waiting for the busy season to hit, which doesn’t really happen until early July, so it is a pretty long off season.”

Martin says last year he tracked the numbers

of Indulge customers at the Hume, and the results were very good, and he said he knows other restaurant owners who felt the same.

He likens the event to Burger Week, which he says was very successful. “It highlighted different restaurants in town. We are still growing Indulge Nelson and getting the word out. One of the wonderful things about living in Nelson is the culinary side of things, something you would usually only

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Continued from Page 1 those books without the solace of the beauty of the Sunshine Coast, where my family is,” she said, going on to express her shock and anger at the devastation.

She said people often question whether she feels daunted by the climate crisis.

“The only thing that kept me going was the beauty of that place.

Seeing those beaches coated in oil and knowing that the marine life that has given me so much pleasure, inspiration, sustenance and solace is now in grave danger, and the government wants nothing more than to up the ante many times over and turn BC into an ever-larger portal to transport the toxic stuff…Sometimes it’s simply too much to bear.”

She encouraged those present to look at the photos of the disaster.

“If you haven’t yet, look at those images of people in Vancouver cleaning up their beaches with their own hands while the government is nowhere to be found. This is what happens when you systematically attack the public sphere. This is why we fight. We can’t just feel the love, we also have to feel the threat.”

She said the old model of putting aside land as a sacrifice zone is

no longer feasible.

“We’re all in the sacrifice zone now.”

Welcome to Blockadia Much of Klein’s book is devoted to detailing the way the forces of global capitalism are intrinsically at odds with the natural world, and at the event she encouraged those present to help dismantle the current system before it’s too late.

In Everything, Klein asserts that “Resistance to high-risk extreme extraction is building a global, grassroots, and broadbased network the likes of which the environmental movement has never seen”.

Pointing out that we’re heading for 4 to 6 degrees of worldwide warming, and that a 2 degree bump would already be problematic, she said the time for action is now.

“This is a profound spiritual crisis. This is the atmospheric version of class warfare,” she said.

In order to adjust, she said humans need to realize, “You were never in charge. We can think of it as a terrible demotion, or as a gift.”

And though many social movements are dominated by young radicals, she said systematic

change will only come when the older generations and established institutions start throwing their weight and money behind renewable energies and transitioning into a post-extractive economy.

“Nature speaks, man must listen,” she told the crowd. “It’s time for old people to start getting arrested.”

And though she encourages people to continue living in an environmentally friendly fashion, the issue is no longer about individual choice.

“So many of you have been doing the right thing, but the temperatures continue to rise.

This has become a much bigger issue.”

The future is radical Klein received a number of standing ovations over the course of the night, and the facility was full to capacity. Cars were parked for kilometers down the highway.

“I really am incredibly moved by this warm welcome. This is a part of unceded Turtle Island I’ve been to before, and it feels particularly overwhelming to be greeted in this way.”

Klein said she’d received offers of meditation retreats, massages and yoga classes. But she was

most excited to hear about a local meeting that had been set to explore a potential coalition of the federal NDP and the Greens in the Kootenay-Columbia riding.

“I hope to be hearing more about that soon,” she said, noting that “the idea that Harper might get back in horrifies me.”

She encouraged those present to start engaging aggressively with the climate change issue, and to consider the environmental implications of who you vote for.

Though she lambasted Harper, she was not keen on the Liberals or NDP either.

“Mulcair and Trudeau have each picked their pipeline.”

Klein is part of a group convening a coalition of social movements.

She encouraged everyone present to become involved, and to encourage their employers and governments to divest from the fossil fuel industry.

And though that may sound extreme to some, she’s convinced it will become the new normal.

“The future is radical,” she said.

For more information visit thischangeseverything.org or follow Naomi Klein on Twitter @NaomiAKlein.

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“There are no major red flags” – Mayor Kozak on Nelson Landing rezoning Continued from Page 1 Areas W and W1 Area W is the narrow part of the property running up the lake from the Phase 1 development.

The main zoning attributes of that area will be the reduced front and rear setbacks and increased building height already approved in the Phase 1 variances, and reduced parking for care facilities.

Area W1 begins where the property, further east, widens out, and is designated as a “pocket neighbourhood.” This neighbourhood will be zoned for more density, minimum lot area, and a maximum of 22 building units.

The city council document describing the pocket neighbourhood states that this “smaller footprint (will mean) a more efficient use of land, and potential reduction in housing costs provides for a variety in housing forms.”

Other zoning details Other proposed changes to existing zoning applying to all areas of the development include: • increased residential density to 265 units from a previously

proposed 200, • increased lot coverage to 55 per cent, minimum frontage on street reduced to 12 metres • increased amenity space including the provision of a waterfront pathway and Red Sands beach • reduction of road width to 7 metres • reduction of sidewalk width to 1. 5 metres • reduction of driveway width to 3 metres • allowing permeable surface for the pathway, • reducing waste and recycling containers to to 4 for entire site, and • twenty parking stalls provided in designated pullouts but no parking on the road.

Collaboration between city planners and the developer The plans for the rezoning that were presented to council on April 7 were the result of discussions over the past months between Storm Mountain and city planning staff.

“Management staff is trying to apply the Official Community Plan here,” Cormack told council.

“So these are the results of negotiations.”

Council votes in favour—for now Council discussed the proposed changes in some detail but had only a few concerns.

Councillor Anna Purcell wondered if the development would create a colourless enclave that would act as a barrier to the public’s access to the waterfront.

Councillor Michael Dailly wondered why the development had to be phased in over such a long period of 20 years.

Cormack explained that it is a complex development requiring remediation of contaminated land and that the developer will be contributing a waterfront retaining wall and pathway and that it is therefore best seen as a long-term investment.

And Councillor Janice Morrison said that if carefully phasing it in over time would ensure a quality development she was all

for it because, “the KFP land has lain fallow for so many years.”

Cormack said the developer will sign a Phased Development Agreement with the city that will govern the timelines over the ten or twenty year period.

Councillor Robin Cherbo said he was concerned about increased traffic on John’s Walk.

“There were no major red flags,” Mayor Deb Kozak said in an interview later. “This project has been in the making for years, and this newest developer has been taking some time to figure out how things are going to fit on the waterfront.

“We went to community consultation around the waterfront master planning process,” she said, “and this is part of the master plan. The details of how it looks, we can discuss those, but this is what we envisioned for the waterfront-- the community envisioned it, not just council.”

Council approved the proposed zoning changes for first and second reading, paving the way for a public hearing and then a final vote.

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ecently, we learned that Lower Kootenay Band south of Creston will be taking over ownership of the popular destination Ainsworth Hot Springs. After fifty-three years in the same family, Norm and Joyce Mackie handed the torch back to indigenous people of the region.

The Ktunaxa Nation’s relationship with the hot springs spans hundreds of years, so it comes as wonderful news that Yaqan Nukiy, the Ktunaxa name of the Lower Kootenay Band community, will now be operating this Kootenay gem.

It is an understatement to say that economic development and social justice are imperative for Aboriginal people in Canada. The centuries of injustice and poverty resulting from colonialism need to end, and we all have a part in making that happen.

Presently, the government of BC has not fulfilled its part well.

You may have read how Premier Christy Clark pulled out of the

existing treaty process at the eleventh hour without consulting anyone. She did this by reneging on the approval of George Abbot as the new Chief Treaty Commissioner to replace outgoing Sophie Pierre.

Abbott, a former cabinet minister for Aboriginal Relations and Reconciliation, had the expertise and the full support of the other treaty partners. He had been working with Sophie Pierre for six months on a smooth transition process. To his surprise, just two weeks before he was to take over, he got a call that he was out.

Abbott was joined in his shock

by First Nations who had been spending millions on the treaty process for over twenty years.

When Sophie Pierre asked why this decisions was so abruptly made, the Liberals offered this: it was a confidential cabinet deci-

“ You don’t make positive change by unilaterally blocking the Cheif Commissioner appointment.”

Sophie Pierre sion.

After a week of questions, Christy Clark is now saying that she is ending the slow and difficult treaty process in favour of developing a new process and that this was her plan along. She insists that her sudden choice was never about Abbott having challenged her for the BC Liberal Party leadership.

Whatever her reason for this decision, she has no right to make it unilaterally. While all agree that the current process is problematic, government acting like it knows

best is the same old colonial attitude that has caused centuries of injustice. Sophie Pierre points out that “you don’t make positive change by unilaterally blocking the Chief Commissioner appointment. This does not create the right atmosphere for reconciliation.” Failing to work with First Nations partners in this decision is disrespectful in the extreme, unacceptable and just plain wrong.

This current breach of trust not only has negative impacts for First Nations, but it will have consequences for all economic development in BC. The Supreme Court of Canada’s June decision on Tsilhqot’in land title cemented Aboriginal people’s constitutional right to meaningful consultation and input into activities on their land base. This being the case, treaties are important to ensure social justice and economic wellbeing for generations of both Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal communities. Now, no one seems to know what’s going to happen to get us there, except maybe Christy Clark and her recently revealed secret committee of Liberal cabinet ministers.

We can do better than this in British Columbia. Regardless of which party is governing, the government must be fully committed to working in partnership with First Nations. Mutual respect and collaboration must be the foundation of relationships and reconciliation. What we have recently seen from the Liberal government is not in that spirit, so let your part in reconciliation be a call to Christy Clark to rebuild trust. She needs to come clean and work from a place of honesty. I hope she is up to the task.

Attention, all green thumbs -- and the bodies attached to them: It’s nearly time to get down and dirty in the garden.

The war on slugs.

These gastropods are perhaps the most frustrating garden pest in our area. There are millions of them and they love our sweet, tender cultivars just as much as we do. Luckily there are many strategies that can help you control slugs, and a combination of several of them works best.

It is always important to water your plants in the morning instead of the evening. Not only will this cut down on pathogens like blight, which release spores in the evening and attach to wet leaves, but slugs are also active mostly at night and giving

your garden a good soak prior to this time will only assist their invasion.

Hand-picking them off your plants everyday in the early morning is key. Sounds gross, and it is, but this will create meaningful relief for your plants. You can trick slugs into using decoy hiding places like flat stones, bricks, or short sections of tubing around your garden. Check underneath to catch them hiding from the heat of the day. Placing slices of raw potato around seems to make them congregate too.

Need an excuse to buy more beer? Filling a shallow

yogurt container with some suds and sinking it to ground level in the soil will trap many slugs. They climb in and drown.

There are also materials available to control slugs at Ellison’s. Diatomaceous earth is a multi-useful white silica powder that kills bugs when they touch it from dehydration. You can make barriers or even dust entire plants to give them sanctuary. Be careful, it does not discriminate against pollinators, so be strategic and don’t overdo it. There is also an effective slug-bait called ferric-sodium that kills slugs after they eat it, also available at Ellison’s.

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Ministry mulls options as Meadow Creek Cedar misses deadline GREG NESTEROFF Nelson Star

The Ministry of Forests is getting legal advice after Meadow Creek Cedar met some but not all of the requirements of a remediation order by a March 31 deadline.

District manager Garth Wiggill says while the company fell short, it wasn’t for lack of trying.

“They still have four staff actively working on the ongoing obligations in the order,” he told 103.5 Juice FM. “Meadow Creek has ordered trees for planting this spring. We are, however, considering further legal action on the license, which remains suspended.”

Wiggill said the ministry has seized about 11,000 cubic meters of unmilled logs from the site of the company’s mill, which burned in November, and is selling them to other mills in the area to service debts to the Crown.

He added that the ministry is aware the company is “actively negotiating with several interested buyers” for the license. “We would support the transfer of the license to a suitable and qualified buyer,” he said. “We [told] them time is of the essence if they are planning to sell. We would like to see it concluded sooner than later.”

Wiggill said he expects to have the legal opinion on how to proceed within the next

couple of weeks and confirmed cancelling the license remains an option.

The license, suspended in November for the second time since 2012, was on the brink of cancellation last year when owner Dale Kooner worked out a deal to sell it to San Group of Surrey. The company paid off $150,000 in accrued debts, “substantially met” a remediation order, and restarted the mill.

However, rural Kaslo regional district director Aimee Watson said the license transfer fell through and Kooner has since hired an asset manager to help bring the company back to good standing. She worries that whoever buys the license may not rebuild the mill.

Dine while supporting local businesses Continued from Page 2 see in larger metropolitan areas.”

Martin says he has not yet decided what menu items the Hume will feature, but “we will offer a choice—two or three appetizers, two or three main courses, and some desserts, to give people options.”

Rob Little, food and beverage manager at Louie’s Steakhouse, agrees with Martin that “Nelson is a dining mecca, for a small town.”

Little was one of the originators of Indulge Nelson three years ago, along with the Star’s Karen Bennett, when it In our Friday, April 10 edition:

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was just a week long event.

“It’s always fun when we can work with businesses to come up with new and different ideas to help them. This is a slow time of year for restaurants, so it is a great time to get locals out, trying something new,” says Bennett.

“It makes it affordable for people to come out and support local businesses,” Little said. “And it exposes our restaurant to people who might not otherwise have known about it. It shows that it’s possible for everyone to win.”

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For the Record

In “Martial artists practice global citizenship”, we erroneously said last year’s Breaking Boards, Breaking Chains event raised $60,000. In fact it raised $16,000.

In “Trombonist releases debut album” we erroneously used the name “Hunter” in reference to L.V. Rogers music teacher David Glackin, who passed away in 2014.

In the “Slush Cup” photo collage on page 2, we erroneously labelled Zeva Rushforth in the top photo. She was in fact on the front page.

For the next four weeks, Nelson residents can sample the culinary excellence of the city at reduced prices.

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Court & Marion commissioned Max to create a pendant from their diamond rings.

Cash for gold and silver: Out of town buyers often give 20% of value. Max gives 66%.

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Celebrate Earth Day and leave the car Transit Routes and Schedules at home.

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1st NELSON SCOUTS is accepting applications for several leadership positions..

We are looking for energetic adults who are enthusiastic to share their passion for the outdoors with youth age 5-15.

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Our program runs from September- June observing school holidays & vacations. Volunteer positions begin with as little as 1 hour per week commitment. And all Scouts Canada programs are now Ce-Ed.

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KOOTENAY FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS Naomi Mowat’s spectacular dance moves were captured at last year’s Festival - an event Osprey supported. The 2015 Festival is underway this week in Trail. It comes back to Nelson again in 2016.

Osprey’s Community Fund is also leaping and bounding – our fundraising goal is $50,000 this year (with 50% matching funding ). Give generously – and leap for joy (a little, anyway) to be supporting local good causes.

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Letters

Re: Food security in Nelson

The recent “Food Security Asset Mapping and Gap Analysis” study financed by the city of Nelson and Nelson Food Cupboard Society to date has not addressed our destruction of wild foods that sustained tens of thousands of humans for thousands of years until a genocidal gold/ silver based religious/economic order arrived.

Real food security is political/religious sanity.

West Kootenay folk are dreaming in colour to think we would have food security while our near neighbours are not. They would demand at gun point if their food supply is threatened and ours is secure. This is the very basic order of the dominant current human psyche.

It is not to suggest that the food security consultants hired are not sincere and well intentioned; it is just difficult to believe that the European pilgrim corporate structures that run our planet and fair city, can do anything but destroy local food security. This paradigm favours monied religions and political forms they have schooled into existence.

It was paramount for early European settlers to destroy vast herds of bison, caribou and huge schools of wild fish, in favour of a domestic slow golden cow and caged salmon.

Feeding our current population here in the West Kootenay is a piece of cake; if we don’t continue to look the other way when corporate municipal, provincial and federal political elite want to flood or industrialize, wilderness and agricultural lands that can produce venison and beef, as is currently wanting to happen on the Peace River and Jumbo resort. Those that are concerned for local food security should help stop the Site C dam. It is far from a done deal.

The Site C reservoir will also increase the pine beetle problem, as the standing water will cause the winter temperature to increase.

Our best chance at a foreseeable food security is not continuing to poison the world around us.

Tom Prior Nelson Re: “A Hall Street Retrospective”

My memories of Hall street in the 50 and 60s: The 200 block, west side, where the West Arm Plaza is now, there was a large wood building and yard at the corner of Lake street for the Nelson Equipment Company (Mr. Greenwood, local man). He salvaged old mining equipment from areas and sold to new mines. I understand Nelson Equipment had another site in North Vancouver.

Rest of the triangle area: Hall, Lake and Front street was all Chinatown. There were two stores, one restaurant (Chunking Chop Suey House?) and Chinese Freemason temple on Lake Street.

On the 200 Block East side was all ball park except the present mining museum (only half of the existing size). There were three baseball teams in town: Nelson Tigers, Nelson Outlaws, and Fairview Athletics (juniors). They practiced in the evenings and there were games every EMAIL LETTERS TO: editor@nelsonstar.com DROP OFF/MAIL: 514 Hall Street, Nelson, BC V1L 1Z2 Phone 250-352-1890

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weekend in the summer.

On the 300 block West, you’ve covered with Co-op radio, was all boardwalk and wooden stairs to the top. The corner of Vernon and Hall Street where the video rental was, there was a large grocery store, Liberty Store, operated by the George Kiway and Joe Hingwing familes.

The Liberty store was larger than the Safeway on Baker Street location at the time. There is still another Liberty store in Fruitvale now, owned by the same family. The present Finley establishment was the Civic Hotel but people named it “the zoo.” It was a popular stop for a quick beer in between a periods and the end of Maple Leaf hockey games.

Jim Sawada Nelson

We have been hearing from the police that their capacity to respond to all the policing needs of the community are being taxed because more and more of their time is being spent responding to calls related to health care. Interior Health is delivering programs to identify the people most at risk and get them the help they need.

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City Council Column

“A deal is a deal.”

Surprise, surprise. The capitalist developer of the Nelson Commons wants to change a signed, sealed and agreed upon contract, in order to pad his precious profits. He wants to extort City Council of at least $54,000 by having his agreed upon payment to the city, waived.

I would hope that our new mayor and new city council will have enough fortitude to tell this capitalist that a deal is a deal and he is expected to follow it.

Bob Abrahams Nelson

Given that April is National Poetry Month I thought it appropriate that I share my favorite poem.

Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing, there is a field. I’ll meet you there.

When the soul lies down in that grass, the world is too full to talk about.

Ideas, language, even the phrase “each other” doesn’t make any sense. mevlana jelaluddin rumi - 13th century

Stop the war-mongering

The Harper-Conservative government is synonymous with the US/CIA Republican Party.

The Fortress America War Economy is based on fossil-fuel extraction and use. Try to wage a war without fossil-fuel.

What we are witnessing is fundamentalist Christians battling fundamental Muslims, both focused on bringing about Armageddon through violence. “Do unto others, as you would have them do unto you” explains the so-called Christian Harper-Conservatives fear-hype about terrorism. With all the war waged in the MiddleEast, the trauma suffered by countless families who like you and me want peace, it is any wonder that terror should come to our lands?

Stop the war-mongering, cease the excessive fossil-fuel extraction. Life is and can be such a glorious opportunity to love and cherish and nurture. Save lives, bring peace back to Canada and keep the planet Earth livable for our Grandchildren.

Susan Eyre Yahk, B.C. The Nelson Star welcomes letters of no more than 400 words. For longer submissions, please contact the editor in advance. Priority will be given to local topics. We reserve the right to edit for legality, grammar, and taste.

Keep them short, sweet, and topical. The shorter the letter, the more likely it will be published quickly.

You may be familiar with this particular poem because the message it conveys is timeless.

Taking a position that is safe and popular is easy, just as raising my hand to vote on matters before council is the easy part.

However, finding common ground and agreement on a best course of action takes time. Having different ideas is healthy.

Having the opportunity to share opposing views is critical to finding shared solutions.

Doing the research to understand the issues, listening to each other and exploring the short and long term ramifications of each decision is the work we do around the council table. What has become most clear to me over these past four months is just how everything is interconnected.

Some of the most pressing issues council is dealing with include: affordable housing, police services and health care services.

These three seemingly separate spheres are absolutely connected. It is obvious to me that police, health and housing services share the same goals, which is to ensure the health and safety of all our citizens.

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Meanwhile we know that not having a secure and safe place to live escalates existing health issues and leads to people making more visits to the hospital and contact with police. Our local non-profit agencies are working to provide affordable places for people to live and advocating for services they require. To the people who work in police services, health services and social services, we thank you for the job you do. You do amazing work especially considering the chronic funding struggles and tight budgets.

How can we help these dedicated professionals do a better job? Every single person who lives in this community can share in the responsibility to keep our city a safe and healthy place to live. Some of the ways that you might do this is to stop and talk to the people on our streets, listen to their stories.

Thank a front line service worker. Talk to your neighbours, volunteer, donate or consider creating a secondary suite in your home to help alleviate Nelson’s affordable housing shortage. This working together must extend beyond our front line workers.

The energy spent building relationships and collaboration will pay dividends.

How can you get involved? I want to highlight two community initiatives; the first, “Nelson @ its Best” is a project that is engaging as many people as possible in a broad conversation about making Nelson the best place it can be. More information about this can be found at www.bestnelson.org or attend the “Nelson @ its Best” summit to be held May 21st at the Central School Gym.

Another worthwhile program, “Nelson Good Neighbour” offers Community Mediation to help people resolve disputes and build relationships more information about this program can be found at www.

NelsonGoodNeighbour.com Together we can and are making a difference.

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lthough school is a place where people go to learn, it is a fact that most high school students, myself included, generally place more value in their test scores than in actual learning. These tests are, ironically, supposed to measure how much learning actually took place during the school year. No matter the mark, a good long summer break is all it takes to cure you of everything you’ve memorized.

If the really important things are left out, one might just decide it doesn’t matter. If I carry a calculator all the time, why would I need math? What use is learning how many lines are in a sonnet? Why shouldn’t I just guess all C’s on the multiple choice? I’ll just forget it all anyway. But this mindset gets us nowhere. Even if our education system is a bit flawed, we are so lucky to have the opportunity to learn history at all. Even if doesn’t seem too interesting at the time, chances are, at some point, we may need to do some trigonometry or compose a good essay.

After all of this ‘hard studying’, a break is definitely warranted. In fact, why not have two? Within four days of each other! Just when our two-week spring break ended, a long weekend is just the thing.

Easter came and went at LVR with a bit of a surprise: the always active leadership class who run

school activities had placed caches of foil-wrapped eggs in classrooms all over the school. Needless to say, all of them had been hunted out by lunch, which was, conveniently, when the official Easter Egg Hunt began. Participants followed an obstacle course (quite literally) of clues leading all around the school and back to the gym. Winners received chocolate bunnies, and the rest had to console themselves with more of the aforementioned foil-wrapped eggs.

Two weeks of spring break have left students reluctant to get back into the rhythm of waking up early.

We have all returned with vacation tans, or possibly pasty skin from all the time we spent indoors watching Netflix. And now that our alarm clocks are set again, people are casting their eyes to the next big chunk of time off: summer break.

For everyone in grade 12, Grad 2015 is rapidly closing in.

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Firefighter Greg Proctor, Cal Renwick and Brian Renwick of Nelson Toyota and Captain Rick Maida presented a cheque to Bryna Idler of the Kootenay Lake Hospital Foundation. The fire fighters volunteered their time to clean Nelson Toyota’s large lot. In return, Nelson Toyota donated $400 in their name to the Foundation.

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Apr 17th - Selkirk College Year End Bash Apr 18th - Bass Coast Projext The Librarian, Max Ulis + Goopsteppa Apr 24th - Stickybuds Apr 25th - Lisa Nicole - 2014 Kootenay Music Awards Winner Apr 30th - Ridley Bent May 1st - Dragon Fli Empire w DJ Cosm May 8th - Moontricks w Metaphoracle May 15th - Mat The Alien w Shiny Things May 16th - Lint + Subservice May 22nd - Carmanah - On Sale Soon!

May 23rd - LongWalkShortDock w/Rim Visuals + more May 28th - Gay Nineties May 29th - Wackutt May 30th - 4th Annual Kootenay Music Awards!

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Nelson At Its Best public conversation tonight, 7 to 9 p.m. at the Vienna Cafe, 411 Kootenay Street. Nelson is a great place to live, but there is room for improvement. Many people are living in poverty and the whole community suffers as a result.

Come together to develop solutions and make a difference.

Participate in this public conversation to help make Nelson the best place possible, for everyone. www.bestnelson.org.

Monthly Meetings

The Canadian Federation of University Women Nelson & District general meeting is Saturday, April 18, 10 a.m. at the banquet

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All seniors welcome to the monthly meeting of the Senior Citizens’ Association Branch No. 51, at 717 Vernon Street. Meeting commences at 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday, May 6. Refreshments will be served after the meeting. Activities enjoyed at the centre include bridge, crib, dominos, chess, euchre and snooker. For further information, call 250-352-7078 weekday afternoons.

Storytimes are back at the Nelson Public Library. Family storytime from Saturday, April 18 to May 30, 10:15 – 10:45 a.m. Preschool storytime for three to five year olds from Wednesday, April 22 to May 27, 10:15 – 10:45 a.m. Preregister online at www. nelsonlibrary.ca or call 250352-6333 to join seven weeks in the library storytime room for a variety of exciting books, lively songs, loveable puppets and easy fingerplays.

Announcements

Attention all photographers: West Kootenay camera club 25th annual photo show requests your submissions for entries. Deadline is April 29. Drop-off centers: Kel Printing in Castlegar, Vogue Photography in Nelson and Doell Photography in Trail. For entry forms and information, visit westkootenaycameraclub.com.

The Nelson and District Seniors Coordinating Society offers a volunteer income tax service. If your income is less than $30,000 (single) or $35,000 (couple), volunteers at the NDSCS can help prepare your tax forms.

Please call 250-352-6008 for an appointment (no drop-ins).

Spring Kids Carnival at St. Joseph School on Saturday, April 18 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at 523 Mill St. (Mill and Josephine Street). Kids of all ages welcome.

Concession is available and game tickets are 50 cents each.

Volunteers are needed-please email twocampers@shaw.ca.

All funds raised support the PSG and St. Joseph School programs.

The Nelson Women’s Centre Library is having a sale of used books on Saturday, April 18 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., 717 Vernon Street (Senior Citizens’ Association Branch #51). Most books will go for a dollar, or fill up a book bag for $5 or less. For more information, call 250-3529916 or 250-352-9871.

is $5 and registration is required.

Email karoline@nelsonwomenscentre.com or call 250-3529949.

SEEDS Adopt-a-Pot fundraiser is happening now. Come down to the the Lakeside Park Greenhouse every Saturday morning between 10 a.m. and 12 p.m. until the lovely pots have been adopted. These five gallon pots are full of organic cold loving greens like arugala, spinach, rainbow chard, kale, lettuce varieties etc. Pots can go outside but they will need protection from frosts. For more information visit www. seedsnelson.org/events or Facebook.

Tamara Hynd photo room of the Adventure Hotel in Nelson. Yvonne Shewfelt and Christie Heuston are presenting at 11 a.m. the topic of representation agreements.

La Leche League Nelson provides breastfeeding information and support to moms and soon-to-be-moms. They meet at 1 p.m. on the third Monday of each month at The Family Place, 312 Silica St. The next meeting is Monday, April 20. More information: 352-3583.

Workshops

Register now for the upcoming cooking workshop at the Nelson and District Women’s Centre on Wednesday, April 29 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Laura Ong presents a workshop on Lentils: the Convenience Food of Legumes.

Learn how to cook different lentils, why they are so good for us, and how quick and easy they are to prepare. Participants will share a delicious meal together and leave with nutrition information and easy recipes. The cost

Healthy Child Day on Friday, April 24 at the WE Graham Community School in Slocan, from 10 a.m to 1 p.m. A free, fun event to connect families with young children to health and wellness service providers in the Slocan Valley. Displays and staff on hand, crafts, songs and stories for the children, plus lunch and door prizes. Individual sessions available with a trained consultant to learn more about your child’s development. Call Penny at 250-226-7605 to book.

Royal Canadian Legion Branch #51 is a non-profit organization aiding veterans and providing charitable funding to local nonprofit groups and high schools.

Membership is available to the public. Members and their guests enjoy billiards, snooker, shuffleboard, big-screen television for sports, barbecues, monthly celebrations, beverage room, darts (Wednesdays 7:30 p.m.), meat draws and karaoke (Saturdays, 3:30 p.m.) and cribbage (Sundays 1 p.m.). Call for upcoming jam sessions. Info: rclbr51@telus.net or 250-3527727/250-352-6464.

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Burger & Beer for the Boiler Fundraiser for St. Saviour’s Anglican Pro-Cathedral

Saturday April 18 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. @ Finley’s Irish Pub & Grill Only $15 for one of Finley’s famous burgers plus a beer, wine, high ball or non-alcoholic drink.

Silent auction for a framed, Robert Bateman, autographed print!!

Special eventS Selkirk College presents an evening of music for their year-end show on April 17. Featuring student-based bands, the night will be diverse, rich and funky with sounds no one will forget.

The show starts at Spiritbar at 9 p.m. (doors at 8:30 p.m.). All proceeds from the evening will go to the Nelson CARES Society’s Room to Live campaign.

The Self Design High Youth Film Festival will be at the Nelson Civic Theatre on April 15 at 7 p.m. It will feature short art, animation, Nelson poet Jane Byers and Ellen Jaffe will share their work at the Nelson Public Library on Thursday, April 21 at 7 p.m. action, documentary and fiction films created by youth aged 13 to 30. Six prizes are available MOVIES for exceptional filmmakers. Three winners will receive tuition to the Gulf Island Film Following the Self Design High youth film and Television School, and other scholarships festival, the Toronto International Film will be awarded. For more information visit Festival’s Top 10 Student films will screen youthfilmfestival.wordpress.com. at the Nelson Civic Theatre on April 16 at 7 p.m. New this year: Canada’s Top Ten lineup Martial Arts for Justice, Break-a-thon features TIFF’s Student Film Showcase, now fundraiser will be at the Nelson Civic billed as Student Shorts, to shine a spotlight Theatre on April 18 at 1:30 to 5:30 p.m. on the next generation of homegrown talent.

An estimated 36 million men, women and Fore more information visit civictheatre.ca. children are held as modern-day slaves in the world today. Master Dean Siminoff and the Furious 7 plays at the Nelson Civic students of Kootenay Christian Martian Arts Theatre on April 17 at 7:30 p.m. Dominic School here in Nelson are participating in Torretto and his crew thought they left their third annual Breaking Boards Breaking the criminal mercenary life behind. They Chains event to raise awareness and financial defeated an international terrorist named support to help free modern-day slaves. For Owen Shaw and went their seperate ways. more information visit civictheatre.ca.

But now, Shaw’s brother, Deckard Shaw is out killing the crew one by one for revenge.

Dance For more information visit civictheatre.ca.

Slava Doval’s DanceFusion presents it’s 4th Annual Showcase on April 18 at the Capitol Theatre. Be inspired by over 135 students taking to the stage to perform dances inspired by contemporary, urban street styles, folk, belly dance, breakdance, Bollywood, jazz and more. Matinee is 2 p.m. and tickets are $9.

Evening show is at 6:30 and tickets are $13, doors half-hour prior. Purchase tickets at the box office or online at www.capitoltheatre.bc.ca.

Furious 7 plays at the Nelson Civic Theatre on April 17 at 7:30 p.m.

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literary arts In celebration of National Poetry Month, on Tuesday, April 21 at 7 p.m. Nelson poet Jane Byers and Ellen Jaffe will share their work at the Nelson Public Library. Ellen’s latest collection is Skinny-dipping with the Muse, and Byers will be reading from Steeling Effects. Slam poet Damian John will also make an appearance.

Join Mandy Bath at Touchstones Nelson for the Nelson launch of her new book, Disaster in

Paradise: The Landslides in Johnson’s Landing.

The event will take place on Thursday, April 30 at 7:30 p.m. Admission is free, and the event will include a reading, presentation and book signing. Books will be available for sale through Touchstones Nelson’s gift shop. The evening is jointly presented by the Elephant Mountain Literary Festival, Touchstones Nelson, the Nelson Public Library, and Oxygen Art Centre.

wish to play. The event will end at midnight.

On The Road Productions and the Hume Hotel present 2014 Kootenay Music Awards winner Lisa Nicole live at Spiritbar on Saturday, April 25, playing two full sets of her original country-rock music along with some popular country covers. Advance tickets are $10 and are available from the Hume Hotel.

MUSIC On Wednesday Selkirk College’s band Yellow Jack will have its final performance from 8 to 10 p.m., followed by an open mic. Thursday will be Ladies Night Dance Party from 9 to 12 p.m. featuring DJ Mach 1 and DJ Eyedawg with their funky breaks, future bass and swagger. For more information contact the Royal on Baker at 250-354-7014.

On Thursday, April 23 at the Royal on Baker there will be an open mic night for Bob Dylan songs. All are welcome to play. There will be a sign-up list. Please arrive before 8 p.m. if you

Sufi Retreat with Pir Shabda Kahn Fri April 24 7 - 9:30 pm * Sat, April 25 9:30am - 9:30 pm Fee: $70 (* Friday only $15) Registration, questions: call 250-825-0012

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Contributed to the Nelson Star In preparation for the city’s Stores to Shores downtown revitalization project, the City of Nelson and the Star are presenting historical retrospectives of the important properties along Hall Street.

From track runners to hockey parents, the Hall Street parcel currently housing the Nelson and District Community Complex has come a long ways from its days of dirt diggers and volunteer landscapers.

The lands where Queen City folks go for fitness and to cheer on their favourite hometown teams were always recreation focused.

In 1904, the property between Vernon and Front Streets was acquired from the Canadian Pacific Railway. Called the Hall Street Recreation Grounds, a history of sport and leisure was established.

The Civic Centre itself was built with its Art Deco style theatre and arena replacing the Nelson Fair

Building, which was destroyed by fire in the ‘20s. The fair building housed curling for a while after Nelson’s first club on Stanley and Robson Street burned down. In 1934, a new facility featuring artificial ice was built next to the present curling

rink and in 1945 the world famous Midsummer Bonspiel was born.

It went on for over 60 years with the parking lot just off Hall Street oft-packed with RV and tenters camped, brooms in tow.

The outdoor fields of recreation hey-days past are now a modern indoor ‘campus.’ The Nelson and District Community Complex came to be in several phases of building over 30-plus years.

The swimming pool opened in 1973. In 1975, the fitness centre took shape and then, in 2005 the $12 million multi-purpose arena was built after a referendum gave it the go ahead, adding a second contemporary ice surface to serve the community, alongside the historic Civic Centre.

Today, the lot is jammed with visitors taking in endless tilts featuring tots hockey squads, the Nelson Leafs, roller derby and hundreds who make daily visits to stay healthy in one of BC’s finest small-town pool and fitness facilities.

Keep an eye on facebook.com/ storestoshores for weekly additions the City of Nelson’s Stories + Storeys Hall Street Retrospective series!

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Columbus and the truth about vampires biases and failures presented on-screen for scrutiny with the truth lying somewhere in the mix to be interpreted by the viewer.

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ight from the inception of motion pictures, two directions emerged almost simultaneously: to look outward and expand the documenting prowess of photography or to look inward and represent the fantasy and imagination of the human mind. The distinction between fiction and documentary used to be pretty clear, until gradually more sophisticated audiences began to question the ‘truth’ of the documentary ‘voice of god’. This, in turn, led documentarians to cinéma vérité, where the film’s makers remained silent. The camera was left to capture objectively and unguided the ‘real’ events unfolding.

As the frame, by nature, excludes what isn’t under its gaze, this technique too, although hidden, revealed itself to be under the influence of an author and ineffective at objective truth. Finally the documentary form came around to the point where, rather than presuming an ability for objectivity, embraced the filmmakers voice, their own

The recent Civic documentary screenings of Red Army and Marinoni: The Fire in the Frame are great examples of this. In both cases, the distrust and almost irritation of the subject for the off-screen puppeteer is revealed early on in the films. Both Slava Fetisov and Guiseppe Marinoni berate their directors for their lack of understanding and lack of respect for their (the subjects’) personal space. It is an interesting dynamic that in turn translates to viewers’ relationship to the film. We see the directors as flawed people with a particular access that we don’t.

What we will learn over the next hour and a half is the understanding that we must interpret this slice of the bigger picture and that the ‘real truth’ lies in the filmmaking apparatus, the space left between what is provided us from the director, and what is or isn’t granted us by the subject.

As a documentary filmmaker, this is much more interesting terrain. Freed from the burden of the impossible task of objective ‘truth’, the filmmaker is

granted the freedom of interpretive creative and stylized approaches that involve the medium and how best to communicate the subject, not unlike fiction. In fact the distinction between narrative film and documentary film has never been so blurry.

The process goes both ways where the documentary form is itself a narrative style.

In the just finished run of What We Do In the Shadows, the brilliantly funny creators of Flight of the Conchords used the distinctly documentary approach of capturing unaware moments to highlight the mundane reality of vampire flat mates in the modern world.

For example, Vladislav, the rebellious young vampire (183 years old) exasperates his roomies by ignoring the chore wheel.

This cross-pollination between narrative and documentary is responsible for much richer formal and expressive film making practice as a whole and I have never seen how effectively this can be used until I recently watched Tambien La Lluvia (Even the Rain) directed by Icíar Bollaín and starring Gael García Bernal. This film is brilliant in its use of layers. The fiction of the film reflexively revolves around a Spanish film crew making a historical fiction film about Christopher Columbus in Bolivia. The fiction created in the story not only mirrors the current events of exploitation of the Bolivian people from the privatization of water, which has made even the collection of rainwater illegal, but its production is also guilty of exploitation, filming in Bolivia for its cheap cost, even though it isn’t even on an ocean coastline, which one would think would be requisite for a film about Columbus.

One character in the film is responsible for making another film, a documentary of the making of the film within the film, but instantly recognizes the real documentary subject in the political uprising. The results of all these fictive layers of a social realist topic add a deeper understanding of the epic history surrounding events. The reflexive trope of a film within the film implicates the viewer and therefore, the medium becomes the “truth”, that prompts, if not a catalyst for change, at least a nuanced place for discourse.

The Civic looks forward to introducing a new bi-weekly Monday documentary series starting in May. Jason Asbell is the Theatre Manager and Programmer for The Civic Theatre.

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Shambhala Performance Hall event featured Sinixt artists, musicians WILL JOHNSON Nelson Star

It’s been nearly 75 years since the Sinixt were declared extinct by the Canadian government, but a collaborative evening between Selkirk College and Touchstones Nelson celebrated their still-existing culture, language and ancestors at Shambhala Performance Hall last Thursday.

“We are drawn here because our ancestors took care of this land, and they loved it. It’s very spiritual when we come up here because we can feel our ancestors,” said Virgil Seymour of the Colville tribe in Washington State.

Seymour thanked everyone in attendance, and called for more cooperation between the Sinixt and other locals.

“We can’t do this without the support of the local people, and that’s what this is all about. It’s so we can get to know each other. You can understand what we’re about, and we can understand what you’re about.”

Selkirk Anthropology and Peace Studies instructor Lori Barkley spoke at the event, aiming to educate those present on the complex issues surrounding the Sinixt.

She demonstrated how when the census was taken in the 1950s, many Sinixt were overlooked or left uncounted.

“The Indian Act doesn’t only have the power to recognize some people as Indians, it also has the commensurate ability to not recognize them.”

She said the decision to declare the Sinixt extinct was financially motivated, because granting Indians status meant the government had financial obligations to them.

“It’s less about how people see themselves and more about handling financial obligations.”

Barkley said she has to work hard to “decolonize my settler mind” and she encouraged those in attendance to do so as well.

Conspicuously absent from the proceedings was former Sinixt spokesperson Marilyn James, who nonetheless made multiple appearances via Erica Kowz’s film The Journey Upstream.

In the film, James interviews a number of Sinixt people and gives viewers a firsthand tour of her people’s land. In one memorable scene she crouches in the forest and describes her connection to a polished rock that had been used by her ancestors hundred of years before.

James was acknowledged and thanked for her hard work on multiple occasions over the course of the evening, and the Sinixt present asserted that her work has been crucial in bridging cultural gaps.

Nelsonites were given a unique opportunity to experience Sinixt culture, language, music and art firsthand. Attendees were educated on “Canada’s termination strategy” and were encouraged to acknowledge that the Kootenay area continues to be unceded land.

“We aren’t extinct and we never were,” said Seymour.

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A spring market dedicated to health and wellness Contributed to the Nelson Star

On Saturday, April 18th, the organizers of last year’s first annual Kootenay Spirit Festival will be hosting their first follow-up event – the Spring Awakening Market: Health and Wellness Expo – acting as a fundraiser for this year’s second annual Spirit Festival that promises to build on the great energy and momentum of last years successful event.

The Spring Awakening Market will be a community event with a health and wellness market featuring local practitioners showcasing their products and services. It is an opportunity for our community to awaken into spring and explore our community’s tremendous depth and diversity of healing arts including chiropractic, reflexology, coaching, meditation practices, shiatsu massage, spa services, fitness and much much more.

Spring is traditionally the time to cleanse and renew especially when it comes to our health and wellbeing.

The amazing local practitioners will provide information to start you in the right direction. This will include free demonstrations and samples of health and wellness products such as herbs, tinctures and salves.

There will also be an all day schedule of mini workshops including: Yoga, Bellyfit, Chinese Medicine, Coaching, Juicing, Meditation, Massage, NIA, and more, all free for the price of admission which is $3-5. A few additional attractions include a little cafe serving fresh juices, local Mandala Chai and

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raw food delights. This is also a family friendly event, so to capture the spirit of our children in the community, we will have a kids (and adults too) craft table for those seeking a creative outlet.

There will be a raffle to win a free weekend pass for the second annual Kootenay Spirit Festival which will take place the weekend of September 18-20, 2015. Save this date and visit http://www. kootenayspiritfestival.ca for the latest information on program and tickets.

The market will occur at Hart Hall, located at 510 Carbonate Street, Nelson.

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Many people experience difficulty falling asleep and then staying asleep as they age, and that difficulty can make men and women over 50 feel more tired during the day.

But even though difficulty sleeping may be a part of aging, that does not mean men and women over 50 cannot take steps to improve their sleeping patterns. For example, certain snack foods may help to improve quality of sleep, especially when

these foods replace less healthy snacking options. While men and women over 50 should always consult with their physicians before making any changes to their diets, the AARP notes that the following are a handful of snack foods that promote better sleep.

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get a better night’s sleep. Cheese and crackers contain tryptophan and carbohydrates, which can induce a better night’s sleep and help you fall asleep sooner.

• Cherries: Cherries contain the sleep hormone melatonin, and the AARP notes that recent studies indicated that participants who drank tart cherry juice on a daily basis fell asleep more quickly and slept longer and better than participants who did not.

• Hummus: The primary ingredient in hummus is chickpeas, which are loaded with tryptophan, folate and vitamin B6. Folate has proven especially beneficial to older men and women who need help regulating their sleep patterns, while vitamin B6 helps the body regulate its clock.

• Peanut butter: Peanut butter is another snacking item loaded with tryptophan. Spread some peanut butter on a carbohydrate, whether it’s a slice of toast or some crackers, before going to bed, and you may enjoy a better, longer sleep.

• Walnuts: Like cherries, walnuts contain melatonin, which can contribute to a longer, more restful night’s sleep. Walnuts also can help regulate stress, which is a leading cause of sleeping difficulty.

Many men and women experience difficulty sleeping as they age. But the right foods may just help combat such problems and help men and women get a more adequate night’s sleep.

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The Ministry of Health and Doctors of BC are strengthening their efforts to attract more doctors to rural and remote communities with a new shared $100,000 financial award for medical students who demonstrate an interest in practising medicine in those communities and to support rural students entering medical school.

“This new scholarship fund reflects government’s focus on supporting health care in rural communities,” said Health Minister Terry Lake.

“Municipalities, government, health authorities, Doctors of BC and UBC are working hard to attract and retain doctors who are invested in the wide scope of medicine practised in these areas and the

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How do I “fix” and/or “figure it all out”?

We live in a world where there is an expectation that there is always a solution, that if you put your mind to it, all things can be fixed or figured out, typically in a logical, linear, stepby-step instruction format. Of course, for some situations, this method of problem solving applies. In others, clients will come in for counselling with an urgent drive, with a clear intention to come fix themselves and figure out what they have to do. And then quickly (and typically) realize that there is no clear-cut answer or method to get to the solution. The looming unknown comes rolling in, a sense of helplessness, sadness, grief, anger, anxiety, fear, etc.

We want to be able to bypass these feelings and the time it may take to process these experiences that have brought us to this frustrating place of NOT BEING ABLE TO FIX IT. Take heart, this doesn’t mean there will not be some sort of solution or feeling resolved, it just means that sometimes all that we can really do is to hang out in the reality of not being able to find a quick solution.

Amidst the processing of experiences, events, feelings, and our history that has led us to this moment, the answers will come and/or the path will become clearer. The relationship with a Hakomi therapist gives you a place of support, soothing, and coping as you explore what your answers may be.

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“Rural physicians fulfill a special niche.” commitment to working collaboratively and improving patients’ access to care in rural communities.”

The British Columbia Rural Interest Award will be given to: • Up to seven third year students who have completed the Rural Family Practice Clerkship or the Integrated Community Clerkship, • Up to seven fourth year students who have completed a four-week rural elective, and • The remaining awards are granted to first year students

upon admittance to UBC Medical School.

“Rural medicine is broad, interesting and relational; you can do full service family medicine and provide significant continuity of care,” said Samantha Chittick, a fourth year medical student from Kelowna. “I can’t understand why anyone would want to do anything else.”

For students applying upon completion of the third year Rural Family Practice Clerkship, Integrated Community Clerkship or fourth year Rural Electives, the deadline is June 30, 2015.

For first year students applying upon admittance to UBC medical school, the deadline is Sept. 30, 2015.

“Rural physicians fulfill a special niche,” said Selena Demenoff, a first year medical student from Grand Forks. “As part of the community, they are their communities’ health advocates.”

These awards have been established through ongoing funding from the Joint Standing Committee on Rural Issues, a collaborative committee of the Ministry of Health and Doctors of BC.

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What are the advantages of Developing a Rental Suite?

Well, the obvious one would be to increase the value of your home; however, the big picture doesn’t stop there.

The other benefits include having a mortgage helper. A rental suite could allow you to stay in your home once you’re on a fixed income.

Secondary Suites also allow families to stay together; by providing a home for a family member, and keeping family connected. At times’ a Legal Rental Suite can help you to meet the criteria needed to qualify for a mortgage.

Based on “A Guide for Local Governments,” put out by the Ministry of Community and Aboriginal Women (revised in 2005), they studied several B.C. communities, including The City of Nelson. Due to Nelson’s geographical constraints for development, low rental vacancy rates and the fact that Nelson is a College Town, the City of Nelson encourages Secondary Suite Development.

Having Secondary Suites enables our town to meet housing needs, while preserving the character of our community.

In summary, if you’d like to explore these options further, don’t hesitate contacting me, and I’d be happy to assist you with exploring the options most suitable for your needs. If you want to investigate further; head on down to talk with your local City Planning Department representative, or if you’d like to purchase an existing property that has a suite, come and talk to me, I’d be happy to assist you in your search.

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What are “growing pains”?

“Growing pains” are commonly defined as recurrent leg pain in children ages 2–12 years, however it may also include back/spinal pain and also may occur after age 12. Although there are no known medical causes, theories of cause range from muscle fatigue to juvenile arthritis. The Journal of Pediatrics found that approximately 36.9% of children 4–6 years of age experienced growing pains. During the first year of life, the spine increases 12 cm in length and another 15 cm between 1 and 5 years of age.

Between 5 and 10 years of age, the growth rate decreases to 10 cm. There is another increase at puberty between approximately 10 and 18 years of age with 20 cm of spinal grown in males and 15 cm in females. So, the greatest rate of spinal growth occurs in the first 5 years of life. It is hypothesized that the bones growing at such a fast rate increases tensile stress on the muscles. This can lead to spinal imbalance and pressure being put on the child’s nervous system which can result in pain. Gentle adjusting techniques in combination with muscle work and stretching have been found to be effective in reducing the discomfort associated with “growing pains”. The treatment protocol to help your child, so they don’t have to suffer unnecessarily, can be determined with a relatively short, but thorough examination. If you have questions please call our office.

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How can I win a $1,000 on Earth Day?

Earth Day is Wednesday April 22nd.

You can be a local champion of the earth and our environment by pledging your Earth Day participation.

How? By logging onto www. earthdaynelson.ca, and then pledge to do one, or more of the following: • I will participate in an Earth Day event • I will unplug items when not in use • I will research ways to reduce my energy consumption One pledger will be randomly selected to choose a local (within Nelson Hydro’s service area) registered, non-profit society or charity of their choice to receive $1,000 from Nelson Hydro.

Be kind to mother earth and look into how energy efficient your home is. Call me for more information on energy evaluations, rebates and low-interest financing.

The Solar Conversation Café attracted a great crowd, if you want to learn more about the community solar garden, please let me know and I will add you to the interest list.

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My neck and shoulders are always sore and tight. Is there anything that I can do about this?

A possible contributing factor to your pain could be your posture. The ideal position of your head is to have your ears line up directly above your shoulders which should be above your ankle bone. The human head weighs approximately 8-10lbs. For every inch that your head migrates forward of ‘ideal’, you double the relative weight of the head. So at a typical posture of 1 inch forward you are looking at your neck holding up 20lbs. Now that’s a lot of weight for those tiny neck muscles to hold! In turn the body overuses the neck muscles and starts recruiting shoulder muscles and eventually the back muscles to help. So until the posture is corrected the neck and shoulder muscles will never get a break and will chronically be tight and sore. Keeping this in mind and adjusting your posture while driving, using the computer and your cell phone can help decrease neck tension. Stretching out the chest muscles can also ease forward pull of the head. There are also other stretches, releases and exercises you can do to help correct this. If this sounds like a problem you have or if you have other body aches that you are ready to resolve then call for an appointment with Anna. Get in on the “Spring Special” for $80 (reg $100) for an assessment, home program and myofascial release (1.5hrs) until April 31st.

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SPRING SPECIAL Tell us how your team is doing, email: editor@nelsonstar.com The U12 Boys Rep team won a silver medal in the Okanagan Icebreaker Tournament on the Easter weekend. Pictured: Back row (left to right): Assistant coach Eric Sollid, Felix Barron, Matteo Faraguna, Mathew Erickson, Dylan Gyr, Edan Sollid, Matteo Mushumanski, Callum McClure, Kieran Dehnel, Callum Cutler, head coach Al Faraguna.

Front left to right: Alexander Sowiak, Tommy Bryson and Mason Scott (goalie).

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Nelson Selects break the ice Nelson Youth Soccer Rep teams kick start the outdoor soccer season in Kelowna.

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The Nelson Selects had some great results at the 14th annual Okanagan Icebreaker tournament on the long weekend.

The U12 Boys won a silver medal, and the U13 girls brought home a bronze as did the U14 boys.

It was the first tournament of the season and U12 Boys’ head coach Allan Faraguna said all the teams did very well. They had teams competing in every age division, except U11.

Faraguna explained how the U12 boys earned second place.

“They stretched the field really well,” he said. “They moved the ball around and supported each other really well out on the field. And they put the ball in the net when the opportunity arose.”

Faraguna said their goal tending was “fantastic” with only three goals against in four games.

He said the U13 girls also played well, moving the ball around on the field and a made a good team effort.

Faraguna said the well organized tournament had a beautiful setting right on the water.

It was the Nelson Selects first time playing

outside this season as most of the soccer teams train all year with the indoor soccer facility in Nelson.

“I think our players are doing a lot better now that they have the indoor facility,” he said, adding it allows the players to be prepared for early tournaments.

Lakeside fields in Nelson are expected to open around April 17.

The next tournament for the Rep teams is the May long weekend at the Kamloops Slurpee Cup. The Terry Walgren annual tournament will follow the weekend after in Nelson.

Whitewater Freeride skiers competing at North American Junior Championships TAMARA HYND Nelson Star

Whitewater Freeride athletes have travelled south of the border to Grand Targhee, Wyoming, for the 2015 IFSA North American Junior Freeride Championships from April 8 to12.

“Our guys are skiing well going into the finals,” Coach Dano Slater wrote in an email to the Star.

Results from April 9 show Haley Cooke with a second place score in the Girls 15 to 18 category. On the same day, Dale Cushway placed first in the Boys 15 to 18, with Sam Kuch and Sol Butler scoring

third and fourth respectively.

Seven skiers, Jona Caney, Sam Howard, Sam Kuch, Savannah Leishman, Ben Woodward, Sam Woodward and Nigel Ziegler, all made the official list for the first round of competitions thanks to their individual results at a combination of regional and national events throughout the 2014/15 season. There were 122 skiers in the first round.

More Whitewater team skiers qualified on the second round: Jeff Ashton, Sol Butler, Brendon Kelly, Liam Kelly and Jesse Thurston.

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A book for a dollar Contributed to the Nelson Star

The Nelson Women’s Centre library has downsized, so we are having a fantastic sale of used books on Saturday, April 18th at 717 Vernon Street, Nelson (Senior Citizens’ Association Branch #51) from 10 am to 3 pm. Most books will go for a dollar, or fill up a book bag for five dollars or less! You are welcome to come in and browse. All proceeds will go to the Nelson Women’s Centre Library - we are also accepting cash donations.

The Nelson and District Women’s Centre provides a welcoming space, support and free resources for women to learn, connect and become empowered in their own lives and engaged in their community. For more information, or if you would like to volunteer for the book sale, phone 250-352-9916, or 250-352-9871.

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TYLEEN UNDERWOOD LAW OFFICE presents

You & The Law

WHAT CAN YOU DO ABOUT “PARENTAL ALIENATION”?

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Most of us have seen a friend or family member’s marriage go bust in a bitter divorce. Sometimes the couple’s children are victims in their parents’ ongoing conflict long after the break-up. One parent, often the primary caregiver, may influence the kids to take sides and subtly turn them against the other parent.

Undermining the kids’ relationship with the other parent, even unintentionally, damages children’s emotional and psychological well-being and is contrary to the Family Law Act. This phenomenon is called “parental alienation” and may lead to children not wanting to see or have anything to do with that other parent. When a child’s previously close relationship with both parents turns sour with one parent without good reason, that’s a hallmark of parental alienation.

Our B.C. Supreme Court recently had to deal with parental alienation. Colin and Claire (all names changed) had two kids, Mary and Becky, born in 2000 and 2002. The couple separated in 2008 and divorced three years later. Both parents were intelligent and capable individuals who loved their children, and they agreed to equal parenting arrangements. The court subsequently gave them joint custody and joint guardianship of the kids and ordered a three-day alternating parenting schedule, later changed by Colin and Claire to a five-day alternating schedule.

These arrangements worked well initially, but over time the kids became increasingly reluctant to spend time with their dad. One example: in late 2011 when Claire dropped Becky off to see Colin, Becky ran back to her mom’s car, buckled herself in and refused to come out for half an hour despite her dad’s pleading. By 2013, when Colin was to pick the girls up from a church drop-off, or was to take them after school, he couldn’t because they ran away. They also refused to see him during a court-ordered holiday access. When interviewed by a psychologist, both children expressed strong negative views of their father, but positive ones of their mother.

Colin thus asked the court for a “custody reversal order” and other orders to help resolve the problem.

The court concluded the children were a product of parental alienation – their negative feelings and rejection of their dad was significantly out of line with their actual experience with him. Both Mary and Becky suffered from emotional and mental health problems – the older girl from depression and suicidal thoughts, her younger sister from an anxiety disorder and anger issues.

The focus in such cases is on the best interests of the children long-term. The court intervened in an effort to undo the girls’ alienation from their dad, to foster their future relationship with both parents and to minimize emotional damage.

Colin got sole guardianship, interim custody and primary residence of the two girls for the time being, and Claire was to have no direct or indirect access to them. Claire, Colin and the children also had to enroll in a family reunification program for a year (the program’s director would make regular progress reports to the court).

Parental alienation situations are complex, and each case requires a unique solution. It’s important you act quickly and get legal and other help promptly if you’re caught up in such a conflict-ridden situation.

TYLEEN UNDERWOOD LAW OFFICE Family Law • Criminal Law Suite 200-507 Baker St., Nelson, BC V1L 4J2

(250) 352-6638 Written by Janice and George Mucalov, LL.B.s with contribution by TYLEEN UNDERWOOD LAW OFFICE. This column provides information only and must not be relied on for legal advice. Please contact TYLEEN UNDERWOOD for legal advice concerning your particular case.

Lawyer Janice Mucalov is an award-winning legal writer. “You and the Law” is a registered trade-mark. © Janice and George Mucalov

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Funeral Service April 18th, 2015 at 11:00 a.m.

United Church 602 Silica Street

Victor(Vic) Bejermin Grundy

Saturday, April 25th 12:00 - 3:00 Banquet Room of the Adventure Hotel Formerly Lord Nelson Hotel

Dorothy Nora Bayoff

December 9, 1931 March 10, 2015

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It is with great reverence towards him that the Grundy clan announce the passing of our Patriarch Victor(Vic) Bejermin Grundy, at 3:52 PM on March 10, 2015 he sucumbed to a life long condition.......time.

Vic was born in Crowsnest Alberta on Dec 9, 1931, the eldest son, and as someone who grew-up during this time he understood the value not the price of community, which he never forgot.

The family re-located to Grand Forks were he and his brother Don would plant Victory gardens, although the second world ended before he was old enough to serve, he was a reserve member and was an exellent marksman scoring 99/100 humbly stating â&#x20AC;&#x153;not perfect nobody isâ&#x20AC;?

The family moved several times more before settling in Nelson and it is there that he found a place to call home.

His first job was a joint adventure with his brother Don, a paper route in Rosemont, they were inseperable. The only difference between the two was Don didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t like school and Vic had a passion for learning. He understood the power of words and had an incredible ablity to select the correct one to convey his position.

He worked for the CPR helping to maintain the lines between the other Kootenay townships, from there he went to BCTEL, a company that he retired from in 1985 with over 35 years of service. He worked under his Father, no easy task, however he did contribute this qoute to him â&#x20AC;&#x153;if the truck wont do the job,weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll get one that will.â&#x20AC;? It was here that he got involved with what would later be known as the Telecommunications Workers Union, he served as a shopstewart, and plant counselor. It was this effort that he and other men and woman like him were able to fight for the rights of all those to follow is what he was most proud of. When asked later in life â&#x20AC;&#x153;How did you people achive this?â&#x20AC;? he said â&#x20AC;&#x153;back then we knew the difference between prosperity and greed.â&#x20AC;?

Never afraid of a hard days work and when ever the question was asked â&#x20AC;&#x153;How do we get this to work?â&#x20AC;? the answer was usually another question. â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Whereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Vic Grundy?â&#x20AC;? He enjoyed the progressive nature of technology and the knowledge needed to use it. He had a quick wit and a great sense of humour. Not a religoius man, he still maintained the highest level of morality and stood by his convictions, not once waivering to his final breath, the measure of a true man.

He believed that as a parent he had but one responsibitly â&#x20AC;&#x153;to provide a better opportunity at life than the one given.â&#x20AC;? We who remain will forever bare witness to the successful completion of this task.

For those who had the privildge to truely know the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Manâ&#x20AC;? and whether you called him Dad, Grampa, Pops or Vic no words have yet been spoken that begins to discribe our feelings of loss and for those who didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t....your loss is far greater than our own.

Never forgotten, Forever loved.

Dorothy Nora Bayoff passed away on April 9th, 2015 at Mt. Lakes Seniors Community. Dorothy was born in 1914 and would have celebrated her 101st birthday on May 29th. She was born in Grand Forks to Nellie and Alex Chernoff and later resided in the Thrums area where she met and married Walter Bayoff in 1936. Together they raised 2 children, Janet and Ed. The family moved to Nelson in the early 1950â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s.

Dorothy was counter manager at Nelsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Woolworthâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Store and is best remembered for her famous lemon meringue pies. Her passions included music, dancing and her flower gardens and while living in Nelson, received a Beautification Certificate from the Mayor of Nelson. She spent numerous hours canvassing for the S.O.S. (Save our Services) for the Nelson Hospital and faithfully supported requests for donations required to purchase additional equipment. Dorothy also enjoyed theatre and in 2009 donated much of her clothing to the Capitol Theatre wardrobe department.

She is survived by her daughter Janet Evdokimo of Phoenix, Arizona, grandchildren Allen (Sheryl) Evdokimo, great grandchildren Ashley, Adam (Laura) of Reno, Nev., Arnie (Racquel) Evdokimo, great grandchildren A.J., Allison and Autumn, Phoenix, Az, Andrew Evdokmo and great granddaughter Ariana, Nampa, Idaho. Daughter-in-law Jackie Bayoff, grandchildren Dan (Nichole), great grandchildren Lauren, Tyler, Tyson and Parker, Carlene (Dirk) MacFarlane, great grandchildren Breanne and Daniel, Heather Carson and great grandchildren Paige and Jared, all of Nelson. Grandson Rex (Amber) Skarbo, great grandchildren Tatiana and Shalynn of Kamloops, Debbie Jones and great grand children Kortney, Kimberley (Jason) Nixon and great-great granddaughter Millie, Courtney, BC. Dorothy was predeceased by her husband Walter in 1969 and son Edward in 1994.

Thompsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Funeral Home arranged a private family burial which took place on Monday, April 13th at the Nelson Cemetery officiated by Rev. Marcella Mugford followed by a Celebration of Life held at the Prestige Lakeside Resort.

The family would like to extend their gratitude to Dr. Janz and all the staff at Mt. Lakes Diamond Cottage for their exceptional care of mom during her residency. Special thanks to Vivian Kingdon who provided mom with private care.

Mom loved life and made a difference to everyone she met. Her motto in life was â&#x20AC;&#x153;Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t worry, be happyâ&#x20AC;?

Online condolences may be expressed at www.thompsonfs.ca Funeral arrangements are under the direction of Thompson Funeral Service Ltd.

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Chasing early spring Bull Trout on the rivers KERRY

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arch saw some mixed weather patterns rolling in, so our days were hit and miss. We did spend a lot of time on the rivers chasing early spring Bull trout and we had a blast. The jet sled proved itself very helpful this spring on the rivers so far. The Kootenay River and other tributaries are full of Bulls in the spring. And when the ice came off, we began to target these fish. Bulls chasing spawning whitefish were pretty aggressive this year. Bull trout from six to twelve pounds were caught on a daily basis. A lot of fun was had by all who braved the early spring weather conditions. And the end results were very rewarding.

We’re looking forward to the fall Bull trout fishery as the Bulls chase spawning Kokanee up the rivers again in the fall.

Kootenay Lake The lake has been providing us with lots of action each day lately.

Most days saw us hooking into 10 15 fish between two to five pounds, although we did have a few fish in the ten pound range last month, but few and far between. Rainbows and Bull Trout up to 12 pounds were caught in the past month. We also had our first opening for West Arm Kokanee at the beginning of this month. The Kokanee fishing was consistent and the sizes were good.

Most anglers were back at the dock with their limits within the first couple hours of the day. Looking forward to what our spring weather could bring. Our next couple of months should prove interesting for the lake. The Gerrard spawn

will be the telltale sign of what is to become of our lake. Stay tuned.

Duncan Lake Duncan Lake has been fun and a nice change from Kootenay. There seems to be a lot more people fishing there as well. The Bull Trout fishing has been good and as the water warms up, the Kokanee fishing gets better and better. Nice to see a healthy population of both Bulls and Kokanee in this lake.

We have had some great days up there so far with some double digit days with Bulls between five to ten pounds. Should be good fishing for a few more weeks or until the lake levels get really high.

Our Lyman plugs have been producing best. Surface fishing has been good, as well as the downriggers from 30-60 feet has produced well.

Definitely a nice change of scenery and fishing.

Columbia River The river is heating up nicely.

Rainbows, Walleye, and Pike are all cooperating right now. We have had some spectacular days flyfishing for Rainbows. Early spring Rainbows Nelson resident Con Diamond shows off his trophy Bull trout.

Nick Diamond Photography photo

are my favourite. We have hooked into some monsters already. The average fish have all been the usual Columbia River size ranging between two and four pounds, although we have hooked into some five to seven pound fish in the past couple weeks.

And some even bigger that screamed our line, but were never to be seen.

Exciting spring action.

Some resident Walleye have been sticking around this year also. We usually don’t target these fish until late summer when they seem to really stack up in the river, although we

have been fishing for them lately with some great success. Good to know there are a lot of options at this time of year. Pike are also being caught while targeting Walleye. Remember to keep every Pike you catch, as they are not native to this system. Walleye between one and four pounds have been caught lately, as well as Pike up to 18 pounds.

What are they biting on?

On the lake, we are catching most fish on the surface. Bucktail flies have been my favourite technique.

Purples have been the most productive.

Common numbers of 203, 207, and 224 have worked best for me, as well as some greys such as number 202, 210, and 221. And on the downrigger, we have been having success with our favourite Lyman plugs and flasher & hoochie combo.

Our speeds are still relatively slow due to the water temperature, but look to speed things up as the water warms up.

On the river, we have been having most luck with the Rainbows on the fly. Floating lines with an indicator and nymph have provided lots of action, as well as sinking line while swinging streamers. The Walleye have been taking the usual bottom bouncer technique or jigs with twisters. And the Pike have been hitting on just about anything, although we haven’t been specifically targeting them.

What’s coming up We are expecting the lake fishing to pick up even more as the water gets warmer. So, expect lots of fish in April, May, and June. Our river fishing should only get better and better as well. As the weather warms up and the bugs start hatching, the fish will become more and more aggressive. Looking forward to the next few months of fishing.

We are also looking forward to our upcoming Salmon/Halibut fishing season. This year is expected to be another good run of Salmon and we still have a few openings to fill.

Drop me a line if you’re interested in filling your freezer with fish for the year.

That about sums it up. Hope this helps with your fishing excursions this month. Tight lines.

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