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DAY OF MOURNING
Gulch business owners appear before council BY SHERI REGNIER Times Staff
Owners of two Rossland Avenue businesses in peril of losing their operating licences appeared before Trail council Monday night. Prior to cancelling a business licence, the city must provide the owners, in this case Darrell and Wendy LeMoel, with a notice and opportunity to be heard, which is called a show cause hearing. The matter has been simmering since January when the city withheld licence renewals for the Gulch General Store and Mike's Plumbing and Heating due to ongoing infractions of Trail's building bylaws. Darrell LeMoel spoke on behalf of son Casey LeMoel, who is managing both businesses from the main floor of 486 Rossland Ave., as well as two residential suites located on the second floor. He first addressed the city's position that Casey LeMoel is in violation of the plumbing and heating contractor licence because he is performing related work without the necessary certification. According to the city's business bylaw, carrying out work without required qualifications is considered gross misconduct and a public risk. Additionally, under the BC Plumbing Code, if an apprentice is on the job site, all work must be under complete supervision of a certified plumber or journeyman with respective certification. The city maintains that while LeMoel provided copies of his and another employee's apprenticeship registration, he failed to provide proof of the required supervision. LeMoel said his son has been a registered apprentice since 2009, and worked under the direction of journeyman plumber Mike Mauro since that time. Attached to their submission was a copy of Mauro's plumbing licence and typed letter signed by the journeyman plumber, with acknowledgement that Casey is currently training under his direction. Coun. Kevin Jolly asked when Casey would complete his apprenticeship and at what point become a certified plumber. The younger LeMoel replied he has over 9,000 training hours but would have to leave town for more classroom instruction, and take a test before Mauro could recommend him for certification. “I just haven't done that because I haven't had anyone to cover for me here the last three or four years,” Casey added. The hearing then moved to the possible business license revocation for the Gulch General Store. See OWNERS, Page 3
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Family, supporters and coworkers remember those who have lost their lives in work-related incidents or diseases for the annual Day of Mourning on Tuesday. The group began at the United Steelworkers Local 480 before marching down Bay Avenue in downtown Trail, ending at the workers' memorial across from the Trail Memorial Centre for a ceremony and speeches.
SCHOOL DISTRICT 20
Proposed amendment brings attention to budget cuts Trustees discuss merits of deficit budget to respond to continued government cuts BY LIZ BEVAN Times Staff
The 2015/2016 operating budget made it through first and second reading at Monday night's School District 20 board meeting, despite strong opposition from one trustee. The $41,304,721 budget bylaw was subject to a lengthy discussion where Trustee Mark Wilson voiced his concerns about student welfare and revenue line items excluded from the final budget draft. During the debate portion of the
second reading, Wilson proposed an amendment requesting that the board submit a deficit budget of $75,000 with a mind on health and safety of students. The budget draft is complete with the proposed cuts presented to the public on April 15. The cuts include reduced custodial hours, fewer staff to match enrolment rates, eliminating the operating budget supplementing for Aboriginal education support services, less bus cleaning and more. Despite assurances from district staff and other trustees that the student experience is not affected by budget cuts this year, Wilson wasn't so sure. “The last six years I have been on the board, we have cut every year and every year, it is cutting into health and safety
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and the welfare of the students,” he said, adding that now is the time for trustees to take a stand against the province and show how they feel about all the cuts. “I don't know how far we can go with (the amendment), but we have to start somewhere. We are eroding the school system and it isn't working as well as it used to. Some of the things we have done to take action in the past don't seem to be working.” While his proposed amendment didn't pass, it sparked a full discussion about the merits of putting together a deficit budget, a move that is against the law and has resulted in provincial interference and removal of trustees in other districts like SD79 in Cowichan Valley. See FINAL, Page 3
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Trail’s Vic Friesen is revved up and ready to ride in the annual Syd’s Fun Run for Muscular Dystrophy on Sunday. The event, organized by the West Kootenay Road Runners, fires up Sunday morning at Leather and Steel in Fruitvale. Registration begins at 8 a.m. and the bikes roll at 9:30 a.m. This year’s route will take riders from Fruitvale, through Trail, Castlegar, Nelson all the way to Kaslo and back through Salmo to finish at the Fruitvale Fire Department. Registration is $10 per riders, there will be a silent auction and a riding jacket draw donated by Leather and Steel. Proceeds go to the Muscular Dystrophy Association and the Fruitvale Fire Department. All motorcyclists are welcome. May is Motorcyle Awareness Month in B.C.
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Rash of car break-ins Crews respond to wildfires prompts RCMP warning By Sheri Regnier Times Staff
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Over the past two weeks, there has been a rash of vehicle break-ins all across the Greater Trail Area. Corporal Darryl Orr from the Trail RCMP says that approximately 12 break-ins have been reported all the way from Genelle to Rossland to Trail and every report has one thing in common. “The only thing connecting the break-ins are unlocked vehicles,” he said. “That is the only way we can connect them. We figure it is people just being criminals of opportunity, checking for open doors.” Authorities believe that all the incidents could be caused by the same person or group of people. “We are still looking into it,” said Cpl. Orr. “But often times with a rash of thefts like this, I suspect is probably a few specific individuals that are going around with a vehicle at night, walking out and going around finding unlocked cars.” He has one tip for vehicle owners and residents that want to keep
their cars and houses sealed: lock up everything. “We live in a safe community, but you are still going to get people that are breaking into cars,” said Cpl. Orr. “It usually isn't the locked vehicles that are getting broken into because that is work for the criminals. Most modern vehicles have pretty good anti-theft systems, but if you don't lock the doors, then you don't even have that.” As well as making sure all doors are locked tight, Orr says to make sure there is nothing of value in your vehicle or yard. “It is like window shopping for criminals when you have an iPad on the front seat or a purse on the floor,” he said. “It is what these guys look for. It is 2015. It is not the 50s anymore with Richie and the Fonz living down the street. “Lock up everything that you don't want stolen. If it isn’t, you are almost giving people the opportunity to come into your yard and have a garage sale while you aren't there.”
Final budget reading on Friday FROM PAGE 1 First-time trustee Rosann Brunton says she appreciates the board’s frustrations about the budget process and cuts, but can’t support the cause with a deficit budget based around health and safety. “When I look at this, my concern is if we are to break the law by passing a deficit budget, I want to be 100 per cent confident that I can defend my position,” she said, adding that if health and safety were in jeopardy, she would be behind the amendment. “With the parameters of health and safety, I don’t feel that 100 per cent confidence. If I was sure there were health and safety issues, I would be very concerned for all the children in our school system.” Brunton’s thoughts were echoed by other trustees around the table including chair Darrel Ganzert. “The safety of the children in this district is not at risk nor is the health of the children in our district,” he said. “I am not philosophically opposed to presenting a deficit budget, I just don’t think this is the time, or the issue either.” The second reason Wilson gave for voting against the proposed budget bylaw is the exclusion of real estate assets, specifically with sale of Blueberry Creek Community School. The negotiations surround-
ing the building sale have been in camera, meaning certain details can’t be revealed to the public. “We have been in discussions on this since last October,” he said. “We have sat here and we have knowledge of what is happening next. It is in camera, so we are going to keep it there, but it was never brought in as a potential revenue within this budget. I think the budget overlooked that. It is not a true budget without having the proper revenue streams brought it. You don’t leave out an asset in a deficit year.” The school building and land has been assessed at $1.378 million, and Wilson’s comments prompted discussion about facilities in general. “I hear Trustee Wilson’s point and I am starting to wonder now if, at some point in time, maybe the discussion needs to be a bit broader about buildings,” said Trustee Kim Mandoli. “If we are talking about looking for money in every nook and cranny, then maybe facilities and school closures aren’t that far off the horizon, but I don’t know.” The budget bylaw amendment was voted down before council voted to pass the original balanced budget bylaw through second reading. The final reading of the budget is on Friday at 5 p.m. at the Kootenay Columbia Learning Centre in Trail.
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Two remote fires within two hours in Greater Trail, has Fire Chief Terry Martin reminding hikers and bikers to exercise care in the back country. “Even though we had some rain on the weekend, it's still very dry out there,” said Martin, referring to wild lands near Warfield and the upper Sunningdale bench. “Lots of people recreate in both those areas, and while we are not pointing fingers at anybody, we want them to be safe out there.” Crews from Kootenay Boundary Regional Fire Rescue responded to a report of suspicious smoke above Hanna Creek Road, also known as Thunder Road, just after 1 p.m. Monday. The call came from Teck's fire dispatcher, with company firefighters and 22 regional members from Genelle, Trail and Montrose, teaming up to battle a lowland grass fire. Windy conditions and the lack of an immediate water source presented a challenge for crews, explained Martin. “We couldn't get our trucks up there to provide water, so we had to pump water out of a local creek,” he said. “Rossland brought down a quad to transport equipment back and forth from the staging area to the actual site, and both departments worked very well together.” The Rank 1 fire, meaning a creeping surface fire, engulfed two hectares before it was under control shortly after 2 p.m. The cause remains undetermined, and no injuries were reported. Fire crews were just packing up from the first incident, when they were dispatched to a second wild land fire, this time on the east side of the Columbia River. “We received the report of a fire above Sunningdale near the water treatment plant,” said Martin. “We deployed some resources from the Thunder Road incident to the Sunningdale
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Fire crews responded to a wildfire above Sunningdale on Monday afternoon. incident, which had fire burning in some trees.” He said the second fire was a Rank 2, meaning visible open flames that burn in the surface fuel layer. “It was a small fire over a half acre to one acre, but wind gusts were concerning,” Martin noted. “We were able to access the site by a pickup trick and water tenders so we could extinguish it and prevent the fire from expanding.” By 3:30 p.m. the Sunningdale fire was under control, and its cause also remains undetermined. With two fires sparked in a short span of time, the fire department is taking notice. “We don't usually get fires back to back like that,” said Martin. “We are concerned, and ask people to be safe out there and use good judgement.”
Owners say solutions can be found FROM PAGE 1 The city maintains the LeMoels changed the occupancy of the business from retail/mercantile to restaurant/ assembly occupancy without first obtaining the proper building permits as required. Since 2013, there’s been numerous back and forth between the family and the regional district building department over building infractions such as the lack of exit doors, non-containment of the furnace room and extension cords taped onto furnace gas supply lines. During a site inspection in April 2014, the department noted a seating area for patrons in the premises that included tables, napkin holders, and a menu boasting “Our famous 2 for 1 BP Italian Pizza,” plus extra crispy chicken, fish and chips and a full breakfast fare.
LeMoel held a food retailer’s permit from Interior Health for the sale of pre-packaged products such as frozen food items that could be reheated without deep frying, grilling or creating smoke or exhaust of any kind. Additionally, expanding the sale of takeout food into a restaurant triggers not just permits, but requirements for certain amenities such as accessible washrooms and fire separation between the commercial space and the second floor apartments. According to Darrell LeMoel, he met with the regional building and plumbing official in late January, with a proposal to eliminate the customer food service seating area. Two tables and six chairs would remain for staff use and free Internet use for retail customers. LeMoel said the seating solution was promptly rejected,
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which led to the understanding that neither the city nor regional district was interested in resolving the matter. “I think there are solutions available for this and I think it’s escalated a little bit,” said Darrell. “I don’t think it’s as complicated as it seems and I would like opportunity to work with city staff and staff at the regional district.” He suggested building codes could be relaxed if the site was delegated a heritage building or classified as a location for small business assemblies, with 35 seats or less. “We would like to work to clear things up and resolve these issues so we can work in harmony in the future,” added LeMoel. Trail Mayor Mike Martin said council would exercise due diligence before making a recommendation to the city.
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Provincial Penticton
National Park issue returns with search for common ground By Dale Boyd
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An Oliver councillor isn’t taking a stance for or against the long sought after Okanagan-Similkameen national park with his latest motion, but trying to promote the best of both sides of the argument. “This is my effort to have the Town of Oliver’s council take a position in the middle,” said Jack Bennest, Oliver municipal councillor. His motion entitled “Living together with respect” fleshes out the common ground he thinks can be found between those against and for a national park in the Okanagan. The motion, which will be debated at the next public meeting in Oliver this week, urges the council to support the Province of B.C. in their efforts to “acquire land to protect the area’s grasslands, to preserve endangered species in the South OkanaganSimilkameen and in setting goals to enhance off-season
tourism opportunities.” These are goals that some feel would be achieved through the designation of a national park, however, Boundary-Similkameen MLA Linda Larson has dismissed the idea as well as a recent poll by McAllister Opinion Research showing residents of the regional district are in favour of the park three to one. “The national park issue is very divisive. There are people in favour and people against and when they all meet and actually talk about what they are trying to do, they actually agree on many things,” Bennest said. Bennest said his motion is neither for or against the park, but looking at common ground like protecting endangered species and maintaining discourse around key pieces of land and helping boost the tourism industry. “I believe in the principals that everybody wants,” Bennest said.
“Here’s a situation where some people want a national park, but the main proponent that has to agree to talk and to implement is the provincial government of British Columbia and at the moment they are pretty firm on their convictions.” Bennest said it’s a dead issue to the provincial government and they want to continue what they think is a proactive approach towards the consolidation of land, the better management of land, protecting endangered species and promoting more tourism. All of which are part of Bennest’s motion. “Both sides agree with all of those things, it’s just the pro-national park people believe if you put that label on it, it’s an instant success story,” Bennest said. “If a national park was the answer, why would the provincial government of British Columbia not be just saying ‘give me the money.’” On Earth Day, April 22,
Spencer Chandra Herbert, Vancouver-West End MLA and the NDP’s environment spokesperson announced that he would like to reopen talks about the idea of a national park. “When you’ve got local mayors, councils, chambers of commerce, the Thompson Okanagan Tourism Association, First Nations, and in a recent poll showing in Penticton 75 per cent of residents supporting it, clearly we’ve got to act. The government should be listening and responding,” said Herbert. He said the park could bring in millions of new dollars and many new jobs. “Linda Larson seems to be the only one against it and she’s argued that agricultural jobs are more important than tourism jobs,” said Herbert. “The ranchers that I’ve talked to up there, they support it too. Including ranchers whose ranches would become part of the park.”
Mystery deepens over $50 million lotto win By M. Tamminga Langley Times
The intrigue continues around the potential winner of the $50 million Lotto Max ticket, bought in Langley last March. This time, there is a rumour that the owner of the winning ticket wants to remain anonymous and doesn’t want his or her photo or name published anywhere. An unnamed individual told a Vancouver
newspaper that the ticket holder has hired a lawyer to look into that. BC Lottery Corporation would not comment on whether that person has sought anonymity. “Right now we are still in the prize claim verification process and we don’t have a timeline to offer on how long that will take,” said Laura Piva-Babcock, BCLC spokesperson.
However, BCLC is very clear that in order to claim Lotto winnings, a person’s picture and name will be put out to the public. “On the back of any Lotto ticket in the rules and regulations, it says one of the conditions of paying out a prize is to have your photo and name published,” said PivaBabcock. Those rules are also posted on the BCLC website. The reason behind
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this, she explained, is to show lottery ticket customers that there are, in fact, real-life winners. “Having a person’s photo taken with the cheque is about integrity and transparency,” she said. “Can you imagine if lotto winnings were paid out but our paying lotto customers never knew about it? There would be no verification that the money went to anyone.” BCLC said the level of interest in this $50 million winning ticket is the highest they have seen. It was one of the largest prizes in Canada and the winning ticket was bought by someone in Langley on March 16, 2014. Almost a year went by
with no one claiming the prize. “There were so many people digging under their couch cushions, looking in their pants pockets and everywhere, hoping they had the ticket,” said PivaBabcock. “Then a few days before the deadline was to expire to claim the prize, a person comes forward with the winning ticket.” Because of the intrigue, BCLC decided to make it public that the winning ticket had been produced. Now there is a process, involving questions of the person, before the ownership of the ticket is verified. “We don’t have a time limit on how long that will take,” she said.
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Paparazzo released after actor struck with vehicle THE CANADIAN PRESS VANCOUVER - A Vancouver-area photographer has been released on conditions after facing new allegations that he criminally harassed Ryan Reynolds over a six-week period before hitting the actor with his car. Fifty-two-year-old Richard Fedyck made a first court appearance Tuesday on three serious charges that were upgraded from the initial charge of intimidation recommended by Vancouver police. Court documents show Fedyck has been charged with criminal harassment, dangerous operation of a motor vehicle and assault with a weapon - his car. Fedyck, who has denied hitting the actor with his vehicle, must abide by conditions including staying out of Vancouver and away from the actor and his family. He was arrested two days after the movie star was allegedly struck in the parkade of a luxury hotel on the evening of April 10. His next appearance is scheduled for May 5. Police said Reynolds suffered a sore knee and back, but he was back on the set filming his new movie “Deadpool” the next day.
Snow shortage unlikely to dry up Metro Vancouver water reservoirs By Jeff Nagel BC Local News
Metro Vancouver’s water reservoirs are nearly full and the regional district expects no water supply problems despite extremely low snowpacks. The lowest level is at Seymour Lake, which is 87 per cent full, but it and other reservoirs are expected to be topped up with rains in early May, according to a Metro staff report. Snowpacks levels near upper reservoirs are at less than 10 per cent of the long-term average so runoff to refill reservoirs this summer will be much less than normal, the report said. But conservation is working in the regional district’s favour. Tighter morning-only lawn sprinkling regulations imposed over the past four years has pushed average daily water use in the region down by about 10 per cent since 2010 – better than a regional target of five per cent or one per cent each year. A similar drop in water use has been measured on the “peak day” of each year, typically the hottest, driest day of the summer. Overall, Metro residents are using 27 per cent less water per capita than they were in 1993, the report said. Water stored in the reservoirs and alpine lakes that Metro can tap should be adequate, the report said, noting water use limits can be tightened further in the event of extreme drought or unusually high demand.
The historic Dewdney Trail is 150 years old this year The West Kootenay Chapter of Back Country Horsemen of BC has taken the initiative to form an association of interested individuals & groups to restore, maintain, preserve & protect this iconic trail. An information meeting will be held to plan & organize this association when a list of those interested is compiled. For further information contact: Richie Mann 250 362 9465 or richiemann11@gmail.com Graham Jones 250 362 9966 or jumbuck65@yahoo.ca
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THE CANADIAN PRESS CALGARY - City council in Calgary has plucked off the drawing board a pilot project that would have allowed people to keep egglaying chickens. Councillors voted 9-6 against the proposal. Gian-Carlo Carra and Ray Jones had argued there is a lot of interest in city chickens and pointed out there are already communities that allow backyard coops. Other councillors were concerned about disease, noise and Briefs smell. Jones said he’s visited people with chickens and the birds are no worse than other animals. But he and Carra couldn’t convince enough of their colleagues to at least try a pilot project in 20 inner-city communities. “I had a next-door neighbour who had five dogs,” Jones told council on Monday. “You want to talk about noise, every time you moved on your deck, five dogs would bark. Want to talk about smell? When spring comes, it was a delight to sit on my deck and eat my steak and smell what I was smelling” Coun. Sean Chu said he had a number of concerns about avian flu and pointed to Vancouver, where a backyard chicken contracted the virus.
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Income tax deadline extended to May 5 THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA - Canadians are getting more time to file and pay their taxes due to a mistake by the Canada Revenue Agency. The deadline for most Canadians was set for the end of April. However, a spokesman for Revenue Minister Kerry-Lynne Findlay said that, due to a human error, a notification was sent last week to tax preparers indicating the deadline was May 5. “Minister Findlay has made it clear that this incorrect information is unacceptable and therefore she has directed her officials to ensure no Canadians are penalized for the CRA’s error,” Carter Mann said in an email. Canadians now have until May 5 to file their income tax return and pay any amounts they owe for 2014. The deadline for returns for the selfemployed and their spouses or common-law partners remains June 15. Missing the tax filing deadline triggers penalties on any amounts owed to the CRA, as well as interest on the outstanding balance. CRA extended the tax filing deadline for individuals to May 5 last year after the Heartbleed bug forced a five-day shutdown of its electronic services. The CRA’s affected services last year included EFILE, NETFILE, My Account, My Business Account and Represent a Client.
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Auditor slams feds for not tracking impact of tax credits THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA - All those billions of dollars in targeted tax credits provided by the federal government are simply program spending by another name, says Canada’s auditor general, yet they’re not evaluated for efficiency or effectiveness. Michael Ferguson’s spring report, released Tuesday, says the Finance Department does not provide future cost projections on a wide suite of tax benefits that MPs ought to be able to take into account when they debate budgets and public spending. Overall projections are available for voter-friendly measures such as the children’s fitness tax credit, the first-time home buyers credit and the age credit, but that is not the same as tracking the actual amount of dollars being lost and whether these tax expenditures achieve their public policy goals, says Ferguson. Aside from public accountability, the issue is important because the Harper government is fond of using tax-based expenditures to curry favour with voters as opposed to direct subsidies or rebates - while accusing its opponents of “tax and spend” policies. “I think it’s very much about making
sure that parliamentarians understand that they need to look at the details of these tax types of measures,” Ferguson said at a news conference. “Even though they are things that are being deducted from the revenue side of the ledger, many of them need to be thought of as similar to direct spending programs. And they need to have that same type of oversight.” In his report, Ferguson says “a properly designed tax expenditure report is critical” in order to provide MPs and Canadians with a comprehensive picture of federal tax revenue and what each measure is - or is not accomplishing. Unlike direct program spending, which is detailed in an annual budget and a budget implementation bill, the auditor says ongoing tax credit measures do not require the annual approval of Parliament. “These expenditures were not systematically evaluated and the information reported did not adequately support parliamentary oversight,” said the report. “Important programs are delivered through the tax system, and the resulting tax-based expenditures could account for tens of billions
of dollars annually. Furthermore, Parliament requires complete information on tax-based expenditures to exercise adequate oversight.” Finance does publish, separate from the budget, a tax expenditure and evaluation report, but Ferguson says it does not include valuable information that may be available in publications from other departments, such as the Canada Revenue Agency. He says the finance report doesn’t spell out the number of beneficiaries for each tax expenditure, nor lay out information about the objective or purpose of each measure. Perhaps most importantly, the auditor says finance officials don’t publish future cost projections for each tax expenditure. The federal government used to provide those specific figures, but stopped doing so in 2008. The audit also questioned why Finance is not analysing some of the measures, including the mineral exploration tax credit, the age credit, the textbook tax credit, and the credit for firsttime home buyers. In total, those credits are responsible for an estimated $3 billion per year in revenue the government has opted to forego.
OTTAWA - Key findings from the spring report of the federal auditor general: - The Public Health Agency of Canada and Health Canada should be doing more to mitigate the health risks posed by antimicrobial resistance - the emergence and spread of drug-resistant infections, or “superbugs,” due to the misuse of antimicrobial drugs. - Despite accounting for tens of billions of dollars in annual government expense, the federal government’s tax-based expenditures - boutique tax credit measures such as the children’s fitness tax credit, for example - are not properly evaluated or subject to adequate parliamentary oversight. - Health Canada can’t say for sure that all eligible First Nations individuals in remote communities in Manitoba and Ontario can access sufficient clinical and client care services and medical transportation. - Only 1 of 45 randomly chosen nurses in the First Nations communities had completed all five of Health Canada’s mandatory courses. - Not all nursing stations in the communities meet health and safety requirements or building codes. In one case, a nursing station residence had been unusable for more than two years because of a broken septic system. - The Canada Border Services Agency is not properly managing its information-technology projects, many of which were executed inefficiently or lacked clear requirements or measurable benefits. - Lower-risk offenders are being released from prison later in their sentences and with less time supervised in the community because Correctional Service Canada recommends early release less often. Some 80 per cent of offenders were behind bars beyond their first parole eligibility date, while more offenders are being released directly from medium- and high-security penitentiaries. - Between 2009 and 2013, the Office of the Ombudsman at the Department of National Defence was poorly managed and overseen; former ombudsman Pierre Daigle routinely approved his own hospitality expense claims and ignored contracting rules.
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What’s emerging is what we need,which is a comprehensive plan, going after the criminal gangs, going after the traffickers, going after the owners of the boats... and stabilizing the countries from which these people are coming.” And when you have finished “stabilizing” Syria, Somalia and Libya, overthrowing the Eritrean dictatorship, and ending poverty in West Africa, could you drop by and fix my plumbing? Oh, and Yemen. Fix Yemen too. “These people” are the 1,300 refugees who drowned in the Mediterranean in the past two weeks, the 30,000 who will drown by the end of this year while trying to cross if nothing more is done – and of course, the estimated half million who will make it safely to Italy, Malta or Greece. The speaker was Britain’s Prime Minister David Cameron, but he was just one voice in the European Union choir The EU’s leaders were meeting in emergency session because of a public outcry over all the refugees drowning on the crossing between Libya and Italy. These same leaders were responsible for most of the deaths, because last year they ended a very effect-
ive Italian Navy searchand-rescue operation and “replaced” it with an EU operation that had a third of the resources and was not supposed to operate more than 50 km off the Italian coast. So now they had to fix it somehow, but they were all aware that their electorates at home still don’t want millions of migrants flooding into the EU, refugees or not. So they did what politicians do in circumstances like these. They came up with a displacement activity. The problem, it turns out, is not refugees fleeing from places like war-torn Syria and Somalia, from cruel dictatorships like Eritrea, and from impoverished parts of West Africa. It is the evil traffickers – the new slave-traders, Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi called them – who lure the migrants away from their homes and charge them $2,000 per person for a place on a leaky boat to Europe. Well, of course. Why would anybody want to leave a nice, safe place like Syria or Somalia unless they had been tricked into it by unscrupulous people-smugglers? So if we just break up those crim-
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inal gangs, maybe even go into Libyan territorial waters and destroy their boats before they leave the coast, then the demand for their services will vanish. Everybody will stay home, and the problem will go away. Wait, sorry, we forgot. We have to “stabilize” their countries too. But THEN the problem really will go away, and we’ll all live happily ever after. Are any of the 28 EU national leaders so naive that they believe this garbage? Of course not. So why are they saying it? Because they, like the people who voted for or against them, are torn between a distaste for seeing innocent people die, and a determination that millions of those innocent people cannot come and live in their countries.
So they want to hide what the policy is really about, and displace the blame for its bad effects (namely a lot of people drowning) on somebody else. Racist and hypocritical, you say, with a bit of Islamophobia thrown in. You’re right about the hypocrisy, but for a lot of Europeans the problem really is the numbers. There are millions of people living within 1,500 km. of the European Union’s borders who would move there tomorrow if they had the chance, and that’s just the desperate ones who are trying to escape from wars, violent anarchy and extreme repression. Count in all the others who would just like a chance to make a decent living in a place where corruption is relatively low and the law is usually enforced, and you are probably into tens of millions of potential migrants. Most of them are not desperate enough to risk the trans-Mediterranean route. Make it easier and safer, however, and lots of them would come too. There are now close to one billion people living within 2,000 km. of the EU’s borders. Thanks to some of the world’s highest
population growth rates, that will double in the next 30 years, which virtually guarantees that there will be more civil wars, more failed states and even more refugees. And that’s before you factor in the impact of climate change in the subtropics. The EU’s own population is about 650 million, and it is not growing. So there is deep concern among EU leaders (though many of them don’t want to say it in public) that in ten or ten years they will be facing illegal migration so massive that it would fundamentally change the cultural identity of European countries. They want to get the new, much tougher policy towards refugees in place now, before the refugees taking the sea route to Europe start coming in even greater numbers, but they don’t want to take responsibility for the deaths that will happen as a result. How to shift the blame? Try this. “It’s not our fault that all those poor people are dying at sea; it’s the fault of the evil peoplesmugglers.” Gwynne Dyer is an independent journalist whose articles are published in 45 countries.
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Actress played youngest sibling in ‘The Partridge Family’ THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LAS VEGAS - The youngest daughter on hit 1970s television show “The Partridge Family” has died. Suzanne Crough Condray, who played Tracy Partridge, was found dead Monday night at home in Laughlin, near Las Vegas. She was 52. Her husband, William Condray, said his wife was a patient and loving wife, mother and grandmother. “She was madly in love with her granddaughter,” Condray said of their 1-year-old granddaughter, Evelena. The child actress was featured on “The Partridge Family,” which ran on ABC from September 1970 to March 1974. The show revolved around a widowed mother and her five children who formed a band. The series starred Shirley Jones, with her real-life stepson David Cassidy as the resident heartthrob. Crough as Tracy played the tambourine as a member of the TV family’s band. She was often the warm backdrop that set up the zingers flung out by her on-screen brother Danny, played by Danny Bonaduce. She also appeared in commercials as a child but largely stayed out of the limelight as an adult, according to IMDB.com.
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A local crew of volunteers is organizing the Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada, 2015 Scotiabank MS Walk in Trail. The walk is taking place on May 24 in Gyro Park. The event will be a fun filled morning with children’s activities, snacks and prize giveaways. Over $700 in prizes have been donated by local businesses and will be given away at the walk. Please come out and show your support for the MS Society or donate to the event. Their local programs help those living with MS in this area and their research is working towards finding a cure for the disease. Sign-up or donate online today, by searching for ‘MS Walk’ and following the links. From the left: Matthew Yorston, Dean Johnson, Bettyann Johnson, Jasmine Oliver, Riley Spencer, Willie Armishaw, Kristen Yorston, Dave Yorston.
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LOS ANGELES - Jayne Meadows, the Emmynominated actress and TV personality who often teamed with her husband, Steve Allen, has died. She was 95. Meadows died of natural causes Sunday at her home in the Encino, California, area, spokesman Kevin Sasaki said Monday. “She was not only an extraordinarily gifted actress who could move audiences from laughter to tears and back again all in one scene, but she was the greatest storyteller I have ever known....” said her son, who heads the Los Angeles County Economic Development Corp. Though best known as the wife of the beloved TV host - and the sister of “Honeymooners” star Audrey Meadows - Jayne Meadows had a solid career in her own right. She appeared on Broadway and in movies, gained three primetime Emmy nominations as a TV actress and was a staple of talk shows and game shows.
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Mulcair, Trudeau far from boxed in by Harper’s budget
An editorial from the That gives Trudeau and Toronto Star Mulcair $33 billion over five Have Prime Minister years to reinvest in more proStephen Harper’s Conservatives gressive programs ranging burned through the federal from jobs for young people to kitty with their “cash for every- affordable daycare, job-boostone” budget? Well, ing infrastructure, they’ve tried. higher education “There’s ample As pundits far and health care. and wide have room for Thomas Measured noted, they would against federal Mulcair’s New like nothing more spending of nearly Democrats and than to leave the $300 billion, that’s Justin Trudeau’s not a lot. Even so, opposition New Democrats and it’s nearly three Liberals to Liberals feeling times the $12 bilchallenge the squeezed going lion in new smallConservative into an election, potato spending, caught in the awktax cuts and other agenda.” ward bind of havmeasures that ing to raise taxes, Oliver announced cancel popular giveaways or in last week’s budget, spread drown in red ink if they prom- over the same time frame. ise the voters anything differAnd raising Canada’s low ent. corporate taxes to the indusBut despite the Tories’ best trial-nation average, as the New efforts the coffers have not been Democrats are considering, drained. Nor have the options would bring in $35 billion or so been exhausted. Not by a long over five years. That too could shot. be reinvested. There’s ample room That leaves the opposition for Thomas Mulcair’s New with a credible case for reconDemocrats and Justin Trudeau’s figuring some $70 billion in Liberals to challenge the spending spread across the Conservative agenda and offer next electoral cycle — withCanadians a more ambitious, out raising personal taxes for more progressive government, most people, breaking the most one that is focused on generat- popular Tory promises, or runing growth and spreading the ning back into deficit. And that benefits more equitably. doesn’t begin to exhaust the Despite the slump in oil rev- options. enues, Ottawa still expects to The progressive Canadian rack up a cumulative surplus Centre for Policy Alternatives of $13 billion over the next five and its Alternative Federal years and to raise $8 billion Budget proposes investing more in so-called contingency more than $30 billion a year in set-asides. That’s $21 billion in infrastructure, poverty reducelbow room. It’s all set out in tion, higher education, child Finance Minister Joe Oliver’s care, health and pharmacare, budget documents. affordable housing and other Moreover,there’s an addi- priorities. tional $12 billion-plus in savIt would raise the money ings to be found by cancel- chiefly by cancelling the child ling the Family Tax Cut, the care benefit and income-splitincome-splitting program that ting, treating capital gains as will disproportionately benefit regular income, reinstating the wealthiest. Both opposition corporate taxes at 2006 levels, parties have promised to scrub taxing financial transactions it. and raising taxes on the wealth-
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Canucks’ playoff loss brings no surprises
s soon as the Vancouver Canucks jumped out to a 3-0 lead in Game 6 of the Stanley Cup playoffs against the Calgary Flames on Saturday, I knew they were in trouble. Call it intuition or historical cynicism, but it immediately brought to mind 2004 and Calgary’s opening round ousting of the Northwest division champion Canucks. In an eerily similar Game-6 matchup and Vancouver facing elimination, the Canucks jumped out to a 4-0 lead, only to watch the sixth-seeded Flames score four times to tie it and force overtime. Vancouver finally won the game 5-4 in triple OT, but the Flames would take Game 7 and begin their run to the Stanley Cup Final against Tampa Bay. Like 2004, the 2015 Flames were wellrested, having not had a playoff berth since 2009 (it had been seven years in ‘04). Expectations were at an all-time low, and Calgary fans were just ecstatic to be part of the post-season dance. They faced a confident Vancouver team that had more depth and experience than the upstart Flames team whose surprising playoff appearance was to come to an end once they played in the real season. But when the Flames battled back to win 7-4 and bounce the Canucks from
the playoffs, the audacity of simply better than Ryan youth and the will to win Miller and Eddie Lack. The seemed to be the decidCanucks defence looked ing factors; a Flames team tired and slow at times, and whose average age is just contributed little offensively, over 25 years outlasted and scoring just one goal in six outplayed an aging Canucks games. Meanwhile, three squad that shakes out at a Calgary defencemen - Dennis crippling 27.6 years. Wideman, T.J. Brodie, and But two years age differKris Russell - tallied as many jim ence is negligible, and desire points in the playoff round, can’t be measured by statis12, as the Sedin twins and tics. After all, the Canucks Radim Vrbata put together. and Flames were almost The Flames’ line of Johnny Tight Lines dead even when it came to Gaudreau, Sean Monahan, regulation and OT wins, 42 versus 41 (not and Jiri Hudler elevated their games when including shootout), and goals-for, 242 it counted, combining for 10 points in versus 241. The Flames had a better goals the Game 6 victory. Series-winning goal against, 216 to 222, and plus-minus, 5, scorer Matt Stajan pitched in with four than the Canucks, but over 82 games the points, and, rookie Michael Ferland’s fierce number is insignificant. forecheck hurried the Vancouver defence Rather, a variety of factors come into and forced a number of turnovers, nabbing play for any team to have success, and in him two goals and an assist in the seriesCalgary’s case, there were many, while in clinching match. Even more significant, in the Canucks’ end there were none. six games the 23-year-old Ferland dished Not one Canuck contributed anything out 40 hits, second most in the playoffs. close to what could be considered a breakFurthermore, the Flames made a habit out playoff performance. Calgary mean- of comebacks during the season with 10 while had a number of players step up their third-period wins, and scored 40 per cent of game. their goals in the final frame. The Flames Karri Ramo and Jonas Hiller were also claimed Game 1, on a late goal by
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Russell after being down 1-0 in the third. Calgary simply doesn’t quit, and even when the Flames trailed by three goals in the first period of Game 6, the crowd was deafening, the Saddledome poised to erupt. The fans gave the Flames the intangible edge and energy needed to get past a Vancouver team whose supporters expected too much from a so-so team. Remember 2004? Although Calgary lost to Tampa Bay Lightning in Game 7 of the Stanley Cup final, 30,000 fans piled onto the Red Mile to welcome the team home and congratulate their effort. As for Vancouver’s loss to Boston in Game 7 of the 2011 Cup final, well we all know what happened there – perhaps, wanting it for your fans, that also makes a difference. • The three previous times the Canucks and Flames met in the playoffs, the series was a first round match-up, went the maximum seven games with game seven being decided in overtime each time, and, the winning team would eventually go all the way to the Stanley Cup Finals. • My bold prediction at the beginning of the season picked the Montreal Canadiens and Chicago Blackhawks to meet in the final with Chicago capturing Lord Stanley. The Habs may not be there, but I’ll stick with Chicago in 6.
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Deadlines for Legion Track Meet
The entry deadline for the Royal Canadian Legion Track Meet set for Saturday at Haley Park is Thursday. A Level 1 Officials Clinic free of charge goes Friday from 5-7 p.m.
at Haley Park. Anyone wanting to attend this clinic or register for meet contact Dan Horan at either 368-5291 or via email at dhoran@ telus.net.
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The team at Cedar Avenue Salon and Esthetiques welcomes Louise and Lindsay to our team. We welcome all of their past, present and future clients to the salon. We look forward to seeing you soon!
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CALGARY, Alta. – Jim Nill, general manager of Canada’s National Men’s Hockey Team, announced this week, in collaboration with Hockey Canada, that Sidney Crosby has been added to the Team Canada roster for the 2015 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship. The Pittsburgh Penguins captain became available after the New York Rangers eliminated the Penguins in five games in the opening round of the NHL playoffs. With the addition of Crosby, Canada’s roster now stands at 21 players: two goaltenders, five defenceman and 14 forwards. Crosby will represent Canada for the seventh time in international competition. He most recently captained Canada to a gold medal at the 2014 Olympic Winter Games in Sochi, Russia, and scored the overtime winner to win Olympic gold at the 2010 Games in Vancouver. Crosby played in his first world championship in 2006, leading the tournament in scoring and earning Top Forward honours, and played at two IIHF World Junior Championships, winning gold at the 2005 World Juniors in Grand Forks, N.D., and silver in 2004. He made his international debut with Canada’s National Men’s Summer Under-18 Team at the 2003 Junior World Cup, winning a gold medal and leading the team in scoring as an under-age player. Canada opens the 2015 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship against Latvia on May 1. It will also face Austria, the Czech Republic, France, Germany, Sweden and Switzerland in preliminary round play.
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separate sheet of paper with the shower invitation. You also can pass along such preferences by word of mouth. But part of a shower is unwrapping gifts so everyone can “oooh” and “aaah.” It might be wise for the bride to register at more traditional places where unwanted gifts can be returned or exchanged for something more to her liking (after she writes her thank-you notes, of course). Dear Annie: With your ability to reach many people, how about a plea to have hooks put in all public restrooms? I’m sure other women also hate to put their purses on the bathroom floor in these public places. -- Germs, Yuck
age, but 15 years ago, my husband was a virgin. Due to low self-esteem and a lack of self-confidence, he was afraid to ask a woman out. We were 43 when we met, and I am so glad. We’ve had 15 very happy years, and I hope there are many more to come.
-- Donna Annie’s Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers column. Please email your questions to anniesmailbox@creators. com, or write to: Annie’s Mailbox, c/o Creators Syndicate, 737 3rd Street,
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Dear Germs: We suspect most women would rather put their purse on their head than drop it on the floor of a public restroom. If there is no hook, try resting the purse strap over the door latch. If that doesn’t work, there may be space on the toilet paper dispenser. You also could place your purse on your lap (awkward, but doable), or get a purse with a shoulder strap and don’t take it off at all. And you might look into purchasing a little plastic hook that will slip over a door and hold a purse, often available at drugstores or hardware stores. (But do be careful if you hang this over the door, as someone can lift it from the outside.) As always, if there is a manager with whom to register a complaint, do so. Dear Annie: I’d like to help those who feel the same as “Also Lonely in Chesapeake, Va.,” the 29-year-old virgin who hasn’t found Mr. Right. I know it may sound strange in this day and
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Dear Annie: My brother is 42 and getting married for the first time. His bride-to-be has been married before. My mom and I would like to give her a bridal shower, but it seems they have most of what they need. However, they don’t own their own home. How do we send out invites and ask guests to give money toward either the cost of the wedding or larger purchases like new furniture or a down payment on a home without being rude? Is there a proper way, or is it not OK to ask for this? -- Stumped in Wisconsin Dear Stumped: It is not OK to expect guests to pay for the wedding. The bridal couple should have the wedding they can afford. Showers, however, are about gifts, so there is some leeway when it comes to registries. There are now registries for honeymoons, vacations and, yes, houses, including furniture and appliances. If the couple has such registries, the websites can be listed on a
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YourByhoroscope Francis Drake For Thursday, April 30, 2015 ARIES (March 21 to April 19) Someone older might have something to teach you today, or perhaps this person has solid advice for you. Either way, it never hurts to listen, does it? TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) You can get a lot done today because you are in the right frame of mind. You are focused and prepared to do routine, boring work that you might normally avoid. GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) You might teach children something practical today. Meanwhile, artists and creative people won’t mind doing prep work or cleanup today. CANCER (June 21 to July 22) An older female family member will be helpful to you today. This could be direct, physical assistance or possibly advice. Either way,
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you benefit. LEO (July 23 to Aug. 22) Your practical frame of mind will help you solve real problems today. You want to see the easiest way to do something, and you will find it! VIRGO (Aug. 23 to Sept. 22) If shopping for anything today, you will want to buy only long-lasting, practical items. You don’t feel frivolous, and you don’t want to waste your money. LIBRA (Sept. 23 to Oct. 22) You’re in a serious, practical frame of mind today, which means that discussions with others will be serious and practical, but useful! You likely will get a lot done. SCORPIO (Oct. 23 to Nov. 21) Research of any kind will go well today, because you have the endurance and motivation to keep looking for what you want to find.
You’re not a quitter. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 to Dec. 21) Someone older or more experienced can help you in some way today. Be open to this input. You don’t have to reinvent the wheel. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 to Jan. 19) You make a good impression on others today. People see you as solid, responsible and reliable. Don’t do anything to change their opin-
ion. Ya think? AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 to Feb. 18) This is a good day to study and finish school papers or any writing projects. You are willing to look at the practical side of contracts and negotiations. You’re interested in how things work today. PISCES (Feb. 19 to March 20) You will take your responsibilities for the
wealth and resources of others seriously today. If you have to take care of something for someone, you’re the perfect person to ask, because you will deliver the goods. YOU BORN TODAY You are professional, strong and reliable. You dominate others, but with grace and tact. Family and friends are important to you, and you feel great affection for them. Because of a finan-
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cial accumulation in the next three years, settle your debts this year. To clear away indebtedness is the thrust of this year. Consolidate your affairs for future growth. Get ready. Birthdate of: Kunal Nayyar, actor; Carolyn Dawn Johnson, singer/songwriter; Kirsten Dunst, actress. (c) 2015 King Features Syndicate, Inc.
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Juvenile sturgeon release coming to Trail’s Gyro Park Event will take place at Gyro Park on May 5 Submitted It is time to touch the “ancients of the deep” and release your very own prehistoric-like fish into the Columbia River. The annual Juvenile White Sturgeon Release, hosted by the Upper Columbia White Sturgeon Recovery Initiative (UCWSRI), will take place at Gyro Park in Trail, on Tuesday May 5, between 3.00 p.m. and 5.30 p.m. While there will be student events in various locations this year, the only public event for the Columbia River release will be in Trail. Since 2000, nearly 137,000 juvenile white sturgeon have been raised and released into the Upper Columbia River from HLK Dam in Canada to Kettle Falls Washington. This has been an extremely important “stop-gap” measure, because the population of white sturgeon in the Canadian portion of the Upper Columbia River has been experiencing recruitment failure (i.e. little survival of the eggs through the larval stage, and growing into juveniles and adults) for more than four decades. As a result, the population was listed as endangered under the Species At Risk Act in 2006.
“The Conservation Aquaculture Program has been very successful in preventing the extirpation of white sturgeon in the Columbia River and we estimate that 25 per cent of fish released to date have survived,” said James Crossman, White Sturgeon Biologist for BC Hydro. “Despite this success, we are still focused on determining the mechanisms resulting in recruitment failure with the goal of having a population that is self-sustaining and not reliant on hatchery releases.” There is a new twist to the Sturgeon Aquaculture Program. In addition to using broodstock adults, biologists recently started experimenting raising juveniles in the hatchery from eggs and larvae collected in the wild. The pilot year in 2014 was successful and approximately 1,200 juvenile sturgeon, of the 4,000 in total being released in 2015 in Canada, using this method. This method has been demonstrated to represent higher numbers of wild adults in the juveniles (i.e. increased genetic diversity) that are stocked compared to the traditional broodstock methods. Going forward, the collection of wild eggs and larvae will serve as the main conservation aquaculture tool for white sturgeon locally, with collection
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Above; a juvenile sturgeon about to be released. Right; Fisheries Biologist with a fiveto-eight year old white sturgeon caught in the Columbia River near Trail, during routine juvenile monitoring. of broodstock adults considered as needed. The number of fish released in the future will likely fluctuate, and depend on success of collecting eggs and larvae. All the juvenile sturgeon are raised at the Freshwater Fisheries Society of BC’s Kootenay Trout Hatchery through a program funded by BC Hydro and sup-
ported by the Fish & Wildlife Compensation Program. The Recovery Initiative is a partnership of more than 20 stakeholders. Sturgeon recovery includes research to determine the causes of decline, release of
hatchery-reared juveniles, restoration of habitat, and monitoring and management of water flows. The event is free and everyone is welcome. For more information call the BC Hydro office at 250-365-4550.
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Wednesday, April 29, 2015 Trail Times
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The river wall at the south end of Jubilee Park and the Fifth Avenue tunnel in East Trail were defaced with graffiti over the weekend. The wall had just been cleaned for the summer months, and the tunnel was recently painted. The city has hired a professional painter to cover the markings, which include profanity and racially discriminating comments. Anyone with information is encouraged to call the Trail RCMP at 364.2566.
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