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City takes steps to improve covered stairs Two events have prompted crew to beef up structures BY VALERIE ROSSI Times Staff
A couple of upcoming events along Trail's covered stairs has city staff taking to the course early with some much-needed reinforcement. Roads and Grounds Superintendent Patrick Gauvreau and Brent Iachetta, city carpenter, have jumped on landings, pounded up and down stairs and shaken posts to see where weaknesses lie. They are now set out to make improvements in just two short months. “It's overwhelming,” said Gauvreau when the Trail Times took a tour of the longest set of stairs that stretches from the bottle depot on Rossland Avenue to Austad Lane Park. “There's lots of work that needs to be done with limited resources.” The 225-step staircase is considered a worst-case scenario and is now a starting point. Photos were taken to document sections of the stairs that are rotting, wobbly or worn down. After carefully mapping out what needs to be improved, the work has started. Forty-plus stair treads need to be replaced alone, and that doesn't include the odd stringer. Posts and even concrete has been
poured to beef up the structure. The city is going above and beyond its regular upkeep to ensure the stairs are ready for United Way's fundraiser Storm the Stairs set for Sept. 12, and the Red Roofs Duathlon scheduled the following day. Regular annual upkeep just won't cut it for the number of participants expected to be running and walking along Trail's iconic stairs. “I may end up spending $20,000 just on this staircase, and I've got over a dozen more,” said Gauvreau, adding that this year's budget for stairs' upkeep is about $56,000. A report documenting the health of the city's stairs is in the process of being finalized and should make its way to city council shortly for review. Until then, a small carpenter crew will continue to plug away at the first set of stairs. The costs associated with repairs will be tallied and used to determine the bill to reinforce the remaining staircases included in the race routes. The City of Trail has 63 sets of covered stairways, with the majority located on the west side. According to "A Guide to Historic Buildings and Places," a publication released a few years ago, if the stairs were stacked on top of each other, they would equate to 6,610 vertical feet, approximately two kilometres of stairway.
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Roads and Grounds Superintendent Patrick Gauvreau surveys repairs underway at the city’s longest staircase beside the bottle depot on Rossland Avenue.
Police respond to man on bridge Council quashes break for library BY TIMES STAFF A male on top of the Victoria St. Bridge forced police to close the east-bound lanes Saturday morning. Sgt. Darren Oelke of the Trail and Greater District Detachment said police were called to the scene after a man climbed to the top of the structure and indicated he wanted to jump. Police closed one half of the bridge for approximately three and a half hours while dealing with the man. Oelke also said the fire department was instrumental in the situation with its rescue boat in the water, helping with traffic control on the bridge and providing its ladder truck for access to rescue the male. He said the male eventually came down on his own and was taken to Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital for treatment.
BY SHERI REGNIER Times Staff
After a few unexpected egresses earlier this year, the Trail and District Public Library recently found itself in a bit of a bind. The board asked Trail council to waive a $17,400 deficit, which was a request city officials denied at the last council meeting on June 22.
The cash shortfall added to further negative equity over three years, totalling almost $140,000. There was a turnaround in 2014 when the facility ran with a surplus, so instead of forgiving the debt, Trail council agreed to be flexible with repayment. The decision was not unanimous
with Coun. Robert Cacchioni opposing the recommendation. “If you look at all the different organizations we’ve bailed out, we’ve made major concessions to a number of groups, clubs and organizations,” he said, mentioning the library shortfalls were labourrelated with one leave followed by two successive retirements.
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CiB judges coming to town Submitted Another year of blooming has begun and Trail Community in Bloom members are busy getting ready for the international judges visit July 19 to 21. “We’re hoping the whole community will once again chip in to help put our best foot forward,” says chair Dan Rodlie. “Go in front of your houses and businesses and look around. We want good curb appeal so judges get a good firstimpression. Look at your boulevards, cut the grass, get rid of the weeds and grasses in sidewalk cracks.” This is Trail’s 13th season with the national Communities in Bloom program which judges cities on five categories: tidiness, heritage preservation, environmental conservation, florals, landscaping and urban forestry. Scored in percentages, the optimum is to achieve a score of 82 per cent or higher, for the top five-bloom status. Trail won the provincial title (in the under-10,000 population category) in 2004 and went on to win the national title in 2006 and again in 2010. The city also won the first ever Butchart Gardens Reclamation Award in 2010 for the development of Colombo Piazza and then the Capital Region Floral
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A city crew added a punch of colour to downtown Trail Monday with about 80 large floral pots strategically placed throughout the core. Award in 2012 and the Landscape Award in 2014, for having the best floral city and best landscaping (respectively). These latter awards encompass all size categories across the country – so best in Canada! In order to compete internationally, a city has to have won at the national level. Trail is now in its seventh year of international competition. Castlegar won in this category last year and will be competing in the Circle of Champions this year (so NOT against Trail).
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Trail could drop back and compete nationally again, but Rodlie said the committee liked the higher level of judging. “It’s stricter, tougher and a lot better for the city. It’s a bigger challenge but gives us back a really good report on how well we’re doing. Being international, we’re competing against 30 or 40 cities because everyone had to win in their category before moving up. It’s all the best of the best in these classes, hence tough to score.” The competitors against Trail in the “medium” city category this year are: Ahoghill, Northern Ireland; Jasper, Alberta; Stettler, Alberta; and Estes Park, Colorado. Trail fell down last year on its score for urban forestry. The judges saw too many dead and suffering trees, Rodlie said. To render the problem, the CiB committee conducted two surveys to identify issues and
put in a plan. “Not all can be done before judging – there’s not enough time or money. We just have to be prepared when judges ask questions that we have the answers. They are very critical if they see stressed or dying trees. They ask why we let that go.” Unfortunately, due to last week’s windstorm, quite a few huge trees came down and there was considerable damage to others. And this heat has really been stressing the new trees. “Residents and businesses can also help by pouring a bucket or two of water into the root systems of any area trees, especially the ones downtown and the new maples on the Esplanade.” The White Garden has been a major initiative these past couple of years and it isn’t finished yet. A new small kidney-shaped garden is being dug and planted in the next few weeks – something last
year’s judges suggested to balance the garden out. The new garden is being sponsored by Telus. Besides the IncrEDIBLE Trail and community garden on Rossland Avenue (Edible Landscapes is a sub-committee of CiB), the Adopt-a-Stair program has become a popular way to help keep the town looking tidy. Currently, 11 businesses and individuals have adopted covered stairs and the sorority, Beta Sigma Phi, has adopted B Street Park, to keep the stairs and park free of debris. Beautiful baskets are now gracing downtown and the floral pots are out this week. “Getting the pots out is a monumental task,” Rodlie adds. “We usually aim to have them out by July 1 but the wind storm, then the holiday following mid-week with lots of people taking time off, and an equipment breakdown added to the delay.” While other cities get their pots and baskets out sooner, keep in mind, Trail has some 300 pots, baskets, and containers plues some beds to hand-water, twice per day in this heat. And the same people doing the watering are also doing the planting of all the beds around town. Also, city crews have to use a fork lift and make dozens of trips back and forth to the greenhouse to get them all out – along with their other jobs, so it all takes time. “The up-side is, Trail has the best looking pots and baskets all the way through until the end of October.” For more information on CiB or to sign up to help, contact Rodlie at 368-7399 or Trail Community in Bloom on Facebook.
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Council reviews report FROM PAGE 1 The analysis contained in the report to council suggested the cash shortfall was more attributed to operating deficits that were realized in 2011, 2012 and 2013, explained David Perehudoff, Trail’s chief administrative officer. “Which resulted in a major reduction of cash balances from 2011 to 2014,” he confirmed. “Fortunately the board did recognize a healthy surplus in 2014 and the cash issue should sort itself out over time.” Regardless what group it is, they need to be accountable for their budget, maintains Coun. Lisa Pasin. “I would really be concerned to send the message that the city is always going to be there to back stop you when you are given a budget and you are not making your budget,” she explained. “It’s like any business regardless of what it is.” Trail Mayor Mike Martin clarified the issue saying it is a matter of liquidity, noting the deficit came suddenly and after council already secured the 2015 budget. “The other part is that the library board came to the city with a budget request (in March),” he said. “We fully supported that budget, $420,500, which was a three per cent increase from last year.” Another aspect is the recent renewal of the Recreation and Library Funding agreement with Warfield. The city didn’t allot as much money to the Trail facility as in the expired contract. “What we agreed to (June 22) was to top it up, at Trail’s expense, to the previous allotment they were getting from Warfield,” Martin added. The split the city used was 62 per cent to recreation and 38 per cent to the library, explained Perehudoff. That means the library apportionment from Warfield’s contribution is reduced from $32,600 in 2014 to $29,760 this year. “Council has agreed to increase funding by $2,828 so there is no direct loss over what the board previously received,” said Perehudoff, adding the amount will increase by 26 per cent when the Warfield agreement expires in 2020.
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The Nelson Star The wildfire raging near Highway 3A in Six Mile has a retardant line established between the blaze and the homes. “Thirty firefighters are attacking the fire on the ground; that number will increase to 60 tomorrow,” reads a press release from the Regional District of Central Kootenay. “Helicopters and airtankers continue to support the firefighting effort.” Boaters and swimmers are cautioned to be aware of the aircrafts scooping water from the lake. Currently there are no immediate threats to Kootenay structures. Approximately 350 residences are within the evacuation alert zone, which is still in effect.
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Jessica Kluckert practices infant CPR on a dummy during a Bronze Cross lifeguarding certification course at the Trail Aquatic Centre last month. Students are required to recognize hazards and health issues that may come up in infants in order to complete their lifeguard training. For more information on classes for lifeguard training, contact Trail Parks and Recreation.
Decrease in donations forces hospice society to lay off nurse By Sheri Regnier Times Staff
There's fear that people needing help with end of life decisions and care may fall through the cracks now that the local hospice has been forced to downsize its already scant staff. Donor dollars have been on the decline since 2010, so due to financial constraints the Greater Trail Hospice Society has laid off its Registered Nurse (RN) and program director of five years. Her last day was June 26, which means 20 less hours in the homes of people needing support during their end of life journey. “Hospice is that bridge between the community caring for itself and healthcare,” says Chairperson Brenda Hooper, herself a career RN.
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“Research has shown you form these close helping relationships from the community, not from the professional. “We are that bridge, and that's what Camille (Camille Roberts) has done – she's developed those relationships.” The organization will continue with one paid position, which is the 10-hour per week volunteer coordination job. Volunteer recruitment and training will remain status quo, as will the bereavement group meetings and support group for children. That said, Hooper is concerned referrals will dwindle and clients overlooked without Roberts being the in-person contact with the regional hospital, care facilities and home nursing to ensure that palliative care and other ser-
vices are delivered. “We felt strongly that we needed that position when we formed the society in 2010 and are very sorry we had to do this,” she explained. “We will still be there, but our program won't be as robust.” The Greater Trail Hospice Society formed at the behest of the Interior Health Authority five years ago, with the contract providing $19,000 annually and an office space in the Kiro Wellness Centre. At the time, the organization used reserves from prior fundraising activities to augment the contract and create the two part-time positions. “The society has worked hard to raise the profile of hospice/palliative care in the Greater Trail area,” said
Hooper. “It was hoped the decrease in reserves would be offset by community donation and support, but this has not materialized resulting in the downsizing of staff.” The group's quandary from the start, is that grant programs and other financial resources do not provide funds for operating costs such as wages. “We've been doing this on a shoestring,” she said. “The plan was to produce a really good product, provide a really good service that would be subsidized by us, and in the meantime the community would kick in with support.” One of hospice's largest annual fundraisers, a springtime “Swimathon,” provided an operational lifeline the last few years. See COMMUNITY, Page 4
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Fatemeh Samandar Merati (Nowkhah) Kind, loving, gentle soul peacefully ascended from this earthly world to the spiritual kingdom with her family by her side at home on July 3, 2015. She was born on September 23, 1922 in Iran. She studied to be a teacher and worked as one in the same city she was born. She met and married Abbas Nowkhah in 1941, their hearts became illuminated with the love of baha’u’llah and both became devoted Baha’i and raised their children with Baha’i values. Fatemeh is survived by her loving children; Bijan (Shahnaz), Nasrin (Kamal), Simin, Jila (Siamak), Auri and Azita (Anise), her grandkids; Nezhla, Niusha, Nima, Negin, Ali, Navid, Neda, Samir, Anissa, Burhan, Sina and Keyvaun. Fatemeh served the society in many ways but mainly focused on teaching reading and writing. She lost her husband in 2000, and then proceeded to move to Canada. She moved to Warfield 8 years ago and illuminated that village with her kindness. Her presence, voice, smile, advice and snow flake kisses will be missed. A Celebration of Fatemeh’s life will be held at “Carberry’s Chapel” in Trail on Thursday, July 9, 2015 at 10:00 am. There will be a Graveside Service at Mountain View Cemetery and immediately following there will be prayers and refreshments at Azita and Anise’s home, 8239 Old Waneta Road, Trail. Bill Clark of Alternatives Funeral and Cremation Services™ has been entrusted with the arrangements. You are invited to leave a personal message of condolence at the family’s online register at www.myalternatives.ca As an expression of sympathy, donations made in her honour to Greater Trail Hospice Society at Suite 7, Kiro Wellness Centre, 1500 Columbia Ave., Trail, BC, V1R 1J9 would be greatly appreciated.
Twenty Beaver Valley youth completed the eight lessons in the course “Today’s Teens Tomorrow’s Leaders: An Easy to Conduct Leadership Course for Schools and Youth Groups.” The course ranged from topics focused on mind mapping, qualities of a leader, public speaking skills, leadership confidence, vision, mission and planning, listening skills, building trust and understanding personality styles. Funding is through Columbia Basin Trust Youth Grants. The program also received support from the villages of Montrose, Fruitvale and Area A.
Thousands greet Pope Community support vital in South America The Canadian Press GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador — Hundreds of thousands of people filled a park in Ecuador’s main port city Monday for Pope Francis’ first big event of his three-nation South American tour, hoping for a glimpse of Latin America’s first pope returning to his home soil for a Mass dedicated to the family. Many pilgrims spent the night outdoors, and some walked for miles to reach the park on Guayaquil’s northern outskirts where the crowd sang hymns and sought pockets of shade to keep cool amid the scorching sun and high humidity. Firefighters sprayed them with water hoses to provide relief. “I’m tired. I’m hungry, I haven’t slept but I’m also full of emotion and joy in my heart,” said Vicente Huilcatoma, a 47-year-old retired police officer who walked 25 miles (40 kilometres) to reach Samanes Park. The Vatican had originally estimated more than 1 million people would turn out for the Mass, and government organizers put the crowd at above 1 million people in the hour before the Mass began. But Gabriel Almeida, the govern-
FROM PAGE 3 This year was a different story, when the event raised $5,000 compared to $15,000 in 2014. “This happened for a number of reasons,” said Hooper. “That’s just the way it turned out.” While there are many local groups who do support the program, their mandate is similar to available grants – money can be used for training and material items but not for paying employees. “We need help with things like marketing,” said Hooper. “We could use more people and a body of volunteers who will help with special events like the Red Roofs Duathlon this fall. “Hopefully we haven’t said ‘good bye’ to Camille forever but to maintain the level of service we now have, we had to do it. We will limp along but really need community support.” This past year, Greater Trail hospice had two main program directions which focused on provision of support and care to those dying and their families as wells as community education around end-of-life issues. Hospice supported 72 individuals and families in the hospital environment, care facilities and community. Volunteers delivered 470 hours of service alongside 65.5 hours of office support, bi-monthly grief support meetings, library resources on end-of-life and grief issues and loaned out specialized pressure relief mattresses as required. For information, contact Hooper at 250.512.7721, email dbhooper@telus.net or visit trailhospice.org.
ment spokesman at the scene, rolled back the estimate to several hundred thousands after officials viewed aerial images of the area. Across the park, Ecuadoran national flags and papal banners waved above the enormous sea of people, who were divided into quadrants that Francis looped around slowly on his popemobile to cheers of “Francisco! Francisco!” On his arrival in Guayaquil, the pontiff allowed several acolytes on the tarmac to take selfies with him. He then headed to the Shrine of the Divine Mercy, where 2,000 invitees gathered including child cancer patients, residents of homes for the elderly abandoned by their families and some of Guayaquil’s poorest people. A child reached out to touch Francis as he arrived at the shrine and nearly poked him in the eye. The pope walked away grinning. He told those gathered that he would pray for them “and I won’t charge you a thing. All I ask, please, is that you pray for me.” The crowd in Los Samanes park was festive, with young and old overjoyed at seeing the first pope in their lives.
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Fixed-date election comes Smoke-filled air envelopes with concerns, observers say southern B.C. THE CANADIAN PRESS VANCOUVER - A heavy blanket of stagnant grey haze has settled over British Columbia’s south coast as winds push smoke south from the many forest fires burning across the province. Air quality advisories have been issued across southern Vancouver Island, along the mainland coast, Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley. Roger Quan, director of air quality for Metro Vancouver, said conditions worsened Monday as the smell of smoke permeated some parts of the region. “This is more widespread than anything we’ve seen in the past,” he said. “The wind is blowing smoke from, we believe, the Sunshine Coast and the Sea-toSky area. There are three large fires in that area and that seems to be impacting us most heavily. But there are also fires in the B.C. Interior so we’re receiving smoke from both ends.” People with heart or lung problems or medical conditions such as diabetes, as well as the elderly and the very young, are urged to remain indoors and limit strenuous activity. Chris Carlsten, associate professor of medicine at the University of British Columbia, said inhalation of particulate matter from smoke can have a delayed effect over several hours or days. He said asthmatics may become increasingly dependent on inhalers or end up in emergency departments, as could people who suffer from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Carlsten, who also works in the School of Population and Public Health at UBC, said the heat and the smoke from the wildfires are a problematic combination, especially for people with breathing problems. “The heat will make us breathe more heavily as we try to cool our bodies. That will lead to deeper inhalation of particulate matter.” He said the pattern of high temperature and fires are a sure sign of climate change. “Metro Vancouver has some of the best air quality in the world for an urban setting. When events like this happen we’re reminded that that can be reversed very quickly.” Thousands of people have been forced from their homes or must be ready to go on a moment’s notice as fires burn across the province. On Sunday, a 61-year-old logger from Gibson’s B.C., died while helping forestry crews battle a wildfire near Sechelt, north of Vancouver, prompting an investigation by the coroners service and WorkSafeBC. Last week, the B.C. government took the unusual step of imposing a provincewide ban on open burning as an unrelenting heat wave that began in early June sends temperatures soaring to record highs. Forests Minister Steve Thomson said 40 of the fires were human caused and that people must be vigilant.
THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA - The first fixed-date election in Canadian history is just around the corner, but some observers are raising concerns about overspending because of a law they say is flawed. When the Conservatives introduced a fixed election date nine years ago, political financing rules were not adjusted accordingly, says Elections Canada boss Marc Mayrand. “We must not be blind,” said Mayrand. “As much as it is easier for Elections Canada to plan for the election, it’s just as easy for political parties and third parties” to plan their spending before the election. Those expenses generally go “beyond the rules outlined in the electoral law,” he added. The Harper government had a chance to close some of those
Julian said using public funds to “constantly finance a sort of partisan campaign in favour of the Conservative party” is a Harper government “trademark.” The Conservatives were criticized in the spring for trumpeting tax measures not yet approved by Parliament: the Universal Child Care Benefit. Cheques are going out to four million families in the days to come and have been the subject of recent Conservative photoops featuring cabinet ministers Pierre Poilievre and Steven Blaney. Conservative MP Maxime Bernier dismissed the notion that events like those are part of a strategy to seduce voters with electoral goodies. “People are smart,” Bernier said. “I think the public knows the difference between pre-election ads to ...
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THE CANADIAN PRESS CALGARY - A Calgary man got more than he bargained for when he flew over the city in a lawn chair attached to helium balloons and then had to parachute to safety. Police have charged the man with mischief and say more charges could be on the way. “It’s the first time I’ve seen anything like it in my career,” said Calgary Police acting Insp. Kyle Grant. “I usually see it on those crazy shows of what not to do.” An person was spotted floating over the Stampede grounds Sunday in the chair, which was attached to more than 100 helium balloons. He was then seen gliding to Earth outside of the grounds using a parachute. “He sat in the chair and began floating over Calgary. It’s my understanding that he didn’t have any sort of device to steer the craft and got to a point so high at cloud level that he became a little worried and decided to jump from the chair,”
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loopholes when it examined the electoral law but opted to leave a “gaping hole,” says Thierry Giasson, a political science professor at Universite Laval. “The issue of preelection spending was raised but the government consciously decided not to dwell on it,” said Giasson. Election campaigns are organized 12 to 18 months in advance, but only expenses incurred during the official campaign period are capped, Giasson said. A fixed-date election extends that period considerably - meaning weeks and months of unofficial campaigning not subject to rules, opposition MPs say. “Pre-election spending is subject to quite significant abuse, with taxpayers’ money that is used for government announcements,” said Liberal MP Dominic LeBlanc. The NDP’s Peter
Grant said. “He deployed the parachute and ended up landing in a green space and rolled his ankle, causing minor injury. He was looked at by EMS, then taken into custody and eventually charged.” Daniel Boria, 26, of Calgary faces one count of mischief causing danger to life. He has since been released. Grant said no one was hurt, but it could have ended up differently. “Thankfully his parachute functioned properly and of course he wasn’t seriously injured upon landing but there’s still the question of the chair being up in the air,” he said. “It’s my understanding that those balloons would pop once they get to a certain height and the chair would fall back to the Earth. At this point we have no reports of anybody finding anything or anybody being injured, but it’s a big concern for us and I don’t think it’s something he took into account.”
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tem.” The Oct. 19 vote will mark the first time a fixed election will have taken place since the Conservatives introduced the measure in 2006. While it was designed to create a level playing field, Giasson said it’s clear the party in power still has the upper hand. Mayrand said he’ll make recommendations to Parliament following the general election and will likely tackle the spending issue. “There might be a way to frame spending, if Parliament considers it useful to do so,” he said. “I will probably have proposals on that topic.”
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Outlook cloudy for climate policies
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iberal Leader Justin Trudeau came to Vancouver last week to unveil his environmental platform for the Oct. 19 federal election. Trudeau promised an overhaul of the National Energy Board and a vaguely defined intention to work with provinces to impose a “price” on carbon dioxide emissions across the country. Trudeau’s media tour took him to the Burnaby facilities of General Fusion, where, like Premier Christy Clark a few weeks before, he stood at his podium before a prototype fusion reactor. This massive octopus of pistons and wires is an attempt to capture the nuclear reaction that powers the Sun and other stars, containing its fury within steel walls and magnetic fields. The old joke about controlled fusion is that every 20 years, scientists tell us
it’s just 20 years away. If it ever is developed, such a process could quickly put an end to our hand-wringing about fossil fuels, largely replacing them with endless, emissionfree energy. This is the type of technological revolution that Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s officials indicated would be needed, after Canada announced a pledge with other G7 leaders to make their economies carbonfree by 2100. That’s right, some time within the next 85 years. Clark visited General Fusion in May to announce her new climate action advisory panel, which has to give her a plan to take to Paris next December. That’s the next big United Nations climate summit, where Trudeau hopes to lead a delegation of premiers to stop the flow of “fossil awards” given to Canada by people in polar bear suits.
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Asked about the fusion reactor she had just toured, Clark laughed off the question, comparing it to the “flux capacitor” used for time travel in the Michael J. Fox movie “Back to the Future.” Trudeau recently told university students that we need to change our concepts of time and space, and he didn’t seem to be kidding. The point here for voters is that all these leaders, Harper, Trudeau, Clark and many others, are talking down to you. You aren’t sophisticated
enough to understand this climate business. The Pope has weighed in, assuring us that carbon trading systems are not going to cut it. This is a rebuke to California, Quebec and the European Union, where effective carbon trading is, like controlled fusion, just around the corner. Pope Francis warned that our “throwaway culture” views nature “solely as a source of profit and gain” and so people won’t voluntarily do the right thing. (The results of the Metro Vancouver transit plebiscite could be interpreted this way, if you ignore the bumbling, waste and political posturing that really did it in.) The Pope concludes that there is “an urgent need” for a “true world political authority” to impose order on the greedy capitalist humans that infest our beautiful planet. Presumably this would be the run by the UN,
so my advice is to start hoarding candles and cat food now. B.C.’s frozen carbon tax has ceased to have much effect, with gasoline consumption back up over 2008 levels amid the usual volatility of prices. Gasoline is going for around $1.30 a litre, despite the prolonged slump in crude oil prices, and people have basically forgotten about this tax on top of all the other gas taxes. Perhaps B.C. can brag in Paris about the Pacific Carbon Trust, which limps along after its near-death experience in 2013. The trust continues to divert tax dollars from B.C. government operations to purported carbon-saving activities, including paying coastal First Nations not to log the portions of forests that they demanded be preserved. Tom Fletcher is legislature reporter and columnist for Black Press.
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THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK - July 4th went off like a dud at the box office. Anticipated new releases “Magic Mike XXL” and “Terminator Genisys” fizzled, leaving the popular holdovers “Jurassic World” and “Inside Out” to top the holiday weekend. Despite the brawny enticements of Channing Tatum and Arnold Schwarzenegger, the four-week rule of Universal’s dinosaur sensation “Jurassic World” continued with an estimated $30.9 million, according to studio estimates Sunday. Pixar’s acclaimed “Inside Out” nearly caught up to the runaway dinos, taking in $30.1 million in its third weekend of release. The strength of those June hits and the unfortunate timing of July 4th this year coming on a Saturday (rather than stretching out a long weekend) meant the sequels “Terminator Genisys” and “Magic Mike XXL” both failed to match previous installments. Paramount’s “Terminator Genisys,” the fifth film in the series which also marks Schwarzenegger’s return to his most iconic character, took in $28.7 million over the weekend and $44.2 million since opening Wednesday. Warner Bros. also tried to expand the weekend, opening Tatum’s male-stripper romp “Magic Mike XXL” on Wednesday. But after a strong start, the film managed just $12 million over the weekend. Over five days it made $27.1 million. The openings were disappointing for the new releases, but each has a different makeup. “Terminator Genisys,” an attempted reboot in the 31-year-old, James Cameron-created franchise, was made for $155 million. “Magic Mike XXL,” a road-trip sequel to Steven Soderbergh’s 2012 hit original, was made for just under $15 million. Hollywood’s summer has been inching close to equaling its record 2013 season, thanks partly to the unexpected success of “Jurassic World.” (Now with $558.2 million domestically, it’s already the fourth-best showing of all time in North America.) This weekend was still up 6.9 per cent over last year, when Melissa McCarthy’s “Tammy” and the sci-fi adventure “Earth to Echo” made for Hollywood’s worst July 4 in decades. Universal’s animated off-shoot sequel “Minions” will debut next weekend after a strong international performance. The film, which gives the pipsqueak henchmen of the “Despicable Me” movies the spotlight, has already grossed $124.2 million abroad, including $54.3 million this weekend.
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Greece and the Euro: What now?
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n theory, it could still had needlessly alienated every work. It only requires three other eurozone finance minismiracles. ter with his scattergun abuse, Maybe the resound- and it was hard to imagine him ing “no” to the eurozone’s sitting down with his opposterms for a third bail-out in ite numbers again after calling Sunday’s referendum in Greece them all “terrorists” during the (61 percent against) will force referendum campaign. the euro currency’s real manThe IMF’s gesture was even agers, Germany and France, to bigger, if much belated. It knew reconsider. French President the eurozone’s strategy was Francois Hollande is already wrong from the time of the first advocating a return to negotia- bail-out in 2010, and it is finally tions with Greece. getting ready to admit it. Maybe the International There was no debt relief at Monetary Fund all in the 2010 bailwill publicly out, and only priurge the eurovate-sector creditzone’s leaders to ors were forced to cancel more of take a “haircut” Greece’s crush(around 30 percent) ing load of debt. in the second bailLast Thursday the out in 2012. Most GWYNNE IMF released a of Greece’s debt was report saying that owed to German Greece needed and French banks, World Affairs an extra 50 biland that wasn’t lion euros over touched. three years to roll over existing Indeed, 90 percent of the debt, and should be allowed eurozone loans Greece has a 20-year grace period before received go straight into repaymaking any debt repayments. ing European banks. Even then, it said, Greece’s debt Why didn’t the IMF blow was “unsustainable”. the whistle on this long ago? And maybe Greek Prime Because it was not taking the Minister Alexis Tripras will lead in these negotiations, and accept the terms he asked after it took part in the 2010 Greek voters to reject in the bail-out anyway it was deeply referendum if he can also get a embarrassed. commitment to a big chunk of It had broken its own rules, debt relief – say around 100 bil- and found it hard to admit it. lion euros ($111 billion), about It was also aware that devaluaa third of Greece’s total debt – tion, usually a key part of IMF from the eurozone authorities bail-outs, is impossible for and the IMF. It’s all theoretical- Greece unless it actually leaves ly possible. It even makes good the euro (which Greeks despersense. But it will require rad- ately don’t want to do). ically different behaviour from So the usual post-bailout all the parties involved. economic recovery didn’t hapTsipras has already made one pen. Over five years Greece’s big gesture: on the morning debt has increased by half, its after the referendum victory, he economy has shrunk by a quarditched his flamboyant finance ter, and unemployment has minister, Yanis Varoufakis. The risen to 25 percent (50 percent hyper-combative Varoufakis for young people). The refer-
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endum question was deliberately obscure and misleading, but most Greeks know that the current approach simply isn’t working. That’s why they voted “no” in the referendum. It was a valid choice. If the eurozone authorities know that much of Greece’s debt can never be repaid (which they do), why don’t they just give Greece the debt relief it needs? Partly because Chancellor Angela Merkel knows that her own German voters will be angry at more “charity” funded by their taxes, whereas they stay fairly quiet so long as the debt is still on the books. And partly because other eurozone countries would see it as special treatment for Greece. Italy, Spain, Portugal and Ireland have also been through harrowing bail-out programmes, and are still making proportionally bigger interest payments on their debts than Greece. Some other countries using the euro – Estonia, Portugal, Slovakia and Slovenia – have about the same GDP per capita as Greece, and Latvia is even poorer. They don’t see why they should pay for Greece’s folly in running up such huge debts. So it really isn’t possible to predict whether Tsipras and Greece will be offered a better deal or not. It’s equally impossible to say what will happen to the euro “single currency” if there is no deal and Greece crashes out of the euro in the next couple of weeks, although the eurozone authorities insist that they could weather the storm. We do live in interesting times. Gwynne Dyer is an independent journalist whose articles are published in 45 countries.
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An editorial from the St. John’s Telegram The federal election is only months away, and there’s no one in the house. Everyone is gone for the summer. We can now expect the steady stream of campaign events, policy announcements and shameless partisan advertising — many paid for out of our own pockets — to become a virtual torrent. All governments do it: strategically advertise government services to bolster their image. But Stephen Harper has taken the practice to new heights. Never before has the wall between party politics and government business been so transparent. Harper has sunk millions of dollars over the past couple of years to plug Conservative policies, including at least one that didn’t even exist. More than $2.5 million went
into a publicity blitz last year for the Canada Jobs Grant — a 2013 budget program which was put on hold. In April of this year, internal documents showed the Finance Department spent millions more for action plan ads that ran last month. All told, the Conservatives have spent more than $100 million on ads that present more of a positive spin on economic goals rather than provide any concrete information. And the taxpayer-funded spin doesn’t stop at advertising. Recently National Revenue Minister Kerry-Lynne Findlay flew to St. John’s on official government business — except it was anything but government business. The minister offered a few lines to reporters about child care benefits, although she admitted most families are already automatically registered for the them.
She spent the rest of the time taking swipes at Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau, even claiming the Liberals will axe income splitting. (The Liberals have explicitly said they won’t.) During a brief exchange with reporters, she shrugged off questions about the cost of her trip. Even Stephen Harper — the old Stephen Harper, that is — would be appalled. Here were some of his first words in Parliament as Opposition leader in 2002. “Given the growing evidence of widespread waste and mismanagement of government advertising business and the fact that the government’s incompetent handling of its advertising and sponsorship is already under review, will the prime minister stop the waste and abuse right now and order a freeze of all discretionary government advertising?”
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The Seven Summits Gravity Racing team (SSGR) had its first podium finish and a number of top10s at the Down Hill B.C. Cup Provincial Championship in Whistler June 28, and followed that up with even better performances in Vernon last weekend on what was the third stop on the BC Cup mountain biking series. Rossland’s Keegan Fry led the local mountain biking contingent in Whistler with a second place finish in the U17 Men’s Sports category, ripping down the WhistlerBlackcomb course in a time of 3:02.43. Five riders from SSGR competed in the race, the second stop on the B.C. Cup circuit. Aaron Finke of Rossland placed in the top 10 with a ninth place finish, while Jonathon Rollins came in 19th and Gavin Patterson finished 24th in the U17 category. In the Junior Sport Men’s Max Nutini of Trail raced to seventh place. “The boys did great,” said SSGR organizer Ian Finke in an email.“The team is starting to show growth in how they prepare for the races, which is starting to show results on race day.” On an exceptionally technical Silver Star course on Sunday, Patterson kicked it up a gear, hurtling to a first-place finish in the 13-16 open category with a time of 3:33.82. In U17, Fry missed a podium finish by 1.07 seconds, finishing in fifth spot just ahead of Rollins in sixth, and Jacob Tooke in 10th place. Finke came in at 13th, while J.T.
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Top: Trail’s Max Nutini and the rest of the Seven Summits Gravity Racing team (below) raced to strong finishes at the Down Hill BC Cup Provincial championship in Whistler last month and the third BC Cup series race in Vernon last weekend. SSGR team includes Keegan Fry, Gavin Patterson, J.T. Bjarnason, Aaron Finke, Jonathon Rollins, Jacob Tooke, Max Nutini, Isaac Tebulte, and Logan Merringer. Bjarnason of Fruitvale grinded out a 15th place finish. Nutini improved upon his Whistler performance with a sixth place finish in Junior Sport Men, and Logan Merringer was 10th in U15 Sport Men, while Isaac Tebulte of Castlegar came in 17th. The results are impressive considering the course difficulty and the SSGR team only formed in January and started onhill riding with coach Ryan Kuhn and cocoach Natasha Lockey of Kootenay Mountain Biking and Shuttling in early April. “I think they all benefited from Ryan’s coaching, which included not only on the hill focus but also race preparation and mental preparation,” said Finke. “It is great to see the local talent
showing up so well against all the competition from all over the province.” The local contingent competes against racers from across B.C. and Alberta. The downhill races are held on steep, rough terrain, (often ski hills) with a combination of challenging jumps, drops, rock gardens, and obstacles that vary with each course and where
times are separated by mere tenths of seconds. Their first BC Cup competition was in Kamloops at Race the Ranch in April. The Cup series consists of seven races where points are calculated from the results of each race and riders are ranked in the series standings. The final race goes in Fernie on Aug. 30, with stops at Sun Peaks in Kamloops, July 11,
Panarama, July 17, and Kicking Horse in Golden, July 26. Riders must complete four out of seven races to be eligible for an overall ranking. The top four results for each rider will be used when calculating the final series standings. Overall series winners will be presented with their award at the Cycling BC Awards Banquet on Oct. 3.
The Trail AA Orioles played some exciting baseball but failed to advance, going 1-4 at the Spokane American Legion Wood Bat Classic over the Independence Day weekend. Almost 100 teams in three divisions from Canada and the United States played over 400 games at the annual Fourth of July weekend tournament in baseball parks around Spokane, Wash. and Coeur d’ Alene, Idaho. The competition was as fierce as it was hot, as the U-17 AA Orioles dropped their opening match on Thursday 3-0 against Juanita out of Kirkland, Wash. before getting edged out by the Bitterroot Bucs from Montana in a close 5-4 match. “We were in every game, it’s just that we didn’t make a timely hit, and we didn’t make a timely play here and there,” said hitting coach Kyle Mace. “But we easily could have been 4-0.” The Orioles dropped a 9-4 decision to the Wildcats in their next match and would go down to Les Johnson Battlecats 8-7 on Friday to finish out of contention. The Bucs and Juanita would go on to finish with identical 3-1 records ending up in a three-way tie for first with the Mt. Spokane Wildcats in their division. “The other teams were getting the bounces, and we made a couple of costly errors and then in two games we left the bases loaded three times and no runs, so that will kill you,” said Mace. In consolation play on Saturday, the Orioles found their bats and took out their frustration on Eagle, Idaho with a 10-2 thrashing. Juanita would earn the number one seed and play East Valley on Saturday, however, scores were unavailable. In Washington State American Legion league play the AA Orioles are right in the mix currently sitting in third place in their division with a 4-2 record. “We have to win some games here, so we make sure we make the playoff round.” The AA Orioles host Mead tonight at Butler Park in a doubleheader at 3 and 5:30 p.m. before traveling to Clarkston, Wash. to play an important two-game series with the first-place Asotin County Blues on Wednesday. The Blues at 7-3 are tied for top spot with Colville at 5-11, while the O’s sit one game back. The top three teams in the division advance to the district championship and from there to the State finals. Baseball Notes: The Trail A Orioles will host a pair of games against University A on Friday at Butler Park at 1 and 3 p.m. The U15 O’s team has struggled this year going 3-11 in Washington State American Legion play.
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U.S.A. on top of the World
Crush Japan 5-2 in Cup final
THE CANADIAN PRESS VANCOUVER When the final whistle blew on Sunday, Abby Wambach fell to her knees, then raised her arms in joy. The one trophy that had always seemed just out of reach was finally in her grasp
as the United Status defeated Japan 5-2 in the Women’s World Cup final. “I’m proud to be part of something that, in my opinion, is really special,” Wambach said. During her career, the 35-year-old forward had won two Olympic gold medals and was the FIFA women’s play-
er of the year in 2012. But, she had never won a World Cup - until now. “I’ve meant it all along, I’d give up all my individual awards for what we just did tonight,” said Wambach. “It’s the whole-hearted truth. “Watching my team win a World Cup, I chose that over world
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player of the year, scoring more goals than anybody in the world.” With golden confetti swirling and the crowd roaring, a beaming Wambach raised the trophy and danced on stage with her teammates. She was stunned the U.S. led 3-0 with the game just five minutes old. “The first 15 or 16 minutes seemed surreal,” said Wambach. “It seemed fake. “I (kept) thinking I have died and this is what my heaven looks like.” Wambach started the match as a substitute but entered the game in the 79th minute. That produced a huge cheer from the crowd of 53,341 at B.C. Place Stadium. After the game Wambach was mobbed by her teammates. She ran to the corner of the stadium and reached into the crowd to hug her long-time partner Sarah Huffman, who she married in 2013. W a m b a c h announced earlier in the tournament that this would be her final Women’s World Cup. She isn’t expected to play on the U.S. team competing at next summer’s Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. While Wambach celebrated, Japanese
veteran Homare Sawa consoled her teammates. The 36-yearold attacking midfield subbed into the game in the 33rd minute with Japan trailing 4-1. Wambach and Sawa collided in the 82nd minute and both players crashing to the turf. Sawa was given a yellow card on the play. Later, outside the team dressing rooms, the two women shared a hug. Sawa, who played in her first international game at the age of 15, has appeared in five World Cups and four Olympics. She was the women’s player of the year in 2011 when she led Japan to its first World Cup, beating the U.S. in the final. She also helped her country win a silver at the 2012 Olympics. During her career, Wambach scored 183 goals for the U.S. in 248 international games, more than any other player male or female. Her last goal in a World Cup game came in a 1-0 win over Nigeria on June 16 in Vancouver. The Rochester, N.Y., native played her college soccer for the Florida Gators, where she was a three-time all-American. She has been a regular on the U.S. women’s team since 2003.
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The Greenbrier Classic At The Old White TPC White Sulphur Springs, W.Va. Purse: $6.7 million Yardage: 7,287; Par 70 Final x-won on second playoff hole; a-amateur x-Danny Lee, $1,206,000 63-69-68-67-267 David Hearn, $500,267 68-64-68-67-267 Robert Streb, $500,267 68-67-67-65-267 Kevin Kisner, $500,267 67-69-67-64-267 Russell Henley, $268,000 70-66-69-63-268 James Hahn, $195,736 66-67-70-66-269 Greg Owen, $195,736 65-6770-67-269 Andres Romero, $195,736 67-67-68-67-269 Chad Collins, $195,736 65-67-68-69-269 David Lingmerth, $195,736 67-70-64-68-269 Bryce Molder, $195,736 68-64-67-70-269 Brendon Todd, $195,736 65-69-67-68-269
Tony Finau, $107,944 68-6768-67-270 J.J. Henry, $107,944 68-6669-67-270 Morgan Hoffmann, $107,944 68-67-69-66-270 Scott Langley, $107,944 62-69-74-65-270 Jason Bohn, $107,944 69-6961-71-270 Steven Bowditch, $107,944 68-68-67-67-270 Sean O’Hair, $107,944 66-67-66-71-270 Shawn Stefani, $107,944 69-67-67-67-270 Bubba Watson, $107,944 67-68-68-67-270
Tennis Wimbledon
Canadian Vasek Pospisil’s road to quarter final First Round - def. Victor Millot, 7-6 (2), 3-6, 6-7 (4), 7-6 (4), 6-3. Second Round - def. Fabio Fognini (30), 6-3, 6-4, 1-6, 6-3. Third Round - def. James Ward, 6-4, 3-6, 2-6, 6-3, 8-6. Fourth Round - def. Viktor Troicki (22), 4-6, 6-7 (4), 6-4, 6-3, 6-3. Quarterfinals - vs. Andy Murray (3).
world softball championship
Canada claims gold on home soil
SASKATOON – Canada won their first ever gold on home soil at the world softball championship that took place in Saskatoon. The team came out swinging as they headed into the final day of the 14th ISF Men’s International Softball Championship on Sunday. First, Canada had to get past Venezuela in the semi-final. In the end, the host team downed Venezuela 10-0 after four innings. In the gold medal game, Team Canada was up against the defending champion, New Zealand. It was a rough start for Canada who trailed 5-0 in the third inning but they battled back to win 10-5. “Congratulations to the Canadian National Team on winning the world title and congratulations to the city of Saskatoon for delivering a very successful world championship,” said World Baseball Softball Confederation president Dale McMann. This is the fourth gold for Canada since the first world softball championship in 1966 at Mexico City. Total attendance for the tournament was recorded at 53,890 from June 26 to July 5. Saskatoon hosted teams from 15 countries who played at Bob Van Impe Stadium and Gordie Howe Park. This is the third time the championship was held in Saskatoon, including 1988 and 2009. The next edition of the tournament will be hosted by Whitehorse in 2017.
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THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK - A presidential campaign is beginning without late-night television hosts who helped us laugh through past ones, both a cultural loss and an opportunity for new voices. David Letterman is gone, taking his unmatched ability to have serious conversations with public figures and not skimp on humour. Jay Leno’s rat-a-tat pace of one-liners is history. Jon Stewart exits next month, along with a research team that allowed him to bust politicians and journalists for hypocrisy. Stephen Colbert, Seth Meyers, Larry Wilmore and Kate McKinnon are the most likely comic stars to emerge for Decision 2016. “As much as it’s sad to see Jon leave and have Letterman and Leno gone, it’s not like the new class coming in will be doing plate spinners,” said Rory Albanese, executive producer of “The Nightly Show” with Wilmore on Comedy Central. A recent sign of the new landscape came when Jimmy Fallon invited Jeb Bush on NBC’s “Tonight” show to slow-jam the news, the comic slipping in titillating jokes about the presidential family name. Fallon seemed overeager during the ensuing interview, the conversation rarely straying beyond biography points like how the Republican met his Mexico-born wife. Similarly, President Barack Obama was asked to participate in a signature comic routine on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” this spring, reading mean tweets posted about him online. Kimmel used his interview to ask Obama about the day-to-day life of a president, including whether he drove, went to the dentist or sneaked into the White House kitchen for a late-night snack. Fallon and Kimmel host the two most popular programs on late-night TV now. While their broadly comic shows don’t ignore public affairs, that’s not in either host’s wheelhouse. “I don’t think there’s a particular comfort factor there,” said Bill Carter, author of books on late-night television including “The Late Shift.” ”But in fairness to Fallon, there wasn’t for Letterman when he got started, either.“ That leaves a path for Letterman’s replacement. Colbert, who will compete in the same See STEWART, Page 14
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Stewart will be missed FROM PAGE 13 time slot with Fallon and Kimmel starting in September, hasn’t talked much about the new show other than saying he won’t be playing a character like he did on Comedy Central. His adeptness at topical material was evident on “The Colbert Report,” and his interest obvious in how he couldn’t resist the comic fodder of Donald Trump’s campaign announcement last month. Colbert released a video on the “Late Show” website that nailed the surreal randomness of Trump’s speech. “So much of this is about whether the host is passionate about it, if they really want to do it,” Albanese said. “Because if it’s not coming from their gut ... it can feel kind of empty.” Meyers has emphasized politics on “Late Night” since Vice-President Joe Biden showed up for the debut. Ted Cruz, Bernie Sanders and Carly Fiorina have appeared for interviews. Meyers is trying to do more comic pieces responding to the day’s news, said Mike Shoemaker, “Late Night” executive producer. Meyers admired Letterman’s ability to make an interview feel unscripted. His appearance with Cruz showed the host’s ability to stand toe-to-toe with a political guest for a substantive conversation with some laugh lines. Research is the key to making sure these interviews go well, Meyers said. Stewart’s take on a day’s events will be missed more than his interviews. “What you got from both of these guys was a very specific and unique point of view you could rely upon,” Albanese said. “You would say, ‘I can’t wait to hear what Jon Stewart is going to say about this, or what Letterman is going to say.”’ Stewart’s replacement, Trevor Noah, is expected to keep the DNA of “The Daily Show.” But as a South African not steeped in American politics, the perspective is sure to be different. Tina Fey, with her dead-on Sarah Palin impersonation, was the comic star of the 2008 presidential campaign. “Saturday Night Live” has another winner with McKinnon, whose portrayal of a cravenly ambitious Hillary Clinton holds great promise for the next year. Wilmore has increased his topical content following the January debut of “The Nightly Show.” His ongoing “unblackening” segment showcases an unburdened president as his term winds down. Wilmore is encouraging candidates to join him for interviews over soul food, as he did with Rhode Island’s Lincoln Chafee.
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Neighbours may not realize how loud they are Mailbox
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trying to tell someone else how to discipline their kids is a very delicate subject. This has been going on since the weather has warmed up. I can’t even entertain outside because of the shrieking. Please help, Annie. -- A Frustrated Neighbor Dear Frustrated: You say your neighbors are sweet and good-hearted. Surely they would not want people to think their children are so annoying and disruptive. There is nothing rude or hurtful about saying to your neighbors, “We’re happy the girls are having such a great time outside, but we would deeply appreciate it if they could tone it down a bit. I’m sure they don’t realize how loud they are.”
don’t feel guilty about reporting her to the boss. She is sleeping on the job, which affects your ability to work and your boss’ bottom line. But more importantly, she may have a serious health issue that should be addressed, and that is how you should approach it -with genuine concern.
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Unless they are breaking some local noise ordinances, there isn’t much more you can do. But you can repeat to yourself that “this, too, shall pass.” Soon enough, those shrieking teenagers will be off to college (or adulthood) and this will no longer be a problem. Until then, you might want to invest in some noise-blocking headphones and a fan. Dear Annie: Two of us work with a woman in our office who sleeps propped up at her desk. She snores lightly and wakes herself up numerous times. We have spoken to her about this, to no avail. We don’t want to tell the boss and get her into trouble. But as you can imagine, it is both irritating and distracting. How should we handle it? -- Very Frustrated Dear Frustrated: Your co-worker is not getting enough restful sleep at night. She may be burning the candle at both ends, or she may have a sleep disorder. Suggest to her that she see a doctor immediately because you are worried about her. And please
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Dear Annie: How do I tell my neighbors that it’s annoying and frustrating to listen to their teenaged daughters shrieking and screaming as they’re having fun outside? Often, I want to go out and play with my dog, but I can’t because these girls are behaving like 5-yearolds, screaming their heads off. There are things I need to do outside, but the noise makes it impossible. And it’s horrible to have to listen to it inside as well. The mother says she doesn’t like to interfere with the girls when they’re having a good time. Well, they may be enjoying themselves, but the rest of the neighborhood is not. People are just too polite to say anything. I don’t want to be offensive, rude or hurt my neighbors’ feelings. These parents and their girls are sweet, good-hearted people, but it seems that the discipline and consideration for others is simply not there. I don’t want the girls to stop having fun. I’d just like them to keep other people in mind, too. But
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YourByhoroscope Francis Drake For Wednesday, July 8, 2015 ARIES (March 21 to April 19) Something upsetting or unexpected might put you at odds with an authority figure today. If this occurs, you feel hesitant to defend yourself. It’s like you’re missing your spark. TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) Something hidden or behind the scenes could create a disturbance for you today. It’s best to avoid controversial subjects like politics, religion and racial issues. GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) Someone in a group will do or say something that surprises you. This could relate to disputes about shared property and shared expenses. Do nothing. CANCER (June 21 to July 22) You might be caught off guard because a boss or a VIP overreacts and this frightens you, yet you’re hesitant to
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defend yourself. Don’t worry -- this is fleeting. LEO (July 23 to Aug. 22) Sudden changes to travel plans are likely. Meanwhile, power struggles at work make you want to introduce reforms to improve your job and your health. VIRGO (Aug. 23 to Sept. 22) Check your bank account, and stay on top of inheritances and shared property because something unexpected might occur today. You cannot count on the support of others. LIBRA (Sept. 23 to Oct. 22) You need peace and harmony. Today, a spat with a partner or close friend might cause you to feel weak when dealing with your boss or another authority figure. SCORPIO (Oct. 23 to Nov. 21) Your workday will be interrupted by broken machinery, computer crashes, canceled meetings -- whatever. Don’t
let this get you frazzled to the point that you quarrel with someone. Chill out. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 to Dec. 21) Ego battles related to children, romance, sports events and social activities might make you feel weaker when it comes to defending your fair share of something. Be aware of this. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 to Jan. 19) This is a poor day to go
toe-to-toe with anyone (or head-to-head, either way). You probably will arouse more opposition. In addition, something here is confusing. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 to Feb. 18) Be careful, because you might blow it by speaking out without thinking. You might have an accident today. Whatever happens will weaken your productivity at work. Be cautious. PISCES
(Feb. 19 to March 20) Stay on top of your money scene and avoid heated arguments about possessions and financial matters. If something is not right, you find it hard to defend your own best interests. YOU BORN TODAY You are protective of others. You build and create organizations, which is why you also are concerned with practical results. This is a year of change, and it’s the year
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The family of the late
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would like to express our deepest thanks to those who supported us during our recent loss. Your calls and acts of caring, food, cards, flowers and donations to the Cancer Society in her memory were truly appreciated. A special thank you to the Trail Home Health staff and John and Sue Turco and the caring staff at Mountainside Village who provided support to our family and care for Mom so that she could continue to remain at home as long as she could; Dr. Libby McCoid and the staff at the Trail Hospital and the Castleview Care Centre staff who provided her with comfort and care during her last few days; Al Grywacheski and the staff at Personal Alternatives Funeral Services and Reverend Michael Hare and the Rossland United Church auxiliary for their kind assistance with mom’s funeral.
Once in a lifetime, Everyone should be so blessed!
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Finger pointing after Metro voters defeat sales tax for transit By Jeff Nagel
express bus routes that had been in the mayors’ plan, nor will there be money for The finger pointing has resumed increased SkyTrain, HandyDart, night bus between the province and Metro Vancouver or SeaBus service that was to have swiftly mayors after voters resoundingly defeated kicked in after a Yes vote. a proposal to charge a 0.5 per cent sales Surrey Mayor Linda Hepner vowed tax in the region to fund transit and trans- Thursday to push ahead with light rail in portation. Surrey, potentially with private financing. The proposed tax that But light rail in Surrey – would have funded $7.5 bilif it can be built with hefty “They had big lion in upgrades over 10 years senior government contribubusiness, big was rejected with 61.7 per tions – will not be be as viable government, cent of voters saying No and and efficient in covering its 38.3 per cent saying Yes. operating costs if it is not big labour, big The Yes side lost in every accompanied by much-bolmajor city of the region – even environment and stered connecting bus routes big money. But in Vancouver where it got 49.1 to bring riders. per cent – and only won in “It sets up a really nasty they didn’t have sparsely populated areas like situation where some people the people.” Belcarra and Bowen Island are getting improved rapid in the mail-in plebiscite contransit service in some areas Jordan Bateman ducted over 10 weeks. The No but other people’s transit servote was strongest at 75 per vice is being cut back,” said cent or more in areas like Maple Ridge and Eric Doherty, a HandyDart advocate. Langley Township. Yes forces had argued defeat would Elections BC received more than worsen congestion as the population 798,000 ballots – 51 per cent of all regis- grows and demand pressures intensify on tered voters – but more than 38,000 bal- a frozen transit system, spurring more lots were rejected. transit users to drive instead. The defeat leaves the region without No campaign head Jordan Bateman $250 million a year in new revenue the tax of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation would have brought to expand transit. exploited many voters’ unwillingness to Surrey and Vancouver are expected to pay more – especially to TransLink – and try to cobble together their own plan B argued more money could be found if citstrategies to build light rail in Surrey and ies restrained their own spending and tax a SkyTrain extension west along Broadway. growth. But the region will be without the fundHe successfully framed the campaign as ing required for a broad 25 per cent bus a vote on TransLink, which he accused of service lift, including many more frequent mismanagement and which had come off Surrey North Delta Leader
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major SkyTrain breakdowns and a failure to fully launch its new Compass card payment system on time. Bateman called the result a “tremendous victory for taxpayers” and said the No win was achieved on a shoestring against heavy odds. “They had big business, big government, big labour, big environment and big money. But they didn’t have the people.” He called for a core review of TransLink to seek more savings. Mayors never wanted the referendum and repeatedly said something as crucial to the region as transit expansion should not go to a public vote. They had previously wrung a pledge from former Premier Gordon Campbell to allow a new transit revenue source. But Premier Christy Clark reneged and promised in the 2013 provincial election any new tax source for TransLink would have to be approved by local voters. Left with only that path to new funding, mayors agreed last year to the plebiscite and chose a hike in the provincial sales tax from 7.0 to 7.5 per cent within Metro, rather than other options, such as a vehicle levy. With the sales tax rejected, mayors could still raise TransLink property taxes, which is an existing source. That option has been repeatedly suggested by the premier and was touted again Thursday by Transportation Minister Todd Stone as a solution the mayors could deliver “tomorrow.” But Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson, chair of the mayors’ council, insisted prop-
erty tax in not an option. Instead mayors are threatening to pull out of the TransLink governance structure – effectively leaving all decisions and responsibility to the province – unless the Clark government reforms TransLink and finds a funding solution in the next six months. “TransLink is their creation,” Robertson said. “The ball’s back in the province’s court for next steps.” Coquitlam Mayor Richard Stewart said the key priority now is to “fix TransLink.” Stone said he will work with mayors to explore new solutions, without issuing “ultimatums.” He said the province remains committed to covering one-third of the cost of new rapid transit lines and the new Pattullo Bridge, which would leave onethird to be raised by the region after a matching contribution from Ottawa. “Doing nothing simply is not an option,” Stone said, adding some other funding source will be required and will have to come from the region to cover its third of the costs. He also suggested the mayors repriorize the projects in their plan, potentially delaying new lines longer. If mayors hold firm to the need for a new source, it’s unclear how that can happen without a new referendum the premier has said can’t be held before the next municipal elections in 2018. Bateman said he will urge Clark to recommit in the 2017 provincial election to an ongoing plebicite requirement for new TransLink taxes.
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Affordable and very low maintenance living in this immaculate 2 bdrm mobile home. Bright open floor plan, spacious kitchen and dining area and living room features vaulted ceiling. Private and quiet deck for summer evenings. This is the only mobile in the park with a carport and room for more parking. Quick possession possible.
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