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Trail Stingray swimmers took home several medals at the Regional Swim Meet in Castlegar on the weekend. Juliana Zhou (pictured here) placed first in the Div. 4 girls 100-m breaststroke, second in the 100-m backstroke, and third in the 50-m butterfly and 50 freestyle. Photo by Jim Bailey Inset photo: Relay team members (L-R): Sydney Dobi, Olivia Bruce, Indigo Millar and Ines Boiridy-Graves. Photo submitted JIM BAILEY Times Sports Editor
The Trail Stingrays Swim Club made a big splash at the Regional Swim Meet in Castlegar on the weekend. Six swimmers as well as every Stingray relay team qualified for the B.C. Summer Swimming Association’s provincial championship in Victoria next week by placing in the top-3 in their division. “The Stingrays had a fantastic performance in the regional championship swim meet this past weekend,” said Stingrays coach Samme Beatson. “I am very proud of the team’s performance. It was great to see all their hard work pay off.” Logan Blair led the way for the Stingrays placing first in Division 6 boys 50-metre butterfly, 50-m free-
style, and 100-m freestyle, while taking second in the 100-m butterfly, and will compete in the provincials Aug. 21-23. For most swimmers, even those who qualify for provincials, the Regional competition is the final swim meet of a busy and competitive season. The swim club has faced unprecedented challenges the past two years, but the Rossland coach keeps her focus on the swimmers and ensuring the club remains viable, despite the divisive politics of Greater Trail municipalities. “I think the most important part of coaching a summer club is to make sure it’s fun while the kids learn new skills and stay active,” Beatson said “If you’re doing it right it should definitely feel more like play than work.” For Beatson, who will also compete in the provincial swim meet, individu-
al results are satisfying, but success is measured by more than just medals. “I hope the swimmers had as much fun as I did this year and hopefully they have found a sport that will keep them healthy, motivated and happy for years to come.” In Div. 5 boys, Diego Greenwood raced to first in the 200 metre Individual Medley, 100-m freestyle, and 100-m backstroke, and took home bronze in the 50-m freestyle. Juliana Zhou placed first in the Div. 4 girls 100-m breaststroke, second in the 100m backstroke, and third in the 50-m butterfly and 50 freestyle. Fionn Miller placed third in the Div 1 boys 50-m backstroke. Maddy Fraser placed third in the Div. 3 girls 50-m backstroke. Reuben Demmler placed third in the Div 2 boys 50-m breaststroke.
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All of the Stingray relay teams qualified for provincials by placing first or second in their events. The Div. 2 girls relay team consisting of Olivia Bruce, Indigo Miller, Sydney Dobie, and Ines Boiridy-Graves placed first in the medley relay and second in the freestyle relay. The Div. 3 girls medley relay team also placed first with Maddy Fraser, Avery Zanussi, Paige Marrandino and Lea Boiridy-Graves. The boys Div. 5 relay team consisting of Fionn Miller, Reuben Demmler, Ripley Shubert and Diego Greenwood placed second in the medley and freestyle relays, while the Div. 8 women’s relay team with Keandra Billingsley, Juliana Zhou, coach Samme Beatson, and Kayla Fraser on the freestyle team and assistant coach Jennifer Chung on the medley team, placed first in both relays.
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The Kootenay Boundary Regional Fire Rescue’s (KBRFR) new firefighter training position has been filled. Glen Gallamore of Company 4 was hired internally to take on the new position and will begin his new role on September 14. The training position came about after the Office of the Fire Commissioner came out with a firefighters competency and training playbook in September 2014. According to the playbook, in order for a fire department to be a full services operations department, every firefighter must meet the National Fire Protection Association’s (NFPA) 1001 Firefighter 2 Competencies. Not all of KBRFR’s firefighters currently do. So in June, the Regional District of Kootenay Boundary East End Services Committee voted for the KBRFR to be a full service operations fire department, and to create the firefighter training position. “Our career staff are at 1001 level 2, but we need all our paid on-call members to be at that level ... also,” said Terry Martin, regional fire chief. “So we felt that if we had a dedicated training officer he could focus on training for all of our 80 or so — because it fluctuates that number — paid on-call members.” Gallamore did do some training in his original position, but since he only worked two days and two nights a week, and had many other responsibilities — he was in charge of the radio systems, keeping hose records, and also went out on calls — that left little
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time for training. A paid on-call firefighter was hired to take on Gallamore’s shift now that he’ll be training full time. The new position stirred some controversy when the East End Services Committee voted to create it. Rossland city councillor Lloyd McLellan was the only member of the committee opposed to the new position and Mayor Kathy Moore went on record to say she thought there must have been a better way. “For the amount of money we are now spending on a training officer, a fair number of people could have attended courses at the Justice Institute or a trainer could have been brought out,” she told Rossland News. “I realize this isn’t ideal, and maybe not feasible, but I don’t believe other alternatives were properly explored.” Chief Martin is aware of the opposition, and says he respects the East End Services Committee, all of its members and Mayor Moore, but feels the new position was the best option. “If we’re going to be a full service operations fire department, we have an obligation to have all our members trained to that level — that NFPA 1001 level 2 — and we felt this was the best way to go to have everybody trained.” Revenue for the KBRFR is provided in part through property tax requisitions from each municipality in the district and this year $3,253,000, or 17 per cent of the total property tax requisitions, has been allocated to the department. That amount is up $189,000 from last year. Rossland will contribute $511,000 of that, which represents 34 per cent of the city’s total property tax requisition this year. The new position is for a minimum of three years, and will be evaluated throughout that time. If things go well, the position will be extended.
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For the fifth year in a row the Gold Fever Follies are hosting Naughty Knickers Night, an event just for adults. The event, being held Sunday at the Miners’ Hall, is a “fun and sexy summer-themed” three-act cabaret. “It kind of has a theme of being very sexy, and a little bit naughty, and it’s definitely mature subject matter,” says Amy King, the Follies’ stage manager, piano player
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and actor. The first two acts are raunchy song and dance, and for the third act, the Follies perform their play, Summer Is Coming. Only with a twist. The actors pull names out of a hat — right in front of the audience — to decide who will play which character. They then have ten minutes to prepare for their new role, and don the appropriate costume, before launching into a slightly abridged performance. “It leads to a lot of awkward-
ness, and a lot of funny shenanigans go down because nobody really knows what they’re doing,” says King. King is the only one who doesn’t switch roles, since she’s also the piano player, stage manager, and lighting person. The first Naughty Knickers Night took place on Sunday, Augsut 9, and this is the second year in a row that the Follies have done two naughty shows. Tickets are available at the Miners Hall, Clansey’s Cafe, and the Colander.
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The Rossland Light Opera Players (RLOP) have started putting together their next production, a musical comedy called Cowgirls. Last Thursday night, the RLOP held a read-through of the play at their hall, with a strong turnout. Conceived by Mary Murfitt, who also wrote the music and lyrics, and written by Betsy Howie, Cowgirls is the story of Jo, who has 24 hours to save Hiram Hall, her father’s country-western saloon. Jo books the Cowgirl Trio to pack in a crowd and hopefully get in enough money to save the place, only there is no Cowgirl Trio. Jo’s booked the Coghill Trio, a classical group on a reunion tour.
Jo is joined by her would-be country star waitress Mickey and her cook/cashier Mo, who have to find a way to work with classical musicians Rita, Lee, and Mary Lou if they’re going to save Hiram Hall. This leads to an interesting mix of music; Beethoven’s Sonata Pathétique Opus 13, and Gilbert and Sullivan contrast with songs like Don’t Call Me Trailer Trash and Honky Tonk Girl. Auditions for the six parts were held Sunday and Monday, and director Kathy Wilson hopes that once the show is cast, they should be able to start rehearsals in late August. In the meantime, the production is still looking for a stage manager and help with musical direction. Wilson is also looking for musicians, female or male, who play the piano, violin, cello, guitar, banjo or mandolin.
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Tourism Rossland recently took on a major project under contract for the Lower Columbia Community Development Team Society (LCCDTS) that saw the organization overseeing an online tourism initiative for not just Rossland, but the region. The project was funded in partnership between the Community Directed Funds committee of the LCCDTS and Kootenay Rockies Tourism, and it was the first step in promoting the entire region as a destination rather than just individual towns. Each of the 57 businesses from Rossland, Trail, and Fruitvale that participated received a Kootenay Rockies Tourism listing, and either a Google tour or Google verification. “We actually had a representative of Google come into town and visit each of the locations,
and do panoramic photos of each of the interiors of the businesses,” explained Kristi Calder, marketing coordinator for Tourism Rossland. “And then for any of the businesses that already had a Google tour done, they got a verification, which just essentially optimizes their online setup and presence with Google.” The tours allows Google users to take a virtual walk around the inside of the businesses, and are still being released, though they were all shot between July 6 and 12. Most of the businesses that already had virtual tours were in Rossland, and participated when Tourism Rossland offered the tours locally three years ago. When it came to selecting which businesses would participate in the current project, Tourism Rossland wanted to be fair, while first promoting businesses with the most tourist draw. “We tried to show a really good geographic range, so we tried to
have businesses from each different community, and then at the same time we were really focused on accommodations and attractions,” said Deanne Steven, Tourism Rossland’s executive director. “So those were the preliminary ones that we really wanted to get in because there’s just such a high tourism component for those.” Second priority went to retail stores and restaurants. Calder said so far businesses that have launched their tours and shared them on social media are getting a positive response. “It seems to be quite popular through the social media channels for sure, having the interior panoramic shots, and they’re getting shared quite a bit,” she said. The project also included a workshop that any business in the area was welcome to attend. The workshop focused on showing business owners how to optimize their Google+ pages to improve their online presence.
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Sorting out federal election issues TOM FLETCHER Black Press
The first, and perhaps the only complete English-language debate in this long federal election campaign has helped define the issues, and the non-issues. I’m not going to try to tell you who “won” or “came out swinging,” because this is not a sporting event. If you’re paying attention in August, bless you, and you probably have a favourite already. First, let’s deal with Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s diabolical scheme to extend the length of the formal election period. This, according to national pundits, is an extension of his evil plot to attract more financial supporters than the other parties, and spend the money. In other words, it’s a non-issue and any opponent who dwells on it looks like a whiner. This is the first election in modern Canadian history to follow a four-year schedule. National pundits spent months telling us Harper was going to use a loophole in his own election law to call a spring vote before the economy tanked. Didn’t happen, and now the Conservatives are rightly under scrutiny about their economic management. Incumbent manipulation of election timing is over, and that’s good.
Scheduled elections by their nature create longer campaigns, as demonstrated in B.C. and the United States. So they should be conducted under formal campaign rules, which limit the noise of public sector unions and other special interests. Another non-issue is the non-existent deficit and recession that supposedly grips Canada. On actual results, there is a slim surplus, and if — a big if — Saudi Arabia continues to depress world oil prices, there may be a modest deficit by next spring. The Bank of Canada’s recent move to devalue the dollar has already produced a rebound in exports and tourism, which any government would appreciate. Have you tried to find parking at the mall lately? Of particular interest to B.C. voters is the contest between NDP leader Thomas Mulcair and Green Party leader Elizabeth May. May used what may be her only national debate appearance to press Mulcair to oppose the TransMountain pipeline expansion project before hearings are complete. Mindful of Adrian Dix’s disastrous 2013 decision to do the same in B.C., Mulcair insisted he would wait for the federal review, even though he considers it to be inadequate. This is, of course, all theatre. Based on their actions, the NDP, Green Party and Liberals are all opposed not just to oil Christine Esovoloff Sales Associate
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pipelines but export gas pipelines as well. Liberal leader Justin Trudeau wants to cancel capital cost allowances for liquefied natural gas investment that have been granted by B.C. and Ottawa, which could be a deal-breaker for LNG. B.C. NDP leader John Horgan formalized his opposition to the TransMountain expansion last week, in a letter filed with the National Energy Board. But we’re expected to believe that Mulcair has a different position, for now. Harper was forced to admit that his long effort to persuade U.S. President Barack Obama to approve the Keystone XL pipeline has failed, and the project will have to wait until Obama leaves office next year. The debate also confirmed positions on Canada’s modest role in bombing Islamic State terrorist positions in Iraq and Syria. The Conservatives are for it, and the Liberals, NDP and Greens are against it. Trudeau set the stage for the contest in Quebec, which B.C. voters can only watch from afar to see if it once again decides the shape of their federal government. Trudeau pushed Mulcair on his cynical bid to court the separatist voters who suddenly swung to Jack Layton’s NDP in 2011. Like petroleum prices, it’s beyond our control. Tom Fletcher is legislature reporter and columnist for Black Press. Twitter: @tomfletcherbc Email: tfletcher@blackpress.ca. Chelsea Novak Reporter
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Interior Health is seeing an increase in pertussis cases, also known as whooping cough, and would like to remind parents about the importance of making sure their children’s immunizations are up to date. Pertussis activity is being seen across the region with the majority of cases currently in the Central Okanagan. “Infants under one year of age are most at risk for serious complications from pertussis,” said Dr. Kamran Golmohammadi, Medical Health Officer with Interior Health. “Pertussis starts with similar symptoms to a common cold (runny nose, sore throat, and mild fever) and then progresses to a cough. The cough can become severe, with or without a classic whooping sound and may be accompanied by gasping, gagging, shortness of breathing and vomiting. In serious cases it can lead to pneumonia, seizures, brain damage or even death.” Immunization is the best way to prevent the spread of this disease. The pertussis vaccine is part of the routine childhood vaccinations that are given at 2 months, 4 months, 6 months, and 18
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New champion at Rossland-Trail Open JIM BAILEY Times Sports Editor
The Rossland-Trail Birchbank Open crowned a new champion on Sunday, as Brad Jones of Vernon won the 54-hole tournament by eight shots over defending three-time champion Dylan Main. The 23-year-old Jones shot an efficient round of 2-under 70 on Friday before carding the week’s low round Saturday. Jones eagled the first hole on the par four first then birdied 5,6,7, and 9 to finish the front nine with a sizzling 6-under 30 on his way to a 7-under 65 to finish at 9-under over two days. Jones, who started playing golf as a youngster in Nelson hitting balls into Kootenay Lake, came third at last year’s championship, and was determined to improve on his result. With his closest competitors, Maine and Rossland’s Ben Gresley-Jones, seven shots back at 2-under par going into the third and final round, all Jones had to do was stay consistent and out of trouble to
clinch his first Birchbank title. Jones did just that, as he shot a bogeyfree round of 2-under 70, including nine straight pars on the second nine to shoot 11-under 205. Main and Gresley-Jones battled for second spot going into the final round with identical scores of 2-under. However, Main would get to 4-under on the front nine, while Gresley-Jones faltered shooting a 37. But Gresley-Jones would not go quietly. He turned it around on the back nine, birdieing 12 and 15, and watched Main bogey 16 and 17 to draw even heading onto the 18th. Main from Spokane went into the tournament looking to hoist his fourth championship trophy, but his putter let him down and he failed to execute on many birdie opportunities including a two-footer on 16. Organizers saved the front nine for last on day three, leaving players facing the daunting par-5 ninth hole for the final hole. With an elevated green protected by looming cottonwoods, the ninth leaves a small window to the green, that is almost impossible to reach in two if not for a per-
fect drive down the middle. Gresley-Jones and Jones hit their drives right making a clear approach shot almost impossible. Main despite sending his drive left had a fairly clean shot to the pin from the 200yard marker. Jones with the title in his pocket laid up to the 100 yard marker, while Gresley-Jones took out a 6-iron looking to fade it on to the green. However, his shot bounced hard on the fringe, caroming left and rolling down the hill, into the tall grass. Maine meanwhile sent a towering iron right of the hole, that was knocked down by the massive tree, settling on the hill below the hole. Gresley-Jones would find his ball, and send his shot from the thick rough across the green and onto the fringe, while the Spokane golfer would pitch to within eight feet for a look at birdie. Gresley-Jones came up short on his birdie chip, but Main would finally get one to fall as he drained an unlikely birdie putt to secure second spot with a 1-under 71, and a 213 total. Gresley-Jones missed his three-foot putt for par to finish third, shooting 2-over par 73 and 216 total for the tournament. L’Association des Francaphones des Kootenays Ouest (AFKO) has been running a french camp at l’Ecole des Sept-sommets since June 29. The camp is running for four weeks, with different kids aged 6 to 10 year-olds attending each week from Monday to Thursday. The campers do crafts, play games, and practice their french language skills. Instructor Marine Clément-Colison played games with the kids Wednesday afternoon, including different varieties of tag. Photo by Chelsea Novak
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NEXT CITY COUNCIL MEETING: Regular council meeting: Monday, August 17, 6 p.m. Monday, September 14, 6 p.m. Monday, September 28, 6 p.m. ROSSLAND MOUNTAIN MARKET Thursday Aug 6, 2-6 p.m., downtown Rossland @ Columbia and Queen. The market is still in need of volunteers to help operating through the summer season. Email rosslandmountainmarket@gmail.com to get involved! MUSIC IN THE PARK Thursday, August 6, 7-8 p.m. @ Gazebo at Gyro Park. Trail Arts Council Music
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WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE WEEKLY CAMPFIRE AND CONCERT Tuesdays, 5-7 p.m. @ the Rossland Museum and Discovery Centre. This weekly event will feature a guest speaker who will engage 6-12 year olds with hands-on activities based in science and
WALKING TOUR OF ROSSLAND’S HISTORIC DOWNTOWN Thursdays, Saturdays to Aug 29, 1:45 to 2:45 p.m. $3 discount with museum visit. The one-hour walking tour highlights the history and architecture of Rossland’s gold mining era. You will see how both fire and prosperity have shaped our little mountain town. By 1898 Rossland had 40 hotels, 5 churches, 4 breweries, 3 banks, and a hospital. Many of these buildings and their stories survive to this day. Meet at the Harry Lafevre Square (out front of Ferraro Foods) at 1:45pm – tours end at the Miner’s Hall at 2:45pm, just in time to catch the Gold Fever Follies 3 pm matinee performance! SATURDAY NIGHT SOCCER Saturdays 7-9 p.m. until October 31 @ Jubilee Park. All ages welcome! SLURPS AND BURPS FEEDING GROUP
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Tuesdays until Nov 3, 11:30 am to 1 pm. Family Obstetrics Clinic, 4th Floor Maternity, KBRH Trail. Share your experiences with your peers in an informative place for breastfeeding and bottle support. Whether you are an expectant mom, brand new mom, or a more seasoned mom, we welcome you! THE CHURCH OF DIRT Mondays, 5:30 p.m. @ the Centennial Trail-head parking lot. Come out and get dirty, meet great folks young and old, and add to our fantastic trail system. Reminders, updates, and location changes will be posted on Bhubble before each build night. No experience needed. ART DROP IN NIGHT Mondays, 7 to 8:30 p.m. @ the new space next door to RHC Insurance downtown. There will be no instruction, just a space to be creative with other youth artists. ADULT CO-ED REC HOCKEY Tuesdays 9:45 to 11 p.m. Sundays 9:15 to 10:30 p.m. Join this fun, co-ed recreational program of non-contact drop-in hockey. Full equipment is required and some experience necessary. PICKLEBALL Indoor Pickleball at RSS Wednesdays from 6 to 7:30 p.m. ROSSLAND MONKEY CLUB Tuesdays and Thursdays, 6:30-8 p.m. @ RSS Auditorium. Parkour and freerunning. Ages 8 and up. $5 drop-in. TEEN NIGHT Tuesdays 6-8 p.m. @ the Rossland Public Library. Let Sage and Sally know what you want to do at Teen Night. Come out and have fun!
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materials may add three Lego pieces to our communal sculpture. Photo contest: Take a photo of your child reading or building something (anything) and post it on our FB or email to info@rossland.bclibrary.ca. We will draw for a family membership to the Rossland Museum & Discovery Centre at the Market on August 20.
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In the new riding of South Okanagan-West Kootenay, one party is having trouble finding a candidate, while three others have long been unofficially on the hustings. “Eleven weeks is a long time for people to listen to the campaigning and to see the signage littering the countryside,” said Liberal candidate Connie Denesiuk. “I think it is going to be wearisome for the public, but at the same time, I am excited to be kicking off the campaign locally.” Across the country, 87 per cent of the ridings have had boundary changes, with Penticton, merging the southern half with the West Kootenay, including the Slocan Valley. With incumbent Conservative MP Dan Albas choosing to run in the new Central Okanagan-Similkameen-Nicola riding, and Alex Atamanenko, the NDP incumbent for the former BC Southern Interior riding retiring, the field for the new riding was left open. The three current challengers for the riding are Denesiuk, Marshall Neufeld for the Conservatives, Richard Cannings for the NDP and Brian Gray as an independent. The Green Party have yet to name a candidate,
but say they are planning to field one. Cannings said he expects the riding will see a hard fought race between the Conservatives and the NDP. “It gives us a riding where we have a real chance of winning. We think we have a very good chance of defeating the conservatives here,” said Cannings. Neufeld, who was selected as the Conservative candidate in 2014, has been campaigning for some time. “I have been door-knocking for a couple of months now,” said Neufeld, adding that he doesn’t expect the lengthy election period to affect his plans, though he admits it will be a hard battle for the Conservatives to take the new riding. “It is certainly going to be a tighter race. I believe it is going to be a tight race between the leadership being offered by Stephen Harper and the economic and foreign affairs policies of Thomas Mulcair.” Political pundits atthreehundredeight.com have South Okanagan West Kootenay heavily slanted to the NDP, projecting 47.5 per cent of the vote. Conservative is projected at 29.4 per cent, and Liberal at 13.2. “If we had a NDP government under Tom Mulcair, just think of the changes that would happen,” said Cannings, pointing to policies like
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Left to right: Dick Cannings, Marshal Neufeild, Connie Denesiuk. A noted author, he said his professional background as a biologist and ecologist set him apart. “I think it would be really important to have more of a scientific voice in parliament,” said Cannings, adding that the Conservative government has been muzzling scientists for far too long as well as damaging laws protecting the environment. “I think we need to hear the voice of reason in our government.” Denesiuk, a former school board chair, said that serving on the boards of many advocacy groups has given her wide political experience. “I know what it takes to represent people with a strong voice. I’ve done it at the provincial level, I have done it at the local level and I have done it at the national level,” she said. “This
is a very diverse riding, with more than 40 communities. We need to bring the riding together and I am good at that.” Independent candidate Brian Gray could not be reached for comment, but in his campaign literature he said he chose to run to “offer Canadians an alternative to the bankrupt and dying City of London/ Wall Street Banking Empire and the desperate British/US/NATO axis’ unjustified and unwarranted war drive against Russia and China.” “The underlying issue and critical imperative of my policy platform is for Canada to align with the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa) nations and to join the Chinese initiated Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank,” wrote Gray.
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ANDRES WIRELESS ANDRES WIRELESS ANDRES B USINESS ANDRES CAR AUDIO Aberdeen Mall (250) 377-8880
CRANBROOK
215 - 450 Lansdowne Mall (250) 377-8007
200-1965 Columbia Ave. 101 Kootenay St. North (250) 365-6455 (250) 426-8927
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NELSON
Chahko Mika Mall (250) 352-7258
300 St. Paul Str. (250) 377-3773
KELOWNA
2153 Springfield Road (250) 860-2600
154 Victoria Str (250) 314-9944
WEST KELOWNA #200 - 2180 Elk Rd. (250) 707-2600