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If the turnout at advance polls this weekend is any indication, lots of voters are taking an interest in the Canadian Federal election. Elections Canada is reporting that more than 3.6 million voters turned out over the four days of advance polling from Oct. 9 to 12, setting a new elections record. On Monday, Oct. 12 1.2 million voters turned out besting the individual totals for the previous three days: 850,000 on Friday, 780,000 on Saturday and 767,000 on Sunday. Turnout at advance polls has been growing since 1993, when the opportunity was extended to all voters, but this year’s count represents a 71 per cent increase over the 2011 federal election, when about 2.1 million people voted in advance polls. “In previous elections, we have only had three days of advance voting. This is the ﬁrst time we added a fourth,” said Dorothy Sitek, representing Elections Canada. “In past years, advance polls weren’t open on Sunday, but that changed this year. “We increased the advance voting opportunity,” said Sitek, adding that besides adding 25 per cent voting time, there were also more sites: B.C. had 602 advance polling sites, out of 3,423 nationwide. In 2011, B.C. only had 544 advance polls out of 3,258 total. Sitek said that as the agency charged with administering the election, Elections Canada

VOTERS LINED up outside the Seniors’ Drop-in Centre in Penticton last weekend to cast their vote in advance polls.

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couldn’t comment on the voter turnout. “We do say it is great to see electors taking advantage of the opportunity to vote, but we can’t say anything beyond that,” said Sitek. What the high turnout at advance polls means in terms of the overall election will only be known when the polls close at 7 p.m. on election day, Oct. 19. The only certainty is that with ﬁve ﬁrst-timers running, South Okanagan West Kootenay will have a newly minted MP representing the riding in Ottawa. Made up of large parts of the former Southern Interior and Okanagan-Coquihalla ridings, the new South Okanagan West Kootenay has a complex

voting history. The riding, stretching from the Similkameen to the Central Kootenays, was a NDP stronghold under Alex Atamanenko since 2006, but the area leaned to conservative under Jim Gouk since 1993, ﬁrst for the Reform Party, then the Conservative Alliance. In the northern part of the riding, which includes Penticton, Okanagan-Coquihalla has been a conservative stronghold, most recently under Dan Albas, and before him, Stockwell Day. Jim Hart, who stepped down in 2000 to make room for Day to run, held the area for the Reform Party since 1993, when he took it from the NDP’s Jack Whittaker.

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No explanation behind spike in overdoses Dale Boyd

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A spike in illicit drug overdoses in Oliver and

Osoyoos has the RCMP urging caution, though the drug in question is still unknown. Osoyoos RCMP re-

leased a statement on Oct. 8 saying that police were aware of the spike in overdoses in the area and that neither the

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tails,” Cpl. Jason Bayda said. The incidents were reported to the RCMP by hospitals in the area and the investigation is being taken on by Interior Health. On Oct. 9 Interior Health released a statement urging drug users to exercise caution in “the wake of several suspected drug overdoses in the Oliver and Osoyoos area over the last two weeks,” the statement reads. “It is uncertain at this time what exactly is causing the overdoses. Interior Health is working with the RCMP to investigate further.” The release states that not using drugs is the best way to avoid overdoses. “It’s obviously much better to know what the

drugs are, but we have to go with the common theme that all illicit drugs are dangerous,” Bayda said. “There’s never a good batch.” Interior Health said the age range for the recent cases of overdoses includes adults from 2060 years old. “In general it is always a challenge to identify the cocktail or components of the cocktail these people get from street drugs. Usually street drugs are not purely one single drug, it is a combination and they can be a wide range of things from hallucinogens, opiates, prescription drugs,” said Dr. Kamran Golmohammadi, medical health officer with Interior Health. “It is very difficult to say what exactly was

in the product that was sold on the street,” Golmohammadi said. He noted at this time it is unclear how the substance or substances were ingested. Interior Health noted in its release tips to reduce the risk of an overdose including not mixing different drugs, not to take drugs alone, taking a small sample of a drug before taking a usual dosage, never experiment with higher doses and keeping an eye out for friends who are ingesting drugs. Signs of an overdose include a headache, nausea, confusion, vomiting, shakes and fainting. If experiencing these symptoms after ingesting an illicit drug, or if you believe you are witnessing an overdoes call 911 immediately.

FIREFIGHTERS surround a vehicle involved in a collision on Friday night that left one man dead.

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One dead in collision Dale Boyd Western News

A 67-year-old Penticton man is dead after a twovehicle collision on Lakeside Road on Oct. 9. A Red, 2010 Ford F-150 was travelling south on Lakeside Road and crossed the centre line side swiping a 2002 Kia Rio. The Rio spun, crossing the road, and the male driver was trapped inside. Police reported he was not wearing a seatbelt at the time. Both were conscious when police arrived at the scene but the male in the Rio died after arriving at the hospital. The driver of the Rio was a delivery driver in Penticton, according to RCMP.

The incident is still under active investigation by the Coroner and RCMP.

Bear spray robbery

Two females reported they were robbed by two other females who used bear spray at their residence on Airport Road Monday. The assailants, who are known to the victims, entered the residence, used bear spray and took belongings. Nobody has been taken into custody but a warrant has been requested for the two assailants.

Break-in at Back Country

In the early morning hours Oct. 8 a male and female wearing heavy, coverall-type clothing broke into Back Country Sports on 1031 Eckhardt Ave. Bear spray, knives and clothing were taken. The suspects were driving a grey, full-sized pick-up truck and departed towards Summerland.

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New casino lease not in the cards Steve Kidd

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David Prystay said enough is enough, announcing last week that RPB Hotels is ending its longstanding lease with Lake City Casinos at the Lakeside Resort. “We decided to take the lead hand and let them know we would not be entertaining any thought of renewing the lease with the casino at this hotel,” said Prystay, the hotel’s general manager. Lake City Casino has been located at the resort since May 2000. “They were aggressively looking for a new place to move to,” he continued. “They haven’t said they are leaving, but if they are pursuing someplace else to move to, that means they are leaving, in my terms. Instead of waiting for them to tell us what to do, we are going to tell them what to do.” Prystay plans to convert the General manaGer David Prystay of the Penticton lakeside resort holds a royal flush in the hotel lobby folspace currently occupied by the lowing his recent announcement the facility would not be renewing its contract with Gateway Casinos when Lake City Casino and covert it into the current lease runs out in the spring of 2017. mark Brett/Western news a state of the art convention centre. He also plans to renovate the reTanya Gabara, spokesperson for is to create a full-service entertain- said. “We are committed to doing sort’s existing catering facilities and parent company Gateway Casinos, ment destination with gaming, business in Penticton and remaining add a minimum of 64 rooms, while said they tried to work with the rather than a purely gaming house. a community partner. It is very imrenovating the existing 203 rooms. Lakeside Resort and had presented Gateway has been investigating sev- portant to us.” “It will give us the largest private expansion concepts that would in- eral possibilities for a new location, Moving to the PIB would come convention facilities in the interior clude live entertainment and an ex- though Gabara declined to give spe- at a loss to the City of Penticton, of B.C.,” said Prystay. “We told panded food and beverage service. cifics. which receives a percentage of the them (Lake City Casino) we have “There wasn’t any interest to ex“We continue to explore a lot casino profits as a host city. no intention of renewing the lease plore these options or make them of those options and once we have “It’s been averaging the last few beyond May 15, 2017. There is no work,” said Gabara. “We are not walked through the regulatory and years around $1.6 million,” said wriggle room. content to just stay and offer what due diligence, we will have an an- Mayor Andrew Jakubeit. Along with “I decided that we may as well we know our customers are less sat- nouncement on what the plan is,” that, he continued, there are jobs and move forward and take care of our isfied with. They want these other she said, adding that moving the ca- tax revenue, plus the amount the caown employees and ensure we have amenities to be part of the experi- sino to Penticton Indian Band land sino spends as one of the city’s larga good future in Penticton, not wait ence, so we began explorations else- is a possibility. er electrical utility customers. for them for to make their move, where in Penticton.” “That is always an option. We “We are working really hard to which leaves us in the lurch.” The vision, according to Gabara, have looked at many locations,” she keep them in town. Hopefully we

will be able to come to providing more specifics shortly, but my key focus is ensuring the jobs and revenue — particularly the revenue — and taxes stay within the City of Penticton,” said Jakubeit. Jakubeit said that to his knowledge, the property recently purchased by the city adjacent to the South Okanagan Events Centre has not been discussed with Gateway Casinos. Gabara was also unable to say if the newly-purchased land had been discussed. “We have no knowledge of what the city is going to do with that property. I am not part of the development team, so I would have no idea if they had even explored that location,” she said. Jakubeit also said he isn’t concerned that the Lakeside Resort will be competing with the Trade and Convention facility, which is owned by the city. “They have already been in competition anyways. We will be working on plans to coexist and leverage as much as we can out of each opportunity,” said Jakubeit. “If we get more conferences in here, all the better.” The Lakeside reinvesting in their property is fantastic news for the city, according to Jakubeit. “That is a really large initiative that they are going to be putting forward and we hope it will spur some of the other (hotel and motel) properties to modernize or reinvest into their offerings,” said Jakubeit. “It has been one of the drums we have been beating, about a need to be addressed. Good on David for championing this and being the industry leader.”

Province invests in labour market study for Penticton Dan Walton

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The province is spending $71,300 for the City of Penticton to evaluate local employment challenges. As a measure to improve attraction and retention of skilled labour, a consulting team will be using the money to survey at least 100 employers to better gauge the strengths and weaknesses of hiring practices in the South Okanagan. “We’re constantly putting employees through training programs, and any money we can get to offset the cost is a bonus,” said Charlene Demers, office manager of Slimline Manufacturing Ltd. where the announcement was made on Oct. 9. “If we can move an employee from one position to another and bring an underling in and grow the company that way, then you have tribal knowledge.” Mayor Andrew Jakubeit said a pitch for a labour market

study was made by local representatives at the Union of British Columbia Municipalities in 2013, which was well-received by Shirley Bond, Minister of Jobs, Tourism and Skills Training. In addition to the survey, and with direction from a steering committee of local stakeholders, the consulting firm will also host two focus groups with small business owners and conduct a number of in-depth interviews with some of the area’s largest employers. Penticton’s economic development officer Colleen Pennington said the data will then be used to create a strategy to solve some of the problems local employers have. From this data, a three year strategy will be developed with recommendations and an action plan that will help support local industries and the community. Pennington said the final report is expected to be produced in March and will act as a valuable resource for years. While the data has yet to be collected, there was specula-

tion that support for spousal employment will be identified as a concern. “For instance with the new hospital here in Penticton – if we attract a new doctor, maybe a female doctor, her husband will probably be looking for work, and it’s likely he’s a semiprofessional or professional also,” Jakubeit said. “Most people survive on two incomes, so becomes a challenge and impediment. Hopefully this strategy helps figure out a solution.” He said Penticton has a strong manufacturing sector, albeit niche, that has feasible potential for growth. Dan Ashton, MLA for Penticton said the study will be a blueprint and action plan for employers and industry to follow. He added the manufacturing industry in Penticton ships their product all over the world and there needs to be a plan for the companies to grow and expand in Penticton. “Okanagan doesn’t have an issue attracting good workers – keeping them is an issue,” said Ashton.

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‘Violent’ Penticton man denied bail Dale Boyd

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A man facing multiple charges related to carrying a concealed firearm was denied bail on Tuesday in Penticton Provincial Court. Jessy Arthur Michaud, 46, is facing 11

charges including the unauthorized possession of a firearm, carrying a concealed weapon or prohibited device, possessing a firearm knowing it was unauthorized, careless use of storage of a firearm and multiple breaches of probation. Michaud was arrest-

ed at a Penticton hotel in August after a warrant was issued for his arrest, in which the police called Michaud a “violent” man. In August Crown Counsel Chris Balison told the Western News that Michaud was charged with carrying

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The man who tried to burn the door of a local hotel was ordered to undergo a psychological assessment after a series of increasingly strange run-ins with the police. Randolph Dionne admitted to police that on Sept. 25 he attempted and failed to burn the door of a suite at the Bowmont Motel, and was ordered to undergo a psychological assessment as he faces an arson charge. Dionne was attempting to locate a stolen mountain bike inside a hotel room and was unable to retrieve the bike. He poured accelerant on the door of the hotel room and lit it on fire. The fire only burnt the accelerant on the door, not damaging the door

or suite. Dionne admitted to starting to fire when a police officer spoke with him afterwards. Dionne was arrested and made an admission statement with the RCMP and was arrested and released on a promise to appear. Since his release Dionne failed to appear in court and was involved in numerous police contact saying that he was being threatened among other incidents. Dionne had no police contact from January and August of 2015, however from Aug. 24 onward he has had 19 incidents involving the police. “A large portion of them deal with mental

health issues,” Crown counsel Nashina Devji said. On Sept. 9 “Mr. Dionne was attempting to intimidate the owner of a store, on (September) 22. He called 911 numerous time via text. Saying he was being threatened, he asked that they deliver cigarettes to him,” Devji said. He also told police he was paranoid and that people were after him. Dionne’s defence counsel, James Pennington, said his client has a psychiatrist, but not a mental health worker. “I’m concerned about him as well,” Pennington said. Dionne, who is now in custody, will return to court on Nov. 4 after

a psychological assessment is completed.

Man pleads guilty to sexual assault spanning 10 years

A Penticton man pleaded guilty to sexual assault charges ranging over a decade. Lawrence William Chartrand, 38, appeared via video from the Kamloops Regional Correctional Centre to plead guilty to charges of sexual assault in Penticton Provincial Court on Oct. 9. The charges were committed from Jan. 1, 1998 until Dec. 31, 2009. A pre-sentence and psychiatric report were ordered and Chartrand will return to court Dec. 9.

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Connie Denesiuk, Liberal candidate for south okanagan-West kootenay, responds to a student’s question during Pen High’s all-candidates forum at the shatford Centre on oct. 13.

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During Penticton Senior Secondary’s all candidates forum at the Shatford Centre on Oct. 13, those running for a seat in the riding of South OkanaganWest Kootenay had to share their philosophies with a much younger crowd than they’re normally used to. The biggest talking points of this election such as tax rates and the niqab were largely ignored, while concerns of post secondary tuition, a lower voting age and the legality of weed were on the forefront. After hearing from the parties that showed up, students will be participating in a mock election to see who they would choose as their Member of Parliament. It was only representatives from the Liberal Party, NDP and an independent who attended, so the audience only received a slanted version of their electoral options, as Conservative candidate Marshall Neufeld chose not to attend, and Green candidate Samantha Troy had to cancel last minute due to “conflicts of scheduling and proximity.” “I was very disappointed that the Conservative candidate could not be represented at the actual forum,” said Grade 11 student Eli Nelson, who was one of four student panelists for the debate. “The Green Party representative was stung by a wasp and had medical reasons not to attend.” Nelson said he contacted the Conservative Party to ask why their candidate refused to attend. “I was given a long, drawn-out excuse about representing different parts in the riding, and how they don’t want to participate in any all-candidates forums in October because they want to get to as many people as possible, which I don’t understand because an all candidate forum would be getting to as many people as possible.” Grade 11 student Cassandra Bruce said she doesn’t agree much with the Conservative Party policies, but admits those criticisms are largely based on what she hears in the news and from opposition parties, and was disappointed that Neufeld couldn’t defend those criticisms. Had he participated, Neufeld would have been the only candidate defending the criminalization of

marijuana – Liberal candidate Denesiuk, independent candidate Brian Gray and NDP candidate Cannings’ opinions on the issue only differed marginally. “It didn’t work with alcohol, it doesn’t work with marijuana,” said Denesiuk. “I asked a number of students, some maybe from this school, what is easier to get – cigarettes or marijuana? Without exception, every young person told me it’s much easier to get marijuana.” Under an NDP government, “people wouldn’t be given criminal records and thrown in jail for having small amounts of recreational marijuana. It’s just ridiculous,“ Cannings said. “What we would do is take a public health approach to concerns about marijuana, just as we do with alcohol and cigarettes. Gray said he’s against the legalization of the plant, but in favour of decriminalizing it. He doesn’t take issue with people growing it in their backyards or closets, but wants to see an end to “massive growops,” and said his views align most with Cannings. The three candidates at the forum were also in unison when it came to lowering the voting age to 16, though there was a slight reservation. Denesiuk said her party is seriously considering a push to lower the voting age, though she believes there should be a prerequisite process to effectively inform young voters – a process that should be similar to Pen High’s forum and mock election. “We let 16 year olds drive cars and we let 17 year olds join the military and put their lives on the line,” Cannings said. “I don’t have anything against lowering the age to 16. When I go door knocking, I meet a lot of adults and I would rather have an engaged 16 year old voting than some of them.” Gray asked for a show of hands as to who would like to see a younger voting age, and about half the people in the room raised their hand. He believes Canada is ready to lower the voting age to 16. As an independent, Gray didn’t speak confidently about his chances of wining the election, but advised voters to be cognizant of an imminent financial collapse among Western nations, and said it’s important to demand that the winning candidate supports a reform to Canada’s banking system. The Western News will follow up on results from the student election upon conclusion.

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The argument for online voting

We put a man on the moon nearly half a century ago, we’ve cured diseases, we can watch television on our phones in the middle of the desert and 3D technology has come and gone. Yet, despite all these advances, we’re still voting with pencils and little slips of perforated paper. Across the Okanagan last weekend voters at advance polls lined up in droves, waiting not-sopatiently in lines that exceeded one hour, sometimes two. It’s not just voters who are frustrated, either. In the riding of Vancouver Centre, a federal elections information officer angrily quit, storming out of the advance-polling station frustrated with ever-growing wait times and what he said was a lack of help from Elections Canada. Earlier this week, officials across the country apologized to voters for the excessive wait times, saying the delays were largely a result of voter turnout being far greater than expected. This, of course, can be a good thing. Voter turnout is almost always lower than it should be, and any sign of it on the uptick should be applauded. But regardless of the reason, one thing is clear: We can do better. The idea of online voting has been bandied about for years, and has especially gained steam among younger voters, many of whom are more comfortable casting a digital ballot from their smartphones or computers than they are standing in lines at the gym of their local high school. There are those, of course, who worry – perhaps rightfully – about computer hacking and other technological glitches compromising the accuracy and legitimacy of something as important as an election. PENTICTON WESTERN If nothing else, digitalizing the in-person experience would speed up the process – perhaps having election officials search for voter names in an online database, rather than having them sift through binder after binder, searching for last names and addresses. For better or worse, we are an increasingly impatient society, and anything that can improve the voting process should be considered.

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Seeing the forest and the trees There was a flurry of excitement in the B.C. legislature last week, as Delta South independent MLA Vicki Huntington released documents suggesting that a multinational manufacturing company continued to buy up B.C. farms for carbon offsets after they said last June they would stop. False alarm, as it turns out. Agriculture Minister Norm Letnick clarified that three more farms in the Peace and Cariboo region had indeed been bought, but the company was merely following legal advice to close deals on farms that it had already agreed to purchase. The company, British-based cleaning product and pharmaceutical maker Reckitt Benckiser (RB) confirmed this. A company official reiterated that its program to buy farms and replant them with trees is suspended. By the time the B.C. government became aware of this global public relations scheme,

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BC Views thanks to the work of NDP MLA Lana Popham and others, about 10,000 hectares of farmland was already planted with seedlings. RB initially said they were buying up abandoned and unproductive farms, but local government ofﬁcials disputed that. RB soon realized that undermining already precarious farming communities was going to provide the opposite of the green publicity they sought, at least in B.C. The company told me it is now looking to switch its carbon offset program to replanting forest areas depleted by

pine beetle and fire. I’ll believe that when I see it, but on the face of it, this sounds almost as questionable as converting farmland back to forests. Pine forests need fire to regenerate, so fires have been part of the regeneration of the ecosystem since the retreat of the last Ice Age. Beetle-kill areas are already coming back, and they were never completely denuded in any case, so the notion of manual planting these areas seems impractical. Most are now criss-crossed with deadfall and all but impassible. Another situation that received little public attention was a report issued late this summer by the B.C. Forest Practices Board about forest stewardship plans. The board reviewed 43 stewardship plans from all regions of B.C., prepared as required under provincial law by forest tenure holders on Crown land. They are supposed to deal with

things like where roads go and how streams are protected. This is the management system put in place in 2003, when the B.C. Liberal government changed its approach to forest management. Gone was the NDP’s infamous seven-volume “Forest Practices Code,” which attempted to micromanage every detail of a timber licence, right down to inspecting for litter left at a logging site. In came “resultsbased” forest management, where licence holders had to produce a plan showing stream protection and other values. The Forest Practices Board has found these plans often aren’t good for much, although results are generally good when they follow up with on-theground audits of actual timber harvest areas. The investigation found that many of the plans cover “vast and overlapping areas of the province, and were

written using legal language that makes them very difﬁcult for public understanding or review.” Little has changed since a similar ﬁnding in 2006. During that time, the forests ministry was turned into Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations, with greatly increased responsibility over wildlife, mining, gas drilling and so on. Columbia RiverRevelstoke MLA Norm Macdonald, who traveled the province as NDP forests critic in recent years, says the problem now is there just aren’t enough people on the ground to assess what’s going on in our huge expanse of Crown land. Meanwhile the city media covers professional protesters issuing demands about the Walbran Valley.

Tom Fletcher is legislature reporter and columnist for Black Press. tfletcher@ blackpress.ca.

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letters The sky is not falling Chicken Little According to the story of Chicken Little, the sky is falling. While we know that’s not true, it was a misleading comment made by that chicken. Some people, especially vulnerable seniors, might think the sky is falling, because Prime Minister Stephen Harper is telling voters that any party, except the Conservatives, will do away with income splitting. This is a half truth, that is also misleading. As a volunteer with the Penticton & Area Access Society, under Canada Revenue Agen-

cy’s Community Volunteer Income Tax Program (CVITP), I have done hundreds of tax returns over the past five years. It was for the 2014 income tax year that the federal government, under Prime Minister Stephen Harper, that family income splitting took effect. Several sources, from the CBC to the Parliamentary Budget officer have shown that this family income splitting will benefit approximately 15 per cent of Canadian families, whose family annual income is more than $233,000.

Stronger MP needed in our riding

The Community Foundation’s Vital Signs report highlights Penticton’s need for jobs, skills training, and higher literacy levels. It reveals a median income level below the B.C. average, higher poverty levels, and increased food bank use. Successive city councils have cited the lack of well-paying jobs. Surely the time has come to reflect on why, after voting for Conservative MPs for so long, Penticton is still struggling to decrease poverty levels and add good jobs to the local economy. Respected Conservative Finance Minister Jim Flaherty had appealed to corporations to create jobs using their extensive cash reserves, and they declined. So now is the time for government to be involved in direct economic stimulus, as it successfully did in the post-war years. We need stronger representation in Ottawa, because the Conservative plan has failed us. This election presents a prime opportunity for change in Penticton. The Liberal plan will create jobs and deal with Canada’s pressing infrastructure requirements, while running modest deficits at a time when interest rates are at historic lows. We need jobs now, not “in five years” as the NDP proposes. The Liberal plan has been endorsed in national news editorials and by respected economists such as Parliamentary Budget Officer Kevin Page, and Bank of Canada Governor David Dodge. It includes skills training funding for colleges, and a consultative approach with the B.C. government to ensure regionally appropriate levels of apprenticeship funding. The NDP candidate claims that he and the Conservative are the only contenders. However the projected outcome of the election has turned sharply away from an NDP victory, with Liberals now leading in popular support across Canada. A Sept. 13 Dogwood poll, showing NDP with a strong lead in South Okanagan - West Kootenay, reflects stale data. The “308” poll aggregate site states that its riding projections “are not polls and are not necessarily an accurate reflection of current voting intentions in each riding.” We have a strong Liberal candidate in Connie Denesiuk, who has been campaigning and meeting people in the riding for the past 17 months. She has 25 years experience in humanitarian and community service and in business; has held

According to the Liberal’s campaign page, they’d cancel this income splitting for families with children under 18, while the NDP campaign page states they’d scrap the family income splitting program. Both the Liberal and NDP campaigns have stated clearly that they’d not scrap the pension-splitting currently available for seniors. I’ve processed many returns for seniors who opt-in to pensionsplitting. As Canadian senior women have too often been low-wage earners, or stay-at-

elected office; and currently serves on the Okanagan College Board. Denesiuk knows how to bring people together around shared goals to achieve much-needed economic and social improvement in this riding. We have an opportunity for positive change. Loraine Stephanson Penticton

Erosion of democracy must stop

Stephen Harper has repeatedly disrespected Canada’s democracy in his greed for power. In 2011, Harper’s Conservatives were found to be in contempt of Parliament becoming the only Government of Canada as well as the only one of the entire Commonwealth’s 53 nations to be found in contempt. Subsequently, because of our imperfect electoral system, Harper was rewarded with a majority government by only 35 per cent of voters. Perhaps his supporters hadn’t noticed his shame, didn’t care or simply trusted his word. Not surprisingly the Harper government, unlike the other parties, has no plans to even consider a form of proportional representation. Additionally, Harper has prorogued Parliament four times. The Conservatives have been found guilty of breaking electoral rules on numerous occasions — exceeding spending limits, accepting illegal donations and placing robo calls intended to suppress voting by non-supporters. His unprecedented silencing of Canadian scientists serves only to hide their findings from taxpayers who fund the research. Harper prefers to have the electorate unaware that instead of making fact based policies, his government prefers fabricating policy-based “facts.” Harper has made this campaign the painfully longest in our history so that the Conservatives and their wealthy supporters could further outspend the other Parties, continue their fear mongering and spreading of misinformation. If you are one of the majority of voters who have joined the “heave Steve” aka ABC (anything but Conservative) movement then please choose carefully. Don’t be misled by those who cite national poles. Locally, Richard Cannings, our outstanding NDP candidate, is your man to beat Harper’s Conservatives and help restore respect for our precious democracy. Beverley Boden Penticton

home moms (such as myself on both parts), Canada’s senior women tend to be poorer than their spouses, and pension-splitting makes sense, to give them a greater tax break in their later years. Please remember, the sky is not falling and nobody in their right (or left) minds would take away from the seniors who’ve made this country we call Canada. Just get out and vote, because it’s our election. Brigid Kemp Penticton

Election promises

So far the NDP’s Mulcair has promised that he will balance the budget while also promising approximately $40 billion for new and existing programs. Trudeau has promised to borrow $40 billion that he will have to add to this country’s debt. He says it is a good time to borrow to help the economy. Harper has promised a balanced budget and modest tax cuts. Both the NDP and Liberals promised enough things to the electorate and the gullible will believe that one of these parties can lead their country into prosperity. If the Liberals and the NDP truly believe they can win this election they wouldn’t be putting themselves into a position where they can’t deliver on their promises or worse yet, if they believe they can win they won’t hesitate to increase the national debt to the point where our credit rating could be downgraded. The politicians in Greece promised anything and everything to everyone in order to get elected or re-elected. The result of this vote buying by the Greek politicians caused the country to go bankrupt. In my opinion the choice in the coming election is easy. Vote for a party that has kept Canada’s economy more stable than most countries during the current recession and the Arab created oil price crash or vote for one of the two parties that promises everything and are prepared to spend your dollars like crazy men and destroy our Canada. If there are enough gullible voters in Canada we might have to have a new name ... new Greece.

A selection of comments on Penticton Western News stories found online:

On web poll - do you support the removal of angle parking in the 100 block of Main Street:

“During the summer with Gyro Park - we need all the parking we can get! I sure hope Main Street isn’t going the same way as the 200 block of Martin Street! Less parking, those silly bollards that create havoc with the parking, never mind the chain that clothes lines motorcyclists in the dark and too narrow.”

— posted by Dawne Young

“Not with the courthouse and city hall there, parking is needed.”

— posted by Keith Bevan

On Election poll confusion in the South Okanagan:

“It’s already ridiculous. I went to register today and the same office is taking registrations, special advance voting and advanced voting. People are going in and throwing down their ID demanding they have to vote today because they will be out of town? Another elderly lady complaining that she took the bus all the way down there.”

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The other side of the story

Recently a letter to the editor urged us to read an item (and spread the word) in the New York Times, The closing of the Canadian mind purportedly what Canada has lost during the Harper years. Because the election date is nearing, and I will be voting, I did research this article and while doing so I came across a rebuttal of sorts, in The Montreal Gazette dated 9/26/15, titled Canada the Good vs. Canada the Ugly. In my opinion if you are to believe the contents of the first article without reading the second one you are doing yourself and the political process a disservice, if it swayed your vote . Donna Irvine Penticton

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Ringo rocks out with All-Starrs at SOEC

Ringo on the move with two of his All Starr band members, that included the nimble fingers of former Toto guitarist Steve Lukather (left) and ex-Bread Saxman Warren Ham.

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Dan Walton Concert review As one half the remaining members of the Beatles, Ringo Starr’s contribution to rock ‘n’ roll eclipses nearly every other living musician, it was only ﬁtting he shared the stage with legendary rockers that make up his All-Starr Band, and delivered many hits that span decades

beyond his reign with the Fab Four. During Starr’s world tour stop in Penticton, he and his All-Starr Band took over the South Okanagan Events Centre on Oct. 10. While every member of the AllStarr Band had achieved vast success in their careers, Starr – being a former Beatle – helped to trail blaze rock ‘n’ roll into what it is today. There’s no denying that Starr’s star-power eclipses that of his bandmates, but it was anything other than a one-man show. Even though each musician on stage is revered in different degrees, all of their personalities and musical styles were given equal attention — much like The Beatles. It’s hard to understand why Starr didn’t place more emphasis on his success from the 1960s. Not surprisingly, it was during the handful of Beatles tunes that audience members were most engaged, bringing almost everybody to their

feet, many with two ﬁngers in the air waving the international symbol for peace. I can’t imagine what would have pleased the crowd more than hearing Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band played in its entirety. Nonetheless, with a little help from his friends who are classic rock musicians from the bands Santana, Mr. Mister, Toto and other classic rock contributors, the largely baby boomer crowd was sprinkled with steady doses of hits from their heydays, such as Black Magic Woman, Oye Como Vas, Broken Wings and Hold the Line. But amid the hits that succeeded The Beatles catalogue, the frequency of foottapping songs made it clear that a drummer was leading the show. During the ﬂow of the music, Richard Page and Todd Rundgren especially shared the stage most cooperatively, dancing and bopping together while playing their strings. While the All Starrs’ don’t share

the same level of fame as any member of The Beatles, their striking skill sets and charming stage presence made it easy to see that Starr was sharing the stage with other masters. While the band Toto isn’t top of mind to every rock ’n’ roll fan, its founding guitarist Steve Lukather shreds at a speed that didn’t exist while The Beatles were alive. If his fretboard were a keyboard, he’d be able to type 500 words per minute. As the show closed in on the halfway point, the crowd heard the ﬁrst Beatles staple – Yellow Submarine, which of course was written by Ringo. In his quirky, monotone voice, he asked the audience midway through the song, “we’re going to Penticton?” The show focused primarily on the music, as the stage and visual productions were kept quite basic. The show was well-formatted for the target audience. With his

legendary status, Starr doesn’t need to be fashionably late and came on stage right at 7:30 p.m., and together, he and his group easily carried the entire show without an opening band. There were no breaks in his two-hour set, and he saved us the dog and pony show of an encore (stadium performances require too much co-ordination for musicians to genuinely improvise). He saved the best for last with a mesh of With a Little Help From My Friends leading into Give Peace a Chance. Considering how there are hundreds of sculptures of Ringo Starr standing in wax museums around the world, the crowd got their money’s worth by seeing the legend alive in ﬂesh. But even at 75 years old, he did much more than simply show up, and the crew of aging rockers he brought along came with just as much stamina. Dan Walton is a reporter for the Penticton Western News

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Beer barrage at Oktoberfest Dan Walton

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Penticton will bask in the traditions of Oktoberfest at the Penticton Trade and Convention Centre. Taking pride in the product is a prerequisite for Oktoberfest breweries. After a certain point in a small businesses’ growth, it’s difficult to maintain the local charm, but Oktoberfest celebrations aim to source out the few European breweries that propelled themselves onto the world stage without giving up family ownership. In deciding the beers to be featured at this year’s event, organizers followed the traditional standards as close as possible. “Erdinger has existed for over 150 years, Stiegl has been around since 1492,” said Flavia Aarden-Kilger, beverage facilitator for Penticton Oktoberfest. “They’re all family owned – staying close to that tradition is what Oktoberfests are all about.” For most flavours brewed by Erdinger and Stiegl, ingredients are all grown within 100 kilometres of their breweries AardenKilger said. And in following the Bavarian purity law, only four ingredients are allowed – yeast, hops, malt and water. With the just those simple ingredients, there’s a massive range of flavour profiles. Among the many variables, “the flavour of each beer depends where the hops are grown, the type of yeast and malt that’s used,” she said. “These are beers that are brewed in Bavaria, just outside of Munich in the town of Erding.” Oktoberfest beers are generally made with wheat, but traditions can be warped to accommodate evolving dietary needs, and this year Mongozo will be on tap to offer a gluten-free alternative.

“It’s for celiacs so they can have a beer that actually tastes like beer,” she said, adding that people without gluten intolerance also enjoy the brew. “Mongozo in a Guyanese dialect means ‘to your health.’” For those who find the taste of beer to be too strong but still want to sample the authentic product, the Stiegl Radler mixes its lager half-and-half with grapefruit juice. “Plus a little bit of orange and lemon juice to cut that bitterness of the grapefruit,” she said. “The story goes that (in 1922) a group of people were walking towards a restaurant in the mountains, and the proprietor didn’t have enough beer for the group of 20 to 30 thirsty people, but he wanted to service them. He had limited Stiegl lager so he added juice to it, and that’s how we got the Radler.” Another sweet beverage to be served at Oktoberfest will be the Früli, which offers a strong fruit flavour. “It is a Belgian wheat beer with 30 per cent strawberry juice and the strawberries are fermented in with the beer,” AardenKilger said. “It’s all natural – it tastes fairly sweet but there are no added sugars in there.” Aarden-Kilger said she also uses Früli to make milkshakes and for splashing into sparkling wine. For a dark flavoured beer without too much bite, give the Erdinger Dunkel a try. “What they do is they roast the malt a little bit longer. It’s almost black but it still has that light taste,” she said, adding that the Dunkel is bottle fermented – the same process as champagne. “It’s light in flavour – I find it’s a little bit more chocolatey; a little sweeter.” She said all Erdinger’s at Oktoberfest will be served from kegs which are also

fermented. “So a little bit of yeast is added to the keg and you get this awesome beer.” In addition to the wide assortment of European beer to fit the occasion, attendees have more options than imports. “We’re always happy to be a supplier of good, local craft beer,” said Patt Dyck, co-owner of Cannery Brewing Company in Penticton. In addition to the European beers, she said “that seems to be a winning combination.” Dyck said the Cannery brings beers that are “lagerish” to go with Oktoberfest, but said other flavours will also be available, likely to include the Naramata Nut Brown Ale and Apricot Wheat Ale. “We haven’t finalized the total breakdown yet, we’ll see what the organizers want.” Since the festival is taking place in the Okanagan, wine — the regions staple beverage — will also be an option, with Wild Goose Vinyards supplying two of their products. Wild Goose Riesling 2014 is their classic recipe and is produced with grapes from 30-year-old vines. “Intense apple and citrus flavours accompanied by a hint of minerality and a lovely palate cleansing crispness,” it’s described on pentictonoktoberfest.ca. They’re also service Wild Goose Merlot 2012, which was aged in both American and French oak barrels for a full year. “Dark, rich and robust, this wine shows intense flavours of berry and black currant, finishing with beautiful vanilla and spice and lightly toasted oak,” the website says. Oktoberfest happens on Oct. 24 at the Penticton Trade and Convention Centre beginning at 6 p.m. Tickets cost $35 and can be purchased through valleyfirsttix.com.

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Hiphop artist Evil Ebenezer is coming to the Mule to share his latest album, All That Matters. His new album was produced by Factor Chandelier in Saskatoon, who complimented Ebenezer’s rhymes with original beats. “We wrote the whole thing together from scratch so there’s no samples or anything,” Ebenezer said. In the past, Ebenezer normally built his music around his rhymes, but with All That Matters, the lyrics were written more to fit the sound. “I wanted to try something that was different and it definitely made the songwriting more challenging and interesting,” he said. “All That Matters has a lot more singing and melodic content than what I’ve done before.” Ebenezer’s new album takes a raw look at the world, analyzing the path he’s taken and the dark feelings that come from making a career in the music industry. “There are little moments of world issues, but mostly it’s my ex-

pression of my own personality and demons,” he said. “It’s hard to write when you’re happy all the time, and I’m able to dive into that side of my psyche creatively – those things just kind of come out of me naturally.” He suspects that the high rate of precipitation in Vancouver, where he grew up, contributed some gloominess toward his outlook on life. But amid the overwhelming challenges that face any artist, he argues against hopeless outcomes. “There’s gotta be something out there to believe. There’s always a light at the end of the tunnel. You might feel bound now and feel hopeless, but the sun will come out again and things will be okay. I’m trying to let people know to just keep fighting.” Ebenezer said as an entertainer, it’s most important that his performances are powerful enough to build lasting memories among his audiences. “These are the things that matter to us later on in life – so I want to make it fun and awesome for everybody.” Ebenezer performs at the Mule on Oct. 14. Doors open at 10 p.m. and entry is by donation.

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Community faces PENTICTON RCMP members Cpl. Don Wrigglesworth (left) and Cpl. Jas Johal in their best fashion footwear take a break at Rotary Park recently prior to the start of the Penticton Walk a Mile in Her Shoes event in support of the South Okanagan Women in Need Society. The goal is to raise $50,000 by the end of the day Oct. 15.

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AUSTIN PATERSON, (below; pulling the rope at the front of the line) a Grade 6 student from Skaha Lake Middle School, along with Akashdeep Dhillon and Shawn Malik, and their classmates, join together to pull a school bus to raise money for the Muscular Dystrophy Foundation in a joint event with Princess Margaret school last Thursday. Altogether, the students and staff at SLMS raised $275 for the foundation by putting teams into the Maggie MD Bus Pull.

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THREE-YEAR-OLD Theodore Bergeron (below) from Okanagan Falls had a blast behind the wheel of this 1936 fire truck at the Okanagan Falls Volunteer Fire Department open house on Sept. 20.

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of-Ale Society. “The Fest-of-Ale Society has donated more than $75,000 towards critical medical equipment for Penticton Regional Hospital. With this new gift today for the Patient Care Tower, their commitment will help generations of families over the years. We hope everyone in region knows what this organization does for business, the community and for the hospital we all use. Many thanks to the staff, board of directors, volunteers and participants of Fest-ofAle,” said Janice Perrino, executive director for the South Okanagan Similkameen Medical Foundation. The Okanagan Festof-Ale is a two-day consumer beer and cider tasting event held at the Penticton Trade

and Convention Centre in early April each year. “The 20th annual event was a tremendous success. We made a lot of changes, to celebrate the anniversary of the festival. A fresh new logo, the addition of an outdoor venue and a record number of craft breweries kept new and returning attendees smiling throughout the two day festival,” said society president, Randy Kirkoski. The event is managed by a volunteer board of directors and staffed primarily by community minded volunteers — a set-up that organizers said makes “giving back” so generously possible. “Our heartfelt thanks goes out to nearly 300 volunteers and sponsors who contributed to the success of the 2015

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Penticton’s atom girls Ice Dragons played in the Long Game as part of Hockey Canada’s World Girls’ Hockey weekend. Above, Ice Dragon Kayla Lancaster chases down Kelowna’s Ava Harris. At bottom left, Makayla Kenney congratulates Gabby Lindsay on the Ice Dragons first goal as they took on their Kelowna counterparts Saturday at Memorial Arena. Bottom right, Patience Wittenberg did a stellar job in goal for the Ice Dragons against Kelowna during the cross-Canada long game celebration, on Saturday. The Ice Dragons skated away with a 7-3 win. Steve Kidd/Western News

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Fit and tough as nails is a stereotype that leads to mental health issues in athletes being overlooked, but a new program in the B.C. Hockey League hopes to address that. “You hear how all hockey players are such tough athletes and it’s such a tough sport. That they don’t have to talk about this stuff, but when you look deep underneath the covers there are people who go through everyday problems,” said Penticton Vees captain Tyson Jost. “We’re just like any other athletes and people for that matter. There is nothing special to us. We’re just normal beings playing a game that we love. We all go through tough times.” Jost has seen it first-hand with a former teammate with the Okanagan Rockets in the B.C. Major Midget League. In his lone season with the Rockets, Jost and his teammates rallied around a player who went through hard times. “You look at hockey, it’s such a tough sport. It is hard,” said Jost. “There is a lot of pressure. It’s great when you have that back support around your team and you can go to people and talk to.” The BCHL is teaming up with the Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA) to launch Talk Today. Talk Today is a mental health education program designed for BCHL players, and their supporters, to learn about mental health and increase their skills to help sup-

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THE BCHL has partnered with the Canadian Mental Health Association to give all of its players a program to talk about mental health issues through the launch of Talk Today. Penticton Vee Colton Poolman (6), in action against the West Kelowna Warriors, said it’s great that the league has made such a program available to players. Steve Kidd/Western News

port players who may be struggling or at risk of suicide. Myles Mattila, 16, is a Kelowna player who has also been a mental health advocate for several years because of two events: when he didn’t know how to help one of his hockey teammates who was experiencing mental health issues, and the passing of former Vancouver Canucks’ player, Rick Rypien. “Mental health affects everyone no matter what age we are, and youth and young athletes are no exception,” said Mattila. “It’s encouraging to see programs like Talk Today being implemented to help make a difference and show everyone that it’s OK to talk about mental health and mental illness.” “We are excited to partner with the BC Hockey League, to help their athletes connect with the mental health supports and resources they need to thrive,”

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said Bev Gutray, CEO of CMHA BC in a statement. The Talk Today program is one of the most comprehensive mental health programs for amateur sports in Canada. It consists of several components including mental health and suicide awareness workshops, one-to-one mental health coaches and Talk Today community awareness events at BCHL games. Penticton Vees player Colton Poolman also likes that the league is doing this. “I think it’s very important, especially with

today’s games, how fast things are. How hard hits can be to the head,” he said. “I think it’s great that players have an outlet like that to go and express themselves.” “The BC Hockey league strives to be the best Junior A hockey league in North America,” said BCHL commissioner John Grisdale. “For us, that means supporting the physical and mental health of our athletes, as well as reaching out to our communities and helping support causes we care about through initiatives like Talk Today.” At the heart of Talk Today is the relationship between BCHL teams and CMHA branches. For each of the 17 teams, a local CMHA Mental Health Navigator will serve as a liaison and will help provide referrals to community mental health and addictions support. The navigator will also work closely

with their local BCHL team to help promote mental health awareness within their local community. “Each year, our network of 14 CMHA branches in B.C. help over 120,000 people including children and youth, families and older adults,” said Gutray. “Talk Today will help strengthen those community connections and reach new audiences with the message that mental health is possible for all.” Talk Today builds on the success of an initiative launched in Ontario in 2014 as a partnership between CMHA Ontario and the Ontario Hockey League. Find your local BCHL team and watch for more on Talk Today awareness events coming in early 2016 at www.bchl.ca. To learn more about Talk Today, visit www.cmha.bc.ca or join the conversation on social media using #talktoday.

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Griffin Mendel was speechless upon hearing he will wear the maple leaf in the World Under-17 Hockey Challenge (WU-17). Mendel, the 16-year-old rookie defenceman for the Penticton Vees, said it’s an honour to wear the Team Canada jersey and represent his country. “I didn’t know what to say, I was so excited,” said Mendel, who will play for one of Canada’s three teams in the WU-17 Hockey Challenge Nov.1-8 in Dawson Creek and Fort St. John, B.C.

Mendel said camp was difficult with all the sessions and training, though he still felt he performed well. “I look forward to seeing the team I get named to and representing my country,” said Mendel. Along with the Red, White and Black Canadian teams, the tournament features squads from the Czech Republic, Finland, Russia, Sweden and the United States. It is the second straight year the Vees have at least one player participating in the WU-17 Challenge. Last year Tyson Jost and Dante Fabbro played in Sarnia, Ont. see VEES on pg.15

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Fabbro commits to BU Terriers from VEES on pg.14. Meanwhile, Fabbro, ranked eighth by the International Scouting Services for the 2016 NHL Entry Draft, announced on Twitter that he has committed to the Boston University Terriers for next season. The Coquitlam product leads all BCHL defencemen in scoring with five goals and 16 points in 10 games. He was named to the BCHL All-Rookie team last year after putting up 33 points in 44 games. Over the weekend, the Vees made it 10 wins in a row with a 5-1 victory in Chilliwack on Oct. 10. Forty-seven seconds into the tilt, Tyson Jost set up Easton Brodzinski to give the Vees a 1-0 lead. Less than a minute later, Fabbro scored to make it 2-0 and his goal held up as the winner after Kohen Olischefski made it 2-1 at 7:17 in the first. The Vees got two more in the opening frame by Brodzinski and Fabbro on the power-play, which finished two-for-five. The Vees outshot the Chiefs 25-9 in the first period. After a scoreless second period, Scott Conway scored an empty net goal at the 14-minute mark of the third period. Anthony Brodeur made 24 saves in the win. Conway earned player of the week honours

for the second time as he potted four goals, two of them game-winners, and two assists in the three wins. Conway came up clutch in the Vees 4-3 overtime win over the West Kelowna Warriors on Oct. 9. “Get the puck to Scotty and see what he can do,” said Vees assistant captain Colton Poolman, after coming out victorious in front of a crowd of 2,406. “He can find the back of the net. Put the puck in his hands and let him do what he can.” On Saturday afternoon, the Vees connected with the Langley Rivermen for a trade. The Vees picked up Luke Voltin (95) in exchange for the playing rights of CHL listed player Griffin Foulk (95). Voltin, 20, had a goal and two points in seven games with the Rivermen after coming over from the Vernon Vipers in an off-season trade. Last year, the six-foot, 195-pound forward had 10 goals and 26 points in 44 games. The Blaine, Minn., native is a graduate of the U.S. National Development Program out of Ann Arbor, Mich., and was a member of Team USA at the 2011 World Under-17 Hockey Challenge. Voltin made his debut with the Vees on Saturday in Chilliwack and wore No.11.

By The Numbers BCHL

(As of Oct. 12) Interior Division GP W L Penticton 11 10 1 Salmon A. 11 6 3 W.Kelowna 11 6 3 Vernon 12 5 6 Merritt 12 5 7 Trail 10 4 6

T 0 2 0 0 0 0

Otl 0 0 2 1 0 0

Pts Otw 20 2 14 0 14 0 11 1 10 0 8 1

League Leaders S.Rempal, Nan Tyson Jost, Pen J.Cressey, Coq Matt Hoover, Nan Scott Conway, Pen D.Brosseau, Nan V.Sukumaran, Chi Colton Kerfoot, Coq Zak Bowles, Mer Nick Hutchison, SA Odeen Tufto, Ver Dante Fabbro, Pen Colin Grannary, Mer Yanni Kaldis, Nan Gavin Gould, Mer J.Desbiens, WK Garrett Forster, WK Nick Jermain, Mer Steven Jandric, Ver Liam Blackburn, WK

GP G A PTS 12 9 15 24 11 9 14 23 13 1011 21 12 12 8 20 11 10 10 20 12 5 14 19 12 10 8 18 13 6 11 17 12 8 8 16 11 7 9 16 12 6 10 16 10 5 11 16 12 6 9 15 12 3 12 15 9 6 7 13 11 6 7 13 11 4 9 13 12 8 4 12 12 6 6 12 11 5 7 12

PIM 10 8 26 8 18 25 25 6 13 16 0 4 2 8 7 6 8 12 2 18

Goalies GP W L T GAA SV% A.Brodeur, Pen 8 7 0 0 1.37 .948 S.Wornig, PR 4 2 1 0 1.46 .955 Bo Didur, Lan 3 2 0 0 1.49 .935 S.Heslop, WK 3 2 1 0 1.67 .932 Jeff Smith, PR 9 7 2 0 2.07 .940 A.Redmond, SA 10 5 1 2 2.26 .918 C.Perry, Wen 9 6 2 1 2.30 .905 D.Davidson, Sur5 2 1 0 2.30 .940 S.Phaneuf, CV 9 5 2 1 2.33 .934 A.Shortridge, Ver 7 4 3 0 2.46 .906 Vees Scoring GP G A PTS PIM Tyson Jost 11 9 14 23 8 Scott Conway 11 10 10 20 18 Dante Fabbro 10 5 11 16 4 Colton Poolman 11 0 11 11 0

Easton Brodzinski Chris Gerrie Dixon Bowen Owen Sillinger Jason Lavallee Demico Hannoun Mitchell Brooks Seamus Donohue Gabe Bast Luke Voltin Benjamin Brar Desi Burgart Griffin Mendel Taylor Ward David Eccles Sam Jones 6

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Steam Goalies GP W L T GAA SV% Matthew Huber 5 3 1 0 2.47 .904 Austin Wells 6 3 3 0 3.25 .880

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Vees Goalies GP W L T GAA SV% A.Brodeur 8 7 0 0 1.37 .948 Zachary Driscoll 2 2 0 0 2.50 .904

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(As of Oct. 12) Okanagan Division GP W L Osoyoos 9 6 2 Summerland 9 6 3 Kelowna 10 5 3 Princeton 11 4 7 N.Okanagan 113 7

Jack Mills Paulsen Lautard Riley Pettitt Matthew Monk Jarrett Malchow Braden Eliuk Wyatt Gale Cole Williams Cole Woodliffe Brogan Lautard

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Otw 0 0 1 1 1

Coyotes Scoring — Top 10 GP G A PTS Rainer Glimpel 9 11 10 21 Braeden Tuck 8 4 9 13 Ryan Morrell 9 3 5 8 Bobby LaRue 6 3 5 8 Daniel Stone 9 4 3 7 Judd Repole 9 3 4 7 Carter Shannon 9 3 4 7 Colin Bell 9 2 5 7 Jackson Glimpel 9 2 5 7 Carter Robinson 7 2 5 7

PIM 6 16 6 2 4 4 15 2 0 0

Coyotes Goalies GP W L T GAA SV% Brett Soles 6 4 2 0 2.17 .932 Adam Jones 3 2 1 0 3.33 .888 Steam Scoring — Top 10 GP G A PTS PIM

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Rnk Team Mon Pts 1 Allley Brats 6 2 Smokin Aces 6 3 Elks Crue 7 4 Clancey’s Snipers 6 4 The Elks Factors 7 6 Anaf Wreckers 1 6 Claney’s Dreggers 2 8 Dart Bags 5 9 Anaf A&H 2 10 Hand Grenades 6 10 Alley Crushers 5 12 Eagle Eye 5 13 Legion DDt 2 14 Elks Bullits 1 15 Clancey’s Arrows 1 15 Shooting Stars 5 17 Anaf Vixens 1 18 Eagle Outsiders 0 19 OK Falls Legions 2 20 Elks Points 0

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BC Girls High School Volleyball 2A rankings (as of Oct. 13) 1 Pacific Academy (Surrey) (1) 2. Langley Christian (3) 3. MEI (Abbotsford) (2)

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With fewer than 100 fluent Elders remaining, a program to revitalize an endangered language has started in the South Okanagan. “In our Comprehensive Community Plan, language and healing were our top priorities,” said Chief Jonathan Kruger of the Penticton Indian Band. “Chief Clarence Louie challenged all the Chiefs to do more language.” Organizers said Nsyilxcn (Okanagan language), like most Indigenous languages, is critically endangered with no new speakers created in Canada in over 60 years. The Penticton Indian Band was the first to invest core funding and to provide a classroom location at the Footprints building, followed by support from Osoyoos Indian Band and Westbank First Nation. Each band sponsored employees to attend two days a week for four years and provided core funding. “Our language is deeply connected to who we are and to the health and well being of our communities,” said Michele Johnson, lead teacher of the group who launched the collaboration. The Syilx Language House Association is a vision Johnson has been working towards for six years. She began by completing her PhD in language revitalization at UBC-Okanagan and found her answers with the Paul Creek curriculum, cleverly designed so beginners can learn while teaching. “We are so lucky to have this. It gives us the opportunity to raise each other up,” she said of the six cutting-edge textbooks co-written in Keremeos by Chris Parkin, LaRae Wiley and Sarah Peterson. “There are several young people in each community that are passionate about learning language — that are taking it on as a role and responsibility to their communities.” After four years, Johnson promises intermediate speakers. The program has 13 beginners, five coteachers (also students), and four Elders from across the Syilx territory, Penticton, Osoyoos, Keremeos, Westbank, Vernon, and the Okanagan Nation Alliance. “It really is the first time we have attempted to create new Nsyilxcn speakers — research shows that it takes 2,000 hours of study to create a high-intermediate speaker,” said Johnson. Over the course of the program, Johnson and her staff will also record Elders, publish language books and CDs, and host open-house community events. Johnson would like to express gratitude to supporters and partners, including Penticton Indian Band, Osoyoos Indian Band, Okanagan Nation Alliance, Okanagan Indian Band, First Peoples Cultural Council, Land Strategies, Columbia Power and Simon Fraser University. The association is fundraising for next year’s operating budget and welcomes community visits, donations and volunteers from the community. Further details and contact information are available on the Association’s website: www.thelanguagehouse.ca.

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How to PrePare for winter at the Okanagan Falls Library from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m.[104p] SoutH Main DroP-in Centre has beginner line dance at 9 a.m., medical Qi Gong at 10 a.m., coffee social 10 a.m. to noon, intermediate line dance and cribbage at 1 p.m., pilates at 3:30 p.m., ukulele strum-along at 6:30 p.m.[we] alcoHolicS anonyMouS HaS daily meetings in Penticton and area. Call 250-490-9216 (24 hours) for more information. anavetS HaS HuMP Day with Stu’s kitchen open from 9 a.m. to noon. Dinner by Stu at 5:30 p.m. and entertainment by Buzz Byer at 6:30 p.m. Bingo every weDneSDay in the Legion hall with the Ladies Auxiliary, 502 Martin St. at 1 p.m. Daily lunch from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. al-anon for frienDS and family of alcoholics at 7:30 p.m. at United Church, 696 Main St. Call 250-490-9272 for info. care cloSet tHrift Store at 574 Main St. has weekly specials and special auctions. Open Monday to Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. All proceeds to the local hospital and hospice. Donations welcome. SuMMerlanD art cluB meets Wednesdays from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Summerland Library. Drop-in fee is $10 and painters of all levels are welcome. Workshops available. Contact Evelyn at 250-493-9279 for info. foSter care info sessions every Wednesday from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. at MCFD Resource Office. For info call Moe at 250770-7524 or visit www. fosterbc.ca or www.mcf. gov.bc.ca/foster. SeniorS’ recreation anD Wellness Centre at 439 Winnipeg St. hosts euchre every Wednesday from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. Call Jeanne at 250-492-7266 for more info.

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finD out aBout the scope of programs, services, employment and volunteer opportunities offered by the Penticton and District Community Resources Society at their job fair from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 3 to 6 p.m., 399 Main St.[,secondflr.[105p] free training at the new Outdoor Fitness Park in Oliver, south end of Lions

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about putting your garden to bed for winter. Bring your questions to this free program in the library auditorium. Everyone is welcome and refreshments will be served.[106p] eagleS cluB HaS Friday Night Live dinner at 5 p.m. and entertainment at 7 p.m. Members and guests welcome. elkS cluB on Ellis Street has drop-in fun darts and

pool at 7 p.m. Funtime Dancers upstairs at 7 p.m. SingleS luncH grouP for 65-plus seniors meets at noon. Meet new friends and chat. Call 250-4965980 or 250-770-8622 for more info. SoutH Main DroP-in Centre has yoga at 9 a.m., Tai Chi at 10:30 a.m., Mah Jong at 1 p.m.[fr] anavetS HaS tHeir kitchen open from noon

to 4 p.m., mixed doubles at 7 p.m., karaoke with Shawna at 7:30 p.m. r oyal c anaDian legion branch 40 has fish and chips lunch at 11:30 a.m. Oktoberfest dinner and dance starting at 5:30 p.m., music by Goldstream with Jerry Flaman. BereaveMent walking grouP from 9:45 a.m. to noon. Meet at the

Bereavement Resource Centre, 129 Nanaimo Ave. W. No registration required. Call Andrea at 250-492-9071 (ext.2203) for more information.[109c] al-anon MeetS at the Bethel Pentecostal Church at 945 Main St. from 6 to 7 p.m. For info call 250-490-9272. tHe BereaveMent reSource Centre at 129 Nanaimo Ave. W

has weekly drop-in grief support sessions Fridays at 10:30 a.m. Adults welcome. For more information on other available programs or support in the loss of a pet, please call 250-4901107.[fr] tHe oliver Senior Centre, 5876 Airport St., has bingo with a loonie pot every Friday at 1 p.m. Everyone welcome.

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