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It’s fun when you can be someone you’re not. You can be someone completely different than how you are actually.”

Forst said Wilson’s show has a universal appeal, and captures a nostalgic part of childhood.

“My brother is a teacher and he’s always loved the books. He was teaching them at his school when he heard from Eric, who Googled Nelson Youth Theatre. It all came together.”

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GREG NESTEROFF Nelson Star When Canadians go to the polls on Monday, it will be 25 years to the day since Green Party leader Elizabeth May addressed the second Get High on Nature conference in Nelson.

May was actually at both the 1989 and 1990 environmental forums by that name, hosted by the Nelson school district. May, at the time a lawyer and executive director of Cultural Survival Canada, delivered speeches with the theme “The Challenge of Survival.”

In the first year, Nelson Daily News reporter Kathleen Rodgers wrote May’s “emotional speech … had students on their feet, giving their own views about the planet’s future.”

“The crowd applauded enthusiastically when she called for ‘sustainable development that meets the needs of the present, without sacrificing the needs of future generations. If we constantly buy stuff and buy stuff and buy stuff … we won’t feel very much better at the end of it.’”

May branded Canada the “world’s worst energy waster” but urged students to “stay cheerful,” recycle, use transit, conserve energy, and write to government ministers.

“Don’t worry if the letter you get back is manifestly stupid and misses the point,” she said to laughter. “It’s been counted.”

At the end of her speech, May asked conference participants to imagine the year 2050, “flying through the sky like an eagle and seeing clean air with no smog below, swimming through the sea and seeing clean water and schools of fish and dolphins with no sewage outfalls or driftnets, strolling through the forests and seeing beautiful lush growth with many wild animals.”

She received a standing ovation.

The following year May moderated a panel discussion and delivered a similar address that again closed with what freelance reporter Bonny Klovance called “an emotional visualization activity which took participants through the world of the future which was environmentally sound.”

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“The ink was fresh on it, basically, and I was like ‘Eric Wilson is asking me questions about his material? This is surreal’,” said Forst, a long-time Wilson fan. “These are books I read as a teen, when I was roughly the same age my son is now.”

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“I’m a kid from Winnipeg who wants to be a detective,” said Bingham. “We’re on this train having a good time and suddenly this lady, Catherine Sinclair, is dead. Then it’s about us trying to figure out what happened.”

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BILL METCALFE Nelson Star If the recent student federal election run by L.V. Rogers Grade 12 student Amelia Martzke was the one that counted, the New Democrats would likely form a majority government.

There were 403 votes cast, resulting in an NDP win with 57.6 per cent of the vote. The Greens came next with 20.8 per cent, followed by the Liberals with 14.8 and the Conservatives with 6.7.

Martzke said she is pleased with the turnout but, “I had no Grade 12 student Joey Timmermans casts his vote in the student federal way of ballparking how many we election organized in Nelson by Amelia Martzke (right). Bill Metcalfe photo would get. I had no idea.”

She had sign-up sheets to schools with student elections. to adults.” avoid repeat voting and to track He says votes cast by students But he doesn’t think students the age, grade, and school of each in 301 ridings in the 2011 fed- are simply copying their parents’ voter. eral election mirrored the actual political preferences.

The student vote was not an adult vote quite closely.

“The misconception is that a LVR project — Martzke under“Students elected a Conser- lot of people say, ‘Oh, they are took it on her own. She and sev- vative minority with an NDP just voting how their parents eral volunteers had ballot boxes opposition, and the Liberals lost are telling them to.’ But I think at LVR and at Expressions Café lots of seats. The seat counts were they are taking in the same ads downtown, and she gave talks at almost the same.” and news that their parents Wildflower School and Trafalgar Allan says his organization are, and coming to their own about the election process. Some has been running student elec- conclusions.” students at those schools cast tions provincially and federally Martzke says she is not surballots also. since 2004 and has about 7,500 prised at the NDP-Green student How closely these results schools signed up across all fed- vote win in Nelson. predict the results of the “real” eral ridings for this election.

“Living in Nelson where the upcoming election is hard to He says student votes in BC community as a whole is NDP or say, but the idea that students are different from the rest of the Green, kids might have the influvote more left-wing than their country in one notable way. ence of what their parents voted parents is “a popular miscon“BC is the one province where for. Those parties appeal more ception — except in BC,” says students vote more left,” he says. to what youth are interested in Dan Allan of studentvote.ca, a “Otherwise, Canada-wide re- — for example, climate change, national organization that helps sults of student vote are similar public education or university

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“Youth have different values than older people. I think as people grow older, the things that impacted them earlier change.

Things that affect youth like university, or finding a new job, do not affect older people who have retired. Youth just are coming out into the world are trying to figure things out, so everything is new for us. Older people have done the same thing over and over. Youth are exploring more.”

Martzke talked enthusiastically about her visit to a class of about 30 Grade 7 to 9 students at Wildflower School.

“Their teacher said they had been doing mock debates. I posed the question why it is important for youth to vote, and got great responses and a dynamic discussion. I was surprised by their knowledge and some of them were so well spoken about it, had well formulated ideas, and felt comfortable sharing them.”

Why do younger people tend not to vote?

“They are nervous,” said Martzke. “A lot do care about it, but it seems like a gruelling process to learn. It is daunting for them.”

Allen agrees and says his organization is trying to counter their fear of voting “by giving them a first-hand experience.

The approach we take is to get them interested and also show them voting is not this tough, frightening thing. It is just a basic task that you get yourself knowledgeable about. We try to show them how.”

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The purpose of the group is “to create a community-wide strategy for how to respond to those who rely on street culture to survive,” according to its initiator and main driving force, Rona Park of Nelson Community Services.

The street culture collaborative’s third meeting on Oct. 1 was attended by representatives from about 25 organizations (see sidebar below).

Park says the street population often comes in contact in one way or another with any or all the agencies on that list, but each organization doesn’t know what the other is doing and each sees the street population through different lenses.

She says the latest meeting had people around the table who don’t normally cross paths, and that is what’s needed.

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• Police chief Wayne Holland: “Because of the people who are on board so far. These people are doers as well as decision-makers.

They are all subject matter experts. We are taking baby steps. I am very optimistic. I know some of these kinds of discussions can be a lot of hot air — that happens all over the world — but I don’t think this one will be.”

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to research how other communities, specifically big cities, bring such a large stakeholder group to bear on a social issue: how they work together, what they measure, how they communicate, and what they do.

Eight people are on the research subgroup representing the Interior Health Authority, business community, police, education and social services.

As for the larger group, Kozak says its members are getting to know each other.

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May, Trudeau, Harper all have local ties Continued from page 1 mind. He was among the presenters at the 1990 conference in his thennew role of recycling coordinator for the Regional District of Central Kootenay. “[That] part of her talk was so incredibly powerful that a number of students were crying,” he says.

“She did a visualization exercise asking the students to think of the kind of world that they wished to live in, one devoid of the pollution that was prevalent in that day’s world. I remember being impressed that she used this technique to get the students to think of a better future.”

Local resident Frances Welwood, who attended both conferences, says that while not everyone had heard of May before, afterward they all spoke about and quoted her.

“Her enthusiasm, knowledge, humour and positive spirit were contagious,” Welwood says.

“We had acquired a new focus and a new vocabulary. ‘Environmentalism, sustainability, advocacy, global impact, responsibility to nature, and recycling’ were the neobuzzwords of the day.”

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Justin Trudeau and daughter Ella-Grace arrived aboard Streetcar 23 to Nelson’s Lakeside Park in July 2013.

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later, Welwood wonders how many teenagers at that conference, now in their 40s, recall the “spirit and awareness of their future generated by Elizabeth May and her cohort of environmentalists.”

Trudeau’s tragedy Liberal leader Justin Trudeau has an exceptionally close relationship with West Kootenay, but it’s born out of tragedy: in November 1998, an avalanche swept his younger brother Michel into a lake in Kokanee Glacier

Provincial Park during a back-country ski trip.

At the time, Michel was living in Rossland and working at the ski hill there.

In his autobiography, Common Ground, Justin recalled he was finishing a stint as a substitute teacher at a school in Coquitlam when his mother called at 5 a.m. to say there had been an accident.

“I knew from the tone of her voice that it involved one of my brothers. I discovered that the cliché phrases were all based in reality: I went

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“I felt a spasm of guilt.

What was Michel doing out on that glacier?

Why hadn’t I, as his older brother, found some way to protect him? We lived in the same province. I should have visited him more, called him more, watched over him more, done something to keep him from danger.”

When they last spoke, a few days before the fateful trip, Michel told him: “It’s early in the season, so we have to be careful.”

Justin replied “in the assertive tone of a concerned parent or older sibling: ‘Yes, you must be especially careful at this point in the season.’ He burst out laughing. He knew that I knew little about avalanche dangers and the steps that need to be taken to avoid them … I learned so much more when, after Michel’s death, I became a director of the Canadian Avalanche Foundation.”

Trudeau wrote that his brother ventured into the park because it contained everything he valued: “a remote wilderness location, stunning scenery, challenging skiing, and the kind of stillness that is so rare in our hectic world.”

Michel once presciently said “When it’s my turn, just leave me down at the bottom of the mountain where I lie.”

Kokanee Lake was at the bottom of the mountain. His body was never found.

“I still miss him. I will always miss him,” Trudeau wrote. “Michel was just 23 when he died, but he had already found his calm zone, a private place that eludes many of us.”

While brother Sacha came to Nelson in the immediate wake of Michel’s death, Justin has since been here several times. His family supported the campaign to build a new cabin in the park — which put him in close contact with current New Democrat candidate Wayne Stetski, then regional parks manager.

Trudeau last visited Nelson in July 2013, where he was welcomed by about 300 people at Lakeside Park after arriving aboard Streetcar 23.

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Continued from page 4 “It’s where my little brother is, in one of the most beautiful places in the world. I want to share it with my family,” he said.

Harper visits Prime Minister Stephen Harper has visited West Kootenay at least three times at different stages of his political career.

In late 2001, while seeking the leadership of the Canadian Alliance, he came to Castlegar at the invitation of local MP Jim Gouk, whom he had been elected alongside in 1993 as part of the initial wave of Reform MPs. Harper didn’t seek reelection but Gouk always encouraged him to return to politics. He spoke to a modest gathering of mainly party faithful at the recreation complex.

Harper came back to Castlegar in March 2005 as Conservative and opposition leader, and toured the Brilliant expansion project.

“It’s pretty impressive,” he told reporters. “It obviously fits in with a lot of plans of various governments to put more emphasis on hydro-electric power.”

He also took the opportunity to bash the then-Liberal government.

“If you look at the way the government has treated the minority parliament, it’s insulting.

Bringing forward [all sorts of] legislation, piling all kinds of controversial things onto the same bill

… if they carry on like that, you wonder how long a minority parliament will last.”

Harper said he’d been to the Kootenays many times, both for political travel and on vacation.

He returned to Castlegar as prime minister in November 2007 to cap a swing through western Canada. His 20-minute speech to about 275 supporters at the Fireside Inn attacked the opposition, reiterated Tory accomplishments, and praised local candidate Rob Zandee. He took no questions.

Harper was also poised to visit Castlegar in December 2005 in support of Conservative candidate Derek Zeisman, who was then in a hospital bed after a highway crash, but Harper’s plane couldn’t get in.

It was probably just as well, for soon after, smuggling allegations surfaced against Zeisman and the Tories dropped him.

Mulcair in Cranbrook Unlike his predecessor Jack Layton, who visited Nelson in 2002 and 2005, New Democrat leader Thomas Mulcair isn’t known to have ever been to West Kootenay.

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2015 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING Monday, October 26, 2015 7pm at Seniors Centre Branch #51, 717 Vernon Street, Nelson

RIGHT: NDP leader Thomas Mulcair (right) was the only one to visit Kootenay-Columbia during this election campaign. He visited local candidate Wayne Stetski (left) in Cranbrook last month. (Barry Coulter/Cranbrook Daily Townsman photo)

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Editorial Up to you how to vote, eh?

I have something to say about the value of strategic voting ... or not.

Each eligible voter has the right to help choose who will represent them in the government of Canada. It’s a wonderful privilege and being a voter is a great club to belong to.

How you choose to vote is up to you ... no one else, eh?

You can choose the candidate you prefer, the party leader you prefer, the party you prefer, or vote based on one or more policy positions important to you. You can also vote strategically, which in this election means choosing the candidate most likely to defeat the Conservative candidate. Every approach is honourable, honest.

People are working to persuade you to vote based on all these fine reasons — and that’s part of democracy too. How you choose to vote is up to you ... no one else, eh?

I’m going to vote strategically this election because my objective is 100 per cent clear — to not elect Stephen Harper and the Conservatives again.

I have preferences among the candidates, parties, leaders and policies, but these are in the back seat this time for me.

We have a (very smart) uber-controlling, ideologically driven prime minister. He has done nothing to address climate change (except obstruct progress), ignored aboriginals, youth, seniors, poor people, and veterans voices and issues, been obstructive and aggressive internationally, stripped us of democratic rights (tried to register to vote yet?), and used divisive issues to pit us against each other. And honestly, the economy has been stewarded in a mediocre way at best (check The Economist or World Bank if you don’t believe me).

I am voting for the NDP in this riding, because all indicators are that Wayne Stetski has a great shot at beating David Wilks. I want to wake up on Oct. 20 without a Conservative government — that’s enough for me for now. And I get one vote.

Gary Ockenden Nelson

Voting strategically is realistic and smart

Sensible BC has had enough of Stephen Harper’s Conservative government. It’s time to make a positive

How to use a $2.3 million surplus

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reston Valley Advance publisher Lorne Eckersley’s column in Friday’s Nelson Star (“Making do with what you have”) focused on the recent (and ongoing) challenges experienced by the district’s two largest secondary schools: L.V. Rogers Secondary School in Nelson and Prince Charles Secondary School in Creston.

Eckersley is correct in that September is usually somewhat unsettled as schools adjust to the number of students in seats as compared to those that were projected to be there. However, in my 33 years as a teacher (having worked in six school districts across the province) I have never seen anything of this magnitude.

The schools’ projected numbers form the basis of funding that the district provides for each school’s staffing. In recent years, the staffing has been based on a ratio of 22 students for Kindergarten, 24 students to one teacher for Grades 1 to 3 and 30 students to one teacher for Grades 4 to 12.

At face value this may seem like a fair and reasonable formula until one begins to look a little closer to all the factors that come to play in determining the actual calculations.

The staffing ratio includes all non-enrolling teachers in the buildings; learning assistance/special ed teachers, teacher librarians (the few that are left) counsellors and administrators that teach parttime.

In order for schools to have the non-enrolling teachers (which change.

The Conservatives have made themselves the party of marijuana prohibition. This is a failed policy that wastes taxpayers’ money, takes police time and effort away from fighting real crime, and creates wealthy organized crime gangs and turf wars. Harper’s Conservatives even want to deny sick people their cannabis medicine.

The other three political parties (Liberals, NDP and Green) are all supporting a sensible approach to marijuana.

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considered emergent and essential.

Providing replacement staff would be another, as this past year saw schools and students negatively impacted because teachers and/ or educational assistants were not replaced.

How many of your children in the school system are in split or multi-grade classes? At the secondary school level, how are teachers supposed to provide a full and meaningful education to your children when, because of budgetary issues, they are forced to have different grade levels going on in the same class at the same time?

This is the reality in our schools.

Based on this large surplus, future budgets need to ensure that more district funding be allocated for those directly responsible for educating the students and less for additional administration.

The “making do” scenario will not address the reality of LVR having to try figure out how to staff the 11 classes in the second semester that currently are on the board without a teacher assigned to them.

What is the school to tell students and parents? Take online courses or perhaps see if you can get into a neighboring district?

Parents and the public in general should be asking questions of trustees and senior administration in the district about how they have $2.3 million extra yet there are full classes that do not have teachers assigned to them.

PAUL

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Community Comment provide invaluable services to students) classrooms are then loaded with more students. This is not just an LVR or PCSS issue, this is across the district, where schools are left with very few seats vacant. Anyone moving into the area may be out of luck if they have children of school age wanting to attend their neighborhood school (as evidenced in the recent past at Hume Elementary).

So, what is this about a $2.3 million surplus, you ask? At the school board meeting on Sept. 30, it was announced that the district has this tidy sum as a surplus going into this school year. We will hear that part of this needs to be allocated to a contingency fund for emergent needs.

I would argue that providing proper educational opportunities for all our K-12 students should be

Paul Boscariol is president of the Nelson District Teachers’ Association.

Sensible BC knows that it is important that we not split the vote among the three parties that support positive marijuana reform. We do not want the Conservative candidate to be re-elected.

We have a first-past-the post voting system and presently, polls show it is a dead heat between the Conservatives and the NDP in our Kootenay-Columbia riding. We need to be realistic and smart. It is not helpful to vote for someone who has little chance of beating the Conservative candidate in our riding.

It is essential to vote strategically in order to make the changes we need. We must vote for the candidate and their party that has the best chance of defeating the incumbent Conservative candidate in our riding. That is why we are endorsing and encouraging everyone to vote for Wayne Stetski of the NDP. Polls show that he is the candidate who has the best chance of defeating the Conservative candidate.

Let me add, there are other important election issues such as a healthy sustainable economy, jobs, climate

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change, environmental issues, proportional representation, poverty, peace keeping, etc.

Only by voting strategically and defeating the Harper Conservatives will we be able to make meaningful progress in these important areas.

There will be little progress on marijuana reform and these other issues if Stephen Harper and his government are re-elected. Therefore we must vote strategically in KootenayColumbia.

Lots of people will be voting on Oct. 19. Don’t miss out! In this election we can make a positive difference.

Herb Couch Sensible BC Nelson

What is really going on out there?

Life in the Kootenays during the first week of October was full of hopeful news and disappointment.

With very local implications, but on a global scale, there was a paper from the Global Commission on the Economy and Climate that was strongly in support of serious carbon pricing in order to save the global economy.

Last week in Lima the International Monetary Fund and World Bank had their annual meeting in advance of the December climate conference in Paris. Out of that meeting were comments relating to the economic damage caused by systems that support fossil fuels.

There was also a forum sponsored

by Selkirk College’s Mir Centre for Peace, West Kootenay EcoSociety, the local chapter of Citizens’ Climate Lobby and the Nelson United Church. Using Skype, the forum received observations from Tom Rand (in Toronto) that there are high-level economic drivers moving away from fossil fuels. Also via Skype, Ken Locklin (in Washington DC) of Impax Asset Management noted that four independent studies arrived at the same conclusion: removing fossil fuels from an investment portfolio made no difference in that portfolio’s performance.

At no point in these reports and discussions did the term “niqab” appear. They obviously did not have their collective finger on the pulse of Canadian politics.

Ron Robinson Nelson

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Opinion

WAY N E G E R M A I N E

Strategic voting fails to deliver anything The well-intentioned, but not good ship ABC is listing hopelessly in the stormy election waters of Kootenay-Columbia. Its difficult journey has been thwarted by strong gusts of opposition and rotting boards in the keel.

In a few days this election will be behind us and that will be a big relief. I can’t imagine how hard it has been on the candidates, but as a humble campaign worker, I am exhausted.

If I learned anything, it’s how much I dislike, no loathe, strate-

gic voting. Because time and time again, it fails to deliver, anything.

Our antiquated, broken voting system is the problem. First-pastthe-post works when there are two parties: one wins, one loses. Easy peasy. More than two parties and we get skewed results. And that’s when strategic elbows in.

Strategic sounds reasonable enough at first — why, I even signed up for it. But as they say, the devil is in the details. Which party to choose, based on what stats, from which year?

Elections are about moving minds and changing numbers, about trust and values, not about

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SLUGS: I forgive the cyclist’s sole attention to helmets. This, unfortunately is our city’s main focus, yet it should be much more. Consider sharing the road with all road users in a safe and courteous way.

– Fellow cyclist SLUGS: To the truck that set up in mid-intersection right as school was getting out for the day. The WORST possible time of the day to be in that spot, with parents picking up their children, students crossing at the crosswalk; a high-traffic spot at an already tricky pedestrian crosswalk. The irony is that the tire guard flap said ‘Safety First’! This employee

taking a calculator to the booth.

Strategic voting unravels because we don’t like other people telling us what to do. As tensions and words flare ‘tween mates, we retreat, bruised and battered but with even more resolve to vote our values.

Vote our values, isn’t that what it’s about? Look at the choices, pick the one that rings to you and vote for it. If we do anything else, we’re lying, not just to ourselves but to the country. How does a country of liars expect to get to the truth?

Hey strategic: walk the plank!

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Letters Stetski’s record as mayor deserves praise

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I moved to Nelson two years ago from Cranbrook. I’ve known Wayne Stetski and his family for the last 20 years. We worked closely together with Citizens for a Livable Cranbrook in 2009 to reverse city council’s plan to incorporate a huge land parcel extending Cranbrook’s boundary significantly.

I assisted in the campaign to elect Wayne mayor of Cranbrook from 2011-14. He defeated the incumbent because citizens saw someone who could get opposing factions to work together for the betterment of the community.

He toiled to bring the environmentalists, the arts community and the business leaders together in collaboration. Wayne wasn’t re-elected mayor in 2014 because Cranbrookians wanted potholes repaired instead of Wayne’s vision of a community that addressed its multiple needs.

In Kootenay-Columbia we have the chance to defeat the Conservatives by voting for the candidate who can get more ballots marked “X” than incumbent Wilks.

Local polling indicates the clear choice is NDP candidate Wayne Stetski. Some don’t like the fact that organizations like Dogwood and Lead Now are canvassing people to vote strategically. But until we have proportional representation, we will elect governments who only enjoy the support of 40 per cent or less of the population.

As Stetski himself stated at the Nelson United Church debate, “Vote NDP this time, and you will never have to vote strategically again.”

Our new government’s priority will be to establish proportional representation. Finally, I will be able to vote for the candidate of my choice and every vote will

count. MPs in proportion to the votes their political party earned across our country will represent us in parliament. Let’s consider this carefully as we cast our ballot next Monday.

Gerry Sobie Nelson

Stetski’s record as mayor deserves criticism

paid more attention to what the citizens of Cranbrook wanted and less attention to his photo ops.

Wayne Stetski as mayor proved to be a prime example of poor performance, poor leadership, and no results. Is this the person you want representing you in Ottawa? Think about this when you are voting for change because as evidenced during his term in Cranbrook, you will absolutely get less than you bargained for!

Igor Gallyamov Cranbrook

So NDP candidate Wayne Stetski wants change. Well let’s look at what change meant to the citizens of Cranbrook when they voted for change almost four years ago and Why I’m supporting elected Stetski as their mayor. Afthe NDP ter three years as mayor, in the 2014 election he received only I was born and raised in the seven more votes than in the 2011 West Kootenay as a first generation election: 2,185 to 2,192. He was Canadian of “hybrid geopolitical soundly defeated.

European” ancestry. My dad was a In fact, five of the newly-elected Willy Brandt social democrat who councillors also received more left Germany after World War II votes than Wayne did running seeking a Canada that was openfor mayor. It seems the citizens of minded, tolerant, and caring.

Cranbrook were tired of Mr. Stetski And Canada delivered. I was and wanted a change. At the ballot able to lift myself out of childhood box they made their point loud and poverty, to graduate from the Uniclear. Wayne Stetski must go. versity of Alberta, and to contribute As mayor, Stetski raised taxes to the education of our youth. over 12 per cent and raised utilOn many fronts, I now see the ity rates 10 per cent. He sadly dismantling of democratic instituneglected major issues such as tions, the social safety net sinking, roads and infrastructure and the and less protection for the land/ problem with Idlewild Dam, while water/air that support biodiversity, squandering taxpayers’ dollars on not monoculture. frivolous projects. Stetski alienated What stands out for me is Tom himself from the business com- Mulcair’s tenacity to represent Canmunity, resulting in barriers to ada on a global stage. Very notebusiness and very little economic worthy is the principled stand on growth and activity.

Bill C-51. Civil liberties are stake.

Under his miserable leadership, It is time to see a turnaround for every one of his councillors who this country — to offer a better furan in the 2014 election was also ture for subsequent generations, soundly defeated. Not much suc- to reduce the despair that is the cess in leadership and direction sentiment of many of all ages. shown there. His claim to fame was Sheila A. Haegedorn attending over 300 events a year.

Kaslo Many of these had nothing to do Nelson Star 2.85 x 5 $116.20 with running of the city’s affairs. I • For more election-related suggest Wayne Stetski should have letters, see nelsonstar.com Dates: October 14, 16

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Letters NDP committed to revised voting system I am a life-long supporter of the NDP and a strong supporter of proportional representation. Years ago, under Joy McPhail’s provincial leadership I participated in discussions about the details of proportional representation adopted at that time by the BC NDP. The federal NDP too, years ago adopted a policy of implementing proportional representation.

I was surprised to hear at the Nelson all-candidates meeting that Green Party candidate Bill Green appeared to be confused about the New Democrat’s commitment to proportional representation. On my return from a recent trip to Vancouver it appears to me that some confusion about this issue remains.

I respect the right of supporters of the Green Party to proudly vote for their party and their candidate.

I would be disappointed however, if any voter were discouraged from casting a ballot for the NDP in this crucial election, because of a misunderstanding about Tom Mulcair’s or the NDP’s commitment to proportional representation.

Tom Mulcair’s 72-page plan titled Building the Country of Our Dreams commits to “Ensuring everyone’s vote matters by bringing in proportional representation for elections.”

The plan elaborates that the NDP will “Make your vote truly

count by bringing in a system of mixed-member proportional representation that is appropriate for Canada in our first mandate.”

New Democrats like me are committed to, and are fully supportive of Tom Mulcair implementing — in his first mandate — a system of mixed-member proportional representation.

Klaus Offermann Nelson

Do you want change or martyrdom?

Re: Letters condemning strategic voting Some nice sentiments there but nothing practically applicable. It really does not matter what hypothetical argument you make or how high-minded you are about your ideals.

If you want your vote to truly count, then the fact is that we need to change to proportional representation. Can we do this with Stephen Harper? No. The Liberals and NDP both say they will do this.

Therefore, if you want your vote to actually be counted towards policies you support, you first need to vote to get rid of Harper.

Voting on a particular national issue is idealistic and a waste of this election if the party that supports it never gets into power. The only thing that matters right now is getting Harper out of power.

Then changing the system. Then

everyone’s votes will actually matter. Voting according to leaders or national issues is pointless if Harper wins again. First relevant point: get Harper out. Second point: proportional representation. Third point: everyone’s votes actually count towards what they believe in.

The reason the Conservatives win is because they have a strategy that uses the current system to their benefit. Anyone who does not support the Harper government needs to also use a strategy.

Voting for a leader or a national issue will not remove the Conservatives from power.

So vote strategically according to whichever party has the best chance in your riding. And here in our riding it happens to be the NDP. In other ridings it is the Liberals. The time to argue hypotheticals is not now.

Now is the chance to stop complaining about Harper and finally do something effective. Stop arguing within the ranks and focus on what matters. Don’t listen to the negative people who don’t “believe” in strategy. There is always a strategy — let’s just make this one effective.

In this riding the Liberals and the Greens have no chance to win, but they could help the NDP win.

Do we really want change, or do we want to be martyrs? Ask yourself that before you vote.

Shannon LeBlanc Nelson

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The Whitewater Ski Team is hosting a double screening fundraiser of Warren Miller Entertainment’s 66th snowsport film Chasing Shadows. Watch JT Holmes, Seth Wescott, Caroline Gleich, Steven Nyman and more as they pursue turns on the mountains of our dreams: Chamonix, Alaska’s Chugach, Utah’s Wasatch and the mightiest range of them all: the Himalayas. The movie will screen at 6:30 p.m. and 9 p.m.

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Nelson Youth Theatre’s world premiere of Murder on the Canadian, an adaptation of the popular 1976 children’s murder mystery

by Eric Wilson, will run at the Capitol from Oct. 22 to 24 at 8 p.m. The production will star youth actors Tucker Bingham and Evan Forst in the lead roles. This comedic thriller is intended for the whole family.

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A filmed version of the Royal Opera House’s Romeo and Juliet comes to the Nelson Civic Theatre at 7 p.m. on Oct. 28. Romeo and Juliet fall passionately in love, but their families are sworn enemies. The lovers marry in secret before Romeo kills Juliet’s cousin Tybalt in a fight and is banished from the city. This classic production has been toured around the world and in 2011 was adapted for arena-scale performances at the O2 Arena.

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Winlaw author Tom Wayman will launch his collection The Shadows We Mistake For Love at the Nelson Public Library on Thursday, Oct. 22 at 7 p.m. Set in the Slocan Valley, the collection brings together loggers and environmentalists, pot growers and lawyers, homesteaders and skiers in stories that draw from the underlying tensions in rural life and the colourful social landscape of small communities.

Former Nelson teacher and author Eric Wilson will hold a reading at Otter books on October 25 at 11 a.m. to coincide with the world premiere of the Nelson Youth Theatre adaptation of his book Murder on the Canadian. In his book, the agonizing sound of a woman’s scream hurls Tom Austen into the middle of a murder plot on board the sleek passenger train The Canadian. Who is responsible for the death of lovely Catherine Saks? As Tom investigates the strange collection of travellers who share Car 165, he gets closer and closer to the truth.

The Nelson Public Library will celebrate its 95th birthday on Tuesday, Oct. 27 at 7 p.m.

The night will include fun, entertainment, door prizes, delicious things to eat, and the launch of a gorgeous new cookbook with a literary twist, Pairings: a compendium of beloved recipes and books from the chefs of Nelson. All are invited.

The Capitol Theatre Performance on Screen from the Globe Theatre presents The Audience on Thursday, November 5 at 7 p.m, featuring Academy Award winner Helen Mirren. From the old warrior Winston Churchill, the Iron Lady Margaret Thatcher, Tony Blair right up to David Cameron, the Queen advises her Prime Ministers on all matters both public and personal.

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Come celebrate Our Wonderful World of Watercolors through the eyes of local macro photographer Jennifer Lount-Taylor, who is now exhibiting her rainbow-coloured water images captured amidst our many magical mountain streams surrounding Nelson.

Open for viewing until November 18th at The Capitol Theatre ( 421 Victoria Street ) from Tuesday to Friday, 12:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. or during attendance at any of their outstanding performances.

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Tonight Chase Padget will perform 6 Guitars at the Capitol Theatre at 8 p.m. A pitch perfect blend of music, comedy and unforgettable characters, Padgett delivers a virtuosic performance as he becomes 6 different guitar players, each with their own distinct voice, views and musical style: Blues, Jazz, Rock, Classical, Folk and Country.

Parab Poet and the Hip Hop Hippies will play Sunday, Oct. 18 at the Royal on Baker at 10 p.m. There is no cover charge.

Harpist Carolyn Mackay will perform a “Celtic Harp and Song” concert at Nelson Evangelical Church at 7 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 23. Mackay has performed in Nelson multiple times over the past decades and has a close relationship with Nelsonite Nancy Potter.

On Saturday Oct. 23 The Cottonwood Choir will perform a Cycle of Life concert at St. Saviour’s Pro Cathedral at 7:30 p.m.

The music follows life’s events, large and small, as we journey through a lifetime of joys and sorrows.

On Friday Oct. 23 at Spiritbar Ben Caplan and The Casual Smoker will perform with local openers Dirt Floor and bluegrass duo Twin Bandit. Caplan will be performing songs from his latest album Birds with Broken Wings. Doors open at 8 p.m.

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Eric Wilson penned Murder on the Canadian in 1976, the first installment in a popular kids’ mystery series

Will Johnson Nelson Star hen former Nelson teacher and prolific author Eric Wilson published his children’s book Murder on the Canadian in 1976, he had no idea of the worldwide impact it would ultimately have.

“Next year we’ll celebrate its 40th year in print,” Wilson told the Star. “It’s been very popular in other countries. The Spanish edition has been reprinted 52 times and I know it’s on the curriculum for Grade 4 in Chile. It seems very popular in Japan too.”

That means Wilson gets plenty of fan mail in languages he can’t understand — but that’s where Google Translate comes in.

“People are fascinated by Canada, I think, especially our open spaces and the mountains.

I think people are also drawn to the romanticism of travelling on a train. Very few people get the chance to these days.”

And the train creates a perfect setting for his youngster detective Tom Austen’s murder investigation.

“There’s the fun of this young boy, who is 12 and has this fascination with the Hardy Boys, who has never solved a case but then he gets on a train and a murder happens! Of course he sets out

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to solve it and ends up in a terrible mess.”

Wilson will now get the chance to see his story performed live, during the upcoming world premiere of the stage version coming from Cedar Street Productions, Oct. 22 through 24.

“My wife Flo handles the business side of things,” Wilson said. “So once I’d finished writing the play she Googled theatre companies in Western Canada and that’s how I met Jeff Forst. It ended up being a perfect marriage.”

Wilson was thrilled to learn Forst and his brother had read the books as children and were game to help him reach a new generation.

“I needed his experience in theatre to figure out how this would work on stage. For instance, how do you convey a train moving across Western Canada with all these people aboard? Jeff suggested video projections in the rear. He was a wonderful person to work with, him and his wife Lisel. I really feel Jeff added a lot to making it work onstage.”

He plans to be in the audience on opening night. And now that he’s starting to adapt his backlist for the theatre, the Star was curious when we could see an

Eric Wilson (left) is coming to Nelson to see the world premiere of the dramatization of his novel Murder on the Canadian (above) which will soon celebrate its 40th year in print.

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adaptation of his 1983 novel The Kootenay Kidnapper.

“That’s not a question I can answer. Right now I’ve got Vampires of Ottawa, which is also a very popular story and topical with the election, so that’s the one I’m adapting next. It’s very gothic, takes place in an old mansion where these people gather and then … creepy things happen.”

Wilson credits some of his inspiration to the years he spent teaching at Trafalgar and working as an itinerant writing instructor.

“I’ve worked with students at almost every school in the district, and I also taught a writing program. While I lived on

Third Ave. I wrote several of my books, including Vampires of Ottawa, The Kootenay Kidnapper and Disneyland Hostage.”

He wants his young readers to absorb the geographical information while reading.

“I love the Kootenays. It’s this very beautiful part of the country and I wanted to capture it in The Kootenay Kidnapper — that one has a lot of local sights, like the Cody Caves. So when I’m working on the books I go and live in the places where the stories take place and try to capture it so young people reading these stories get to know the different regions of Canada.”

Wilson will appear at Hume School at 9 a.m. on Oct. 22, where he will share an interactive PowerPoint presentation on Nunavut.

Wilson will also hold a reading at Otter Books on Sunday, Oct. 25.

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the story onstage. One issue, for instance, was trying to figure out how to establish the train setting. And he knew the success of the show would hinge on the cast. As it turned out he didn’t have to look far to find them.

Both boys are Shakespeare veterans.

“Tucker and Evan have worked together extensively and have a real nice rapport. Once I got them I thought ‘hang on, we can do real justice to this.’

When Eric sees it, we want him to be happy.”

Bingham stars in every scene, and carries much of the show, but let the Star in a little secret: he’s written script prompts into

his detective notebook, just in case.

“Tucker loves detectives, like Dr. Who and Sherlock Holmes, so as soon as this role came up he jumped on it,” said Forst.

“He’s got a great presence on stage, people are going to love it.”

Initially the plan was to cast the show with youth actors, but he ultimately decided to go ageappropriate for each role, enlisting local stars such as Sydney Black (who plays the murder victim), Darren Fuss, Eli Geddis and others. And they’re wearing some pretty wacky stuff.

“If people have lived through the ‘70s, this will be a throwback for them,” said Evan. “I mean, you wouldn’t see too many

people wearing this shirt these days. It feels like Bollywood on a shirt,” he laughed.

Bingham’s mother Kyla Hurst, who did the costumes for the show, also stars as a character called The Cookie Woman.

“Kyla getting to be in the play and doing the costumes is fun because she really loved the books beforehand, and she’s so excited because Eric Wilson is actually coming to the show,” said Forst.

Wilson will be in the audience opening night with his wife Flo. He will then do a subsequent reading at Otter Books on Oct. 25 at 11 a.m.

Forst said those who have read the book may be surprised

by some of the changes.

“There’s a few wrinkles in there for people who already know the story, in this case a few different characters survive who don’t in the book.”

This is the second Nelson theatre mystery production, after Lucas’ Myers’ recent show Campground. Forst said that came about by coincidence.

“We found out about Lucas’ show while rehearsing and thought ‘what are the odds of two murder mysteries developing independently of each other?’ Then we just embraced it.”

Murder on the Canadian will be at the Capitol at 8 p.m. on Oct. 22, 23 and 24. It is suitable for all ages.

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You’re Invited Pink pumpkin sale honours Brooke Malakoff To our 95th birthday party Linden Lane Farms raises $1,300 for Slocan Valley native

Will Johnson Nelson Star Linden Lane Farms manager Matt Carr was playing hockey in Fernie during his Grade 12 year when he befriended Slocan Valley native Brooke Malakoff.

Shortly afterwards she was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer normally found in children.

“She went down to Vancouver for Christmas in 2011 and ended up collapsing. She had to have one of her lungs removed,” Carr told the Star. “She was 17 when she was diagnosed, and it had only ever been found before in children under the age of seven.”

Malakoff bravely faced the diagnosis, and Carr was inspired

Matt Carr of Linden Lane Farms in Krestova hosted Pink in the Field, a cancer research fundraiser, to honour his friend Brooke Malakoff. Submitted photo to do whatever he could to contribute financially to funding cancer research. He approached Malakoff to ask advice for where his money could be best spent.

“She said ‘donate to the on-

cology department of BC Children’s Hospital.’ She’s seen a lot of children go through that program herself. She’s seen the successes and the failures, and it’s been really important to her.”

On Oct. 10 Carr donated all the proceeds from sales of his pink pumpkins to exactly that cause.

“We sold 57 pumpkins in four hours, and collected other donations, ending up with $1,300.”

And though he hasn’t yet had a chance to speak to Malakoff about it, he recently sent her a care package and some pink pumpkins of her own.

“She was really excited. She posted about it on Facebook and blog. It’s hard with such a dear friend going through this, but I’m very thankful for our community and the support.”

He’s still collecting donations.

“We’re also going to be at the Taghum Harvest Festival. We’ve got some other cool pumpkins, like these little white ones, to give away.”

That will take place at the Taghum Hall from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Oct. 25.

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Nelson hospice works it On Saturday volunteers will do yard work and other tasks to raise the visibility of hospice

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trict Hospice Society is, by necessity, done behind closed doors in hospitals, residential care facilities and clients’ homes.

But this weekend, as part of their annual Workathon fundraiser, the hospice society is looking to venture out into the community.

“This concept, as far as we know, has never been done before in Nelson,” executive director Jane DiGiacomo told the Star.

“The volunteers have gotten pledges and we will spend Saturday working with the elderly and the physically challenged. We’ll do leaf removal and pruning, we’ll remove yard waste and garbage and take it to the dump.”

The goal of the event is to raise the visibility of the work hospice does in the community. And so far they’ve received a huge amount of support from the community.

“Now we’re in the phase of showing what we can do.”

The funds raised will go toward continuing hospice services, training and programs.

The event currently has approximately 35 volunteers, with 10 to 15 clients involved.

“Anybody who is elderly or physically challenged can call in and we’ll come do what we can,” said DiGiacomo.

For more information visit nelsonhospice.org/ workathon or call DiGiacomo at 250-352-2337.

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Civic Arena upgrades wrap up

Submitted to the Nelson Star Upgrades to Nelson’s Civic Arena, built in 1935, are now complete.

Over a 21-day period that ended last week, the building underwent a comprehensive maintenance overhaul that included repainting, the closure of some areas and addition of parking space to the arena’s west end.

The upgrade addressed issues related to the application of lead paint years ago, and increasingly prevalent air-borne mould issues resulting from the fact the building sits on an openearth foundation — a practice common to the construction of homes and buildings erected in the 1930s.

“The arena was facing closure had we not tackled the issues head-on,” says Mayor Deb Kozak, “and that would have been a big disappointment to a lot of kids and adults alike. There are a dozen user groups who use the arena — it’s a busy place.”

Kozak says the paint issue has been completely mitigated by the application of new marine-grade paint throughout

the arena’s dressing rooms and bleachers. The mould issues have been addressed by sealing off parts of the arena where air quality was below acceptable levels, and restricting public access to those areas. That includes crawl spaces and storage spaces on the arena’s south side.

“Mould is naturally occurring in all the air we breathe, both inside and out,” says Kozak. “In some parts of the arena, mould particulate counts are in fact lower than the air outside.”

Kozak says Nelson residents can rest assured that all Civic Arena is safe for all uses.

She also thanked city staff and three local contractors who undertook the upgrade.

“The fact these workers were able to undertake such a sweeping improvement of the arena, in such a short amount of time is a real testament to their skills and commitment,” Kozak said. “The community is very thankful for the long days and terrific work.”

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Safe and sound: Nearly 400 man-hours were logged in the whirlwind 21-day renovation effort undertaken at the Civic Arena this month. City staff and three local contracting companies tackled the job.

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Nelson Minor Hockey welcomes late registrants Lower fees, weekday practice times for younger children and gear loans may pique your interest

TAMARA HYND Nelson Star Whether you’re new to the game or an ol’ hat at Canada’s favourite winter pastime, it’s not too late to sign up for a season of ice time with Nelson Minor Hockey.

As registration began in the summer, teams are already picked and ready to go. But as hockey players have begun to etch their mark on the ice, secretary Lisa Upper said they welcome new members.

With registration in a slow decline over the last few years, the board lowered fees this year to $100 for first-time players and $300 for novice and house leagues. The league particularly encourages five and six year olds to join the initiation or junior novice groups.

“With the growth of soccer, it’s competing,” said Upper, adding they have tried to work with Nelson Youth Soccer,

sending them their practice schedules in hopes there will be fewer conflicts forcing athletes to have to chose between the two.

For the younger age groups, Nelson Minor Hockey has scheduled practice times for Tuesdays and Thursdays, keenly aware of families who ski at Whitewater on the weekends, and are avoiding early-hour practises. Upper added they are trying to make the practices fun.

“You need to get them to like hockey before they love it,” Upper said, borrowing a quote. For parents concerned about the costs, Upper said they offer gear loans and KidsSport can cover part of the registration fees if a family meets low income parameters.

“We want every child to have an opportunity to play hockey,” said Upper.

Contact registrar@nelsonmha.ca to sign up.

Kootenay Wild winless against Fraser Valley Rush Nelson Star Staff The Kootenay Wild AAA girls hockey team suffered three home losses against the Fraser Valley Rush over the Thanksgiving weekend.

The Wild lost their first game 3-2 on Friday, which was played in Rossland as the ice at the Nelson Civic Arena was not ready yet. The Nelson team had 14 players on the bench, four fewer than the Rush’s 18-player lineup.

The Rush scored in the first. The Wild’s Jessica Owen scored unassisted halfway through the first to tie the game, but the Rush scored again. The Wild’s Kendra Waterstreet scored in the sec-

Bomber Hanna Quinn works hard down low and tees it up for Allie Zondervan’s laser shot into the J.L. Crowe net during last week’s 2-1 win.

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L.V. Rogers dumps J.L. Crowe 2-1 Submitted to the Nelson Star The L.V. Rogers girls field hockey squad played to a hard fought 2-1 win over Trail’s J.L. Crowe last week.

LVR seemed to control play early on but good strong midfield play by Crowe made it difficult for the LVR attack to get rolling. LVR did strike first but had a goal disallowed as the shot came from outside the scoring circle.

After a lot of hard work and pressure, the Bombers broke through on nice down low work

by Emma Borhi and Hanna Quinn who teed up the ball for Allie Zondervan at the top of the shooting circle, who drilled the

ball past the Crowe keeper.

The game was very even and Crowe came close to tying on a couple of short corners but Bomber goalie Rylee Zondervan shut the door and the Bomber defence cleared any loose balls from the front of the net.

Moments after Crowe pressured the Bombers, quick passing got the ladies out of trouble and working the ball out, Naomi Perkins on the left controlled the play, causing all kinds of trouble for the Crowe defence. Perkins’ shot was blocked by the Crowe keeper but the rebound fell for rookie Kathi Hayn for the Bombers’ second goal of the game.

In the second half Crowe pressed hard and the Bombers’ back line was holding its own with good midfield support. Eventually the Crowe attack paid off as they put one past Bomber goalie Rylee, spoiling the shutout.

The final league game of the year gave the team a 3–1 record, the only loss coming against J.L. Crowe.

Next up for the Bombers is a one day event in Oliver on Saturday, getting ready for the Kootenay zone semi-finals on Monday and if successful, the final on Tuesday. A win in the finals will mean a berth at the provincials in Victoria in November.

Nelson Leafs down Castlegar 3-2

Kelsey Paterson, a first year Wild player from Castlegar, and second-year player Kendra Waterstreet of Fruitvale are seen battling the Fraser Valley Rush.

Submitted photo ond to make it 2-2, but the tie was broken by the Rush in the third.

The teams relocated to Nelson for games on Saturday and Sunday where the Rush contin-

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The Wild travel to Campbell River to play the Vancouver Island Seals at the Strathcona Gardens on Oct. 23.

Nelson Star Staff Tyler Fyfe scored with about two and a half minutes left in the third period to push the Nelson Leafs past the Castlegar Rebels 3-2 on the road Wednesday night.

In addition to scoring the unassisted goal, Fyfe also assisted on Nelson’s second goal of the night.

The Leafs scored the only goal of the first at the 6:22 mark thanks to Nicholas Ketola.

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Tayden Woods tied the game for the Rebels midway through the second before Rayce Miller put Nelson ahead 2-1. Nick Headrick replied for Castlegar to deadlock the game at 2-2 after two periods.

The Leafs outshot the Rebels 41-21, with Patrick Ostermann picking up the win in net for Nelson, while the Rebels’ Logan Sawka was saddled with a loss

despite a heavier workout.

The win improved Nelson’s record to 7-5 and dropped Castlegar to 9-3. The Leafs are still third in the Neil Murdoch Division while the Rebels are still tied for first with Beaver Valley, but the Nitehawks now have a game in hand and can take sole possession of the division lead with a win tonight.

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Submitted to the Nelson Star Koot-Neigh Vaulters are back from the BC Provincial Equestrian Vaulting Championships in Langley. Nelson’s team came home with impressive placings all the way from walk fundamentals to AA canter.

Highlights include top three placings in Canter B (Noor Lammers), Canter D (Ella Gotzy), Trot

C (Cloe Comstock), and Walk B (Cloe Comstock and Gwen McCrory). Noor Lammers is the new provincial champion, and Ella Gotzy the new zone champion.

The walk team — Lammers, Gotzy, Korynn Weber, Indigo Bowick, Gwen McCrory, and Cloe Comstock delivered two clean, technical and creative rounds, earning first place. Priya Comstock, the

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team’s youngest competitor at age five and on her first vaulting road trip, was very pleased with her first place ribbon and prize. The team’s upper level horse Azrael won Best Canter Horse.

Thanks to all the hard work of vaulters, parent volunteers, horses and coaches, the event was very successful and fun. Congratulations to all for your efforts and teamwork.

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City searching for sustainability leaders

Submitted to the Nelson Star Do you know a Nelson resident who truly thinks global, but acts local? Perhaps a local business that does the same?

If you do, now’s the time to nominate them for one of the City of Nelson’s Sustainability Leadership Awards.

The awards were created last year in an effort to encourage the development of environmentally and economically sustainable business and volunteer practices, and to increase awareness of the City of Nelson’s community strategic plans.

Nominations are open until Nov. 13. The awards will be

presented at the City of Nelson’s annual reception on Dec. 14.

The awards, totalling $3,450, will be handed out for three different sectors: individual, business and non-profit. And the nominations will be open to teams, and organizations as well — anyone who contributes significantly to the city’s sustainability goals and objectives as per the Path to 2040 Sustainability Strategy and Nelson’s official community plan.

The winners will have demonstrated leadership in moving Nelson towards its vision of being a prosperous, resilient community— one with robust

ecosystems and safe, welcoming neighborhoods where diversity, history and culture are all equally celebrated.

You can nominate others or yourself. The nominations will be judged on five criteria, as outlined in the wording of the sustainability strategy.

• Cultural strength (“Celebrating and embracing our history and our diversity through using our many arts, traditions heritage and recreation assets to enrich the quality of life for all citizens.”)

• Healthy neighbourhoods (“Safe welcoming, connected place with meaningful opportu-

nities to interact with neighbours of all ages and income levels.”)

• Robust ecosystems (“Ensuring natural systems are flourishing in Nelson.”)

• Prosperity (“Fostering a diverse, value-added economy that provides meaningful employment opportunities and supports healthy and affordable lifestyles.”)

• Resiliency (“Maintaining and enhancing the economic, social, ecological and cultural systems that strengthen our ability to withstand future challenges.”)

Nominations can be dropped off, mailed to city hall, or emailed to sustainability@nelson.ca.

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“God won’t give you more than you can handle”. For quite some time I have been thinking about these words. We often use them to comfort the grieving, make sense of the injustices in this world or even to deal with our own painful situations. Yet as I listen to people’s stories of pain, as I see in the media families torn apart by senseless acts of violence, Christians dying in other countries because of their faith I have to scream out the word WHY? Why does this happen? Where is God in all of this?

Surely the Bible says God He won’t give us more than we can handle. I have come to the conclusion that these words of comfort and bumper-sticker theology are simply nonsense.

Nowhere in God’s holy word does it say these words. It’s a warm and comforting thought based upon our human need to comfort and to understand life. What is in the Bible are warnings which tell us we will have trouble, there will be problems. There are times when life just simply hurts.

The closest we get to these words would be found in Corinthians 10:13 that says, “No temptation has overtaken you except what is common to humankind. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear.” This verse is about temptation. It’s about the choices we make to sin or not to sin. It’s about finding strength and wisdom in God to do the right thing. It says nothing about facing more than we can bear in life.

Look at this text in reference to Paul and Timothy’s struggles - ‘For we were so utterly burdened beyond our strength that we despaired of life itself. Indeed, we felt that we had received the sentence of death. But that was to make us rely not on ourselves but on God who raises the dead (2 Cor 1:8,9,).

These words of Paul tell us that this is no easy road.

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Business to Business Chamber and Nelson and Area Economic Development Partnership celebrates Small Business Week

Small Business Week

As B.C. marks Small Business Month the Nelson and District Chamber of Commerce and the Nelson and Area Economic Development Partnership are celebrating the vital role small businesses play in Nelson and area.

Chamber Executive Director Tom Thomson notes that “Small Business Month is a great opportunity for our community to celebrate these hard-working businesses that bring great ideas and entrepreneurial energy to our region”.

“Small businesses make up a major part of Nelson’s business community and play a critical role in driving our local economy and creating jobs.” The City of Nelson has always shown a true entrepreneurial spirit a fact that is borne out considering the City of Nelson has close to 1300 business licenses issued annually, about 25% more than most communities of similar populations.

As a member of the BC Chamber of Commerce, and the Canadian Chamber of Commerce, the Nelson and District Chamber of Commerce is part of active advocacy to support small businesses, including: • The creation of and implementation of B.C.’s Small Business Accord; • The continued effort to reduce and relax red tape barriers that are slowing business growth; • Continued advocacy for fair municipal business taxes.

As well, the Chamber is a dedicated advocate for small businesses at the local level.

Chamber President Ed Olhtof says “through our sector consultations, a regular consultation with the business community at the

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Economic Development meetings, or the Chamber 12 @ 12 round table discussions with businesses that help drive the economy, we are able to get a pulse on some of the challenges facing our business community. We are then able to take those concerns to the local, regional, or senior levels of government.”

A recent consultation with the technology sector proved there’s an emerging sector that our economic partners are going to help develop and grow. The Chambers Tom Thomson notes; “We believe the broadband infrastructure the City of Nelson has rolled out for the business community provides tremendous opportunities for many local businesses, and to attract new businesses to our region, but it is not a silver bullet.” We have to work hard as a community to further develop these opportunities, but the building blocks are in place.

Olhtof adds “Small business owners often work long hours and make great sacrifices to ensure the success of their companies. Many of these businesses are familyowned and operated, and one of the most important products of a small business is the positive effect they have in their communities by providing jobs, and their investment into the community.

He adds, “Let’s face it, generating sales, meeting payroll, serving customers, maintaining inventory, and doing all of this well enough to earn sufficient profit to keep operating takes a lot of skill and energy. Add to that the challenges faced by some sectors such as technological advances, people shopping on line, cross border shopping and the changing expectations of the consumer, and

being in business these days can be a challenge.

The Nelson and Area Economic Development Partnership encourage residents to demonstrate their support for small businesses throughout the year by making an extra effort to Think Local First.

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Nelson CPR Station Rehabilitation: Chamber poised to move in November

When you look to the far end of Baker Street, you will see the heritage CP Station taking shape. In fact, the work is nearing completion on the east end of the building, the civil works and the exterior parking lot footprint.

The Chamber will be moving at the beginning of November to the new home of the Regional Visitor Gateway/ Business Opportunity Centre, the Chamber of Commerce and Economic Development offices as well as Nelson Kootenay Lake Tourism. Chamber President Ed Olthof notes, “We have created a state of the art new building, while preserving the heritage values while giving the building a new use and making it applicable to the 21st century.

The CP Station is the cornerstone of the Railtown District, and the Chamber of Commerce is closing in on completing the 3.5 million dollar restoration of the heritage train station.

That should help catalyze development of one of the last significant expanse of vacant land in Nelson.

The Station project fully restores one of the area’s most treasured landmarks, due to CP Rail’s historical economic importance to this region and the building’s architectural significance.

Inside the building, a full service Regional Visitor Information Centre which will showcase the area’s character, businesses, investment opportunities, heritage and cultural diversity The Chamber of Commerce acquired ownership of the building in the summer of 2010 following a couple of years of negotiations with CP Rail on the transfer of ownership.

The project has generated jobs and economic activity from the outset.

This includes the job creation provided to local contractors, trades, design professionals, planners and heritage

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mentality, so providing opportunities to local building supply stores and local contractors was our main priority”.

Thomson adds “the Chamber has also benefitted tremendously from the Ministry of Social Development and Social Innovation Job Creation Program. “The JCP crews have been very involved in everything from the gutting of the interior of the building in preparation for construction, prepping the exterior envelope, interior framing, insulating, fabrication of thermal barrier bricks, to window restoration and dry walling. “This project has been extremely fortunate that we have received ongoing support from the Ministry and to Kootenay Career Development for lining up the participants”.

Chamber President Ed Olthof says “to see where we are today from when the Chamber first acquired the building is remarkable. Some folks felt the Chamber was taking on a major liability, while we saw the building as an asset. It has taken a ton of work, and a great deal of support from funding partners and support from all levels of government”.

Olhtof adds, “While there is still work to complete following occupancy, we will be ready to showcase our new space in November. It will be a tremendous benefit to the community and to the region as we directly support the tourism, food and beverage and retail sectors, and providing key relocation and business development services for new and existing business.

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Business to Business Chamber and Nelson and Area Economic Development Partnership celebrates Small Business Week

Nelson and Area Economic Development Partnership

Nelson and Area Economic Development Partnership brings together business stakeholders alongside representatives from City of Nelson, Community Futures Central Kootenay, the Nelson & District Chamber of Commerce and RDCK Areas E and F.

The NAEDP is a partnership between the City of Nelson, Community Futures Central Kootenay, the Nelson & District Chamber of Commerce and RDCK Areas E and F. The Partnership was formed so that community economic development opportunities in and around Nelson could be pursued jointly, efficiently, and effectively.

The NAEDP is currently working on several projects, including: • business retention and expansion activities to take the pulse of the business community’s needs and identify opportunities that need support; • technology adoption to increase the uptake and utilization of broadband in the City of Nelson; • becoming an “Intelligent Community” to strengthen the digital economy; and • to transform a good downtown into an outstanding downtown.

The NAEDP strives to have broadbased community input into economic development strategy; to identify and act on key priority areas; and to raise awareness of economic development activities in the Nelson area.

Business Retention and Expansion Study: Making a Plan to Improve Business in Nelson This past summer, the NAEDP launched a business retention and expansion study for the Nelson area.

The first stage of the project – which involved one-on-one interviews with more than 100 business owners – is complete. The information gathered through these interviews will be used to inform action planning to help improve the local business environment.

“We wanted to learn about the challenges and successes local business owners face with doing business in the area,” explained Andrea Wilkey Community Futures Central Kootenay Executive Director and NAEDP spokesperson. “People from all sectors were invited to participate in the survey.

We talked to everyone from home-based business owners to major employers from a range of industries.”

In the coming months the NAEDP will release a report outlining the findings of the Business Retention and Expansion study, which will be used to inform economic development planning for the next three to five years.

“We have a lot of key players at the table with our Nelson and Area Economic Development Partnership,” Wilkey noted. “With local governments sitting next to business owners and business development service providers, we’re in a strong position to take action on the issues affecting local business.”

If you would like to receive a copy of the BRE report when it’s complete, please email lcannady@futures.bc.ca.

The NAEDP would like to thank Columbia Basin Trust, the Ministry of Social Development and Social Innovation Labour Market Partnership, and the Rural Development Institute at Selkirk College for supporting this project.

Technology Adoption: Small business benefitting from City of Nelson’s broadband offerings The City of Nelson’s high speed fibre utility has stimulated business technology adoption throughout the city, by enabling high speed connectivity for faster Internet and more efficient digital connection for businesses.

Since March 2014, businesses and organizations have been able to connect to the City’s new digital network, which is in fact a utility, just like water, hydro and sewer.

“Savvy businesses are seeing the terrific value in the City’s fibre utility,” says City IT and Fibre Network Manager Allison Sutherland.

So far, 30 businesses have had the new fibre service installed into their buildings, as well as 21 unlimited service sites including the City of Nelson, Regional District of Central Kootenay, various local provincial government ministries, Selkirk College and local schools.

Sutherland says the fibre utility helps create new jobs, retains Nelson businesses and will attract new

commercial efforts and professionals to town.

“With the addition of Nelson Fibre, new broadband offerings are available from Internet Service Providers, offering our business community a choice of connectivity options — for varying budgets.”

Visionary businesses and organizations will increasingly be able to offer new services to their customers that affect their revenue and productivity potential.

Those services include enhanced communication, on-line catalogs, streaming videos and presentations, uploading large files to suppliers and clients, IP-enabled phones and security cameras and the list goes on… it’s only limited by the imagination and budget of the business or organization.

Sutherland says the City’s fibre network — in partnership with the Nelson and Area Economic Development Partnership — can help connect Nelson businesses to global and remote markets while growing our local technology market.

“The results,” adds Sutherland, “are all sorts of new opportunities and applications for the city and its vital commercial, institutional and government sectors.

Your business or organization can connect to higher speed Internet — or inter-connect your office locations through Nelson’s fibre network — by applying for the service. Applications and information can be found at www.nelsonbroadband.com. Also, visit www.nelson.ca and look for ‘City Services. Fibre Optic’ for an overview of the Nelson fibre utility.

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Community Futures Central Kootenay: Helping Businesses Be Successful

Community Futures Central Kootenay is celebrating 30 years of supporting small businesses.

The non-profit offers services that help entrepreneurs to establish and grow their businesses. Some of CF Central Kootenay’s most popular offerings include flexible small business loans, free business counselling and the Self Employment Program. They also manage the Basin Business Advisors Program and Invest Kootenay, while supporting initiatives like the Nelson and Area Economic Development Partnership and Junior Dragons Den. “Most local small business owners have been through our door at one time or another,” said Community Futures Central Kootenay Executive Director Andrea Wilkey. “We have a range of programs to support entrepreneurs in all phases of business development, from start up to succession planning or selling their business.”

One of the first programs to be established when CF Central Kootenay first opened its doors three decades ago was a small business loans program. Since its inception, it has dispersed $32 Million in loans to more than 800 businesses in the Central Kootenay. These loans helped create or maintain around 2,800 local jobs.

“Many businesses that would be ineligible for loans from traditional lenders are able to access funds through Community Futures,” Wilkey

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The Basin Business Advisors Program provides free business counselling to small business owners and social enterprises.

Common areas of focus include: • General business and growth strategy; • Financial management practices; • Pricing methodology and related polities; • Marketing practices and market opportunities and much more!

For more info visit bbaprogram.ca or call 1.855.510.2227

Community Futures Central Kootenay staff are celebrating the organization’s 30th anniversary during Small Business Week.

explained. “We aren’t a formula lender, so when we look at a loan application, we’re interested to see if our funds will have a positive community impact and create jobs.”

Another long-time program of CF Central Kootenay is the SelfEmployment Program, which teaches entrepreneurial skills to residents who are unemployed or facing barriers to employment. Around 1,600 local businesses have started through that program, many of which are still in operation today.

“I’m always amazed by the range of businesses ideas we see coming through the Self Employment Program,” said Wilkey. “We’ve had everything from people starting restaurants and retail stores, to inventing products, or selling their creative/professional services.”

Over the years, CF Central Kootenay has added new programs and services to respond to community

need. Ten years ago, it launched Invest Kootenay to market businesses opportunities. Three years ago it began delivering the Basin Business Advisors Program on behalf of Columbia Basin Trust, offering free expert advice to established businesses. And just this year, it announced the Youth Mean Business Program for people under 30 who want to start a business.

“We run more programs than a lot of people realize,” Wilkey said.

“Chances are if you have a business, we have a program that can help you.”

To learn more about Community Futures, visit the website www. futures.bc.ca, call 250-352-1933 or visit their office at 201-514 Vernon Street (above the Canada Post).

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Election 2015

Bill Green Green Party

Wayne Stetski New Democratic Party

Don Johnston Liberal Party

David Wilks Conservative Party

Every Friday until the Oct. 19 federal election, the Nelson Star will bring you responses to a series of questions posed to the four candidates in the Kootenay-Columbia riding as compiled by Black Press editors throughout the riding. Todayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s questions are:

1. Whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s your position on the legalization/ decriminalization of marijuana?

with the candidates DON JOHNSTON

Liberal Party 1. The Liberal Party will legalize marijuana if elected.

The current system has proven to be a complete disaster and a recent World Health Organization survey of developed countries found that Canada has the highest number of teenage users.

Clearly prohibition is failing to protect children and it also continues to support the gang culture that controls marijuana. In jurisdictions that have legalized marijuana we have seen drops in petty crimes, no increase in the numbers of people using marijuana and huge income from taxes.

We need to legalize, research and educate so individuals are making well informed decisions. We will use the best practices of places who have already taken this step and move slowly to ensure an effective implementation of the distribution and control regime.

2. The biggest challenge currently for MPs comes from the use of omnibus bills forcing MPs to support them because they are part of the budget. We will discontinue this practice and the only votes the Liberal party would ask MPs to support will be

budget bills, platform issues where we have promised we would undertake certain actions if elected, and any motions that directly conflict with the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

Outside of these specific issues we will have freedom to vote in a manner that supports the aspirations of our constituents. If, somehow, an issue came up outside these particular expectations that the party decided to for whatever reason try to whip the vote and I believed it to be in contravention of my personal convictions and what was best for my constituents I would not hesitate to vote against the party.

DAVID WILKS

Conservative Party 1. I am not in support of legalization of marijuana but do fully support the motion put forth by the Canadian Chiefs of Police that calls for a ticketable offence for those found in possession of small amounts of marijuana (one to 30 g). The Liberal Party plan is reckless and is a knee-jerk reaction to a serious problem in which they believe that if you tax marijuana all the problems will go away.

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2. If you were being to forced to vote along party lines for/against a bill you strongly opposed/supported because of what you believed to be best for your constituents, what would you do?

Budget bills are votes of confidence and in those cases I would always vote with the party. The Conservative Party has the best record for allowing their members of parliament to vote freely on bills of non-confidence and I have exercised that right on a number of occasions. The NDP has the worst record of allowing their members to vote freely.

demonstrate health benefits and appropriate modes of use and dosages, medical marijuana should be brought fully within our regulated drug and medical system so that people needing cannabis treatment can obtain prescriptions from their family doctors and purchase treatments at their local drug store.

The Green Party national Pharmacare plan will then kick in so that cost is not a barrier to anyone needing therapeutic marijuana.

Physicians then need to be educated on the medicinal values of marijuana and all Canadians should be informed of the results of ongoing research about the health benefits and risks of various modes of cannabis use.

Decriminalization for possession is simply not good enough, as sale (trafficking) would remain a criminal offence and continue to associate access to marijuana with criminal gangs.

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BILL GREEN

Green Party 1. I fully support the Green Party policy with respect to marijuana/cannabis for both medicinal and recreational use which is: legalize, research, educate.

Legalize so that the link between the production and sale of cannabis and drug gangs is severed. Research to carefully determine the full range of health/medicinal benefits and health risks.

Where scientific studies

2. For a Green Party MP, this is not an issue. I would not be forced to vote along party lines. However, I would take the matter very seriously. The first question I would consider is what commitments Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d made to con-

stituents, either during the election period or after. My vote would be based on any commitments I had made.

If I hadnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t made a commitment, I would then want to make sure that I had a good understanding of the interests of my constituents, through Internet polling, community meetings and conversations with local governments and organizations. Green MP Bruce Hyer was forced to leave the NDP after he voted against the long gun registry.

WAYNE STETSKI

New Democratic Party 1. An NDP government will decriminalize recreational use of marijuana. Our citizens should not be imprisoned for simple possession.

The NDP has held this position for about 40 years, and it is something the NDP has committed to taking action on immediately.

Medical marijuana, as already determined by the Supreme Court of Canada, should be available in a variety of forms. Smoking is a health hazard regardless of what you are smoking.

2. I believe strongly that a member of parliamentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s role is first and foremost to represent the best interests of his or her constituents. And I un-

derstand that no matter what, my job will be to provide service and representation to all residents, regardless of what party they may support, or whom they voted for during the election.

Mr. Wilks declared in 2012 in Revelstoke that one MP cannot make a difference.

He made this statement to a group of constituents who raised serious concerns about an omnibus bill that they felt would seriously damage our country. And Mr. Wilks agreed with them, until the party reminded him that his responsibility was not to have honest conversations with constituents but simply to vote the party line.

I do not accept this. I believe that our democracy is too important, and our country is too valuable, to choose a candidate who readily admits that he does not have free will, that he will not vote in the best interest of his constituents.

A classic example of Mr. Wilks voting against the safety and security of his constituents was his support for Bill C-51, the Secret Police Bill. Mr. Wilks knows that the majority of his constituents adamantly opposed Bill C- 51, but he voted for it anyway. That, in my mind, is absolutely unacceptable.

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Sideways launches Saturday at Touchstones

Submitted to the Nelson Star Nelson author Diana Morita Cole launches Sideways: Memoir of a Misfit at Touchstones Nelson on Saturday at 2 p.m.

Sideways chronicles the life of a child born a prisoner in Minidoka after her family was expelled from Hood River, Oregon in 1942.

Cole’s first chapter of Diana Morita Cole launches Sideways: Memoir of a her new book on Saturday Misfit was published in The New Orphic Review afternoon. Will Johnson photo and shortlisted in the history, how people suffer open-season competi- and find resilience. This is tion of The Malahat Re- a book full of fascinating view creative non-fiction personal insights.” category for 2013. It was Another of Cole’s crealso nominated for the ative nonfiction works, Pushcart Prize Anthology Two Human Rights Comfor 2015. plaints, is required readLiving in Canada for ing for the San Francisco over 40 years, Cole has State University graduate initiated projects to help social work course, Ethdiminish racism and fos- nic and Cultural Conter justice, peace, and en- cepts and Principles I. vironmental awareness.

The documentary film, Ernest Hekkanen, Hidden Internment: Story editor-in-chief of The of Art Shibayama, will New Orphic Review says also be premiered dur“Sideways: Memoir of a ing the launch.

Misfit acquaints us with The film exposes the 5” what is uncomfortable2.833 in xkidnapping, smuggling,

and imprisonment of the Japanese Latin Americans in Crystal City, Texas and Shibayama’s three decade struggle to gain the equivalent redress and apol-

ogy that was granted to Japanese Americans and Japanese Canadians.

As well as the film, the paintings of Andrew Fitzearle, a fourth generation

Japanese Canadian will be on display for the evening. He is a former Nelson artist who studied at the Emily Carr Institute of Art.

SpaciouS Home

Wayne Germaine

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4-bed, 3-bath home on large corner lot in Uphill. Main floor has an open kitchen, dining and living room with a gas fireplace, 3 beds, 2 baths incl. an ensuite, also access to the private deck. Fully finished basement with large family room, bedroom, full bath, laundry, lots of storage and access to covered patio and the beautifully landscaped fenced yard.

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Robert Goertz

250.354.8500

$69,900

Move right in to this completely updated home that is just across the bridge in t h e p o p u l a r S u n n y s i d e M H P. If you are looking for a home that offers a great location and style, at an affordable price, this is it!

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Norm Zaytsoff

250.354.8584

$ 190,000

3-bed, 1-bath home on just under an acre in sunny Krestova. Many upgrades done to the house.

T h e r e ’s a w o o d s t o v e , g r e a t w a t e r supply and a private yard. This house is in move-in condition a n d i t ’s p r i c e d t o s e l l .

Quick possession is available.

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Living THe KooTenay Dream

WED, NOV 4, 2015

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Come explore Selkirk College! We are opening our doors to the public.

Check out the campus and discover the career opportunities that are available to you!

2-bed, 1-bath home on a beautifully landscaped 50 x 120 ft lot. Energy saving upgrades have been done including furnace and window upgrades.

This is a must-see.

Steven Skolka

250-354-3031

$609,000

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Li ve t he Koot enay Lake l i f est yl e with 120’ of pri st i ne beachf ront and over an acre of park- l i ke yard. 4- bedroom home and 2, 400 sq’ shop w i t h several out bui l di ngs of f ered bel ow assessed val ue f or a qui ck sal e. I n t he f amily f or 45 years, t hi s i s a rare opport unity f or a l arge est abl i shed beachside est at e.

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6-miLe LoT Wonderful location for this .4-acre lot at 6-Mile. Private setting with a short drive into Nelson, best of both world

COMING SOON Kristina Little

250-509-2550

$69,900

Lola is a 2 year old teensy (5 pounds) Chihuahua. She has ears like the Flying Nun, and looks like a big gust of wind would just carry her away. She is sweet, affectionate, rides well in the car - loves riding shotgun in a harness. She is such a polite little girl - always looking for direction and approval. She will make a great companion.

She was found stray, and not claimed. With all the recent changes in her life, she had some accidents in the house, but is now getting the hang of housetraining again. Lola has been spayed, fully vaccinated including rabies and bordetella (kennel cough). She has been heart worm tested and is negative. She is microchipped as well.

She comes with a collar and a secure halter for leash walks.

Please call KAAP at 250-551-1053 or visit www.kaap.ca/adopt/ lola-1

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Wonderful, caring person needed for this awesome cat!

Elsa is a young adult, about 1 year old. She is a very sweet loving kitty, with some interesting quirks. One of her ears is wonky – the vet isn’t sure what happened there, maybe a minor trauma, or possibly there could be some minor neurological issue. She may need a little coaxing around food and a varied menu to hold her interest, at least in the early stages when she moves to a new situation. Elsa will likely need to be an indoor only kitty, in a fairly quiet home -- an apartment would be just perfect. She loves sitting looking out the window. She is fully littertrained and seems to really like balanced dogs, and has been fine with the kittens in her foster home. She is very interested in meeting all animals and people, and does a little nose-to-nose greeting with everybody. Please call KAAP at 250-551-1053 or visit www.kaap.ca/adopt/elsa-0

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Kootenay Animal Assistance Program Society

www.kaap.ca • 250.551.1053 Wondering how to donate to help KAAP pets? The Kootenay Co-op store in Nelson has a KAAP “Till Card”. When you pay for your purchases, just ask to swipe the KAAP till card, and $2 will be gratefully received. Thank you!

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Sarah Rilkoff

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$249,900

This rustic, open plan home has all the room for a family yet has a very cozy feel. 4-bdrm, 2-bathroom home has a wood stove and 2 decks to sit on and e n j o y t h e 2 . 4 a c r e p r o p e r t y. M a n y structural upgrades have already been completed.

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F 19 BLUE BAGS O S R A BE WILL NOT BE REQUIRED O T AT RDCK RECYCLING DEPOTS OC

Snuggling with Maybe

Recyclables are to be deposited directly into RDCK bins.

Bella and Sebastien Donaldson (centre and right) spent a sunny Tuesday afternoon with their dog Maybe recently with their friend Calla Port. The recently completed Davies St. Park has proved a popular destination for families.

Will Johnson photo

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