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Former Kelowna Owls’ high school football star Taylor Loffler has resurrected his collegiate gridiron career as the defensive starting safety for the UBC Thunderbirds, who play Montreal Carabins for the Vanier Cup national championship in Quebec City on Saturday. Read about Loffler’s journey from being an NCAA recruit to Boise State to now playing for UBC on page A20.
Refugee influx slowed down Alistair Waters awaters@kelownacapnews.com
Kelowna-Lake Country MP Stephen Fuhr is defending the federal Liberal government’s change to its promise to take in 25,000 Syrian refugees by the end of the year. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Tuesday that Canada will not be able to meet the target by Dec. 31 because the infrastructure needed to receive that many refugees is not in place across the country. But he said 10,000 refugees will be accepted before the end of the year, with the remaining 15,000 here by the end of February.
Kelowna-Lake Country MP says 10,000 Syrian refugees will arrive in Canada by year end, 15,000 more by the end of February. “Trudeau’s been calling for 25,000 refugees since March,” Fuhr told the Kelowna Capital News on Wednesday. “If the (former Conservative) government had started working on it then, we could have done it (met the Dec. 31 deadline.)” He said while the proper security screening can be done in time, the intake plan is limited by the inability of municipalities across the country to absorb that many refugees. B.C. has been asked to take in 3,500 refugees from civil war and
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terrorist attacks in Syria and Iraq and is ready to do so, Premier Christy Clark says. “The federal government has asked us to welcome 3,500 refugees as part of this, and we’ve said yes, we think we can do that,” Clark said Wednesday. “We’ve set a million dollars aside and the federal government has also said they’re going to restore the resettlement funding that was cut not that long ago. “We are going to fund their children when they go to
school, of course, and support them in finding the counselling services, the housing and general settlement services that they need.” Fuhr said the refugee issue has been what he has heard the most about from constituents since settling into office following his surprise defeat of long-time Conservative MP Ron Cannan. He said, as the prime minister has stated, this is a national effort, not just a government effort, and following an analysis of the situation the government felt it was best to delay taking 15,000 of the 25,000 refugees before the end of February, 2016.
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News History teachers Graeme Stacey, (left) of Kelowna Secondary, and Derek Smith, of Mount Boucherie Secondary, were honoured with Government of Canada awards for developing school projects that focused on critical thinking.
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Central Okanagan teachers Derek Smith, of Mount Boucherie Secondary, and Graeme Stacey. of Kelowna Secondary, have a long history together. They have taught at the same schools in the past and also work together on a few local and provincial organizations. Now at different schools, both teachers have developed innovative, engaging and critical thinking projects in their classrooms that have been recognized on a national level with Government of Canada history awards. “All of these students, regardless of the type of work they get into, will be a functioning citizen,” said Smith. “No matter what path they take these students are going to be faced with making decisions when it comes to elections or things that are going on in the world and you can trace it all back through history. “My goal and hope is they will be more aware (of history) and more engaged. If we are doing our jobs right, we are creating better students and a better place to live.” Smith and Stacey were among 30 winners across Canada in the competition that asked history teachers to create projects using critical thinking. Smith’s project will be put into
Innovative history teacher duo win national awards his classroom this year and will ask students to research post-war prime ministers and select one to replace the Queen on the $20 bill, the only Canadian currency which doesn’t feature a PM. “It was all based on critical thinking and creating criteria to assess history, to make decisions and to evaluate them,” said Smith who said students will be able to submit their choice to the Bank of Canada, which is looking for suggestions from the public about a commemorative $20 bill. “What I liked about it, was it is more of an authentic task and something to engage them more. If they buy-in you’re going to get a lot further with it and they will take more away from it.” While Smith will put his new project to his students for the first
time this school year, at KSS Stacey’s social studies and history students have been engaged in a project for the past several years, learning about what he calls forgotten soldiers— Canadians who fought in Hong Kong in World War II, many of whom were taken as prisoners of war by the Japanese. “There are only 23 of them (Canadian veterans of the Hong Kong battles) left and 2016 marks the 75th anniversary of this battle,” said Stacey. “We’re not going to have many of these guys left and part of this project is to personalize the story of these veterans who spent three-and-a-halfyears in POW camps so kids can be advocates for this story.” As part of the project, students will hear from a relative of a Canadian
POW and will also comb through historic pictures, selecting just five in the end, researching the war and making personal connections with veterans, through the research. “They make primary connections through imagery of the veterans’ experience,” said Stacey. “They will come to their own conclusions to learn what it was like to become a prisoner of war in World War II. The textbook only has one paragraph on it but I want them to engage, be angry about this topic and find out more about it. “To me this is a big deal. In my lifetime and in these kids’ lifetime, there aren’t going to be any more of these soldiers left.” As the government of B.C. moves to a new curriculum over the next three years, a lot is being made of the
move to new competencies that will involve critical thinking. But for history teachers Derek Smith and Graeme Stacey, using critical thinking is something that has been taking place not only in their classrooms, but in many more. Their award-winning projects are online and can be picked up and used in classrooms across Canada as a way to share projects that uniquely involve students. “To me this was a validation of what is going on in this building every day,” said Smith. “There are a lot of inspiring and interesting things happening in these classrooms. Teachers are working harder to engage students. “It’s easy to complain about the battle with cell phones and all the media we have to compete with but at the end of the day I don’t think kids are any better or worse than we were when we were their age. “If you have an authentic interest in the subject you’re tackling, you are passionate about what you are doing and putting together lessons that engage kids, then I think you can cut though that. “This is about exposing kids to past histories and making them come to life a bit more,” added Stacey. “It creates empathy and allows them to recognize some of the wrong s that have happened in history.” @KP_media1
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The Stuart Park outdoor ice rink is expected to open its fifth season on Tuesday. The city says the ice should be ready at 10 a.m. on opening day, with the rink then open from 6 a.m. to 11 p.m. daily until late February, weather permitting. “Crews have already been working from 4 p.m. until approximately midnight and will continue to do so over the next few days,” said Steve Fagan, city arenas and stadiums supervisor. Skate rentals are available on site daily from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. throughout the skating season.
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Kelowna murder rate in sync with rest of Canada Kathy Michaels kmichaels@kelownacapnews.com
Data out of Statistics Canada this week shows that the country has the lowest murder rate since 1966. There were 516 homicides in 2014, leaving the homicide rate at 1.45 per 100,000 people. In Kelowna there were three murders in 2014 —matching 2013 and 2012—amounting to an overall rate of 1.58 homicides per 100,000 population. The people behind those 2014 statistics are Chris Ausman, Amy Jane Parkes and Caesar
Rosales. On Jan. 25, 2014, at 2:06 a.m., an RCMP officer discovered a body in the 100-block of Highway 33 West. They later identified the body as Chris Ausman, and called the case the first murder of that year. No arrests have been made to date. Two months later, April 1, 2014, police found the body of Parkes, 35, in her Lakeshore Road mobile home. They went to her home after being informed that she had failed to show up at work, which was uncharacteristic. Her former fiancée, Ryan James Quigley, was
arrested days later. He’s scheduled for a four-week trial on the charge of second degree murder, starting April 11, 2016. Rosales was killed Oct. 30, 2014 when he was commuting home on a city bus. Days after the attack, which police characterized as random and unprovoked, Tyler Jack Newton, 23, was charged with second degree murder. Newton, who was well known to police at the time of his arrest, will stand trial June 6, 2016. The 516 murders recorded across Canada in 2014 represents four
Elderly pedestrian killed in MVA An 83-year-old Kelowna woman has died after she was struck by a motor vehicle at the intersection of KLO Road and Ritcher Street on Nov. 24 at 11:19 a.m. A 72-year-old Kelowna driver was attempting a left turn onto Richter Street from KLO and did not see the pedestrian who was in the crosswalk. The pedestrian was hit by the turning vehicle and fell to the ground, suffering
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During the recent federal election campaign, then Kelowna-Lake Country Liberal candidate, and now MP, Stephen Fuhr was definitive—a new Liberal government would re-open the veteran’s affairs office in the city that was closed by the former Conservative government. It was a promise made by the Liberals in their election platform should they form government and, according to Fuhr, was what he was told at the time would happen by party officials. But doubt has been thrown on what Fuhr believed was a certainty. New Veterans’ Affairs Minister Kent Hehr appeared to backtrack recently on that promise when he refused to say where, or how many, of the nine veteran’s affairs offices that were closed by the Tories would re-open. And that has Fuhr now looking for answers. “Does the Okanagan Valley need two offices? Probably not,” said Fuhr, referring to the fact there is currently a veterans’ affairs
minister at their meeting. office located in Penticton. After taking over as So he said if he is unsuccessful in getting the veterans’ affairs minister earlier Kelowna office re-opened, this month, Hehr was asked he will lobby to have the specifically about re-opening Penticton office moved to the nine closed offices—a Kelowna. promise reiterated by now Fuhr, who is scheduled to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau meet with Hehr in Ottawa next as Liberal leader on the week to discuss the situation, campaign trail in September. said he feels having an office in Hehr said his party made a Stephen Fuhr Kelowna makes sense because commitment to go back and of the city’s central location in the look at the situation and reopen valley. “many” of the offices by looking at the areas “People in Vernon and Coldstream have that need them the most. to drive a long way (to get to the Penticton He would not say how many would office),” he said. reopen, where they would be or when they When the Conservatives closed the would reopen. Kelowna office, they replaced it with a single The closure of the offices was met with agent manning a desk in the federal office frustration by veterans, who already had a building in downtown Kelowna. They said strained relationship with the Conservative the move was a cost-cutting measure. government at the time because of what they Fuhr, a 20-year Air Force veteran before felt was a lack of support from Ottawa. retiring from the military, said there are a Rallies were held in Kelowna to protest the number of issues related to the re-opening of closure here, a move that was supported by an office here that need to be discussed and then-Conservative MP Ron Cannan. he hopes to get more information from the
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hired staff for both his Kelowna and Ottawa offices, the Kelowna staff, like him, are currently only accessible electronically via Fuhr’s parliamentary’s email address: stephen. fuhr@parl.gc.ca. He said while he is trying to push non-urgent meetings back to early January, if something urgent does come up, he will find a way to meet face-to-face with the constituent. Two of the people Fuhr has hired to run his Kelowna and Ottawa offices will be familiar to locals. In Kelowna, he hired former Conservative MP Ron Cannan’s longtime constituency assistant Linda Baker. In Ottawa, he hired the woman who used to run Cannan’s office there. He said while he did use Cannan’s old Capri Centre office in Kelowna for one meeting with a constituent shortly after he was sworn in, that office is now closed and cannot be used as it is not in the riding anymore. The area south of Harvey Avenue was moved out of KelownaLake Country and
into the new Central Okanagan-SimilkameenNicola riding for the 2015 federal election. Central OkanaganSimilkameen-Nicola, which includes West Kelowna, is represented by Conservative MP Dan Albas. Fuhr said so far about 25 per cent of the correspondence he has received as MP has come from people living in the Central OkanaganSimilkameen-Nicola, some unaware they do not live in Kelowna-Lake Country anymore. He is encouraging constituents of the other riding to contact Albas first, as he is their MP and should be their first point of contact when it comes to dealing with federal issues and programs. As for working with Albas, Fuhr said he feels the two will be able to work well together for the area as a whole, despite being on opposite sides of the political fence. “I didn’t know Dan before the election but I have met him (since then) a few times and he seems like a nice guy,” said Fuhr.
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Water conservation efforts celebrated at Westbank forum The Okanagan Basin Water Board is celebrating 10 years of water funding in the valley through its Water Conservation and Quality Improvement (WCQI) Grant Program. To mark the occasion, the agency held a day-long showcase “Celebrating Collective Impact” Thursday at the Westbank Lions Community Centre and announced its call for applications for 2016. “Today we are celebrating the collective impact that this funding has had in the Okanagan over the last 10 years. And when you see the work that has been done, it’s fantastic,” said water board chair Doug Findlater, the mayor of West Kelowna. “The grant program was started in 2006 as a
way to build collaborative approaches to address water issues in our region and develop best practices. “Looking at the results of these efforts on display today, you can see the valley-wide benefits of this program.” In all, the OBWB has awarded $3.2 million to 197 projects. The groups behind these efforts, in turn, delivered projects worth more than $20 million to our valley— projects that have helped conserve and protect water in Canada’s most water-stressed region. Projects include stream restoration work for fish, flood mitigation, and improved ecosytems, xeriscape demonstration gardens, water metering, foreshore inventory mapping, drinking water
protection efforts like cattle-fencing, and much more. The forum on Thursday was presented by the water board in partnership with the Okanagan Collaborative Conservation Program and the South Okanagan Similkameen Conservation Program. Additional grant funders, including the Real Estate Foundation of BC, RBC Blue Water Project and the National Wetland Conservation Fund were also invited to discuss possible partnerships, potentially bringing additional project dollars into the valley. And, the event served as an opportunity for the water board to announce the call for WCQI applications for 2016.
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Council has approved a plan to explore a public placemaking initiative for a vacant Bernard Avenue laneway beside 229 Bernard Avenue. The initiative aims to demonstrate the benefits of public place making, based on the success of a temporary transformation of the laneway in 2013. A project team will be assembled to formulate a plan and return to Council with details.
Development off-site construction fee increase
The City’s Development Engineering Administration and Inspection Fee will increase to 3.5 per cent from 3 per cent and the minimum fee will be increased to $500 from $300. Council approved the changes, the first in 25 years, to meet the objective of 50 per cent cost recovery of the Development Engineering Branch’s operating costs. kelowna.ca/council
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Council will consider the permanent closure and removal of the highway dedication of a portion of Road adjacent to Pier Mac Way on: Monday, nov. 30, 1:30pm Kelowna City Hall, 1435 Water street – Council Chambers Pursuant to Section 26 of the Community Charter, the City intends to sell the “Closed Road” under Bylaw No. 11154, being a portion of Road adjacent to Pier Mac Way to Pier Mac Petroleum Installation Ltd., having an area of 11521.6 m2 for a price of $1.00. This road closure is for the realignment of Pier Mac Way. The public may review copies of the proposed Road Closure and Removal Dedication Bylaw
There is $300,000 available for projects that conserve water or improve its quality, noted OBWB operations and grants manager James Littley. Eligible recipients include non profit community groups, local governments (regional districts or municipalities), and irrigation or improvement districts. Successful applicants can receive up to $30,000 for their project. The grants are distributed according to the percentage of tax each region pays into the program. This year, there will be $56,820 to the North Okanagan, $180,660 to the Central Okanagan, and $62,520 to the South Okanagan. “This year the board
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Council will consider the permanent closure and removal of the highway dedication of a portion of Road adjacent to 894 Stremel Road on: Monday, nov. 30, 1:30pm Kelowna City Hall, 1435 Water street – Council Chambers Pursuant to Section 26 of the Community Charter, the City intends to sell the “Closed Road” under Bylaw No. 11158, being a land-forland exchange of a portion of road adjacent to 894 Stremel Road to the British Columbia Transportation Financing Authority, where the City would close and transfer 2280 m2 and receive 2660 m2 of road dedication in return. The public may review copies of the proposed Road Closure and Removal Dedication Bylaw No. 11158, on kelowna.ca or at the Real Estate department at City Hall, 4th Floor, from 8am4pm, Monday to Friday, and/or be given an opportunity to address Council on Monday, Nov. 30, 2015, pursuant to Section 40 of the Community Charter. inFo: 250-469-8610
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Council will consider the permanent closure and removal of the highway dedication of a portion of Lane adjacent to Ellis and St. Paul Street on: Monday, Dec. 7, 1:30pm Kelowna City Hall, 1435 Water street – Council Chambers
Pursuant to Section 26 of the Community Charter, the City intends to sell the “Closed Road” under Bylaw No. 11171, being a portion of Lane adjacent to 1123, 1131, 1135-1139, & 1155 Ellis Street and 1110, 1118, 1128, 1138, 1146 and 1166 St. Paul Street to Kelowna Ready-Mix Ltd., Ellis Street Holdings Ltd., Henry Robert Tostenson and H.R. Tostenson Ltd., having an area of 818.5 m2 for a price of $220,258.35. The public may review copies of the proposed Road Closure and Removal Dedication Bylaw No. 11171, on kelowna.ca or at the Real Estate department at City Hall, 4th Floor, from 8am4pm, Monday to Friday, and/or be given an opportunity to address Council on Monday, Dec. 7, 2015, pursuant to Section 40 of the Community Charter.
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The City is reminding residents to move parked vehicles off the road before the snow falls, especially vehicles parked in cul-de-sacs. By moving your vehicle to the driveway or alley, snow removal trucks can clear the snow efficiently and quickly, making the roads safer for everyone. Residents are responsible for shoveling sidewalks adjacent to their property. Help a neighbor by becoming a Snow Buster. Have a neighbor who shovels your driveway or sidewalk? Nominate them at kelowna.ca/ transportation under Roadway Maintenance, or email snowbusters@kelowna.ca, and they’ll be entered into a monthly prize draw to win Kelowna Rockets tickets.
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Residents are invited to come to an open house to see drawings of the draft plan and learn more about: • the community process that was followed • the short-term and long-term plans for development • new routes for walking and cycling • public space improvements Join City representatives to learn more about the preferred plan that will shape the Civic Block over the next 25 years. Comments will be summarized and shared with Council. Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2015, 3:30pm to 6:30pm Kelowna Community Theatre Unable to attend the open house? The plan will be available at getinvolved.kelowna.ca for review and comment from Nov. 30 to Dec. 13. inFo: 250-469-8937 kelowna.ca/mydowntown
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Regional Board Highlights – November 2015 Program and Service Update
The Regional Board has received an update on program and service accomplishments during the third quarter of the year. These include receipt of a Small Communities Fund grant of $1.9-million for upgrades to the Killiney Beach water system; the creation of two new composting instructional videos by the Regional Waste Reduction Office; two national awards for the Economic Development Commission; a clean GST audit report and the start of preparations for the 2016 budget process. Service Agreements for Fringe Area Planning have been endorsed between the Regional District and four member municipalities. Three draft park management plans are being developed; a new Cottonwoods pedestrian bridge has been installed over Mission Creek and a community consultation survey was conducted on possible infrastructure upgrades for the third access to Fintry Community Park.
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The Regional Board has given conditional approval to an application made to FrontCounter BC from the owners of the La Casa development strata. The Strata Corporation has applied to purchase three tenured parcels of Crown land totaling 3.28-hectares in order to protect existing land uses and on one parcel to construct amenities for the strata owners at the resort.
Starling Control Program
The Regional Board has received an update from the BC Grapegrowers Association on the Starling Control Program. Each regional district in the Okanagan Similkameen contributes $25,000 annually to the program that is administered and managed by the Association. The program provides trapping control, research and public education about the impact of the bird species on the agricultural industry.
Flames from an overturned candle ripped through a 40-foot motorhome Wednesday morning, sending one person to hospital for a minor case of smoke inhalation. Kelowna Fire Department responded to a 911 call reporting a RV fire on Rojem Road before 11 a.m., said Kelly Stephens, Kelowna Fire Department platoon captain, noting that three engines and 16 fire personnel were at the Glenmore area RV park. “The fire was caused by an overturned candle,” he said, in a press release. “A single resident was taken to hospital for minor smoke inhalation.”
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Kelowna and Lake Country Mounties will be out in full force again this year, cramming even more cruisers full of much needed donations for the Lake Country Food Bank. Kelowna and Lake Country RCMP are gearing up for the fourth annual RCMP Cram the Cruiser fund raising event set to take place on Saturday Dec. 5. The event will be held in the parking lot of the Cooper’s Foods in Lake Country, and will run between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. Both regular and auxiliary members of the RCMP, along with RCMP volunteers will be on location in regular uniform or red serge with marked police vehicles, inviting the public to Cram the Cruiser with non-perishable food donations. Cash donations will also be accepted and all donations will solely benefit the Lake Country Food Bank.
Members of the Lake Country Volunteer Fire Department will be on site to serve chili and a bun for a donation to the food bank, all the food supplies are being donated by Campbell’s Soup and Cooper’s Foods. “Since its inception three years ago, Cram the Cruiser has raised more than 5,800 lbs of donated items, and just over $7,500 in cash and cheques solely for the Lake Country Food Bank,” said Const. Jesse O’Donaghey. “The new location of the Lake Country Food Bank building is nearing completion, we want to do our part in filling its shelves with food for those in need this holiday season.” Cooper’s Foods will again have prepackaged bags for the food bank available in its store. The bags are typically filled with canned soup, beans, vegetables, tuna, as well as packages of noodles and boxes of pasta for a discounted price of $5 each. “Of course, members of the public are also welcome to bring their nonperishable food donations from home,” said O’Donaghey. Everyone who contributes with a donation of any size will be given the opportunity to enter their name into a draw for prizes generously donated by both Lake Country and Kelowna businesses. So far prize sponsors this year include the Kelowna Rockets, the Delta Grand Okanagan Resort, West Kelowna Napa Auto Parts, and L’Isola Bella Bistro.
Final input on new skate park design Construction of a new skate park for West Kelowna is on track for spring with the final two design options just released and made available online for community viewing and feedback.
The options were created using feedback from the first community survey, which was completed in September. Feedback can be given online at westkelownacity.ca/ skateparkssurvey2 up to
Dec. 3. Designers will spend the winter completing the blueprints for the skate park so that the project can break ground next spring. The new skate park will cost about $430,000.
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Sunset Ranch Sewer Rate Adjusted
The Regional Board has adopted an amendment to the Central Okanagan East Sewer Systems Bylaw. The annual rate of service for each household in the Sunset Ranch community will increase starting January 2016 by approximately 12% ($38.52) to offset additional operating expenses and costs from the City of Kelowna. A four per cent late payment penalty is included in the bylaw.
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Give your ideas on local highways Do you want to have your say on traffic congestion issues and potential solutions in the Central Okanagan?Now’s your chance. As part of the information it is gathering for future highway improvements here, as well as planning for a second crossing of Okanagan Lake, the B.C. government is about to hold a second round of open houses for the public to give feedback on ideas for short-term and future transportation needs and solutions. “With a growing population and thriving business and tourism sectors, the Central Okanagan plays a key part in B.C.’s strong, diverse economy,” Premier Christy Clark, MLA for WestsideKelowna, said in a press release. “Input from the people who depend on the transportation network every day ensures our infrastructure continues to meet their needs, both today and for years to come.” Todd Stone, B.C.’s transportation and infrastructure minister said the government is interested in hearing the public’s views on the Highway 97 corridor and the surrounding roads, and is encouraging everyone to participate. The first phase of public engagement was launched in May with two open houses and the introduction of a website. This next round of open houses will deliver population, land use and corridor conditions/ performance forecasts, and will ask for feedback. Those who attend in West Kelowna and Kelowna on Nov. 30 and
Dec. 1 respectively, will be asked their views on the role of Highway 97, asked for suggestions about how to address future congestion and be presented with preliminary opinions about where a second crossing of Okanagan Lake should be located. The ministry says it is building on the input received during the first round of open houses, where people said congestion was the most serious issue. Input from local mayors and councillors, First Nations, environmental groups and other stakeholders will also be considered. All the information gathered will help the government to develop the full picture of transportation needs and solutions, for both for the short and long term. “The need for additional highway capacity on Highway 97 and a second crossing is still at least two decades away,” the ministry said in a news release issued Thursday, announcing the open houses. “The ministry is starting the planning process now, in order to be prepared for the population growth expected.” While the Central Okanagan’s population is currently approximately 187,000, 20 years from now, it is expected to grow to nearly 255,000 people, an increase of more than 36 per cent, says the ministry. Since 2001, the B.C. government has invested more than $400 million in upgrades to improve safety and mobility on Highway 97 through the Central Okanagan, including building the William R. Bennett
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Frozen grapes being harvested for premium ice wine A wave of icy arctic air this week has set into motion one of the Okanagan’s most chilly harvests. For the last few days, as mercury dropped as low as -12 C—and remained well below -8 C—pickers left the warmth of their homes to pluck frozen grapes from vines. Sperling Vineyards, Tantalus and Summerhill Pyramid wineries were just a few that posted notices that they had sent harvesters out into the cold of the night to pick the sweet, frozen fruits. Late November is early for the harvest historically, but in recent years it’s become more common.
Lake Country will take almost 15 minutes longer in the morning rush hour and up to 24 minutes longer in the afternoon rush hour. By 2040, almost all signalized intersections within developed areas along the highway will have what the ministry describes as “significant” congestion and delays. The planned open houses are set for: • Monday, Nov. 30 from 4:30 to 8 p.m. at Westbank Lions Community Centre, in Westbank • Tuesday, Dec. 1, from 4:30 to 8 p.m. at the Ramada Hotel and Conference Centre in Kelowna. For more information about the study, or to submit feedback online, go to http://engage.gov. bc.ca/okanagan secondcrossing/.
Bridge to replace the former Okanagan Lake Floating Bridge as the only crossing of the lake; six-laning the highway through the city from Water Street to Highway 33; fourlaning the highway from Winfield to Oyama; building the Westside Road interchange which includes an overpass at Westside Road and an underpass to the west of the interchange; and the Campbell Road Interchange at the west end of the Bennett Bridge. The ministry says the Bennett Bridge will reach capacity in its current configuration by 2040 and the approaches on the Kelowna side will reach capacity before then. It also estimates that by 2040, a trip along the full length of the road between Peachland and
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Some ready, to support refugees To the editor: A flurry of letters and Facebook posts demanding we stop the Syrian refugee immigration and take care of our homeless and vets before refugees, got us thinking. We have made donations to two school Christmas funds, the Nelson Food Cupboard, the
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Surgical tool 3D-printed models help surgeons practise before they operate inside a patient’s brain. bbc.com/news/technology
Vessel scan Microscopic 3D ultrasound scans of rat brain blood vessels are pioneering methods to improve cancer and stroke diagnosis. bbc.com/news/science
Fowl shot You don’t need to shoot a duck to pump it full of lead. 100,000 UK water birds die of lead poisoning p/a from eating discarded ammo. bbc.com/news/science
Your sons, daughters, mothers and dads living on our streets, under bridges, river banks, dumpsters, store alcoves and tire bins, etc., across our Canadian cities. What financial aid are they getting to place a roof over their heads, food
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Kelowna’s ‘greed’ appeal scaled down “Greed, for lack of a better Kathartic word, is good. Greed is right. Greed works. KATHY Greed clarifies, MICHAELS cuts through, and captures the essence of the evolutionary spirit. Greed, in all of its forms; greed for life, for money, for love, knowledge, has marked the upward surge of mankind and greed, you mark my words, will not only save Teldar Paper, but that other malfunctioning corporation called the U.S.” For those who use their minds for something more important than committing movie quotes to memory, those are the worlds of Gordon Gecko— Michael Douglas’s character in the movie Wall Street. The character is often referenced when discussing unrestrained greed and all the problems it has caused. In particular, Gordon Gecko’s name came up an awful lot during the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis. But it’s not just bankers and Wall Street types who were overtaken by greed in those years.
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Even in this corner of the world, it became pretty noticeable. In the years leading up to the financial crisis, Kelowna’s housing market had what looked like a renaissance of grandiosity. Houses and condominiums were bigger than ever. The neighbourhoods they were planted in had a shimmer and shine at odds with the average middle class resident’s paycheque. Some planned neighbourhoods boasted golf courses and others promised marinas. There was even a waterfall and a tropical garden in the works for one particularly beleaguered development. Once the doors to those homes swung open, what was inside seemed more befitting to something you’d see in a reality TV show—where the stars are botoxed, ballooned and bleached—not what a middle class would be able to maintain. It was odd. Unsettling, even. Maybe because it was doomed? Whether it was highrises or planned communities, a lot of the dreams of 2008 went the way of the dodo. Now they’re taking flight again in a way that’s a lot more appropriate for both the landscape and the community.
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The chronically underpaid are supported by charity while CEOs remain overpaid To the editor: We live in a country that is rich in natural resources. We can be totally self-sufficient. There is no need to import products, especially from non-democratic countries and those capitalizing on poverty wages. There is no shortage of jobs. Just look around us and see the need for road work, the rebuilding of an efficient and safe rail system, the need for new bridges, putting our electric power underground, building hospitals, research in the medical field, and I am sure you can keep adding to these needs.
We are told that we cannot afford to raise the minimum wage to a liveable wage, but we can afford to over-pay CEOs to support denying full-time employment and putting the consumer to do tasks that employees used to be paid for. Just consider the services that we used to get and what we get now. If we cannot afford to have all of the necessities for a good life, then there is a flaw in our monetary system. To be limited in funds based on a lump of gold or some previous substance buried in a vault, it should be obvious that we need a better system.
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to buy many supplies and is expected to buy even more immediately when he is released. How can he do this when he cannot move? Is the Minister of Health, Terry Lake, asleep on the job? It seems that Interior Health does not care one jot about senior citizens, and [Premier] Christy Clark doesn’t seem to care either. Seniors are only good for this government come voting time. It is high time things change. Seniors have to take up the clarion call that we are not to be stepped on by a government that doesn’t care, that is deliberately trying to starve national health in favour of private American-style healthcare. God forbid if that happens. We will all be dropping dead on the streets. I’ve seen it happen in the USA, and, guess what? They will let you. Wake up, editor and tell the truth about what is happening. Help seniors and stop this rot that is destroying Interior Health and the Canadian health system right here in Kelowna. Laurence D. M. Marshall, Kelowna
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If we produce money based on needs, it would be beneficial, but we then would need controls to prevent extortion, and monopolies that are now prevalent. We have been treating the needs of the under-paid by charity which, at its best, is Band Aid treatment. It does nothing to solve the problems. We need some real leadership in constructive reform.
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To the editor: I have just got off the telephone with a gentleman of 80 years of age. He lives alone. He is due to have a hip replacement. This man has had a heart attack, a stroke, is diabetic and has severe arthritis, particularly in his hands. The man is in agony, yet, because Interior Health has deemed this “elective” surgery, he is getting practically no help at all. He is actually expected to inject himself with needles after the operation. A young nurse at Interior Health humiliated him in front of a crowded patient’s office by telling him that 95-year-old women can do it themselves. They are going to throw this man out of hospital as soon as they can, and he has no place to go. Interior Health has apparently cancelled rehab at Cottonwoods. Maybe the new offices on Doyle have soaked up all their money. How is this man expected to take care of himself when he can hardly move? He’s had
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Density up, glam scaled down MICHAELS FROM A10 limit of 600 units. The change is for the sake of increasing density, which means more townhomes than behemoth houses. AKA—more families in homes. It’s not just in Kelowna where this adaptation is happening. Over in Lake Country there was a similar phenomenon. In 2008 the Lakestone development was a master planned community much like Quail Ridge or Predator Ridge—it planned for big multi-family homes on a golf course and marina. When the initial developer let the project go, it was purchased by McDonald Development in Vancouver, which saw an increasing need for spaces families could inhabit. The plan shifted to more single family
homes that were affordable. The marina and golf course ideas were turfed in favour of more fitness and walking trails. There will still be waterfront access, although it’s going to focus on kayak and paddle board users. Not only is that better for the pocketbook, the lake is likely heaving a sigh of relief. Basically, greed was pretty good for awhile, but it’s so much better to see more practical developments take their place across the valley. These are the type of developments that let working people live in this community. Granted, they’re still going to have to be fairly high earning working people, but it’s a step in the right direction. Kathy Michaels is a Black Press reporter working for the Kelowna Capital News. @KelownaNewsKat
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“So far, we have not seen any valid justification for the health authority to forge ahead with contracting out this efficient, publicly delivered service.” The union says 175 jobs at the 11 facilities would be affected. Since announcing last year that it would seek bids from the private sector to take over all or part of its laundry operations at the hospitals in Kelowna, Vernon, Kamloops, Penticton and Nelson, along with services in six smaller communities, IH has delayed a final decision on the plan several times. “This in-house laundry operation has set the bar high in terms of
productivity, efficiency and quality standards, according to the IHA itself,” said Whiteside. “We need the IHA to be a champion of protecting familysupporting jobs and a clearly well-run service in their region. That would be a win-win situation for everybody.” IH says it needs millions of dollars to improve laundry infrastructure but that money is not forthcoming from the province. It has said in the past that the existing laundry services are run efficiently right now. But IH says it needs to look to the future and infrastructure needs to be improved. Recently, SFU
economist Marvin Shaffer reviewed two IHA documents, obtained by the union to analyze the health authority’s rationale for outsourcing its laundry services. He said he found no valid business case for privatization. So far this year, municipal councils in Nelson, Kamloops, Williams Lake, Summerland, Vernon, and 100 Mile House have passed motions opposing the privatization scheme, and more than 12,800 names were collected on a petition calling on IH to retain the laundry services. That petition was also presented to the provincial government in Victoria.
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Celebration planned for Kelowna Local festivities are planned to mark World AIDS Day 2015 on Tuesday, Dec. 1. The Living Positive Resource Centre has organized an appearance by author and performer Michael V. Smith for the launch of the inaugural anthology of The Annals of Gay Sexuality: A Contemporary HIV Zeitgeist, followed by a candlelight vigil. This event will take place at the Kelowna Art Gallery, 1315 Water St., from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Smith is an author, drag queen, improv artist, radical faerie and creative writing professor. Also taking part in the festivities will be Juawana, a Living Positive volunteer and second year master’s student interested in media and social justice and partying for the cause. Dylan Wall is the program coordinator of the Men’s Health Initiative where he strives to create safe and inclusive spaces, help rid stigma, and follow his passion for sexual education and healthcare equality for gay and bisexual men. Matt Rader, a UBC Okanagan professor of poetry, is working on a manuscript about HIV, immunology, and a family friend. With new drug cocktails promising preventative strategies, shorter testing times, undetectable viral loads, and decades of evolution in how AIDS affects the social/sexual lives of Western gay men, World AIDS Day is a far more optimistic moment in
contemporary Western culture than even five years ago. “We’re not surviving, we’re thriving. World AIDS Day is an opportunity for people worldwide to unite in the fight against HIV, show their support for people living with HIV and to commemorate those who have passed away,” said Clare MacDonald, executive director of Living Positive Resource Centre.
Kokanee numbers rebound in local lakes Richard Rolke Contributor
An Okanagan fishery is making a dramatic turnaround. The 2015 fall survey shows kokanee numbers were up in Okanagan, Kalamalka and Wood lakes. “It’s really positive,” said Hillary Ward, fisheries stock assessment biologist with the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations. After poor conditions resulted in numbers plummeting in Wood Lake in 2001, more than
20,000 kokanee returned to spawn in Middle Vernon Creek the lake’s main tributary. This is a twofold increase from previous years. “They are getting better and we’re seeing get back to historic levels,” said Ward. As a result, the ministry will permit a fishery on Wood Lake from April 1 to Aug. 31, 2016. Among the factors that led to poor Wood Lake returns in 2001 were warm lake water with challenges along Middle Vernon Creek. On Okanagan Lake this
year, kokanee spawners totalled 336,500, an increase from 80,500 last year. This is the highest return since 1992. “There may be favourable climatic conditions for the kokanee,” said Ward, adding that habitat enhancement has also
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West Kelowna events help kick off local Yuletide season New for 2015 is the Town Centre Light Up!, a street festival on Friday, Dec. 4, from 5 to 8 p.m. on Brown Road between
Main Street and Gossett Road. Brown Road will be closed from 3 to 9 p.m. to accommodate all
the activities, which will include caroling, crafts and an inflatable play place for the kids. Cookies and cider will
be served and vendors will be on site selling hot food. Christmas trees will also be for sale on site. Santa will arrive via the ice rink Zamboni at 6:30 p.m., just in time to help turn on the lights, and then he’ll stick around for photos with the kids. Admission is free. For more information and an event map please go to westkelownacity.ca/ ChristmasLights. The fun continues
on Sunday, Dec. 6, with Winterfest, from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Mount Boucherie Community Centre, 2760 Cameron Rd. Start off the day with a pancake breakfast, go for a free skate at Jim Lind Arena, watch the kids get their faces painted and then help them with Christmas crafts and cookie decorating. Stick around for a hot dog lunch and a visit from
Santa. The entire event is free, but the city will be collecting non-perishable food bank donations. Event details are available online at westkelownacity.ca/ Winterfest. And anyone already looking ahead to the Christmas break can find the public skating and arena programs schedules online at westkelownacity.ca/ recguide.
Refugees remain Liberal priority INFLUX FROM A1 In his mandate letter to Immigration Minister John McCallum, Trudeau said a top priority is to “lead government-wide efforts to resettle 25,000 refugees from Syria in the coming months.” Clark said the number, timing and security screening of refugee claimants is up to Ottawa. “I accept their assurances that they can do a very rigorous screening process for everyone that we’re welcoming into
the country in the time that they’ve set out for it,” Clark said. “Our job in British Columbia is to welcome them, and to make sure that we, as communities and a province, do everything that we can to make sure that they get the best possible start, so those refugees can start contributing to our society and be a part of our society, because that’s what they want. And that’s what we need. ” -with files by Tom Fletcher
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Give gardening tools a rest now that snow has arrived Gardening With Nature GWEN STEELE Tool. The most visited page on the website is the plant database. Please read the database explanation page before you begin using it. The plant information will be more meaningful and the navigation easier. There are 23 search criteria to choose from. Plant lists generated from the criteria you choose are listed alphabetically by common name. If you wish to sort by Latin name, click on the heading ‘Latin name’. Then all the plants of the same species will appear together, rather than scattered throughout if the list is sorted by common name. On the ‘Resources’ page, there are lists of great books related to water-wise/sustainable gardening. My top pick for xeriscape information for this area is ‘Creating the Prairie Xeriscape’ by Sara Williams. Contact me at info@okanaganxeriscape. org if you want to buy a copy. It’s a great Christmas gift. Another gift idea is a gift certificate to my class Introduction to the Principles of Xeriscape. Information can be found on the ‘Classes’ page. Classes begin again in March through to May. This is my last column for 2015. I’ve enjoyed
having the opportunity to share my gardening knowledge with you and write about gardening events. I’ll resume writing the column next March. Best wishes for a happy and successful gardening New Year. Gwen Steele is executive director of the Okanagan Xeriscape Association.
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This week’s first snowfall marks the end of the gardening season. Although I love gardening, I’m glad I live in a colder climate to have a quiet time to look over my garden notes and photos and make plans for next year. With the intensity of last summer’s drought, there are lots of changes to consider. Last week, I gave some planning tips to minimize maintenance tasks. I hope that, and other columns you have saved will help you focus on water conservation and maintenance reduction as you dream and plan for next year’s gardens. To assist with your plans, I invite you to explore the Okanagan Xeriscape Association’s website okanaganxeriscape.org. For inspiration, the ‘Xeriscape Galleries’ illustrate projects other gardeners have done. Under the ‘unH2O Garden’ page you’ll find the story and photos of the Xeriscape Demonstration Garden being built in 2010, as well as slide shows of the five theme gardens illustrating changes through the seasons and growth from year to year. The garden brochure is also there. Plants in the gardens were selected for long bloom and/or long season of interest. They are a good starting point for selecting water-wise plants. The ‘About Xeriscape’ page has details about the Seven Principles of Xeriscape and a Landscape Assessment
Sedum ‘Autumn Joy’ looks interesting even in the snow. This easy-to-grow xeriscape perennial gets cut to the ground in spring. It will grow in sun to part shade, is tolerant of poor soil, and attracts pollinators.
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Chamber warns of tough decisions ahead for Trudeau Ken Carmichael Contributor
Canada’s new government has hit the ground running. The Canadian people and the media are cheered by pictures of the most inclusive federal cabinet ever. The return of the long-form census was the fastest public policy reversal in Canadian history. Innovation, Science and
Economic Development Minister Navdeep Bains must have been texting Statistics Canada on his cellphone during the swearing-in ceremony. It’s customary now, when everything is going so well, for an economist to come in and rain on the parade. There are tough decisions ahead. The outlook for the Canadian economy has darkened. The recession is old news by now, and we
expect modest (one per cent) growth to return in the second half of 2015. But, the International Monetary Fund has again revised down its outlook for the global economy, mainly because of weakness in China. The Canadian Chamber’s outlook for oil and commodity prices has also been revised lower. All this is coming amid Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation’s warnings of overvaluation
in Canadian housing markets. The Parliamentary Budget Office now projects larger deficits—$3 billion next year and almost $5 billion in 2017. This is before the government has spent a penny on additional infrastructure. This means there are tough decisions on the horizon. On taxes, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s mandate letter to
the finance ministry contains straightforward instructions such as implementing the middle class tax cut (lowering the rate on income of $44,700 to $90,000 from 22 per cent to 20.5 per cent) and canceling income splitting for families. However, there are also tough policy choices such as reducing “wasteful” tax expenditures and enhancing the Canada Pension Plan (CPP).
At the Chamber, we are focused on the promise to enhance the CPP because it could be damaging to business. The contribution already is 9.9 per cent on earnings, split equally between employee and employer, and must be paid regardless of whether a business is flush with profits or on the verge of bankruptcy. The government will also have to convince all the provinces to buy into the plan. This is a very tall order. The government has also announced a “fresh start” on energy after the rejection of the Keystone XL pipeline. Minister of Foreign Affairs Stéphane Dion promised to put in place sufficiently rigorous environmental assessments and enough clean-energy investment to restore Canada’s image, “then our product will be welcome everywhere.” A credible plan to reduce carbon emissions is undoubtedly of great benefit to Canada and
is fully supported by the Chamber. It may also be true that Stephen Harper mishandled Keystone XL so that it became a victim of the Conservative government’s environmental record. But is the purpose of environmental policy to impress foreign countries and make them pat us on the back? What do we do if the U.S. or the Europeans are not sufficiently pleased? Back to the drawing board? With a weak economy and rising deficits, the government has less room to maneuver. That’s why it’s critical that infrastructure spending be targeted at the trade-enabling investments that improve our competitiveness. That’s also why the CPP enhancement and the plan to reduce carbon emissions must be sound public policy choices that are not burdensome for business. Ken Carmichael is the president of the Kelowna Chamber of Commerce.
RDCO committee spots filled The Regional District or Central Okanagan board has appointed one new person and re-appointed three others to its environmental advisory commission. Serving her first three-year term is Mary Ann OlsonRussello, while Melony Catana, Rose Gunoff and Pete Spencer have been re-appointed to second terms. The commission offers environment impact recommendations relating to land use and development applications.
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Exercise routine important for skiers and snowboarders Krista Smith Contributor
I’m sure many of you skiers and snowboarders out there have already started to dust off your equipment, checked the daily snow report, and maybe even have already headed to the mountain for some early season skiing and riding. We are fortunate in Kelowna to have so many great ski resorts nearby. Skiing and snowboarding are great ways to get some fresh air and exercise when it can be a challenge to stay active in Kelowna through the fall and winter. This is especially true lately when it has been so wet, cold and dark outside. Since most outdoor activities have wrapped up for the summer, it’s the perfect time of year to start conditioning your body in preparation for the upcoming ski season, if you are not already doing so. A good exercise program which addresses core and hip stability, balance, flexibility, muscle endurance, and aerobic conditioning will go a long way to help improve your endurance and technique on the mountain to help you get the most out of your season. If you are currently recovering from an injury, or if you have just been sedentary for some time you may notice a lack of strength, balance, range of motion or overall conditioning. Before hitting the slopes, it can be very
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useful to engage in a progressive rehabilitation exercise program prior to doing something more demanding on your body. Your physiotherapists can assess your condition and plot a course for your physical recovery. In the clinic, it is not uncommon to see overuse or traumatic injuries as a result of unresolved muscle weakness. This is often due to injury or sedentary behaviour followed by more demanding or intense exercise. This excessive demand could come from lifting very heavy weights, running too fast or too far, attending an advanced exercise class or participating in a full day of winter activities. While the above examples may very well be a realistic long term goal, you may be putting your body at an increased risk of injury if you engage in an activity that your body is not adequately prepared for. Exercise needs to be consistent and frequent, rather than all or none. Set a goal to exercise small amounts each day. An exercise program should include a combination of core stability, strengthening, stretching, balance training, and aerobic conditioning. If you are currently recovering from an injury, or if you have been inactive for some time and are not sure where to begin, your physiotherapist can help get you on the right track by developing a safe and
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Pipes, roads, buildings, bridges and a lot of other things above and below ground are referred to as a city’s infrastructure. In Kelowna’s case, the city has invested millions building and maintaining infrastructure indispensable to the daily lives of all residents and businesses in the city of Kelowna. But infrastructure is also critical to the competitiveness of the local economy and the quality of life we enjoy in Kelowna. The 2030 Infrastructure Plan covers the City’s infrastructure investment of $1 billion for the next 15 years (2016-2030) and was developed to align with the objectives of the city’s Official Community Plan and council and corporate priorities. On average over the next 15 years, the annual budget is forecast to be $70 million per year with three quarters going to replace existing infrastructure and meet infrastructure demands as the city grows.
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Here are a few reasons why infrastructure development is crucially important to the City of Kelowna and why you should consider getting involved to learn more about the process. Visit online at kelowna. ca/2030Kelowna to experience what decisions go into balancing the budget. The value of travel time: Traffic congestion costs the local economy $200 million per year, estimated to rise to $353 million in 2030 according to a study completed by the City of Kelowna and the Central Okanagan Economic Development Commission. Better transportation systems contribute to reduced traffic congestion and improved productivity. Improving the
way labour markets function: An effective transportation system allows workers to seek employment with a wider range of choices based on access. Facilitating housing choice: Homebuyers are naturally attracted to residential areas with better urban infrastructure and amenities. Richard Florida in his works on the C”creative class” writes about the attraction of cities with range and mix of housing types and densities required to satisfy underlying demand. Promoting economic development: Public infrastructure investment is imperative to promote private investment and economic development in the community. City entities like the dark fibre network–a 13-kilometre fibre optic network designed to move vast quantities of data–helped motivate Bardel Entertainment, a Vancouver-based animation firm, to expand its business in downtown Kelowna. Attracting talented and
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Sports VANIER CUP FINAL
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In his four seasons at Boise State, Taylor Loffler’s football career didn’t unfold nearly the way he had planned. Plagued by injuries and a lack of playing time, the KSS grad’s prospects of a pro career had pretty much vanished and, along with it, his passion for the game. But all of that changed this fall when Loffler joined the UBC Thunderbirds for his final year of university football. “It’s definitely been a great experience for me to be here, to get back playing again and enjoying the game,” Loffler said of his move back to B.C. “I’m back to loving it again, like I did when I was a kid.” The 23-year-old safety has played more like a man possessed than a kid this season, doling out punishing hits and leading both the T-Birds and the Canada West conference with 42 tackles during the regular season. He added 11.5 more tackles in UBC’s upset win over Calgary in the Canada West final two
weeks ago and for his exploits was named the conference’s defensive player of the week. Loffler has been a key figure all season in the Thunderbirds’ march to their first Vanier Cup final appearance since 1997. UBC will take on the Montreal Carabins on Saturday in Quebec City for the CIS national football title. “I feel fortunate to be in this position and I’m really looking forward to it,” Loffler said of Saturday’s season finale. “Montreal is a great team, but we’ve showed we can hang with the best, so we’ll give it everything we have.” T-Birds head coach Blake Nill, who at the time was at the University of Calgary, tried to recruit Loffler for the Dinos’ program in 2010. Five years later, Loffler couldn’t be happier to be back in Canada playing for Nill, as the T-Birds knock on the door for national university football’s ultimate prize. “It’s been an amazing experience, to be able to come in and make a contribution,” said the 6-foot-3, 218-pound
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KSS grad Taylor Loffler will play with the UBC Thunderbirds in this Saturday’s Vanier Cup national university final against the Montreal Carabins in Quebec City. Loffler. “In talking to Blake going in, I just wanted to help the team and do the best I could with the opportunities he gave me. “Just to see the way the guys have pulled together, to go from 2-and-6 last year to this, has been incredible. It’s been fun.” B.C. high school football’s player of the
year in 2010, Loffler showed bluechip potential coming out of KSS and was recruited by Boise State. But an ACL injury suffered during his senior year with the Owls came back to saddle him once again in Idaho. In four seasons south of the border, an unfulfilled Loffler played in just nine games with
Boise and needed a new lease on his football life. UBC turned out to be the ideal place to find it. “I wasn’t getting noticed, I just didn’t feel like myself, I had the injury problems, and football just wasn’t fun,” he said. “I really wanted to play again and this was kind of my last chance to get a shot at pro. “Having a chance to
come out here and play a key role, I’ve got my passion back and I’m feeling great.” From his perspective as UBC’s defensive coordinator, James Colzie III said Loffler has done everything and more the T-Birds could have hoped for. “Taylor’s the quarterback on our defence, nothing fazes
him, he’s so poised you can tell he’s played in some big-time games,” said Colzie. “He’s extremely physical and he’s such a presence out there. Other teams have to find where number 10 is on the field, and even when they do, it’s tough to stop him. “In reality, he’s one of the best players in the country,” said Colzie. “He’s going to go on and play at the pro level and I believe he’s going to be a very good pro.” And not surprisingly, the CFL has been taking notice of Loffler. He’s been contacted by several teams and is a good bet to have his named called early at next spring’s CFL draft. So, it would seem, Loffler’s pro dream has been officially rejuvenated. “I want to make the most of my last college game, and then hopefully something will come out of the CFL draft,” he said. “You sure can’t count on that, but I’ve talked to some teams that have liked what they’ve seen, so that’s promising. It’s what I want to do.” @capnewsports
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After cooling down one of the WHL’s hottest teams, the Kelowna Rockets will face another test this weekend in Victoria. The Rockets, winners of four straight and nine of the last 10, will take on the Royals in a doubleheader, tonight
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Foods Centre. With seven wins in their last 10, Victoria (167-1-1) is second only to Kelowna (18-5-1-0) in the Western Conference standings. “Victoria is another good hockey team,” said Rockets head coach Brad Ralph. “Defensively, they’re maybe one of the best teams we’ve seen this year. It’s not easy
going into that arena against that team, the way they play. We’re going to have to get it going again.” On Wednesday, the Rockets ended Seattle’s six-game win streak with a 5-2 victory at Prospera Place. A pair of rookie forwards were the catalysts for Kelowna, with Kole Lind scoring
twice and Jordan Borstmayer notching his first WHL goal. “That was our fourth line, I can’t say enough about those guys,” Ralph said. “That can be a difference maker against a big team. “They did a great job, Kole Lind, he’s got a knack for the net. And it was good to see Borstmayer get rewarded
for all his hard work here.” The Rockets next home action is Wednesday, Dec. 2 vs the Kootenay Ice.
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Huskies golden in B.C. final
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Warren Henderson To say the Okanagan Mission Huskies have had success since the resurrection of the boys’ soccer program in 2011 would be an understatement. The Huskies struck gold this week at the B.C. AAA championship in Burnaby, giving the school four provincial medals in just five seasons. OKM went unbeaten through the tournament with 5-0 record, securing the B.C. title with a 2-0 victory Wednesday over Sa-Hali from Kamloops. The win avenged a loss
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Success reaching soccer finals Neither Thompson Okanagan Football Club team came out on top, but both still made history by reaching the B.C. Soccer Premier League Cup finals. It was the first time since the program’s inception that TOFC squads made it to finals in the club’s most successful season to date. In the U14 boys championship, TOFC was tied 1-1 after regulation and ended up losing 2-1 to Coquitlam Metro Ford Soccer Club at the end of overtime. Lucas Hickling of Kelowna, who just spent a week training with the Vancouver Whitecaps pre-residency team in Vancouver, was exceptionally strong for the Okanagan club. The TOFC U17 boys suffered a similar fate, losing 3-1 to Coquitlam Metro Ford. Tied 1-1 after regulation, with goalkeeper Nick Reitsma of Kelowna stopped a penalty kick in the eighth minute. However, extra time proved to not be their friend as Coquitlam scored twice to seal the championship.
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The OKM Huskies display the championship banner after winning the B.C. AA boys high school soccer title Wednesday in Burnaby. The Huskies are: (back, from left) assistant coach Keith Shanks, Dylan Nemes, Kamen Wimbleton, Jarod Verokosky, Noah Van De Mark, Oliver Perry, Joon Park, Foster Warren, Erik Wegner, head coach Tony Overton, (front) Sam McDonald, Turner Woodroff, Zach Bradshaw, Spencer Young, Cameron Ambrosio, Carl Vaderkraats, Matt Barcelona, Matt Harden, Devon Araujo and Andres Merinero Molina. to the same Sa-Hali team earlier in the month in the valley final, as OKM used both skill and discipline to ensure a better result. “(Sa-Hali) isn’t as skilled as us, they played a very physical game at the valleys, our boys got caught up in that and lost their heads a bit,” said Huskies assistant coach Keith Shanks. “But our guys learned from that. (Sa-Hali) tried to be physical again, but we stuck to our game plan. The boys played a strong game in all aspects.” OKM opened with a 2-1 win over Qualicum, then followed with victories over Brookswood
(2-1) Caledonia (4-1), McMath and ulimately, Sa-Hali. Grade 11 midfielder Sam McDonald was on his game throughout provincials and was named the tournament’s MVP. McDonald also shared the Golden Boot award scoring four goals. With a 14-1 overall record and a gold medal conclusion, Shanks said the Huskies success was due to the skill and commitment of the players and the leadership of head coach Tony Overton. “This was a very skilled team, most of the boys had played a high level of
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Berrios The second-year guard with the UBC Okanagan men’s basketball team led the Heat to victory on Saturday at home with some late-game heroics. Berrios connected on a three-point play to tie UBCO’s game against Mount Royal with .8 seconds left on the clock to tie the game. He then beat the buzzer with another three-pointer as time expired to send the Heat to an 87-84 win.
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club soccer and they really stepped their game up for provincials,” said Shanks who, with Overton, helped get the program running again after more than two decades. “Tony is an exceptional coach, he has a very nice way
about him that the boys react well to.” For OKM captain Spencer Young, this was his third provincial medal. He was on the team when the Huskies won gold in 2012 and silver in 2013.
The West Kelowna Warriors will continue a three-game B.C. Hockey League road trip tonight with a stop in Surrey against the Eagles. Then on Saturday, the Warriors will close out their weekend tour in Langley against the Rivermen. The Warriors played in Wentachee against the Wild on Thursday night however a final score wasn’t available at press time. The Warriors’ next home action is Tuesday night against the Trail SmokeEaters. Face off at Royal LePage is 7 p.m.
CHIEFS VS POSSE…
The Kelowna Chiefs and Princeton Posse will face off this weekend in a Kooetnay International
Junior Hockey League home-and-home series. The teams will meet Friday at Rutland Arena with a 7 p.m. puck drop, before squaring off again Saturday in Princeton. The Chiefs (14-9-2-0) are currently in third spot in the Okanagan Division, two points back of the Summerland Steam. Princeton is last in the division with 13 points.
OK ROCKETS ON ROAD…
The Okanagan Rockets will travel to Victoria for a weekend doubleheader against the South Island Royals, with games Saturday and Sunday. The Rockets (11-61) are tied for third in the B.C. Major Midget League standings with the Cariboo Cougars. The Royals are just a point back in fifth.
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Waters sets National Para record Liquid Lightning Swim Club members had a good weekend, posting 153 best times and setting eight new club records at the Kelowna AquaJets Fall Classic at H2O. Patrick Waters had a strong swim in the 200 breast taking off 3.65 seconds to set a new National Para record of 2:55.10. Taylor Smith and Bryce Molder each set three club records while teammates Christina Russo (three firsts and three seconds) and Pierson Piche each set one, with Pierson swimming to a 16-second time drop in his 200 free. Gabrielle Hanvold took 11 seconds off her 400 free and swam to a new Western Canadian time in 200 fly. Marc Toyata (five firsts,
and two seconds), Taylor Smith (six firsts and one second), Ava Toyata, Madison Wudrich, Liam Collie (three firsts, three seconds and one third) Lincoln Hoel, Christina Wright, Alex Strobel and Nathaniel Hees all swam to new provincial time standards. Swimmers who swam to 100 per cent best times were Connor Diemert who took 25 seconds off his 200 breast, Olivia Dorantes-McCarten who took 13 seconds off 200IM, Lincoln Hoel who took a massive 2:31 seconds off his 1500 free and Christina Wright who dropped 11 seconds in her 200IM. Those swimmers who swam to -1 of 100 per cent were Liam Collie who cut 15 seconds in his 200 fly, Emma Mackenzie who swam to a drop of
11 seconds in 200IM, Kaleigh Reese who took off 16 seconds in her 200 free, Madison Wudrich who dropped 15 seconds in her 200IM, Ava Toyata who swam to 11 seconds off her 200IM, 19 seconds off her 200 fly and 21 seconds off her 200 free, and Sydney Macfarlane. Swimmers having big time drops are Georgia Pengilly taking 37 seconds off her 400 free while her sister Jacklyn Pengilly took 10 seconds off her 200 free. Victoria Koehle dropped 17 seconds in her 200IM and 26 seconds in her 400 free. Samantha Pringle took 12 seconds off her 200 free while Ryan Scott and Alex Strobel took 18 and 19 seconds off their 400 free, respectively. Other strong swims by Angelina Barkley, Dylan
DaSilva, Jessica Forbes, Cameron Mcconechy, Katie Mcconechy, Quin Toyata and DianaTrif Twenty-four LLSC swimmers participated in the Fall Jamboree over the weekend at H2O. Callun Inskter, Livia Utigard, Dylan Cook-Hauser and Jordyn Misura all swam to under 4:00 in their 200IM to qualify them to swim at the regional meets. It was the first jamboree meet for Julia Zimmerman, Lauren Zimmerman, Emerson Pal, Braxton Pal, Marshall Henderson, Jackson Bartlett, Teagan Wagner, Charlie Insker and Ellie Inkster. Swimmers who swam to all best times were Jenae Fierbach, Joel Fierbach , Jacob Piche, Liam Wheeler and brother Erik Wheeler.
MIDGET AAA HOCKEY
Lakers host Comets Fri, Sat, Sun The Thompson Okanagan Lakers will host the league-leading Greater Vancouver Comets in a three-game set this weekend in B.C. Female Midget AAA Hockey League action. Games go Friday,
Saturday and Sunday at Kal Tire Place in Vernon. The Lakers (10-3-2) are just three points back of the Comets (12-2-1) for top spot. Thomson Okanagan, which has won nine straight games, is coming
off a three-game sweep of the Kootenay Wild last weekend in Nelson. West Kelowna’s Riley Henderson scored a goal and an assist in a 3-2 win in the opener, while Kelowna’s Elizabeth Klimm added an assist.
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In game 2, Henderson and Christy Blackburne scored the goals in a 2-0 win. In the finale, Henderson and Klimm scored goals in a 3-0 shutout of the Wild.
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The old saying ‘as the crow flies’ implies the shortest route possible between two points. And that parallels nicely with how the Kelowna Crows have played rugby this season. On the pitch, the Crows have played punishing, straight up the middle rugby, resulting in wins while soaring to the top of the tables. On Saturday at the Parkinson fields, the men from Kelowna closed out the season with 53-3 rout of the Kamloops Raiders in the B.C. Rugby Union Div. 3 mens’ final. Inside centre Rick Schoulten got the Crows off the mark in the early going, followed by
The Kelowna Crows powered their way past Kamloops in the B.C. Rugby Union’s men’s third division final. bruising runs from frontrowers Ryan Nixon and James Caravan that both resulted in tries. The Crows led 20-3 at half-time before the floodgates opened, with Caleb Campbell, Jared Curry, Ryan McAvena and Barack Pauls all scoring tries in the second half romp.
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Pauls also added five conversions on the day. The 2015 fall season title marks the second major piece of hardware collected by the Crows this year, having also captured the spring 2015 title game with a 65-17 win over Velox Valhallians back in May. Overall, the Crows had
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Cabinets could only hammer out a single in the third end for the 3-2 lead. Stolairus was in trouble in the fourth end and when their last rock picked and crashed, they gave up a steal of four, as Team McInnes earned its third victory. Standings: Ashley Furniture (Gelowitz) 5-1; Springfield Autobody (Nillson), Edward Jones (Cseke) and Sunset Ranch (Richard) 4-2; Shaw Media (Gatti) and Artesano Cabinets (McInnes) 3-3; Stolairus Aviation (Mellof), Sturgeon Hall (Brucker) and Tidy Tushees (Matheson) 2-4; Foothills Creamery (Mamchur) 1-5.
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In a judgment released Nov. 17, 2015, an Ontario Superior Court Judge lambasted the way a prominent class action law firm gets paid. The judgment provides an important lesson. I have written in support of class action lawsuits and I maintain my support. The problem in this case wasn’t the class action itself, it was the prosecuting lawyers’ arrangement for getting paid. The claim had to do with premature deterioration of the rubber grips on some Sony Playstation 4 video game controllers. When returned for repair or replacement, customers were improperly charged a shipping fee. This kind of case is perfectly suited to a class action proceeding. It would make no sense at all for any, single, victim of the improper charge to bring a lawsuit against Sony seeking reimbursement. Put all the victims together, though, and the combined claim might be large enough that a lawsuit makes sense and a huge company can be held accountable to help prevent future injustice. Class action lawsuits can be incredibly lucrative for the lawyers who pursue them. In this case, the prosecuting law firm, Merchant Law Group (MLG), had estimated that anywhere from several thousand to several hundred thousand people had been wrongfully
Achieving Justice PAUL HERGOTT charged. At the agreed reimbursement amount of $20 per victim, legal fees on a contingency basis could be millions of dollars. Ironically, because of the court’s chastisement of MLG’s legal fees arrangement, and perhaps comically, MLG’s estimate was off. Only about 400 customers had sent their controllers back and been improperly charged by Sony. The resulting settlement was $8,000. It was suggested by Sony’s lawyers “…that this could be the smallest Canadian class action settlement on record.” In short, it was not a lucrative endeavour for MLG. Class action settlements, however small, have to be approved by the court, which brought this one before Mr. Justice Belobaba. The court was also required to determine MLG’s entitlement to legal fees, which is what led to MLG’s legal fee arrangement being examined and lambasted. MLG’s arrangement with its clients was described by the court as follows: “Don’t worry about our legal fees, we’ll get the defendant to pay them as part of the settlement agreement.”
This arrangement had MLG negotiating two things with the defence— one was compensation for their clients; the other was their legal fees. The glaring conflict of interest between lawyer and client was identified by Mr. Justice Belobaba as follows: “…legal counsel is not only motivated to negotiate a settlement in almost any amount, his or her very involvement in the negotiation with the defendant creates a glaring conflict of interest because every dollar that can be deducted from the class members’ settlement amount is a dollar that can potentially be added to class counsel’s legal fees amount.” Mr. Justice Belobaba chastised the arrangement in the clearest of terms: “It must be obvious to anyone who gives this even a moment’s thought, that this type of settlement-driven legal fees arrangement in class action litigation is fundamentally and profoundly unacceptable.” He expresses his shock as follows: “I must confess that I was somewhat shocked to hear this. An experienced class action firm was telling me in open court, and with a straight face, that ‘many’ of its class action legal fee arrangements were like the one that was before me…”
It might well be that the lawyers at MLG are ultra conscious about the glaring conflict of interest between themselves and their clients, and carefully negotiate their own legal fees in such a way that results in fair results to their clients. As much as we try to avoid them, conflicts of interest between lawyers and clients are ever present, regardless of the fee arrangement. Lawyers billing by the hour face the conflict of interest that the more hours they spend, the more money they make, each dollar coming out of their client’s pocket. Lawyers billing on a contingency fee arrangement face the conflict of interest that quick settlements at inevitably low settlement amounts are more lucrative than spending the time and money to properly work up a case to achieve full and fair compensation. This is not unique to lawyers. This applies to all hourly rate and percentage fee service providers, from automobile mechanics to real estate agents. The bottom line is that we are all at the mercy of the service provider, to some extent, and great care needs to be taken to choose those who are worthy of our trust. Paul Hergott is a personal injury lawyer at Hergott Law in West Kelowna. paul@hlaw.ca
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Interactive learning tools help students map the brain For those who traditionally learned about anatomy outside medical school, figuring out what the human brain looks like inside the skull was largely a textbook exercise. Diagrams with arrows and text descriptions acted as a roadmap with student absorption largely reliant on memorization. In the age of the Internet and Instagram, it’s a model that educators may need to improve on if they are to meet students’ interactive learning expectations, says UBC Okanagan associate professor Bruce Mathieson. “My students have been telling me that most of them are visual learners, that they don’t necessarily retain all the information they need from attending lectures and taking notes,” said Mathieson, who teaches biology at UBC Okanagan’s Irving K Barber School of Arts and Sciences. “Technology is a way of life for most of today’s students, and visuals are a huge part of that.” With visuals in mind, Mathieson has been working on bringing textbook learning to the computer screen. In addition to creating seven videos detailing a dissection of the human brain, he received a $9,750 Curriculum Innovation Award to hire a programmer and
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Kelowna food bank. Multiple district Girl Guides units are filling up a total of 14 backpacks for the women’s shelter project with socks, gloves, journals, craft supplies, books, magazines, treats and some cosmetic items for moms to pamper themselves. On a more personal note, the 1st Naitaka Pathfinders will work to help the 1st Westbank Sparks write letters to Santa. This “bridging activity” (when older girls help out the younger ones) has become a tradition in the district, one all the girls and the leaders love. The Girl Guide leaders will get into the Christmas spirit as well, hosting a potluck Guider Party where they can share stories and future meeting ideas. These adult volunteer leaders say their time with the girls is extremely rewarding, providing a chance for some to engage in activities they might not otherwise get to experience.
Feedback on public art Kelowna residents have until Nov. 27 to provide comments online about the future priorities of public art at getinvolved.kelowna.ca. “Since the online discussion began on Nov. 5, we’ve received excellent input as to priorities for types of art, locations and scale,” said Patrick McCormick, City of Kelowna public art program administrator. “There have also been ideas for a Canada 150 art piece, and we look forward to seeing more comments during these last few days.” Feedback from the Nov. 4 community discussion and online input will be used to inform a three-year public art program plan. This plan will be brought to city council for consideration in early 2016. The city’s public art collection is home to more than 60 pieces that range from murals and banners to sculptures and works integrated into local streetscapes. Southern Interior Beetle Action Coalition Executive Director Position The Executive Director is responsible for the leadership and management of the Southern Interior Beetle Action Coalition according to the strategic direction set by the Board of Directors. Salary range for this position is $90,000-$120,000. Location: Home office (B.C.), based in the SIBAC Region Application: For position details, please visit the SIBAC website at: www.sibacs.com Closing Date: Before 4:00 pm December 15, 2015 Address to: Rhona Martin, SIBAC Chair Please send your response electronically to: Email: admin@sibacs.com We thank all candidates for applying, however, only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.
Retired police officer and Kelowna resident Robert Sherman, 68, made the top 14 finalists’ list in the inaugural Cedric Literary Awards for unpublished B.C. writers aged 50 or better. The works of these 14 finalists were chosen by a panel of judges from 168 manuscripts submitted in the 2015 writing competition. Sherman, who attended the Cedric Awards ceremonies in Victoria last weekend, said: “I took the challenge of writing this book to share with you the many adventures which I found in a career of police work. “As I noted in the book’s forward, it wasn’t a ‘shoot ‘em up’ Hollywood style work. It was just about lots of situations and cases that happen in the everyday world of policing. “Any experienced officer could write a similar book. This is what ‘The Job’ is all about.” “With no history to draw upon, we’ve created a spectacular beginning to The Cedric Literary
Awards,” said Peter Dale, chairman of Betterthan50 and founder of the writing competition. “We have demonstrated what inclusiveness really means by embracing writers from every region of B.C., including First Nations writers.” Submissions to the 2015 Cedric Literary Awards competition were received from writers from Pink Mountain to Langley, and from Fort St. James to Victoria. Plans for the 2016 competition are already underway, and it is hoped the competition will embrace French-speaking writers in coming years. “This year’s competition has been inspirational for all of us, and I am extremely grateful to all of the participants for taking a leap of faith by sending us their work,” said executive director Veronica Osborn. “The next Call for Submissions will be Feb. 1, 2016, and I look forward to seeing even more entries next year.”
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Doesn’t feel like Christmas until the snow falls Bring on the snow. For as long as I can recall, I’ve impatiently awaited (with the wideeyed enthusiasm of a child) the first snowfall of the year. Admittedly, for one who does not own skis, snowshoes, a ski-doo or even ice fishing gear, it’s odd to have such enthusiasm for the white fluffy stuff. I suppose that’s because many of my fondest childhood memories rotate around time spent trudging around in winter boots, gloves and a toque. When not playing rink rat as a minor hockey player or referee, I lived in the old Memorial Arena as stick boy and then trainer for the Kelowna Buckaroos junior A hockey team. When not freezing my feet in the arena I was freezing them either playing road hockey or on a barely scraped ice surface somewhere on Okanagan Lake. I often flash back to when my family rented Maude Roxby’s house on Abbott Street, which for a young lad was a dreamlike setting. The large old home seemed like a castle with tucked away storage areas and a secret closet. In the winter, I was simply the same hop step and few jumps away from my own small but somewhat protected skating rink tucked into the shoreline. Neighbour kids such as Jim and Bobby Bowers, Ken Franz and others would spend every moment possible chasing pucks and each other around on the bumpy nature-glazed rink. When the game was done, I would trundle my way back through the snow, still wearing my skates, to the house only to be lovingly greeted at the door by mom with hot chocolate in hand and a warm fire glowing in the living room. In later years after moving homes, my hockey heroics (or so I imagined) were relocated to the snow covered
Hodge Podge CHARLIE HODGE asphalt of Water Avenue where the likes of Rob Gable, Ken Carter, Rick Bain, Dan Thiessen, Rod Cooney, Doug Bromley, Rich Rumley, Rob Jeffries, and older kids such as Daryl Wilkinson and Phil Campbell would religiously gather and chase a tennis ball or red plastic road hockey puck around like a pack of coyotes after a rabbit. We ran amuck and emulated our NHL heroes from early morning until late in the evening before our parents leaned out the doors and heralded our return. Adults wisely did not park cars on the street, not only to accommodate our endless enthusiasm but also to avoid dents and scratches from errant sticks, bad passes or offtarget slap shots. A lack of finances dictated I never saw a ski hill except for tobogganing, however, my siblings and I never lacked for plenty of other winter fun in the snow. We create impressive snow forts for epic snow ball battles, and the always popular construction of snowmen or ice sculptures. Our fun was only restricted by a lack of imagination or daylight. (More often than not the daylight ran out long before the imagination.) Another reason for my adulation towards snow is the wondrous beauty it brings to the outdoors during the often dull, damp grey days of winter. I far prefer to see a white, pristine, blanket of snow cover the landscape and enhancing the trees, shrubs and lawns outside my window. I far prefer to see glittering sidewalks and roads than mud puddles and dirt. Heck, even garbage cans and empty garden plots look nicer with a dust of snow. And of course, snow is
Artisans exhibit planned The work of a group of local artisans will be featured Dec. 4, 5 to 9 p.m., and Dec. 5, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., at the Zangbell & Gill furniture store, 990 Laurel Ave. in Kelowna. The contributing artisans include Rio Branner, Katie Brennan, Robyn Flinn, Natasha Harvey, Lise Guyot, Bramble Lee Pryde and Kendra Zangbell-Gill.
an imperative and joyful precursor to a truly festive Christmas season. It’s not officially the Christmas season until snow hits the ground at least once. However, the very best part of snow is not being in it. There is something incredibly satisfying about being tucked into a warm, cozy house with a warm hot chocolate and simply watching the snow slowly undulate its way to earth. Admittedly, when the work day is done I tend to quickly hide in my humble home tucking myself warmly inside with Tez and our five cats as soon as possible. But come late November, the temptations to once again step out into the real world increases with the plethora of holiday season invitations and/or events. Last week provided a
fabulous kick-off to the season with the always popular Christmas Bazaar at the Saint Pious Church. Tez and I had a wonderful time scooping up all kinds of handicrafts for gifts, chatting with the great group of organizers, and warming up with coffee and Christmas goodies. That fun was followed up during the week by ringing the Salvation Army bells for a half hour at Walmart. I have been lucky enough to be able to volunteer a number of times over the years to ring the bell at donation tubs for the wonderful Sally Ann folks and absolutely nothing kickstarts a Christmas season better. The morning was made even more enjoyable by the joyful presence of Chordial Invitation, an a cappela barbershop style singing group who ventured out into the frosty air and belted out about a dozen rollicking
Christmas Carols. What a tremendous bunch of fellows they are. I have a plethora of great events on my calendar over the next month, which I will share soon. But make sure and
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of dollars to a worthy cause or project, the giving of time, the giving of your heart to your community. “Giving Tuesday Okanagan is about coming together for community.” The civic movement was initiated by the Okanagan Boys and Girls Club, which invited the United Way and other non-profit organizations to participate. This year’s plan was to raise awareness of the movement and get people thinking about giving. “We are so excited to be working with charities, organizations and individuals throughout the Okanagan to share the message about the importance of giving,” said Diane Entwistle, chief executive officer of the Okanagan Boys and Girls
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going to have to be really creative in simply fitting this massive collection onto our walls.” This year, the RedDot exhibition and sale will feature the Collectors’ Silent Auction, which is comprised of 11 artists who will donate all of their work’s proceeds to the Alternator. These artists are all friends of the gallery and have joined forces to allow the organization to continue its important
with holiday shoppers, as works are price capped for affordability and range from $25 to $250. As artists across the valley answered the gallery’s call for submissions, this year the exhibition has ballooned dramatically. “We’re so grateful and overwhelmed by RedDot’s reception,” said gallery manager Peter Green. “We blew past doubling the show’s size a while ago—we’re
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Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1958, the Seth Peterson Cottage is tucked away in a heavily wooded corner of Mirror Lake State Park near Lake Denton, Wis. The cottage was fully restored in 1992 after decades of deterioration and is now open as a vacation rental.
Rare treat: Two nights at Frank Lloyd Wright cabin to the cottage in the town of Lake Delton, from Sand County Service Co., a vacation rental company whose offices
are lined with pamphlets for all the Dells area’s water, duck and pony shows. That hubbub felt worlds away from where
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When the electric sunset broke through the high wraparound windows and surrounding tree canopy, it looked as if pink, orange and green stained-glass panels had suddenly been installed inside the Seth Peterson Cottage. One more reason the place felt more like a cathedral than a small stone cabin in the woods. Throughout our twonight stay at one of the Upper Midwest’s most unique and historic cabin rentals, I kept thinking of the cottage as a shrine to the two very different men who were behind such a special hideaway— neither of whom lived to see its completion.
how far ahead you have to plan if you want to stay there in the warmer months. We picked up the keys
One was among America’s most influential architects and Wisconsin’s most famous sons. The other was a modest state government employee who took his own life at 24. Tucked away into a thickly forested corner of Mirror Lake State Park near Wisconsin Dells in south central Wisconsin, the Peterson Cottage is Frank Lloyd Wright’s last commissioned work in the state he called home. Work began in 1958. It’s also one of the craftsman’s smallest structures anywhere, with only one bedroom and 880 total square feet. My wife and I rented the cottage this past summer, but we actually made our reservation in October 2013. That’s
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we were headed. Set only a few hundred yards off a main park road down a gravel driveway, the cabin delivers on seclusion. A sign at the driveway gate warns that the place is off-limits to non-renters except for the second Sunday of each month, when the Seth Peterson Cottage Conservatory hosts tours. In part because of its modest size, the cottage stands as a major example of how well Wright married his structures to their natural surroundings. And the surroundings in this case are themselves quite spectacular. Perched atop a hill overlooking the rambling Mirror Lake, the cottage has a sharply angled flying roof and stone
walls that make it look like one of the nearby stone bluffs jutting through the treetops. The walls and floor of the cabin are made of Wisconsin sandstone; the wood of the ceilings and sleek detailing also came from the area. The large windows tie the cottage to the landscape from the inside. I seriously felt more in tune with nature staying in this architectural landmark than I usually do sleeping in a tent in a crowded state park. On the other hand, there was a certain unnatural quirkiness to spending a few nights in a cabin that has been written about in Architectural Digest.
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The cottage’s flying roof design blends in well with the neighbouring bluffs around the lake, and the large wraparound windows pull in the outdoor scenery inside.
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similarly liked scrambling up the sloped stone exterior walls—another reason I was glad no preservationist snobs ever showed up. Board games, dinner and conversation felt extra special inside the cottage on the angular, Wright-designed furniture, but the most uncommon ordinary experience was sitting around the fireplace. The literal and figurative centerpiece to the cottage lights up the walls and woodwork in magical ways. It works pretty well for s’mores, too. Come bedtime for the girls, I pulled out the coffee-table booklets by the fire’s glow and read in depth about the cottage’s tragic history. Thanks to passion, persistence and the fact that even the master
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Smallest structure he ever built architect had a cash-flow problem, Peterson was able to persuade Wright to build the small cottage. The younger Wisconsinite was little more than an architectural fanboy who worked as one of the state’s first computer operators. He planned the cottage as a hideaway for him and his intended bride. Whatever the early computer job paid, though, it wasn’t enough to cover the construction once it began in 1958. Peterson soon went into debt. His bride-to-be left him. The young idealist killed himself before seeing his dream finished. Wright died shortly after Peterson, in April 1959. The cottage was completed but somehow never found a rightful owner. In 1966, when Mirror Lake State Park was designated, the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources took it over and proceeded to board up the place. That was its sorry fate for decades, until 1989, when—after falling into dire disrepair— the incomparable cabin was saved by Wright enthusiasts. Renovations took three years. Peterson was on my mind the rest of our stay. Marvelling over his dream pad never got old, but we also found plenty else to do in the surrounding area. We walked the wooded paths around the cottage several times, even in rain (especially in rain!). We paddled the cabin’s canoe through the narrow channel it sits on
to the main hub of the lake and state park, which boasts a nice swimming beach and playground. I also biked the park’s trails, where prairie terrain gives way to thick woods and swampy marsh all in just a few miles. For dinner one of the nights, we drove to the other side of the lake to dine at another relic of a place, Ishnala Supper Club. The 1909-designed log-cabin restaurant probably never made it into Architectural Digest, but it does grace the cover of the “Wisconsin Supper Clubs” coffeetable book and charmed everyone in my family. It’s more of a ‘50s flashback inside, with sleek vinyl chairs and a giant wraparound, arrowheadshaped bar. The prime rib is primo, too. I don’t know if Ishnala would have been Frank Lloyd Wright’s kind of place, but I’m pretty sure Seth Peterson would have dug it. So I lifted a pint of Spotted Cow in his honour for inspiring one of my family’s most enjoyable Midwest getaways yet.
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La-La Land auto show debuts workaday vehicles automatic transmission. Los Angeles, California - The Los AngeChevrolet launched the all-new 2016 les Auto Show is a media favourite for Cruze, set for sale next spring. It’s larger, its wild and wacky exhibits and sunny lighter and roomier than the 2015 modclimate. el, with more rear legroom. An all-new, It heralds the start of a long North Amerdirect-injected 1.4-litre turbo engine ican Auto season that rolls through frigid generating an estimated 153 horsepowconditions in such frequently ice-bound er will be under the hood, matched to places as Detroit, Montreal, Toronto and a six-speed manual transmission (auto Chicago. This year’s available). This year’s edition of the show is not dazNissan’s popular Sentra compact sedan zling in terms of exciting new cars but it’s edition of the show has been upgraded for 2016 model year still La-La Land in presentation and the is not dazzling in with revised exterior styling, refreshed crazy customized cars in the sideshows terms of exciting interior and added content. It should are never disappointing. That said there be in showrooms before the end of the are some important everyday cars making new cars but it’s year. a debut. Information and pricing is some- still La-La Land in The Nissan premium brand – Infiniti times scant but here are the top hits. presentation and bravely launched its all-wheel drive The all-new 2017 Hyundai Elantra made the crazy customized QX30 crossover into a crowded market. one of the biggest splashes because yet Not much information available yet. again this South Korean manufacturer is cars are never The 2017 Fiat 124 Spider returns nearly set to renew and expand its entire fleet disappointing. 50 years after original introduction, during the next few years. Its recent though they won’t be on the road until announcement that it plans to launch a Keith Morgan next summer. It will be powered by a luxury brand – Genesis – also drew hunturbocharged MultiAir 1.4-litre, 160 hp engine, availdreds to the stand to pore over the compact Elantra. able with manual or automatic transmission. Looks a The sixth generation model is value packed in terms bit like an earlier generation Mazda Miata – now the of standard feature and its February release is sure to MX-5. boost its market share. Prices have yet to be fixed but Interestingly, Fiat’s sibling Alfa Romeo brand exhibited it will be competitive in the popular market segment. its 4C Spider – the roadster will set you back a whopIt has striking looks and Hyundai says it’s inspired by ping $76,495. For that you get to hit 100 km/h in 4.1 the dynamic precision found in fighter jets. Appropriseconds and wind it up to 258 km/h. ately, therefore, the cockpit is driver-oriented in layout. The roomier fourth-Generation Kia Sportage crossover There is no jet engine under the hood but it should should revive the Korean company in the market place whisk people around speedily and economically. The but ironically its biggest competitor will be its stable2.0-litre Nu four-cylinder engine is paired with either mate Hyundai’s Tucson! a six-speed manual transmission or a new six-speed
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May the force be with you in your custom car By Keith Morgan Los Angeles, Ca—The Fiat brand has two very special custom-designed space vehicles on show at the 2015 Los Angeles Auto Show. Fiat is displaying a custom-painted 500e Stormtrooper car, in support of the Star Wars: The Force Awakens movie, opening Dec. 18, The exterior livery is inspired by the armour of the First Order Legion, with a two-tone black and white custom painting of the car body. The windshield and the side windows are wrapped to bring out the immediately recognizable visor and helmet of the First Order stormtrooper. Inside, everything is in black and white, too, with total custom front and rear seats upholstered in leather. The dashboard is painted in white and bears the
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The Galpin auto group ramps up the wild and wacky wheels with a LOL display. This showgoer’s favourites are the miniature VW Bug with the giant block engine, the Scooby Doo VW campervan and the Galpin Bubble Car. keith.morgan@drivewaybc. ca
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(like DRLs), signal lights, B tail/stop lights, even the licence plate light. W The 2017 GSX-R1000 as p it was shown in Italy, is still very much a concept, s t 2017 GSX-R1000 so spec details were not i With a long overdue update released. to its flagship one-litre But Suzuki Canada insists a supersport bike, redesigned that a new production bike, e from the ground up, Suzuki ready for road or track and H l is promising the lightstaying very true to the est, most compact, best concept, will follow soon. H C handling, most aerodyf namic and most powerful 2017 SV650 n GSX-R1000 ever built. The latest version of the This sixth generation sport SV650 promises a return H bike starts with an all-new, to its roots of responsive, m T lighter aluminum frame, affordable and forgiving mounting a new version V-Twin sport riding. More b of the 999 cc DOHC inline than 140 parts and compo- s four-cylinder engine that nents were redesigned on l boasts Suzuki Racing Varithe bike, with at least 60 s able Valve Timing (VVT) and new changes made to the T a c r b u n a e s b i c w k T ( a Suzuki GSX-R1000 Concept 2017. CONTRIBUTED a t H a slew of new and refined engine alone. s engine components. The 645 cc 90-degree b Engineers wanted to boost V-Twin motor makes a top-end power without minor power boost to 75 hp t affecting low-to-mid-range (up from 71 hp). The 47 lb/ftT torque so they added topof torque rating remains theP feed injectors to the fuel same although the power r b system and butterfly valves peaks at a higher 8,100 a in the exhaust stream, rpm. both systems kicking in to The engine promises thrifti- s bolster power levels at high er fuel efficiency, averaging a N revs. 3.84L/100km in WMTC b Suzuki’s Drive Mode Selecmode testing and the tor (S-DMS) offering three powertrain has also earned j fuel-mapping power mode a cleaner Euro4 emission h t settings carries over onto rating. the new bike and a 10-level A Low RPM Assist idle con- r
Traction Control System allows riders to tailor power and grip according to road or track conditions. Other race-ready tricks up this motorbike’s sleeve include Showa suspension components, electronic ABS, an electronic Quick Shift System that eliminates the clutch for lightning fast gear changes and a new Launch Control System. The GSX-R1000 not only reduces mass but it is also slimmer and sleeker with a lower fuel tank top for a tighter rider tuck. The bike boasts LED lights everywhere—the headlight, the cool-looking position lights
trol electronically raises the revs on launch for smoother starts. And a new Easy Start button works like many of the newer car ignitions, where you only have to stab the button once, not hold it down. The chassis is lighter and stronger, contributing to an 8 kg weight saving on the ABS model and a 7 kg reduction on the non-ABS version. The bike is sleeker and narrower with the fuel tank width reduced while still maintaining the 14.5-litre capacity. Suzuki also boasts that the 785 mm
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Honda Pilot all new for 2016 By Rob Beintema With the ever-increasing popularity of sport utility styling applied to family transportation needs, it’s inevitable that companies are constantly refining and evolving their products. Honda, for example, recently added the sub-compact HR-V, revised its best-selling CR-V with a mid-cycle facelift last year, and has now upgraded the all-new Honda Pilot for the 2016 model year. The Pilot may not win the bulk sales of its smaller siblings, but it is Honda’s largest SUV and the flagship of the lineup. Tracing its ancestry back to a 2003 entry that Honda cites as “the first threerow mainstream SUV to be developed on a car-like unit-body platform, this new-for-2016 third generation Pilot continues the evolution of sport utility, starting with chassis and body revisions that have increased rigidity by 25 per cent while reducing curb weight by a whopping 135 kg. The new Pilot is longer (+80 mm), lower (-65 mm) and a touch wider (+2 mm), although, curiously, the track is slightly narrower. Honda makes much of sleeker exterior styling cues but there’s no mistaking the Pilot. The face is a little less Porky Piggish but, even with rounded out corners, the boxy, minivan-like shape and the squat and still squared-off dimensions are as recognizable as ever. New features include brighter optional LED projector headlights with auto high beam along with LED taillights and new daylight running lamps (DRLs).
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Big 20-inch alloy wheels are available and the Pilot also offers a first-ever Panoramic Roof option. A definite uptick in exterior quality carries over inside the Pilot with LED map lighting, new soft-touch materials and added acoustic soundproofing for a quieter cabin. Modern touches include a very sensible push-button electronic gear selector instead of the archaic console shifters or column shifters of yore. And the dash is virtually dial-free with, instruments controlled by buttons or touch-screen menu scrolling. Yeah, I get the whole iPod generation emphasis, but don’t get me started on how much easier it is to tune a radio with actual knobs… The Pilot is available in eight- or seven-passenger configurations and, for the first time; higher trim level
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model ($35,490) and offers six different trim level gradients, topping out with a Touring version with Honda’s latest Variable Torque Management (i-VTM4) all-wheel-drive system ($50,490) and an Intelligent Traction Management System with Normal, Snow, Mud and Sand settings. The Touring model tested here also offers all the goodies you’d ever expect including heated, ventilated front seats, a heated second row, a heated steering wheel, Blind Spot Information System (BLIS), Rear Cross Traffic monitoring and a 10-speaker 540-watt AM/ FM/CD 5.1 Surround Sound Display Audio System with Voice Recognition Navigation. We could carry on with an even longer list of included extras at this Touring level, but let’s peek under the hood for an equally important revelation—Honda’s new 3.5-litre, direct-injected i-VTEC V6 engine making 280 hp (up 30 hp) and 262 lb/ft of torque (up 9 lb/ft). The engine pulls nicely and a Pilot with AWD will even tow up to 2,268 kg (5,000 lb) if properly equipped. The new Earth Dreams V6 features Variable Cylinder Management (VCM) that
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Snow Day. But the musical inspiration didn’t stop there as the duo continued to write songs City and throughout Colour, led the seasonal by acclaimed changes of Canadian singer, 2015. songwriter and On Dec. 23, performer Dallas Dallas Green, lead singer for City and those original Green, will kick Colour. songs will make off a Canadatheir debut at wide tour at a Christmas Prospera Place music special event planned for Kelowna in Kelowna next year. Community Theatre. The tour is in support of City and Jacyszyn’s close friend, Juno award Colour’s latest album, If I Should Go winning singer/songwriter Julie Masi, Before You, and also features as the also co-wrote several new songs for the opening act Austin’s Shakey Graves. concert while Neville Bowman has also If I Should Go Before You recently debuted #1 in Canada, City and Colour’s composed an instrumental piece which will be performed accompanied with a third consecutive national chart-topper, dance interpretation by Lucy Hazelwood. earning both commercial and critical The concert backdrop will feature acclaim. the concept of a shopping mall, with The A.V. Club calls the album the musicians featured as the shoppers “alluring” and “breathtaking,” while AllMusic praises, “…a culmination of the running to and fro throughout the shops on Christmas Eve. sturdy pop sound he’s built up over the A disillusioned Santa sees how years that weaves through territories of commercial the season has become dreamy indie folk, pastoral Americana, with no one paying attention to its true and soulful alt-rock.” meaning. The new album is Green’s fifth release This musical journey of original as City and Colour and follows 2013’s seasonal tunes in the genre of jazz, The Hurry and The Harm. Most recently, blues, pop and soul is directed by in 2014, Green collaborated with Alecia Neal Facey with choreography by Lucy Moore (aka Pink) on a new project, Hazelwood of LUKI dance entitled You+Me. On stage to perform will be Bernie Tickets available at Prospera Place box Addington, double bass; Neville office or online at selectyourtickets.com. Bowman, piano; Scott Gamble, drums; Loni Moger, guitar; Stephen Buck, CONCERT saxophone/flute; and vocalists Anna Jazz Café Presents….Christmas Jacyszyn, Julie Masi, Kinga Hemming Presence! and Amanda Morazain Wednesday, Dec. 23, Tickets available online at 7 p.m. kelownatickets.com, call 250-862-2867 Kelowna Community Theatre or visit the Orchard Park Mall ticket 1375 Water St. office (info@kelownatickets.com). In early January of this year, the snow starting falling on the Okanagan Valley CONCERT and didn’t stop until the whole city was Kelowna International Choir at a stand-still, covered in a blanket of Dec. 13 white. Delta Grand Hotel It was that day, specifically Jan. 5, 1310 Water St. that jazz singer Anna Jacyszyn and her Kelowna musical director Bernie Addington felt inspired to write a song, and they used that inspiration to create their new single SEE EVENTS B8
Just when you think Rocky is down for the count, Sylvester Stallone revives him again. For almost 40 years, the iconic movie boxer has inspired generations, even those like me who are not fans of boxing. From the Academy Award-winning original, to the absurd Cold War storyline of Rocky IV to the disappointing literal street brawl that was Rocky V, the Italian Stallion still managed to inspire, especially when he made a comeback in Rocky Balboa. But before you write off Creed at just another attempt for Stallone to cash in on the aging franchise, early reviews by some critics say Creed may actually be the best movie of the series yet. The title refers to the son of Apollo Creed, the rival boxer of Balboa in the original. As the Rocky series played on, the two became friends and then Apollo died in the storyline for Rocky IV, before his son Adonis was born. In Creed, Adonis has grown up with boxing in his blood, and he decides to travel to Philadelphia to seek out Rocky. The former champ sees the same strength and determination in Apollo’s son and agrees to train him. What also makes Creed interesting is that Adonis Creed is played by Michael B. Jordon who, along with director Ryan Coogler, received much acclaim for the movie Fruitvale Station. It also reunites producers Irwin Winkler and Robert Chartoff
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extinction and evolved alongside humans? A young Apatosaurus named Arlo falls into a river and gets knocked out by a rock, finding himself far away from home. While trying to find his way home, he befriends a human caveboy that he names Spot. While it may not equal some of Pixar’s greatest, it is getting good reviews and will likely be a moderate hit for the studio and will tide us over until Finding Dory is released next year. Opening at Landmark Cinemas Paramount Theatre is Trumbo, the story of Dalton Trumbo who was one of Hollywood’s top screenwriters until he and others were jailed and blacklisted for their political beliefs in the late 1940s. The film recounts how he used words and wit to
win two Academy Awards and expose the absurdity and injustice under the blacklist. Trumbo is played by Bryan Cranston (Breaking Bad) and co-stars Diane Lane, Elle Fanning, Helen Mirren, John Goodman and Louis C.K. Also being released this week is Victor Frankenstein, starring James McAvoy (X-Men: Days of Future Past) and Daniel Radcliffe (Harry Potter). This version of Mary Shelley’s classic tells the story from Igor’s (Radcliffe) perspective and through his eyes we see the transformation of Frankenstein (McAvoy) from medical student to scientist trying to create life from death. Rick Davis is the manager of the Landmark Cinemas in West Kelowna. LCC163-GM@ landmarkcinemas.com
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For the Kelowna International Choir, 2015 marks the 20th anniversary years of serving the community with Christmas benefit concerts that have raised more than $55,000. This year’s benefit concert will be in support of the food bank, admission being free with either a food or cash donation. “We believe we should give back to the community where we sing,” said Shirley Keller, president of the Kelowna International Choir. “Our concerts have benefited the food bank for the past 15 years, but we also have given to Kid’s Care, the Rotary Cancer Lodge and the cardiac and mammography units at the hospital in the past.” Under the direction of Gwen Plitt, KIC will present a program of both traditional and modern Christmas music, backed up by choir accompanist Esther Goertz. Along with the 30-member choir, the benefit concert will also feature award-winning young fiddlers Chloe and Kyle Davidson.
Multi-instrumentalists, the Davidsons play everything from Celtic to Cajun, Blues to Bluegrass, and Métis to Middle Eastern. More information about the choir is available online at KIC’s website kichoir. weebly.com. ••• CONCERT Okanagan Festival Singers Saturday, Nov. 28 2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 5 7:30 p.m. First Lutheran Church 4091 Lakeshore Dr. Kelowna The Okanagan Festival Singers, long known in the Okanagan Valley for their expertise with baroque music, will perform G.F. Handel’s Messiah on Dec. 5. But in keeping with the choir’s educational mission, the Festival Singers also present a Children’s Messiah concert on Nov. 28.’ Both performances will be a the First Lutheran Church in Kelowna. For the Nov. 28 performance under the direction of Festival Singers director Leroy Wiens and narrated by ‘Larry the Lamb’ and friends, this shortened
performance of this iconic holiday favourite offers families a fun and educational choral musical experience. The cost per family is $20 and tickets are available at the door. As for the Dec. 5 concert, originally written over 250 years ago for Easter, Handel’s Messiah burst onto the stage at Dublin’s Musick Hall on April 13, 1742. Handel was already an esteemed musician at that stage, but his Messiah will stand forever as a testimony to his abilities as a great composer. Ticket prices for the Dec. 5 performance are $30 adults; $20 students and can be purchased at Wentworth Music, Keystone Music and Mosaic Books. For more information, please see the website ofsingers.com. CONCERT Broadwood Grand 1809: Music and Poetry of the Romantics Sunday, Nov. 29 2:30 p.m. Mary Irwin Theatre at the Rotary Centre for the Arts 421 Cawston Ave. Kelowna Be transported to the
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Bluesville. Hoping to introduce a new generation of children to the joys of jazz, Connick has crafted a musical landscape against which Eubie’s story unfolds. The Happy Elf follows Eubie, the happiest elf in the North Pole. More than anything else, Eubie longs to be a part of Santa’s sleigh team. Instead, he’s stuck checking the naughty-ornice lists. Then one Christmas Eve he sees something strange—in the whole town of Bluesville, not a single person has been nice. With a pinch of elfish magic and a magical whoosh, Eubie’s off to Bluesville. But can he turn a whole town of naughty children nice in just one day? Tickets available at SelectYourTickets.com CONCERT Matt Hoyles Friday, Dec. 4 Doc Willoughbys 353 Bernard Ave. Kelowna Matt Hoyles is a low down, wailing bluesman, hailing from deepest darkest New Zealand. he draws his musical
inspiration from Robert Johnson, Muddy Waters, Son House, BB King, Eric Bibb, Gary Clark Jr., Robert Cray, Seasick Steve and Otis Redding, Hoyle combines all influences both classic and modern to create his own unique blues sound. CONCERT Spectrum Singers Dec. 4-5 St. Michael’s Cathedral 608 Sutherland Ave. Kelowna The Spectrum Singers Christmas season concert this year is entitled “Our Christmas Gift of Song. The Spectrum Singers will perform a selection of classical and traditional songs, under the direction of Kim Kleineberg and with special guest vocalist Mark Wells. Tickets ($10 for students and $20 for adults) will soon be available from all choir members, Mosaic Books in downtown Kelowna and the UPS Store in West Kelowna (by Save-OnFoods). CONCERT Okanagan Festival Singers Saturday, Dec. 5 7:30 p.m.
First Lutheran Church 4901 Lakeshore Rd. Kelowna Handel’s Messiah is an Okanagan Festival Singers tradition that returns again for this Christmas concert season. The Okanagan Festival Singers soloists include two young but highly acclaimed singers from Winnipeg—Jane Fingler and Justin Odwak. As well, the choir looks forward to the return of Fabiana Katz-Esler and Michael Kurschat, who both sang in the 2012 performance. For ticket informaton, contact Clair Smith-Burns at 250-764-5188. CONCERT André-Philippe Gagnon Wednesday, Dec. 30 Kelowna Community Theatre 1375 Water St. André-Philippe Gagnon skyrocketed to fame in 1985 with an appearance on The Tonight Show when it was hosted by Johnny Carson. Gagnon performed his version of “We Are The World,” the fundraiser anthem written by Michael Jackson and
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Landon Mackenzie watercolour on Chinese paper entitled City of the Woods. selection from 40 years of an artist’s production looks like. It is inspiring, but also sobering, because time is flying by and we may worry that our accomplishments are going to be meagre, especially in contrast with Mackenzie’s tremendous output. The show begins with a few works by other artists that were influential on her as a child growing up in Toronto. Then there is a watercolour inspired by the Eloise children’s books that the artist painted when she was 14. The show then picks up the pace, and we see works produced in printmaking during her undergraduate years at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design in Halifax, and her MFA years, at Concordia University in Montreal. It was after this degree, while living and working in Montreal in the 1980s, that the artist turned her hand to painting. Her famous Lost River Series became an overnight national success, and Mackenzie is now widely known for her huge canvases, produced using numerous layers of paint, and sometimes including text. During the 1990s Mackenzie focused largely on these massive canvases and worked on small sheets of paper only when traveling. Once she began participating in international residencies, her works on paper were larger in scale and more
numerous. In the current show, we have works from residencies in Paris (2009), Berlin (2007 and 2013) and Banff (2012). Taken as a whole, Mackenzie’s paper works can be seen as a journey undertaken in tandem with her large paintings, thus, the exhibition’s title Parallel Journey. Mackenzie produces work that has layers of meaning, which is in keeping with her working method of creating imagery by layering her media onto her support (itself a carryover from her early years as a printmaker). She has long been fascinated by maps, first those of explorers opening up Western Canada to colonization, then maps of cities. She saw parallels between city maps and neural maps, that is, maps or diagrams of the human brain. This interest fed directly into her art, as evidenced in many works in the current exhibition. Along with the works installed on the walls of the gallery are eight custom-built freestanding vitrines that are filled with unframed works, including a great selection of 40 years of sketchbooks and other artist’s books for visitors to pore over. Landon Mackenzie: Parallel Journey will remain on view at the Kelowna Art Gallery until Jan, 17. After that it will begin a national tour. Liz Wyle is the Kelowna Art Gallery curator.
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WELK, EDWARD JOSEPH Went to be with the Lord on November 22, 2015 at the age of 75 years. Survived by his loving wife Linda; daughters Charlene and Corinne; son John (Tina); cherished grandchildren Jared and Keira; sisters Tessie, Jenny (Lou) and Eileen; brother John (Anna); four sisters-in-law and their family as well as his father-in-law Hubert. Ed had a long-time love of retail in both Kelowna and Vernon. He will be greatly missed. There will be a private family service at Springfield Funeral Home. Should family and friends so desire, memorial donations may be made to the Canadian Cancer Society (BC and Yukon), 565 West 10th Avenue, Vancouver, BC V5Z 4J4 www.cancer.ca Condolences may be sent to the family by visiting www.springfieldfuneralhome.com, 250-860-7077.
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2BD 1.5 bath insuite laundry across from OK college $975 NS. NP. Recent reno’s (250)808-4022
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Cross-stitch pictures Lrg & small beaded & unbeaded. Angels & Hummels 250-763-3556
$200 & Under 2 Armoir Computer Hutches Oak Coloured $150 each. 250-681-6908 Cherry Buffet & Hutch $200 250-681-6908 Treadmill (Tempo) only 30 hours of use $200 -Delivery option- 778-215-3410
$300 & Under Antique 4 drawers dresser w/ mirror $250 please call 778-215-3410
$400 & Under 4 Goodyear winter tires on Rims. 175/65R14 5,000kms $350 Dave 250-765-5237
Private Coin Collector Buying Collections, Olympic Gold & Silver Coins, Estates Jewelry+ Chad: 1-250-863-3082 Local.
Sporting Goods Christmas Season Savings selected used rifles/shotguns. Quality Firearms Buy & Sell. Weber & Markin Gunsmiths The Best Little Gunshop Around 4-1691 Powick Rd Kel 250-762-7575 Tue-Sat 10-6 facebook.com/WeberMarkin
TIRES - Honda Accord or CRV; Acura TSX or ILX w/ steel rims $320 778-215-3410
Farm Equipment 8N Ford Tractor c/w Blade 4 cyl., high & low transmission; 6 forward, 2 reverse; c/w chains. $3,650. Call 250-801-6408.
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Office/Retail C-10, 1500 sq.ft. office space for lease $1500/month +util. KELOWNA 250-681-9684.
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Commercial/ Industrial COMMERCIAL / RETAIL PROPERTY FOR LEASE Available immediately - Highway 33 East, Kelowna - 2000 sq ft premises located in small strip mall. This is a high traffic area with three other businesses operating in the mall. For further information or to view please call Mike @250868-8778. FOR LEASE 1250sqft shop w/office & 3phs power, 22’ ceiling, $1500/mo+ triple net. Zoned for contractor sales. Industrial shop, landscaping business, etc. Fenced 1/2 acre service industrial lot available. Central Westside Location. will build to suit. 250-769-7424
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SEASONED Applewood. $130 /load delivered locally. Call 250-212-1791, 250-215-2140 Split Birch and Apple firewood $50.00 Full apple bin size. Delivery Available. 250-765-5537
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NOTICE OF EXCLUSION APPLICATION
Regarding Land in the Agricultural Land Reserve I, Alida Kool of 9483 Seaton Road, Lake Country, B.C. V4V 1L9 intend on making an application pursuant to Section 30(1) of the Agricultural Land Commission Act to exclude from the Agricultural Land Reserve the following property which is legally described as Plan B5607 and located at 9483 Seaton Road, Lake Country, B.C. V4V 1L9. Any person wishing to express an interest in the application may do so by forwarding their comments in writing to, Karen McKay, District of Lake Country, 10150 Bottom Wood Lake, Lake Country, B.C. V4V 2M1 by December 11, 2015.
NOTICE OF EXCLUSION APPLICATION
Regarding Land in the Agricultural Land Reserve I, Jeremy and Joyce Farmer of 8355 Okanagan Centre Road, Lake Country B.C. V4V 1M8 intend on making an application pursuant to Section 30(1) of the Agricultural Land Commission Act to exclude from the Agricultural Land Reserve the following property which is legally described as Lot 145, Plan 521 and located at 8355 Okanagan Centre Road, Lake Country B.C. V4V 1M8. Any person wishing to express an interest in the application may do so by forwarding their comments in writing to, Karen McKay, District of Lake Country, 10150 Bottom Wood Lake, Lake Country, B.C. V4V 2M1 by December 11, 2015.
NOTICE OF APPLICATION Big White Water Utility
Notice of application to the conptroller of Water Rights under the Water Utility Act and the Utilities Commisions Act Notice is hereby given by Maurice VALCOURT that an application has been made to the Comptroller of Water Rights for a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity for the proposed construction and operation of a waterworks distribution system to serve residence in the area of Big White Ski Resort DL 4246 PLAN EPC1108. For the purpose of servicing a daylodge at the Blackforest Lift. Any person wishing further information in connection with this application should apply directly to Maurice VALCOURT mvalcourt@bigwhite.com. Any objections to this application are to be forwarded to Rick Couroux, Secretary to the Deputy Comptroller of Water Rights, Ministry of Environment, PO Box 9340 STN PROV GOVT, Victoria, BC V8W 9M1, or by email Rick.Couroux@gov.bc.ca or by fax 250-953-5124 to be received in this office on or before December 25, 2015.
Big White Water Utility 5315 BIG WHITE ROAD, KELOWNA BC V1P 1P3.
NOTICE OF EXCLUSION APPLICATION
Regarding Land in the Agricultural Land Reserve I, Stephen Chapman of 9411Seaton Road, Lake Country, B.C. V4V 1M1 intend on making an application pursuant to Section 30(1) of the Agricultural Land Commission Act to exclude from the Agricultural Land Reserve the following property which is legally described as Lot 1, Plan 23996 and located at 9411 Seaton Road, Lake Country, B.C. V4V 2M1 Any person wishing to express an interest in the application may do so by forwarding their comments in writing to, Karen McKay, District of Lake Country, 10150 Bottom Wood Lake, Lake Country, B.C. V4V 2M1 by December 11, 2015.
WAREHOUSEMAN’S LIEN SALE
Individuals or Companies listed below, take notice that Mario’s Towing Ltd., 3015 Sexsmith Rd., Kelowna BC, claims a lien pursuant to the WAREHOUSEMAN’S LIEN ACT R.S.B.C. 1979 CA427 and amendment thereto, on your vehicles listed below. If the amount owed is not sooner paid, the below described vehicles will be sold on/after Saturday, November 28, 2015 at 10:00 am to recover the amount owed, plus the cost of sale. Okanagan Trucking
Monica Rains
1995 Load king Flat Deck VIN 2LDPF3027SE025316 Amount Owing $35 000.00
159 2550 Hollywood Rd N VIN 2FTZX18W7WCB13964 Amount Owing $6734.75
Kondolas Furniture
Michael Sulte
1995 Ford Econoline VIN 1FDKE30F8SHA21730 Amount Owing $17 636.75
1997 Ford F150 VIN 2FTDX1727VCA61212 Amount Owing $2308.25
Scotia Dealer Advantage INC/Andrew Komori 2009 Hyundia Tucson VIN KM8JM12BX9U961896 Amount Owing $5036.25
Lemky David 2007 Manac Flat Deck Trailer VIN 2M512146876114511 Amount Owing $15 464.25
0607047 1999 Volkswagen Beetle VIN 3VWCA21C9XM404191 Amount Owing $2060.00
Simon Plante 2000 Volkswagen Jetta VIN 3VWSF29M3YM072440 Amount Owing $1289.75
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