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Child poverty rate in East Kootenay lowest in B.C. BREANNE MASSEY breanne@invermerevalleyecho.com The results of the 2015 BC Child Poverty Report Card suggests that the East Kootenay Regional District has one of the lowest child poverty rates in the province, according to First Call: BC Child and Youth Advocacy Coalition. But at 20.4 per cent (just over one in five children), the child poverty rate in B.C. is higher than the Canadian average of 19 per cent. “On one hand, (the East Kootenay region) has some of the lowest poverty rates that we have data for,” said Adrienne Montani, First Call provincial co-ordinator. “Cranbrook is the only municipal area that we have separate data for out there, but for the East Kootenay region, we have data that shows a 15.5 per cent poverty rate, which is up two tenths of a per cent from 15.3 in last year’s report card.”

There are some other numbers for Regional District (15.8 per “Children in single parthe region that also stand out in the cent); and Northern Rockents, overall in the provstudy, Ms. Montani added. ies (15.9 per cent). ince, have a poverty rate “Cranbrook’s (child poverty rate) is “(The East Kootenay is) of 50 per cent,” she added. higher than the regional district overall below the provincial aver“It’s very high… there are at 15.5 per cent,” she said. age, about five percentage probably more children in In 1989, the House of Commons passed points roughly overall in that 15.5 per cent who have a resolution to eliminate child poverty that region, as is most of the single parents because 1) in Canada. Since eastern there is one earner and if Cranbrook’s )child that time, B.C.’s p a r t their wage is low, they’ll still Adrienne Montani child poverty rate of the be in the poverty and 2) obpoverty rate) is has risen from 15.5 provviously, if you’re going to go higher than the regional to 20.4 per cent. ince,” said Ms. to work, you need child care and if you The regional dis- district overall... Montani. “Most of don’t have family support, or somebody ADRIENNE MONTANI tricts with the high(B.C.) from Fort else to help, then the lack of child care FIRST CALL PROVINCIAL CO-ORDINATOR est child poverty St. John down that is an issue that often keeps people from rates were the Central Coast Regional eastern side is a lower rate, (but) not working — even in couple families as District (50.6 per cent); Mount Wadding- dramatically in some places.” well as in single parent families.” ton Regional District (35.1 per cent); The East Kootenay region’s child povShe added that low wages for the and Skeena-Queen Charlotte Regional erty rate does not compare families “working poor” has become a trend District (33.0 per cent). and single parents, and Ms. Montani spanning B.C. However, Ms. Montani The ones with the lowest child pover- believes a provincial trend of single is working towards reducing poverty rates were the East Kootenay Region- parents suffering from poverty would ty with the First Call team by making al District (15.5 per cent); Peace River be significant if counted. See A2

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Families of Columbia Valley Rockies players were asked to come out onto the ice for photos with their sons/ brothers during the break in the game between the Rockies and the Nelson Leafs on Saturday, November 27th at the Eddie Mountain Memorial Arena in Invermere in honour of Family Appreciation Night at the Eddie.

EAST from A1 recommendations to the federal, provincial and local governments on a wide variety of areas that require government action. The recommendations include ideas such as encouraging the provincial government to raise the minimum hourly wage to $15 to ensure the lowest paid workers earn more than a poverty wage if they work full-time throughout the year; urging the federal government to enhance maternity and parental leave to enrich the lives of family by extending the

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duration to 18 months while reserving additional months for fathers; and, lastly, calling on all three levels of government to pay a living wage that allows people to meet their basic needs, support their children and avoid chronic stress whether they are working regular or contract hours. “We have made 21 recommendations in the back of the 2015 BC Child Poverty Report Card and most of those are focused on the provincial government, while some of them are federal policies that would also help,” said Ms. Montani. “We have focused our attention on both levels of government.”

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Local beer gets a boost BREANNE MASSEY breanne@invermerevalleyecho.com

requirements,” said Ramilla-Siquijor. “The way it works is each BCLS is paired with the six B.C. microbreweries closest to their location that don’t currently have products listed with BCLS. If the microbreweries wish to have up to two of their un-listed products sold in the BCLS, they can apply to the store for consideration.” Microbreweries are considered to be those that produce 15,000 hectolitres (1,500,000 litres) or less annually. The goal, according to the BC Liquor Distribution Branch, is to help ensure there’s adequate shelf space for local microbreweries, which, in turn, helps the BC Liquor Stores introduce their customers to new, unique products. However, the government will occasionally be reviewing their offerings to ensure that products available on the shelves

The growing popularity of craft beer products have prompted BC Liquor Stores to expand local offerings on their shelves. As of November 30th, BC Liquor Stores are accepting up to 12 non-listed products from breweries closest to their location. “The new BC Liquor Stores (BCLS) program takes effect on November 30th,” said Rocel Ramilla-Siquijor, BC Liquor Distribution Branch spokesperson. “That said, it will be up to microbreweries to decide whether they would like to participate and when, and which products they choose to propose at their local BCLS.” The new program, which is coming into effect during the start of BC Buy Local week, offers microbreweries the opportunity to gain exposure. There are currently 102 microbreweries in B.C. that are eligible to participate in this program — which has almost doubled in the past five years from a mere 57 locations in 2011. Arrowhead Brewing Company is currently sold at BC Liquor Stores stores in Invermere, Radium and Fairmont, and will soon be sold in Kimberley. “We will be contacting other government stores in the East and West Kootenay to start carrying our beer as well,” said Jess de Local craft beer company, Arrowhead Brewing Company (the Groot, Arrowhead spokes- brewery’s lounge is pictured here), is pleased with a new govperson. “The changes ernmemt program that will help boost their brand’s presence on shelves in BC Liquor Stores. make it so much easier Photo courtesy of Arrowhead Brewing Company for small breweries to get their beer into the government stores. (Be- align with consumer demands. According to De Groot, the local comfore) it was very difficult if you were a small brewery with small production to get into munity’s ongoing support for Arrowhead those stores because of the process of ship- products has helped the business gain moping and distribution, especially for those mentum, and she remains optimistic it will of us on the eastern side of the province. continue in the future. “A lot of store managers bring in what peoWith these changes, small breweries can now get into their local shops without hav- ple request,” she said. “So if people throughing to deal with the struggle of province-wide out the East and West Kootenay ask their local government liquor store managers distribution.” It is estimated there are close to 200 BC Li- for Arrowhead, it helps get us in there tremendously. Local support goes a long way quor Stores throughout the province. “We do know that each BCLS location will when you’re trying to get shelf space in such accept at least one product from each of the a competitive market, such as the B.C. craft interested microbreweries that meets the beer scene.”

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COUNCILBRIEFS

Mill closure means fire risk for Canal Flats

Greg Amos Special to The Valley Echo At the Village of Canal Flats’ November 23rd council meeting, council was alerted to a looming problem related to the closure of the Canfor sawmill — a loss of volunteer firefighting capacity and firefighting equipment in the village. In his September and October Canal Flats Fire Rescue report, fire chief David Ferguson noted that the village’s already-small fire department is getting even smaller, with attendance varying from nine to just three members present over the course of the past nine weekly meetings. Upon reading the news, Coun. Paul Marcil suggested council meet soon with the fire chief to find out how serious the problem is, and how many regular members the department needs to operate effectively. Chief administrative officer Brian Woodward also noted the Canfor mill itself poses a fire hazard, and that there’s no guarantee Canfor will keep its own fire suppression equipment on site at the mill. He added that, by his count, the volunteer fire department has lost seven members, many of whom are still living in Canal Flats, but are now working out of town and unable to spare the time to attend the meetings. The fire department had a total of four callouts over the past two months. In each case, it was a first aid call rather than a fire to be dealt with. Worker transition continues A special hire funded by the Columbia Basin Trust

will work on helping to develop ideas generated by the Canal Flats working group that’s seeking to find future directions for the village in the wake of the recent mill closure. The new employee will be concerned more so with flushing out ideas rather than general economic development, Columbia Basin Trust director of special initiatives Kindy Gosal told group members on the November 5th worker transition call. The conference calls, held roughly twice a month since the mill closure was imminent, include representatives from the provincial Ministry of Jobs, Tourism and Skills Training, the Ministry of Advanced Education, the Ministry of Social Development and Social Innovation, College of the Rockies, the Industry Training Authority, WorkBC, Canfor, Family Dynamix, and Canal Flats mayor Ute Juras. Also in the November 5th call, Canfor informed the group that it has opened up three to four production positions that were slated to begin at the company’s Elko mill on November 14th. Former Canal Flats mill employees were to be offered transfers to Elko based on an undisclosed selection process. The next Worker Transition Call will take place on January 5th. There’s no agreed-upon end date as to how long these meetings will continue. Business liaison on deck  A business expansion and recruitment specialist for Canal Flats is one step closer to reality after council authorized the preparation of a request for an expression of interest to fulfill a $50,000 position to be funded through the Columbia Basin Trust. The contractor would assist the Village of Canal Flats in screening potential new businesses, investigating

public-private partnership opportunities and implementing an economic development strategy with a community visioning process for the village.   Tree of Lights to shine for weeks Canal Flats residents will get a chance to reflect and remember community members who passed away this year thanks to a special Tree of Lights event that will start in December and last for six weeks. While the Hospice Society of the Columbia Valley began putting on the Tree of Lights event in Invermere last year, a difficult year marked by more than half a dozen deaths in the close-knit Canal Flats community led to the idea of creating a tree in the village (to be erected outside the Columbia Discovery Centre building that houses the council chambers) as well. “The Tree of Lights is a way to honour their memory and help with the grieving process,” said Daneve McAffer, a Hospice Society volunteer from Canal Flats. The idea arose after a member of the Canal Flats seniors group suggested it to McAffer. The village saw two brothers pass away in the same year, a man drown in the Findlay Creek, and other unfortunate events. The Tree of Lights is similar to a Christmas tree, except the eight-foot tall tree is decorated with white lights and name cards of those who have passed away. The tree stays lit day and night, starting on Friday, December 11th. A $10 name card can be purchased before December 4th by contacting www.hospicesocietycv.com, emailing info@hospicesocietycv.com or calling 250688-1143. All proceeds are used to support Hospice Society programs such as bereavement support groups, home visits and “walk and talk” groups.

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The new Columbia Valley Advisory Committee, which is comprised of the same people from the former Columbia Valley Directed Funds Committee, has picked up right where the old committee left off. The advisory committee met on Tuesday, October 19th at the Windermere Community Hall and, during the meeting, earmarked funding for two major projects — $120,000 for the third phase of the Columbia Valley Marketing and Branding initiative ($86,000 of which is ready to be dispersed as the project moves forward), and $40,000 for the Columbia Valley Affordable Housing Plan being implemented by the Family Dynamix Association. There were several updates given by committee members, or group representatives, on various valley-wide projects including one from Regional District of East Kootenay (RDEK) Area F director and advisory committee chair Wendy Booth on

the marketing and branding initiative and another from her on valley-wide visitors services; from Invermere mayor Gerry Taft on the Columbia Valley Resident Retention and Attraction Plan; and from Family Dynamix Association executive director Pat Cope on the Affordable Housing Plan. In addition, several valley-wide initiatives that did not have formal updates, but were still of possible interest to the advisory committee, were discussed, including the Westside Legacy Trail and the new multiuse centre. Also during the meeting, the advisory committee revisited the Columbia Valley Community Priorities Plan, which was the guiding document used by the former Directed Funds Committee to help it decided on project funding requests. The advisory committee expressed consensus that the priorities plan, which was formalized in 2013, is still valid. The committee decided to revisit it again in another two years to determine if it is still up to date then.

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RDEK gives operational funding to Whiteway Steve Hubrecht steve@invermerevalleyecho.com The most recent Regional District of East Kootenay (RDEK) board of directors meeting touched on a few items of interest to the Upper Columbia Valley. During the Friday, November 6th meeting, the directors decided that the Lake Windermere Whiteway will receive $7,500 a year in operational funding starting in 2016, with the money coming from the Columbia Valley Recreation Service Area pool of money. “All the directors could see the value of sustaining and maintaining the Whiteway, both for local residents and for drawing visitors to town, so the decision was unanimous. It’s fantastic for the club,” said Toby Creek Nordic Ski Club president Lyle Wilson, adding that $7,500 a year from the RDEK combined with the $4,000 a year the club receives from the District of Invermere operating costs covers about 60 to 70 per cent of the annual operating expenses of the

Whiteway. “So for us, it’s huge.” The club will be offering $20 four-use Whiteway ticket booklets this year (in past years, it has simply asked for a $5 donation per use) to help cover the rest of the operating costs associated with the world record-breaking Whiteway. The booklets will be available at Crazy Soles and other local retail outlets. Memberships to the club also include unlimited Whiteway use (visit www.tobycreeknordic.ca). The ice on Lake Windermere was four inches thick as of press time, and it needs to be at least eight inches for the club to be able to take its grooming equipment out on the ice. “As soon as it’s thick enough, we’ll be plowing, grooming and getting the Whiteway ready,” said Wilson. In the meantime, the club will likely be grooming the Nordic ski trail around Lake Lillian sometime within the next two weeks (Lake Lillian, being a small lake, tends to freeze enough for grooming much sooner than Lake Windermere). The club also plans

to groom a Nordic track on the Junior Johnson trail near Lake Lillian. More upgrades to Windermere reservoir The RDEK board of directors, at the meeting, also voted to spend $350,000 worth of surplus funding from the Windermere reservoir project (which stems from cost-saving measures during construction) on further upgrades for the new reservoir. Construction on the new reservoir (which is necessary no matter what long-term solution is finally chosen for Windermere’s water issues) began a few months ago and is expected to wrap up soon. The additional upgrades that the $350,000 will be spent on include secondary chlorination and pressreducing valve (PRV) remote monitoring instrumentation. Both upgrades are within the project’s scope and can be completed within the project’s time constraints.

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Invermere residents split on tax hike Steve Hubrecht steve@invermerevalleyecho.com

Invermere councillors have given second and third reading to the district’s financial plan. The plan, which is Invermere’s budget, extends from 2016 to 2020 and outlines a 1.5 per cent general tax increase starting next year, with the extra funds generated from this being used to help pay for the new multi-use centre. That increase will come on top of a parcel tax increase in 2016 — also to help fund the multi-use centre — that will average out to around $100 per parcel. The district, prior to the Tuesday, November 24th council meeting, carried out public consultation on the budget in the form of a public meeting and by distributing budget surveys to local households. The district received 73 of those surveys back with comments, with 20 per cent of respondents saying their most preferred option was no tax increase (and, correspondingly, no increase in services); 14 per cent choosing a one per cent increase; 29 per cent choosing a two per cent increase; 13 per cent choosing a three pre cent increase; four per cent choosing a four per cent increase; and 20 per cent choosing a five or more per cent increase. “It was quite a split. There are a significant number of people who don’t want any increase, while an equally significant number of people are right at the other end of the spectrum, saying they are okay with a relatively large increase, but that they really want to see some improved services for that,” said Invermere mayor Gerry Taft, speaking after the meeting. “There were also a lot of questions or comments about development at the Crossroads, and it’s clear from the comments that many people are not aware of where the district boundaries are,” he said. The district boundary ends at the Athalmer bridge. Once past the bridge, the land north of the Athlamer road belongs to the Shuswap Indian Band, while south of the road is Regional District of East Kootenay (RDEK) Area F. Accuracy of Visitor statistics During the November 24th meeting, council members received a report outlining summer visitor trends over

the third quarter of the year (July to September) from the Columbia Valley Chamber of Commerce. The report showed a drop in 2015 compared with 2014 in terms of both number of visitors and number of parties stopping in at the Crossroads Visitor Centre (5,975 visitors this year compared with 7,119 last year, and 2,676 parties this year compared to 2,965 last year) as well as at the Downtown Visitor Kiosk (3,547 visitors this year compared with 5,138 last year, and 1,615 parties this year compared to 2,148 last year). The report authors did, however, point out that their own statistics seem to be at odds with almost all anecdotal evidence. “Although the total number of parties is down by 15 per cent across all the locations we operate, we have received feedback from local businesses that summer 2015 was quite strong and that visitor numbers appeared to be up,” wrote chamber president Amanda Robinson and executive director Susan Clovechok in the report, adding that measuring the number of parties is typically a more reliable indicator of how busy the valley is, since some parties will send a representative into the visitor centre who may not share the number of people in their party. The lack of experienced staff may have contributed to skewed visitor statistics, according to Robinson and Clovechok. “This year’s staff were all new and competent. However, it is our experience that returning staff typically are more confident in asking the questions that elicit more detailed information which result in improved accuracy of our statistics,” they wrote in the report, later adding “we believe that statistic capturing impacted this year’s result to some degree and, as a result, we will be increasing the training and review of the data entry in 2016.” The report also pointed out that the total number of hours the downtown kiosk was open was down in 2015 compared with 2014 (1044.5 hours this year compared with 1100 hours last year), and attributed this trend to high temperatures this summer, as the kiosk was several times more than 30 C inside, even with the air conditioner running, meaning the kiosk had to be then shut down as per WorkSafe BC regulations.

Two new regional parks The RDEK has now officially amended its regional parks plan to include both the Westside Legacy Trail and the proposed Edgewater school path as regional parks. An application has been submitted by the RDEK to the provincial Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure to construct and maintain the proposed school path within the road rightof-way along Sinclair Street in Edgewater. Grant in aid The board of directors gave a discretionary grant in aid to the Fairmont Hot Springs Lions Club. The grant is for $6,000 and is meant to help fund the club’s recycling operation and garage sale storage building.

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With the Paris climate conference underway, people around the world are wondering what, if anything, world leaders from the 150 or so nations in attendance will actually be able to accomplish. The 12-day negotiations are expected to deliver a global plan to reduce emissions, and some of the planet’s most advanced and populous countries have committed to developing clean energies, including India, and the United States, as well as Canada, South Korea and France. We currently have a civilization here on Earth that is almost completely dependant

on burning fossil fuels to produce energy, a process that is one of the major contributing factors to climate change. And since Big Oil turned to unconventional oil and natural gas, there are a whole new slew of problems that people are waking up to. A massive amount of water is needed for fracking (hydraulic fracturing that releases oil and gas from rock formations deep below the earth’s surface), and this water is being diverted from public use to enable the fracking boom. This is depleting water supplies in some of the United States’ driest areas. Here in B.C., with our abundance of water, drought is the last thing on anyone’s minds, but the dangerous chemicals mixed with the water ought not to be. Fracking renders the

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t has been a few weeks CBT, Canfor, Ktunaxa First Regional UNDOWN U now since the mill has Nation and RDEK. We are curclosed and it has made our rently developing a work plan little town very quiet. that will help guide us through The Worker Transition the process of becoming ecoTeam is still meeting and nomically viable and sustainwill continue to provide inable. Thanks to a $50,000 formation and support for grant from CBT, we will be able all of the displaced workers. to hire an Economic DevelopTE In the meantime, council is ment/Business Liaison who working very hard on ecowill help guide us through the nomic development to proprocess and proposals we are vide future opportunities and keep our faced with following the mill closure. community going. Councillor Sterzer recently attended We have established a Canal Flats Eco- the BC Economic Development Associanomic Development Working Group, tion Workshop in Richmond. This group which includes staff from the Ministry started the Economic Disaster Recovery of Jobs, Tourism and Skills Training, and Project, which has helped various comthe Ministry of Forest, Land and Natu- munities in British Columbia to recover ral Resources. We are also joined by MLA after a natural or economic disaster. Norm Macdonald, representatives from Due to cost restraints, they were unable

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to send a team to Canal Flats. However, they used Canal Flats as a case study for part of the workshop. The result is a report that will contain recommendations for how the Village of Canal Flats can recover from this economic blow of the mill closing. Council has also started the annual budget process and is very cognizant of the current situation while making decisions on your tax dollars. We have already passed a resolution suspending council’s pay increase for 2016. We have also added a line item for economic development to the budget. This will allow us to move any money that is not needed for a project at this time, or grants coming in, towards economic development. Ute Juras is the mayor of Canal Flats and can be reached at 250-489-9070 or by email at ujuras@gmail.com.

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Dear Editor: With Black Friday ending, followed by the impending Christmas season, I begin to worry about my days. I am fully in support of various causes and events of awareness, but 24hour slots are quickly being consumed by “special days.” Failing to stem the tide, we risk finding ourselves with a day shortage. Cyber Monday, Toonie Tuesday, Superbowl Sunday and Seniors Thursday leave only Wednesday, Friday and Saturday unclaimed. “Floater” days remove a vast number more. Boxing Day, Halloween, Valentines Day, Worldwide Celebration of Weights and Measures Day, Wookie Life Day and others are quickly eliminating ordinary 24-hour stretches. Weeks are also falling prey to unilaterally declared causes. Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, Global Entrepreneur Week, Worldwide Breast-feeding Week are examples. With fewer weeks available, conflicts are arising. The UN-declared World Space Week finds itself at odds with the Marijuana Users Association, which wants to use the same time slot for World Spaced Week. However, Geography Awareness Week organizers have gone into talks with their counterparts at the Directionally Challenged Week offices. Both groups are hoping for a mutually productive collaboration. Months are no exception to the onslaught. October was declared 4-H Month, as well as American Cheese Month and Menopause Month. November’s competition sees Banana Pudding Lovers, Pecan Eaters and Novel Writers all vying to have this same slot as their own. Future conflict can be assured. I submit that we end this penchant for special days, weeks and months. To have a simple Saturday where there are no concerns other than sitting would be satisfying. A mundane Monday where I do no more than mumble about the morons around me would be marvelous. Weeks without World Alliance groups waving placards and months devoid of declarations of various sorts seems desirable. Act now before the days, weeks and months of your calendar are as gone as your choices! RYAN LENGSFELD NELSON

here are few places in British ColumMLA EPORT E bia that are more connected to power generation than Columbia River- Revelstoke. Home to considerable power projects like the Revelstoke Dam, and part of the affected area of the Columbia River Basin, we understand this industry and live daily with its benefits and consequences. British Columbians have long benefitORM ted from being owners of much of the power generated within this province, and through BC Hydro, a Crown corporation that has traditionally provided significant dividends to the public purse, we have received access to consistent, low-cost power. Unfortunately, over the last 14 years under the BC Liberals, British Columbians have watched the cost of hydro skyrocket as government forced our Crown C=corporation to make decisions that were not in the best interest of either BC Hydro or B.C. ratepayers. It is time for British Columbians to make a new choice; a choice for better management of this precious resource, and a better energy policy that protects ratepayers, manages for sustainability, protects farmland, and moves us toward a green energy future. Put forward by the BC NDP, PowerBC is a better plan for a brighter future for British Columbia. I believe that B.C.’s energy policy must be bold and progressive. We can protect BC Hydro customers from rising rates, produce good-paying jobs close to home, respect First Nations land title and launch careers in clean energy and retrofit construction, maintenance, manufacturing and high-tech engineering. See A16

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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2ND • 7 p.m.: Wilmer Community Club AGM at Wilmer Hall. Come celebrate the life and times of Conrad Kain through the lens of Pat Morrow.

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play at Windermere Community Hall. Tickets $6 for children under 16, $13 for adults. Available at Circle Cafe and Windermere Family Pantry. Doors open a half hour before showtime.

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MONDAY DECEMBER 7TH • Panorama Mountain Resort Opens Early. Visit www.panoramaresort.com. • 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.: Drop by the Women’s • 10 a.m.: Radium Public Library Resource Centre for an Open House to talk to staff and volunteers, enjoy Christmas Storytime & Crafts. snacks and mingle. • 10 a.m. - 12 p.m.: Santa’s Cabin. Come get a photo with Santa, and don’t • 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.: Purple Light Campaign forget to tell him what you want for Drop In at Women’s Resource Centre Christmas at Fairmont Hot Springs in Frater Landing. Women’s rights advocates are invited to drop by to Resort. talk to staff and volunteers and enjoy • 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.: December 5th and some snacks. 6th: ‘Twas the Book Sale Before Christmas, at Home Hardware. Gently • 7 p.m.: Lake Windermere District used, winter themed books will be Lions Club meetings every 1st and available for purchase in support of 3rd Monday of each month at CVCC/ Lions, Hall Highway 93/95, Invermere. Friends of the Invermere Library. Contact 250-345-0171. • 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.: Invermere Thift Store • 7 p.m.: Bingo at the Canal Flats Civic Extravaganza. Centre, 1st and 3rd Monday of each • 12 - 5 p.m.: Turkey Shoot at the month. Invermere Legion. Smokies, Brats, and more available at concession.

• 11:45 a.m.: The Columbia Valley Chamber of Commerce has invited Ingrid Jarrett, Vice Chair of Slow Food Canada to provide a luncheon presentation: Slow Food - What does it mean to our economy? held at Lions Hall, Crossroads. Lunch prepared by From Scratch A Mountain Kitchen. To register for the luncheon presentation, please visit events.r20. constantcontact.com/register/event?l • 7 p.m.: Valley Voices A Ceremony lr=l4sfp5dab&oeidk=a07ebt36dit2c57c of Carols at Christ Church Trinity. a3b. Tickets $10, students $5. Available at • 10:30 a.m.: Invermere Public Library Tiffany’s Threds in Invermere, Meet Pre-school Story Time. Join us for On Higher Ground in Radium and The stories and a craft. Purple Cow Gift Shop in Fairmont Hot • 3:30- 4:30 p.m.: Invermere Public Springs. Library Drop-in Lego Club. Build our • 7:30 p.m.: Bob’s Your Elf - A Christmas theme or create your own. Kids under play at Windermere Community Hall. 8 should bring an adult. Tickets $6 for children under 16, $13 • 7 - 8:30 p.m.: Hospice Society information night: How to help someone who is grieving, at the Canal Flats Community Centre. For more information email info@ hospicesocietycv.com and call 250688-1143.

• 2 p.m.: Bob’s Your Elf - A Christmas play at Windermere Community Hall. Tickets $6 for children under 16, $13 for adults. Available at Circle Cafe and Windermere Family Pantry. Doors open a half hour before showtime.

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 12TH • 10 a.m. - 12 p.m.: Santa’s Cabin. Come get a photo with Santa, and don’t forget to tell him what you want for Christmas. Fairmont Hot Springs Resort. • 4 p.m.: Panorama Mountain Freeride Club AGM at Jackpine Pub in Panorama. • 7:30 p.m.: CV Rockies vs. Grand Forks Border Bruins at Eddie Mountain Memorial Arena.

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 13TH • 4 - 6 p.m.: Radium Hot Springs Fire Department Children’s Christmas party at Radium Hot Springs Fire Hall. Visit www.radiumhotsprings.com for details. • 5:30 p.m.: Christmas Dinner for Seniors at Best Western Invermere Inn. Call 250-342-5566 to register.

• 7 p.m.: Blue Christmas Service at Christ Church Trinity. A special service for those who’ve lost loved ones, pets or are dealing with difficult TUESDAY DECEMBER 8TH circumstances, with a lighting of • 7 p.m.: Cinefest film series featuring candles for remembrance. For more the film Jimmy’s Hall by filmmaker Ken information, call 250-342-6644 or Loach. Tickets $12 at the door. email office@wvsm.ca.

WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 9TH • 6 - 8 p.m.: Invermere library Adult Craft Night. Join us for an evening of holiday crafting for adults.

• 7:30 p.m.: Invermere Library for adults. Available at Circle Cafe and Christmas Silent Auction closing. Windermere Family Pantry. Doors Invermere Library Christmas Silent open a half hour before showtime. Auction Closing. Be sure to make HOURS your ﬁnal bids before the Friends of Invermere Library close the auction. INVERMERE LIBRARY SUNDAY DECEMBER 6TH • 12 - 7 p.m.: Feed the town at Copper Wonderful selection of useful, creative • Tuesday: 10 a.m. - 5 p.m Point Clubhouse. Bring a non- and beautiful items that will make • Wednesday: 10 a.m - 8 p.m. • Thurs – Saturday: 10 a.m - 5p.m. perishable food item or cash donation perfect Christmas gifts.

to support the Columbia Valley Food Bank. Santa will be in attendance from THURSDAY DECEMBER 10TH RADIUM LIBRARY 1 - 6 p.m. • 12 p.m.: Senior’s Lunch at the • Tuesday: 6 - 8 p.m. • 12:30 - 2:30 p.m.: Ladies only Climb- Invermere Legion. $5 at the door. • Wed - Thursday: 1 - 4 p.m. RSVP by calling 250-342-9281 ext 1227 • Saturday: 10 a.m. - 1p.m. ing Wall session at the J.A. Laird or emailing events@invermere.net • 7 - 10 p.m.: Fresh Fridays Open Mic Elementary school gym. All abilities INDERMERE VALLEY MUSEUM at Pynelogs. Showcasing young talent welcome. For more information call • 7 p.m.: Crib and Texas Hold Em W from the valley. All ages, licensed bar. Herb at 250-688-5228. tournaments at the Invermere Legion. • Tuesday: 12 - 4 p.m. First Friday of every month. • 1 - 3 p.m.: 5th Annual Santa in $35 poker buy in. INVERMERE THRIFT STORE • 7 p.m.: Valley Voices A Ceremony Fairmont at Smoking Water Coffee Co. • Thurs - Saturday: 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. FRIDAY DECEMBER 11TH of Carols at Christ Church Trinity. Free cookie decorating, hot chocolate, Tickets $10, students $5. Available at christmas carol sing along with local • 2nd Annual Butterﬂy Tree of Lights.A ADIUM THRIFT STORE Tiffany’s Threds in Invermere, Meet band, goodie bags, and a draw for lovely way to commemorate our loved R On Higher Ground in Radium and The Kootenay Ice Tickets. Kids and adult ones who have passed on. Join us for • Thursday: 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Purple Cow Gift Shop in Fairmont Hot can visit with Santa by the ﬁreplace. this special evening of remembrance • Fri - Saturday: 12 - 4 p.m. Bring food bank donations. Springs. and connection. We hope that this

• 6:30 p.m.: Stuffed Pork Loin Dinner at the Invermere Legion. $15/person. Reservations Recommended. Call 250-342-9517. Meat draw and 50/50.

• 7:30 p.m.: CV Rockies vs. Fernie • Turkey Spiel: For more information Ghostriders at Eddie Mountain visit www.curlinginvermere.ca, or email invermerecurling@shaw.ca or Memorial Arena. call 250-342-3315. • 7:30 p.m.: Bob’s Your Elf - A Christmas

event becomes a beloved tradition for your family. This event is held annually on the second Friday of December. Ofﬁce is open Daily 12-4pm in Frater Landing, (250)-688-1143.

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Holiday giving expected to hit $5 billion many people give because philanthropy was modelled for them by their parents. Inspiring young people to give back is fundamental to building strong, caring communities. 3. Focus on impact, not overhead: Evaluating or This holiday season about 60 per cent of Canadian ranking a charity solely on how much it spends on adults are expected to donate approximately $5 biloverhead can be misleading. The bottom line on eflion between now and the end of the year, according fectiveness is what the organization accomplishes, to Imagine Canada. not necessarily what it spends on infrastructure This annual tide of generosity is essential to thouor fundraising. Wise spending and being accountsands of charities and the communities they serve. able and transparent are important criteria, but we According to Statistics Canada, Canadians give just need to remember that without investment, serunder $13 billion annually to charities and non-profvices would be impossible to deliver – real impact its, meaning that approximately 40 per cent of all dorequires real investment. nations take place in the last six weeks of the year. 4. Be flexible about donation amounts: Research Statistics Canada identifies “compassion for those shows that donations have been generally flat for in need” as the top reason Canadians donate (89 per the past five years. This is a serious challenge becent), followed by “personally believe in a cause” cause costs facing charities continue to grow. Peo(85 per cent) and “contribute to our communities” ple begin supporting charities in their youth even (79 per cent). Six-in-ten (61 per cent) are motivated if they don’t have a lot of resources, but their givby being personally affected by the cause. ing often does not to grow along with their income. These motivations underscore the holiday season’s importance as an opportunity for caring individuals to strengthen their Part of a sound giving strategy is being flexible about the size of your gift and basing the amount on what you can afford. communities in ways that are important to them. 5. Leadership matters: A charity’s success is always linked to how well it is led “Holiday giving is crucial to strengthening our social fabric,” says Bruce MacDonald, president and CEO of Imagine Canada. “By taking a more strategic ap- and managed. Strong leadership, efficient administration and good governance proach to giving, people can make their gift more meaningful and enhance the sat- are key qualities to look for when evaluating a charity. One important sign of sound management is accreditation by a isfaction that comes from making a highly According to Imagine Canada, the next six weeks third party. Some are eligible for accredipersonalized contribution to helping othtation for a specific type of work, such as ers and transforming communities.” will account for 40 per cent of all charitable health care, but all charities can be accredHere are Imagine Canada’s top five sugdonations made in 2015. Six-in-ten Canadians will ited through Imagine Canada’s Standards gested strategies for holiday giving: donate and this year’s holiday giving is expected to Program. This initiative involves rigorous 1. Align your gift with your passion: When hit $5-billion, bringing total gifts to charities and non- peer review of board governance, finanmaking a donation, consider the sort of cial accountability and transparency, funworld you want to build. Ally yourself with profits to about $13-billion for the entire year. draising, staff management and volunteer charitable organizations that reflect your ideals and invest in the future you want to see unfold. Charities welcome dia- involvement. Although the program is relatively new, 160 charities display this program’s Trustmark and many more are going through the process. logue, so connect and communicate. Even better, volunteer. Visit imaginecanada.ca for a complete listing of accredited charities along with 2. Model giving for your children, peers: nothing builds a child or teenager’s character like helping people in need. By engaging your children and even peers in your a comprehensive Guide to Giving to help with charitable decision making. Imagine Canada is a national charitable umbrella organization whose cause is philanthropic activities and priorities, you pay forward the spirit of giving and generate long-term momentum for support of charities. Research shows clearly that Canada’s charities and non-profits. Imagine Canada Submitted

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The holiday’s are all about being with the ones we love. The Hospice Society wishes you all a peaceful and joyfilled holiday and we remind you, if you or someone you love is dealing with end of life or bereavement issues, we are here to support you. If you are interested in supporting us, it has never been easier. Please go online to www.hospicesocietycv.com for a one-time donation, a donation in memory of a loved one or to activate a monthly pledge. Your generosity is greatly appreciated by all the families we support throughout the year.

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A Book Under Every Tree

The Columbia Basin Alliance for Literacy is running our annual book drive to collect adult, youth and children’s books to place in Christmas hampers. Please place your donation of new or gently used books For more information, in collection bins until December 14, 2015: please contact Pip’s Country Store Radium Mountainside Market Katie Andruschuk AG Valley Foods Fairmont Mountainside Market at kandruschuk@ Invermere Sobeys Canal Flats Family Pantry cbal.org

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Breanne Massey breanne@invermerevalleyecho.com Outdoor enthusiasts in the Columbia Valley are encouraged to book early for customized trips through the backcountry next summer. A Bar Z - Backcountry Mountain Adventures owner and guide Brent DuBois will be offering trail rides, pack horse trips and horse-assisted hiking to tour the alpine between mid-May and September. He has been working as a guide in the familyowned business for his entire life. When Ted Zinken converted the Timber Ridge boy’s camp into a tourism venture, a working relationship began with the DuBois family. “That is just how our brand originated,” explained DuBois. “Dix Anderson was an outfitter with my grandfather and they owned the Elk Horn Ranch. Then Dix and Ted became partners at the boys’ camp to form A/Z Outfitters. Then my dad and Dix partnered in the Dutch Creek Valley (and) my dad and I in Dutch Creek. Now, it’s just me in Dutch Creek and Toby. A/Z is still my name.” The tours offered through A Bar Z vary in length, ranging from hour-long rides in Fairmont to full-day rides in the alpine of the Purcells. Other adventures involve trips spanning between three and 10 days in total. DuBois recommends horse-assisted hiking for some, as it helps when the animals can carry some of the camping equipment to a location. During the trips, it is common to see elk, goats, moose and bear. A Bar Z - Backcountry Mountain Adventures keeps 40 horses on site, 20 guides and it also rents out 15 cabins during the summer. For more information, visit http:// abarz.ca/about-a-bar-z/.

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posure after that and the rest of the game was downhill.” Kimberley gained three more goals during the second to boot when Dynamiters Brodie Buhler, Jordan Busch and Jared Marchi each scored a goal. During the third period, Rockies player Nolan Menard scored the team’s second and final goal of the game before the Dynamiters gained by two more goals. “Kimberley seems to be a bit of our Achilles heel, composure-wise,” said Dubielewicz after the game. “I think we get really fired up for the games and sometimes, when things don’t go your way and you’re that emotional, sometimes you go the other direction. We’ve done quite a bit better at the last four or five games, so we’ll just get back on the horse tomorrow (against the Nelson Leafs).” The Rockies have yet to defeat the Dynamiters this season. “They’re a good team and we have to start playing 60 full minutes against them,” said Mr. Dubielewicz. “If you’re going to lose composure and take a bad penalty here or there, they’re a team that will make you pay and that’s what happened tonight so it’s just too bad.”

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LET’S from A7 PowerBC is about retrofitting public buildings, homes and businesses for energy efficiency, resulting in reduced energy costs and community-based jobs. PowerBC is about maximizing current capacity in existing dams such as the Revelstoke Dam. Forward-thinking engineering built this structure for future capacity. We can still add one more turbine in Revelstoke Dam, which would generate 500 megawatts of new capacity and create 390 person-years of skilled trades employment. PowerBC is about making significant investments in clean energy. British Columbia is particularly well-suited to produce renewable energy and could be an exporter of not only renewable energy, but of renewable energy technology. Columbia River-Revelstoke has already embraced a diversity of energy production options that range from the SunMine in Kimberley to the bioenergy facility in Skookumchuk. Across British Columbia, there are tremendous opportunities for geothermal, wind, tidal and solar generation. With the right leadership, we can build the energy future we want. If you want to learn more about PowerBC, go to www.bcndpcaucus.ca/powerbc. Norm Macdonald is the NDP MLA for Columbia River Revelstoke. He can be reached by phone at 1-866-870-4188 and by email at norm.macdonald.mla@ leg.bc.ca.

A SIMPLY from A16 She loves Italian food, is inspired by Asian with its playfulness of flavours, and is curious about Korean cooking. Her must-have kitchen ingredients include chilli pastes, ginger, lemons, garlic, butter, extra virgin olive oil, non-extra virgin olive oil, bacon fat (a must have to fry fish in it!), coconut oil, duck and goose fat. As we stood in line to have a few minutes with her, I pondered what to ask her. After all, this is a woman who has become a part of my family and business in an indirect way. Her cookie cutter sugar cookie recipe is used almost every holiday with our children, our guests in our restaurant have adored her chocolate cake, and her roast chicken recipe has been go-to for last-minute entertaining. We had a lovely conversation. Nigella was very genuine and thoughtful in the few minutes we had with her. As for my question, I asked “What’s next?” She laughed and said, “Who knows? Just enjoying the moment!” Simply Nigella is published by Random House for $45 and is available at From Scratch — A Mountain Kitchen. Lara McCormack is one of the owners of From Scratch – A Mountain Kitchen in Fairmont Hot Springs where one can savour fabulous, seasonal food, sip from a selection of BC wines and enjoy the views of our gorgeous valley landscape.

EMEMBER WHEN? R A look back through The Valley Echo's archives over the last 55 years

2007 — A pair of female bighorn sheep in Radium admire the statue of a buck. ECHO FILE PHOTO

years ago (1960): Construction began on the new Redstreak Campground in Kootenay National Park. The planned 87-acre campground was meant to have space for up to 200 tents and replace the old, crowded Red Rock campground

years ago (1965): After much lobbying from the local RCMP and local residents, the provincial Department of Highway finally agreed to add a footbridge, separated by a barrier, to the Athalmer bridge. Pedestrian safety on the bridge had been a concern for many years.

years ago (1970): Upgrades on the section of Toby Creek Road up to Panorama Mountain Resort were carried out, including drilling some corners so they could be blasted to make the road wider. At the time lift tickets to Panorama and Fairmont Hot Springs ski resort could be used interchangeably.

years ago (1975): A front page story in the Valley Echo clarified for readers that the sewer system upgrade work then underway would be complete ahead of schedule, by the end of January 1976. Re-paving of the streets was to take place the following spring.

years ago (1985): Large billboards north of the crossroads on Shuswap Indian Band land were the source of consternation of several prominent Invermere business owners, who voiced complaints during an Invermere Business Committee meeting. The business owners maintained that the billboards took away from the area’s scenic beauty and made the approach to town aesthetically unpleasant.

years ago (1995): Kootenay Columbia Reform MP Jim Abbott was outraged over the passing of Bill C-68 (the gun control bill). He expressed particular dismay that Conservative

senators let the bill pass after they had suggested they wouldn’t unless it was amended.

years ago (2000): Lake Windermere got a clean bill of health from a study that showed its waters were relatively clear with little algae and weed growth. The study, paid for by the District of Invermere, Columbia Basin Trust and other groups, rated the lake’s water quality as good to excellent.

years ago (2005): The 2006 federal election (held in late January) was called — meaning it would run over the Christmas holiday — and Kootenay Columbia candidates began campaigning. Incumbent Conservative MP Jim Abbott and NDP challenger Brent Bush were almost immediately out on the campaign trail, but the Liberals had not yet nominated a candidate for the riding. A provincial election campaign exactly 30 years prior to also run through the Chrismas holiday.

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FORTIN, LORRAINE GWENYTH 1930 – 2015

Lorraine was born February 21, 1930 in Duncan, BC. Surrounded by loving family members, she passed away peacefully at Shuswap Lake General Hospital in the early hours of November 26 at the age of 85 years. Left to grieve are her husband Frank; children Mary Ellen Schacke, Lyle Fortin, Cathy Spence (Ken), Barbara Rogers (Brian); grandchildren Jocelyn Meadows, Christopher Schacke (Erin), Ashley Meadows, Lindsay Brown (Nat), Kevin Rogers, Stephanie Schacke (Mike), and Kirsten Spence; her sister Patricia Tindle as well as many nephews and nieces. Lorraine was also blessed with seven great grandchildren; Alex and Seamus Finnan, Isabella and Oliver Schacke, Eleanor Simpson and Keith and Nina Brown. Lorriane’s greatest joy was sharing life with Frank, her loving husband, with whom she spent 74 wonderful years, 67 of them as a married couple. They went on many trips and enjoyed spending time together and with family at their summer home on Shuswap Lake. Lorraine will be sadly missed by all who knew her. A celebration of her life will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, December 5 at Fischer’s Funeral Services, 4060 1st Ave. SW, Salmon Arm. Email condolences and share memories of Lorraine, through her obituary at www.ﬁschersfuneralservices.com.

SMITH, Dorothy (Dot) (nee Worsley) August 13th, 1932 - November 20th, 2015

Long-time valley resident, school teacher, Lake Windermere Player, curler and tennis player, world traveler, 3rd place finisher in the 1985 Stockdale Square Husband Calling Contest and long-suffering cook. Dot passed away peacefully surrounded by her family at Columbia House after a lengthy battle with dementia. Dot leaves behind her husband, Roger, her sons, Graeme (Nancy) and Doug (Mercy) and grandchildren, Grady and Emma. Private remembrance to be held at a later date. E mail condolences may be sent to the family through Dorothy’s obituary at www.hindmanbowersfuneralhome.com

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Rangers touch up Earl Grey Trail Steve Hubrecht steve@invermerevalleyecho.com

An Upper Columbia Valley backpacking trail, which is one of the Kootenay region’s premiere — as well as one of its least used — routes, got a much-needed touch up late this summer and is set to be in prime shape next hiking season. The Earl Grey Trail extends some 60 kilometres (some sources say 61, some say 63, others 64) from the upper reaches of Toby Creek down to Argenta, on the shore of Kootenay Lake, a four- to five-day hike through some truly remote and wild backcountry. The rugged natural state of the trail and relatively few number of hikers it attracts means it is usually in rough condition and is not-well defined in many spots, with thick vegetation, rock slide debris and plenty of big blowdown (fallen trees), making it difficult going even for the hardiest of hikers. At least five creek crossings need to be made by hand-pulled, suspended cable cars. However, every several years or so, BC Parks tries to clear things up as best as possible, and this summer a crew of four BC Parks rangers did just that. The Earl Grey Trail is multi-day hike through remote Kootenay backcountry. Photos submitted “It’s probably as good as it ever gets right now. It’s a pretty advanced The route has a heritage aspect, being a former First Nations trade route and having trail and it’s a steep, narrow valley so it gets impacted a lot by (rock and debris) slides,” said BC Parks ranger Ryan van der Marel, one of the four do- the cabin of former Governor General Earl Grey on the trail. The cabin was built by ing the trail work. “It’s certainly intense to do it (the hike) all in one go, east to the Earl in 1909 and his whole family used it as a holiday retreat that summer. The west. Really, it’s for experienced hikers prepared to do some of their own route remains of the cabin are still standing, not far from the start of the eastern trailhead. “(The cabin) is falling into disrepair, which is unfortunate because its a pretty finding, but it is absolutely spectacular.” Van der Marel and and fellow ranger Jim Grey teamed up with rangers Dave cool structure, but it’s definitely still there,” said van der Marel. There are natural splendours aplenty on the trail as well, with views of the Toby Gottdenker and Robbie McClary and spent four days in early August clearing the western portion of the trail, up to the Earl Grey Pass, the trail’s high point. Then, Glacier and Lady MacBeth Glacier from Earl Grey Pass, which van der Marel calls a few weeks later, van der Marel and Grey spent three days on their own working “a stunning spot,” and huge old growth trees on the western side of the trail. “They are the kind of trees you don’t see often in the (B.C.) interior. It’s more on the eastern portion of the trail. what you’d expect to find on the coast,” said van der Marel. “It was really tough,” said van The trail gets maintained every few years despite a lack of many hikers, prinder Marel, adding the rangers were hefting 70 to 80 pound (31 kilogram cipally because of its historical significance, said van der Marel, adding that alto 36 kilogram) packs and clam- though it’s a great route, cleaning it up a greater degree might prove fruitless, bering up steep climbs, all while given its remoteness. “To make it less rugged would cost quite a lot of money and you don’t have any carrying chainsaws. In places, the trees across the trail were so large assurances that you wouldn’t have to be in there every single year, maybe even that they were impossible to cut more often, to keep clearing up the latest blowdown or the latest slide debris,” he through, so the rangers would in- said. “It really would be a lot of work.” Clearing the trail to a greater degree, according to van der Marel, would also stead cut footholds and notches in them to help future hikers get over. impact the remote, wild feeling of the trail.

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