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The city will be extra flashy during the revamped Silver City Days festivities this coming year. The Victoria Street Bridge lighting project will go to tender this month after Trail council gave the go-ahead during Monday’s governance meeting. Estimated to cost $510,000, the job was given pre-approval in the 2016 capital budget mostly related to successful fundraising efforts and logistics - Trail’s revitalized May event is only five months away and the city has work permits from the ministry in place. “We want to start “We want the construction early next year to meet this lighting to be key deadline of the installed and end of April,” says Trail tested before Mayor Mike Martin. Silver City Days “We want the lighting to be installed and and make the tested before Silver first lighting City Days and make during Silver the first lighting during Silver City Days.” City Days.” Lighting up the MAYOR MIKE MARTIN city’s main connector was first introduced to council two years ago by the Downtown Opportunities and Action Committee. Trail’s former council agreed to fund the project 50 per cent, once the group raised $190,000, which at the time, was half the project’s cost. Only one year into its Buy-a-Light campaign, in addition to a run of major sponsorships, the group is nearing that goal. “The city made a commitment to the DOAC that should they be able to reach that funding level, the city would be prepared to fund the balance,” added Martin. The current price tag exceeds the original estimate by $135,000. For that reason, council’s vote to move ahead was not unanimous. “Anytime we’ve had discussions I have always been opposed, based on the timing,” says Coun. Carol Dobie. “I have always said I am not against lighting the bridge, I’m against lighting the bridge right now.” She reasons the city’s current major undertakings, the pipe bridge and new library museum, CONTINUED ON PAGE 3

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From the left; IH Board Chair Erwin Malzer, President and CEO Chris Mazurkewich, Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital Acute Health Services Director Jane Cusden and IH Board Director Pat Dooley chat with KBRH emergency department head and KB High Acuity Response Team medical director Dr. Jeff Hussey on Tuesday during a tour of the facility.

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Interior Health’s new CEO Chris Mazurkewich made a point of stopping in Trail Tuesday to speak with hospital staff and elected officials. A tour of Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital gave him a real snapshot of what infrastructure improvements need to be made, with the hospital’s Sustainability Project submission still pending. The plan puts emergency, ambulatory care and pharmacy at the centre of an upgrade to the regional hospital with Poplar Ridge residents potentially moving to allow for reconfiguration. “I don’t know if that’s the final resting point when I walk through the hospital,” he said. “I think that’s a good start, but we have to get it approved.” Mazurkewich, who was appointed CEO in October, just finished speaking

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with elected officials, updating them on the plan, or rather lack of one at this time. Trail Mayor Mike Martin was among the group that was expecting some guidelines from the Ministry of Health on moving the project forward to the next stage of planning. But instead he found that the plan was sent back to Interior Health (IH) for the health authority to investigate whether they could fund the $40-million facelift. The conclusion was that IH could not do it solely at this time since several other projects are in the pipeline. “There was clear recognition on the part of Interior Health staff that the Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital is desperately in need of upgrades to the ambulatory care, emergency and pharmacy areas,” said Martin. He had meetings last year at the hospital board level but also more recently in Vancouver in the fall, when there was

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no indication that this project was not moving forward. “It is so important to our community, and we feel a little bit let down,” said Martin, who was assured that IH does consider the improvement a priority but how it’s approached is the question. Mazurkewich indicated that improving the culture of a hospital can often be tied to infrastructure improvements, which also is a tool when recruiting professionals. A doctor shortage is on his radar, and he is following closely to see how nurse practitioners working in the Interior can help alleviate primary care pressure. “We’re seeing that there has been a well-documented physician shortage, plus the lifestyle changes with physicians as well, and so we’re seeing that in a number of communities,” he said. “It’s not just unique to Trail; it’s not unique to the Kootenay Boundary.” CONTINUED ON PAGE 3 Contact the Times:

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Kidney transplant recipient Joe Mather thanked staff of KBRH’s intensive care unit with a tin of popcorn. Mather was joined by other survivors and volunteers and staff with BC Transplant Monday during Operation Popcorn.

Organ recipients spread cheer with festive popcorn Operation Popcorn is more than a treat for those who’ve been given a second chance on life VALERIE ROSSI Trail Times

Joe Mather climbs the stairs of Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital with a tin of festive popcorn in hand. Spreading cheer to those who cared for him before and during his kidney transplant is an annual climb up the stairs to the intensive care unit, a trip he

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This week marks the 24th year of BC Transplant’s Operation Popcorn, an annual tradition where transplant recipients thank the people who make it possible for them to receive a life-saving organ transplant. The delivery was more than a treat for those who spent many years fighting for their lives at the Trail hospital. “I had been on dialysis for a year and a half, and certainly anybody who has been on dialysis knows it’s not a great place to be,” said Mather. “Fortunately, I was on peritoneal dialysis so I was able to do it at home and at night and that gave me a lot of freedom. Nonetheless, when I got the call to get to Vancouver it was scary but it just changed my life overnight.” The Castlegar resident received a new kidney over four years

ago, just before Karen Fontaine, who he has come to know well since. “I couldn’t digest food at all — I was dying,” said the Trail woman. “My organs were slowly dying off, so I ended up on dialysis. I was on it for eight months, and I got told ‘this is it’ just before Christmas. Then I got the call on December 9.” Fontaine received a new kidney and pancreas and a second chance at life. She has since devoted her time to spreading the word of organ donation in hopes of encouraging others to give the gift of life. To date, there have been 88 deceased donor cases at hospitals across the province that have provided the gift of life to 365 recipients. Support for organ donation continues to increase as more British Colombians register

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their decision on the organ donor registry that can be found at www.transplant.bc.ca. A recent partnership between BC Transplant and Service BC, allowing people to register at any of the 62 service locations, has led to a steady increase in registrations. So far this year, over 38,500 residents have registered their decision, bringing the total to about 961,300. Trish Bosch, BC Transplant in-hospital coordinator for the Interior, said Operation Popcorn is a chance for caregivers to see their former patients living well. Trail was only one of the teams across the province who visited 25 hospitals in B.C. and one in the Yukon. “Somebody made that choice to give somebody else life and man you can’t even imagine the feeling that you get,” added Fontaine. “It’s a miracle.”

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CONTINUED FROM PAGE1 both came in well above budget, and unexpected costs could still surface. “We don’t know if we are going to get any more surprises with the pedestrian bridge or library down the road,” she said. “I just feel this is not the time to be spending money on something I consider a real pretty. It’s the timing, if we had everything paid for and we were five or six years down the road and we have money to spend on the pretty (then maybe).” The project is now shelf ready

and estimated to take about six weeks to complete during which time, lane closures will be required. So timing could still trip things up because the ministry has further maintenance planned for the Victoria Street Bridge in 2016, including three joints that weren’t repaired during the fall’s structural work. “As the Ministry of Tr a n s p or t at i on and Infrastructure (MOTI) will be doing maintenance on the bridge this spring, it was suggested by the MOTI that the bridge lighting installation and

MOTI’s spring maintenance work occur at the same time,” explained Andrea Jolly, Trail’s communications and events manager. “In order to minimize lane closures. The city will need to work with the contractor to ensure the timing works…this will be outlined in the Request for Proposal when it goes to tender.” The Trail mayor went one step further during Monday night council. “It is not hoped to have the bridge lighting for Silver City Days,” he said, smiling, “It will happen.”

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CONTINUED FROM PAGE1 What does stand out in Trail is the strong leadership by the family GPs and IH, he said, who’ve come together to help “dampen or mitigate” scenarios much like the pending closure of Selkirk Family Medicine, where many of the orphaned patients are finding a new clinic and family doctor due to collaborative work in the medical community. “I can’t solve it as the CEO; that’s my point,” he said, touching on the changing landscape of the health-care system. “It takes the community leaders, it takes community agencies, and it takes the physicians within a community,” he added. “If we work together, we can come up with solutions.”

That’s where his job comes into play. He leads with an IHwide scope but depends on the local people on the ground to come up with solutions for their hospital and community. Following provincial guidelines, he would like to alleviate pressure on the hospital by investing in community programs like palliative care, home care, and mental health to treat patients before they wind up in the emergency room. “If you look at IH compared to other authorities, we spend the lowest percentage of our budget on mental health and substance abuse compared to other health authorities,” he said. “We know that we’re undeserving that population …” The Trail and Greater District

Detachment just presented its crime statistics to Trail council, noting an increase in “mental health act incidents” in the city up to 101 from 86 in the previous year. Mazurkewich said the health authority is creating an internal plan that looks at how to improve health care service to mental health and substance users. But again this will change in each community served and has to get the go-ahead from the Ministry of Health. He was joined by IH Board Chair Erwin Malzer on the tour that was a chance for Mazurkewich to reacquaint himself with sites in the area and hear firsthand what issue or success stories are happening locally.

At-risk children, youth refocused at school board level VALERIE ROSSI Trail Times

The most vulnerable population of children and youth are again the centre of discussion at a board level since the school district has reinstated its at-risk committee. School District 20 partners with community agencies and district staff to identify the most prevalent needs and addresses

these through the allocation of CommunityLINKS funding. The membership of the Children and Youth At-Risk Committee was downsized at the school board’s last regular meeting, where there was some back on forth on who should be involved in such sensitive, important discussion. “There were probably 25 or 30 people who were invited to

those meetings (before) and after awhile not everybody was making it, so the thought was let’s scale down and invite people as we need them,” explained Darrel Ganzert, board chair. Bill Ford, SD20’s assistant superintendent, reported that a new smaller group is back at the table holding focused meetings. “In its previous format, the meetings were not very effec-

tive, there were lots of people in the room and as result of that ineffectiveness the committee folded and didn’t actually meet for a couple years,” he explained. “We’ve reconvened a committee with a smaller group that’s quite focused on its mandate.” The new group includes two trustees, two district staff and two members of the Kootenay Columbia Principal/Vice

Principal Association. Trustee Mickey Kinakin proposed two representatives from the Kootenay Columbia Teachers Union, CUPE and DPAC (District Parent Advisory Council) be added but his request wasn’t supported by the majority. “We’re always looking for people to engage with the school district, we can’t have it both ways,” he added.

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Chateau Manor in East Trail is awash with all things Christmas, including a dancing and singing Santa. For a little afternoon fun on Saturday, Sarah Salgado showed some fancy footwork along with Ole Saint Nick.

Governor General calls arrival of Syrian refugees a ‘defining moment’ for Canada THE C ANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA - Gov. Gen. David Johnston issued a rallying cry Tuesday for Canadians to welcome refugees who are fleeing the conflict in Syria, calling Canada’s response to the crisis a “defining moment” for the country. Johnston hosted a forum on refugees that included federal, provincial and municipal political leaders as well as heads of business organizations and aid groups, aimed at better co-ordinating efforts to deal with the impending influx of 25,000 refugees.

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“This is a defining moment for Canada, a defining moment for all of us,” Johnston told the gathering. “And it’s even more than that. It’s an opportunity ... to re-imagine how we take care of the most marginalized and vulnerable among us.” Immigration Minister John McCallum told a morning panel at the forum that he’s concerned the current level of enthusiasm among Canadians for bringing in refugees will be lost if governments and aid organizations don’t properly communicate. “There’s nothing that will turn the momentum off more than if people want to help, and they get no answer at the other end of the phone or they don’t know who to phone,” said McCallum. “There is a momentum today. Whether there will be two weeks from today is something we can’t take for granted, and we have to work on.” McCallum said one thing that must be a priority is ensuring that Canadians know where to turn when they are offering to help out. Johnston said he hopes Canadians will extend a “warm welcome” to the many Syrian refugees who will be arriving by the end of February, calling the crisis both a challenge and an opportunity. If done right, the response to the Syrian refugee crisis could be used as a model for how to deal with future humanitarian situations, said Halifax Mayor Mike Savage, who also took part in the day’s first panel. “We need to take advantage of this opportunity, not only to take care of this crisis, but to make sure that, on an ongoing basis, that Canada is ready to react to the many crises that are happening ... across the world,” he said.

THE C ANADIAN PRESS IRBID, Jordan Mohammad Mnaahe, only a year old and not yet walking, crawls across the beige carpets in his family’s rented apartment about 30 kilometres from the Jordanian border with Syria. As his brother Tamim sleeps on a yellow and red mattress on the floor and another brother, Saif, is tucked in next to his father, Mohammad plays with a laminated plastic certificate, oblivious to the value it holds for his family. His parents, however, keep a close eye on it. To them, it represents their best hope of getting out of Jordan and to Canada - proof from the United Nations of their official status as refugees of the Syrian war. Mohammad’s father, Mjdi, has been watching for months as thousands of his fellow former countrymen have fled Jordan and other countries in search of better lives. “They are risking their lives through the sea to reach Europe,” he says. “But I get my chance from a phone call.” The Mnaahe family have been in the UN database since the winter of 2013, when Mjdi, now 32, sent his wife and their two older sons away from their home village in the province of Daar’a because fighting between the Syrian regime and opposition forces was intensifying. He’d meant to join them as soon as they were settled in Irbid, a town among those hosting some of the estimated 680,000 Syrian refugees in Jordan. But a few weeks after they left, there was very

heavy shelling and a building nearby was hit, covering him in shrapnel and soot. He left the village the very next day, taking a car to the Jordanian border, where he was detained overnight possibly for no other reason than the border guard didn’t like his beard, he says. He’s since shaved it off, one of many changes his family’s been through since they’ve become refugees - including the arrival of their third son. But gone is his job as a private taxi driver because in Jordan he can’t get a driver’s license. Also gone are most of his family’s possessions as they left with little more than their clothes. Their apartment is sparse; carpets from the UN’s refugee agency comprise part of the furniture. When they arrived, he says, they were given some advice from neighbours who’d been in Jordan as refugees for years: buy new things. He said no, there was no point. They were just going to be there a few months and had no money, so they bought a few used items. Two years later and they still have very little money, and nowbroken belongings they can’t afford to fix. “We feel lost,” he says. “There is no future here.” When word begin to spread through Syrian refugees in this town that Canada was going to be taking in many thousands - and quickly - he says something told him he might be among them. And then, two weeks ago, the call came. Would they be interested in moving to Canada, the UN asked him, possibly as early as

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the end of the year? He said yes, and last week, was among 900 people called to the UN’s office building in Amman to have his file reviewed for possible submission to the Canadian government program. He was there eight hours, he says - case number 698 - and after two 15-minute interviews, was told to await another call. That one came too - on Dec. 10, his entire family will go to the new Canadian processing centre at a Jordanian military exhibition facility to fill out more paperwork, have their fingerprints and other biometric information taken, be interviewed by Canadian officials, and get a medical check or an appointment for a future one. Once all that’s done, they’ll wait again. Canada is now actively reviewing thousands of cases being handed over from the UN to select 15,000 Syrian refugees whose settlement and other costs will be directly absorbed by taxpayers. A further 10,000 will be admitted via the private sponsorship system, the full 25,000 expected to be in Canada by the end of February. Mjdi’s wife Wezzam, 26, is largely silent as her husband tells their story, often fingering the sleeve of the blue sweater she wears underneath a long black robe. She’s asked how she feels about a move to Canada. What her husband says is best for them is what she thinks is best, she says. Having the boys learn English and grow up with a better education - “it will be good.” Mnaahe says if his family isn’t accepted to Canada, they’ll have to find another option. But if it does work out, he’s ready to leave as soon as possible. There’s nothing to pack, no one to whom he needs to say goodbye. “We can go as we are.”

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Rossland held a candlelight climate vigil attended by 200 people complete with speakers, music and a petition to leaders to address climate change and transition to renewable energy before the start of the Paris UN climate summit. The group was part over 900 people in the communities of Rossland, Castlegar and Nelson that held climate rallies on Sunday. The event was organized by the West Kootenay EcoSociety.

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Teacher Sara Simonet echoed Lanaway’s concerns, as did Nelson Nelson Star District Teachers’ Association The Kootenay Lake school president Paul Boscariol, teacher district’s call-out system for sub- Kathy Couch and Creston Valley stitute teachers is causing anxi- Teachers’ Association treasurer ety, missed work and numerous Doug Kunzelman. other problems according to five Simonet noted she’s worked people who spoke out against it in places such as California and at Tuesday night’s Minnesota with betschool board meetter systems. “This situation is ing. “You’re already sucking the life “The absofilled with anxiety lute inefficiency and love out of when you’re at a new is calamitous,” art the role of being school and have a teacher Shannon new job, and then Lanaway said. a teacher, and I’m it’s something else speaking as an “Most teachers I’ve if you have no idea talked to feel like employee of 12 where you’re supwe should go back posed to go or what years.” to the old system. you’re supposed to SHANNON LANAWAY Teachers on call do,” she said. are losing uncountSimonet reported able days of work, that she’s received and they’re going to work not call-outs with almost no inforknowing what they’re teaching, mation in them, and inaccurate or where, or when.” times and dates. Lanaway recently received Kunzelman said the problem a call while teaching at W.E. is affecting “our most vulnerable Graham in Slocan that requested teachers.” she teach in Salmo 15 minutes “They can’t live on cancellalater — though the commute is tions. They can’t live on a [teachmore like an hour and a half. er on call] salary, so they have “This system doesn’t under- other jobs. This affects more stand geography,” she said. “This than just their [teacher on call] situation is sucking the life and work. I think it’s important for love out of the role of being a the trustees to hear this.” teacher, and I’m speaking as an Boscariol said the district is employee of 12 years.” WILL JOHNSON

well aware of the problem. “The financial impact has been significant for these individuals,” he said. “Something needs to be done to rectify some of the challenges. Some aspects are related to human input error, and there’s a certain degree of adjusting to the system, but there are other challenges that aren’t going away.” According to Boscariol, the district is “disenfranchising a good portion of the teaching population.” They also haven’t been invited to participate in non-instructional days to learn about the new curriculum. He encouraged the board to petition the education ministry for more funding. “We’re urging the board to connect with other school boards and to press the ministry to loosen the purse strings to provide funding for all teachers to participate in the outlay of this K-9 curriculum.” Board chair Lenora Trenaman told those who spoke that they’re “well aware” of the situation but little could be done. “We can visit this again,” she said. Superintendent Jeff Jones encouraged the teachers to meet and talk directly with support staff.

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City, contractor will negotiate on flume delay costs BY C AROLYN GR ANT Kimberley Bulletin

The flume rehab project, which was scheduled to be finished by the end of October, is now looking at an end of December finish. Further to that delay, the contractor, CopCan, has submitted a letter to city hall detailing delay costs of $187,019. Earlier this month, City CAO Scott Sommerville said that the City was not inclined to pay those costs. The City has opted to go to the negotiation process outlined in the Phase II contract to settle the request for additional funds.

Earlier this year, when there was a danger of the project not proceeding, a price of $2,882,560 was negotiated with the contractor for the completion of the flume rehab. The latest update on flume work was delivered to Council at their regular meeting on Nov. 23. The report noted that the upstream side of the project was done except for the water still being on bypass, which will remain in place until the downstream side is finished as well. Downstream the drop structure (waterfall) and the work on the Wallinger Pond is complete The existing concrete flume structure has been removed and the new concrete flume work is underway. Concrete for that was poured last week.

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COP21 the latest ‘last chance’ for humanity

liver Tickell, website editor of the British magazine The Ecologist, wondered whether the ISIS attacks in Paris were motivated by a desire to undermine the UN climate summit opening next week, the 21st in the series of Conferences of Parties meetings - COP21 for short. Reducing oil production, one of the goals of COP21, would not serve the interests of ISIS “which makes $500 million a year from oil sales - together with other oil producers.” In short, “is ISIS Inc. defending its corporate interest?” Or, more boldly, does a “coincidence of interests” mean that ISIS is just doing the dirty wet-work for OPEC? Tickell was concerned that world leaders might be “distracted from questions of climate” and waste time discussing terrorism instead. Tickell may be an obsessed climate alarmist, but he is not alone. American economist Paul Krugman raised the same issue in the pages of The New York Times. He even quoted alarmist-in-chief Barack Obama, according to whom climate change, not terrorism, is “the greatest threat” to hu-

manity. Apparently French to declare the president has war, which they said so on 23 occadid, and thus bring sions. about the end times COP21 also desooner. scribes itself with For those longapocalyptic superlaing to do God’s tives. work, right now, This event, we right here, the apare informed, is the peal of apocalyptic BARRY “last chance” for messages is great. nations to act on The early battleglobal warming. It field success of ISIS Troy Media is the “last effective added to its appeal. opportunity” to proIf the end is nigh, tect “the poor and the vulnerable” it hardly matters if infidels accuse from climate change “that gravely you of terrorism and atrocity. endangers their lives.” Such an understanding requires Ever since COP6 in Bonn in believers to ignore the common2001 there have been nearly a sense reality that the rest of hudozen announcements that this manity grasps. year, whatever year it happened to It may be exciting for marginalbe, was the last chance. ized persons to find meaning in Some perspective on what’s the slaughter of infidels but evengoing on here comes, interest- tually the infidels respond. In the ingly enough, from ISIS, another French example, turning the ISIS purveyor of an apocalyptic ideol- “capital,” Raqqa, into rubble was ogy. Its version holds that, after the result. suffering great losses, led by the This is obviously not the end prophet Isa (Arabic for Jesus) ISIS of ISIS but it certainly made their will defeat the Crusaders at Dabiq, real life, as distinct from their in Syria, and conquer the world. apocalyptic fantasies, more difBy this logic the attacks in Paris ficult. were designed to provoke the Examples of other apocalyptic

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movements, from the European middle ages to the present, show the same pattern. Dramatic excitement is followed by painful disillusionment because the structure of reality does not conform to apocalyptic expectations. Which brings us back to COP21 and the latest last chance for humanity. Here, reality is even more in contradiction to the fantasies of the alarmists. Since February, 1997, about a third of human influence on climate since the industrial revolution has occurred. For the past 225 months, for 18 years and nine months, no change has occurred in monthly global mean surface temperature. The notorious Pause goes on. And it goes on no matter what the delegates to COP21, or the computer models programmed to run hot, say. So there is a connection between the ISIS attack on Paris and COP21, but it is not what Tickell and the alarmists think. Both are characterized by the non-recognition of reality. Barry Cooper is a Political Science professor at the University of Calgary.

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Turkey and the 17 seconds

he key fact is that the route just south of the Turkish Russian plane, by border, probably turning into a Turkey’s own admis- bomb run against Syrian rebels sion, was in Turkish air- in Latakia province. How strange space for precisely seventeen sec- that there was a Turkish TV crew onds. That’s a little less time than in northern Syria, positioned just it takes to read this paragraph right to film the incident. (The aloud. The Turks shot it down Russsian plane crashed 4 km. anyway – and their allies publicly inside Syria.) backed them, as loyal allies must. Either way, it seems quite clear NATO Secretary General Jens that President Erdogan really Stoltenberg declared: “We stand wanted to shoot down a Russian in solidarity with Turkey and aircraft, and that the Turkish pisupport the territorial integri- lots were under orders to do so if ty of our NATO ally, Turkey.” they could find even the slightest President Barack Obama called pretext. So why would Erdogan his Turkish counwant to do that? terpart, Recep President Putin Tayyip Erdogan, said bitterly that to assure him Erdogan and his that the United colleagues were States supported “accomplices of Turkey’s right to terrorists”. That’s defend its soverhard to deny: eignty. But priErdogan is so GWYNNE vately, they must eager to see Syria’s have been cursing President Bashar Erdogan. They al-Assad overknow what he’s thrown that he World Affairs up to. left the TurkishThis is the first Syrian border time in more than fifty years that open for four years so that rea NATO plane has shot down a cruits and supplies could reach Russian plane, and it happened the Syrian rebel groups, notably in very suspicious circumstances. including Islamic State (IS). Even if Turkish radar data is to Putin also observed that “We be believed, the two Russian SU- have long been recording the 24s only crossed the bottom of a movement of a large amount of very narrow appendix of Turkish oil and petroleum products to territory that dangles down Turkey from IS-occupied territointo Syria. As Russian President ries. This explains the significant Vladimir Putin said: “Our pilots, funding the terrorists are receivplanes did not threaten Turkish ing.” territory in any way. ” What Black-market oil is Islamic harm could they have done in State’s largest source of revenue, seventeen seconds? and almost all of it goes to Turkey Moreover, the two Turkish – which could not happen withF-16s that brought one of the out the Turkish government’s acRussian planes down had only tive connivance. And when the seventeen seconds to get into Nusra Front, Al-Qaeda’s affiliposition to fire their air-to-air ate in Syria, was driving Assad’s missiles over Turkish territory. forces back in northwestern Syria It would have been hard to do, last spring, Turkey jammed the in that confined space, without Syrian army’s telecommunicacrossing into Syrian territory tions to help the rebels win. themselves. Erdogan is utterly determined According to the Russian that Assad must go, and he radar data, it was the Turkish doesn’t really care if Assad’s sucplanes that crossed into Syrian cessors are Islamist extremists. territory. In this version of the But he also wants to ensure that story, the Russian planes were there is no new Kurdish state on following a well-established Turkey’s southern border.

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That is a problem for him, because that state already exists in embryo. It is called Rojava, a territory that the Syrian Kurds have carved out in the far north of the country along the Turkish border, mainly by fighting Islamic State. Indeed, the Syrian Kurds are the US-led coalition’s only effective ally on the ground against IS. When Erdogan committed the Turkish air force to the Syrian war in July, he explained it to the United States as a decision to fight against Islamic State, but in fact Turkey has made only a token handful of strikes against IS. Almost all Erdogan’s bombs have actually fallen on the Turkish Kurds of the PKK (who had been observing a ceasefire with the Turkish government for the past four years), and above all on the Syrian Kurds Erdogan has two goals: to ensure the destruction of Assad’s regime, and to prevent the creation of a new Kurdish state in Syria. He was making some progress on both objectives – and then along came the Russians in September and saved the Syrian army from defeat, at least for the moment. Worse yet, Putin’s strategy turns out to quite pragmatic, and even rather attractive to the United States despite all the ritual anti-Russian propaganda emitted by Washington. Putin wants a ceasefire in Syria that will leave everybody where they are now – except Islamic State, which they can all then concentrate on destroying. This strategy is now making some headway in the Vienna ceasefire talks, but it is utterly abhorrent to Erdogan because it would leave Assad in power in Damascus, and give the Syrian Kurds time to consolidate their new state. How can he derail this Russian-led project? Well, he could shoot down a Russian plane, and try to get a confrontation going between Russia and NATO. Gwynne Dyer is an independent journalist whose articles are published in 45 countries.

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The Beaver Valley Skating Club (BVSC) held its annual lap-a-thon and simulated competition at the Beaver Valley Arena on Friday. Close to 50 young skaters circled the ice doing lap after lap to raise funds for the club, which has seen its numbers grow again this year. Following the lap-a-thon, Star skaters participated in the simulated competition under the watchful eye of coach Liz Iannone and local judges to prepare for the West Kootenay Invitational figure skating competition in Castlegar this weekend. The simulation will see beginner and novice figure skaters perform the various elements with the evaluators offering constructive advice on how to improve each skate. TRAX SWIMMING

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The scenario has also proven a good way to get rid of the pre-skate jitters, and to make sure skaters are familiar with protocol and ready when it comes time to perform. Skaters will compete in freeskate, interpretive, elements, and dance at the Castlegar Rec Complex at the event, which starts Friday and goes until Sunday. Over 100 skaters are expected to compete from B.V., Castlegar, Rossland, Invermere, Cranbrook, Elkford, Fernie, Kimberley, Sparwood, and Vernon. The BVSC is also getting primed for its special Christmas performance called “Once Upon a December.” Show time will be Friday, Dec. 18, 5:30 to 7 p.m. Admission is $5, children under five are free.

SUBMIT TED The Trail Regional Aquatic Excellence (TRAX) Swim Club plunged into the Kelowna AquaJets Fall Classic Nov. 21-22 at the H2O, competing against swimmers from across the Kootenay and Okanagan regions. Just one week after most of the swimmers competed at the

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Junior Hockey’s Dec. 1 deadline for carded players came and went with little activity, but the Trail Smoke Eaters did make one move on Monday acquiring former Vernon Viper forward Blaine Caton. The 18-year-old Vernon native played eight games with the North Okanagan Knights of the Kootenay International Hockey League to start the season, then moved on to the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League’s Humboldt Broncos where he played just four games due to injury and registered an assist. BLAINE “He’s an all around solid, CATON good two-way centerman,” said Smoke Eater coach Nick Deschenes. “He played a limited role last season with Vernon as a 17-year-old … and we’ve been looking for that 13th forward here for a little while, and I think he’s going to be a good fit.” Caton played in 48 games with the Vipers last season, tallying four goals and eight points. He played in 44 games as a 16-year-old forward with the Knights in 2013-14 collecting 24 points in his first year of junior. “He’s a ‘97 so there’s still lots of room for him to develop and grow his game,” added Deschenes. BCHL teams are allowed to carry 35 cards to start the season, but the number must be reduced to 30 on Oct. 1, with the Dec. 1 deadline requiring teams to pare down to 25. The Smoke Eaters are set now with Caton filling out their 22-man roster. “Unless it’s a major upgrade for us, I don’t think we’ll be moving any players for the sake of moving them.” The Smoke Eaters played the West Kelowna Warriors Tuesday night but scores were unavailable at press time. They face off against Alberni Valley on Friday and Wenatchee Wild on Saturday at 7:30 at the Cominco Arena.

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High School Provincial Swim Championships in Kamloops for both J. L. Crowe and Stanley Humphries Secondary Schools, the team managed to achieve some impressive results and multiple personal best times and podium finishes from Sharman Thomas. The Trail swimmer captured gold in the

50 and 100-metre back stroke, claimed a silver in the 200-metre backstroke and bronze in the 50 and 100-metre breaststroke. The TRAX Swim Club has a rigorous training routine which includes daily swim practices along with dryland and strength training in the Trail Aquatic and Leisure

Centre. The TRAX club is now focusing on their next swim meet in Kelowna in January where swimmers hope to qualify for either the AAA or AA Provincial Swim Championships. Anyone interested in joining the TRAX Swim Club please email: traxswimclub@ gmail.com

BY TIMES STAFF Local Trail players and former Smoke Eaters led their teams to victories in NCAA Division 1 hockey on the weekend. Fifteen games into the season and the Quinnipiac University Bobcats have yet to lose. Quinnipiac swept a home-and-home series with the University of Massachusetts to push its record to 13-0-2 with Trail native and former Smoke Eater Scott Davidson scoring the only goal for the Bobcats in a 1-0 victory over the University of Massachusetts (UM) on Saturday in ECAC division hockey. Davidson has three goals and five points in 14 games in his freshman year with the Cats. CONTINUED ON PAGE 11

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Breakfast with Santa is served on Saturday from 9-11 a.m. at the Fruitvale Memorial Hall. Bring the kids for pictures with Santa and enjoy a pancake, egg, and sausage breakfast cooked by the Fruitvale Firemen and served by the Beaver Valley Nitehawks. Small breakfast $3 and large breakfast $5. All proceeds will be donated to the Fruitvale Community Chest to help with Food Hampers in the Valley. Babysitting Course will be on two Wednesdays, Dec. 2 and 9 from 3-7 p.m. Get certified before the New Year so you can do holiday babysitting. Christmas Class for Cooking without Mom Jr. (ages 7-8) is on Monday, Dec. 7 from 5-6 p.m. and/ or Thursday, Dec. 10 from 4-5 p.m. at Fruitvale Hall Kitchen. Cost is $13.50 per class. Christmas Class for Cooking without Mom (ages 9-14) is on Tuesday, Dec. 8 from 2:45-4:45 p.m. at Fruitvale Hall Kitchen. Cost is $27. Kids Time with Sticks and Pucks for children aged 3-8. Nets and pucks are provided. Helmet is required. Toonie drop in at skate shop. Time is 6-6:45 p.m. on Dec. 11 (before Friday Nitehawk game) and 6:30-7:30 p.m. on Sundays Dec. 6, 13, 20 and 1:30-2:30 p.m. on Dec. 21, 22, 23, 31. Birthday Parties can be booked during any public skating session for $50. Cost includes up to 12 kids ($2.50 for each additional child), skate rentals, birthday party room and insurance. 10-times Skate punch passes are available for youth, adult and family. They can be purchased at the BV Recreation office at the BV Arena. Cost is $20 for youth, $28 for adult and $72 for family. This is a great gift idea for your family member, friend, paper boy/girl or snow shoveler. Register by calling 367-9319.

Quinnipiac unbeaten

CONTINUED FROM PAGE10 The day before, Trail’s Travis St. Denis contributed two helpers in a 4-1 victory over UM. St. Denis is second in Quinnipiac scoring with eight goals and 16 points, while Trail’s Craig Martin has two assists in seven games for the Bobcats which lead their division and are ranked Number 3 in the nation. The 15 game unbeaten streak is the longest since 2012-13 when Montrose natives Connor and Kellen Jones led the Bobcats to 21 straight games without a loss, and a spot in the NCAA championship final. Meanwhile, at Michigan Tech Trail’s Jake Lucchini and former Smoke Eater Brent Baltus helped the 17th ranked Huskies to a pair of wins over the University of Alaska Aces on the weekend in WCHA action. On Friday, Lucchini set up the winning goal in a 4-1 victory over Alaska, while Baltus netted his fourth of the season in a 3-1 victory on Saturday. Lucchini, a freshman, has one goal and four assists for the 9-4-1 Huskies, while Baltus, in his junior year, is 4-2-6.

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All Times Pacific (Not including Tuesday games) Interior Division G W L T OL Pt Penticton 28 26 2 0 0 52 Salmon Arm 27 18 6 2 1 39 West Kelowna 28 16 10 0 2 34 Vernon 30 13 15 0 2 28 Trail 27 11 16 0 0 22 Merritt 30 9 19 0 2 20 Island Division G W L T OL Pt Nanaimo 28 17 10 0 1 35 Powell River 27 16 10 0 1 33 Cowichan 28 14 10 1 3 32 Victoria 30 11 16 0 3 25 Alberni Valley 27 10 15 1 1 22 Mainland Division G W L T OL Pt Chilliwack 27 18 6 1 2 39 Wenatchee 28 16 8 2 2 36 Langley 29 17 12 0 0 34 Coquitlam 27 11 12 1 3 26 Prince George 30 7 21 0 2 16 Surrey 27 5 22 0 0 10 Tuesday’s results (Unavailable) Nanaimo at Victoria, 7 p.m. Trail at West Kelowna, 7 p.m. Today’s games Vernon at Coquitlam, 7 p.m. Merritt at Penticton, 7 p.m. Thursday’s games Coquitlam at Prince George, 7 p.m. Surrey at Wenatchee, 7:05 p.m.

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THE C ANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA - Curling Canada has followed the lead of the World Curling Federation in banning controversial broom heads for the 2015-16 season. Olympic gold medallists Brad Jacobs, Brad Gushue, Jennifer Jones and former world champion Glenn Howard were among 50 Canadian and international teams who signed a statement in October, saying their teams will not sweep with broom heads that have “directional fabric.” Coarse material on the broom heads creates a sandpaper effect on the ice, and with it sweepers have been able to manipulate the rock’s trajectory in ways they never could before. Fearing that throwing accuracy and athleticism would be diminished, the curlers said they want to protect “the integrity of the game” in refusing to use the brush heads. The athletes’ decision to police themselves had the sport’s governing bodies scrambling to come up with policies and guidelines for brush head technology. The WCF instituted an interim moratorium on the

Asia Championships earlier this month and then extended the ban to all events this season. Curling Canada followed suit by announcing Friday the same ban at domestic curling championships, including the Canada Cup of Curling which opens Wednesday in Grand Prairie, Alta. Only brushes and brush heads sold retail to the public will be allowed on the ice and they can’t be modified by the curler. Brush head fabric embossed, sealed, textured or modified from its original woven form is not allowed, and neither is plastic, fibreglass, wood or Teflon inserts between the outer fabric and internal cushioning in the broom head. “If a player is found to be using a brush that is not allowed on the field of play under this moratorium, the offending team will forfeit that game,” Curling Canada said in statement Friday. Curling Canada won’t require enforcement on inserts at provincial and territorial playdowns “if the competition in question does not have access to an appropri-

Horbul skips Corvus to close win over Nichol BY TIMES CORRESPONDENT

It was another week of exciting games in the Kootenay Savings Super League. With Deanne Horning away, regular third Brittany Horbul, with help from sister Leanne Palmer sparing, stepped up to skip Corvus Construction against Team Heather Nichol. Team Nichol got on the board with a two in the first, but Corvus roared back with three straight deuces to take the early 6-2 lead. Skip Heather made a delicate come-around tap for three in the fifth to close the gap. Then after each team scored singles, Nichol stole the eighth to tie the game. Corvus was forced to take one in the ninth, then watched as Nichols draw in the 10th to tie racked on a guard, allowing

Corvus to escape with a 9-7 win. Team Umpherville faced off against Team Fines. Skip Ken made an open hit for three in the fourth to grab a 4-3 lead. The game was tied at 5 after seven ends when the pendulum swung in Umphervilles favour. Fines last rock in the eighth over-curled, leaving skip Justin a free draw for three, then a Fines double raise attempt in the ninth under curled, giving Umpherville a steal of two and a 10-5 win. Team Bill vanYzerloo was up against an undermanned Team Darrom Albo, as Skip Darrin and third Dennis were out of town. Regular second Courtney Schmidt took over the reigns, and didn’t look out of place after a perfect come around tap for three in the third tied the game. The teams traded

singles before one end did in Team Albo. Staring at four buried van Yzerloo stones in the sixth, Courtney attempted a long double raise that over-curled, followed by Dutchy just kicking away his last stone, as there was no way into the house. Courtney made a nice draw for two in the eighth after van Yzerloo had stolen the seventh, but had had enough, giving VanYzerloo a 10-6 win. Team Myron Nichol and Team Beauchamp played a classic game to start, forcing each other to take singles in the first four ends. The fifth was a nightmare for Beauchamp, as Nichol stole a huge 5, then things went from bad to worse as Nichol stole the sixth and seventh ends also, for a tale of two different games and a unforseen 11-2 drubbing.

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Use ball cleaner at golf course, not kitchen sink Dear Annie: Please help settle a dispute between my wife and me. I have been an avid golf player for the past 20 years. After every Sunday game, I come home and wash the golf balls in the kitchen sink. We live in a very modest house, and other than the bathroom, the kitchen has the only other sink. I refuse to wash my golf balls in the bathroom because I use the same sink to brush my teeth. For what feels like forever now, my wife has argued that the kitchen is no place to wash things from the outside world. While I understand that it may not be the most ideal place, it is really the only option I have. My wife has now reached the point where she doesn’t even want me to play golf on Sunday anymore. I really love golfing and would hate to see it come to this. How should I approach this with my wife? -- Between a Golf Ball and a Hard Place Dear Between: Your golf balls

don’t belong in the kitchen sink. different things from a relationship. You may object to washing them Alec also is dealing with various where you brush your teeth, but personal issues that I don’t want to it’s hardly an improvement to wash take on. them where you prepare Since I’ve been your food. home, I’ve seen Alec If you want to contwice. I know I’m leadtinue golfing without ing him on, but selfannoying your wife, we ishly I don’t want to recommend a comprostop seeing him. We mise. Many golf courses always have such an have ball-cleaning maamazing time together. chines. If so, use them. If I’ve never had this sort Marcy Sugar & not, when you get home, of relationship. Kathy Mitchell soak them in a bucket Should I just go with of hot water. (A golfer it and enjoy a new and we know first throws in a tablet exciting experience, or should I put of denture cleaner to really get the an end to our budding relationship grit out.) It’s a small inconvenience before one of us gets hurt? -- On to you, and it will make your wife the Fence happy. Dear Fence: As long as you are Dear Annie: I’ve been travel- honest, you are not leading him ing a lot, but now I’m home for a on. Make sure Alec knows that you couple of months. Right before I don’t anticipate the relationship left for my last trip, I met “Alec” lasting for the long haul. That way, and we clicked immediately. The if he still wants to continue seeproblem is, we come from very dif- ing you, it’s up to him. You cannot ferent cultures and are looking for avoid someone getting hurt in spite

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his was a hand that occurred at the Rookie Master game on the fifth Thursday evening of October. The bidding: South opens his two-suited hand, One Heart. North

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Two Clubs, he wants to hear North take a pick between his two suits and not run to No Trump because of a misfit. No Trump is difficult to play with a misfit, and Three No Trump will likely need at least 27 HCP’s to make with misfits. North cannot rebid Two No Trump with a stiff Heart and can show her 11 HCP’s with a raise to Three Clubs. South passes. The Play: West has a natural lead of the Diamond Queen. Some players live and die by the expression: “See finesse, take finesse.” That is not always a correct strategy. Declarer will cash the top two Diamonds and ruff a Diamond. He will cash the top two Clubs and notice that the Nine in dummy becomes a

top Club. He plays to the Spade Ace and ruffs the last Diamond, cashes the Spade King and loses a Heart. Dummy will ruff the second round of Hearts and draw the last trump with the 9. Declarer will make ten tricks losing one Heart and two Spades. Notes: A less desirable alternate line of play is to never draw trump and cross-ruff the hand losing a Heart and two or three Clubs. A Spade opening lead will allow 11 tricks to be made.

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