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Glacier Resorts sues government over Jumbo Company says province was to blame for delays in ski resort project BILL ME TC ALFE Nelson Star
Glacier Resorts Ltd. thinks Environment Minister Mary Polak decided against its Jumbo Glacier Resort project last June because she is friends with Kathryn Teneese, a prominent opponent of the project who works for the Ktunaxa Nation Council. Glacier Resorts filed a petition in BC Supreme Court last week asking for a judicial review of Polak’s decision, citing the possible friendship bias and other reasons. The court document is attached to the online version of this story at nelsonstar.com. In June, Polak declared construction of the resort had not been substantially started by Oct. 12, 2014. That date represented a deadline dictated by provincial legislation: if a proposed project is not substantially started by five years after a renewed environmental certificate is issued, it must be cancelled. That’s what Polak decided about Jumbo. The court filing also claims the delay in getting started on construction was the government’s fault, not the company’s, for a number of reasons including: • The government was slow in granting the master development agreement, not producing this crucial document until March 2012, eight years after granting the environmental certificate. • The government didn’t create the mountain resort municipality until November
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Nelson’s building boom GREG NESTEROFF Nelson Star
Nelson isn’t known for having a lot of construction activity going on at once. But in 2015, several major projects got underway at opposite ends of Baker St. and more are set to begin in 2016. The Kootenay Co-op finally broke ground on Nelson Commons, which will see a new store and 54 housing units open at the east end of Baker in the late summer of 2016 (see related story pages 1 and 23). The Stores to Shores project saw Hall St. redeveloped between Herridge Lane and Lake St. While the city completed various underground infrastructure fixes, it also gave the street a cosmetic overhaul including pedestrian bulb outs, new sidewalks, staircases, and a revamped plaza at IODE Park. Some contentious traffic changes were ditched before work began, but Hall St. became a two-way between Baker and Vernon while Cedar St. became a one-way southbound between Front and Vernon. The eight-month project was awarded to local company Maglio Installations, one of five bidders. Still, not everybody was thrilled about it — businesses had to endure racket all summer that limited parking and customer access, and some parts still aren’t quite finished. A few businesses found themselves without parking because of unanticipated changes in elevation on the Hall St. hill. At Baker St.’s west end, the Nelson and District Chamber of Commerce moved into the city’s historic train station after five years of renovation and restoration. The building is also home to Nelson-
The Stores to Shores project saw major upgrades on Hall Street this year, although sometimes to the consternation of businesses. Courtesy City of Nelson
Kootenay Lake Tourism and the visitor information centre. The Nelson Star will move in this week, a coffee shop is expected
to open in the new year, and a few other ground floor spaces are still up for grabs. There’s also a stunning boardroom available for rent. Acquiring the building was just a germ of an idea when chamber boss Tom Thomson joined the organization in February 2007. The organization came to terms with the CPR in July 2010 and work has proceeded in fits and starts ever since, based on funding availability. Joern Wingender oversaw the project, which trained many people at their crafts. “That building could have been knocked down and replicated for two-thirds the cost,” Thomson says. “Some people thought we were acquiring an asset, some thought a liability.” There’s no doubt now that it’s an asset and an incredible one at that. Additionally, Shambhala Music Festival opened Bloom nightclub in the former Savoy Hotel, eight years after a devastating fire left the building vacant. Work is continuing on the facade, and further plans call for a 12-room hotel, rooftop space, and lounge. Also at that end of town, the University of BC set up shop in the former Nelson Daily News building, offering both the West Kootenay Teacher Education Program and creative writing classes. In 2016, we can expect two more major projects to begin: the first phase of Nelson Landing, which will see eight housing units built on the former Kootenay Forest Products site, as well as the new Ancron medical clinic opposite Kootenay Lake Hospital. After some debate, city council approved a zoning change that will allow Dr. Andre Kirsten to construct a two-storey building to house six to nine doctors.
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This tree in Gyro Park was toppled during an epic windstorm in Nelson in late June.
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The big windstorm
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“You know how the bridge whistles in the wind?” asked Nelson city councillor Anna Purcell. “Well last night the bridge was screaming.” Purcell was at Lakeside Park when a tree-toppling windstorm hit Nelson on June 29, and was one of several people who shared their firsthand accounts of the weather event that had 105-km winds, lightning and torrential rain. It resulted in power outages across Nelson Hydro’s service area, and some homes didn’t get their electricity back until a day later. “All of a sudden the air was white with rain and wind, then trees started cracking,” said Purcell, who ran to the leeward side of the concession stand. “People were still in the water when the storm hit. They were running out of the water and appeared to be dodging falling trees. People were screaming, looking for cover.” What was likely 10 minutes felt much longer, she said. “It was clearly safer to stay where we were with the cement building but you don’t know how long it’s going to last or if it’s going to escalate.” Purcell said the sound of the bridge wires screaming was haunting. The noise of the wind, rain and bridge was louder than the trees cracking. “The sound of the wind was so
strong, and the rain hitting things and the bridge and wood cracking, wind tearing through leaves.” She said on the water there were “incredible huge ocean-size rollers going against the flow [of the West Arm] with multiple whitecaps.“ “I’ve never felt so squish-able in my life,” she said. The top end of a large tree broke through the glass and metal framed roof of a portion of the SEEDS greenhouse adjacent to the tennis court. The playground was damaged as well, with large limbs landing on a swing-set and other features. Just up the bank from the tennis courts an uprooted tree toppled onto a portion of a two-story home at the corner of 2nd and Kootenay St. A neighbour said the woman who owns the home had been out walking her dog and seemed relieved that her dog was okay. An Uphill couple walking their dog on the trails above Mountain Station was also caught in the storm. “In two minutes it was like we had gone for a swim in the lake,” the man said. Luckily, the trees they took shelter under keep them safe. Oddly, even with the thunder and lightning, their bulldog wasn’t bothered in the least. Meanwhile, Rosemont neighbours Scott Burrows and Wayne Woodward discovered a merlin nest in a tree fragment, complete with two surviving chicks. The
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avian pair were sent to a wildlife centre in Delta. City crews took on the ambitious project of getting Lakeside Park prepared for Canada Day celebrations only a few days later, sawing the downed trees into pieces and removing them. When Canada Day arrived, Purcell was there once again, watching as councillor Michael Dailly cut the cake. During the festivities, Mayor Deb Kozak addressed the crowd, thanking city workers and all who helped to get the park ready. According to Nelson Hydro’s Alex Love, Nelson and Procter were hardest hit, “with lots of good-sized trees lying on lines, broken poles, and damage to conductors.” At the end of July, Love reported Nelson Hydro spent between $800,000 and $900,000 on repairs. About $500,000 to $600,000 of that was for immediate emergency response during and immediately after the storm, and the rest was still being spent on more long-term matters. He said although there were some equipment costs, “the lion’s share is labour costs.” “It was definitely all hands on deck in the line department,” he said, “and we brought in several contractor crews, so we were definitely a bolstered work force, and some other staff were reallocated to assist in damage patrols.”
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The Sitkum-Duhamel fire
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During this year’s Sitkum/Duhamel wildfire, smoke Tamara Hynd photo filled Nelson’s skyline. immersed 60 hectares, and was thought to have been caused by a tree-toppling lightning storm in Nelson earlier that week. “Scary how fast this thing is moving. It’s burned 2-3 km in the past four hours,” Nelson resident John Paolozzi said on Facebook. “I feel a little sick watching this thing.” On July 8 at a public meeting, incident commander Glen Burgess told about 200 people gathered at L’école des
Sentiers-alpins that the fire was an “extremely high priority.” “We are getting the resources we need to put our plan in place and contain the fire,” he said, noting that about 90 firefighters were working on the blaze, along with 15 support staff, three helicopters, and nine pieces of heavy equipment. “We are making excellent progress.” When the floor was opened to questions, one resident suggested crews
fires below the border then engulfed the town in record-breaking smoke in August. With the daily average of particulate in the air hitting 167 micrograms per cubic meter — the acceptable level is 25 — it became increasingly dangerous to breathe. The particles were approximately 2.5 microns in size, which is about a millionth of a meter, and easily inhaled. “The reason we’re concerned is that the size of these particulates allows them to penetrate deep into the lungs and create respiratory illness and discomfort,” said air quality meteorologist Tarek Ayache of the environmental protection division of BC’s Ministry of Environment. Interior Health’s Karl Hardt reported three admissions to Kootenay Lake Hospital related to smoke issues. By early September the smoke dissipated with the cooling of the season.
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From where North Shore resident Bob Tremblay sat in his backyard along Highway 3A on July 4, surrounded on all sides by sprinklers, he could watch as a raging forest fire slowly made its way down the slope towards his home. The conflagration, visible from Nelson, prompted evacuation alerts. But as of 11:45 p.m. that night, he hadn’t heard anything. In the meantime, he was enjoying the view and trying not to panic. “Right now we’re looking up into the Aerie Creek drainage, looking northwest, and it’s one tremendous fire burning here,” said Tremblay, whose wife Joyce was also watching with concern. The pair planned to retreat to an empty field across the highway if things worsened. “We’re getting the Okanagan’s 2003 series here,” said Tremblay. “It is cooling off a bit, and they’ll be out there at first light but there it is, coming down the hill.” Residents hurriedly drove back and forth along the highway, collecting along the shoulders to take pictures while police urged residents to move along. The fire was initially estimated to have
weren’t swift enough in tackling the fire from the air after it flared up Saturday, but fire information officer Jordan Turner called the fire a “sleeping giant” and insisted air tankers moved in as soon as it made sense to do so. A group of firefighters received a round of applause when they entered the room, and there were further cheers for search and rescue and other emergency groups. Ten days later fire information officer Karlie Shaughnessy told the Star there were 79 firefighters, 18 support staff, three helicopters and three pieces of heavy equipment continuing suppression efforts. Ultimately the fire was redirected by the wind, growing to 770 hectares without touching a single home, though 350 residents were on evacuation alert for nine days. By the end of July crews had aggressively beaten it back. However, forest
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Nailbiter in Kootenay-Columbia
BILL METC ALFE Nelson Star
In the 2015 federal election, Nelson residents had to re-think their identity. Having become accustomed (for better or worse, depending on your political views) to being the NDP-leaning town that helped MP Alex Atamanenko get elected in three previous elections, the city was suddenly cast out into a different landscape. The Star published many stories about the election in 2015. A selection of those are listed and linked at the bottom of the online version of this story at nelsonstar.com. In the federal government’s riding re-distribution process of 2013, Nelson, Kaslo and Salmo were moved into the East Kootenay riding of Kootenay-Columbia, a riding long controlled by the Conservatives. For local leftists, this was culture shock. For Conservatives, it was like coming home. So the big question during the election was: would the leftist lean-
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The candidates in Kootenay-Columbia were, from left: Don Johnston (Liberal), Bill Green (Green Party), winner Wayne Stetski (NDP), and David Wilks (Conservative). Bill Metcalfe photo ings of Nelson, Kaslo, and Salmo shift the balance and defeat Conservative incumbent David Wilks, who won handily in the 2011 election before the riding redistribution? Among those who wanted to defeat Wilks, the debate about strategic voting sometimes seemed to eclipse debate on substantive election issues. It seemed clear that the three strong candidates opposing Wilks
(Wayne Stetski, NDP; Don Johnston, Liberal; and Bill Green, Green Party) could spit the anti-Conservative vote. (Another candidate, Libertarian Christina Yahn, dropped out of the race.) A strong social media movement advocated strategically voting for the NDP as the party that came second in the 2011 election and was therefore in the best position to defeat Wilks.
The Liberals responded by insisting that what happened in the past did not necessarily dictate the future, and that Don Johnson could as easily defeat Wilks. The Greens strenuously argued against strategic voting in any form. If you believe in us, vote for us, they said. In one of the most exciting election night contests in the country, the lead in the neck-and-neck race between Wilks and Stetski bounced back and forth until almost midnight when the last polls were counted. At one point in the evening the CBC and Canadian Press declared Wilks elected — and he even gave a victory speech that he later had to recant. Stetski eventually won by 282 votes. In Kootenay-Columbia 63,203 of the eligible 85,653 voters turned up at the voting booth — a 73.79 per cent turnout. In the 2011 election, the voter turnout was 63 per cent. The results: Stetski 23,529 (37.23 per cent); Wilks 23,247 (36.78 per cent); Johnston 12,315 (19.48 per cent); and Green 4,115 (6.51 per
cent). Although they didn’t win the seat, local Liberals consoled themselves with the fact that they were the only ones to increase their share of the vote in Kootenay-Columbia over the 2011 election — by 16 per cent. All of the other parties’ share of the vote went down — the Greens dropping by 0.08 per cent, the NDP by 1.62 per cent, and the Conservatives by 13.3 per cent. A Liberal party strategist in the riding has speculated that it was the Liberal increase that pulled enough votes from the Conservatives to allow the NDP to win. But we’ll never know for sure, and in the meantime, Justin Trudeau is prime minister with a Liberal majority, and the NDP has named Stetski as its critic for national parks. In the South Okanagan West Kootenay riding to the south and west — a re-designed and re-named version of part of the riding to which Nelson used to belong — Dick Cannings of the NDP was elected over Conservative Marshall Neufeld.
City council rejects police budget
BILL METC ALFE Nelson Star
How should police budget money be spent? Are the police doing work that someone else could be doing? How many police officers does a community need, and how should this be decided? These and similar questions led to a stand-off this year between Nelson city council and the board that oversees the city-funded Nelson Police Department. Last year, the police board asked city council for a budget increase of $311,000 to cover two more officers and an administrative person. Police Chief Wayne Holland, who presented the request, told council the department hasn’t added any officer positions in 20 years and has had no increase in administrative support in 30 years. Council refused the request, saying the most it could do was an increase of $50,000. Mayor Deb Kozak said granting the $311,000 increase could involve raising taxes by up to four per cent, as a one per cent increase generates about $75,000.
The Star published nine articles about this issue in 2015. They can be found listed and linked in the online version of this story at nelsonstar. com. One argument made by the police was the increasing amount of time taken up with mental health-related cases, but some city councillors weren’t convinced this was legitimate police work. It became clear that over the years city council and the police board had not been in the habit of talking to each other even though the mayor chairs the police board, as required by provincial legislation. “There is clearly a lack of trust that goes back to the former city council and we [the new council] have not had a chance to be apprised of that situation and they are not giving us that opportunity,” councillor Michael Dailly said at the time. “We need to look at what police are doing that is taking police time,” he said, “and whether it is things civilian staff can do. I am not convinced it is police officers we need.” The police board responded by
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ered this year that changing this requirement isn’t a priority of the present government. In November, the police department informed council that its budget request for 2016 is the same as last year’s contentious request: an increase to cover two more officers and an administrative staff person. Council will decide in early spring during its budget process, perhaps having by then received a decision from the Director of Police Services about the 2015 budget. In the meantime, spearheaded by Rona Park of the Nelson Community Services Society, there have been several community meetings about how to approach policing and mental health. That led to the formation of the Nelson Street Culture Collaborative, which has representatives from the social services, government, business, and law enforcement sectors. According to Park, the purpose of the group is “to create a community-wide strategy for how to respond to those who rely on street culture to survive.”
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WAY N E G E R M A I N E Serving Nelson & Area Since 1987. HUGS: Many wonderful hugs to the elf who returned the missing wheelchair to the hospital! A bit of clean up and it is back in service, helping those who need it! Thank you, thank you! SLUGS: To the authorities who moved the longtime Save-OnFoods bus stop for a safety reason. Because of the new location the bus now goes through a uncontrolled railroad crossing in the dark of the night. Safety? – A Puzzled Rider HUGS: Huge, warm, hugs to two people from the family of the collie whom you managed to keep safe and out of harms way on Highway 3A until we could bring her safely home. Our family is sincerely grateful for your kind efforts. Thank you both!!! HUGS: Hugs to the service club and all the hard working volunteers who set up and maintain the awesome outdoor ice rink each year. So many people of all ages use the rink day
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HUGS: Super big hugs to Santa’s elf who found my wallet on the street and was kind enough to put it in my mailbox with everything intact! I was obviously distracted and not aware it had fallen out of my pocket. Your thoughtfulness definitely put me in the Christmas spirit. May you and your family have a wonderful Christmas and Happy 2016. My turn to pay it forward!!
SLUGS: To myself for not seeing a big GMC SUV driving down the Gyro Park hill onto Vernon St. I was already proceeding onto the street before I saw you and then it was too late to do anything but go faster and hope you didn’t hit me. Hugs to you for avoiding my car. Thanks! Sorry again. SLUGS: Huge slimy slug to the guy who advertised a ride on ride share only to cancel the night before. It was so incredibly sluggish. You had two weeks to get back to me, now my kid can’t see his dad for Xmas!
SLUGS: Great big Christmas slugs wrapped in bows to the local business who refused to refund two items when they had not even left the store let alone wrapped up or bagged! After reviewing my receipt the items were double what I thought they cost and as they were little gifts from my children I asked to have them refunded. This was after spending over $100 in the store. Will be thinking twice before I spend more money at your business!
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Black Productions is currently looking for singers, dancers and actors 18 years and older to appear in Rock of Ages at the Capitol Theatre. Led by the team of Sydney Black, Rick Lingard and Lisel Forst, the show is a high-energy rock musical. Rehearsals will begin on March 13, 2016 and will run Sunday 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.) and Wednesday evenings (7 to 9:45 p.m.). Production week is May 22 to 30. The auditions will be held at the Selkirk College music building on Jan. 9, 10 and 11. From 2014 to 2020, Canada is marking the centennial of the First World War and the 75th anniversary of the Second World War. Pat Henman of the Capitol Theatre will be directing a 2014 play by David van Belle, Liberation Days, a Calgary-based playwright of Dutch descent whose grandparents emigrated here because they were impressed by Canadian soldiers who liberated the Netherlands. Auditions are coming up and there will be four performances from March 3 to 6.
Special events The Ymir Community Hall is hosting a night of DJs for a New Year’s Sparkle Party. Festivities start at 9:30 p.m. Organized encourage attendees to come armed with a sparkly spirit and dancing shoes. Costumes are heavily encouraged. Bloom Nightclub will host a New Years Midnight Masquerade Ball with Moontricks, Metaphoracle, Fluxo and Dubconscious. Organizers are encouraging formal attire and elegent masks in the style of 15th century masquerade balls by offering up a free Shambhala Music Festival 2016 ticket to the most impressive mask or costume of the night. Led Zeppelin cover band Heavy Airship will play a New Years’ Eve concert at the Royal on Baker, starting at 10:30 p.m. Airship consists of Craig Thiessen on vocals, Gus Dixon on guitar, Quillan Hanley on bass guitar and Nate Stilwell on drums. Spiritbar is hosting a New Years party with The Dirty Gramophones, DeBlock and Future Formal 3000 at 10 p.m. The party promises to be a futuristic journey of elegance and outer space. Finley’s Bar & Grill will celebrate the New Year with two bands and a champagne toast. One of the performers will be Clinton Swanson. Things will get started at 6 p.m.
Campground, Take 2 This photo of Lucas Myers’ one-man show Campground, taken in January, is one of Star reporter Will Johnson’s favourite images of 2015. He will be doing a repeat performance and collaboration with local mystery author Deryn Collier in the new year. For a full list of photos and an accompanying column visit nelsonstar.com. Will Johnson photo and Kamala Melzack illustration
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$80 Theatre The Great Balonzo comes to the Capitol Theatre on Sunday, Jan. 10 at 2 p.m. A contemporary vaudevillian who presents a gourmet mix of circus and comedy that’s been seen live by more than a million people around the world over the last 20 years, he has presented performances at most of the biggest and best events in the country. Lucas Myers’ murder mystery comedy Campground is returning to the Capitol Theatre on Saturday, Jan. 16 at 8 p.m. After consulting with local writer Deryn Collier, Myers plans to revisit the script before remounting the tale, which tells the story of a young man who goes missing from a provincial campground while on a personal journey to discover himself. Four people are suspects, despite lack of evidence aside from Facebook posts and the video from the young man’s cell phone but the overzealous detective is undeterred. On Thursday, Jan. 21 the Capitol presents a tribute to Dave Brubeck. The Rémi Bolduc Jazz Ensemble with special guest pianist François Bourassa are proud to present a brand new production, performing the music of Brubeck’s celebrated band. “Take Five,” “Blue Rondo a la Turk” and several other compositions from the album
Star Wars: Episode VII continues to play multiple times daily at the Civic Theatre. Thirty years after defeating the Galactic Empire, Han Solo (Harrison Ford) and his allies face a new threat from the evil Kylo Ren (Adam Driver) and his army of Stormtroopers. The 2016 Amnesty International Film Festival comes to the Shambhala Hall on January 29 and 30, playing a number of films including The Highway of Tears and Casablanca Calling. There will be two films at 7 p.m. on Friday, two at 1 p.m. on Saturday and two at 7 p.m. on Saturday.
Music On January 9 Mama Sita’s Cafe in Winlaw will host The Pocket Divas at 7:30 p.m. as part of a birthday bash. The night will include birthday cake.
Visual Art Wildlife photographer Jim Lawrence’s work is on display now at Selkirk Eyecare at 543 Baker St. It will be on display until the end of January. The showcase will include his shot of a young bear looking through his tripod, a photo that went viral online last year.
Literary Arts Winlaw author Chris Dawson will launch his satirical oil sands novel Oily Business at the Nelson Public Library on Jan. 19 at 7 p.m. The cover was designed by local artist Tisha Becker. The book begins with a helicopter crash that strands an oil sands spin doctor and an environmentalist together, using flashbacks to illustrate how they reached this point.
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For nearly 20 years, Nelson refused to allow dogs on Baker St., a move both applauded and condemned — but mostly the latter. Visitors were astounded to discover they couldn’t bring their pets downtown without risking a fine. Although the previous city council refused to reconsider the matter, a change of heart was telegraphed during last year’s all-candidates forum when virtually every council candidate suggested they favoured relaxing the bylaw. And if they wouldn’t force the issue, a local lawyer would: David Aaron threatened to sue the city over three tickets he received. But within two months of being sworn in, the new council voted to overturn the ban, albeit with a number of stipulations attached. “It felt important to me that we plan this for success as much as possible,” councillor Anna Purcell said, “and I feel like this proposed change takes care of a lot of my concerns — like having a six-foot maximum leash, you can’t tie them up, you have to clean up after your pets — these are provisions I feel confident are a good direction to go in to remind ourselves the streets of Nelson are for everybody.” Though much of council agreed, councillor Robin Cherbo spoke out strongly against the change. “I don’t think it will be a suprise to anyone [that] I would like to see it stay how it is. I think it’s a concern for seniors, having dogs on Baker St., with tripping over leashes. We have very narrow sidewalks.” But his was the only vote against. To celebrate, a downtown dog parade was held in May. Matheson Kincaid and his poodle Bugsy were among the participants. “I thought the bylaw was dumb,” Kincaid said. “Every other town can live with dogs on their main street, why can’t we? I don’t know what it was like in the past, but this bylaw was past its best before date.” After a summer’s trial, bylaw officer Fred Thomson gave council the verdict: the change Check this out...
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Kokanee stocks decline
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Tom Lang and Mike Jeffrey of the Eastshore Freshwater Habitat Society are hoping to be part of the solution that addresses dwindling kokanee salmon stock in the Kootenay Lake fishery. Will Johnson photo
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Local fishing enthusiasts expressed alarm at the dropping number of kokanee salmon in the Kootenay Lake fishery this year, including Balfour businessman Randy Zelonka. He just wasn’t sure what to do about it. “There are a thousand conclusions out there,” he said. “People are talking about excess fertilizer, there have been mentions of algae blooms. The biologist believes it’s too many rainbow trout from the main lake, and they’ve been eating the kokanee, but now there’s none left to feed them. Basically, they’ve eaten themselves out of house and home.” One of the most alarming things, according to Zelonka: this year’s Kootenay Lake BC Family Day Fishing Derby, which included a $10,000 prize, had to be cancelled due to declining stocks. At a public meeting in Balfour in February attended by 300
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people, ministry staff seemed a bit taken aback by the large turnout, cautioning people to be respectful with their questions. But they needn’t have worried. The dozens of polite questions reflected a roomful of knowledgeable, thoughtful, experienced residents committed to the lake and the fish. “People do have the capacity to understand technical decisions,” said Josh Smienk, who organized the meeting for the Balfour and District Business and Historical Association. “People want to know why decisions are made. It is so personal for them. It is their own backyard.” Government officials, headed by biologist Jeff Burrows, responded to questions with charts, graphs, and historical details. They often admitted they didn’t know the answers to some of the hard questions. The essence of the problem seems to be the balance between predator (Gerrard trout) and prey (kokanee). The current
situation is characterized by a shortage of older kokanee, an average abundance of kokanee fry, Gerrard trout abundance declining from a recent record high, but a reduction in their size, and a high abundance of young Gerrards. The result seems to be a reduction in prey because of too many predators, and a reduction in the size, condition, and abundance of predators because they don’t have enough to eat. In April, the province responded to public pressure by placing a moratorium on kokanee fishing on the main lake (although not on the West Arm) and increasing the limit on Gerrard trout to four, in an attempt to balance things out by decreasing predator numbers and giving the prey a chance. In August, the BC government suspended angling in rivers and streams of the southern Kootenay due to warm water temperatures and low flows. Virtually all fishing was suspended in streams and rivers
in an area south of Nelson from below Lower Arrow Lake in the west across to the Kootenay River. “We don’t do closures very often or lightly,” said regional natural resources manager John Krebs. “I have not seen it like this before. I have been in the region for 25 years, and there were some dry years in 1985 and 2003, but in terms of early high temperatures, we have never had such a long hot spell that early in the season in several decades. So it is really unusual.” Harvey Andrusak, a longtime Kootenay resident, retired fisheries biologist and former director of fisheries for the province, said the necessity of the closure is “a reflection of how precious and important the fishery is.” “This has never happened before, not in my lifetime,” he says. “Low flows, high temperatures — Kokanee Creek is the lowest I have ever seen it, and the kokanee spawners coming into the stream shortly could have some unusual mortality.”
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Long-awaited renovations to the Nelson aquatic centre necessitated a lengthy closure this year, but rather than starting in May the project didn’t get underway until September. The City of Nelson won a hard-fought compromise to a hurdle that threatened to delay the project in early January, gaining $184,000 and commitments from neighbouring rural areas to look at broadening the tax base for regional recreation by expanding the service area. In exchange, the city threw its support behind proceeding with the $4.9 million pool renovation. (The city later agreed to hold the money in abeyance until reaching a new funding arrangement.) Nelson Mayor Deb Kozak emphasized she didn’t want to jeopardize the city’s amicable relations with its regional district partners, but felt “a disproportionate load” of the recreation budget was falling on the city. “It’s never my intention to throw any other politician or staff under the bus,” she said. “I’m very sensitive to the fact that the city and the regional district must work together. I’m glad we stuck around and hammered it out. We had a really vigorous discussion.”
Demolition was well underway in November for the 11-month renovation of the Nelson aquatic centre. Will Johnson photo In April, it was announced that the project had rejected two submitted tenders because both were over budget by at least $1.2 million. “Although this tender process did not produce a bid that was within budget it is important that taxpayers receive value for money and that the facility meets the needs of the community over the next 40 years,” said Joe Chirico, the regional district’s community services manager. In May the recreation commission changed course, choosing a construction manager to put the project out for tender in small trade-specific pieces and then coordinate their work, rather than attempting to contract the entire job out to one
company. “This allows for less risk for individual contractors, and we have more control over what they are doing,” said Chirico. The pool finally closed in September, with a scheduled timeline of 11 months. “It is a big gulp for the directors to think about closing for almost a year,” said Kozak. But she accepted the expertise of the company hired to manage the project, Unitech Construction Management Ltd. Asked why the centre will be closed for 11 months when it was previously thought it would be closed for eight, Chirico said “We have had construction experts working on this in detail. That is the time they feel it would take. They said as
they move along they hope to shorten it to eight.” “We have agonized over this,” Kozak said. “As directors we are thinking not just of the immediate future but the long term future of our communities. The Nelson area is growing community, and a pool that will meet those needs into the future is paramount.” The Star visited in November, when demolition had nearly been completed. “This stuff was definitely on its last legs, and kudos to the people running this place for limping it through,” project manager Jeff Phillips said. They’re hoping all the work will be done by local contractors. “So far all the work has gone local and we hope that continues.”
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KIESZA: The Selkirk College alumna returned to her alma mater in November to perform at the college’s annual gala alongside music program students. She also spoke to students beforehand and did a meet-andgreet with fans at Mary Hall. “Kiesza is a great songwriter but what really sets her apart is she’s a great person who knows how to relate to people,” said spokesman Bob Hall. “Kiesza came to tell students how to be successful and to show them what it’s like. She came to touch lives, and she did that.”
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JUDITH GUICHON: BC’s 29th lieutenant-governor toured West Kootenay in May and stopped at Touchstones Nelson (where she was photographed with the ceremonial uniform of her predecessor, Edgar Dewdney) and Trafalgar Middle School where she told students “I’m a rancher. I chase cows.” She also encouraged them to learn outside the classroom and urged them to vote: “Go to your elected leaders, attend council and regional district meetings and ask them what they are doing.”
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TAMARA TAGGART: The CTV news anchor visited Nelson in late April as the guest speaker at the third annual Find Your Divine event. Taggart shared intimate details about two conversations that altered her life and how the power of perception and attitude can affect people. Taggart learned to be an advocate for her first child, who was born with down syndrome, which prepared her to be her own advocate when she was diagnosed with
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RON SEXSMITH: The Canadian songwriting legend appeared at Spiritbar in September and noted his first show at the Hume Hotel was over 20 years earlier, opening for Ani DiFranco. “I feel like a survivor,” he told the Star. “The industry’s been through so many changes, I’ve gone through so many labels, and for someone who hasn’t sold that many records it’s pretty amazing to have such a loyal fan base.” Plus one celebrity who didn’t visit: Nelson-Creston MLA Michelle Mungall invited Miley Cyrus to tour the habitat of locally endangered mountain caribou after the pop star made headlines for criticizing the BC government’s wolf cull. However, Cyrus hasn’t yet taken Mungall up on the offer.
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In 2015, Nelson woke up to the vulnerability of its water supply. City hall imposed severe water restrictions and put out a number of bulletins asking citizens to conserve water and explaining how. Our most recent water story, published in December, outlined city hall’s plans to build a secondary water treatment plant at lakeside to be used in case of emergency. The system would use water from the lake, treat it, and deliver
it to some of the lower levels of town that would not require uphill pumping. The city’s Colin Innes told the Star that the system will be built in 2016. In the middle of Nelson’s July heat wave, the Star reported the amount of water entering the city’s reservoir from Five Mile Creek (the city’s main supply) was a fifth of normal, and the amount we were using in our households and businesses was above normal. David Campbell of the BC River Forecast Centre told us it
was a result of low snowpack and high temperatures. “What we saw this year is not common,” he said. “We have seen a combination of temperatures two degrees above normal for many months now, and very dry conditions through the spring and summer period. There have been other dry years, but none like this one. We are starting to see this in the rivers around the region with flows hitting historic lows for this time of year.” CONTINUED ON A13
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Car goes over bank at Grohman Narrows NELSON STAR STAFF The driver of a vehicle that went over a bank on Highway 3A Sunday night just above the Grohman Narrows pond escaped uninjured. Nelson Fire Rescue says when crews arrived after 10:40 p.m., the lone occupant was still in the vehicle, which was sitting precariously in the loose rocks above the pond. “The first arriving crew’s primary objective was to secure the vehicle to prevent it from rolling over or sliding further down the bank,” assistant chief Mike Daloise said in a news release. “This was accomplished by securing the vehicle with ropes and a come-along. Once the vehicle was secured a ladder was placed to allow the occupant to climb back up the bank to the roadway.” RCMP are investigating the cause of the accident.
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CONTINUED FROM A12 He speculated that summers like that could become a trend because of climate change. In September, the water shortage was worse than it had been in July. Even though temperatures were cooler, there had been very little rainfall. So the city moved its water restrictions from level three to level four. Innes put it in perspective: “It’s not like we have a glacier up there. We depend on the amount of water that falls on it. In the immediate runoff from a rain event, it will look like you have a lot, but what comes at you over time is what is important.” In October we were using less
water but the restrictions were still in place because it still had not rained much. The restrictions were not rescinded until early December, after it was noted that the 135 centimeters of rain received in November was larger than the total from July through October combined. The water discussion this year also touched on a number of other issues: the need for an additional permanent water supply, the need for more accurate measures of water use by residents, businesses and institutions, and whether the city should conserve water through metering (recommended
in a 2012 consultant’s report). Living on the shore of a large lake, and with a river running past their doorstep, Nelson citizens are not psychologically disposed to think in terms of water shortages. They live under an illusion that they have a lot of water. This year, with increased awareness and with the plan for the new emergency water treatment plant, the gap may have narrowed, just a little, between illusion and reality. In 2015 the Star published six stories about Nelson’s water supply. Links to all of them can be found in the online version of this story at nelsonstar.com.
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The most interesting people of 2015 As profiled in the Nelson Star (and presented alphabetically) BILL METC ALFE, WILL JOHNSON, AND T YLER HARPER Nelson Star
Natasha Bergman: This Grade 12 L.V. Rogers student (pictured below, left, next to collaborator Amelia Martzke) and some of her friends set up a mentoring group for Grade 9 girls to help them navigate high school and teenage life. Their connection with the younger girls ranged from just hanging out and having fun with them to serious discussions about consent, sexual health (in collaboration with student nurses), and academics. For her efforts, Bergman was nominated for a Canadian Living magazine Me to We Award.
most recently acting as their logistics co-ordinator in Paris at the recent climate conference. Brooke Campbell: Her dedication to a local dragon boat team is about to put her in an international spotlight. Campbell qualified in March for the Canadian team that will compete at the Club Crew World Championships in Australia next spring. She got her start with the Kootenay Rhythm Dragons in 2012 and will compete in three events at the world championships.
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Rebecca Bracewell: This 17-yearold Nelsonite is a classical accordionist, one of only a handful in the country and one of the best. Although it is almost unheard of for an accordionist to solo with a symphony orchestra, she did just that with the Victoria Symphony in August. At the world accordion championships in 2013, Bracewell was named the best accordionist under 18 in Canada. Jimmy Bundschuh and Jenna Arpita: The Shambhala Music Festival couple welcomed their first son, Oliver, this year, and celebrated the occasion by opening a new night club as part of a larger restoration project on the historic Savoy Hotel. “Our intent is to create a mini-resort right on Baker St.,” said Bundschuh. Montana Burgess: This environmental activist has only lived in the Nelson area for two years, but has worked at an international level on climate change issues for seven. At home, she is a community organizer for the EcoSociety, and in the wider world she organizes for the International Climate Action Lobby,
Don Currie: Age is just a number to Currie. The track and field star was 81 in August when he won three gold and two silver medals in six events at the 55+ BC Games. He’s already decided on his next feat: breaking the record for the 10-km road walk. “My basic advice for those people who are aging is to get out and move,” said Currie. “Walking is primary and it’s something that everybody can do one way or the other. The thing is to start from a minimum level and work towards a higher level, then do it consistently.” Matteo Faraguna: Nelson Youth Soccer Association sent a young star on his way to a bigger stage in the summer. Farguna was 12 in August when he was selected to join the Thompson Okanagan Football Club and compete in the BC Soccer Premier League. He’s the first player NYSA has sent to the league since 2013. Michael Grace and Dave Fraser: After 20 years of pushing students to exceed their limits, these two Selkirk College woodworking instructors retired this year. Every May, visitors to the program’s annual year-end show marvel at the advanced and sophisticated student work these men have inspired. “Holding the bar high is a big part of it,” said Fraser. “Not accepting, if you make a mistake, ‘Oh well, next time.’ Instead, it’s ‘Oh well, make a new piece.’”
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Lauren Herraman: Besides illustrating the cover of Sofiella Watt and the Huckleberry Bandit’s debut album this year, Herraman also participated in ArtWalk and had visual showcases at a number of businesses in town. She co-ordinated an exhibi-
tion with several local artists called the Infinite Animal Parade that was on display for three months. “I came to Nelson because I wanted to settle in and pursue my artistic career here,” she said. “My big dream is to publish my first children’s book.” Hiromoto Ida: After a repeat performance of his solo show Detour at the Capitol Theatre, Ida, 53, went on to star in the homegrown opera Jorinda. “I had a dilemma because theatre culture is in town, Tokyo, but my mind goes off by myself in the mountains,” Ida said, describing why he emigrated from Japan. “This comes right from my soul,” he said of Detour. DJ Hoola: Sometime in 1997, Mike Paine, a.k.a. DJ Hoola, approached Community Futures to see if they would bankroll his fledgling career. The prolific discohouse performer and long-time director of the Living Room Stage at Shambhala Music Festival has now been at it for 18 years, and continues to perform at the new Bloom Nightclub. “It’s cool that now we’ve got the Shambhala club right here in downtown Nelson,” he said.
development of a compost system and garden at LVR, and spearheading the development of the school’s new student council. Ivie Lock-Luttmer: This Grade 7 Trafalgar student earned gold in the junior research division of the regional science fair for her work on dead zones. “I wanted to know why I’d never heard of them, and why it was a problem,” she said. “Basically they’re caused mostly by people dumping sewage and fertilizers into the water, because that causes plant growth like algae and when it dies it takes up oxygen to decompose.” Sarah Mehain: The former Nelson Neptunes swimmer hit her stride in 2015. Mehain won bronze in 50 metre butterfly S7 at the IPC Swimming World Championships in July. The 20-year-old followed that up with a gold medal and three silvers at the Parapan Am Games in August. Mehain will chase a qualification for the 2016 Rio Paralympics when she heads to the Canadian Toronto Olympic and para trials in March.
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Sonia Kohout: This centenarian has been cutting hair her entire life. She started as a little girl in Czechoslovakia, continued during her years in Paris, and ultimately set up shop longterm in the Kootenays. And she’s still pretty handy with a pair of scissors. “I remember she gave me a perm when she was 96,” said Ingrid Wyles, her friend at Nelson’s Mountain Lake seniors community. Brian Kalbfleisch: Though Kalbfleisch is a working musician and artist, he still found time to organize and expand the Blue Night Culture Crawl to includes 120 artists at 24 venues around Nelson. “We’re getting rid of perceived barriers,” Kalbfleisch said. “The idea is that Blue Night is the flagship of a few days or even a week of art that can happen anywhere.” Amelia Martzke: In addition to collaborating with her friend Natasha Bergman on a mentoring project for young women at L.V. Rogers, Martzke won one of the city’s sustainability awards this year for a variety of innovative activities including setting up a student federal election, co-ordinating the annual Keep the Beat festival, leading the
Dunavan Morris-Janzen and Galen Boulanger: While in Grade 12 at LVR last spring, these two friends set up an innovative system that persuaded many older students to register to vote in the federal election. “You always hear adults say you gotta vote, and they tell you a reason and all that, and some teenagers might not even listen,” Boulanger says. “A teenager can talk to a teenager differently than an adult can.” Jesse Lee: This year Lee released his latest collaboration with spokenword artist Shane Koyczan and took home the Kootenay Music Award for Artist of the Year. The multi-talented musician has no fewer than nine creative projects on the go and a variety
of recurring gigs at venues around town. “I feel tons of gratitude that I’m able to play this much in Nelson,” he says. “This is such a supportive community.” Zaynab Mohammed: She will write you a poem about anything you want, on the spot, on her manual typewriter, without hesitation. Last spring and summer she was Baker St.’s busking poet, seated at a table on the sidewalk beside a sign that reads “Poet on Commission. Inspire me.” Mohammed was also an organizer and frequent winner of the Nelson poetry slam and is a host of the Art Party event series.
Mike McGaw and Marjie Hills: “I believe in harm reduction. We recognize that homelessness exists, that poverty exists, and we try to reduce the harm around it,” said McGaw. He has worked at Stepping Stones homeless shelter in Nelson since it started 11 years ago. Hills has managed the shelter for the past three years. Describing an elderly man who found an apartment after being homeless for a long while and died a month later, McGaw said the tragedy had a poignant side: “The last month of his life he was not homeless.” Angie McTague: This veteran L.V. Rogers teacher won a UBC engineering faculty award this year for her innovative and engaging ways of teaching Grade 11 and 12 physics, including educational trips to UBC engineering and the Silverwood theme park to calculate the acceleration of the rides. “She made me excited about learning and about science,” said former student Carli Hall, now a chemical engineering student at UBC. Barry Nelson: Rosemont resident Barry Nelson hasn’t owned a car for the last 15 years, but he has no trouble getting around. The busy transportation and social justice advocate has been involved in so many local initiatives, including the Kootenay Carshare, that he was named Nelson’s 2014 Citizen of the Year by the Knights of Columbus. Barb Olson: There aren’t many cruciverbalists in Canada, but Olson is one: a constructor of crossword puzzles. Her puzzles have appeared in The New York Times, Saturday Night Magazine, Quill & Quire and CONTINUED ON A15
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Year in Review CONTINUED FROM A14 numerous other publications. Canadian content is central to her work. “If there is an opportunity to use a Canadian reference I’ll do it, but not at the expense of the quality of the puzzle,” she said. Nicholas Paun: This year Paun, a Grade 12 Mount Sentinel student, created Chemlogic: A Logic Programming Chemistry System. “ChemLogic is an innovation. It’s a study tool I developed for chemistry students that helps them balance chemical equations,” he said. Paun’s invention is now available as an Android app and earned him a silver medal and a $11,000 prize at the national science fair. Dylan Peil: This Grade 8 student at Trafalgar designed and prototyped a solar concentrator using a satellite dish covered with mirrors. “I’m interested in solar energy because of the fact we’re facing the crisis of global warming and it’s a big issue,” he said. “We need to stop burning so many fossil fuels.” He received $2,000 and a bronze medal in the junior division of the national science fair. Jenna Raider: She’s the host of The LineUp, a live talk show that has had three episodes so far this year and featured interviews with many local artists and personalities. “My goal is to share what an amazing place it is we live in and to introduce the talent here to the biggest viewing audience possible. There are so many people doing so amazing things in this area, and I want The LineUp to be the rooftop where we shout those accomplishments,” Raider said.
Narelle Sookorukoff: This Nelson native won five awards at her graduating ceremony in architecture this year at UBC. Then she got a job right away at Cover Architecture in Nelson. She’s interested in the design of sustainable buildings, and for her master’s thesis she redesigned one of the stadiums at the upcoming Brazil Olympics so it could be taken apart and re-used on projects in the slums. Kurt Sorge: The professional mountain biker earned some redemption in October. Sorge captured the Red Bull Rampage freeride competition in Virgin, Utah. His score of 96.50 was record breaking and earned him a $30,000 prize. The victory came after broken legs in 2013 and 2014 kept him on the sidelines.
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Bessie Wapp: Nelson’s cultural ambassador for 2015, Wapp was recognized as a “prodigious talent and proud Nelsonite.” She has an extensive resume as a singer, actor, director, artist, and teacher. Among her many stage apperances this year, she starred in Hedwig and the Angry Inch and Jorinda. “On my bad days I can beat myself up for being a jack-of-all-trades and master of none,” she said. “But I love that I get to explore all these things. That’s the amazing thing about living in Nelson.” Tom Wayman and Verna Relkoff: Winlaw author Wayman published his collection of short stories The Shadows We Mistake For Love this year. Along with Verna Relkoff, he was one of the masterminds behind UBC’s move to Baker St. that saw visiting writer Sonnet L’Abbé teach a course called Writing from the Ground Up.
Rhandi Sandford: During November’s Blue Night Culture Crawl, Sandford live-painted at Finley’s — but her work isn’t for everyone. “If I didn’t have so many friends I would feel a little self-conscious,” Sandford said. “I can’t count how many times I’ve been called a creep or a weirdo.” Playful, subversive, dirty and strange, Sandford’s work is comparable to that of legendary artist and Hunter S. Thompson collaborator Ralph Steadman. That’s a comparison she embraces. Tosh and Tula Sherkat: The sibling rock climbers reached new heights this year. Tosh finished 14th at the Youth Bouldering Nationals prior to a strong performance at the BC Sport Climbing championships in April. Tosh’s younger sister Tula meanwhile finished second in the 11-and-under category at provincials.
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outbuilding — the only construction the company has undertaken so far. Polak decided those building efforts were not enough, and cancelled the company’s environmental assessment certificate, one of the essential documents that allows a project to proceed. It appeared the only way for the company to continue with its plans would be to apply for a new environmental certificate, a lengthy and costly process. Opponents of the project celebrated. But not for long. Tom Oberti, on behalf of Jumbo Glacier Resorts, and Greg Deck, as mayor of the Jumbo Glacier resort municipality, told the Star in July they were not done yet. They expessed optimism Jumbo would still somehow be built, and Oberti stated the company would either reduce the size of the development so that it would not require an environmental certificate at all, or take the government to court over the cancellation of its certificate. Eventually it did the latter. On Dec.
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What were the most popular stories this year at nelsonstar.com? It’s not an exact science, as our website tracks separate figures for desktop and mobile readers and some topics registered multiple times, but these were the general themes that earned the most clicks.
“My son is not responsible for this mess,” Sept. 15
A letter to the editor by Jerry Arsenault was our single most-read item online this year, registering more than 21,000 hits. Arsenault was writing in response to an emergency meeting at L.V. Rogers Secondary school called to address a staffing crunch that threatened the ability of some students to get into the courses they wanted or needed. “My son, who is suppose to be in Grade 10, cannot attend any core academics in his grade,” he wrote. “He cannot and most likely will not be able to get into an English 10 course this fall that is required to graduated.” The letter obviously struck a chord, receiving 78 comments online in addition to the thousands of views.
“Retardant line established,” July 5
This was just one in a series of stories about the Duhamel-Sitkum wildfire that received thousands of hits. It was a scary
few days for residents who were placed on evacuation alert. The online comments included praise for the efforts of firefighters and arguments about whether the fire could be attributed to climate change (see related story page 5).
“Nelson police officer found guilty of assault,” Sept. 1
The trial, conviction, and sentencing of Cst. Drew Turner generated intense online interest. Turner denied that punching a woman unconscious during her arrest in May 2014 constituted excessive force, but a judge didn’t believe him, based in part on the testimony of three other Nelson police officers. He was sentenced to 30 days house arrest and a year’s probation but his fate with the department remains unclear. He’s been on desk duty since he was charged.
“Authorities grateful for ‘uneventful’ Shambhala,” Aug. 13
Stories with “Shambhala” in the headline are always well-read, no matter what they say. In this instance, it was all positive, with police reporting the 18th annual music festival went off without a single major incident. Will Johnson’s photo feature on the people who attend the festival also received
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“One person dead in Taghum trailer fire,” March 10
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There are as many stories about the windstorm that struck Nelson this year as there are people in the city (see related story, page 4). The Star’s collection of some of those stories and a photo gallery illustrating the damage were among our most-viewed pages of the year.
“Thunder-like boom in West Kootenay,” June 8
“What the heck was that?” many people asked on June 6 after a loud rumbling woke up them up. There were plenty of guesses — Earthquake? Meteor? Military aircraft? Industrial blasting? Mine explosion? — but ultimately no definitive answer (see related story, page 21).
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An 1,800-word story by Tom Maloney about Nelson in The Globe and Mail in January carried the headline “Canada’s hippie outpost (and its killer backyard ski resort).” Maloney called Nelson a “mini-San Francisco” and “a mix of landscapeart galleries, restaurants, throwback hippie culture, West Coast-shop vibe and irresistible outdoor life.” The story detailed the local ski scene and named the best places to eat and stay.
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titled “Passing Through: Nelson,” describing Whitewater as “a nexus of epic strangeness and otherworldly deep turns … everything you want in big skiing packaged as small as you can get.” Nelson, he wrote, “has a counter-culture vibe that’s gone on to attract artists, hippies, weirdos and hipsters alike to produce the most prolific arts-andculture scene in all of small-town BC.”
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The Calgary Herald gave our area plenty of positive coverage this year, including a feature in June entitled “Sweet summer playground; Nelson’s bohe-
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In a separate feature that month about motorcycling on Highway 6 and 3A, Monforton added: “The 215-kilometer route around the Kokanee Glacier is a rider’s dream dotted with sublime lookouts and snaking S turns that aren’t cluttered with many motorcyclists.” She gave further kudos to Nelson as well as New Denver, Kaslo, and the East Shore.
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Another Herald feature in May was entitled “Eight cool things to see and do in the Silvery Slocan” — although most of those things were not actually in the Slocan. Andrew Penner recommended readers check out Nelson, Sandon, the Nikkei Interment Memorial Centre in New Denver, Halcyon Hot Springs, the SS Moyie in Kaslo, Kokanee Springs golf course, Idaho Peak, and local beaches.
There was plenty of Nelson content in the summer issue of British Columbia Magazine. Shelley Adams, author of the Whitewater Cooks series, got a twopage spread; another Nelson culinary institution, Bite, was included in a feature on food trucks; and a feature on farmers markets in BC devoted a full page to the Cottonwood Community Market and Downtown Local Market.
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It wasn’t a story about Nelson per se, but locallyraised TV and film actor Thomas Middleditch told the Toronto Star that he grew up weird and shy here. Middleditch, who plays a programmer on the HBO series Silicon Valley, told writer Ashley Jude Collie that “Nelson is a bit of an artsy town yet, as small as it is, it has a theatre community. I got into performing fairly young and went from, like a shy kid to a total weirdo.”
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A story appeared in The Province in July by Jordan Bowman headlined “Arts and culture at heart of Queen City.” He wrote: “If you are looking for an authentic, cultural BC getaway during the summer, you need to visit Nelson” and highlighted accommodation choices, Touchstones Nelson, the Nelson Sports Museum, Lakeside Park, and Streetcar 23 among other attractions.
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My top 10 favourite stories of 2015
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his year at the Nelson Star I’ve covered everything from forest fires and music festivals to school board politics and the influx of pot dispensaries into our downtown core. Two years into my job, I routinely find myself amazed at the stories that come out of our community. These are my top 10 stories from 2015.
#10. Wayne King achieves ascension I never got a chance to meet local artist Wayne King, but I feel like I knew him. When he passed away this June, the outpouring of love from the community was immense. “He could basically elevate anybody’s consciousness, from a skate punk to a single mother to an elder,” King’s close friend Dustin Cantwell told me. King’s art is proudly displayed all over Nelson, and the Facebook page Wayne H.E. King also features his work, as well as tributes from his friends and family. The legend lives on.
#9. On losing my Shambhala virginity My partner Darby and I donned bison and elk spirit hoods, loaded up our RAV-4 and drove out to lose our Shambhala Music Festival virginity last summer. It was even crazier than I expected. I found I didn’t have time to process one startling visual before being faced with a new one: a leather-clad woman hanging from a giant spider web, C3PO’s head bouncing over me on the dance floor, a cross-eyed cartoon bird squawking while the beat palm-thrusted my throat. Shambhala has claimed its spot as one of the best music festivals worldwide. Next year I’m going for longer.
#8. The #WeAreReady campaign When Mount Sentinel students launched the #WeAreReady banner campaign to demand climate action from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, their message garnered attention from Naomi Klein and Margaret Atwood on Twitter. “Canada’s rank on the environmental performance index is 24th out of 178, falling below Greece. This is a considerable feat,” Grade 12 student Petra Hartley told me. “Our first goal is to get Trudeau’s attention on both us and focused on the environment. Secondly we would want to see action.” These are some inspiring kids.
#7. Tom Wayman’s Appledore Tom Wayman has spent the last 26 years writing from his Winlaw estate Appledore. When he released his latest collection, The Shadows We Mistake For Love, this year I drove up there.
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#6. Cam Penner’s House of Liars When Blewett musician Cam Penner checked out Stonemouth, the BBC miniseries that features some of his songs, he was thrilled to see the way his tracks complement the storyline. “It’s kind of awkward because in one scene it’s this couple in a van, they just blew something up and then I start singing and it’s like I’m there in the backseat or something,” he said. Penner works at Stepping Stones shelter, and his experiences there inform his creative efforts. “The best part of my day is getting up on that stage and trying to pull the rug not only from under the audience but also from under myself…I want something to hit me in the chest.” I suggest you check out “House of Liars” on YouTube.
#5. Beneath Kootenay Joe Ridge Kaslo author Mandy Bath invited me up to Johnsons Landing in April, where she showed me the epic landslide that destroyed her home and killed four people. According to her memoir Disaster in Paradise, nobody saw it coming. “I don’t come here very often because it’s so emotional. It’s such a wonderful place and the view still is unbelievable. As one person said, it’s even better without those pesky trees there. But they weren’t pesky. They were wonderful.” Bath stood looking out at Kootenay Lake. When she turned back, she was blinking away tears.
#4. The Slocan River snorkeler This year, while floating down the Slocan River with my friend Leesa Dean, a local snorkeler recognized me as a reporter and asked
me to follow him into the woods. I was curious enough to follow him barefoot, and eventually we came into a clearing where the man had a huge pile of river-retrieved empties on to a tarp. “This is the worst I’ve ever seen it,” the snorkeler, who has been cleaning up that swimming hole for 15 years, told me. “You think of the Slocan as being beautiful, pristine, but what’s going down on the bottom is shocking and disturbing.”
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#3. Sitkum Fire Towards midnight on July 4, I sat in the backyard of Bob Tremblay’s house on Highway 3A and watched as a forest fire creeped down the slope towards his home. Ultimately, Tremblay’s house was spared. But the fire eventually grew to 770 hectares. This was my first time seeing a forest fire in person, and I’m not ashamed to say it legitimately scared me. Over 350 homes were put on evacuation alert. I was as effusive as everyone else when the fire crews — amazing people, all — eventually put it out.
#2. David Laing honoured Det.-Cst. David Laing received a lieutenant governor’s award this year for his rescue of a suicidal woman on the big orange bridge Sept. 14, 2013. “It’s one of those things you think about too much and for too many reasons,” he told me, during a half hour sit-down at the police station. He told me that most people don’t really understand what life is like for some of the vulnerable people he routinely meets on duty. “Some people don’t get it. If you had one day in their life, you’d be a basket case. These are broken people, but they deserve respect. The question is how do you give it to someone who is broken? It’s a real mind-bender.” I have so much respect for this guy, and I’m happy we’ve got cops like him in Nelson.
#1. Homeward Bound in the Kootenays Blewett resident Logan Lynn spent 18 days searching the wilderness for his beloved 12-yearold boxer mix Boris, ultimately tracking him down with the local community’s help. “If it wasn’t for the ability to spread the word through social media and the wonderful citizens in the Princeton, Coalmont and Tulameen areas…Logan and Boris would have never been reunited,” Logan’s sister Nona told me. When I went by my pet store, Central Bark, I saw they’d laminated a copy of the story on their desk. The clerks told me they cried while reading it. When I think about my own dogs Muppet and Buster, I like to believe I would’ve been similarly tireless in my search for them. People in the Kootenays sure do love their dogs. Cats too.
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According to Dr. Kaminsky of AYO in Honduras, the Rotary Club of Nelson is the largest sponsor of Market Children in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. There are 43 Rotarians and 12 Non-Rotarians sponsoring 80 Market Children. The students range from Kindergarten to Vocational and University in Honduras which is the second poorest country in the Western Hemisphere. Shown are some of the sponsors from the Nelson Rotary Club. Photo by Kevin Underwood
Disease prevention and treatment theme focusses on polio eradication On the heels of success against polio in Nigeria, the global effort to end polio received an additional US$40.4 million boost from Rotary to support immunization activities and surveillance. Rotary provides grant funding to partners UNICEF and the World Health Organization, which work with the governments and Rotary members in polio-affected and high-risk countries to carry out immunization activities. Since 1985, Rotary has helped 194 countries stop the transmission of polio through the mass immunization of children. At the start of Polio Plus, some 350,000 children in 125 countries were stricken annually with this crippling disease. “We are in the final push to end polio, but as long as the disease exists anywhere in the world, all children are at risk,” said Rotary’s International Polio Plus Committee Chair Michael McGovern. “With just two endemic countries
remaining – Pakistan and Afghanistan – we must continue to raise awareness and funds needed to end this paralyzing disease.” Through 2018, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will match two-to-one every dollar Rotary commits to polio eradication. There have been only 51 cases of polio reported in 2015, down from about 350,000 a year when the initiative launched in 1988. Support the Rotary Club of Nelson Daybreak’s Polio Fundraising campaign by purchasing tickets for the “Elegant Evening of Dining & Wine Pairing” advertised below. Alternatively donations can be made online through The Rotary Foundation Canada. For more information contact Foundation Chair Lorne Westnedge at e-mail: lorne@ rhcrealty.com
Submitted by Sheila Hart According to the Centre for Disease Control, polio or Poliomyelitis, is a crippling and potentially deadly infectious disease. It is caused by the poliovirus. The virus spreads from person to person and can invade an infected person’s brain and spinal cord, causing paralysis (can’t move parts of the body). It is crucial to maintain the success rate of vaccination efforts since the disease still exists in some parts of the world. People most at risk are those who never had polio vaccine, those who never received all the recommended vaccine doses, and those traveling to areas that could put them at risk for getting polio. For best protection, children should get four doses of polio vaccine at two months, four months, and six through 18 months, then a booster dose at age four through six years. Three groups of adults are at higher risk and should consider polio vaccination if traveling to polio-endemic or high-risk areas of the world, working in a laboratory and handling specimens that might contain polioviruses or you are a healthcare worker treating patients who could have polio or have close contact with a person who could be infected with poliovirus. Adults in these three groups who have never been vaccinated against polio should get three doses of IPV.”
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The most unusual stories of 2015 Come start your New Year’s celebrations with the Nelson Leafs! NYE game starts at 2:30 pm against Beaver Valley under new Head Coach Mario DiBella.
This image of Kaslo RCMP Cpl. Shaun Begg skating in on Mike Guttensohn went viral this year. Rick Wiltse photo
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THE MOST CANADIAN PHOTO EVER: Kaslo RCMP Cpl. Shaun Begg became an Internet sensation after playing pond hockey on a glacier in the Purcell Mountains clad in Red Serge. A photo by Rick Wiltse of Begg preparing to take a shot on goalie Mike Guttensohn was posted on Twitter and quickly went viral. “You won’t find a prouder Mountie or a prouder Canadian,” Begg told the Star, just one of numerous media outlets that contacted him. A few months later Begg was promoted to sergeant and transferred to Smithers, but the photo’s legacy lives on: Wiltse donated the photo, entitled Mountie and the Goalie, to a couple of good causes. Prints are being sold to benefit Syrian refugees and help replace condensers at the Kaslo arena. Go to kasloarena.ca/most-canadianphoto-ever for details on purchasing a copy.
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THE BIG BOOM: Around 6 a.m. on June 6, people from Nelson to Salmo to Rossland heard a loud, rumbling noise. What was it? Seismologist Taimi Mulder said there was no earthquake activity but a meteorite remains a strong possibility.
Harry Popoff, who was fishing on Kootenay Lake near the Balfour ferry terminal with some friends at the time, said there was a blinding flash in the sky, although they didn’t hear the sound, possibly because their motor was running.
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THE HUME’S UPS AND DOWNS: The Hume Hotel’s 86-year-old elevator, in which comedian Bob Hope once rode, was finally retired and replaced this year. General manager Ryan Martin said they had been putting off the modernization for years but the maintenance company finally told him it was time to upgrade. The new elevator, however, retains the same feel. “We splurged on heritage fixtures,” Martin said. “We didn’t want a clinical one with no character.”
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THE HUME TIME CAPSULE: The Hume was also in the news this year because of a time capsule that Martin placed in a wall above a fireplace. Included were a bottle of Kootenay Country Craft Distillery vodka, a sixpack of Nelson Brewing Company beer, a Hume menu, a copy of the Nelson Star, and a hand-written letter from Martin, who was inspired after discovering a ca. 1930s Nelson Brewing Company beer bottle in the wall during renovations.
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It was officially christened the Tomfi, but kids in the neighbourhood where it was built over the course over many years called it the Tamara Hynd photo Forever Boat.
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THE FOREVER BOAT: Most people who passed a green shed at the corner of Gore and Stanley streets in Nelson probably had no idea of the incredible thing inside: a 34-foot hand-built sailboat. Don Kurylko and Sanda Laine finally completed it this year, dismantled the shed, and held a christening ceremony in their yard before trucking it to the Lower Mainland and sailing off into the proverbial sunset. Officially it’s now the Tomfi, but neighborhood kids called it the Forever Boat.
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The most interesting animals of 2015 GREG NESTEROFF
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IZZY THE CAT: You see her all the time in the 300 and 400 block of Baker St.: a 14-year-old streetwise cat who loves life downtown. “Izzy rules the roost,” said Noreen Lynas of Cotton Creek Clothing, where Izzy eats and sleeps. “I’ve seen her jump in the back of a delivery truck, climb into a kayak on the top of a car, and even jump on the rumble seat of one of the cars at the Road Kings parade. She’s a character.” Izzy was rescued years ago on Highway 6 north of Slocan Park
by retired RCMP officer Tony Holland, but she didn’t care for the noise of renovations at his house, so sought out a new home. She’s since become a Baker St. fixture.
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EXIE THE RESCUE DOG: Not only does Exie, a purebred German shepherd, hold a Whitewater season’s pass, but she and handler Lindsay Eastwood were certified this year by the Canadian Avalanche Rescue Dog Association. Together Eastwood and Exie are the only avalanche rescue dog team in West Kootenay and members of Nelson Search and Rescue. Exie is trained to associate live
human scent with her favourite game — tug-of-war. She uses her nose to find human scent, follows it to where it’s coming out of the snow, and digs to pursue the scent to its source.
Finally on Thanksgiving, Lynn arrived at Wells Lake by ATV and called Boris’ name — and noticed something moving. Dog and master were reunited and a skinny but otherwise healthy Boris rode back on Lynn’s lap.
BORIS THE BOXER: Poor Boris. The 12-year-old lab boxer mix spent 18 days in the Similkameen wilderness after getting spooked and darting into the woods during a 4x4 trip. His owner, Logan Lynn, did everything he could to find him, postering the area, spreading the word on social media, and following up on leads, but with no luck.
Top right: Boris, a 12-year-old lab boxer mix, survived 18 days on his own in the Similkameen wilderness before his Blewett owner found him.
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Bottom right: Exie, a purebred German shepherd, seen here with handler Lindsay Eastwood, was certified this year by the Canadian Avalanche Rescue Dog Association.
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CONTINUED FROM A1 Overall, Precious said the project is slightly behind schedule, but the contractor “built in some pretty generous contingencies and has the capacity to speed things up.” Panels are now being pre-fabbed in Vancouver for the building’s east side. They’re still planning a Sept. 1, 2016 opening of the new store and expect the housing units will be completed by then as well. About three-quarters have been sold and by February one suite will be completed to test the finishes and be used as a showpiece for prospective buyers. The Fisherman’s Market is buying a space on the building’s Hall St. side. Other commercial spaces are still available. There have been hurdles to overcome, however: an environmental consultant who assessed the site for pollutants suggested about three per cent of the site’s soil would
be contaminated from historic uses, but it ended up being about 80 per cent — and resulted in a $400,000 remediation bill. Nor does the project lack detractors, who criticized its economics and an arrangement that will see the co-op provide restricted resale units in lieu of a contribution to the city’s affordable housing fund. That means that rather than provide a $54,000 lump sum, three units will be offered at 25 per cent below market value in perpetuity. They will sell for about $200,000 after the discount. The co-op was further in the news this year over its messy internal affairs: two board directors resigned over the way longtime general manager Deirdrie Lang was treated. She was relieved of her duties with the store but stayed on with the Nelson Commons project. The board took some flak at the co-op’s
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annual general meeting in September, but the matter appears to have blown over. On a happier note, the co-op celebrated the start of its fifth decade. It began life in 1975 as the Vallican-Winlaw Food Cooperative, when 20 families got together to order bulk food. Two other candidates merited strong consideration for top newsmaker: • The Nelson Police Department, which was at loggerheads this year with city council over funding, named a new chief, and saw an officer convicted of assault on the strength of testimony from three other officers (see related story page 6). • New Democrat Wayne Stetski, who was elected to represent Kootenay-Columbia in parliament by a razor-thin margin over incumbent Conservative David Wilks (see related story page 6).
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108 points Abe BOSTON BRUINS NEW YORK ISLANDERS FLORIDA PANTHERS DETROIT RED WINGS CALGARY FLAMES LOS ANGELES KINGS PITTSBURGH PENGUINS OTTAWA SENATORS LOS ANGELES KINGS EDMONTON OILERS ARIZONA COYOTES BOSTON BRUINS VANCOUVER CANUCKS EDMONTON OILERS ST. LOUIS BLUES COLORADO AVALANCHE SAN JOSE SHARKS CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS WINNIPEG JETS ST. LOUIS BLUES EDMONTON OILERS VANCOUVER CANUCKS
111 points Justin Pelant BOSTON BRUINS NEW YORK ISLANDERS MONTREAL CANADIENS DETROIT RED WINGS CALGARY FLAMES EDMONTON OILERS PITTSBURGH PENGUINS OTTAWA SENATORS CALGARY FLAMES ANAHEIM DUCKS WINNIPEG JETS BOSTON BRUINS VANCOUVER CANUCKS ARIZONA COYOTES ST. LOUIS BLUES CALGARY FLAMES SAN JOSE SHARKS CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS ANAHEIM DUCKS ST. LOUIS BLUES EDMONTON OILERS VANCOUVER CANUCKS
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Michael Wayne Pickard March 15, 1978 - December 14, 2015
On the evening of December 14th, 2015 after a long battle with cancer Michael Pickard passed away in his home peacefully. His last moments were spent surrounded by his loved ones and friends. He is survived by Kim Harley, (mother), Kevin Pickard, (father), David Pickard, (brother), Sydney Pickard (niece), Paysley Pickard (niece), Tasha Pickard (sister-in-law), Gina Pickard (aunt), Jane (aunt), Gary (uncle),Martin Pickard (uncle), Bruce Pickard (uncle), Dakota May (daughter), Tia (his dog), Michael is also survived by many cousins and many many friends. Michael was predeceased by Bert & Meg (grandparents), Harley & Irene and Gordon Pickard. We will all miss you Michael and we will cherish our short chapter of this life with you until we meet again to continue a new chapter. Lots of love always: Mom, Dad, David, Tasha, Sydney, Paysley and Tia.
Daniel Evans Daniel P. Evans (Dan), 61, died Saturday December 12, 2015 at his home in Nelson when he chose to end his life after many years of living with depression. Daniel was born July 4, 1954 in Waterloo, Quebec. He moved out west as a young adult and spent over 30 years living in Nelson where he raised his family. Daniel had a passion for Harley Davidson motorcycles, rock and roll music, vinyl records, and loved to canoe and be outdoors. He is survived by his mother Lilianne PerraultEvans; his son Jesse Evans and daughter Rachelle Ray; his two brothers Michael Theriault and Maurice Evans and three sisters Priscilla Evans, Jaqueline Jette, Christine Bolduc; as well as many nieces and nephews, and some very close friends including Gord Owens. He is predeceased by his father Thomas Evans. A private memorial service has been held. In lieu of flowers donations can be made to the Canadian Mental Health Association: www.cmha.ca
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Purchasing Coordinator School District 8 is seeking applications for an employee who will, under the direction of the Secretary Treasurer or designate: a) Perform a variety of duties relating to the procurement of capital, equipment, supplies and services. This employee will also be responsible for assisting the Secretary Treasurer in preparing and awarding tenders, quotations and bulk orders. b) Provide clerical support to the Information Technology Department. This position works under the direction of the Secretary Treasurer or designate to perform a variety of clerical duties including inventory control 1 day per week. The nature of this position will require the Purchasing Coordinator to work with constant interruptions and minimal supervision while meeting deadlines as well as travel throughout the district. REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS, EXPERIENCE AND ABILITIES: a) Grade 12, Level III Purchasing Management Association of Canada, Professional Development Program and courses in Business Education and related computer software and/or b) Two years recent previous experience in the purchasing field, including working knowledge of purchasing processes and procedures and legal requirements including Federal and Provincial legislation (Sales Tax, the Goods and Services Tax and Duty Exemptions, AIT, TILMA, etc.). c) Proven ability to operate a computer with word processing, spreadsheet, database and communication applications. d) Ability to communicate effectively, both oral and written, with employees and the public. e) Valid Class 5 B.C. driver’s license. The awarded applicant will be required to join the CUPE Local 748 Union. Wages will be as per the current Collective Agreement found at http://www.sd8.bc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/748SD.-8-COLLECTIVE-AGREEMENT-2014-2019-FINAL.pdf. A Criminal Records Check will be required. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
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WHO’S THE VICTIM HERE?
We live in a world of suffering. None of us is immune from it. Whether through illness, natural disasters and accidents, or through human dysfunction and cruelty, all of us will experience suffering in our lives. It seems that we also live in an age of victimization. We see it on the news; we hear it all around us. “Life is unfair!” “You ruined my life!” “I’m the victim here!” We have witnessed groups claiming to be more victimized than the next group, as if it were a badge of honor. We have even seen this game being played by nations on the world stage.
Somehow we often feel comfortable being victims. Perhaps we it gives us a sense of moral superiority. For some, playing the victim provides a sense of control, as they manipulate others through guilt. Others simply enjoy never having to grow up and take responsibility for their own lives. Playing the victim card, however, has severe consequences. It warps our identity. It inhibits the development of life-giving relationships. It prevents us from maturing and realizing our destiny. Self-pity effectively blocks our ability to be healed, physically, emotionally or spiritually
Suffering may be inevitable, but being a victim is not. Victimization is a choice we make. We may choose not to forgive. We may choose to blame others and hold grudges. We may choose to wallow in self-pity. We may choose, if we wish, to remain victims. God has given us the freedom to choose how we respond to suffering. As in all things, God desires that we choose life. But the choice is up to us. “…I have set before you life and death, blessings and curses. Now choose life, so that you and your children may live.” Deuteronomy 30:19 By Ken Wilson The Bridge Christian Community
Sunday Gatherings @ 10am The Front Room Event Centre 910 Front Street Come as you are! www.nelsonvineyardchurch.com 250.509.1118 or 250.509.0151
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Language of LOVE All children welcome for Sunday School and Nursery Room available
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9:30 am at the Anglican Church on Busk Rd. For information 250-229-5237 St. Saviour's Anglican Church 701 Ward St. at Silica St., Nelson Eucharist and Children's Program
Every Sunday 10:30 a.m. St. Saviour’s Food Pantry Open Every Friday 9 - 11 a.m.
St. Michael & All Angels Sunday Service 11:30 a.m. 8551 Busk Road, Balfour
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CATHEDRAL OF MARY IMMACULATE 813 Ward Street 352-7131 Feast Of Mary: Thursday December 31st 5:00 pm Friday January 1st 10:30 am Sunday Mass Times: Saturday 7:00 pm Sunday 8:30 & 10:30 a.m. rccathedral@shaw.ca • www.catholiccathedralnelson.ca
Unity Centre of the Kootenays Traditional Bowl Burning Ceremony 717 Vernon St. Sunday at 11 a.m. Any questions? Contact 250-354-5394
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Noteworthy passings of 2015
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from all the volunteers and cats and dogs at KAAP.
Dorothy Bayoff, 101. Woolworth’s counter manager. Died April 9.
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Art Field, 79. Longtime Salmo educator, coach, and school trustee. Died July 14 in Trail.
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Joe Irving, 103. Longtime ironworker and author. Died Sept. 23.
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Terry Napora. Longtime Nelson lawyer. Died June 24. Holley Rubinsky, 72. Award-winning author, editor, mentor and writing teacher. Died Aug. 1 in Kaslo.
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Henry Stevenson, 99. Machinist, aviator, history buff. Died May 17. For more Year in Review features, including a look at anniversaries we celebrated, see nelsonstar.com.
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Brooke Malakoff, 20. Advocate for childhood cancer research. Died Oct. 17 of a rare tumour.
We have some smaller dogs who will be looking for excellent homes in the new year. Please check their specific web information online at www.kaap.ca/adopt, or call 250-352-2008 for more information.
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Lyle Kristiansen, 76. Two-time Member of Parliament for Kootenay West. Died June 18 in Sechelt. Wayne King. Painter, woodcutter, philosopher, and eccentric. Died June 14.
4-bed, 3-bath home on large corner lot in Uphill. Main floor has an open kitchen, dining and living room with a gas fireplace, 3 beds, 2 baths incl. an ensuite, also access to the private deck. Fully finished basement with large family room, bedroom, full bath, laundry, lots of storage and access to covered patio and the beautifully landscaped fenced yard.
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Aya Higashi, 96. Longtime teacher and last remaining Kaslo resident interned there during the Second World War. Vic Howe, 85. Former Nelson Maple Leaf and Gordie Howe’s brother. Died Jan. 31 in Moncton.
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To you, your families and friends, all the best in the New Year! Thanks for your support throughout 2015. From Mayor Deb Kozak, City Council and all the staff at the City of Nelson
WE’RE MOVING! That’s right. The Nelson Star is moving to the old CPR Train Station at the end of Baker Street. We will be in our new location and open for business on Jan 4th. We will be in our old offices until Dec 30th, but will be closed on Dec 31st to get ready for the move.
Same familiar phone number NEW LOCATION: 91 Baker Street
CHRISTMAS HOURS: Dec 21-23: 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Dec 24: 8:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. Dec 25: Closed Dec 28: Closed Dec 29: 8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m. Dec 30: 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Dec 31: Closed January 1: Closed