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Seeking the big lunker Vavenby resident Ron Cederholm holds the 45 cm kokanee that won him first place in Clearwater Rotary Club’s annual Ice Man fishing derby on Dutch Lake on Sunday, Jan. 31. Despite good conditions, there were only 39 anglers entered, down somewhat from previous years. Close to 100 people were on the ice for the event. For more photos from the Ice Man fishing derby, see page A10 inside. Photo by Keith McNeill

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Kinder Morgan still optimistic about pipeline expansion Keith McNeill The new Liberal government in Ottawa has extended the cabinet review period by four months and the B.C. government has said it can’t support the project, but Kinder Morgan still hopes to have an expanded Trans Mountain pipeline in service as of 2019, according to company spokesperson Dave Fowles. Speaking during a community-to-community forum held Friday at Dutch Lake Community Centre, Fowles said Kinder Morgan has the longest and safest record for pipeline operation in North America. "Nobody spends more money on safety and integrity than Kinder Morgan," he said. There is great demand for the service, he said. Before announcing in 2012 that it intended to nearly triple the Trans Mountain pipeline’s capacity to 890,000 barrels per day, Kinder Morgan got 15 to 20 agreements with shippers. The project would involve installing 980 km of new 36" or 48" pipe between Edmonton and Burnaby. About 73 per cent would follow the existing pipeline right-of-way. Another 16 per cent would be along other linear infrastructure, such as highways and fibre-optic. Only 11 per cent would involve new rightof-way. Total capital cost of the project is put at $5.4 billion. Fowles said he was proud of how Kinder Morgan has addressed First Nations’ concerns. The company has consulted with 133 Aboriginal communities and groups, he said. He said that the information from First Nations helps pipeline planning. "It comes from the people who are closest to the land," he said.

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District of Barriere councillor Pat Paula asked what would happen if there was not enough land available for doubling. Fowles replied that the existing corridor is only 18 m wide but when the original pipe was put down 60 years ago it was laid along one side of the corridor, leaving room for a second pipe. Whether more land would be needed for a work area would depend on the site, he said. Mel Rothenburger, Thompson-Nicola Regional District director for Area P (Rivers and the Peaks), asked if Fowles’ comparison of the pipeline’s capacity with 440 railcars per day was realistic. The Kinder Morgan spokesperson said that pipelines offer the safest and most economical method of transporting petroleum products. He said that his understanding was that most of the rail cars coming this way are because of lack of pipeline capacity. However, most rail cars carrying petroleum products are heading south from Alberta, not west. Fowles noted that 440 rail cars would work out to about six trains per day. Thompson Headwaters (Area B) director Willow MacDonald asked about how Kinder Morgan planned to satisfy the concerns raised by the government of this province. The Kinder Morgan spokesperson said the B.C. government has set five conditions before it can support the pipeline expansion. He said he was confident that the company could work through any concerns expressed. The community-to-community forum was a meeting involving District of Clearwater, District of Barriere, Simpcw First Nation, plus Thompson-Nicola Regional District directors, board and staff. Several have been held in the North Thompson Valley, with sponsorship from Union of BC Municipalities.

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Proud parents Baljinder Dhanoa (l) and Amanpreet Dhanoa hold their daughter, Seneh Gurdev Kaur Dhanoa – the first baby of 2016 from Clearwater and area. She was born Jan. 19 and weighed 7 pounds, 6 ounces. Gertie McKeown presented the new parents with a baby quilt on behalf of the Hospital Auxiliary.

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BC Family Day on Monday, Feb. 8, offers British Columbians a holiday weekend to spend with their loved ones, enjoying fun and engaging events throughout the province. Family Day in this area will include an event at Clearwater Secondary School, 1 – 4 p.m. The afternoon will provide a variety of activities certain to provide entertainment for the whole family, such as indoor tennis, Aboriginal engagement, theatre, cooking, Lego, sewing, dance, indoor soccer, floor hockey, obstacle course, fort building, art, science, family zumba, family photography, wood project, and drumming. "BC Family Day is a time to celebrate the importance of families and family life in communities large and small, urban and rural, throughout British Columbia,” said Peter Fassbender, Minister of Community, Sport and Cultural

Development. “I encourage all British Columbians to take the opportunity to spend this extra time with their loved ones and enjoy one of the many activities happening this weekend." The B.C. government is providing $290,000 to support local BC Family Day events. For more information about BC Family Day and to discover what's happening in your area, visit: http://blog.gov.bc.ca/bcfamilyday/ BC Recreation and Parks Association (BCRPA) provided Family Day grants to municipal and regional district recreation departments and First Nations communities. Grant recipients will host BC Family Day weekend events at various local venues, including community centres, arenas and aquatic centres. Find Family Day events in your hometown through the BCRPA's events listings: www.bcrpa.bc.ca/ familyday/2016/events

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Clearwater has Evergreen Acres, which provides low cost independent living for seniors. And it has Forestview Place, the extended care wing at Dr. Helmcken Memorial Hospital, for those who need more round-the-clock attention. However, there has long been recognition of the need for something in between. A “campus of care” facility would encompass alternate residential options such as assisted living, semidependent, hospice or respite care, and/or a

facility for challenged adults to support individuals aging in place and at end of life. During its Jan. 19 meeting, Clearwater town council adopted terms of reference for a campus of care steering committee and approved the appointment of the members of the committee. Last June the Ministry of Health announced a grant of $50,000 for the District to complete a feasibility study to identify the need for a campus of care in the North Thompson Valley. Mayor John Harwood infor-

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Legion announces poster and literary winners Keith McNeill “We found a lot of good talent. It was amazing.” That was how Harry James, representative for Royal Canadian Legion Branch #259, described the judging for the Legion's annual poster and literary contest. The contest was held last fall in conjunction with Remembrance Day. James announced the results for the branch and zone judging during an assembly at Raft River Elementary School on Monday morning. Seven students from Raft placed first or second in the zone competition, James said, which was quite an accomplishment. The two first place winners were automatically entered in the provincial contest. How they did there has not yet been announced. The winners at the zone level were: color poster intermediate – 1, Mackenzie Ross; black and white poster junior – 1, Dustin Hurst;

color poster, primary – 2, Lars Dowker; black and white poster, primary – 2, Mia Thompson; poem, junior – 2, Tommy Panko; poem, intermediate – 2, Kelly Ludbrook; black and white poster, intermediate – 2, Dalton Carr. Winners at the branch level were: Primary, black and white poster – 1, Mia Thompson; 2, Low Colbert; 3, Kalan Priede. • colour poster –1, Lars Dowker; 2, Lilly Frost; 3, Lilly Dulaba. Intermediate, black and white poster, 1, Dalton Carr; 2, Solamyn Barstow; 3, Damian Braaten. • colour poster – Mackenzie Ross; 2, Dalton Carr; 3, Devin Green. Poem – 1, Kelly Ludbrook; 2, Damian Braaten; 3, Mackenzie Ross; honorable mention, Solamyn Barstow. Junior, black and white poster – 1, Dustin Hurst; 2, Cassidy Tucker; 3, Amery Hokai. • colour poster – 1, Tommy Panko; 2, Braxton Hall; 3, Sarah Oud.

Winners at the zone level of the Legion's annual poster and literary contest pose for a photograph. Pictured are (back, l-r) Kelly Ludbrook, Tommy Panko, Dalton Carr, Legion rep. Harry James, (front, l-r) Lars Dowker, Dustin Hurst, Mia Thompson and Mackenzie Ross.

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Province commits $10 million for B.C. ground search and rescue Submitted "Wells Gray Search and Rescue is pleased to see the government of B.C. recognize the commitment by the 80 volunteer search and rescue teams in the Province of British Columbia.” That was the response of Ryan McLarty, the president of and a search manager with Wells Gray Search and Rescue, following a recent announcement that the province was committing $10 million for search and rescue teams in B.C. “A lot of volunteer hours go into securing funding to purchase the rescue equipment required to respond to wilderness and remote emergencies on behalf of the tasking agencies,” McLarty added. “These SAR tasks on any given day may require avalanche, swift water, rope and ground search and rescue equipment to safely deal with these situations.” The spokesperson noted that tasks can come from a variety of agencies, including

the RCMP, BC Ambulance, BC Coroners Service, fire departments, Parks Canada and Canadian Armed Forces. “Going forward we hope that this is the first step in securing long term ongoing funding to ensure SAR teams are equipped to continue responding provincewide,” McLarty said. “Currently Wells Gray SAR like many of the teams in the region utilize matching annual grants from the TNRD and the BC Lotteries community gaming grant fund to secure our yearly funding.” According to a media release, the government will be providing $10-million in one-time funding to help bolster training, administrative support and equipment renewals. Once allocated, the funding will be spent according to the needs of the local ground search and rescue teams, replacing or updating equipment, providing administrative support and paying for new or additional training.

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Article on smart meters did not tell whole story Editor, The Times:

I read Tom Fletcher's article (“Smart meter system finishes under budget," Jan. 28 issue) about the BC Hydro smart meter project being "officially complete" and "$153 million below the original budget". (The future cost of replacing all these meters, whose life-expectancy is at least 10 years less than the analog meters, is not mentioned.) Now, I realize how figures can be manipulated, so I'm not nec-

essarily swallowing this whole, but I find it interesting that the article notes there are still 13,320 customers who have refused to accept smart meters, "opting to pay a monthly fee." Well, we didn't actually opt for the fee; we just refused to part with our safe and reliable, long-life analogs that don't emit EMF – the fee part was imposed as a kind of extortion or punishment for not playing their game. A little math: my

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$408/year extortion fee times 13,320 'refuseniks' yields BC Hydro $5,434,560 a year to offset their expenses; and don't let them tell you this is for meter readers. Meter reading was always been included in the service provided (even though they are not really needed, with today's communication devices), and there are countless 'smart' meters in rural areas still being read by meter readers. While I appreciated the 'privilege' of being allowed to 'opt out' (though I never opted in), I resent the fact that B.C. residents 'in the know' are paying a higher opt-out fee than anywhere else in the country, or indeed, in North America. Should a 'refuseniks' falter in his/her resolve, there is a $55 charge to 'opt in' to the smart meter program. And should BC Hydro decide to force

the issue, there is a $65 "failed installation charge" if a customer refuses forced meter exchange or obstructs access. BC Hydro also has demonstrated that they have the power and will to cut service (winter or not) to a customer who refuses to pay the extortion fees (despite years of loyal service payment); then, when the noncompliant customer has been whipped into submission of 'back payments', s/he is then charged an exorbitant fee to be reconnected – to a 'smart' meter! It sure seems like a David versus Goliath story; I hope it ends the same way. I never thought our government would allow its citizens to be subjected to such obvious extortion when trying to protect their privacy, security, safety and health.

P. Gregson Clearwater, B.C.

Readers of the Times might recall that longtime North Thompson resident Jean Nelson and your editor cycled from Toronto to Ottawa last spring to publicize a petition calling for a Canada-wide referendum on carbon fee-and-dividend. Carbon fee-and-dividend is a method to help control humancaused climate change. It would put a fee on fossil fuels, similar to a carbon tax, but all the money collected would be returned to individuals as equal dividends. Dr. James Hansen, in some ways the dean of climate scientists, has advocated for carbon fee-and-dividend for many years. Quite a few top economists agree that carbon fee-and-dividend would be the best and most effective mechanism to control global warming. Somewhat surprisingly, Hansen has complained bitterly about major environmental groups (what he calls “Big Green”) that not only do not support carbon fee-anddividend, but that also appear to oppose it. Carbon Washington, the group that has successfully raised enough signatures to force a referendum on a revenue-neutral carbon tax in that state, has been opposed by a consortium of environmental groups that want the money raised by the carbon tax to go to “green infrastructure” and not to reducing other taxes. Recently Jean Nelson contacted a prominent B.C. environmentalist who does not support CF&D and asked him why not. In his reply he said, in part, “… we need as much of the carbon tax income as possible to invest in climate solutions.” No doubt at least some of the money raised through carbon taxes should be used this way. However, it is hard to believe that all of it or even a majority should be. Like it or not, carbon fee-anddividend is going to have to do most of the heavy lifting. Here are some arguments against the prominent B.C. environmentalist’s position:

1. CF&D would be more politically acceptable. In order for a price on carbon to have an adequate effect it’s going to have to be pretty high. A reasonable guess would be around $300/tonne carbon dioxide, or 10 times B.C.’s present carbon tax. People will not accept that unless they see some direct benefit coming back to them – a sizeable dividend cheque in the mail. 2. If a carbon tax were several times higher than B.C.’s and all or most of it going into government revenue, governments would become dependent on it as a cash cow. There would be tremendous pressure not to raise the carbon tax so high as to damage the fossil fuel industry. If the revenue were to go out as dividends, on the other hand, we can rely on people to want their cheques to be as big as possible, even if that means wrecking the fossil fuel industry, which is what we want. 3. Governments do not have a good record picking new and innovative technologies. CF&D would create a huge market for alternative energy under a free market system. Inventors would go out, raise capital and, if their ideas are good ones, become successes. This would be preferable to having government committees determine the winners and losers among new ideas. 4. CF&D would directly address the growing economic inequality in Canada and the world. It is hard to see how investing in green infrastructure, etc. would have any effect on economic inequality. 5. CF&D is simple, inexpensive and transparent. All of the alternatives are not. Why have no major environmental groups endorsed carbon fee-and-dividend? My suspicion is they do not want to alarm the donors that they rely on for funding. Carbon feeand-dividend, on the other hand, would be alarmingly disruptive. The fact is, however, that if a group is not talking about carbon fee-and-dividend then they are not really talking about ways to control human-caused climate change.

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Question of the Week

? Do you think the words “... in all thy son's command” should be taken out of O' Canada?

Sharon:

No, leave things alone. There are more important things than that.

Liam Rorison (with Brooklynn and Emma-lee):

I don't think we should change the words of our national anthem.

Kim Ramsay:

Ray Jackson:

Jim Lamberton:

It's been the same for many years and I don't see the need to change it. For one thing, we'd all have to learn the new words.

Yes, why not. I think it's long overdue. It's time we updated a lot of stuff, especially now that we have Trudeau and not Harper.

I think it should be changed to “all our daughters' command,” to make it more gender ... you (referring to editor Keith McNeill) put in the word, you change mine anyways.

Article misrepresents Upper Clearwater dispute BaseJournalRONA2007_Ang

Editor, The Times:

If the article written by Adam Williams – Kamloops This Week (“Upper Clearwater dispute likened to 'Hatfields and McCoys'”, Jan. 28 issue), was intended to sensationalize a difference of opinion between a handful of people living in Upper Clearwater and cause them and others alarm and distress, then it appears to have been successful. We have fielded numerous

communications from worried and concerned neighbours, friends and others who remember and know the Upper Clearwater Hall to be a joyous place. Those who know us know that we are not thuggish louts who smash up property and terrorize our neighbours. Those that don’t know us yet but take a little time to talk with us will find that out for themselves. The comments made by

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maybe, become a member 2/26/07 and Director Schaffer really say BaseJournalRONA2007_Ang help look after the ‘old hall’. more about how she repreYou can find out more on sents some people in Area ‘A’ our web site at www.ucfi.ca! and were possibly not the best approach to heal “a rift in our community.” The hall was built to be used and enjoyed. We look after it so it can be used and enjoyed and it is available to everyone to be used and enjoyed. If anyone still has doubts, come and talk with us, see things for yourself or

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I am writing in response to Gloria Petre's letter in the Jan. 28 issue (“Former Upper Clearwater resident asks for end to feuding about the hall”). Gloria suggests it is a difference in opinion between old-timers and newcomers that is causing problems in the Upper Clearwater. Not at all. There are just as many newcomers as old-timers

who object to supporting the Upper Clearwater Farmers Institute. It has absolutely nothing to do with the length of time one has lived in the valley. It has everything to do with being appalled at how badly people have been treated: verbal abuse, swearing, lack of respect, refusal to have democratic ballot voting, the list goes on and on. The UCFI states

they will be unable to operate the hall if the landowners of the Upper Clearwater stop paying taxes to support them. This is totally ludicrous. For pity's sake, follow the example of the Clearwater groups who have halls – earn the funds to support your hall. Yes, fundraising does require work on the part of the members – but how much more satisfying to

earn one's keep. Remember how wonderful it felt to earn your first paycheque? I am sure it will feel equally wonderful to know that you are supporting yourselves – and to know that the rest of the valley is supporting causes to which they subscribe, not one they have been unfairly trapped into supporting.

Ellen Ferguson Upper Clearwater, B.C.

Urban drug ghettos aren't working well Tom Fletcher, Black Press Communities around B.C. are struggling to cope with the continued influx of what politicians call “homelessness,” a term that suggests the problem can be solved merely by providing more homes. Taxpaying citizens

see the daily reality behind the soothing euphemisms – mainly transients squatting in parks and “tent cities” blighted by drug abuse and crime, and “homeless” shelters that fill up as soon as they open. They worry that the continued costly supply of supports only invites more arrivals, particularly in

the gentle climate of southwestern B.C. Their worries are well founded. In Abbotsford, a 40-bed “temporary weather shelter” made from industrial camp trailers opened in December with a $450,000 operating grant from B.C. Housing. It was full in 10

days. Abbotsford Police Chief Bob Rich told city council in January that his bike officers don’t recognize most of the shelter occupants from their constant patrols of local tent camps, the largest of which has been on a city-owned roadside site since 2013. Continued on page A7

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YEARS AGO:

Residents of School District 26 were about to vote in a referendum that would allow borrowing of close to $1 million to provide a full secondary school program at Clearwater Secondary School. Sending Grade 11 and 12 students to Kamloops, as some were suggesting, would cost the district $200 per year for tuition, plus $65 per month boarding allowance, trustee Mrs. Pye said. An eager group of residents was planning the first annual Winter Carnival for Vavenby and, indeed, for all the valley.

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A man of approximately 75 years of age took an unscheduled trip on the CNR from Vancouver to Irvine (about six miles north of Vavenby). He had decided that an empty boxcar would be a good place to sleep. He woke up to find the train on its way and that he could not open the door. He was able to climb out at Irvine, and walked along the tracks to Vavenby. After a bowl of soup and talking to some section workers, he disappeared.

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YEARS AGO:

Forty-two businesses signed up to have their names on a large directional map that was to be erected in time for the next tourist season by the Clearwater Business Association. Art Mayer was looking for a Channel 12 head in order to transfer television reception from Kamloops to Barriere, which should improve reception. Blue River Elementary School principal Mr. Tefinbach asked if the old school could be saved. School trustees made a motion that the school be sold to the Blue River Forum Committee for one dollar.

YEARS AGO: Clearwater curlers Marg Lehto, Gloria Sauer, Linda Yurkiw and Daisy Hystad were to be one of four teams representing the Interior at the Provincial Playdowns in Victoria. Clearwater and District Minor Hockey Association reported that it had 138 youngsters registered. Their fees paid for ice time Oct. 1 to mid-January. From that time until the end of March, icetime was paid for by fundraising.

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TNRD Area A director Paul Caissie, Area A Parks, Television and Cemeteries committee chairman Murray Stockton and a Vancouver technician tried to reach the propane powered television repeater site on Grizzly Mountain but were stopped by weather conditions. Committee member Bert Walker said he had received a telephone call from the western vice-president of CN/

CP Communications regarding participation in installing an electrical power-line to a proposed new repeater site on Ada Mountain.

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Blue River's Sonia Dobson, age 19, and Viva Wolf, 16, led the Canadian National Natural Luge Team to its best-ever showing at the 10th Natural Luge Championships in Oberperfuss, Austria. Ninth place finisher Dobson was the first non-European to break into the top 10 at the event, while Wolf came 11th. First baby of the year, born on Jan. 24, was Andreas Ernest Paul Hauenstein, son of Ursula and Rene Haeunstein.

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Clearwater's “new” multi-level health care centre cleared last minute budget problems. After a review, costs were brought back within budget at an estimated $5.5 million. Kamloops Thompson Teacher Association (KTTA) was butting heads with SD 73 regarding class sizes. KTTA took the stand that “children will suffer” if kindergarten classes jumped from 20 to 23 and primary classes from 22 to 24.

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Signs warned of thin ice on Dutch Lake. Nevertheless, several people continued to ice fish on the lake. A forest fuel management program carried out by District of Clearwater had both reduced the risk of wildfires plus created employment, Mayor John Harwood told an open house. "I probably would've just gone for a quarter-million but Bert Walker said go for the full $2.4 million, and we've got it over two years," he said. The program had created 6,830 person-days of employment, said corporate administrator Leslie Groulx.

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The Rocky Mountain Ranger Cadet Corps had until May to recruit more local officers and cadets or it would be shut down. To run an efficient corps 30 cadets were required. At the time, Clearwater had 20 cadets enrolled, with 12 parading each training night. Conservative candidate Betty Hinton took 39.3 per cent of the votes in the KamloopsThompson-Cariboo riding, giving her a third straight victory

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Clearwater Medical Clinic announced that it had five doctors working after a period when Dr. Soles had been the only regular physician. A guest editorial by Tom Fletcher argued that a wolf kill was the last hope for saving the mountain caribou. A column on another page from Valhalla Wilderness Watch said that the government's caribou recovery program, including shooting wolves from helicopters, was failing disastrously.

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New monitor for hospital (L-r) Dr. Helmcken Memorial Hospital X-ray technician Dionne Rad gives Hospital Auxiliary members Sue Ludtke, Marilyn Collison, Marg Anderson and Evelyn Warner a close-up look at a new $2,000.00 Holter monitor – another item from the doctors' wish list purchased with help from the Auxiliary. The device allows 24-hour cardiac monitoring for diagnostic purposes. TNRD director Carol Schaffer donated $1,000 towards the monitor from her discretionary fund. Photo submitted

Housing for homeless doesn't work up with around $1 million for Continued from page A5 this project, in a residential area In Maple Ridge, a “low barrier next to a school, but it still needs harm reduction” shelter was millions more to renovate and opened last fall in response to a run it. This would presumably growing tent camp and accomcome from B.C. taxpayers via panying drug dealing, prostituour social housing czar, deputy tion and petty crime. premier Rich Coleman. One resident noted bitterly Coleman pioneered this that a mayor’s task force had “housing first” experiment in identified 42 unsheltered home2007, buying up 13 centuryless people, then found places old “single-room occupancy” for 77 from the camp, 40 from hotels in Vancouver’s notoria closing “temporary” shelter ous Downtown Eastside. These and 40 in a new shelter. “How crumbling bedbug habitats were exactly does one house 157 out bought and renovated for a of 42?” she asked. Victoria’s camping population staggering $143 million, plus a 15-year maintenance commithas gathered in an Occupy-style ment and a cop assigned to each squat on provincial land next to one in an effort to contain the the courthouse, after years of uncontrolled camping in Beacon chaos inside. Hill and other city parks. Coleman brags endlessly The city opened a shelter in about the great job he has a vacant Boys and Girls Club done, but how is that actugym, complete with new indoor ally working? A new study tents. By the time that was full, by Simon Fraser University the courthouse camp was bigresearchers provides a more ger than ever, with some occuobjective assessment. pants describing how they came to town for the opportunity. One said Vancouver Police gave her a bus ticket to Victoria. The latest plan by a local agency that runs Victoria shelters is to convert an old, empty seniors’ care home into a 101-bed permanent housing facility. This If you have 10 Garbage would also be “low barBags or more rier,” a euphemism for allowing drug and alcohol consumption in the rooms. The city has come

Tracking 433 mentally ill homeless adults over 10 years, the study found the concentration of low-rent accommodation, food handouts, street outreach and medical supports resulted in “significant personal decline rather than recovery, as evidenced by their involvement in the criminal justice system, large increases in acute care and prolonged homelessness.” The rate of people arriving in this service-intensive hellhole has tripled in the last 10 years, a finding similar to studies of concentrated services in New York, Sao Paulo and Osaka. It’s a cautionary tale for other urban communities where this failed containment model is proposed. – Tom Fletcher is B.C. legislature reporter and columnist for Black Press. Email: tfletcher@ blackpress.ca Twitter: @tomfletcherbc

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The Lower North Thompson Community Forest Society (LNTCFS ) reported recently that it had received a total of 15 grant applications in 2015 for requested funding of $66,750, which well exceeded the planned amount for disbursement. After reviewing all of the applications received, 11 recipients were chosen to receive grants from the organization totalling $25,375. “We wish them the best of luck in completion of their projects,” said LNTCFS manager Mike Francis, RPF. Non-profit organizations receiving 2015 LNTCFS grants are: • Barriere and District Heritage Society – continuation/completion of the Heritage Garden project including repairs to side walk, gazebo, soil amendment, and labour $1,400 • Barriere Elementary School – support of the community garden program $1,000 • Barriere Recreation Society (Curling Club) – keeping youth fees low, bringing in several curling programs, and completing building repairs $2,000

• McLure Firefighters & Recreation Association – support in meeting increased training and equipment requirements under new Playbook $6,225 • Yellowhead Pioneer Residence Society – window replacements, heating upgrades and air conditioning for seniors housing units $3,500 • Little Fort Recreation Society – purchase of a new stage for the Little Fort Community Hall $2,500 • District of Barriere – establishment of a commemorative plaque for workers injured or killed in the logging and forest industry $1,000 • Pentacostal Christian Life Assembly – replacement of broken tables $1,000 • Barriere Secondary School Parent Advisory Council (PAC) – providing student assistance with various funding $2,000 • North Thompson Volunteer and Information Center – carpet replacement in the Volunteer Center and upgrading educational games and supplies $4,000 • North Thompson Communities Foundation – a one day Not For Profit capacity building event $750

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North Thompson Women in Business (NTWIB) was established in 2013 as a not-for-profit organization created to give a voice to Clearwater and district businesswomen, whether they be professionals, run their own businesses, are thinking about starting a business or work for others. Our aim is to offer as many networking opportunities as possible to all women and to promote one another's businesses. We hold interesting and enjoyable social events that members and the general public are welcome to attend. We meet once a month (last Monday) in January, February, March, April, May, September, October and November. Meeting place is the Wells Gray Inn, 12 p.m. - 2pm. Drop-in fee is $2 and you purchase your own lunch. We have numerous guest speakers; and offer provocative thinking, innovative business ideas, and workable solutions. Have your most-pressing business challenges, concerns, and questions addressed in our open forum. Exchange ideas and insights. We also offer very affordable advertising on our web site; www.thingstodoclearwaterbc.com

We will be hosting our first annual NTWIB Expo on Saturday, April 2 in the foyer of the Clearwater Lodge. This event will be free to the public while the cost to showcase your business will be $50 per table. Please contact Fay McCracken 250-6742700 or email ntwomeninbusiness@gmail for more information or to register your business and receive your expo package.

Stephanie Molina Tourism Marketing manager for Tourism Wells Gray, was the guest speaker at the Jan. 25 Women In Business meeting at the Wells Gray Inn.

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MP McLeod talks about new website, office location and parliamentary session Submitted OTTAWA – Cathy McLeod, Member of Parliament for Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo invites constituents to visit her updated website, drop in at her re-located constituency office in Kamloops and “Have Your Say” on policy decisions facing our country. “The first week of Parliament covered a variety of issues from the official opposition calling on the prime minister to commit to speaking with President Obama about the expiration of the Canada-US Softwood Lumber Agreement, to a motion calling on the government to recognize the importance of the energy sector to the Canadian economy,” said McLeod. “The announcement to lift sanctions against Iran was disturbing given the country’s continued support for terrorism as a state policy. As for the new mechanisms in the pipeline review process, it has become apparent that the process will likely create delays and not change support levels,” stated McLeod.

The Special Joint Commons Committee on physician-assisted dying convened on Jan. 25, and is holding a series of public consultations to hear from experts and stakeholders with the goal of reporting back with legislative suggestions by Feb. 26. As the week came to a close, the new government announced that it is considering whether to cancel Friday sittings of Parliament and move that day’s workload to earlier in the week. This was within a package of ‘family friendly’ measures which includes scheduling votes at 3 p.m. “I would like to invite all constituents to give me their feedback on my website poll on a Private Member’s Bill that Parliament will be voting on in the near future,” said McLeod. “The bill calls for changing a line in our National Anthem from ‘in all thy sons command’ to ‘in all of us command’. “I welcome everyone to stop by my new Kamloops office at 6-275 Seymour Street in Kamloops, or 118-475 Birch Ave, in 100 Mile House,” said McLeod.

DISTRICT OF CLEARWATER BUDGET PRESENTATION & OPEN HOUSE Date:

February 11, 2016

Afternoon Time:

2pm to 4pm, Presentation at 2:30pm

Evening Time:

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The District of Clearwater will be hosting a Budget Presentation & Open House at the Dutch Lake Community Center on Thursday, February 11, 2016, from 2:00pm to 4:00pm and 6:00pm to 8:00pm. Both sessions will be covering the same topics. The purpose of the Open House is to gain public input for the 2016 – 2020 Financial Plan. WE WANT YOU to tell us your ideas on budget & planning to improve program delivery and services. District Council has identified priorities and will be available to answer your questions in an informal setting.

Why we love winter Judges from Clearwater's Junior Council Megan Sim (l) and Stacie Panko (r) pose for a photo with the winners of the annual winter poster contest. Pictured are (l-r) Andrew Ludbrook, Gabrielle Mann, Kristen Regier and Kaylie Romero. Missing is Evan Colborne. The contest is held every year at the school for the students to show what they love about winter.

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Monthly potluck in Vavenby is community event enjoyed by all Robyn Rexin

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Twenty-four people came out to enjoy good food and friendly atmosphere at Vavenby Christian Church's monthly community potluck lunch. The event was held Wednesday, Jan. 27. Two kinds of soup were available – macaroni and hamburger/bean. The next potluck community lunch at VCC will be on Wednesday, Feb. 24, 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. Isaac Moilliet will do a stand-up comedian act at 12 p.m. during the next potluck. Come out and watch him perform. Breakfast at Vavenby Hall There will be a Valentine's Day breakfast on Sunday, Feb. 14, 9 – 11:30 a.m. The breakfast will be put on by the Vavenby Trails and Recreation Society and will be held at Vavenby Community Hall. Tickets are $4 for ages six and under, and $8 for everyone else. Tickets can be bought at the door. To buy tickets ahead of time or for more information

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phone Linda King at 250-676-9578, Wendy Pollard at 250-676-9565, or Reita Vandenborre at 250-676-9265. The ladies would appreciate people phoning to let them know if they will be attending to give the ladies a rough idea of how many to expect. On the menu will be pancakes, bacon, sausages, scrambled eggs, tea, coffee, and juice. The society is looking for more members. Phone Linda King at 250-676-9578 to find out how to join.

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Five die in avalanche near McBride Times Staff Five snowmobilers were killed Friday, Jan. 29, in a major avalanche east of McBride, according to McBride RCMP. The slide happened in the Renshaw area around 1:30 p.m. The five were among 17 persons who were snowmobiling in four separate groups in the area. Police were first notified by the activation of two emergency GPS beacons, at which point they activated Robson Valley Search and Rescue. One

helicopter was dispatched as well. Two search and rescue members were on scene almost immediately as they had been snowmobiling in the area just before the slide. "They quickly determined there were several persons that were buried," said Cpl. Dan Moskaluk. "Unfortunately, five snowmobilers are deceased as a result of the avalanche. Their remains have been recovered from the avalanche area." Rescue crews and paramedics worked through the afternoon and evening to remove people from the area and to

tend to the injured. Six to eight people who had lost their snowmobiles were shuttled off the mountain. According to BC Ambulance Service, three ground ambulances were sent to the scene and one person was transported to hospital in stable condition. McBride RCMP members interviewed people who had come off the mountain and making inquiries in the community to confirm that everyone was accounted for. On Saturday the BC Coroners Service confirmed the identity of the

five men who died. All five were from Alberta, and ranged in age from 41 to 55. They are: • Vincent Eugene Loewen, aged 52, of Vegreville, Alberta. • Tony Christopher Greenwood, aged 41, of Grand Prairie County, Alberta. • Ricky Robinson, aged 55, of Spruce Grove, Alberta. • Todd William Chisholm, aged 47, of St. Albert, Alberta. • John Harold Garley, aged 49, of Stony Plain, Alberta.

Forest industry waits for Pacific trade deal Tom Fletcher – Black Press Wood products producers are encouraged by the Trudeau government's decision to sign the TransPacific Partnership, the first step to ratifying a sweeping agreement with Japan, Australia and other Asian countries. International Trade Minister Christia Freeland said last week she will take the next "technical step," allowing the TPP to be debated in the House of Commons. It's the first signal the Liberals will continue the work started by the Conservative government, which warned against being left out as the U.S.

and Mexico go ahead with the TPP. "All in all we think this is a pretty good agreement," said Paul Lansbergen, acting president of the Forest Products Association of Canada, in an interview from Vancouver. "A lot of our industry is in rural Canada, and I think it's important for the government to recognize the importance of the well-paying jobs that we provide," he said. "And when our economy is having some rough times, particularly oil and gas, really the government should be thinking about how our economy is diversified." Lansbergen said the

deal not only phases out tariffs against Canadian forest products, it has clear provisions to settle disputes, and rules around blocking imports due to concerns about insects or other contaminants. Some of the TPP partners currently have few forest product imports from Canada because of "prohibitive" tariffs, he said. Vietnam applies tariffs of up to 31 per cent, Malaysia up to 40 per cent and Brunei up to 20 per cent, which would be phased out under TPP. Japan, a long-time customer for B.C. lumber, has tariffs of up to 10 per cent on forestry and valueadded products such

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as oriented strandboard and engineered wood. Forest product exports have done well with the low Canadian dollar, with sales to the U.S. returning to historic levels after a collapse of the U.S. housing market in 2008. Canada's softwood lumber agreement with the U.S. expired last fall, but bilateral wood products trade is exempt from the TPP as it was left out of NAFTA.

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Our heart beats 100,000 times a day pumping about six litres of blood every minute. It’s important we keep this organ in really good health. February is Heart Month in Canada, a time to reinforce the fact that regular exercise is the single most important thing we can do to keep our heart healthy. It’s good preventative maintenance and it doesn’t cost a thing! CVS is a large pharmacy chain in the U.S. In September 2014 it made a very courageous but very professional decision to ban the sale of tobacco products from all its stores. Statistics collected by a national market research firm showed that there were 95 million fewer packs of cigarettes sold nationwide in the year following this decision. Medical technology is making it easier for women to know when they are most likely to get pregnant. Actually the window is fairly small, limited to a few days before and after ovulation. There are testing kits that help determine when these days are. Our pharmacists will be happy to discuss this subject with you. There is so much research being done to find better medications for all medical conditions. We do our best to keep up-to-date on this research. If you have any questions about a new drug you’ve heard about, give us a call. We will be happy to check it out for you. Looking for a pharmacy to feel good about? Give us a try!

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Above: John Rusnak uses a bike to pull a friend's sled across the ice at the end of the derby. Behind him is fourth place winner Mike Mueller of Barriere.

Above: (L-r) Wyatt Affleck looks down the hole while his mother Sarah and sister Jessie angle for a fish. Left: (L-r) Clearwater Rotary member Larissa Hadley presents cheques to first place winner Ron Cederholm, third place winner Michelle Hall, and second place winner Denis Desjarlais.

Right: Gary Merriman helps young William Mackenzie try his hand at fishing during the Ice Man derby on Dutch Lake on Sunday. All photos by Keith McNeill

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Coastal rainforest pact to be made law Tom Fletcher – Black Press

Clearwater Novice Raptor Lars Bowker takes the puck away from two opponents during a Novice tournament at the Sportsplex last weekend.

Novice Raptors host tournament Sophie Collins looks for a way around an opponent. The local squad won its first game ever during the five-team tournament. The feedback received was genuine praise and thanks for how well the tournament was run. Photos by Keith McNeill

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The B.C. government is preparing legislation to formalize its 10-year project to protect and share logging management on a vast area of the B.C. coast with forest companies and 26 coastal First Nations. The agreement puts 85 per cent of the world’s largest intact temperate rainforest off limits to logging, and also makes permanent a ban on commercial grizzly bear hunting that was announced for much of the central and north coast region in 2009. Including Haida Gwaii, the Great Bear Rainforest agreement covers 6.4 million hectares on B.C.’s central and north coast, an area about twice the size of Vancouver Island. The final version of the long-sought agreement increases the amount of protected oldgrowth forest from 50 to 70 per cent, in addition to large areas of second growth. It adds eight new special forest management areas covering 295,000 hectares where logging is not permitted. “Ecosystem-based management is the modern term to describe what we have always done,” said Chief Marilyn Slett, president of the Coastal

First Nations, which includes the Haida Nation, Gitga’at, Metlakatla, Heiltsuk and other communities on the north coast. Dallas Smith, president of the Nanwakolas Tribal Council representing central coast communities, praised the co-operation of industry and government for the forest land use and a companion marine protection agreement that still requires federal approval. “I stand here today proud, happy, but still a little bit upset that it’s taken this long,” Smith said. Rick Jeffery, representing the industry group of Interfor, Catalyst, Western Forest Products and the provincial agency B.C. Timber Sales, said the agreement means an end to conflict and protest, with stable access to 550,000 hectares of forest harvest land. “We know now where we can operate and what the running rules are,” Jeffrey said. Forests Minister Steve Thomson said the B.C. government will provide $15 million over five years to help aboriginal communities start their own forest companies. The deal also turns over forest carbon credit rights to First Nations, which could be sold as offsets for natural gas development.

Richard Brooks of Greenpeace Canada said when environmentalists began to push for preservation of the region, 95 per cent of the forest was available for logging, and now 85 per cent is protected. The agreement formally began in 2006 when a land use plan covering about a third of the region was adopted, and work started on a compromise between industry, First Nations and environmental groups that had been organizing boycotts of B.C. forest products. The B.C. and federal governments put up $30 million each to create a larger plan using “ecosystem-based management” and aboriginal rights. The U.S. Nature Conservancy put up a matching $60 million, raised mainly from U.S. private foundations, the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, the David and Lucille Packard Foundation, the Wilberforce Foundation, the Rockefeller Brothers Fund and the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation. Environmental groups Greenpeace, Sierra Club and ForestEthics represented the foundations, and have since argued that too much oldgrowth forest would continue to be logged under the plan.

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Sports Midgets win first round of playoffs

Getting chased by Chase

Keith McNeill Clearwater Midget Ice Hawks defeated West Kelowna in Clearwater and in West Kelowna during the first round of the playoffs last weekend, according to coach Ole Kjenstad. “We went to West Kelowna Saturday and with a very short bench pulled off a 5-2 win,” he said. “With only nine skaters, the kids had the best effort of the year.” Kjenstad noted that the first round playoff win is a first for a Clearwater Midget team in many years. The second round will start here in Clearwater this coming Saturday. Exact time has not yet been announced. “Would be nice to fill the building,” said Kjenstad.

Clearwater Bantam House Warrior Devin Green takes the puck up the ice with a pair of Chase opponents chasing him during a playoff game at the Sportsplex on Saturday. Unfortunately, Clearwater was eliminated after two games against Chase. The local squad will host the district championships the first weekend in March. They also will be picking up a few exhibition games between now and then. Photo by Keith McNeill

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Hawks battle Winfield in playoff Clearwater Bantam Rep Hawk Colby Rhodes shoots (and scores) assisted by John Meyer in the background. In the first game of playoffs on Friday in Winfield, Clearwater lost to Winfield in a barn-burner that went into double overtime. Final score was 4-3. On Saturday, Clearwater came back to tie the game with 11 minutes to go in the third period but Winfield scored with two minutes left and then got an empty net goal with one second left. Final score of the second game was 7-5. The Bantam Reps will be looking at some exhibition games and possibly a tournament in March.

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Great Backyard Bird Count coming up in mid-February years of data to peruse. No Internet access? Phone 250-674-2518 for further details on how to count and later to submit your checklist(s). Your participation

Submitted Join the world for the Great Backyard Bird Count as the GBBC along with eBird continues to monitor global bird populations. Some people think a participant must be able to identify all the birds they see, which is not the case. If you see five species but only know three of them, you enter the three species as all you identified. It only takes a minimum of 15 minutes (not necessarily all at one time) in a day to count the birds in your yard, or elsewhere, to get one checklist. Count all four days to have four checklists. More than one 15-min-

as a Citizen Scientist in the GBBC is one piece of the puzzle that helps scientists get the big picture about changes in bird populations. Perhaps this year’s

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ute checklist per location is allowed, so you could do a.m. and p.m. lists. An abbreviated

checklist for the area is available at Clearwater Library. It’s fairly easy to submit your

count will show the northward progression of magpies in the region. So how about getting out, or relaxing inside, and counting some birds?

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Roundtable on access to skilled labour for the forestry sector Ministry of Jobs, Tourism and Skills Training and Responsible for Labour VANCOUVER – Forestry sector representatives met with the federal and provincial governments on Jan. 27 to discuss skilledlabour initiatives and human-resource planning, as part of a series of roundtables being held over coming months with sectors highlighted in the BC Jobs Plan. "Our government is always looking at ways we can better partner with industry to address the shifting needs of B.C.'s labour market,” said Steve Thomson, Minister of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations. “I would like to thank our valued stakeholders for taking the time to participate in this discussion, and look forward to our continued work together in an effort to best meet employer labour market needs." The roundtables, co-hosted with industry associations and employers, aim to stimulate discussion

and create awareness about how sectors can access skilled labour and satisfy humanresource requirements, as a result of an aging population. These demographic realities – together with economic growth – place significant pressure on key sectors to find innovative solutions to address skills shortages. Participants were invited to share information and discuss the unique challenges in the forestry sector, specifically related to recruiting and training a qualified workforce, the promotion of B.C. export-ready products internationally, and identifying opportunities for growth. This is another way government is working to provide employers and industry the opportunity to ask and respond to questions and inform the provincial and federal governments of key labour issues. B.C. has reached a tipping point where more B.C. residents are leaving the workforce than entering it. Forestry is the main driver in more

than 40 per cent of regional economies in B.C., contributing $7 billion to the economy. The forestry sector employs over 60,000 British Columbians in areas such as forest management, silviculture and manufacturing. Close to 3,600 job openings are projected in the forest industry through to

2024, according to the Labour Market Outlook. The highest demand will be for logging machinery operators, truck drivers, hand fallers, and logging workers, with opportunity in over 26 other job areas – including those requiring high levels of education such as forestry professionals and technicians.

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Feds tack on more pipeline consultations Jeff Nagel – Black Press The federal government is ordering extra consultations with First Nations and other communities separate from the work of the National Energy Board as part of its prescription to rebuild public confidence in the pipeline approval process. It doesn't halt the NEB hearings underway on Kinder Morgan's proposed Trans Mountain oil pipeline twinning, nor does it delay the NEB's deadline to deliver a recommendation to cabinet by May. But the federal government has given itself seven months instead of the legislated deadline of three to make a final decision on Trans Mountain – that must now happen by December instead of August. The government had previously said it wouldn't force proponents like Kinder Morgan to restart the approval process all over again. A separate ministerial representative will be appointed to directly consult communities,

including First Nations, during the extension period and report back to Natural Resources Minister Jim Carr. Funding will be provided for first nations to participate. Direct and upstream greenhouse gas emissions linked to the projects will now be assessed, but not the downstream emissions when fossil fuels are burned in destination countries. The climate change analysis for each project, to be conducted by the federal environment department, will be made public. The changes effectively add an extra layer of review to plug what the government says were major gaps in the flawed NEB review process left by the Harper Conservatives. "Without the confidence of Canadians, none of these projects will move forward," Carr said. He said final project decisions by cabinet will be based on science, traditional knowledge of indigenous people and other relevant evidence. Carr wouldn't say how much weight would be given factors such as climate change impacts or

aboriginal concerns, but he cited past court rulings on the Crown's duty to consult first nations as one reason for the change. The NEB has been hearing final arguments of intervenors in the Trans Mountain review this month and aboriginal leaders have repeatedly criticized what they say has been a lack of meaningful consultation on the project. The new rules, billed as a transition step ahead of new legislation to reform the NEB, will apply not just to new pipelines but to all federally reviewed projects, such as mines and port expansions. Also affected are proposed liquefied natural gas plants under federal review, including the Pacific Northwest LNG project at Prince Rupert and the Woodfibre LNG proposal near Squamish, both in late stages of review. Carr said the process won't satisfy polarized critics who believe projects should be built either immediately or never, but will improve cabinet's ability to render a decision. "There are all kinds of Canadians who want to be satis-

The final government decision on the twinning of Kinder Morgan's Trans Mountain Pipeline will be subject to revised federal rules. Black Press file photo

fied that the process that led to a decision was a good one, a fair one and they had their say." The Wilderness Committee criticized the government's failure to include downstream carbon emissions that make up the bulk of the climate impacts of new pipelines. "A true climate test would leave regulators with no choice

but to reject these projects,” campaigner Peter McCartney said. “Tacking on some window dressing doesn’t make these projects any less of a climate catastrophe.” Kinder Morgan Canada president Ian Anderson said he's concerned pipeline construction may be delayed, but agreed public confidence in the process is crucial.

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Ministry of Public Safety and Solicitor General VICTORIA – RoadSafetyBC has released a new report that will help guide the Province to achieving the safest roads in North America by 2020. "Moving to Vision Zero: Road Safety Strategy Update and Showcase of Innovation in British Columbia" is the result of collaboration by more than 40 road safety experts. The report aligns with Canada's Road Safety Strategy 2015 and highlights the application of the safe systems approach – the understanding that road safety developments must account for the inevitability of human error, the limitations of the human body in withstanding force, and the responsibility of road and vehicle designers, policy makers and road users. With this approach and the implementation of evidence-based practices, and a thorough study of how road safety is managed around the globe, RoadSafetyBC is reinforcing its commitment to road safety principles that will lead to the province having the safest roads in North America. Tweet your ideas and opinions about how British Columbia can achieve this goal, using the hashtag: #safestroadsby2020 Between 2005 and 2014, road deaths have decreased by 36 per cent, from 452 to 290, although relatively little progress has been made in reducing pedestrian and cyclist deaths. British Columbia has invested in $18 billion in road-infrastructure improvements since 2001, including 33 new passing lanes on rural highways, 6,700 kilometres of rumble strips, 18,500 kilometres of repaving, and 14,000 kilometres of median and roadside barriers. Since 2010, drinking and driving deaths have decreased by 52 per cent, with an estimated 260 lives saved due in part to B.C.'s tough drinking driving laws.

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Home care spread thin, seniors' advocate says Tom Fletcher – Black Press Health ministers across Canada say expanding community and home care is the best way to serve a growing senior population, but total home care hours declined last year in three out of five B.C. health regions. That's one of the findings in the first annual report on seniors' services by B.C. Seniors' Advocate Isobel Mackenzie. Despite growing senior populations across B.C., the report found the total hours of home support delivered to clients was down four per cent in Vancouver Island and Vancouver Coastal health regions, and down 11 per cent in the area served by Northern Health. Fraser Health, the largest region by population from Surrey through the Fraser Valley, had a seven per cent increase in hours in 2014-15, the fiscal year that ended last March.

Interior Health, including the Okanagan and Kootenays, saw a five per cent increase. Mackenzie said there has been an increase in seniors served by home care workers in most regions, but the hours received by each has declined. She said the data on hours reflects what she has heard from seniors around the province, who report that their home care services are being reduced. "That validates to a large extent what people are saying, which is 'I can't get meal prep, they cut my bathing, they cut out my housekeeping'," Mackenzie said. Health Minister Terry Lake, who emphasized the need to move away from the acute-care hospital model to community and home care at a recent health ministers' conference in Vancouver, said the report is "a snapshot," but acknowledged there is more work to do.

Lake said the 11 million hours of home care support provided last year is up 35 per cent since the B.C. Liberals took office in 2001, and the number of clients served is up 29 per cent. "Despite the fact that we've seen a significant increase in hours and budget, the demographics are such that we are falling behind here a little bit," Lake said in an interview. "I think this is a good early warning system to tell us, we need to do a bit more in this area." Lake added that the new federal government has made a commitment to invest more in home health care. He said he is encouraged by Mackenzie's finding that 96 per cent of B.C. seniors have a regular family doctor. The B.C. Government and Service Employees' Union said Mackenzie's report "paints a picture of a system that is headed in the wrong direction."

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Prescriptions blocked from B.C. supermarket loyalty programs A Sobeys representative said the company is disappointed

Jeff Nagel – Black Press Major supermarket chains have lost a court battle to continue offering their pharmacy customers loyalty reward points on prescription drugs in B.C. A recent B.C. Court of Appeal ruling upholds the power of the College of Pharmacists of B.C. to enforce its twoyear-old ban on incentive programs like Air Miles and other loyalty rewards. The decision, which overturned a B.C. Supreme Court ruling last year that initially struck down the ban, says inducements from pharmacists are "a matter of public interest and professional standards" for the college, which can prohibit incentives without clear proof of harm to customers. The pharmacists' regulatory body, which imposed the ban in late 2013, had argued loyalty points are a powerful lure for consumers that can alter their medication buying habits and potentially harm their health. "The College considers the provision of incentives like redeem-

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able points to be unethical, unsafe and unprofessional," registrar Bob Nakagawa said. "Pharmacists are medication experts, and sometimes the right thing for them to do is not dispense a drug. A patient’s motivation to collect redeemable points may inappropriately encourage drug use and can put their health at risk." One of the objections raised by the college was that insured patients who don't pay out of pocket might continue to refill a prescription after they no longer need it just to collect more points and the unneeded drugs may be abused or diverted to the illegal drug trade. The case included

anecdotal evidence that the top priority of some customers was to find out how many points they'd get filling a prescription rather than information on proper use or health effects. There were also allegations of pharmacists retroactively dispensing medication to patients who had already missed past days but were eager to get the points "thus generating further revenue for the pharmacist for drugs the patient does not need." The ruling is a defeat for Sobey's and Jace Holdings, the companies that operate Safeway and Thrifty Foods stores. Shoppers Drug Mart Inc. was also an intervenor in the case.

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