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Top tier curling returns to Cranbrook

Cranbrook awarded Grand Slam’s Tour Challenge — featuring two tiers, 60 teams — set for November, 2016 T R E VO R C R AWL EY

The Grand Slam of Curling is officially coming to Cranbrook.

The announcement was made by Sportsnet on Monday morning, just days after the contract was signed between the City of Cranbrook on Friday.

The event — The Grand Slam of Curling Tour Challenge — will feature 60 world men

and womens teams playing in two tiers that will compete at Western Financial Place and the Memorial Arena from Nov. 8-13, 2016.

Todd Pellerin, one of the organizers of the committee that has been working to bring the event to Cranbrook, told the Daily Townsman that everyone is excited to bring the event to the city.

“It is the biggest thing in curling,” Pellerin said.

The event will be broken down in to 15 men and 15 women’s teams in Tier One—the top level of competition. The same format will be duplicated for the Tier 2, which will feature professional curlers that aren’t quite at the elite level.

Pellerin singled out

city staff such as Paul Heywood, events and marking manager, and Chris New, the director of leisure services, along with Mayor Lee Pratt and Councillor Tom Shypitka for their work in landing the event.

Pellerin said Pratt was a helpful presence when Sportsnet staff toured the facilities in Cranbrook in January.

“Mayor Lee Pratt was probably the tipping point that got us this big event, because with him coming with me on the tour when Sportsnet came to visit in January,

it really showed a commitment from the City that Cranbrook is willing and able to offer a world class event in our

community, so his involvement, and Tom Shypitka as well, really solidified it,” Pellerin said.

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Grainger named Woman of the Year

STAFF tee for the CFUW Cranbrook Club.

The Woman of the Year 2016 for Celebrations will be held at the the East Kootenay has College of the Rockies Foyer been selected by the on International Women’s CFUW Cranbrook Club’s Day, Tuesday, March 8, at 4 Committee. p.m. All former Women of “We are pleased to anthe Year recipients, all nounce that Donna friends, family and well Grainger was nominated wishers are invited to this not only by one commitceremony. tee, but by two different A full story about Dongroups in the east Kootena’s nomination and how DONNA GRAINGER nay community,” said she got to be Woman of the Cathryn Henley, Chair of Year 2016 will be featured the Woman of the Year 2016 Commit- soon in the Daily Townsman.

Rocking out with The Sheepdogs TRE VOR CR AWLEY

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By the early 1970s, Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show had achieved some early commercial success in their musical career, however, they had yet to mark a rite of passage that most artists of the time experienced as they became more and more popular.

Taking a song written by Shel Silverstein in 1972, the group recorded a satirical song about the trials and tribulations that artists go through in order to get an opportunity to make it on the cover of the Rolling Stone Mag-

azine.

The song was a smash hit and the band appeared on the cover of the magazine a year later.

While it wasn’t quite the same experience for The Sheepdogs, the Saskatoon-based band went through their own unique journey before appearing on The Rolling Stone cover in August 2011—the first unsigned band ever to make it on the front of the magazine.

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Cranbrook awarded Grand Slam event Continued from page 1

For his part, Pratt noted that the event will be a good showcase for the city and be good for business.

“I was definitely on side with it,” Pratt said.

“I think it can be a huge economic driver for the city without question.

Plus the fact that it’s world curling, it gives us the opportunity to showcase our community to the world, so I think it’s great that they’ve decided to go ahead with it and we’re certainly behind it 100 per cent.”

There has been a campaign to get the event to Cranbrook for the last nine months ever since it was brought to city council in May 2015. Since then, Pellerin and the committee have been working with city staff and other organizations that would be affected, such as minor sports and the Koote-

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cial Place and the Memorial Arena, Pellerin said the organizing committee has decided to donate 50 per cent of

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profits back into those minor sport organizations.

Pellerin also credits Heywood for working with the WHL and the Kootenay Ice to find solutions to make it work with them.

“The biggest thing for us was to get permission from the WHL and the Kootenay Ice, so Paul Heywood, after meeting with us, sent a letter to the WHL because the cutoff for next season’s Ice games had to be submitted before the end of January,” said Pellerin.

“So prior to that letter being sent, Sportsnet had come up on around the 15th [of January] and once we knew that we had the ability to do it, they sent a letter to

the WHL, so now they’re going to schedule the Ice around this event.

“Jeff [Chynoweth] said it was fine and that the team would adjust to it so we got an agreement from the Kootenay Ice and we thank them for it and they’re willing to accommodate us, so that’s great.”

Sponsorship had been a concern that was debated in a city council meeting earlier in December, but Pellerin clarified that Cranbrook did not have to meet a sponsorship threshold to land the event.

“What I’m saying is there’s no caveat that if there is a shortfall, that the city will have to cover it,” Pellerin said.

“The sponsorship was never meant to be a

guarantee from anybody or any host city, it was just that they want the organizers to arrange this amount of sponsorship. If there is a shortfall, there is no penalty to anybody.

“They’re just allowing local sponsors to take part in it if they want to get their logo on TV or in the programs or on the boards, it gives them the opportunity.”

The last major curling event that Cranbrook hosted was the Canada Cup of Curling in 2011, which was organized by the Canadian Curling Association, which has nothing to do with the Grand Slam of Curling, as it is organized directly by Sportsnet.

Pellerin said that he’s

been hearing feedback that some of the curling teams are excited to come to Cranbrook.

“Sportsnet has already confirmed that these teams are wanting to come here,” Pellerin said. “They’re happy to come back to Cranbrook, some of them really like it here and they’ve said, ‘We really like it there, let’s go there.’

“So we got a raving fan endorsement from the curlers themselves about Cranbrook and the area.”

Depending on the success of the Tour Challenge, Pellerin adds that there is potential for the city to host more Grand Slam events in the future.

“If we have a good local buy-in and the sponsorship is good and everyone has a good review after the event, Sportsnet has said that we would become one of the city locations that would be on a rotating basis for future events,” he said.

“So what that means is, we have a successful event here, maybe in two or three years, we get another event, and because we’re pre-qualified with our facilities, we could host any of their events, on very short notice.”

Pellerin and the Cranbrook Curling Club are hosting a public information meeting on Tuesday, March 8 at 7 p.m. at the curling club to answer any questions, recruit more volunteers and establish a board of directors and sub-committees.

Police report 94 calls for service in Cranbrook, February 8-15 Ba r ry Co ult e r

Cranbrook RCMP were reporting a somewhat less busy week than the previous week.

Staff Sergeant Hector Lee reported in an email press released that the local detachment responded to 94 calls to service, Feb. 8 -15 (down

from 123 calls Feb.1 -8).

In terms of motor vehicle incidents, seven collisions were reported, including four involving a failure to remain at scene of an accident.

One of these incidents involved an impaired driver taking out

a stop sign on Cranbrook Street North/Van Horne Street on Feb. 11 at 12:45 am. The impaired driver was charged.

One 12-hour suspension was handed out.

There 11 calls involving mental health cases.

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One individual accounted for six complaints; four individuals were apprehended in total.

Five assault complaints were reported.

Two individuals were arrested and charged, two of the cases were domestic in nature There were eight thefts, including four shoplifting incidents.

There were two Break and Enters into residences.

No drug seizures were reported.

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Sheepdogs wild ride lands in Cranbrook Continued from page 1 Since then, it’s been a wild ride for Ewan Currie, Ryan Gullen and Sam Corbett, along with newcomers Rusty Matyas, Shamus Currie and Jimmy Bowskill, who are currently embarking on a cross-Canada tour with a stop in Cranbrook on Feb. 25 at the Key City Theatre.

Speaking from Regina, Gullen said the Rolling Stone experience, where they won an online voting campaign, was a watershed moment for the group, which had been playing and performing together for seven years beforehand.

“When we eventually won, it was a crazy, crazy time,” Gullen said. “Yeah, it was a very fast climb into the spotlight where we’re on the radio all of the sudden, we’re getting interview requests and playing big festivals and all those things.

“So the trajectory of our band changed incredibly fast in that regard, but the other side of it is once that Rolling Stone cover happened, from then on, it was like, ‘Okay, what do we do now?’”

They even kept their full-time jobs until a month after winning the Rolling Stone competition, until it became clear that they were being given an opportunity that they had to seize.

The Sheepdogs will be performing at the Key City Theatre in Cranbrook on Feb. 25, with showtime at 7:30 p.m.

“To us, people always ask us, ‘How do you define success or what was the defining success moment? Was it the Rolling Stone thing?

“And I say: ‘Well, no, it was a whole bunch of things that the moment of success for us was that moment where we were like, we can quit our jobs and we can do this full time and this can be our gig.’

“That’s what our dream was, at that point, for seven plus years, but we had never had a viable option until those things started rolling, and five years later now, we’ve continued to do this, so it’s great.”

Everything that the band had produced beforehand was self released—from ‘Trying to

Grow’, their debut album in 2007, to their following two records, The Sheepdogs’ Big Stand and Learn and Burn.

The latter, recorded in their house in Saskatoon and released in 2010, caught the wave of their Rolling Stone cover campaign and went platinum, selling 100,000 copies and captured three Juno Awards for the band, including Rock Album of the Year, Single of the Year for ‘I Don’t Know’ and New Group of the Year.

“That was five years ago now and the whole thing started on Valentine’s Day—five years ago Sunday—and literally, we have done nothing, essentially, but travel around, play rock ’n roll music and make

new records,” continued Gullen.

“That’s what we do and it’s always what we’ve done previous, we’re just doing it on a much larger scale and doing it obviously to greater success where people are aware of our music, but there’s always room to grow, whether that’s growing as musicians and making new records or also growing our fanbase and doing those things in other countries.”

Throw on a Sheepdogs record and you can hear how they turn back time back to a bygone era of the late 1960s and early 1970s as they draw influences from some of the legendary pioneers of rock ’n roll.

With heavy guitar

Integra’s compassionate flight helps desparate people C AROLYN GR ANT

There were a lot of passengers at Canadian Rockies International Airport stranded because of fog in Calgary last Friday. Weather delays are a part of flying, especially in the winter, and usually passengers just take them in stride and fly when the weather clears.

But sometimes, an emergency means you need to get to family as soon as possible and waiting a day for a flight is extremely upsetting.

That’s where Integra Air came to the rescue

last Friday.

Darrell Garton of Integra says that Integra did manage to fly into Cranbrook late in the day on Friday.

“There was freezing fog in Calgary,” he said.

“Air Canada cancelled all their flights. When the fog lifted at 3 or 4 p.m. we flew in. We took a bunch of people who had been waiting for Air Canada flights and had a full plane.”

On the run back to Calgary, there was only one passenger but the Integra flight took off as scheduled. That’s when

Garton ran into a very distraught woman at the airport.

“She had to get up north as quickly as possible because of a family medical emergency.

Our plane was in the air, but I called the boss (Integra owner John Macek) and he okayed bringing it back.

“Our thought was, let’s get these people on

a plane so they can get to their family.”

The extra passengers were flown to Calgary by Integra for free.

“We are here to provide the people of Cranbrook and its surrounding area with a service, and going above and beyond is part of what we do every day. We were happy we could help out,”said Macek.

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riffs and soaring melodies, both vocally and instrumentally, their versatility is on full display all the while drawing inspiration from groups such as Credence Clearwater Revival, Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young and the Allman Brothers Band.

“Our music is very much of that era. When we started the band, what brought us together as friends and bandmates was our love of that type of music and that era of music is very much what we listen to and what hits us and affects and what gets us excited,” Gullen said.

“Everyone has their music that they get into and that was kind of unanimously what we we’re all into when we started the band years ago.”

However, while the Sheepdogs draw inspiration from the annals of rock ’n roll’s greatest, they also look to a wide range of influences to give them their own unique sound.

“We try to draw influences from not just a specific song or a specific artist, but to kind of look at things from a

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broader spectrum,” Gullen said. “Having just targeting one small specific era of music to emulate or to draw your influences from kind of pigeon-holes you a bit so we try to still make it original by bringing in other elements of other music.”

When it comes to the creative process, especially with their latest record— ‘Future Nostalgia’ —Ewan Currie—or other band members for that matter—could have anything from an idea to a guitar riff or melody to a fully demo’d song.

From there, things could change significantly, or not, in jam settings.

“You bring it to the band and try it out and we put our own flavour to it and things might evolve or oftentimes it’ll be exactly the same,” Gullen said.

“It kind of goes from there, once it comes to the band and we start playing it together, it’ll oftentimes evolve into a slightly different song or other times it might be very similar to what the original idea was and that’s kind of how we’ve always done things.”

After skyrocketing to fame following the Rolling Stone cover contest, the Sheepdogs released a self-titled album, which was produced by Patrick Carney of the Black Keys and nominated for Rock Album of the Year at the 2013 Juno Awards.

Their latest— ’Future Nostalgia’ — was recorded out at a cottage in Stoney Lake in Ontario and released under Warner Canada in Oct. 2015. After recording in their home in Saskatoon and self-releasing previous records, to getting label support with their self-titled album, ‘Future Nostalgia’ was a chance to marry both experiences, said Gullen.

“Part of the reason we ended up recording at a cottage is because we wanted to get away from some of the people that we work with— nothing wrong with them—but just kind of get away and remove that influence and make what we felt was a very Sheepdogs record and do that in a way that we’re kind of left to our own vices,” Gullen said. “…Our previous record before the self-titled—‘Learn and Burn’—which we released independently and sold a lot of copies, it was recorded in our house in Saskatoon on our own because we had no money and no resources to actually record in a studio, so we kind of wanted to do something like that, but have a little more opportunity and money and a label and things like that, so our hope was to make something like that, but make the production better.”

The Sheepdogs will be performing at the Key City Theatre on Feb. 25, with showtime at 7:30 p.m. Hope you got your tickets, because the concert is sold out.

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COTR Hosting Skills BC Competitions Darryl Schmidt

College of the Rockies’ main campus will play host to four skills contests for the Kootenay Region in the Skills Canada British Columbia (Skills BC) competition on Friday, February 19th.

The competition is open to individuals under the age of 24 who are not yet at full journeyman status. College of the Rockies will host the Carpentry, Cabinet

Making, Welding and Public Speaking skills competitions. Robotics and TV/Video Production competitions will take place at Mount Baker Secondary School.

Skills BC is a non-profit organization that partners with government, educators, private industry and labour to promote and celebrate skilled trades and technologies. With the looming shortage of skilled trades and tech-

nology workers in the province, Skills BC looks to encourage students to explore trades and technology career options by providing them with positive and exciting hands-on experiences.

Thirteen regional and one provincial skill competitions take place each year. Winners of the regional competitions will advance to the Provincials in Abbotsford in April where they will have the chance of ad-

vancing to the National and World Skills competitions.

College of the Rockies’ Regional Transitions Coordinator Brian Conrad says, “The competition serves to celebrate and reward students for their excellence in trade or technology skills and to create an interactive

and engaging environment for the many young people who attend the competitions as spectators.”

In an effort to further encourage youth to discover trades there will be school rivalries in Spaghetti Bridge Building, Newspaper Furniture Construction, and Gravi-

ty Car Design and Racing. These events will take place in the College’s Piping Trades shop from 9:00 am to 12:00 pm “These events are part of the provincial initiative to raise awareness of technical trades and of the rewards of these career options. We en-

courage parents and the public to also come to the College to check out the activities,” notes Conrad.

For more information about the Skills BC competition, contact Brian Conrad at (250) 4892751 ext. 3380 or email conrad@cotr.bc.ca.

PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE Public Notice is hereby given that the Municipal Council of the Corporation of the City of Cranbrook is considering adopting “City of Cranbrook Zoning Amendment Bylaw No. 3848, 2016”.

The proposed amendment of the Zoning Bylaw will change the zoning of land legally described as Lot 1, District Lot 24, Kootenay District, Plan 14459, Except Part Included in Plan NEP 20273, from “R-1 - Single Family Extended Residential Zone” to “R-2 – Three and Four Family Residential Zone”.

The purpose of the rezoning is to enable consideration of subdivision of the property for a mix of low density residential development. The subject lands are located at 1701 - 30th Avenue N as indicated on the reference map below.

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The Kimberley Alpine Resort saw a lot of visitors over the Alberta Day Weekend. Conditions were excellent and weather cooperated. Even though there was a large influx of visitors, line ups were minimal and skiers were able to enjoy a great day of skiing.

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”City of Cranbrook Zoning Amendment Bylaw No. 3848, 2016” may be inspected between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding holidays, between February 1, 2016, and February 22, 2016, inclusive, as posted on the bulletin board in the foyer at City Hall, or in the office of the Municipal Clerk.

The Public Hearing will commence in the Council Chamber, City Hall, 40 10 Avenue South at 6:00 p.m. on February 22, 2016.

All persons who believe that their interest in property is affected by the proposed Bylaw Amendment may submit written presentations to the City of Cranbrook prior to the date of the Hearing and they may also submit written and/or verbal presentations at the Hearing, thereby allowing all persons an opportunity to be heard on this matter.

SUBMISSIONS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED AFTER THE PUBLIC HEARING. Municipal Clerk

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Avalanche conclude PACWEST volleyball season College of the Rockies men and women primed for provincial volleyball championships at Columbia Bible College

Taylor Rocc a Sports Editor

After a year’s absence from the PACWEST Provincial Championships, the College of the Rockies Avalanche men’s squad is headed back to the annual tournament in search of B.C. collegiate volleyball supremacy.

The Avalanche wrapped up regular season action this past weekend at College of the Rockies, earning a split with the Vancouver Island University (VIU) Mariners.

Friday, the Avs executed a 3-1 victory (1525, 26-24, 25-19, 25-22) over the Mariners before falling to the visitors in straight sets (21-25, 22-25,18-25) Saturday.

Though the Avs took Friday’s contest with three consecutive set wins, the proceedings did not look favourable early on as the Mariners cruised to a 25-15 victory in the opening set.

“We’ve had a tendency, at home, to start out in the first set poorly,” said John Swanson, head coach of the Avalanche.

“As a coach, it’s a little bit frustrating. It doesn’t matter who we play, they’re all competitive games and we’ve got to make sure we come out and take care of business right off the start.

“We didn’t pass well, then suddenly the sets were off and we’re not really hitting. The other team gets momentum.

We were terrible that first set.”

A quick pep talk after the opening-set loss evidently brought out the best in Swanson’s men, who went on to win a nail biter 26-24 to even the score before claiming the final two sets.

“I had to basically call the guys out again and go through the same spiel about playing like men and being responsible for every touch,” Swanson said.

“The guys stepped up.

They performed like they can perform.”

Having ensured themselves of the fifthseed and with no opportunity to move up in the PACWEST standings, Swanson opted to deploy a less experienced lineup Saturday as the Mariners cruised to a straight sets win.

“They played hard and they competed,” Swanson said. “Nobody likes to lose, but sometimes the process is more important than the actual end results.

Guys have worked hard in practice and they deserved to play. It was good to get them some experience.”

With regular season action in the books, the Avalanche (9-15) finish fifth in the conference and return to the PACWEST Championship after missing out on the tournament in 2015.

The annual B.C. collegiate volleyball tournament gets underway beginning Thursday,

Feb. 25 from Columbia Bible College (CBC) in Abbotsford.

The Avalanche are off this weekend as the rest of the conferences closes out the season. What remains to be determined is who the Avs will face in first-round action.

While Camosun College (19-3) and Douglas College (18-4) will take the top two seeds and earn bye past the first round, the fifth-seed Avs will face the fourth seed in the conference.

Heading into the final weekend, University of the Fraser Valley (UFV) is fourth, but within striking distance of third-place VIU. VIU closes the season with a pair of games against the top-ranked Camosun College Chargers, while UFV takes on the last-place CBC Bearcats.

Columbia Bible College will host the 2016 PACWEST Volleyball Championship from Thursday, Feb. 25 through Saturday, Feb. 27.

PACWEST Men’s Standings 1) Camosun College (19-3, 38 points); 2) Douglas College (18-4, 36); 3) Vancouver Island University (13-9, 26); 4) University of the Fraser Valley (12-10, 24); 5) College of the Rockies (9-15, 18); 6) Capilano University (5-17, 10); 7) Columbia Bible College (2-20, 4)

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Avalanche middle blocker Spencer Janzen (centre) celebrates a point with his teammates earlier this season. After missing out on the PACWEST championships last year, Janzen and the Avs are headed back to the provincial tournament in 2016.

Taylor Rocc a Sports Editor

The College of the Rockies Avalanche women’s volleyball team is headed back to the PACWEST Provincial Championships for the second consecutive year after finish the 2015-16 regular season sixth in the conference.

The Lady Avs wrapped up regular season action this past weekend at College of the Rockies, falling in back-to-back outings against the Vancouver Island University (VIU)

Mariners.

Friday, the ladies dropped a tightly-contested 3-2 match before falling in straight sets Saturday.

Despite falling 3-2 Friday, the Lady Avs battled back from a 2-0 deficit to force a fifth and deciding set before coming up short 15-7.

“To come back from down 2-0 to take it to a fifth set, I was really proud of the ladies with their compete level,” said John Swanson, head coach of the Avalanche.

“I was impressed with

the way VIU played, they defended really well.”

With the pair of losses, the Lady Avs (9-15) will absolutely finish sixth in the PACWEST standings and will face the third-seed in the first round of provincials.

With one week of PACWEST action remaining, their opponent remains to be seen, with Capilano University holding down third place though fourthplace Douglas College is hot on their heels.

Columbia Bible College will host the 2016

PACWEST Volleyball Championship from Thursday, Feb. 25 through Saturday, Feb. 27.

PACWEST Women’s Standings: 1) Vancouver Island University (18-4, 36 points); 2) Camosun College (13-9, 26); 3) Capilano University (139, 26); 4) Douglas College (12-10, 24); 5) University of the Fraser Valley (9-13, 18); 6) College of the Rockies (9-15, 18); 7) Columbia Bible College (4-18, 8)

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Ducks convert all three power-play chances in 6-4 win over Flames Darren Haynes Canadian Press

CALGARY - Corey Perry had a goal and two assists Monday afternoon, and the Anaheim Ducks went a perfect three-for-three on the power play in a 6-4 victory over the Calgary Flames.

The Flames led 3-2 after an action-packed first period, but with Johnny Gaudreau in the penalty box for tripping, Perry banged a Cam

Fowler rebound past Jonas Hiller to tie it on the power play at 2:15 of the second.

The Ducks went right back to the man advantage when Jakub Nakladal was called for holding and needed only 11 seconds to convert, with a rebound deflecting off a couple players and going in off the skate of Sami Vatanan to score put Anaheim into the lead for good.

Mike Santorelli, with a pair, Hamphus Lindholm and Rickard Rakell also scored for Anaheim (28-19-8). The Ducks, 9-1-1 in their last 11, leapfroged San Jose into second place in the Pacific Division.

The Ducks are 3-1-1 with two games to go on a seven-game road trip.

Jiri Hudler had two goals and an assist to lead Calgary (25-27-3).

Gaudreau had a goal

and two assists and Sean Monahan had three assists as the Flames top line combined for nine points.

Dougie Hamilton also scored.

Hiller was pulled after Vatanen’s goal, leaving with 13 saves on 17 shots. Joni Ortio, in his first NHL action since October, didn’t fare much better. He was beaten on the second shot he faced, as

Rakell’s goal at 12:18 of the second period put the Ducks ahead 5-3.

Calgary got back to within one with seven seconds left in the third on Hudler’s second of the night, as he slid a shot past Frederik Andersen after Monahan had hit the cross bar.

The Ducks regained their two-goal cushion 51 seconds into the third on Santorelli’s second goal of the game, chip-

ping a rebound over Ortio.

The Flames continued their struggles while playing short handed, as their 29th-ranked penalty kill surrendered three goals for the third straight game.

Andersen finished with 33 saves to improve to 13-8-6. Ortio finished with nine saves.

Notes: Calgary scratches were Kris Russell (lower body), David

Jones (lower body) and Matt Stajan (maintenance)... Anton Khudobin dressed as the Ducks back-up with John Gibson (upper body) unable to play... There’s no update yet on the condition of Flames goaltender Karri Ramo, who was placed on IR after hurting his leg on Thursday. He was spotted entering the arena on Monday with a walking cane.

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ousing Minister Rich Coleman was flabbergasted at the angry response to his solution to the Victoria courthouse “tent city,” the latest tarp-covered camp to spring up in southern B.C. Coleman announced two temporary shelters with three meals a day and medical supports. One is a former nursing home close to the courthouse squat, conveniently located near panhandling and drug dealing spots as well as taxpayer-funded services. The other offers indoor or outdoor tent space at a former youth custody centre, with a dedicated downtown shuttle bus so these “victims” of “homelessness” don’t have to endure B.C.’s most generous transit bus system.

We weren’t consulted, said the indignant spokespeople for those bringing new-looking tents to take advantage of food and other handouts, offered in B.C.’s warmest climate by the province’s most naïve local government.

But this was just a show for the media by our resident professional protesters, some of whom aren’t really “homeless.”

After the reaction, which Coleman described as “bizarre,” the combined 88 housing opportunities are being snapped up. Those on welfare will have to fork over their $375 monthly housing allowance, as the province continues to convert more housing and offer more rent

subsidies.

It’s no wonder that southern B.C. is the destination of choice. Coleman said it’s always been a seasonal thing, but this winter has been the highest in a decade, largely due to an exodus of economic migrants from the downturn in Alberta, naturally heading for B.C.’s most desirable real estate.

I asked him about two other homeless hotspots. In Abbotsford, campers have ignored a city deadline to take down structures in a three-yearBC VIEWS old camp, after temporary shelter and costly provinTom cial supports were brought Fletcher on. A courtroom and street confrontation looms with self-styled “drug war survivors” and their Vancouver legal help.

In Maple Ridge, a tent camp sprang up next to the local Salvation Army shelter, with people cycling through the shelter’s 15-day limit, camping and being fed until they could go back in.

Mayor Nicole Read, who has worked in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside, said Maple Ridge took on its own outreach, shelter and housing effort because the province’s $1 million-a-year Salvation Army operation isn’t working.

Coleman is not amused. He said he’s had no complaints about Abbotsford’s Salvation Army shelter, and Read is the only one griping. And no mayor is going to tell him how to spend provincial dol-

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lars. Maple Ridge now has two shelters with accompanying street drugs, prostitution and crime.

I asked Coleman about the 10-yearstudy led by Simon Fraser University researcher Julian Somers on the housing, outreach and services in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside. This is the heart of B.C.’s “housing first” strategy, where the province has bought and renovated 30 “single room occupancy” buildings, built another dozen and poured in every possible support, including the buyout of high-living executives at the Portland Hotel Society.

The study found that the hardest cases are worse off than ever, based on court, hospital and other service records, while the influx to the notorious Vancouver drug ghetto have tripled in 10 years.

“I haven’t had a chance to go over that report yet, but I disagree with the assumption I’ve heard already, because I walk the Downtown Eastside,” Coleman said. “I don’t know if they do every few weeks to a month, but I’ve been doing it for about nine or 10 years and I can tell you it’s a whole lot better down there.”

The question is whether problems are being solved, or just better hidden from view.

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One of the most heartwarming moments of the 2015 Starlite Campaign, a gathering of the Chiz family in celebration of Elizabeth.

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Although EKFH’s Starlite Campaign closed at the end of January, it was Valentine’s Day that brought together the love of a family to take a family photo to recognize its Starlite gift given in December.

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The family generously donated $2,500 in Elizabeth’s honour in gratitude of the services provided to her from the specialists, physicians and

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NDP calls B.C. housing plan a step back Tom Fletcher Black Press

The B.C. government is committing to put an additional $335 million into social housing projects over the next five years, most of it from transfers of property to non-profit societies.

Premier Christy Clark announced the social housing program before this week’s provincial budget, calling it “the largest single social and affordable housing investment in the province’s history.”

That description was targeted by the opposition, who said it represents a reduction in the commitment made in the government’s 2015 plan. NDP housing critic David Eby said Monday the announcement by Clark and Housing Minister Rich Coleman came after the government was caught redirecting proceeds of social housing sales to general revenue.

“Under this program, the province sells public assets, social housing across the province, to non-profit organizations,” Eby told the legislature. “Unfortunately, when they sell this social housing, they do not and they cannot, because of the economics, guarantee that all of the units will continue to be rented at non-market rates.

That’s rents affordable by seniors, to people with disabilities, to families living in poverty.

“A significant number of these units will be rented at what he called market rates,

Housing Minister Rich Coleman which is a fancy way of saying rates that are not affordable to the people who used to live in those units.”

The B.C. Liberal government’s plan to invest directly in new social housing is a change from Coleman’s past policy to focus on rent subsidies rather than direct spending on social housing. The province currently pays rent assistance to nearly 30,000 low-income seniors and families, and funds another 41,000 in independent social housing.

The latest commitment is to expand social housing with $50 million in the fiscal

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year that starts April 1, another $50 million the following year, $75 million in 2018-19 and $90 million each of the next two years.

Coleman said the money comes from the province’s non-profit asset transfer program, begun in 2014.

“Its success is allowing us to reinvest money back into affordable housing across the province, while also helping non-profit societies secure the financing they need to be sustainable,” Coleman said.

The B.C. government defines “affordable housing” as costing 30 per cent or less of the household’s gross income.

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Tap into your imagination to create more of what you want. Your high energy will help you hit a home run. Tonight: Spend some time with a friend.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20)

Be aware of the long-term ramifications of a financial commitment. A meeting could point to an ideal solution. You can’t always come up with a good solution by yourself. Let others know how grateful you are for their time and suggestions. Tonight: Balance your budget.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) You’ll beam in much more of what you want. It is always nice to get more of what you desire.

Your imagination will take you to the next step in pursuing a long-discussed dream or goal.

Discuss this with someone you trust, and get his or her feedback.

Tonight: All smiles.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) Make it OK to be a little out of sync with others. In fact, you might want to pull back and retreat. Consider your options more carefully. Know that no decisions need to be made immediately.

Trust your judgment, but also test it out on others. Tonight: Get some R and R. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) Focus on the implications involved with continuing on your present course. Someone rather innovative might decide to play devil’s advocate for you. As a result, he or she will come up with many alternative ideas that you had not even considered. Tonight: Time to celebrate!

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) You are more than willing to take the lead with a project, but you might feel as if someone is holding you back. You will want to find out what is going on with this person and listen to where he or she is coming from. Try to be more receptive. Tonight: Out till the wee hours.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) Reach out to an older friend who

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SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) One-on-one relating will help you break certain patterns. You might have difficulty letting go of some habits and certain types of behavior. Remain more upbeat, and be direct with a boss, supervisor or older relative. Tonight: Accept a special invitation from a special someone.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) You might feel as if you can’t reveal the whole story about a personal situation. Others will notice that you seem a little off, but rather than ask intrusive questions, they’ll carry most of the conversation. Be sure to show your appreciation. Tonight: Go along with a suggestion.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) You still have your hands full.

Don’t question what is happening behind the scenes. Simply focus on what is happening out

in the open. Deal with one issue at a time. You might receive information that proves to be a real eye-opener. Tonight: Walk off some stress.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) You simply can’t help being yourself, even though some people don’t seem to understand your mischievous and somewhat sarcastic side. You have the capacity for unusual follow-through when you so choose, as you might today. Tonight: Someone’s mood delights you.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) Pressure builds on the homefront. There is little you can do to change the flow of events.

Your ability to multitask emerges. Others display an unusual amount of goodwill and patience. Use care with someone you meet today; he or she might be playing games. Tonight: Head home.

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by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar Dear Annie: For 10 years, I have had an unwritten business partnership with a woman 26 years my senior. It has mostly worked well, until “Doris” crashed her car into a tree two years ago and had her license suspended. Though no one was hurt, and the tree survived, the car was totaled, and Doris isn’t allowed to drive anymore.

Since then, her many friends have provided transportation for her. Her children, two of whom are within an hour’s drive, have helped shuttle her around, but not as much as the rest of us. Worse, they don’t acknowledge their mother’s shortcomings. They don’t know what her schedule is like, and how much her schedule impacts those of us who deal with it on a regular basis.

Lately, Doris has become a liability regarding our real estate business. She forgets details about contracts, inspections and disclosure. I end up doing all of the work and still splitting the commission with her. My broker, who is Doris’ partner of 40 years, won’t intervene. Doris comes to the office four days a week, and I know she needs that structure. How do I keep her from wrecking the business and still preserve her dignity? -- Not Her Daughter Dear Not: We commend you for being kind to Doris, but you aren’t running a charity. More importantly, you aren’t doing Doris any favors by ignoring her problems. Please talk to her children and her partner directly. Explain that Doris is having difficulty with her memory, and that there may be other medical issues.

It may even be that the car crash caused some of this, or vice versa. Suggest that she get a check-up and ask her doctor to test for executive functioning.

Then consider giving Doris a new title so that she still has a job, but is no longer in a position to mess up the contracts.

Perhaps you can pay her a salary that is more commensurate with her current contribution to the business.

Dear Annie: We have friends whom we’ve hosted for dinner at least a halfdozen times in the past few years. But they have never invited us to their home.

They once invited us to dine with them at a restaurant, but they did not offer to pay for our meal.

We are reluctant to keep inviting them to dinner at our house, as they make no effort to reciprocate. However, we do enjoy seeing them. What do you suggest?

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A tarantula named after singer Johnny Cash is among 14 new species identified by scientists who spent a decade collecting the hairy spiders and studying nearly 3,000 of them.

The tarantula is black and can be found near the California prison that is the setting of Cash’s “Folsom Prison Blues.”

Chris Hamilton and colleagues from Auburn University and Millsaps College collected nearly 1,500 spiders from the 12 states where tarantulas live, and about 300 sent by the public. They analyzed DNA from more than 1,000 of those spiders, and examined

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The B09B, with an area of about 1,120 square miles (2,900 square kilometres), blocked access to the penguins’ natural feeding areas beginning in December 2010.

The huge piece of ice forced the birds to walk more than 37 miles (60 kilometres) in search of food, gradually reducing the population to just a few thousand.

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An estimated 150,000 Adelie penguins have been wiped out on Antarctica’s Cape Denison in the five years since a giant iceberg blocked their main access to food.

casses, particularly the young, which was terrible to see. But the really important thing is that the penguins are just not coming back to that area,” Chris Fogwill, a co-author of the study, told The Associated Press on Monday.

The survey was conducted in 2013-14 by Fogwill and other scientists at the Climate

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Adelie penguins can be found throughout Antarctica.

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Researchers say it is hard to know how long it will take the Adelie penguins to recolonize the Commonwealth Bay area. The worst case scenario is that without their natural breeding cycle and lacking new members, the colony could die out in about 20 years.

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It’s the latest in a series of studies of the Neanderthal genetic heritage in modern people. Past studies have suggested it raises risk of allergies, for example.

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for effects from about 1,500 of them in medical records of some 28,000 Americans of European ancestry, for whom they had genetic information.

The study also linked Neanderthal DNA to risk for some other modern-day conditions, such as scaly skin patches called actinic keratoses, urinary system symptoms and an unusually strong tendency toward blood clotting.

OR FINANCE AND DON’T PAY FOR 90 DAYS*

It’s like having

Radium Hot Springs in your front seats.

Warm up to heated seats‡ this winter.

RAV4 AWD Limited shown

Buy a RAV4 before February 29th and earn up to 10,000 Aeroplan® Miles.** Lease, finance plans, cash incentives & offers from Toyota Financial Services (TFS). OAC for qualified retail customers on select new unregistered models sold and delivered between February 2 and February 29, 2016. †Lease a 2016 RAV4 AWD (BFREVT A) for $131 semi-monthly with down payment of $3,988. Security deposit is waived. Based on vehicle price of $29,651 and 2.99% lease APR. Total lease obligation is $19,577; lease end value is $12,790. Lease End Value is for Personal Use Only. In addition, Dealer Lease End Option Fee of $300 will be added. MSRP includes a maximum of $2,146 for freight and delivery, block heater charge and air conditioning tax, and excludes license, insurance, PPSA, registration fees and all other taxes and levies. Examples based on 60 month walk-away lease with 100,000 km. If km are exceeded, additional km charge of $0.10 per km will apply. First semi-monthly payment due at lease inception and next monthly payment due approximately 15 days later and semi-monthly thereafter throughout the term. Toyota Financial Services will waive the final payment. Semi-monthly lease offer can be combined with most other offers excluding the First Payment Free and Encore offers. ‡Heated front seats are standard on 2016 RAV4 XLE, SE, and Limited models. Available on LE models. *Make no payments for 90 days when you purchase finance a new unregistered 2015 or 2016 Toyota vehicle through Toyota Financial Services Canada. Offer applies on approved credit to retail customers who purchase and take delivery by February 29, 2016. The first monthly payment will be deferred for 60 days (until the 90th day of the contract) and finance contracts will be extended accordingly. Interest charges will not accrue during the first 60 days of the contract. After 60 days, interest starts to accrue and the purchaser will repay principal and interest over the term of the contract. Down payment or equivalent trade, first month’s payment and applicable taxes are due on delivery. Dealer may sell for less. See your participating Dawson Creek and Cranbrook, BC Toyota dealer for details. All offers subject to exclusions and may change without notice. Some conditions apply. **See Toyota.ca/aeroplan for details. ®Aeroplan and the Aeroplan logo are registered trademarks of Aimia Canada Inc.