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three or four times a year, I now go to Cranbrook three times a year and once a year to Trail.” Sellers is merely one of many Interior Health patients who travel long distancThe physical, emotional and financial strain of travelling to urban areas for es for specialty appointments. Kim McDuff, transplant redesign project co-ordinator, and her colleagues at dialysis has forced kidney disease patients to become prisoners of the road, but the Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital Kidney Transplant Clinic in Trail, a 56-year-old Upper Columbia Valley resident could become the face for change in the East Kootenay region through the use of a telehealth clinic pilot program. identified a strong desire to develop alternative options for patients who are reKirt Sellers has begun travelling to the East Kootenay Regional Hospital (EKRH) quired to drive long distances for follow up appointments. The staff used this as the foundation for the developing a pilot program that in Cranbrook to use an Interior Health-based video conTelehealth offers a way allows post-transplant patients to attend their follow up ference format (commonly known to health care proclinic appointments in Cranbrook, connecting to Trail fessionals as telehealth clinics). The telehealth clinics to provide adequate and telehealth. allow Sellers to follow up with a Trail-based health care continuous care for post-transplant through “Telehealth offers a way to provide adequate and conteam, which includes a doctor, a social worker and a tinuous care for post-transplant patients not living in transplant nurse, as opposed to travelling 362 kilome- patients not living in Trail. KIM MCDUFF Trail,” said Ms. McDuff in a recent press release. tres (four hours each way) to Trail to meet with the TRAIL KIDNEY TRANSPLANT CLINIC The telehealth pilot program ran from November 2014 team in person for routine follow up post-kidney transto May 2015 with 12 patients using the service. The appointments were offered in plant appointments. “With a focus on telehealth, I have certainly saved money in the sense that collaboration with Interior Health and BC Transplant. The follow up appointments are conducted at the EKRH in Cranbrook, which as a part of my renal follow up, they like to meet with me every three months, which translates to roughly four times annually which is a part of the normal allows renal nurse Georgi Winger, to check a patient’s blood pressure, weight, See A3 protocol,” explained Mr. Sellers. “Instead of going to Trail to meet with them

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TATTOO TAKE... The 5th annual Puppy Love fundraiser for the local animal rescue group GALS was a huge success, with all participating tattoo artists booked solid throughout the day on Saturday, February 13th. Invermere’s Fire Vixen Tattoos in Invermere hosted the all-day event at the Invermere Community Hall which featured a tattoo convention during the day followed by an after-party at night. PHOTO BY BREANNE MASSEY

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Local bee industry profiting from buy-local business model BREANNE MASSEY breanne@invermerevalleyecho.com Beekeepers in B.C. and in the East Kootenay region have not been stung by the ever-changing honey industry. According to the B.C. provincial government, shoppers bought honey straight from producing beekeepers with estimated farm receipts (for B.C. retail sales from farmers’ markets, roadside stands and direct sales to customers) of honey reaching more than $25 million in 2015 — almost doubling from 2014. Golden-based Rocky Mountain Honey Farm owner Jutta Krezdorn has experienced this unique relationship between customers and her business. She believes the beekeeping industry benefits the economy provincially if honey sales are done directly between

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beekeepers and shoppers. “People like this,” said Ms. Krezdorn, while discussing the effects of working as a honey retailer. “It’s a special (product) when you can buy it directly from the beekeeper.” In comparison, beekeepers’ farm cash receipts from honey sold to stores and wholesale packers topped $3 million in 2015. “The beekeeping industry is playing a major role in the province’s economy,” said Minister of Agriculture Norm Letnick in a recent press release. “These statistics show that more and more British Columbians are choosing to buy their honey direct from beekeepers, and showing a strong interest in buying local foods. Supporting local food producers creates local jobs and revenue, and is a sweet reward to the province’s beekeepers.”

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The sales from beeswax, which is used to make candles and is used at times in food, cosmetic and pharmaceutical production, also increased to reach over $1 million in 2015. The province is home to more than 2,400 beekeepers and almost 45,000 colonies of bees. Beekeeper’s pollination income for 2015 brought in an estimated $5 million with honeybees used to pollinate B.C.’s fruit, berry, and canola farms. Crop pollination contributes an estimated $250 million to the economy in B.C. and more than $2 billion in Canada. The beekeeping statistics were collected through Ministry of Agriculture beekeeper surveys. Beekeeping is celebrated on May 29th each year because it was declared the Day of the Honey Bee to remind British Columbians of the significant role both bees and beekeepers play on a daily basis and to recognize the vital importance of bees in modern agriculture and the environment.

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Thanks to Interior Health’s telehealth clinics, valley resident Kirt Sellers can drive to Cranbrook instead of Trail for follow up treatments. He’s hoping the service can eventually be offered in the Columbia Valley. e-KNOW photo TELEHEALTH from A1 pulse and edema (excess of fluid) and relays the information through telehealth to the Trail Kidney Transplant Clinic. “Although we’ve only been doing telehealth with posttransplant patients for a short time, the feedback has been nothing but positive,” said Ms. Winger in a recent press release. “They are so grateful to be able to meet with the transplant team and receive the care they need without having to take the time to travel to Trail.” The goal of the program was to reduce the emotional and financial stress that many patients experienced with the hopes of boosting their overall health and well-being. “It’s expensive for people to take an unpaid day off

work and stressful to drive the mountain pass to Trail,” said Teresa Buckley, a transplant clinic nurse, nephrologist, social worker and dietician, in the release. “With telehealth, this health-care service is more accessible and increases the continuity of care.” Interior Health is evaluating rural sites that could potentially facilitate appointments for pre-transplant patients and Sellers remains optimistic that the Columbia Valley could become the next home for renal care. “I’d like to see these services expanded and be offered here,” concluded Sellers, noting there’s a demand for telehealth in the Columbia Valley. “Driving to Cranbrook on a regular basis is hard enough, especially in winter. My heart goes out to anybody who is doing that trip on a regular basis. A lot of those services can be delivered through telehealth and it’s invaluable.”

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As the Village of Canal Flats begins detailed work on a budget that must be approved early in the spring, council accepted some grant requests from community groups while deferring others — and encouraging all applicants to look beyond the village’s limited means for financial help. For requests directed at the Columbia Basin Trust’s Community Initiatives and Affected Areas grant, the village approved a $12,000 request (spearheaded by the Canal Flats Seniors Group) to put in a gravel walkway along a block of Arbuckle Street, running from Burns Avenue to the Family Pantry parking lot. Council also approved $8,000 aimed at providing outside access doors to the washrooms at the Canal Flats Civic Centre, and $5,000 for a new power outlet. The Community Initiatives and Affected Areas Grant is a $35,000 sum that the village can spend in a variety of ways. “This is the most fun I have in the year, dispersing funds that I don’t have to ask taxpayers to pay for,” joked Mayor Ute Juras during the grants discussion. An additional cost for engineered drawings will be required to install the new washroom doors, noted public works co-ordinator Bill Doroshuk. Columbia Basin Trust recreation grants were also dis-

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cussed, but council felt there should be a shelf-ready project in place before applying. The grants have two application intakes each year, with one in March and another in July. Council also noted there are 10 grantin-aid applications to the village itself, totaling $12,570. Any of the community groups seeking funds would need to submit a budget and a financial report, and would be invited to do a presentation before council on their applications, said Juras. “We are very constrained this year with our budget,” she added, noting groups may also be able to apply for the Regional District of East Kootenay’s Area F Grant in Aid program. The requests were received for information, but no further action will be taken until further in the budget process. That process hit its first significant curveball on Monday, February 15th, as the village announced that afternoon that chief administrative office Brian Woodward has concluded his employment with the village after five years. See more in the Friday, February 19th edition of the Columbia Valley Pioneer. Canal Flats ponders its stand The village is deferring its application to appear on the CBC TV series Still Standing, after council questioned the timing of the show’s filming versus the village’s approval of an economic development plan. See A16

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New program targets displaced Canal Flats mill workers Submitted College of the Rockies College of the Rockies is launching a program aimed at assisting displaced workers from the Canal Flats mill, the Target store and other industries in the region. Trades Exploration is a 15-week program, funded in part by the Ministry of Advanced Education. The goal is to allow participants to explore several heavy trades, complete any necessary upgrading and obtain industry-required safety certifications. At the completion of the program, students should

have a better idea about which trades they are most suited for and should be prepared to enter full-time foundation or apprenticeship training with the College. Participants in the program will take part in approximately two weeks of training in each of the following areas: Carpentry, Industrial Mechanic (Millwright), Welding, Electrical, Heavy Duty Mechanic and Piping Trades (plumbing, steamfitter/pipefitter). An introduction to Heavy Equipment Operation, using the College’s simulator, will be included along with industry safety tickets like H2S, Standard First Aid, Construction Safety Training Systems, Fall Protection and Confined Space Entry. During the first week of training, students will be assessed to determine if they require upgrading in English or trades math. If needed, upgrading assistance will be provided two mornings per week to help students achieve the prerequisites needed for the trades program of their choice. Resume and interview skills will also be covered for those wishing to transition from the program directly into employment. “While we have been delivering trades discovery programs in Golden and Invermere for several years, this is the first time a trades exploration and upgrading program has been offered in Cranbrook in over a decade,” says College of the Rockies Director of Continuing Education, Contract Training and Regional Campus Operations, Leah Bradish. “This is an exciting new hybrid program that will provide students with access to highquality instructors from our full-time trades programs as well as our full-

Heavy Duty Mechanics is one trade that participants will get a taste of in College of the Rockies’ Trades Exploration program. Photo submitted scale shop space.” The Trades Exploration program will run April 4th through July 15th with a tuition cost of $1,995. Registration deadline is March 21st and seats are limited. For further information or to sign up, contact Rachel at 250-489-2751 ext. 3359 or rloganberg@cotr.bc.ca.

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Coun. Tyler McCauley made a motion to adopt the final reading of the Wood First Bylaw No. 417, 2016 at the regular council meeting on Wednesday, February 10th. His decision was seconded by Coun. Todd Logan and the duo were unanimously supported by the rest of council. The bylaw encourages the use of wood as a primary building material in the design and construction of municipally funded building

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NICOLE TRIGG editor@invermerevalleyecho.com Bats get a bad rap, thanks to the tradition in the horror story genre which, through the last century and beyond, has portrayed them as mini vampires, on the side of evil, that live in caves and come out at dusk to drink blood, using their fangs to prey on the unsuspecting. The recent discovery of a bat cave in Banff National Park — the first one to be found in either Banff, Yoho and Kootenay National Park — is part of a growing movement to look beyond age-old superstition and offer bats help as their numbers continue to dwindle in response to this nega-

tive public attitude as well as habitat loss and other environmental factors. Another group working in the Rockies region has made huge strides in bat awareness over the last decade in the Kootenays. The Kootenay Community Bat Project, established in 2004, is made up of a panel of bat experts dedicated to bat conservation in southeastern B.C., and works directly with residents who have bats in their buildings (visit www.kootenaybats. com for a wealth of information). Founder and coordinating biologist Juliet Craig has had a huge impact, cultivating relationships with Kootenay communities to educate the public and stop people from exterminating bats from their homes,

actively killing them or inadvertently destroying their roost sites (by holding bat house building workshops to teach homeowners how to provide bats with a roosting alternative). There are 19 species of bats commonly found in Canada, with 16 occurring in B.C. (all 16 species of bats in B.C. are protected from being killed and harassed under the Provincial Wildlife Act), of which at least 11 are found in the Kootenays, several of which are listed as vulnerable and threatened, including the little brown myotis, which Parks Canada staff believe to be the species inhabiting the Banff bat cave. Nowhere else in Canada is bat conservation so important or necessary.

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working with the contractor. It is February and the Regional UNDOWN U Look for updates at upcomgroundhog predicted an earing Council meetings. ly spring, which means new Councillor Karl Sterzer has beginnings and rebirth. been appointed to the ResiCanal Flats council is workdent Retention and Attracing very hard to adapt to the tion Focus Group, which has changes in the Village and already had very successful we are definitely ready for Open Houses in Invermere new beginnings. TE and in Calgary. We are about to finalize the At the regular Council meetcontract for the Economic Deing on January 11th, Council velopment/Business Liaison. In addition to the $50,000 grant from Colum- received the report from the BC Econombia Basin Trust, the Village also received a ic Development Association (BCEDA) grant from the Ministry of Jobs, Tourism case study of Canal Flats. The report and Skilled Training of $30,000 to put to- contains a Community Profile, Regional ward economic development. This is very Overview, a SWOT (Strengths, Weaknessexciting news and we thank both CBT and es, Opportunities, Threats) Analysis and several recommendations. Some of these the Province for their contributions. Council has awarded the contract for recommendations have already been imthe Tilley Memorial Park upgrades. Coun- plemented or are being presently worked cillors Marie Delorme and Paul Marcil are on. The document is available at the Vilthe champions for this project and will be lage office.

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We would also like to thank the City of Cranbrook, which paid for the registration fee for Councillor Sterzer to attend the workshop, and Pacific Coastal Airlines for providing complimentary airfare. At that same meeting, we also had a presentation by the Headwaters Arts Society, which presented us with a beautiful concept for a mural on the north wall of the Columbia Discovery Centre. We will be working with the arts society to find grant funding for this project. The Village of Canal Flats received a big blow last year with the closing of the mill, but Council is ready to face new opportunities and challenges that will be coming our way this year. We are optimistic that this is a new beginning for the Village and we are excited to see what the future holds. Ute Juras is the mayor of Canal Flats and can be reached at 250-489-9070 or by email at ujuras@gmail.com.

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Scientist just found the first bat hibernation cave in Banff, Kootenay or Yoho (see page 16). What’s your reaction?

“That’s amazing. Will they turn it into a tourist attraction?” Brendan Vincelli & Kaylyn Echline

“Wow. So now there’s another tourist attraction there? We won’t go visit it. ”

“The first? Really? There’s bats all over the place. I guess they’ve just never looked before.”

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Local communities feel the brunt of BC Liberals’ land use decisions I believe strongly that we, the MLA EPORT E people who live most connected to the land, should have the ability to make decisions about what happens on the land base that surrounds our communities. This is a principle that I have fought for throughout my political career, and it is ORM a fundamental right that has been eroded by the BC Liberals since 2001. When I served as Mayor of Golden in the 1990s, there were three significant instances where the community was able to use existing tools to influence decisions on the public lands that surround Golden. When our mill went down, the fibre in our area would only be made available if a manufacturing facility was operated in Golden. When a major ski hill was proposed, the people of Golden had a vote to decide if it should go ahead. And when we had recreational conflicts in our mountains, we were able to meet as user groups to develop a plan to avoid conflicts and protect the environment. Under the BC Liberals, all of these three tools have been lost to us and the communities that I represent in the Legislature are paying the cost. In Kimberley, the community is faced with logging in its watershed. The need for the community to be able to ensure safe drinking water is not considered in gov-

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ernment decisions to log, and there is no meaningful mechanism available for the voices of residents of Kimberley to be heard. In Canal Flats, the mill has been closed and the fibre that fed that mill now goes elsewhere. The requirement for local fibre to provide local employment is gone. In the Columbia Valley, the BC Liberals created a fake municipality that handed over control of a vast area west of Invermere against the wishes of the people. Taxpayers’ money now goes to fund a mayor and council for Jumbo where there is no town, no residents, and no development. In Revelstoke, recreational systems are being compromised because the government no longer has to take into account the views of the community, honour agreements with community partners, or consider a range of values when making decisions on the land base. The BC Liberal government has consistently put corporate interests ahead of community needs, and the consequences for local communities will be felt for many, many years to come. Whether it is the loss of water quality, reduced economic activity, waste of taxpayers’ money, or loss of recreational and environmental values, these are all examples of problems that could have been avoided if government was required to listen to what local residents had a say about the use of their land base. Norm Macdonald is the NDP MLA for Columbia River Revelstoke. He can be reached by phone at 1-866-8704188 and by email at norm.macdonald.mla@leg.bc.ca.

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This op-ed by the BC Chamber of Commerce was submitted to The Echo for publication by the Columbia Valley Chamber of Commerce. Monday, February 15th marked the beginning of Chamber of Commerce Week, an opportunity for B.C.’s more than 125 Chambers of Commerce to showcase their hard work on behalf of businesses across the province. This year, Chambers are celebrating the theme of “Empowering B.C. Businesses” — a theme that highlights how Chambers strive to empower and grow each business in their community. Every day, Chambers actively strengthen local businesses through networking events, mentorship opportunities, professional development activities and other unique programming. Whether hosting events and business awards, supporting young entrepreneurs through mentorship programs, providing community-tailored support such as hospitality training in tourism communities, or organizing unique travel experiences for companies interested in learning more about different international markets, Chambers are sharply focused on empowering each and every member business to succeed. Simultaneously, the Chamber network — B.C.’s largest business organization — is advocating for policy changes to further drive local businesses’ success. See A16

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certain it would pan out. “I was hoping I would qualify for the Games. As a second-year U14 (a 13 year old), I thought I had a good shot, but I didn’t really know,” she said. “With skiing you never know, because one crash and it’s over.” Cory got into skiing as a kid thanks to her parents and says she can’t imagine not doing the sport. “I love the speed, the competition and the intensity of (ski) racing,” she said.

An Invermere teen is heading to Penticton later this month to test her mettle in the BC Winter Games alpine ski events. Grade 8 David Thompson Secondary School student Cory Martin has been racing since she was six or seven years old, and said that representing the Kootenay Zone in the giant slalom and slalom in the Games will be the highlight of her career so far. Valley badminton team heads “I haven’t done anything like this to BC Winter Games before. It will be the biggest race The Kootenay Zone Under-14 I’ve ever done,” she said, adding (U-14) badminton team that’s on she’s keeping her goals simple and their way to the BC Winter Games just wants to stay on her feet and this year is comprised entirely of make it across the finish line with a Upper Columbia Valley athletes. respectable showing. The all-valley squad is no coinci“It’s hard to make a goal about DTSS student Cory Martin will race in wthe giant slalom and slalom at this year’s B.C. Winter dence and is a trend that occurs which place I want to finish, beGames in Penticton. Photo submitted at every BC Winter Games (which cause I’ve never competed at this level,” said Cory. “It’s all of B.C. I just hope to have fun, post a good result with a are held every two years) since Kootenay zone badminton coach Colin Sherk lives in Invermere and the team trials are held here. good time and not crash.” “We’ve had a badminton team at the BC Winter Games since 2008 and I keep tryIn alpine skiing, high speeds and narrow margins mean that crashing can be the difference between a top finish and not even qualifying — something that was ing to pull in players from other communities, but it’s not easy because there are on Cory’s mind during the BC Winter Games alpine skiing qualifying event held no coaches in the other communities, and it’s a big commitment for players who are generally new to the sport to commute all the way from other Kootenay comrecently in Rossland. During the qualifying weekend, Cory had to do four giant slalom races and two munities to practices in Invermere,” said Sherk. “Having an U-14 Kootenay team slalom races. Racers were awarded points based on the best 50 per cent of their at the Games basically started as a way to drum up support for the high school race results, and a crash in any of the races would have put a big dent in any team (Sherk is also the David Thompson Secondary School badminton coach) racer’s hopes of making it to the Games. Fortunately, Cory sailed down the course when the U-14 players get a bit older. The U-14 team is mostly Grade 7 students, although this year there is one Grade 8 student and a Grade 6 student, and almost with no mishaps and posted times good enough to earn her trip to Penticton. “It’s great. I’m really excited and I’ve heard (the Games) are a really good experi- all of them have never played badminton before.” This year’s team comprises of Finn Bourke, Nolan Douglas, Tate Hetherington, ence,” she said. The BC Winter Games, which is held every two years, is open to Under-14 kids Hailey Jukes, Haley Kubian, Dana McIntosh, Harley Prymak, Madeleine Sherk, Ja(those 12 or 13 years old). As a 13-year-old, Cory thought she might have an ad- cob Taylor and Devin Woodworth. Christine Sherk is the assistant coach. See A9 vantage over many of the 12-year-old skiers in qualifying, but wasn’t 100 per cent

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made it a 1-1 tie for the Rockets during a power play. He had assists from his teammates, Brent Koch and Darion Nordick. But Rockies trio Ryan St. Jean, Luke Bellerose and Nolan Menard pushed the puck down the ice — taking a 2-1 score with St. Jean’s goal. During the second period, Kyle Rosolowski scored for the Rockets during a power play, redeeming the team and once again tying up the game 2-2. Rockies forward Micheal Cardinal scored before the second was over, and put the Rockies into a 3-2 lead against the Rockets before his opponent, Jake Gudjonson, tied the game 3-3 with a power play goal. But the Rockies made a comeback in the third, starting with forward Harrison Davies’ unassisted goal.

Smith scored another goal for the Rockies, thanks to assists from Cardinal and Hoobanoff. Then, Cardinal scored his second goal of the game with help from Hoobanoff and Smith. The winning goal of the evening away game came from Rockies forward Donoven Quinten with a short-handed play on an empty net, thanks to assists from St. Jean and Cardinal. “Our top players were the best players in the third period, and they were the ones that really made a difference,” concluded Dubielewicz. Ghostriders defeat Rockies again The Fernie Ghostriders defeated the Columbia Valley Rockies 3-2 at the Fernie Memorial Arena on Friday, February 12th. During the first period, the Rockies took a 1-0 lead when defenceman Davin Burton scored the Junior B team’s first goal of the game with assists from Micheal Cardinal and Ryan St. Jean. Ghostriders athletes Coleton Dawson and Ty Carron made it a 1-1 tie in the second before their teammate, Mitch Titus, scored another goal on a shorthanded net. Titus was assisted by Tayler Sincennes and Jeff Orser. During the third, Alex Cheveldave scored the Ghostriders’ third goal of the game during a power play. He was assisted by Mack Differenz and Aidan Wilson. Forward Doan Smith scored a goal for the Rockies during a power play, which brought the game to a close at 3-2. See A9

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Rockies goalie Giovanni Sambrielaz stays low in front of his net while keeping an eagle eye on a Rockets’ offensive play at the Eddie Mountain Memorial Arena on February 13th. Columbia Valley won the close game against Golden 4-3. Photo by Breanne Massey ROCKIES from A8 Rockies scrape by against Rockets for win After a close game, the Rockies put another “W” behind them at a home game last weekend. The Columbia Valley Rockies won 4-3 against the Golden Rockets at the Eddie Mountain Memorial Arena on Saturday, February 13th. “It was a tough game for us to play after a huge game in Fernie last night,” said Wade Dubielewicz, Rockies’ head coach, speaking after the game. He believes the Rockies were emotionally deflated from the loss against Fernie. “Emotions were really high when we came back (from Fernie), so it took us about half the game to get going, but at the end of the day, we figured out a way to win.” The Rockets got off to a flying start with a 1-0 lead against the Rockies when Ryder Pune scored the Junior B team’s first goal with assists from Riley Barnes and Kyle Rosolowski. However, Rockies forward Nick Hoobanoff and his teammates Micheal Cardinal and Ryan St. Jean managed to tie up the game with a power play goal during the last 20 seconds of the first. During the second, Terri Fischer-Kobes scored during a power play for the Rockets. Nolan Menard, Harrison Davies and Kellen Marchand promptly scored, making it a 2-2 tie. Then, Menard scored once again during a power play boosting his team into a 3-2 lead. During the third, the Rockies scored two more goals, one on a power play and another from Smith. Ryan Prue scored for the Rockets before the end of the game, but it wasn’t enough to catch up. “Congratulations to Damon Raven for playing his 200th game as a Columbia Valley Rocky,” concluded Dubielewicz. He is eager to see how the end of the season shapes up. “Both games (Friday against Fernie and Saturday against Golden) look like they’re going to matter,” he said. “We’re tied with Fernie in the standings so it will take teamwork if we’re going to play in the first round (of playoffs).”

KORrection KORNER • In the February 10th Invermere Valley Echo in the article titled “Valley sends girls’ curling team to BC Winter Games for the first time” on page A9, it was incorrectly stated that the Wells team will be the first girls’ curling team from the Columbia Valley to attend the B.C. Winter Games. Thanks to avid Echo readers who know their local sports history, it turns out there was another group of girls who went to the Winter Games for curling. In 1995, these girls were Christine Keshen, Kirstin Meadows, Kindry Dalke, Kim Dalke and Nicole Coy. • In the January 20th Invermere Valley Echo in the article titled “Canal Flats aims to change dock bylaw,” it was incorrectly stated that the second-row zone (which covers 33 properties) would result in four to eight docks on Columbia Lake. In fact, it would result in four to eight boat slips per dock, according to Canal Flats Coun. Marie Delorme.

Trials for the team started in October, and the team of 10 — five boys and five girls — was selected by late October. They have continued to train four hours each Sunday since then. “Since they’re all beginners, what I’m looking for as a coach is sportsmanship and enthusiasm. Physical aptitude is the least of my consideration. And this approach usually results in a really good team,” said Sherk. “It will be great if they win a few matches at the Games, but that’s just gravy. My main goal as coach is to get them to the point where they can play effectively, enjoy being on the court and have a lot of fun. I’d love to have some of them pick up the sport for life and be playing into their 60s, 70s or 80s.” During the Games, the players will compete on their own as individuals and as pairs in singles, doubles and mixed doubles. Then, there will be the team event, in which the Kootenay Zone team will play matches against each other zone team, with the Kootenay team having four singles simultaneously play four singles from the other team, and My main goal as three Kootenay doubles coach is to get pairs playing three doubles pairs from the other team. them to the point where If the Kootenay Zone team they can play effectively, has more of its players win enjoy being on the court in these matches than the other team, the Kootenay and have a lot of fun. COLIN SHERK Zone team then advances. BADMINTON COACH “My hope is that all of them will get to play a little bit of singles, a little bit of doubles and a little bit of mixed, and that way get exposure to a variety of types of badminton,” said Sherk. The team has approximately 50 hours of training under its belt, and is playing well and looking forward to the Games, according to Sherk. “They are pumped. You never know what the kids are going to be like each year, because it is a new sport for them, but generally they all seem to like it, and this year is no exception. They are pretty excited,” he said. “The BC Games are great — they are like a mini-Olympics, with an opening ceremony and a lot of hype. They really do a lot to get the kids engaged and it shows.” Many of the badminton players try out for the Kootenay Zone team simply out of curiosity about the sport, according to Sherk. “A lot of them have seen it just a little bit in elementary school (in gym class) and want to see what a real, fast-paced game looks like. Some of them just want to try something new, and badminton certainly is a different sport,” he said, adding most of the players have a background in some other sport before trying badminton. The BC Winter Games will be held in Penticton this year from February 25th to 28th. Visit www.bcgames.org.

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179 181 131 144 140 61 145 208 167 138 179 194 150 162 104 211 153 170 94 115 153 233 171 169 178 160 129 124 166 121 163 146 149 171 167 190 161 114 152 170 132 118 198 208 137 167 189 153 152 180 231 203 218 131 188 147 159 145 193 117 214 158 193 166 156 181 138 242 161 164 214 196 203 237 191 155 183 226 209

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2006 — Bavin Glassworks crew Sheenah Lindsay, Kate Forest, Julia Oaks, Leah Duperreault, Pat and Ryan Bavin, at the Bavin Glassworks Cabin’s grand opening at Panorama.

EMEMBER WHEN? R A look back through The Valley Echo's archives over the last 50 years

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years ago (1966): The Invermere Garage took out an advertisment in The Echo detailing its selection of used automobiles for sale. A 1964 Econoline pickup with 16,000 kilometres on the odometer was selling for $1,850.

years ago (1976): The valley saw a successful cat-to-cat blood transfusion. Mr. and Mrs. Lund’s cat Ginger was anemic, but Ginger’s condition was at least partially alleviated by a blood donation from Mr. and Mrs. Bill

years ago (1991): Panorama Mountain Resort was offering a special downhill instructional class led by professional skier Tom Holland. The weekend-long class featured backcountry skills.

years ago (1996): The East Kootenay economy was looking strong. Then-Columbia Valley Chamber of Commerce Karl Conway told The Echo a strong Calgary ecnomy was playing a big role in that.

years ago (2001): The Regional District

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years ago (2006): The Invermere Fire Deaprtment quenched a fire at Don and Betty Kilpatrick’s home on Lanac Road, near Lake Lillian. Then-Invermere mayor Mark Smigelsky pointed out that if the District of Invermere had not just recently expanded its fire protection boundaries (a controversial process), the situation might not have turned out as well as it did.

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A16 invermerevalleyecho.com CONSTRAINED from A3 The series, which features comedian Jonny Harris performing stand-up comedy in various down-on-their-luck communities across Canada, looks to profile a mechanism by which featured communities are being re-invigorated, explained Coun. Marie Delorme. “We don’t really have that at this point, until we get through the economic development plan,” she said. Council considered that, if chosen, Canal Flats may not show up on the program until the TV show’s third season, but will seek more information on the timelines before applying. Final economic development working group meeting Completion of a land development prospectus is imminent for the Village of Canal Flats, after the Regional District of East Kootenay committed 35 hours of planner time to the task during the final Canal Flats Economic Development Working Group meeting, held on January 11th. The working group was formed to look at the village’s economic options in the wake of the Canfor mill closure, and met several times starting last fall. Ministry of Jobs, Tourism and Skills Training representative Gerri Brightwell confirmed her ministry will also support the prospectus. Juras told the group that the village had narrowed down a list of four candidates for the business development liaison position to three shortlisted candidates who were being interviewed. The position is being created thanks to Columbia Basin Trust funding, and the village has focused much of its postsawmill planning around the work that will be done by the business liaison. Building permits up in 2015 Canal Flats approved $996,329 worth of construction in 2015, according to the 2015 building permit summary submitted by the village’s building inspector, Al Domin. The village charged a total of $11,832 for 17 permits, most of which focused on new homes — the value of new homes comprised $836,955, or 84 per cent of the approved construction. July was the busiest month, including four permits issued, and permits were approved every month except for January, October and December. The 2015 results were a slight uptick compared to 2014, when a total of 10 permits worth $7,005 were approved by the village. The 2014 permits held a combined estimated value of $827,100, of which $578,500 (70 per cent) was new home value.

EMPOWERING from A6 Right now, for example, B.C.’s Chambers are leading efforts to advocate that the provincial government maintain a low tax rate for credit unions, which provide a key source of local business financing for communities right across B.C. This is significant because, for 44 communities in B.C., there are no alternative lenders. Keeping that credit union tax rate low is critical to seeing sufficient dollars flow into community businesses, both to launch start-ups and to enable established businesses to secure growth financing. Chambers are also leading efforts to establish permanent inter-municipal business licences. These licences provide business owners with the geographic flexibility that many need, particularly in areas such as the construction trades. Right now, inter-municipal business licenses are moving from a pilot project to a permanent fixture in four Lower Mainland communities; the Chamber network hopes to further build on this success, with a vision of one day having a single cross-B.C. business licence. These are just two positive changes that the Chamber network is leading for B.C. businesses. Among many areas of impact, B.C.’s Chambers have been a leading voice: • encouraging balanced budgets at all levels of government; • calling for a made-in-B.C. value-added tax to support businesses in investing in their own growth; • calling for solutions to B.C.’s skills gap; and • encouraging municipalities to actively support local economic development. All of these policy pushes, together with Chambers’ local efforts, empower B.C.’s businesses and drive British Columbians’ success. So as B.C. celebrates Chamber Week, don’t miss the opportunity to swing by your local Chamber, sign up for some Chamber events, and celebrate the many ways that B.C.’s Chambers empower local businesses and strengthen our communities. Contact the Columbia Valley Chamber of Commerce by calling 250-342-2844 or visiting www.cvchamber.ca. Contact the Radium Hot Springs Chamber of Commerce by calling 250-3479331 or visiting www.radiumhotsprings.com/chamber-of-commerce.

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ecological role that is quite important. In particular, they are insect-eaters. In one night, an adult bat can consume up Parks Canada scientists have recently to half it’s body weight in insects.” Finding the hibernacula is especially discovered the only bat hibernacula so far known to exist in Kootenay, Banff critical because it is while hibernating that bats are most susceptible to whiteand Yoho National Parks. The hibernacula — a cave in which nose syndrome. The efforts by scienbats hibernate over winter — was locat- tists to locate hibernacula and bat maed near the Icefields Parkway (Highway ternity roosts (another critical piece of 93) in the northwestern portion of Banff habitat for bats) in Banff, Kootenay and National Park on December 21st, and is Yoho are part of the larger North America Bat Monitoring Program. Finding the a significant find. “We are really excited about this, Banff bat cave in December was a bit of since not a lot is known about bats in surprise, and came partly because of a Banff, Yoho and Kootenay,” Parks Cana- dying battery. Scientists had set up bat recording da wildlife ecologist Anne Forshner told equipment along the Icefields ParkThe Echo. Forshner specializes in dealing with way in the fall near caves and mines, species of concern, and added that the and were planning to come back in discovery is extra important because spring to check the equipment for evithe cave is likely home to little brown dence of bats. “But in this case, myotis bats (one of we knew the battery three types of bats was going to fail, so species that were we went in to switch recently listed as “atit, and that’s when risk” by Environment we found the bats,” Canada a bit more said Forshner. than a year ago). The scientists are “We’re pretty sure keen to see what it is little brown myoother evidence of tis,” said Forshner, bat caves they might adding that she and find when they the other scientists check the rest of the are waiting for conequipment in spring firmation on that and continue with from the labs, where the project. samples of bones “Our next step will and guano found in be working down the cave were sent Kootenay for analysis. Above: A hibernating bat in a cave through The presence of the off the Icefields Parkway in Banff National Park with bones and guano sug- National Park. Photo by Tim McAl- our recording equipgests that the bats lister/Parks Canada. Below: Parks ment,” said Forshner. have been using the Canada’s Greg Horne installs a bat “We will be in Kootecave for an extended roost logger in a cave in Banff Na- nay this summer.” tional Park. Photo by Anne ForshThere is no eviperiod of time and ner/Parks Canada. dence of white-nose this winter’s roosting syndrome in bats living in Banff, Yoho or is not a one-off event, she added. Little brown myotis, as well as north- Kootenay National Parks, but seven bat ern myotis and tri-coloured bats, were species in 25 states and five provinces listed as at-risk because of white-nose (Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edsyndrome, a fungus that has decimated ward Island, Ontario and Quebec) have (and in some cases virtually eliminated) been so far diagnosed with the disease. The exact location of the bat cave has huge swaths of bat populations in eastern North America. Part of the impetus not been disclosed, and access to caves to learn more about bats in western and mines in national parks is limited, Canada — and to do so quickly — is the requiring written permission of the possibility of the syndrome spreading park superintendent. right across the continent. “We’d really like to better understand bats here. We don’t know much and we need to know more because this illness (white-nose syndrome) is spreading westward. We’re trying to play catch-up in terms of knowing what species we have, where they live, and how many there are,” said Forshner. “Worldwide bats have an