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Curling great lends support to Grand Slam Kevin Martin, Sportsnet officials, in Cranbrook this week to talk up major curling event
T R E VO R C R AWL EY
Legendary curler Kevin Martin will be in Cranbrook this week to
give a high-profile presence to the official announcement by the Cranbrook Curling Club
unveiling the Grand Slam of Curling Tour Challenge in November. News of the event
was broken by the Daily Townsman a few weeks ago when Sportsnet published their calen-
dar of upcoming Grand Slam events, which included a stop in Cranbrook for the Tour Chal-
lenge. Todd Pellerin, one of the organizers of the committee that helped land the Sportsnet event in Cranbrook, is looking forward to sharing details with the community at a Chamber of Commerce meeting on Tuesday. “We’re just tickled pink that Sportsnet is showing a very high level of interest in making sure that the Cranbrook event becomes the success we know it can be,” Pellerin said. “They’re doing everything within their power to make that happen.” Kevin Martin — considered one of the greatest curlers of all time — recently retired a year
KEVIN MARTIN
ago but was instrumental in the creation of the Grand Slam of Curling circuit back in 2001.
See MARTIN, Page 3
Squealing tires, burning rubber, paying fines FOR THE TOWNSMAN
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Four Cranbrook curlers are off to represent the Kootenay Zone in the Curl BC Masters Provincial Championships (60-plus), set for next week in Abbotsford. Left to right: Joan Fiedler (Skip), Joy Walker (Third), Chris Knight (Second) and Ruth Persson (Lead) will be among the eight rinks from eight B.C. zones vying for top honours. The seven game round robin (Wednesday, March 9, through Friday, March 11) will be followed by the playoff round on the weekend. Team Kootenay will be taking its competition one shot at a time on the way to the finals. Good luck, Ladies. And the men’s side will also be represented, with Gerry Kent and Peter Sweetman of Cranbrook and Laddie Pavlis and Ralph Will of Creston going for their third straight Masters title. See more on the men later this week in the Townsman.
On Saturday, Feb. 27, a driver got plenty of police attention after squealing his tires at an intersection in Kimberley. Once stopped the officer served the driver with a driving prohibition, a violation ticket and his vehicle was impounded. Events unfolded as police were turning onto Wallinger Avenue near the traffic light and observed a truck in a cloud a smoke with squealing tires. The driver was making a right turn and left a trail of black rubber on the roadway. Police activated their emergency equipment as the truck headed east on Highway 95A towards Meadowbrook. The truck turned
onto the snow covered Houle Forest Service Road, likely in an attempt to evade police. The driver did eventually stop and told police he didn’t think they would follow him on the rutted rural road. Police detected an odor of alcohol and after a breath sample the driver was given a 24 hour driving prohibition. He was also given a violation ticket for Driving without Reasonable Consideration and his truck has also been impounded for seven days. “We often hear about poor driving behavior after the fact, but this time officers were right there, witnessed the offence and were able to deal with it,” said Cpl. Chris Newel of the Kimberley RCMP.
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Julia and Berlin enjoy a game of First to 100, one of a number of activities enjoyed by Primary students at Gordon Terrace on Tuesday, Feb. 23, to celebrate 100 Day.
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The Youth Impact Youth Centre has moved to a brand new location at 1320 2nd St. N., across the alley from the BC Ambulance garage. The official ribbon cutting ceremony for the new location will take place on March 7, 2016 at 4:00 pm. The public is welcome to attend the ribbon-cutting, followed by light refreshments and tours of the Youth Impact Youth Centre until 4:30 pm. The Youth Impact Youth Centre offers free programs and activities open to any youth in Cranbrook, between the ages of 13 and 18 years. The Youth Centre provides: • An alcohol-free and drug-free space to build lasting friend-
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MP praises local refugee sponsor groups in Ottawa F o r t h e To w n s m a n
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Two high school sweethearts are reunited in matrimony after more than 60 years apart. Marvin “Skip” Fennessy, prominent resident, local historian and 1995’s Cranbrook Citizen of the Year, married Hazel Fennessy on Saturday, Feb. 27, at a ceremony at the Heritage Inn, with Rev. Frank Lewis of the Cranbrook United Church presiding. Skip and Hazel met in 1953, when she was 17 and he 20, and fell in love, but she ended up moving away from Cranbrook, and they both eventually married other people. But both had each lost their long-time partners, and they set out to find each other again. Hazel came out for a visit in December, and never left. Congratulations to the newlyweds.
Martin in Cranbrook to announce Grand Slam Continued from page 1 Martin will be in Cranbrook, along with Sportsnet officials, to announce the event, which will run Nov. 8-13, and help generate some sponsorship buzz. “For us, having Kevin Martin is the best we could ever have hoped for, from Sportsnet,” said Pellerin. “When we approached Sportsnet for this event and they put a feeler out to the curlers that could possibly come, we had nothing but positive results saying, ‘Yes, let’s go to
Cranbrook’ “That made it a lot easier for Sportsnet to help them make the decision to come here.” Martin has prior history with Cranbrook, curling in a TSN Skins game in the 1990s and the 2011 Canada Cup of Curling champion in Western Financial Place. The Tour Challenge will feature not just curling action at Western Financial Place, but also in the Memorial Arena. Over 60 professional curling teams
from around the world will be competing in two tiers of action—15 mens teams and 15 women’s teams in each tier—for six days. Following the announcement at a lunchhour chamber meeting, there will be a gathering at the Curling Club from 5:30-7 p.m. which is open for an businesses interested in sponsorship for the Tour Challenge event. “The most important thing for me to see [Tuesday] night is the level of interest from local businesses in
helping to secure sponsorship for this event, because this event will bring in anywhere from $1.2 to $1.8 million in revenue to Cranbrook,” Pellerin said. “We are looking for our business community to step up a bit and lets get that sponsorship level where we need it, because that’s going to go a long way to getting future events; if we don’t get very good sponsorship from our local businesses, then this might just be a one-off from Sportsnet to come here.”
The Cranbrook Hub for Refugees (CHR) was praised on the floor of Parliament last week along with several other Kootenay groups working to bring Syrian refugee families to Canada. Kootenay Columbia MP Wayne Stetski told the House he was proud of the efforts being made in the Kootenays to provide new homes for refugee families in the Kootenays and earned an enthusiastic parliamentary round of applause for his efforts. Stetski began by saying, “I rise in the House today to recognize the hard work of the constituents of Kootenay–Columbia who are organizing to bring Syrian refugees to Canada. Across my riding, we are blessed to have many groups of dedicated citizens working toward this important goal . . .” The Kootenay-Columbia MP then listed nine Kootenay Volunteer groups currently working to bring Syrian refugees here including CHR, the Catholic Refugee Group and the Baptist Group of Friends all located in Cranbrook as well as the Kimberley Refugee Resettlement Group, the Creston Refugee Committee, the Kalso Refugee Committee, the Nelson Friends of Refugees, the Kootenay Refugee Committee and the Cathedral Refugee Committee, all located in Nelson. He later added another group, Kootenay Cares for Refugees, a local grass roots group of friends after finding out they brought a Syrian family of four to Cranbrook Feb. 19 after originally trying to sponsor a family from Burma. “My sincere thank you to everyone involved in this important initiative. It is a clear demonstration of the generosity of spirit that is so widely held in Kootenay-Columbia! I look forward to personally meeting many of our new citizens having them here will enrich our lives and our communities,” Stetski said. CHR co chairman Gerry Warner
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said it was gratifying to hear this kind of support coming from one of our local politicians. “Sponsoring refugees is a monumental effort and we welcome MP Stetski’s support. This is an extremely challenging project and we need all the support we can get.” Warner said CHR has now raised close to $32,000, just $8,000 short of its budgeted $40,000 to support a refugee family of four. But many of the families coming over are larger than four and more money be needed. he said. “And we’re only budgeting to support them at social assistance levels so it would be nice if we could raise more than we’ve budgeted,” he said. Kootenay Anglican Diocese Refugee Co-ordinator Elizabeth Huether said since Jan. 21 no new refugee families have been available for the Kootenay groups that hold private sponsorship agreements in partnership with Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC). However, Huether said she expects this situation will change after March 9 when a new list of families needing sponsorships will become available. “Some families have already been referred for settlement and there will be more. It’s a day to day thing and we just have to be patient and wait our turn. There will always be more families.” Meanwhile close to a dozen CHR volunteer settlement teams are doing everything they can to prepare for the refugees. Temporary accomm0dation has been found, long term accommodation is being arranged, translators have been recruited, clothing collected, cultural workshops held and discussions held with School District 5 officials to arrange for the refugee children to go to school. “There will be no problem with schooling,” said CHR Education Team Leader Anne Beurskens. “They will go to the school closest to their house, and if that one is full, they will go to the next closest school. We are ready for this.”
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City of Cranbrook wants public input for five year financial plan For the Townsman
Information Package Available Now at City Hall or on City Website. On Tuesday, February 23, the City of Cranbrook released the Proposed 2016 – 2020 Five Year Financial Plan Information Package. Council is inviting the public to review the Information Package and submit their written comments, by Monday, March 7, 2016 at 4 pm. The written comments received by the deadline, will be considered by Council at a Special Meeting on Thursday, March 10. Budget Highlights: Tax levy – the amount of property tax revenue the City must raise to provide services to the level prescribed by Council. This amount is calculated after taking into account all other sources of revenue – including sale of services, user fees, and grants. 2016 Tax Levy Increase – 2.59% • Road Dedicated Tax 1.00% • General municipal levy 1.59% Property assessment – property value assessments are prepared by BC Assessment and are mailed to homeowners in January. In 2016, the average assessed value for a resi-
dential property in Cranbrook is $269,000. The projected municipal taxes for an average home will be approximately $2,057, or $5.64 per day for all municipal services before the Provincial Home Owner Grant. Capital Projects: • 2016 - $15,616,260 • 2017 - $18,733,405 • 2018 - $17,816,038 • 2019 - $9,932,505 • 2020 - $41,473,831 Road Program: The 2016 budget includes $4,072,280 for the capital roads program. 2017 through 2020 will see another $28,675,779 in capital roads projects (pending approval to borrow $10,000,000 in 2017). Details of the 2016 capital roads program, pending firm construction pricing and other considerations, will be published at a later date. Please visit the City’s website at www.cranbrook.ca and follow the link 2016–2020 Five Year Financial Plan – Public Consultation Open through to the Annual Reports Page link to view the Information Package. You can also pick up a hard copy at the front desk at City Hall, open Monday – Friday 8:30 am to 4:30 pm.
Cranbrook RCMP take 120 calls Feb. 22-29 For the Townsman
Cranbrook RCMP responded to 120 calls for service throughout the week of Feb. 22 (6 a.m.) to Feb. 29 (6 a.m.) according to a press release issued by Staff Sergeant Hector Lee. • There were six Immediate Roadside prohibitions issued (alcohol-related), and three collisions (all relatively minor). • There were eight responses to Mental
Health calls — seven individuals were apprehended in total. • There were six assault complaints, one of these was domestic in nature • There were seven incidents of theft (mostly shoplifting) and frauds reported • No break and enters were reported this week. • There were five drug seizures, mostly marijuana, with one cocaine seizure.
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Architect discussing process of designing, building net zero home Submit ted
Shafraaz Kaba, an Edmonton architect who built his own net-zero energy home, will be sharing his net-zero knowledge in Kimberley and Cranbrook on Friday, March 4. Wildsight Kimberley/Cranbrook will present Shafraaz’s four-hour seminar for professionals from 1-5 p.m. in Cranbrook and an inspiring evening presentation for the public at 7:30 p.m. in Kimberley. “Edmonton has been a worldwide leader in net-zero homes over the past decade,” said Sander-Green, “and so we are very excited to have Shafraaz in Kimberley and Cranbrook to share with us.” In his presentation, Chasing Net Zero: Lessons learned from designing and building a net zero-ready home in Edmonton using passive design principles, Shafraaz will share his experi-
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Shafraaz Kaba’s Net-zero home in Edmonton. ence creating a unique home that is low-tech but provides high-performance. His experience builds upon lessons learned from the Equilibrium Housing program and from advice to keep it simple. He will also share what he’d do differently if he could do it all over again and what it’s like to live in a net-zero home. Shafraaz will cover
passive house strategies, building siting and orientation to maximize daylight and passive solar gain, exterior wall, roof, and foundation construction details, effective air and vapour barriers, and low cost heating and ventilating systems. “Some of the best parts of the speaker series so far have been sparked by questions
from the audience,” added Sander-Green, “so we always make sure there is plenty of opportunity for interaction.” The professional session runs from 1-5PM on March 4 at College of the Rockies in Cranbrook, Room S114 and costs $25. Interested members of the public are also welcome at the afternoon session. The public sessions start at
7:30PM on March 4 at Kimberley’s Centennial Centre, with admission by donation. More details and registration for the professional seminar can be found at wildsight.ca/netzero. Wildsight Kimberley/Cranbrook gratefully acknowledges the financial support of the Columbia Basin Trust for this project.
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The truce in Syria, so far What’s Up?
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far the Russian plan for a ceasefire in Syria is working remarkably well. The truce that came into effect on Saturday had been observed with only minor violations on all the relevant fronts, and the UN’s humanitarian coordinator in Syria, Yacoub el-Hillo, called it “the best opportunity that the Syrian people have had over the last five years for lasting peace and stability.” Notice the choice of words there: not Syria’s best chance for democracy or reunification, just for “peace and stability”. In fact, the truce is a big step towards the partition of the country. But the old Syria cannot be revived, and at least this way the killing will stop for most people – if the truce can be converted into a permanent ceasefire, which is far from certain. When the Russian military intervention in Syria began only five months ago (30 September), even this unsatisfactory outcome seemed to be out of reach. Indeed, the likeliest futures for Syria were a collapse of the Assad regime and the rapid conquest of the whole country by extreme Islamist forces, or years more of a civil war that had already killed 300,000 Syrians and driven half the country’s citizens from their homes. The immediate effect of the Russian intervention was to foreclose the “collapse” option. Whatever else happened, Russian air power would be able to prevent the Islamist forces from winning a decisive victory over the government army that would bring them to the borders of Lebanon and Jordan (and possibly right across them). But the Russian planners had no wish to be comitted to an endless and expensive military campaign in a stalemated war. They needed an “exit strategy”, and they had one. The Russian political strategy was to secure the Assad regime’s hold on the
more populous parts of Syria, cut the flow of arms and volunteers across the Turkish border to the rebel forces, and then split the alliance between the Islamist and non-Islamist rebels. This was a direct challenge to the strategy of the American-led “coalition” that has been bombing the Islamists who rule the so-called Islamic State (but not the other Islamists in Syria) for the past two years. The US strategy envisaged destroying both the regime and Islamic Gwynne Assad State, and accomplishing both these objectives Dyer without the help of any ground troops except the Syrian Kurds. It was more a fantasy than a strategy, and many people in the US State Department and the Pentagon were aware that its practical result would probably be to hand Syria over to the Islamists. Those people were secretly grateful when Russia intervened to save the Syrian government, and they managed to limit the American reaction to general statements of “concern” that the Russians were bombing the wrong targets. “Wrong targets” or not, unstinting Russian air support for Assad’s army won it time to regain its balance, and then to push the rebel troops away from Syria’s key cities. In the past month the Syrian army, in de facto alliance with the Syrian Kurds, has cut the main rebel supply line from Turkey. Only the last part of the Russian strategy remains to be accomplished: split the alliance between the Islamist rebels and the non-Islamists. And that is best done by politics: negotiate a ceasefire between the regime and the non-Islamist rebels that excludes the Islamists. That game is now afoot, and the people whom the US government calls “moderate” rebels are clearly willing to play.
They might as well, for the “moderates” have been whittled down to less than a fifth of the troops who are actually fighting the regime. All the rest of the rebel troops in Syria serve Islamic State or its equally extreme Islamist rivals, the Nusra Front and Ahrar al-Sham. Since the “moderates” have accepted the truce while the Islamists were not even offered it, the split in the rebel forces has now been accomplished. And since the United States now officially accepts this new definition of the “good” rebels and the “bad”, the final stage of the Russian strategy has been accomplished: the great powers are all on the same side. If this temporary truce can be converted into a permanent ceasefire, then the only remaining fighting in Syria will be around the borders of Islamic State in the north and east, and around the territory controlled by the Nusra Front and its ally Ahrar al-Sham in the northwest. (There will also be continued “coalition” bombing within the borders of Islamic State, and Russian bombing in both sectors.) The main risk to this truce is the fact that the Nusra Front and Ahrar al-Sham have wrapped small non-Islamist groups around them in a broad “coalition” called the Army of Islam. They have no real influence on the fighting, but in the past their presence has allowed the United States to claim that the Russians are bombing the wrong people, the “moderates”. If the US can swallow the bitter reality that this truce leaves the Assad regime in charge of the territory it now controls (and around two-thirds of the Syrian population), then the Syrian civil war could eventually be shrunk to a war of everybody else against the Islamists. And along the way it would give the US and Russia a chance to rebuild a more cooperative relationship. Gwynne Dyer is an independent journalist based in London
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Actor/director Kevin Costner steps into the world of fiction with his first novel ‘A Passage to Shambhala.’ Set against the backdrop of the First World War, a group of explorers spread across the globe seeking a mythical golden city. Alexandra Bracken retells the original Star Wars film for younger readers in the aptly titled ‘The Princess, The Scoundrel, and the Farm Boy.’ Preschool Story Time is this Wednesday at 11 am, 1:15 pm, & 6:30 pm, and Toddler Story Time is 10 and 11 am. Both will be all about Sheep! Come to the Friends Mini Book Sale on Friday, April 1 (Friends’ members only) and Saturday, April 2 (General Public) and discover mountains of books. The Manual Training School is the site (adjacent to the Library). Friday, April 1 from 4 pm to 7 pm is for Friends’ members only. On Saturday April 2 everyone is welcome from 9 am to 4 pm. There is a good selection of gardening, cooking, mysteries, fiction, biography, loads of newer releases as well as scores of other categories. Many children’s books are also available. If you would like to donate items for this and other sales, please bring your book donations to the Circulation Desk in the Library. For further info contact Marilyn at 250-489-6254.
FREE one-on-one tech training session for those of you who want to enhance your current computing skills. We cover many topics including Basic Tablet usage, Basic Computer usage, Windows 10 training, Window 8 + 8.1 training, Window 7 training, Microsoft Suit training, Library E book training, and much more. To register, please contact the Library at (250) 426-4063, or sign up at the front desk. Our website is up and running at www. cranbrookpubliclibrary.ca.On display this month are items for the 2nd Annual Cranbrook Public Library Endowment Fund. This year’s auction will again run on Facebook from March 8 to March 29. To donate or for more information, please contact 250-426-4063. There is much more than this happening at the Library. Please check out our Facebook pages and our new website for more information and updates. Adult Newly Acquired: Money Rules – Gail Vaz-Oxlade A Passage to Shambhala – Kevin Costner (fic) The Spy House – Matthew Dunn (fic) Golden Age – Jane Smiley (fic) When the Moon is Low -- Nadia Hashimi (fic) Between Sisters – Cathy Kelly (fic) The Wolves – Alex Berenson (fic)
Hostage – Kristina Ohlsson (mys) Runaway – Peter May (mys) NYPD Red 4 – James Patterson (mys) Those Who Wish Me Dead – Michael Koryta (mys) No Shred of Evidence – Charles Todd (mys) The Unfortunate Decisions of Dahlia Moss – Max Wirestone (mys) Wake of Vultures – Lila Bowen (sci fic) DVD Downton Abbey: Season 6 Philomena The Knick: Season 1 The 100: Complete Second Season The Blacklist: Complete Second Season Reign: Complete Second Season Heartland: Complete Eighth Season Young Adult & Children’s: The Testing – Joelle Charbonneau (ya fic) A Creature of Moonlight – Rebecca Hahn (ya fic) Star Wars Rebels: Visual Guide: Epic Battles The First Telephone – Catherine Chambers Cool Architecture – Simon Armstrong See-Through Pirates – Kelly Davis The Princess, the Scoundrel, and the Farm boy – Alexandra Bracken (j fic) Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Phonics Kit – Jennifer Liberts (j kits)
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Kimberley Aquatic Centre FREE PUBLIC SWIM: Wednesday, March 2, 5:00-6:00pm is sponsored by Dr. Craig Spowart Dental. Sixth Annual Foster Parent Banquet and Loonie Auction on March 4th at the Heritage Inn. For info and tickets, contact Gerri at 250-489-8441 or Erin at 250-489-8807. East Kootenay Regional Science Fair 2016 March 4th to 5th, 2016 held at College of the Rockies. This years theme: Science of Sport & Health. More info at www.ekrsf.ca Join Steve Bell for an evening of Tunes and Tales, Saturday March 5th at Cranbrook Alliance Church. Free tickets are available at Cranbrook Alliance Church, The Nails or at www.stevebell.com Come dance to Old Spice, Saturday, March 5, 7:00-10:30 pm at Cranbrook Senior’s Centre. Everyone welcome! $10/person. GoGo Granny Travelogue. In 28 days, Gebhard and Sabine travelled through Bolivia, Paraguay and Brazil starting high in the Andes Mountains to the giant salt lake at Uyuni, the capital city of Sucre and Rio De Janeiro. Wednesday March 9th, 7:00 at the College of the Rockies Lecture Theatre. Admission by donation to GoGo Granny’s. British Columbia Government Retired Employees Association, Rocky Mountain Branch, luncheon meeting at the Heritage Inn March 9th, at 12 noon. Carla Nelson of Maritime Travel speaks on travel tips and travel insurance. Information call Ron Kerr at 250-432-0002. March 9. Kimberley Garden Club February Program: Guest speaker on invasive weeds and their treatment. Selkirk High School Library 7-9 pm. New members welcome. For member info: Nola 250-427-1947 The Kimberley Camera Club presents its Annual Digital Show on Thurs, March 10th, 7:00 p.m. in the St. Andrews Presbyterian Church, Kimberley. Admission by donation. Kootenay Railway Pensioners Association Social Luncheon 12:30 pm, Tuesday Mar.15th at Heritage Inn, 803 Cranbrook St.N, Cranbrook. All Railway Retiree’s and Spouses are welcome. RSVP by Mar.11th. More info: Frances Allen at 250-426-2720 or Myrtle 250-426-2378,Jean 250-426-8338.
ONGOING Bibles For Missions Thrift Store, 824 Kootenay St. N., Cranbrook serving our community to benefit others - at home and abroad. We turn your donations into helping dollars! Open Tues-Sat 10am-5pm. Phone 778-520-1981. Cantebelles, an all-female singing group, meets Mondays 7-9pm. Join us and learn how to sing with 2, 3 and 4part harmonies. Contact: Sue Trombley, 250-426-0808 or suetrombley53@gmail.com Kimberley Friends of The Library Used Book Store will now be open Sunday 1-4. The Store is open Wednesday to Saturday 10-3. Noon every Wednesday, downtown United Church & Centre for Peace, the bells will call you to a time of calm. This is NOT church, rather it is a time to gather in a circle in a welcoming and harmonious space to practice the way of Taize. Wouldn’t you cherish a time to stop? to gather when the bells ring? to join with others in silence, in prayer, in meditative song? Masonic Lodges of B.C. and Yukon will supply transportation to cancer patients who have arrived at Kelowna or Vancouver. This free service will be at the destination point. Example: from airport to clinic and clinic to airport on return, also around the destination city. Info may be received from your doctor, Canadian Cancer Society, or by phoning Ron at 250-426-8159. MILITARY AMES is a social/camaraderie/support group that meets the first and third Tuesdays of the month in the Kimberley Public Library reading room. All veterans are welcome. For more information call Cindy @ 250 919 3137. Canadian Cancer Society- if you have spare time and would like to volunteer, interested applicants can call 250-426-8916, drop by our office at #19-9th Avenue S, Cranbrook or go to www. cancervolunteer.ca and register as a volunteer. Mark Creek Lions meet 1st and 3rd Wednesdays at the Kimbrook. Meet & Greet from 6:00-6:30pm, supper 6:30-7:00, meeting 7:008:00pm. Contact 250-427-5612 or 250-427-7496. New members welcome – men and ladies! The Cellar Thrift Store Open Mon. to Sat., noon to 4:30 p.m. Our revenues support local programs and outreach programs of Cranbrook United Church. Baker Lane Entry at 2 – 12th Ave. S. Cranbrook, B. C. Donations of new or gently used items welcome. Funtastic Singers meet every Tuesday 6:45 pm at the Cranbrook United Church (by Safeway). No experience necessary. Contact Cranbrook Arts, 250-426-4223. The Cranbrook Quilter’s Guild meet on the 2nd and 4th Tuesday of every month, September - June, 7.15 p.m. at the Cranbrook Senior Citizens Hall, 125-17th Ave South. Interested??? Call Jennifer at 250426-6045. We’re on Facebook and www.cranbrookquiltersguild.ca. Enjoy Painting? Join ArtGroup 75, Fridays 1pm-4pm, Sept. June. Seniors Hall, Cranbrook. 125. 17th Ave. S. Quilters meet in Kimberley on the 2nd Monday at Centennial Hall at 7:00 PM and the 4th Monday for sewing sessions in the United Church Hall at 10 Boundary Street. Hey Kimberley! We need you as Big Brothers and Big Sisters. One hour a week. YOU can make a difference in a Child’s life that will last a life time. Info: 250-499-3111. Place your notice in your “What’s Up?” Community Calendar FREE of charge. This column is intended for the use of clubs and non-profit organizations to publicize their coming events — provided the following requirements are met: • Notices will be accepted two weeks prior to the event. • All notices must be emailed, faxed or dropped off in person. No telephone calls please. • NOTICES SHOULD NOT EXCEED 30 WORDS. • Only one notice per week from any one club or non-profit organization. • All notices must be received by the Thursday prior to publication. • There is no guarantee of publication. Notices will run subject to space limitations.
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Bowing to the power of judges
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ne of the enduring legacies of Pierre Trudeau’s time as prime minister is the legal supremacy of the individual, as articulated in the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. We are seeing this played out with greater force than ever today, by an activist high court that swatted aside Stephen Harper’s attempts to restrain it, and now orders a meek, politically correct Justin Trudeau government to do its bidding. The Federal Court decreed last week that people have the right to grow their own “medical” marijuana. This ruling is unlikely to be appealed, given that Trudeau the Younger is committed to legalizing marijuana for everyone. There are conditions that show measurable relief from marijuana products, such as glaucoma or the nausea and loss of appetite associated with cancer treatments. But much of the so-called medical marijuana industry is based on unsubstantiated claims about an inconsistent herbal remedy that hasn’t been studied much because it’s been illegal. The Federal Court case involves four people from B.C., which boasts more than half of the contested medical marijuana growing licences issued across the country. One of the petitioners suffers from a vaguely defined condition known as “chronic fatigue syndrome,” which led to a
disability pension from a federal civil service job at age 45. The judge cited no research to support the claim that sitting around smoking dope all day relieves this condition. Indeed it defies common sense that a set of symptoms with no identified cause, which might be confused with what we used to call laziness, would be alleviated by chronic consumption of a BC VIEWS drug that promotes eating chips and watching TV. Tom But we peasants aren’t Fletcher supposed to question our monarchs, especially those in ermine-trimmed red robes at the Supreme Court of Canada. That court has decreed that our charter, which in Section 7 protects the “right to life, liberty and security of the person,” includes a right to have a doctor’s help to commit suicide. Euthanasia has been re-branded as “assisted dying” by all the most “progressive” countries, and Canada has been given a firm deadline to join the club. (Meanwhile, the term “right to life” is all but banned from university campuses, to minimize the risk of a coarse literal interpretation that it means, you know, a right to life.) A Liberal-dominated committee of MPs and senators has recommended full-throttle implementation, not restricted to terminal illness and including mental conditions such as depression and dementia.
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The majority suggested even “mature minors” should have this new right. The politicians support allowing doctors to opt out of cases they won’t condone, as long as they provide a referral to another doctor. In Belgium, one of the pioneers of this brave new world, most of the growing number of euthanasia patients have had cancer. But as The New Yorker magazine reported in a ground-breaking article last summer, others have been euthanized because of autism, anorexia, partial paralysis, blindness with deafness, manic-depression and yes, chronic fatigue syndrome. B.C. Health Minister Terry Lake expressed the hope that Canada ends up with a consistent policy on doctor-assisted suicide, rather than a provincial patchwork. The closest Lake came to politically incorrect criticism was to caution that “deep discussion” is needed around the court’s notion of a “competent minor,” someone not yet entrusted with the vote or access to a liquor store. Three dissenting Conservative MPs went so far as to say the recommendations don’t adequately protect seniors who might be coerced into checking out and passing on their estates. How old-fashioned.
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Dynamiters dispatch Ghostriders in Game 5 to clinch series Kimberley Dynamiters advance to Eddie Mountain Division final after eliminating Fernie Ghostriders Monday
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With the Creston Valley Thunder Cats already waiting in the shadows, the Kimberley Dynamiters knew they needed to take care of business in Game 5 of the Eddie Mountain Division semifinal with the Fernie Ghostriders. Monday night at the Kimberley Civic Centre, the Dynamiters did just that, scoring a 4-2 victory in Game 5 to clinch the best-of-seven series 4-1. “They played a very physical series and they battled us hard the whole way,” said Jerry Bancks, head coach of the Kimberley Dynamiters, Monday night. “It’s nice to have it done and we’re looking forward to Creston now.” James Farmer scored the series-clinching goal during the second period of play and goaltender Tyson Brouwer turned aside 27 shots as the Dynamiters collected a Game 5 triumph in front of 802 fans. “It’s nice for someone like that, a quality kid, to score a big goal tonight,” Bancks said of Farmer. “He earned his minutes and it’s nice to see growth.” Sawyer Hunt — oft the unsung hero — was a catalyst, registering three assists to help boost his club’s offense in the early stages and was a thorn in the side of the Ghostriders from start to finish. With his performance in Game 5, Hunt has six
assists to his credit and has already doubled his output (three points in 16 games) from the Nitros 2014-15 KIJHL championship run. “I think in the last three games, which are three critical games, Sawyer might have been our best forward,” Bancks said. “Overall, he was probably our best forward in the series, which is great for Sawyer. “I know he had a great shot at making Junior A this year and I told him before the series, this is when people come to see you play. He picked up his game and definitely provided what we needed. He had a great series.” Keenan Haase and Jordan Busch returned to the lineup Monday night and both found the spotlight, for differing reasons, early on. Haase opened the scoring in the first period, hammering a hot shot from the slot past Brandon Butler for a 1-0 Dynamiters lead 7:06 into the night. Moments later, Ghostriders forward Zach Befus took a run at Busch, levelling the veteran from behind in front of the Fernie bench. Busch was slow to his feet and made his way to the dressing room, but eventually returned to action. For Befus, his night came to an end early as he was handed a two-minute minor and game misconduct for
checking from behind. On the ensuing man advantage, Tanner Wit threaded a tough angle shot from below the goal line up and over the shoulder of Butler to give the hosts a 2-0 edge. “It seemed to me I was all by myself,” Wit said Monday, recounting his first-period goal. “I heard Jerry [Bancks] yelling from the bench — ‘Walk it! Walk it!’ So I just took a step out, saw a tiny hole and decided to take the odds. They worked out. “We were determined all through this series. We have a great group and it’s not just talent, it’s all hard work. Everyone here knows we’ve got to put in the work to get out.” Only 18 seconds elapsed before the Ghostriders scored a much-needed quick response, as Nolan Lagace tapped home a puck at the side of the net to get Fernie on the board and make it 2-1. The Ghostriders appeared to have tied the game right at the buzzer heading into the first intermission. Coleton Dawson looked to get the tying goal as the referee emphatically pointed for a good goal. After a lengthy discussion at centre ice, the call on the ice was overturned and the Dynamiters carried a 2-1 lead into the first intermission. In the early stages of the second period,
Kimberley Dynamiters Scoring Summary MONDAY, FEBRUARY 29
FERNIE GHOSTRIDERS 2 AT KIMBERLEY DYNAMITERS 4
First Period 1. KIM - K. Haase, (E. Buckley, S. Hunt), 7:06 2. KIM - T. Wit, (S. Hunt, B. Buhler), 13:25 (PP) 3. FER - N. Lagace, (A. Wilson, M. Differenz), 13:43 Second Period 4. KIM - J. Farmer, (F. Colapaolo, S. Hunt), 5:55 5. KIM - J. Meier, (T. Wit, K. Chabot), 16:04 (PP) Third Period 6. FER - A. Wilson, (R. Teslak), 4:22 Shots 1 2 3 T Fernie Ghostriders 14 7 8 29 Kimberley Dynamiters 10 12 8 30 Goaltenders Saves Mins SV% FER - Brandon Butler 18/22 57:17 0.867 KIM - Tyson Brouwer 27/29 60:00 0.931 Power plays: FER - 0/3 (00.0%); KIM - 2/4 (50.0%) Attendance: 802
KIJHL Eddie Mountain Div. Semifinal
Fernie Ghostriders (1) vs. Kimberley Dynamiters (1) DYNAMITERS WIN SERIES 4-1 Game 1 - Ghostriders 0 at Dynamiters 6 Game 2 - Dynamiters 4 at Ghostriders 3 (2OT) Game 3 - Ghostriders 0 at Dynamiters 3 Game 4 - Dynamiters 1 at Ghostriders 3 Game 5 - Ghostriders 2 at Dynamiters 4 All times listed are Mountain Time * = if necessary
Kimberley Dynamiters Playoff Scoring Statistics
Player Eric Buckley Sawyer Hunt Korbyn Chabot Trey Doell Justin Meier Jason Richter Jordan Busch Keenan Haase Jared Marchi Tanner Wit Devon Langelaar George Bertoia Brodie Buhler James Farmer
GP 5 5 5 5 5 5 3 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 Trevor Van Steinburg 5 Franco Colapaolo 3 2 Austyn Moser Lucas Purdy 3 James Rota 3 Graham Dugdale 5 Tyler Van Steinburg 0
G 3 0 2 1 1 1 0 2 2 2 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
PTS 6 6 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
PIM 14 2 4 12 6 4 7 8 14 2 0 4 6 4 0 4 0 0 0 14 0
W L SO GAA SP 4 1 2 1.36 0.953 0 0 0 ----- -----
MP 309 --
Goaltending Statistics Player Tyson Brouwer Mitch Traichevich
A 3 6 2 3 3 3 4 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
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James Farmer (#18) scored the series-clinching goal Monday as the Kimberley Dynamiters grabbed a 4-2 victory in Game 5 of the Eddie Mountain Division semifinal to dispatch the Fernie Ghostriders. Aidan Wilson did his best to gather some energy for the visitors. Bursting across the Nitros blue line, Wilson got past at defender and in alone on Brouwer who managed to slide cross crease for a critical blocker save, preserving the 2-1 edge. Not two minutes later, Franco Colapaolo carried into Fernie territory, dishing a beautiful 2-on-1 pass to rookie Farmer, who made no mistake in beating Butler for the first KIJHL
playoff goal of his career and a 3-1 lead. As the second period wound down and with the hosts once again on the power play, Justin Meier rang a heavy shot off the iron and in behind Butler for a commanding 4-1 advantage after 40 minutes of play. After failing to cash in early in the second period, Wilson made good on his next glorious opportunity early in the third period. With Brouwer wandering from the crease,
the puck took a funny bounce past the Kimberley netminder and landed right on the stick of the Fernie forward who needed nothing more than to simply deposit it into the gaping cage. Wilson’s goal made it 4-2 and suddenly there was a bit of a tension in the building. The Ghostriders managed to get Butler to the bench for an extra attacker with the better part of three minutes remaining, but nothing came of it as the hosts
locked down the defensive zone to close out the series and dispatch Fernie for the second consecutive season. Butler, starting in place of the injured Jeff Orser, made 26 saves. The Dynamiters will take the rest of the week to heal bumps and bruises before preparing for the Creston Valley Thunder Cats and the Eddie Mountain Division final, tentatively scheduled to get underway Saturday (7 p.m.) at the Kimberley Civic Centre.
Ice recall Morison ahead of road trip TAYLOR ROCC A Sports Editor
With four forwards on the shelf and a defenceman also in recovery, the Kootenay Ice announced the call up of forward Reed Morison (1998) ahead of a four-game road trip, which begins Tuesday in Medicine Hat. Morison, a 6-foot-3, 180-pound native of Calgary, was acquired by the Ice Nov. 29 in a deal that saw Austin Gray also come to Cranbrook from the Portland Winterhawks in exchange for a seventh-round pick in the 2016 WHL Bantam Draft. Morison has spent the 2015-16 campaign with the Calgary Ca-
nucks of the Alberta Junior Hockey League, registering seven goals and 19 points in 37 games. The Ice (10-46-6-0) open a four-game eastern road trip Tuesday night (7 p.m.) when they visit the Medicine Hat Tigers (24-34-3-2). Morison is expected to get into the lineup with River Beattie (illness, day to day), Austin Gray (illness, day to day), Roman Dymacek (lower body, week to week) and Dylan Stewart (concussion, week to week) all unavailable as of Monday. Additionally, Jaedon Descheneau remains on the injured list after season-ending shoulder surgery, while defenceman Troy Murray is ex-
Tuesday, March 1
KooTenay Ice aT MedIcIne haT TIgers
WHL Regular Season: Game 63 7:00 p.m. (MT) - Canalta Centre LAST MEETING: MHT 4 at KTN 2 (Jan. 16) ICE vs. TIGERS 10-46-6-0 RECORD 24-34-3-2 Sixth (Central) DIVISION Fifth (Central) 12th (Eastern) CONF. Ninth (Eastern) 132 GF 188 274 GA 254 22nd (14.5%) PP T-12th (19.3%) 22nd (72.0%) PK 21st (75.2%) Z. Zborosky (25-31-56) TOP SCORER C. Butcher (23-37-60) W. Hoflin (4.05 GAA) TOP GOALIE N. Schneider (3.64 GAA) 4-3 OTL vs. POR (Feb. 27) LAST GAME 4-3 W vs. BWK (Feb. 27) OTL1 STREAK W2 March 2 at REG NEXT GAME March 4 at EDM
pected to miss one week after a scary incident saw him cut in the neck by the skate blade of forward Alex Schoenborn in Saturday’s 4-3 overtime loss to the
Portland Winterhawks. Following Tuesday’s tilt in Medicine Hat, the Ice carry on east to visit the Regina Pats (30-263-4) Wednesday night at 6 p.m. (Mountain).
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B.C. moves to tighten oil spill law To m Fle tcher Black Press
The B.C. government has introduced changes to its environmental law to require more oil spill prevention measures and to enforce cleanup and restoration if a spill takes place on land. Environment Minister Mary Polak said Monday the new regulations and penalties are expected to take effect in early 2017, to fulfil one of the province’s conditions for approving new heavy oil transport projects such as the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion. The goal is to impose “world leading” spill prevention and response capability on land, and to work with the federal government to establish the same standard at sea, which is Ottawa’s responsibility. Polak released a new report from consultants Nuka Research that surveyed other spill protection systems around the world. It compared practices in Australia, Europe, the U.S., Norway and the ship escort system used in Prince William Sound, Alaska after the crude oil tanker Exxon Valdez ran aground in 1989. The Alaska
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BC Hydro has been granted a court injunction to remove a protest camp set up to block land clearing for the Site C dam project near Fort St. John. It’s the latest in a series of losses in court for opponents of the dam, a group of landowners and representatives of local First Nations in the Peace River region. Energy and Mines Minister Bill Bennett said the project has gone through an “exhaustive” environmental and social impact process, and has received federal and provincial permits. The joint federal-provincial panel that reviewed Site C found that consultations with First Nations in Alberta and B.C. were “complete and comprehensive,” Bennett said. “We want to build this project on time, on budget, we can’t afford unnecessary delays, and this ruling helps us keep the project moving forward,” Bennett said. “So far we’ve had no delays caused by court actions or anything else for that matter. We’ve got more than $3 billion in contracts committed today, and we’re at roughly one third in terms of the total amount committed.” Protesters led by Ken and Arlene Boone, whose farm will be flooded by the third dam on the Peace River, moved two small buildings into the site of Rocky Mountain Fort, one of the earliest fur trading forts in B.C. and have occupied the site since December.