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FEDERAL BUDGET

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$2.9 BILLION DOLLAR DEFICIT

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Michael Potestio THE MERRITT HERALD

If we hearken back to the previous election, that’s about how much they said they would do over a period of three years, and that they would return to balance. There’s no timeline for a return to balance.

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Federal Finance Minister Bill Morneau has handed down his first budget with a massive deficit of $29.4 billion — three times what had been promised during the election campaign — as the new Liberal government embarks on a stimulus program. The budget forecasts more than $100 billion in deficits for the next five years, contrary to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's election promise to balance the budget in four years. Morneau billed the budget as a plan to “revitalize the Canadian economy” and deliver a tax break to nine million taxpayers, and a more generous, tax-free child benefit. Conservative leader Rona Ambrose said the finance ministry reported on budget day that the Liberal inherited a $4 billion surplus. “There was still a surplus in January, and they've blown through that in the first 100

days,” Ambrose said. “What we're seeing now is reckless spending without a job creation plan, and no actual plan in the budget to return to a balance.” NDP leader Thomas Mulcair took aim at Morneau's move to target additional Employment Insurance coverage to areas of Central Okanagan-Similkameen-Nicola MP Dan Albas. Herald file photo the country hit hard by the slump in oil and commodity prices. middle class tax rates – from 22 to the previous election, that’s “Right now there are 850,000 about how much they said they to 20.5 per cent for the $45,000 people who have lost their jobs to $90,000 income bracket. would do over a period of three who are not even eligible for EI,” years, and that they would return Only part of that is offset by Mulcair said. “The budget only an increase in the tax rate for to balance,” he told the Herald in takes care of 50,000 of them.” income over $200,000 from 29 to a phone interview. “There’s no Communities Minister Peter 33 per cent. timeline for a return to balance.” Fassbender said he is “delighted” Albas said he would be watchHe said he was happy to see at the infrastructure spending. investment in high speed internet ing that the large amounts of With his own government touting for rural areas, and commitment money are being spent responits four straight balanced budgets, to work on water treatment for sibly. “Ultimately, regardless Fassbender declined to criticize of your political stripe, I think municipalities and First Nations, the Trudeau government's borCanadians support seeing the both of which he said would row-and-spend strategy. government do its job and do it likely benefit the Nicola Valley. Closer to home, Central However as critic for interpro- fairly.” Okanagan-Similkameen-Nicola The budget also includes $8.4 vincial trade, he was disappointed MP, Conservative Dan Albas, billion for aboriginal communithat topic has been largely said the budget wasn’t what ties. ignored. Canadians were sold back in Big ticket items in the budOctober. “If we hearken back – With files from Black Press get include the reduction of

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City council is giving themselves a 25 per cent raise in an effort to receive a remuneration more in line with what councils in similar sized B.C. communities receive. At its regular council meeting Tuesday (March. 22) council unanimously approved the first three readings of a council remuneration bylaw. The raise will see the mayor earn $25,000 per year and councillors earn $15,000. Previously, the mayor was earning about $20,000 a year while councillors brought in about $12,000. The total council remuneration will increase by $15,750 annually, with a prorated increase to date of adoption of the new bylaw of about $10,300 for 2016, a city report stated. Council hasn’t given itself a raise in about eight years. Merritt Mayor Neil Menard told his fellow councillors that an increase should have been done a while ago. “It’s too bad we’re the ones that have to bite the bullet, but I think we’re biting it and we should bite it hard,” Menard said. “The last thing we want to do is have people point and say ‘you’re the reason that taxes went up.’ You know what, if we sat down and figured out how much it was going to cost each citizen, it would probably be minuscule,” Menard said. After the meeting, Menard told reporters he thinks council remuneration should be reviewed annually. “[That] doesn’t mean there’s going to be an increase every year, but it should be dealt with every year,” Menard said.

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LEARNING FROM COST OVERRUNS How did the Central Park Improvement Project get so far over budget before anyone knew, and what can be done to keep it from happening again? Michael Potestio reports.

ity officials are seeing the Central Park Improvement Projectâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s cost overruns as a lesson to learn from. Last year the City of Merritt spent more than $300,000 over its budget for the project. The multi-use sports facility and concession/washroom building located in Central Park cost taxpayers approximately $1.1 million, but had an original budget of just $728,000. Merritt Mayor Neil Menard told the Herald that he and council were left in the dark, and the former CAO (chief administrative officer) stated in an audit report of the project that while he had some knowledge that the project was over budget, he wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t aware of the extent until late May. However, according to cheques obtained by the Herald, city officials signed off on every purchase between the start of the project and when cost overruns were reported in the paper. The documents show the financial services manager, who has since parted ways with the city, signed off on every cheque. They also show that both Merritt mayors who served during the projectâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s construction â&#x20AC;&#x201D; former mayor Susan Roline and current mayor Neil Menard â&#x20AC;&#x201D; also signed off on almost every expenditure. Former CAO Allan Chabot signed off on eleven of the cheques dated between July 2014 and May

2015, and most of the cheques after that. Council was also informed of overages at a December 2014 meeting, though the extent of the spending was neither asked for nor given. STICKING TO BUDGET Current chief administrative officer Shawn Boven told the Herald that the projectâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s manager and former leisure services manager would have been submitting invoices as work was completed. The process of approving cheques at the city involves mul-

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tiple signatures. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Normally, before a cheque is issued, the invoice is coded and signed off on by the department head, the cheque is signed by the deputy [chief financial officer] itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s initialed by the city treasurer and then it comes to the the mayor or the CAO for a signature,â&#x20AC;? Boven said. Boven told the Herald that a project manager doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have to access funds for a project. He or she will simply start charging the accounting department for incurred expenses. He said that former financial services

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Putting overages into context From Page 2 If a project is going over budget a manager should go back to council and communicate the circumstances, Boven told the Herald. Mayor Menard said that he receives lists of every cheque that goes through city hall, which he looks over. “If I don’t know who it is, and I don’t know what it’s for, I go and ask,” Menard said. “If the financial department comes to me with a cheque and says ‘This what we’re working on,’ and I say to them ‘Is this OK, what’s it all about?’ and they say yes — their signature’s on it — then I sign it. “I’ve learned from what happened at the lacrosse box. Some of them, I’ll be asking more questions, but at the time [of the construction of the project] if it was over a certain amount, it had to have my signature on it. I assumed — which can get a person in trouble — that everything was hunky dory, and it wasn’t, but that’s water under the bridge and it’s a lesson for all of us.” EXTRA COSTS Additional costs for concrete and rebar for the lacrosse box, as well as plumbing and utility installation, which were incurred due to oversight of a bylaw requirement to have the entire concession and washroom building supplied with fire suppression sprinklers — as opposed to just the concession area — were among the major cost overruns incurred. According to the an audit report from MMM Group, the original contract with ICE Developments, awarded in July 2014, totalled just $537,285 after taxes, but was changed twice, which paid ICE an additional $160,000 for a total contract value of about $698,000. The report says the second contract change was for extra rebar costs. At a December 2014 council meeting, when Menard had just stepped into the job, staff asked for the project’s budget to be increased to $753,000 to accommodate upgrading the lights of the multi-sport facility. At the meeting, Coun. Dave Baker asked then-leisure services manager Larry Plotnikoff if there were any additional costs incurred by the contractor. Plotnikoff responded that there were some unforeseen costs as a result of deeper excavation than the geotechnical review had anticipated, as well as additional rebar costs to support the box to a higher standard. Those costs would turn out to be in the hundreds of thousands of dollars, but no amount was asked by council at that meeting, and none was given. Plotnikoff assured council that the additions were unavoidable. Following that meeting, the financial ser-

vices manager told the Herald the project remained close to the company’s original bid. However, by the end of 2014, the project was already over budget, as nearly $800,000 had already been spent. Boven said the December meeting would have been the ideal time for those in charge of the project to inform council of the cost overruns. He said that to this day he doesn’t know why the financial services manager asked for just over $20,000 more for upgraded lighting, but didn’t ask council to authorize the funds to cover other cost overruns. No comments from the former financial services manager were included in the audit report. Menard said he knew very little about the project when he became mayor at the end of 2014 other than it was being built. He said he wasn’t vetted on the project when he took office. “[It] doesn’t work that way. We have to work through [the CAO],” he told the Herald. He said the onus was on the CAO at the time to pass along information about the project and a lot of its intricacies weren’t passed along to him either. CHANGES At the end of May 2015, after the lacrosse box officially opened, the Herald learned from the project manager that the project was over budget and that costs were still coming in. The final total would swell from the nearly $800,000 incurred by the end of 2014 to a $1.1 million total. The additional funds paid out came out of the city’s general surplus, Boven said. He said the city’s process of having a manager sign off on invoices that are reviewed by the financial department has not changed as a result of the cost overruns incurred from the Central Park Improvement Project. He told the Herald he believes the former CAO should have been more hands on with this project, and as council’s current single employee, he will be actively managing any large project in the future. “Even though somebody else may be responsible for it, I am ultimately responsible for it and accepting responsibility and will make sure it’s done on time, on budget or will have the reasons [it’s not] clearly communicated to council,” Boven said. He said the biggest changes to arise from the cost overruns were in personnel. The city has since hired a new director of finance and director of recreation and facilities. He said the city often brings in consultants to help work on large projects, but in the case

of the Central Park Improvement Project, the leisure services manager wanted to manage the project himself. In the wake of the cost overruns council also now has the CAO issue an operational report on city projects on a regular basis. Menard said he didn’t ask about the project’s budget when he took office. “Nobody got an opportunity to do much of that in the last budget prior to the changes that we’ve made as far as budgets go,” Menard told the Herald. Coun. Mike Goetz said that in last year’s budget, council used a system that didn’t involve going through each increase. Now during budget time, council goes through each line item, he said. Goetz told the Herald that as a councillor you don’t want to micromanage a project, and staff is expected to keep council informed. “I’ve said right from the beginning, council has to shoulder blame on this, but then again, do you show up to a site and act like a big wig?” I don’t do construction, so I have no clue whether we’re on budget or not,” he said. “We all expected that if there was an issue, we would have been informed, if we were going over budget it would have been caught,” Goetz said. Goetz said that when it comes to future projects, council will be asking a lot more questions. NOT JUST IN MERRITT Cost overruns are a common problem around the province, according to Dermod Travis, the executive director of IntegrityBC, a non-partisan lobbying organization. But he said while councils are ultimately responsible for the overages, they’re often woefully outmatched when put up against experienced companies. “The idea that you can leave councils to make decisions on massive engineering projects or smaller community infrastructure projects without having any background or experience, assigning it to a chief administrative officer who may then assign it to someone else — it isn’t fair to any of the players involved,” Travis said in an interview with the Herald. “If the project manager in Merritt had no experience in this area, it’s kind of unfair that he should be singled out as a scapegoat, because the buck does stop with council.” He said the qualifications of the project manager should have been more thoroughly scrutinized, and the cost for hiring someone with experience would probably have been appreciated more by the public, rather than finding out later about the higher cost. “What they don’t like is the idea of finding a different bill at the end of the day.”

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At Logan Lake’s last council meeting, the district voted in favour of entering into discussions with Maloney Construction from Kelowna to build the new fire hall. Maloney was the lowest bidder, at $3.24 million. That will be paid for through a $2.5 million dollar loan that the district has already secured, as well as reserve funds, paid out over the project’s two-year construction. “What this now does is it allows us to enter into a letter of intent to enter into discussions to try to see if there are any savings to be had, and then go from there,” said Randy Lambright, Logan Lake’s chief administrative officer. This was the second time the project was tendered. Bids came back too high above budget last November, — the lowest was $3.7 million — and designs for the hall had to be scaled down. “The current firehall is inadequate, there are some safety issues in there,” said Lambright. “We’ve got volunteer firefighers for example, when there is an event, when they get dressed, they’re in with the vehicles that are warming up. There’s a carbon monoxide issue there.” He said it’s important for future growth as well. The project is slated to begin around May, with the targeted finish date set for spring 2017. “The sooner we’re able to sit down with [Maloney] and enter into negotiations and firming up the contract . . . the sooner we can break ground.”

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Good night and good luck, Merritt David Dyck In between THE LINES After nearly a year as the editor of the Merritt Herald, I’ve decided to accept an opportunity elsewhere, outside the field of journalism altogether. Although I enjoyed my time here, and learned a lot, the industry is in the middle of a transition

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period, and is changing rapidly. I don’t think that’s a bad thing, but it is forcing media to adapt. Those that don’t will be left deservedly left behind. Many complain that the industry is dying, but that just isn’t the case — news reporting will always be important, as long as we live in a free, democratic society — only the way we get our news is changing. When I first arrived in Merritt, I said that community news is about telling the normal, every day stories. Sure, sometimes the newsroom gets something that attracts provin-

cial or national attention, and that’s exciting. But the real work in community news is just that — the community. During my short time here, the Herald was fortunate to cover stories, and speak with people who gave a local perspective to local issues, and I’m proud of what we accomplished. Some folks didn’t agree with my approach to some issues, and that’s okay too — I only wish some would have been more outspoken in the pages that serve as a platform for those concerns, rather than stopping after they’d expressed their position to

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to land, or the refusal of access — to lakes, paths, roads, fields and driveways — seem to come up on such a regular basis, and provoked passion I haven’t seen matched here. I don’t know what that says about Merritt, exactly, but maybe it’ll come to me some day. I hope so, since none of those issues were resolved during my tenure. I’m confident that my successor, Cole Wagner, will meet the challenge of some of those issues. He’s forward-thinking, young, and creative — give him the chance to grow, and I’m sure he will excel.

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YOUR OPINION Drug ghettos not Bombs go off in Brussels the only option From Page 6 It was his fifth try, which may have something to do with the fact that when he walks outside he is in the middle of Canadaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s biggest street drug bazaar. Contrast that with a facility called Baldy Hughes, a therapeutic community 30 km outside Prince George. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a working farm, designed to provide a year-long program of abstinence-based therapy and meaningful work. It uses the traditional 12-step program developed by Alcoholics Anonymous and Narcotics Anonymous, with peer support and group therapy. Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a greenhouse for winter farming, livestock to tend and the residents have designed and built a new horse stable. Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s also a beekeeping project. Residents can complete their high school education, take first aid training and learn basic computer skills. What they canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t do is leave unescorted during their treatment program. They canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t bring drugs, alcohol, weapons or phones with them. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a costly program, with a small number of spaces available on referral from B.C.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s social development ministry. Others can finance it with the help of medical employment insurance. I mention this not to suggest it is a solution for every community, but to compare it with what the B.C. govern-

ment is spending millions on. A news event was arranged to greet the first resident moving from Victoriaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s squalid downtown tent camp to a refurbished nursing home. And who was the poster child for this project, hand-picked by the agency that runs the growing network of shelters in the area? He described himself as a former Edmonton resident who was hitchhiking around, going from shelter to shelter and ending up camped in the squat. He was impressed by the tidy room with three meals a day he was being given, in a â&#x20AC;&#x153;low barrierâ&#x20AC;? facility where booze and drugs are brought in, no questions asked. What he was really looking forward to, in addition to accommodations, was an opportunity to kick back and play his favourite video game. That would be Grand Theft Auto, where your character runs around stealing cars, escaping police and meeting with criminal gangs. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s popular with adolescents, which these days means anyone under 30. This is where your tax dollars are going. Waves of people come in, with key trouble spots being communities on the major highways coming into the Lower Mainland. Tom Fletcher is B.C. legislature reporter and columnist for Black Press. Email: tfletcher@blackpress.ca Twitter: @tomfletcherbc

GWYNNE DYER The international STAGE Belgium may be a boring country, but it still seems extreme for a Belgian politician to say that the country is now living through its darkest days since the end of the Second World War. Can any country really be so lucky that the worst thing that has happened to it in the past seventy years is a couple of bombs that killed 34 people? That may sound a bit uncharitable, but respect for the innocent people killed by terrorists does not require us to take leave of our senses. What is happening now is the media feeding frenzy that has become almost a statutory requirement after every terrorist attack in the West. And people do let themelves get wound up by the media-generated panic. Last night at dinner a young man, staying with us overnight in London before taking a morning flight to the United States, openly debated with himself about whether he should cancel his (non-refundable) ticket or not. It was a ticket from London to Chicago that went nowhere near mainland Europe at all. The airlines are just as prone to panic, cancelling flights into Belgium as if the country had suddenly become a seriously dangerous place. This story will dominate the Belgian media for weeks, and the rest of the Western media for the remainder of this week. Even nonWestern media will play it for a day or two. Almost nothing new or useful will be said, and then

the frenzy will die down â&#x20AC;&#x201D; until next time. This is a very stupid way of behaving, but you will notice that I am a part of it. No matter what I say about the bombs in Brussels, the fact that I am writing at length about them in a column that appears all over the world contributes to the delusion that they are not only a nasty event but also an important one. It is the sheer volume of coverage that determines an eventâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s perceived importance, not what is actually said about it. But if we in the media are compelled to write about an event like the Belgian bombs anyway, what can we truthfully say about it that will not feed the panic? The first thing, after every terrorist attack, is to stress that the media coverage of the attack is its primary purpose â&#x20AC;&#x201D; indeed, almost its only purpose. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s obvious and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s trite, but if you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t actually say it people forget it. Like the health warning on cigarette packets, it should be part of every story on terrorism. Secondly, we have to put the alleged â&#x20AC;&#x153;threatâ&#x20AC;? of such terrorist attacks into perspective. People rarely do this for themselves, because once events are beyond the range of their daily experience most people cannot distinguish between what is truly dangerous and what is only dramatic and frightening. It really does help to remind people that terrorism is a statistically insignificant risk â&#x20AC;&#x201D; that they are in much greater danger of dying from a fall in the bath than of dying in a terrorist attack â&#x20AC;&#x201D; even if that approach conflicts with the journalistsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; natural urge to emphasise the importance of whatever they are writing about. And finally, a little dispassionate analysis quickly deflates the notion that terrorism is â&#x20AC;&#x153;an existential threatâ&#x20AC;? (as British prime minister David Cameron once said). For example, the recent terrorist attacks in Europe have been largely confined to Frenchspeaking countries. Muslim immigrants in France

and Belgium mostly come from Arab countries, and especially from North Africa, where French is the second laguage. Radical Islamism is much weaker in the rest of the Muslim world, so Germany (whose Muslims are mostly Turkish) and Britain (where they are mostly of South Asian origin) generate fewer Islamist extremists than the francophone countries, and face fewer terrorist attacks. Franceâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s and Belgiumâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Muslim citizens are also less integrated into the wider community. French housing policy has dumped most of the immigrants in high-rise, low-income developments at the edge of the cities, often beyond the end of the metro lines. Unemployed, poorly educated and culturally isolated, their young men are more easily recruited into extremist groups. The point of this sort of analysis is to cut the problem down to size. There is no terrorist army in Belgium, just a bunch of young men making it up as they go along. For example, the Brussells attacks happened four days after the arrest of Salah Abdeslam, the sole survivor of the gang who carried out the attacks on the Bataclan arena and the Stade de France in Paris last November. Back in Brussels after failing to use his suicide vest in the Paris attack, Abdeslam was a psychological wreck, and his Islamist colleagues undoubtedly expected that once in police custody he would sing like a canary. So they decided to launch another attack and go to glory before the police kicked in their doors. Prime Minister Charles Michel issued the usual ritual incantation about Belgians being â&#x20AC;&#x153;determined to defend our freedom,â&#x20AC;? but Belgiumâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s freedom is not at risk. Terrorists are not an existential threat. They are a lethal nuisance, but no more than a nuisance. Gwynne Dyer is an independent journalist whose articles are published in 45 countries.

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THE CRAIGMONT MINE More than 20 years of prosperity INTRODUCTION TO BASIC BOOKKEEPING: This workshop will provide the basics to manage the financial records of your own small business or the company you work for. Hands on pracĆ&#x;ce. You will Learn: x AccounĆ&#x;ng language and definiĆ&#x;ons; x Basic account setup with general journal and ledgers; x Uncover the mystery of journal entries: debits and credits; x Bookkeeping deadlines; x Bank ReconciliaĆ&#x;ons; x Simple financial statements; x Sales Tax Forms; x Basic payroll & payroll remiĆŠance. x General Bookkeeping Ć&#x;ps.

Miner John Roberts, shown here standing at the controls of his rig, drilled the final round of holes at Craigmont Mine in 1981. It was the last drift to be driven at the mine before it closed. Ironically, Roberts drilled the first drift at the mine when it first opened in 1961. Nicola Valley Museum and Archives

SUSAN GEARING-EDGE A looking glass TO THE PAST Neil McDiarmid, a lawyer with his soul in British Columbiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mining ventures, was a man with a dream. In 1951, he reorganized a company he owned and changed the name to Craigmont Mines Ltd. This was during a period of extensive mineral claim staking in the Highland Valley about thirty kilometers north of Merritt. McDiarmid knew the demand for copper was growing and improvements in mining technology suggested the mining of large, low-grade deposits could be viable. This prompted a number of prospectors, including McDiarmid, to examine old showings of copper belts, including those on the Promontory Hills near Merritt. In April 1955, Craigmont conducted special airborne surveys of some of its mineral claims but the results were inconclusive. Craigmont drilled two holes but found little. Hole three hit ore. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The man supervising the drilling was boiling over with glee when he called the next morning,â&#x20AC;? according to Ron Renshaw of Mining World magazine. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He shouted over the phone: â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Ron, I took it down to 93 metres. Gee! At

that depth the core was loaded.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;? Although it turned out that the ore grade was still not sufficient to warrant a mine, excitement was high. McDiarmid, a perpetual optimist, would not quit. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We mortgaged everything we had to keep going, said his wife Lucille. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Neil would not stop and I did not want to either. He was an optimist. Thank God!â&#x20AC;? In September, 1957, with all the McDiarmidâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hopes and all their money riding on it, hole seven was drilled to a depth of 235 metres. The hole averaged 1.91 per cent copper and 37 per cent of iron for 197 metres. Hole seven was the clincher. Before the end of that year, Craigmont acquired a total of 155 claims, which covered

7,000 acres on the slopes of Promontory Hills. By September of 1961, Craigmont officials were ready to throw the switch that would start the process of turning raw ore into copper concentrate for shipment to smelters in Japan and the United States. Exploration and development to the production stage had required over one million man hours with a payroll of $2.5 million. Contractors required more than 80,000 man hours with a payroll of $2 million. The total cost of exploration and development was approximately $18 million before the mine began earning any income. But the opening of Craigmont mine also

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NICOLA VALLEY HISTORY

Craigmont a source of prosperity for the Nicola Valley From Page 9 Partly because of Craigmont’s success, a number of other large copper mines were developed which turned British Columbia into a significant source of copper for world markets. During Craigmont’s lifetime, it added more than 426 million kilograms of copper to the global marketplace. The mine grossed over $450 million in sales. Production costs included almost $112 million paid in wages to employees. Craigmont had net earnings over its two decade lifetime of $115 million and it paid shareholders $104 million in dividends. The federal and provincial governments received $74 million in direct taxes and royalties. Approximately 5,000 people were employed by Craigmont over the years. These people contributed much to improve mining technology at Craigmont and, as a result, to improve mining technology worldwide. Craigmont started with open pit mining but mine officials soon realized if they wanted to mine to greater depths they would have to become an underground operation. In 1965 it was decided to adopt a sub-level caving method of mining and was one of the first mines in Canada to do so. It introduced trackless, diesel powered equipment. When service and production equipment couldn’t be found, the mine designed and manufactured its own. Craigmont had become a successful mine, an achievement that is unusual in the world of business. It continued to be a successful mine through periods of poor copper markets, labor unrest, government policy changes and unprecedented inflation. But in 1974 economic factors began taking their toll. Profits in mining were being seriously cut and copper

prices were plummeting in the marketplace. After more than 20 years of operation, 1982

marked the final year of copper production at the Craigmont mine. Except for a few salaried

personnel involved with disposing the equipment and the half million of stockpiled magnetite,

Craigmont was closed. For more information on the history of Merritt

and the Nicola Valley, call or come and visit the Nicola Valley Museum and Archives, 1675 Tutill Court,

(250)-378-4145. You can also visit our website at www.nicolavalleymuseum. org.

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VIEW HOME ON THE BENCH 2254 Parker Drive Large family home with many updates including kitchen, moldings, bathroom, paint, blinds & more. Main floor has 3 bedrooms + den or 4th bedroom. Master suite has walk-in closet and 2 pce ensuite. Daylight basement has full summer kitchen, 3 bedrooms and family room with wood burning stove. Lot is 10,498 sq.ft. and is completely landscaped and has RV parking. Close to Bench elementary school.

#2642 RENOVATED

BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY HOME

NEW

TOWNHOME LIVING

NEW

$329,000

GREAT NEIGHBOURHOOD

NEW

www.facebook.com/c21movingre Nicely renovated 3 bedroom home with inlaw suite and close to elementary school. Has new flooring, paint, trim and bathroom down. Shared laundry. Large flat lot with detached garage.

Beautifully finished 4 bedrm family home on 1.5 acres just minutes from city. Home features 3 bedrms, 3 baths, some new windows, vinyl siding, full bsmt. Has 3 horse paddocks, barn & workshop.

Totally updated 3 bedrm home within walking distance to downtown. Has new paint, most flooring, kitchen counters, cabinets, bathrms, bright sunroom & patio area. 2 car garage.

Nice 3 bedroom half duplex, close to school & on quiet cul de sac. Great for first time buyers or retirees. Has new flooring, windows & updated kitchen. Fenced backyard, clean & move in ready.

#2647

#2641

#2643

#2649

$224,900

HERITAGE CHARM

$535,000

LOCATION, LOCATION

OPPORTUNITY

D UCE

NEW

$261,900

RED

1931 Heritage home with 3 bedrms and completely restored with new plumbing, electrical, insulation, windows, refinished wood flooring, some new gyproc & light fixtures in extra attic space. 1 car garage.

Large home in good neighbourhood, close to amenities and shopping. 3 bedrooms up, 1 down with potential for 2nd. Basement was used as inlaw suite. Newer roof. As is where is.

Spacious home with 3 bedrms up, 2 down, heritage style home with newer flooring & kitchen cabinets, vinyl windows, walk-in soaker tub with shower in main bath. U/G sprinklers, stamped concrete patio. Single garage.

#2646

#2622

#2648

$214,900 2 ACRES

$204,900

CLOSE TO SHOPPING

NEW

$242,000

NEW

4 bedroom home on the Bench, close to amenities. Mature landscaping, fenced backyard, single attached garage/shop. New roof in 2015. 2 gas F/P’s, cozy country style kitchen, large rec.room.

#2644

#2650

#2651

#169,000

$259,900

#2618

$299,900

10 FLAT ACRES

Bring your family & horses to enjoy this 10 acre prime land in Sunshine Valley. 9 yr old manufactured home with 2 bedrms, den 2 baths, large kitchen with pantry, large nook area, vaulted ceilings & huge covered wrap around deck. Has several outbuildings.

#2652

$529,900

Coldwater Hills

Grandview Heights

Located on Veale Road

RESIDENTIAL VIEW LOTS

Beautiful 10 +/- acre parcels with gorgeous views of the Coldwater River, just 10 minutes from Merritt. Power at lot line & many lots have preapproved building & septic sites. Some lots have wells. New perimeter fencing. Call for complete details. #1869

Fully serviced residential lots with fantastic views of the Nicola Valley and surrounding mountains. Close to shopping and college. Start building your dream home today!

PRICE REDUCTIONS!!

Prices Starting at $119,000 + GST

AT PARADISE LAKE

NEW

Home is in central location. Two bedrooms up, two down in unfinished basement. Has electrical upgrade and windows have been replaced. Bring your ideas. 24 hrs notice.

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In excellent location, this 3 bedrm, 2 bath home is situated on 0.32 acre lot with 2 driveways, single garage, fully fenced backyard with greenhouse & fruit trees. Home has had many upgrades over the years.

GREAT LOCATION

Great recreational property or build your home in the country. Drilled well with 15 GPM, septic approved, power at lot line and driveway already in place. Nice view, easy access to crown land.

$109,000

IMMACULATE HOME

D UCE

NEW

RED

$156,000

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Prices Starting at $85,000 + GST

#1726

Fantastic waterfront home with 2 bedrms on the main, living room with wood heat & kitchen with eating area, plus master bedrm in the loft. The full basement is unfinished & great for storage for your toys. This home is part of Co-op, with full time caretaker who can also manager your home as part of a rental pool, if desired. Just 7 km off connector at Elkhart Exit.

#2645

$334,900

Prices Starting at $89,000 + GST Located Off Lindley Creek Road

This premier subdivision offers a rural living experience with expansive views of the Nicola Valley. Minimum lot size of 0.5 acre up to 0.96 acre, offers privacy and room to landscape. The cul de sac design guarantees no thru traffic and crown land surround entire property. Road are paved with city services in place.

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NEW

Home is in central location. Two bedrooms up, two down in unfinished basement. Has electrical upgrade and windows have been replaced. Bring your ideas. 24 hrs notice.

#2642

#2647

#2650

$224,900

GREAT NEIGHBOURHOOD

#169,000 OPPORTUNITY

UCE D E R

NEW

Nice 3 bedroom half duplex, close to school & on quiet cul de sac. Great for first time buyers or retirees. Has new flooring, windows & updated kitchen. Fenced backyard, clean & move in ready.

Large home in good neighbourhood. 3 bedrooms up, 1 down in partly finished basement. Basement used as inlaw suite. Has newer roof, large covered deck and carport. As is where is.

#2648

#2649

#2622

$242,000

$156,000

RENOVATED

HERITAGE HOME

TOWNHOME LIVING

NEW

Nicely renovated 3 bedroom home with inlaw suite and close to elementary school. Has new flooring, paint, trim and bathroom down. Shared laundry. Large flat lot with detached garage.

LOCATION, LOCATION

TOWNHOUSE

NEW

Large family home with many updated including kitchen, moldings, bathrm, paint & blinds. 3 bedrms & den up, master with W/I closet & 2 pce ensuite. Daylight bsmt with summer kitchen, 3 bedrms & family rm.

$329,000

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315-3043

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Renovated

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Janis Post 315-3672

$204,900

In popular Sun Valley Court. Bright open concept living/dining & kitchen areas, kitchen with eating bar. Powder rm on main with 2 baths upstairs with 2 bedrms + den. Has hardwood bamboo flooring, skylight, W/I closet, gas F/P. Strata fees are paid for the year.

#2637

$207,900

NEW

Completely restore Heritage home with 3 bedrms, new plumbing, electrical, insulation, windows, some new gyproc & light fixtures in attic. Nice covered porch, new pergola & detached garage.

#2646

$214,900

CED

Completely renovated 3 bedroom duplex in family oriented cul de sac location. Has new laminate flooring throughout, S/S appliances, newer kitchen, bathroom, windows, roof & HW tank.

Totally updated 3 bedrm home within walking distance to downtown. Has new paint, most flooring, kitchen counters, cabinets, bathrms, bright sunroom & patio area. 2 car garage.

Situated on private 0.32 acre lot with fully fenced back yard,U/G sprinkling & drippers, fruit trees, shed & greenhouse. The home has had many upgrades including new windows, doors, siding, a complete expansion & reno inside.

2 bedroom rancher close to all amenities. Home is very clean & in good shape, with oak kitchen comes with appliances. 2 car garage, private backyard with workshop, shed & covered concrete deck.

#2632

#2643

#2618

#2640

#2651

$165,000

$261,900

$299,900

GREAT LOCATION

IN DESIRABLE AREA

LOCATION, LOCATION

Charming one of a kind home in the downtown area. Large rooms throughout, 4 bedrms, 2.5 baths, all new windows & doors, boiler system, HW tank, updated flooring & bathrooms. Double carport.

Executive home with view in great Bench area & nicely landscaped. Home features 5 bedrms, 3.5 baths, gourmet kitchen, formal dining, large living rm, den, family room, full bsmt & a double garage.

5 bedroom home on large lot, close to all amenities. Features newer laminate floors on main, newer paint, furnace, soaker tub & new roof. Fully finished basement with family room. RV parking.

Well maintained 3 bedroom home with nice kitchen & pine cabinets with lots of space, a forming room, large living rm with gas F/P, 3 bedrms, 4 baths and a fully finished basement. Great yard with U/G sprinklers, sundeck and RV parking.

3 bedroom rancher in good area, close to schools & shopping. Renovations over the past 5 years include roof, siding, 100 amp service & HW tank. Has fenced backyard with lane access.

#2564

$475,000

ON THE BENCH

NEW

U RED

GREAT VIEWS

$299,900

COZY RANCHER

EXCELLENT LOCATION

HERITAGE RANCHER

#2601

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#2598

$265,000

#2588

$313,999

#2633

$169,900

$255,000

big shop

LARGE FAMILY HOME

Well maintained corner lot with 5 bedrm, 2 bath home with updated & tastefully decorated. Completely fenced private yard with lots of room. Has large new deck and 20x28 insulated shop. Lots of parking

This home has 3 bedrms up plus a 2 bedrm suite in the basement with long term tenant. Fantastic layout the large family room, oak kitchen with appl., large living room. Enjoy the back sundeck for those BBQ days.

#2497

#2638

d l o s

$295,000

$329,900

PRIME LOCATION

FIRST TIME BUYERS

DETACHED SHOP

IN LOGAN LAKE

RIVERFRONT

IMPRESSIVE RANCHER

GREAT BENCH LOCATION

immaculate home

LOCATION, LOCATION

NICE ADDITION

This executive Bench home has 4 bedrms on main, 1 down, custom fir cabinets with granite counters, S/S appliances, 4 baths & rec.rm & family rm. Nice inground pool and patio for BBQ’s.

Half duplex in family oriented neighbourhood and close to school. Has 3 bedrms up, large kitchen, updated bathrm with newer flooring & tub surround. Large fenced yard with storage/ work area.

Quality built Cape Code style home on 0.44 acres with 3 bedrms, 2.5 baths, country kitchen, and a fully fin. bsmt. Has attached double garage plus a 32x28 shop/garage with 12 ft ceilings. Lot of RV parking.

Immaculate 2 bedroom plus den rancher in desirable area. Features include 3 pce ensuite, open concept, gas F/P, crown moldings, bright kitchen, detached garage, RV parking, fenced backyard.

Nicely finished mobile home in Eldorado MH Park overlooking the river and golf course. Has 2 bedrooms, laminate floors, new skylight and comes with appliances. Quick possession.

1800 sq.ft. rancher only 6 yrs old, 3 bedrms, plus bonus room above garage, open kitchen with all appliances, HW floors, crown moldings, 9 ft ceilings, in excellent condition. Fenced backyard.

Good size family home in quiet Bench location. This home features 3 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, 2 fireplaces, fully finished basement with rec. room, play room, office and den. Fenced backyard, RV parking and a covered deck. This home has tons of potential.

This 2 bedroom home with good solid construction needs some updates. Has full, unfinished basement, large covered deck, fruit trees and a garden area in back.

#2630

#2604

#2563

#2572

Quality built & immaculate family home in quiet area on 0.26 acre lot. Home has been well maintained, high quality laminate, 4 bedrms, 5 pce ensuite & 2 other full baths. Has 2 bedrm suite with long term tenant.

2 bedrm mobile with addition in one of the nicest parks. One bedrm on each end with an open concept kitchen eating area & living room in center. Addition has enclosed porch & family room.

#2606

$429,000

#2468

$139,900

#2611

$514,900

$242,000

ADULT ORIENTED STRATA

SPENCES BRIDGE

UNDER CONSTRUCTION

OVERLOOKS RIVER

One of the nicest gated communities in Merritt with views of the Nicola River. Has 3 bedrms, 2 baths, open design living, gas F/P, galley kitchen with nook, laundry on main, hobby & rec.rm down.

Great opportunity – full side by side duplex with fenced yard and close to the Thompson River. Each side is a 1 bedroom unit with a common area of enclosed porch. As is where is.

New rancher with deluxe spacious kitchen, dining room & great great with gas F/P. Den, laundry & 1 bedrm on main, 1 bedrm above & possible 3rd in loft. Double garage. GST applicable.

2 bedrm manufactured home with huge private sundeck with hot tub, sauna & 30 x 12 work shed all overlooking Nicola River & golf course. One of a kind in a perfect location.

#2586

#2584

#2602

#2518

$199,900

$74,900

$359,900

$87,900

$47,000

$295,000

$269,900

#2505

$419,900

#2557

$225,000

#2533

$69,900

GREAT STARTER HOME

APARTMENT

IN LOWER NICOLA

OVER 3200 SQ.FT.

INVESTORS

CLOSE TO SHOPPING

Great little 2 bedroom home with many updates & renovations of newer windows, plumbing, electrical, new plank flooring throughout, new plumbing fixtures, paint, doors & tri, plus a duct cleaning & regular furnace mtnce.

Newer 2 bedroom apartment in “The Summit” comes with stainless steel appliances, 1.5 baths and laundry room. No more shoveling snow! Great place to live, close to transit.

Very clean home with 2 bedrms, great open floor plan, island in kitchen & central A/C. Very nice yard with flower garden & cedar hedge for privacy and a covered sundeck for those BBQ days, and a woodshed for storage.

Great opportunity for investors, retirees or first time buyers. One bedroom apartment in well managed building with an elevator. Close to schools, store & transit. Strata fees $167 per month.

Well kept older home with huge yard & lane access. Has 2 bedroom on the main, fully finished basement with recr.oom. Single garage with lots of storage . Close to schools.

#2340

#2612

Very nice floor plan in this 4 bedroom family home, close to schools. Features newer kitchen and flooring, 2 gas F/P’s, 4 baths, full basement with inlaw living quarters with walkout basement. Double garage.

#2635

#2589

d l o s #2583

$137,500

$159,000

$74,900

#2597

$319,900

$59,000

$159,000

ON EXTRA LARGE LOT

GOOD FAMILY HOME

AFFORDABLY PRICED

brookmere

OPPORTUNITY

STARTER OR RETIREMENT HOME

GREAT STARTER HOME

APARTMENT

QUIET CUL DE SAC

This would be a great starter home or investment property with 2 bedrooms up, 1 in partially finished basement & 1.5 baths. Great corner lot with good access. As is where is.

Quality family home in good area. Has vaulted ceilings, Mill Creek kitchen cabinets with granite top on center island, 3 bedrms, 3.5 baths, full basement, U/G sprinklers, 2 car garage.

Home features 4 bedrms, HW floors, large gourmet kitchen with appliances, sunken living room, newer shingles, some windows & exterior doors in past few years & A/C. RV parking.

3 bedroom mobile home with an addition. Open plan design. Private yard with 2 storage sheds. Great starter home or for retirees. Priced to sell.

Older 2 bedroom home in nice neighbourhood, close to the downtown. An extra large 13,780 sq.ft. lot with subdivision potential. Lane access, huge backyard with single garage.

This 3 bedroom rancher has had extensive updating. New roof, windows, doors, vinyl siding, addition, deck, flooring and bathroom plus a new detached 22x24 workshop/garage. Excellent location & close to schools, 2 parks & downtown.

Located across from elementary school. Home has new kitchen with tile backsplash, pellet stove, new HW tank, 3 bedrms up, 12x32 attached garage and fully fenced backyard with fruit trees.

Quality built one bedroom unit in The Vibe. Open design plan with Maple shaker cabinets with granite countertops in kitchen, and comes with appliances. Nice view of mountains.

Spacious family home with 3 bedroom up, vaulted ceilings, large kitchen, sunken living room, gas fireplace and large 3 pce ensuite. 1 bedroom down. Close to school. Single garage.

#2566

#2600

#2409

#2636

Perfect retreat for outdoor enthusiast with year round activities. Close to fishing, cross-country skiing, quading & more. Beautiful 2 bedrm home with open kitchen/living room, double garage, lots of parking.

#2548

#2616

#2561

STARTER/INVESTMENT

d l o s

$89,900

d l o s

INVESTORS

WALK TO SHOPPING

2 bedroom mobile in Eldorado Mobile Home Park. New plumbing with heat tape, 1 bath, comes with all appliances. Quick possession. Close to golf course. Pad rent $346 per month.

#2334

$46,900

$379,900

$15,000

#2524

$319,000

HERITAGE CHARM

One bedroom apartment in well managed building. Close to schools, store & transit. Has elevator in building. Great for first time buyers, retirees or investors. Strata fees $161.77 per month.

#2634

$289,000

$59,000

This home has had many upgrades such as furnace, HW tank, insulation, electrical, plumbing, & windows. 3+ bedrms, new custom kitchen with newer appliances. Wood stove in basement. Lots of parking.

#2558

$239,900

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$129,900

$234,200

$129,900

GREAT STARTER HOME

STRATA HOME

IN LOWER NICOLA

Great starter home with 2 bedrooms and 2 baths, and in good area, close to school. Has an attached 17x23 garage/shop. Home needs some TLC of paint and flooring. Perfect for handyman.

Very nice townhouse, with bigger yard & less traffic. Tastefully decorated, 3 bedrms up, 3 pce ensuite plus office/play room, open living/kitchen area. Great patio in large fenced yard.

This mobile home with addition is situated on 0.33 acre lot with 7 fruit trees & is close to elementary school. Home features 3 bedrms, 1.5 baths and spacious rooms. Roof only 1 yr old.

#2510

#2463

#2587

$109,900

$214,900

#2607

$139,900

#2506

$264,900

INVESTMENT

INVESTORS

Side by side duplex within walking distance to all amenities. 100 amp service per side. Each side has 2 bedrms, 1 bathrm, kitchen and living room, plus a fenced backyard. Some reno’s have been done.

Side by side duplex with each side having 2 bedrms, 1 bathrm, kitchen and living room plus a fenced backyard. Within walking distance to all amenities. Some reno’s have been done.

#2628

$159,900

#2627

$159,900

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