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He flies through the air with the greatest of ease, does the Dummy Santa. But he was in for a hard landing. 21 dummies were entered in the Dummy Downhill at the Kimberley Alpine Resort on Sunday, April 3 and provided a great many thrills for the crowd. See more page 2.

Tough decisions to be made, Mayor says

A thorough review of all city assets has to include everything, including Cominco Gardens, Mayor Don McCormick says C AROLYN GR ANT Bulletin Editor

City budgets are all about hard decisions and there has been some buzz in the community lately about potential cuts to Cominco Gardens.

Mayor Don McCormick says that nobody wants to see the gardens lost but right now they are costing the City money it can ill afford.

“We are taking a look at KCDS (Kimberley Community Develop-

ment Society) and we have to look at all the assets within it. The campground is a good money maker, the conference centre, not so much, though we are taking steps to deal with that. The question with Cominco Gardens is, how do we keep them without losing money?”

McCormick says every single city asset is under review.

“We said we would have a service review and that means everything.

Cominco Gardens is included in that.

“In the last election campaign everybody talked about tough decisions to be made. We need to make them.

Not everyone will agree but we can’t be blinded by emotion.

“Ultimately change can be a positive thing.”

Yes, it’s fire season

Fire at north end of St. Mary’s Reserve grows to 37 hectares C AROLYN GR ANT Bulletin Editor

One of the first wildfires of the season occurred on Saturday afternoon, April 2, reports Karli Shaughnessy of the Southeast Fire Centre.

The fire started on the St Mary’s Reserve, near the north boundary, right beside LD Ranch Road just south of where it intersects with Olson Road, SUSAN BOND PHOTO says resident Susan A wildfire on the north boundary of the St. Mary’s Reserve near LD Ranch Bond, who lives in the Road was a cause for concern on Saturday, April 2. area.

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The annual Dummy Downhill at KAR

Rick Neidig photo

A Canadian salute to outhouses heads down the track.

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This particular outhouse, dubbed the Trump Tower, crashed in rather spectacular fashion.

Rick Neidig photo

A very nice touch, this Ketchup bottle actually sprayed ketchup as if flew through the air.

21 dummies entered the annual Dummy Downhill at Kimberley Alpine Resort’s Spring Splash festivities. They were as inventive as always and were cheered on by an appreciative crowd. It was a fantastic final weekend at KAR; a great way to wind up a great season. Live music, good cheer, good friends and warm spring sunshine provided an atmosphere that cannot be matched at any other party.

The outhouse gets some big air.

The carnage at the end of the Downhill.

Jeff Cooper photo

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And a mad dash to salvage what you can from the wreckage for next year’s Dummy Downhill.

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Elite Female College Hockey showcase in Kimberley At the Civic Centre this weekend

C AROLYN GRANT Bulletin Editor

Women’s hockey is getting attention right now as the World Championships are on television and the news of a Junior Women’s team for Kimberley next season.

There’s an exciting opportunity this weekend for Kimberley residents to view some elite female college hockey players as a player showcase will be held at the Civic Centre this weekend.

Shane Murray and Brad Park, who are behind the new junior team and hockey school for next year have brought together some top quality college coaches and about forty 13 to 17-year-old top female hockey prospects from B.C., Alberta and Montana.

This will provide anyone interested ex-

posure to top NCAA Division one and three and CIS university hockey.

“We want to raise the profile of this level of hockey in Kimberley and create awareness that there are elite female hockey players from this area,” Murray said.

Eight of the girls who will be taking part in the showcase are from the East Kootenay. They will be working with six college coaches plus the new coach of the Kimberley Hockey Academy, Mikko Makela.

“These coaches will be on the ice with the girls, working with them and coaching them,” Park said. “For the younger players, it’s a chance to get on the radar, get on the recruiting lists and potentially get offers.”

The coaches are coming to Kimberley

specifically to help raise awareness of what high level female hockey can look like, now that there will be a team here, but that’s a story for a future edition.

What Park and Murray want people to know right now is that they can drop by the Civic Centre this Friday afternoon, Saturday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. or Sunday from 9 a.m. to noon to view the games and practices.

“There will be three to four games over the weekend,” Murray said. “The coaches want to see them play against other elite Google image players. The coaches Above, action from a will take turns coaching other teams. So Junior Womens Hockey please come down and League game. see some high end female hockey.”

Volunteers required for Grand Slam curling event Barry Coulter

For a week of days in November of this year, Cranbrook will be the centre of the curling world. And organizers are putting out the call for volunteers to make the event a success.

Cranbrook has been awarded an event in the Grand Slam of Curling — the Tour Challenge, the second event on the tour — and will see a massive influx of top international curlers, 15 men’s teams and 15 women’s teams in the top tier, and another 30 teams in a second tier.

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

Organizers are holding an information meeting Tuesday evening, April 5-7 p.m. at the Cranbrook Curling Centre.

“Come down and get all the details on volunteering for The Tour

Challenge, the largest professional curling event in the world, coming to Cranbrook this November,” said Brenna Baker, Marketing and Sponsorship Manager for the local Tour Challenge committee.

Organizers will also be bringing local curlers to Western Financial Place to do a mock line up at the ticket booths located in Western Financial Place — a test run in advance of the actual ticket launch April 15, 2016.

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

A strong and committed cadre of volunteers is essential for the event, but Cranbrook’s track record in this re-

gard is strong. Kristi Petrushchak, Manager of the Tour Challenge for Sportsnet, told the Townsman in an earlier interview that Cranbrook’s existing volunteer network, and the experience Cranbrook had hosting the 2011 Canada Cup of Curling, made Cranbrook a compelling host city for the 2016 event.

“The veteran volunteer committee lead by Todd Pellerin are enthusiastic and excited to bring a world class event back to Cranbrook,” Petrushchak said.”It’s always a plus when you have a community of volunteers that have hosted a large curling event, to take their previous experience and key learnings and help make this event a greater success for the community.”

Pellerin himself said in an earlier interview with the Townsman that depending on the success of the Tour

Challenge, there is potential for the city to host more Grand Slam events in the future.

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

The organizing committee has decided to donate 50 per cent of profits back into those minor sport organizations.

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

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East Kootenay Invasive Species Council (EKISC) Updates for the Bulle tin

Are you interested in our native ecosystems, land management practices, and the threat of invasive species?

Then come out to EKISC’s Annual General Meeting on April 14th at the Cranbrook Library. Learn about EKISC’s organizational structure, strategic plans, and successes from the 2015 season, as well as program plans for 2016.

Todd Larsen, EKISC’s Executive Director states “this organization has a diverse array of programs –from aquatics to research to industry outreach. The AGM is an opportunity for the public, land managers, and members to celebrate some highlights from the year.” Several presentations will provide information about the Neighbourhood Invasive Plant Program (NIPP) for private landowners, Aquatic Inva-

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Rangeland in the Rocky Mountain Trench.

sive Species management plans, and the PlantWise program for the horticulture and gardening industry.

Everyone is welcome to this free event from 3 to 5 pm on Thursday the 14th at

the Cranbrook Library.

Snacks and refreshments will be served so please confirm your attendance for planning purposes. For more information go to www. ekipc.com or call Todd at 1-888-55 EKISC.

Also, EKISC is facilitating a Pesticide Applicator’s Certificate Course (Noxious Weeds designation) from April 26-29 in Cranbrook.

Course details and registration at www.ekipc. com

Fire season is upon us From the Lion’s Den Recently, the Mark Creek Lion’s Club presented a cheque for $498 to the Kimberley Volunteer Ski Patrol to help members of the patrol with expenses. Pictured above are ski patrol members Mike Daigle, Paul Nevlud ,Bernie Primbs, Lion members Larry Armstrong and Chris Lafaut, Kimberley Alpine Resort President Ted Funston, Lion member Chris Vassallo and ski patrol members Tanya Hisch and Jim Piche. In the second photo Lion President Larry Armstrong and Lion treasurer Chris Lafaut receive a $500 donation from the Summit Community Fund presented by KAR president Ted Funston in support of Marysville Daze.

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From page 1 “It burned up the grass between the road and a small slough then spread into the trees and headed uphill toward a ridge. There was some candling on the ridge and it got pretty hot for a time, lots of smoke, but seemed to abate fairly quickly,” she said.

Shaughnessy says the fire grew to 37 hectares in size but was brought under control. Southeast Fire Centre personnel were still on the scene on Monday looking for any flare ups.

“The cause of the fire is under investigation,” she said. “It absolutely could be human caused.

There was no lightning in the area.”

New regulations announced by the province have set new fines three times higher for ignoring campfire bans or failing to put out a campfire (see sidebar).

Rain forecast for this week should help out, but Shaughnessy says that warm conditions on the weekend did dry things out and the fire season is upon us.

“We ask people to be cautious when doing any outdoor burning. If you are doing large outdoor burning you must have a water source, hand tools, and enough people and equipment to assist if the fire gets away.

Burns over two metres by three metres require a burning registration numbers.

No foolin’ - new wildfire fines in effect VICTORIA - Increased fines for a variety of wildfire-related violation tickets came into force today. Anyone caught contravening specified open burning and campfire regulations could now face fines more than three times higher than last year’s penalties.

The B.C. government has been taking a tougher stand on irresponsible behaviour that contributes to increased wildfire risks, in an effort to protect communities, natural resources and infrastructure from wildfire damage.

The regulatory changes announced on March 10, 2016, significantly increase ticket fines for 19 different violations under the Wildfire Act and another seven violations under the Wildfire Regulation.

These changes mean that British Columbia now has some of the highest wildfire-related violation ticket fines in Canada. For example, the fine for not complying with a fire restriction under the Wildfire Act has tripled from $345 to $1,150.

Failing to properly extinguish a burning substance, such as a cigarette, will now cost an offender $575.

“This government has acted on behalf of all British Columbians to crack down on reckless behaviour that could put lives, communities and resources at risk,” said Minister of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations Steve Thomson. “We encourage everyone to do the right thing this fire season by learning more about responsible fire use and making sure they follow the rules.”

To report a wildfire or unattended campfire, call 1 800 6635555 toll-free or *5555 on a cellphone.

Quick Facts: * On average, 30 to 40% of wildfires in British Columbia each year are caused by people. * The 2015 fire season was one of the busiest and most expensive in recent years, with over 283,400 hectares burned and over $278 million spent on wildfire management.

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Chernove on track for the Paralympic Games T r e v o r C r aw l e y

Tristan Chernove has officially cycled his way to the Paralympics this summer.

Fresh off a double-gold performance in Individual Pursuit and the 1,000-metre Time Trial at the 2016 Para-Cycling Track World Championships in Italy, the results have automatically qualified him for a spot on Canada’s Paralympic cycling team.

Not bad for a guy who only recently got into the track side of the sport.

“The whole experience was beyond what I ever imagined,” Chernove said. “It made me feel like a pro cyclist, which I never tried to imagine or dream of.

It’s amazing the way Cycling Canada has supported me once making the standard to make that jump up onto the national team — it’s been a whole different reality.”

Chernove has been a road racer in cycling for years, but track cycling has been a new experience for him since trying out the sport less than a year ago at a velodrome in Burnaby.

After training for a few months, he headed over to Ontario for the track nationals in Milton, hitting the podium twice, with results good enough to catch the attention of an athlete development program within Cycling Canada.

From there, it’s been a whirlwind of training to get to Montichiari, Italy, and the Para-cycling Track World Championships. For two weeks prior to the event, the Canadian team was holed up at a velodrome in Portugal to get acclimatized and work off the jet lag.

Chernove didn’t know what the competition was going to be like until race day.

“My first event was the qualifying heat for the [Individual] Pursuit and my competitor from the Czech Republic, I passed fairly early in the race, caught up to him and knew that I was going much faster, but I hadn’t done a lot of other research on these athletes, so I didn’t know if it was a good measure compared to other people in the category,” said Chernove.

“But then as the day went on and everyone qualified and my time was still a significant jump up above others, then I felt pretty confident heading into the final that evening.”

The first gold was in the individual pursuit category, where Chernove won by over nine seconds over Ireland’s Colin Lynch. The second gold medal came in the 1,000 metre Time Trial with a run of 1:13.279.

“I thought that I would have more difficulty securing the gold in the kilo and I hadn’t really been practicing that event, because I don’t focus on the really, really short sprint stuff as much; my focus, because I’m really new to the sport, is learning how to pace and not going out too fast,” Chernove said.

“The pursuit has all been about learning my own pacing, so I literally hadn’t practiced one kilo for months and months and months.”

Due to those results in Italy, Chernove has all but punched his ticket for a spot on Team Canada’s cycling squad for the Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janiero.

Getting into cycling It’s been a short, but action-packed year for Chernove leading up to

the world championship.

His results from his first-ever competitive event at the Canadian Cycling Championship in Quebec last summer were good enough to raise some heads to get into the NextGen program—an athlete development program designed to help athletes train for podium results over the four-year Olympic intervals.

At first, Chernove and his coaches within the program were eyeing the Tokyo Summer Games in 2020, however, the results of his training got him fast-tracked for the Rio de Janerio games coming up this summer in Brazil.

Track cycling is a different animal from road cycling; with track, racers are in a controlled environment in a velodrome.

For Chernove, it was challenging to learn the technical side of the sport as the closest velodrome is in Burnaby.

However, he is able to do much of his training in Cranbrook with daily input from his coaches who can monitor the data from his workouts remotely, while Pacific Coastal Airlines flies him down to Burnaby for regular sessions at the velodrome down there.

Based on what he’s been able to accomplish at home and in Italy, he

knows that his fellow Paralympians coming to the Rio de Janerio Games will be seeing him as a threat.

“I’m getting faster and faster and now I’m looking ahead to Rio and I know that all countries will be stepping up their game,” Chernove said. “I really like the fact that the way it’s been expressed to me by my coaches is that I just came in there and raised the bar.”

CMT Diagnosis Chernove is a para-athlete, but you wouldn’t notice it on first glance.

In 2009, he was diagnosed with Charcot– Marie–Tooth (CMT) disease, a degenerative neurological condition characterized by progressive loss of muscle tissue and touch sensation across various parts of the body.

Currently, there is no cure or treatment for it.

“It’s not a life-threatening disease and there’s so many things out there that need attention and are actually taking people’s lives,” said Chernove. “Until we can find treatment and cures for those, things like this condition won’t get a ton of attention.

“But there are enough unknowns that it’s easy to keep a positive outlook. There is a mystery factor there and I’m will-

ing to believe in the mystery factor and think that I can find ways, just paying attention to my own body, to hopefully lessen the progression.”

Chernove has always been active, and especially as an endurance athlete, competing at the world level in kayak racing, while also working as a mountain guide and teaching a Canadian Outdoor Leadership Program.

Chernove recalled an accident in Mexico in 2001 where he broke his back going through the windshield of a bus that went down a river bank and noted how it had a profound impact on his attitude. “ I got outside the hospital and had a feeling of happiness that I could never recall having in my life. I was just so happy and I had no use of my body, I had no clothes, no money, but just total joy,” Chernove said. “I think, looking back on it now, I was only able to hang onto that feeling for a month or so…but I’m sure it woke up a realization of what matters in life.

“During that moment and the next four or five days the only thing that ever crossed my mind were the human relationships that I’ve had— the people who had impacted me in a positive

way or the people that I hoped I’d impacted.”

He also credits his family—his wife, Carrie and two daughters, Morgan (6) and Bronwyn (9)—for being a source of inspiration and to set an example by how he lives and tackles the challenges of his CMT diagnosis, because it is an hereditary condition.

“I feel better knowing that if either of my daughters have it, that they’ve had an example in their life of a dad who’s had an amazing life regardless of the disease,” he said. “I hope that sets an example for them that they can be really positive in their outlook if they have it.”

Training With the support of Cycling Canada at his back, Chernove has access to resources he can only dream of.

From coaches, to sports psychologists to nutritionists, doctors and physiologists, along with material support such as cycling equipment and technical expertise— Chernove is working on taking his abilities to the next level.

His morning routine consists of waking up and putting on a heart rate monitor that monitors the rest and depth intervals between his heartbeats, which helps

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While there isn’t a lot of work in the gym, there’s a lot of interval training on a stationary bike, which may consist of a 20 minute warmup before intervals of 45 seconds of max wattage with 10-15 seconds of rest.

Chernove—the CEO of Elevate Airports, which manages the Canadian Rockies International Airport—has also been known to get his bike out on the airport tarmac in between flights and is very active with the Wildhorse Cycling Club.

While he won double-gold for track cycling events in Italy, he feels his main strength is road-racing, which events in Germany and Spain bfore Rio will help him see where he stacks up against the rest of the competition.

“I didn’t have a preplan to get to worlds or get to Rio, but I’ve been reacting the best way I can to whatever opportunities are coming,” Chernove said. “…And now, I’ve have the most wonderful life, but I realize that no matter what cards come or what happens, even if I end up in a chair, it’s just how I react to the information that’s given to

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What Would a Syrian Peace Deal Look Like?

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fter the Syrian army recaptured the city of Palmyra from Islamic State a week ago, US State Department spokesman John Kirby admitted that the liberation of the ancient city was a “good thing”. But he could not resist adding: “We’re also mindful, of course, that the best hope for Syria and the Syrian people is not an expansion of [President] Bashar al-Assad’s ability to tyrannise the Syrian people.”

This was entirely in line with the long-standing US policy of seeking to destroy both Islamic State and the Syrian government (i.e. the Assad regime) at the same time.

But that was never more than wishful thinking, especially as the United States was quite sensibly determined not to commit its own ground troops to the conflict.

If the Syrian army actually had collapsed (as was looking quite likely before the Russians intervened to save it last September), nothing could have prevented Islamic State and the rival Islamist forces of the Nusra Front from taking the whole country. They might then have fought each other for control, but all of Syria would have ended up under extreme Islamist rule.

But the opposite is not true. The revival of the Syrian army, and even its reconquest of Palmyra, does not mean that the Assad regime can destroy Islamic State, let alone regain control of the whole country. Nor does Russia have any intention of helping President Assad to pursue such an ambitious goal, as Moscow made clear by withdrawing most of the Russian combat aircraft from Syria two weeks ago.

Russia’s strategy has been more modest and realistic from the start. It was to

restore the military stalemate that had persisted until the spring of 2015, and to convince the remaining non-Islamist rebel groups that they had no chance of somehow riding to power on the coattails of an Islamist victory over the Assad regime.

This hope was as delusional as the American policy in Syria. By mid-2015 between 80 percent and 90 percent of the Syrian rebels actively fighting the Assad regime belonged to Islamic State or to al-Qaeda’s Syrian franchise, the Nusra Front, Gwynne and its Islamist allies in Ahrar al-Sham. Moreover, Dyer the remainder of the rebels, the non-fanatics or socalled “moderates”, were mostly allied to the Nusra Front.

This curious alliance came to pass mostly because the Nusra Front wanted to avoid the American and “coalition” bombs that were falling on Islamic State.

So it created a broader alliance called the “Army of Islam” that wrapped these small “moderate” groups around the Islamist core, and the United States fell for it. Or at least American propaganda fell for it.

The Russians cheerfully bombed all these forces indiscriminately, making no distinction between Islamists and the allies of Islamists. The United States ritually condemned the attacks on the latter groups (always described as “moderates”), and the Russians cheerfully ignored that too.

And after five months, when most of the “moderates” had been persuaded that they were never going to gain power through an alliance with the Islamists, Moscow proposed a ceasefire that would include the “moderates” but exclude the Islamists. That ceasefire has now been in

effect for almost a month.

The negotiators for these moderate groups are still demanding the departure of Assad from power as the price of a permanent ceasefire. They haven’t a prayer of getting such a sweet deal, but the Russians are putting pressure on Assad to come up with a formula of words, however vague, that will persuade them to accept amnesty and come in from the cold without losing too much face.

The Islamists, although largely surrounded and blockaded, will not be defeated any time soon by military force, but they are growing weaker and may fall to fighting among themselves.

And the Syrian Kurds, the only American allies on the ground in Syria, will probably manage to hold on to the long strip of territory they control along the border with Turkey. However, they may have to settle for being an “autonomous province” within Syria if they wish to avoid a Turkish invasion.

President Vladimir Putin’s goal was to isolate the Islamists and reconcile the rest of the rebels with the Assad regime, and it is well on the way to accomplishment. It will not be a happy ending for any of the groups involved in the Syrian civil war, but it is the least bad outcome that can now be realistically imagined.

It will not put an end to all the fighting on Syrian territory. Not all the refugees will want to come home to such a country, and the terrorism abroad will continue. (But then, it would continue even if Islamic State disappeared – you don’t need a state to plan terrorist attacks.)

When no decisive victory is possible for any side, it makes sense to stop as much of the shooting as possible.

Gwynne Dyer is an independent journalist based in London

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$75 million BC Rural Dividend available What’s Up? For the Townsman

Kootenay East MLA Bill Bennett encourages local governments and organizations in Cranbrook, Fernie, Sparwood, Elkford, Canal Flats and the region’s First Nations to apply for the $75-million BC Rural Dividend to help strengthen their communities.

As committed during last September’s Union of B.C. Municipalities convention and in Balanced Budget 2016, the threeyear, $75-million Rural Dividend will help rural communities with populations under 25,000 diversify and bolster their economies.

Applications for the first year of funding will be accepted from April 4 to May 31.

“The Rural Dividend will help our region’s communities and organizations di-

versify their economies and set them up for a bright future,” Bennett said. “This three-year program is one more example of how our government is giving a voice to small, rural communities.”

Funding of $25 million per year is available in four categories: Community capacity building; workforce development; community and economic development; and business-sector development.

Local governments, not-for-profit organizations and First Nations are eligible to apply.

Single applicants can apply for up to $100,000 for community-driven projects and must contribute at least 20 per cent of the total project cost. Partnerships involving more than one eligible applicant can apply for up to $500,000, and must contrib-

ute 40 per cent of the total project cost.

Applicant contributions can include inkind contributions of up to 10 per cent.

A project development funding stream will provide up to $10,000 to help communities with limited capacity build business cases and feasibility assessments to support the development of strong projects and future project applications.

Downloadable application forms, program guidelines, as well as detailed instructions on how to apply are available as of April 4, when the new Rural Dividend website goes live: www.gov.bc.ca/ruraldividend The criteria for the Rural Dividend was designed with input from the Rural Advisory Council, which was formed in March 2015.

Why be so cheap with the poor?

BC Views Tom Fletcher

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hear a lot here at the B.C. legislature about hard-hearted government treatment of the poor.

It’s a serious problem, and one often obscured by the partisan Punch-and-Judy show that passes for political debate in this province.

As things stand, Premier Christy Clark’s government is heading into an election year with a basic income assistance rate for single employable adults at $610 a month, unchanged since the last miserly increase in 2007. Couples on assistance get up to $877.22, or up to $1,101.06 if they have two children.

If those children are aged three or more, parents are required to look for work and file monthly reports that show they still need income assistance.

The B.C. Liberals’ February budget left the basic rates and rules the same, with new applicants required to look for work for five weeks before getting a first cheque. There are sound reasons for this hard line, and despite their frequent demands for more, no one should understand them better than the B.C. NDP. Mike Harcourt’s NDP government raised rates in 1991, and also eased eligibility rules to let people stay on assistance longer. Within two years, B.C.’s welfare rolls were nearly 10 per cent of the working-age population and climbing.

Harcourt famously de-

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NDP MLAs mingle with protesters at rally against changes to disability assistance payments at the B.C. legislature March 2. nounced the “cheats, deadbeats and varmints” gaming the system, rolled the single employable rate back to $500 a month and imposed some of the harsh eligibility and job search rules that remain today. The caseload of single employable recipients declined by a third.

The current B.C. Liberal government did approve a $77 increase to the $906 disability income assistance rate, to take effect this September. Mostly what they got was protests about implementing a $52 monthly charge for transit passes.

Social Development Minister Michelle Stilwell rejected opposition claims that transit passes are being cancelled.

There are 45,000 disability clients who don’t have access to transit, and they receive nothing for their transportation costs. If those who can use them want to continue, the cost comes out of their rate in-

crease.

A protest was organized for the legislature lawn March 2, featuring disability activists and NDP politicians. As I arrived, Hospital Employees’ Union members were posing for pictures with New Westminster MLA Judy Darcy, a former HEU business manager.

Others in HEU T-shirts were leading developmentally disabled people up to the small crowd.

All typical B.C. political theatre, with the union’s role omitted from news reports as usual. But I had to wonder about the NDP demand for taxpayers to top up the $170 million disability assistance budget increase with another $35 million a year, to provide bus passes to those lucky enough to be able to use them.

Most people on disability assistance aren’t commuting to work daily. If they were, they would likely no longer be eligi-

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ble. If they are able to use transit, it’s mainly for shopping, medical appointments and social activities.

When the change takes effect this fall, I intend to find out how many people decide to take the $77 increase and pay for transit only when they need it. I suspect there will be many.

Faith Bodnar of the activist group Inclusion BC summed it up well when she spoke to the rally.

“Government, all you did was equalize poverty for people with disabilities in B.C.,” she said.

Note that Bodnar wasn’t calling for the NDP position of a further increase that only urban people could use. She was saying the rate still isn’t high enough.

That’s the real issue.

Tom Fletcher is B.C. legislature reporter and columnist for Black Press.

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Wednesday April 6, 7 PM College of the Rockies Lecture Theatre GoGo Granny Travelogue with Allister Pedersen - Hawaii-The Big Island. Admission by donation to the GoGo Granny’s supporting Grandmothers in sub sahara Africa.

Anglican Church, 46-13th Ave. S. Annual Garage Sale. Saturday April 9th, 9am-noon. Plus Bake Sale sponsored by Anglican Church Youth Group.

British Columbia Government Retired Employees Association, Rocky Mountain Branch, will be holding their luncheon meeting at the Heritage Inn on April 13th, 2016 at 12 noon. Our guest speaker will be Dave Morley talking about the Rotary Club. For further information call Ron Kerr at 250-432-0002.

April 13. Kimberley Garden Club April Program: TBA. Selkirk High School Library 7-9 pm. New members welcome. For member info: Nola 250-427-1947; other information Marilee 250-427-0527.

Kimberley Aquatic Centre FREE FAMILY SWIM: Wednesday, April 20, 6:00-7:00pm is sponsored by Stone Fire Pizzeria. Persons 18 years & younger must be accompanied by an adult.

Art movie night presents “Picasso and Braque Go to the Movies“ Fri, Apr 22 at Studio 64, 7:30 pm. Admission by donation to Kimberley Arts Council/Centre 64. Light snacks provided. No host bar.

Saturday April 23/16, 10:00 am to 3:00 pm; Open House at the Kootenay Trout Hatchery. Free event – fun and activities for the whole family.

ONGOING Thursdays from 5:00 to 6:00 pm; Focus Meat Draw at the Elks Club, Kimberley. Proceeds to Emergency Funds and non-profit organizations.

TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) non profit weight loss support group meets EVERY Thursday at 5:00 pm, at Sr Citizen’s Centre, (downstairs) 125 17th Ave S, Cranbrook. Drop in, have fun while losing weight gradually. This Chapter has won an annual B.C. Provincial Award for “Best Avg Weight Loss Per Member”. Info: Marie 250 417 2642 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.

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Cantabelles, 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 The Friends of the Kimberley Public Library used book store in Marysville is open Wed to Sat; 10:30 to 3:30 & Sunday 1:00 to 4:00.

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.

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.

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.

Cranbrook Community Tennis Association welcomes all citizens to play or learn to play. Call Neil 250-489-8107, Cathy 250-464-1903.

Cranbrook Phoenix Toastmasters meet every Thursday, noon -1:00 Heritage Inn. Toastmasters teaches communication & leadership skills. Roberta 250-489-0174. 1911.toastmastersclubs.org.

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.

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Kootenay Ice defenceman Cale Fleury faces big expectations heading into NHL draft year Taylor Rocc a Sports Editor

Sophomore defenceman Cale Fleury had himself a breakout season in 2015-16 as he posted eight goals and 25 points to lead all Kootenay Ice blueliners in scoring.

Outside of his offensive prowess, Fleury was rock steady on the second pairing for head coach Luke Pierce and with his NHL draft season right around the corner, expectations continue to grow for the 17-year-old native of Calgary and younger brother of Carolina Hurricanes first-round pick Haydn Fleury.

“There’s no question, there’s going to be huge expectations on Cale,” Pierce said. “Not just from himself with it being his draft year, but from our standpoint of essentially being a core leader of our backend and of our team in general.

“You still have to remind yourself that he’s really only 18 and give him the support that he needs.”

Eligible for the 2017 NHL Entry Draft, the former fourth-round pick (78th) of the Ice at the 2013 WHL Bantam Draft had big expectations to fulfill as he entered the Western Hockey League following in the footsteps of his successful older brother.

To this point, he has excelled, but the true test will come in 201617 as he looks to impress

pro scouts and find a permanent spot on the radars of NHL clubs.

“It’s definitely there [in your mind],” Fleury said of his NHL draft year, following exit meetings with team management and coaches. “All the stuff you’ve got to do in the summertime to get ready, it’s always in the back of your head, even if you’re playing.

But you try not to let it affect the way you play too much. You just use it as motivation.”

Fleury’s motivation was apparent in 2015-16 and his excellence on the ice was recognized by fans as he was named Kootenay Ice Fan Club Player of the Year. Outside of his reliability on the ice, the 6-foot-1, 192pound rearguard proved an ace in the classroom as he was named Rocky Mountain Diesel Scholastic Player of the Year for the second consecutive season.

“I thought one of the older guys might get [the Fan Club award], obviously [goaltender Wyatt] Hoflin is pretty popular with the fans,” Fleury said. “I thought he’d be the first person

to get it, so I was kind of surprised when I got it.”

Fleury might have been surprised but plenty of others weren’t as the sophomore blueliner posted career highs in goals, assists and points, exceeding his rookie totals (1-1213) from 2014-15.

“You either have to temper expectations and try to control that intensity or with other guys, you try to push harder,” Pierce said.

“Cale falls into the former category. You have to try to hold him a little bit — not back, because we want him to play with the intensity that he brings — but help him manage the mental part of his game.

“If he has a bad week, a bad night, a bad whatever, you just make sure he realizes it’s a long process and help him get through that so he doesn’t fall into a major roller coaster of ups and downs.”

With his older brother’s Red Deer Rebels having advanced to the second round of the WHL post-season and already booked to host the MasterCard Memorial Cup, the younger Fleury, as he always does, is looking forward to learning something from his older brother, Haydn. “[I want to learn] what it takes to get to that level,” Fleury said of the opportunity to eventually watch his brother’s Rebels take on major junior hockey’s best at the 2016 Master-

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Kootenay Ice defenceman Cale Fleury (#4), pictured Feb. 10 working against Tri-City Americans forward Maxwell James (#20), is eager to build upon his breakout sophomore season.

Card Memorial Cup, set to be hosted in Red Deer this May. “I’ll be watching some of the more highly-skilled players there and see what kind of things they do, try to pick up on the little things they do that might help my game.”

Fleury’s hope is to not only pick up on a few little things to improve his own game, but to watch for what makes Canada’s top major junior teams successful and how his young Kootenay Ice club can put

those practices into play as they look to make a return to the post-season in 2016-17.

After 17 consecutive campaigns in which the Kootenay Ice qualified for the WHL playoffs, a 12-53-6-1 mark brought that streak to an end at the conclusion of the 2015-16 regular season.

Having tasted WHL playoff hockey in his rookie season, one year without is more than enough for the heavy-hitting, smooth-skating Fleury.

“We had a stretch

there early in the season where we lost a lot of one-goal games,” Fleury said, reflecting on the year past. “We could have turned our season around early. Losing those games doesn’t help. We need to learn how to win those ones next year.

“I want to get back to playoffs next year. I think we can do it. Everybody has played enough games that they know what to do. We just have to work hard during the off-season to get there.”

Having taken on a bigger role in his second WHL campaign, Fleury isn’t satisfied. He’s already looking forward to a productive off-season in the hopes of getting stronger and faster so he can handle even more big minutes come the fall.

For Central Division rivals, a bigger, faster and stronger Cale Fleury is a frightening thought. For Kootenay Ice fans, a bigger, faster and stronger Cale Fleury is something to be excited for.

Kootenay Ice alumnus Dean Arsene called to Abbotsford Sports Hall of Fame Ben Lypk a Abbotsford News

For 13 hours, Dean Arsene sat in Buffalo’s Marine Midland Arena in June of 1998 and waited for his name to be called at the NHL Entry Draft.

Rated 104th heading into the draft, the Abbotsford defenceman saw 258 other players make their NHL dreams come true.

Arsene was never selected that day, a mo-

ment that still stings to this day.

“I sat there with my agent, my dad and his friend and it was quite disappointing,” he said.

“That was probably the low point for me.”

But he didn’t let that stop him. He finished his junior hockey career with the Kootenay Ice, winning the Western Hockey League championship in the year 2000, and began carving a career in the pro ranks.

Arsene earned two Calder Cups and suited up for over 600 games in the American Hockey League, and also played 13 games with the NHL’s Edmonton Oilers.

The long and winding journey for Arsene in the world of hockey ended in 2014, but his legacy will now live on in the Abbotsford Sports Hall of Fame.

Arsene is one of two inductees in this year’s class, an honour he said

he cherishes.

“I wasn’t expecting it, to be quite honest,” he said. “It’s pretty cool; it’s your hometown so to be recognized like that is really special. Having my family there as well should make it a great event.”

Being enshrined in the ASHOF is a far cry from his early days learning the game in Aldergrove. Arsene spent the majority of his minor hockey career in Alder-

grove, before joining the Abbotsford Minor Hockey Association for his final Bantam year.

He said he still has a strong bond with teammates from that time.

“Some of my best friends to this day were a part of that team,” he said.

That was also the same year that his teammate Dallas Saunders died after blocking a shot during a game. He said Saunders’ death brought

the team together.

“To go through that as a 15-year-old kid was difficult on all of us,” he said. “It was the lowest of lows when Dallas passed away. I’ll never forget that year.”

Draft disappointment also occurred for Arsene as a 16-year-old, as he was not selected in the Western Hockey League’s Bantam draft.

He was listed by the Regina Pats, and made the team after impressing

team officials during training camp.

Arsene said the move from B.C. to Saskatchewan was a bit of an adjustment, but it was made easier by a great billet family. He spent two years in Regina before being dealt to the Edmonton Ice during the 1997-98 season.

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Dynamiters submit bid to host 2017 Cyclone Taylor Cup Taylor Rocc a Sports Editor

After making a trip to the 2015 Cyclone Taylor Cup in Mission, the Kimberley Dynamiters are hoping to bring British Columbia’s annual Junior B championship back to the East Kootenay.

According to Kathy Merkel, co-treasurer of the Kimberley Dynamiters, the club has submitted a bid to BC Hockey to host the 2017 Cyclone Taylor Cup. “Next year is the KIJHL’s 50th anniversary and I know we can put on an amazing show,” Merkel said Monday.

“Hockey in Kimberley is huge. To have the opportunity to host an event such as this is huge.”

The Dynamiters submitted their bid application to BC Hockey on April 1. From April 1 to 12, all bids submitted to BC Hockey are reviewed before undergoing a question period.

A final decision by BC Hockey’s Cyclone Taylor Cup Selection

Committee is expected to come April 29. It is believed multiple bids to host the 2017 Cyclone Taylor Cup have been submitted from teams around the KIJHL. Merkel, along with Dynamiters vice-presidents James Leroux and Glen Johnston have been working on the bid to this point.

The Dynamiters previously hosted the 2008 Cyclone Taylor Cup, and by all accounts, it was a smashing success.

“It was great for the team, great for the community and the league,” Merkel said. “It was pretty darn amazing.”

Merkel said the 2008 event had approximately 150 volunteers pitch in time and effort.

Should the Dynamiters be successful in their bid to host the 2017 tournament, she be-

lieves anywhere from 150 to 200 volunteers will be required to make the event all it can be.

“With us putting this bid in, people are already stepping forward,” Merkel said. “Put our names down, put our names down.

“The hockey history here is huge and Kimberley is well known for having volunteers step forward for hockey events. Everybody opens their doors to welcome folks to Kimberley.

“It doesn’t matter what Kimberley is hosting. It’s always a success.”

With the Kimberley Civic Centre set to undergo lighting upgrades this offseason and having previously had new

boards installed since the 2008 tournament, the historic building remains an exciting place to watch junior hockey.

Proof of that was seen as recently as Game 5 of the Kootenay Conference championship, in which nearly 1,200 spectators packed into the old barn to watch the Nitros knock off the Beaver Valley Nitehawks and advance to the 2016 KIJHL final.

Host duties for the Cyclone Taylor Cup rotate between each of B.C.’s three Junior B leagues from year to year.

According to BC Hockey, a broad list of factors is reviewed when examining host bids for the Cyclone Taylor Cup, including but not limited to: presented budget, volunteer pool, media, ticketing and sponsorship.

The 2016 Cyclone Taylor Cup is set to be hosted by the Victoria Cougars of the Vancouver Island Junior Hockey League (VIJHL) this coming weekend (April 7 to 10). The 100 Mile

Canada beats Scotland, Japan, sits alone in first at men’s world curling championship CANADIAN PRESS

BASEL, Switzerland After a frustrating opening weekend, Canada has found its groove at the men’s world curling championship.

Kevin Koe’s Calgary rink improved to 5-0 with a pair of convincing wins Monday, a 5-3 victory over Scotland and a 9-2 rout of Japan.

The two comfortable performances at St. Jakobshalle arena should do wonders for Canada’s confidence after a pair of shaky extra-end wins on Sunday, especially with an early match coming against Germany on Tuesday morning.

“Obviously we played well tonight,” said team coach John Dunn. “And we’re in the middle of this three-games-in-arow stretch right now, so any time you get the op-

portunity to shake hands early and get to bed early, and with our first morning game tomorrow, the timing of this is pretty good.”

Canada’s win over Japan, coupled with the United States’ surprising 8-3 rout of defending champ Sweden, left Koe’s rink alone atop the round-robin standings after eight draws.

Norway and Sweden were tied for second at 4-1, with Denmark, the U.S., and Japan in fourth at 3-2.

Canada did most of its damage against Japan through steals. After being forced to a single to open the scoring in the second end, Canada ramped up the pressure in the third. Koe made a perfect draw that forced Japan skip Yusuke Morozumi to attempt a dou-

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ble raise takeout. He overcurled the attempt, leaving Canada with a steal of two.

It got worse in the fourth end when Canada simply kept piling red rocks into the rings, leaving Morozumi looking at six of them with his final-rock draw attempt. He came up well light, allowing Canada to steal five.

Canada would steal another in the fifth end, and the teams shook hands after Japan salvaged a sixth-end deuce thanks to a double-takeout from Morozumi.

“That feels nice to get a bit of an easier win,” Koe said. “They made some good shots early to keep them in it. It looked like we were going to get ‘em for three in the second (before Morozumi bailed out

his team). But we didn’t get frustrated, we kept the heat on them and eventually he missed a couple big ones.”

Canada, which includes third Marc Kennedy, second Brent Laing lead Ben Hebert and alternate Scott Pfeifer, closed off the match with two points in the ninth after the teams battled through three blank ends.

It was the 100th meeting between Canada and Scotland at the men’s world championship. Canada has now won 12 straight against its old rival and holds an 80-20 advantage in the all-time series.

Canada is looking to end a four-year championship drought. Glenn Howard won Canada’s last title in 2012 at St. Jakobshalle.

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Kimberley native and Dynamiters veteran Jared Marchi (above) is pictured during Game 5 of the 2016 KIJHL championship at the South Cariboo Rec Centre in 100 Mile House.

House Wranglers earned the right to represent the KIJHL, while the Mission City Outlaws will represent the Pacific Junior Hockey League. Joining the VIJHL champion and host Cougars will be the league’s runner-up and

defending Cyclone Taylor Cup champion Campbell River Storm.

The Cyclone Taylor Cup serves as a qualifier for the Keystone Cup — western Canada’s regional Junior B championship.

The 2016 Keystone

Cup is set to be hosted April 14 to 17 by the Extreme Hockey Regina Capitals of the Prairie Junior Hockey League, bringing together Junior B champions from B.C., Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba and northwestern Ontario.

Ice alumnus Dean Arsene inducted to Abbotsford Sports Hall of Fame Continued from page 8 The Edmonton Ice moved to Cranbrook for the 1998-99 season, and the following year was the Ice’s run to the Memorial Cup. The Ice finished second in their division, but took out their arch-rivalCalgary Hitmen en route to winning the WHL championship.

“Cranbrook, being a small community, we were kind of the smalltown blue-collar team,” he said. “Calgary was the big city and had a lot of flashy and skilled players. We battled with them all season long that year and were able to take them out, which felt great.”

After his junior career was done, Arsene signed with the Charlotte Checkers, an affiliate of the New York Rangers in the East Coast Hockey League.

He worked his way up to the Rangers’ AHL affiliate in Hartford the next year and began a strong career in the AHL. He eventually spent

six seasons with the Hershey Bears, winning the Calder Cup with the club in 2006 and 2009.

He was also named captain of the club, and earned the nickname “The Mayor.” He became a fan favourite in Hershey for his community involvement and work ethic on the ice.

“By no means was I a skilled player but I think they appreciated the blue-collar way I played,” he said. “They treated me really well there.”

Arsene then got the call to the NHL in the 2009-10 season, playing 13 games for the Oilers.

“It’s a another level,” he said, of his time in the NHL. “As a kid, it’s your dream to be called up and play in the NHL. It was a cool experience.

It’s first-class in the NHL.” He returned to the AHL for stints in Springfield, Peoria, Portland and St. John’s , being named a captain for three of those four stops.

He wrapped up his pro career in 2013-14 with the Abbotsford Heat, also wearing the “C.” “It was a dream to be able to play in your hometown, sleep in your own bed and be around family and friends,” he said. “I was fortunate to have them sign me and have me finish my career here. If the team would have stayed, I might have wanted to stick around for a few more years.”

Arsene has made the transition from the sports world into “civilian” life, and now works for Leavitt Cranes as the sales rep for B.C. “I love it,” he said, of his new job. “It’s been a great transition, and all my co-workers have been really supportive.”

He added he never could have made it in pro hockey without the support of his family, especially his wife.

Arsene officially enters the ASHOF April 30 during a banquet at the Legacy Sports Centre.

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Chris Thom of Rocky Mountain Diesel (sponsor) presented.

Standout Members of the Local Economy

Cranbrook Chamber of Commerce Business Excellence Awards, St. Eugene Golf Resort and Casino, Saturday, April 2, 2016 Photos by Barry Coulter

Chase Thielen of Silverado Construction and KD Electric took the award for Young Entrepreneur of Year. Chad Jensen of New Dawn Developments (sponsor) presented.

Don Wik and Stephen Wik of Rocky Mountain Print Solutions accepted the award for Business of Year, 1-15 Employees.

Sponsored by the Downtown Business Association, the award was presented by Joey Hoechsmann.

Jordan Janowicz of JJ Mechanical is pictured being congratulated by Cranbrook Youth Ambassadors Kelsey Ackert and Sarah Ferguson, after winning New Business of the Year. Sponsored by Community Futures East Kootenay, the award was presented by Janice Alpine .

Lanna an der Velden of Genex Marketing accepts the Business to Business Excellence Award, sponsored by Koocanusa Publications and presented by Keith Powell.

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Van Boewen and Katie Murray of B104/The Drive.

Michelle Kleindienst of Business Development Bank of Canada preJeremy Mitchell and Wes Rogers accepted the Professional Services Excellence award on behalf of Rella, sented Stephanie McGregor of the Paw Shop with the Retail Excellence award.

Paolini & Rogers. Columbia Basin Trust sponsored the award and Rick Jensen presented.

Rocky Mountain Diesel won the award for Business of Year 16 plus employees. Chris Thom accepted. Barry Zwueste, CEO of St. Eugene, presented the award.

Laurie Goodlad and D’Arcy Kennedy served as Masters of Ceremonies for the evening. Kennedy helped keep the masses entertained with a rousing version of the Isley Brothers’ “Shout” (the “Animal House” version — lip-synced), complete with backup chorus.

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Jack passed away peacefully with his family by his side on Thursday, March 31, 2016 in Cranbrook at 95 years of age.

Jack was born on October 25, 1920 in Holland.

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In 1954 they immigrated to Canada with four children. They resided in the Burnaby and Abbotsford area where they had four more children. Jack owned a family plumbing business for over 40 years. For 10 years he had a chinchilla farm.

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Jack is survived by his eight children Adriana (Dirk) Van Tongeren, Gina Blake, Andrew (Dawn) Boon, Peter (Tina) Boon, Jim (Barb) Boon, Martin (Bev) Boon, Helen Boon and Ken (Arlene) Boon. He was a loving Opa to 17 grandchildren and 28 great grandchildren. Jack was predeceased by his wife Helena in 2006, his brother Cornelius (Janny) Boon and his sister Hendrika (Arie) Van Dermeer from Holland.

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NEWS 20,000 litres of diesel fuel spill into river after truck crash C anadian Press

PRINCETON, B.C. - British Columbia’s Environment Ministry says about 20,000 litres of diesel fuel from a transport truck have spilled into the Similkameen River south of Princeton.

The truck was involved in a motor vehicle incident on Highway 3 at about 8 a.m. Monday, and a ministry employee is at the site.

The ministry says the Lower and Upper Similkameen Bands, Interior Health and Washington State officials have been notified of the spill.

Interior Health spokeswoman Tara Gostelow says no regulated water sources downstream from the spill have been affected though that may not be the case for users of private wells or unlicensed water.

Residents who draw from the river are asked to avoid use if they smell, see or taste diesel fuel in the water.

Interior Health says the warning also applies for irrigation or agricultural purposes because diesel fuel can pose a health risk if ingested, inhaled or absorbed in the skin.

Nelson Star

Nelson police say a 48-year-old man is lucky to be alive after his kayak capsized near the orange bridge Sunday afternoon. Officers on duty were tied up at the time, but a reservist immediately took the police boat to the scene around 12:30 p.m., where the man was found clinging to his partner’s kayak. The reservist pulled the man from the water into the police boat. He was taken to the shoreline and attended to by paramedics and firefighters. The man wasn’t wearing a life jacket but did have one in the kayak.

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