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Ron Perepolkin, project coordinator for Community Futures of Greater Trail, pointed out MIDAS’ high tech tools and technology during a media tour on Wednesday. The Glenmerry-based “Fab Lab” will officially open in September, providing a venue for local innovators (general Sheri Regnier photo public) through memberships and training sessions. To learn more, visit midaslab.ca.

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That’s the definition of innovation and the goal of a new research facility in Trail, or “Fab Lab.” MIDAS (Metallurgical Industrial Development Acceleration & Studies) is a multi-million Glenmerry-based project that supports skills training and entrepreneurial development through the commercialization of of new technologies and services in the region.

After a $308,000 cash injection from Community Futures (CFDC) Greater Trail, the KAST-led MIDAS vision will become real life in September when the digital prototyping “Fab Lab” opens to the general public.

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The research facility has the tools and technology to make just about anything, said Ron Perepolkin, CFDC project coordinator, during a Wednesday media tour of the site.

Freschi gave the example of a drone, which is essentially, a flying robot.

A drone can be brought in, scanned on a 3D scanner and the schematic brought up on a MIDAS computer. Then engineering modifications like a new motor or circuit board can be produced in house, and the prototype brought back to the market.

“It’s rapid prototype not production,” he said. “That’s the difference, (MIDAS) is an innovation centre.”

As a not-for-profit, the Community Futures board felt the MIDAS facility is a huge economic driver for the area, Freschi added. “And it’s a model that other communities are going to look forward to and

try to model after.”

Fab Lab memberships will be available to the general public this fall. Fab Lab members can learn by working on items of personal or business interest through a cycle of envision, design, prototype, reflect, and iterate as they find solutions to challenges or bring new ideas to life.

Empowered by the “maker experience”, members mentor other members to help them learn about the machines, materials, design process, and engineering which go into invention and innovation to help bring their project to life.

“Having just finished ordering over $430,000 in equipment, I believe we have the tools and technology to create just about anything,” said Perepolkin.

Those include a well-stocked electronics lab, a 3D design centre for scanning and 3D printing, a laser cutter, and assorted programmable CNC machines such as ShopBots, plasma cutter, lathes and mills.

Shops for woodworking, metalworking, molding and casting, as well as a learning centre for design and skills training are also on site.

To learn more, visit midaslab.ca.

Local crime is up following a quiet year in 2015, says Sgt. Darren Oelke from the Greater Trail RCMP detachment.

Oelke presented first quarter crime statistics to Trail council Monday night, though timing was coincidental after a rather busy Silver City Days weekend for police.

Of the almost 2,000 files or service calls this year, 150 of those happened during the five-day Trail event.

By Sunday, 14 people remained in cells with four carried over to court Monday morning.

Of those cases, a few were alcohol-related though most were breaches of probation.

“Along with our prolific offender program, we are working hard to get our prolific and significant offenders on conditions,” Oelke said. “So we are constantly looking at breaches, and when we do breach them, we hold them in custody and take them to court - we are trying to push the envelope and hold them accountable for their actions.”

Conditions often revolve around abstinence from drugs and alcohol as well as a curfew.

He said there was only one altercation on midway grounds which was quickly resolved, adding, “very few issues were associated with the Silver City Days event itself, it’s often the spin off that comes from that in bars and otherwise.”

From there, he presented 2016 Trail crime statistics and compared those to last year, noting an increase in two key areas.

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“We did a project with our General Investigation Section toward the end of February,” explained Oelke referring to drug cases.

“There is spin off with that, still more to come, and enforcement to be taken. That’s ongoing and something our detachment is doing proactively.”

As for the vehicle thefts, Oelke says the incidents are related to one offender, who has been caught.

“The increase is related to one or two evenings with someone going through locked cars,” he clarified.

“In this case the person was identified and apprehended with some stolen property, that were then able to trace back to some of those vehicles.”

Another area of service, calls related to mental health, were up 11 from last year, totalling 73 reports.

(Notably, historical statistics on those types of calls only date back one year.)

Overall, police were called out 837 times in Trail during the first three months of 2016 compared to 716 times over the same months last year. Including calls to Fruitvale, Montrose, Warfield, Rossland and the regional district, Greater Trail RCMP responded to 1,298 calls compared to 1191 in 2015.

“I would say 2015 was a banner year where we had a 17 per cent reduction in crime,” Oelke concluded.

“While we see some increases in specific types of crimes we are more on par with where we are normally at. I still think we are in a very safe community and that our crime rate here is much lower than much of the country.”

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Raising minimum wage is a double-edged sword for small business owners, says the 25-year owner and president of Hall Printing in Trail and Nelson.

Ingrid Hope, a member of B.C.’s Small Business Roundtable, was speaking about last week’s provincial announcement that a 40 cents per hour increase comes into effect mid-September, with another 30 cents raise next fall.

She acknowledges B.C. has the country’s second lowest minimum wage, making it difficult to attract workers from other provinces.

A higher wage may help bring in a new workforce, but will come at a cost, Hope added.

“The higher wage puts a burden on the small businesses as their expenses go up,” she explained.

“Typically this increases their prices, so everyone pays. Or if they are in a highly competitive market they lose money and go out of business.”

Hope says 85 per cent of employers already pay higher than a minimum wage.

“But as the minimum wage increases it adds pressure to these employers to raise their salaries so they stay ahead of the game,” she said.

Minimum wage employees come at a lower skill level, so training is more extensive, which is why the eye care professionals

Roundtable advocated for increased small business training allowances - to offset a higher wage for an unskilled employee.

“The retail and hospitality industries are really struggling to get employees so there is some extra training allowance for these sectors,” said Hope. “B.C. is trying to ramp up tourism but doesn’t have the trained manpower to give service. They have allowed travel expenses for trainers and consultants so training can be more affordable and attractive in remote locations.”

Last year, government announced a policy to index the minimum wage to British Columbia’s Consumer Price Index (CPI).

Based on the province’s 2015 CPI, the minimum wage this year would increase by 10 cents per hour. With British Columbia expected to lead the country in economic growth this year and next, the government decided there is room for an adjustment to the minimum wage rate beyond B.C.’s CPI. The first 40 cent increase brings the minimum wage rate to $10.85 per hour, effective Sept. 15, 2016.

This new rate includes the 10 cents scheduled for the 2015 CPI, plus an additional 30 cents.

A second increase of 30 cents plus an amount based on the 2016 CPI (estimated to be 10 cents) will bring the minimum wage rate to $11.25, effective Sept. 15, 2017.

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a large increase at once so the wage is being increased incrementally, Hope explained.

“The group advocated for Canadian cost of living only because B.C. was at the bottom, but the government thought the lower wage earners needed a bigger bump,” she said. “The economy in B.C. has been tops in Canada, so all earners would share in that because the CPI in B.C. was higher than the national average.”

Another advocate for small business, the BC Chamber of Commerce, voiced concerns about the impact of two larger-than-expected minimum wage increases.

Audry Lochrie of the Trail and District branch provided the Trail Times with a May 4 news release from the provincial chamber.

“There’s no denying that these two minimum wage increases will be tough for some of our 36,000 represented businesses across the province,” said Maureen Kirkbride, BC Chamber Interim CEO. “That said, we appreciate government’s efforts to offset negative impacts on business, notably by decreasing the small business tax to 1.5 per cent in 2017.”

The BC Chamber recognizes that the province has been clear about its intention to raise B.C.’s minimum wage relative to other Canadian jurisdictions, to match B.C.’s strong recent economic performance. However, going forward,

the chamber is urging government to return to tying minimum wage increases to the CPI. “For our businesses, the bottom line is the need for certainty and predictability,” said Kirkbride.

“Quite simply, we need to take the politics out of minimum wage increases.”

The province also announced a $2.88 million commitment in new training programs to help with labour shortages in the province.

The programs target young people, small businesses and employers in the retail, hospitality, agriculture and aquaculture sectors.

The first program is a $2.38-million investment through the Canada-BC Job Grant. The new funding stream will help businesses invest in training by covering the cost of training a newly hired employee who was unemployed prior to training. The program includes: a new job grant that will cover 100 per cent of training costs up to $15,000 per person for an employer who hires an unemployed individual; $300,000 targeted to youth employment; an $80,000 partnership with Small Business BC as the delivery partner to help small businesses assess their training needs, identify training options and apply for the grant; and travel costs of participants or trainers as eligible expenses to increase access for businesses in small and remote communities.

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SD8 facilities process lacked open debate WILL JOHNSON Nelson Star

Due to water system upgrades on Saturday, parts of East Trail have been notified by the city that some residents may experience water interruptions and temporary water outages. The affected areas are 1600 and 1700 block of Columbia Ave., 1600 block of Second Ave. and 1700 block of Second Ave (even number buildings, 1300 block of McQuarrie St. and 1300 block of Thom St. If residents experience dirty water, the city advises to let the taps run for several minutes until the water runs clear.

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The Kootenay Lake school board didn’t realize they weren’t going to openly debate their amended draft facilities plan at their most recent meeting until they walked into the building.

“The whole purpose of us going into a committee of the whole format was to relax the board meeting rules and have a full dialogue,” board chair Lenora Trenaman told the Star.

“But when we arrived that day legal counsel told us we needed to follow our policy, requiring the school closure consideration process to go forward prior to the positioning of trustees.”

Six schools are potentially on the chopping block: Trafalgar, Winlaw, Salmo Elementary, Jewett, Creston Education Centre and Yahk. According to the process trustees have to demonstrate an “open mind” during the present 60-day consideration period.

Essentially, these policies temporarily muzzle trustees, preventing them from expressing opinions until the process concludes. During the most recent meeting, trustees repeatedly referred to a list of rules on sheets of paper in front of them, at times expressing confusion about what they were and weren’t allowed to say.

“That day was really, really difficult,” said Slocan Valley trustee Sharon Nazaroff.

“Right up until that day we thought we were going to have that debate and we were telling the community that.

It made me uncomfortable that we had to go back on that. I cannot speak for the board, but I can understand the parents’ frustrations.”

Trenaman also sympathizes, but was quick to point out the public will still hear that debate — just not until July 5. That’s when they’ll unveil their finalized plan and engage in full deliberation.

“It will be our plan, and our intention, but once we come up with that final plan the mechanisms and the work that’s required will proceed,” said Trenaman.

“There might be roadblocks and it might change. All the feedback received between now and July 5 will be heard and considered as we go through this deliberation process. A lot folks think it’s a done deal, and that’s not the case. This plan will represent what might happen, no what will happen.”

Superintendent Jeff Jones feels the board’s caution was warranted, and crucial to ensure they’re following

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Music • Sunday, Trail United Church, 7 p.m. Celebration of Spring Concert featuring the Green Choir, Kootenay Women’s Ensemble and other talented performers. Admission by donation. Proceeds to Trail United Church.

• Sunday, Rossland Legion, 6 p.m. doors open for Joe Hill IDE RS S E V W RI VIE

Coffee House. Show begins at 7 p.m. Featuring give great young local musicians, The Band Formerly known as The String Section; Steve Rathwell; Greg & Danielle; Wayne Saluti; Christopher Page, debut guitarist; Dawn Graham singing classic jazz; Kiana Tingley, Rossland’s up and coming singer/songwriter/guitarist. Admission $3, kids and students free. All welcome, no auditions. For more inform contact Les Carter at retrac01@ telus.net, 250-362-5677.

Other • Saturday, Salvation Army Church, 11 a.m. until 2 p.m.

Borscht Luncheon & Bake Sale (or Chicken Vegetable Soup).

2030 Second Ave, Trail. Tickets $6, available at SA Thrift Store.

• Monday, Kiro Wellness Centre, 2 p.m. the Ostomy Support Group will meet.

Scheduled guest: Paul Meise, Cooper Medical, Kelowna. Last meeting until September. For further info, call 368. 9827 or 365.6276.

Upcoming • May 28, Trail United Church, 1-3 p.m. the Neighbour Grans to Grans will hold a Strawberry Tea. Generous servings of strawberry shortcake with real whipped cream.

Tickets, $5.00. All proceeds go to the Stephen Lewis Foundation Grandmothers campaign, to help grandmothers mostly in Sub Sahara Africa who are caring for children whose parents have died of AIDS. To learn more go to Stephenlewisfoundation. org. or contact Joan McKenzie at 368.9509.

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the proper legislated processes.

“They need to make sure they don’t put themselves, the board or the community into a difficult and challenging position — one worse than the one we’re already in,” he said.

“What we knew was it would be inappropriate to advance a plan that said a school is closing without going through the proper process as outlined in the board’s own policy.”

He said in a way, this buys parents more time.

“Every one of these communities have asked for more time, and this gives them that.”

Though parents and trustees have decried what they call an underfunding of education, Jones feels this process has a noble goal: addressing under-utilized space.

“This is a very challenging time for all of our communities as we consider what lays in front of us and how we best meet the needs of our students,” he said.

“Really this is an opportunity for us to see where we’re spending our dollars and where we don’t need to spend them. That’s what this exercise is all about — could we spend that money better on behalf of our kids?”

Nazaroff put forward motions at the most recent meeting to remove both Winlaw and W.E. Graham from the list of schools being considered for closure. She was only successful with W.E. Graham.

“I know it’s been disappointing,” she said. “But let’s look at this as an opportunity to step up and say more.

Maybe there are people who haven’t gotten involved yet.”

She’s game to hear any ideas parents might have.

“I think trustees are ready to keep listening, and our minds are not made up. I would encourage everyone in the Slocan Valley to keep submitting their ideas and perspectives.”

And she has a message to parents upset by the potential closures: “Don’t give up hope.”

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ies of traditional jazz composition through an exploratory approach, the trio’s sound pulls listeners into lush, smoky ballads, driving grooves, and soaring melodies.

• June 2, Trail United Church, 7:30 p.m. La Cafamore classical trio presents: Music from the Movies (and other Internet lies). Angela Snyder (violin), Alexis More (viola) and Carolyn Cameron (piano) play works of Felix Mendelssohn, Dimitri Shostakovich and Joe Hisaishi.

Tickets at the door or advance at Bear Country Kitchen in Rossland.

• June 9, Gyro Park, 7 p.m.

Music in the Park opens with the Trail Pipe Band and Kate E. Shaw Dancers. Reels, jigs and traditional Scottish Music.

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Canadian crosses country in canoe in honour of veterans TYLER HARPER

Mike Ranta sat on the end of his red and white canoe and soaked in a sunny afternoon. Just getting to Nelson had already been plenty of effort, and Ranta has a long way to go before his journey is complete.

Ranta is canoeing across Canada to fundraise for his hometown legion and youth centre in Atikokan, Ont., which describes itself as the canoeing capital of Canada, as well as to raise awareness for veterans in need.

“It’ll be a cool Canadian adventure,” Ranta said during his pitstop at Lakeside Park on Tuesday. “I can’t think of a more Canadian way to say thank you to our veterans than to canoe across Canada. It’s the way we built our country, and [I’m] able to shake these guys’ hands as I go from legion to legion.”

It’s the second time Ranta has paddled — and walked when there’s no water — his way across the country. He previously did it over seven months and 7,500 kilometres

in 2014 while raising $10,000 for the Atikokan youth centre. But he didn’t quite complete the trip from Vancouver to Cape Breton Island, with poor weather conditions forcing him to stop near Tatamagouche, N.S. This time Ranta is determined to go the distance.

Ranta, wearing a homemade birchbark hat and a beard that makes him look like a Heritage Minutes character, set out from Vancouver on April 1. His trip has already nearly ended twice, first by strong currents on the Fraser River and again by a stump that got caught on his canoe that took Ranta for a ride.

The days are already long enough without the risk of capsizing. Ranta paddles 12 to 15 hours a day, and caps his walking with the canoe on a cart at 12 hours a day.

Luckily he’s in good company.

Spitzii, an eight-year-old Finnish Spitz who was also along for the 2014 trip, rests at the front of the canoe as Ranta speaks. “He’s as brave as

CORRADO, CHRISTINE Christine (CC) Corrado, 74, of North Vancouver, B.C. passed away on April 5th, 2016, after bravely fighting cancer.

A family graveside service will be held in Rossland, B.C. on May 14th, 2016 with a reception after the service to be held at 11:30 am in the Sacred Heart Church gathering space.

Christine had several loves in her life including skiing in her younger years, walking and sunning on ocean beaches around the world, good friends and good food. Christine lived and worked in Calgary for a number of years before moving to Vancouver. With the move Christine started a long career as a flight attendant with Wardair, retiring years later with Air Canada.

Possessing a passion for travel Christine enjoyed working in an industry that took her to International destinations and adventures on a regular basis.

Christine is survived by her daughter Ashley, son-in-law Craig, her loving big brother Louie and his wife Maureen. Nieces Marianne, Sheila, Bridget and Christine. Nephews John, Walter, Peter, Patrick and their families.

Christine is preceded in death by her parents Pietro and Josephine Corrado and sister Florence.

Christine’s family and friends wish to thank the Lions Gate Hospital Doctors and staff for their much appreciated efforts. Instead of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the Lions Gate Hospital Foundation.

he is handsome,” said Ranta. “He’s an amazing pup. Definitely my best friend, hands down.”

Another person close to Ranta provided the impetus for his trip.

Ranta’s brother, Kevin, served in Bosnia with Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry in the 1990s. Kevin returned to Canada suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder, which he still copes with.

“Him and his unit are having all kinds of issues. It seems like there are a lot of roadblocks in the way of these guys getting help,” said Mike.

Ranta’s patriotism stands out on the water. His canoe is decorated in painted Canadian flags and covered in signatures from veterans he’s met along the way. He points to one such signature from a man named K.K. Davis, who turned 100 last Christmas.

“A lot of people out there really need help,” said Ranta. “The gist I’m getting out of a lot of Canadians who I’ve talked to is we’re kind of getting sick and tired of our government

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Mary-Ann Campbell A Celebration of Life for Mary-Ann Campbell will be held on Sunday, May 22, 2016 from 1:00 – 3:00 pm at the Beaver Valley Curling Rink in Fruitvale.

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EDMONTON - The Red Cross is providing an immediate payment of $50 million to evacuees of the Fort McMurray forest fire.

CEO Conrad Sauve says each adult is to receive $600 and each child will get $300.

Sauve says the money is to be electronically transferred to evacuees within the next two days.

“This is the most important cash transfer we have done in our history and the fastest one,” he said Wednesday at a news conference in Edmonton with Alberta Premier Rachel Notley.

“(It’s) a combination of both the ability to raise money very fast in Canada and also use electronic means to transfer money directly into the hands of those affected.”

Everyone has unique needs and giving evacuees cash lets them decide how best to spend the money, Sauve said.

“We know already that the damage resulting from the wildfire will be in the billions and it will take years to recover.

But we also know that the needs of those affected are immediate.”

Sauve said $67 million has so far been donated to the Red Cross and much of that will be matched by the provincial and federal

governments.

Notley reminded people that the Alberta government is also providing immediate monetary assistance. Debit cards are being handed out at evacuee centres and other locations across the province.

Every adult evacuee is to receive $1,250 and each dependent $500.

“Our aim is to get help to the evacuees who need it the most as quickly as possible,” she said. “There will be long lineups, especially in the early days of distribution, so I am asking all evacuees if you don’t need emergency funding immediately, please let those in desperate need be first in line.”

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B.C. nurses ratify five-year contract TOM FLETCHER Black Press

B.C. nurses have voted 85 per cent to accept a contract with the provincial government that deals with staff shortages.

B.C. Nurses’ Union president Gayle Duteil said Wednesday the new deal gives nurses a greater say in shaping health care policy, and represents improved safety and violence prevention.

Staffing levels have been the key issue in the lengthy negotiations, which produced an interim deal in May 2015 to settle 1,600 union grievances filed over staff vacancies. That included $5 million for specialty training and a $2 million “grievance settlement fund” to pay

bonuses to nurses who worked short-handed.

Health Minister Terry Lake said some of the 1,500 new nurse positions in the agreement are filled by casual employees moving to fulltime, and others are new graduates.

Shortages remain in specialty areas such as operating rooms, where an additional $5 million is included for about 850 nurses to take specialty training.

The agreement includes $2 million for rural and remote areas that the BCNU says could be used for housing assistance or tuition relief to make positions more attractive.

Lake said the use of “tele-health” links has resulted in a significant reduction in trips to major health care centres to see specialists. And

in April, the government announced expansion of its community paramedic program to 73 communities, replacing on-call paramedics with full-time jobs that include home visits and nursing home support.

Nurses are the last major provincial employee group to settle under the B.C. government’s “economic stability mandate,” which provides a share of economic growth that exceeds independent forecasts. The nurses’ deal also includes a 5.5 per cent wage increase over five years, similar to other public sector wage settlements.

The contract covers 45,000 registered, psychiatric and licensed practical nurses represented by the BCNU, the Health Sciences Association and the Hospital Employees’ Union.

Parents convicted of spanking teen daughter get conditional discharge BARB BROUWER Salmon Arm Observer

A former Salmon Arm couple who were convicted of assaulting their 14-yearold daughter by spanking her with a skipping rope and mini hockey stick in 2015, were handed a conditional discharge Wednesday in provincial court in Salmon Arm. The couple will serve 12 months of probation and, if they adhere to all provisions of the probation will have no criminal record after three years. The parents cannot be identified in order to protect their daughter.

Both parents will be prohibited from applying corporal punishment to anyone under the age of 18 in their care and will be required to provide a DNA sample.

The couple had been found guilty of assault following a February 2015 incident in which the fa-

ther found nude photos his daughter had sent to her boyfriend via the mobile app Snapchat.

The daughter chose spanking rather than losing her phone for an extended period of time.

In the May 10 sentencing hearing, Crown counsel Mariane Armstrong called the parents actions a breach of trust with a minor and asked the judge for a threemonth conditional sentence to be served in the community, probation and a fine of $50 each.

Armstrong acknowledged the parents had shown remorse but, particularly in the case of the mother, believed it stemmed from the resulting publicity rather than her actions.

But defence lawyer Ian McTavish asked for an unconditional discharge, saying the whole family has paid dearly for the parents’ mistake by having to move away from Salmon Arm

and giving up their many volunteer activities, their church and their children’s schools.

McTavish said his clients acted out of loving and moral concern for their child and wanted to provide a strong message about the dangers of sexting.

He also pointed out it was the daughter’s friends who told school authorities about the bruising that had resulted from the spanking.

“The daughter is not who complained; no one listened to her, the principal didn’t talk to her,” said McTavish, who read a few sentences of a three-page letter the daughter wrote in her parents’ defence.

“The spanking was a choice; that’s what I picked. I don’t feel like I have a voice,” she wrote.

“I don’t want my parents to have a criminal record; I want them to be able to help out in the school and community.”

In handing down his

judgement, Judge Edmond de Walle said he had referred to positive pre-sentencing reports for both parents and the many letters praising the couple for their Christian values, positive parenting and longtime volunteerism.

DeWalle noted the parents are clearly not a risk to the community, have undergone counselling, have no substance abuse issues and have been productive members of society.

However, he said aggravating factors include the use of weapons on a child under the age of 18.

He said no evidence has ever been produced that shows corporal punishment is effective but a great amount of evidence that corporal punishment is harmful for teens.

He admonished the parents for not having sought non-corporal alternatives from the many sources of help and guidance for serious issues.

West Kelowna seeks more time to hold referendum on new city hall KELOWNA CAPITAL NEWS West Kelowna will ask the province to give it an extension of the mandated 80 days in order to hold a referendum on borrowing $10.5 million to help pay for a new $14.8 million city hall.

The decision, by West Kelowna council Tuesday, came after 3,871 residents opposed the move under what is known as the Alternative Approval Process. That process puts the onus on opponents to gather more than 10 per cent of the signatures of eligible voters to make council reconsider a project.

If fewer than 2,603 signatures had been collected, the borrowing would have proceeded without a public vote.

Council opted to ask for an additional 80 days to hold the referendum—meaning a 160-day wait before the vote— so it would not be held in the middle of the summer and thus give more residents a chance to cast a

ballots. If the extension is approved, the city hall borrowing referendum could be held by the end of September.

The new city hall, to be built and owned by the city as part of a larger development containing two residential buildings and an office building that would house a new West Kelowna IHA health centre, is slated for land in Westbank on Elliot Road.

While waiting for a decision by Victoria, the city plans to seek commitments from both the private developer and Interior Health that they will support councils move and will remain part of the plan.

Council could have dropped the city hall plan, postponed it until the next municipal election in 2018 and put it on the ballot or gone to a referendum in the summer. In the end, council decided to do a version of the last option but to ask the province for more time to hold the vote.

A referendum has been estimated to cost $40,000.

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Cool the foolish rhetorical wildfires

N

o one knows what caused the Fort McMurray fire.

But that hasn’t stopped too many people – on both sides of the ideological divide – from assigning blame. From pointing fingers, and recklessly accusing others.

It’s happened on the ideological left and on the right.

Early on, former NDP candidate Tom Moffatt posted this on Twitter: “Karmic #climatechange fire burns CDN oilsands city.” He added “FeelTheBern” as a hashtag. What made Moffatt’s idiocy even more appalling was this: He is an Albertan.

He should know better.

There were others. “Burn, tar sands, burn!” wrote Edouard Dugas, in Quebec. Dugas describes himself as a separatist and a capitalist. He later allowed that he wanted the “tar sands” to burn – not the actual people who work there.

Another one, on Facebook: “I hope everyone gets the irony of a massive fire in the heart of big oil country.”

That came from Jim Ray in Guelph, who described himself as an “onshore Volunteer at Sea Shepherd Conservation Society.” Also on Facebook, Carolyn Jean Bernard, in Cape Breton, wrote that it was “karma” for “those satanic oil fields.” She later deleted her comments and apologized.

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U.S. news and opinion web site Slate tweeted this: “Wildfire is devastating a Canadian city, now. This is climate change.”

And then, of course, there were the comments of Green Party leader Elizabeth May. On Wednesday, May was asked by reporters if the fire was linked to global warming. “Of course,” she said. “It’s due to global emissions.”

Of course. When a hellfire of criticism started to (appropriately) rain down on her, May hurriedly reversed herself. She claimed she hadn’t been attempting to link the Fort McMurray wildfire to climate change – although everyone knew that is precisely what she had done. “No credible climate

scientist would make this claim, and neither do I make this claim,” May said, in a written statement.

The Left weren’t alone in their rank stupidity. Some on the right side of the spectrum were just as stupid.

Their targets, for the most part, were Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Alberta Premier Rachel Notley.

Trudeau and Notley’s sin: one was a Liberal, the other a New Democrat.

Ipso facto, Trudeau and Notley were the arsonists.

To its credit, the conservative web site The Rebel had decided to raise money for the victims of the Fort McMurray. Unfortunately, the rebels also declared that Notley has “money for everything else, for everyone else – but not for firefighters.” Trudeau, meanwhile, was apparently no better: Syrian refugees, the rebels sniffed, are “a higher Liberal priority than Fort McMurray.”

One commenter on the far-right Small Dead Animals blog wrote that, after the fire, “The Fort McMurray Somali murderers and drug dealers will get a chance to repopulate around the country for a while.” He went on: “If Fort McMurray was a Lebanese/ Syrian port city [Trudeau’s Liberals] would have sent a warship at no cost to the foreign ‘victims’.”

Over on Twitter, biochemistry student Sean Krys expressed support

for Fort McMurray, then added that “Notley is a bitch.” There was a lot more of that, and worse.

Whenever something terrible happens, there will be those who will plumb for votes in the depths of someone else’s misery. Fort McMurray – via the echo chamber of social media – is simply the latest manifestation of that illness.

What to say, then? To me, the most appropriate response came from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Asked about Elizabeth May’s appalling statement, Trudeau was clear.

“There have always been fires.

There have always been floods.

Pointing at any one incident and saying: ‘This is because of that,’ is neither helpful, nor entirely accurate. We need to separate a pattern over time from any one event. What we are focused on right now on is giving the people of Fort McMurray and the rest of Alberta the kind of support that they need right now and in the months and indeed the years to come.”

See? That’s how a prime minister speaks. It is how any decent person would speak, in fact.

This May, things are hot enough as it is. We don’t need more fires set, rhetorical or otherwise.

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odrigo Duterte, who has just been elected president of the Philippines, comes across as Donald Trump on stilts. He talks dirtier (last week he called the outgoing president a “son of a whore”), and he can barely open his mouth without threatening to kill somebody (he recently promised to fill Manila Bay with the bodies of 100,000 criminals if he won). But the resemblance is only superficial.

For one thing, Duterte is not a fake tough guy. In Davao City, where he has been mayor for the past 22 years, a local priest estimates that death squads linked to him have killed over 1,400 people, mostly petty criminals and street kids.

Sometimes “Duterte Harry” denies the death squads exist, sometimes he condones them, occasionally he hints that he does some of the killing himself.

Maybe so, maybe not, but what matters to the people who voted for him is that Davao City, once the most violent city in the Philippines and possibly in all of Asia, is now so safe that naked virgins carrying bags of gold regularly pass through its streets at midnight unmolested.

The man is a miracle-worker, or so it seems, and now he is going to work miracles for the whole country.

The miracle he is now expected to produce, however, is not just law and order. It is a more equal sharing of the prosperity that some in the Philippines are now beginning to enjoy, and that is a considerably taller order.

For many years the Philippines lagged behind the other countries of South-East Asia – Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia – as they turned into “tiger” economies and local incomes soared. The wealth was not very evenly shared in any of them, but at least as their economies grew even their poorest citizens enjoyed some “trickle-down” effect.

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Whereas this process had scarcely begun in the Philippines.

For the past decade the economy of the Philippines has finally been growing fast: an average of 6 percent annually. Foreign investment has quadrupled, the budget deficit is down, more money is being spent on infrastructure – but in ten years there has been no trickle-down beyond the middle class. The poor are just as numerous and just as poor as always. So they voted for Duterte.

The establishment tried it best to stop this sinister populist. Outgoing president Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino (who is constitutionally forbidden to seek a second term), tried to get the other presidential candidates to unite behind one candidate against Duterte. He warned that Duterte would turn into a dictator. At a closing rally on Saturday, he told voters: “I need your help to stop the return of terror in our land. I cannot do it alone.”

They didn’t listen. Duterte not only won; he got almost twice as many votes as the candidate who came second, and he is going to be the president of the Philippines for the next six years. So what will he actually do with his mandate? Nobody knows, because he hasn’t been very forthcoming about his intentions.

When the presidential hopefuls were asked what they would

do about their country’s bitter dispute with China over islands in the South China Sea that are claimed by both of them, for example, the other candidates offered detailed strategies for asserting the Filipino claim. Duterte said he would go out on a jet-ski and plant the Filipino flag on one of them.

So, then: impulsive, headlinegrabbing, not best known for his joined-up thinking…Starting to sound like Trump again, isn’t he?

But there are things about Duterte that suggest a more complex person behind the facade.

He has been a prominent supporter of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) groups in Davao, which is definitely not a vote-winning position in the deeply Catholic Philippines. He has been trying to restart the stalled peace process with the Muslim minority in his home island of Mindanao, and insists that it must address the injustices that have been committed against Muslims.

Not really your run-of-themill populist after all, then, but it still feels like the Filipinos have made a serious mistake in voting for Duterte. There’s just too much macho bluster, like this gem from his final campaign rally in Manila on Saturday: “Forget the laws on human rights. If I make it to the presidential palace, I will do just what I did as mayor. You drug pushers, hold-up men and do-nothings, you better go out. Because I’ll kill you.”

He’s also prone to say that if the country’s democratic institutions get in the way of his anti-crime crusade than he’ll abolish the Congress and rule as a “revolutionary government.” His entertainment value is undeniable, but Filipinos may come to regret giving him the keys to the presidential palace.

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Welcome back, long-form census An editorial from the Toronto Star Canada’s national portrait is being drawn and the resulting picture should be considerably clearer than it was five years ago.

That’s when the previous Conservative government spurned expert advice and replaced the country’s mandatory long-form census with the less-reliable, voluntary National Household Survey. As predicted, the data it collected proved wanting.

Now the long-form census is back, with Statistics Canada mailing survey information to more than 15 million households, starting on Monday. StatsCan says the response so far shows “enthusiasm” from Canadians.

All Canadian residents are legally required to be documented on a census questionnaire. One in four households, selected on a random basis, must complete the long-form survey. The rest need only finish a simple, short version. It’s vital that everyone comply.

It’s hard to overstate the importance of the nationwide census, carried out every five years. Data from this statistical snapshot is used to decide how billions of dollars of federal transfer money is shared by territories and provinces.

Census information plays a huge role in where health care funding is directed and how it’s spent. At the local level, it helps urban planners decide where to build schools, run transit routes, and extend assistance to vulnerable populations. Businesses use census data for market research, to project employments trends, and to guide investment.

In short, it’s essential to get it right.

One of the most glaring missteps of the Harper government was undercutting the census by making the long-form portion of the survey voluntary. Ignoring frank warnings from a broad cross-section of society, it was bent on pandering to a segment of the Conservative base that considered the long-form survey overly invasive and sought the option of opting out.

Results from the 2011 census proved the folly of this policy — long-form compliance dropped precipitously. The mandatory 2006 survey registered a 93.5 per cent response rate. That fell to under 70 per cent when participation was made voluntary. Statistics Canada was forced to withhold results for more than 1,000 smaller communities because data on them was unreliable due to lack of information.

Furthermore, disadvantaged people and minority groups are more likely to skip a voluntary long-form census than the well-off and bettereducated. That skews survey results — and channels public money — away from those most in need of help.

The Liberal government was right to re-introduce the mandatory, long-form survey in time for the 2016 census. Key decisions will be made in coming years based on the results. For their own sake, and for that of future generations, all Canadians should to stand up and be counted.

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Start with tomatoes and swiss chard for a budget-friendly veggie garden THE CANADIAN PRESS The Victoria Day long weekend marks the start of gardening season for many, and for those on

a budget, it’s a chance to plant vegetable seeds or plants that can help with grocery bills for years to come.

Gardening/weather expert Frank Ferragine

says his No. 1 recommendation for veggies that will produce a big bounty for a good price is the tomato.

“The best one to do for that is called the Early

Girl and I would recommend the Early Girl bush variety, so then it won’t take up a lot of space,” he says.

“Then swiss chard. It’s super cheap, easy to grow

from seed or you can buy it as a plant; every time you cut it, it’s going to sprout back again, so you don’t have to do multiple plantings.”

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“Word of warning is, after it gets real cold and if we go through a warm spell, there’s nothing worse than the smell of rotting kale. So if it’s at the front entrance of your home … you just pull it.”

For something quick to harvest, try radishes or spinach.

“Those are an early crop, so you can even group those together,” says Ferragine.

“Even if you don’t have a lot of space - and let’s say you have a perennial garden - you could sow some spinach and radishes in a perennial garden and then harvest them before the perennials grow into that space.”

He also recommends herbs, which provide multiple harvests.

Parsley in particular is easy to grow and can be used for many dishes like taboules.

“The No. 1 failure is that people put them in too small of a pot,” says Ferragine.

“The No. 1 thing is the sun,” he says. “The more sun you have, the better it’s going to be.”

As for cauliflower, which soared in price a few months ago, it’s not difficult to grow but it does take up space and requires summer maintenance.

“In order for the cauliflower to remain white, you have to take the leaves, bunch them together and tie them with an elastic and that’s what keeps them white,” he says.

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LIFESTYLES Great year for the Kootenay Festival of the Arts SUBMITTED The 2016 Kootenay Festival of the Arts held in Nelson was a huge success.

Over 400 talented young performers from the Kootenays including Nelson, Castlegar, Trail, Rossland, Grand Forks, New Denver and Grand Forks and as far away as Kamloops and Washington State, were adjudicated in their respected disciplines.

The 2nd Highlight Concert held at the Capitol Theatre last month featuring performers in strings, woodwinds, piano, choral, speech arts and voice.

Awards were given and performers chosen by adjudicators were nominated to represent the Kootenays at the provincials hosted by Performing Arts B.C. Performing Arts B.C. is the association of thirtyfour regional festivals that each year hosts the provincial finals in the artistic disciplines of music, voice, dance, and speech arts. The festival brings together emerging young artists for a week of workshops, performances, seminars, and master classes with some of North America`s finest adjudicators, and is the largest event of its kind in Canada.

The mandate of Performing Arts B.C. is to educate, inspire, and stimulate young performers ; to recognize, develop, and encourage emerging professional talent; and to cultivate a life-long passion for the arts.

Performing Arts B.C. is a unique event in the artistic world and affords emerging young performers of this province the opportunity to study and mentor with outstanding professionals in a nurturing environment. The festival has opened doors to the broader artistic community for thousands of talented young individuals and has enabled a great many of them to achieve their goals of a performing career in dance, music, and theatre.

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After a very entertaining week of adjudication, here are the award winners: Nominated to Compete at the Provincials: Junior A Piano…Suki Simington Junior B Strings….Fiona Burkholder, Intermediate Strings….Tibo Kolmel Intermediate Classical Guitar….Rebecca Xie Junior Classical Voice…..Brian Chan, Intermediate Classical Voice….Maggie Chan, Senior Classical Voice….Emma Chart Junior Musical Theatre….Max Thomson, Intermediate Musical Theatre…Sebastian Bodine Nominated to attend as Alternates: Intermediate Strings….Emmi Matern Intermediate Classical Voice…..Adrian Palek Junior Musical Theatre…..Isabel McAleer, Intermediate Musical Theatre…Reece Boulanger Nominated as Observers: Piano….Jaydn Stallings, Simon Kramar Strings…Shenoa Stoltz, Sakura Azzopardi, Tamius Elder Classical Voice….Jennifer Walsh

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Davidson, who helped the University of Quinnipiac Bobcats to the NCAA Frozen Four final last month, will attend the Winninpeg Jets development camp July 2-8, and Lucchini, who had an all-star rookie season at Michigan Tech, received an invitation from Edmonton GM Peter Chiarelli to attend the Oilers’ camp the same week.

“It’s kinda cool, I didn’t really expect anything,” said Lucchini who was first approached by an Oilers scout after the 51st annual Great Lakes Invitational Tournament at the end of December. “I’m really excited.”

The Huskies lost in the final to the University of Michigan Wolverines, but it was the semifinal that drew the scouts attention. Lucchini scored the tying goal with 1:26 to play, to set up former Smoke Eater Brent Baltus’ 3-2 overtime winner in front of a packed Joe Louis Arena.

“He just kinda said, ‘We liked how you played, and we’ll keep in touch,’” said Lucchini. “Then I got a call in early February, and they indicated they wanted me to come to camp.”

For Davidson, it wasn’t until a week ago that the Trail native was called into Quinnipiac coach Rand Pecknold’s office and was informed of the invite.

“Last week my coach called me in and asked if I was going to any camps, and I just said ‘no’, and he said, ‘okay’, Winnipeg wants you at their development camp,” said Davidson on Wednesday from Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Conn.

“Expect a phone call.”

The Jets’ college free agent scout, Mark White, called Davidson and formally invited the 21-year-old to the camp in Winnipeg.

“It kind of just happened out of nowhere. I hadn’t been talked to by anyone this year so it’s pretty cool” Davidson, also a freshman, was playing on a team that would conclude the season with the best record, 32-4-7, in the NCAA, and the number-1 ranked Bobcats’ best result in its history. The team rolled through the playoffs to the Frozen Four in Tampa Bay only to lose to North Dakota in the national championship match.

“Obvioulsy our season went pretty well, not the ending we wanted but our team did pretty well,” said Davidson. “It was

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Former Trail Smoke Eaters Scott Davidson and Jake Lucchini will be attending NHL development camps this summer. Lucchini who plays for Michigan Tech will go to the Edmonton Oilers camp and Quinnipiac University Bobcat player, Davidson, will attend the Winnipeg Jets camp in the first week of July. unreal. Going to Tampa was so cool, you get off the plane and there was drummers waiting for you, showing up to games and there was red carpet, and fans lined up on the sides, it was super cool, playing in front of 19,000 people.”

As a rookie, the six-foot-one Davidson was eased into the lineup, but by the end of the year his line of Quinnipiac captain Soren Jonzzon and junior Tim Clifton was making a huge impact, as the trio proved one of the best lines each game down the stretch. Davidson scored five of his nine goals in the final 10 games, including the insurance marker in a 4-1 win over Massachusetts-Lowell in the NCAA East Regional final.

“At the start it was tough to get into.

The whole game changed and speed was a big factor, but I think near the end of the year a lot of training and extra work paid off, and I felt a lot more confident on the ice.”

The transition was a challenging one for the two friends, who played together through minor hockey, and went on to major midget and junior. Davidson captained the Smokies at the start of his final 2014-15 BCHL season, but was traded to Chilliwack at the deadline. In a breakout year, Lucchini wore the ‘C’ for the remainder of the campaign and was a BCHL MVP nominee.

For Lucchini, his speed and skill put him into the Michigan Tech mix almost from the start. Playing on a line with Baltus, another BCHL MVP nominee,

and former Salmon Arm Silverback Alex Gillies helped Lucchini net six goals and 15 points as a freshman, and garner a WCHA all-rookie team nod. The Huskies went on to win the regular-season conference title, but lost 1-0 to Ferris State in the WCHA playoffs final.

“I didn’t want to get my expectations too high, just wanted to come in and work hard and just see how things went,” said Lucchini. “Luckily I got an opportunity to play every night, and things just sort of started going my way, and I’m really fortunate for the opportunity I have here, things unfolded very nicely for me.”

The Jets and Oilers development camps includes the teams’ draft picks and top prospects and invites college, junior, and European players, combining on-and-off ice training with team-building exercises and events.

“I’m just looking forward to the experience,” said Davidson. “Getting my feet wet and seeing what NHL calibre is all about, and being introduced to some of the top-level guys. So just to see how I fit in I guess.”

The respective development camps will be a valuable learning experience for both Davidson and Lucchini, and a positive start to their upcoming seasons in the NCAA. “It’s kind of cool that I get to experience this as a freshman or going into my sophomore year, and hoping this year I have a good year, and get to go there again,” added Lucchini.

Jake Miller of the BC Special Olympics-Trail golf team heads to Creston this weekend to compete in the Special Olympic regional qualifying tournament.

Miller has competed at the provincial and national level in floor hockey, recently winning a silver medal at the Canada Games with the Kootenay Storm, but this will be his first shot at the flag. The Trail native will try to qualify for the 2017 BC Special Olympic Games when he tees off at the Creston Golf Club this weekend.

“This is Jake’s third year of golf and he has made excellent strides and worked very hard,” said BCSOTrail organizer and Team Canada Special Olympic golf coach Ben Postmus.

“We’re anticipating a good showing in Creston.”

Miller is the only golfer competing from Trail and has been working on his game under the watchful eye of Champion Lake Golf Course pro Kevin Nesbitt.

“He’s definitely been working on his game a lot more this year than last year,” said Nesbitt. “He plays really well, and he is a nice, positive kid, and always up for a challenge.”

Champion Lakes has

developed a strong relationship with Special Olympics BC-Trail offering five full memberships for athletes and one coach’s membership, as well as full access to the driving range.

“It’s a win, win,” said Postmus. “The club donates season passes to the golfers in the Trail Special Olympics golf program, they also provide the services of the local pro Kevin Nesbitt.”

Local businesses, Maglios and Whitlock Insurance, have been generous supporters of SOBCTrail and will continue the partnership this year.

“It’s something we all believe in and we have a couple of strong sponsors that are very much behind everything we do,” added Nesbitt.

While Miller is on the course about three times per week, SOBC-Trail athletes meet at the course every Sunday.

Postmus accompanied Team Canada to the Special Olympic World Games in Los Angeles last summer and recognizes the potential opportunity for SOBC-Trail athletes.

“The bar is set pretty high for golfers to make it to the world stage so starting to work now to get to that stage is going to take lots of hard work and commitment. At the world level there’s some pretty amazing golfers.”

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OTTAWA - Marc Crawford just wanted to be back in the NHL. A former NHL coach of the year who spent the last four seasons coaching in Switzerland, Crawford was one of a number of candidates interviewed for the opening with the Ottawa Senators that eventually went to Guy Boucher.

Within hours of being hired, Boucher approached Crawford and offered him the opportunity to join his staff as an associate coach.

While a Stanley Cup-winning coach joining Boucher’s staff as an assistant may have surprised some, the two had actually discussed the possibility before the job was even open.

“The preparation for this went a long way back, as much as two and half years ago,” Crawford said.

“Guy and I had talked when he was trying to search for a job in Switzerland, and when he left to go back to Canada I told him ‘Hey listen if you get a job in the NHL please consider me for an assistant.’

“We had talked again about if either one of us got a job would the other one come. He told me he wouldn’t come with me, but I told him yeah I would come with you.”

Crawford said he made attempts over the past four years to get back into the NHL and most recently contacted management in Calgary and Anaheim about openings, but was given the impression they were looking in another direction.

Crawford brings a wealth of experience to Boucher’s staff. He was a head coach for 1,151 NHL games, which ranks 16th in league history, posting a career record of 549-421-100-77 over 15 seasons in Quebec/ Colorado, Vancouver, Los Angeles and Dallas. He was coach of the year with Quebec in 1995 and won the Stanley Cup in 1996 after the Nordiques moved to Denver.

New Penguins key in Game 6 victory ASSOCIATED PRESS PITTSBURGH - The line that sent the Pittsburgh Penguins full throttle into the Eastern Conference finals wasn’t even on the roster a year ago.

Phil Kessel was stuck in Toronto, where his undeniable talent but occasionally questionable commitment made the threetime All-Star an easy scapegoat for a organization in freefall.

Carl Hagelin was weeks away from getting shipped from the New York Rangers to Anaheim, where a four-year contract extension promised a new beginning that lasted barely half a season.

Nick Bonino was finishing up a solid but not spectacular year in Vancouver.

Fast forward 12 months and there they were on Tuesday night, doing all the right things at all the right times, including Bonino’s tap-in goal 6:32 into overtime to end six taut games against the Washington Capitals and send the Penguins to the conference finals for the second time in four years.

“It’s a bit of difference, right?”

Kessel said. “I’m happy to be here.

We have a great group here.”

One thrown together more by attrition than imagination.

Coach Mike Sullivan hooked up the hard-shooting Kessel with the pragmatic Bonino and the liquid-skating Hagelin - all acquired in trades by general manager Jim Rutherford that now

seem largely one-sided - only after centre Evgeni Malkin injured his left elbow in mid-March. Over the last two months they have developed an eclectic chemistry while taking the burden off Malkin and captain Sidney Crosby.

While the Capitals focused much of their defensive attention on Pittsburgh’s franchise cornerstones - and largely succeeded by holding Crosby and Malkin to four points total in the series - Washington could do little against a line symbolic of a team that rebuilt itself on the fly.

Hagelin, Kessel and Bonino combined for all four of Pittsburgh’s goals in the decider and finished with seven in over the course of six games, nearly half of the Penguins’ total.

“I thought the stars sort of nullified each other a little bit, especially 5-on-5,” Washington coach Barry Trotz said. “The Hagelin line. The Bonino line.

They seemed to be the group that scored all the time in the games.”

Never more than with a chance to advance to the Eastern Conference finals against Tampa Bay on the line. Their four goals were fitting examples of their own unique gifts. Kessel started the scoring with a wrist shot through a screen that came at Washington goaltender Braden Holtby so ferociously the Vezina Trophy finalist could only watch was it whizzed by his right arm and into the net.

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“Not many guys can score that goal,” Sullivan said. “Phil can.”

Kessel’s second offered proof that he’s no longer averse to fighting through traffic as he faked a shot from the left circle then deftly walked around a sprawled Holtby to put the Penguins up 2-0. Barely 30 seconds later, Hagelin expertly knocked an Olli Maatta slapshot by Holtby to make it 3-0. When the Capitals put together remarkable rally to send it to overtime, Kessel chased down a puck in the corner and fed it in the slot to a speeding Hagelin. Holtby managed to get his right pad on Hagelin’s wrister but Bonino was all by his lonesome just outside the crease.

“It wasn’t pretty, but they’re usually not,” Bonino said.

That’s not Bonino’s job. He is the group’s defensive conscience, an intelligent two-way player who doesn’t hesitate when tasked with getting to the dirty areas at either end of the rink. His attention to detail allows Hagelin and Kessel to take more chances on breakouts, part of Pittsburgh’s plan to play with the kind of speed designed to force opponents into mistakes.

Yet their emergence does more than create pressure. It also gives Sullivan the freedom to even out the playing time, making the Penguins fresher later in games.

“We really like how that line has come together the last 6-8 weeks of the season,” he said. “It

kind of allows us to spread our talent a little bit and create balance among the forward lines that makes us hard to play against.”

A challenge the red-hot but shorthanded Lightning now have to contend with in a series that has some of the hallmarks of the teams’ previous playoff showdown five years ago. The Penguins were missing Crosby - who was in the early days of dealing with concussion-like symptoms that would hound him for the better part of two seasons - and Malkin (out with a knee injury) in the first round in 2011, eventually falling in seven games after blowing a 3-1 lead.

Tampa Bay defenceman Anton Stralman is still recovering from a fractured left leg. Forward J.T. Brown is dealing with an upperbody injury while Steven Stamkos remains out while dealing with a blood clot. Stralman and Brown appear nearing a return while Stamkos is uncertain when he’ll be cleared to play.

Whoever is in the lineup for the Lightning for Friday night’s Game 1 will have to contend with a team that is far more than their longtime guiding lights. Crosby and Malkin have help - and plenty of it.

“It shows the depth of our team,” Bonino said. “We’ve had it all year … we’re playing a team next that is going to have a lot of scoring depth (too). We have to be able to match that.”

SCOREBOARD Baseball

AMERICAN LEAGUE East Division W L Pct GB Baltimore 20 12 .625 Boston 20 13 .606 1/2 Toronto 18 17 .514 3 1/2 Tampa Bay 15 16 .484 4 1/2 New York 13 18 .419 6 1/2 Central Division W L Pct GB Chicago 23 12 .657 Cleveland 16 14 .533 4 1/2 Kansas City 15 17 .469 6 1/2 Detroit 15 17 .469 6 1/2 Minnesota 8 25 .242 14 West Division W L Pct GB Seattle 20 13 .606 Texas 20 15 .571 1 Oakland 14 20 .412 6 1/2 Los Angeles 13 19 .406 6 1/2 Houston 13 21 .382 7 1/2 Today’s Games Detroit (Pelfrey 0-4) at Baltimore (Jimenez 2-3), 7:05 p.m.

Kansas City (Kennedy 4-2) at N.Y. Yankees (Eovaldi 2-2), 7:05 p.m.

Houston (Keuchel 2-4) at Boston (Price 4-1), 7:10 p.m.

St. Louis (Wainwright 2-3) at L.A. Angels (Weaver 3-1), 10:05 p.m.

Friday’s Games Chicago White Sox at N.Y. Yankees, 7:05 p.m.

Detroit at Baltimore, 7:05 p.m.

Houston at Boston, 7:10 p.m.

Minnesota at Cleveland, 7:10 p.m.

Oakland at Tampa Bay, 7:10 p.m.

Toronto at Texas, 8:05 p.m.

Atlanta at Kansas City, 8:15 p.m.

L.A. Angels at Seattle, 10:10 p.m.

National League East Division W L Pct New York 20 12 .625 Washington 20 13 .606 Philadelphia 19 14 .576 Miami 17 15 .531 Atlanta 7 24 .226 Central Division W L Pct Chicago 25 7 .781 Pittsburgh 17 15 .531 St. Louis 17 16 .515 Cincinnati 14 19 .424 Milwaukee 14 19 .424 West Division W L Pct Los Angeles 17 16 .515 Arizona 17 18 .486 San Francisco 17 18 .486 Colorado 15 18 .455 San Diego 14 20 .412

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Thursday’s Games Philadelphia (Velasquez 4-1) at Atlanta (Blair 0-2), 7:10 p.m.

San Diego (Shields 1-5) at Milwaukee (Nelson 4-2), 8:10 p.m.

San Francisco (Cueto 4-1) at Arizona (Greinke 3-2), 9:40 p.m.

St. Louis (Wainwright 2-3) at L.A. Angels (Weaver 3-1), 10:05 p.m.

N.Y. Mets (Colon 3-1) at L.A. Dodgers (Kershaw 4-1), 10:10 p.m.

Friday’s Games Pittsburgh at Chicago Cubs, 2:20 p.m.

Cincinnati at Philadelphia, 7:05 p.m.

Miami at Washington, 7:05 p.m.

San Diego at Milwaukee, 8:10 p.m.

Atlanta at Kansas City, 8:15 p.m.

N.Y. Mets at Colorado, 8:40 p.m.

San Francisco at Arizona, 9:40 p.m.

St. Louis at L.A. Dodgers, 10:10 p.m.

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NHL Daily Playoff Glance All Times EDT SECOND ROUND (Best-of-7; x-if necessary) Friday, May 6 Tampa Bay 2, NY Islanders 1, OT Saturday, May 7 St. Louis 4, Dallas 1 Washington 3, Pittsburgh 1 San Jose 5, Nashville 1 Sunday, May 8 Tampa Bay 4, NY Islanders 0, Tampa Bay wins series 4-1 Monday Dallas 3, St. Louis 2, series tied 3-3 Nashville 4, San Jose 3, OT, series tied 3-3 Tuesday Pittsburgh 4, Washington 3, OT, Pittsburgh wins series 4-2 Wednesday N/A St. Louis at Dallas, 8 p.m.

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2016 National Hockey League Playoff Scoring Leaders Following Monday’s games: G Jamie Benn, Dal 5 Brent Burns, SJ 4 Logan Couture, SJ 6 Colin Wilson, Nash 5 Jason Spezza, Dal 5 Tyler Johnson, TB 4 Nikita Kucherov, TB 9 Joe Pavelski, SJ 8 Vladimir Tarasenko, StL 6 John Tavares, NYI 6 John Carlson, Wash 4 David Backes, StL 5 Alex Ovechkin, Wash 5 Jaden Schwartz, StL 3 Sidney Crosby, Pgh 3 Robby Fabbri, StL 2 T.J. Oshie, Wash 5 Victor Hedman, TB 4 Phil Kessel, Pgh 3 Alex Killorn, TB 3 Evgeni Malkin, Pgh 3 Kevin Shattenkirk, StL 2 Nicklas Backstrom, Wash 2 Joe Thornton, SJ 2 Roman Josi, Nash 1 Nick Bonino, Pgh 1 Jonathan Drouin, TB 1 Patric Hornqvist, Pgh 5 Ryan Johansen, Nash 4 James Neal, Nash 4 Reilly Smith, Fla 4 Kyle Okposo, NYI 2 Cody Eakin, Dal 1 Mike Fisher, Nash 5 Troy Brouwer, StL 4 Jason Pominville, Minn 4 Shea Weber, Nash 3 Mattias Ekholm, Nash 3 Patrick Marleau, SJ 3 Joonas Donskoi, SJ 3 M Johansson, Wash 2 Artemi Panarin, Chi 2 Alex Pietrangelo, StL 1

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Time to get reacquainted with your vehicle’s PCV system

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CV or Positive Crankcase Ventilation is an emission system that has been part of your automobile since the early sixties. It has been quite a forgettable system in that it was typically very reliable and maintenance wise was very inexpensive to look after and repair. As of late this system has increased in complexity. You may have guessed, increased complexity means increased failure rate, and increased expense.

What is PCV and what does it do? The explanation gets back to the very basics.

The internal combustion engine (both diesel and gasoline) produces motive power by containing an explosion of air and fuel and using the force of that explosion to twist a shaft.

By design it is impossible to contain all the gases from the explosion. The sealing of the piston in the cylinder that connects through a rod to twist the crankshaft is not perfect. Each explosion sneaks some not so clean gases called blowby past the piston.

What to do with these sneaky gases? The other

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side of the piston is called the crankcase. At 2000 engine revolutions per second your four cylinder engine’s crankcase is absorbing 4000 puffs of blowby per minute. The crankcase is where your engine oil is stored and circulated.

If the crankcase is not vented somehow pressure will build up and end up pushing all your oil out past various seals and gaskets.

Early engines simply vented the crankcase out to the atmosphere. If you make the path for these gases circuitous enough they will not be carrying any of the liquids and engine oil out with them.

Since these gases con-

tain air pollutants the late sixties engineers came up with a simple solution to keep them out of our atmosphere. Simply suck them back into the engine and burn them again. At low engine loads these gases are metered through a properly sized orifice into the engine (PCV valve). At higher engine loads the PCV valve closes and all the gases are simply drawn through a hose past a PCV filter and directly into the engine. No metering required. Again these gases were sent circuitously through screens or baffles to remove any engine oil being carried with them.

Fast forward to the 21st century and PCV systems are much more complex especially on turbocharged vehicles. The PCV system is not just about emissions.

It never was. Ideally blowby gases will all be evacuated from the crankcase without allowing any of the acids and contaminants they carry to be deposited in the engine or engine oil.

Maintaining the correct flow is important for the well being of an engine.

Keeping blowby gases out of the engine oil is more

important today now that engine oil changes are way less frequent.

Increased complexity has resulted in much more elaborate valve systems and engine oil separation components. There are many more hoses.

Simple parts are now part

of major components. A failed PCV valve in one vehicle requires a new intake manifold. In another the whole valve cover has to be replaced. Others may have simple parts but poor access and poor materials.

Getting to the failed component involves other brit-

tle components which are often broken along the way.

Failed PCV systems will many times turn the check engine light on. Sometimes you will notice poor running. Sometimes you will notice high oil consumption. Sometimes you won’t notice much. Whatever the

case, get it fixed. A properly functioning PCV system is necessary for long term trouble free motoring.

Trail’s Ron Nutini is a licensed automotive technician and graduate of mechanical engineering from UBC. E-mail: nutechauto@ telus.net

Chevrolet not coming to Iran THE ASSOCIATED PRESS DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Chevrolet, the U.S. car brand once advertised as the “Heartbeat of America,” won’t be rolling new models through the streets of Iran anytime soon despite the recent lifting of sanctions under a nuclear deal with world powers.

Models from the General Motors Co. division have been struck off a list of allowed brands for the Iranian market after a speech last week by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei criticizing American automobiles.

While GM itself said Wednesday it had no plans to enter Iran, the Islamic Republic remains a highly lucrative market of 80 million people largely untapped by Western companies. Already, the streets of Tehran are clogged with automo-

bile traffic, much of it from its two manufacturers, though some are willing to pay the roughly 90-per cent import duty for foreign brands.

As many as 200 Chevrolets worth $7 million were to be shipped to Iran from South Korea, according to a report carried by the semiofficial Mehr news agency that later was republished by Iranian state television. It said Iran allowed in 24 Chevrolets in recent months.

But last week, as Khamenei gave a speech in Iran focusing on domestic industrial production, he criticized the American automobile industry, drawing chants of “Death to America!” for — surprisingly — his criticism of fuel consumption.

“The Americans themselves did not use American vehicles! This was reflected in the American press and we saw it,” the ayatollah said, according to a transcript published on his website. “They used to say

that they consume too much fuel and that they are heavy. Imagine that we use the vehicles … (from) an American factory that is on the verge of bankruptcy.”

The Mehr report said authorities struck the Chevrolets off the list of approved foreign cars that can be imported. BMW, Hyundai, Mercedes Benz, Toyota and others still can be imported — even Porsche’s Macan luxury crossover utility vehicle, according to the list now available.

It wasn’t clear from the Iranian reports whether the Chevrolets were being resold or coming directly from GM’s factories in South Korea. Farah Amhaz, a spokeswoman for GM based in Dubai, said the Detroit-based manufacturer “is fully committed to complying with U.S. sanctions, including those that continue to prohibit most transactions with Iran.”

Strong Action For Safer Communities A three-year, $23-million commitment by the Government of B.C. builds on the Guns and Gangs Strategy with the B.C. Anti-Gang Unit, RCMP and Crime Stoppers to support B.C. communities to prevent gang and gun violence. Key elements include: $450,000 to support Crime Stoppers’ proven Cash for Tips on Illegal Firearms and to promote awareness of the Gang Tip Line Enhancement of the End Gang Life Program More outreach to youth

You could receive a cash reward of up to $2000.

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Dear Annie: After my mother died 10 years ago, Dad asked his four daughters what to do with the small cabin he owned upstate. Three of us told him to sell it. My oldest sister, “Charlene,” however, asked if she could use it as a vacation home.

She said she would help pay the property taxes and make sure it was taken care of, in exchange for exclusive use and enjoyment of the property. Dad agreed.

Well, Charlene rarely paid the taxes and did not take care of the property at all. Dad retired three years ago, and told Charlene he needed to sell the place. In response, she placed two mechanics liens against it, stating that she’d put thousands of dollars of “work” into the cabin and that Dad had promised her the deed. Neither of these things is true and she has no documentation to support her claims.

When we finally gained access to the house, there were holes in the floor and the roof was falling off. We took pictures of the damage. There

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LOCAL WHAT YOU SEE …

There’s nothing like seeing your own town through the eyes of a visitor. Neil Honkanen of Victoria shared some photos of his April trip to Trail with his wife Laurie (nee Truant). If you have a recent photo you would like to share with our readers email it to editor@trailtimes.ca.

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