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Late Immersion begins in Golden A look at the latest phase of French Immersion in Golden, and how both teachers and students are enjoying the challenge.

Photos by Sarah Elizabeth

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group will first meet up on Oct. 1st, 5:30 - 6:45 p.m. at the Golden Early Years Centre. For more information, contact Elina Salonen at (250) 3445317 or mtnwomyn@uniserve.com.

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We have ongoing intake for our English classes, if there is a way to list this info as well: ESL Level 1 - Mondays and Thursdays 10-11am. Intermediate/ Advanced ESL - Tuesdays 10:30 - 12:30.

Conversation Class - Thursdays 1:00 - 3:00 For more information - Kathleen Hadford Settlement Worker / ESL Coordinator Columbia Basin Alliance for Literacy - Golden

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French Immersion program creates ‘active and hands-on experiences’

by Sarah Elizabeth Special to Golden This Week French Immersion started in September for kids in Grade 4 at Lady Grey Elementary School (LGES).

Teacher, Pierre Lambert, has been teaching French for 26 years. He says, in just two months, his students have undergone a “steep learning curve� thanks to a lot of hard work and some motivational games.

Lambert says he has seen an increase in students participating in the classroom by raising their hands to answer questions. “In the beginning only one to two students would raise their hands, now over half of the class does,� he says.

With 20 kids in his class, of varying Frenchspeaking abilities, Lambert stimulates and encourages learning by including singing and vocabulary games in his curriculum. “There is a lot of repetition,� he notes, adding, “We review colours, numbers and the calendar every day. They should be tired at the end of the day. Their brains are working twice as much.�

“When they learn English first and start reading and writing, it’s easier for them to transfer it,� he says.

Lambert encourages his students to use full sentences and motivates students through a token system. With this system, students get 10 tokens per day and are encouraged to participate

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Janne Arlt, principal at LGES, says Lambert cares very much about his students and works hard for their success. “He structures consistent and regular work routines. It is important to him to create lessons that include interesting, active and hands-on experiences whenever possible. He has high expectations for each student and works hard to help his students meet those expectations,� she says.

While the French Immersion class focuses primarily on vocabulary skills and not as much on reading or writing, Lady Grey offers a buddy reading system for kids, joining an older child with

a younger child to read books in French together.

Arlt says Golden’s French Immersion program is unique. “Typically it’s a program that starts later, in Grade 6. We are starting in Grade 4,� says Arlt. “It’s the first year of our late immersion program, but each cohort of students in Golden have been offered French immersion. Because we were transitioning from an early immersion program to a late immersion, for the past four years it was not offered at the kindergarten level, but is at the Grade 4 level instead. That means we have not had students new to the program for four years because they had to wait until Grade 4 to enter.�

Since the French Immersion program is about all subjects being taught in French, Lambert says

there can be challenges in moving forward with different subjects. “Everything is taught from mapping skills to socials. That’s why we are teaching mainly oral language skills,� says Lambert. “We can’t teach the subject until they learn their words.�

Lambert says the late immersion program is beneficial to a child’s learning because by the time they reach Grade 4 they already know English and are familiar with reading and writing in it. “When they learn English first and start reading and writing, it’s easier for them to transfer it,� he says. ... Continued on page 5

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Fire Prevention Week, a message from Golden’s Fire Chief

Submitted by the Town of Golden

On the heels of National Fire Prevention Week October 4-10, Town of Golden Fire Chief David Balding asks that residents continue to be vigilant in their fire safety and fire prevention efforts.

Fire Prevention Week was established in 1927 to commemorate the Great Chicago Fire of 1871. That fire killed over 200 people and left 100,000 homeless.

“Sadly, fire continues to kill and injure people today – needlessly in today’s world of technology,” says Chief Balding. “Approximately three out of five fire deaths happen in homes with no smoke alarms or with alarms that are not working.”

This year’s theme “hear the beep where you sleep” speaks to the importance of installing smoke alarms.

“Smoke alarms are required in every sleeping room in your home. They give us the warning that allows us to escape from a fire. In fact, it is reported that working

smoke alarms cut the risk of dying in home fires in half,” says Chief Balding.

There are two types of smoke alarms; photoelectric and ionization. Chief Balding says for optimum protection for your family, consider installing smoke alarms that utilize both technologies. There should be a smoke alarm on every level of your home, and it should be mounted on the ceiling or high up on a wall.

To avoid false alarms, don’t install a smoke alarm in the kitchen or within three metres of a stove. Smoke alarms should be tested monthly and should be replaced if they are10 years old or more.

Chief Balding says it’s very important to ensure the batteries in your smoke alarm are working.

“Approximately three out of five fire deaths happen in homes with no smoke alarms or with alarms that are not working.”

A good practice is to change out the batteries when you change your clocks, twice a year. That time is fast approaching again, with the time change slated for November 1st in 2015.

“There is a lot of additional planning we can do to protect ourselves from fire,” he notes. “These include a family escape plan and educating all family members on a safe meeting place outside your home.”

Practice fire safety and prevention all year long to keep you and your family safe!

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Encouraging learning with singing and vocabulary games

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From left, Grade Four students Dane Pitman, Carter Thorne, and Cole Hadford wait to have their papers graded by Mr. Lambert. ... Continued from page 3 “Parents have generally been happy with the program,� says Arlt.

Arlt and Lambert say some of the benefits to learning another language include its positive effects on the brain. It uses both sides of the brain, leading to improved communication skills and as students learn various ways to speak sentences, they also experience a better understanding of their original language. This can make traveling easier and increases work opportunities.

Arlt and Lambert say some parents feel concerned about their ability to support kids at home when they are in the program, though Arlt says parents helping kids at home is not required.

Lambert says he accommodates for all learning styles and abilities in the class, providing extra time to help a student when needed.

Two local groups assist with French programming in the community. They have partnered with the school to bring in special activities. Concerned parents can find assistance and support with their own and/or their children’s learning through these groups. “The Canadian Parents for French group supports the school in sometimes funding a French performance for immersion and/ or all students. They provide information for parents that are considering immersion for their child and have organized activities for families of students in French Immersion in the past,� says Arlt.

Activities and events hosted by the Children’s French Club and the Canadian Parents for French group are coordinated

by Claudine St – Cyr Premont. Both groups are open to new members who speak or are interested in the French language.

Both groups are a place where families can find support while learning French.

For more information contact Claudine St-Cyr Premont at enfrancais@mail.com or 250-272-0062 or Janne Arlt at Lady Grey Elementary School: 250-344-6317 or visit: www. goldenfrenchimmersion.org

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Learning new vocabulary Janet Crandall-Swaffield Publisher Reading the article on Mr. Pierre Lambert’s French Immersion class, I was flooded with memories of my own ‘immersion’ experiences. I was a little older than these grade four students, and subsequently my brain likely wasn’t as ‘learning’ friendly.

In my early 20s, I had travelled to South Korea with the intent on staying for a year, working as a conversational English teacher. To say that I was ill prepared is an understatement. I hadn’t studied a word of Korean prior to my arrival there, and oh, how naive I was. I also hadn’t taken much notice of the cultural differences I might encounter, I was in for a bit of a shock.

By the time these realizations caught up to me, it was too late, way too late, and I simply had to suck it up. Make the best of what otherwise might be a slightly terrifying daily reality.

Long story short (I promise), I buckled down, really just trying to get through one day at a time. The days gradually turned into weeks, the weeks into months. I managed to pick up a few words here and there, and I learned how to get around on my own (bus, taxi, subway, etc).

Learning a new language is first and foremost about learning the vocabulary, but what I didn’t really understand, is that it’s about more than just memorizing new words and sounds. It’s about learning to listen, and to really do that, I had to open my mind up to the possibility that maybe, just maybe, I could (and should) learn some of this foreign language that I found myself submersed in every single day. Kids in grade four can learn just about anything you give them access to, they just soak it up like little sponges. I had all sorts of mental blocks in my way.

Regardless of what obstacles there were, real or otherwise, after a few months I felt a shift. A mental shift I guess, perhaps an acceptance to some degree. It was like a switch. I simply began to understand.

And it’s not enough to just listen and understand, it was more than that. I began to realize that learning the language is about more than just learning new words. It was learning about and accepting the culture and the people in whose country I was a guest, but one that would be there for a while. Even riding the bus to and from work everyday was an experience. Observing how younger people consistently gave up their seat on the bus for an elderly person or a mother with a baby, was a kindness and respect that I hadn’t really seen before.

It made for many enjoyable moments, small victories if you will, the times when people began to realize that I was understanding and following the conversations as we went along. The Korean staff members at the school where I taught, or friends I had made with some of the students that were close to my age, were the first to notice. I couldn’t hide it for long, this dawning of comprehension of the conversation around me, which, up to this point, had completely excluded me, like I wasn’t even in the room.

Even now I can remember their faces, their expressions. Like the moment they had been waiting for had finally arrived, and they could stop babysitting me. Ha! But they also had to stop poking fun at me too, for the most part, because now they could no longer get away with it. I had had my suspicions already however, and it was all in fun, because while learning a language is about so much more than just vocabulary, more than just words, it is the first step. And then it’s about facial expressions and voice intonation, it’s about body language. It’s about participating in the conversation, active listening, and observing each situation for what it is. And for realizing how much communication takes place that isn’t verbal. Learning another language, however much I was able to at the time, changed me forever. It opened up my mind in a whole new way that I’m forever grateful for.

I don’t speak much Korean these days, 23 years later, but I have to admit that there are one or two thoughts that still to this day, come to me first in Korean, not English.

At any rate, they were patient with me, regardless of the slow speed at which I seemed to learn. I know these young French Immersion students are likely kicking butt at the rate in which they’re able to learn, and I wish them every success.

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Scouts in the bugaboos

An inside look at the Golden Fries Guys and their spectacular poutine.

A profile on the local Scouts group, and their recent trip to the Bugaboos.

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See story and photos on pages 12-13.

The Golden and District Hospital (pictured 4VCNJUUFE CZ ,FJUI 8 )FSO 4QFDJBM UP (PMEFO 5IJT 8FFL When Frances and I returned from our vacation in June we read that the Golden Hospital was fundraising for a Transportation Ventilator and decided that we would like to help. Preliminary discussions with the hospital staff in July indicated that they had applied for a grant to cover the outstanding balance, the result of which would be known by the 3rd week of August. The grant application was successful and the acquisition of the Transportation Ventilator is now fully funded.

It became apparent during our discussions that the Golden Hospital and Durand Manor had a sizeable list of small equipment needs over and above their annual budget for which funding is not easily nor readily found. The list comprises of 18 pieces of equipment, individually

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each under $5000, totalling $36,000. forward with a crowd-funding project in Shortly thereafter on September support of the EKFH through CanadaHelps.

4th Frances passed away. In the days org. following, the family decided it would be Donna Grainger, Executive Director, a fitting tribute to the memory of Frances EKFH is thrilled. “Your choice of selecting to raise funds so that the hospital could to fundraise for a number of minor acquire this list of equipment. equipment items for the Golden& District There are many families in our situation Hospital and Durand Manor is truly of wanting to thank the hospital staff for appreciated. These items truly do make one reason or another and that there a big difference and have a huge impact should be a group formed to provide on the equipment needs of a small rural ongoing help to the hospital in a tangible hospital. The leadership team at the way. We have been joined in this cause by Golden Hospital is ecstatic with your the Dusevic family, the Oddy family, the decision�.

Ross family, the Cundliffe/Peacock family, We are currently working to set up the and the Lindsay/Matheson family. Each crowd funding page on the CanadaHelps. have their own story to tell and reasons org platform, “Giving Thanks to the Golden for giving thanks to the Golden and District & District Hospital� which we anticipate Hospital. will be open for donations from October This group, the Friends of the Golden & 6th to October 11th 2015. This will District Hospital, has now been endorsed coincide with the Celebration of Life being by the East Kootenay Foundation for Health held for Frances at the Island Restaurant and has been given approval to move on October 10th.

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Lumber in Canada

by Garry Irving Special to Golden This Week A document I have from 1867, the year of Canada’s confederation, showed how lumber had become an important export for the fledgling nation. Thanks to sailing ships the east of the new Canada dominated the lumber trade We have all heard of how tariffs affect our exports and how housebuilding plans of other nations such as the United States hit our lumber industry in British Columbia. Today the markets are depressed around the world and if you cannot export a product you cannot be paid for it.

Back in 1866 Canada relied on its lumber exports to help the nation fill its coffers and pay for imports. As the country was then centered in the east the major lumber exports came from the new provinces of Quebec and Ontario. In fact, according to the article I possess, about 25,000 people were directly employed in the lumber industry in those provinces. There was white, red and yellow pine, spruce, birch, maple and elm harvested. The article states that the exports of lumber at times exceeded the export of agriculture products.

In 1866 New Brunswick dominated the lumber export business and a great deal of its surface was covered with lumber (not so today). The most valuable tree in New Brunswick back then was the white pine. That product was needed then for spars, squared timber, masts, planks, boards, shingles, barrels and water pails etc. Don’t forget that back then all the sailing ships used masts

and sails as steam propulsion was in its infancy.

The timber from Canada was sought after by other nations as it was clear of blemishes and free from knots.

With imports and exports now in their billions it is interesting to see that Canada’s lumber exports were then in the low millions in 1867. A Toronto newspaper published an article that noted the value of the 1866 exports. Great Britain topped the list at just over 7 million dollars followed by the young United States at just over 6 million dollars.

France bought $111,174 worth of our timber while $32,000 was bought by Germany and the British West Indies spent $10,000.

Today the dollar figures would be substantially higher but those were figures from the 1860’s.

Recently B.C. held 55% of the exports of lumber from Canada and most of that was to the United States (when it was in the middle of its housing boom).

Getting back to the present, when my wife and I took a trip to England in 1998 my relatives were under the impression that B.C. did not have a tree left. Today, where we now live, dimension mills dominate the lumber industry in the Williams Lake area with large piles of beetle-killed pine in their yards.

Many changes have happened to the lumber industry since Confederation and many more will likely occur in the years to come.

I have not made up my mind what I would like to write next time and so far I am still searching for the editorial from 1867 that wondered what Canada would look like in 100 years. ~ Garry Irving.

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by Claire Dibble Special to Golden This Week

When Kathy Lind started making soap, she was looking for a hobby, a creative outlet, a way to keep herself entertained while recovering from a back injury. The hobby soon morphed into Apple Island Naturals, and now, seven years later, she has a thriving business and a loyal following. “I love making things with my hands, I always have,� Kathy explains. She particularly enjoys dreaming up unique blends of essential oils and other ingredients to produce a new soap, often with a clever name. She admits it can be challenging to set aside the time to develop new products, largely due to the demand for her existing line of soaps. As with any good brand, people get attached to a product and are disappointed when it’s no longer available. But holiday themed soaps are a good way for Kathy to explore new ideas, and with multiple Christmas Fairs coming

up in the next months, she’s busy as an elf.

Apple Island soaps are Kathy’s unique recipe, discovered through experimentation, trial and error, and at least one happy accident. On one particularly late evening of soap making, she fell asleep while waiting for ingredients to cool. They cooled beyond a usable temperature, and Kathy decided to scrap the batch. When she returned later to salvage the ingredients for other uses, she was surprised and delighted to discover that adding water had a desirable effect, and indeed created a shortcut in her future batches. Since that time, Kathy has been able to nearly triple her productivity, a remarkable boon for any entrepreneur. “I’ve learned a lot from the process,�

Kathy says, “I found that I really love chemistry.� And although Kathy wouldn’t necessarily call herself by this title, one of the many hats she wears in her business seems to be ‘scientist’. She looks the part too, at critical stages in the soap making

process, when she dons a lab coat, thick rubber gloves, and a safety mask.

During the summer months Kathy offsets her time in the workshop with days at markets, spending long sunny afternoons selling her wares direct to customers. In addition to the markets, her soaps and other products are available at stores throughout the region, including the Art Gallery of Golden, Zodiac Hemp, Eat Pure Mountain Market, and Elite Nutrition.

Her soaps are also a longstanding part of the experience of staying at Truffle Pigs Lodge in Field. Kathy created a special soap for the guests at Truffle Pigs, taking the scraps from many batches to create a patchwork of lovely scents and colors.

The aptly named Hog Wash, which is even packaged in reused packing materials, is a great example of some of the things Apple Island is all about, including creative resourcefulness and environmental sustainability.

Kathy’s passion for the outdoors fuels many of the decisions she makes within

her business, as does her concern for the well-being of her customers. She won’t include ingredients that are detrimental to the natural environment, so nothing harmful to the people using the products.

Her willingness to explore other options and experiment means that she’s been able to develop an extensive product line nonetheless. In addition to soaps, she has a popular line of deodorants, face creams, and lip balms, among other things. For more information, including Kathy’s market schedule, check out www. appleisland.ca

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Off The Wall celebrates 25 years of business in Golden

by Golden This Week staff With notes from Dale Nagao

added embroidery machines, heat press, mug printer, sign and sticker machine.

We can enlarge photos and prints to Off The Wall opened their doors 25 paper or canvas and many other promoyears ago here in Golden. tional items and, of course, Tammy came on to run the store.

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Dollar Store location to the old Elite CafĂŠ “This year I purchased the building, building and added a screen printer. I then finally, and married Tammy, finally!, and added Tryx Graphics (with Mark Woodwe are currently renovating the inside and house) to do graphic design. We then will continue the outside next year.

I would also like to thank all the people that have supported the business over the last 25 years‌‌.thank you Golden!

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Eat Pure: The Humble Cranberry

by Nicole du Vent Eat Pure Mountain Market Special to Golden This Week

While year-round dried cranberries are common in trail mix, granola or cookies, for most people fresh cranberries are only bought at two occasions, Thanksgiving and Christmas.

If you’re a fan of these tart, juicy wonders like I am, this is your chance to stock up!

Cranberries freeze beautifully and are both delicious and nutritious in muffins and smoothies.

“Did you know that these tiny tart berries are actually packed with nutrients, anti-oxidants and can help fight infections?�

Did you know that these tiny tart berries are actually packed with nutrients, anti-oxidants and can help fight infections? While commonly known for their ability to ward off Urinary Tract Infections, cranberries are beneficial to the whole body. In the same way that cranberries

inhibit bacteria from attaching to the bladder walls, they help ward off the bacteria that cause gum disease and prevent plaque and cavities. Cranberries are high in anti-oxidants and phytonutrients. Research has found that Polyphenolic extracts, which are plentiful in cranberries, help to inhibit cancer cell growth.

Fiber is another whole body benefit of cranberries, as well as being high in Vitamins C and E. Fresh cranberries contain more antioxidants than dried and also avoid the added sugar that the dried ones often contain (though you can now find apple juice-sweetened cranberries.)

At Eat Pure Mountain Market, we carry sugar cane-sweetened dried cranberries, apple juicesweetened dried cranberries and now frozen cranberries too! Frozen cranberries don’t turn to mush when they thaw and are an excellent addition to salads over the winter. Try them added to quinoa or a wild rice pilaf, they’re great in curry and of course desserts like an apple cranberry crumble!

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Add the vinegar, mustard, salt and pepper and blend again. Add the olive oil and blend again.

Toast walnuts in a dry pan in the oven until fragrant, for a maple roasted nut toss in maple syrup then roast on a parchment lined pan. Let cool.

Prepare kale by removing stems and chopping the leaves into bit sized pieces, use your hands to scrunch up the kale a little bit to soften it.

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Ice Cream for Breakfast - You gotta love parenting My daughter is really into faces and emotions these days. Imagine my concern when she asked me to draw a sad face for her five times in a row.

I turned what was supposed to be a fun moment into an awkward one by suddenly stopping the fun of drawing and asking her if she felt sad.

“Some of us are fun, like Dad, who will play puzzles at 2 a.m. even though he has to work in the morning.�

It’s not necessarily creepy to do that to your child, as a concerned care giver, when she is a toddler. It might be a little off to do it to her when she’s an adult in the middle of a game of Pictionary. Can you imagine? Everyone is having fun, enjoying drinks, popcorn and laughs and when your adult child starts to draw what resembles a sad face, you get serious

and interrupt the game by saying, “Daughter, I can’t help but notice all the sad faces you’re drawing? Are you okay?â€? Her face turns red in embarrassment and it gets awkward. Uncle John (because there’s always an Uncle John) starts to yell ‌ ah you gotta love Christmas.

Of course, near any messy, awkward situation is a toddler who, in some way shape or form, started it all. Toddlers have an innate ability to turn a perfectly good, even a normal-like situation, into a messy one. Why? Because they can and they don’t care. We’re talking about a people who are comfortable walking around with boogies hanging out of their noses; screaming at the top of their lungs in public; and pooping in their diaper by choice. I’m not judging. I admire their choices and I am somewhat envious of how they get away with it all. They’re all boogers, poop and loudness, and bringing them anywhere is like trying to detonate a bomb. One wrong move and you’re cutting your family vacation short and hanging out for hours at a nearby coffee shop throwing them tomatoes, like they are some sort of rabid dog, while they attempt to push themselves around in a high chair or climb out of it in spite of the fact they were excited to sit in it. Your self-esteem has indeed checked out at the door.

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Toddlers do seem as though they are from another world - the way they react to situations is suggestive of this. Everything around them is larger than life and a lot of it is new on a regular basis. Adults are giants to toddlers - some of us are scary, like Uncle John. Some of us can be counted on. Like Mom, who will wheel her toddler around a coffee shop to keep her entertained and because, as a Mom, she feels guilty for inflicting a three-hour car ride on her two year old. Some of us are fun, like Dad, who will play puzzles at 2 a.m. even though he has to work in the morning.

And some of us are electronic, like family members who life far away and can only be seen through a computer.

“Through this emotional phase - known as the “terrible twos,� I learn about myself as a Mom and find new Mom Ninja skills to bring forth to this thing called parenting.�

My toddler-daughter seems to change her mind and her emotions so much it almost feels like I’m developing a yet-to-be-defined mental health issue, and yet I’m the puzzle solver when trying to decipher what she needs through her sometimes appalling cryptic screams and tantrums. (The reality is, through her emotions she is trying to send me a message about something she needs.)

Through this emotional phase - known as the “terrible twos,� I learn about myself as a Mom and find new Mom Ninja skills to bring forth

A photo drawn by my daughter. Ah, you gotta love parenting. Photo by Sarah Elizabeth. to this thing called parenting. These new skills include the ability to laugh when a tub-full of “the best homemade veggie stock you ever made� accidentally gets pulled out of the fridge and spilled onto the floor; to empathize when her daughter gets upset because she doesn’t want to close the fridge door; and patience to hear the message through the tears.

In the end it’s about staying connected.

Whether it’s by drawing pictures together, playing board games or going on family vacations. What I’ve learned so far is when you’re connected, whether it’s with your child, your partner, another family member or even a friend - it’s easier to understand the emotions, it’s easier to hear each other, easier to empathise and it’s easier to find solutions to whatever challenge you may be facing together.

We choose the people who are in our lives, including our kids, and when we choose these people we are making a choice out of love.

They deserve respect and admiration for where they are at in their journey towards adulthood.

I guess it’s our job to ensure they reach that place with as much support, love and connection we can possibly provide. That is, when they’re not throwing things at us‌ ah you gotta love parenting.

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History Column - Legacy of Shame Seven or eight years ago my parents and I went to Weyburn, Saskatchewan to visit some old family friends.While we were there we heard about a tourist attraction in Moose Jaw known as the ‘Tunnels of Moose Jaw.’ We stopped there on the way home, never expecting to learn something of the history of Golden. But we did.

Part of the history of the Canadian prairie provinces, especially during the first half of the 1900’s, were the small restaurants, tailor shops and laundries that seemed to be part of many small prairie towns. The common element to most of them was that they were often owned and operated by members of the Chinese community. Why was that? You could wonder why, until becoming familiar with one of the darkest chapters in Canadian history, much of which occurred within the area surrounding Golden, at least the part of our area traversed by the Canadian Pacific Railway.

The construction of the CPR was pushed through very much on a schedule of getting it done as quickly as possible. Much of the work was very labour intensive and there was a significant shortage of manpower. While most of the railway was built from east to west, the part that crossed most of British Columbia was built from west to east. This was evident when the railway was completed at Craigellachie, near Revelstoke, rather than at the end of the line at Vancouver.

The contractor responsible for building the section of railway through the Fraser Canyon, Andrew Onderdonk, a New York engineer, was both behind in his schedule and short of money.

To solve both problems at the same time he did what many of the American railroads had done, he hired large numbers of Chinese construction workers. That gave him the amount of manpower he needed and since the Chinese worked for, in most cases, less than half of what others worked for, it cut his costs as well.

Onderdonk’s practice of hiring Chinese workers caught on in the eastern part of the province as well, the building of the line through the Rockies, the Columbia Valley, and the Selkirks, including Rogers Pass.

The hiring of Chinese workers certainly solved a major problem for the construction company, but it was at a cost of great discrimination towards the workers.

The Chinese men worked for low wages, usually $1 per day while white workers were paid $1.50 to $2.50. White men also had their food provided, transportation to the job site, medical care, transportation when moving from one job site to another, and accommodation was

by Duane Crandall Special to Golden This Week provided in camps. The Chinese had none of this.

Most could not afford fruits or vegetables and, as a result, many suffered from scurvy and other illnesses. Most of the Chinese slept in tents or boxcars with no heat. The only heat was supplied by open fires.

“The hiring of Chinese workers certainly solved a major problem for the construction company, but it was at a cost of great discrimination towards the workers.”

The Chinese were also given the most dangerous work, including building bridges over steep gorges and blasting tunnels through the mountains. They often had to use unsafe dynamite or blasting procedures which resulted in a large number of deaths among their people.

Fires and landslides also took many Chinese lives.

Estimates of Chinese fatalities while building the railway vary between 600 and 1200 men. As a result, in addition to the probable hundreds of unknown graves, there are many known graves in the Golden area. In many cases, their families in China likely were not even notified.

But perhaps the greatest indignity to the Chinese lay in the way in which they were thanked when the railway was completed.

During the recruiting of Chinese workers in China prospective employees were told that when the railway was finished each worker would be given a ticket home to China. That promise was not kept, and when the railway was completed the Chinese were simply abandoned with no

passage home and no further work.

As a result, they did the only thing they could do, they looked for work in Canada. The Chinese working west of Craigellachie probably migrated back to the coast because that was the area they were familiar with. That would have brought about the sizeable populations of Chinese people who even now reside in Vancouver and Victoria along with the Chinatown developments in those cities.

The laid off Chinese employees on the eastern side of the province, however, found that most of the opportunities for them were on the prairies.

As a result, they seemed to fan out over the provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan taking what work they could find and establishing businesses. That too, was not without discrimination.

One city, Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, provided a good deal of jobs for these poor and wretched people, but in many cases they would only let them work in places where they would not be seen by the white Canadians, such as in commercial basements. Dark and dingy spaces became both their workplace and their homes, since they could afford no other. And now, long after the abuse of the Chinese people is over Moose Jaw is, I suppose, capitalizing again on the discrimination towards them with the tourism business venture, ‘The Tunnels of Moose Jaw.’ Yet it is interesting that we Canadians tell the story in some way or other rather than just having it swept under the carpet. It is a compelling story to see how the Chinese workers who helped build the railway in the very part of Canada in which we live today could have been the victims of such unfair treatment after they had contributed so much in the building of the railway.

And while this account is largely about the discrimination toward railway construction employees, that was not the only ill treatment of Chinese or other non-white workers in the Golden area. Many newspaper ads in Golden’s early days contain words such as ‘White help only,’ clearly an indication that there were no Chinese, or possibly also East Indian, employees on the premises. At least, that is, in positions where they would be visible to the public. Maybe, like Moose Jaw, there were Chinese workers in the basement or back rooms.

So Canada’s treatment of the Chinese railway workers here in the area where we live today was not very good. And while it could perhaps be speculated that many might have returned to China at their own expense, and possibly some did, a large number stayed in Canada, often establishing businesses. Descendants of some of those people still live in Western Canada today.

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Brighter Life - Why the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) matters

By Kevin Press, BrighterLife.ca TPP deserves more attention than it’s received in this federal election. It may be good news for consumer choice, productivity — and your income.

Like most elections, this year’s federal race has offered its share of artificial issues. They’re not hard to spot: disputes manufactured to drive a wedge between political parties and their supporters. In the long run, these non-issue issues are nothing more than manipulations of voter sentiment.

“Canadian businesses just haven’t stepped up,�

Currie said.

That’s despite government efforts to push them in the right direction.

The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is the opposite of that. This new proposed free trade deal has received less attention than it deserves.

The 12-country agreement (still in principle; no actual legislation has been passed), will create the world’s largest free-trade zone. If passed, about 40% of the planet’s economy will function within the boundaries of the four-continent pact.

The U.S.’s and Japan’s participation in the deal is key, given their respective rankings as the world’s largest and third-largest economies.

TPP removes or eases trade barriers for a long list of Canadian exports. Alcohol,

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What does TPP mean to you and your personal finances? Advocates say free trade deals like this one create bigger markets for Canadian exporters, provide consumers with more choice and compel domestic companies to achieve higher levels of productivity. “What happens when you have open borders or free trade is that you expose Canadian companies to competition from outside,� said Bill Currie, vice-chair and Americas managing director at Deloitte Canada. He and I spoke last week. “In order for them to get better, they have to invest in their businesses. When they invest in their businesses, they improve their productivity in order to compete.�

I’ve quoted Currie on this subject previously.

His view is simple: the Canadian economy lags on productivity and will continue to do so

until we see a significant increase in business investment, a metric that has remained weak since the financial crisis.

This has the effect of slowing economic growth across the country and reducing our power to earn. “Canadian businesses just haven’t stepped up,� Currie said. That’s despite government efforts to push them in the right direction.

It’s true that free trade deals like TPP can cause short-term economic pain for those directly affected. Look no further than the $4.3 billion compensation package Ottawa has promised the dairy, poultry and egg industry to help it transition.

But if deals like this work the way they are supposed to – and there’s plenty of data to support the expectation that they will – we should welcome them here in Canada. Our ability to break out of the slow-growth rut we find ourselves in is directly tied to economic productivity.

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