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ROCKIN’ RIVER RETURNS DEAN BRODY Michael Potestio THE MERRITT HERALD

The Rockin' River Music Festival will be back in Merritt for a sequel this July with a lineup of acts flush with Canadian content.

Organizer Kenny Hess said the name of the event has changed slightly to reflect its location.

"This year we've changed the name to the Merritt Rockin' River Fest," Hess said.

"We plan on being there for the next 20 years at least."

With the Nicola Valley's encore just six months away, the country music festival announced 10 acts set to grace the stage; a lineup that includes the award-winning likes of Canadian artists Dean Brody, High Valley and The Road Hammers.

"They're phenomenal entertainers," Hess said of the Road Hammers, adding that he's excited to see all the performers.

THE ROAD HAMMERS There are also acts from south of the border, including hitmaker and baritone crooner John Michael Montgomery — best known for singles such as “I Swear,” and “Letters from Home” — along with CMT Artist of the Year winner Sam Hunt on deck for the four-day festival.

"Sam Hunt's the hottest guy in country music right now," Hess said.

A Georgia-bred guitarist, pianist and songwriter, Hunt is taking North America by storm with songs such as “Leave the Light On,” “House Party” and “Take Your Time.”

Local acts from B.C. will be returning, Hess said.

Returning to Merritt from last year's event is the Chris Buck Band, which was named 2015's Group of the Year by the B.C. Country Music Association.

Not returning this year, however, is the beer garden and stage, which Hess said

wasn't necessary at last year's event.

"There was a little confusion getting people to go back over to the secondary stage, so we're going to run all the entertainment off of two big stages up front," Hess said.

There will be a smaller stage along the river where some acts will play.

The beer garden area might be used for some activities, and people will be able to get alcoholic beverages near the stages, Hess said.

The event will once again be held at the grounds located just south of town.

More than 20 acts are expected to play at the festival, which takes place July 28 through 31.

Tickets go on sale starting this Thursday.

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NVFGC host public info session on public access to lakes David Dyck THE MERRITT HERALD

A little more than 100 people attended the Nicola Valley Fish and Game Club’s (NVFGC) information session at the Merritt Civic Centre last Wednesday (Jan. 13).

Led by club director Rick McGowan, the twohour event outlined the club’s arguments for why they continue to access Corbett Lake, in contravention of RCMP and other government agencies’ insistence that it is a private body of water.

A year ago, 10 fishermen, including McGowan, were arrested for trespassing on Corbett Lake — a manmade body of water, which is located about 20 kilometres southeast of Merritt on Highway 97C. Those charges were later discontinued.

Then, just last month on Dec. 15, six more fishermen, including McGowan, were arrested when they accessed the lake, this time on mischief charges.

McGowan said the club decided to host the event to explain to the public why they would continue to go back, even when faced with a possible criminal record. He insisted that they were not advocating trespassing, and explained that according to surveys of the property, the lake is indeed bordered by land owned by three private owners: The Douglas Lake Cattle Company, the Nicola Ranch, and the Corbett Lake Lodge.

However, while the RCMP have insisted that the land owned by those three companies surround the lake, McGowan pointed to surveys that show the easement — that is, the land on either side — of Highway 97C extends to include the border of the lake, providing a point at which the lake can be accessed without crossing private property.

McGowan also produced background documentation from an ongoing dispute with the Douglas Lake Cattle Company in regards to

public access to Minnie Lake and Stoney Lake, which lie due east of Corbett Lake. The province has agreed to look into that case, and the club is currently waiting to get a court date to have that matter adjudicated on.

The Corbett Lake issue is still hotly debated.

“In Merritt we’ve had all sorts of different radio and media and newspaper reports, and people get little bits and pieces of it,” McGowan told the Herald after the meeting. “The RCMP right now are publicly stating that we were trespassing and are charging us criminally.

Basically, they’re lying, so we thought, well let’s go show everybody the truth, show them the actual documents, and they can go away from that with whatever opinion they want.”

He said that he saw representatives from the Corbett Lake Lodge, as well as Douglas Lake Cattle Company’s private security in attendance.

The crowd that vocalized their opinions were all on the side of the club.

“It’s a huge fight, but we will get there,” said McGowan. “You can only lie so much, you can’t cover all your tracks when you’ve got four or five different ministries and the RCMP. They’re not meshing, they’re contradicting each other.

In front of a supreme court judge, the truth will prevail.”

Several members of the club will appear before a judge this Thursday for a ruling on their contravention of a police order to stay away from Corbett Lake.

If the Crown proceeds with mischief charges, they will appear in court on May 17. McGowan said he was doubtful that would happen.

Nicola Valley Fish and Game Club director Rick McGowan at last Wednesday’s information session.

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Honouring Our Elders School District No. 58 (Nicola-Similkameen) & The Aboriginal Advisory Council Would like to extend an invitaƟon to the Elders of the Nicola Valley. Come join us for lunch and presentaƟons from MerriƩ Bench, MerriƩ Central and Nicola-Canford Elementary Schools.

Thursday, January 21, 2016 10:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at MerriƩ Bench Elementary School RSVP: Cheryl Rule, First NaƟons Support Worker MerriƩ Bench: 250-378-2528 ColleƩville: 250-378-2230 Email: crule@sd58.bc.ca

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INSIDE WE CARE Merritt Secondary School’s We Care Crew organized a “We are Silent” campaign on Thursday, Jan. 14. The students took a vow of silence to support a cause they feel passionate about, including access to education, clean water, global health, and food security.

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Pozzobon Invitational a no-go for 2016 Nicola Valley bull rider says this is just a break — his event will come back next year With a few injuries slowing him down over the past few months, Ty Pozzobon has announced that his fourth annual Invitational PBR won’t be happening this year.

“I’ve had a rough past year and a half of riding bulls, with my injuries, and I really want to focus on my career this year,” Pozzobon told the Herald. “PBR is holding my event for a year for me, so I’m going to go after the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association (PRCA) this year and be at the National Finals Rodeo (NFR).”

The Nicola Valley native, still in his early 20s, nearly made it to the NFR in 2015, but broke his leg while competing in a rodeo in September. He said he’s just now beginning to recover from that injury, and isn’t going to waste any time getting back to the sport he loves.

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“It’s been about three weeks almost since I’ve been off a cane and I’ve been [going] to the gym,” he said. “I plan to be back for the big San Antonio rodeo at the end of February, and then I’ll be back in Houston the next month, for the big Houston rodeo.

It’s going to be busy.”

On top of that, he’s also been asked to join the Elite Rodeo Association (ERA), a new competition just starting this year. There are only eight events, with the first one coming up in March, and the finals in Dallas in November. “It’s the very first year for it and I’ll be the first Canadian to be a part of that,” he said.

He also stressed that this wasn’t the end of his own event here in Merritt. “Big, big thanks to everybody — to the town and all the sponsors who made this thing happen the past three years,” he said. “It’s not going to be the end of it, we’re going to be back.”

Ty Pozzobon in the championship round of the PBR Canadian Finals Rodeo in Saskatoon in 2012. Photo by Tyler Harris Photography

KENGARD, NICOLA LAKE SCHOOLS TO CLOSE IN ‘84 Kengard Elementary School and Nicola Lake School will be closed for the 1984/85 school year if two motions passed by the Merritt Board of School Trustees remain unchanged.

Both motions were moved by trustee Richard Magnuson and seconded by trustee Marguerite Sykes.

A final decision on March 5 will decidedly determine the future of the two schools and that of other schools in the district.

The board reached a decision after consulting with staffs from all the district schools and reviewing a report drafted by superintendent Dale Fiddick.

Declining enrollment and budget cutbacks forced the board to come up with some drastic measures within the district’s educational system.

Closure of the two schools would affect 6.4 teachers at Kengard and one instructor at Nicola Lake.

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Volunteers Needed for January 12, 2016 Regular Council Meeting recap Tourism & Economic Development Committee GENERAL MATTERS Delegations and Recognitions

The City is looking for interested persons to sit on its Tourism & Economic Development Standing Committee.

The purposes of the committee is to provide timely and strategic advice to Council on matters pertaining to economic development, investment and business attraction, and longer-term economic stability; support the Economic Development Officer and other City staff involved in such issues in the development or recommendations regarding Economic Development Strategic Plan; assist in preparing multi-year or annual updates to the Economic Development Strategic Plan while endorsing appropriate development, and bringing recommendations regarding such updates and endorsements to Council and to champion the Official Community Plan and Integrated Growth Strategy as they relate to economic sustainability and capacity building within

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Ms. K. Reimer and Ms. S. Thompson provided Council with an update on the fund raising efforts of the Nicola Valley Fall Fair Association with regard to having water and sewer in the Fall Fair Building and provided a report on the income and expenses to date. The Nicola Valley Fall Fair Association is also selling bricks for $10.00 as a fund raising effort and inquiries for the bricks can be made to Ms. Reimer at 250.378.7270 or Ms. Thompson at 250.315.3940 or any other member of the Nicola Valley Fall Fair Association.

UNFINISHED BUSINESS Council adopted the attached terms of reference for the Finance and Audit Committee, the Police Committee and the Tourism and Economic Development Committee.

Bylaw Amendment Bylaw No. 2205, 2016 was read a first, second and third time Voting Opposed to all three readings: Councillor Brown.

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Council authorizes the Mayor and Chief Administrative Officer to execute the proposed Mutual Aid Agreement between the City of Merritt and the District of Logan Lake.

Council provide staff with input and direction on scheduling Committee of the Whole meetings for budget deliberations.

REPORTS FROM COUNCIL Councillor Prowal advised Council of the new program through Interior Health called “Pathways to Home” for those that no longer need hospital care but are not ready for independence in their home.

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CANCELLATION NOTICE It is with deep regret that we must cancel the event slated for Winter Carnival, Jan. 24, 2016 11:00 am - 1:00 pm We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience and disappointment caused. Thank you to all those involved for your continued support.

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SIDEWALK CLEARING Sidewalk Clearing: Every residential property owner or occupier shall remove snow or ice from sidewalks or pathways abutting their property within twenty-four (24) hours of accumulation except for weekends and holidays.

Every owner or occupier of real property shall immediately remove snow, ice or rubbish from the roof or other part of a structure adjacent to a highway or pathway or sidewalk where such snow or ice or rubbish presents a hazard to vehicular or pedestrian traffic.

Every business or industrial owner or occupier shall remove snow or ice from sidewalk or pathways abutting the property by ten (10) a.m. of any day and, as needed, following the accumulation of snow or ice.

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According to Cpl. Dan Moskaluk, the driver has an extensive criminal record, and was under bail release conditions. He was also wanted in relation to other matters out of Kamloops and Kelowna, said Moskaluk in a press release.

“The suspect was returned to the Kamloops RCMP detachment where he was asked to provide breath samples and refused to do so,” said Moskaluk.

The driver was held in custody, and appeared in court the following day.

“We would like to thank the witnesses who assisted us greatly with this matter. Safely removing a suspect impaired driver off the road is always of highest priority,” stated Logan Lake RCMP Const. Dan Schenkeveld in the release.

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Just before 9:00 p.m. that evening, police received a complaint of a possible impaired driver on Highway 5 between Merritt and Kamloops.

A Logan Lake RCMP member located the vehicle, and confirmed that it was stolen from a residential break-in earlier that evening.

The report from that incident also indicated that property and firearms had been stolen in the burglary.

The Logan Lake officer followed the truck until backup arrived from Merritt and Kamloops RCMP detachments.

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Talking trade For a variety of different reasons the subject of international trade has been DAN ALBAS prominent View from the in federal HILL politics over this past week.

One issue frequently raised of late is a deal between General Dynamics Land Systems, located in Ontario, to sell light armored vehicles (LAV’s) to Saudi Arabia.

This deal was supported by the former Conservative Government and is valued at $15 billion and will sustain 3,000 jobs over the next decade.

The controversy over this deal has been re-ignited given the government of Saudi Arabia recently and publicly executed a large number of individuals provoking international condemnation (including from Canada) in the process.

Some have suggested this deal should be cancelled on account of the poor human rights record of the Saudi Arabian government.

To further complicate this subject, while the Liberals were also very critical of this sale when in opposition, now as government they have indicated the deal will not be cancelled. In a related political twist, the official opposition critic has now called for the Liberal government to justify the reasons for the sale.

On a similar theme, the subject of human rights records has so far not dominated the discussion that the Liberal government may seek to complete a free trade agreement with the government of China.

Currently, Canada has a trade imbalance with China as we export roughly $17 billion in largely resource products and in turn import just under $60 billion of mostly manufactured goods.

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Refugees, sexual harassment and Angela Merkel

GWYNNE DYER The international STAGE Chancellor Angela Merkel opened Germany’s doors to a million refugees and migrants last year — three times as many as the rest of the European Union put together. Critics in

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Germany predicted a popular backlash, and warned that even her own Christian Democratic Party (CDU) would turn against her.

In the case of the CDU, at least, they were dead wrong. At the party’s annual congress on Dec. 15, Merkel’s speech — in which she did not retreat one inch from her frequent assertion that “we can do it” (accept and integrate the refugees) — got a ten-minute standing ovation that brought tears to her eyes.

Despite a dip in the opinion polls, she also still enjoys widespread popular support — or at least she

did until the ugly events in the city of Cologne on New Year’s Eve. In the crowds that gathered in front of Cologne’s railway station to celebrate the New Year, hundreds of young men in gangs began harassing and robbing German women. “All of a sudden these men around us began groping us,” one victim told German television.

“They touched our behinds and grabbed between our legs. They touched us everywhere, so my girlfriend wanted to get out of the crowd.

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bag and ripped it off my body.” There were 379 complaints to the police, 40 percent of which involved sexual assault, and two accusations of rape.

Only thirty-one men were arrested in connection with these offences, a police failure that caused popular outrage. But the incendiary fact — which the police at first declined to reveal — was that 18 of the 31 men arrested were asylum-seekers, and all but five were Muslims.

So there was a firestorm of popular protest about the Cologne attacks (which also happened on a smaller scale in Stuttgart

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and Hamburg).

The German authorities did their best to contain the damage. The Cologne police chief, Wolfgang Albers, was suspended for holding back information about the attacks, and in particular about the origin of the suspects.

Chancellor Merkel felt obliged to promise that she will change the law which says that asylum seekers can only be forcibly sent home if they have been sentenced to at least three years in prison, and if their lives are not at risk in their home country.

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Trade deal with China could If all hunting isn’t regulated, soon see export there will be nothing left to hunt boost of $8B to the editor

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I’ve read plenty of articles in Canadian sporting publications that state that in Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta and B.C., moose populations are almost nil because of year-round, 24/7 hunting by Aboriginal and Metis groups shooting any game, regardless of the season, or the animal’s age or sex.

I’m sure others are doing it too, but they can be prosecuted if caught. Our gutless federal and provincial governments refuse to do anything about it and our game warden’s hands are tied.

I’m sure many people are aware of the hunting camps that go up around Merritt by mid-August. Anything that moves day or night is shot, while licensed hunters can’t hunt until Sept. 10, and by then it’s lean pickings. Unless

From Page 6 That said, a recent report from the Canada China business council estimates a free trade deal with China could see Canada increase our exports by close to $8 billion over the next 15 years and also create upwards of 25,000 new jobs (as was reported by the National Post). It is expected the subject of a possible trade deal with China is one we will hear more about in the months ahead.

Finally, this week Canada’s Minister of International Trade, the Hon. Chrystia Freeland, has been making the rounds including a visit to Vancouver, to consult on the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) Trade agreement that has not been formally ratified in Parliament.

To date, the Liberal government has not indicated if they will support the TPP agreement although President Obama publicly stated after meeting with Prime Minister Trudeau that Canada will be signing on.

On a more local note, I contemplated crashing the Trade Minister’s Vancouver meetings to raise the importance of a new softwood lumber agreement between Canada and the U.S. (a subject I have also raised in Ottawa), however with the House returning in a few weeks I will raise the issue again in the coming months.

Trade is not a subject I have heard much feedback on in our new riding of Central Okanagan-Similkameen-Nicola and as such I welcome your comments, questions and concerns. I can be reached at Dan.Albas@ parl.gc.ca or toll free at 1-800665-8711.

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New laws are tougher on migrant criminals From Page 6 The new law will say that migrants sentenced to any jail-time, or even put on probation, can be sent home no matter where they come from.

It’s the least she could do politically, as the extreme anti-immigrant parties are already making a meal out of the Cologne events.

But what on earth made those young Muslim men, the beneficiaries of Germany’s generosity, think they could sexually attack young German women in public (and rob them while they were doing it)?

They were not professional thieves, and I very much doubt that they would sexually attack young Muslim women in public if they were back home. I suspect that they were mostly village boys who still believe the popular Middle Eastern stereotypes about good Muslim girls whom you must not harass, and “loose� Western women who are fair game for sexual assault.

I once lived in Istanbul for a while

with my wife and two little boys, and we had the same experience as most other Westerners: when my wife was out with me or with the children, she was treated with respect. When she was out alone, she was the target of constant sexual harassment.

At least once a day, as young men passed her in the crowded streets, she would suddenly experience the full frontal grab — and if she protested, they would simply laugh at her. So I taught her what a Turkish woman would say if the same thing happened, and it did help. She still got molested, but when she rebuked the attackers in Turkish they were overwhelmed with shame and panic, and disappeared into the crowd as fast as possible.

This was back when Istanbul only had three million people (it now has 14 million), but already my Turkish friends were moaning about how their city was being “villager-ised� by people migrating from the countryside. Even Turkish women who looked too “Western� were being

harassed, and they blamed the exvillagers.

When you take in a million refugees, more than half of them from the Middle East, you may expect them to include a few religious fanatics who may be or become terrorists.

They will also include a considerably larger number of ignorant hicks who think that it is not a crime or a disgrace to attack non-Muslim girls sexually.

No good deed goes entirely unpunished, and this is part of the price Germany will pay for its generosity.

It’s not an unbearable price, even if it involves one or two more Islamist terrorist attacks than would otherwise have occurred — and in a couple of years most of the young Muslim men who attacked women in Cologne will have figured out that being free, as German women are, does not mean being immoral or freely available.

Gwynne Dyer is an independent journalist whose articles are published in 45 countries.

No good deed goes entirely unpunished, and this is part of the price Germany will pay for its generosity.

Dan Albas is the MP for Central Okanagan-Similkameen-Nicola.

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you get the limited entry hunting draw you have two weeks in November for an immature bull, which is a joke as I haven’t seen an immature moose in six years, and very few mature ones.

Traditional hunting rights, spot lights, unregulated hunting, killing pregnant cows and does in April and May when they are about to calf just doesn’t make sense.

At the rate we are going, soon there will be nothing left. Anyone interested in hunting and fishing should be speaking up on this issue — sticking your head in the sand won’t make it go away.

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By Herman Kneller

The prophet Daniel, and the prophet John in Revelation saw this power rise. It was to last 1260 years. That is a long time.

This power house would compel people to worship as they demanded without a choice. This is so different from the way Jesus instructed.

Ten acts have been announced to play the Merritt Rockin' River Festival come July, and due in part to a slumping Canadian dollar, the majority are from our own backyard.

Festival organizer Kenny Hess told the Herald the reason for the focus on Canadian acts is twofold.

"First of all, we have some of the greatest talent in the world. Guys like Dean Brody, The Road Hammers, High Valley — they all compete at an international level and they're fantastic artists," Hess said.

The loonie, which is currently worth about 69 cents U.S., is the

other reason.

"The American dollar dictates a little bit of what you want to do because we don't want to pass on that cost," Hess said. "The economy's not good enough to be passing on the cost of paying a $1.45 for a dollar."

Hess said the festival's ticket prices have been kept low, and will be roughly $10 more than they were last year when they go on sale this Thursday.

"We tried to get as much Canadian talent as we could so we could keep our prices down, because if you're spending a million dollars on American talent all of a sudden it becomes over a million and a half," Hess said.

"If you were planning on charging somebody $200, you now have to charge them $300 to do that," Hess said, adding that he purposefully went with a lineup centred on Canadian acts.

"We feel it's a great lineup," Hess said.

"Dean Brody draws as many people out to his shows as most of the American artists, but we're not paying the difference in exchange, which is huge — it makes a huge difference," Hess said.

Eight of the 10 acts announced so far are from the Great White North.

In 2015, the festival had at least four American acts, including Lady Antebellum,

This woman gave birth to a man child who was caught up to Heaven, a prophecy of the church at the time of Jesus and the apostles.

The revelation says the woman, church to here was given two wings of a great eagle, that she might Áy into the wilderness, to a place prepared of God where she is While this new church had been nourished for a time of 1260 years from the growing, people who were faithful to the face of the serpent. church of the apostles were also still there.

Now, where is such a place? We And now what was happening to them? Ànd this in the European Alps where the They would have to switch or pay with their Christians moved with all they would need life. to live there. God had prepared a place Had God forgotten about His faithful for His people who chose to follow Him group? No. God does not forget His people. where He leads. What an experience.

In the book of Revelation, John was given God was leading them and in the a vision. he said there appeared a great problem days of today God is still leading. wonder in Heaven. A woman clothed with Are we following.

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the sun. “Woman” in prophecy means church. Very beautiful and visible and the moon under her feet. She is standing on the prophesies and the word of God. On her head a crown of twelve stars, the twelve apostles.

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DEVELOPMENT OF A PEST MANAGEMENT PLAN

Lack of seat belt leads to car chase, arrest

The use of pesticides is intended within the area to which the Pest Management Plan (PMP) applies.

The purpose of the proposed PMP is to control vegetation at BC Hydro facilities to maintain safe and reliable operations which support the delivery of electricity to our customers. This plan applies to all areas of British Columbia where BC Hydro has operational or planned facilities such as electrical substations, generation switchyards, generating sites, communication sites, storage sites, administrative buildings, or land owned or leased for future facilities.

The proposed duration of the PMP is from April 2016 to April 2021.

Michael Potestio THE MERRITT HERALD

Breaking one too many laws led to the arrest of a man and woman in Merritt last Friday.

On the afternoon of Jan. 15, police from the Central Interior Traffic Services (CITS) were monitoring for speeders on Highway 97C near Courtenay Lake when they observed a man driving a red Ford pickup truck without wearing his seatbelt. The truck, which was also carrying a female passenger, was travelling westbound and appeared to be hauling cargo that was loose in the back of the truck.

Officers attempted to stop the vehicle, but the driver tried to flee, driving erratically and moving into the centre median of the highway in an attempt to evade police.

For public and police safety concerns, the RCMP halted their attempts to pull over the pickup truck.

The vehicle was heading towards the highway's intersection with Highway 5 and police from Merritt assembled at the bottom of Hamilton Hill to try and stop the truck.

The driver did not

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stop for a red light at the intersection and proceeded through it at a high rate of speed.

He attempted to turn left on to the onramp to Highway 5 to head south towards Vancouver, but he lost control of the vehicle, which slid over a small embankment.

The truck remained upright, and the man and woman exited the vehicle in an attempt to run from police who caught and arrested them without incident.

The male driver is from Red Deer Alta. and is facing charges of possession of stolen property — the truck he was driving — fail to stop for police, dangerous driving and breaching conditions of charges he received in the Red Deer area.

The man was held in custody ahead of a Jan. 18 court date. The woman was released from custody and is facing charges of possessing break-in tools and will be in court at a later date.

Police say no one was hurt as a result of this incident.

The driver attempted to turn left on to the on-ramp to Highway 5 at the bottom of Hamilton Hill to head south towards Vancouver, but he lost control of the vehicle, which slid over a small embankment.

Vegetation incompatible with the operation of the power system will be controlled using: physical (manual brushing, girdling, hand-pulling, hedge trimming, mowing, pruning, weed trimming or tree removal), cultural (gravel/hard surfacing, planting ground cover), biological (release of parasitic insects to control noxious and invasive plants) or chemical (herbicide application) techniques, or any combination of these methods.

The active ingredients and trade names of the herbicides proposed for use under this plan include: ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○

acetic acid – Ecoclear, Munger’s Hort Vinegar or equivalent, aminocyclopyrachlor and chlorsulfuron – Truvist or equivalent aminocyclopyrachlor and metsulfuron-methyl – Navius or equivalent aminopyralid – Milestone or equivalent aminopyralid and metsulfuron-methyl – ClearView or equivalent aminopyralid, metsulfuron-methyl, and fluroxypyr – Sightline or equivalent aminopyralid, metsulfuron-methyl and triclopyr – Clearview Brush or equivalent Chlorsulfuron – Telar or equivalent Chondrostereum purpureum – Chontrol or equivalent clopyralid – Lontrel, Transline or equivalent or equivalent dicamba – Vanquish, Banvel or equivalent dichlorprop-P and 2,4-D – Estaprop XT or equivalent diflufenzopyr and dicamba – Distinct, Overdrive or equivalent diuron – Karmex, Diurex 80 WDG or equivalent flumioxazin – Payload or equivalent glyphosate – Vantage, Vision or equivalent imazapyr – Arsenal Powerline or equivalent indaziflam – Esplanade or equivalent metsulfuron-methyl – Escort or equivalent picloram – Tordon 22k, Tordon 101 or equivalent picloram and 2,4-D – Aspect or equivalent triclopyr – Garlon products or equivalent Trifluralin – BioBarriere, Treflan or equivalent 2,4-D – LV700 or equivalent

Adjuvant products may also be combined on occasion with a herbicide to improve its effectiveness, such as: nonylphenoxy polyethoxy ethanol – Agral 90, paraffinic oils – Gateway, octadec-9-enoic acid as methyl and ethyl esters – Hasten NT, or siloxylated polyether – Xiameter or equivalents.

The proposed methods for applying herbicides include: soil applied techniques (backpack sprayer, powerhose or fixed boom sprayer), cut surface, basal bark, backpack foliar, mechanized foliar (fixed nozzle, boom directed nozzle, wick sprayer), and injection (hack and squirt, lance or syringe) techniques.

A draft copy of the proposed PMP is available at bchydro.com/pestplanforfacilities.

Alternatively, it is available in person at 6911 Southpoint Drive, Burnaby; 1401 Kalamalka Lake Road, Vernon; 18475 128 Street, Surrey; 400 Madsen Road, Nanaimo; 3333 22 Avenue, Prince George.

BC Hydro, the applicant for the proposed PMP, is located at 6911 Southpoint Drive, Burnaby, B.C., V3N 4X8.

Please contact Tom Wells, Vegetation Program Manager, at 604 516 8943 or thomas.wells@bchydro.com for more information.

A person wishing to contribute information about a proposed treatment site, relevant to the development of the pest management plan, may send copies of the information to the applicant at the above address within 30 days of the publication notice.

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SKIING IN PARADISE Close to 50 people attended the Nicola Nordic Ski Club’s annual Chili Sunday, held on Jan. 10 at the Kane Valley Ski Trails. (Clockwise from upper left) Byron Robbie and Chris Lepsoe ski Matthew’s Loop. Mike Hassel and John Anderson stir the pot (as usual) of communal chili. Nona Tickner, Mo Ollek, Mary Ramsey and Annie McDonald head out on a trail. Peter Kelly from Allison Lake, Shelley Cressy-Hassel, Tosha Illingworth, and Jean and Willi Kiegerl enjoy the chili at the P3 shelter. Trail groomer Darren Christiansen and his sled. The Kane Valley Ski Trails, located approximately 18 km southeast of Merritt, offer over 50 kilometres of groomed trails suitable for all levels of ability and all ages. All the trails are marked, and there are several shelters. For more information, go to nicolanordic.ca. Ian Webster/Herald

Mamit Lake Fishing Derby

GONE FISHIN’ There were close to 200 registrants in this year’s Mamit Lake Fishing Derby, held on Jan. 17. (Clockwise from upper left) Jessica Yarwood of the Freshwater Fisheries Society of BC with Abbotsford father and son Gord and Atticus Brummitt. Ten-year-old Kelsey Brooks from Merritt tries her hand at augering a hole in the ice. Merritt’s Justin Kim sets up the fishing rod for his son Brian, 5, and three-year-old daughter, Olivia. The fancily-adorned pickup truck of the Freshwater Fisheries Society of BC. The organization operates a variety of Learn to Fish programs around the province for school groups and youngsters of all ages. Eighty-five-year-old Ilean Heppner from Lower Nicola proudly displays one of her catches – a one pound, seven-ounce trout. Look for complete results of this year’s Mamit Lake Fishing Derby in Thursday’s edition of the Merritt Herald. Ian Webster/Herald

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Capacity Building r Create and/or support community wellness teams encompassing local community service providers to develop a mental wellness network; r Provide mental health promotion to local communities; r Develop linkages with general services such as MCFD services, Psychiatrists, General Practitioners, Hospitals, School Districts and Interior Health services providers.

QualiďŹ cations r Bachelor of Social Work degree preferred; university degree in psychology or clinical psychology. r Experience working with youth in the field of mental wellness

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