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ANOTHER ACCIDENT A worker was sent to hospital after an incident at Highland Valley Copper, prompting more questions about safety at the mine.

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Premier Christy Clark dropped by the Nicola Valley Institute of Technology on March 3 to tout her party’s rural economic strategy.

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STARRING ROLE The Merritt Centennials are off to the second round of the BCHL playoffs after completing the series sweep of the West Kelowna Warriors in an overtime thriller on March 7. /Page 21

After a productive year of shooting in the Nicola Valley, you could be seeing lots of Merritt on the silver screen in 2017.

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Safety concerns mounting at HVC Cole Wagner THE MERRITT HERALD

Kyle Wolff, president of the union which represents workers at Teck’s Highland Valley Copper (HVC) mine, urged the company to step up its record on safety, after another “near miss” incident sent a worker to hospital last week.

On March 1, one worker was sent to hospital as a precautionary measure, after the 240-tonne haul truck she was operating nearly flipped over, said Wolff.

The massive truck was being A haul truck heaved on two wheels after being loaded with a large frost chunk last week at the Highland Valley Copper mine. Photo contributed loaded with frost chunks by a power shovel, when a particularly The operator was uninjured in of material to load a truck,” said large piece of frozen earth became Wolff. “Two-hundred and forty the incident, and no equipment lodged in the bucket of the shovel. was damaged. tonnes to load the back of a truck When the chunk was dislodged, it On Jan. 20, a supervisor was — so this frost chunk was signififell off-centre into the truck, caushit in the shoulder by a small piece cant.” ing the vehicle to raise up on two of coupling from a conveyor that The incident was just the latest wheels and come crashing back malfunctioned during a remote in a string of events which suggest down, rattling the vehicle’s operastartup. No injury was sustained, a productivity has usurped safety tor around in the cab and slamunion safety update stated. Pieces as the mine’s highest priority, said ming her head against a communi- Wolff. of damaged equipment were found cation screen, said Wolff, president On Feb. 4, an unoccupied pick- up to 100 feet away. The Ministry of the United Steelworkers Local of Energy and Mines, along with up truck was demolished during a 7619. the union’s health and safety chair scheduled rock blasting explosion, “To give you perspective: a full were notified of the dangerous a union safety update to members size pickup truck with all its doors occurrence. stated. open can park in the bucket of the On Jan. 6 a pumping barge Days before, a bulldozer rolled shovel, and you can walk around on its side while clearing away frost at the mine capsized, but, luckily, the pickup truck with no trouble. there were no injuries or adverse chunks. The operator hit a soft Eighty to 100 tonnes per bucket environmental effects from the spot in the ground, which put the — it takes where from two and a mishap. vehicle off balance, leading the half to three and a half buckets In November, one of the three truck to slowly tip over.

ore stockpile covers buckled and a portion of the dome caved in. No one was hurt in the incident.

Work has since been completed to stabilize the dome.

But Wolff said the rash of serious incidents of in a short period of time is proof that the company isn’t taking the time to properly investigate and address safety issues as they arise at the mine.

“We started our own investigation of course, trying to figure out what’s going on. Safety reps have been contacting me regarding the ongoing aspects. It was just a week ago they were told not to load frost chunks of a significant size, because of the amount of injuries we are having when we do it,” said Wolff. “As we look into this — frost chunks have been loaded continuously since then … and the foremen were obviously very knowledgeable about this. So everybody knew it was happening. My concern is always that it’s always until we actually hurt somebody that we stop doing something. You can’t be reactive in terms of safety, because it’s only a matter of time until you kill somebody.”

In an email to the Herald, Peter Martell, spokesperson for HVC, confirmed the details of the “near miss” on March 1.

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JUNIOR HOCKEY

Cents rack up dollars in support of mental health Michael Potestio THE MERRITT HERALD

The Merritt Centennials donned teal jerseys in order to support the Canadian Mental Health Association.

Teal is the official colour of mental health awareness.

Final bidding closed during Game 3 of their playoff game against the West Kelowna Warriors.

According to the Centennials website, about $6,600 was raised although funds still need to be finalized and payments collected.

All proceeds from the auction will go to the Canadian Mental Health Association to aid men-

tal health programs in Merritt.

Every member of the team had a jersey up for grabs, and there were a number of teal alumni sweaters to bid on as well.

Merritt Centennials game-day co-ordinator Teresa Sybrandy said the idea to auction off the teal jerseys came about through a collaborative effort with the Kamloops branch of the Canadian Mental Health Association.

She said given the recent shut down of the Tolko sawmill and the passing of Merritt bull rider Ty Pozzobon, who suffered from multiple concussions during his career, the team felt it was a worthy cause to support.

“It’s a good way of giving back to our community too,” she said.

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BCHL communications director Brent Mutis told the Herald this initiative is encouraged by the league, which has had a partnership with CMHA since 2015 where each team is asked to have a person within the organization on hand as a designated contact for any issues players may be facing on or off the ice.

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NICOLA VALLEY NEWS PROVINCIAL POLITICS

Premier touts economy at NVIT Cole Wagner THE MERRITT HERALD

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school district 58, to purchase trades equipment for secondary schools in the NicolaSimilkameen area.

Following the premier’s prepared remarks, Clark was asked about how the province’s rural economic development strategy would create jobs in the communities of the Nicola Valley and Merritt in particular.

“For example, extending Jackie Tegart was joined by Premier Christy Clark, Ken Tourand, and Donna the internet access — people Barnett, minister for rural economic development. Cole Wagner/Herald have to dig it up and put the more health care choices in replied Clark. “This investfibre-optic in the ground. We rural municipalities could be ment in infrastructure is the think that will create thousands immediate stimulus — the lon- one way to address the issue. of jobs across the province, “The vision for health care ger term support is supporting and hundreds in the region. in smaller communities ... is to projects like Kinder Morgan.”

The reforestation plan — $150 build a model of care based on Asked if the province had million — that’s 3,000 jobs a group model. Rather than a plan to fix the doctor shortacross the province. In this having to necessarily see a docages in rural communities like region, obviously an area really tor for every visit, perhaps you Merritt at the same time as hard hit by the pine beetle, need to see the nurse practitiothe economic development you’ll probably see more jobs ner,” said Clark. strategy was targeting growth, here than other places in the Clark stated that providing province as a result of that,”

B.C.’s premier Christy Clark dropped by the Nicola Valley Institute of Technology on Friday, touting her party’s multi-faceted plan to improve the local economies of rural communities in British Columbia.

Fraser-Nicola MLA Jackie Tegart, as well as Donna Barnett, minister of state for rural economic development, were also on hand at the event — which was heavy on funding announcements, but light on specifics as they applied to Merritt.

“What is good for rural British Columbia, is good for all of British Columbia,” said Clark during her remarks in the trades building at NVIT. “This is where the bulk of our wealth comes from.”

Clark’s address was highlighted by the is a announcement of a new $40-million investment from the province in providing access to high speed internet to rural and remote communities.

Clark also announced that the Rural Dividend Fund would be extended to four years, and replenished with another $25 million in provincial cash.

1981 was a transition time in Dan and Jacquie The Rural Dividend Hall’s lives, which found them relocating to Merritt Fund was a provincial pro- from the lower mainland. Dan had lived here for a gram launched in 2016, time when he was growing up and they loved the when the BC Liberals small town environment that Merritt provided in which to raise their family. They committed to making $75 have one daughter, Dee-Anne, 3 grandchildren and one great grandchild. million available to comRetired for one year, Jacquie now fills her time with swimming, volunteering, munity groups and rural and spending time with her great-grandson. municipalities over a threeJacquie loves Merritt. Her favorite thing about Merritt is the ability of the year period. community to rise together to meet the needs of residents in a time of trouble.

Seven different projects Jacquie demonstrates that attribute in her actions.

Volunteering is not new to Jacquie, over the years she has been involved in in the Fraser-Nicola riding have qualified for the Rural hockey, figure skating, 4-H, rodeo and guides/brownies. She has been part of the Nicola Valley Health Care Auxiliary since 1985 and currently sits as 1st viceDevelopment Fund, representing an investment of president in addition to volunteering at the Thrift Shop. Jacquie is particularly more than $500,000 across proud of the contributions the Auxiliary has provided to Merritt. Between 1995 and 2015 the Auxiliary has contributed $913,039 in funds in various ways. They all the projects. The City provide three $1500 scholarships to students interested in going into the Health of Merritt, for example, Care Field. They have also provided funds to the Nicola Valley Hospital, Gillis received $100,000 from House, Merritt Fire and Rescue to name a few. The Auxiliary wants to instil the the program during the value of volunteering in the youth. The do this by providing volunteer positions latest intake period, to after school and several paid summer time positions. pay for a variety of studJacquie is also a Director for the Nicola Valley Transit Society, which ies examining the impact operates in partnership with the City of Merritt. from the closure of the As much as Jacquie loves Merritt, I feel Merritt loves her back.

Tolko Industries sawmill in December last year.

This community builder is sponsored by: The premier also committed $10 million towards JACKIE TEGART MLA Fraser Nicola supporting new landWorking Hard for Rural Communities management initiatives in rural communities, aimed Merritt Constituency Office specifically at curbing the 2-2152 Quilchena Ave., Merritt, BC loss of crops due to invaPhone: 250-378-8831 • Toll free: 1-877-378-4802 E-mail: Jackie.Tegart.MLA@leg.bc.ca sive plant species. www.jackietegartmla.bc.ca Other new funding announced at the event To nominate a person for this column included $106,200 to please submit their name and details to Lori.Pilon@leg.bc.ca

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VIEWPOINT EDITORIAL

Fake news rears its head The B.C. legislature attracts its share of fake news events, especially now during a pre-elec- TOM FLETCHER tion sitting. B.C. We had VIEWS a couple of these staged protests last week.

The Wilderness Committee hauled a giant inflatable plastic grizzly bear to the front steps and pumped it up to attract gullible TV coverage of their petition demanding an endangered species law.

No, B.C. grizzlies aren’t endangered. That’s an “alternative fact.”

Their news release talked mostly about spotted owls, whose tiny northern fringe population extending into B.C. has been a fundraising favourite of professional tree-huggers for decades.

Sweeping logging bans south of the border didn’t “save” spotted owls in their actual home range. It just put forest companies out of business, which is the apparent intent of the Wilderness Committee. In Washington and Oregon, barred owls moved in and displaced their wimpier spotted owl cousins.

The other fake news protest was a more serious matter. An outfit calling itself the B.C. Health Coalition brought two “survivors” of blood transfusions to warn of the danger posed by a “pay-for-plasma” company that wants to expand in Canada.

One told a grim tale of being hit by a car while walking his dog in Victoria. He said transfusions saved his life, his friends donated blood on his behalf, and this is at risk by the opening of a company called Canadian Plasma Resources, which gives out $25 gift cards for blood donations at its Saskatchewan clinic.

The other is a hemophiliac who

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Populism put to the test in Dutch elections The Dutch political system may not have been deliberately designed to produce middle-ofthe-road outcomes, but it certainly works that way in practice: many small parties, GWYNNE DYER multi-party coalitions The international to create a majority STAGE government, perpetual compromise. It is almost impossible to radicalize a system like this, but Geert Wilders is going to try.

Wilders is the founder and leader of the Freedom Party (PVV), which currently holds only twelve seats in the 150-seat Dutch parliament. But he is aiming to make it the largest single party in the March 15 election — which, in ordinary times, would probably give it the leading role in the next coalition government.

But these are not normal times, and the PVV is far from a normal party. It really only has one policy — stop the immigrants — and it is unashamedly racist and anti-Muslim in its rhetoric. Wilders recently called Dutch residents of Moroccan origin “scum.” He vows to close mosques and Islamic schools, ban the sale of the Qur’an, and stop all further immigrants

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or asylum seekers from Muslim countries.

He is the Dutch Donald Trump, a silvermaned provocateur who deploys the maximum possible nastiness in his campaign talk and his frequent abusive tweets. In fact, some people argue that Trump must have taken lessons from Wilders, who has been working this side of the street for at least a decade already, but the concept of convergent evolution probably applies.

Populists are almost always racists too.

Which brings us to the question that is most interesting for people who don’t live in the Netherlands. Can racism and xenophobia alone, without any help from economic desperation, persuade a traditionally liberal Western electorate to cast its values aside and vote for an authoritarian bully with an anti-Muslim obsession?

Trump had lots of help from economic despair. The key voters who gave him an electoral college victory last November were in the Rust Belt states: men (they were mostly men) who would usually have backed Democratic candidates, but switched to Trump because he promised to “bring back the jobs” and stop the non-white immigration.

There was certainly a large element of racial panic in the American vote. A survey by Zack Beauchamp of the opinion polling and recent academic research on the topic, entitled

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“White Riot” and published on Vox on Jan. 20 documented the argument that “the real sources of the far-right’s appeal are anger over immigration and a toxic mix of racial and religious intolerance.”

On the other hand, the Rust Belt states south of the Great Lakes, the former industrial heartland of the United States, are the places that have suffered the greatest job losses over the past few decades, which is why cities like Cleveland and Detroit are decaying and partly abandoned. And they are emphatically NOT major destinations for new immigrants to the U.S. Trump himself always ensures that he hits on both immigration and job losses in his speeches and tweets, and he is the world’s expert on the fears and prejudices of his supporters. Could we perhaps speculate that his supporters say that they are frightened about immigration and especially Mulim immigration, but that their racism is really driven in large part by their anger at the steep decline in the number of well-paid industrial jobs?

Of the six states with over a million immigrants — California, New York, Texas, Florida, Illinois and New Jersey — only Florida (where Trump won by a whisker) and Texas (which has

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Blood baloney From Page 6 received a virus-tainted transfusion in the 1980s. He claimed that current technologies don’t catch new viruses, and somehow this new company will lead to the next tainted blood disaster.

Space does not permit listing everything that’s wrong with these arguments.

First, Canadian Blood Services collects enough volunteer blood and plasma to supply all the transfusions done in Canadian hospitals.

Canadian Blood Services can provide only enough plasma to meet about 17 per cent of demand for immune globulins, one of the protein treatments derived from large quantities of plasma. The rest of the plasma for these products comes from paid donors in the United States.

“Drugs made from plasma donated by paid donors are just as safe as those made from plasma from volunteer donors,” Canadian Blood Services states on its website.

Any suggestion that paid plasma donations reach trauma patients, or that highly refined products of donor plasma are unsafe, is false propaganda.

So what is the B.C. Health Coalition? It’s a front for union organizations around the province, and it typically stirs to life around election time. When it comes to the safety of medical products and procedures, whom should you believe: senior scientists at Health Canada, or the New Westminster and District Labour Council?

This recurring media stunt has nothing to do with plasma purity. It is about ideological purity, as determined by the labour movement operators who run this show, including former Hospital Employees’ Union executive and now NDP health critic Judy Darcy.

The real point of these misguided testimonials is to repel private manufacturers, in this case to the accidental benefit of U.S. producers.

It would be great if enough people donated blood to provide everything. But that’s not the world we live in.

Tom Fletcher is B.C. legislature reporter and columnist for Black Press. Email: tfletcher@blackpress.ca Twitter: @tomfletcherbc

On July 1, 2017, Canada will celebrate its sesquicentennial — or 150th — annivesary.

One-hundred-and-fifty years worth of history is a lot to remember — so each week in 2017, the Herald will run this special section to remind you of the remarkable accomplishments, important historical figures, and maybe even a few fun facts you might not have known about our country. This week, we cover the construction of an important bridge during the gold rush era.

Whether driving the Trans-Canada Highway between Yale and Boston Bar or rafting through the Fraser Canyon, you can’t help noticing the graceful curving arch of the Alexandra Bridge. It is noteworthy that three bridges crossing the Fraser River north of Spuzzum have been named Alexandra.

Joseph W. Trutch built the first bridge during the Cariboo Gold Rush as part of the Cariboo Wagon Road through the Fraser Canyon. Early in 1863, Trutch hired A.S. Halledie, a San Francisco engineer.

By September 1863, the bridge had been designed, constructed, and opened to traffic.

Trutch’s bridge (officially named the Alexandra Bridge in honor of the then Princess of Wales) spanned 81.7 metres.

It bridged the entire width of the Fraser River at the narrowest point below Hell’s Gate. Halledie used an ingenious scheme to prevent the flexing that was so common on bridges of that era. Early reports say that four horses drawing a wagon loaded with three tons produced no more than a onecentimetre deflection.

The bridge felt the traffic of thousands of

gold seekers, mules, horses, cattle and possibly even a few camels before the completion of the Canadian Pacific Railway in 1885 made the canyon road obsolete.

Though no longer maintained, the first bridge continued to carry local traffic until the great flood of 1894 when water rose 30 metres at the bridge site, sweeping away much of the deck.

Despite the damage, travellers used it as a footbridge until the cables were cut in 1912. The closure of the wagon road and the Alexandra Bridge left British Columbia without a road connection to the coast and, in the early 1920s, the government decided to rebuild both.

The Provincial Department of Public works undertook the design of the second Alexandra Bridge. This task became the responsibility of Provincial Bridge Engineer, A.L. Carruthers. Design work began in early 1925. By August 1926, the second bridge was in service and remained so until the early 1960s.

The third and present Alexandra Bridge is located a few hundred metres downstream from the original site. Here the river is considerably wider, resulting in a span of 245 metres compared to 84.4 metres of the second bridge.

With the completion of the present bridge in 1963, Mr. Carruthers’ bridge, like Trutch’s bridge before it, became obsolete.

Thanks to the efforts of the public and the Historic Sites Branch of the Provincial Parks Department, the bridge was not demolished.

It was designated an historic site in 1974 and can be easily reached on foot from a picnic site just north of the present bridge.

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Send us an email at newsroom@merrittherald.com.

Special thanks to Murphey Shewchuk for this week’s submission. Shewchuk is a Merritt-based writer/photographer. Visit www.murphyshewchuk. com for more of his writing.

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voted Republican in every presidential election since 1980) voted for Trump. California, whose ten million immigrants make up 27 per cent of the state population, voted two-to-one for Hillary Clinton.

It would seem that, in the words of the old Phil Spector song, to know, know, know them is to love, love, love them (the immigrants), or at least not to fear them. Whereas Michigan, a Rust-Belt state that voted Democratic in the previous six elections and where only six per cent of the population are immigrants, voted for Trump.

You can see the same pattern in the Brexit vote in England last June. The prosperous big cities are where the immigrants are, and every one of them except Birmingham voted Remain (in the European Union). London, where half the school population is non-white, voted Remain by a 60 to 40 majority, as did Manchester, Liverpool and Bristol.

The narrow Leave majority countrywide was won in depressed northern industrial cities where immigrant populations are low, and in prosperous rural areas where there are virtually no immigrants at all. So there was again racial panic at the changing ethnic face of England in areas where immigrants were largely absent, but especially in post-

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On Sunday, March 6, 19 people enjoyed a day of fishing at Minnie Lake, not in itself controversial, except that the lake in question has become a centrepiece of turmoil between local outdoor enthusiasts and the ranchers whose property surrounds the lake.

Minnie Lake is a public lake that is situated on Douglas Lake Ranch.

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industrial areas where they are (wrongly) blamed for the loss of well-paying jobs.

In populist revolts elsewhere, the manifest racism and anti-immigrant sentiment that dominated in the opinion polls masked a deeper resentment about the loss of jobs.

In the Netherlands, where unemployment is only five per cent, Geert Wilders is depending on racism alone, and he is not heading for a Brexit- or Trump-style victory. The latest opinion poll gives him just 15 per cent of the vote.

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Deputy Premier Rich Coleman says the BC Liberal Party will co-operate with an investigation of its fundraising practices, but he’s confident the party is following the rules.

Coleman said Monday that the party follows the rules for collecting donations, but it’s up to donors to know the law and not charge personal donations to someone else.

“If you read the [Election] Act, that’s not allowed,”

Coleman said. “But we don’t know that when we receive a cheque. If somebody buys tickets online, they buy them with a credit card, just like they can for the NDP. They don’t disclose to us if they’re actually collecting that money back from somebody else, and the act is very clear, you can’t do that.”

B.C.’s election agency has begun an investigation of donations to the BC Liberal Party, after lobbyists spoke publicly of giving money per-

sonally and then expensing it back to companies that hire them to represent their issues to the provincial government.

“These alleged contraventions include indirect political contributions and making or accepting political contributions improperly,” B.C. Chief Electoral Officer Keith Archer said in a statement released Monday. “The scope of Elections BC’s investigation into this matter is open-ended and will depend on how our review progresses.”

Cents fundraiser unique, succesful From Page 6 He also said he’s never seen a fundraiser like this one undertaken by a BCHL team before.

“We were really excited to be a part of it,” said Sybrandy, adding that it’s her understanding Merritt is the first BCHL team to have an auction like this in support of mental health.

“I remember when we first brought in the jerseys, the boys were really excited to wear them,” she said.

“I think we’ve all, at some point or another, had mental health issues or have known someone that’s had mental health issues. In the sports world it’s being talked about more and more, and I think it’s important to raise awareness,” she said.

Call for Public Comment B.C. credit union seeks to exit provincial regulation

On Dec. 14, 2016, Coast Capital Savings Credit Union based in Surrey, B.C. announced that its members have voted to apply to be governed by the federal Bank Act and other applicable federal laws as a federal credit union.

As part of the application, FICOM (the B.C. Regulator) and the Credit Union Deposit Insurance Corporation, have now received formal notice, seeking their consent for the change.

As FICOM considers this application, the regulator recognizes that the wider public and other financial institutions may wish to provide comment on this change of regulatory jurisdiction.

FICOM is extending an invitation to the public for feedback to inform the decision on consent. Comments must be received no later than March 30th, 2017.

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Evidence of Election Act violations will be referred to B.C.’s Criminal Justice Branch to determine if charges are warranted, Archer said.

The Globe and Mail reported on the weekend that lobbyists say they were pressured by the party to buy tickets to fundraising events, which they reported as individual donations and in some cases charged back to their clients.

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Charges to be laid for beating Michael Potestio THE MERRITT HERALD

Merritt police have arrested a 27-year-old local man in connection to an assault that left a 19-year-old male in a coma.

Charges of aggravated assault are pending against the man who was arrested by police on March 1.

The man in question

was originally identified by a neighbour, and once the victim came out of the induced coma his identity was confirmed.

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Dunsmore. “There was nobody there at the time of the assault, so [we were] trying to fit all the pieces together as to what happened,” she said.

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“He had extreme wounds to his facial area,” said Dunsmore.

She said the victim was discovered alone in the house by a neighbour.

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Buyer beware when it comes to door-to-door sales agreeing to the sale.

“You don’t have to buy it right then and there,” she said.

Most salespeople are working on commission Merritt police are warning the public to do their and can be very aggressive in their sales approach, due diligence before purchasing Dunsmore stated via email. goods from door-to-door salesWhen dealing with door-topeople after receiving a number door salespeople, do not allow of complaints last week. them to rush you into a sale withWhile no scam occurred, out having time to do checks, she RCMP Const. Tracy Dunsmore advised.

Ensure that you have time said the police detachment to review products online, check received some complaints about with the Better Business Bureau a furnace company canvassing on the company and ask questions Merritt. before signing up for a product,” She said the company is a she said. legitimate one, but were not As with anyone who is licensed to be operating in unwanted at your home, they are Merritt. not entitled to enter your home “I checked with the city, and without your permission and must they have had licenses in the leave when requested, she said in past, but in this instance they the email. weren’t licensed to be in the city,” Further information can be said Dunsmore. “I called the found at the Community Policing company, which is actually out of Const. Tracy Dunsmore Office at 2026 Granite Avenue in Ontario, and it sounded like they Merritt RCMP Merritt. had a team working out of the Michael Potestio THE MERRITT HERALD

Kelowna area and they may have ventured out of their zone. They were licensed to be in Kelowna, but they did not have a license to be in Merritt.”

Dunsmore said the company has instructed the salespeople to stop operating in Merritt.

All sales people working in the Merritt area are required to have a business license from the City of Merritt and must produce it on request, she said.

Salespeople operating without one can be issued a ticket from the bylaw office.

Dunsmore said one elderly resident made a purchase, but it was cancelled when her family intervened.

“They probably gave the message correctly, but she wasn’t understanding exactly what they were saying,” said Dunsmore. “It sounded like a good deal, but at the end of the day it ended up costing thousands of dollars.”

Dunsmore said buyers should ensure that doorto-door salespeople are licensed to be operating in the city, and do all the necessary research before

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After originally seeking a tenant to lease the property, School District 58 is now seeking a buyer.

SD 58 secretary treasurer Kevin Black told the Herald he’s been instructed by the board of education to look into selling the property.

“What we’ll do is get a property assessment, find out what [the property] is worth and then re-evaluate if [selling] is what we want to move forward with,” said Black, noting that

if the value comes back too low the district probably won’t move forward with the sale.

The property is the site of the former Nicola Lake School, which was closed in the 1980s.

The latest tenant of the property was the BC Wildfire Service, The Nicola Lake School property. Photo courtesy of Google Maps. which moved to the Merritt airport in 2013. Agri Park Society, board changed their The building on minds,” said Black addwhich wanted to lease the property has been ing that initially they the property for a provacant ever since. were going to lease for posed equine school.

A request for prothe additional money He said both parposal to lease the propand opportunity for ties were informed the erty went out at the students, but eventually school district intends end of 2016, receiving the board felt that it to sell the property. two bids, including one was probably better to “I think looking at from the Nicola Valley simply sell the property. the whole picture the

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The budget deficit is increasing by $288,000, which will come out of reserve funds.

SD 58 secretary treasurer Kevin Black said the school district has received additional revenues of $480,000 this year, but additional expenses of $768,000.

“We have purposely spent some dollars out of our reserve, so some of the areas are for professional development for teachers —

that’s a big part of it,” said Black.

The funds were used for a variety of initiatives including new curriculum project based learning, and equipment such as smart boards, emergency planning kits and outdoor equipment.

Increasing the budget deficit mid-school year isn’t uncommon, Black told the Herald.

The district raised the deficit by about $290,000 last year in 201516 to about $1.59 million.

With the added expenses this

year, SD 58’s deficit budget is now nearly $1.8 million.

“I don’t want to have a deficit budget, but we will have another [next year], to the tune of how much that remains to be seen,” said Black.

SD 58 has about $5.64 million in reserve funds.

“We’ve only got a certain amount of reserve dollars,” said Black, noting that the district budgets conservatively, but can’t afford to continue to run deficits.

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estled in the heart of the Nicola Valley, with rolling grasslands located a few minutes outside of town, it’s common knowledge for locals that Merritt can be a pretty picturesque place every now and then.

The Walk of Stars which adorns the sidewalks throughout the town, coupled with the sprawling murals which occupy every other building in the downtown core, contribute to the sense that Merritt has a pretty unique look, as far as towns in the Pacific Northwest are concerned.

And following a busy year of shooting in the Nicola Valley in 2016, it appears that more and more, filmmakers are beginning to notice the unique looks of the Nicola Valley — and are eager to take advantage, said Vicci Weller, film commissioner with the Thompson-Nicola Film Commission (TNFC).

As part of her work with the TNFC, Weller works with location scouts for films, documentaries, commercials and television series in the Thompson-Nicola region.

“You kind of know as things come down the pike kind of what appropriate locations we have,” said Weller.

“What is great is that we have some unique looks, and the proximity to Vancouver — especially Merritt — makes it very attractive.”

While the bulk of the shooting in the region occurs in Kamloops — both Monster Trucks and Power Rangers: It’s Morphin Time were shot in the region last year — the Nicola Valley also enjoyed a bit of a boom in the number of projects shooting in the area in 2016.

Weller pointed to

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River of Silence, a film written by Petie Chalifoux regarding an indigenous family dealing with the tragedy of their daughter’s murder, as an example of one of the projects which were shot in the Nicola Valley in 2016, and could soon be making the rounds on the festival circuits.

“They’re finished River of Silence and they’re looking to maybe screen that at film festivals around the world, and although it

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Adapted for the Juggernaut was screen by Irish director another Canadian feature which was partially Juanita Wilson, Tomato Red premiered at the filmed in Merritt in Dublin Film Festival in 2016 — making use of late February, and was the iconic Elks’ Lodge released in Irish cinbuilding on Coldwater emas on March 3.

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#2729

#2674

$44,900

#2767

$495,000 53 ACRES

LAKEVIEW LOT

$459,900

A rare property with R-3 and FD zoning.

Future Development allows the Buyer to request a zoning to fit their plans. Call for more details. Great opportunity for development.

Full side by side duplex with 3 bedrooms & 2 baths per side plus full unfinished basement.

One side has had some new paint & flooring and other side is in good condition. Good long term tenants.

#2664

#2575

#2756

$699,900

$1,690,000

HOUSE NICOLAOPEN BLUFFS

$339,900

$199,000

NEW RANCHER

LARGE DUPLEX

Enjoy this 3100 sq.ft. open concept home with fully finished basement & fantastic views. 4 bdrms, 3 baths, hug office/den, living room with vaulted ceilings, large family room & 23x21 workshop.

Beautiful rancher with 2 bedrooms, 2.5 baths and upstairs loft that could be a family room.

Open concept style kitchen & dining area that opens to lving room with gas F/P. New Home Warranty. GST applies

#2781

$389,900

Starting at $299,900 + GST

- 3 bedrooms, 3 baths - Full basement, double garage - Great views, close to shopping

#2743

Great location on a corner lot on busy street coming into Merritt. Approx. 7300 sq.ft. building zoned C-4 with site specific zoning for office, doctors, lawyer, etc.

Lots of parking.

#2019

$595,000

Grandview Heights

Saturday, Oct. 8 and 15, - 1:00 – 4:00 pm, 2514 Spring Bank Avenue 2514toSpring Bank From 2200 sq.ft.

2800 sq.ft. theseAvenue spacious townhouses Prices Starting at $299,500 + GST have open concept kitchen with quartz countertops, gas F/P and double garage.

- From 2200 to 2800 sq.ft. townhomes Views of river and grasslands.

- Quartz countertops in kitchen

COMMERCIAL BUILDING

APPROX. ½ ACRE LOTS RESIDENTIAL VIEW LOTS

Prices Starting at $89,000 + GST

Fully serviced residential lots with fantastic views of the Nicola Valley and surrounding mountains.

Close to shopping and college.

Start building your dream home today!

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

Prices Starting at $85,000 + GST

#1726

Located Off Lindley Creek Road

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EXECUTIVE BENCH HOME

GORGEOUS HOME

DOWNTOWN LOCATION

OUTSTANDING

FAMILY HOME

QUIET LOCATION

NICOLA BLUFFS

NICOLA BLUFFS

Charming home with large rooms throughout, 4 bedrms, 3 baths, newer windows & doors, boiler system & HW tank. New roof in 2008, updated flooring & bathrsm. Huge rec.room, games room & wet bar.

Immaculate 3 bedrm family home with nice updated kitchen with formal dining & livng room with large bay windows, teak HW flooring, gas F/P, central A/C. Private yard with RV parking in back.

Large family home with 3 bedrooms up and 3 bedroom suite down. Has had some reno’s in past 5 years, newer paint, kitchen counters & flooring. Large fenced backyard with huge deck.

Good quality home with 3 bedrms up with large master suite, 2.5 baths, open concept kitchen to dining & living room. Nice family room with gas F/P. Basement is plumbed for secondary suite.

Two storey townhome in newer Strata development. Open concept kitchen with quartz countertops, laminate flooring, gas F/P, 3 bedrms up, 3 bath and full basement for rec. room & storage. GST applies.

New two storey townhome with open concept kitchen with quartz countertops, laminate flooring, gas F/P, 3 bedrms up, 3 baths and the basement is finished for rec.room & storage room. GST applies.

#2799

#2806

#2811

#2788 $299,500

#2790

SOL Large family home with over 3800 sq.ft. on 3 floors, 6 bedrooms, 4 baths, large open kitchen with nook, formal dining, big rec.room & games room/gym. Nicely landscaped with U/G sprinklers.

A great opportunity to get started in owning property or increase your revenue portfolio.

2 bedroom apartment in well managed building, close to schools, corner store & transportation.

Quality built home with 4 bedrms, 3 baths, huge oak kitchen with island, pantry & nook, fully fin. Bsmt with office/den with BI storage hutch, large family rm, U/G sprinklers, newer roof & deck

4 bedrm family home with legal 1 bedrm suite in bsmt. Quality built with HW & tile flooring, large custom kitchen with granite countertops, 4 baths. Has double garage + detached shop.

#2793

#2812

#2801

#2804

$449,900

$57,000 STRATA HOME

CUSTOM FINSHED

$459,900 DUPLEX

$499,000

OPPORTUNITY

#2810

$289,000

LARGE FAMILY HOME

$379,900

SPACIOUS RANCHER

OLD

Great retirement community within walking distance to shopping & amenities. Features 2 bedrms, 2 baths, laundry on the main, living room with gas F/P, carport in front.

Great location for this full side by side duplex in a good neighbourhood. Each side has a living area of 2284 sq.ft. with 3 bedrms, 2 baths, kitchen,living rm, dining & an unfinished basement

4 bedroom starter home or investment opportunity. Home as 2 bedrooms up & 2 down with a partially finished basement.

Has newer roof, windows, some flooring, 5 appliances & paint.

Immaculate 5 bedrm family home in good area.

Has large open kitchen with oak cabinets & nook area with access to covered deck. 2 bedrm legal suite at ground level, Backyard has garden area & shed.

#2734

#2786

#2756

#2752

#2772

$539,900

$234,900

$339,900

$172,000

$399,900

$299,500

NEW RANCHER

GREAT STARTER

NEW TOWNHOME

2 bedroom rancher with den and loft, open concept style home with spacious kitchen/ dining area that opens to living room with gas F/P. Loft could be used as family room. New Home Warranty. GST applies.

Perfect half duplex for young family & close to schools. 2 bedrms up, 3 down with family room. Newer mid furnace & 100 amp service.

Fenced backyard with storage shed & new roof.

#2781

#2803 $159,900

New 2 storey townhome with 3 bedrm up, 4 baths, open concept kitchen with quartz countertops, laminate flooring, gas F/P, and fully finished basement. 2 car garage. GST applies.

ON THE BENCH

CED

Beautiful 2 bedroom plus den rancher in immaculate condition, 10 ft ceilings, HW & tile flooring, open concept kitchen, granite countertops, S/S appliances, 5 pce enusite, B/I bookshelves in den & more.

#2768

$349,900

U RED

S Prestigious custom finished home in quiet location with 7 bedrms, 7 baths, including inalw suite on main plus legal suite in bsmt.

Basement features large entertainment area with full bar & gym.

$289,900

$349,900

Beautiful 3 bedroom rancher with full bsmt on quiet cul de sac. Has 20x24 heated shop, room for RV, new fenced, new kitchen with granite counters & S/S appliances. Newer furnace, vinyl windows & siding & floors.

#2766 $369,900

$389,900

#2789

$299,500

IN PRIME LOCATION

QUICK POSSESSION POSSIBLE

FIRST TIME BUYERS

IN LOWER NICOLA

RIVERFRONT

QUICK POSSESSION

IMMACULATE HOME

BRAND NEW HOME

IN LOWER NICOLA

FULL DUPLEX

Beautiful 4 bedrm family home on the Bench with 2 car garage, extensive updates and move in ready. Backs onto city tennis courts with panoramic views of the valley. Full daylight basement with family rm.

Fully fin. 5 bedrm home, 3 bedrms up, 2 down, kitchen with custom cabinetry, eating bar opens to dining room. Workshop downstairs, tool rm, storage shed. Fenced backyard , RV parking. New roof in 2015, new A/C.

3 bedroom rancher close to all amenities & shopping. Newer kitchen & flooring in past year, new roof & paint. Large yard with 2 storage sheds in back. Perfect for first time buyers or investors.

Well kept 2 bedroom, 1 bath mobile home with open concept kitchen with skylight.

Enjoy the covered deck in the summer and the tidy yard. Nice views from the living room.

Pad rent $373.

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

Quick possession.

2 bedroom mobile home in Eldorado Mobile Home Park. Buy as personal residence or a rental unit. Storage unit on pad. Pad rent $360.

Located in well maintained park.

New 2 storey home in good area featuring spacious living room, open concept kitchen with stone counters, 4 bedrooms up, 3 baths, master with W/I closet. New Home Warranty.

GST applies.

Nice log home with 3 bedrms, 2 baths, on 0.5 acres on cul de sac with large garage/shop 24x40 and 12x24 horse barn with room for more outbuildings & large garden and is close to school.

Good investment with 3 bedrooms up and 2 bedrooms in lower unit. Has electric heat and separate meters. Currently both rented at $750 up and $850 down. Close to downtown.

#2800

#2770

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

Has 2 bedrm suite with long term tenant.

#2805

#2794

#2604

#2732

#2762

#2784 $519,900

#2689 $224,000

FIRST TIME BUYERS

INVESTORS

WELL MAINTAINED

$369,900

$399,900

PRIVATE YARD

NEWER APARTMENT

3 bedrm rancher with fully basement, pool & RV parking. New updates include a new roof, siding, bathrms, paint, U/G sprinklers, deck & new pool deck. Nicely landscaped with mature foliage.

#2701

$359,900

$199,900

$79,900

$44,900

#2796

$289,900

$394,900

$389,900

CHARMING RANCHER

TOWNHOME

BROOKMERE

BENCH VIEW HOME

IN LOWER NICOLA

Quality built one bedroom apartment, close to schools, shopping and bus. Nice open design, kitchen has granite countertops and Shaker style cabinets. Nice view of mountains. Strata fees $160 per month

Completely updated rancher in desirable area. Has 1 bedrm plus den and open hobby room/office. Fenced yard, lane access to 30x20 pad for RV parking and 18x10 shop with power.

Nice 3 bedrm, 3 bath towhouse with large bay window and gas F/P. Updated kitchen with some newer appl., tile backsplash & flooring. Has been prof. painted up and down. Double garage.

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

5 bedroom family home in outstanding location on view side of Parker Drive and adjacent to vacant city property. Hardwood flooring on main floor, large spacious rooms & full basement. Needs some TLC.

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

Cozy 2 bedroom house, would be good starter or retirement home. Completely redone 10 years ago. Kitchen/living room open style.

Single garage/shop has bedrm, bathrm & kitchen for visitor or teen.

Newer 2 bedroom apartment on 3rd floor, comes with stainless stove, fridge & D/W. Close to shopping, schools & bus. Strata fees $160 per month.

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

#2773

#2776

#2750

#2612

#2691

#2774

#2674

$129,900

D L O S

$205,000

#2769 $199,900

#2795

$299,900

CLOSE TO SCHOOL

4 bedrm family home with HW floors, large gourmet kitchen with all appliances. Main bath with soaker tub, sunken living room.

Recently had asphalt shings, some windows & exterior doors.

#2688 $19,950

We have Buyers but our inventory is low. Call us for a Market Evaluation and let’s get your home listed.

MOVING?

$214,900

$69,900

AFFORDABLY PRICED

DUPLEX

2 bedroom rancher in a cozy setting with a big yard and an attached single car garage.

Zoned C2 with possibility of working from home. Currently rented at $875 per month.

This side by side duplex, currently rented, good for investment on a corner lot and close to elementary school & convenient store.

Each side has 2 or 3 bedrms plus a single garage.

#2692

#2687

$173,900

$166,000

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$148,000

$159,900

$44,900

FIRST TIME BUYERS – Do you qualify for the New Mortgage & Equity Partnership Program?

Call us for more details.

Are you tired of the big city lifestyle and high prices?

Merritt offers very affordable housing prices and is a great community to raise your family. The surrounding area offers an abundance of recreational activities from fishing, boating, hunting, camping, golfing, and cross-country in Kane Valley to various music festivals throughout the year. Let us help you invest in your future!

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ON TWO ACRES

LAKEVIEW ACREAGE

MAGNIFICENT LAKE HOME

COMMERCIAL BUILDING

RV PARK

Unique property with 3 bedrm, 3 bath home offers privacy & panoramic views.

Has 32x26 detached garage/shop with 11 ft ceilings & 200 amp. Lots of parking, nicely landscaped yard.

Wonderful 2 acre property in Lower Nicola with large 24x40 shop plus a 624 sq.ft. outbuilding you could use for home-based business. The 3 bedrm 2 bath rancher with oak kitchen cabinetry, updated main bath & an extensive private back deck & hot tub.

15.9 acre RV Park bordering the Coldwater River. Hookups in place & future set of plans for expansion available. Has city wate, sewer & power. Also has small rental home with long term tenants.

#2767

Quality built lakefront home on 1.05 acres with fiberglass dock & inground heated pool. 4 huge bedrms with W/I closets & ensuites. Open gourmet kitchen, massive open living rm with stone faced F/P. High end theater room with projection screen & more.

Great opportunity to own a commercial/ residential revenue property with a currently lease in place. Has approx. 4230 sq.ft. of retail space with 4 bedrm residential suite above, in the heart of downtown.

#2779

1.1 acres with spectacular views and located in one of Merritt’s finest developments, Nicola Lakeshore Estates. Water and sewer hookups available. Lake is known for great fishing, water skiing, wind surfing and great hiking trails in the area

#2778

#2771

LAKEVIEW PROPERTY

AT NICOLA LAKE

COMMERCIAL BUILDING

COMMERCIAL BUILDING

Build your dream home on this 1.1 acres with 180 degrees of spectacular views. Water & sewer hookups available. Close to water access. Great lake for fishing, water skiing, wind surfing & hiking trails in the area. Adjoining lot also available.

3100 sq.ft. open concept home with master bedrm w/4 pce ensuite on the main plus 3 bedrms down, 3 baths, huge office/den, living room with vaulted ceilings, large view windows.

Large workshop + double garage.

n busy location with tenant, and is fully leased. Total of 6600 sq.ft. with 4100 on the main, 1050 sq.ft. in basement and 1520 on top floor that could be used as living quarters.

Great location on a corner lot with approx. 7300 sq.ft. building, zoned C-4 with site specific zoning to allow doctors, lawyers, professional offices. Lots of parking, nicely landscaped.

$649,000

$495,000

ON 4.3 ACRES

Perfect location, just 35 mins. from Highland Valley Copper Mine and 25 mins. from Merritt.

Has 4 bedrms, 2.5 baths, 1800 sq.ft. rancher with upgrades. Large barn, great shop with concrete floors & other small outbuildings.

#2798

$324,900

NICOLA LAKE IS LOCATED 10 KM NORTHEAST OF MERRITT.

#2808

$199,000

#2809

$199,000

#2792

#2664

$2,818,000

$699,900

#2573

$349,900

$850,000

$1,850,000

#2019

$595,000

10.9 ACRES

12.63 ACRES

9.88 ACRES

NICOLA LAKEVIEW HOME

COMMERCIAL WATERFRONT

20 ACRES

Located in Miller Estates, a subdivision of custom built executive homes, just 10 minutes west of Merritt. Enjoy the views of the valley & surrounding mountains.

Land is mostly cleared with some trees.

Private acreage, treed with great access to Spius creek. Several good building sites, has a drilled well and hydro to lot line. Located in Sunshine Valley off Cleasby Road.

Great acreage to build your dream home.

Has easy access from highway, rolling hills, some trees, nice views, a well in place and power on the road. Adjacent lot also available.

This open concept rancher has a walkout basement & quality features like vaulted ceilings, rock F/P in huge living room with HW floors, spacious kitchen with island, 2 bedrms up, 2 down, large wet bar and games/rec.room.

Approx. 4 acre waterfront lot allows for multi-family resort, Pub, restaurant, marina, store, etc. Huge potential to start your own marina/resort. Adjoining 2 lots also available.

Two 10 acre parcels in the City limits. One parcel has a two year lease. Zoned M-1.

Other parcel has “future development” zoning. Call for more details

#2763

$239,900

#2047

Let us help you find your new home.

#2782

$176,900

#2613

$650,000

#2710

$1,200,000

#2555

$2,000,000

1 ACRE

179 ACRES

LAKE VIEW LOT

INDUSTRIAL BUILDING

COMMERCIAL BUILDING

Enjoy the great outdoors on this 1 acre lot on Iron Mountain. Close to fishing, hunting, cross country skiing & more. Only 10 mins. from Merritt, 1 yr from Kelowna & 2 hrs from the Lower Mainland.

Located only 2 km from city this historical south facing parcel sits on bench above Highway 8 with panoramic views, 31 acres in hay that can yield 3 crops annually, has marketable timber, a rock quarry and 3 bedrm home.

One acre lake view lot at Nicola Lakeshore Estates with amazing views. Located in developing subdivision of custom executive homes. Lake offers year round activities

#2495

#2731

Immaculate 8500 sq.ft. pre-cast tilt-up building on corner lot of 0.8 acres. Easy access from highway on truck route. Has 6400 sq.ft. of retail space + 1600 sq.ft. of warehouse on ground floor. Paved parking, loading dock.

Bowling Alley for sale includes building, land and all equipment for turnkey business. Located downtown on 7503 sq.ft. lot. Building is approx.

6700 sq.ft. A must view for any interested entrepreneurs.

MERRITT A great place to live, work and play.

$199,000

#2735

$89,900

264 ACRES

GREAT VIEWS

Build your dream home on this 0.89 acre lot overlooking the Nicola River and Valley. In area of quality built homes.

Water and sewer to lot line. Great location for your private estate.

#2797

$1,241,000

$99,000

$1,250,000

One of a kind 2 bedroom recreational cabin with living room, dining room & kitchen. Sit on your deck and enjoy the sun and summer BBQ’s. Has no water or sewer services.

#2765

$850,000

#2759

$450,000

Perfect opportunity to build the home of your dreams at beautiful Nicola lake, on this 1.05 acre lot the panoramic views.

Enjoy the boating, water skiing, sailing & fishing this lake offers.

#2578

Give us a call for a Market Evaluation and let’s get your property listed!

$425,000

LAKEVIEW ACREAGE

53 ACRES

SPIUS CREEK ESTATES

#2626

LAKEFRONT PROPERTY

Gorgeous property with approx. 1 mile of Guichon Creek flowing through. A great variety of land with possibilities of subdivision. Not in ALR. Has old farm house & shop. Hydro to house, 2 titles.

#2656

$199,000

COLDWATER HILLS

$159,000 LAKEFRONT LOT

Rare property that includes R-3 and FD zoning. FD allows the Buyer to request a zoning to fit their plans such as an additional residential zoning or M-1 for Light Industrial.

#2575

Located off Petit Creek Road

$1,690,000

Recreation commercial waterfront lot allows for multi-family resort, Pub, restaurant, marina, etc. There are a total of 3 lots available, listed separately, side by side for a total of 12 acres.

Water & sewer not connected.

#2710

$1,200,000 LAKEVIEW LOT

15 ACRES

Prices starting at $199,000

These approx. 10+ acre lots are located approx. 15 minutes from Merritt in beautiful Sunshine Valley. Stunning views of the valley & some are riverfront. GST is applicable.

Call for more details. Disclosure available. #2540

Great property in well developed subdivision of acreage lots. This unique 15+ acre property has a large amount of river frontage, hydro at lot line. Well is not in, but potable water is within 60 ft of depth.

#2720

$289,000

Just under 1 acre lot with exquisite views of Nicola Lake. Lot allows you to mold the property to your exact specifications.

Lake offers many year round activities for the outdoor enthusiast.

#2729

$199,000

Located on Veale Road Prices starting at $159,000 + GST Beautiful 10 +/- acre parcels with gorgeous views of the Coldwater River, just 10 minutes from Merritt. Power at lot line & many lots have preapproved building & septic sites. Some lots have wells. New perimeter fencing. Call for complete details. #1869

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No changes planned following rash of incidents at mine From Page 3 After being asked how the company planned to address safety culture at the mine, to ensure the trend of incidents doesn’t continue, he offered this statement: “We take all incidents involving employee safety very seriously and a full investigation will be conducted.”

It is unclear as to when the investigation was launched — while Wolff said the incident on March 1 happened at about 1:30 p.m., and he received notification from the company at about 10:00 p.m. that an investigation would be launched.

“Unfortunately, even if there is an investigation now and statements are taken, the scene wasn’t secured, so we don’t know how big the chunk was,” explained Wolff.

Beyond the major incidents, Wolff said he’s concerned with the company’s lackadaisical approach to even minor, proactive safety fixes.

“In B.C., we have laws that I can’t speed. And I’m not allowed to steal things from stores. I know those laws, I can’t plead ignorance. And the same things goes — there is a responsibility for managers and employees, but managers especially, to understand and know the rules, policy and

legislation in place to protect employees because people have died to get those laws in place,” said Wolff.

In British Columbia, workers have the right to refuse unsafe work — something Wolff said he’s trying to get more workers in the habit of doing at HVC, should they notice unsafe work conditions.

“If the culture truly was safety, we wouldn’t see the lost time incidents. People wouldn’t be put into situations where they are getting hurt, or equipment is being damaged on a regular basis. Because the culture would allow people to say no with confidence.”

“Creating safe communities means protecting the environment and the people.”

– Dion Arnouse, Emergency Management Consultant, Kinder Morgan Canada

Trans Mountain’s emergency management team has connected with over 130 Aboriginal communities along the BC-Alberta pipeline route. We assess each community’s capacity to respond to a civil emergency, then provide support to upgrade emergency response skills accordingly. The primary objective is to ensure an organized response to a spill. However, as the chances of a spill are low, local residents who are trained well with a safety mindset are equally prepared to respond to a more likely natural event, such as a fire, flood or ice storm. Putting safety first is our number one priority.

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There is a constant focus on community safety, emergency preparedness and environmental protection.

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Emergency preparedness training benefits include skills in dealing with all hazards, including fires, floods and extreme storms.

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To date, 51 Aboriginal communities located along the pipeline and marine corridor in British Columbia and Alberta have signed Mutual Benefit Agreements.

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We have connected with more than 130 Aboriginal communities along the entire pipeline route.

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There are 15 equipment caches along the pipeline and over $3 million will be invested in new emergency response equipment.

For more information, go to TransMountain.com Email: info@transmountain.com · Phone: 1-866-514-6700

Committed to safety since 1953.

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NICOLA VALLEY NEWS SEARCH AND RESCUE

Saunders honoured

LETHAL DRUGS ARE out there

in Kelowna in 1940, had lived in Merritt for two years after leaving the Royal Canadian Air Force in which he served for seven years. He worked A monument recognizing the for a time as a mechanic in town. sacrifice of fallen search and rescue The Garden of Honour, on the members has joined the Garden south side of the B.C. legislature, has of Honour on the B.C. legislature monuments for grounds. police, firefightLast week Every day, people are losing their lives to overdoses ers and parasearch and resin BC. These deaths are preventable. Many illegal medics who cue volunteers drugs, including party drugs, have been found have died in the gathered from line of duty. across B.C. and to contain deadly fentanyl. And even more toxic “Trained as far away as carfentanil is now being detected in BC. Not using volunteers are Saskatchewan the first and, for the unveiling drugs is the best defence — using alone is the sometimes, the of the monugreatest risk. only rescuers to ment, which arrive to help bears the names If you use drugs or know someone who does, help people in trouof 17 search and is available. ble,” said Chris rescue personnel who lost their (Above) The monument for fallen search and rescue Kelly, presiLearn about treatment, and where to find naloxone dent of the members which stands in B.C. legislature grounds. lives during (Below) The two Merritt men whose names are B.C. Search searches over and overdose prevention sites in your area by inscribed on the monument. Herald files and Rescue the past 50 calling 8-1-1 or visiting www.gov.bc.ca/overdose.

Association. years.

“This monAmong the Your knowledge, compassion and action can save ument is a solemn names are those reminder that of two Merritt a life. despite extensive men — pilot safety programs, Lyle Saunders their work can still and spotter be dangerous.”

Gary Daniels With more who perished than 4,400 in a plane crash search and resin July of 1967 cue volunteers while engaged working in B.C., in a search for a the risks condowned plane. tinue daily. Naomi According to Yamamoto, the Merritt Herald minister of state of the day, both for emergency men died “July preparedness, 14 when their noted the recent Piper-Cherokee successful search plane crashed for 20-year-old near the east Spencer Hunt gate of Manning after an extenPark, [1.5] sive search near miles from the Nanaimo has a Hope-Princeton special signifiHighway.” cance.

Six military Hunt is related planes, two helito Reginald copters and a Richard Hunt fleet of private Learn more at gov.bc.ca/overdose and Alfred planes spent five Benjamin Hunt, days search for who were aboard them. a Provincial Saunders was Emergency born in Lacombe, Carry a Naloxone Kit Call 9-1-1 #stopoverdose Program Air (PEP Alta. in 1915, Air) flight that went down in 1970, and was a resident of Merritt for 12 killing all years. aboard.

He was the owner-operator of Kelly Saunders Lumber Co., part owner of the Grasslands Hotel and was instru- said the monument mental in negotiating the relocation was carved of the Merritt airstrip with Nicola A PROUD from 17,000 Stock Farms.

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JUNIOR HOCKEY

How sweep it is - Cents win in four!

Ian Webster THE MERRITT HERALD

The Merritt Centennials are on their way to the second round of the BCHL playoffs for the first time since the 2011-12 season, thanks

GAME 1

Friday, March 3 - West Kelowna

CENTENNIALS 6 WARRIORS 5

The Merritt Centennials’ Zach Risteau wires home his second goal of the night against the Warriors on Friday at Royal LePage Place in West Kelowna. Ian Webster/Herald

GAME 3

Monday, March 6 - Merritt

CENTENNIALS 6 WARRIORS 2

Nick Fidanza’s third-period goal proved to be the dagger in the Centennials’ 6-2 victory over the West Kelowna Warriors in game three of their series. Ian Webster/Herald

HOW THE OTHER BCHL PLAYOFF SERIES ARE GOING (prior to games played Wednesday night) Interior Division Trail leads Salmon Arm 3-0 Coastal Division Chilliwack leads Langley 3-1 Wenatchee leads Prince George 3-0 Island Division Victoria leads Nanaimo 2-1 Powell River leads Cowichan Valley 3-0

to a four-game sweep of their round-one bestof-seven series against the 2016 RBC national champion West Kelowna Warriors.

The Interior division quarterfinal series between the Cents and Warriors was a beauty — with three of the four games decided by a

The Centennials won their first playoff game in nearly four years thanks to a strong start and a decent finish. Zach Risteau and Tyler Ward each scored the first of their two goals on the night before the first period was eight minutes old, and Merritt appeared to be away to the races.

Unfortunately, the foot came off the gas pedal for a stretch, and suddenly the Warriors were in front 4-3 early in the third. Ward’s second tally tied the contest, and goals by Mike Faulkner and Brett Jewell extended the Cents’ lead to 6-4. Quinn Foreman’s second of the night with 2:34 left in regulation got the Warriors to within one, and set the scene for a frenetic final few minutes of no-holds-barred hockey. Merritt netminder Jake Berger came up big when it counted most, and the Cents came away with the all-important road victory.

This was the Cents’ best 60 minutes of hockey in the series so far, and the scoreboard reflected their total team effort in front of a raucous home crowd of 700-plus. Twentyyear-old forward Nick Fidanza led the Merritt attack with a goal and three assists, while fellow Kamloopsian Tyler Ward had his third two-goal night in as many games. But the real story was the work of the rank-andfile in the trenches — the blueline brigade that was missing Tyrell Buckley due to a suspension, the netminding of Jake Berger, and the ferocious forecheck from the likes of forwards Zach Zorn, Henry Cleghorn, Zach Court and Chase Bell. The towering inferno, six-foot six-inch defenceman Ethan King filled in admirably for Buckley, and even scored his first BCHL goal in the final seconds of the third period.

single goal, and two of the four needing overtime.

The series was a transcendent one for Cents’ players, coaches and fans. Everyone can hardly wait for the next chapter to begin on March 17, likely against the Penticton Vees.

GAME 2

Saturday, March 4 - West Kelowna

CENTENNIALS 5 WARRIORS 4 (OT3)

Merritt Centennials players mob goal scorer Stephan Seeger after his dramatic game-winner at 3:07 of the third overtime period. Ian Webster/Herald

GAME 4

Tuesday, March 7 - Merritt

CENTENNIALS 4 WARRIORS 3 (OT)

It was mayhem on the ice and in the stands, following Stephan Seeger’s second overtime game-winning goal of the series on Tuesday night. Ian Webster/Herald

Playoff hockey doesn’t get any better than this. It took 43 minutes and seven seconds of overtime hockey to decide game two, with the Cents claiming the victory thanks to Stephan Seeger’s winner. For the second night in a row, the Cents were impressive out of the gate, building a 4-0 lead. Tyler Ward scored his third and fourth goals of the series, while Berger was unbeatable between the pipes. Things went south dramatically at the midway point of the third when Merritt defenceman Tyrell Buckley was assessed a five-minute major and game misconduct for a check from behind. West Kelowna came to life, scoring four goals to tie the contest and send it into extra innings. Both teams had glorious chances in OT, but Berger and the Warriors’ Cole Demers were equal to the task. Until Seeger’s goal that is!

They say winning the fourth and final game of any best-of-seven series is always the toughest. No kidding!

This one was a battle from beginning to end, as pride was on the line and the Warriors were not going to go out easy. West Kelowna gave it all, and the Centennials were fortunate to be down only a goal going into the third period. With netminder Jake Berger pulled for a sixth attacker, it took until 26 seconds remaining in regulation before Merritt’s Tyler Ward was able to put home the equalizer — his seventh tally of the post-season. The scene was set for another dramatic overtime, and (just like in game two) the individual heroics of ‘The Heat Seeger’ (see left). When his one-timer off a rebound went home, the good old Nicola Valley Memorial barn erupted, and the Cents punched their ticket to the next playoff round.

GO GO

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Merritt Centennials hand out the hardware

LEADERSHIP & ABILITY Brett Jewell

JOE TENANT AWARD Nick Fidanza

MOST VALUABLE PLAYER Brett Jewell

COACHES AWARD

MOST GENTLEMANLY

ACADEMIC SCHOLAR

FAN FAVOURITE

UNSUNG HERO

LEADING SCORER

ROOKIE OF THE YEAR

MOST GAME WINNERS

Tyler Ward

Chase Bell

MOST PROMISING Rylan Van Unen

CENTS CAPTAIN Brett Jewell

Stephan Seeger

Zach Risteau

Zach Metsa

Zach Risteau

GRADUATING PLAYERS Brett Stephan Aaron Cade Zach Mike Nick Jewell Seegar Murray Gleekel Court Faulkner Fidanza

SKA-LU-LA AWARD Zach Zorn, Brett Jewell, Nick Fidanza, Stephan Seeger

Tyler Ward

Chase Bell

BEST DEFENCEMAN Tyrell Buckley

MOST IMPROVED Nick Wicks

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SPORTS SKATING CLUB

Skaters prep for their own carnival at Kelowna competition Ian Webster THE MERRITT HERALD

A baker’s dozen (that’s 13) young skaters from the local Nicola Valley Skating Club did marvelously well at the 2017 Super Series STARSkate in Kelowna on the weekend. NVSC head coach Jennifer Yates could not have been more pleased.

“This was a huge event, with competitors from all over B.C. and the Yukon in attendance,” said Yates. “Our skaters have all improved so much, and it showed in the results.

“We’re already looking forward to the next Super Series competition in Parksville in April.

The more our skaters get the chance to enter these events, the more comfortable they become with competing.”

Next up on the calendar, however, is the

NVSC’s annual carnival at the Nicola Valley Memorial Arena, this Saturday from 6 to 8 p.m.

This year’s gala event, entitled Superheroes vs Villians, promises to be a knockout success, with over 40 skaters from the local club taking part, along with guest skater Vienna Harwood from Kelowna.

There’ll be plenty of pomp, pageantry and nefarious goings-on with colourful costumes, toetapping music, spotlights and exquisite skates.

You’ll see all your favorite comic book heroes and villians — like Batman, Catwoman, Thor, Poison Ivy and The Joker.

“This year’s carnival is packed with more of a ‘play on ice’ type theme,” said Yates.

“There should be some good laughs and a lot of excitement.”

NICOLA VALLEY SKATING CLUB RESULTS FROM KELOWNA SUPER SERIES STARSKATE Dreah Portelance Bronze Freeskate Star 2 Emma Sowpal Everleis Gregoire Bronze Freeskate Star 2 Liam Stamp Bronze Freeskate Star 2 Alice Lanzoni

Bronze Intro Interpretive Sarah Parno Silver Freeskate Star 2 Erika Denis Chloe Hughes Silver Freeskate Star 2 Abby Thoms Silver Freeskate Star 2 Kathrin Ricketts

Silver Intro Interpretive Jazmin Barnes Matteya Portelance Gold Freeskate Star 2

Giorgia Lanzoni

11th Gold 25th Silver 16th 8th 10th 16th 15th 10th

Freeskate Star 4 U13 Intro Interpretive Freeskate Star 5 U13 Bronze Interpretive Freeskate Star 5 U10 Bronze Interpretive Freeskate Star 7 Freeskate Star 7 Freeskate Star 5 Bronze Interpretive

(Above) Merritt’s Abby Thoms competes in the Star 2 Intro Interpretive event at the 2017 Super Series STARSkate in Kelowna on the weekend. Ian Webster/Herald (Left) Nicola Valley Skating Club members Thoms and Emma Sowpal proudly display their winning ribbons in Kelowna. Thoms picked up a pair of silver placings, while Sowpal earned gold in Intro Interpretive. Photo submitted

THE SPORTS TICKER

What’s happening in and around the Nicola Valley

Brewer competes at RBC training ground

March 10

Merritt Youth Soccer Association registration closes; go to merrittyouthsoccer.com for more information

Ian Webster THE MERRITT HERALD

March 10-11

Merritt Curling Club Year-End Club Championship

March 11

Nicola Valley Skating Club Carnival, Nicola Valley Memorial Arena, 6 - 8 p.m.

March 15

Merritt Minor Hockey Awards Night, MSS, 6 p.m.

March 17

Game 1, Round 2, BCHL Playoffs, Merritt Centennials vs Team To Be Determined

March 18

Game 2, Round 2, BCHL Playoffs, Merritt Centennials vs Team To Be Determined

Fifteen-year-old Merritt Secondary School student Bill Brewer may not know how he did yet, but nothing can take away from the thrill he felt participating in the RBC Training Ground event at the Olympic Oval in Richmond on the weekend.

Brewer, a multi-sport athlete who competes in basketball, lacrosse, track and field and snowboarding, was one of a hundred athletes between the ages of 14 and 25 invited to Vancouver following regional competitions last month.

The invitees in

Apr. 7-9 Mixed Volleyfest, teams still being accepted, contact www.merrittvolleyballassociation.com Could Merritt’s Bill Brewer be the next Nicola Valley athlete to compete in the Summer or Winter Olympic Games?

(Right) Brewer undergoes endurance testing at the Richmond Oval on the weekend. Photos submitted

Richmond were asked to perform a series of workouts measuring speed, power, strength

Apr. 8

Merritt Youth Soccer’s BC Soccer Festival, Voght Park

Apr. 13

SD58 Elementary Schools Handball Tournament

Apr. 28-30 Ladies Volleyfest, teams still being accepted, contact www.merrittvolleyballassociation.com May 5 and endurance in the presence of a number of national team coaches.

The purpose of the

testing is to identify athletes with Olympic podium potential in a variety of different sports.

SD58 Elementary Schools Rugby Tournament

May 13-14 Mother’s Day Weekend Slo-Pitch Tournament, Central Park Want to get your event on the Sports Ticker? Send all relevant information to sports@merrittherald.com

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Do you want information on how to help your children?

You may want to attend the Personal Wellness/De Cluttering workshop today from 5 - 6 p.m. at Interior Community Services the former CMS building.

QUIT SMOKING

Join the N.V. Better Breathers on Wedneday, March 15 from 1:30 - 2:30 p.m. at the Trinity United Chuch, 1899 Quilchena Avenue. Guest speaker Tracey Jirak will provide options and support with quitting smoking. For more informaiton call Richie Gage at 250-378-6266.

IT’S INCOME TAX TIME

We will be at Crossroads Community Church every Tuesday in March and April (March – April 27) from 9 am till noon, to assist seniors, students and those with low incomes with your Income Tax Returns. If you need additional information, please phone 250-378-6283.

RUMMAGE SALE

Rummage sale Friday, March 10 and Saturday, March 11 from 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. at the Trinity United Church (Corner of Chapman & Quilchena). Find your new spring wardrobe!

MOOSE HIDE CAMPAIGN

Join Scw’exmx Child & Family Services Society on March 10 from 4:30 - 8:00 p.m. and March 11 from 8:00 am.

- 4:30 p.m. at NVIT for their Moose Hide Campaign. This campaign is designed to help teach you to end domestic violence. There will be workshops, guest speakers and informational sessions. For more information call 250378-2771.

BUTTERFLIES AND MOTHS

Nicola Naturalist Society - “Butterflies and moths of the Nicola Valley” by Bob Scafe. Bob is an active member of the Nicola Naturalists, a keen photographer and a very enthusiastic investigator of butterflies and moths. Come and see great photos and learn about these interesting members of the Nicola Valley fauna. Thursday, March 16 at 7 pm. in the NVIT Lecture Theatre. All welcome.

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THE CHURCHES OF MERRITT WELCOME YOU Crossroads Community Church

CRAFTING WITH CONAYT

2990 Voght St. • 250-378-2911 Service Time: Sundays 10:30 a.m.

come down to the Conayt Friendship Soceity Monday to Friday until 5 p.m. at 2164 Quilchena Avenue for crafting. If you are an Elders or tweens to twenty then come join us. Come alone or come with your friend, that’s the beauty of crafting - quiet reflection or social outing. We have the supplies – you just show up. For more information call 250-378-5107

Merritt Baptist Church

2499 Coutlee Ave. (Corner of Coutlee and Orme) • 250-378-2464 Service Time/ Sunday School: Sunday 10:00 a.m.

Merritt Lutheran Fellowship

in St. Michael's Anglican Hall • 250-378-9899 Service Time: 3rd Sunday each month 1:00 p.m.

ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION

Nicola Valley Evangelical Free Church

Please come and visit us at the Legion. We’ve extended our hours for the summer. Hours are now Tuesday to Friday 2:00 pm - 6:00 pm and Saturdays 1:00 pm – 7:00 pm. Come join us Saturdays for our meat draw.

Guests welcome

1950 Maxwell St. • 250-378-9502 Service Time: Sundays 10:00 a.m.

Sacred Heart Catholic Church

Corner of Jackson & Blair • 250-378-2919 Mass Time: Sundays 9:00 a.m.

GARAGE SALE

Seventh Day Adventist Church

Baillie House Spring Garage Sale, Tuesdays to Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. For more information call 250-378-0349

2190 Granite Ave. • 250-378-2339 Bible Study: 9:30 • Service Time: Saturdays 11:00 a.m.

THE MERRITT CHAPTER OF THE VINTAGE CAR CLUB OF CANADA

1990 Chapman St. • 250-378-3772 Service Times: Sun 10:00 am - Last Sun of the month will be held Wed at 7 pm

Invites all persons interested in restoring and enjoying vintage vehicles to join us at our monthly meeting held at the Anglican Church Hall, 1990 Chapman Street, 950 at 7 p.m. on the second Wednesday of each month. Vintage car ownership is not required. Call Pete Ratzlaff at 250378-4199 for more information.

St. Michael’s Anglican Church

950 Rocky Mountain Rangers Trinity United Church Cadet Corps RockyCorner Mountain Rangers Cadet• Corps of Quilchena & Chapman 250-378-5735 Service Time/ Sunday School (K - Gr. 4) - 10 am

ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION

Please come and visit us at the Legion. We’ve extended our hours for the summer. Hours are now Tuesday to Friday 2:00 pm - 6:00 pm and Saturdays 1:00 pm – 7:00 pm. Come join us Saturdays for our meat draw.

Guests welcome.

950 Rocky Mount MERRITT PICKLEBALL 950 Rocky Mountain Ranger Anyone interested in playing Pickleball, or just trying it out, please come to the old CMS School (2975 950 Rocky Mountain Rangers Cadet C Clapperton) on MWF 9:00-11:00 a.m. or M 7:00-9:00 p.m. or W 6:30-8:30 p.m. Demo paddles are available for use. An easy sport to play, and great fun and exer950 Rocky Mountain Rangers Cadet Corps cise. For more information call Brian 250-378-7452; or

Every Wednesday at 1 p.m. Doors open at 11 a.m. Come in for lunch!

Gary 250-280-0105.

NICOLA VALLEY FILM SOCIETY

Come down to St. Michael’s Community Centre on Fridays from 1:00 to 5:00 pm at 1990 Chapman St. Join us for coffee, tea ans sometimes food, no questions asked just plenty of hospitality. A time for socializing, games, social events, sitting with a magaxine or book or just relaxing.

Nicola Valley Film Society presents “Our Little Sister” rated G on Monday, March 13 at 7 p.m. at the NVIT Lecture Theatre. For more information phone 250-378 5190.

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Sadly, the family of Lloyd announces his recent passing. Lloyd leaves behind his 3 grown children: Mark, Loren and Brenda (Tyler) Dvorak as well as 3 grandchildren: Katelynn, Chasen and Kale and one sister, Donna (Bob) Schmidt and family. Lloyd, a lifetime resident of Merritt, was predeceased by his partner, Linda, his parents Norman and Marion Dixon and nephew, Colin Schmidt.

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LAURA

March 14, 2017

You mean the world to us!

Love you so much, your loving family.

Marilyn & Cress Farrow on their wedding day, March 11, 1967

Love family and friends.

In Memoriam

In Memoriam

In memory of Kurt Laupitz

October 22, 1941 - March 15, 2016 I was supposed to spend the rest of my life with you but instead, you spent the rest of your life with me I smile because I know you loved me, until the day you went away.

I know that you will keep on loving me as I will keep on loving you, until we are together again You are the most wonderful memory I keep in my heart

I love you. Your wife, Betty

Mark Reginald Stirling Sept. 2, 1952 – March 5, 2017

Our family is saddened to announce the death of Mark Reginald Stirling of Merritt, BC. He died peacefully at Gillis House on Sunday, March 5, 2017 at the age of 64.

Mark was predeceased by his parents Charlie and Joan Stirling, and sister-in-law Lillian Stirling.

He is survived by his sister Sherry (Keith) Garcia, brother Brad Stirling, children Deanne (Rick), Jenny (Jesse), and Ryan (Jude) Stirling, as well as his grandchildren, nieces, nephews, and friends.

The staff at Gillis House made the last months of Mark’s life a peaceful one. Their patient, kind, and compassionate care is greatly appreciated by our family.

A memorial gathering will be held on Friday, March 10, 2017 at the Royal Canadian Legion, Merritt Branch. Family and friends are invited to stop by any time between 3:00pm and 6:00pm.

In loving memory of

Vivian Elizabeth Adams (nee Lissett) Oct. 14 1953 – Feb. 6, 2017

In Loving Memory

Obituaries

Obituaries

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Our family sadly announces Vivian’s passing on February 6, 2017. Vivian was born in Grace Hospital, Vancouver, on October 14, 1953 to Pamela and Richard Lissett, and passed away at VGH, tenderly surrounded by family. She is survived by her loving husband James, and children, Aaron, Joseph, Luke (Debra), Iain, Ruth, Joshua, Peter and Samuel. She is also survived by sisters, Kathleen and Jacquie, and brother, Daniel.

Vivian trained in Australia as a Registered Nurse, and became a State Registered Midwife In the UK, where she met James while he was serving in the RAF. James, Vivian and family moved from Worcester, England to Richmond, BC in 1999. They also lived in Ladner, prior to moving to Lower Nicola in 2015. Vivian loved her garden, DQG HQMR\HG SURYLGLQJ IUHVK YHJJLHV DQG Á RZHUV for the home. She will be sadly missed but never forgotten; her legacy will live on in our hearts. Her faith in God was so strong, and she was anointed with a loving heart and a compassion for others.

Forever faithful, she has gone home to be with her Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ.

A Memorial Service is to be held at Crossroads Community Church in Merritt on Sunday, March 12th at 12:30pm, following the regular 10:30am :RUVKLS 6HUYLFH ,Q OLHX RI Á RZHUV WKH IDPLO\ suggests donations to BC Cancer Foundation in Vivian’s name at http://bccancerfoundation. com/ways-donate/gift-memory.

Remembering Our Loved Ones

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EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY Title: CASUAL Home Support Worker Term and Wages: Casual hours; wage to be determined.

Key Responsibilities: Under the direction of the Home Care Nurse, the Home Support Worker is responsible for in-home client care, including: 1. Provide general hygiene and personal care (i.e. bathing, skin care, therapeutic mobilization activities, and personal assisted living activities).

2. Supervise, monitor and remind client of daily activities including taking medications.

3. Assist with the preparation of healthy snacks and meals in client’s home or at the health centre.

4. Assist with activities of daily living such as laundry management and provide home making duties.

5. Plan, provide and participate in activities promoting social activities in a culturally sensitive manner.

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Legal Notices By virtue of the Warehouseman's Lien Act, we will sell the stored goods of the following to recover costs of unpaid storage.

Brian Street - Unit #3

Amount owing $377.75 These personal and household effects will be sold by either public or private auction on or after March 18, 2017 R. Hack Mini Storage, 2865 Pooley Ave., Merritt 250-378-5580.

By virtue of the Warehouseman's Lien Act, we will sell the stored goods of the following to recover costs of unpaid storage.

Andrew Andy - Unit #31

Amount owing $543.75 These personal and household effects will be sold by either public or private auction on or after March 18, 2017 R. Hack Mini Storage, 2865 Pooley Ave., Merritt 250-378-5580.

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Scw’exmx Community Health Services Society Presents:

3RD ANNUAL NICOLA VALLEY

Health & Wellness Fair Saturday, March 11, 2017!

10am-3pm at the Merritt Civic Centre

COME ENJOY THE EXPERIENCE! • FREE sandwich lunch in the right gym at 12 pm with drumming and dancing performances!

• FREE Yoga class • Kids room with face painting & caricature artist.

• Blood pressure, blood sugar screenings • The first 100 people through the door receive a free emergency car hammer and other giveaways!

• 30+ information booths including: emergency preparednes, pharmacist, children’s programs, HIV testing, gym, dental care, foot care, Aquatic Centre, MADD, traditional crafts, ASK Wellness, Public Health, music therapy, MyHealthPortal, smoking and gambling prevention

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Helicopter Ride, 1 Year Pass To Planet Fitness, Pendleton Blanket, 4-person Emergency Kit, Bikes and Pool Passes.

Winners will be announed at 3:45

FREE YOGA CLASSES

UNCLE CHRIS THE CLOWN

FREE CARICATURE DRAWING

BY MONTE THE CARICATURE (CARTOON) ARTIST

HEALTH CLASSES FENTANYL CRISIS & MORE

MAIN STAGE Right side of gym 11-11:30AM: Fentanyl Crisis with Rose Grant, First Nations Policing 1:15-1:45PM: Heart Attack and Stroke Warning Signs with Dr. Selena Laurie 2-2:30PM: Emergency Readiness with Sky from Merritt Fire Department

EXERCISE CLASSES 10:30-12:00: Beginner yoga in Room 2 1:00-2:00 Beginner Yin Yoga in Room 3 Organized by Scw’exmx Community Health Services Society.

Contact Rose or Kramer at 250-378-9745 for more info.