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City seeking yet another new manager Michael Potestio THE MERRITT HERALD

Just as the City of Merritt had its management staff operating at full capacity, yet another city manager position sits vacant. City of Merritt chief administrative officer Shawn Boven has confirmed that planning and development manager Sean O’Flaherty is no longer employed with the municipality. As this is a personnel matter, Boven said he cannot

Horgan hears from you NDP looking to reconnect with B.C. voters Michael Potestio THE MERRITT HERALD

B.C. New Democrat leader John Horgan and more than 100 NDP delegates came to Merritt to determine a path to victory in next year’s provincial election by getting a handle on local issues. The visit was for a NDP regional conference held last weekend at the Civic Centre. “This is a listening exercise for me and my colleagues,” Horgan told the Herald. “I can’t preach from southern Vancouver Island what’s the most important issue in the Interior,” said the MLA for Juan de Fuca. Horgan said he believes For all your landscaping needs call the professionals at

the NDP needs to reconnect with working people, and he understands their challenges as a leader with a workingclass background. “And I need to make sure that when people go to the ballot box they think of the NDP as the party that’s on their side, and they look at the Liberals as the party that for the past number of years has been focusing on the physical bottom line at the expense of services for people,” he said. “What I believe the defining issue over the next 12 months will be is how much trust does the Liberal government still has with the people of B.C.,” Horgan told the Herald.

While in Merritt, Horgan said he visited the Aspen Planers mill to discuss the challenges it faces, such as fibre supply, and met with Mayor Neil Menard regarding the relationship between provincial and municipal governments. In a speech at the conference, Horgan told a crowd of about 60 that the NDP needs to resonate with people in Merritt and throughout the southern Interior if it wants to form a majority government. Horgan said voters don’t want just a list of grievances with the other parties. “They want something to get excited about,” he said.

“We have to be proud of our convictions, not for what we’re against, but what we’re in favour of, and we need to be in favour of rural British Columbia,” Horgan said. “We need to talk about ranching, we need to talk about agriculture, we need to revive our forestry industry again in this province — the most renewable of resources.” “We need to look at the things that bring us all together. I think that’s what British Columbians are yearning for, and that’s what we’re going to deliver in 2017,” Horgan said.

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comment beyond that. He said the city is currently seeking O’Flaherty’s replacement and confirmed the position is not being changed from its current description. “We’re actively seeking a manager of planning and development services,” Boven said. At the beginning of the month, the city’s new director of recreation and facilities officially started work, bringing the management staff to full capacity until now.

Tegart acclaimed as Liberal candidate for Fraser-Nicola Michael Potestio THE MERRITT HERALD

Liberal MLA Jackie Tegart has been acclaimed as her party’s candidate in Fraser-Nicola for the upcoming 2017 provincial election. The first-time MLA will head into the next election in the unfamiliar role of incumbent. Tegart told the Herald she’ll approach the next election

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similarly to the last one by getting out to communities and talking to voters. “I think that was our success last time and we’ve certainly tried very hard to serve the constituency with that in mind,” she said. In a press release, Tegart said she will look to continue to be a strong voice for all interests in Fraser-

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Another review stands in the way of Trans Mountain approval

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The Trans Mountain pipeline — a project which Mayor Neil Menard believes could bring an economic boom to the City of Merritt — now faces an additional hurdle before any potential final approval. The B.C. Environmental Assessment Office (EAO) issued notice to Ian Anderson, president of Kinder Morgan Canada, that the pipelinetwinning project would have to undergo a provincial environmental assessment, on top of the review done by the National Energy Board (NEB). That review is expected by May 20, but it is unclear how the new requirement could affect the overall timeline for the project. The project website still lists September, 2017 as the desired start date for construction, but that date is pending the pipeline’s approval from the federal cabinet following the NEB review, and now, the provincial environmental assessment. The project would “twin” the current Trans Mountain pipeline, from the Alberta border down through Kamloops to the Burrard Inlet. Despite being an ardent supporter of the pipeline, Menard wasn’t fazed by the news of an additional review. “If it’s something they have to do, how can you be upset about it?” said Menard. “We found that Kinder Morgan is very good — they are prepared to do almost

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the area from Kinder Morgan, as well as $50,000 in scholarship funds for trades students, as part of the community benefit agreement signed with the pipeline company just over a year ago. “Our city is very supportive of the pipeline. Our city is going to benefit, we’re going to have jobs from the pipeline, and there will be jobs after. I’m disappointed that it might be delayed again, on behalf of the City of Merritt… but what do you do?” explained Menard. As the March 17 letter from the B.C. EAO to Kinder Morgan explains, some parts of the national review will fulfill the requirements of the provincial assessment, but the provincial process will also involve a complete evaluation of all the consultation and negotiation with Aboriginal groups. For Chief Aaron Sam of the Lower Nicola Indian Band, the additional review process is a

welcome chance to consult with Kinder Morgan regarding some lingering environmental and economic concerns. Sam said the band hasn’t taken an official position on the pipeline, which would run through the band’s traditional territory. “But we do have concerns relating to the environment. We have concerns about not just the pipe that would be going in, but the pipe that’s been in the ground for more than half a century already,” he explained.The band is taking a “wait and see” approach with provincial assessment, and are waiting for the company or the B.C. EAO to begin discussions, said Sam.“We’ve had some discussions, specific to some of the environmental concerns, but we haven’t had really substantive discussions and I anticipate we’ll be having those in the near future,” said Sam.

Merritt raised $10K from McHappy Day Cole Wagner THE MERRITT HERALD

Sick kids at Royal Inland Hospital in Kamloops will be receiving a brand new mechanical ventilator, thanks in part to funds raised in Merritt by the annual McHappy Day fundraiser on May 4. McDonald’s in Merritt raised $10,848 through the one-day event. Merritt and Kamloops combined raised a

total of $70,400. Their fundraising goal was $65,000. One dollar from the sale of every Big Mac, Happy Meal or coffee was donated to the pediatric ward of Royal Inland Hospital in Kamloops. Support for the event was communitywide, said Angela Seymour, community relations representative for McDonald’s in Merritt and Kamloops. Seymour said the money raised by

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communities through McHappy Days stays within the community itself — which is why Royal Inland Hospital was selected to receive Anonymous tips on Merritt crime are paying off in more ways than one. funds this year. The fundraiser, explained Seymour, “allows us to have state of the art equipment at our hospital. This means families are able to receive treatment in their home town which means they do not have to travel and they can stay together.”

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City Calendar April 1 - 3 Mixed Volleyfest CMS and MSS April 2, 1-3 pm Merritt Fire Rescue Department Open House for New Pumper Truck MFRD Fire Hall April 5, 6 pm Nicola Valley Community Garden Society Plot Registration & AGM Merritt Library April 6 Mayor Drop in Session City Hall April 8, 6 - 8 pm Family Fun Night Aquatic Centre April 12, 7pm Regular Council Meeting City Hall April 17, 8 - 4 pm Free Disposal Day Lower Nicola Eco-Depot April 21, 7pm Nicola Naturalist Society Monthly Meeting, NVIT April 26, 7pm Regular Council Meeting City Hall April 17, 8 - 4 pm Free Disposal Day Lower Nicola Eco-Depot

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Date Posted: May 06, 2016 Posting Expires: May 26, 2016

YOU’RE INVITED! to meet with Mayor Menard on May 18 from 9:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m., in the Mayor’s Office at City Hall (second floor), 2185 Voght Street. Interested citizens are welcome to stop by, say hello and discuss issues and opportunities for the City, its residents and businesses.

If you would like to schedule a particular time to meet with the Mayor at a Drop-In session please call reception at City Hall 250-378-4224.

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April 21, 7pm Nicola Naturalist Society Monthly Meeting, NVIT Council meetings can also be streamed live online at: http://www. merritt.ca/live-streaming-councilmeetings Recordings of the City of Merritt’s council meetings can also be seen on Shaw Cable (Channel 10) on Thursdays and Sundays at 11:00 a.m See past council decisions at: http:// www.merritt.ca/city-council/councilmeeting-decisions

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Hess excited for year two Keith Lacey ABERDEEN PUBLISHING

After spending decades in the country music business, Kenny Hess knows itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s virtually impossible to build a reputable and popular music festival in just one year. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s why Hess â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the organizer of the festival â&#x20AC;&#x201D; wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t disheartened when the inaugural Merritt Rockinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; River Fest didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t draw the numbers he had hoped for last year. And thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s why heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s confident the second annual festival, set for July 28-31, will be much more successful. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It takes time to build a festival and it takes time to gain the

trust of the community, especially in Merritt, where they had a country music festival for 25 years and were disappointed to watch that festival disappear,â&#x20AC;? said Hess. Early ticket sales for the 2016 festival are encouraging, Hess told the Herald in April. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve sold roughly 20 per cent more in ticket sales at this point than what we had sold last year by early April, so thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s very encouraging,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Even though the U.S market makes up only two or three per cent of our ticket sales, weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve also had an increase in early ticket sales with our American music fans

planning to come to Merritt this summer.â&#x20AC;? Contrary to what many may think, Hess said he wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t disappointed by the unexpectedly slow ticket sales for last yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s festival. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Of course, we were looking for better numbers last year and we didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t reach the sales figures we anticipated and I wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t deny we lost money, but I came into this knowing it was going to take some time to gain the trust of the people in Merritt and I remain very confident weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to make this festival an absolute must for country music fans across British Columbia.â&#x20AC;?

There will always be a small minority of patrons who complain about ticket prices, but they simply donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know the overall costs of running a festival and what the big stars demand to perform at a large festival like Rockinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; River, said Hess. When it comes to selling tickets, you have to have big-name headliners and Hess said heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;absolutely thrilledâ&#x20AC;? with the headliners he has signed for the 2016 festival. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I can tell you weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re very excited about our second year with the Rockinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; River Festival and canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t wait for July to get here.â&#x20AC;?

Tegart says her track record speaks for itself From Page 1 Nicola in areas such as job creation, the environment, new health care, forestry and smallbusiness growth. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m proud to be part of a â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;get it doneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; government that has funded sustainable social programs through fiscal discipline and a topperforming economy,â&#x20AC;? said Tegart in the release. Since joining the Christy Clark government in 2013, Tegart has been elected Caucus Chair and is currently serving as a member of the Cabinet Committee on Secure Tomorrow, the Environment and Land Use Committee and various other select standing committees including Education and the Cabinet Working Group on Labour among others.

Tegart defeated former MLA and NDP candidate Harry Lali in the 2013 election in a close race with 44 per cent of the vote (6,002) to Laliâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 39 per cent (5,388). According to Elections BC, approximately 61 per cent of the ridingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s registered voters cast a ballot in 2013, compared to about 63 per cent in 2009. The election saw Premier Christy Clark once again lead a majority Liberal government. Tegart said she believes the BC Liberals are the right choice for keeping rural British Columbia strong. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The NDP continue to say no to resource development and to supporting the core industries that are the lifeblood

for the Fraser-Nicola and this province,â&#x20AC;? she said in the release. Lali recently announced he would seek his partyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s nomination to contend for the seat in the provincial legislature once again. In that announcement he said FraserNicola needs a fighter, which Tegart is not. In response Tegart said one only needs to look at her track record to see sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a strong advocate for the riding. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve seen results on health care, weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve taken forestry issues forward, mining issues forward, roads and maintenance. There is no end to some of the concerns across the riding and I think weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve seen good results,â&#x20AC;? she said.

Winning rural B.C. crucial for NDP From Page 1 On Saturday the NDP wrapped up the two-day conference, which was designed to create an open exchange of ideas on the issues affecting workers, businesses, communities and middle-class rural British Columbians in order to chart out winning strategies for the next election. The theme of the conference was win rural B.C., win the

election. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to start from here, a year out, in Merritt, to talk about what are the tactics, what are the tools, what are the platform planks that we need to attract voters back to the NDP,â&#x20AC;? Horgan told the Herald. Former NDP MLA Harry Lali told the Herald that through the weekendâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s conference, one strategy for the next

election that emerged was to take the fight to the Liberals by highlighting their negative policies. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t do what we did in the last election â&#x20AC;&#x201D; letting the Liberals attack us and us not responding,â&#x20AC;? Lali said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;People were very concerned about that. You could tell that will be a strategy coming from the NDP.â&#x20AC;?

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May is Invasive Species Action Month in B.C. Preventing and stopping the spread of harmful invasive species in B.C. requires the involvement of all British Columbians, which is why the B.C. government and the Invasive Species Council of BC have declared the entire month of May as Invasive Species Action Month. By working together and being vigilant, we can stop invasive species from threatening B.C.’s environment, economy and society. We value our natural environment in British Columbia, which is why it’s more important now than ever to learn about how to prevent, detect and manage invasive species and take action together. We’ve taken some big steps to manage invasive threats this past year, and while we will celebrate these actions this month, it is crucial that British Columbians continue to take actions to stop invasive species from spreading in the water, in gardens and agriculture, through firewood, through sports equipment, and by keeping unwanted pets out of the wild. Damages and economic losses caused by aquatic and terrestrial invasive species worldwide are estimated at more than $1.4 trillion — nearly five per cent of the global economy. Forestry, agriculture, fisheries, and the recreation and tourism industries are some of the most heavily impacted, with millions in lost revenue each year. The cost of invasive species to Canada is between $16.6 billion and $34.5 billion per year. In British Columbia, just six invasive plants caused an estimated combined damage of at least $65 million in 2008. With further spread, impacts will more than double to $139 million by 2020. Summer is just around the corner, and with British Columbians making plans to spend more time outdoors in nature, May is the ideal time to take action on invasive species. Gail Wallin is the Executive Director of the Invasive Species Council of BC (ISCBC).

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A Clinton presidency won’t be anything like Trumpland Shortly before John Kasich dropped out of the race for the Republican presidential nomination, leaving Donald Trump as the only candidate, the Ohio governor put up a spoof video on GWYNNE DYER the internet. Modeled The international on the old-fashioned STAGE intro that scrolls up the screen at the start of each Star Wars movie, it envisioned a future in which Trump won the candidacy, lost the presidential election, and left Hillary Clinton triumphant. Titled “Our Only Hope”, Kasich’s video began: “Upon defeating Donald Trump in the largest landslide since Reagan in 1984, President Hillary Clinton is preparing to name her newest Supreme Court justice, Elizabeth Warren. (House) Speaker Nancy Pelosi is planning new tax hikes, hoping that Senate President Chuck Schumer and his new Democratic majority can swiftly get it to the President’s desk for her signature.” “New executive orders restricting the Second Amendment are being drafted while increased federal spending on Obamacare is readied. Meanwhile, our allies across the world are swiftly

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losing faith in America’s role as a global leader, empowering our enemies and leaving America in a more dangerous position. But we have hope it can be different...” It was a roll-call of all the nightmarish things that Republicans fear a Clinton presidency would do: create a “liberal” majority on the Supreme Court, raise taxes, bring in gun control, and spend more money on health care for poor Americans. Kasich, of course, was the “Only Hope” to prevent this disaster. (It was his video, after all.) If Kasich didn’t get the Republican nomination, according to the video, then Trump would win it, but then lose the national election and put Hillary Clinton into the presidency. That would be followed shortly by dragons, plagues and strange portents in the sky, leading to the full-on End Times during her second year in office. Well, Kasich is out of the race, Trump will get the Republican nomination, and Clinton will win the presidency by a landslide, just like the video says. Not only that, but the Democrats really may win control of both houses of Congress. Hillary Clinton probably will create a liberal majority on the Supreme Court, tax the rich a bit more, and expand the Affordable Care Act (what Republicans call “Obamacare”). She probably will tackle gun control, too, although you should not hold your breath while awaiting

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a positive result. She will certainly push on with Obama’s intiatives on climate change and add to them. (She talks about wanting “half a billion more solar panels deployed in the first four years.”) But will she do anything genuinely surprising? It would be astounding if she did. Hillary Clinton is “a safe pair of hands,” not a radical. On foreign policy, she belongs to the “Washington consensus”, so she is suspicious of Russia and Iran, reflexively pro-Israel, and uncertain what to do about China. She resents the fact that people still bring up her vote in support of George W. Bush’s invasion of Iraq in 2003, but it does highlight her inability to think outside the box that the rest of the consensus is trapped in at any given time. She takes the standard liberal positions on practically every domestic issue from gay marriage and abortion (cautiously pro) to immigration (no mass deportation of illegals). She has talked about the need to reform the rules on political campaign finances, but would have trouble in getting that through even a Democratic-controlled Congress (“the best Congress that money can buy”), and might just decide not to waste her political capital that way. If all this makes Hillary Clinton sound like a

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OPINION Don’t look for Hillary to rock the boat, which might not be a bad thing From Page 6 profoundly unexciting president, that would not bother her a bit. Nearly three decades of experience with the political game at the highest level has reinforced her natural tendency to think only in terms of incremental change, and her whole approach to politics is managerial, not transforma-

tional. She will not rock the boat. This is perhaps not such a bad thing in a peacetime national leader — and the United States really is at peace, despite the small overseas military commitments that incur an occasional military casualty. It is perhaps especially not a bad thing in the first female president in American history, just as it was not a

bad thing for her predecessor — the first black president in US history. When you are setting a new precedent for who can hold the office, steady competence is a better advertisement for the new rules than high excitement. It’s also the best way to assure a second term in office — which could also be within Hillary Clinton’s grasp

if the Republican party splits either before or after the electoral debacle that, with Trump as its candidate, now seems almost certain. Although that would make her 77 at the end of her second term. Gwynne Dyer is an independent journalist whose articles are published in 45 countries.

LETTER to the editor Dear Editor, Re: Herald story May 5 2016 - Merritt may lose biosolids processing plant to Hope. Being a lifelong resident of Merritt and through the learnings that I acquired through my two terms as the mayor, led me to ask some questions about the front page story published on May 5th. I have been following and researching all that has transpired since early fall of 2014 in regards to biosolids and ways to deal with this substance. I questioned the idea that a company could just roll into town and ‘poof ’ — a facility would go up that would process the biosolids (sewage sludge) and make all the bad that goes with this end-product disappear. Upon researching the concept of pyrolysis, I found that it is not a proven technology in North America or Europe. The technology was being tested in Thailand, where environmental rules do not match North American or European standards. A city in New York state spent considerable tax dollars to build a pyrolysis plant, only to find that the technology had not been proven in the U.S., nor did their residents want to have their taxes or sewage utility go up significantly to cover the cost of building such a plant. The current test project in Vegreville, Alberta is a mobile plant that will process everything but biosolids. (www.albertatechfutures.ca) A mobile plant does not require the same permitting that a stationary plant would. To give you an example of the process required in B.C. to build a plant that would take bio-solids and turn them into electricity or heat. First, the company would need to find a sizable piece of land that is zoned correctly. Then they would need to find investors that are keen on this particular concept. That could take two to three years. Should the property need re-zoning, add another six months or longer to the process. Then they would need to do an environmental assessment that goes thru the Provincial Ministry of Environment and public scrutiny, which can take up to two years. They would need to order the specialized equipment required, obtain building permits, secure right of ways, perhaps put in services to land, etc.

The estimate if all of the above went smoothly is three to five years. The biomass plant currently being built here in Merritt took over five years from the time Merritt was chosen for the site to when the first shovel hit the ground, and it is coming in at a cost of almost $240 million.

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‘Upon researcing the concept of pyrolysis, I found that it is not a proven technology in North America or Europe.’ — FORMER MERRITT MAYOR SUSAN ROLINE

The majority of those investment dollars are NOT British Columbia money — and this is to process WOOD, something that we have been dealing with for hundreds of years. To clarify and answer some questions I have received or heard about this current biomass plant. It cannot just turn on a switch and begin to burn garbage or sewage sludge. It would need to re-apply for a new environmental assessment, and change over the technology. Again, time and cost would be a huge factor, as well as public input. In the pyrolysis process, there is an end product of ash, and due to its heavy concentration of toxins, it would have to be trucked to the hazardous waste disposal site east of Edmonton for disposal. We have no such facility here in British Columbia. If the building of pyrolysis plants were easy and cost effective, would the current activities of composting kitchen waste, yard waste and sewage sludge not be replaced throughout North America already by these plants? Perhaps that is a reason why Emergent Waste Solutions is seeking the financial backing from municipalities, along with contracts such as Metro Vancouver’s sewage sludge disposal.

In Merritt, it has only been since 1963 that we have had a sewage treatment plant to deal with, and originally the rules to operate this plant were not as stringent as they are now. The sewage sludge was taken to a land fill site, buried and forgotten. It was only in 2005, when the regional districts were required by the province to develop a Solid Waste Management Plan, that it was identified that we could not continue to just fill up the landfill sites with things that could go elsewhere. So began the composting of sewage sludge in 2007 when the plan was adopted by regional district boards. Kelowna and Kamloops are two composting sites that have incorporated yard waste into the process and have successfully marketed the end product. During the work up of the Solid Waste Management Plan, the concept of burning sewer sludge was examined, but the cost outweighed the composting cost significantly. Recognizing the difficulty in convincing rate payers that the cost of a burning facility would be the ideal solution, they went with the composting. (See Solid Waste Management Plan on the TNRD website www. tnrd.com pages 13 and E17-23). So back to my original question: “What biosolids processing plant are we losing?” Through my researching of Hope’s newspaper and their municipalities website, I found no mention of either Emergent Waste Solutions or their CEO, Kevin Hull. So I went directly to the District of Hope with my inquiry and found that they have only had a preliminary exploratory discussion with Emergent Waste Solutions and no specific location or financial support was asked for or agreed to. However a private investor group in Hope is working with Emergent Waste and the company may release clarifying info in short order. Perhaps a more suitable caption for the Herald story should have been “Company pitching pyrolysis process to Nicola Valley elected officials has moved onto Hope” and not implanted the belief that Merritt was losing something that was never there to begin with. Susan Roline, former mayor City of Merritt, 2008-2014

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Paramedics make house calls in rural program Tom Fletcher BLACK PRESS

The B.C. government is expanding its community paramedic program from six to 73 communities, to stabilize their employment in rural areas by extending their hours and their duties. Those duties will include visits to nursing homes and private homes, replacing on-call rural paramedic positions with fulltime or half-time jobs in places that may see only one or two emergency calls in a week. Logan Lake is one of the communities that will receive this program, and it’s one Mayor Robin Smith says the community has been lobbying

for since it was left without a doctor in the community a few years ago. “For us, it was a really nice stop-gap between not having a physician and having to take off to hospital every time you needed something minor,” she said. Logan Lake currently has a physician working in the community, but that doesn’t mean the program won’t serve a need. “We have a lot of elderly people, and although there’s always driving programs and things like that, it just makes sense for paramedics to be able to utilize the skills they already have,” Smith said. Logan Lake is expected to receive the service over the next

year. Health Minister Terry Lake said there are already jobs posted for communities in the Northern Health region, after a successful pilot project in six communities. Recruiting will begin in the Interior Health region in early 2017 and in the Vancouver Island and Vancouver Coastal regions by spring of 2017. “While you’re not on call-outs, you can go into a nursing home and talk with patients,” Lake said of the new paramedic roles. “You may be doing CPR training, you may be doing chronic disease management in people’s homes.” Experience in other provinces has shown that community paramedics can reduce emergency room visits

and keep chronic patients in their homes longer, Lake said. Bronwyn Barter, president of CUPE local 873 representing 3,900 ambulance paramedics, said the union and local politicians have been advocating for the approach since 2013. It allows paramedics to make a living in smaller communities. Rhiannon Davis works as a paramedic in Tofino, one of the six pilot communities. She said the new role allows her to develop relationships with people in the area and understand their needs, preventing rather than waiting for emergencies. —With files from the Merritt Herald

Logan Lake has budget for LED sign covered Michael Potestio THE MERRITT HERALD

A big budget item for Logan Lake is getting covered by outside funds. The town recently put out a request for proposals for a four-foot tall and six-foot wide LED information sign, with a budget of $67,000. Recently, the provincial government announced it’s committing $56,000 to help the project get off the ground. TECK Highland Valley Copper contributed $10,000 and the local Lions Club contributed $500 as well. Logan Lake Mayor Robin Smith told the Herald that with a budget of $67,000, this would have been an expensive signage

project for the town to take on. “It was a really nice surprise,” Smith said. “We were expecting to have to fund a portion of it ourselves.” The sign will be used to spread the word about what’s going on in Logan Lake. “You don’t want a big Las Vegas [type of] sign, but it’s got to be something that’s going to catch people’s attention, that they’re going to see and read and take away that information that you want them to be taking away,” Smith said. “We’re trying to catch the people who are going through the community, but also people in the community,” Smith said.

The sign is being considered to be placed at the intersection of Highway 97D and Chartrand Avenue. The city decided to erect this sign as a way to get information out to people and cut through the noise. “We’re just finding that we’re not able to reach people anymore,” Smith said. “Everybody wants to get their information in a different way, and it’s becoming harder and harder to be able to get information out to people because there are so many different outlets that people go to to get their information that are not all the same.” She said tourism is the second biggest industry in Logan Lake.

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A paradise, a dream of beauty undefiled War Veteran and British M.P. buys land in the Nicola Valley “sight unseen”

SUSAN GEARING-EDGE A looking glass TO THE PAST Noted British journalist and long-time Nicola Valley resident Major Charles Sydney Goldman once described how he came to acquire the land in this part of British Columbia. He said that when he was a gunner in World War One, during a heavy artillery duel at the Battle of Somme there came a lull in the fight. On his left was a Canadian officer who told the Major he was a farmer and that he rented land in B.C. He proceeded to describe it as a paradise, a dream of beauty undefiled. To his right there was

an Irish Officer who chimed in and described the Shangri-La where he lived….a land of polo, tennis and fat cattle. Turns out this too was a description of the Nicola Valley. Their stories made such an impression on Goldman that he bought land here sight unseen Major Goldman was born in Bungerdorp, South Africa in 1863. At an early age he was a partner in a large gold and diamond firm in Johannesburg. He later moved to England where he became a journalist and authored many books. While serving as a Member of Parliament he was called to fight in the war. He served as a Major in the Cornwall Royal Garrison Artillery. Shortly after that he bought up land in the Nicola Valley. He and his wife, Lady Agnes moved to British Columbia in 1919. Goldman had purchased 6,550 acres of land between Merritt and Nicola,

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Local children’s author, Catherine Wayne, is the “Gramma” behind Global Grammas, an international organization that works with troubled youth. “Global Gramma” is a charitable foundation Catherine started at the suggestion of her Icelandic granddaughter, Edda. Melkorka, who is the inspiration behind the book series which Catherine co-wrote with her daughter, Robyn Phaedra Mitchell. The first book Too Many Pets: An Edda Melkorka Story About Lice came out in 2014 and tells the story of how Edda gets lice at school and tries to keep them for pets although that doesn’t work out quite as well as she thinks it should. The most recent book So Many Rainbows: An Edda Melkorka Story About Pride tells the story of how Edda discovers the similarities and differences between the people she knows. Stewart Wheeler, Canada’s Ambassador to Iceland, had this to say about So Many Rainbows. “So Many Rainbows” is a perfect book for youngsters starting to explore the world around them. Disarmingly straightforward in its approach, its charm lies in helping us all to see – through the eyes of a young Canadian-Icelandic girl growing up in Reykjavik — that diversity is the norm and is something to be celebrated.” Copies of the books have been donated to the Merritt Library and several local elementary schools. When Edda was given a choice about what to do with book sale proceeds, she said she wanted to help kids that don’t have Grammas. Since then, book proceeds have been used to help Global Grammas create home start-up kits for Covenant House is an organization that helps youth who have fled physical, emotional or sexual abuse, been forced from their homes or have aged

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The home start-up kits are distributed to homeless youth who are transitioning to stable accommodation. Each kit includes essentials like pots, pans, dishes, and linens and most importantly a personalized “To Sweetie, Love Gramma” letter which is full of love and friendly advice from “Gramma.” Mark Savard of Covenant House says “the youth that come to us have often become homeless through no fault of their own. They’re lacking role models and the basic life skills that many of us take for granted. We equip them with training and help them transition to independent or assisted living. Being able to give them a home start-up kit from ‘Gramma’ to kick start their journey to independence is really something special.” Catherine shops exclusively in Merritt for the contents of the home start-up kits with lots of purchases being made at the NVHCA Thrift Shop. “The Thrift Shop is a great place to find things that will help kids set up their first homes and by purchasing items there, we get to help the Hospital Auxiliary too” says Wayne. The foundation encourages other ‘Grammas’ and ‘Grampas,’ particularly those who are downsizing, to donate practical home and kitchen items. More information is available on the Global Grammas website at www. globalgrammas.org or Catherine can be contracted directly at Catherine@ globalgrammas.org

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Highland Valley Copper in its 30th year Nicola Mining receives crucial permit amendment for milling operations Mining facts

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Message from Energy and Mines Minister Bill Bennett With 150 years of history—from placer mining and our aggregate industry, to our coal and metal mines – there is plenty to celebrate this Mining Week, May 8-14, 2016. Each year, every single British Columbian uses almost 50,000 pounds of mined products. Mining is not only critical to the 50 rural communities that rely on it, but contributes hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue that helps pay for government services like health care and education, and is critical to B.C.’s future economic success. Although the industry has been experiencing a global downturn, B.C.’s mineral exploration and mining industry continues to prove its resilience. Even in today’s challenging context, B.C. has an excellent story to tell. In 2015, B.C. accounted for 19 per cent of Canadian exploration investment— compared to just six per cent in 2001. Our province also saw $272 million spent on mineral exploration in 2015, more than eleven times higher than the amount spent in 2001. And B.C. coal will play a big role

in the clean energy movement. Over 95 per cent of coal mined in B.C. is a high-quality grade of steelmaking or coking coal which will be used in the future manufacturing of electric cars, wind towers and solar farms. Not only does B.C. continue to see consistent high investment in exploration, but we have a number of permits being processed in preparation for the future turn-around in commodity prices. One of the best indicators of success is seeing a mineral discovery successfully move through permitting and into mine construction and production. In fact, B.C. has five new mines today that we did not have in 2011, and two more new mines being constructed right now. In this competitive investment world, investors appraise the efficiency of a jurisdiction’s permitting and regulatory systems before risking venture capital. Our government continues to take strategic steps to ensure timely

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Ore is currently mined from the Valley, Lornex and Highmont pits. A crusher relocation in their Valley pit was completed in 2015, providing access to over 30 million tonnes of reserves as part of their current life—of —mine plan. The Valley pit was the main feed source to the mill in 2015 and provides HVC with their highest grade material. Reserves and resources at HVC are projected to support mining at current planned production rates until 2026. In 2015, additional drilling and engineering studies were conducted to define resources in the Bethlehem area, and to examine other options to optimize and extend production past the current mine life. Further work is planned this year.

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Teck and its operations, including HVC, have developed a comprehensive sustainability strategy that sets out long-term goals that stretch through to 2030 and short-term 2020 goals to guide sustainability efforts. This commitment to sustainability is evident in many environmental and social initiatives at HVC. For example, the operationsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; comprehensive Environmental Management System has been certified to ISO 14000 Standard, a leading industry standard. In the coming years, HVC plans to continue to enhance its reclamation activities and biodiversity management efforts. An example of this work to date is a reclaimed tailings pond that is now a worldâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;class flyâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;fishing habitat while

HVC also partners with the Freshwater Fisheries on freshwater fish research and is sponsoring Learn to Fish programs for 2016 in the interior of BC. In 2015, HVC supported various charitable organizations with financial and in-kind support including Community Partnership Initiatives in excess of $450,000, including employee-based campaigns to benefit Thompson Nicola Cariboo United Way, BC Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Hospital Foundation and Royal Inland Hospital Foundation. With a focus on responsible, sustainable operation, HVC will continue to be a major part of the regionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s social and economic fabric for years to come.

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Nicola Mining receives crucial permit amendment for milling operations Nicola Mining has taken a crucial step forward in its plans to restart production at the Craigmont Mine site west of Merritt. The company recently received an amendment to its M-68 mine permit, which approves milling of third-party mill feed. Peter Espig, president and chief executive officer of Nicola Mining, described this step as a monumental milestone. “We have moved a huge step forward towards generating revenues and establishing ourselves as a province-wide milling hub for mining projects,” he said in a press release. Given the complexities and costs of attaining a mill site in British Columbia Nicola Mining is positioning itself as a “milling hub” for high-grade gold properties located in the province, the press release stated. Under the

Highland Valley Copper We are focused on operating sustainably, ensuring the health and safety of our people, and building strong relationships with communities. In order to ensure that our communities are being heard, we have a feedback process in place and can be reached through the following: Email: hvc.feedback@teck.com Phone: 1-855-523-3429 Mail: PO Box 1500, Logan Lake, BC, V0K 1W0

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amendment to permit M-68, the company is required to notify the Chief Inspector at least 10 days prior to initiating a change in mill feed from each unique mill source. Nicola is capable of processing both gold and silver mill feed by utilizing gravity and floatation systems to create concentrates and is currently considering installing ovens that will allow it to pour gold bars. Espig said he’s very grateful to the Ministry of Mining for understanding the importance of this permit, not only to the company, but to the region. “Without that permit, you would’ve had properties or mine sites that would not have been able to mine, and you would’ve had a mill that would not have been able to mill. This permit allows both miners and millers to start work,” he said.

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THANK YOU! To the dedicated workers of our mining industry for everything you give back to our community. Espig is so confident about the future of the mill facility at the Craigmont Mine site that heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s moving his Vancouver office to his new office in Merritt. â&#x20AC;&#x153;In order to be accepted into the community, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s my belief you have to become part of the community,â&#x20AC;? said Espig. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re in the process of clearing out our head office in Vancouver and in the process of moving everything and opening up shop in Merritt.â&#x20AC;? Things have changed significantly

at the Craigmont Mine site, which decades ago was the largest open pit copper mine on the planet, said Espig. The huge mill complex, which he estimates to be a â&#x20AC;&#x153;$50 million assetâ&#x20AC;? has only been used at full production for seven months since it was built, from the fall of 2012 until 2013, and the ability to purchase this state-of-the-art facility at a reasonable price is certainly good news for his burgeoning mining company, said Espig.

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â&#x20AC;˘ Approximately 375,000 people across Canada work in the mining and mineral processing industries. â&#x20AC;˘ Mining is the largest private sector employer of Aboriginal peoples in Canada on a proportional basis, and employment is poised to increase. â&#x20AC;˘ Canada has one of the largest mining supply sectors globally with more than 3,700 companies supplying engineering, geotechnical, environmental, financial and other services to mining operations. Mining contributed $57 billion to Canadaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in 2014. â&#x20AC;˘ The industry accounted for 18.2% of the value of Canadian goods exports in 2014. â&#x20AC;˘ Canadaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s value of mineral production was $44.7 billion in 2014. â&#x20AC;˘ The mining industryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s payments to Canadian federal and provincial governments total $71 billion in taxes and royalties over the last decade (2003-2012).

Hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue From Page 6 permitting in order to prepare for the next upswing in the mineral and coal development cycleâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; while continuing to honour our commitment to responsible and sustainable resource development. Our government is also committed to rebuilding the publicâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s confidence in the mining industry. We will be improving the regulatory oversight, reducing the margin of risk in the mining sector, and are accepting all recommendations from the Office of the Auditor General audit report â&#x20AC;&#x153;An Audit of Compliance and Enforcement of the Mining Sectorâ&#x20AC;? with the exception of one recommendation that government will seriously consider. We are already well on our way to implementing the audit reportâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 17 recommendations, as well as the

combined 26 recommendations from the Independent Expert Panel and the Chief Inspector of Mines reports. We support further improvement of B.C.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s compliance and enforcement regime as well as increasing the safety of tailings storage facilities at our minesâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; which is why we are acting on all 43 recommendations from the three different reports. Mining Week is a celebration of B.C.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mining industryâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;one that impacts all British Columbiansâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; and our government is doing all that it can to ensure the industry continues to bring economic prosperity to every region of our province. Together, government and the mining industry will continue to build a thriving sector across British Columbia and deliver the metals to the world that all of us use every day.

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Mining Week AND THE HARDWORKING PEOPLE IN THE INDUSTRY.

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A piece of Nicola’s history From Page 9 ‘including much of the town site of Nicola. He also purchased a power dam on the Nicola River, which supplied electricity to most of the Valley. Starting with about 200 head of cattle, Major Goldman built the Nicola Stock Farms and increased the herd up to 5,000 head. The ranch grew to approximately 300,000 acres. Goldman and his wife had two sons John and Penryn. He was a man that didn’t let his money trickle away, but if he saw a good investment opportunity, he would snap it up. A man from Langley talked him into starting a turkey business, which led to the purchase of 2,000 turkeys. In the summer he and his ranch hands would herd them on horseback just like sheep. They would call and the turkeys would follow them wherever they went. Goldman also ran sheep into Merritt and his range was up on Stoyoma Mountain. Some of his cows were dairy cows and he delivered milk all through Merritt seven days a week. In 1921, Goldman bought the Adelphi Hotel for $25,000 and completely renovated it. He sold it at a profit in 1928. Major Goldman donated the land for Monck Provincial Park, on the north shore of Nicola Lake, in honor of his son, Lieutenant-Commander Penryn “Pen” Monck, a British Navy Second World War hero. Pen officially changed his last name to Monck, an old family name, before he went into battle in 1941. Some say it was to improve his chances of survival should he be captured by the Germans. A Jewish name like Goldman could spell trouble in those days. During his service, Pen sent many letters home to his parents saying that he “dreamed” of the Nicola Valley ranges, their farm, the employees “carrying on” and pictured the riders and cattle on the foothills. Monck was stationed in places like Crete and Syria. One letter home said: “In Crete the German aerodromes were only 15 miles away. What carnage! We went ashore and saw the dead lying in layers.” In stark contrast, the major described his life in the Valley as “pleasant”. He said Nicola “contained a court house, a bank, two churches, a planned town site with nice dwellings, a hospital, a popular and well-frequented hotel and a railway with a daily passenger train. There are great central stockyards for the shipment of cattle from areas of some 50 miles around. For entertainment there were polo games, racing and regattas. When Major Goldman died in 1958 at the ripe old age of 90, the Murray Church in Nicola was filled to overflowing. Friends came from all points in the Valley and from Kamloops and the Coast to pay their last tribute to him. He was survived by his wife, his two sons and five grandchildren in England. The Merritt Herald described him as “a person who was of great value to the community as a whole.” For more information on the history of Merritt and the Nicola Valley, call or come and visit the Nicola Valley Museum and Archives, 1675 Tutill Court, (250)-3784145. You can also visit our website at www.nicolavalleymuseum.org., or follow us on Facebook.

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Seriously, are you getting enough sleep? DR. COLIN GAGE Spinal COLUMN A French Emperor was once quoted as saying â&#x20AC;&#x153;six hours of sleep for a man, seven for a woman, and eight for a fool.â&#x20AC;? This is a debatable issue, but in a recent study of four hundred adults, it was found that women slept an average of seven-anda-half hours a day â&#x20AC;&#x201D; about fifteen minutes longer than men. Many experts agree that seven-and-a-half hours seems to be adequate. However, they also caution that the range may vary from as

few as five hours to as many as ten, depending on the person. It has been estimated that over one hundred million Americans do not get a good nightâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sleep on a regular basis, while another thirty-three million have occasional problems. It is also well known by all sleep experts that there can be serious consequences if you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t satisfy your sleep needs, whatever they may be. Sleep is very important for our nervous system to work properly. Too little sleep leaves us drowsy and unable to concentrate the next day. It also leads to a weakened immune system, impaired memory, reduced physical (and sexual) performance, and a reduced ability to carry out mathematical problems.

There are also public safety concerns. Thousands of car crashes due to drowsy drivers occur each year, resulting in serious injuries and fatalities. Some common disorders that keep

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back problems can also wake you up every time you change positions in bed. â&#x20AC;˘ headaches that commence in the early hours of the morning (commonly called cervicogenic or

tension-type headaches) that are due to a neck problem. These are often easily treated by a chiropractor. â&#x20AC;˘ insomnia â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the inability to fall asleep. â&#x20AC;˘ sleep apnea â&#x20AC;&#x201D; a disruption of breathing during sleep and often characterized by excessive snoring. You should see your medical doctor if sleep apnea is a problem for you, as it can be dangerous. â&#x20AC;˘ restless leg syndrome, where unpleasant sensations in the legs cause an uncontrollable urge to move them for relief, preventing sleep. To help you get to sleep easier, I have a few simple suggestions: â&#x20AC;˘ go to be at the same time every night and try to refrain from excessively sleeping in on weekends. â&#x20AC;˘ exercise twenty to thirty minutes a day,

and preferably five to six hours before bedtime. â&#x20AC;˘ avoid caffeine, nicotine, alcohol, and certain medications Ask your medical doctor before discontinuing any meds. â&#x20AC;˘ read a book before falling asleep, as it will clear your thoughts. Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t play video games, surf the internet, or use a cell phone/electronic device. â&#x20AC;˘ have a chiropractor address any potential back or neck problems. â&#x20AC;˘ visit your chiropractor to eliminate the cervicogenic or tension-type headaches. If you are still having problems falling asleep or are not getting enough of it, seek further help from your health-care practitioners. Getting enough quality sleep is crucial to your overall health!

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the stuff of life, being a mother GWEN RANDALL-YOUNG Psychology FOR LIVING How one feels about Motherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Day really depends on your perspective. Perhaps your mother is no longer alive, and this day brings a lot of sadness. You may be estranged from your mother, or have a family that does not truly appreciate you. It is probably a good time to reflect on the fact that how others may feel about us should not determine how we feel about ourselves. We must learn to trust ourselves and to validate ourselves, rather than wanting

validation from others. Of course it is lovely if you are showered with affection and appreciation, but if you are not, it does not mean that you are less of a mother than those who are. The path of motherhood is liberally sprinkled with joy and sorrow, hope and discouragement, laughter and tears. It is undoubtedly the biggest challenge that a woman can undertake. It is a lifetime job from which you can never really take a vacation; you must be on call 24 hours a day. There is no formal job description, so anything and everything can end up in your lap. Once the children are past the age of twelve (earlier if theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re precocious) you may be subject to daily performance evaluations. Often you have to make tough decisions,

where you have to balance the long term well-being of your child against his or her immediate demands. If youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve always dreamed of being the perfect mother whom your children simply adore, this is where you begin to lose it. It is the quintessential no-win situation, unless you have a highly unusual species of offspring who says, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thank you so much for caring about me enough to set a reasonable curfew. I am so grateful that

you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t let me stay out as late as all of my friends...(Not!) And being human, we will also make mistakes. We have bad days like everyone else, and sometimes vent frustrations on the kids. The point is that we are doing a very difficult job, and most of the time we are doing the best that we can. So we must celebrate ourselves on Motherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Day, whether or not anyone else does. We may be sad about some things, but there are many oth-

ers for which we can give ourselves a big pat on the back. No one else can ever know exactly what it has been like for us, or the true nature of our particular journey of motherhood. So sit back and reflect on the joys and the pain. It may not be, or have been, a storybook journey, but Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll bet it was real. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the stuff of life, being a mother. So give yourself credit, not despite the differences, but especially because of them.

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Merritt combatants a real hit at BC Open

Four members of the Sen-i Martial Arts Gym in Merritt took part in the BC Open Championships at earl Marriott Secondary School in Surrey on the weekend. (Above, from left to right) Sen-i head instructor Kim Carlton, four-year-old Angel Wycotte, 10-year-old Megan Beckett, and sevenyear-old Kasey Wycotte. Angel (top left) showed plenty of spirit and held her own competing against six-year-olds. Her brother Kasey (top right) won a gold in point sparring. He also won gold in the same event at the Calgary Open in Alberta back on April 23. Beckett (lower left) has only been training for three months, Nevertheless, she also won gold in point sparring in her division. Carlton (lower right), who is classified as a professional martial arts competitor earned a gold medal in the breaking class. He is pictured shattering multiple concrete blocks with a knee kick. Next up for the Sen-i members is the Shuswap Open in Salmon Arm on Sat., June 4. Photos courtesy of HeelHook Photogrpahy

Otters take to the pool with new coach Ian Webster THE MERRITT HERALD

After a very successful winter maintenance program, members of the Merritt Otters swim club hit the water at the Nicola Valley Aquatic Centre last week to officially begin their annual spring-summer season. Otters’ registrar Jen Lisle reported that currently there are 38 registered swimmers with the club — over 30 of those being returnees. “Registration is ongoing,” Lisle said, “and we have room for a few more, although the club can only accommodate so many youngsters given the number of lanes that are made available to us for training.” Lisle went on to say that the Otters’ membership is extremely excited about the arrival

this week of the club’s new coach, Gabriel Lee. The 20-year-old Lee hails from Delta, and has just completed his sophomore (second) year at Simon Fraser University in Burnaby, where he is studying criminology and competing for the SFU Clan varsity men’s swim team. Lee started swimming at the age of six, and competed for three seasons with a summer swim club like Merritt before joining a yearround winter club at age 12. Lee has held two previous assistant coaching positions with the Boundary Bay Bluebacks and the Winskill Dolphins out of Tsawwassan. It was the opportunity to be a head coach for the first time that attracted him to Merritt — as well as

ON DECK Merritt Otters’ coaches Jensen Cavaliere and Gabrielle Lee frame a small group of young swimmers during practice on Monday. Lee, from Delta, is the new head coach of the club. Ian Webster/Herald

the opportunity to spend a summer in the sunny Interior and close to the Okanagan. “Apart from being at school at SFU, this is my first real experience away from home and the Lower Mainland,” Lee said. “I’m very excited.” Competitively, Lee is enjoying an excellent

collegiate swimming career at Simon Fraser. The backstroke specialist, who also swims freestyle and butterfly, already holds one individual school record, and is a member of several record-setting relay teams. This past season, Lee was one of a dozen Clan swimmers

who competed at the NCAA Division II national indoor swimming championships in Indianapolis, Indiana. After a great junior swimming career, Lee chose SFU because of its up-and-coming varsity program, the opportunity to get an athletic scholarship, and its prestigious criminology program. “I’m not sure where the degree is going to take me yet,” said Lee, “but I’m really enjoying my studies.” Lee has nothing but positive things to say about his first few days in Merritt and with the Otters’ club. “It’s been great. Each day has been better than the previous one. I’m having a lot of fun. Working with summer club swimmers can be hit-and-miss sometimes

in terms of their commitment and effort, but the swimmers here have been fantastic. The kids have been hanging off my every word.” Lee coaches the club’s most experienced and advanced swimmers five mornings a week starting at 6:30 a.m. (B-r-r-r). He also has two afternoon sessions with younger swimmers, running from 4:15 to 6:30 p.m. There is also daily dryland training from 3:15 to 4:15 p.m. away from the pool. Lee is being capably assisted by Otters’ product Jensen Cavaliere. The 16-year-old, Grade 11 student at Merritt Secondary School is officially in charge of the club’s youngest swimmers, ages six-andunder. They convene daily in the water from 3:30 to 4:15 p.m.

Lee, who is living oncampus at NVIT while he is in Merritt, said he likes working with young swimmers who are hard-working, driven to some extent, and goaloriented. “I don’t like to set limits. I’m constantly raising the bar and encouraging them to seek higher standards for themselves.” Lisle said the club is looking forward to having a full-time coach this summer, after failing to secure someone last year. She hopes Lee will be a role model for the club’s swimmers, and someone they really look up to — both in the water and away from it. For more information on the Merritt Otters swim club, contact Lisle at 250-378-9687 or email ottersmerritt@ gmail.com.

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Panthers bow to Saints Ian Webster THE MERRITT HERALD

The Merritt Secondary School Panthers senior girls’ rugby team closed out its regular-season schedule with a 37-17 home loss to the NorKam Saints from Kamloops on May 5. The defeat was not unexpected as the AA Panthers play an interlocking schedule with AAA West Zone schools, and were in tough against a much larger and more-experienced Saints’ squad. Interestingly, the NorKam team is being coached this year by Susan Kabatoff, a former Merrittonian who graduated from and taught at MSS, and guided the Lady Panthers’ rugby program for years. Webber’s team made multiple visits to the B.C. championships, and even toured faraway places such as Europe and Fiji. She said that her NorKam crew is currently planning a trip to New Zealand next school year. In last Thursday’s contest, the Saints roared out to a 20-0 lead on four first-half tries — most of them the result of stripping the ball out of the hands of Merritt players during mauls and one-on-one tackles. To their credit, and despite losing speedy winger Emma Ferch to a leg injury in the early-going, the Panthers held tough and were rewarded with a late first-half try and subsequent convert by the pugnacious, never-quit Keisha Henry. NorKam extended their lead to 25-7 early in the second half, before Merritt scored a pair of tries of their own — courtesy of fleet-footed scrum half Taylor Nicholls and truculent forward Kalea Palmer. The Panthers’ positive play was highlighted by consistent line-out wins, solid scrums and improved rucking over the ball.

THE PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE Merritt Secondary’s girls’ rugby program is showing lots of promise with young stars like Grade 8 scrum half Taylor Nicholls (above). Last Thursday’s game against NorKam saw the return of former MSS coach and teacher Sue Kabatoff (right) to the Nicola Valley. Ian Webster/Herald

The West Zone/Okanagan girls’ rugby playoffs began this week, and Merritt was scheduled to host Westsyde on Wednesday, with a berth to the provincials on the line. Earlier this season, the Panthers toppled the Whundas 24-10.

Minor softball teams tangle with Kamloops Ian Webster THE MERRITT HERALD

A couple of Merritt minor softball association teams saw action against their Kamloops rivals at Central Park last week. On May 3, Merritt’s U12 team fell to the visitors 26-9 in their very first game of the season. One of the positives coming out of the game was a six-run final inning for the local side as they got the bats working at the plate and drove in some runners. Two nights later, it was one of Merritt’s two U14 teams that tussled with their Kamloops counterparts. In a close contest that was tied 10-10 after four innings, the visiting team managed to pull out a 17-14 victory. A highlight of this game was the strong pitching of young Stuart Brown. The 14-year-old chucker tossed some serious heat during his time on the mound, and retired several Kamloops batters on strikes. If this flame-thrower can add a change-up or knuck-

leball to his arsenal, he will be a lot of fun to watch down the road. The same U14 team, which is coached by Cliff Colter and Alan and Jill Yakimchuk, was in Kamloops on the weekend for a tournament. The squad failed to win any of its four games over two days, but Colter said the improvement is coming. “There’s lots of potential,” he said. “The kids just have to learn how good the talent is out there, and play up to that level.” The U12s next home game against out-oftown opponents is on Tues., May 24 when the host the Kamloops U14s. Merritt’s U14 team 2 hosts Kamloops on May 26, then squares off against Merritt’s team 1 on June 7 for local bragging rights. HEAT THROWERS Last week’s Merritt minor softball action at Central Park featured some hard-chucking young pitchers. (Top right) The U12 team’s Brandy Mikita. (Right) The U14s’ Stuart Brown. Ian Webster/Herald

VISITORS DOMINATE FIRST SLO-PITCH TOURNEY A total of 20 mixed slo-pitch teams descended on Central Park on the weekend for the first annual Spring Into Action tournament. Fully half of the teams came from out of town, inluding from Kamloops, Kelowna, Lillooet, Keremeos and as far away as Vancouver. The visitors provided some stiff competition, taking four of the top six places in the three-day competition. Winners of the A Division title were the East Van Outlaws, who edged Smack A Pitch from Kamloops 15-14 in Sunday aftrnoon’s closest final. Third-place finishers were the Diamond Warriors from Kamloops, who disposed of Merritt’s Detox 18-2 in the consolation final. Over in the B Division, Airbourne from Merritt rode the big bats of Sonny Billy (above), Tyler Edward, Jeremy Long and Mike Hendricks and the solid pitching of Nadine Chillihitzia to a convincing 24-9 victory over the Similkameen team from Keremeos. Third place went to another local squad, the Braves, who took down the Dirty Dozen from Kamloops 11-3. Merritt’s Detox and Lillooet’s Strikers were chosen the Most Sportmanlike teams in their respective divisions. Ian Webster/Herald

Thunder peewees take bronze at Al Price lacrosse tournament in Kamloops Ian Webster THE MERRITT HERALD

The Nicola Valley Thunder peewee lacrosse team came through when it counted on the weekend, winning its final game at the Al Price Memorial Tournament in Kamloops to take the bronze medal in the B division. The Thunder scored four times in the first period of the battle for third and fourth, en route to a 9-4 victory over the Surrey Rebels.

Nicola Valley scorers were Lucas Schmid (4), Cameron Nicholls (2) Beau Paterson, Ostyn Fox and Jalen McRae. The win over Surrey avenged a 7-4 loss to the Rebels earlier in the tournament. The Thunder peewees nabbed the bronze medal at the Al Price event despite going winless in their first four outings. In addition to falling to Surrey to open the tournament, the Nicola Valley team also lost to the Prince

George Posse twice (9-5, 8-3) and to the Langley Thunder, 9-7. Despite the losses, the Thunder picked up valuable points along the way under a commendable tournament format that awarded points for winning or tying individual periods within a game. This weekend sees the Thunder novices hosting a six-team tournament on Friday, Saturday and Sunday at both the Nicola Valley and Shulus arenas.

Nicola Valley Thunder peewee lacrosse team Photo submitted

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Inspirations & Master Artists of the Nicola Valley. Friday, May 6 - Saturday, May 28, 2016. The show is being dedicated to Diane Kiernan, an outstanding painter and well respected artist, here in the Nicola Valley. Diane passed away last September and as a tribute to her as a friend, teacher, and respected contemporary we are doing this show to celebrate her.

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First Thursday of month, 5-6:30pm at Trinity United Church. For Parents or guardians and children to share fun activities, crafts, games, songs, celebration and sitdown dinner with your family. FMI or to register 250-3785735 or email tucc@telus.net.

N.V. Farmers Market

Nicola Valley Farmers Market is holding a yard sale at the farmers market site next to Baillie House. May 14, 2016. Rent a space and bring your own table and your for sale items. There will be a hot dog sale on site and money raised will go towards a bursary.

Garden festival

Baillie House Garden Festival & Plant Sale will be held on May 28th from 9 am to 2 pm. Plants for sale and yard art. Snacks available. Tables are free if you have something to sell. For more information or to book a table please call 250-378-0349

The Lower Nicola Band

invites participants of all ages and abilities to participate in the First Annual Turn Me Loose in Shulus Run. This fundraiser will benefit programs for youth and Elders, with registration by donation, youth under 18 and Elders over 60 are free. The run takes place on Sunday, May 15, 2016 starting at the Lower Nicola Band School and has distances of 800 m, 2 km, 5 km and 10 km. BBQ to follow the event! Register on line at www.lnib.net and you can also order a cool Turn me Loose in Shulus t-shirt.

Evening of Music with Friends

Hypnotist

On May 27 the MSS Grads are presenting “Hank Stone” Hypnotist at MSS Gym Doors open @ 7:30 pm and show starts at 8 pm. There will be a concession and the money raised at the concession will go to support Kayla Gray and Jordyn Tolles. For more information contact MSS, Aleshia 250-280-2266 or GameGrid Group 250-315-8247.

Baillie House Strawberry Sales

Fresh Lower Mainland strawberries already chopped and ready to eat or freeze. There is no waste. Arriving in Merritt on June 11, Order must be paid for by May 27 at 6 pm.

Lytton block party

Join the village of Lytton with their free Lytton Block Party to be held on Friday, May 20th from 6 - 10 pm come down and enjoy live music. The Cow Trail Classic mountain bike race is happening June 11. Come on out and race the Cow Trail or support the racers coming from afar. For more information on how to race or how to help out, contact the Merritt Mountain Biking Association at merrittbiking@yahoo.ca or go to cowtrailclassic.ca

Nicola Valley Explorers

The Nicola Valley Explorers Society’s primary aims are to promote hiking cycling, snow shoeing, cross country skiing and other non-motorized trail use in the Nicola Valley. We also work to assist in the development and maintenance of recreational trails. Membership is open to anyone interested in non-motorized outdoor recreation in the Nicola Valley. For more information please contact Terry at 250-378-5190.

Conayt Bingo

Join Conayt Friendship Society every Thursday for bingo. Doors open at 4:30 p.m. and bingo starts at 6 p.m. Everyone welcome to come and play! 2164 Quilchena Ave.

Weekly schedule is as follows: Monday: Senior Exercises 1:30 p.m., Cribbage & Whist 2:30 p.m. Tuesday: Bingo 1 p.m., Doors open at 10:30 a.m. Duplicate Bridge 7 p.m. Wednesday: Carpet Bowling 1:30 p.m., Court Whist 7 p.m. Thursday: Floor Curling 1 p.m., Floor Curling (physically challenged) 10 a.m., 2nd & 4th Thurs. Friday: Rummoli & Games 7 p.m. Last Saturday of the month: Pot Luck Supper 5:30 p.m. for more info phone 250378-4407.

Tuesday and Thursday mornings, 8:30 a.m. – Noon, 2164 Quilchena Avenue. All Elders welcome – just come out and visit! For information contact Deloris at 250378-5107.

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help us reach our goal Would you like to see a community theatre in Merritt, then the Nicola Valley Community Theatre Society can use your help!

Phase 2 has started. Goal to reach $136,000 for design & architect fees

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Merritt Community Choir is hosting its annual “Evening of Music with Friends” on Thursday, May 19, at 7 pm at Trinity United Church. Guests for this year’s concert include the Community Children’s Choir, Sacred Heart Catholic Church Choir, and the Nicola-Canford Elementary Glee Club. Come out for an evening of celebrating music for all ages! Donations can be made at the door. The Living with Loss Drop-in Support Group will be meeting the first and third Wednesday of every month from 1 to 2:30 pm at 2025 Granite Avenue, Room 12. 250-280-4040.

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Devon Stirling Devon Stirling passed away unexpectedly on May 3, 2016 in Merritt BC, at the age of 20 years old. Devon is survived by his loving Mother Camille Pinyon (Bernier) & TJ Pinyon, Brother Jase Pinyon, Father Darin Stirling, Brother Dillon Stirling & Tamara George, Zakara Stirling, Kelly Schindel, Brother Riley Stirling, Sister Brooklyne Schindel, Grandfather Len Stirling, Grandmother Ella-Mae Bernier, Aunt Lisa Stirling, George Stirling, Uncle Craig Stirling, Uncle Brett Bernier, Jen, Becky, Joey, Stephanie, Uncle Darrin Bernier, Dale, Daria, Dean, Noel, as well as many friends and relatives. He is predeceased by his Grandfather Marcel Bernier, Grandmother Elizabeth Stirling, and Sister Serenity Pinyon. Devon was born on May 15, 1995 in Kamloops, BC to Camille Pinyon and Darin Stirling. Devon was a caring, kind, loving individual who loved his family and friends dearly. He was always willing to give a helping hand to anyone who knew him. Devon was an avid outdoors man, he enjoyed sea-dooing, snowboarding, watching sunsets, dirt biking, and hanging with the boys. He worked various jobs over the years, after he moved back to Merritt he began working for Jaeden Resources as a skidderman. He will be deeply missed by his friends, family, and all who knew him. A celebration of life will be held on Saturday May 14, 2016 at 11:00am at the Lower Nicola Band School 201 Horn Road, Merritt BC V1K 1M9. In lieu of Áowers please make a donation to the Local food bank.

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(1) Full-time Aboriginal Child & Youth Mental Health Clinician Scw’exmx Child and Family Services Society (SCFSS) is seeking a highly motivated and dynamic individual to join our team as an Aboriginal Child and Youth Mental Health (ACYMH) Clinician. As an integral member of a multi-disciplinary team, the Clinician will provide culturally appropriate services and information which enhance the relationships and wellness of children and families who are experiencing signiÀcant challenges, in the Merritt area. The position is under the direct supervision of the Executive Director. Evening and weekend work as required. RESPONSIBILITIES: • Connects and collaborates with appropriate referral sources • Conduct intakes • Conduct mental health assessments and develop assessment reports • Conduct provisional DSM diagnosis • Develop and execute treatment plans • Maintain appropriate Clinical and administrative records KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES: • Awareness of First Nations culture and issues affecting First Nations families and communities • Develop and maintain working knowledge and relationships with natural partners and supports in the communities • Demonstrated expertise and knowledge in Clinical Mental Health assessment, diagnosis and treatment • Ability to conduct suicide assessments and assist with crisis interventions • Comfortable with conducting both Psycho-educational and treatment focused group sessions to various ages • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE: • Master’s Degree in Social Work, Educational Counselling, Clinical Psychology, Child and Youth Care, or comparable degree with strong clinical skills • Education in DSM diagnosis and related treatments for common Mental Health challenges • Registered with a professional association • Related experience with responsibility for providing mental health services to children and families • Experience working with Aboriginal communities • A valid BC class 5 driver’s license and criminal record check are mandatory

Start Date: ASAP As Needed Pay: Rate will be negotiated based on experience Please submit your applications. Those who are short listed will be invited for an interview. For full job description contact SCFSS.

NICOLA VALLEY FISH & GAME CLUB ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING Wednesday, March 18, 2016 - 7:00 pm at Phelan Home, 2336 Jackson Ave. Items on agenda: elections for board of directors. For more information contact Angele Grenier @ 250-280-0920

Apply by submitting your cover letter and resume by E-mail Attn: Yvonne Hare, Executive Director ExecutiveDirector@scwexmx.com Scw’exmx Child & Family Services Society thanks all those who apply, however, only qualiÀed candidates will be contacted for an interview.

District of Kitimat, exempt staff position with generous compensation. Reporting to the Operations Manager, is responsible for repair and maint. of the municipality’s infrastructure including roads, signage, sidewalks, general clean-up, common services, buildings & ﬂeet equipment, and assists with municipal water and sewer operations. Candidates will have a Civil Technologist Diploma and 5 years’ senior management experience in a municipal or similar work environment; an Applied Science Tech. Cert. is an asset. Submit resumes by May 29, 2016, 4:30 p.m., to Personnel, District of Kitimat, 270 City Centre, Kitimat, B.C. V8C 2H7, Fax: 250-632-4995 E-mail dok@kitimat.ca

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Help Wanted Veolia Energy Is Hiring Entry-level Assistant Plant Engineers for their MGE biomass plant in Merritt Position requires 4th Class Power Engineer Certiﬁcate and valid driver’s license. Interested? Forward resume and cover letter to veoliabchr@gmail.com

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VOLUNTEERS NEEDED Volunteers needed for a research project on the history of unbelief in Canada. My TRU student research assistants and I are seeking to interview Canadians (born in 1960 or earlier) who identiďŹ ed as unbelievers, atheists, agnostics, and/ or secular humanists at any point between 1950 and 1979, and/or those who drifted from, or developed doubts about, religious belief during that time. Please contact Dr. Tina Block (Associate Professor of History at Thompson Rivers University) at 250-828-5329 or tblock@tru.ca

N.V.C.L. VALUE ADDED LUMBER REMANUFACTURING PLANT Production Workers: $14-20/hr. Steady employment. Experience Carpenters required. Wage dependent on experience. Please submit resume in person to 1195 Houston Street, Merritt B.C. 250-378-6161

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Employment Opportunity HOMEMAKER (CASUAL) Position Title: Homemaker (Casual) Reports to Social Development Worker

Position Summary: The Homemaker is responsible for providing home support to people who require assisted living services. Education/Training/CertiďŹ cation r Provincial Grade 12 or Equivilant/ Minimum Grade 10 r Standard First Aid r Valid BC Driverâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Licence (Class 7N or Class 5) with own reliable transportation Experience r Prefer 2-3 years related cleaning/homemaking experience with a FN Community Personal QualiďŹ cations and Other Skills and Knowledge: r Knowledge of Shackan Band Culture and Traditions r Performs all duties and responsibilities in accordance with the Shackan Indian Band policies, standards, and procedures as directed by the Social Development/Education Worker r Maintains Confidentiality on all matters relating to the affairs of Shackan Indian Band r Advocates for the health, well-being and safety of Shackan Indian Band members. r Answers or refers inquiries from clients or family members and caregivers to the Social Development/Education worker r Provides a clean, healthy and safe environment for the client. r Pass a criminal record check r Must demonstrate patience, compassion and respect for all clients r Good organizational and cleaning skills r Good communication and listening skills r Ability to work independently and without direct supervision r Valid Driverâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s license and own transportation Send resumes to Debra Manuel Social Development/Education Worker Drop off in-person: 2099 Granite Avenue or Mail: PO Box 1360 Merritt BC V1K 1B8 Phone: (250)378-5410 for more information Fax: (250)378-5219 or email attachments to debra.manuel@shackan.ca Deadline May 31st, 2016

LOWER NICOLA INDIAN BAND CONTRACTING OPPORTUNITY - Electoral OfĂ&#x20AC;cer 2016 Election of Chief & Councillors In accordance with its Custom Election Rules, the Lower Nicola Indian Band, in Merritt, BC, is scheduled to hold elections for Chief and Councillors in early October 2016. To hold such event LNIB is looking for an independent Electoral OfĂ&#x20AC;cer with experience in First Nations elections to oversee the nomination and electoral process, which is estimated to start in early June 2016 and conclude with the post-election tasks to be completed before December 31st, 2016. Main Responsibility To conduct the election of one (1) position of Chief, and seven (7) positions of Councillors of the Lower Nicola Indian Band, for the three-year term commencing on October 2nd, 2016, in accordance with the Lower Nicola Indian Band Custom Election Rules. SpeciĂ&#x20AC;c Responsibilities a. Prepares the election plan, identifying all relevant tasks, activities and milestones, timeline (start date, duration, and ending date), staff (Deputy Electoral OfĂ&#x20AC;cers, and LNIB staff), budget, and facilities; b. Enforces the LNIB Custom Election Rules, and other applicable legislation; c. Work with the LNIB Membership Clerk to prepare the voters list with last known addresses of all eligible voters residing on- and off-reserve; d. Appoints, trains and supervises the Deputy Electoral OfĂ&#x20AC;cers; e. Prepares all necessary forms and documents for the Nomination meeting, the Advance Poll, and the Election; f. Ensures that all documents, steps, and tasks are prepared, Ă&#x20AC;led, and mailed in accordance with the LNIB Custom Election Rules; g. Supervises the preparation and posting of all notices within all prescribed locations, and within the deadlines set in the Custom Election Rules; h. Instructs and supervises the ordering and mail out of all documents and ballots, as required by the Custom Election Rules; i. Picks-up all mail at the Electoral OfĂ&#x20AC;cerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mailbox; j. Answers any enquiries from LNIB Members; k. Organizes, sets the date, time and location, and chairs the nomineesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; information session; l. Issues the call for nominations; m. Reviews nominations to ensure the eligibility of all candidates; n. Organizes and chairs the nomination meeting; o. Instructs candidates on the election process; p. Organizes and chairs an all-candidates meeting; q. Arranges for the production of a collective candidates list; r. Supervises the election campaign and ensures that it complies with the LNIB Custom Election Rules; s. Promotes the election; t. Arranges for the production of ballots; u. Establishes the number, location, times, and stafĂ&#x20AC;ng for each polling station; v. Ensures the vote proceeds in a safe and secure manner w. x. Attends and supervises the vote proceedings; y. Oversees the voting during the election; z. Conducts the ofĂ&#x20AC;cial ballot counts; aa. Releases and announces the election results, and post them in two conspicuous locations, including the LNIB website, and publishes them in the LNIB monthly Newsletter ; bb. Addresses and responds to any appeal or contestation of election set forth by the Custom Election Rules of LNIB; cc. Once all voting is completed, conĂ&#x20AC;rms and certiĂ&#x20AC;es that the election was duly taken place in accordance with the LNIB Custom Election Rules dd. NotiĂ&#x20AC;es the BC Regional OfĂ&#x20AC;ce of Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada of the ofĂ&#x20AC;cial results of the election, indicating the date and result of the counting of votes for each candidate elected by vote or by acclamation. ee. Performs other nomination and election tasks and duties as required. Form of Engagement: The engagement, work and performance of the Electoral OfĂ&#x20AC;cer will be governed by a service contract in form prescribed by LNIB. The work will likely require between 5 to 25 hours per week, depending on the phase of the election. Term of the Contract: The engagement of the Electoral OfĂ&#x20AC;cer commences on June 1st, 2016 and ends on January 5th, 2017. Remuneration: The Electoral OfĂ&#x20AC;cer will be paid a fee based on a set amount for the full election campaign, and reimbursed for approved travel, meals, accommodation, and certain out-of-pocket expenses. The fee will be paid into two (2) installments; the Ă&#x20AC;rst at time of signing of engagement, and the second at the end of the contract. How to Apply: Please send a response to this posting in the form of a sealed letter, marked conĂ&#x20AC;dential, including your personal resume, indicating evidence of your experience, qualiĂ&#x20AC;cations, contacts for three (3) personal references, your fee for the full campaign, and your time availability to: Lower Nicola Indian Band, Electoral OfĂ&#x20AC;cer Contract 181 Nawishaskin Lane, Merritt, BC, V1K 0A7 ATTN: Helder Ponte, Executive Director Email: helder@lnib.net Responses will be accepted via regular mail post-marked prior to, or received by email no later than 4:30 PM of Friday, May 20th, 2016. Thank you for your interest in this opportunity with the Lower Nicola Indian Band. We reserve the right to select a bid which may not necessarily be the lowest.

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Nicola Valley Women in Action Victim Services Program Is seeking an ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT/SUPPORT WORKER This is a non union, permanent part-time position (16 hours per week), work in a team environment with flexibility in workload and duty sharing responsibilities Duties: general office duties with emphasis on filing and data processing. Some minute-taking may be required. Assist Coordinator with special projects. Also provide services to clients including information, court orientation, referrals, etc. Occasional evening and weekend shifts may be required. QualiďŹ cations: r Grade 12 minimum. Post-secondary courses/ diploma in related disciplines an asset r Strong computer skills and experience r A high level of organizational and interpersonal skills r Experience working with victims of crime or witnesses to crime and trauma or related experience r A valid BC driverâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s license and access to a vehicle r Ability to obtain and maintain a RCMP enhanced security clearance Must display a high degree of professionalism in carrying out duties as a representative of the RCMP and maintain a high level of confidentiality. The successful candidate will be expected to commence duties as soon as possible, subject to RCMP Enhanced Security Clearance. Please send or drop off resume with cover letter to: Nicola Valley Women in Action PO Box 371 2185 A Voght Street Merritt, BC V1K 1B8 Resume and cover letter can be faxed to (250) 378-9299 or email to nicolaft@telus.net Full job description available upon request. Deadline for applications: May 16, 2016

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The project consists of expanding the existing building with a 4,400 square foot addition to the existing single storey wood post and beam frame school with crawl space and partial slab on grade. The lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted. Owner: Lower Nicola Indian Band 181 Nawishaskin Lane Merritt, BC, V1K 0A7 Phone 250-378-5157 Consultant: Lubor Trubka Associates Architects Suite 1200, 1500 W. Georgia Street Vancouver, BC, V6G 2Z6 Phone 604-687-3722 Fax 604-687-3723 Construction Manager: Unitech Construction Management Ltd. 400-1530 56th Street Delta, BC, V4L 2A8 Phone 604-943-8845 Fax 604-943-0912 All documents in regards to this Public Tender are available via download from the Construction Manager’s FTP site. To gain access to the FTP site please contact Brenda Meagher via email at bmeagher@unitechcm.ca with the contract(s) that you will be bidding on and she will respond with FTP access instructions.

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It’s not just your vision we care about - it’s your health too W have invested in the very latest technology and We eyes with incredible detail. can now study your e c • Takes retinal photos which can help detect and high blood pressure monitor diabetes & h • Detects glaucoma & macular disease at it’s earliest stages optic nerve • Maps the retina & op auto-flourescent images which tells us about the • Takes auto-flouresce bol metabolism in the back of your eye current state of meta

Book your ap appointment with Dr. Burgess ttoday!

Come in and see our NEW SELECTION of designer Frames & Sunglasses

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2nd pair of the above name brands

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Limited time offer.

Phone: 250-378-5500

www.eyecareinmerritt.ca

2051 Quilchena Ave., Merritt , BC (across from Fields)