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Simulated accident promotes safe driving
Merritt Secondary School students watch as emergency crews work to “rescue” their fellow classmates from a car crash. On Wednesday emergency crews held a mock car accident to demonstrate the dangers of distracted driving. No one was hurt in the demonstration. Some of the pictured students were told of the incident in order to get the attention of the rest of the school. Michael Potestio/Herald
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The corner of Chapman Street and Coutlee Avenue outside Merritt Secondary School was the scene of a gruesomelooking car crash on Wednesday May 13. Luckily it was just that — a scene. Staged by RCMP, BC Ambulance, and the Merritt Fire Rescue Department in collaboration with Merritt Secondary School and Mario’s Towing, a mock car crash was held to demonstrate the dangers associated with reckless driving behaviour. MSS students acted out the accident, which saw emergency crews gathered around a flipped car to extricate the occupants inside.
The victims were wearing makeup to simulate scratches and bruises on their faces. In the simulation, the female driver of the flipped vehicle was said to have been distracted from the road because she was using her cell phone, leading her to accidently hit and kill a pedestrian who was crossing the road. Two males in a green pickup truck were also involved in the crash, having raced the car prior to the collision, which left it upside down on the roadway with the driver and her two other female passengers trapped inside. Police cordoned off the scene and a large group of the actors’ classmates came upon the scene just after the
lunch bell to witness the flashing lights of emergency vehicles, and paramedics and fire fighters tending to the three in the crashed vehicle. Police played their role by staging arrests on the scene. The driver of the flipped car was placed under arrest for dangerous driving causing death, while the driver of the pickup truck was charged with driving without consideration. Students watching from behind the police tape could be heard remarking on the scene as their classmates were extracted from the car and placed on stretchers or put in handcuffs. One student was in tears, saying her brother was one of the people arrested. RCMP Const. Dave
Fahlman said the intent of the simulation was to get students to understand the dangers they can put themselves in by driving recklessly. “I’d much rather — and the other emergency responders would much rather — set up our time and effort to do this than respond to the real thing where there [are] actual injuries and deaths,” Fahlman said. “We see far too many of those as it is.” MSS student Levi Loewen witnessed the simulated crash and said his initial reaction was one of shock and confusion. “After they started pulling them out of the vehicle, I started realizing I know those people,” he said. He said when that
happened, the incident hit close to home. Relief came over the Grade 12 student when he realized it wasn’t a real crash. “But it still was with me that this could have happened.” The driver of the crashed vehicle, Rebecca Walder, said that particular location was chosen as it is common for students to speed on that corner. She said she hopes the demonstration makes people aware that a serious crash can happen to anyone. “Most people don’t think it’s going to happen to them if they’re a good driver,” Walder said. “They think they are, but we’re all new drivers so texting and driving is easily distracting.”
A school assembly was held after the accident was cleaned up to inform the students that the crash was staged and explain the message behind it. MSS principal Bill Lawrence warned students that when they are behind the wheel they are driving a weapon that can kill them or others. “That’s what this is all about. You need to slow down, you need to not text,” Lawrence said at the assembly. The students who acted out the simulation explained the repercussions of the crash such as death and injuries, criminal charges and lawsuits. This is the second time in the past three years authorities have run this excercise.
Princeton incorporates as villiage B.C.’s largest unorganized community is to incorporate. Princeton voted 295 to 117 last Saturday to incorporate under the Villiage Municipalities Act. Population is about 3,000, and assessed property value $3,000,000. The feud over incorporation, bitter at many times, had been going on for 40 years. Previous efforts to solve it by ballot were defeated each time. It is expected interim commissioners will carry on the business of the new village pending the annual municipal elections in December. Included in the incorporated area, besides the main section of the town, are Allison Townsite, Princeton Heights and West Princeton. Princeton has had a part in B.C.’s history since 1860 — as a gold centre, coal producer, cattle country and now a vital link on the Southern Transprovincial Highway.
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MAY Gold Country Communities Society pitches to council The following is an excerpt from the City of Merritt regular council meeting notes from April 12, 2015. Letter to Mayor Menard and council from Gold Country Communities Society Gold Country Communities Society (GCCS) would like to propose a two-year tourism marketing and development partnership with the City of Merritt for an annual fee of $8,400. This reflects a five per cent increase over the 2014 membership fees as membership fees have been raised. Gold Country membership fees have remained unchanged for many years and the cost of doing business
continues to climb. The board of directors feels a small increase of five per cent will still represent an incredible value when you consider the entire Gold Country package while not being a hardship on our members. By agreeing to a two-year term, the city of Merritt will be guaranteed not to have an increase to membership costs in 2016. Through partnering with Gold Country, the city of Merritt would have access to the following opportunities and benefits: - Highlight Merritt’s tourism experiences in the Gold Country Visitors’ Guide that is distributed to visitor centres throughout the province and beyond (37,500 copies printed with three pages allo-
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series for visitor centre staff in the Gold Country region, giving front-line staff the opportunity to learn more about Gold Country’s communities and programs - Leverage your tourism dollars via Community Tourism Opportunities (CTO) grant projects - Continue to promote the city of Merritt on the Gold Country Communities Website.
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NICOLA VALLEY NEWS
Nicola Valley has electoral Hope School District 58 approves By Cam Fortems
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Nicola Valley residents overwhelming called for the community of Hope to join their provincial electoral district during a public meeting last week. B.C.’s electoral boundaries commission held its second meeting in Kamloops, this time to take submissions on its preliminary report produced last year after a first round of public consultations. The commission’s report recommends the province add two new electoral districts in the Lower Mainland, which would bring the number of MLAs in B.C. to 87. But it sees little need for change in the Interior. The three-person panel headed by chairman Thomas Melnick, a B.C. Supreme Court justice, recommended no change to the boundaries of Kamloops-North Thompson. In Kamloops-South Thompson, it wants to add the Knutsford area, taking it from the Fraser-Nicola riding to the south. The minor changes, largely amounting to the status quo, brought little or no public reaction. Those who attended the public hearing at Coast Kamloops Hotel and Conference Centre were largely Nicola Valley residents advocating for Hope to be brought back into the Fraser-Nicola, at one time known as YaleLillooet. “The old YaleLillooet riding was extremely good,” said Victor York, a former chief of the Lower Nicola Indian Band who now lives in Spences Bridge, but works in the Nicola Valley. York said First Nations as far south as Spuzzum are in the same language group as his own Nlaka’pamux. “A lot of people
don’t’ recognize that Hope and Yale — our dialect is almost the same,” he said. Allen Peters, a longtime hospital worker in the Nicola Valley, dismissed arguments from some in the Hope area that their linkages for shopping and health care are squarely in the Fraser Valley. For the past two elections, Hope has been placed in the Chilliwack-Hope riding of the Upper Fraser Valley. “Adding Hope and the Fraser Canyon back to Fraser-Nicola makes a lot of sense,” Peters said. “It was an integral part of our constituency for as long as I recall.” Other residents mentioned common rural concerns, including school and hospital closures and job losses at sawmills. The commission also recommended Princeton be moved to BoundarySimilkameen to boost its population so it doesn’t fall below the threshold of being within 25 per cent of the average riding population. Several people, including former
Ashcroft mayor Andy Anderson, said there are natural linkages between Princeton and towns including his own, Lillooet and Merritt. He dismissed Hope, saying he did not deal with the town in his decade as mayor. But, the majority of those who spoke advocated for the commission’s preliminary recommendation that would see Hope placed back in Fraser-Nicola. Former area MLA Harry Lali, who attended the meeting, but did not make a prevention, acknowledged some Hope residents want their town to be included with Chilliwack. While Hope has traditionally skewed toward the NDP, he said Princeton voted the other way — making the changes politically neutral, he argued. “One left-wing town goes in [FraserNicola] and one goes out,” he told KTW. The commission will take submissions, including online at bcebc.ca, until May 26. Its final report will be presented to the legislature by late September.
$1.3 million deficit budget By Michael Potestio THE HERALD
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No layoffs of teachers or other staff will be made, but the deficit continues to climb as School District 58 passed its budget for 2015-16. The budget was balanced, however, with reserve funds to offset the $1.29 million deficit. SD58 secretary treasurer Kevin Black said increases in expenses outweighed revenues, adding about $500,000 to the school district’s deficit, which was about $780,000 last year. “We’re in hard times,” Black told the Herald. He said this deficit is the largest one the district has put forward in the past decade. The school district has about $6.4 million in reserves, half of which are restricted funds. “This year, we’ve basically held the line in terms of our expenses with less revenue, so
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school districts to cut about $50 million in administrative costs over the course of two years. Although there are no job cuts this year, that could change in the years to come. Black said the school district’s long-term plan is to see what the deficit comes out to and monitor it closely the year after. “Our budget process may need to be a little bit different, and we may have discussions around cuts depending on where we’re at in the year,” Black said. He added that if the status quo remains the same, the district is looking at about a $1.8 million deficit next year.
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Sacrificing farmland for climate change VICTORIA – It was 2008 when word first surfaced that B.C. farmland was being bought up to TOM FLETCHER grow trees as B.C. a European VIEWS carbon offset. Reckitt Benckiser Inc., a Britishbased global manufacturer of household products such as Lysol spray and Calgon laundry soap, bought 1,500 hectares east of Vanderhoof and planted aspen. For comparison, that’s about the size of downtown Vancouver from 16th and Oak to Stanley Park. Since tree growing is permitted in the Agricultural Land Reserve, a use intended for fruit, ornamental or nursery trees, no permission was needed. And to meet the carbon offset rules of the UN’s International Panel on Climate Change, a 100-year restrictive covenant against harvesting trees was issued by B.C.’s land titles office. Goodbye farmland. After that deal, the B.C. government changed legislation in 2011 to require permission from the Agricultural Land Commission to make these covenants valid. Agriculture Minister Norm Letnick says he is waiting for that process to be tested. It likely will be soon. Reckitt has bought another 7,000 hectares of cleared farmland from Prince George down through the Cariboo to Quesnel. NDP agriculture critic Lana Popham has been tracking these acquisitions, and she says there are more deals in the works.
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CBC afternoon radio host is on trial for beating women. I’m also not talking about the Amanda Lang scandal. That’s the one where a CBC “personality” appears to have attempted to scuttle an investigation on temporary foreign workers and the RBC that was being conducted by some real journalists. She further failed to disclose that she was in a relationship with a top RBC official, while taking a significant fee from that
organization for speaking at their events. No, in spite of all of those uncomfortable, dirty transgressions that the CBC has allowed to happen within their organization, what I’m talking about is something that shows how much more fundamentally broken Canada’s beloved public broadcaster has become than just rotten personalities doing rotten things. They’ve reported on a teen’s Facebook status. The way that this CBC investigation seems to have
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gone is: a reporter was scrolling through his or her Facebook feed, when they came across an article that had 200 ‘likes.’ “Wow,” I assume the reporter thought to themself. “200 is a lot of ‘likes.’ This is news.” At which point they copy and pasted a few quotes from the status and some of the comments into a word processor, made one phone call that went unanswered, and then fired the story off to their editor. I’m just imagining here, but it doesn’t seem like much of a
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stretch to assume that they then took an early lunch. It doesn’t matter what the content of the article was, but to satisfy your curiosity, the story was about a teenager who was told by school authorities that she wasn’t allowed to wear a halter dress to school. She received detention, and then a oneday suspension for not conforming, but claims that the restriction is an attempt to blame her for others’ sexism.
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YOUR OPINION CBC should Minister Polak needs to raise their see biosolids for herself journalistic standards Dear Editor:
From Page 6 Like I said, the content doesn’t matter. The content could have been anything, but when a reporter pulls something accusatory from Facebook and prints it without comment from the other side — especially when there is such an obvious other side to this story — is not just lazy journalism, it’s irresponsible, unethical journalism. It’s also unclear that the reporter reached out to the girl directly for comment, since all
of the quotes come directly from Facebook. They did quote some of her parents’ comments through, so don’t worry, that angle was covered. It isn’t as though the reporter wasn’t aware of his journalistic duty to provide fair comment. The one line in the story that pretends to do justice to the school’s side is “[School] officials could not immediately be reached for comment.” I get that there are deadlines in this industry, but I fail to see the urgency in getting this one to the presses.
Minister of Environment, Mary Polak’s recent letter to the North Shore News contains factual error, outdated information and reliance on information from others rather than personal curiosity and investigation. First, sludge IS being trucked to the Nicola Valley. She should come and have a look for herself. Second, she says biosolids can only be applied to the land where there is a benefit, and not just as a means of disposal. What kind of dream world is she living in? There are at least two large operations in the Nicola Valley where the sludge is being disposed in large quantities, and a third one
planned. The ministry simply does not know the volumes. The precautionary principle to risk management is based upon a social responsibility to protect the public from exposure to harm when there is a plausible risk. Studies from Harvard and Cornell University point to many risks to human health. In the past decade, many cases have emerged of the long-term effects on people and livestock. What evidence does the Minister have of the longitudinal effects of introducing sewage sludge with a huge range of unknown sources and quantities of potential contaminant into an ecosystem that includes important groundwater resources? Biosolids may have been applied for a
decade, but the same was said of other substances harmful/fatal in the past. Remember 2,4-D? Nitrates have already polluted water tables in Abbotsford. Heavy metals do not attenuate, but accumulate and leach into aquifers. Biosolids are poisoning our land and groundwater. The Organic Matter Recycling Regulation does not protect us. If I want to construct a large building in Vancouver, I would need to post a notice and consult the neighbours, have a hearing, amend my plans, obtain a building permit, be inspected, have a final inspection and so on. However, if I want to deposit human waste sludge, no advance notification to neighbours is required, no
consultation, no permit, no checking of the site and the area by the ministry, no monitoring of the quantity of sludge being disposed, no monitoring of the toxicity levels, no responsibility for poisoning wells. The ministry should learn from other countries and incinerate the waste. Five incinerators around the province could handle the volume. Technology exists for scrubbers to minimize air pollution. Take responsibility and invest in a proper solution to a problem that is not going to go away so long as people have digestive tracts and industry and hospitals have waste. Libby Dybikowski Merritt
Quesnel mayor denies claim that land is marginal From Page 6 Last fall, the Bulkley Nechako Regional District wrote to Victoria Wood, Reckitt Benckiser’s “global head of sustainability,” telling her that “the planting of trees on centrally located and productive agricultural lands is not appropriate” and would weaken local farm economies. Wood responded that the RB Trees project targets only “marginally productive” land such as pasture, aban-
doned farms or those that have been up for sale for long periods. Former Cariboo North MLA Bob Simpson raised the issue in the legislature in 2008, noting that Crown land near Vanderhoof had been sold for farming, bought by a numbered company and then “flipped” for around $1 million to RB Trees. Now mayor of Quesnel, Simpson takes issue with the company’s claims with his usual shyness. “It’s bull----,” he
told me. “This isn’t marginal land.” He said it includes prime alfalfa fields and historical ranch and forage crop lands. In one case, neighbours found out about the new use when they saw a helicopter spraying herbicide to prepare the area for tree seedlings. In the Cariboo as in other rural B.C. areas, aging farmers want to retire and young people keen to work seven days a week are in short supply. So naturally there
is pressure to sell. Perhaps Letnick is right, and the ALC will stop productive farmland from being turned back into forest. While we’re waiting for that, here are a couple of other questions. What happens when these forests burn? The first big forest fire of 2015 grew out of control near Prince George last week. And since aspen doesn’t last 100 years, what is its real carbon offset value? How’s that European carbon trading mar-
ket doing? It’s a mess, with the cost of emitting a tonne of carbon dioxide fallen far below what’s needed to be effective, and Interpol investigating various schemes to game the system. Remember B.C’s own Pacific Carbon Trust? This Gordon Campbell brainchild to sell carbon offsets was quietly greenhouse gassed after the Auditor General revealed its first two big projects were of questionable value to say the least.
Finally, does anyone really think that returning B.C.’s scarce farmland to forest is a good way to change the weather? Would it offset the loss of local production and trucking in farm produce from elsewhere? And where are B.C.’s tireless food security advocates on this dubious scheme? Tom Fletcher is legislature reporter and columnist for Black Press. Twitter: @ tomfletcherbc Email: tfletcher@blackpress.ca
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Kanigan medals at Provincials and Westerns By Ian Webster THE HERALD
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Merritt gymnast Drew Kanigan’s competitive season was a short one, but a highly successful one. The 12-year-old, Grade 7 student at Bench Elementary School picked up multiple medals at the B.C. Championships in North Vancouver, April 11 and 12, and at the Western Canadian Championships held in Okotoks, Alberta the first weekend in May. Competing for the Kamloops Gymnastics Club in the Elite 4 category of men’s artistic gymnastics, Kanigan placed first overall in both the pommel horse and rings events at the provincial championships in Vancouver en route to a second-place finish in the all-around competition. Kanigan also won silver medals in floor exercise, vault and parallel bars to go along with a bronze medal in high
bar. At the Westerns in Alberta, which also included teams from Saskatchewan and Manitoba, Kanigan had another stellar outing, winning the silver medal again in the Elite 4 allaround competition. The winner was Antonio Fernandes from the host province. One of the highlights of Kanigan’s second-place finish at the WCGC was a gold medal in the strength and flexibility testing — the scores of which were added to the individual event placings to determine the all-around results. Displaying tremendous consistency, Kanigan achieved top-five results in all six men’s events, including a bronze medal in vault. Fourth-place finishes came in rings, p-bars and high bar, and fifths in floor and pommel. John Carroll, men’s head coach for Team BC at the Western Canadian
Championships, believes Kanigan has some of the key attributes for success in the demanding sport of gymnastics. “Two of Drew’s biggest strengths are his receptiveness and adventurousness. He’s willing to listen to any coach’s advice, and then go out and give it a go. In gymnastics, that’s half the battle — actually getting kids to listen, and then try and make the changes you’re asking for.” Carroll went on to explain the strength and flexibility testing that Kanigan excelled in at Westerns. “One of our national team coaches, Tony Smith, has put in place a strength test on paral-
lel bars and a flexibility sequence on the floor that all Elite-stream gymnasts must perform as part of their competition. The scores get added to the event scores for the all-around ranking. “Drew was the top boy in Western Canada in his category,” Carroll said. “He’s a pretty strong and flexible little guy.” Kanigan’s Elite 4 team of four gymnasts won gold for Team BC at the Western Canadian Championships. In fact, Team BC swept all the men’s divisions at the WCGC this year. “It’s usually a dogfight between us and Alberta,” Carroll said. “This is the first time I can remember Team BC sweeping all the men’s categories. Pretty exciting.” Carroll said the Elite 4 category that Kanigan competes in is a very challenging one. “It’s the first level at which gymnasts have to perform six compulsory
routines and six optional routines in competition. Drew will have one more year in Elite 4 before being eligible to move up to Elite Novice — the first category that has the opportunity to compete at Nationals.” Carroll is fully aware of Kanigan’s multi-sport abilities (he plays community soccer, crosscountry ski races, and takes part in a full range of school sports) and concedes that the young Merrittonian may have some difficult choices to make down the road. “Most kids competing at the Elite 4 level are already training 20 hours a week — five days a week, four hours a day. It’s such a technical and time-consuming sport. At some point, if they want gymnastics to be the sport for them, they’re going to have to make some tough decisions.” Until that time comes, Kanigan will continue to enjoy gymnastics for all that it offers. We wish him luck.
P-BAR STAR Merritt’s Drew Kanigan performs on the parallel bars at the Western Canadian Gymnastics Championships in Okotoks, Alberta. Photo courtesy of Frostad Photography
Local runners pound the trails and pavement By Ian Webster THE HERALD
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Nicola Valley runners continue to rack up great performances in races close to home and afar. On April 12, Merritt’s Darch Oborne, 70, completed the Paris Marathon in a time of four hours and 37 minutes — two minutes faster than he ran his first marathon 10 years ago, also in Paris, France. Oborne has now completed 30 marathons since taking up the sport at the tender age of 60. The annual Paris Marathon is one of the largest in the world with over 55,000 participants from around the globe. Oborne, who crosstrains by doing lots of
mountain-biking, has no plans to hang up the runners just yet. He’ll be doing the half marathon at this year’s Merritt Country Run on June 14. “I’d like to keep running until I can’t,” he said. “I’m not compelled to break any records. I just do it for fun.” Just a few years younger than Oborne, 65-year-old Bob Peacock likes to go long when he races. The former superintendent of SD 58, who now lives in the Okanagan, completed the North Face Dirty Feet 50-kilometre trail run outside Vernon on May 3 in a time of six hours, 45 minutes and 45 seconds. The time was tops for his age group and 33rd overall in a field
of 48 competitors. At the same event, Collettville School principal MJ Bedard, 41, completed the 25K trail event in a time of two hours, 40 minutes and 47 seconds. Bedard placed third in her age group and 12th overall out of 73 racers. Most recently, Bedard and retired teacher Bruce Wark, 64, competed in
Penticton’s Blossom 10-Miler on May 10, an event that attracted 141 participants. Wark completed the scenic, lakefront course in a time of one hour, eight minutes and 52 seconds — good for second in his age group and 18th overall. Not far behind Wark was Bedard in a time of 1:12:10, 24th overall and second best in her age group.
GOOD TIMES A quartet of runners with connections to the Nicola Valley did well in recent weeks. (Above, far left) Merritt’s Bruce Wark finished second in his age group at the Blossom 10-Miler in Penticton on May 10. (Below, far left) MJ Bedard, 40, was a second-place finisher in her age group at the Blossom event and third at the Dirty Feet 25K trail run in Vernon on May 3. (Below) In Vernon, former Merritt resident Bob Peacock, 65, topped his age group in the 50K trail run. (Below, right) Darch Oborne, 70, completed the Paris Marathon on April 12 of this year — his 30th marathon since turning the age of 60. Photos courtesy of Dirk-Tiger Handke and submitted
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In order to be entitled to claim your prize, you must be at the least the age of majority as of April 1, 2015 and attend in person at Kamloops Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram, 2525 East Trans Canada Hwy, Kamloops, BC (“Event Headquarters”) on or before Friday, July 31, 2015 and present/surrender your mail piece, and answer a skills testing question. All winning prizes shall be determined by Kamloops Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram, in their sole and absolute discretion. The “Grand Prize” is $25,000 in Cash or a Truck (Valued at $25,000 or less). For full contest rules and regulation, see Kamloops Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram or go on-line to www.KamloopsWinner.ca. Winner is responsible for all taxes, fees, and all registration, according to the rules of dealership and the Canada Revenue Service. **Discounts, Services or Products worth up to $1,000. Purchase may be required. Certain conditions may apply. Redemption is at sole discretion of dealer. Amounts may vary per product, service or discount. (Ω) 3 For Free offer is available on select new 2014/2015 Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep or Ram models at participating dealers from May 1, 2015 to May 19, 2015 inclusive. Offer includes the consumer’s choice of: (i) three (3) bi-weekly purchase/lease finance payments up to $750 in total (inclusive of all applicable fees and taxes); or (ii) up to $750 cash discount (deducted from the purchase price before taxes). Finance customers will receive a cheque for their first 3 bi-weekly payments (to a maximum of $750). Lease customers will have their first lease payment paid (to a maximum of $250), and will receive a cheque for the next 2 payments (to a maximum of $500). See dealer for complete details and exclusions. (¥) Receive a $100 Diners card with every qualified test drive, one per household, while supplies last. No purchase necessary. See dealer for definition of qualified test drive. (») $1,500 Ram Truck Loyalty/Conquest/Skilled Trades Bonus Cash is available on the retail purchase/lease of 2014 Ram 1500 (excludes Regular Cab), 2014 Ram 2500/3500, 2014 Ram Promaster or 2014 Ram Cargo Van and is deducted from the negotiated price after taxes. Eligible customers include: 1. Current owners/lessees of a Dodge or Ram Pickup Truck or Large Van or any other manufacturer’s Pickup Truck or Large Van. The vehicle must have been owned / leased by the eligible customer and registered in their name on or before May 1, 2015. Some conditions apply. See your dealer for complete details. (1) Up to $14,572 in price adjustments. Example: In-stock 2015 Ram 1500 crew cab Sport 4x4 (Stk#151039) MSRP: $64,560 less $14,572 equals Sale Price of $49,988. Discount includes no charge Cummins Diesel and $1,500 loyalty bonus cash. Amount of discount varies by model/option package purchased, plus GST and PST, on approved credit. (2) 0.0% purchase financing for up to 36 months available to qualified customers on approved credit through Royal Bank of Canada, Scotiabank and TD Auto Finance on 2014 Dodge Grand Caravan, 2014 Jeep Cherokee, 2015 Jeep models, 2014 Chrysler Town & Country and 2015 Ram 1500 (excludes Regular Cab). 0.0% purchase financing for up to 60 months available to qualified customers on approved credit through Royal Bank of Canada, Scotiabank and TD Auto Finance on 2015 Jeep Cherokee. Example: $20,000, with a $0 down payment, financed at 0.0% for 36 months equals monthly payments of $556; cost of borrowing of $0 and a total obligation of $20,000. (3) VEHICLES MAY NOT BE EXACTLY AS ILLUSTRATED. All incentives and rebates are reflected on advertised vehicles including no charge options and conquest bonus. Payments reflect 96 month weekly finance payments at 3.49% APR, plus GST and PST, on approved credit. Stk#14428, Cost of Borrowing: $2,562, Total Obligation: $20,060; Stk#15421, Cost of Borrowing: $2,928, Total Obligation: $22,926; Stk#15156, Cost of Borrowing: $2,928, Total Obligation: $22,926; Stk#151165, Total Obligation: $32,689.28; Stk#15213, Total Obligation: $41,367; Stk#156112, Total Obligation: $49,986.56. (4) $9,345 N/C Diesel Discount amount represents the MSRP of the No Charge Cummins Diesel engine offered on new already equipped 2014/2015 Ram Heavy Duty models. See your retailer for complete details and limitations. (5) We will beat any written and accepted PURCHASE offer signed from a franchise dealer. Quote must have a VIN and stock number and be compared to a same model equipped with same equipment and accessories, valid on in-stock vehicles only. Certain conditions may apply. Customer is responsible for all taxes, and all registration according to the rules of dealership and the Canada Revenue Service. OR We will beat any written and accepted TRADE offer signed from a franchise dealer. Quote must have a VIN. Vehicle value to be determined by dealer, minus reconditioning cost and/or excessive kilometers, certain conditions may apply. Any negative amount will be applied toward purchase of sale vehicle, on approved credit. Trade-in vehicle must be within Canadian Black Book guidelines. Current market conditions apply. If offer cannot be beaten, customer will receive up to $1,000. Gift card is redeemable for $1,000 in merchandise only and must be accepted as presented. Card has no cash value, one card with every vehicle purchase. Customs charges, taxes and fees may apply, while supplies last. Available on select units, see dealer for details. Although every precaution is taken, errors in price and/or specifications may occur in print. We reserve the right to correct any such errors without prejudice or penalty to ourselves. We are not responsible for typographical errors, nor are we responsible for late receipt of mail. Contact dealerships knowledgeable and pprofessional sales consultants for any question or more information. DL#C3287
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