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Property tax to rise two per cent By Michael Potestio THE HERALD
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For the second straight year, the City of Merritt is looking at a two per cent property tax increase. Last Tuesday at its regular meeting, city council moved toward adopting the new rate by giving the first three readings of the city’s property tax rate bylaw. Council also gave three readings to the five-year financial plan bylaw. Both were passed by a vote of 6-1 with Coun. Linda Brown opposed.
According to Ken Ostraat, the city’s financial services manager, costs to the city are rising. However, council unanimously approved the first three readings of the sewer parcel tax bylaw and the water parcel tax bylaw, which will see a $20 per parcel increase to water parcel taxes beginning this year. The increase will add another $64,000 of revenue for the water utility to be used for capital infrastructure improvements to the water system. The sewer parcel tax rate is not changing, but because it and the water parcel tax were
included in one bylaw, which is being repealed for the water parcel tax increase, it was necessary to create a new bylaw for the existing sewer parcel tax. The two per cent property tax increase will add another $135,000 to city coffers this year. Ken Ostraat, the city’s financial services manager, said that about $8.5 million will be collected in property taxes this year, and the city’s total budget for 2015 will consist of $19.8
million. About 60 per cent of revenues come from taxation, Ostraat said. He said operating expenditures will be maintained for the most part, although costs overall will be increasing for the city in 2015. “[Costs will] probably continue to increase throughout the next four years,” Ostraat said. The city’s garbage collection rates increase 10 per cent effective July 1 in response to higher
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Thompson-Nicola Regional District tipping fees, and there was a $25,000 increase in costs to the city due to a six per cent increase in BC Hydro rates that went into effect April 1. There are seven different types of property taxes in Merritt, and almost half of that tax revenue comes from the residential class, Ostraat said. He added that the average house in Merritt is worth roughly $208,000 and would pay $2,100 total in property taxes. The five-year financial plan bylaw must be adopted by May 15, and the plan projects a two per cent property tax increase in each of the following years.
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Nicola Valley Search and Rescue is looking to keep its equipment safe with the construction of a compound at the Merritt airport. Search and rescue has assets such as computers, radios, rope rescue equipment, a command vehicle, rapid response trailer and rescue sled already stored at the airport, but it’s not located in an enclosure.
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HOSE DOWN Merritt Fire Rescue Department crews worked to extinguish the blaze last Wednesday, though onsite fire prevention measures had it contained before they arrived, said Fire Chief Dave Tomkinson. See the full story online. David Dyck/Herald
The Nicola Valley Farmers’ Market is preparing for its 2015 season with a community yard sale fundraiser at the parking lot beside the Baillie House on May 9. To rent a table, contact Lang Mackenzie at 250936-8605. Table rentals are $10 and all proceeds benefit the farmers market’s bursary fund.
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SILGA Regional district to seek passes biosolids regulation biosolids resolution By Michael Potestio THE HERALD
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A joint resolution from the ThompsonNicola Regional District (TNRD) and the City of Merritt passed almost unanimously at the Southern Interior Local Government Association (SILGA) convention in Kamloops. The resolution requests the province establish a committee to examine and recommend changes to the biosolids review process as well as changes to the Organic Matter Recycling Regulation and Agricultural Land Commission Act. Having been approved at SILGA, the resolution will now be on the agenda of the Union of B.C. Municipalities (UBCM) meetings in the fall. On Wednesday, Merritt Mayor Neil Menard, TNRD Area M director Randy Murray and Area N director Herb Graham presented the resolution before approximately 200 delegates representing roughly 550,000 people in the Southern Interior. Murray said the resolution was one vote shy of passing unanimously. “That was a great endorsement,” Murray said. If it’s passed in the fall, biosolids will become an issue for UBCM staff to bring to government, he added. The resolution was crafted by members of the TNRD and the City of Merritt. Murray said he thinks the resolution passed with as wide a margin as it did because people realize the provincial regulations surrounding biosolids are not inclusive of residents and local governments. He said he believes biosolids could be an election issue as well.
Action on the biosolids issue is seeing widespread approval within the ThompsonNicola Regional District. The TNRD’s board of directors has overwhelmingly approved advising staff to proceed with developing a new bylaw to produce further regulation of composting in the TNRD. Area N director Herb Graham said that 22 of the 24 directors voted to move forward with the new bylaw. TNRD director of development services Regina Sadilkova said this change will limit agricultural composting to whatever the provincial regulations say can be spread annually on a particular property. “This is going as far as we’re allowed under provincial legislation to regulate the amount of composting somebody does on their farm,” Sadilkova said. Area M director Randy Murray said this move won’t stop biosolids from being trucked into the Nicola Valley, but will restrict the exportation of compost. This new rule would apply to future initiatives, but a compost facility such as the contested BioCentral facility would likely be grandfathered in. The TNRD is also looking to make changes to its P3 civic works zoning. Sadilkova said commercial composting and government waste management facilities, which are located in a variety of zones, are being brought under P3 zoning. She said this move is primarily for concordance. The P3 zoning is being redefined to allow waste management, transfer sites and
composting as permitted uses. Existing TNRD eco-depots will be moved into these zones and any future applications will require a formal rezoning of existing land, which means application to the TNRD with consideration of its
board, Murray told the Herald. “If anybody wanted to industrialize or commercialize this process, they would have to go to P3,” Murray said. Murray said he hopes to see a bylaw drafted and brought back to the board by June.
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A McHappy Day in Merritt By Selena Randhawa SPECIAL TO THE HERALD
When meeting 16-year-old Jordyn Tolles for the first time, you would assume that she was any other young vibrant teenager. Her beautiful smile, cheerful personality and infectious laugh brighten up the whole room. Especially admirable is her positive outlook on life, considering the odds she has beat. At the age of four, Tolles was diagnosed with Ewing’s Sarcoma, a rare bone cancer. At the time of diagnosis, the disease was discovered in her lower back but it had spread through out her lungs and her superior vena cava. Knowing how quickly the cancer could become fatal, Tolles began treatment right away at BC Children’s Hospital in Vancouver, with her mother Deb by her side. The strain and stress of undergoing chemotherapy and radiation was hard for young Tolles and her mother, so the two moved into
Ronald McDonald House for support with the process. Since the Ronald McDonald House was close to the hospital, it allowed for Tolles’ mom to travel to and from the hospital and stay close to her daughter throughout treatment. “The support system at Ronald McDonald House was great,” Tolles said. “I met a lot of inspiring people there. I also made a lot of friends that could relate to what I was going through.” Soon after treatment started, Tolles was transferred to Florida to undergo a special type of radiation therapy, designed specifically to help fight the rare form of cancer Tolles had. Tolles and her mom stayed at Ronald McDonald House in Florida during those six months. The Ronald McDonald House is a sort of ‘home away from home’ for the Tolleses and countless other families going through the same thing. “It really helped
with the process. It gave my mom a place to go when I would be in treatment,” the younger Tolles said. On May 6, McDonald’s restaurants across Canada will be hosting McHappy Day to raise money for Ronald McDonald Houses and local health initiatives for children with illnesses. A dollar from every McCafe beverage, Happy Meal or Big Mac sold goes toward the fundraiser. Donations are also accepted. Brandy Walker, owner and operator of the Merritt McDonald’s, elaborated on the importance of making a contribution on this day. “Any little bit helps. Even if you can only donate 25 cents, that little bit can go a long way,” Walker said. This year, all proceeds from McHappy Day will be going to the pediatrics ward at Royal Inland Hospital in Kamloops. “Almost everyone in Merritt has had an experience at Royal
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Inland Hospital, whether delivering a baby or taking your child there for treatment,” Walker said. “Royal Inland Hospital is very important to our community.” Last year, proceeds from the Merritt McDonald’s restaurant helped the pediatrics ward at Royal Inland purchase a state-of-theart infant warmer system. This year, the goal is to raise enough funds to purchase a mechanical ventilator for the
neonatal intensive care unit, which costs approximately $50,000.
‘Even if you can only donate 25 cents, that little bit can go a long way.’ — BRANDY WALKER As for Tolles, this fundraiser really hits close to home. She
still travels to Ronald McDonald House when she goes for her yearly checkups. “I hope to become a nurse after I graduate,” she explained. “I want to help and support people the same way I got help and support when I was going through my treatments. The people at Ronald McDonald House really make my visits a positive experience and I want to do that for someone else too.”
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CRAB FEST The Civic Centre was packed this past Saturday for the Rotary Club of Merritt’s third annual Crab Fest. Attendees were treated to Alaskan snow crab, or for the less seafood-inclined, baked chicken. Proceeds from ticket sales and the auction went towards local projects. David Dyck/Herald
City council unanimously directed staff to work with the Nicola Valley Search and Rescue on its request for a compound at the Merritt airport. A letter from search and rescue President Vern Latremouille to city council stated the proposed compound would consist of a lighted enclosure of an eight-foot-tall chain link fence with an electrical outlet and gravel base. The letter noted that the compound vehicle has been bro-
ken into in the past and despite receiving security services from the city, the organization believes a similar incident could restrict its ability to respond to an emergency. Latremouille said if any of the equipment was stolen they’d have to ask Kamloops or Kelowna search and rescues for help, which creates a time issue. It also stated that search and rescue is willing to raise funds for this compound. Latremouille told the Herald he estimated the cost of a 200by-200-foot enclosure to be about $10,000.
After one month, undercover RCMP officers charged 13 men and women in the Kamloops area with narcotics charges. Two were from Merritt. Members from the Kamloops subdivision drug section, which operates independently of the Kamloops city detachment, conducted the investigation. They managed to purchase 84 grams of cocaine and secure and additional 46 grams of it during the time of arrests, police said. A total of 17 drug purchases were made all together. Corey Samson Hanose, 21, and Rhonda Lunn Sawchuk, 23, of Merritt were charged with trafficking cocaine. So was Brent Allen Sheperd, 34, Kevin Carl Sherwood, 32, Ernest Troy Schmidt, 32, and Anthony David Stewart, 37, of WIlliams Lake. Under the command of Seargant D.P. Ryan, officers engage in undercover operations, as well as gather intelligence from various sources in the drug community.
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The state of volunteerism The following is an excerpt from the City of Merritt regular council meeting agenda from April 28, 2015. Presentation on the future of volunteerism by Elizabeth Salomon-deFriedberg Any community today would be hard pressed to offer a whole range of services, recreational opportunities, sports events, festivals of all kinds, low-cost housing, programs for young and old, advisory committees, etc., without volunteers. These individuals contribute to the richness
of community life; and in many cases provide essential services that governments no longer want to deliver directly. Examples of the latter include, but are not limited to: employment services, low-cost housing, programs for at-risk youth and community economic development. I see two main issues facing the volunteer sector here in Merritt and the Nicola Valley. The first is a lack of volunteers and the second is a lack of capacity among the volunteers and in the broader community from which volunteers come. The current volun-
teer pool is tired and aging. New volunteers are not replacing the existing volunteers in sufficient numbers.
For the full story on Salomon-de-Friedberg’s report, pick up this Thursday’s edition of the Merritt Herald.
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Mayor Menard invites interested citizens to stop by and 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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PARKS, RECREATION AND CULTURE MASTER PLAN
The City of Merritt is seeking Requests for Proposals from qualified Proponents for the development and delivery of a comprehensive Parks, Recreation and Culture Master Plan. It is expected that this document will provide the framework for making decisions on Parks, Recreation and Culture matters based on the aspirations, needs, priorities and financial abilities of residents of the City of Merritt. RFP documents are available through the BC Bid site, the City of Merritt website - www.merritt.ca. or are available at Merritt City Hall, 2185 Voght St. Merritt, BC.
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Proposal closing date is Friday, May 29, 2015 at 4:00pm local time.
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Watering restrictions are on now. The City of Merritt has annual sprinkling regulations as means of encouraging water conservation. Restrictions are in place from May 1 to September 30th each year when no sprinklers (this includes soaker hoses) may be used outside of the hours listed below. There is an exemption for a newly planted or sodded lawn but this requires a permit - please contact Bylaw Enforcement for more details.
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It is vital that we all understand how important water regulations are to the community. The water we use in Merritt is the single most valuable resource that we have in our community. Most residents comply with sprinkling restrictions, and the City is able to maintain the city reservoirs at reasonable levels for all users including fire protection. With your help we can insure that this resource continues to flow uninterrupted this year and in years to come. Of course if it's raining, don't water at all! There are many ways to conserve water both indoors and out. Please do your part. Please call (250) 378-8628 for more information.
NOTICE TO RESIDENTS H&M EXCAVATING LTD. WILL BE DOING UNDERGROUND AND SURFACE ROAD WORKS ON
COLDWATER AVE. AND MAIN ST. STARTING ON MONDAY MARCH 2ND FOR A DURATION OF 4 MONTHS THE PURPOSE OF THIS NOTICE IS TO INFORM YOU OF THE TYPICAL NUISANCES INVOLVED WITH A PROJECT OF THIS TYPE -- MAINLY ACCESS TO YOUR PROPERTY. THE CONSTRUCTION ENTAILS INSTALLATION OF SANITARY SEWER MAINS AND RECONSTRUCTION OF THE ROADWAY ALONG COLDWATER AVE. THE STREET WILL BE SINGLE LANE TRAFFIC SOME OF THE TIME, AND THERE WILL BE TIMES THAT YOU WILL NOT HAVE VEHICULAR ACCESS TO YOUR PROPERTY. WE WILL DO OUR BEST TO NOTIFY YOU IN ADVANCE AND TO KEEP THESE INTERRUPTIONS AS SHORT AS POSSIBLE. AS WITH ANY CONSTRUCTION PROJECT OF THIS SORT, YOU CAN EXPECT SOME DUST, NOISE AND VIBRATION. RESIDENTS WHO BORDER THE PROJECT SHOULD BE AWARE THAT ANY FRAGILE OR VALUABLE ITEMS THAT COULD POSSIBLY BE DAMAGED DUE TO VIBRATION SHOULD BE TAKEN DOWN OR SECURED FOR THE DURATION OF THE PROJECT. PLEASE ENSURE THAT YOUR CHILDREN ARE AWARE OF THE DANGERS OF A CONSTRUCTION PROJECT AND THAT THEY STAY CLEAR OF THE EQUIPMENT. WE APOLOGIZE FOR ANY INCONVENIENCE THIS MAY CAUSE. HOWEVER, WE ASK THAT YOU BE PATIENT THROUGH THE DURATION OF THIS UPGRADE PROJECT. IF YOU REQUIRE ANY ASSISTANCE OR HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE PHONE OUR SITE SUPERINTENDANT, GEOFF PRESTON, AT 4934677 (OFFICE) OR 250-809-2405 (CELL).
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Drunken ATV fatality near Logan Lake Farmers’ Market motorcycle crash to begin May 16 leads to arrests By Michael Potestio THE HERALD
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Two people were sent to hospital and charged by police after a motorcycle crash at the corner of Houston Street and Pooley Avenue on Sunday. Merritt RCMP responded to the scene of the crash at about 6 p.m. where they discovered the 51-year-old male driver had been driving under the influence. He sustained injuries to his leg and foot, while his 29-year-old female passenger had facial injuries. Both were sent to the Nicola Valley Hospital
and Health Centre, and the male was later transported to Royal Inland Hospital in Kamloops for his injuries. The female, however, left the hospital refusing further medical treatment. The driver was issued a ticket for not having insurance and was issued a 90-day roadside prohibition for impaired driving. His female passenger was charged with breach of undertaking stemming from a separate incident. The file is still under investigation and police say there is no further information on the incident at this time.
One man is dead after crashing his ATV while riding in a rural area north of Logan Lake Friday afternoon. The man was travelling with three others along a straight stretch of trail when he crashed. RCMP Cpl. Kathleen Thain said none of the people he was riding with witnessed the crash, but police believe based on evidence such as crash markings that speed and unfamiliarity with the trail were factors. Thain said the straight stretch had dips and valleys in it and the location of the crash is close to a steep downhill portion of the trail. “What we think happened is he’s com-
ing along at probably a pretty good rate of speed, sees this dip, brakes, which causes the nose of the ATV to come forward, and then go airborne,” Thain said. She said the driver ended up with his leg partially pinned under the ATV, but that wasn’t the cause of death. The BC Coroners Service is investigating the incident, and the Herald was unable to confirm the cause death before press time. Thain said two of his companions were travelling ahead of him, and the other was behind him. “The one behind started CPR right away, but he was deceased at the scene,” she said. Authorities were called to the crash at about 4 p.m.
Efforts to assist the rider were unsuccessful and he succumbed to his injuries at the scene. The rider was wearing a helmet and other safety equipment at the time of the crash. She said this incident was one where the safety measures the driver took weren’t enough, noting the speed and unfamiliar terrain factors that played a role in his death. Thain said people travelling on unfamiliar terrain must ride to their abilities and should slow down if they don’t know the area. With the start of a busy off-road season and the May long weekend approaching, police are reminding the public to be safe and take care when out on the trials.
From Page 1 Each year, the market gives a $400 bursary to a graduating student from Merritt Secondary School who’s pursuing post-secondary education at any accredited college or university, based on that student’s community involve-
ment. The farmers market starts on May 16 and continues each Saturday until its last for the season on Oct. 10. The market takes place in the same parking lot. The community yard sale and market in the ensuing weeks run from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
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Thursday Thursday May 14, 2015 Feb. 26, 1:15 p.m. 10:00 a.m. FENDER BENDER RCMP officers check out the damage to two pickup trucks in the 7-Eleven parking lot on Monday morning. Police said a male driver had a seizure, resulting in the accident. He was taken to Kamloops for medical attention. Emily Wessel/Herald
PREVENT THEFTS FROM YOUR MOTOR VEHICLE Here a few helpful hints to help prevent motor vehilcle break-ins: 1 Don’t leave purses or valuables inside vehicles overnight. 2 Lock vehicles when exiting, make it a habit. 3 If leaving valuables in a vehicle; hide from sight. 4 Park in a well lit area. 5 Report any thefts, damage or suspicious persons to police
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HERALD OPINION Time for teachers to question union VICTORIA – After the first few glum lines of his speech, it was difficult to tell anything had TOM FLETCHER changed for B.C. B.C. TeachVIEWS ers’ Federation president Jim Iker as he took his familiar place before the TV cameras last week. Iker droned on about how B.C. schools are under-funded by hundreds of millions of dollars, echoing demands from the disastrous strike he led the union membership into last year. The B.C. Court of Appeal had just overturned a bizarre trial court decision that tried to give the union everything it wanted: a trip back in time to the NDP wonderland of 2001, a constitutional spanking for the B.C. Liberal government and a $2 million bonus of taxpayers’ money. The BCTF must now pay back that $2 million and scrape up whatever is left of its members’ compulsory dues to plead for an appeal at the Supreme Court of Canada, continuing the executive’s self-righteous fantasy of controlling education spending in B.C. The appeal court didn’t just overturn the judgment of B.C. Supreme Court Justice Susan Griffin. It shredded her legal reasoning and bluntly corrected her, over and over, on evidence she ignored or misinterpreted. The appeal court confirmed at great length what I said when Griffin’s second decision came down in early 2014: it was far worse for B.C. schools than when judges decided in 2005 that teachers can bring union propaganda into classrooms.
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Emily Wessel Merritt MUSINGS The mystery of who won $50 million and waited almost a year to claim the prize could remain a mystery if the holder of the winning ticket gets her or his way. Although the ticket was verified just before its March 14 deadline, it’s recently surfaced that the ticket holder wishes to
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remain anonymous and is taking that wish to court. If you remember from news reports (and even columns of mine) past, this particular ticket has a bit of a weird backstory. It’s the central piece in a lawsuit between an employee at a Burnaby Shoppers Drug Mart against a coworker, whom she charged was in charge of purchasing a lottery pool ticket. She claimed the winning numbers were the group’s, and that the man had the ticket. He claimed he forgot to buy the ticket that week and it was all a big mix-up. That mess is still wending its way through the courts. Although the actual
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winning ticket has been verified, whether it belongs to the man named in that court case obviously remains guarded as the ticket holder fights for anonymity. This bid for anonymity comes despite the BCLC’s clear policy that winners’ names and photos be released. In our own community, that policy came in handy when a local doctor had the good fortune of winning on a Set for Life ticket in February. He and his wife were also kind enough to share their story about winning with the Herald — and anybody reading the Herald. The proviso to have your picture taken by
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The man was foiled by police before making contact with the couple, but that situation led to Loto-Québec temporarily suspending its requirement to publicize winners’ names if their wins came in over $4 million. (That province’s lottery corporation has since reinstated its old policy to publicize winners.) Simply keeping big winners’ names and faces out of press releases can’t necessarily mitigate that danger completely — after all, people can learn a lot about their friends, neighbours and even complete strangers with relative ease in this Internet age.
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From Page 8 While I understand the hesitation on the winner’s behalf to go public, I also get the irritation on everyone else’s behalf when they don’t. Fifty million dollars is just too much money not to reveal the winner’s identity, especially given the controversy surrounding this ticket. It’s a matter of transparency. When that much money is involved, contributed by other people and benefitting the public coffers, public record is important to keep corporations such as the BCLC and the games it runs open, transparent and accountable. The rare exception of keeping a lottery winner’s identity secret in Canada is determined on a case-by-case basis, naturally. But in this case, with such a controversial ticket, keeping the player’s identity secret is not a move in good faith to the regular players of the game.
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Green Party is true blue Dear Editor, People think that the Greens are a left wing party but this is a mistake. The Green party’s economic policy is more ethically “true blue” than Mr. Stephen Harper’s. If you are a staunch conservative who is dismayed with what Mr. Harper has done to conservative values and the Conservative Party of Canada, then you really owe it to yourself to take a good, hard look at Green economic policy. Ms. Elizabeth May believes in the power of the market and is more the true successor to the mantle of John Diefenbaker, Brian Mulroney and Joe Clark than Mr. Harper ever was. Leo Young Vernon
New bill could shift PD into ministry’s hands From Page 8 Did the government bargain in bad faith? No. Did they conspire to provoke a strike? No. Did they illegally strip working conditions from the teacher contract? No. Turns out our kids are not just “working conditions” for teachers, and public policy still matters. And it turns out that making special needs assistants dash between classes to deal with two kids here and three over there was a lousy idea. Now there’s even a credit course offered in high school for students with learning difficulties,
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‘This bloated perpetual protest machine drains the public purse in more ways than taxpayers realize.’ — COLUMNIST TOM FLETCHER
which probably has some BCTF minion crafting a pile of grievances about segregation. In the negotiated settlement reached last fall, teachers shared $105 mil-
lion to make thousands of baseless grievances go away, after the union filed one for student numbers in every class in the province. This bloated perpetual protest machine drains the public purse in more ways than taxpayers realize. Parents understand the strikes, though. They remember a union that scrapped report cards, disrupted administration and forced schools to shut down at graduation time. The strike then dragged into the fall, as the government held the line on public service spending. And what was the key issue that kept schools closed? It wasn’t
special needs support, where student performance has continued to improve. No, it was the BCTF demanding a raise twice as big as other public sector unions had already accepted. In the end, their paltry strike fund long gone, the union grudgingly accepted the going rate. They figured they had the elected government on the run in court. Wrong again. Next up for the ministry is taking control of professional development. A bill before the legislature will enforce standards, once the NDP is done denouncing it. Singing Solidarity Forever around a campfire
and calling it paid professional development (a real example, by the way) will soon go the way of the union-controlled College of Teachers — onto the scrap heap of history. There are BCTF members who understand how ill-served they are by their union. They are looking critically at the performance of their leaders, who are too often distracted by grandiose “social justice” campaigns as far away as the Middle East. Tom Fletcher is legislature reporter and columnist for Black Press. Twitter: @tomfletcherbc Email: tfletcher@blackpress.ca
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Nicola Valley Thunder lacrosse player Colton Macaulay heads to Vancouver this weekend hoping to win one or two coveted goaltender positions on the provincial bantam team that will attend Nationals in July. Macaulay, 13, earned the right to try out for Team BC by winning a spot on the squad that is representing the Interior at the three-day provincial evaluation camp and tournament, which is being held at the 3,000-seat Langley Events Centre, home of the National Lacrosse League’s Vancouver Stealth. “There’ll be four regional teams there,” Macaulay said, “the Interior, the Fraser Valley, Vancouver and
the Island. They’ll choose 18 runners and two goalies for Team BC.” Macaulay was chosen to his regional team following a oneday open selection camp in Armstrong on April 25. “It was mostly drills we did at the camp, although we finished off with some scrimmaging,” he said. Macaulay, who grew up in Quesnel before moving to Merritt in 2012, is a veteran of Canada’s national summer sport. He’s been playing lacrosse since he was three years old. He became a goaltender in novice at the age of eight. “I just like the position,” he said, “and the pressure that comes with it. One big save can make a game.” While in Quesnel,
Macaulay was invited to join a Prince George team for a major lacrosse tournament in Calgary. He wound up being chosen MVP for the tourney. Macaulay is in his third season with the Nicola Valley Thunder Minor Lacrosse Association, and his bantam team this year is showing plenty of promise. In their most recent home game, on April 26, Macaulay allowed just one goal in a 5-1 triumph over the visiting Kelowna Kodiaks.
BALL STOPPER Merritt’s Colton Macaulay, 13, is hoping his ability to stop lacrosse balls will land him a spot on the team BC bantam team that will compete for the national championships in July. Macaulay will be attending a three-day selection camp this weekend in Langley. Ian Webster/Herald
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Rock news: Curling club wraps up season By Emily Wessel The Merritt Curling Club wrapped up its 201415 season at the end of March. In the ladies’ A division playoffs, the Monika Tenisch rink took the title, with third Jane Wowchuk, second Wendy Stone and lead Joyce Bain. Runner-up in the A final went to skip Jenny McDonald, third Jennifer Redshaw, second Nancy Ellingsen and lead Elaine Davidson. In the B division, it was Team Latremouille with skip Lorna Latremouille, third Darlene Gellrich, second Shelly-Anne McIvor and lead Julia van Rossum that emerged victorious.
The runner-up rink was skip Susan Newton, third Deb Stowell, second Deana Grimshire and lead Liana Tilt. In the men’s A division final, it was Doug Allen’s team that took the title (including lead Ian Gordon, second Doug Stone and third Curt Thoms). The men’s B champion was the Jack Reynoldson rink over Rick Olsen’s. With its men’s and ladies’ championship finals on March 27, the club shut down its four sheets of ice for the summer. The local league will pick up play again by the Thanksgiving weekend. New curlers are welcome any time during the season and the club offers special sessions in the fall to teach newcomers to the sport the basics of curling.
LADIES’ CHAMPS The Monika Tenisch rink (left to right) skip Monika Tenisch, second Wendy Stone, lead Joyce Bain and third Jane Wowchuk. Photo submitted
MEN’S CHAMPS The Doug Allen foursome (left to right) second Doug Stone, lead Ian Gordon, skip Doug Allen, and third Curt Thoms. Photo submitted
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The Penticton Vees are 2015 Western Canada Cup champions. The BCHL’s Vees won the WCC title in dramatic fashion (what else is new), defeating the Portage Terriers 4-3 in overtime on Saturday night in Fort McMurray, Alberta. The win avenged Penticton’s only loss in the tournament, a 3-2 setback to Portage on April 28.
Penticton becomes the second BCHL team to win the WCC title after the Surrey Eagles won the inaugural event in 2013 in Nanaimo. Former WHL player Connor Chartier was the hero in extra innings for Penticton, scoring the gamewinning goal at 2:57 of the first period of overtime. The Terriers forced OT with a dramatic tying goal of their own with just 57 seconds remaining in regulation
play. Other Vees’ scorers in the gold medal game were Riley Alferd, Dante Fabbro and Steen Cooper. Goalie Hunter Miska picked up his fourth win in five starts at the WCC. The Vees and host Terriers, along with the third-place Melfort Mustangs, move onto the Royal Bank Cup, slated for May 9 to 17 in Portage la Prairie, Manitoba. The Vees and Terriers will play the tournament’s opening game.
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