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Like father, like son Jordan Pritchett channelled the country music stylings of his old man, Aaron — whose mural can be seen in downtown Merritt ­— when he performed at opening night of the Rockin’ River Fest. More photos and coverage of the event Thursday.

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City of Merritt buys property along Nicola River Michael Potestio THE MERRITT HERALD

The City of Merritt has purchased 2152 Conklin Avenue near the Nicola River for $50,000, but hasn’t yet decided what it will do with it.

“We really haven’t got into specific discussions about it yet,” said Merritt Mayor Neil Menard.

The fund to purchase the property are being taken out of last year’s surplus, according to information from a special council meeting that was released publicly.

City of Merritt director of finance Sheila Thiessen told the Herald this property is connected to three nearby lots along Charters Street the city purchased last year, one of which is partially submerged under the Nicola River.

The lots of 2801 and 2802 Charters St. comprise a three-acre island in the Nicola River, that was created back in the 1940s when the Nicola River was rerouted to reduce flooding in town, putting the third lot — 2807 Charters Street — under water.

Last year, council was considering a possible wildlife sanctuary for these properties.

Thiessen described buying the Conklin Avenue property as a “logical add-on.”

Menard said the recently purchased property goes “hand-in-hand” with the Charters Street properties the city bought last year.

He said the owner of the Conklin Avenue property approached council with a proposal to sell.

The city is now considering what it will do with the land.

“We’re going to have a look at a sanctuary or a walking park, but I think it’s a plus for the city,” Menard said.

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NICOLA VALLEY NEWS FEDERAL POLITICS

COURT REPORT

Albas skeptical of agreement Trial adjourned Council of the Federation meetings on July 19 and 20, the CFTA does not clarify or allow the free trade of Summer break might be on at alcohol between the provinces.

Parliament Hill, but MP Dan Albas The CFTA, which will replace isn’t taking anytime the old Agreement off — he’s spending on Internal Trade the summer educating established 20 years as many Canadians ago, is intended to be who will listen on how a sweeping free trade their constitutional agreement that allows rights could help “free the trade of everythe beer.” thing without barriers Fresh on the heels between provinces of the announce— except for a list of ment of a new, “negatives.” agreed-to-in-principle Negatives would Canada Free Trade be items exempt from Agreement (CFTA) the CFTA, which between the provwould still be subject inces of Canada, the to specific provincial Central Okanaganstandards. Alcohol is Silmilkameen-Nicola would be considered Dan Albas MP continues to urge a negative under the MP for Okanagan-Silmilkameen-Nicola new agreement, but the Liberal government to provide clarity the rest of the “negaon trade regulations surrounding tives” list has yet to be released to alcohol. the public.

Though the premiers heralded The issue of inter-provincial the announcement of an internal transit of alcohol jumped into free trade deal as a triumph of the the federal realm after the a New Cole Wagner THE MERRITT HERALD

Brunswick man was fined for buying beer in Quebec and transporting it over the border to New Brunswick earlier this year.

Gerard Comeau, a retired line worker, was returning to his home in New Brunswick when he was pulled over with 15 cases of beer and three bottles of liquor purchased in Quebec. New Brunswick’s liquor control act forbids residents from purchasing more than 12 pints of beer from outside the province, which meant Comeau was facing a $292 ticket for his liquor run.

Similar restrictions exist in provinces across Canada — for example, British Columbians are limited to bringing three litres of spirits, nine litres of wine, and 24.5 litres of beer across the provincial border without facing penalty.

But New Brunswick provincial Justice Ronald LeBlanc ruled in Comeau’s favour — striking down the ticket, and affirming the constitutional right of Canadians to the freedom of movement of goods between provinces.

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An annual hearing to review the confinement of a mentally ill man who killed his three children has been adjourned for 10 months.

B.C.’s Criminal Justice Branch said Allan Schoenborn consented to delaying last Wednesday’s scheduled hearing while Crown lawyers seek to have him designated a “highrisk’’ accused, tightening his restrictions for confinement.

Schoenborn’s last annual review at the Forensic Psychiatric Hospital in Coquitlam upset family members of his victims because he asked to be granted supervised outings into the community.

Schoenborn was successful Allan Schoenborn in his bid last year — although he hasn’t yet left the hospital grounds — and a court proceeding in May heard his treatment team was planning to oppose that privilege this year.

The Criminal Justice Branch said the hospital will not facilitate any supervised outings in the time before Schoenborn’s next B.C. Review Board hearing in May 2017.

In February 2010, Schoenborn was found not criminally responsible on account of mental disorder after stabbing his 10-year-old daughter and smothering his eight- and fiveyear-old sons at their home in their Merritt in 2008.

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NICOLA VALLEY NEWS POLICE FILES

Crime down compared to last spring Michael Potestio THE MERRITT HERALD

Crime stats compiled by the Merritt RCMP show a slight dip in a number of offences this spring compared to last year.

From April through June of 2016, police responded to 40 assault cases, 13 less than the 53 from the same time period last year.

Break and enters also saw a dip between quarters. Last spring there were 11 break-ins reported to police, but only nine this year.

Fewer vehicles were stolen too.

Last year five vehicles were stolen between April and June, but only three were reported stolen this past spring. Theft of items from vehicles numbered 13 this past spring down from the 15 theft from vehicle files police had in the spring of 2015.

However, one statistic that wasn’t lower was the number of domestic dispute files, which can range from a verbal argument to a physical confrontation.

Police have 50 files from April through June 2016 for domestic disputes, seven more than the 43 compiled during the same time period last year.

When it comes to cases of domestic disputes in Merritt, statistics contained in RCMP quarterly reports show that the number of files has steadily increased over the past three years.

In 2013, police responded to 158 domestic disputes, 195 in 2014 and

218 in 2015.

While the numbers at first glance appear to be a troubling trend, police believe the reason for this increase is due to more reporting of domestic disputes than ever before, as opposed to there being more instances of domestic violence.

According to the second quarter stats for 2016, the Integrated Case Assessment Team (ICAT) — a collaborative effort by community agencies, facilitated by the RCMP, that assesses high-risk cases of domestic abuse — currently has six high risk cases open.

There were just three ICAT cases

open in the fourth quarter report for 2015.

Chelsea Morrey, Violence Against Women In Relationships committee member has told the Herald that while ICAT saw a drop in the number of domestic violence cases in 2015 compared to 2014, the severity of domestic disputes in town isn’t decreasing.

“When we say severity, we are seeing people that are actually needing to be hospitalized, relocated to different communities for safety for themselves and for their children, so although we see less cases, the severity is really bad.”

It is unclear if domestic dispute cases for the first six months of 2016 are more than the first half of 2015, which total 84, because that quarterly report has yet to be released publicly by police.

ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS

New rules in effect for mine tailings ponds Tom Fletcher BLACK PRESS

The latest changes to B.C. mine regulations bring the province closer to its goal of preventing another tailings pond failure, says an independent expert who investigated the 2014 dam breach at Mt. Polley Mine.

Dirk van Zyl, professor of mining and the environment at the University of B.C. and one of three outside reviewers of the Mt. Polley failure, said the changes to B.C.’s Mining Code meet the recommendations made by engineers who examined the failure.

“These changes put B.C. in a leadership position and clearly set the groundwork for a more comprehensive approach to consistent tailings management in the province,” van Zyl said in a statement last Wednesday. “It is another step towards the overall goal of moving to zero tailings storage facility failures.”

Energy and Mines Minister Bill Bennett said the changes to construction, water management and inspection can’t be expected to prevent every small release of water from a mine tailings pond in heavy rainfall. But he is confident the new regime will prevent major failures, even when unknown factors such as the weak layer under the Mt. Polley dam exist.

“Now we are prescribing a factor of safety that I think will account for the things you don’t know,” Bennett said.

Al Hoffman, B.C.’s Chief Inspector of Mines, said the new code has specific requirements for inside “beaches” to reduce pressure on the base of a tailings dam, the height of water allowed, the number of motion detectors on the dam and the frequency of inspections.

The new code requires every existing B.C. mine with a tailings pond to have an independent tailings review board in place by the end of 2016, with annual reports UBC’s Dirk van Zyl (left) was named by Energy and Mines Minister Bill Bennett to to be posted online. investigate the Mt. Polley tailings dam failure in 2014. Black Press files That falls short of a recent recommendation by B.C. Auditor that a layer of glacial till material at the base of General Carol Bellringer that mine oversight the dam near Williams Lake wasn’t understood should be independent of the ministry that issues in enough detail when the dam was designed and permits and promotes mining investment. Bennett built in 1997. Later raising of the dam to hold said he remains convinced that the technical nature more water and tailings put pressure on the base of permits with hundreds of conditions makes the layer and led to the failure. people who issue them the best qualified to enforce The B.C. Conservation Officer Service continthem. ues its investigation of the Mt. Polley incident, and NDP energy and mines critic Norm McDonald has authority to recommend charges for the envisaid Mt. Polley was required to have supporting ronmental damage done by the failure. beaches and went for years without them, and also The Mt. Polley dam has been repaired by owner reported its water levels incorrectly before the dam Imperial Metals and the mine reopened, with work failure. New rules will only make a difference if continuing to rebuild Hazeltine Creek and the they are enforced, McDonald said. shore of Quesnel Lake where a torrent of water The Mt. Polley independent report concluded and tailings poured down on Aug. 4, 2014.

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REMEMBER WHEN? From the Herald archives: August, 1967

CENTENNIAL CARAVAN TAKES MERRITT BY STORM Last Sunday, at long last, the Centennial Caravan came to Merritt and was, to say the least, a roaring success.

The show was officially opened at eleven, Sunday morning, with Mr. V. Fergusen, president of the Caravan, presiding.

Also present were Allan Collett. Bill Hartley, M.L.A., and the Mayor, George Fillinger.

Mr. Fergusen made a short speech, and then Mr. Hartley pushed a button which started the horns playing “O Canada”, officially opening the caravan.

The Caravan, one of eight in Canada, consists of eight large truck trailers, 73’ long and 10’ wide, arranged in sequence to form a continuous showcase.

The exhibits covered Canada ’s entire history, from her first inhabitants to Canada’s part in the space age today.

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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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CALL FOR COMMITTEE MEMBERS ENVIRONMENT SELECT COMMITTEE & CITY SOCIAL PLANNING SELECT COMMITTEE The City of Merritt is seeking a maximum of three (3) members of the public to sit on the City’s Environment Select Committee. The Environment Select Committee develops and recommends policies to Council regarding the status and management of the air, water and land within the jurisdiction of the City of Merritt. This committee reviews all matters referred to it by Council that fall within the Committee’s scope and provides input on existing or proposed bylaws, policies and programs of the City that have the potential to have a positive or negative impact the quality and sustainability of air, water and land. The Environment Select Committee provides a perspective on services, events and capital projects related but not limited to climate change, green technology and energy efficiency.

The City of Merritt is seeking four (4) members of the public to sit on the City Social Planning Select Committee. The City Social Planning Committee advises and makes recommendations to Council on policies, priorities, new initiatives and direction to maintain and improve the social well-being of

residents. This committee provides advice to the Council on the development of action plans to deal with a variety of social issues affecting the Nicola Valley community, such as youth engagement, homelessness, access to social assistance programs.

It also provides a cross disability perspective on inclusion and accessibility affecting all persons with disabilities and ensures that the committee process engages the broad community, including seniors, aboriginals, ethnic groups and others.

Individuals interested in applying, please ensure that your Letter of Interest clearly states which committee wish to sit on. To apply please forward your intention by letter prior to August 15, 2016 by 3:00 p.m. to: City of Merritt Melisa Miles Director of Corporate Services PO Box 189 Merritt, B.C. V1K 1B8 Or email to mmiles@merritt.ca

NOTICE OF REVITALIZATION TAX EXEMPTION BYLAW Please take note that pursuant to Section 226(4) of the Community Charter, the City of Merritt Council intends to consider adopting City of Merritt Revitalization Tax Exemption Bylaw No. 2212 at its Regular Council Meeting on August 9, 2016.

The objective of proposed City of Merritt Revitalization Tax Exemption Bylaw No. 2212, 2016 is to use tax exemptions to encourage the following building expansion and enhancement to work: a) construction, renovation and alteration of commercial, large industrial and higher density residential buildings within the City; b) alteration and enhancement of building facades within the City Centre; and c) construction of residential strata-developments within the City Centre; in a manner consistent with the policies set out in the Official Community Plan for the purpose of attracting new businesses, residents and expanding existing businesses.

The purpose of proposed City of Merritt Revitalization Tax Exemption Bylaw No. 2212, 2016 is to consolidate into one bylaw, the General Revitalization Area Projects (the area within the boundaries of the City excluding the Specific Revitalization Area) and Specific Revitalization Area Projects (Development Permit Area No. 1 – City Centre) The General Revitalization Area allows for a maximum of a four (4) year exemption period. For projects within the General Revitalization Area, the amount of the Revitalization Tax Exemption will be calculated as follows: (a) in year one, 100 percent of the increase in the Assessed Value of Improvements on the Parcel between the Base Amount Year and the year in which the occupancy permit for the Project is issued (the “Assessed Increase”); (b) in year two, 75 per cent of the Assessed Increase; (c) in year three, 50 per cent of Assessed Increase;

and (d) in year four, 25 per cent of the Assessed Increase.

The Specific Revitalization Area allows for a maximum of a five (5) year exemption period. For projects within the Specific Revitalization Area the amount of Revitalization Tax Exemption will be calculated as follows: a) for a Project consisting of the alteration of a façade, $20,000 or the increase in the Assessed Value of Improvements on the Parcel from the Base Amount Year to the year in which the Project is completed, whichever is greater; b) for a Project consisting of the construction of a strata-title residential development, the increase in the Assessed Value of land and Improvements on the Parcel containing the total Project in the Base Amount Year to the year in which the occupancy permit is issued for the Project as apportioned among each strata unit in accordance with each unit’s strata entitlement; and c) for all other Projects, the increase in the Assessed Value of Improvements on the Parcel from the Base Amount Year to the year in which the occupancy permit is issued for the Project.

Any person wishing to express opposition to proposed City of Merritt Revitalization Tax Exemption Bylaw No. 2212, 2016 is requested to do so in writing to: Attention Director of Corporate Services, City of Merritt, PO Box 189, Merritt, BC V1K 1B8; or Email: mmiles@merritt.ca; or Fax: (250) 378-2600; or By delivering in person at City Hall at 2185 Voght Street; or By addressing Council during the opportunity for public input respecting proposed City of Merritt Revitalization Tax Exemption Bylaw No. 2212, 2016 at the Council Meeting on August 9, 2016, at 7:00 p.m. in Council Chambers at 2185 Voght Street.

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NICOLA VALLEY NEWS

Beer not freed, but grapes ‘unshackled’ Although alcohol is not a part of the proposed Canada Free Trade Agreement, a side deal between B.C., Ontario and Quebec will make it easier for wine enthusiasts to order out-of-province wine through their provincial distributor — prompting Quebec premier Philippe Couillard to proclaim that the governments had “unshackled the grapes.”

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Last week we looked at Adam learning how to build an altar. On it lay his offering which he had tied up so it can’t get away.

Then he is to kneel down, behind the altar he puts his hands on the head of his little sacrifice then confessed his sins. This little creature represents Jesus.

He then kills the animal. He burns it on the wood of the altar. Now he is free, but is he? He probably feels a bit guilty for having to do what he’s done. What he did to have to kill the little friend of his, which represents Jesus. He says, “I will never do again this sinful act.” This is what it was to do for him.

Have you heard of any violence lately? No matter how bad the world is in doing evil, God still loves His people and shows them His care and love.

He called on a man who’s name was Abraham. Abraham loved God and followed Him. God told him to move away from his relatives, who were beginning to follow evil. God called him to move away from this influence to a new place.

Abraham was a rich man in money and goods to be an example to people who did not follow Jesus. He was sort of He feels free and thoughtful that he a missionary. has been relieved of his guilt. All this does Abraham had a standing army in his not come cheap. He feels for his little pet, and if it was not his own, he had to buy household. Men who he had trained as soldiers. Men that were brought up with one for himself to sacrifice. his people. Three hundred and eighteen As people increased, not all followed men who would put his household to what Jesus had taught but did what they roughly 3000 people. wanted. We read in the account of these How does a man re-locate all of his days in the Bible. It says that the earth was filled with violence. Jesus said when he people, and all of his animals? It would was here, “As it was in the days of Noah be such a big job. But, God said “Go.” So so shall it be.” Just before His second Abraham went.

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Whitehorse on July 19 and 20.

“While Albas, the official opposition Conservatives critic for inter-provincial trade are happy to see and labour mobility, urged some provinces the government to refer the respond to growComeau case to the Supreme ing demand for Court of Canada, so that all Canadian wine provinces could have a guideby making their “I’m sorry — but things that line to establishing free trade electronic order- were created in the 1920s — of alcohol ing systems you know, we don’t use steam between provmore conveengines anymore. When a betinces — somenient, it’s difter mousetrap comes along, we thing Albas says ficult to ignore adopt it and become healthier is enshrined that the whole and wealthier for it,” he said. in section issue of free “This is no longer a question 121 of the trade of alcohol of ‘Is this good for our bottom Constitution in Canada is line?’

It’s a question of ‘What Act of 1867. a mess.” said are the constitutional rights of The section Albas in a stateCanadians?’”

— specifically ment on the Though his motion failed referred to by new agreement in the House of Commons, Justice LeBlanc between B.C., this summer Albas is taking in the Comeau Ontario and the fight to the people affected decision — Quebec. most by the restriction of outlines that Albas alcoholic trade — breweries, “All articles of lamented the distilleries and wineries across Navdeep Bains the growth, fact that laws Canada.

Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic produce, or Development on the books “I’m not deterred, I have to manufacture of from the 1920s do a better job of conveying any one of the provinces shall, — such as the importation the argument. We’re just about from and after the union, be of intoxicating liquors act — to send out a national petition admitted free into each of the are governing modern trade to every winery, distillery and other provinces,” but provinbetween provinces, despite what brewery to encourage them to cial and federal laws — as in he views as a constitutional sign a petition,” he said.

New Brunswick — have since right of Canadians to trade “It’s not just free the beer, restricted that right. freely with other Canadians, it’s ‘free the beer and open up While Albas’ motion to refer regardless of their province of the Canadian economy.’” the case to Canada’s highest origin. court was voted down by the Liberal majority in the House of Commons earlier this summer, he’s not satisfied with leaving the fight just yet.

“The government Here a few helpful hints to help prevent motor basically said we can’t vehilcle break-ins: 1 Don’t leave purses or valuables support this while we’re working on an inside vehicles overnight. agreement with the 2 Lock vehicles when exiting, provinces, but now they make it a habit. have an agreement 3 If leaving valuables in a that doesn’t include vehicle; hide from sight. alcohol,” explained 4 Park in a well lit area.

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Tracking the plastic expenses Dermond Travis INTEGRITYBC

In a $46.3 billion budget, $49.8 million is chump change, but the B.C. government’s 84,346 credit card charges in 2015-16 do offer some insights into how the B.C. government spends on the run.

While the number of charges is down from 102,418 in 2014-15, the dollar value is up from $45.1 million. Why the jump? Forest fires.

Among last year’s big users of plastic were Children and Family Development ($5.29 million), Justice ($7.18 million) and Forests, Land, and Natural Resource Operations ($12 million).

More than 700 transactions were for less than $5.00 and 1,367 charges were for more than $5,000.

The largest? A $97,296 charge at Woodlands Inn by Forests.

Single biggest expense? Air travel at $13.96 million.

The more popular domestic choices were Harbour Air ($1.85 million), Helijet ($2.35 million) and Air Canada ($5.99 million).

Foreign carriers included: Korean Air ($15,645), Cathay Pacific ($21,442) and Air China ($33,200).

The ministry passing through customs the most overseas was Education ($76,885), not International Trade ($36,635).

Among the more popular hotel choices were Holiday Inn ($122,958), Fairmont ($159,811) and the Sandman ($228,354).

Tolls for the Port Mann ($83,301) and Golden Ears ($3,212) bridges found their way onto the government’s plastic.

Eighteen ministries chipped in to make the #BCTech summit a success ($34,988) and 13 ministries for the 2015 LNG Conference ($63,392).

Fast food faves included: A&W ($8,161), McDonald’s ($18,362), Boston Pizza ($64,454) and Tim

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Terrorism in Europe: “Our Country is at War”

GWYNNE DYER The international STAGE “Our country is at war,” said French President Francois Hollande on July 26, after a priest was murdered near Rouen in front of his congregation by two attackers who claimed to be serving Islamic State.

It’s the sort of thing leaders feel compelled to say at times like this, but it does send the wrong message.

French aircraft are already bombing IS forces

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in Syria, so you could call that a sort of war (though nobody on the French side is getting killed).

But that was not what Hollande was talking about. He was saying that France is somehow at war AT HOME, and went on to say “Our democracy is the target, and it will be our shield. Let us stand together. We will win this war.”

Stirring stuff, and the French certainly need some encouragement, because they are still in shock after the recent slaughter of 84 people by an truck-driving Islamist terrrorist in Nice. But the words are wrong, because if the French are at war at home, then who are they at war with? The obvious answer, almost the only plausible answer, is French Muslims. Which

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is, of course, precisely the conclusion that Islamic State wants the French people to reach.

I’m not saying that the two deluded Muslim teenagers who carried out the attack on the French priest were aware of the grand strategy behind IS’s terrorist campaign in Europe. The foot-soldiers in any campaign are unlikely to know or care much about such things.

But the men who set IS policy and control the Islamist websites that urge young European Muslims to commit these terrible acts know exactly what they want to achieve. In France, they want to stimulate anti-Muslim hatred, turn the majority against this under-privileged minority, and ensure the victory of Marine Le Pen, the leader of the

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neo-fascist, anti-Muslim, anti-immigrant National Front, in next year’s presidential election.

She is already practically guaranteed a place as one of the two contenders in the second, run-off phase of the French election. If the terrorist attacks radicalise many Christian and postChristian French people and lead to widespread anti-Muslim violence, Le Pen might even win it and become France’s next president.

Islamic State’s strategy in Germany is just the same, although the country is less fertile ground for Islamist extremism: relatively few of Germany’s Muslims are Arabs, and IS is an overwhelmingly Arab organisation. The farright parties in Germany

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are also much weaker than the National Front in France. But IS has just claimed credit for two terrorist attacks in Germany in a single week.

Two IS attacks in Germany, NOT four.

The axe-wielding Afghan youth on a train near Wuerzburg who wounded five people on July 18, and the failed Syrian asylum seeker who blew himself up outside a music festival and injured fifteen other people in Ansbach on July 24, both proclaimed their loyalty to Islamic State.

But the 18-year-old German youth of Iranian extraction who murdered nine people in Munich last Friday, all but one in their teens, was a psychologically troubled youth

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OPINION

U.S. attacks looming

LETTER to the editor

Congrats to Merritt firefighters

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Editor; Over the past few months there have been numerous comments and articles in the Merritt Herald regarding the plight of the individuals and illicit drugs. First of all I would like to extend a sincere thank you to the Merritt Fire Rescue for not getting involved in the drug issue and secondly for deciding not to administer naloxone to those individuals that overdose. These individuals choose to use the illicit drugs and cause themselves harm and as a result should face their own consequences. It does little good to provide a protection for an overdose as it only allows the individuals to continue with their self-abuse.

It’s sad that they are in this situation, but then again they were originally not forced to use drugs, it was their choice.

Well enough is enough and in general society is fed up with the daily sympathy of the various society’s constantly asking for assistance to help these people, while other groups such as seniors, who worked and built this country, are pushed aside and receive no assistance at all.

Let them overdose, it’s one less individual that will continue to be a burden to society and one less market outlet for the criminals to sell their drugs.

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obsessed with school shootings and Norwegian mass murderer Anders Breivik.

The Syrian asylum-seeker who murdered a Polish woman in Reuthlingen on Sunday with a machete knew the victim, and the police said it was probably a “crime of passion.”

However, both of those men were also Muslims, so in the minds of many Germans there has just been a wave of murderous Islamist terrorism. The two IS-linked attacks actually didn’t even kill anybody, but there is now a political panic that has strong anti-Muslim undertones. The IS strategy is working in Germany too.

Why does Islamic State want an anti-Muslim backlash in European countries?

Because it will radicalise many more European Muslims, and also maybe bring to power populist leaders who really do want to “wage war on Islam.”

Islamic State’s ideology claims that the whole Muslim world is under attack by the evil West, and that only IS can defend it successfully. Only if its real target audience in the Arab world believes that lie can IS hope to gain popular support, and perhaps ultimately political power, in the Arab countries, so it NEEDS the West to behave badly.

That’s why Francois Hollande was wrong to say that France is at war at home.

Words matter, and he’s playing into the terrorists’ hands.

It’s also why the United States can expect to see a rash of Islamist attacks next October. They wouldn’t even have to be very big to drive millions of American voters into the arms of Donald Trump, and nothing could please Islamic State more than Trump as president.

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Premier’s office spends $645 per day From Page 6 Hortons ($70,604).

Fine dining was the prescription at the Health ministry with a $1,632 charge at Zambri’s and two charges totalling $3,760 at Hawksworth in Vancouver’s Rosewood Hotel Georgia.

Count on Children and Family Development to go five star when three stars would do.

The ministry billed $1,107 at the Super 8 Hotel in Victoria – suspect not for staff — and $6,218 at Victoria’s Parkside Hotel & Spa — likely not for clients.

Other choices included the Georgian Court Hotel ($289), Oak Bay Beach Hotel ($435), Granville Island Hotel ($1,614) and the Four Seasons Hotel ($450).

It’s must be tough to keep track of Finance minister Mike de Jong.

Last year he had the second highest travel expenses in cabinet at $78,090, which may explain the $1,192 charge at Tracking the World, a GPS tracking software for “business, law enforcement, covert and personal use.”

Betting on the ponies may have been an

option to help balance the budget if the $342 charge at Fraser Downs Racetrack is any indication.

Transportation and Infrastructure spent $1,280 at Hashtracking.com.

Something to do with Twitter hashtags, otherwise it would have been a Justice ministry charge.

Justice did charge $18,764 at Voyageur Soap & Candle and $516 at Scooby’s Dog Waste Removal.

Fittingly, the only charge in government at HypeForType.com ($106) was at Small Business and Red Tape Reduction.

At $1.1 million, International Trade was way down the leader board for total charges, but oh so more exotic.

Exotissimo Travel ($1,167) fits that bill. The agency has since changed its name to EXO Travel.

The ministry accounted for $93,610 of the government’s $109,190 tab at the Four Seasons Hotel and all of its charges at the Shangri-la Hotel in Shenzhen China’s ($18,960).

Spending an average of $645 per day on airfares, the premier’s office is rarely grounded.

Floats and whirlybirds accounted for the bulk

of the $235,447 tab, with Seair at $5,353, Helijet ($44,245) and Harbour Air ($66,043).

The office also charged $1,205 at Shred-It. That’s a lot of Post-it notes.

Across all ministries, total charges at ShredIt rang it at $143,505 and that’s on top of its $136,822 in billings.

Eight ministries and the Public Service Agency charged $33,836 at Psychometrics Canada, which provides “psychometric tests and personality assessments for developing the best people for every job.”

Given the recent actions of some of the government’s political staff, one wonders what instructions are being provided to Psychometrics.

The government has two psychometricians on staff.

There were six charges at Smokescreen Graphics ($1,602) and — surprisingly enough — not one of them by the Government Communications and Public Engagement Office.

And oddly, it was two different ministries that respectively billed $927 at Naked Lunch and $1,716 at Keep Your Shirt On. Dermod Travis is the executive director at IntegrityBC.

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Six canoes, eight RCMP officers from Merritt, West Kelowna, and Kamloops, and more than 50 First Nations youth got together on July 26 and 27 on Nicola Lake for the third annual Nicola Canoe Pull.

The event is a celebration of Indigenous culture, as the canoes tour around the lake, stopping at various locations to take in pictographs, and places where First Nations groups had traditionally built shelters, such as in Monck Park.

But the event is also a chance for local RCMP officers to foster a better relationship with First Nations groups, especially young people.

A dinner feast was held at the end of day one, at the site formerly occupied by the Kamloops Sailing Association. The group made camp there for the evening, before setting out on the second leg of the trip.

While a thunderstorm ripped through Merritt on the evening of July 26, participants in the canoe pull were lucky enough to avoid the worst of the weather near the lake, and the pull continued as scheduled on July 27.

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Eight-year-old Kasey Wycotte is back home in the Nicola Valley now, proudly displaying the three medals (one gold and two silvers) that he won at the world mixed martial arts championships (WOMAA) — held in Essenbach, Germany from July 22 to 24.

The Merritt youngster was one of a ninemember Canadian team that competed at this year’s WOMAA, along with hundreds of other athletes of all ages from around the globe.

“The Americans and English had teams of around 150 competitiors each,” said Kasey’s dad, Matt, who also made the trip to Germany.

The Wycotte’s whirlwind visit to Europe began on July 19 with a ten-and-a-half hour, non-stop flight from Vancouver to Munich.

“It was Kasey’s first time flying,” said his dad. “He was pretty excited.”

Kasey’s four-year-old sister, Angel, was supposed to make the trip and compete as well, but the family simply couldn’t raise enough funds.

“She wasn’t too disappointed,” said Matt.

“She’s so young. She got to go to the castle fun park near Abbotsford after seeing us off at the airport. She was happy.”

Kasey and his dad spent most of Wednesday in Munich sleeping — recovering from the long flight and adjusting to the ninehour time difference.

“We were so tired,” said Matt.

On the Thursday, Matt and Kasey made their way to Landshut, a small Bavarian community nine kilometres away from the competition venue in Essenbach.

“We stayed in a very nice hostel,” Matt said.

“It was a lot cheaper than what people were

paying in Essenbach.

The hostel was built in 1475, and was right beside a castle.”

The Wycottes were fortunate to have left Munich when they did. One day later, on July 22, an 18-yearold extremist gunman opened fire at a busy suburban shopping mall, killing nine civilians before taking his own life.

The city of Munich and the surrounding area went into an immediate lock-down and state of emergency. Travel was highly restricted.

Competition at WOMAA took place on the Saturday and Sunday. Kasey’s first event was point sparring, his favourite.

“He had two bouts in the eight-year-old category and won them both to win the gold medal,” said Matt. “His opponents were from Wales and Ireland.”

Point sparring sees combatants fight two one-minute rounds, with points awarded for each near-contact, either by punching or kicking.

“They don’t allow full-contact,” explained Matt. “They’re very strict about that, especially in the younger divisions.”

Kasey’s next competition was World Karate Federation (WKF) kumite, an event he had never competed in before. He was eliminated in the early rounds.

“The rules are different,” said Matt.

“When you throw a kick or punch, you have to immediately bring your leg or arm back to the position you started in.

Kasey had never practised that before. He was making the first contact, but not bringing it back, so he didn’t score the points.”

Undeterred, Kasey moved onto continuous sparring, an event he is very familiar with. It

Photos (clockwise from above) Merritt’s Kasey Wycotte and the rest of Team Canada at the world mixed martial arts championships (WOMAA) in Essenbach, Germany. Kasey and his dad, Matt, celebrate Kasey’s three medals. The beautiful scenery of the Bavarian town of Landshut, close to Essenbach. Kasey Wycotte, a world champion. Photos submitted

only differs from point sparring in that the referee allows continuous fighting and pointscoring in a round, rather than stopping the contest after each point is made.

Matt conceded he was a little confused by the outcome of the championship bout, as Kasey was initially declared the winner, only to have the decision reversed afterwards.

“I didn’t want to argue or protest,” Kasey’s dad said. “The competition is all about sportsmanship, regardless of the result.”

Kasey’s final event was grappling. Matt said they again ran into some issues with rules. In the gold-medal match, Kasey was behind in points, but managed to put a full arm bar on his opponent. The referee actually stopped the match, but the gold medal was still decided on points.

Unbeknownst to both Wycotte’s at the time, an arm bar is not allowed in youth competitions internationally.

After all the excite-

ment of two days of intense competition, Kasey and his dad spent the Monday (July 25) sightseeing.

“We visited the castle beside our hostel, and took in a lot of the beautiful churches around the town, with their high spires,” said Matt. “For over an hour, we watched a worker repairing a section of cobblestone roadway.

Many of the roads and streets in the old parts of the city are still cobblestone. He had to chip every piece by hand. It was very interesting.”

The food and language in Germany took some getting-used-to, said Matt, who conceded that he and Kasey visited the local McDonalds on more than a few occasions, and did a lot of pointing when no one could speak English.

Safely back in Canada, Kasey is looking forward to a bit of a break from all the training, competing and travelling.

“He wants to take the month off and just be a kid for the rest of the

summer,” said his dad.

“He’ll start back training in September.”

Kasey hopes to compete at the 2017 WOMAA, which is slated for Dublin, Ireland.

Kasey, Angel and Matt are all martial arts students at the Sen-i mixed martial arts studio located on Quilchena Avenue in Merritt.

Their instructor is Kim Charlton.

Charlton is understandably very proud of his young student’s achievements on the world stage.

“More important than winning medals, I’m proud of the way Kasey represented our club, the city of Merritt and Canada.”

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