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New unified directory to find Merritt services David Dyck THE MERRITT HERALD
It’s been two years in the making, but last week the Merritt Integration Project (MIT) unveiled a new way for Merrittonians to find businesses and services in the area with both a pubic service directory and a youth directory — in print and online at www. accessmerritt.com. Chelsea Morrey, director of the
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can’t help you,’ and close the door, we can say, ‘It may not be me, but let me make a phone call or let me get the address of where you can go — they’re the folks that can get you where you need to be,’” said Morrey. That distance also meant that a lot of the time services overlapped, or they were competing for the same government funding. Morrey started to recognize this
lack of communication and duplication of service back in 2013. Starting a conversation was the first step. “We starting bringing together senior management of agencies across the community to get together on a monthly basis and talk about the gaps the barriers the needs of Merritt and the Nicola Valley,” she said.
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The initiative comes from the story of one First Nations woman in Williams Lake whose orange shirt was taken from her in exchange for a school uniform on her first day of residential school. Lake and her experience on her first day of residential school. Her grandmother bought her a new orange shirt, which was taken from her in exchange for a uniform. “Once she arrived there they quickly stripped her of all her clothing, cut her hair and gave her a number instead of her name,” said Crystal McMaster, MSS First Nation support worker. The experience left the woman feeling as though she
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bylaw to be adopted by the end of the month, noting that given the passing of third reading, adopting the bylaw is essentially a formality. “We’re moving forward with that bylaw and the only amendment to the bylaw that I made was to say that if there’s a certified organic composting operation that it’s exempt from the bylaw as long as they don’t use biosolids in the production of their compost,” Murray said. In the new bylaw, P3 zoning is being redefined to allow waste management, transfer sites and composting as permitted uses. These facilities are currently listed in a variety of zones, and will be consolidated under the civic works zoning.
Elections Canada is now recruiting poll workers for election day, Monday, October 19. To qualify, you must be a Canadian citizen, at least 16 years of age on October 19 and live in the riding where you are applying to work. You will be required to attend a training session. If you would like to work that day, please call Elizabeth at 250-378-4087.
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HONOURED GUEST Last Friday, the Mainline Auxiliary Conference was hosted by the Nicola Valley Health Care Auxiliary. Present at the opening ceremonies for the conference was the Lieutenant Governor, of B.C. and local Merrittonian the Hon. Judith Guichon. Guichon was also at the Nooaitch Indian Band over the weekend for the opening of their new library. See Thursday’s Herald for full coverage. David Dyck/Herald
our staff, but then how does it help the family that doesn’t want to walk through our doors?� she said. “Now they know the physicians, they know what the parks and recs do, they know what facilities are here — it just allows people to make a better choice towards their health and getting help for themselves.� Funding for the directory was secured from the Interior Health Authority as well as United Way. She said the city council has been supportive, and since MIT began meeting, there has been increased communication and co-ordination between agencies in town. The MIT also looks at other areas lacking in Merritt. Morrey said there were three areas: housing, health and social planning co-ordinator. “At MIT we can band together and write letters of support, we can join funding, we can join services.�
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Hello friends! It’s me. I thought I was Ànished but God is good and He has other plans. So, here I am, and I’m glad you are too. In the world of greed, selÀshness, and brutality we still have much to be thankful for. Let’s not think this is just happening. God is good and He is the One who’s providing for all our needs. We are His children and He would love to hear from us as we thank Him‌ verbally.
of Daniel in Babylon, in chapter nine. He is praying for his people in Jerusalem who were going through a real problem because they were not following the word of God.
While Daniel was praying, an angel, sent him a message from God for his people. It said that 70 weeks were set aside for his people to repent and redeem themselves. Now 70 weeks is not very long, but in prophecy 70 weeks may also be translated as seventy sevens. That would amount to 490 Now we have this great inà ux of years, which is quite a long time. migrants into Europe. The countries are Àlling up. What a job it is to feed and In the prophecy, God is telling His house all these people. Where can people that they need to make a these people go when there’s no place change in their life. They need to start to go? It’s sad but these are the fruits of living as God has instructed them and sin and selÀshness. put away their sin. He gave them a starting time for the prophecy and a In the reading and studying of the time for rebuilding their city, which had Bible, we Ànd all kinds of problems that been destroyed, and a time for the birth people had because of their own of the Messiah, the works of the Messiah doing. an His death. In the book of Daniel, there is a story More next week.
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It was important to her and others involved that it was senior level management — people who could actually make decisions right there at the table. Often there isn’t a large window in which to act, and taking proposals back to directors to sign off on isn’t something they can afford to wait for. “When funding is available and you have 30 days to apply, you need to act on it now,� said Morrey. Funding is also easier to secure from government when there are multiple groups involved in asking for it. When groups unite to ask for joint funding, government sees that as a positive. “Funding is so essential for nonprofits in any community,� explained Morrey. “Rather than pitting against each other, let’s apply to get funding together to service everybody. It’s tough enough out there for funding.� She said she hopes that this co-ordination will grow local services. “Rural communities are often looked past, and they move on to city centres like Kamloops and Kelowna,� she said. “We have been able to identify the gaps and needs for that funding to come back to our rural areas.� So what started out as something that would benefit Morrey in doing her job, MIT decided — why not share it with the public? “It helps me do my job at the agency, and
From the Herald archives: October, 1995
The Collett name continues to live on in the Nicola Valley. Saturday marked the official opening of the new Mayor Allen Collett bridge. About 60 attended the rainy dedication ceremony where Yale-Lillooet MLA Harry Lali, Mayor Clara Norgaard and John Collett, Allan’s son, were among the speakers. From 1970 to 1972, Lali worked as Allan Collett’s paper boy, he said. “I watched Allan Collett through the media and personally as well.� Lali said Allan put Merritt on the provincial map but nothing within the city limits recognized that. “We didn’t have anything in this town really named after the former mayor,� Lali said. So he approached the provincial cabinet and suggested the Collettville bridge be dedicated in his honour. “The family feels quite honoured that the provincial government and Mr. Lali decided to name the bridge after my dad,� John Collett said during the bridge dedication reception. For more than 20 years, Allan Collett served as Mayor of Merritt.
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Letter from Deborah Maguire, World Federation for Mental Health, to Carol Todd of the Amanda Todd Legacy Society Dear Carol: The World Federation for Mental Health is proud to support the Light Up the World Purple Awareness Campaign as part of an international effort to increase awareness about mental health and the effects of bullying. As the creators of World Mental Health Day, we are always on board to support campaigns that bring international awareness to mental health issues. Your Light Up the World Purple project is important to create awareness regarding the effects of bullying on a person’s mental health. We understand the significance of this date in your family and know how important it is to make sure that October 10 — World Mental Health Day — is used to highlight the awareness campaign. It is hoped that we can help spread the word about all that you are doing. If possible, try to send us pictures of the event so that we can post them on our website to show the world your event! I would be happy to send you our WFMH logo to use
We need to educate and empower our children and adults and we need to ensure that changes are made in order to avoid more casualties. We need to encourage others to speak up and to reach out to others, in other words “to not be a bystander.’ for your WMH DAY Event and if there is anything else we can do, please let me know. Thank you and good luck with your campaign! Deborah Maguire WFMH, Director of Administration, WMHDAY Co-ordinator About the Amanda Todd Legacy — “The dream of helping kids.” The Amanda Todd Legacy Society would like to invite you to participate in our third annual Light Up Purple campaign for World Mental Health Day (WMHDay) on October 10th 2015. WMHDay was first celebrated in 1992 at the initiative of the World Federation of Mental Health. For the past two years, we have been encouraged by the number of landmarks around the world that have lit up purple to bring increased awareness to mental illness. Not only did these landmarks illuminate purple, but people, organizations, schools and businesses also
participated in this event in their own creative ways. While the list from previous years has been impressive, we hope to expand it once again this year. Amanda’s lasting message is based on her ‘Dream of Helping Kids.’ Her story continues to be shared in many countries around the world to people of all ages. Awareness and understanding with respect to exactly what mental health is, and how we can educate around it, is so very important. The YouTube video Amanda created depicts the struggles she felt after endless years of torment due to bullying, cyberbullying and exploitation. It has been viewed cumulatively over 33 million times and within it, she shares her thoughts — “I’m struggling to stay in the world, because everything just touches me so deeply. “I’m not doing this for attention. I’m doing this to be an inspiration and to show that I can be strong. I did things to myself to make the pain go away, because I would rather hurt myself than someone else.
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“Haters are haters but please don’t hate, although I’m sure I’ll get them. I hope I can show you guys that everyone has a story and everyone’s future will be bright one day, you just gotta pull through. I’m still here aren’t I?” As told on the Dr Phil Show, to members of government and at various conferences related to children and youth, mental health and cyberbullying, the world needs to stand together as one, united around the globe to make a difference. We need to educate and empower our children and adults and we need to ensure that changes are made in order to avoid more casualties. We need to encourage others to speak up and to reach out to others, in other words “to not be a bystander.’ We, as caring communities, as parents, friends, families, and our youth, businesses and work colleagues need to make a united stand. A stand which the entire world can see, embrace, light up and say “no more” to bullying and the stigma of having a mental illness.
BYLAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER Position: The City of Merritt is inviting applications for the position of a permanent full-time Bylaw Enforcement Officer. For complete details, visit City of Merritt website at www.merritt.ca Current resumes reflecting applicants’ knowledge, skills and abilities relevant to the position and detailing education, qualifications and proof of required licenses/certificates/ degrees will be accepted prior to 4:00 p.m. Friday, October 9th by: Carole Fraser, Human Resources Manager, City of Merritt PO Box 189, 2185 Voght Street, Merritt, BC V1K 1B8 Or by email: cfraser@merritt.ca We thank all applicants for their interest, however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.
You’re Invited! to meet with Mayor Menard on the 1st and 3rd Wednesday of each month between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m., in the Mayor’s Office at City Hall (second floor), 2185 Voght Street. Interested citizens are welcome to stop by, say hello and discuss issues and opportunities for the City, its residents and businesses.
If you would like to schedule a particular time to meet with the Mayor at a Drop-In session please call reception at City Hall 250-378-4224.
OPEN HOUSE FORMER CPR LANDS BEING RE-PURPOSED
The City of Merritt is interested in your opinion and ideas for repurposing the lands formerly owned by the Canadian Pacific Railway and are now property of the City. In the City’s Official Community Plan, adopted by City Council in 2011, the lands are identified as Future Development which is a generic category for land holdings available for a multitude of possibilities, however somewhat focused on low intensity uses such as park or public uses. Please accept this as an invitation to attend the Open House to be held at City Hall on October 15th from 4:00PM to 7:00PM. The development of the lands will be a positive amenity for the area and turn an unsightly former rail grade into something nice. All of the proposed concepts are on the website. Go to http://www.merritt.ca/news/quilchena-avenue-stretch If you need any further information regarding the above, please schedule an appointment by calling me at 250-378-8620. I can also be reached via email at soflaherty@merritt.ca. Sean O’Flaherty, RPP Planning & Development Services Manager
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SD58 and Upper Nicola Band renew education agreement Michael Potestio THE MERRITT HERALD
Accountability and communication highlight School District 58's renewed local education agreement with the Upper Nicola Band. "Over the years we've pointed the finger at the school district that we have to do things differently at the school district level, and in this agreement we're also looking at ourselves," Upper Nicola Band Chief Harvey McLeod said. He said the agreement calls for council and parents to be involved in their children's education, and asks for accountability from all sides — parents, the school district, the band and students themselves. "It's not only the responsibility of the school district, we have a responsibility in this as well," McLeod said. Representatives from the band and SD58 signed off on the five-year agreement at the N'Kwala School in Upper Nicola on Wednesday. The local education agreement (LEA) goes into effect immediately, replacing the previous agreement that expired after a two-year shelf life. The band and SD58 will meet quarterly to review the LEA progress and student data, something that wasn't done under the old agreement. The new LEA is the longest the two parties
have ever signed, and that length is critical to having a plan in place long enough to get some results. SD58 chairman Gordon Comeau said the previous agreements were traditionally only two years long and were already being renegotiated before ever being implemented. In order for the school district to secure federal funding for on-reserve students, it must develop a LEA with the local bands on how they'll implement service. Comeau said he thinks this renewed agreement allows them to better focus government funding earmarked for supporting aboriginal students. The new agreement aims to have goals that are achievable, and promotes communication. Goals include improving the literacy and numeracy of students between Kindergarten and Grade 4, include the band in the hiring process for staff and increasing the knowledge of local Syilx language and culture. Other tasks in the LEA are informing and asking for consent from parents when a student change courses, ensuring students are being provided academic counselling that's brought to the parents attention and dealing with attendance issues in a timely fashion, SD58 superintendent Steve
(Left to right) Upper Nicola Chief Harvey McLeod, SD 58 board chair Gordon Comeau, SD 58 superintendent Steve McNiven, SD 58 board treasurer Kevin Black and board trustee Gerry Ellingsen, at the signing in Upper Nicola last Wednesday afternoon. Michael Potestio/Herald
McNiven told the Herald. Communication between the band and the school district is a mandate of the LEA, which calls for the two parties to support each other in handling problems when onreserve students are struggling in school. SD58 students who live on the Upper Nicola reserve are a 45 minute drive away from Merritt, which makes supports difficult to provide. "They just can't stay after school, so those types of things are going to be given consideration, and there is funding for that type of stuff," Comeau said.
McLeod said the two parties are committed to quickly identifying student that are struggling in school. "We want these kids to be succeeding at a high rate," McLeod said. The band wants to see higher graduation rates, which is also one of the goals outlined in the LEA. "They are graduating, but we are losing some," Mcleod said. In 2014-15 the Upper Nicola Band had 43 students attending SD58 schools. That breaks down as 17 high school students, 18 intermediates and eight at the elementary level.
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HERALD OPINION A brief history of health care spending The federal budget document began with an ominous warning about deep cuts. Social programs, TOM FLETCHER justice and B.C. corrections VIEWS would be spared as much as possible, but no department would escape the knife. The stark truth was revealed in a table of figures. Health care spending, the core of the Canadian state, was cut by 3.8 per cent in just the first year of the fiscal plan, as population and need continued to grow. No, this is not from the Stephen Harper budget of April 2015, or any other in the last decade. It’s from the Jean Chretien budget of 1995, more than 20 years ago. That’s the last time anyone actually cut health care spending. But wait, you may say. Didn’t I hear that Harper has slashed health care spending by $30 billion? Yes, you probably did hear the biggest, most brazen lie of this election campaign, either from the government unions that advertised it or the politicians who parrot it. If health care really is everyone’s high-priority issue, as pollsters have long assured us, voters should at least know the facts. After cutting provincial health and social services transfers for years to end the string of operating deficits that began under Pierre Trudeau and continued under Brian Mulroney, Liberal finance minister Paul Martin rose briefly to the top job.
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GWYNNE DYER The international STAGE It all happened very fast, in the end. On Monday Russian President Vladimir Putin was at the United Nations in New York saying that the United States was making “an enormous mistake” in not backing Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad in his war against Islamist rebels, notably including “Islamic State” (or ISIS, as it used to be known). On Tuesday the upper
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chamber of the Russian parliament unanimously voted to let President Putin use military force in Syria to fight “terrorism,” in response to a request from the Syrian government. And on Wednesday morning the Russian warplanes started bombing rebel targets in Syria. Moscow gave the US embassy in Iraq one hour’s notice, requesting that US and “coalition” warplanes (which are also bombing Islamic State targets in Syria) to avoid the airspace where the Russian bombers were in action. And Donald Trump, bless his heart, said “You know, Russia wants to get ISIS, right? We want to get ISIS. Russia is in Syria — maybe we should let them do it? Let them
do it.” And for once, Trump is right. Even a stopped clock is right twice a day. If you want to stop ISIS, you have to do it with troops, and the only ground troops fighting ISIS in Syria are the Syrian army and the Kurds along the northern border with Turkey. But the US has been duped by Turkey into betraying the Kurds, and it will not use its airpower to help the Syrian army, which is now on the ropes. That’s why Palmyra fell to Islamic State forces in May. Despite all the other American airstrikes against ISIS forces in Syria, it made not one to help the Syrian forces when they were desperately defending the historic city, and so they eventually had to retreat. It was more
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important to Washington not to be seen helping Assad than to save the city. This is a fine moral position, as Assad’s regime is a deeply unattractive dictatorship. Indeed, the great majority of the 4 million Syrians who have fled the country were fleeing the regime’s violence, not that of ISIS. But if you don’t want the Islamist extremists to take over the country (and maybe Lebanon and Jordan as well), and you’re not willing to put troops on the ground yourself, who else would you help? Washington’s fantasy solution to this problem has been to create a ‘third force’ of rebels who will somehow defeat the Islamic State while diplomacy somehow removes Assad. But the other big rebel organiza-
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tions in Syria, al-Nusra and Ahrar al-Sham, are also Islamists, little different from ISIS in their ideology and goals. In fact al-Nusra is a breakaway faction of ISIS, now affiliated with al-Qaeda. (Remember al-Qaeda? Chaps who did the 9/11 attacks?) If Assad goes down, it is Islamic State, al-Nusra and Ahrar al-Sham who will take over Syria, not the pathetic little band of fighters being trained by the United States in Turkey. In fact the first group of them to cross back into Syria were immediately annihilated by ISIS, who had probably been tipped off by America’s not very loyal ally, the Turkish government.
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Putin does not make the same meaningless distinctions between Islamic State and the other Islamist groups that the United States insists on. The first Russian air strikes were on territory held by al-Nusra, not Islamic State. But the Russians will hit ISIS too. In fact, the first big operation will probably be an attack by a re-equipped Syrian army to retake Palmyra, heavily backed by Russian air power. Whether Putin’s intervention will be enough to save Assad remains to be seen. The carping comments in the Western media about how he wants to distract attention from Russia’s involvement in the Ukrainian civil war and restore Russia’s position as a great power are true enough — indeed, he is probably shutting down the fighting in Ukraine mainly to clear the decks for Syria — but that is not his primary motive. He is just doing what needs to be done.
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Martin’s cuts to health care Thanks to local talent for remain worst in recent history making Garlic From Page 8 In 2004, Martin staged meetings with premiers, emerging with what was billed as “a fix for a generation,� with federal health transfers to rise six per cent each year into the future. The future for Martin’s government lasted only two years, as his minority was replaced with one led by Harper. These galloping increases continued until the Conservative majority of 2011, after which thenfinance minister Jim Flaherty came to Victoria to inform provincial finance ministers of the new plan. (I was there, and the joke was that this was as far from Ottawa as Flaherty could get without leaving Canada.) The six-per-cent increases, by that time triple inflation, would continue for another five years. Starting in 2017-18, increases would be tied to economic growth, with a minimum hike of three per cent, still well ahead of today’s inflation. That remains the Conservative plan today. All provinces east of Saskatchewan pitched a fit. Manitoba’s NDP finance minister termed it “un-Canadian.� Lefties immediately called it a cut, to which Flaherty replied that transfers to provinces would rise from $30 billion to $38 billion in 2018-19, and continue to grow after that. ORIES D-DAY MEM3 PAGE
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In B.C., then-finance minister Kevin Falcon praised the long-term approach, acknowledging that health spending was ballooning to half of the provincial budget and had to be brought under control as baby boomers start to retire. B.C. has largely accomplished that, with spending increases below three per cent and health care outcomes that continue to lead the country. As the current election campaign turns into the home stretch, Statistics Canada has announced a milestone. For the first time in history, the number of seniors exceeds number of children. This demographic shift is inexorable, predictable and must be addressed by whoever wins the Oct. 19 federal election. NDP leader Thomas Mulcair is on record that he will scrap the Conservative formula for growth-based increases that he pretends are cuts, returning to six per cent every year while balancing the budget. Little detail has been provided on how this would be done. Liberal leader Justin Trudeau announced in Surrey last week that he will ante up an extra $3 billion over four years for health care, and “sit down with the provinces immediately� to renegotiate, a rerun of Paul Martin’s political theatre.
I would like to thank the musicians of Merritt and the Nicola Valley for lending your time, talents and professionalism for making the Lower Nicola Garlic Festival another huge success. I cannot tell you how many compliments I have received about how professional the stage at the Garlic Fest was run and people who were there said the quality and variety of the music was astounding. I feel privileged to have worked with all of them. They were professional in keeping to the schedule and enthusiastic about making the Garlic Festival 2015 the best ever. See you all next year! Sincerely,
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In the Matter of Part 3.1 (Administrative Forfeiture) of the Civil Forfeiture Act [SBC 2005, C. 29] the CFA NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT: On June 12, 2015, at Cleasby Street and Nicola Avenue, Merrit, B.C., Peace Officer(s) of the Merritt RCMP seized, at the time indicated, the subject property, described as: a ZTE cell phone, an LG cell phone, and a Nokia cell phone, all on or about 17:41 Hours, and $675 CAD, on or about 17:51 Hours. The subject property was seized because there was evidence that the subject property had been used in and/or obtained by the commission of an offence (or offences) under section 5(2) (Possession for purpose of trafficking) of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act of Canada. Notice is hereby given that the subject property, CFO file Number: 2015-3077, is subject to forfeiture under Part 3.1 of the CFA and will be forfeited to the Government for
disposal by the Director of Civil Forfeiture unless a notice of dispute is filed with the Director within the time period set out in this notice. A notice of dispute may be filed by a person who claims to have an interest in all or part of the subject property. The notice of dispute must be filed within 60 days of the date upon which this notice is first published. You may obtain the form of a notice of dispute, which must meet the requirements of Section 14.07 of the CFA, from the Directorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s website, accessible online at www. pssg.gov.bc.ca/civilforfeiture. The notice must be in writing, signed in the presence of a lawyer or notary public, and mailed to the Civil Forfeiture Office, PO Box 9234 Station Provincial Government, Victoria, B.C. V8W 9J1.
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