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NVIT expands trades program Michael Potestio THE MERRITT HERALD

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Cody Antoine-Morrey’s welding career got started thanks the Nicola Valley Institute of Technology’s (NVIT) trades trailer rolling into the Bonaparte Indian Reserve near Cache Creek.

That’s why he’s glad NVIT is looking to begin offering a first-year welding course, aided by the recent announcement of $100,000 to put towards equipment for the program.

The welding trade is one AntoineMorrey himself fell in love with when he took the institute’s Bridging to Trades program a few summers ago.

Back then, NVIT was essentially a novice in trades education, as the only course in the field it offered was the Bridging to Trades program, which prepares students for pre-apprenticeship programs, using trailers to deliver the program in aboriginal communities across B.C. Prior to taking the NVIT program, Antoine-Morrey had been working as a Former NVIT student Cody Antoine-Morrey spoke about the work he does as a welder in front of a crowd that gathered at NVIT last Thursday (Sept. 8) to mark the expansion of the trades program. Michael Potestio/Herald labourer on pipelines all over Western Canada. own business and welding truck. being a welder, I just wanted to weld every“I was surrounded by tradespeople — When he started his welding company, day,” he said. welders, pipe fitters, engineers — and when Antoine-Morrey said he was worried that he That fall, he applied to take a firstI [saw] how good they had it, it caught my wouldn’t get enough work and his company year welding course at Thompson Rivers interest and I said ‘I need to get out of this would fold.

University, but was put on the waiting list for labouring racket and pick up a trade,’” he “And now I’m so busy, I’m scared I’m not almost a month, he told the Herald. told a crowd gathered at NVIT for the fundgoing to be able to finish all the work,” he Luckily, his experience at NVIT put him ing announcement last Thursday (Sept. 8). told the crowd with a laugh. at the top of the list and he was able to get When he took the program, it was the into the program that fall, albeit a month late. welding component that sparked his interest.

By the following spring, he had his first See ‘DEMAND’ Page 14 “After that program I had so much love for job and hasn’t looked back. He now owns his

ORGANIZED CRIME

No charges for men in hotel room Michael Potestio THE MERRITT HERALD

The Merritt RCMP won’t pursue charges against three men with ties to organized crime found in a hotel room with guns and drugs during a warrantless search.

RCMP Const. Tracy Dunsmore said the guns and drugs seized from the room were checked for fingerprints, but none turned up from the three men in

question, all of whom have ties to the B.C. street gang known as the Independent Soldiers.

“We don’t have anything connecting those males to the firearms or the drugs,” Dunsmore said.

Police are still waiting on lab results that will determine if the firearms had been used in any offence, but that wouldn’t help connect the guns to the three men on this particular file.

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tell us that would link them to the offence at the hotel,” Dunsmore said.

Back on Aug. 1, police used a search dog to track a woman — accused of breaking into a home after bear spraying five women — to a local hotel room.

Sgt. Norm Flemming told the Herald that police had consent to enter the room from the person who was renting it, but it’s not clear whether or not that person knew the woman was in the room

at the time.

In the room they found a woman — whom they charged with the home invasion — and the three men with drugs and guns.

The search found a 9 millimetre hand gun, two loaded .22 calibre handguns, two sawed-off shotguns with ammunition for all of the guns.

A quantity of cocaine, heroin and meth were also seized by police.

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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, September 23, 2016 by: Carole Fraser Deputy Clerk/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.

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like to remind residents that it is that time of year sewer flushing and camera work. We apologize appreciated. If you have had any problems with your toilet bubbling up in the past it is recommended that you place a towel or saran wrap over your bowl and put the lid down. Also, if you experience any foul smelling odour it is advised that you run a little water through the household’s sinks and bathtubs.

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Another break-in at B.C.Visitor Centre Michael Potestio THE MERRITT HERALD

The BC Visitor Centre has been a hotbed of activity this summer for the wrong reasons.

On Saturday (Sept. 3) at 3:30 a.m., police were notified of another break-in at the facility — the third reported incident in the last two months.

RCMP Const. Tracy Dunsmore told the Herald someone cut the lock on the gate to the parking lot and the men’s bathroom, located in a side building on the property, had been broken into and a paper towel dispenser ripped off the wall.

She said no alarm was set off and the security company hired to watch the building called in the police when they found the lock had been cut.

Back on Aug. 19, two males wearing motorcycle helmets broke into the snack shack building of the visitor centre, cut the feed to security camera footage and stole beef jerky and Starbucks drinks.

On July 10 two men broke into the main building by apparently breaking a window and door.

They set off the alarm to the building in the process, but didn’t steal anything.

Dunsmore said that although the visitor centre

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is located at the busy nexus of Highways 5 and 97C, it is an easy target for break-ins given its secluded location. “It’s actually quite isolated there,� Dunsmore said, adding that anyone trying to break-in wouldn’t be seen by people passing by from the road. “If you’re up at the building or at the snack shack [you’re] pretty invisible to the people going by,� she said.

She told the Herald that police can’t monitor the building 24/7, but is confident the security company will be more conscientious given the amount of break-ins that have occurred in such a short amount of time.

She said that while the BC Visitor Centre has been broken into in the past, having three occur in two months time isn’t normal.

Dunsmore said police don’t know if any of the break-ins to the visitor centre are related to each other.

Anyone with any information regarding the recent break-ins at the BC Visitor Centre can contact the Merritt RCMP anonymously by calling 250-378-4262 or CrimeStoppers at 1-800222-TIPS (8477).

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William Guy Elliott, 51, pleaded guilty in provincial court to impaired driving and dangerous driving.

In the early evening of June 17, Crown prosecutor Laura Drake said, police received reports of a reckless driver on the Trans-Canada Highway between Salmon Arm and Chase. The driver was reported to be tailgat-

ing, swerving and attempting to pass on the shoulder.

Calls continued to 911 over a 90-minute period as Elliott made his way eastbound to Kamloops and continued south on the Coquihalla Highway past Merritt. Drake said six motorists called in reports on the black VW Jetta Elliott was driving.

He was finally arrested by RCMP when the car he was driving struck the centre barrier on the Coquihalla. Motorists stopped and noted he looked “intoxicated and was staggering,�

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Elliott blew levels of 1.8 and 1.9 — more than twice the legal blood-alcohol limit for driving and three times the limit for which an immediate suspension can be given.

He was under a driving ban at the time. “The fact Mr. Elliott didn’t kill himself or someone else, or seriously injure them, is amazing,� judge Roy Dickey said.

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Fentanyl, a train off-rails There is a very old, and very tired thought experiment in ethics — one that you’ve Cole Wagner probCOLE’S NOTES ably heard some variation of before — known as the trolley problem.

The basic set up is that you are observing a runaway trolley barrelling down some railroad tracks.

Ahead on the tracks, there are five people tied to the railroad, who will be unable to escape in time to avoid the train. However, you are standing next to a lever, which will divert the train onto another set of tracks — where there is only one person tied up.

The question created by this hypothetical: is it more ethical to allow the situation to play out without your interference (resulting in the death of five people) or to step in and pull the lever — directly causing the death of one person?

In many ways, the situation mirrors the conundrum faced by the legislators dealing with the growing opioid overdose crisis sweeping across the province. Hundreds have overdosed on fentanyl — ingested on purpose and accidentally — in B.C. over the past year, and hundreds more remain tied to the tracks with the runaway opioid train rapidly barrelling down on them.

Only, in this situation, the chance to pull the lever and divert the train was missed a long time ago.

The moment likely came in the ‘70s, when President Richard Nixon kicked off a storied tradition of politicians fighting wars against concepts and inanimate objects.

The rest of the western world

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Korean rhetoric weighed against reality

GWYNNE DYER The international STAGE Japanese government spokesman Yoshihide Suga said that North Korea was the “neighbourhood outlaw” after Pyongyang’s fifth nuclear weapons test on Friday.

Barack Obama said that “The United States does not, and never will, accept North Korea as a nuclear state.” Even China voiced its “firm opposition to the test.”

And South Korea’s president, Park Gyeung-hye,

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accused North Korea’s Dear Leader Kim Jongun of “maniacal recklessness”.

So far, so restrained — in stark contrast to the berserk threats and fulminations that are the usual fare in North Korea.

(Promising to obliterate Seoul, the South Korean capital, in a “sea of fire” is a familiar favourite.)

But then a military spokesman of the South Korean government promised that Pyongyang “will be completely destroyed by ballistic missiles and high-explosive shells” if North Korea even thinks of launching a nuclear attack on the South. The city will be “reduced to ashes and removed from the map,” said the official — and districts of Pyongyang thought to be hiding the

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North’s leadership will be particularly targeted in the attack.

So much for restraint.

Sixty-six years of intense hostility have bred an extreme brand of rhetoric on both sides of the border that sounds quite demented to the ears of outsiders. Germany was divided for 44 years, and hundreds were killed on the heavily fortified border between them, but you never heard this kind of invective coming out of the mouths of East or West German officials.

Maybe it’s just a stylistic thing, but it does suggest that the possibility of a real war between the two Koreas is higher than it ever was between the two Germanies. But why does North Korea need nuclear weapons to carry out its threats? It’s per-

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fectly capable of destroying Seoul with “ballistic missiles and high-explosive shells” too.

The centre of Seoul, a city of 11 million people, is only 50 km from the North Korean border.

Ordinary artillery could take out the northern half of the city, while short-range missiles dealt with the southern half.

(North Korea has 21,000 artillery pieces and thousands of Scud missiles.)

Pyongyang’s nuclear weapons must be for something else.

North Korea’s strategic problem is that it has no allies, while South Korea is allied to the world’s leading nuclear power, the United States — which has never promised not to use its nuclear weapons first. Pyongyang needs some means of deter-

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ring the use of American nuclear weapons in the Korean peninsula if there is a war.

This does not justify what North Korea is doing — United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon denounced the latest nuclear test as a “brazen breach” of UN resolutions — but it does explain it.

So Kim Jong-un, like his father and his grandfather before him, wants the ability to make nuclear attacks on America’s main Asian ally, Japan, for a start, and later on the United States itself.

Regrettably, that’s how deterrence works.

The North Korean regime is almost uniquely awful, but the strategic logic would be exactly the

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Change makes changes Editor; At a recent garage sale, a man named Ben kindly gave me his giant penny collection for donation to the Nicola Valley Community Theater Society (NVCTS). Three young children and their grandmother volunteered to count them. $110 was in that collection!

I challenge Merrittonians to gather up their penny collections or nickel collections or any amount for that matter and donate them to the NVCTS so that the Society can get the theater built for our community to enjoy. To donate, please connect with Rich Hodson at (250) 378-6794.

P.S. Ben, thanks for your generosity. You just may have started something big!

Shirley Reynolds Merritt, B.C.

RE: 100 DRUMS HONOURS ENVIRONMENT (Sept. 11) This was a very powerful and successful gathering for the most important issues of our future. There were a lot of new friendships made and sharing of information that affects everyone. People do care about this land, water, food and health of our communities.

Developing support and sharing information from other communities and provinces for that matter is how changes can be made.

The people do care they just need the information. The number of drummers reached very near the 100 mark by Saturday evening and was very powerful. We are all looking forward to next years event.

Thank you Leona Antoine for your leadership and concern for future generations.

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fell in with the “War on Drugs,” and since then, we’ve driven stronger and stronger medical grade amphetamines underground, and created thriving black-market for pharmaceutical grade narcotics.

Despite the continuous, tireless and laudable efforts of the RCMP, opioids like fentanyl continue to flow into this province, almost half a century after the U.S.-led crusade against narcotics began.

The decision to punish addicts not only fostered demand on the black market for narcotics, but also drove millions of addicts from the treatment they needed to the underbelly of society. The sweeping consequences of the War on Drugs have been written about before, but now more than ever, we are faced with the very real fallout from marginalizing a large portion of the population, who disproportionately belong to the poorer classes.

The criminalization of drugs didn’t lead to the creation of fentanyl. But it has fostered an underground market for narcotics, where the potent, deadly opioid now appears in up to 80 per cent of the street drugs in B.C., as provincial health officer Dr. Perry Kendall explained in a press release on Sept. 13.

A key aspect of the trolley problem is that the exercise doesn’t assign other identifying factors to the people on the tracks. By flipping the switch and diverting the track, one doesn’t know whether five criminals were saved at the cost of a noble laureate.

But we know who is being killed by the opioid crisis — they are disproportionally the poor, the mentally ill and the most vulnerable members of our community. Some have criminal histories, some have families who mourn their passing, and others are invisible, both in life and death — but they all deserve the chance to live.

We might never know how many lives we may have cost — or saved — by launching a campaign criminalizing addiction in the ‘70s. Our status quo is to watch in horror as more lives are lost, and the opioid train just keeps chugging along the track we chose — and sure, we might save a few lives with naloxone along the way.

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North Korea’s paranoia is also misplaced, because nobody in the South dreams of reunifying the peninsula by war either. In fact, most people in South Korea would not welcome reunification now even if it happened non-violently.

I happened to be in Seoul interviewing somebody in the intelligence service headquarters on the day in 1996 when the death of North Korea’s founder, Kim Il-sung, was announced. The scene that followed reminded me of the old naval adage: “When in danger or in doubt, Run in circles, Scream and shout.” But the dominant emotion was certainly not joy.

It was fear that the North Korean regime would collapse, and that newly prosperous South Korea, having dragged itself out of poverty by two generations of sacrifice, would inherit 25 million impoverished North Koreans with few skills relevant to a modern economy, and have to start all over again. Twenty years on, it’s almost certain that a majority of South Koreans still feel like that about it.

So there really is little risk of war — which is just as well, because there is also little chance of diverting Pyongyang from its course.

Another round of sanctions will not do the trick — on Sunday Pyongyang said that the threat of “meaningless sanctions” was “highly laughable” — because the country is almost completely cut off from the global economy already.

Putting a Thaad anti-ballistic-missile unit in South Korea, as Washington has promised to do, will make the South Koreans and the Japanese feel a bit safer, but everybody is just going to have to live with the problem. They probably won’t die from it.

Gwynne Dyer is an independent journalist whose articles are published in 45 countries.

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The Bees and the Bare Bones, the musical trio which recently won the Canada-wide Chevy Tailgate music search are (from left) Madison Olds, Abby Wale, Chloé Beauchamp-Brisson. Photo courtesy of the Bees and the Bare Bones.

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After being pestered to enter the Tailgate contest by her grandmother, Olds reached out to Beauchamp-Brisson to form a duo. With Beauchamp-Brisson on board, the idea to add one more voice in Wale proved to be a winner.

“When the three of us came together, it all of a sudden had this incredible country sound. This three part harmony, kind of Dixie Chicks, Pistol Annies,” explained Olds.

The group has had a meteoric rise since coming together as a trio — but one explanation could be Wale’s roots in the country music capital of Canada.

Wale attended Collettville Elementary from Kindergarten to Grade 1, and then Central Elementary for Grades 4 and 5. Though she now calls Kamloops home, Wale said Merritt still holds a special place in her heart.

“I still have a ton of family and friends in Merritt, and it still feels really cool to drive through there,” Wale said.

A Kamloops musical trio, one of whom has roots in Merritt, will be travelling to Nashville to record an EP after winning a nationwide contest.

The Bees and the Bare Bones — composed of Madison Olds, Chloé Beauchamp-Brisson and Abby Wale — were announced as the winner of the Chevy Tailgate contest during Sunday night’s broadcast of the CMT Music Awards.

The contest is a partnership between Chevy and Country Music Television Canada and started with more than 100 video submissions of original songs.

It was narrowed down to 12 semi-finalists, including The Bees and the Bare Bones, which travelled to Camrose, Alta., and performed at the Big Valley Jamboree.

After being declared the winners at the Big Valley Jamboree, the Kamloops-based trio was entered into the final four, with the grand prize to be awarded to the group with the most fan votes after voting closed on Sept. 10.

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Deborah Merrick is moving on after having been at the helm of the Merritt public library for the past two decades. Her new position will keep her in Merritt. Cole Wagner/Herald Cole Wagner THE MERRITT HERALD

A career working in libraries began as a bit of happenstance for Merritt’s Deborah Merrick.

“It was a rather unusual sort of start,” explained Merrick. “I was married to someone who lived next to the director of the TNRD library system. He saw me outside reading and we’d talk about books.”

The man encouraged Merrick to go to school to pursue a career as a librarian, promising to hire the budding bookworm if she completed her education.

Okay, so maybe a career as a librarian born out of a mutual love of books isn’t quite that strange — but it would have been difficult to predict 32 years ago how far the love of literature would take Merrick.

She got her start at the Quesnel public library, a fresh faced librarian straight out of school, but it would be the country music capital of Canada where Merrick would really make her (book) mark.

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“This community, the day I walked in — I felt at home. It was like I had come home — it was a beautiful moment for me.”

Merrick started at the Merritt public library 1989, and immediately felt welcomed by the community in the Nicola Valley.

She remembers walking into the post office, early in her tenure in Merritt, and forgetting to bring her photo ID. “The woman at the counter said ‘Oh, Deborah! I know who you are, you don’t need your ID,’” explained Merrick.

And while the start of September marked the last shift for Merrick at the helm of the Merritt branch, her new position within the TNRD library system will keep her in the Nicola Valley for the next year until a replacement is selected as the new manager — after which Merrick will officially retire.

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Construction was ongoing at Sagebrush Golf Course throughout the summer. Cole Wagner/Herald Cole Wagner THE MERRITT HERALD

After a busy summer of construction, the company which owns the Sagebrush Golf Club has conceded that the course will not open for the 2016 season.

“Obviously we’re not opening this year. We had just slowed down construction a bit just to make sure we were getting all of the things done we wanted to get done,” explained James Cronk, president of the Newmark Golf Group which owns Sagebrush. “When we got to the point where we were not going to open — around June — it became no longer viable to open for the end of August, hiring staff and doing a bunch of other things for just one month.”

Though the course has opened periodically throughout the summer to small, private events such as the Merritt Centennials golf tournament in July, Cronk said ongoing work on other developments on the course will push the opening of the course until sometime in 2017.

“The golf course itself is great — but for example, we built a new hole 7, and are building a driving range. So that’s something that we just completed, and it’s going to take some time to grow in,” said Cronk. “We’ve said before that we’re going to open once everything is done and ready, and so for us, it’s not a sprint, it’s a bit of a marathon.”

In addition to renovations on the course itself, Newmark is developing a number of properties surrounding Sagebrush — but like the course, work is still ongoing on that side of the project.

“It’s a real estate development ultimately, and we’re not ready to put the real estate on the market yet. Right now, we’re getting our amenities completed, and then once the amenities are completed and people get to experience the golf course, then we’ll announce a real estate program at some point,” said Cronk.

With the course officially closed, 2016 marks the second consecutive season the highly touted Sagebrush course won’t see any golf action. In 2015, Sagebrush’s previous owners sold the course to the Newmark Group — but a series of zoning issues with TNRD held up the deal, leaving the course closed for the entirety of the 2015 season as well.

Those zoning issues were cleared up prior to the sale was finalized, explained Cronk, but he was hesitant to peg an official opening date for the upcoming 2017 season.

“We’ll open at some point in 2017. I don’t have a goal or a date in mind — we’re not a golf course that’s going to open in April or anything like that,” said Cronk. “Certainly over the next few months, at the end of the season come October, we’ll have some clarity about our timing and schedule for next year.”

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MSS aims to create graduation road map Another less than flattering grade for Merritt Secondary School (MSS) from the Fraser Institute isn’t being ignored at MSS, where staff are working to create individualized plans to graduation for students.

The Fraser Institute ranks the academic performance of both private and public schools, using results from annual province-wide exams, grade-to-grade transition rates and graduation rates.

In the latest rankings, MSS placed 273 out of 294 in the institute’s 2015 secondary school report card, stemming from a 3.5 out of 10 rating, which up from the 1.4 rating it received in the 2014 report card. That year MSS placed 284th out of 289 schools. The Fraser Institute bases its ratings on seven academic indicators, including provincial exams and graduation rates.

The stats show that the graduation rate at MSS has been trending downward. For 2015, the graduation rate in the report card is listed at 90.9 per cent, up from 82 per cent in 2014, but down from five-year highs of 95.9 per cent in 2011 and 97.3 per cent in 2012.

Between the 2014 and 2015 report cards, the percentage of exams failed was reduced from 24.9 per cent in 2014 to 18.6 in 2015, and the average exam

incoming Grade 10 students to discuss the of alternatives such as online courses mark went from 59.8 up to 61.4 per cent, from the South Central Interior Distance DVR reviews and start informing parents however, in the last five years, the average Education School (SCIDES). about what they are. exam mark listed in the institute’s report “It’s about getting better,” McNiven It’s an initiative aimed at treating stucard for MSS hasn’t exceeded 64 per cent. dents more as individuals said. “We want our students graduating, SD 58 we want them passing their provincial with specific needs as Superintendent Steve opposed just being a part exams, we want to make sure those indicaMcNiven told the tors of academic success are higher than of a class as a whole.

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“None of that would of happened if this program [hadn’t] come through my community,” he said.

NVIT president Ken Tourand told the Herald the $100,000 goes a long way towards enabling the school to pay for welding equipment students will encounter on the job site.

“It will be pretty close to being able to outfit us to offer firstyear welding,” Tourand said.

He said NVIT plans to work with Okanagan College to establish the first-year welding course.

Tourand said he expects the approval process of getting a welding course up and running at NVIT to take anywhere from 12 to 18 months.

“I would say [welding is] the next trade that’s going to have the highest demand,” Tourand said, noting courses in plumbing, carpentry, and electrical work NVIT has already introduced.

The school has been steadily expanding its trades program in recent years. In 2014, NVIT began offering its first ticketed trade course in the form of a first-year electrical class as well as a course in plumbing and piping.

Last fall, they opened a trades training building at the Merritt campus with the province chipping in $1.5 million of the building’s $1.8 million price tag. Prior to the construction of the trades building NVIT’s trades courses were housed off-campus.

“The support we’ve been getting from the Ministry of Advanced Education and provincial government has been fantastic,” Tourand said.

“Hopefully in the near future we’re going to get into welding,” Tourand said.

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Later this month, Grade six girls across the province will be eligible to receive the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine — an opt-in shot that will prevent many different types of cancer over the course of their lifetimes.

According to information on the HealthLinkBC Their male counterparts will not have to endure online portal, HPV is the most common sexually the prick on the arm however. The province’s vactransmitted infection. Although there are more cination program covers girls, but only covers boys than 100 known types of HPV, the vaccine guards who are deemed to be at an “increased risk” of against the two most common types, which have contracting HPV — a distinction which has the been known to cause cervical cancer, and less comCanadian Cancer Society calling on the provincial government to expand the scope of the program to monly, cancer of the throat, anus, penis, vagina and vulva. The virus is spread through skin-to-skin include all genders.

The vaccine prevents HPV infections and associ- contact.

But while HPV vaccine programs in Alberta, ated cancers, such as anal, cervical, vaginal, mouth Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, P.E.I. and Nova Scotia and throat cancers. Both genders can contract HPV, although boys are most likely to contract the disease will offer the vaccine to all young boys this year, B.C.’s health care costs are prohibitive to expandfrom an infected partner, explained Jenny Byford, advocacy lead for the Canadian Cancer Society, BC ing the province’s vaccination program, said Kristy Anderson, director of media relations with the and Yukon Division.

As of changes made to the program last year, See ‘VACCINE’ Page 16 the province will cover the cost of the vaccination for boys between the ages of nine and 26 who may have had sex with men, are questioning their sexual orientation, are “street involved,” or are infected with HIV. Boys who are in the care of the Ben van der Gracht Ministry of Children and specializes in the areas of: Family Development or are in youth custody ser• Real Estate Law vices also have the vaccine • Wills & Estate Planning covered.

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With the cost of being immunized ranging from $300 to $450, Byford said the current system leaves a significant number of boys and men vulnerable to disease.

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Ministry of Health. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We review all potential vaccines with an eye to making decisions that reflect the most Data obtained from Immunize BC shows that the Thompson-Cariboo-Shuswap region current research and evidence available, including cost-effectiveness and potential benefits,â&#x20AC;? has a higher percentage of Grade 6 girls who opt-into the vaccine program compared to the Anderson said in an email to the Herald. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Despite an over $18 billion budget, all decisions in rest of the province â&#x20AC;&#x201D; almost 70 per cent of Grade 6 girls in-region received the immunizathe health care system have to be weighed against other important tion in 2015, compared to the provincial average of 64.8 per cent. health care needs.â&#x20AC;?

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There could be concerns about the vaccineâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s safety, a falls disproportionately on men who have sex with men,â&#x20AC;? said picking and choosing lack of information about the health risks of the vaccine, or a lack Anderson. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve targeted the program to Grade 6 girls and at-risk of information about the benefits of vaccinating their children at a who we protect from boys because the HPV vaccine is most effective when administered young age,â&#x20AC;? explained Byford. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But it is most effective when given before a child is first exposed to the virus.â&#x20AC;? cancer and who has to at a young age. This vaccine needs to be given out before people But the HPV vaccine program is opt-in, meaning families of pay for the vaccine.â&#x20AC;&#x2122; become sexually active.â&#x20AC;? girls in Grade 6 can decide whether their child receives the vaccine The rates are a concern for Byford, who explained that the during the school-wide immunizations in September. Boys will not â&#x20AC;&#x201D; JENNY BYFORD provinceâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s current program seemingly operates under the assumpbe covered under the program unless they demonstrate to a doctor CANADIAN CANCER SOCIETY tion that boys will be covered through their sexual partners, who that they fall into the at-risk category â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and while Byford lauded presumably have been immunized.

B.C.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first steps towards including boys in the vaccination program, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve seen six other provinces move forward to expand their she said the current system doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t adequately address the risk to boys and men of contractprograms to include both boys and girls.

The HPV infection can cause can cause cancer in ing HPV. males and females â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the virus doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t discriminate based on gender,â&#x20AC;? said Byford. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There are still barriers to [â&#x20AC;&#x153;at riskâ&#x20AC;?] boys accessing the vaccine thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not offered as part â&#x20AC;&#x153;If only 70 per cent of girls are getting vaccinated, that means 30 per cent are not proof the school program. When that population is comfortable to identify in that way, they tected â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and by association, their partners.â&#x20AC;? might have already been exposed to the virus at that point,â&#x20AC;? said Byford.

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Driver was an addict From Page 5 were at the most serious end of the spectrum for impaired driving and dangerous driving.

Defence lawyer Don Campbell said Elliott became a crack-cocaine addict several years ago and his life spiralled downward. He split from his wife, who was convicted of fraud and arson amid the fiveyear marriage, and lost his young children to Albertaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s social-services agency.

Elliott works with horses and on movie sets in Alberta. He has worked on television series Fargo and Hell on Wheels, as well as on the set for the film The Revenant Asked to speak to the court before his sentence, Elliott said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;I really want to see my kids,â&#x20AC;? before breaking down into tears.

Following a submission by Campbell, Dickey recommended Elliott serve his time at Nanaimo Regional Correctional Centre, which has a dedicated drug treatment centre.

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Cents make their point in tie with Spruce Kings Head coach Martin pleased with the play of both his veterans and rookies up north Ian Webster THE MERRITT HERALD

The Merritt Centennials got outstanding netminding from rookie Jake Berger, and goals from veteran forwards Nick Fidanza and Brett Jewell in a hard-fought 2-2 tie with the Prince George Spruce Kings on Friday of last week — the opening night of the 2016-17 BCHL regular season.

Berger stopped 29 of 31 shots between the pipes, including two huge saves with just 25 seconds remaining in the second overtime period, to help the Cents pick up a single point from their only visit to Prince George this season.

After Brett Mennear opened the scoring for the homeside at the 8:45-mark of the first period, Fidanza drew his team even with just 14 seconds left before the buzzer, depositing a Prince George turnover past Spruce Kings’ netminder Stefan Wornig.

Assists went to linemates Brett Jewell and Chase Bell.

While the Cents out-

shot the Sprucies 10-7 in the first period, it was the Spruce Kings with the majority of the puck possession time, thanks to a dominant performance at the faceoff dot.

As was their unfortunate habit during the exhibition season, the Cents again came out sluggish in the second period — getting outshot 7-2 in the early going, and surrendering another goal to the hosts at 11:32 of the middle stanza, when Jamie Huber beat Berger to put his team up 2-1.

Jewell drew his team even again on the powerplay, finishing off a nice play with Tyler Ward and Mark O’Shaughnessy.

The Centennials had by far the better chances in the final period of regulation, with Ethan Skinner, Fidanza and Regush all missing on breakaways.

The Cents were also the superior side in both five-minute overtimes, but couldn’t beat Wornig in the Spruce Kings net.

Fidanza and Ward were stopped on breakaways

BCHL STANDINGS to Sept. 13 INTERIOR DIVISION Team

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Merritt’s rookie netminder Jake Berger, 19, had an excellent game in his first BCHL regular season start against the Prince George Spruce Kings on Friday night. The native of Minnetonka, Minn. stopped 29 of 31 shots to preserve a 2-2 tie between the Cents and Sprucies in both team’s season opener. Ian Webster/Herald

by the imposing 19-yearold, six-foot six-inch, 220-pound goaltender from Surrey.

The final shot count was 35-29 in Merritt’s favour. The Cents took six of the 11 penalties called. Each team scored once on the powerplay.

Cents head coach and GM Joe Martin was pleased with his team’s overall performance.

“It was a pretty good game. We had the goaltending and we had the chances. It’s a little bit of a bummer not getting the win. You’re never really happy unless you walk away with two points.”

The long trek to Prince George on the day of the game was a bit of an eye-opener to a few of the Centennials

rookies, said Martin.

“Leaving at 9:45 in the morning to play that night — some of our guys have never done that before,” said the coach. “It was a learning experience. Our veterans got us through the early going. The second half of the game, I thought we were the better team.”

Martin was pleasantly

surprised by Berger in his first regular-season start in the BCHL. “One of the things you ask of your goalie is to be better than the guy at the other end of the ice. I think Jake was better. He had to make a couple of big saves, especially in overtime.

“For most of the game, Jake made things look easy. I didn’t expect him to be so cool and unassuming, because he has the ability to also make those acrobatic, post-to-post, desperation saves.”

The Cents were missing veteran Tyler Holz on the blueline, but 16-year-old Michael Van Unen performed admirably as his replacement.

“Not having Holz was a significant loss to our line-up, but Mike played an excellent game given what we’re expecting of him,” said Martin.

Up front, Martin liked the line of Fidanza, Jewell and Chase Bell, as well as the play of Ethan Skinner, who looks to be a 2016-17 version of last season’s Nick Jermain

and Mitch Lipon rolled into one.

“Everybody played well,” said the coach.

“Perhaps we could have transitioned to offence a little faster, but give Prince George credit.

They’re a good skating team — much better than last year.”

In addition to Holz, also absent from the Merritt line-up on the weekend were forwards Ryan Roseboom and Henry Cleghorn. While Roseboom, who missed all of the pre-season, is ready to go as early as this weekend, both Holz (lower body) and Cleghorn (appendectomy) are probably sidelined until early October.

In other Centsrelated news, former Merritt captain Malik Kaila is on the move again. After being traded by the Centennials to the Coquitlam Express during the off-season, the Squamish native now finds himself with the Alberni Valley Bulldogs of the Island division.

He joins another former Cent at the Dog Pound, Ryan Finnigan.

Home opener this Friday against Smoke Eaters Ian Webster THE MERRITT HERALD

Merritt Centennials fans will get their first real look at this year’s team when the Cents play their home opener against the visiting Trail Smoke Eaters at the Nicola Valley Memorial Arena this Friday, starting at

7:00 p.m.

Friday’s game will be the front half of a weekend home-and-home series between the Cents and Smokies that will see Merritt travel to Trail on Saturday.

Head coach Joe Martin said he wants his team ready to play a full

60 minutes each night on the weekend.

“I think we have the better of the two schedules — starting here and then going [to Trail] on Saturday.”

Friday, Martin is looking for his troops to come out hard against the Smoke Eaters.

“One of our strengths has been our starts at home. We want to play to that advantage. At the same time,we have to learn to play smart. This is a fast league with lots of offence.”

Trail comes to town with new bench boss Cam Keith, a for-

mer assistant with the Cincinnati Cyclones of the East Coast Hockey League.

“Our top three lines will be big and strong.

We will battle teams, and [play] a blue-collar style of hockey where we just grind teams down,” said Keith.

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Merritt’s Michele Pinel and Beauty have an eventful August Ian Webster THE MERRITT HERALD

Merritt equestrian rider Michele Pinel and her 11-year-old Holsteiner warmblood mare Beauty didn’t let the heat of summer slow them down. The rider-and-horse combination teamed up for two very successful finishes at three-day event competitions held in the month of August.

On the Aug. 12 to 14 weekend, Pinel and Beauty placed third out of field of 21 in the starter division at the Campbell Valley Horse Trials in Langley. In sixth place after the dressage phase, the pair rode clear in both

cross-country and in show jumping to move up three spots and claim the bronze medal.

“I need to work on my dressage, and get Beauty to move more springy and lively,” said Pinel, who manages the Purity Feed store in Merritt. “As for cross-country and show jumping, [Beauty’s] amazing. She’ll jump anything.”

Two weeks later, the twosome was back at it, competing at the Island 22 Horse Trials in Chilliwack. Sixth again after dressage, Pinel and Beauty managed to move up two places this time to fourth after cross-country and show

jumping in the field of 12 horses and riders.

“We would have placed third again, but a few time faults on the cross-country set us back,” said Pinel. “There was a maze out on course that kind of slowed Beauty down a bit.”

Pinel doesn’t have any more threeday events planned for this season, however, she and her horse did compete this past weekend in Princeton, along with a number of other Merritt participants, including several Nicola Valley 4H Club members. Watch for a write-up soon in a future edition of the Merritt Herald.

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Michele Pinel and her 11-year-old mare, Beauty, had a pair of top-four finishes in the month of August. Photo submitted

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For 16-year-old Devyn Nicholas of Upper Nicola, it was quite a thrill to come home with a bronze medal from the 2016 B.C. Aboriginal Provincial Soccer championships, held Aug. 22 to 24 in Prince George.

The Grade 11 student at Merritt Secondary School was a member of the Interior U18 girls’ team that finished third at the championships, following a hard-fought 2-1 victory over Northeast B.C. in Sunday’s finals.

Earlier in the three-day tournament, the Northeast had thrashed the Interior 7-1 during round-robin play.

“It was the first game that an Interior team had ever won at the championships, so it was pretty special” said Nicholas, who also suits up for the MSS Panthers during the school season, and has played for the Merritt Youth Soccer Association (MYSA) in the past.

“I really enjoyed myself at the championships,” said Nicholas. “It’s something I’ll remember for years to come. It was also a good stepping stone.

Someday, I’d like to play post-secondary soccer somewhere.”

Nicholas was the only Nicola Valley player to compete on an Interior team at the provincial championships. There were boys and girls teams in the U18 and U15 divisions from six different regions of the province.

“It was talked about at one of our school practices, and I posted the information on several sites like Merritt Grapevine,” said Nicholas.

Twice-monthly practices were held in June, July and August leading up to the championships in Prince George.

All practices were held in Kamloops, with athletes coming from as far away as Lytton, Keremeos, Cawston, Barriere

Ian Webster THE MERRITT HERALD

The Nicola Valley was well-represented on the Interior U18 girls’ soccer team that won bronze at the B.C. Aboriginal Provincial Soccer Championships in Prince George. Upper Nicola’s Devyn Nicholas (back row, third from the right) played for the team, while the coaches were Merritt’s Kelly Donaldson, Gary Dixon (on the far left) and James Hoad (far right). Photo submitted

and throughout the Okanagan Valley.

Merritt coaches played a huge role in preparing the two Interior girls’ teams.

MYSA’s Kelly Donaldson and Gary Dixon headed up the U18 girls’ squad, while James Hoad was in charge of the U15 female side.

“We were originally recruited by Buzz Manuel (provincial co-ordinator for performance sport), who was desperately searching for coaches,” said Donaldson. “There was a vast range of skills and experience amongst the girls.”

There was significant interest in the U15 team, said Donaldson, but the numbers were leaner for the older group, because of work and other commitments.

“We were initially under the impression that we would be able to pull up players from the younger team to the U18 side for each game at the provincials,” said Donaldson. “However, when we got to Prince George, we found out that wasn’t the case. If anyone played up, they stayed up.”

Nicholas’s U18 team did manage to pry a goalie away from their younger counterparts. Thirteen-year-old Kelly

Kosolofski from Kamloops went on to become one of the stars of the tournament.

Playing four 90-minute games in just two days was a real challenge for the under-manned Interior U18 team, which had just 12 players on its roster.

Donaldson was full of praise for her young charges who never quit.

“Our girls peaked just at the right time. They got comfortable with each other, and used to playing together.

They just got better and better.”

Going into the battle for the bronze against the Northeast region, Donaldson told the girls that, “third place matters.

Just ask the Canadian national women’s team at the Olympics.”

The 2016 B.C. Aboriginal Provincial Soccer Championships, which were officially hosted by the Prince George Native Friendship Centre (PGNFC), served as the Team B.C. selection event for the 2017 North American Indigenous Games (NAIG) in Toronto, Ont. The competition was organized and run by the Aboriginal Sport, Recreation and Physical Activity Partners Council.

Three goals by Tyler Mosely led the Merritt Tracker Sportswear midget rep team to a 5-3 comefrom-behind victory over the Kamloops Jr. Blazers on Saturday. Other Merritt marksmen were Connor Ouellet and captain Anthony Tulliani.

Travis Simon picked up three assists and Bailey Tomkinson, one. Colton Macaulay went the distance for the win in net.

Merritt’s three other rep

teams were also in action on the weekend, however, scores and game details were not made available for publication.

This coming weekend, both area arenas will be busy with a 22-game atom development regional evaluation tournament.

The local Fountain Tire team will see action on Saturday at 8:45 a.m.

(Nicola Valley arena) and 11:45 a.m. (Shulus arena), and on Sunday at 11 a.m.

(Shulus) and 1 p.m. (Nicola Valley).

Tyler Mosely notched a hat trick as his Merritt midget rep team defeated Kamloops 5-3 on home ice Saturday. utline. Ian Webster/Herald

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MYBA set to go for a third season Ian Webster THE MERRITT HERALD

The Merritt Youth Basketball Association (MYBA) is ready to roll out its fall session for elementary-aged boys and girls.

This yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 10-week program will run from the last week of September through to the last week of November inclusively, and be held at the former Coquihalla Middle School (CMS) gymnasium.

Once again, the Grade 4 and 5 sessions will be held on Mondays from 5:30 to 7 p.m., while Grade 6 and 7 students will meet on Thursdays, also from 5:30 to 7 p.m.

Brand new this year is a session for Grade 1 through Grade 3 youngsters, which will be held on Tuesdays from 4 to 5 p.m. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We have always wanted to go Grades 1 through 7 with the program,â&#x20AC;? said MYBA spokesperson Gian Cavaliere. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Once we met the enrollment targets with the two older age groups, it was time to include the real little ones.â&#x20AC;?

Cavaliere said the objective of the MYBA is to promote basketball in Merritt, and create a lifelong attitude in youth towards being healthy and active.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our program also provides an opportunity for youngsters to develop in leadership roles as assistant coaches and as referees.

Instruction at the MYBA sessions is provided by experienced basketball coaches in the community, with help from Merritt Secondary School players. A clinic is planned for potential new coaches.

For more information, interested persons can check out the MYBA Facebook page.

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BOARD COMMUNITY CHOIR The Merritt community choir is starting the fall session.

Monday, Sept. 12 at 7:00 p.m. in the Colletteville School, Birch Street entrance. New to town? Come on out and join a great group of music lovers.

Voices needed for all sections. For more information contact Ellen 250-378-9899 or Barb 250-378-2678.

LOGAN LAKE 40TH FALL FAIR TEA will be held on Sunday, Sept. 18th from 1:00 - 4:00 pm at the Logan Lake Recreation Center. Entry registration starts Friday, Sept. 16 from 6:00 - 8:30 p.m. and again Saturday, Sept. 17 from 8:30 a.m. - noon.

Come join us, enjoy an afternoon of visiting with friends, tea, coffee and goodies. View the wonderful displays of crafts, photographs, painting, gardening and preserves and many more. For further information contact Pam at 250-523-6788 or dollyden@telus.net or Molly at 250-523-9588 or bearsmo@telus.net

BIG BROTHERS/BIG SISTERS Volunteers are needed for Big Brothers Big Sisters.

BBBS offers a full range of programs in Merritt-from our Community Based Big Brother/Big Sister programs to In-School Mentoring and Group Programs.

If you are interested or know someone who is interested in volunteering in Merritt contact Terry at the BBBS Merritt office at 250-280-9959 or terry.baker@bigbrothersbigsisters.ca

WANT TO IMPROVE THE LIVES OF CHILDREN? Volunteer and help build skills and confidence in young readers. Literacy Merritt and Nicola Valley Society is seeking French and English speaking volunteers for the One to One childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s literacy program in local elementary schools. Volunteer 1.5 hrs/wk for 12 wks. 2016-17 sessions run Oct. to Feb. and Feb. to May. Attend a 2-3 hr training session and school orientation early Oct. Contact Kelly Reid, Literacy Outreach Coordinator at literacymerritt@gmail.com or call 250-378-7844.

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MERRITT SENIOR CENTRE Weekly schedule is as follows: Monday: senior exercises 1:30 p.m., cribbage and whist 2:30 p.m. Tuesday: bingo 1 p.m., doors open at 10:30 a.m. duplicate bridge 7 p.m. Wednesday: carpet bowling 1:30 p.m., court whist 7 p.m. Thursday: floor curling 1 p.m., floor curling (physically challenged) 10 a.m. second and fourth Thursday.

Friday: rummoli and games 7 p.m. Last Saturday of the month: pot luck supper 5:30 p.m. for more information phone 250-378-4407.

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LOGGERS SPORTS SHOW Come down Friday, Sept. 23 to Sunday, Sept. 25 to enjoy the Loggers Sports Show being held in Cental Park. This is a free event to attend with part proceeds going to Autism BC. We have some fantastic entertainment and famous world known people attending so be sure not to miss this amazing event.

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MERRITT PICKLEBALL Anyone interested in playing Pickleball, or just trying it out, please come to the Central Park Sports Box on Monday, Wednesday or Friday from 8:30 a.m. until noon or Tuesday/Thursday from 6:30 p.m. until dusk to give it a try. Demo paddles are available for use. An easy sport to play and great fun and exercise. For more information call Brian at 250-378-7452.

LOVE AND FRIENDSHIP The Nicola Valley Film Society presents â&#x20AC;&#x153;Love And Friendshipâ&#x20AC;? Rated G on Monday, Sept.19 at 7:00 p.m.

If you would like to help donate to this wonderful cause please make cheque payable to Nicola Valley Community Theatre Society and mail it to: 1952 Eastwood Ave., Merritt, BC V1K 1K3

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Colin (Cole) Hall June 7, 1957 - Sept. 3, 2016 Colin (Cole) Hall was born June 7, 1957 in Burnaby, BC and passed away in his sleep September 3, 2016 in Merritt, BC. Predeceased by his father Ken and mother Diane. Survived by his wife Margaret, sons Clint and Ben, and daughter Samantha. Also survived by his two brothers Kyle (Kelly), Clay and sister Kim as well as extended family. His cat “Boogers” will miss him dearly.

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Don was born in Nelson BC and lived in Salmo, BC until the age of 12, when he moved to Merritt BC with his family. He graduated from Merritt Secondary in 1969 and then pursued a career as a heavy duty mechanic. In 2011 he retired from Highland Valley Copper after 38 years of service.

In lieu of Áowers, donations may be made in Don’s memory to the ALS Society. 615 Victoria St. Kamloops, BC V2C 2B3 A Celebration of Life will take place at 11:00am on Thursday, September 15, 2016 in the Kamloops Funeral Home Chapel. 285 Fortune Drive.

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O’HANLEY, Elmer A. After 90 years, 9 children, 57 years of marriage and immeasurable impact on so many people, Elmer died peacefully August 31 in Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Charlottetown, PEI after a brief stay. His wife Bernice (MacPhee) and Àve of his children were able to be at his bedside.

In the days preceding his death, a dozen or more family members gathered in his room to talk, laugh and tell countless stories Àlled with irreverent Celtic humour. No somber faces nor maudlin whispers for him – the outstanding hospital staff were so accommodating. He couldn’t speak to join in but was fully aware, and could nod in agreement or shake his head in denial; even let out a breathless laugh. The memories of his send-off will be treasured by all who had the privilege to attend. He lived his life on his own terms and he seems to have directed his death in the same way. Elmer is predeceased by daughter, Kathleen (Dave Coutu); survived by wife Bernice (MacPhee); children Brendan (Michelle), Claire (Rick) Sabiston, James (Annette), Eileen, Maureen (Rick Doucette), Alanna, Sheila and Dan (Bekah); grandchildren Ryan, Liam, Cailin, Miranda, Darin, Adam, Noah and Lily. He touched many lives both in his early years in PEI, and after moving to BC where he raised his family.

He was giving of his time and loved to dole out advice, often unsolicited; a prankster and storyteller, Elmer couldn’t pass up a good argument or glass of scotch. A Memorial Mass will be held on Saturday, September 17th at 11am at Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church, with luncheon to follow. No Áowers please; contributions may be made to the Laurie Guichon Memorial Grasslands Interpretive Site.

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• Must have a class 5 driver’s license Deadline for Application: September 27, 2016 by 2:00 pm Submit Resume and Cover Letter: Lower Nicola Indian Band Executive Assistant 181 Nawishaskin Lane Merritt BC V1K 1N2 Or: by fax (250) 378-6188 Or: by email executiveassistant@lnib.net (please include job title in email subject line) The Lower Nicola Indian Band thanks all those who apply; however, only qualiÀed candidates will be considered for an interview

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Work Conditions: â&#x20AC;˘ Monday to Friday 8:30 am to 4:30 pm , 35 hours per week (Weekends and Evenings may be required) â&#x20AC;˘ High ofĂ&#x20AC;ce productivity and short deadlines is expected.

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The development includes a playground, baseball diamond, tennis court, beach volleyball courts & clubhouse There is year round boat storage and a 50 slip marina with a large concrete boat ramp for the exclusive use of owners. Located 30 minutes from Salmon Arm, 40 min. from Vernon and Silver Star Ski Resort, and just over an hour from Kelowna (airport), the lot is build-ready and fully serviced.

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