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Vol. 60, Issue 240 Proudly serving Cranbrook and area since 1951 www.dailytownsman.com $ 1 10 INCLUDES H.S.T. < Where the Christmas tree is king East Kootenay ideal for natural Christmas trees | Page 2 Get ready for Rockets’ red glare > Kootenay takes on Kelowna | Page 8 WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 12, 2012 Subscribe Today 250-426-5201 East Kootenay Realty Jason Personal Real Estate Corporation 250-426-8211 W W E E N S S E E I I B B A A B • EAST KOOTENAY REGIONAL HOSPITAL Sept 24 Shannon Statham & Cody Kwiatkoski of Cranbrook, a daughter Sept 26 Carley Fisher & Dayce Leach of Cranbrook, a son Oct 18 Tanya Groleau & David Wendel of Cranbrook, a daughter Oct. 21 Bethany Storey & Bryce Corner, of Cranbrook, a daughter Oct. 30 Shayla Brissette & Jeff Johnson, of Kimberley, a daughter Nov. 4 Samantha Young & Chris Franklin, of Cranbrook, a daughter Nov. 12 Brenda & Layton Johnson of Cranbrook, a daughter Nov. 15 Jenny Choy & Cliff Kilfoyle, of Kimberley, a son Dec. 1 Lindsay Anderson & James Lewis of Cranbrook, a son Dec. 7 Mylene Lefebvre & Jonathan Welsh of Invermere, a son The future is brewing Heidi’s Restaurant plans to renovate to become restaurant/brewhouse BARRY COULTER A local restaurateur is seeking to take her business to a new level. Heidi Romich ap- peared before City Council at its regular Monday meeting, Dec. 10, with some exciting news about her restau- rant, Heidi’s on Ninth Avenue South in down- town Cranbrook, which she is seeking to reno- vate into a brewhouse and restaurant. Romich was accom- panied by her daughter, Marlies Romich, and David Deardsell, her partner in the enter- prise. Deardsell oper- ates the Noble Pig Bre- whouse in Kamloops, where Marlies worked while studying. “It will be a bit of a new look for down- town,” Heidi Romich said, then showed a presentation of that new look. Both levels of the restaurant would be renovated, to pro- vide a family-friendly area on one side — “a comfortable, multigen- erational place to go,” BARRY COULTER A more collabora- tive approach between the City of Cranbrook and the local business community is needed to improve Cranbrook’s overall business cli- mate and culture, a re- cent Chamber of Com- merce survey has indi- cated. At Monday night’s regular City Council meeting, a survey un- dertaken by the Cran- brook and District Chamber of Commerce was presented by Presi- dent Lana Kirk and 2nd Vice President David Butler. Climate Change Survey indicates desire for more collaborative approach with city to improve business culture in Cranbrook she said. “On the other side, we’d be taking out some of the walls, put- ting in varied seating, and maybe some ga- rage doors (to facili- tate) indoor and out- door dining. “It’s very exciting — we want to provide quality food, quality beer and beverages on- site, keeping everything as local as possible.” Romich added that the brewhouse was “not intended to be a nightclub, but a com- fortable place for peo- ple to go after work and enjoy.” David Deardsell also spoke to Council. Deardsell is a Master Brewer, who studied his craft in Germany and England and who has worked throughout the world. “Bringing culture to the consumption of beer is something that hasn’t been part of our traditions.” Coun. Bob Whetham See HEIDI’S , Page 3 ANNALEE GRANT PHOTO The Salvation Army Christmas Kettle program is on again for 2012, and many volunteers are taking up the bells to collect donations around Cranbrook. Roger Ricard helped out at the Tamarack Centre for four hours on December 11 before moving on to Walmart for another shift. Ricard said being a kettler is a lot of fun: “I love it. It’s an honour, you help people.” See SURVEY , Page 5

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Page 1: Cranbrook Daily Townsman, December 12, 2012

Vol. 60, Issue 240 Proudly serving Cranbrook and area since 1951 www.dailytownsman.com

$110INCLUDES

H.S.T.

< Where the Christmas tree is kingEast Kootenay ideal for natural Christmas trees | Page 2

Get ready for Rockets’ red glare >Kootenay takes on Kelowna | Page 8

WEDNESDAYDECEMBER 12, 2012

Subscribe Today250-426-5201

East Kootenay Realty

Jason

Personal Real Estate Corporation

250-426-8211

WWEENN SSEEIIBBAABB

• EAST KOOTENAY REGIONAL HOSPITAL

Sept 24 Shannon Statham & Cody Kwiatkoski of Cranbrook, a daughter

Sept 26 Carley Fisher & Dayce Leach of Cranbrook, a son

Oct 18 Tanya Groleau & David Wendel of Cranbrook, a daughter

Oct. 21 Bethany Storey & Bryce Corner, of Cranbrook, a daughter

Oct. 30 Shayla Brissette & Jeff Johnson, of Kimberley, a daughter

Nov. 4 Samantha Young & Chris Franklin, of Cranbrook, a daughter

Nov. 12 Brenda & Layton Johnson of Cranbrook, a daughter

Nov. 15 Jenny Choy & Cliff Kilfoyle, of Kimberley, a son

Dec. 1 Lindsay Anderson & James Lewis of Cranbrook, a son

Dec. 7 Mylene Lefebvre & Jonathan Welsh of Invermere, a son

The future is brewingHeidi’s Restaurant plans to renovate

to become restaurant/brewhouseB A R RY CO U LT E R

A local restaurateur is seeking to take her business to a new level.

Heidi Romich ap-peared before City Council at its regular Monday meeting, Dec. 10, with some exciting news about her restau-rant, Heidi’s on Ninth Avenue South in down-town Cranbrook, which she is seeking to reno-vate into a brewhouse and restaurant.

Romich was accom-panied by her daughter, Marlies Romich, and

David Deardsell, her partner in the enter-prise. Deardsell oper-ates the Noble Pig Bre-whouse in Kamloops, where Marlies worked while studying.

“It will be a bit of a new look for down-town,” Heidi Romich said, then showed a presentation of that new look. Both levels of the restaurant would be renovated, to pro-vide a family-friendly area on one side — “a comfortable, multigen-erational place to go,”

BARRY COULTER

A more collabora-tive approach between the City of Cranbrook and the local business community is needed to improve Cranbrook’s overall business cli-mate and culture, a re-cent Chamber of Com-merce survey has indi-cated.

At Monday night’s regular City Council meeting, a survey un-dertaken by the Cran-brook and District Chamber of Commerce was presented by Presi-dent Lana Kirk and 2nd Vice President David Butler.

Climate ChangeSurvey indicates desire for

more collaborative approach with city to improve business

culture in Cranbrook

she said.“On the other side,

we’d be taking out some of the walls, put-ting in varied seating, and maybe some ga-rage doors (to facili-tate) indoor and out-door dining.

“It’s very exciting —

we want to provide quality food, quality beer and beverages on-site, keeping everything as local as possible.”

Romich added that the brewhouse was “not intended to be a nightclub, but a com-fortable place for peo-ple to go after work and enjoy.”

David Deardsell also spoke to Council. Deardsell is a Master Brewer, who studied his craft in Germany and England and who has worked throughout the world.

“Bringing culture to the consumption of beer is something

that hasn’t been part of our traditions.”

Coun. Bob Whetham

See HEIDI’S , Page 3

ANNALEE GRANT PHOTO

The Salvation Army Christmas Kettle program is on again for 2012, and many volunteers are taking up the bells to collect donations around Cranbrook. Roger Ricard helped out at the Tamarack Centre for four hours on December 11 before moving on to Walmart for another shift. Ricard said being a kettler is a lot of fun: “I love it. It’s an honour, you help people.”

See SURVEY , Page 5

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Daryl C alDer

In the heart of the B.C. Rockies, beneath mag-

nificent snow-capped peaks, lay the bountiful green valleys of the East Kootenay. It is here we produce our famous, long-lasting and fragrant Christmas trees for both domestic use and export around the world.

The cool fresh air and brilliant sunshine of our mountain region creates ideal growing conditions for Natural Stand Christmas Trees. Every year an early frost nips the Interior Doug-las Fir forests and sets their deep green nee-dles.

This East Kootenay mountain secret seals freshness and fragrance into each tree.

As a result, the mountain Douglas Fir trees remain fresh and fragrant long after ship-ping and throughout the holiday season.

A B.C. Rocky Moun-tain Douglas Fir will bring the fresh, intense scent of the mountain forests to your holiday

hearth and home.Year after year, thou-

sands of natural stand Christmas trees are nat-urally regenerated and grown amid a mixed forest of all ages. Grow-ers space and prune the forest to encourage op-timum growth.

By using proven, sus-tained growth methods of forest management, many trees can be grown from the same rootstock. After a tree is harvested, one of the several branches left on the rootstock will slowly turn up and grow into a new tree. This common practice of regrowing new trees from estab-lished rootstocks is called “Limb Culture” and means long term benefits to the forest and shorter growing pe-riods for each tree, ben-efitting both producer and customer.

Natural Stand Christ-mas Tree lands harmo-nize wildland values and human needs. Our livestock and wildlife ranges are dramatically improved by Natural Stand silvicultural prac-

tices. Wintering bands of Elk, Sheep and Deer thrive on the enhanced pasture land. Nesting wild birds utilize the mixed age forests yet are unaffected by the fall tree harvest.

The Natural Stand Christmas Tree indus-try has a long and grow-ing tradition among the folks living in the valleys of the B.C. Rockies. For over 80 years, Native Stand growers have vis-ited the same forests to encourage and carefully

select natures finest Mountain Douglas Firs. Once the trees are cut, they are delivered to sites near the villages where they are inspect-ed and bundled to pro-vide a safe and protect-ed journey to destina-tions throughout North America and overseas.

Natural Stand tree production takes place in the ideal growing conditions of the East Kootenay valleys. Quali-ty management and care by tree producers

ensures a sustained yield of excellent, fresh and enduring trees. Year after year our cus-tomers have access to healthy, deep-green Christmas trees pro-duced in a mountain environment of thoughtful and respon-sible wildland steward-ship.

The Kootenay Christmas Tree Associ-ation reminds members of the public who wish to cut their own tree, to obtain a free permit from the Ministry of Forests. Avoid private land and power line right-of-ways in your quest for the perfect tree. Local trees are sold by our members at a number of Cranbrook locations. A cut tree will drink a considerable amount of water during the first several days when brought indoors, and for the next couple of weeks will provide fragrant enjoyment.

Submitted by Daryl Calder on behalf of the

Kootenay Christmas Tree Association.

The EK Christmas tree is king

Baling Christmas trees in a yard near Fort Steele.

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SpeCial to the townSman

How would you like to visit the ul-timate time ma-

chine? A place where every step takes you back 100,000 years in history. Well you can do it 7 p.m., Monday, Dec. 17, at the College of the Rockies when retired journalist Gerry Warner presents a slide show entitled “Con-templating the Grand Canyon.”

The travelogue, which is admission by donation, is part of the Friends of the Cran-brook Public Library fundraising series and shows the immensity and grandeur of the al-most 2 billion year old canyon considered one of the Seven Wonders of the World.

“In some ways I found the Grand Canyon more impressive than my trek into Everest base camp two years ago,” says Warner. “Everest is higher, but the Grand Canyon is on a scale that dwarfs even the world’s highest mountain.”

The great gash in the earth stretches more than 250 miles through the arid, red rock of Ari-zona’s Kaibab Plateau

and averages more than 20 miles wide and a mile deep. It took eons for the Colorado River to cut down to the metamor-phic rocks at the bottom of the great chasm which geologists estimate to be 1.8 billion years old, about a third of the age of the earth.

“The time scale is in-comprehensible, but the beauty of the canyon can be enjoyed by anyone whether they’re standing on the rim or hiking

through the rainbow col-ored rocks to the green ribbon of water below,” says Warner. “But it’s a hell of a climb out.”

The former Daily Townsman reporter took three days to hike the canyon, starting from the forested North Rim at 8,200 feet and hiking approximately 25 miles down and up again to gain the South Rim at 7,000 feet. Along the way, he met extreme runners who were doing

the rim-to-rim trip in one very long day, a dangerous practice strongly advised against by park management. “They’re welcome to do it. But I was there to take pictures and enjoy the scenery,” says Warner.

And what unforgetta-ble scenery it is, he says. “I’ll never forget the red and ochre cliffs towering like stone temples above the trail or the gigantic buttes and mesas that are like mountains

themselves rising from the canyon floor and the grey limestone walls of the inner canyon slop-ing down to the rushing green river. It’s a hum-bling experience.”

Warner also got a taste of the danger the Grand Canyon offers to anyone that drops below its rocky rim. Missing a sign on the canyon floor, he took a shorter but steeper trail and ran out of water before he made it to the top. Fortunately he didn’t need as much water because it was a cool, late autumn day. Other hikers that have done the same thing in the searing heat of sum-mer when temperatures climb above 45 C (120 F) haven’t been so lucky. More than 250 helicop-ter rescues take place every climbing season in the Grand Canyon.

Despite the busy Christmas season, peo-ple are advised to come early to the show which will take place in Lecture Theatre #250 with limit-ed seating. And the funds raised help the li-brary build its collec-tion, including travel books on famous world places like the Grand Canyon.

Travelogue features unforgettable Canyon

Panorama Point on the South Kaibab Trail.

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wedneSday, deCember 12, 2012 Page 3

LocaL NEWSdaily townsman

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M A I N S T R E E T, M A RY S V I L L E

A n n A l e e G r A n tTownsman Staff

The Regional Dis-trict of East Kootenay passed a motion at Fri-day’s regular meeting to reaffirm the board’s opposition to having an unelected member sit on their board come March.

Board chair Rob Gay said the board had ini-tially requested in Au-gust 2009 that the ap-pointed mayor of a po-tential Jumbo Glacier Mountain Resort Mu-nicipality not become a member of the board.

When the Letters Patent creating the new municipality was re-leased by the B.C. gov-ernment on November 20, it stated that a member of the ap-pointed council would in fact have a seat on the RDEK board, but would do so without

any voting power until the municipality was assessed at $30 million or until 2017.

Gay admits it was a compromise the board was happy to see, but they still have con-cerns. Much discussion was had at the meeting of the RDEK’s Gover-nance and Regional Services committee held on December 6 ahead of the December 7 regular board meet-ing, and all board members were vehe-mently against the ap-pointed member.

“The directors — and it was a unanimous vote — were against that,” Gay said. “It was quite spirited discus-sion.”

Gay said the board was clear in 2009 when they asked that an ap-pointed member not find their way onto the

elected board of direc-tors. This fall the Union of B.C. Municipalities also passed a motion rejecting appointed members on elected boards in response to the Jumbo situation.

Discussion spilled over briefly into Fri-day’s meeting, with Area F director Wendy Booth pointing out that unelected members do occasionally attend RDEK meetings as al-ternates for the elected members.

Bob Whetham, di-rector from the City of Cranbrook, expressed his concerns about the lack of guidelines for what a stable popula-tion would be for the municipality to begin holding elections.

“This is a serious issue for us,” he said.

Whetham said the appointed member

raises a lot of questions and sends the RDEK board directors into uncharted territory.

“I think that’s about unheard of,” he said. “If we’re going to go down this road of a non-elect-ed member sitting on an elected board, I

think we need to ques-tion how we’re going to function as a govern-ment.”

Area G director Gerry Wilkie said he looked into the Letters Patent for Elkford, which is often cited as an example of a town created in a similar way to Jumbo, but found it had a population be-fore the Letters Patent was issued.

“There were people living there,” he said.

Gay told the Towns-man what may be best for the new mayor and council of Jumbo is to wait until around 200 people live there. He points to the communi-ty of Silverton — the smallest town in B.C. with 195 residents — as an example. That tiny municipality does have a seat on the Regional District of Central Koo-

tenay. At Friday’s meeting

director Ute Juras from Canal Flats suggested the board copy the let-ter reaffirming the board’s opposition to the UBCM so they are aware of the situation.

Gay said that so far the Jumbo Glacier Mountain Resort Mu-nicipality’s new interim corporate officer Phil Taylor has been in con-tact with the RDEK’s chief administrative of-ficer Lee-Anne Crane to discuss what services can be provided by the RDEK. Gay stresses that any services they provide will be paid for out of pocket by the Jumbo Glacier Resort Municipality.

“This will not cost the taxpayer of the Re-gional District of East Kootenay,” he said.

Under the Letters

Patent, those expenses will be paid for by the proponent of the resort until a tax-paying pop-ulation exists.

But further ques-tions exist for Gay and the rest of the board. In the RDEK, taxpayers fund transfer stations in the region and do not pay a gate fee when they bring their gar-bage in. Gay said the board needs to ponder what happens when construction starts in the Jumbo Valley. He wonders if the RDEK will have to impose a gate fee on Jumbo Gla-cier Resort Municipali-ty developers so that the costs for using the Columbia Valley Trans-fer Station are covered until there is a tax-pay-ing base there.

“We’re going to deal with them very much in a business manner.”

RDEK ponders more Jumbo questions“I think that’s about unheard of,” he said. “If we’re going to go down this road of a

non-elected member sitting on an elected

board, I think we need to question

how we’re going to function as a government.”

Bob Whetham

The Cranbrook Public Library held a Food For Fines month in October. In November a team of 4 students from Mount Baker High School created the Very Hungry Caterpillar sculpture from the cans. The dismantled sculpture and the other food that was collected has now been given to the Food Bank. Shown here accepting the food is Jackie Jenson, manager of the Cranbrook Food Bank (right), Deanne Perreault, children’s and youth librarian for the Cranbrook Public Library. Mariah and Samantha (pictured) together with Lane and Cassidy created the caterpillar.

Deardsell said that having lived in Europe, “beer is not something that is frowned upon, but is part of everyday life. In the two and a half

years (since the Noble Pig opened) we’ve never had to call the police, we’ve never had an al-tercation, and we’re probably one of the

more successful restau-rants in Canada.

“The fundamental belief that Heidi and I have is that food is the primary driver, but beer helps pay the bills.”

He added that he is

already scoping out the housing situation in Cranbrook.

“I am fully commit-ted to moving here, and getting the project up and running,” he said.

Heidi Romich said

she was pleased to ap-pear before Council, if only to dispel the ru-mours that “I’m closing the restaurant, moving, selling to Earl’s, that I’m dead or in prison. I heard them all.”

The councillors agreed that it was a most enjoyable presentation. Coun. Angus Davis in-quired if the beer would be available offsite, which indeed it will be.

“We’re excited to something happening downtown,” Coun. Bob Whetham said. “It fits in well with downtown re-vitalization.

“And bringing cul-ture to the consumption of beer is something that hasn’t been part of our traditions.”

Coun. Denise Pallesen asked about staffing levels. Deardsell said the Noble Pig em-ploys 78 employees —

28 full-time with the rest being mostly students working part-time.

Romich said when the restaurant/brew-house is up and running in Cranbrook, it will em-ploy 55 to 60 staff, “a significant increase.”

Romich and Deard-sell must now seek a special liquor license from the provincial gov-ernment. Victoria will forward this application to the City of Cranbrook, who will then seek pub-lic input on the propos-al. Should everyone be agreeable to the propos-al, the application will then go back to Victoria for approval.

Heidi’s aims for brewhouse transformationContinued from page 1

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Ski hill opens FridayCAROLYN GRANTSkis are tuned, pass-

es purchased and all eyes turn to North Star Mountain for opening day this Friday, De-cember 14, 2012.

It’s opening week-end at Kimberley Al-pine Resort, one of the most anticipated week-ends of the year.

Although milder temperatures and rain plagued the end of No-vember and early De-cember, the Resort weathered it pretty well, says Area Manag-er Ted Funston.

“We’ve received ap-proximately 175 cm of snowfall at the top of the mountain, which is over five feet, and the recent cold tempera-tures have made for good snowmaking this week, so the skiing should be great.”

Resorts of the Rock-ies Vice President of Sales and Marketing Matt Mosteller says that last year was a record one for snowfall at KAR, and is already over a foot ahead in total snowfall in the al-pine over last winter.

“With this incredible snow and perfect win-ter temperatures, this Friday makes the epic launch of another ski-ing and snowboarding tradition at Kimberley Alpine Resort.”

Locals have been hiking the hill in recent days to get a few runs in and the general con-sensus has been, “Awe-some.”

“We are planning to have the Northstar Quad Chair, Easter Chair, Tamarack Chair, and Magic Carpet open, in addition to the base area facilities,” Funston said. “Guest services will be open late to 7

p.m. on Wednesday and Thursday this week to allow people to get their season passes ahead of time.”

One big event locals won’t want to miss is free skiing and riding on Sunday, December 16, 2012.

As a way of saying thank you to locals, res-idents of Canal Flats, Skookumchuck, Mead-owbrook, TaTa Creek, Kimberley, Marysville, Wasa, Wycliffe, Moyie, and Cranbrook will ski for free. To receive a free lift ticket, residents

will need to show proof of residency such as: Drivers license or photo ID accompanied with utilities bill that shows proof of current ad-dress.

Also planned for Community Day is a charity barbecue for the SPCA. Burgers will be available for $2 and all money will go to the SPCA. Local residents can go to Guest Ser-vices and receive a voucher that will entitle them to a hamburger for only $2.

The Winter Sports

School invites beginner Skiers or Snowboarders to a complimentary les-son. There will be a total of 20 Ski and 20 Snowboard spots avail-able, with lessons tak-ing place from 10:30am - 12:30pm and 1:30pm - 3:30pm. Space is limit-ed and guests must pre-register at Guest Services.

Lessons will include a voucher for free equipment rentals at the Rental Shop. Please note that these lessons are for new skiers and snowboarders only.

Bulletin file photo/courtesy KAr

With the view of the Rockies to the east, the slopes of the Kimberley Alpine Resort are the place to be on a sunny winter day.

Locals, including Cranbrook residents, ski for free Dec. 16

Kimberley says no to offset purchase

C AROLYN GR ANTWhen the City of Kimberley

signed the Climate Action Charter in 2007, it committed to striving for carbon neutrality by 2012.

As most municipalities are now admitting, the goal was a good one, but unlikely to be achieved. While every effort was made to reduce emissions, reaching zero emissions is not possible while buildings need to be heated, and fleets run, on fossil fuels.

The common approach was to reduce as much as possible, then measure annual emissions and pur-chase offsets to balance greenhouse gas emissions.

The RDEK voted just last Friday to purchase offsets in order to achieve carbon neutrality.

The vote came before Kimberley City Council on Monday evening, with a report from Manager of Plan-ning Services Troy Pollock, outlining options.

The best option in Pollock’s re-port was to purchase offsets at $25/tonne or less from the Kootenay community Carbon Fund, which will pool resources from participat-ing local governments to support select projects in Kootenay, Bound-ary and Columbia basin areas. The current project carbon offset pur-chases would support is the Dark-woods preservation project in the West Kootenay.

The City has budgeted $32,000 in the financial plan for carbon offsets and Pollock told Council that 2012 emissions should be somewhere around the 1353 tonnes produced in 2010. The City has reduced emis-sions since then, Pollock said, but new facilities such as the Confer-ence Centre have added to emis-sions.

“Darkwoods could be as little as $16/tonne with enough participa-tion,” Pollock said.

However, Council had a concern with purchasing Darkwood offsets — while the project is in the Koote-nays, it is hardly local.

“There is an appetite to see how we could support local initiatives,” said Mayor Ron McRae, but he was in favour of purchasing from Dark-woods.

Not so Coun. Don McCormick. “It’s impossible for any public

organization to get down to zero,” he said. “The money needs to stay here. What is the value we are going to get for our $30,000?”

Also speaking against the motion was Coun. Kent Goodwin.

“I have a bit of trouble with off-sets in general. And I’m not sure Darkwoods is a good place to store carbon, given climate change and the likelihood of wild fires. I would like to see a project that would actu-ally reduce emissions like methane capture.”

What good was saying you’re car-bon neutral if you’re not actually doing anything? Goodwin asked.

Coun. Darryl Oakley said that, having read the Climate Action Charter, there was nothing in it that says it is legally binding to purchase offsets.

“I do not support spending one penny outside municipal boundar-ies. The City has done some great things but it will never be carbon neutral. $33,000 is a big chunk of money and it needs to stay here.”

Coun. Goodwin proposed that the City set aside a reserve fund at $25/tonne of 2012 emissions.

“Two years from now when there is a local project, we’ll have double the money.”

He didn’t want to cap the fund at the amount reserved in the financial plan because he said the whole idea was to reduce emissions. It had to be based on the amount the City pro-duced, he said. He also said he wouldn’t tie the fund to a project within Kimberley’s boundaries be-cause if the RDEK had a project like methane capture at the landfill, Kimberley could certainly support that.

Coun. Ratcliffe did not agree.“The City did sign the Charter,”

he said. “We have major grant re-quests out there. I don’t like too, but I will support it.”

A vote was called and with only Hoglund, McRae and Ratcliffe vot-ing for offset purchases, it was de-feated.

Kimberley will not purchase car-bon offsets, but will put the money in reserve for a local project.

Money will be put aside until local project found

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The survey came as a result of a “challenge” from Mayor Wayne Stetski to the Chamber board, at its 2012 plan-ning session — to iden-tify barriers to doing business in Cranbrook, and suggest recom-mendations as to how those barriers could be removed.

The Chamber re-sponded by conducting a detailed survey among its membership, which was condensed into a number of common themes and recommen-dations.

“It became clear to us that the level of un-derstanding about what City departments do, and which City func-tions are in which de-partments, are less clear to business than they probably should be,” the survey notes sum-marized. “… There seems to be a sense that — in general — there is not a culture of being open to, and supportive of existing and new businesses.”

Butler pointed out that there are almost 1,500 business licenses in Cranbrook, which generate 37 per cent of the city’s total tax reve-nues.

In all, 295 businesses responded to the survey — 20 per cent — which the Chamber felt was a good rate of response, enough for a strong rep-resentative sample of the business communi-ty.

Respondents were asked for feedback on doing business in Cran-brook, with a focus on municipal, provincial and federal government agencies.

Butler pointed out that these types of sur-veys are often skewed towards the negative — those with negative ex-periences are more like-ly to respond that those with positive experienc-es.

“This is about doing doing business in Cran-brook, not about the City of Cranbrook,” he stressed. He said that businesses fully under-stood issues like the in-

frastructure challenges.“One thing’s for sure

— there are no magic bullets,” he added.

Feedback to the sur-vey was condensed to reveal a number of common themes:

• The need to identi-fy “retail gaps,” and ag-gressively seek out new businesses to fill those;

• The need for the City and the business community to work to-gether, to attract more business and drive the economic development strategy more aggres-sively;

• To focus on and en-courage new businesses in manufacturing, tech-nology, service and val-ue-added enterprises;

• More focus on tourism;

• Work to develop the College of the Rock-ies into a local universi-ty, and link its programs with the city’s economic development strategy;

• Work to become a transportation hub for the trucking industry, based on Cranbrook’s location in the prov-ince;

• More focus on al-ternative energy;

• Develop a more ro-bust “buy-local” pro-gram.

As to removing bar-riers to business, the Chamber developed a number of proposed changes:

• Develop an “open for business” culture in Cranbrook by creating higher levels of custom-er service both at City Hall and within the business community;

• Ensuring taxes and fees are competitive with other communi-ties, and conducting a review to determine how commercial prop-erty tax levels, DCCs and other fees stack up against other commu-nities;

• Pushing for the College of the Rockies to become a university, to make sure there are more qualified, trained individuals available for businesses to hire;

• Making sure that the City’s economic de-velopment strategy —

which is halfway through its term, Butler said — is still relevant. “Is it being successfully implemented? How are we tracking its prog-ress? How do we ex-pand our tax base, not our taxes?”

• Of particular note was the implementa-tion of a business liai-son position with the City of Cranbrook; an individual or entity to help entrepreneurs navigate the myriad processes of the City de-partments — “for folks particularly in the smaller businesses,” Butler said. “The mom and pop world.”

The survey conclud-ed with a number of recommendations for the City to implement:

• Develop a training program for staff to en-sure high levels of cus-tomer service, proper training for staff on city policies, and to educate the public on each de-partment’s responsibili-ties;

• Hire a business liai-son to help businesses navigate to processes necessary to start or ex-pand a business in the area;

• Take a more ag-

gressive approach to the economic development strategy, focussing on specific areas where progress is possible, and having the City work in conjunction with the business com-munity to help achieve strategic goals.

Mayor and Council commented on the pre-sentation.

“There are number of points there that ar-en’t surprising,” Mayor Stetski said. “Our chal-lenge is to find a way to get those changes im-plemented on the ground.”

Butler told Coun. Denise Pallesen in re-sponse to the question that the survey would have indeed costs about $30,000 had a profes-sional survey company been hired. But the heavy lifting had been done by Chamber vol-unteers.

Both Coun. Bob Whetham and Angus Davis agreed the collab-orative approach be-tween the City and business community would go a long way.

To review the survey, go to www.cranbrook-chamber.com.

Survey results call for more collaborative approach to change business climate

Continued from page 1

MADD seeks support for

Campaign 911C ARoLYn GR Ant

Katryna Sigurdson of Mothers Against Drunk Drivers visited Kimberley City Council this week, looking for support for MADD’s Campaign 911. Sig-urdson would like Council’s support in placing signs around Kimberley in the spring encouraging people to call 911 if they suspect an impaired driver.

“We just want people to know that it’s okay to do that,” Sigurdson told Council. “We’d like to put large, visible signs in key areas around town. We want to educate the public to recognize impaired drivers. The more calls that come in, the fewer impaired drivers on the roads.”

All costs of the signs will be covered by MADD, they will just consult with the City and the RCMP on the best locations for them.

While Sigurdson says there is always the chance that an observer may be wrong about a driver being impaired, it is a momentary inconvenience, and the call is worth it if a drunk driver is stopped.

She shared ten signs of a possible impaired driv-er.

Driving unreasonably fast, slow or at an inconsis-tent speed

Drifting in and out of lanesTailgating and changing lanes frequentlyMaking exceptionally wide turnsChanging lanes or passing without sufficient

clearanceOvershooting or stopping well before stop signs

or stop lightsDisregarding signals and lightsApproaching signals or leaving intersections too

quickly or slowlyDriving without headlights, failing to lower high

beams or leaving turn signals onDriving with windows open in cold or inclement

weatherIf You Observe a Potential Impaired Driver:• Call 911• State your location• Vehicle description• Licence plate number of vehicle• Colour of vehicle• Make and model of vehicle• Direction of travel for the vehicle• Description of driver

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VANCOUVER — A provincial government report says the expansive network of dikes across the Lower Mainland will need major upgrades over the next several de-cades to fend off the ris-ing sea.

The cost of the im-provements could amount to up to $9.5 bil-lion, the report says, but that’s over the next 100 years.

The report studied the dikes along the Metro Vancouver coast and the Fraser River downstream

of the Port Mann Bridge.The area encompass-

es 250 kilometres of shoreline, 12 major mu-nicipalities and over two million people.

The report was re-leased from the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Opera-tions and is meant to get communities thinking about upgrade plans now.

It’s a followup to a 2011 report that predict-ed sea levels will rise by one metre along B.C.’s coast by the turn of the next century.

Lower Mainland dikes need major upgrades to

fend off rising sea, report

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I had an evil, Ikea fornuft-wielding monkey on one shoulder, and one in a shearling coat. One begging me not to write, with tears in his little monkey eyes, lip a-tremble. The

other monkey, red in colour, was jabbing at me, laughing maniacally, daring me to put my fingers to the keyboard to create the column that was writ-ing itself in my head.

It was nagging at me — begging for my satirical sense of humour to rip it apart — with every wag of his shearling coat, that monkey named Darwin made a vein throb in my forehead as I tried not to make fun at his expense.

But there he was, wandering through the Ikea in my famnig hjarta. I couldn’t help but joke about the now famous Ikea monkey.

So, dear readers, I apologize in ad-vance at my seemingly uncaring attitude, but I care! I do care! I care so much I have to laugh at the Ikea monkey!

Because his little ordeal into the big city reflected a human race that insists on capturing everything cute and making it a household pet, when that little baby mon-key only wanted to chill out with mom-ma-monkey in the jungle.

I love animals. I really do. I feel sorry for the little guy. He arrived at IKEA just like many of us do: terrified and lost at the

enormity of it all. I’ve been there, lost in the Ikea maze,

simply wanting a lerberg or strala, but having to go all the way through just to get a single pluggis.

I’ve been lost, I’ve found myself at the child care centre, wonder-ing if I should just turn myself in to the lost and found and hope my par-ents are less disoriented than I am and can locate me.

I’ve been that hopeless little monkey, staring out

the window of Ikea, thinking to myself, how did I get here?

So when I make fun, I do so with a sense of camaraderie.

My sister and I pondered back and forth that shearling coat. Where did he get it? Who makes such a tiny coat? But then I wondered even more, where the heck did this monkey come from in the first place?

Was he shipped there from Sweden, where monkeys are just as rare as Canada, along with a box of duktigs? The poor little gaffer! Or was the monkey simply shop-ping for a kvart to use while he lounges on his klappsta, perhaps browsing the Ikea catalogue for more at-home design ideas?

But then the update came in: Darwin had been seized by Toronto officials, and the fun was over. I was working on a zinger involving a swinging monkey and a lova,

when I read the headlines and my lip began to tremble.

Apparently the monkey may be infect-ed with a dangerous form of herpes. He was put in a holding area where staff are only approaching him in gowns and respi-rators.

This little monkey’s trials, found wan-dering sadly around IKEA — perhaps not satisfied with the knutstorps or sparsams — made a mockery of humans.

Darwin the monkey had in fact proved Darwinism by his very existence in the city of Toronto wearing a diaper and a fashionable shearling coat after escaping from a crate in his owner’s vehicle. The owners, who had been in possession of the monkey for a mere five months, had been outsmarted by a monkey.

The family has come out to say that they’re sad the monkey has been taken, but any person knows anthropoids can climb — leaving an animal in your SUV for long periods of time while you shop for cirkustalts is not conducive with pet own-ership of any kind.

As of Tuesday, the monkey had been put in an animal sanctuary, which really, is where a city-savvy monkey belongs.

God speed, Darwin. The little monkey will surely spawn a

fashion explosion of shearling coats, and hopefully more importantly (and serious-ly): an awareness to potential exotic pet owners to stick to a damn dog.

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Another year is almost over, ac-cording to our Gregorian cal-endar, and soon it will be time to celebrate the New Year.

Although New Year cele-brations date back about 4,000 years to ancient Babylon it was in Roman times that the date moved to January 1 in hon-our of the pagan god Janus, whose two faces look both forward to the coming year and backwards to the year past.

In Scotland New Year’s Eve is called Hogmanay, a word derived from one of several possible northern European lan-guages, and until the 1950s it was a more important celebration than Christmas. Still is, in some parts. Many Scots still go ‘first footing’, bringing a piece of coal or black bun and a bottle of whisky for good luck to their neighbours soon after mid-night. And, of course, we owe to the Scots bard Robbie Burns the now universal NYE song, ‘For Auld Lang Syne’.

My most memorable NYE was spent in Scotland. Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to celebrate it. Having lost our way on a hike over Ben Lomond in the snow, my girlfriend and I spent the night huddled in the fire-place of a ruined croft chimney just below the summit, watching the flashlights of a search party too far away to holler, waiting for dawn to light our way down. Sure would have welcomed a bottle of whisky that New Year’s Eve.

Wednesday, December 12A White Christmas Revue

Green Door Productions will present ‘A White Christmas Revue’ this evening, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday evenings from 6 to 9 p.m. at The Green Door in the Kimberley Platzl. Directed by Tylene Turner, this dinner theatre revue features Elizabeth Adler, Elli Gillen, Trevor Lundy and Jay Toner with songs from the movie. A festive cocktail hour will be followed by a 4-course traditional Christmas dinner and a sing-along. Tickets are $40, available at the Snowdrift Café. For more informa-tion contact Green Door Catering Compa-ny on Facebook or email [email protected] or call 250-427-7068.

It’s A Wonderful LifeCranbrook Community Theatre ‘s pro-

duction of the live radio show ‘It’s A Won-derful Life’ continues at the Studio Stage Door tonight through Saturday, each eve-ning at 8 p.m. Directed by Terry Miller the play features Jennifer Inglis, Peter Schalk, Sioban Staplin, Sean Swinwood, and David Popoff. Tickets are $13 CCT mem-bers/$15 non-member, available at Lotus Books or at the door if not sold out.

Memory TreeThe Cranbrook Kimberley Hospice So-

ciety invites you to hang a snowflake on the upside-down Christmas tree or on the pet memory tree in the Tamarack Mall in memory of loved ones. Volunteers will be

there to help you today through Saturday. For more information call 250-417-2019 or 1-855-417-2019 or e-mail [email protected].

3D Show At ArtrageousAn exhibition of pottery, ceramics, jew-

ellery, woodwork, wearable art, and other items continues at the Artrageous Gallery until January 5.

Friday, December 14Sculpting Christmas Ornaments

The final class in the Creative Kids after school art program from 2.30 to 4.30 p.m. today at Centre 64 will be on sculpting Christmas tree ornaments from fimo. For more information and to register call Christine at 250-427-4919 or email [email protected].

Saturday, December 15Fort Steele Christmas Fun

Christmas fun activi-ties continue today and next Saturday, December 22, at Fort Steele Heritage Town with sleigh or wagon rides, ice skating, lunch at the International Hotel, Father Christmas at the Lambi House for photo

ops, and a bonfire, all between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. Fort Steele’s annual sleigh ride day follows on December 29 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

One Starry NightYou are invited to enjoy ‘One Starry

Night’ from 2 to 5 p.m. this afternoon at the Knox Church on 3rd Street South in Cranbrook. This is a re-creation of the first Christmas, including the Bethlehem mar-ketplace where you can taste food typical of that era, the inn at Bethlehem where you can craft an item from that time, and King Herod’s temple in Jerusalem guarded by Roman soldiers. Admission is free.

Tuck’s TroubadoursTonight Tuck’s Troubadours will be

playing classic country at BJ’s Creekside Pub beginning around 7.30 p.m.

Monday, December 17Hiking the Grand Canyon

The Friends of the Cranbrook Public Library present their third travelogue of the season tonight at 7 p.m. in the lecture theatre at College of the Rockies when Gerry Warner will describe hiking the Grand Canyon. Admission is by donation.

Live Outdoor NativityThe Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter

Day Saints will present a Live Outdoor Nativity at the Cranbrook LDS Chapel on 2nd Street North this evening and tomor-row evening at 7 and 8 p.m. with a live donkey, sheep, youth actors and music from the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. It will be followed by Christmas caroling, hot chocolate and Christmas goodies.

Thursday, December 20Highland Dance Recital

The Royal Stewart Highland Dancers will host their annual Christmas Charity Recital this evening at 7 p.m. in the Heri-tage Inn Ballroom. Admission is by dona-tion to the Salvation Army. For more infor-mation contact Jane at 2580-427-8757 or email [email protected].

Affordable ArtContinuing until today at Key City Gal-

lery is the annual Affordable Art show and sale in which all artworks are priced at $300 or less.

Saturday, December 22Christmas Gift Show

The Christmas Gift Show in the Gallery at Centre 64 continues until today. It fea-turing a variety of beautiful artworks and crafted goods by Kimberley artists and ar-tisans Darcy Wanuk, Helen Robertson, Virginia Anderson, Lori Joe, John and Julie Ough, and Kyla Richardson, along with Sandy Kunze of Galvanized Art Gallery, Wyndell, Julie Gibbs of Sandpiper Studio, Windermere, Shelley Soles of Golden and Andrea Revoy of Blue Moon Pottery, Cres-ton. The show & sale is open from 1 to 5 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays and ad-mission is free.

Monday, December 31Hollers Dance Party

The Hollers will be playing for a dance party this New Year’s Eve at the Marysville Pub. Appetizers will be served all night and guests are invited to dress up for a black & white masquerade if they wish. Tickets are $30 each, $50 per couple, avail-able in advance from the pub which has limited seating.

Seniors Social DanceA New Year’s Eve Social dance will be

held at the Seniors Hall tonight from 8 p.m. to midnight with music by The Pace-makers, Lyle, Ken and Duncan. Admission is $15, which includes a lunch. There will also be draws and prizes. For reservations call 250-489-2720 or 250-489-4442.

Library ShowcaseThe display for the month of December

in the Cranbrook Public Library showcase is of handprints by Heather Buhler.

Saturday, January 5Banff Mountain Filmfest

Wildsight presents the Banff Mountain Filmfest at Key City Theatre at 7.30 p.m. this evening. Tickets are $25, available from the KCT box-office (250-426-7006), all proceeds going to support Wildsight’s local educational projects.

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UPCOMINGBC Government Retired Employees Association, Rocky Mtn Branch, will be holding their Christmas luncheon meeting at the Bavarian Chalet, Sam Steele Rm, Dec. 12 at noon. Guest will be Santa. FMI contact Jack Selman, 489-5930.Kootenay Christian Academy middle school band concert; Thursday, Dec. 13, 7:00pm. KCA Preschool campus, 629 6th St NW Cost: donation for Christmas hampers. FMI 250-426-0166Book Under Every Tree – until Dec 14th drop o� new or gift quality kids/teens/adult books at the Cranbrook Library and other drop o� locations in Cranbrook for CBAL’s project. Volunteers needed and fabric donations gratefully received. Katherine 250-417-2896 or [email protected] your family back in time to the � rst Christmas? Then reserve Saturday Dec 15, 2-5pm for One Starry Night! Free activities for ALL AGES! Knox Church, 2100 - 3rd St. S., Cranbrook. FMI: 250-426-7165Mount Baker Interact Club will be hosting an Amnesty International Write for Rights event on Thurs, Dec 13, 730 pm, - to raise awareness of four international cases of human rights violations. The night will end with a candlelight vigil recognizing the importance of international human rights. Donations will go towards the cost of sending the letters.December 16-Advent 3 and Special Gift Sunday You are invited to worship with Cranbrook United Church. Many of our congregants bring a small gift for the food bank, or the women’s shelter, or the men’s shelter on this Sunday. Service begins at 10:00 a.m. Live Outdoor Nativity with live donkey, sheep, youth actors and music from the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Monday, Dec 17 and Tuesday, Dec 18th, Cranbrook LDS Chapel, 2210-2nd St. N., Cranbrook. Times: 7:00 & 8:00 p.m.2012 FREE FAMILY SWIM Wednesday, Dec. 19th, 6:00-7:00 PM is sponsored by Knights of Columbus.The Royal Stewart Highland Dancers will host their annual Christmas Charity Recital on Thursday, December 20 at 7:00 pm at the Heritage Inn Ballroom. Admission is by donation with all funds going to the Salvation Army Cranbrook. FMI contact Jane at 2580-427-8757 or email [email protected]. (www.rshd.ca)

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ONGOING Canadian Cancer Society- if you have spare time and would like to volunteer, interested applicants can call 250-426-8916, drop by our o� ce at #19-9th Avenue S, Cranbrook or go to www.� ghtwithus.ca and register as a volunteer.ICBL-Duplicate Bridge–Senior Center in Cranbrook. Mon & Wed 7pm, Thurs & Fri 1pm at Scout Hall, Marysville. Info: Maggie 250-417-2868.Tai Chi Moving Meditation every Wednesday 3-4 pm at Centre 64. Starts November 7th. Call Adele 250-427-1939.Cranbrook Phoenix Toastmasters meet every Thursday, noon - 1:00 Heritage Inn. Toastmasters teaches communication & leadership skills. Roberta 250-489-0174. 1911.toastmastersclubs.org.Breast Cancer Support Group meets at McKim Middle School Library, every 3rd Thursday of the month at 7 pm. Contact: Daniela @ 427-2562.Super Christmas Bargains: New & next to new, warm clothing, footwear, small appliances, jewellery, Christmas decor galore! Bibles for Missions Thrift Store, 824 Kootenay St. N., Cranbrook. 778-520-1981.The Cranbrook Skating Club is o� ering skating lessons for learners of all ages. Pre-CanSkate (for pre-schoolers), CanSkate (ages 4 & up), Intro-StarSkate (learn to � gure skate), StarSkate (for advanced levels of � gure skating), CanPowerSkate (skating skills for hockey players) and Adult lessons. Kathy Bates (Registrar) at 250-432-5562.Do you have 3 hours a week to give? Contact the Kimberley Health Care Auxiliary Thrift Shops at 250-427-2503 (Brenda) or 250-427-1754 Gayle) for volunteer opportunities: cashiers, sorters, after hours cleaners.CRANBROOK QUILTERS’ GUILD hold their meetings every 2nd & 4th Tuesday of each month at 7:15pm upstairs in the Seniors’ Hall, 125-17th Ave. S. Everyone welcome. Info: Betty at 250-489-1498 or June 250-426-8817.ESL: CBAL hosts Conversation Cafe Tues 7-9pm, morning class Wed 10am-12noon & Evening class Wed 7pm-9pm. All sessions held at CBAL o� ce 19 9th Ave S (next to the radio station). Childcare upon request. All programs are FREE. FMI: Bruce 250-919-2766 or [email protected] Acupuncture. By donation – Each Tuesday 4-6 pm, Roots to Health Naturopathic Clinic, Kimberley Health Centre – Lower Level, 260 4th Ave. 778-481-5008. Please visit: www.roots-to-health.com for more info.The Compassionate Friends meet 2nd Tuesday each month at 4:00pm at the East Kootenay Child Care Resource and Referral Boardroom (in the Baker Street Mall parking lot) Info: call Laura @ 250 489-1000/Diane @ 250 489-0154

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TRE VOR CR AWLEYSports Editor

It looked as though the Rockets were ready to fizzle, before they blasted off Tuesday night at Western Financial Place.

Down for 50 minutes of the game, Kelowna scored three unan-swered goals in a 3-1 come from behind victo-ry over the Kootenay Ice.

Tyson Baillie scored twice as the Rockets earned a win on their first of a five-game road trip throughout the Cen-tral Division.

The Ice, in turn, lost their second game in a row and will regroup be-fore hitting the road themselves for four games to close out their schedule before the Christmas break.

Wyatt Holfin stood in goal for the Ice, turning away 30 shots, while Jor-dan Cooke, who manned the crease for Kelowna, made 29 saves.

Kootenay had five power play opportuni-ties, scoring on only one, while the Rockets capi-talized once in three chances on the man-ad-vantage.

It was a homecoming for Rockets’ head coach Ryan Huska, who was

born in Cranbrook and raised in Trail. It was also the first time former Ice player Dylen McKinlay returned to his old barn after getting traded to Kelowna following train-ing camp in September.

“I don’t think we played our style in the first two [periods], but the third—definitely that us,” said McKinlay, who was held pointless, but got into some fisticuffs with Austin Vetterl early in the game. “We’re a working team, don’t try to be too fancy but if we don’t work we’re not going to be successful.”

Huska noted that his team seemed to get their feet under them in the final frame after a poor start.

“We were really slug-gish to start this game tonight, but I thought Kootenay played really well early on,” Huska said. “I thought we got our legs going as the game went on and for the first two periods, I don’t think we were nor-mally the team we usu-ally are. The third peri-od, I thought we were better.”

It was a scoreless first period, but both teams had their chances. Kelowna led the attack

with some early pressure but got into penalty trou-ble near the end of the period.

Erik Benoit nearly put the Ice on the boards when he split the Kelow-na defence and cut in all alone on Cooke, howev-er, the puck slid just wide of the post after he deked out the opposing net-minder.

Kelowna had their best chance when Carter Rigby drove to the net on a partial breakaway, however an Ice defence-man was able to get in the way and prevent a shot.

Kootenay took the lead less than two min-utes into the second pe-riod on the man-advan-tage, as Collin Shirley lifted the puck over Cooke just outside the crease.

Hoflin kept cool in-side the crease as the

Rockets worked to an-swer, even going full splits from post to post to make a succession of saves during a stint of heavy pressure by Kelowna.

However, things crumbled for the Ice in the latter half of the final period.

Tyson Baillie redi-rected a pass from the point while driving to the net on a Kelowna power play to pull even with 8:12 left in the game.

Roughly 90 seconds later, Colten Martin col-lected the puck in the high slot and fired a low shot under Hoflin’s glove into the corner of the net.

The Ice began gear-ing up for a big push in the final few minutes to look for the equalizer, but it was the Rockets who lit the goal lamp as Baillie got his second of the night after picking up his rebound on a wrap-around.

Benoit couldn’t have bought a goal during the night, as he was robbed again on another break-away by Cooke, who sprawled across the crease to get an arm on the Ice forward’s back-hand.

Jaedon Descheneau also missed the net by a hair after taking a feed from a teammate on a shorthanded two-on-none rush to the net.

The Ice were without defencemen Joey Leach (upper body) and Tan-ner Muth (upper body), while Brock Montgom-ery (upper body) was absent in the forward corps.

Kelowna was missing star forward Colton Scis-sons, who is currently recovering from an inju-ry, however, he would have been in Calgary at the national world ju-nior selection camp if he was healthy, anyway.

Kelowna’s manage-ment told McKinlay that there’d be high expecta-tions on him when he arrived, and the overage forward has responded while playing alongside Colton Scissons and Myles Bell, as he is tied for third in points on the team, with 27.

“It’s definitely easy when you got players of that calibre,” said McKin-lay, “and I think our role is to lead by example and be those workers every night and obvious-ly put some points up and help our team do anything to win.”

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MADRID, Spain - Ra-fael Nadal is ready to re-turn to competitive ten-nis, confirming Tuesday that he’ll play in an exhi-bition tournament in Abu Dhabi at the end of the month following a six-month break to re-cover from a knee inju-ry.

“Can’t wait to get back on court in Abu Dhabi at the end of the month,” the 11-time Grand Slam champion said on his Facebook page and Twitter ac-count. “I won the Mubadala World Tennis Championship in 2010 and 2011 - would love to get my hands on the tro-phy again this year!”

The 26-year-old Nadal began practicing on a court in his home-town of Manacor on the island of Mallorca on Nov. 20 under the su-pervision of his uncle and coach Tony Nadal and a physiotherapist.

The Abu Dhabi tour-nament starts Dec. 27 and will feature a six-man field that also in-cludes top-ranked Novak Djokovic and No. 3 Andy Murray of Brit-ain.

While Nadal had long been scheduled to play in the event, he was cautious in a radio inter-view last week about how quickly he could return to full fitness after such a long layoff.

Nadal has not played since a stunning sec-ond-round loss to then 100th-ranked Lukas Rosol at Wimbledon in June due to the partial tear of a tendon in his left knee.

The injury denied Nadal an opportunity to defend the Olympic sin-gles gold at the London Games and forced him to pull out of the U.S. Open and Spain’s Davis Cup final against the Czech Republic, which his teammates lost with-out him last month.

Nadal confirms he’ll return to

competitive tennis

Appeals overturn NFL suspensions in bounty caseBRET T MARTELAssociated Press

NEW ORLEANS — In a sharp rebuke to his successor’s handling of the NFL’s bounty inves-tigation, former Com-missioner Paul Tagli-abue overturned the suspensions of four cur-rent and former New Orleans Saints players in a case that has preoc-cupied the league for almost a year.

Tagliabue, who was appointed by Commis-sioner Roger Goodell to handle the appeals, still found that three of the players engaged in con-duct detrimental to the league. He said they participated in a perfor-mance pool that re-warded key plays—in-cluding bone-jarring hits—that could merit fines. But he stressed that the team’s coaches were very much in-volved.

The entire case, he said, “has been contam-

inated by the coaches and others in the Saints’ organization.’’

The team’s “coaches and managers led a de-liberate, unprecedented and effective effort to obstruct the NFL’s in-vestigation,’’ the ruling said.

Tagliabue oversaw a second round of player appeals to the league in connection with the cash-for-hits program run by former defensive co-ordinator Gregg Wil-liams from 2009-2011. The players initially op-posed his appointment.

Saints linebacker Jonathan Vilma had been given a full-season suspension, while de-fensive end Will Smith, Cleveland linebacker Scott Fujita and free agent defensive line-man Anthony Hargrove each received shorter suspensions.

Tagliabue cleared Fujita of conduct detri-mental to the league.

“I don’t think we played our style in

the first two [periods], but the third—definitely

that’s us.”Dylen McKinlay

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The Mount Baker junior girls basketball team is off to a tremendous start. They are currently 5 and 0 with a gold medal performance this past weekend in Kelowna. This tournament featured 12 teams, with Mount Baker being the only squad from outside the Okanagan region. After the final game was played, Mount Baker’s Charity Marlatt was named the defensive player of the tournament. Pictured above, in no particular order: Cassie Aston, Breanne Pocha, Sage Harris, Maddy John, Rae-lyn Pighin, Kendal Bostock, Josie Bannink, Morgan Tank, Chelsea Pelton, Char-ity Marlatt, Bobbi-Jo Colburn. Coaches are Joe Tank and Greg Colburn.

Donna SpencerCanadian Press

CALGARY — No goalie feels more pres-sure at the world junior hockey championship than Canada’s starter, says the man cultivating the next one.

Ron Tugnutt is the Canadian team’s goal-tending coach and has personally experienced that kind of pressure. In addition to a long NHL career, Tugnutt twice represented Canada at the men’s world cham-pionship.

“There’s a lot more pressure on our goalie than on the other teams,’’ Tugnutt said Tuesday at selection camp in Calgary.

When European teams win the semifinal, they’re thrilled at the prospect of “at least’’ a silver medal, but Cana-dian players aren’t in-terested in anything but gold, he explained.

“When we win the semifinal game, we’re only thinking one thing,’’ Tugnutt added.

With no incumbent from the previous world junior championship, a major subplot of selec-tion camp in Calgary this week is who will be Canada’s starter, backup and alternate at the 2013 world junior champion-ship starting Dec. 26 in

Ufa, Russia.In a new develop-

ment, Canada will take a third goaltender as in-surance against injury because of the travel time required to get to south-central Russia.

Malcolm Subban of the Belleville Bulls, Lau-rent Brossoit of the Ed-monton Oil Kings, Jor-dan Binnington of the Owen Sound Attack and Jake Paterson of the Sag-inaw Spirit are the four invitees. There’s little time for them to impress head coach Steve Spott as the 23-player team will be finalized Thurs-day afternoon.

Spott tried to damp-en speculation that Sub-ban, the younger broth-er of Montreal Cana-diens defenceman P.K. Subban, has the inside track on the starting job because he plays on Eu-ropean-sized ice at Bel-leville’s Yardman Arena.

After four years on North American ice, the world junior tourna-ment returns to a sur-face four metres wider with just over a half-me-tre more space between the back of the net and the end boards.

“Contrary to belief, there’s no starting job being given out, I can tell you guys that,’’ Spott told reporters Tuesday. “That’s going to be a re-

ally good subplot to this training camp, to see which guys we take over. That third goalie is a unique position. He may not see any action at all.’’

Tugnutt says Sub-ban’s big-ice experience is one check mark in his favour.

“I know myself as a goalie I struggled with the bigger ice,’’ Tugnutt said. ``I think it is an advantage for him just because it is a different visual. He sees it every day. But that’s not going to be the determining factor on what happens here.’’

Here’s a look at the four goaltenders invit-ed:

- Malcolm Subban: The six-foot-two, 201-pound Toronto native

has some of the flam-boyance of his older brother, according to Tugnutt. The first-round pick of the Boston Bru-ins posted a 15-7-3 re-cord with Belleville. “He’s extremely athletic. You think you have an easy goal and it’s taken away,’’ Tugnutt said.

- Laurent Brossoit: Calgary Flames draft pick led the Edmonton Oil Kings to a Western Hockey League champi-onship last season. Fills the net at six foot three and 200 pounds and is 12-4-2-3 so far this sea-son with the Oil Kings. “A big, strong physical kid who is great around his crease,’’ said Tug-nutt. “He’s got all the tools necessary to make to the next level.’’

- Jordan Binnington: Owen Sound Attack goalie has moxie. When he was left off the junior team that played a sum-mer series against Rus-sia, Binnington told Tugnutt “you’re making a mistake.’’ The St. Louis Blues prospect had a strong start to the sea-son with a 17-6-1-2 re-cord and 2.07 goals-against average.

- Jake Paterson: The lone 18-year-old in the bunch, Paterson plays behind a young Saginaw Spirit team and faces a lot of rubber. The De-

troit Red Wings draft pick lacks the interna-tional experience of the other three invitees. “From what I’ve heard, I’ve heard Malcolm is probably the No. 1 guy heading into camp, but I think it’s really up in the air as to which goalies are going to get selected to the team,’’ Paterson said.

Like a CFL quarter-back or the skip of a curling team, Canada’s goaltenders can get more blame and more credit than they deserve for the outcome a game.

But there is a sense that goaltending has

been a weak link for Canada at the last three tournaments with silver in 2010 and 2011 and bronze this year in Al-berta.

Jake Allen was pulled in a loss to the U.S. in the 2010 final in Saskatoon. Mark Visentin gave up five goals to Russia in the third period of the 2011 final in Buffalo, N.Y., and Scott Wedge-wood allowed four goals on 14 shots before leav-ing this year’s semifinal loss to Russia with an injury.

Before alarms sound over the state of Canadi-an goaltending, Tugnutt

points out the U.S. also switched goaltenders in that 2010 championship game, as did the Rus-sians in the semifinal in Calgary.

“It seems like the other teams are pulling their goalies too,’’ he said. “Don’t tell me ev-eryone else’s is better then ours. That’s not the case.

“People lose sight that these guys are 18, 19 years old. They’re learning their way and they’re feeling more pressure than they’ve ever felt in their lifetime. Even the calmest of guys will struggle with that.’’

Competition is open for Canada’s goalies at world juniors

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HAMILTON, Ont. — George Cortez paid the price Tuesday for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats’ disappointing season as the CFL team has re-lieved him of his duties as head coach and di-rector of football opera-tions.

The firing came just over a month after the Ticats wrapped up a dis-appointing 6-12 season.

“After a thorough evaluation of our orga-nization and our goals moving forward, we have determined that a change in direction is needed,’’ team presi-dent Scott Mitchell said in a release. “We want to thank coach Cortez for his contributions to the Tiger-Cats and wish him well in his future endeavours.

“We will immediate-

ly begin the search for our new general man-ager and head coach.’’

Cortez said he was surprised by the news, but seemed to be taking his dismissal well when he talked to reporters Tuesday.

“That’s the way things go,’’ he said. “We didn’t win enough games, and ultimately that’s what you’re judged on.’’

When asked if he would have done any-thing differently over his tenure in Hamilton, he relied dryly: “I would have won more games.’’

“I think we had a good plan of how we did things,’’ he added. “It was pretty much based on places I’d been in the past and how we’d done things successfully in the past, so I don’t do a lot of sec-

ond-guessing. Once you make a decision you move forward.’’

Cortez said he would like to return to coach-ing next year, possibly as an offensive co-ordi-nator. He said he hasn’t ruled out a return to the CFL’s head coaching ranks, but noted that as of right now job vacan-cies are hard to come by.

“I know obviously there’s going to be a job in Ottawa in a year or two, but as of right now there’s no jobs out there,’’ he said.

The Ticats also an-nounced that Bob O’Billovich, the team’s vice-president of foot-ball operations, has been offered a position within the organization as a consultant to the president and the foot-ball operations staff.

Hamilton Tiger Cats fire head coach George Cortez

“Contrary to popular belief, there’s no

starting job being given out, I can tell

you guys that. That’s going to be a really good subplot to this

training camp, to see which guys we take

over.”Steve Spott

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ARIES (March 21-April 19) Keep reaching out to others, es-pecially if recent circumstances caused a problem or a stunned reaction. Focus on conversa-tions, yet maintain an even pace. You’ll cover a lot of ground if you let others open up. Detach if you have a strong reaction. Tonight: Take a risk. TAURUS (April 20-May 20) A partner continues to give you significant feedback. You might not like everything you hear, but at least now you know where someone is coming from. Share some special time with a friend who understands how to live life well. Tonight: Accept an invitation. GEMINI (May 21-June 20) You could be more in touch with your feelings than in recent months. An unexpected change of plans might be hurtful, but don’t take it personally. To your surprise, a meeting proves to be rather insightful. Tonight: Go with someone’s suggestion.

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more nervous than need be. Take a midday walk to clear any tension. Tonight: Schedule some downtime for yourself. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) A meeting could punctuate your plans. If you are single, you could meet someone who seems to have a magical qual-ity about him or her. Lighten up when dealing with people, and you are likely to have better conversations. Tonight: Where the crowds are. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) Deal with others in a manner that makes them feel comfort-able. You might need to take the lead. Think through a situation with greater care. On the other hand, a holding pattern could create better results. Tonight: Buy a holiday gift or two on the way home. BORN TODAY Singer Frank Sinatra (1915), singer/actress Dionne War-wick (1940), politician Ed Koch (1924) ***

Dear Annie: My husband and I have been married for 20 years. We have two boys, and the oldest is non-verbal autistic. “Austin” can write, and he wears a talking device around his neck. He likes to shop and enjoys eating differ-ent things. But it makes me sad and angry when people stare at us. I have had strangers tell me I shouldn’t take

Austin out of the house, that I’m a bad parent if I don’t do a gluten-free diet and various other pieces of unwelcome advice. I know some peo-ple think we somehow caused this to happen, but we didn’t ask for this, and people need to realize what a miracle it is to have a child who is developmentally normal. We have one of each, and I feel blessed to say that. Our society doesn’t offer enough support to

families that are different. Our youngest son tries to make friends, and no one calls back. I have reached out to neighbors, and nothing happens. Support groups have meetings that are often held at times that don’t work for me, and worse, if you have different opinions about what causes autism, you are ignored. I will not give up hope that things can change, because we have come so far. Thanks for letting me vent. -- Sunshine Dear Sunshine: This must be so difficult for

you. There is no excuse for people who are rude enough to criticize your parenting or have the nerve to suggest that the boy be confined to the home. Ignore them. Professionals don’t know what causes autism. Some children respond to dietary changes, but not all. And we know that many people continue to believe that autism is a result of childhood vaccines, even though the original “research” is now considered question-able at best. We understand how much parents want to

protect their children and, in some cases, are looking to place blame. If the support groups in your area are not your cup of tea, please try the Autism Society of America (autism-society.org) or Autism Speaks (autismspeaks.org) for more opportunities to connect, perhaps online. Dear Annie: May I make another suggestion

for holiday gifts for teachers? When I worked in the counseling office at a high school, my most treasured gifts were the thank-you notes written either by the parents or the students. Mugs, scented candles and school-themed note pads can pile up in the closet, but those notes I will keep forever. Knowing your efforts are appreciated is priceless. -- Mrs. G. Dear Mrs. G: Thank you for giving our read-

ers a gift idea that costs nothing and brings so much satisfaction. Teachers have often told us how meaningful these notes are. Please, read-ers, if a teacher has meant something special to you, let him or her know. It’s one of the nicest gifts you can give. Dear Annie: I could not disagree more with

your comments to “Enough,” who said he would not date a woman he was not physically attracted to. You said this was a superficial rea-son, but his choice. I agree that it is his choice, but superficial? Not

at all. I have been there. I ended a relationship because I was not attracted to him “that way.” Hearing that he was shopping for an engage-ment ring didn’t change my mind. My family asked how I’d feel if he turned out to be my only option, and I said that was no reason to be with someone. Two weeks later, my now-husband asked me out. -- History Lesson Dear History: You are confusing attraction

with superficiality. It’s understandable not to continue to date someone you aren’t attracted to. But “Enough” refused to even meet women who didn’t match his criteria for beauty. This is superficial -- meaning the surface appearance is more important than what’s inside. Annie’s Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell

and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers column. Please email your questions to [email protected], or write to: Annie’s Mailbox, c/o Creators Syndicate, 737 3rd Street, Hermosa Beach, CA 90254. To find out more about Annie’s Mailbox and read fea-tures by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate Web page at www.creators.com.COPYRIGHT 2012 CREATORS.COM

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Carly Rae Jepsen may be victim of hacking

C ANADIAN PRESSVANCOUVER —

Charges have been laid in a high-profile harass-ment case in which the alleged target was be-lieved to be Canadian singer-songwriter Carly Rae Jepsen.

Vancouver Police Department are not confirming that the case involves Jepsen, but said today it comes after offi-cers received a report in March of the alleged ha-rassment of a local, well-known celebrity.

Police had said in July they were investi-gating Jepsen’s com-plaint of unauthorized use of a computer and theft of telecommunica-tions, and that their

probe had started in March.

A Vancouver Police release says Abbotsford, B.C., resident Christo-pher David Long faces five charges, ranging from identity fraud to

possession of stolen property, fraudulently obtaining telecommu-nications services, and unauthorized use of a computer.

Police say the 25-year-old surren-dered at the Abbotsford courthouse last Friday and has been released under several condi-tions, while awaiting a court date, Jan. 4, in that Fraser Valley city.

The spokesman would not confirm a website’s claim that the matter involved the al-leged theft of nude pho-tos of the 27-year-old singer from Mission, fa-mous for her num-ber-one song ``Call Me, Maybe.’’

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First Nations put economy ahead of land treaties

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VICTORIA — Ten British Columbia First Nations have signed a deal they say puts eco-nomic development on their traditional lands ahead of land-claims treaty settlements.

The Nanwakolas group of First Nations from northern Vancou-ver Island and B.C.’s mid-coast say the agree-ment renews a deal signed three years ago with the B.C. govern-ment to cut bureaucracy between aboriginals

and government when it comes to land and re-source decisions.

Nanwakolas Council Society spokesman Dal-las Smith who attended a signing ceremony at the B.C. legislature, says the renewal agreement ensures smoother and faster approvals be-tween government, First Nations and industry.

He says the Nanwa-kolas are currently ne-gotiating a memoran-dum agreement with the B.C. forest industry that includes, jobs, reve-

nues and protection of culturally significant sites.

Aboriginal Relations Minister Ida Chong says the renewed deal streamlines sometimes difficult approval pro-cesses by permitting government and indus-try to negotiate directly with several First Na-tions at once.

Smith says the Nan-wakolas still believe in settling land-claims treaties but have chosen to explore development opportunities.

Chronic ship-source oil a greater risk to B.C. coast

DENE MooRECanadian press

PRINCE RUPERT — Chronic, ship-source dis-charges of oily effluent pose a larger problem than large-scale cata-strophic oil spills, lawyers for Nature Canada told the panel weighing the Northern Gateway pipe-line.

Chris Tollefson, law-yer for the non-profit conservation group, questioned a panel of company experts Mon-day — the opening day of the hearings in Prince Rupert, B.C. — about the company’s assessment of the project’s impacts on marine birds.

Tollefson said the area that would be tra-versed by 220 oil tankers

annually is home to hun-dreds of at-risk species, including the endan-gered marbled murrelet, great blue heron, and black-footed albatross.

``The literature says that the cumulative ef-fects of chronic oiling on marine birds is greater than the impact of cata-strophic oil spills. Would you agree that that’s what the literature says,’’ Tollefson asked Jeff Green, who was respon-sible for the project’s en-vironmental assessment for Enbridge.

Such chronic, or “mystery’’ spills, can be as large as tanker spills, Green agreed, but they occur in different regions and in smaller volumes, and behave differently.

The growing aware-ness of the problem has resulted in a call for in-creased surveillance and enforcement of laws that prevent ship-source dis-charges, he said.

``So, yes, it is a prob-lem. There’s absolutely no question it’s a prob-lem: oil and birds are not a good combination,’’ Green said.

But recreational boats, fishing vessels, urban runoff and sewage are sources of mystery oil, Green said, as well as natural seepage from off-shore oil deposits in the Pacific.

Authorized discharg-es are legally limited to an amount that does not have a significant impact on wildlife.

B.C. town grieves Clearwater teachersC ANADIAN PRESS

CLEARWATER, B.C. — School officials and police in the small B.C. Interior town of Clearwater say the deaths of a man and his pregnant wife — both teachers — are a tragedy for the families of the victims, the school district and the community of just 5,000.

Skye Buck and his wife Court-ney, who were both 30, were killed Sunday when their car skidded off an icy patch of Highway 5 and plunged 30 metres down an em-bankment into the North Thomp-son River, north of Kamloops.

Kamloops-Thompson School District Superintendent Terry Sul-livan said the couple will be sorely missed.

``It’s a terrible tragedy and we are struggling now to extend the depths of our sympathy for the family (and) for the community,’’ he said.

A friend of the couple, Lenka Moravcova, said Skye Buck had told her recently his wife was seven

months pregnant.``He said that he’s expecting a

little one shortly after Christmas in the New Year (and) we were joking that he should volunteer for the

Davis Cup if they happen to have (the baby) in Vancouver, and he said it will be very difficult because they will have a newborn,’’ she said.

Syke Buck was a basketball player who played professionally in Europe before becoming a math teacher at Clearwater Secondary.

Courtney was a Grade 1 teach-er at Raft River elementary school in the town.

RCMP Constable Leslie Smith said the deaths have shocked the community.

``They were prominent, well known throughout the whole Clearwater community,and it’s just such a tragic event at this time, and the entire community of Clearwater is grieving.’’

Sullivan says a critical response team has been sent to Clearwater to help students and staff at the high school and elementary where the two taught.

Skye Buck would have turned 31 on Tuesday.

10 years for man who sought to become suicide bomber

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CHICAGO _ A man who plead-ed guilty to a plot to attend a So-malia training camp with the dream of becoming a suicide bomber was sentenced Tuesday to nearly 10 years in prison.

Standing in orange jail clothes, his hands behind his back, 29-year-old Shaker Masri looked calm as a judge imposed the sen-tence for one count of attempting to provide material support and resources to a terrorist group.

``That you were willing to die in harming others is extremely dis-turbing to this court,’’ U.S. District Judge Sharon Johnson Coleman told him. ̀ `There is a need to deter you, people such as Mr. Masri, from this type of behaviour.’’

Masri _ who was born in Ala-bama but has close family ties to Syria _ allegedly talked with an in-formant about killing a busload of U.S. soldiers and learning how to strap on a belt-full of explosives. He also allegedly spoke about ``heavenly rewards one would re-ceive for martyrdom,’’ according to a government presentencing fil-ing.

``Masri’s goal was to be a tool of indiscriminate murder,’’ the same filing said.

Masri was arrested in August 2010 hours before he was sched-uled to leave the country for a trip to Somalia, where he hoped to become a suicide bomber for al-Qaida and another terrorist group, al-Shabab, prosecutors have said. He had allegedly started talking to a confidential FBI infor-mant of his plans a little more than two weeks before his arrest.

After his arrest, investigators found a copy of Osama bin Ladin’s

manifesto, ``The Declaration of War Against the Americans’’ on his computer as well as the book ``The Islamic Ruling on the Per-missibility of Self-Sacrificial Oper-ations: Suicide or Martyrdom?’’

Masri allegedly admired Anwar al-Awlaki, a U.S.-born cleric be-lieved to have inspired the 2009 Fort Hood, Texas, shootings and the attempted bombing of a jetlin-er approaching Detroit on Christ-mas Day in 2009. A U.S. drone at-tack killed al-Awlaki last year.

Shaker did display emotion once Tuesday, interrupting and asking to speak when a prosecutor said he hadn’t renounced his ide-ology. But after huddling with his lawyers, he stayed quiet. Asked later if he had any remarks, he said politely, ̀ `No thank you, your hon-our.’’

After his release from prison, Masri will be subject to 20 years of close supervision and monitoring, Coleman said. That will include restrictions on Internet access, she said.

Masri’s mother, who had at-tended her son’s hearings, died recently, and no other relatives were in court Tuesday. Escorted

by U.S. marshals, Masri was al-lowed to visit his mother in the hospital in October before she died.

He pleaded guilty to the one count as part of a July plea deal. His attorney, Thomas A. Durkin, said then that ̀ `there comes a time when the government makes of-fers that are difficult to refuse in the light of the potential conse-quences.’’

The plea agreement suggested a prison term of just under 10 years, the term the judge imposed. She could have disagreed with that recommendation, though that would have voided the plea deal.

Coleman noted Masri could have received a 15-year term. The judge said she accepted the lesser term for various reasons cited in the plea deal, including that Masri had spent much of his last two years in jail in solitary confine-ment and that his mother had re-cently died.

She asked attorneys, however, why they had listed civil strife in Syria as another factor justifying a lesser sentence.

``Some of his family live in Syria and it’s an added stress factor ... stress about how his family is faring,’’ Joshua Dratel, another of Masri’s attorneys, told her.

Leading up to Tuesday’s hear-ing, the defendant’s older brother

sought to soften Masri’s image, sending a letter to the judge

describing him as lively and kind, and as ``our

neighbourhood’sfavourite boy’’ when they were growing up.

``Older people used to love chatting with him, because he had a wild imagination and would tell fantastic stories,’’ Anas Almasri wrote.

“That you were willing to die in harming others is

extremely disturbing to this court. There is a need to

deter you, people such as Mr. Masri, from this type of

behaviour.’’U.S. District Judge Sharon

Johnson Coleman

skye and Courtney Buck, both 30, are presumed dead after their vehicle skidded off Highway 5.

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Top Crop Garden, Farm & Pet2101 Cranbrook St N, Cranbrook, BC

Looking for Greenhouse / Farm WorkersTransplanting, watering, loading plants.

March 1, 2013 - September 2013Fulltime and part-time seasonal positions

Work at all three locations2101 Cranbrook St. N. Cranbrook

2380 4th Ave S Cranbrook3700 Depeel Rd. Cranbrook

No educational or job experience required.Contact: Shannon Fisher or mail application

2101 Cranbrook St. N. V1C 5M6250-489-4555shannon sher topcrop.biFax 250-426-4280

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Personals

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Cranbrook

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Children

Daycare Centers

FULL-TIME or part-time spot available in Registered Day-care for children aged 0-5years. Please call (250)581-1328

Employment

Help Wanted

Kimberley Public Library is looking for a computer savvy youth

(15-30) to help with programs from January to April 2013.

Please bring your resumé to 115 Spokane Street, Kimberley by December 19th or email to [email protected].

HOUSEKEEPERS WANTED

The Kimberley Lodging Company (KLC) is Kimberley’s largest property management company. We are currently seeking housekeepers for full and part time work.Job details: cleaning, stocking and reporting on unit conditions for a variety of units at the Kimberley Alpine Resort. A good level of physical fitness is an asset. KLC offers a competitive hourly wage and benefit package (full time employees only).Please remit resumé to: [email protected] Or fax to: 250-427-7167No phone call please. Only successful candidates will be contacted.

Help WantedGeneral

FARM WORKER Position.

Hourly salary $10.50/hr. Employment term-April 22 - Oct 31, 2013. Location of

employment at Fort Steele Farm, Fort Steele, BC.

Knowledge of market garden operation an asset and at-tributes of candidate are to be energetic, ability to work in constant change, and a willingness to learn. Send resume to Box 10, Fort

Steele BC, V0B 1N0 or reply to [email protected]

Passionate about print Commercial print company seeking experienced team

members. All positions considered; top compensation

for top performance. Email: [email protected]

P/T RETAIL Merchandiser wanted, to service stationary products. Previous merchan-dising or planogram experi-ence an asset. Please email resume to:

[email protected]

Required for an Alberta Trucking Company. One Class 1 Driver. Must have a mini-mum of 5 years experience pulling low boys and driving off road. Candidate must be able to pass a drug test and be will-ing to relocate to Edson, Al-berta. Fax resumes to: 780-725-4430

Medical/Dental

Certifi ed Dental Assistant Full time opportunity. Available immediately.

Good communication and clinical skills a priority.

Call Dr. Williams 250-489-4731 or email

[email protected]

Trades, TechnicalWARWICK Cabinets in Inver-mere currently seeking experi-enced lacquer sprayer/ fi nish-er. Job entails prep, sanding, staining and lacquer spraying of cabinets, cabinet doors and custom wood projects manu-factured in our modern cabinet shop. Ph: 250-342-6264, Fax: 250-342-3546 or e-mail: [email protected]

Contractors

Machining & Metal Work

AWLTIME Machinery and Equipment provides mechani-cal repair service to Cranbrook and surrounding area. Weld-ing, machining, and fabricat-ing. On site/mobile repair work, restoration projects, cer-tifi ed industrial mechanic, 24/7 on call. 250-919-8445 Paul Fennema

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CAL FIT HOME Gym. Excel-lent condition, $500. General Power Humidifi er. New. $100. 4 - 17” Dodge rims, 8 bolt. $500. 250-426-2598.

Misc. WantedPrivate Coin Collector Buying Collections, Accumulations, Olympic Gold & Silver Coins + Chad: 250-863-3082 in Town

Rentals

Apt/Condo for Rent2BDRM, 1 1/2 BATH Willow View apartment for rent, in Ca-nal Flats. Great view, 2 park-ing stalls, F/S, D/W. Walking distance to arena, park and store. $850 + utilities & D.D., references required. Available immediately. Call (250)349-5306 or (250)489-8389, leave mess.

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supplies last). 12 Electrolux bags - $9.50.

2 fi lters - $1.50, tax included. Also, we have a few

Electolux rebuilt vacuums on hand.

Phone 250-489-2733 for more information.

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Daily Townsman, Kimberley Daily Bulletin and The Valley,

call us at 250-426-5201, ext. 202.

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Apt/Condo for Rent2 BEDROOM UNIT

available in Victoria Villas. Rent includes w/d and water.

$780./mo plus electric.D/D $390.00

N/P, N/S. 1 year lease. To view call

(778)517-45173BDRM UNIT for rent, unfi nished basement, partial new fl ooring, F/S, parking and front yard. No smoking-no pets. 1 year lease, $937./mo + utilities. 1308A 11th St S.

Call 250-421-2590CEDAR PARK

Apartments: 1&2 Bdrm. Elevator, on-site laundry,

central location, live-in manager.

Heat & hot water included. N/P, N/S. $675-$800/mo.

(250)489-0134.

Modular HomesMOBILE HOME for rent in Cranbrook. Available January 1/13. $700./mo. Please call 250-427-3642.

Transportation

Cars - Domestic2002 BUICK Century. 131,000km. Good condition. $2800./obo. 250-919-0836

2002 PONTIAC Grand Prix. Runs good. 200,000km. $1800./obo. 250-919-0836.

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Trucks & Vans

4WD, 209,000 kms, has air bags, headache rack, on Eagle alloy rims, new winters on

stock rims.

ASKING$12,000 OBO

Phone 250-581-0608

2004 Toyota Tundra

Business/Offi ce Service

Business/Offi ce Service

Business/Offi ce Service

BATEMAN’SHandyman Service

2 Guys, 2 Heads,

4 Experienced Hands.

~Home repairs

and renovations.

~Snow removal. ~Senior discount.

250-422-9336

BEAR NECESSITIES HOME WATCH SERVICE

Planning Winter Vacation?

~We do:~Home checks to validate insurance

~Snow removal~Water Plants

~Cat care and more.

BONDED & INSURED

For Peace of Mind Home Vacancy.

Call Melanie250-464-9900

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DUSTAY CONSTRUCTION LTD

Canadian Home Builders Association

Award WinningHome Builder

Available for your custom home and renovation

needs.

You dream it, we build it!

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250-489-6211

GIVE THE GIFT

of Music

Music teacher Linda Rothero.

30 years experience.

Flute, piano & theory.

Cranbrook and KimberleyCall 778-517-1793

HEALTHY HABITS Childcare Facility

in Kimberley, currently has childcare spaces available

for children ages 0-5, also taking enrollment

for February.

Call Kristie for more details. 250-427-0209

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R.BOCK ELECTRICAL

For reliable, quality electrical work

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Residential, CommercialService Work

No Job Too Small!250-421-0175

LEIMAN

CUSTOM HOMES AND RENOVATIONS

Established custom builder for over 30

years.

Certifi ed Journeyman Carpenters

Reliable QuotesMember of the new

home warranty program.

www.leimanhomes.ca

Kevin250-421-0110

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TIP TOP CHIMNEYSERVICES

“Sweeping the Kootenay’s Clean”

Chimney SweepingFireplace & Woodstove

ServicingVisual Inspections and

InstallationsGutter Cleaning Available

Call for Free Estimatefrom a W.E.T.T Certifi ed

Technician

Richard Hedrich250-919-3643

[email protected]

To advertise using our “SERVICES GUIDE” in the Cranbrook Daily Townsman, Kimberley Daily Bulletin and The Valley, call us at 250-426-5201, ext. 202.

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We Match Prices!*Look for the symbol in store. WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO LIMIT QUANTITIES (note that our major supermarket competitors may not). Due to the fact that product is ordered prior to the time of our Ad Match checks, quantities may be limited. We match select items in our major supermarket competitors’ fl yers throughout the week. Major supermarket competitors are determined solely by us based on a number of factors which can vary by store location. We match identical items (defi ned as same brand, size, and attributes) and for fresh produce, meat and bakery, we match a comparable item (as determined solely by us).

Guaranteed Lowest Prices*Applies only to our major supermarket competitors’ print advertisements (i.e. fl yer, newspaper). We will match the competitor’s advertised price only during the effective date of the competitor’s print advertisement. Our major supermarket competitors are determined solely by us and are based on a number of factors which can change from time to time. Identical items are defi ned as same brand, item type (in the case of produce, meat and bakery), size and attributes and carried at this store location. We will not match competitors’ “multi-buys” (eg. 2 for $4), “spend x get x”, “Free”, “clearance”, discounts obtained through loyalty programs, or offers related to our third party operations (post offi ce, gas bars, dry cleaners etc.). We reserve the right to cancel or change the terms of this promise at any time.

©MasterCard & PayPass are registered trademarks of MasterCard International Incorporated. President’s Choice Back a licensee of the marks. President’s Choice Financial MasterCard is provided by President’s Choice Bank. President’s Choice Financial banking services are provided by the direct banking division of CIBC. PC points loyalty program is provided by President’s Choice Services Inc. ©PC, President’s Choice, President’s Choice Financial and Fresh Financial Thinking are registered trademarks of Loblaws Inc. Trademarks use under licence.

Quantities and/or selection of items may be limited and may not be available in all stores. NO RAINCHECKS OR SUBSTITUTIONS on clearance items or where quantities are advertised as limited. Advertised pricing and product selection (flavour, colour, patterns, style) may vary by store location. We reserve the right to limit quantities to reasonable family requirements. We are not obligated to sell items based on errors or misprints in typography or photography. Coupons must be presented and redeemed at time of purchase. Applicable taxes, deposits, or environmental surcharges are extra. No sales to retail outlets. Some items may have “plus deposit and environmental charge” where applicable. ®/TM The trademarks, service marks and logos displayed in this newspaper ad are trademarks of Loblaws Inc. and others. All rights reserved. © 2012 Loblaws Inc. Customer Relations: 1-866-999-9890.

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