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Turning the stones into soupTRE VOR CR AWLEYIt was a matchup that

pitted a seasoned master of the culinary arts against a student who is just tak-ing the first step in her journey to becoming a chef.

However, it was youth that prevailed in the opening round, as the Kootenay Granite Stone Soup Challenge kicked off it’s second annual event on Tuesday at the Salva-tion Army Soup Kitchen.

Lindsey Waugh (Hot Shots Cafe) and her Tur-key Chickpea with Brazil-ian Flavours won by the slimmest of margins at 33-32 votes over Doug Wagner (St. Eugene Golf

Resort and Casino) who challenged with a Snack Pack Chilli.

What makes the signif-icance of the Snack Pack, you ask?

Each chef brought a mystery ingredient that the other chef must use in their soup or pay up $50 to get out of using that particular item.

Waugh thought her Snack Pack pudding might be just the trick to throw Wagner off his game, however, the choc-olate-based pudding was actually a helpful ingredi-ent towards getting to the final product of his chilli.

Community Foundation’s Stone Soup Challenge gets underway at Sally Ann

TRE VOR CR AWLEYA Cranbrook ski racer

is off to participate in some high level competi-tion in Europe.

Jamie Casselman, a 15 year old student in Grade 10 at Mount Baker Secondary School, will be attending events in Italy and Switzerland in March.

Casselman is a former Kimberley Alpine Team ski racer who now trains with Team Panorama.

“I’m looking forward to the competition,” said Casselman. “Racing in

Europe is going to be an awesome experience as I will get to race the best athletes in the world in my age group. I’m look-ing forward to seeing how I measure up against others my age.”

The first race will take place on March 4-5, in Folgaria, Italy, for the Trofeo Topolino SCI event that will pit him against fellow U16 sla-lom and giant slalom ski racers from around the world.

Local ski racer off to Europe

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Chef Doug Wagner, with the St. Eugene Golf Resort and Casino, dishes out the goods along with Chef Lindsey Waugh of Hot Shots Cafe, as the two kicked off the first round of the Kootenay Granite Stone Soup Challenge on Tuesday afternoon at the Salvation Army Soup Kitchen.

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Regional Hospital Dis-trict Board has elected its Chair and Vice Chair for the coming year.

Elkford Mayor Dean McKerracher has been

elected Chair for this second term. “I am grateful to be able to continue on as Chair and thank my fellow Di-rectors for their confi-dence in me,” says McK-erracher. “2016 will be

an exciting year, starting with the opening of the new ICU at the Koote-nay East Regional Hos-pital, which this Board has been a supporter of from day one. I’m look-ing forward to its official opening and to continu-ing to build on the strong relationships we have as a Board and with Interior Health.”

Invermere Mayor Gerry Taft has been elected as Acting Chair. “I thank the Board of Di-rectors for placing its trust in me and I look forward to working with Chair McKerracher and the entire Board for the coming year,” says Taft. This will be his first year as Acting Chair.

The Kootenay East Regional Hospital Dis-

McKerracher re-elected Hospital District Chair

trict provides up to 40 percent capital funding for acute care facilities in the region for equip-ment and facility con-struction and renova-tion.

The Hospital District extends beyond the boundaries of the RDEK to include the Towns of Golden and Creston, and the portions of the Regional Districts of Central Kootenay and Columbia Shuswap sur-rounding those munici-palities.

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RECYCLE•Collective Soul to play Cranbrook in Apriltownsman staFFAtlanta-based rock

band Collective Soul are bringing their alter-native rock bona fides to Cranbrook — as a stop on a new Canadian tour fresh off the release of a new album.

The band that helped sonically define alternative rock will be playing Western Finan-cial Place in Cranbrook on April 19, 2016. Tick-ets go on sale this Fri-day, Feb. 19.

Formed in the small town of Stockbridge, Georgia, in the early 1990s, Collective Soul consists of principal songwriter and front-man Ed Roland (lead vocals/keyboards/gui-tars), Dean Roland (rhythm guitarist), Will Turpin (bassist), Johnny Rabb (drummer) and Jesse Triplett (lead gui-tarist). Born during the rise of grunge and alter-native rock, the five-piece “post-grunge” band broke into main-stream popularity with

their debut album “Hints, Allegations and Things Left Unsaid,” and the single “Shine,” and they carried their suc-cess through into the next two decades. Last fall, in October, 2015, they released their long-awaited ninth album — “See What You Started by Continuing” — having spent a six year hiatus between re-leases.

The album debuted at number 1 on the Bill-board Alternative Album chart, marking the band’s highest charting position on the Alternative Album chart in their illustrious ca-reer. According to the online music forum All-music: “Maybe it’s a mere continuation, not a revival, but this heavy dose of straight-ahead hard rock makes ‘See What You Started by Continuing’ one of Col-lective Soul’s best re-cords yet.”

Collective Soul is ex-cited to be heading back

to Canada. “We always love seeing our friends in Canada, and we can’t wait for the tour. Let the

rock begin!” said front-man Ed Roland.

Tickets for Collective Soul go on sale Friday,

Feb. 19, and are avail-able in person at West-ern Financial Place Box Office, or by phone 250-

426-SEAT (250-426-7328) or online tickets.cranbrook.ca. Prices are: Regular - $52;

Prime - $65; VIP Gold - $137.75; VIP Silver - $73.25.

Collective Soul — Ed Roland (lead vocals/keyboards/guitars), Dean Roland (rhythm guitarist),Will Turpin (bassist),Johnny Rabb (drummer) and Jesse Triplett (lead guitarist) — will play Cranbrook April 19.


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Casselman qualified for the event in January after notching the fast-est time at U16 male in Western Canada at the Topolino time trials. Casselman will be part of a six-member Cana-dian male and female team.

Topolino is the big-gest and most competi-tive of all international FIS junior ski racing competitions in the world. In the past, there have been over 40 na-tions represented at the event.

In addition to the race in Italy, Casselman has also been chosen by Alpine Canada and sponsored by Longines as the male representa-tive at the third annual Longines U16 Future Champions ski race in St. Moritz, Switzerland on March 15.

He will be compet-ing in a two-run giant slalom race on the bot-tom section of the world cup race slope on the day before the Audi FIS Ski World Cup finals

Cranbrook ski racer to compete in Europe

at the same ski resort. Each of the countries participating selects one junior male racer for this event.

It’s been a long road

for Casselman in the competitive ski racing world. He has been ski-ing since he was two years old and racing since he was six.

Over the course of his burgeoning racing career, Casselman’s biggest accomplish-ments have included being the BC U14 pro-

vincial champion in 2014 and finishing sec-ond overall at the 2015 U16 Can-Ams. Cassel-man has also been a member for Team Can-

ada for the 2015 Whis-tler Cup, where he achieved top-10 finish-es in each of the three disciplines of Super G, giant slalom and sla-

lom. Casselman would

like to thank Fischer, Uvex and Swix for their sponsorship.

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Jamie Casselman of Cranbrook is off to compete in trofeo topolino SCi event and the Longines u16 Future Champions ski race in St. Moritz, Switzerland. topolino is the biggest

and most competitive of all international FiS junior ski racing competitions in the world. Photo contributed.

“As soon as I saw the pudding, and I saw that it was chocolate, I know that I always finish chilli and really heavy tomato soups with chocolate, so immediately, I figured, ‘I could use this’,” Wag-ner said. “I think it turned out really good, using the chocolate.”

Wagner received five extra votes for his use of Waugh’s mystery ingre-dients, but it still came down to a loss by a sin-gle vote between the two chefs.

For her part, Waugh took the advice of her instructor at the College of the Rockies, Chef Tim Curnow, who suggested the pudding as an ingre-dient that could ruin a soup.

“Apparently pudding doesn’t ruin a soup,” joked Waugh. “I’ve learned my lesson…It was fun.”

Wagner presented some tuna as his mys-tery ingredient that

Waugh had to use in her soup, however, she opted to pay the fine to get out of using it.

She had an idea of what kind of soup she wanted to make before coming into the soup kitchen, but it wasn’t until she started hunt-ing for ingredients that she knew it could be a challenge.

“I knew I wanted to make a Brazilian-style soup, which my main ingredients would be coriander, orange juice and cumin,” Waugh said. “They had a tiny little bit, maybe a tea-spoon, of cumin, no co-riander and Five Alive.

“So, I knew I had to come up with some-thing else really quick.”

However, some taco seasoning seemed to do the trick, and it was off to the rest of the kitchen stores from there to gather vegetables, tur-key and the rest of the ingredients.

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“It was super nerve-wracking, but I had fun,” Waugh said. “Once I got going, I fig-ured I’ll just try to do the best job I can and that’s all I can ask for. It was such an honour to work with Doug, too, because he’s such a great chef.”

A few things are vital to making a good chil-

li—even if it includes some chocolate pud-ding, said Wagner.

“It’s just the richness and the body,” he said. “I didn’t tell everybody out there, but it’s a pure vegetarian chilli, so I didn’t want to push the vegetarian because I didn’t want to lose votes on the fact that there was no meat.

“But if you can make a good hearty chilli on the background and re-ally build those fla-vours, you can’t even tell what’s missing.”

Wagner, who partici-pated in the Kootenay Granite Stone Soup Challenge last year, knew what he had to work with in terms of expected items and the

facility, however, he was intrigued by the twist of the mystery ingredient and spent a lot of time thinking about how he could use anything that might be thrown at him.

“So, with the secret ingredient round, I kind of figured, if I’m think-ing these ingredients are going to be evil, then everybody else is,

so I spent a lot of time trying to think of ways to use tuna or black ol-ives or pitted cherries and all sorts of the hor-rible things you’d never put in soups,” Wagner said. “So I think the pudding was quite a pleasant surprise.”

The event is a fund-raiser — the second an-nual — for the Cran-brook and District Community Founda-tion general endow-ment fund and the Sal-vation Army homeless shelter project. The Challenge involves eight chefs competing over the next three weeks. Next up for the Kootenay Granite Stone Soup Challenge is Gra-ham Barnes of Max’s Place, who will be up against David D. Hull, a celebrity amateur chef and executive director of the Cranbrook Chamber of Commerce.

The two will go head to head on Thursday, Feb. 18th, at the Salva-tion Army soup kitchen.

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Chef Doug Wagner, with St. Eugene Golf Resort and Casino, left, and Chef Lindsey Waugh, with Hot Shots Cafe, kick off the opening round of the Kootenay Granite Stone Soup Challenge on Tuesday at the Salvation Army Soup Kitchen.

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ONGOINGMark Creek Lions meet 1st and 3rd Wednesdays at the Kimbrook. Meet & Greet from 6:00-6:30pm, supper 6:30-7:00, meeting 7:00-8:00pm. Contact 250-427-5612 or 250-427-7496. New members welcome – men and ladies! The Cellar Thrift Store Open Mon. to Sat., noon to 4:30 p.m. Our revenues support local programs and outreach programs of Cranbrook United Church. Baker Lane Entry at 2 – 12th Ave. S. Cranbrook, B. C. Donations of new or gently used items welcome.Funtastic Singers meet every Tuesday 6:45 pm at the Cranbrook United Church (by Safeway). No experience necessary. Contact Cranbrook Arts, 250-426-4223.The Cranbrook Quilter’s Guild meet on the 2nd and 4th Tuesday of every month, September - June, 7.15 p.m. at the Cranbrook Senior Citizens Hall, 125-17th Ave South. Interested??? Call Jennifer at 250-426-6045. We’re on Facebook and www.cranbrookquiltersguild.ca.Enjoy Painting? Join ArtGroup 75, Fridays 1pm-4pm, Sept. - June. Seniors Hall, Cranbrook. 125. 17th Ave. S.Quilters meet in Kimberley on the 2nd Monday at Centennial Hall at 7:00 PM and the 4th Monday for sewing sessions in the United Church Hall at 10 Boundary Street.Hey Kimberley! We need you as Big Brothers and Big Sisters. One hour a week. YOU can make a diff erence in a Child’s life that will last a life time. Info: 250-499-3111.Cranbrook Community Tennis Association welcomes all citizens to play or learn to play. Call Neil 250-489-8107, Cathy 250-464-1903.Cranbrook Phoenix Toastmasters meet every Thursday, noon -1:00 Heritage Inn. Toastmasters teaches communication & leadership skills. Roberta 250-489-0174. 1911.toastmastersclubs.org.Royal Canadian Legion Branch 24; Friday Meat Draw: 4:30-6:30, Saturday Meat Draw: 3:30-5:30. BINGO at the Kimberley Elks – Mondays, 6:30 start. All welcome.The Canadian Orthopaedic Foundation invites anyone expecting bone and joint surgery to make contact with local volunteers for peer support. The free Ortho Connect program helps to ease the fear, stress and anxiety that go along with surgery and help patients prepare. 1-800-461-3639 ext 4, and ask for Lauralee.Do you have the desire to stop eating compulsively? Overeaters Anonymous (a 12-Step Program) meets Wednesdays, from 7-8pm at Cranbrook United Church, 2-12th St. S., downstairs. Contact: [email protected] from 5:00 to 6:00 pm; Focus Meat Draw at the Elks Club, Kimberley. Proceeds to Emergency Funds and non-profi t organizations. TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) non profi t weight loss support group meets EVERY Thursday at 5:00 pm, at Sr Citizen’s Centre, (downstairs) 125 17th Ave S, Cranbrook. Drop in, have fun while losing weight gradually. This Chapter has won an annual B.C. Provincial Award for “Best Avg Weight Loss Per Member”. Info: Marie 250 417 2642Bibles For Missions Thrift Store, 824 Kootenay St. N., Cranbrook - serving our community to benefi t others - at home and abroad. We turn your donations into helping dollars! Open Tues-Sat 10am-5pm. Phone 778-520-1981.

UPCOMINGFeb 17th Cranbrook GoGo Grannys presents a travelogue with Chris Elliot. “Waterways of the Tzars, Moscow to St. Petersburg”. Chris took a 10 day trip down the Volga River from Moscow to St. Petersburg. Admission by donation in support of the Grandmother to Grandmother campaign. College of the Rockies 7:00Kimberley Aquatic Centre FREE FAMILY SWIM: Wednesday, Feb 17, 6:00-7:00pm is sponsored by Tyee Homes. Persons 18 years & younger must be accompanied by an adult.Art movie night presents “Georgia O’Keeff e: Great Women Artists Series” Fri, Feb 19. at Studio 64, 7:30 pm. Admission by donation to Kimberley Arts Council/Centre 64. Light snacks provided. No host bar. Home Grown Music Society presents the Coff ee House, Centre 64 on Saturday, Feb 20 at 8:00 pm. Tickets $8 at the Snowdrift Cafe & Centre 64.FREE Community Family Swim, February 20th from 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm at the Cranbrook Aquatic Centre. Sponsored by Canfor. Children must be accompanied by a parent.Saturday Feb 20th Creston’s PAWS will be on location at Just 4 Pets, 1610 Cranbrook St. N., for their fi rst ever Pet Adoption Day between 12:00 & 3:00 p.m. Info: Rachelle Golding, 250-426-8600.Have Camera Will Travel.... presents “Morocco” Join Veronica Paauw & Mark Van Camp - “Trekking in Morocco”, Slide presentation at Centre 64 on Tuesday, Feb 23 at 7:30 pm. Admission by Donation to the Kimberley Arts Centre 64.East Kootenay Chapter Back Country Horsemen of BC is organizing a Tack Consignment event on Feb. 27 from 10am - 5pm at Top Crop Garden, Farm & Pet. You can participate by dropping off your used tack for consignment on: Wed Feb 24, 10am-2pm; Thurs Feb 25, 10am-2pm; Fri Feb 26, 9am-6pm. Info: Brian 250-919-8150. BBQ organized by Maverick Riding Club, 11am-2pm.Sixth Annual Foster Parent Banquet and Loonie Auction on March 4th at the Heritage Inn. For info and tickets, contact Gerri at 250-489-8441 or Erin at 250-489-8807.

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A 69-year-old man found dead after a Fernie house fire has been identified by the BC Coroners Service as Aldo Scar-pelli.

At 4:44 p.m. on Feb. 12, Fernie Fire Rescue responded to the report of a structure fire. The structure fire was a house on the corner of 8th avenue and 13th street. Upon emer-gency crews arrival the home was fully engulfed in flames.

Responding to the call was five units, comprised of 16 firefighters as well as addition-al emergency services.

“After the initial assessment

it was determined that the home was beyond saving and our role would be to operate in a defensive mode,” said Fire Chief Ted Ruiter.

A defensive fire mode is de-termined when it is unsafe for crews to enter an occupancy.

“Fire crews focused their efforts on saving the adjacent home and were successful in doing so,” said Ruiter.

The adjacent home did suf-fer some damage due to its proximity to the blaze, howev-er the extent of the damage was not specified and ap-peared to be minimal.

While authorities cannot confirm the cause of the fire,

bystanders and witnesses say they heard an explosion out-side of the residence. Accord-ing to one witness, the explo-sion was so loud she thought two semi trucks had collided outside of her home.

Witnesses also reported seeing an unresponsive male in a covered walkway at the front of the home. The man’s dog was safely secured outside of the residence at the time of the fire and was not harmed.

The Fernie Fire Depart-ment was able to extinguish the blaze and worked into the evening to ensure it was safe for investigators. A RCMP Fo-rensic team was able to exam-

ine the remains of the resi-dence on Saturday morning. Investigators have ruled out foul play as being a factor in the fire and the man’s death.

The man’s remains were re-moved from the residence on Saturday and next of kin has been notified.

Due to the death of the oc-cupant, Fernie Fire and Res-cue is currently assisting the Coroner’s Office and the RCMP with the ongoing inves-tigation.

A memorial for Aldo Scar-pelli will be held on Saturday at 10:30 a.m. at the Catholic Church in Fernie.

Man found dead after house fire in Fernie is identified

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Fire crews work to contain a blaze that engulfed a residence on the corner of 13th avenue and 8th street on Friday afternoon. The lone male occupant of the house, later identified as Aldo Scarpelli, died in the fire.

cpL. Dan MoSk aLukDistrict Advisory NCO

The boyfriend of a B.C snowmobiler erred on the side of caution by reporting his girl-friend as overdue on Sunday evening, after the woman failed to return as planned from a day of sledding in the Revelstoke area. The Revel-stoke RCMP received the info and activated Revelstoke SAR Sunday night. The woman and two of her friends were rescued early Monday morning after getting stranded and off course.

At around 9 p.m. on Sunday February 15 2016, the Revel-stoke RCMP received a report of a Kelowna woman being overdue from a day of snow-

mobiling in the Boulder Moun-tain area. The woman was ex-pected back to Kelowna that evening and when she failed to return on time the man called the RCMP. RCMP located the woman’s vehicle parked in the Smokey Bear area parking. The RCMP immediately acti-vated the Revelstoke Search and Rescue Team was immedi-ately activated that evening. SAR mustered in the area with 18 technicians, of which 13 re-mained on the mountain that night to commence searching and in preparation for the search to resume the following day. The Search effort resumed early Monday morning and in-cluded one helicopter that was

able to fly into the area. At around 9 a.m., the three snow-mobilers were spotted and with a radio being lowered down to them communicated that they were in good condi-tion. The woman and her friends had gotten off course and had become stranded in a terrain area where the trio would not have been able to get out of without assistance from Search and Rescue. The three were safely air lifted out and brought to an awaiting ambulance to be checked out. “The search and rescue effort was quite intensive given the terrain encountered by the SAR technicians, once again high-lighting the skill level and ded-

ication, of the area SAR volun-teers” stated Cpl Dan Moska-luk.

“The group was in good shape as they were properly equipped with the required emergency backcountry gear and food. They had made a shelter and kept warm with a fire. Area familiarity and knowledge are key factors to staying safe while enjoying the backcountry and it is one thing that you have to keep an eye during your excursions and take into account in your trip planning.”

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Team Buchy off to mixed provincial curling championship in search of national berth

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Team Buchy is off to the 2016 AMJ Campbell Van Lines B.C. Mixed Curling Championship in Qualicum Beach after winning the Kootenay playdown Feb. 6. From left to right: Skip Tom Buchy, third Lori Buchy, second Dave Toffolo and lead Robyn Toffolo.

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Kimberley will once again be represented by Tom Buchy’s rink at the AMJ Campbell Van Lines B.C. Mixed Curl-ing Championships.

Buchy’s rink, featur-ing third Lori Buchy, second Dave Toffolo and lead Robyn Toffolo qualified for the annual provincial mixed tour-nament Feb. 6 by de-feating Trevor Qually’s rink out of Cranbrook in the Kootenay regional playdown.

“It’s great, every year we get together we hope to get through provin-cials because it gives you another chance,” Tom Buchy said Tuesday.

With a decisive 8-1 victory in seven ends, followed by an 8-5 tri-umph in eight ends, Buchy defeated Qually in back-to-back contests to earn a trip to Quali-cum Beach — host site for the 2016 mixed championship slated for March 3 to 6.

Buchy represented the Kootenays at the 2015 edition of the event, falling in the fina-le to Team Joanisse (Royal City/Gold Ears Curling Club).

“It would have been nice to win last year,” Buchy said. “But that didn’t happen. It’s the start of a new year. We probably don’t really look back at what hap-pened last year too much.

“There have been other years where it hasn’t gone too well, so it’s just a new year.”

Having finished sec-ond last year and previ-ously claimed the pro-vincial mixed crowns in 2006, 2010 and 2012, Buchy’s rink once again stands as a contender heading into the 2016 championship.

“You’ve definitely got to be playing at the top of your game,” Buchy said. “As in any provin-cial, you need a few breaks. The three times we’ve won, we played very well, but that being said, we also got a few breaks. That helps you along the way.”

The winner of the 2016 AMJ Campbell Van Lines B.C. Mixed Curl-ing Championship will earn a berth into the 2017 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship.

The 54th edition of the Canadian Mixed Curling Championship is scheduled for Nov. 14 to 19, 2016, at the Mari-ners Centre in Yar-mouth, N.S.

“We are excited to be given the opportunity to host this national curl-ing event in Yarmouth,” said Rick Allwright, host committee chair and president of the Yar-mouth Curling Associa-tion, in a Curling Cana-da release. “Yarmouth is well known for hosting great events and the op-portunity to host this event within our arena is going to be amazing.”

This will mark the first time Yarmouth has hosted any Curling Can-ada championship. The Canadian mixed cham-pionship has been host-ed in Nova Scotia on two prior occasions, both at the Mayflower Curling Club in Halifax (1977 and 2002).

Buchy said his crew is particularly excited at the prospect of compet-ing in Nova Scotia, hav-ing previously attended national champion-ships in Whitehorse, Yukon (2007), Morris, Man. (2012) and Mon-treal (2013).

The 2016 Canadian Mixed Curling Champi-onship was hosted at the Weston Club in To-ronto (Nov. 8 to 14, 2015) and was claimed by Team Alberta, which prevailed over Team Saskatchewan.

Team Buchy wished to extend its thanks and gratitude to its generous community sponsors and supporters, includ-ing Stephen Rota Man-agement Inc., Coal Val-ley Motor Products, As-sante Wealth Manage-ment, Caliper Hydrau-lics, Canadian Tire Cranbrook, Maple Leaf Forest Products, ABC Country Restaurant, Prestige Hotels and Re-sorts, B and B Glass, Coors Light, Sun Life Fi-nancial - Frank Vanden Broek, Kootenay Insur-ance Services, Remax Caldwell Agencies, Tyee Homes and the Kimber-ley Curling Club.

Taylor rocc aSports Editor

The 2016 Canadian Direct Insurance B.C. Men’s Curling Champi-onship didn’t go exactly to plan for Tom Buchy and his Kimber-ley-based rink.

Team Buchy — fea-turing skip Tom Buchy, third Dean Horning, sec-ond Dave Toffolo and lead Darren Will — failed to qualify for the playoffs at the 2016 men’s provin-cial championships — hosted by the Nelson Curling Club — after going 2-3 during round-robin play.

“We missed a few shots at the wrong time and we had a few bad picks that gave opportu-nity to the other teams,” Buchy said Tuesday. “We had a couple teams in trouble and a few bad picks allowed them to get off the hook.

“It was an enjoyable year. At times, we played very well. It’s just a mat-ter of the teams being really good when you get to provincials. Everyone

has the same goal so ev-eryone is playing their hardest. You just have to be on the top of your game in order to make it through and win.

“Now you go back next year, start over and try to bring your ‘A’ game.”

For the third consec-utive year, Jim Cotter’s Vernon-Kelowna rink brought its ‘A’ game and claimed the provincial title. With the B.C. crown comes an oppor-tunity to represent the province at the 2016 Tim Hortons Brier from March 5 to 13 in Ottawa.

“We just concentrate on process and stay within our own team ar-mour and just try to make shots and support each other along the way,” Cotter told Tyler Harper of the Nelson Star.

Team Buchy started on the right foot as it looked to dethrone Cot-ter, opening with an 8-3 victory over Team Long-worth (Vernon Curling Club), before falling to

Team Jackson (Victoria Curling Club) by a 4-2 margin on day one.

Day two saw Team Buchy back in the win column with an 8-6 tri-umph over Team Mont-gomery (Victoria Curl-ing Club) before suffer-ing a 10-3 setback to Team Geall (Royal City Curling Club).

On the final day of round-robin play, Team Buchy lost a 9-8 nail-bit-er to Team Dangerfield (Victoria Curling Club).

The Geall rink — fea-turing skip Sean Geall, third Andrew Bilesky, second Steve Kopf and lead Mark Olson — went on to face Cotter in the provincial final, falling 7-6.

“[Team Cotter is] very good. You have to play well to beat them ever time,” Geall told the Nelson Star. “They’re one of the elite teams in the world.”

Cotter’s rink will now represent B.C. at the 2016 Brier in Ottawa.

In 2014, Team Cotter won silver at the Brier

after finishing run-ner-up at the 2013 Ca-nadian Olympic trials.

“We can’t get too far ahead of ourselves,” Cotter said. “It’s just going to start with game one at the Brier.”

The 2016 Tim Hor-tons Brier will be hosted at TD Place in Ottawa.

Team Buchy wished to extend its thanks and gratitude to its generous community sponsors and supporters, includ-ing Stephen Rota Man-agement Inc., Coal Val-ley Motor Products, As-sante Wealth Manage-ment, Caliper Hydrau-lics, Canadian Tire Cranbrook, Maple Leaf Forest Products, ABC Country Restaurant, Prestige Hotels and Re-sorts, B and B Glass, Coors Light, Sun Life Fi-nancial - Frank Vanden Broek, Kootenay Insur-ance Services, Remax Caldwell Agencies, Tyee Homes, the Kimberley Curling Club and the Sparwood Curling Club.

With files from Tyler Harper, Nelson Star

Buchy rink comes up short at men’s provincial curling championship

Wednesday, February 17

Kootenay Ice at brandon Wheat KIngs

WHL Regular Season: Game 576:00 p.m. (MT) - Westman Place

LAST MEETING: BWK 3 at KTN 2 (Oct. 30 - OT) ICE vs. WHEAT KINGS 10-41-5-0 RECORD 35-17-2-2 Sixth (Central) DIVISION First (East) 12th (Eastern) CONF. Second (Eastern) 117 GF 220 238 GA 162 22nd (14.5%) PP 10th (20.9%) 22nd (72.7%) PK 16th (77.8%) Z. Zborosky (21-26-47) TOP SCORER N. Patrick (28-43-71) W. Hoflin (3.83 GAA) TOP GOALIE J. Papirny (2.72 GAA) 4-3 OTL at SPO (Feb. 13) LAST GAME 5-2 L at REG (Feb. 13) OTL1 STREAK L1 Feb. 19 at REG NEXT GAME Feb. 19 vs. EDM

Ice open three-game swing out eastTaylor rocc a

The Kootenay Ice (10-41-5-0) open a three-game East Division road swing Wednesday night (6 p.m.) when they take on the division-leading Brandon Wheat Kings (35-17-2-2).

Having collected points in three of their last four outings, includ-ing victories over the Spokane Chiefs and Le-thbridge Hurricanes, the Ice will look to maintain momentum on the road.

After Brandon, the Ice visit Regina (Friday, 6 p.m.) and Swift Current (Saturday 6 p.m.).

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2016

“General Higginbotham George Dogs-body – family motto: Canis Corpus Ad Nauseam - got into the way of a cannonball during the heat of the American Uncivil War and this left very little to be interred in the family estate in Virginia. The cannon-ball took him from behind and thus sur-prised the heck out of him. As General Dogs-body had odd interpreta-tions of war tactics and thought that Articles of War were stuff you shot with, General Roberty Lee had generally put General Dogsbody in charge of all sorts of things and so that is where the term ‘dogsbody’ came from. However there has been considerable argu-ment whether the term implies dog’s body (one dog) or dogs’ body (all and sundry dogs).” GARGLE.

O ver the years I have become a dog’s body (general factotum) or all dogs’ body. It is hard to tell, even

grammatically.When a dog opts to live in your particu-

lar hovel, you will find that you are there-fore nominated that dog’s general purpose slave. You will be expected to re-arrange the furniture for the dog’s purposes and comfort, take that dog for walks, whether you want to or not; you go in rain, sleet, hail or (with some really stalwart dogs)

even thunderstorms. When that dog de-cides where he or she wants to sleep, you have to move over and, when that canine quadruped’s stomach calls, you must feed it.

But not any old crap, thank you.When my son opens his fridge in order

to select something to eat, his dogs sit right there and say something in the order of ‘Why the hesitation? Why not everything?’

But other dogs are far more fastidious. Friend Jason, for instance, reckons that he is studying culinary arts for the

sake of his Ovaltine, a chocolate Labrador. You should see the meals that that man puts together for his so-called pet.

It can be a tad unnerving to be a cook for a canine quadruped. As some of my acquaintances do, some folk, instead of buying dog kibbles or even pig food with the occasional treat from a can of meat of dubious origins, they actually buy special meats like grain fed chickens, bone them, cook them to perfection in savoury sauces, probably try the meal out on their relatives, then and only then dare to serve the results up to their dog who will either disdainfully walk away or noisily gobble up the mess as if the spectre of starvation were at the door.

Now, I am not chuntering on here for my own amusement. I am not maundering on about useful dogs, canines that can be

gainfully employed as sheep-herders, as bird pointers and fetchers, as drug and ex-plosives sniffers and those that can find lost folk because they — not the lost people — are utile animals.

No, I am referring to those mutts that some folk, feeling lonely and forlorn, mis-takenly entertain when their own kids have left house and home. I say ‘mistakenly’ because those ‘pets’ far too often turn out to be far more of nuisances that were the kids, and you can’t send them off to be baby-sat by teachers at school four or five days a week and then find paper routes for them so they can start earning their livings at last, but dogs are there, underfoot and shedding like mad 24/7.

And, unless you happen to live out in the boondocks somewhere or own a well-fenced acreage, you can’t send them out to play street hockey. They’re inclined to wander, be scared spitless by ferocious cats, to chase deer fruitlessly, to get into fights, to indulge in naughty sexual be-haviour then, casually, want back in. Re-member: a door is something of which a dog is invariable on the wrong side and, what is more, barking frantically, demand-ing to be allowed back in.

Whether they happen to be out and out mongrels, strays even, or purposely cross-bred or interbred to the point of brainless-ness, you, as I have done more than once, have appointed yourself the dog’s dogs-body.

The general purpose dogsbody

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Key City gallery“By a thread”Fiber Arts ExhibitionFebruary 9 to March

16. Explore the wonder-ful world of fibre arts; free motion quilting, weaving and felting. Featuring the works of Darlene Purnell, Virgin-ia Anderson and Sioban Staplin.

CdaC exhiBitNow to FeB. 26Cranbrook & District

Arts Council Presents “PASSIONS” Members Art Exhibition Now through February 26 at Cranbrook Arts 1013 Baker Street. Open Tuesday to Saturday 10 am to 5 p.m. Discover how our artist’s passions are expressed through their art. Call 250-426-4223 or visit www.cran-brookarts.comiN the gallery at

CeNtre 64the woNder Fair

Wit, Whimsy, and Weirdness by local art-ists: Elaine Rudser, Sam Millard, Kyla Richards, Janet Mueller, Holly Propp, Tyrone Johnson, Steve Moon, and Col-leen Raymond. Come in, enjoy this FUNtastic show, and make your own zine!

Fisher PeaK wiNter ale

CoNCert seriesKey City theatre

small stageKey City Theatre has

joined with Fisher Peak Performing Artists Soci-ety and Fisher Peak Brewing Company to bring you the Fisher Peak Winter Ale Concert Series. Five Great Per-formances at one low price! Fine music, Fine Ale & Fine Friends! Fea-tured Artists: Amy Thiessen (Feb. 17), Red Girl (March 5), Small Glories (April 14) and Brian Brons & His Band of Brothers (May 12).

Series Tickets on Sale Now!

Buy online at www.keycitytheatre.com or call 250-426-7006 Series Ticket $119 or $99 for Key City Theatre and Fisher Peak Performing Artists Society Mem-bers.

FeB. 17travelogue

Feb 17th Cranbrook GoGo Grannys presents a travelogue with Chris Elliot.“Waterways of the Tzars, Moscow to St. Pe-

tersburg”. Chris took a 10 day trip down the Volga River from Mos-cow to St. Petersburg. This presentation will mostly show and reflect the high level of wealth opulence, and expendi-tures of a idealistic so-cial government. Ad-mission by donation in support of the Grand-mother to Grandmother campaign. College of the Rockies 7 p.m.

thurs. FeB. 18Key City gallery

“By a thread”Artists Reception6:00 pm to 8:00 pmExplore the wonder-

ful world of fibre arts; free motion quilting, weaving and felting. Featuring the works of Darlene Purnell, Virgin-ia Anderson and Sioban Staplin

thurs. FeB. 18the wardeNs

CeNtre 64Original music and

stories from the Canadi-an Rockies. $18 KAC member, $20 non-mem-bers.

Fri. FeBruary 19art movie Night

at CeNtre 64Join us for a relaxed

evening viewing the next art movie in the ART Movie program, “Georgia O’Keefe: Great Women Artists Series”. Beginning at 7:30 p.m. in Studio64, this 60-min-ute film examines the meaning and motiva-tion behind this artist’s

iconic paintings and un-conventional lifestyle. Stay afterwards for a guided discussion.

Admission by dona-tion. Light snacks pro-vided. No host bar.

sat. FeBruary 20st. mary’s sChool

aNNiversary sPaghetti diNNer

Please join us in cele-brating the 50th anni-versary of St. Mary’s School at the Columbo Lodge on Feb. 20. Door prizes, 50/50 draw, lots of food, fun and memo-ries. Tickets available at 250-417-5017

sat. FeBruary 20home growN

At centre 64, Doors open at 7:30 and show starts at 8pm sharp. tick-ets $8 available at The Snow Drift Cafe and Centre 64. The lineup includes Emilio Regina, Gordie Blake, Silas Carl-son, Jeannie McDonald, Alphonse Joseph, Tom Bungay, Brian Morris, Terry Macham and MC Craig Hillman.

sat. FeBruary 20North star

sKatiNg CluB iCe show

North Star Skating Club presents Show Case 2016. A family per-formance featuring club skaters performing group and solo num-bers. Come see what the young skaters can do and what the older ones have achieved. Great event, admission by do-

nation. 7 p.m.sat. FeBruary 20

mardi gras at the elKs

Mardi Gras dance at the Elks this Saturday, Feb 20, dress up in your Mardi Gras best outfit and join the party with live entertainment by the band ‘One-Four-Five’ We will crown a King & Queen of Mardi Gras at midnight. $10 cover and the doors will be open at 8pm. See you at the Elks.

FeB. 21 aNd 23arNe sahleN

... Arne Sahlén, piano: “...but That’ So-nata Story!” Cranbrook United Church, Sunday Feb 21, 6:30 pm. and Tuesday, February 23 7:00 pm at Kimberley United Church, admis-sion by donation. One of history’s great musi-cal forms, sonata has 3-act-play drama, 3-course-meal variety - and goes with any décor. A family program, fol-lowed by talk of a Per-forming Arts Institute for this area. 250-427-2159, cell-text 250-540-4242, [email protected]. FeBruary 23

have CameraHave Camera Will

Travel.... presents “Mo-rocco” Join Veronica Paauw & Mark Van Camp - “Trekking in Morocco” Slide presen-tation at Centre 64 on Tuesday, Feb 23 at 7:30 p.m. Admission by Do-

nation to the Kimberley Arts Centre 64.

FeBruary 23Key City theatre aNd CraNBrooK history CeNtre

PreseNts eNsemBle CaPriCe

7:30 pm at Royal Al-exandra Hall. Ensemble Caprice, a baroque en-semble which performs on period instruments, was founded by ac-claimed recorder soloist Matthias Maute and has become known for its innovative and adven-turesome approach to an increasingly expand-ing musical repertoire. For 25 years Ensemble Caprice has been known for the innovative spirit it breathes into the ba-roque repertoire. They have named their latest project Salsa Baroque, an exotic and toe-tap-ping journey through Spain and South Ameri-ca. Don’t miss this gor-geous performance at the Royal Alexandra Hall.

Tickets $35 and $29 for Big Ticket Members

Call 250-426-7006 Buy online at www.key-citythetre.com

PaiNt & PaPer KNaPKiN

worKshoP with valerie

mCPheeFeBruary 27

Create a painting of the animal of your choice using paper knapkins and paint on canvas. This project can be completed as an elegant artwork for a corporate wall or a fun and colour-

ful addition to a child’s room. This course is extremely fun, messy, and is suitable for all levels of experience. Fee $110 and $100 for CDAC Members. Deadline February 25 Call 250-426-4223 or email [email protected] to regis-ter or visit the Gallery at 1013 Baker Streetwed. FeBruary 24

ediBle Forest worKshoP

Discovering a holis-tic approach to garden-ing will be made possi-ble when Wildsight Kimberley Cranbrook and the Cranbrook Food Action Committee pres-ent the Food Forest Workshop “Design and plant your own edible garden”. The workshop will take place from 6:30pm to 9:30pm at McKim Middle School in Kimberley for $35.

roCKies Film Festival

marCh 2-5ColumBia theatre

Thank you to the major sponsors: Taylor Adams Chartered Ac-countants, The Bed-room Furniture Galler-ies, Lotic Environmen-tal, City Glass and Windshield Shop and A.C. Dyck Financial Ser-vices Inc. Tickets are on sale at Lotus Books now Don’t miss out! All films shown at Columbia Theatre

Wednesday, March 2nd, 2016

The Legend of Bar-ney Thomson. 7:00 pm

Every Thing will be Fine. 9:00 pm

Thursday, March

The weather is mild; entertainment is hot3rd, 2016

Born to be Blue 7:00 pm

Youth 9:00 pmFriday, March 4

James White 7:00 pmSon of Saul 9:00 pm

Saturday, March 5Mustang 7:00 pm45 Years 9:00 pmThe money raised at

these events directly supports youth in our community.

marCh 4 to 5east KooteNay

regioNal sCieNCe Fair 2016

At College of the Rockies.

This years theme: Science of Sport & Health. More info at www.ekrsf.ca

Fri. marCh 4CeltiC CoNCertThe Live at Studio 64

Spring Concert Series begins with Blackthorn, a Canadian Celtic group from Vancouver. Come and celebrate St. Pat-rick’s Day early. Tickets are available at Centre 64 (250-427-4919) or on-line at eastkootenay.snapd.com. Future con-certs include Joe Nolan (folk rock) on April 16 and the Red Canons (Rock and Roll) on May 28. Buy the series of three and save.

sat. marCh 5small world

ProjeCt Centre 64 TheatreA unique visual and

musical experience in which the group plays their original score composed for the silent animation film “The Ad-ventures of Prince Ahmed” (1926) live as it is projected behind them. The result is a completely absorbing light and sound extrava-ganza.

Key City galleryFiBre arts

worKshoPs with darleNe PurNell.

March 5 and March 11-12. Join fibre artist Darlene Purnell for two fascinat ing Workshops at Key City.

Free Motion Quilting – Table Runner Work-shop

Saturday March 5 10 am to 4 pm

Fee only $45Sunflower Thread

Painting WorkshopMarch 11 & 12 10

am to 4 pmFee only $95Call 250-426-7006 to

register. Supply list pro-vided at time of registra-tion.

John Allen photo

Craig Hillman, whose arm has healed since this photo was taken, will MC another Howe Grown Coffee House this Saturday night in Kimberley.

Submitted photo

Ensemble Caprice play Royal Alexandra Hall on February 23.

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2016

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ARIES (March 21-April 19) You might be somewhat hesi-tant to present what you believe are very good ideas. Learn to ac-cept others’ concepts, and see how you can work with them. You love to swap ideas, and you could do so all day long, but pri-orities in your personal life seem to call. Tonight: Tell it like it is. TAURUS (April 20-May 20) You might need to manage a personal matter in a different way. If you want a different result, the process through which you have been operating most likely will need to change. Return calls and emails before scheduling any meetings. To-night: Visit with a pal. GEMINI (May 21-June 20) Your personality comes through, no matter what you decide to do. You often draw in people who are a bit reticent because of this trait. Be aware of a self-imposed restriction that need not exist. You natu-rally will make the right choices. Tonight: Make it your treat.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) Your energy and sense of self swings from low to high, and vice versa, at the drop of a hat. Write down what ails you in the morning, and take another look at the same list later in the af-ternoon. You might even laugh when you see the difference. Tonight: Midweek break! LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) Use the morning to the max. What has been a problem in the past no longer will be an issue. You have a lot on your mind. Taking a break will feel a lot better than you might realize. A trusted loved one is full of fun and ideas. Tonight: If you’re tired, call it an early night. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) Recent events seem to propel you into the limelight. Don’t let your insecurities get the best of you. You have what it takes, so remain optimistic. Key matters surrounding interpersonal in-teractions will be favored later in the day. Tonight: On top of your game. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) You could be in a position to see

a situation a lot more clearly in the morning, when your mind is clearer and your perspective is more astute. An important re-sponsibility or person demands center stage in the afternoon. Tonight: Feeling ready to tackle nearly anything. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) Your efforts tend to break through others’ resistance more often than not. At first, you might question the validity of this statement, but by the time you go to sleep, you’ll have proven your abilities to succeed. Tonight: Choose a favorite form of rest and relaxation. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) You have strong opinions and a direct style. However, because of present circumstances, you might need and/or want to let a loved one make the decisions. It will be your way of letting this person know that you have con-fidence in him or her. Tonight: Be responsive. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) Use the morning for work-re-lated matters. Someone might distract you, but you are strong

enough to say “no.” Later in the afternoon, after you have got-ten through a certain amount of work, you will feel as if you finally can enjoy this person. To-night: The only answer is “yes.” AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) Your spirited nature emerges as soon as you walk through the door. A friend appreciates your versatility and spunk. You can be yourself around this person; however, you could become somewhat uptight later, when you feel a need to handle cer-tain matters. Tonight: Order in. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) You could feel as if someone doesn’t understand or appre-ciate your position or point of view. Perhaps what you really are saying is that you are not feeling as appreciated as you would like to be. Know that your time will come. For now, go with the flow. Tonight: Mo-sey on home BORN TODAY Basketball player Michael Jor-dan (1963), socialite Paris Hil-ton (1981), singer/songwriter Ed Sheeran (1991)

Dear Annie: My wife of 44 years and I have two adopted children. Our son was perfect -- no trouble, a college diploma, a good job, etc. We bought him a car at 16, and another when he graduated college. We helped with the furniture for his first apartment. We loaned him the down payment on his house and he paid us back. Our daughter, however, was a challenge. She abused drugs, had no interest in school, ran away, had multiple out-of-wedlock pregnancies, couldn’t hold a job and ended up in jail for shoplifting. Over the years, we spent thousands of dollars on counseling, purchased multiple apartments of furniture when she was trying to get re-established, and have given her a dozen cars so that she could get to her job interviews. Fortunately, she seems to have finally turned the corner and has been married several years to a guy who treats her and her children well. In an effort to equalize the disproportional amount spent on the daughter, we specified in our will that our son would get 60 percent of our estate, putting 40 percent in a trust, so our daughter would get the interest and the d that she would go through a lump sum inheritance in short order. That split seemed reasonable when we made our wills 15 years ago, but my business has continued to grow and today that split would result in one child receiving $2.4 million more than the other. I don’t want a rift between siblings and I don’t particularly want to be remembered by one as a Grinch. Any suggestions on a split that is a little closer to fair? -- Your Opinion Please Dear Opinion: We know you spent more on your daughter, but children’s expenses rarely end up being equal, so the split now seems as though you are punishing her for past mistakes. And her money is in a trust, so it is essentially going to your grandchildren. Too many people think of wills as a way to punish or reward their relatives. Please don’t. The amount is generous enough that neither child is going to suffer. We also recommend you discuss these things with your son and daughter in advance, so that there are no unpleasant surprises. Dear Annie: “Stressed on the Line” said her mother has hearing problems, among other things. For a long time, I refused the idea of hearing aids, and my husband and children were insistent. Well, I finally broke down and got them. I have to say, they are wonderful. I can hear again, and as a big plus, they are so small that very few people notice them, even though I have short hair. I hope their mother will get hearing aids. She will wonder why she waited so long. -- Happy in Wisconsin Dear Happy: Good for you. Often, people refuse hearing aids for reasons of vanity, which is ridiculous since they now offer ones that are barely noticeable. However, a more justifiable reason is the cost. We hope folks will consider them to be an investment in their future physical, emotional and mental health. 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. You can also find Annie on Facebook at Facebook.com/AskAnnies. To find out more about Annie’s Mailbox and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate Web page at www.creators.com.COPYRIGHT 2016 CREATORS.COM

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New homes worth up to $750,000 are exempt from B.C.’s property transfer tax under changes in the budget that take effect April 1.

Finance Minister Mike de Jong is raising the exemption level from $475,000 on new homes, and expects to make up most of the revenue by increasing the tax rate from two to three per cent on the value of homes in excess of $2 million.

For resold homes, prop-erty purchase tax continues to apply at one per cent on the first $200,000 of value and two per cent on value between $200,000 and $2 million.

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De Jong said the break is aimed at new construction to stimulate new housing construction, adding to sup-ply in response to demand that is driving prices up.

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The changes will reduce rates for an additional 335,000 people, and 45,000 more people will be exempt-ed from paying as long as they are registered and qual-ify. But rates overall continue to rise. With a four per cent

increase in personal rate this year and growing popula-tion, the government expects to collect more MSP each year of its three-year budget plan than with the current system.

B.C. is the only province that charges premiums for health services, and the NDP opposition has called for them to be eliminated as a

regressive tax. De Jong ar-gues that MSP covers only 14 per cent of a growing health care budget, and eliminating it would amount to hiding the cost in the general tax system.

Prosperity fund gets seed money

With liquefied natural gas

export projects delayed, Pre-mier Christy Clark’s promise of a “B.C. Prosperity Fund” has been launched with $100 million from the current budget surplus.

The fund was touted in the 2013 election as a way to pay off debt starting in 2017, and reduce or even elimi-nate B.C.’s sales tax with rev-enues from five LNG plants. But with a glut of oil and gas internationally, no major project is expected to be under construction by the 2017 election.

Including the fund in his 2016-17 budget, Finance Minister Mike de Jong said most people would agree with “the notion that we would take a modest amount of money out of our chequing account and put it in our savings account.”

The finance ministry ex-pects a surplus of $377 mil-lion at the end of the current fiscal year and $264 million in the fiscal year that begins April 1.

The prosperity fund is re-stricted to a minimum 50 per cent to pay down debt, 25 per cent saved to earn inter-est and the rest available to spend on health care, trans-portation and other govern-

ment functions.

Disability benefits up $77 for some

Income assistance pay-ments for people with dis-abilities are to increase up to $77 per month effective Sept. 1, but transit passes will no longer be covered.

Bus passes have only been provided for some re-gions of the province, an un-fair situation for those who can’t take advantage of tran-sit, said Finance Minister Mike de Jong. The increase will be across the board and recipients can choose for themselves if they use it for transit or other needs.

The B.C. Liberal govern-ment has resisted calls for an increase in the general social assistance rate, but has ended the clawback of child support payments to single parents.

Since 2012 the govern-ment has moved to encour-age income assistance recip-ients to work, allowing earn-ings up to $200 a month without losing benefits for those who file tax returns.

People on disability assis-tance can retain up to $800 a month, up from $500 in 2012.

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The Kimberley Seniors’ bonspiel was played February 8, 9 and 10 at the Kimberley Curling Club. This year there were 19 teams in all — nine Cranbrook teams, eight Kimberley teams and two teams from MIssoula, Montana. Three of the Cranbrook teams played off and Team Dickson won the Bonspiel for 2016. They are Skip Neil Dickson, Third Floyd Pocha, Second Peter Berekoff and Lead Roberta Martine.

Budget 2016: Property transfer tax trimmedPRovINCe

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B.C. Finance Minister Mike de Jong presents his fourth straight balanced budget in victoria Tuesday.

cranbrook daily townsman, february 17, 2016

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