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Man uses kayak in attempt to flee police

A man who rammed a police cruiser with a vehicle and then at-tempted to flee pursu-ing officers by kayak remains in police cus-tody facing several charges.

RCMP spokesper-son Cpl. Dan Moskaluk said the chain of events that led to the arrest of 35-year-old Justin Dan-iels began about 2:30 a.m. on Monday, Dec. 28, when a Sicamous RCMP officer con-ducting a traffic stop attempted to pull over a pickup truck on Old Spallumcheen Road. Moskaluk said the of-ficer, driving a marked police SUV, had just pulled over the pickup when its driver put the

vehicle in reverse and rammed the officer’s vehicle twice.

“The male driver and sole occupant then drove away from the disabled police cruis-er,” said Moskaluk in a news release.

Officers from Salm-

on Arm and a police service dog team were brought in to assist in the pursuit, and the sus-pect’s vehicle was later found abandoned along Mara Lake. Moskaluk said a set of footprints was found leading from the vehicle towards the

lake. There, officers found signs the suspect had paddled away by hand in a kayak. This was confirmed on the other side of the lake, where the police dog picked up a set of fresh tracks in the snow. Of-ficers followed the

clearly visible tracks to a residence, where they located Daniels who had broken into a resi-dent’s garage.

Despite suffering from hypothermia, Daniels was otherwise uninjured during the pursuit.

Moskaluk said Dan-iels is facing charges of assaulting a police officer with a weapon, dangerous operation of a motor vehicle, flight from police, posses-sion of break-in tools, break and enter, theft of mail, driving while prohibited, theft under $5,000 (for stealing the kayak) and breach of probation.

Daniels remains in police custody and his next court appearance is scheduled for Jan. 19 in Salmon Arm.

By Lachlan LabereEagle Valley News

Head on: A Sicamous RCMP cruiser is out of commission after being rammed by a suspect’s vehicle. RCMP photo

For the second time in as many days, Shus-wap Search and Rescue were called out to the Sicamous area to as-sist with a snowmobiler who was suffering from chest pains.

On Dec. 28, at 1:27 p.m., crews were called to Morton Peak in the Owl’s Head recreation area, roughly 15 kilo-metres southwest of Sicamous, to help an Alberta man who had been sledding and be-

gan experiencing chest pains due to a possible heart attack.

Due to the remote lo-cation, Shuswap Search and Rescue requested assistance from the Ver-non helicopter winch team.

“We had reports there was fog up there but somehow the heli-copter managed to find a window to get in,” John Schut, os Shus-wap Search and Rescue says. “They literally had to package up the pa-tient in six minutes and get out of there because

darkness was coming in and they had to get out before then.”

Ten members of the Shuswap team were mobilized in the park-ing lot of the recreation area readying snowmo-biles for the 45 minute trip to go in for the res-cue in case the helicop-ter couldn’t make it.

The day before, the helicopter team had been able to airlift a man suffering a spinal injury from Blue Lake.

“In both these cases, these men were very lucky. There was such

a slim chance the he-licopter could make it in, but they managed it both times. A ground rescue would have been much longer and rough-er for those people,” says Schut. “It was for-tunate it all lined up for these people.”

The Alberta man was airlifted to the Ver-non airport and then transported by ambu-lance to hospital.

Schut says people heading into the back country shouldn’t be complacent and think a helicopter is standing

by waiting to rescue them if they get into trouble.

“It doesn’t always work that way, so peo-ple need to be prepared with extra clothes, food and the ability to make fire. People need to re-alize that if they need a rescue, they can be out there a long time.”

Schut says both res-cues were aided with help from members of the Eagle Valley Snow-mobile Club.

“In both cases, they have been most help-ful,” he says.

By Tracy HughesEagle Valley News

Helicopter required in rescue of snowmobilers

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This is to advise that Council will consider Phased Development Agreement Bylaw No. 905, 2015 respecting Remainder Lot 1, District Lots 528 and 529, Plan KAP82686, Except Plan KAP91776, KDYD and Lease Number 347646 located at 200 Old Town Road, Sicamous, B.C.Under the provisions of section 905.1 of the Local Government Act, the District of Sicamous Phased Development Agreement Bylaw No. 905, 2015 is intended to establish the conditions for a phased development agreement between the District of Sicamous and 443602 BC Ltd. which will secure specified CDZ.07–RM-Resort Marina Zone and CDZ.06-RCR-Resort Commercial Residential Zone of Zoning Bylaw 101, 1993 and Subdivision and Development Servicing Bylaw 500, 2003 requirements for the above identified parcel of Land and Water Tenure Lease for a ten (10) year time frame in exchange for amenities and other considerations deemed beneficial to the District and further development of Old Town Bay. The proposed Phased Development Agreement (PDA) will also generally provide for:

• Provision and timing of the proposed phasing• Provision of statutory right of way for a waterfront walkway• Sharing of riparian rights• Timing and phasing requirements • Provision for public access and operations of a public boat launch • District cost sharing toward provision of public launching• Provision of moorage slips for further upland development use• Provision for seasonal temporary parking• Provision for the design and construction of the waterfront walkway

Phased Development Agreement Bylaw No. 905, 2015 outlines an initial four phase development for the proposed 276 slip full service marina, future upland service and administration building and temporary seasonal upland parking. A copy of Bylaw No. 905, 2015, staff reports and other documents will be available for public review from Thursday, December 17, 2015 to January 13, 2016 at the following locations. Location Address Hours1

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This week the News reviews the headlines from July to December.

July

A police pursuit of a suspect in a Sicamous armed robbery Friday, July 3, ended in gun-shots on a property in Canoe. On July 3 at 5 p.m. Sicamous RCMP responded to a report of an armed robbery at a gas station. Police say the suspect fled the scene by vehicle – a compact blue SUV with Nova Scotia plates, re-portedly stolen out of Saskatchewan.

Police were able to locate the vehicle, and eventually the suspect, on a residential proper-ty in Canoe. Police said the suspect was shot by an RCMP dog handler, who was also injured in the confrontation, and was taken to hospital for treatment of unspec-ified injuries.

Jamie Sherlock had a pretty busy summer in the works for Sicamous youth.

The newly hired district recreation pro-grammer began work on June 16, and was off and running with a couple of programs, including summer day camps for youth and swimming lessons.

Sicamous council opted against a bylaw to prohibit a proliferation of liquor vendors down-town after receiving a letter from Brothers Pub and Liquor Store owner Richard Chmilar about his concerns involving the B.C. government’s recent overhaul of the province’s liquor laws – in particular, the deci-sion to allow wine sales from grocery stores.

After serving Si-camous for 13 years, chiropractor Cameron Grant sold his Parkland Mall clinic. Taking over was Claude Weichel.

A Surrey man ran out of a Malakwa residence and into the arms of po-lice who had arrived to

investigate a suspected marijuana grow opera-tion. “A significant mar-ijuana grow operation containing more than 1,500 marijuana plants was located inside the residence, and in an outbuilding on the prop-erty,” said RCMP Cpl. JR Lechky. “Charges are being recommended against a 36-year-old male from Surrey, B.C., who was arrested after he was observed run-ning out of the house when the police arrived at the property.”

The District of Si-camous was once again without a chief admin-istrative officer, after former district adminis-trator Fred Banham ten-dered his resignation.

Council voted not to support a request by Megan McFarlane to extend the sewer con-nection deadline an-other year beyond the Nov. 30 deadline for her rental property on Rauma Crescent.

The BC Coroners Service stated Monday, July 13 that Andrea Mary Jacura, 22, of Ed-monton, Alta., died as a result of severe injuries sustained after she was caught in houseboat propellers while swim-ming in waters near Neilson Beach.

A thunderstorm that ripped through the Kamloops Fire Centre Sunday night produced more than 1,200 light-ning strikes. This re-sulted in 12 new fires,

including one at Yard Creek in Malakwa.

Friends of Teri, Co-lin, Ayla and baby Brit-ton Hutchinson were raising funds to support the family while await-ing a heart transplant for Britton, who was born with a heart condi-tion – a rare congenital heart defect called pul-monary artesia with in-tact ventricular septum.

Shyan Davis Call-ingbull Coon, 20, was charged with rob-bery, using an imita-tion firearm to commit an indictable offence, dangerous operation of a motor vehicle, four counts of assault with a weapon, flight from a peace officer, and possession of property obtained by crime in re-lation to a July 3 armed robbery and subsequent pursuit that ended on a Canoe residential prop-erty, where the suspect was shot by police.

Organizers of the annual Fungi Fest an-nounced they are back-ing away from the event, with the hope someone might step up to take it over.

“We’ll give them all the help and the infor-mation and the contact numbers,” said orga-nizer Peter Steiner.

August

Uncle Terry Dan-ielson was busy the morning of Aug. 1, when he served about 375 pancake breakfasts in a fundraiser for Si-

camous residents Teri and Colin Hutchinson, whose three-month-old daughter Britton has a rare congenital heart de-fect and was awaiting a heart transplant. About $3,400 was raised dur-ing the event.

It was announced Si-camous would receive $1.2 million in federal and provincial funding for needed upgrades to the district’s waste-water treatment plant. The combined funding represents 2/3 of the estimated $1.85 million cost of the planned up-grades.

District chief finan-cial officer Kelly Ben-nett said the district’s third would be covered largely through reserves from development cost charges, so no money would need to be bor-rowed.

Resident Lorri Chmilar asked that municipal council to consider making a por-tion of Lions Park a dog park. Mayor Terry Rysz said council was amenable to the request and asked staff to come back with a report.

Prime Minister Ste-phen Harper fired the starting pistol on what would be a 78-day fed-eral election campaign, the longest in modern history.

The B.C. govern-ment suspended angling from July 30 through to Sept. 30 to protect fish stocks.

The B.C. Coroners Service reported Scott Kevin Hardy Glen, 24 of Saskatoon died while staying with friends on a rental houseboat moored at a marina near Sicamous.

“In the early morn-ing hours of Aug. 4, (Glen) and a friend were swimming from the swim deck of the houseboat when Mr. Glen did not resurface.”

Glen’s friends called for help and an imme-diate search yielded no results.

The RCMP dive team was brought in and, with assistance from Royal Canadian Marine Search and Res-cue, the team was able to recover Glen’s body a short distance from the boat “from about 15 metres of water.”

Mary-Ann Easton

YEAR IN REVIEW

Armed robbery turns into police pursuit

See Inn on page 6Support: The Shuswap rallied in support of baby Britton Hutchinson who was awaiting a heart transplant. File photo


I first met Stephen Harp-er when he was running for the Canadian Alliance lead-ership in 2002.

Speaking to a group of Fraser Valley members concerned the party had split over the leadership of Stockwell Day, Harper didn’t mince words be-cause a local reporter had showed up on a Saturday morning. He explained his prediction that no matter who leads the conservative movement started by Pres-ton Manning, the national media would work against it.

“The press is owned by big-L liberals and staffed by small-L liberals,” Harp-er said. “Preston was too cerebral; Stock was not cerebral enough. I’m not sure where I will be, but the media will always be on the other side.”

Harper’s cold war with national media is a theme that runs through his de-

cade as prime minister, peaking in 2015 with the most slanted election cov-erage I’ve ever witnessed.

Harper’s assessment of major newspaper owner-ship is no longer accurate, except for the Toronto Star. But the dying tradition of owners looking up from their accounting ledgers to endorse a political party continued, with the Post-media chain and the Globe and Mail pointing out that Trudeau’s rash promises didn’t add up.

Endorsements were a brief interruption in the media assault on Harper’s record. His government’s plan to welcome 10,000 refugees, unveiled way back in January 2015, was portrayed as heartless and feeble, while Trudeau’s 25,000 by Christmas repre-sented the generous charac-ter of the true Canada.

As it turns out, the Liber-als have been hard pressed to reach even the 10,000 mark. But they’ve put out a rash new promise to make it

50,000 at some point in the future, so the media’s new-found message of sunshine, hope and change continues.

Those modest $10 bil-lion annual deficits that Trudeau promised, and Harper warned against? Borrowing and spending will far exceed that, but we’re assured that’s be-cause they were based on inflated Conservative finan-cial forecasts.

In fact, independent private sector forecasts are now the key reference for government budgets at the federal and provincial lev-el. None of them predicted the further slump in en-ergy prices that continued through 2015.

And cooking the books before an election isn’t re-ally possible any more, thanks to the establish-ment of the Parliamentary Budget Office. That was a Harper innovation, along with scheduled elections.

And that Trudeau pledge to raise taxes on the wealth-iest Canadians and use the

proceeds to finance a tax cut for the middle class? That one didn’t add up ei-ther. For one thing, wealthy people have a variety of legal ways to reduce their taxable income.

Trudeau’s star turn in Paris, where he pronounced that “Canada is back” in the battle to control the world’s weather? The official sub-mission from his bloated delegation to the UN cli-mate meetings was actually the existing Conservative plan, which includes phas-ing out coal-fired electricity generation.

Harper generally repre-sented a preference for the individual over the state, a concept that at one time was known as “liberalism.” This was illustrated by his preference for parents rath-er than a nanny state to ad-minister child care.

He advocated free trade, small government and low taxes. We’ll see how that legacy survives the new government and its media cheering section.

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Taxes/service fees continue to rise

OPINION

New Year’s Day of course heralds a fresh step forward.

But increasingly, Jan. 1 has also come to mark the day when yet more rate hikes take effect.

Like the march of time, tax and fee increases never seem to relax on New Year’s Day but con-tinue ever forward, ever higher, ever widening the gap between what we earn and what they take from us.

On Jan. 1, the fee for Medical Service Plan pre-mium (that ‘I can’t believe it’s not a tax’ service premium that now, out of all of Canada, only British Columbians are charged) rose from $3 per month for a single person earning more than $30,000 per year. A family of two, in that same category, will pay $5.50 more per month and a family of three or more, again earning more than $30,000 per year, will pay $6 more each month.

That’s $36, $66 and $72 more per year, respec-tively. (Swell if you’re pulling in a healthy five or six digit household income; not so great if your household income is at or near that $30,000 mark.)

A few bucks might not seem like a lot, but a few bucks here and there, and there and here, certainly adds up.

This year, expect to pay more in ICBC basic rates, hydro, rent, cable, telephone and Internet services and other stuff… Every level of govern-ment, Crown corporation and business that can get away with charging you more, will charge you more.

Municipal taxes are going up, utilities too. And we’re being warned food prices will continue on an upward trend. B.C. Ferries, post-secondary education – it’s all going up.

Meanwhile, our dollar is plummeting and wages have been generally stagnant in B.C. since 2007.

We’re fairly sure those who made New Year’s resolutions this year didn’t resolve to pay more taxes and fees.

If only government and Crown corporations would resolve to manage taxpayers’ hard-earned and increasingly scarce money competently, it could indeed be a happy new year.

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SICAMOUSEAGLESJUNIOR B HOCKEY CLUB

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2016 GAME SCHEDULE

Home Game

Home Game

Saturday, January 9thSicamous vs N.O. Knights

Friday, January 15thSicamous vs Chase Heat

Home GameFriday, January 8th

Sicamous vs Kamloops

SICAMOUS EAGLES PLAYER PROFILE

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Position: Forward

Home Town: Oliver, British Columbia

Height: 5’11” Weight: 155

Age: 18

Sicamous and District Recreation Centre

(250) 836-2283 • [email protected] • Box 665 Sicamous

WEDNESDAY JAN. 6Public Skating: 9 am - 10:45

Lunch Bunch: 12:15 - 2:00 pmAtom: 2:30 - 3:30 pm

Eagles Practice: 4-5:15 pmNovice: 5:30-6:30 pmAtom: 6:30-7:30 pmSA Juv: 7:45-9 pmTHURSDAY JAN. 7

Public Skating: 9 am - 10:45Lunch Bunch: 12:15 - 2:00 pm

Public Skating: 2-3:45 pmEagles Practice: 4-5:15 pmPre-Novice: 5:30-6:30 pmSA Midget T2: 6:45-8 pmSA Midget T3: 8:15-9 pm

FRiDAY JAN. 8Public Skating: 9 - 10:45 am

Lunch Bunch: 12:15 - 2:00 pmPublic Skating: 2-3:45 pm

Learn to Skate: 4-8 pmKamloops vs. Sicamous: 7-9 pm

SATURDAY JAN. 9Sic Novice: 8:45-9:45 am Sic Atom: 10-11:30 am

SA Female: 11:45 am - 1:45 pmSA Atom Div A: 2-4 pm

North OK vs Sicamous: 7- 9 pmSUNDAY JAN. 10

SA BT2: 2-4 pm GameMONDAY JAN. 11

Public Skating: 9 am - 10:45Lunch Bunch: 12:15 - 2:00 pmPublic Skating: 2:00 pm - 3:45

Eagles Practise: 4-5:15 pmNovice: 5:30-6:30 pmAtom: 6:30-7:30 pm

Old Timers: 7:45-9 pmTUESDAY JAN. 12

Public Skating: 9 am - 10:45Lunch Bunch: 12:15 - 2:00 pmPublic Skating: 2:00 pm - 3:45

Eagles Practise: 4-5:15 pmPre-Novice: 5:30-6:30 pmSA Midget T3: 6:45-8 pm

Rec Centre Gym open 8:00 am to close. Full Membership: $20 a month

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Jan. 12 Labour Market Survey event2 pm at the District of Sicamous Office. See the back page of this week’s Eagle Valley News for more information.

Jan. 15 Learn to skate teaches the fundamentals of skating to children. Contact Jamie Sherlock, recreation programmer, District of Sicamous for information 250-836-2477 or [email protected]

January 16 & 17 Sicamous Novice Hockey Tournament

MoNday To Friday Community Access Site at the Senior’s Activity Centre - 1091 Shuswap Avenue. Internet & related services. Call Diana. 836-2446

MoN., Wed. & FriSicamous Strongstart 8:15-11:15 Parkview Elementary 836-2871

EvEry MondaySicamous Three-chord Ukulele Band At the United Church - Sicamous - starting at 1 pm Newcomers please come at 12:15pm to help you get set up.No need to read music, we will

teach you how to play. Just bring a ukulele.For more information call Carla 250-836-4705

EvEry TuEsdaySicamous Baby Talk 9 - 11 am Free drop-in program for parents & babies to 12 months of age. Sicamous health unit

Stopping the Violence Program in Sicamous - counselling for women who have experienced abuse during childhood or adult relationships. No charge. Call Kathy at 250-832-9700.

Seniors Meals provided, 12 noon in the Common Room at the Haven. Delivery available if required, phone Dorothy at 250-836-2437.

Sicamous Strongstart 12:30-3:30 Parkview Elementary 836-2871

EvEry WEdnEsday Malakwa Parent & Tot ~ 10:00 – 12:00 pm ~ Malakwa Preschool Building. For more information call Gwyneth 250-836-3440

Dody’s Art For Everyone Meets Every Wednesday At The Red Barn, 10 a.m. To 3 p.m. Everyone Is Welcome . For More Info Call, Dody At 250 836 3112 Or

Jean At 250 836 3511.

Girl Guides of Canada. Sparks - 2:15 pm at Parkview. Brownies - 3:30 pm at Legion. New members welcome! Leaders needed. 250-836-3366 or online: girlguides.ca

United Church Thrift Store Open 10:00 am to 3 p.m.

Lunch by a donation at the Seniors Activity Centre, 1091-Shuswap Avenue at 12 noon.

Crib, 7:30 p.m., Haven seniors building. Everyone welcome - you don’t have to be a senior. Socializing and coffee served after crib. Info: Bev 836-3435 or Ed 836-4133

T.O.P.S. (Take off Pounds Sensibly) meets Wednesday morning at the Sicamous Rec. Centre (arena). Weigh in at 9:00 am and meeting at 9:30. Everyone Welcome. Ph: 250-836-4041 for info.

1st & 3rd Wed. Parkinsons Support Group Contact Don at 250-838-0794.

1st & 3rd Wed. Eagle Valley Photographic Arts Club meets at the Red Barn at 7 pm. Everyone Welcome.

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day oF THe MoNTH Autism Support Group (CLOSED December, January 27) 6:00-7:30pm at Sicamous Health Unit

EvEry Thursday Ladies shuffleboard at the Royal Canadian Legion Branch #99 in Sicamous. 1pm-3pm. All ladies welcome.

Sicamous Strongstart 12:30-3:30 Parkview elementary 836-2871

Seniors Meals provided, 12 noon in the Common Room at the Haven. Delivery available if required, phone Dorothy at 250-836-2437.

every 2nd T H u r S d a y Sicamous Lions Club meeting at the Seniors Activity Centre, 1091 Shuswap Avenue. Doors open at 6:15 and meeting starts at 6:30. Anyone interested in being a volunteer for the community, please feel free to call Mary at 250-517-8107, Joan at 250-836-4876 or Pam at 250-836-4788.

1st, 3rd, 4th THurS. - Keepsake Kwilters meet at the Haven Common room 1095 Shuswap Avenue at 7:00 p.m. For info call 250-836-2695.

every 4th T H u r S d a y monthly meeting of the Malakwa Community Association at 7:00 in the Learning Centre Library.

EvEry Friday Parents & Tots, 10-12 noon at the Sicamous Resource Center. Free Drop-in program for parents & children to age 6. Active play, crafts and socialization. 836-3440.

Eagle Valley Brush & Palette Club meets at the Red Barn, 10am-3pm, Everyone wel-come! For info call Carol 250-836-3135 or Amy 250-836-4756. w w w. e a g l e v a l l e y -brushandpalette.com

Pool Tournament at the Legion at 6:00 pm

1st Friday oF THe MoNTHSicamous Seniors Ctre general meeting 11 am followed by a great pot luck lunch. We encour-age everyone to join us.

2nd 3rd and 4th Friday Wii Tournament at 10 am at the Sicamous Seniors Activity Cen-tre - 1091 Shuswap Avenue. Everyone Wel-come.

Lunch at noon. Ev-

eryone Welcome. At the Sicamous Seniors Activity Centre - 1091 Shuswap Avenue.

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United Church Thrift Store open 10:00 am to 3 p.m.

2Nd SaTurday oF THe MoNTHScrabble Tournament Sicamous library 1 pm

sundays every 4th SuN-day Royal Canadian Legion Br. #99 general meet-ing, 1 p.m.

Birthday Tea (formerly the OAPO) for mem-bers and friends at Se-niors Activity Ctre 1:30 pm. Everyone is Wel-come.

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and Bill Anderson, who served as a delegation representing stratas for the Riverside and the Narrows, explained that council how unless the Sicamous channel is dredged, the commu-nity may see some of its tourism economy slip away. The two noted how 173 boat slips in the channel were unus-able as a result of low water.

Best Western Si-camous Inn owners Tim and Loretta Corless submitted feedback on the Summer Stomp to the chamber and the District of Sicamous.Along with noting dif-ficulties faced in previ-ous years, the couple suggested the event might be more ben-eficial if it were held in the shoulder season, when the inn wouldn’t already be full. They also questioned the im-age the event gives the town, noting there were booths on the Stomp grounds selling gang-related merchandise.

Fourteen young golfers competed in the Eagle River Junior Golf Club tournament, with some very impressive scores posted. Overall

winner was 15-year-old Corbin Tod, who shot an impressive 40.

Stars of the CBC se-ries Heartland, Alisha Newton, Graham War-dle, Shaun Johnston and Amber Marshall made a brief stop in Sicamous on Monday, Aug. 31, as part of the Cruise With A Cause tour raising funds and awareness for the Ca-nadian Mental Health Association.

September Two Mile resident

Melissa Fallis said she would be contesting a school busing change requiring her elemen-tary school children to either cross Highway 97A to catch the bus, or else walk to school. “What makes it even more unsafe is my eight-year-old has petit mal and grand mal sei-zures, so there’s always the risk of getting hit by a vehicle, but there’s also the risk of my little girl having a seizure in the middle of the road,” said Fallis, noting there is no marked cross-walk on 97A, or signs suggesting traffic slow down for children on the road.

The District of Si-

camous hired Bill Ho-gan, on a six-month contract to oversee the creation of an econom-ic development society. “I’m basically a portal between the mayor’s office and council and small business…,” said Hogan.

The process of hav-ing residents connect to municipal sewer by Nov. 30 was not flow-ing as smoothly as anticipated, as district

council continued to receive letters from res-idents seeking either an extension or exemption from the looming con-nection deadline.

Five years in the making, Dave Reed’s 17-foot Penobscot sail-boat was at last ready to set sail, or at least take out for a row. Reed said he’s had a lifelong inter-est in boats and began making them when he was 14. The Penobscot

was his latest and the most labour-intensive he had ever constructed.

Tom and wife Mari-anne Ingebrigtson rep-resented South Central, Zone 8, in the 2015 55+ BC Games, held Aug. 25 to 29 in North Van-couver.

Tom earned gold medals in the Men’s 55-64 Doubles event with partner Wayne Garbe

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of Salmon Arm, and for earning a three-dart perfect score of 180. He came in fourth place in his age category in the Men’s Singles event, and fifth place part-nered with Marianne in Mixed Doubles. Marianne came in ninth place in Women’s 55-64 Doubles partnered with Sheree Pearson of Salmon Arm, and 17th in singles. The Inge-brigtsons, Garbe and Pearson came in ninth place in the Men and Women Team of Four event.

District council vot-ed in support of borrow-ing $505,000 through the Municipal Finance Authority for the pur-chase of property lo-cated at 200 Main St. Couns. Colleen Ander-son and Janna Simons were opposed to the borrowing. The empty, 1.59 acre parcel had been listed on the mar-ket at $642,000. “It just becomes an asset for the community,” said Rysz. “Council felt it was an opportune time to pick up that piece of land for the better interest of the community.

“It’s just a brand new world,” said Teri Hutchinson, mother of Baby Britton who un-derwent a heart trans-plant on Sept. 3. Britton was born on May 13 of this year with a rare congenital heart defect called pulmonary arte-sia, meaning the right ventricle of her heart did not develop nor-mally.

“The transplant and surgical teams worked through the night per-forming the miraculous procedure. The healthy new heart seems to be a very good fit and ev-eryone involved is over the moon with how well she is doing.”

A Sicamous Cham-ber of Commerce sur-vey found a commu-nity deeply divided over whether the Summer Stomp and Burnout is a boon or a bust. The

survey, which was put out soon after the 2015 event, noted a very slight majority of busi-nesses, at 51. 6 per cent of the survey respon-dents, saying the Stomp does nothing for their business or actually hin-ders it.

On the flip side, a number of businesses, including restaurants, motels, liquor outlets and pubs, reported it was the busiest week-end of the year.

Fundraising efforts were underway to as-sist Megan Senn, who was in BC Children’s Hospital in Vancouver after being diagnosed with leukemia.

Council approved a three-year agree-ment with the Shuswap Community Founda-tion, which will be responsible for deter-mining how District of Sicamous grant-in-aid funding is distributed.

The BC Conser-vation Office was investigating a pos-sible attempt at moose poaching. Conserva-tion officer Mike Rich-ardson said his office received a report of a moose being shot ear-ly Monday morning, Sept. 21. He said two shots were heard and a three-point bull moose was found dead in a ditch on the Owlhead forest service road.

October

A diverse, topical mix of local and na-

tional issues were tack-led by North Shuswap Okanagan riding elec-toral hopefuls during an all-candidates fo-rum held in Sicamous. Organized by the Si-camous chamber, the forum offered Eagle Valley residents an op-portunity to hear the candidates – Conser-vative Mel Arnold, Liberal Cindy Derkaz, Green Chris George and the NDP’s Jacqui Gingras – respond to pre-written questions in a non-debate format. That, however, didn’t stop the contenders from taking shots at their competitors’ par-ties.

A Shuswap man was facing charges of sexual interference with a person under 16, sexual exploitation and two counts of sexual assault. Brian George Standing, 64, was ac-cused of the offences which are alleged to have taken place in Salmon Arm, Enderby and Sicamous. The al-leged offences took place in January and July 2015.

The District of Si-camous took steps to get the fire-damaged remains of the former Extreme Power Sports building demolished Council agreed to the district imposing a re-medial action require-ment on the owner of the property at 1305 Rauma Ave. The build-ing was severely dam-aged in a May 6 fire, and was considered

by council to be in an “unsafe condition, which creates a signifi-cant risk to health and safety.”

For their Oct. 16 and 17 games, the Si-camous Eagles wore specially made black jerseys emblazoned with a pink ribbon in support of Megan Senn, a local youth who was battling leu-kemia at Vancouver Children’s Hospital.

North Okanagan-Shuswap remained Tory blue while Liberal red coloured the rest of the country. Newcomer Mel Arnold handily captured the riding as Conservative candi-date, winning 27,490 votes or 39.3 per cent. That was followed by

Liberal Cindy Derkaz at 20,951 or 30 per cent, Jacqui Gingras, with the NDP, at 17,903 or 25.6 per cent, and Green Chris George at 3,609 or 5.2 per cent.

“This is terrific,” said Arnold, a Salmon Arm businessman who took over from retiring Colin Mayes.

Eagle River students Mikki Horsfield and Logan Spence-Ellis asked to help remove graffiti in the district after being criticized for writing inspiring messages on public property with chalk.

Authorities were investigating a fatal motor-vehicle accident after a pickup truck left

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District of Sicamous council joined School District #83 in sup-porting an application by the Eagle Valley Community Support Society for funding from the Ministry of Children and Family Development.

If successful, the funding – approxi-mately $52,000 annu-ally for up to five years – would go towards the establishment of an Early Years Centre at Parkview Elementary.

A combined effort helped Parkview El-ementary parents raise the finances required to replace the school’s playground equipment.

Thanks to the sup-port of community businesses, groups, lo-cal government, par-ents and numerous student fundraising ef-forts, the school’s par-ent advisory council, the target amount of

$65,000 was raised for playground equipment.

November

The Skyline Truck Stop, a popular hub among locals and trav-ellers alike, burned down Monday, Nov. 2. Upset by the loss, Mal-akwa Fire Chief Joanne Held called the busi-ness a local hub and re-spected employer. Fire-fighters were called to the scene shortly after 9 a.m., with Malakwa firefighters arriving soon after.

Sicamous RCMP said they’d received several reports from individuals who had received calls from someone claiming to be from the Canada Revenue Agency. Po-lice cautioned residents to be on their guard for this telephone scam, urging them not to pro-vide any information.

A proposed resort development about seven years in the mak-ing may see the light of day yet. District coun-

cil gave its support to a development permit for a 73-unit hotel, confer-ence and restaurant fa-cility along Mara Lake at Wiseman Creek in Two Mile.

Council supported a resolution to allow the ongoing desludging of two settling lagoons at the wastewater treat-ment facility to contin-ue. In addition, council supported a resolution capping related ad-ditional expenses at $120,000, excluding GST.

On Thursday, Nov. 12, Malakwa firefight-ers were paged to a commercial structural fire at Elite Forest Products on Lybarger Road.

The fire was in a workshop on the prop-erty belonging to mill manager Ray Hansen. Unable to save the structure, which con-tained combustible ma-terials, firefighters pro-ceeded to contain the fire and keep it from spreading.

A fundraiser was established for Han-

sen, who lost about $50,000-worth of tools in the blaze.

Sicamous council budgeted $300,000 for a sculpture to adorn the future roundabout on Highway 97A. About half of the budgeted cost is slated to come from general revenue, while Mayor Terry Rysz is hopeful the remainder (if not all) will be funded through grant money or other opportunities.

“Even though we’ve got it in the budget, the resources could come through possibly a grant or an association or regional district,” said Rysz. “I’m not expecting it to cost the taxpayer of Sicamous the full $300,000.”

Sicamous Eagles netminder Kolby Pau-wels may be seeing a lot more ice time.

The Kamloops na-tive was a wall Nov. 10, when the Eagles played Doug Birks Division rivals the 100 Mile House Wranglers to earn a 3-2 win.

Eighteen-year old Kourtney Saviskoff turned to an Internet fundraising website to find the means of sup-port to get to medical appointments in the Lower Mainland. Sav-

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White, Barbara Ruth (1935 –2016) who passed away peacefully January 1st 2016 in Kelowna at the Central Okanagan Hospice House with family and loved ones by her side.

After a 15-year battle with kidney failure Barbara’s spirit gave her permission to leave behind the aging body that housed her. She took her last breath at 6:33AM on New Years Day and left us behind to be present with her Lord. Barbara is survived by her husband Randy, her 3 sons; Doug, Dale and Patrick (White) her daughter Laurie (DeKleine) as well as 13 grand children and 1 great grand child. She is also survived by her 6 brothers, Dave, Brian, Jim, Peter, Rick and Don (Swan) and her 2 sisters Sheila (Silvester) and Judy (Cameron) as well as 30 nieces and nephews. Barbara was born in Cardsten, AB on January 29th 1935 to Horace and Fidele Swan. She married Randolph John White of Provost, AB on April 19th 1956 and shortly after that moved to BC where they raised a family and lived in multiple places eventually settling in Sicamous where they were residents for 16 years. It is for this reason that she chose Sicamous to be her fi nal resting place.

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About 900 Si-camous and Electoral Area E residents were left without power for much of Monday after a semi collided with a power pole.

Malakwa resident Christina Laforge will be sentenced early next year after plead-ing guilty to a charge of criminal negligence relating to the death of Troy Charlton.

Laforge was ar-

rested following Charl-ton’s death on Aug. 14, 2013.

December

Sicamous council hired Evan Parliament to be the district’s new town manager.

Parliament arrived with 25 years of expe-rience working in small to mid-sized communi-ties in B.C. and Alberta. “This is a very dynam-ic and results-driven council and we felt he was the right person to move us forward to the results this community needs, and that’s to cre-ate some jobs and get some economic de-velopment going and build this town up from an infrastructure point of view,” said Mayor Terry Rysz.

The past and pres-ent can be one and the same under the tree this Christmas with a

new offering by the Sicamous and District Museum and Historical Society. The book, Si-camous Then and Now, was available at the mu-seum. Printed by Inkx Design Solutions, the glossy volume features photographs of loca-tions throughout the community comparing what they looked like in the past to how they appear today.

Fundraising efforts continued to support employees of the Sky-line Truck Stop, who recently lost their jobs when the business burned down. The Mal-akwa Volunteer Fire Department received a donation of six turkeys from Wilderness Tree Farms in the Lower Mainland. These were to be distributed among those left without a job following the Nov. 2 blaze. Fire chief Joanne Held said a wood carv-ing had also been do-

nated for a raffle at the Malakwa Christmas Bazaar on Saturday, Dec. 5 in the school gymnasium.

By building the equivalent of a seawall along the channel, there was hope the district may be able to build a better case to get the channel dredged. At its Nov. 25 commit-tee of the whole meet-ing, Sicamous council discussed a concept of the channel devised by Coun. Jeff Mallmes. It includes the east side of the channel being shored up and a wall being put in place.

For 2016, the Dis-trict of Sicamous will be distributing $36,500 in community service grants.

The amount being disbursed is $17,840 less than the total of re-quests, but falls under the $40,000 budgeted for the grants.

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Celebrity meet: Amber Marshall and other cast members from the TV show Heartland stopped by Sicamous while on the Cruise for a Cause fundraiser. File photo

Fireworks: A surprise fireworks display wrapped up the Christ-mas parade/tree light up event. File photo


Sicamous and Columbia Shuswap Regional District Area ELabour Market Assessment and Planning Project

LABOUR MARKET SURVEY

INVITATIONJanuary 12th @ 2:00 P.M. District of Sicamous of� ce.

The project and this Survey is driven by one question:• What can Sicamous and CSRD Area E do to be a more successful place to work and do business?

The purpose of this survey is to identify labour market needs in Sicamous and CSRD Area E.

QUESTIONS? PLEASE CONTACT:Rob Marshall, Project Manager

Phone: (250) 803-0156Email:[email protected]

Kyle Dearing, Project CoordinatorPhone: (250) 515-2029

Email: [email protected]

YOUR INPUT IS VITAL TO THIS ACTION PLAN!In the meantime, if you have any questions please ask or contact us.

The Employment Program of British Columbia is funded by the Government of Canada and the Province of British Columbia

Sicamous/ Area E Labour Market Study

Thank you for your participation and ongoing support for the Sicamous/ Area E Labour Market Study. The study is now complete and our Labour Market Action Team is busy moving our desired outcomes forward.

We would like to take this opportunity to say thank-you for your involvement in the project and to invite and encourage you to attend our Public Relation’s event on January 12th. The event will take place at the District of Sicamous of� ce, 446 Main Street, at 2:00 pm.

The purpose of the PR event is to thank those stakeholders and community members who contributed to the project and to inform them of the next steps to achieve successful outcomes. As well, copies of the Final Report will be available for distribution. Please share this invitation with other community members who may be interested in attending.

Light snacks and refreshments will be provided.

Please plan to attend. We look forward to seeing you there.

eagle valley news, january 06, 2016

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